HOME Project Profiles
HUD is showcasing exemplary projects or programs for each of these HOME activity types: rental, homebuyer, homeowner rehabilitation, and tenant-based rental assistance. These projects or programs are innovative and/or replicable, and highlight the best of what partnerships between federal, state, local governments and communities can achieve with HOME funds.
Source; HUD Exchange

COVID-19 Local Government Action Tracker
The NLC Covid Action Tracker is the most complete collection of municipal responses to COVID-19. Source; National League of Cities

County Leaders Warn of Epic Revenue Losses from COVID-19
By Skip Descant / Governing.com

Government’s Role in Addressing the Pandemic’s Grim Racial Reality
By Jabari Simama / Governing.com

Rewind: Small Business & Economic Development Strategies During & After COVID-19
Source: Engaging Local Government Leaders

The 2020 Elections: Is America Ready to Vote by Mail?
By Carl Smith Governing.com

Cities Open Roadways Up to Socially Distanced Pedestrians
By Jason Axelrod / American City and County

HUD Awards $1.5 Million in Funding to Support COVID-19 Related Fair Housing Activities
Source: HUD

Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America
Source: Engaging Local Government Leaders

Facebook Provides New COVID-19 Symptom Maps to Assist in Response Planning
Facebook, in conjunction with Carnegie Melon, has this week published the first of its new COVID-19 symptom tracking maps, which may help authorities in planning for future outbreaks by highlighting where groups of people are experiencing coronavirus symptoms across the US. Source: Social Media Today

Survey: Most Feds Say the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Had a ‘Major’ or ‘Extreme’ Impact on Agency Operations
By Eric Katz / Government Executive

Schenectady Hopes Coronavirus Doesn’t Delay Smart City Plans
By Paul Nelson / Times Union

On Minnesota Rooftops, ‘Essential’ Work Continues for Solar Installers
Crews are equipped with masks and gloves and practicing social distancing at — and on the way to job sites. By Frank Jossi / Energy News Network

Commentary: Let’s Stimulate Our Clean Energy Future, North Carolina
North Carolina’s Clean Energy Plan recommends development of a statewide green bank to catalyze development of clean energy markets by connecting private capital with clean energy projects. Learn more about North Carolina’s Clean Energy Plan  Story by Jennifer Weiss & Jeffrey Schub / Energy News Network

ZoomGrants – COVID-19 & CARES ACT RESPONSE
“In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, our ZoomGrants team has been all hands on deck to assure every grant administrator is supplied the tools to perform their important daily activities. Now with the unprecedented number of new grants created through the CARES ACT we understand the critical nature of timeliness in launching the applications for these grants and the readiness of distributing those grants to people and businesses in need. Our technology and support team remain steadfast in serving all those affected by the COVID-19 Crisis.”
Geoff Hamilton, ZoomGrants Founder & CEO
If you are an organization expediting CARES ACT grants, ZoomGrants has dozens of examples of some of those grant applications which have already been launched: If you would like to learn more about how your community can execute CARES ACT grant applications with rapid response contact our team. We are here to help you be as responsive as possible in this challenging time.
ZoomGrants COVID-19 Grant Resources Page

The National Association for County Community and Economic Development
(NACCED) was established as an affiliate of the National Association of Counties (NACo) in 1978 to develop the technical capacity of county government practitioners that administer federally-funded affordable housing, community development, and economic development programs benefiting low- and moderate-income households.
NACCED provides information, training and representation to counties receiving direct assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs.
NACCED serves as voice in Washington on budgetary, programmatic, and regulatory issues pertaining to community development, economic development, and affordable housing.
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The National Association of Counties
(NACo) strengthens America’s counties, serving nearly 40,000 county elected officials and 3.6 million county employees. Learn More