The Department of Economic Development’s (DED) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) application cycle is now open for eligible cities and counties impacted by the presidentially-declared disaster that affected Missouri from April 28 to May 11, 2017.

According to a news release, more than $41 million is available to assist areas impacted by these disasters, which included severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated this funding in 2019 for mitigation activities that increase resilience to disasters. Local projects implemented with the funds will reduce or eliminate the longterm risk of loss of life, injury, damage or loss of property and hardship by lessening the impact of future disasters.

Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. on October 23, 2020.

For more information, visit the CDBG-MIT website at https://ded2.mo.gov/programs/cdbg/mitigation.