This program supports, under cooperative agreements with HUD, the delivery of a broad array of training activities for counselors from agencies participating in HUD's Housing Counseling program.

The primary objectives of the program are to improve and standardize the quality of counseling provided

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by housing counselors working with HUD-approved housing counseling agencies and to make training accessible and affordable.

Selected Recipients for this Program

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.