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Committee raises capacity, compliance questions about Tulsa Immigrant Community Development Corporation CDBG application
Summary
Grants administration told the committee the immigrant‑serving applicant would need a fiscal sponsor, must meet federal inspection and environmental review requirements, and that the city’s CDBG rules do not require checking immigration status. The applicant said it will hire staff and has private matching funds.
Committee members and grants administration staff pressed Tulsa Immigrant Community Development Corporation (TICDC) representatives about organizational capacity and eligibility after TICDC applied for CDBG funding to support home‑repair work.
Grants administration staff (Rhys Williams) told the committee “there are... no requirements in the CDBG program to check immigration status,” and that HUD CPD programs were not subject to the federal provision discussed by some members. Williams also outlined operational concerns: TICDC is not a 501(c)(3) and the application indicated two staff members; therefore any subrecipient agreement would need to be executed with Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) as fiscal sponsor.…
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