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SECTION 1: OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN COUNTY NOTICE <br />1.1 Who's this Notice for? <br />The Urban County Notice is for: <br />• All Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grantees <br />(Urban Counties, Metropolitan Cities, and States) <br />• Units of general local government (UGLGs) in Urban Counties <br />• HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) field and regional staff <br />• HUD Office of General Counsel (OGC) field and regional staff <br />CPD field offices must provide copies of this Notice each year to: <br />1. All currently qualified Urban Counties <br />2. Any county that can qualify as a new Urban County <br />3. Each state administering the State CDBG Program which includes <br />a potentially eligible new Urban County <br />NOTE: CPD field offices should encourage Urban Counties and potential new Urban Counties to <br />visit the HUD Exchange Urban Counties website for more guidance on Urban County qualification. <br />1.2 What is an "Urban County" in the CDBG Program? <br />Urban Counties are counties in metropolitan areas that qualify to directly receive CDBG <br />annual formula funding because they meet a population threshold (generally 200,000), or <br />meet other special characteristics, identified in the Housing and Community Development <br />Act (HCDA) of 1974, as amended! Urban Counties are CDBG Entitlement Communities <br />under the CDBG Program. For more detailed information on the statutory requirements to <br />be qualified as an Urban County, GO TO ATTACHMENT i. For definitions of the terms used <br />in this Notice, GO TO ATTACHMENT 2. <br />1.3 What is Urban County "qualification" and why are Urban Counties required <br />to requalify every three federal fiscal years (FYs)? <br />1.3.1 Urban County qualification is required by the HCDA and CDBG regulations <br />The HCDA of 1974, as amended, and CDBG program regulations at 24 CFR Part <br />570 require counties to "qualify" as Urban Counties through a process that involves <br />submitting specific qualification documentation to HUD. The overall reason HUD <br />must qualify Urban Counties is to ensure they are eligible for CDBG funding. <br />' Refer to the official definition of Urban Counties at Section 102(a)(6)(A) of the HCDA for more information: <br />https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COWS-10382/pdf/COMPS-1 0382.pdf <br />1-f-VI <br />