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SCORE details disaster-recovery record, HUD and FEMA allocations and Helene timeline
Summary
SCORE told lawmakers it has used HUD CDBG-DR and FEMA disaster case management funding to repair or replace roughly 3,459 homes after 2015–2018 disasters, described current allocations for Hurricane Helene and outlined a HUD action-plan timeline tied to a $150 million CDBG-DR federal allocation.
Rand Reinhardt, operations director at the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCORE), briefed the Legislative Oversight Committee on SCORE’s disaster-recovery operations and federal funding history. Reinhardt said SCORE has used HUD Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding and FEMA disaster case management (DCMP) grants to repair, replace or rebuild nearly 3,459 homes across three major disasters since 2015.
Reinhardt gave a year-by-year breakdown: $126,000,000 drawn down for the 2015 flooding (Hurricane Joaquin), $95,000,000 for Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and about $72,000,000 for Hurricane Florence in 2018. He said the agency…
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