The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is offering funds through cooperative agreements for a training program. This grant aims to enhance and standardize the quality of counseling provided by housing counselors. The training is for counselors employed by “participating agencies,” which include all housing counseling and intermediary organizations involved in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program. Eligible entities encompass HUD-approved agencies, their affiliates and branches, HUD-approved multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies, ensuring a broad reach for improving vital housing services across the nation.
Opportunity ID: 137033
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-5600-N-24 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Housing Counseling Training Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Housing |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 14.316 — Housing Counseling Training Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 06, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 07, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 07, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $665,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants must be public or private nonprofit organizations and must have “tax exempt” status under section 501(a) pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC 501(a) and (c)(3). Applicants must have at least two years of experience providing housing counseling training services nationwide. Applicants may utilize in-house staff, sub-grant recipients, consultants, and networks of local organizations with requisite experience and capacity. However, one organization must be designated as the primary applicant. Sub-grantees must be public or private nonprofit organizations and must have “tax exempt” status under section 501(a) pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code [26 USC 501(a) and (c)(3)]. The proposal must include a scholarship element, detailing the full or partial costs to be covered, including travel, hotel, and tuition expenses to be awarded to housing counselors. The proposal must include a testing and certification component demonstrating successful completion of training by the student. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Description: | Funds are available to provide, under cooperative agreements with HUD, training activities designed to improve and standardize the quality of counseling provided by housing counselors employed by participating agencies. Participating agencies are all housing counseling and intermediary organizations participating in HUDs Housing Counseling Program, including HUD-approved agencies, and affiliates and branches of HUD-approved intermediaries, HUD-approved multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Application Package and Instructions Download using CFDA Number ONLY. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Gerard P. Donahoe, Jr.
(202) 402-3951 Email:gerard.p.donahoe@hud.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 137033 Full Announcement-1 -> 12 hc training nofa 120106.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Gerard P. Donahoe, Jr. (202) 402-3951 Email: gerard.p.donahoe@hud.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.316 | HCT-24 | Housing Counseling Training | PKG00090850 | Jan 06, 2012 | Feb 07, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
137033 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
137033 HUD_DetailedBudget-1.1.pdf
137033 HUD_FaxTransmittal-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
137033 HUD_DisclosureUpdateReport-1.1.pdf
137033 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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