New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules Cdfa - Community Development Finance Authority
Here’s an organized overview of New Hampshire’s Cdfa – Community Development Finance Authority section of the Administrative Rules:
📚 Chapter Cdfa 300 – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Rules
This chapter, current through Register No. 13 (March 27, 2025), governs the state's administration of federal CDBG funding—a federal entitlement passed through NH via HUD—to municipalities via the CDFA (regulations.justia.com).
Parts include:
Cdfa 301 – Purpose & Scope
Cdfa 302 – Definitions (e.g., "Economic development entity")
Cdfa 303 – Grant Award Procedures & Advisory Committee duties
Cdfa 304 – Hearing procedures & administrative review
Cdfa 305 – General application and award info
Cdfa 306–Cdfa 310 – Specific grant programs: Community Development, Economic Development, Emergency, Feasibility, and selection processes
Cdfa 311 – Grant administration rules
Appendices 1–3 – Supporting forms & guidelines (regulations.justia.com, law.cornell.edu)
🆔 Key Definitions (Part Cdfa 302)
Economic Development Entity (EDE): A non‑profit, member‑governed organization administering revolving loan funds in a defined area. Must be independent of grantees, have broad membership, control its board, and be registered with the NH Secretary of State (law.cornell.edu).
🧩 Grant Award & Oversight (Part Cdfa 303)
Community Development Advisory Committee: Provides advice and consent to the CDFA Executive Director and Authority on grant awards, application procedures, and federal funding criteria, per RSA 162‑L:15‑16 (law.cornell.edu).
📝 Other Program Highlights
Purpose & Scope (Cdfa 301): Defines eligibility of municipalities and eligible funding uses for public facilities, housing, economic and emergency development, microenterprise support, and planning (resources.nhcdfa.org).
Grant Administration (Cdfa 311 & Implementation Docs):
Legal compliance with administrative, program, and reporting requirements (resources.nhcdfa.org, resources.nhcdfa.org).
Requires semi‑annual reporting, labor standards documentation, and public‑records handling per NH’s Right‑to‑Know Law (RSA 91‑A) (resources.nhcdfa.org).
🏛 How It Works in Practice
Municipalities apply following guidelines (Part 305 & agency resources) (regulations.justia.com).
Advisory committee reviews applications; makes funding recommendations .
Funds awarded under specific program rules (Cdfa 306–310), overseen and monitored during implementation (Cdfa 311).
Administrative hearings available per Part 304 for contesting decisions.
Transparency and record access governed by NH public-records law, with robust documentation required (law.cornell.edu).
⚙️ Statutory & Agency Context
CDFA’s authority to adopt CDBG rules comes from RSA 162‑L:16, with rules first developed under the Office of State Planning and transferred in 2003; readopted and reorganized in 2005 (Document #8387, effective 6/29/05) (regulations.justia.com).
The Authority operates under the Right-to-Know law (RSA 91-A), with explicit policies on record access and retention (resources.nhcdfa.org).
✅ Summary
Topic
Description
Scope
Governs NH’s CDBG program under CDFA
Key Content
11 Parts (Cdfa 301–311) + 3 appendices
Definitions
Includes rules for EDEs
Process
Application, award, monitoring, hearings
Oversight Bodies
CDFA’s Advisory Committee & public- records laws
Legal Basis
RSA 162‑L; Rules adopted mid‑2000s
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