Specifications include, but are not limited to: a. Identify requirements for financial and organizational certifications; b. Prepare CDBG-MIT Action Plan development work plan with timeline; and c. Prepare CDBG-MIT Action Plan and Certifications consistent with the following activities and deliverables: 1) Drive and support the state agency's public engagement efforts related to the CDBG-MIT Action Plan and any CDBG-MIT Action Plan Amendments for disaster-impacted areas. This will include meeting scheduling, public outreach, logistical support, translation services in Other Asian & Pacific Languages, Tagalog, Spanish, Korean, Slavic Language and the American Sign Language (ASL), development of presentations and handouts in English, Other Asian & Pacific Languages, Tagalog, Spanish, Korean, Slavic Language and Spanish, and documenting comments and questions from meeting attendees. Refer to Attachments 1 and 2; 2) Work with the state agency to modify the current Citizen Participation Plan to reflect the specific requirements outlined in the Federal Register notices (Attachments 1 and 2); 3) Coordination and evaluation of Risk-Based Mitigation Needs Assessment; 4) Based on the needs described in the Risk-Based Mitigation Needs Assessment, work directly with state agency staff to design programs, activities, and/or projects to meet the needs in the Mitigation Needs Assessment; 5) Assist the state agency in planning the method of distribution for funding; 6) Develop a budget for the CDBG-MIT Action Plan reflective of the method of distribution of funds to each proposed program, activity, or project, as the case may be, which will outline the program delivery costs and administrative costs for the grant. The method of distribution will also describe the method of implementing the programs, activities, or projects, whether it will be at the state or borough level, or through grantees/subrecipients, municipalities, or other entities; 7) Work with state agency to ensure the method of distribution meets the needs of the communities and aligns with the mitigation needs assessment and that projected expenditures are reflective of the overall benefit requirement; 8) Coordinate with the state agency to compile all policies and procedures related to the certifications, and, draft or update program policies needed for submission to HUD; and 9) The CDBG-MIT Action Plan must outline how it aligns and coordinates with resilience or planning initiatives currently in place or underway at the State and local level.
