4596362 DC Department of Housing and Community Development'sPublic Hearing on the District of Columbia’s Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)

DC DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

 

 

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

 

 

District of Columbia’s Fiscal Year 2013

Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)

 

 

Michael P. Kelly, Director, D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD or the Department) will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, to discuss the District’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 performance in its use of funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  DHCD received approximately $33.4 million from HUD in Fiscal Year 2013 through four programs: the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; the HOME Investment Partnerships Program; the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program; and the Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program.  DHCD administers the CDBG and HOME funds directly; the Department entered into an agreement with the D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) to administer the ESG grant; and transferred the HOPWA grant to the D.C. Department of Health.

 

In preparation for the submission of the FY 2013 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) to HUD, DHCD is soliciting public comment on the District’s effectiveness during

FY 2013 at using federal funds to meet the District’s housing and community development needs.  These comments will form part of DHCD’s and the District’s evaluation, as required by federal regulations

(24 CFR 91.520).  This hearing is reserved for a discussion of the District’s FY 2013 performance.

 

The hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the Department of Housing and Community Development, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, 1^st floor conference room at 6:30 pm.  If you would like to testify, you are encouraged to register in advance either by e-mail at [e-mail] or by calling [phone].  Please provide your name, address, telephone number, and organization affiliation, if any. 

 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) relay service will be provided by calling [phone]. Sign language interpretation and language translation services will be available upon request by calling Ms. Pamela Hillsman, seven days prior to the hearing on [phone].  Persons, who require interpretation or language translation, must specify the language of preference (i.e. Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic, or French).  Language interpretation service will be provided to pre-registered persons only.

 

Written statements may be submitted for the record at the hearing, or until close of business, Friday, November 29, 2013.  Mail written statements to: Michael P. Kelly, Director, DHCD, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020.