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Housing Counseling Training Program
The primary objectives of the program are to improve and standardize the quality of counseling provided
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. HUD fulfills this mission through high ethical standards, management and accountability, and by forming partnerships with community organizations.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
To annually provide one or more housing counseling training grants to qualified organizations.
The grant will fund the training of counselors of agencies participating in HUD's Housing Counseling program.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants must be public or private nonprofit organizations with a least two years of experience providing housing counseling training services nationwide.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Housing Counselors from HUD-approved housing counseling agencies.
Credentials/Documentation
Each applicant is required to submit, for itself and for any organization with which it is partnering for the purpose of this NOFA, a legible copy of the document that supports the applicant's claim to be a nonprofit organization (for example, a 501(c) letter issued by the IRS). The documentation must contain the official name, address, and telephone number of the legal authority that granted the nonprofit status. Branches or affiliates of the applicant that are part of the proposed work plan must also be nonprofit entities. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
The availability of funds (HUD NOFA) is announced on HUD's website, www.hud.gov.
For a copy of the NOFA, applicants can visit the HUD website (www.hud.gov).
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Applicants must submit by the required date the items and forms requested in the NOFA, such as a description of the housing counseling training services to be provided, and indicators by which benefits impact will be measured.
Award Procedures
Applicants will be evaluated competitively and ranked against all other applicants that applied in the same funding category. A funding formula outlined in the NOFA is used to calculate awards. This program is subject to the administrative requirements established in OMB Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments, which was implemented by 24 CFR Part 85; OMB Circular A-110, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Nonprofit Organizations, which was implemented by 24 CFR Part 84; and OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations, which was implemented by 24 CFR Parts 84 and 85. Grants awarded under this program are also subject to the cost principles in OMB Circular A-87 for state and local governments and Indian tribal governments and OMB Circular A-122 for nonprofit organizations.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Authorization
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Award announcements typically occur 5 months after applications are received.
Appeals
Applicants for housing counseling training grants may appeal their denial of a grant award or the insufficiency of the grant amount to HUD.
Renewals
Grantees must submit a new application and compete through the NOFA each year.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Funding assistance is for a discrete period of time, generally 1 year. Grantees invoice HUD on a periodic basis for housing counseling training services delivered. Payments of grant funds are subsequently made to grantees via direct deposit/electronic funds transfer (DD/EFT). Method of awarding/releasing assistance: quarterly.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Not Applicable.
Audits
Not Applicable.
Records
As required in the grant cooperative agreement.
Financial Information
Account Identification
86-0156-0-1-604.
Obigations
(Project Grants) FY 15 $3,000,000; FY 16 est $4,000,000; and FY 17 est $4,000,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Average award size is $666,666.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Wanda L. Sampedro, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20410 Email: info@fhaoutreach.com Phone: (800) 225-5342.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
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