Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Background Review, Community Engagement, and Set-up (Organizational Tasks) a. Set up an account in IDIS and verify (and modify, if necessary) grantee information and grantee’s program contacts. b. Prepare a timeline for project milestones including proposed community meetings and stakeholder’s interviews. This timeline will be made available to the public to explain the process. c. Review and summarize the relevant housing data, including data from HUD’s CHAS (prepopulated in IDIS). Review and summarize any other local, regional or statewide housing data necessary for the process. d. Update DOH’s Citizen Participation Plan and facilitate the process of engaging stakeholders. Coordinate pre- and post-plan meetings with relevant state agencies, organizations and other community members, with the purpose of first seeking input prior to drafting the ConPlan and, later, soliciting public comment on a draft version of the plan. e. Maintain ongoing communication, as necessary, with community members. f. Record and summarize public comments and meeting notes. g. Complete a Quality Check that can be used to review the plan for missing information and discrepancies before submitting the final version to HUD. h. Make any corrections/revisions required by HUD in response to the final submission to HUD. 2. The Executive Summary a. Draft the introduction portion of the Executive Summary, which provides background on the Consolidated Plan and outlines the state’s long-term vision. b. Provide a summary of the objectives and outcomes identified later in the Plan’s Needs Assessment Overview. c. Evaluate Connecticut’s past performance in administering HUD’s formula grant programs. d. Summarize the citizen participation and consultation process. Include specifics on meeting dates, the types of meetings and how the DOH conducted public outreach. e. Include a summary of public comments and a summary of comments not accepted with the reasons for not accepting them. f. Provide a final summary that identifies goals, issues and resources and how they conform to the State’s Conservation and Development (C&D) plan...
