The Department of Housing and Urban Development offers the Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) – Service Coordinators Program to provide grants for Service Coordinators to assist Public and Indian housing residents in achieving economic and housing self-sufficiency. The program aims to coordinate supportive services and empower residents to increase earned income, reduce welfare assistance dependency, and work towards economic independence. Unlike the PH Family Self-Sufficiency program, this program is open to nonprofits and Resident Associations, provides three-year funding, covers administrative expenses and training, and requires a 25% match. Applications for this program are accepted until March 27, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 144353
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | FR-5600-N-30 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) – Service Coordinators Program |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 110 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 14.870 — Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services – Service Coordinators |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | Yes |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Feb 15, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 03, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 35,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $729,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $243,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Eligible applicants are PHAs; tribes/TDHEs; tax-exempt nonprofit organizations including grassroots faith-based and other community-based organizations that have resident support, PHA support or the support of tribes; Resident Associations (RAs); resident councils (RCs); resident organizations (ROs); City-Wide Resident Organizations (CWROs); Intermediary Resident Organizations (IROs); Jurisdiction-Wide Resident Organizations; Regional Resident Organizations; Resident Management Corporations (RMCs); Site-Based Resident Organizations; Statewide Resident Organizations (SROs); and Tribal/TDHE resident groups. The term “Resident Association” or “RA” will be generally used to refer to all types of eligible resident organizations. Please see the section on “Definition of Terms” for a complete definition of each type of eligible resident organization. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Description:: | The purpose of the Public and Indian Housing Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators (ROSS-SC) program is to provide grants to public housing agencies (PHAs), tribes/tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs), Resident Associations (RAs), and tax-exempt nonprofit organizations (including grassroots, faith-based and other community-based organizations) for the provision of a Service Coordinator to coordinate supportive services and other activities designed to help Public and Indian housing residents attain economic and housing self-sufficiency. This program works to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the Public Housing program with public and private resources, for supportive services and resident empowerment activities. These services should enable participating families to increase earned income, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency or, in the case of elderly or disabled residents, help improve living conditions and enable residents to age in-place. A Service Coordinator ensures that program participants are linked to the supportive services they need to achieve self-sufficiency or remain independent. Funds in this program are not allowed to be used for the direct provision of these services. This program is similar to the Public Housing Family Self- Sufficiency program (PH FSS) however, the PH FSS program is open only to PHAs and tribes/TDHEs, has a requirement of an escrow account for its participants and provides one-year funding. The ROSS SC program is open to nonprofit and Resident Association applicants, provides three-year funding, includes administrative expenses and training as eligible uses of the funds and requires a 25% match by statute. A PHA or tribe may receive grants in both programs. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | Cost Sharing or Matching is required under this program. Please refer to the NOFA for further information. | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 14.870 |
| Competition ID: | ROSSC-30 |
| Competition Title: | ROSS – Service Coordinators Program |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00097794 |
| Opening Date: | Feb 15, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | For answers to your questions, you may contact the Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 800-955-2232. Prior to the application deadline, staff at the number given above will be available to provide general guidance, but not guidance on actually preparing the application. For programmatic questions, you may contact Dina Lehmann-Kim, ROSS Program Manager at Dina.Lehmann-Kim@hud.gov or 202-402-2430. For persons with hearing or speech impairments, please call the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] HUD Facsimile Transmittal [V1.1] |
| optional_forms |
HUD Applicant-Recipient Disclosure Report [V1.1] Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] Attachments [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.870 | ROSSC-30 | ROSS – Service Coordinators Program | PKG00097794 | Feb 15, 2012 | Mar 27, 2012 | View | For answers to your questions, you may contact the Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 800-955-2232. Prior to the application deadline, staff at the number given above will be available to provide general guidance, but not guidance on actually preparing the application. For programmatic questions, you may contact Dina Lehmann-Kim, ROSS Program Manager at Dina.Lehmann-Kim@hud.gov or 202-402-2430. For persons with hearing or speech impairments, please call the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. | Organization Applicants |