HUD is offering the Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV FSS) grant program to help families increase earned income, financial literacy, and move towards economic independence. This program supports HUD’s goal of using housing to enhance quality of life by empowering HUD-assisted renters to achieve self-sufficiency. FSS program coordinators assist families in accessing supportive services and establishing partnerships with employers. Through this grant, families have the opportunity to develop new skills, secure stable employment, and build escrow accounts for future financial stability. Applications for this grant must be submitted by Apr 24, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 144613
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | FR-5600-N-09 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV FSS) |
| Opportunity Category:: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | Amendment |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Housing |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 14.871 — Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Feb 16, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | May 01, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 60,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $ |
| Award Floor:: | $ |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Eligible applicants are Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that currently administer a HCV FSS program or have HUD field office approval of their FSS Action Plan authorizing them to implement a HCV FSS program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Description:: | The purpose of the HCV FSS program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the HCV program with public and private resources to enable participating families to increase earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. The FSS program and this FSS NOFA support the Departments strategic goal of utilizing housing as a platform for improving quality of life by helping HUD-assisted renters increase economic security and self-sufficiency. The FSS program provides critical tools that can be used by communities to help families develop new skills that will lead to economic self-sufficiency. As a result of their participation in the FSS program, many families have achieved stable employment. An FSS program coordinator assures that program participants are linked to the supportive services they need to achieve self-sufficiency. In addition to working directly with families, an FSS Program Coordinator is responsible for building partnership with employers and service providers in the community to help participants obtain jobs and services. FSS Program Coordinators must ensure that the services included in contracts of participation of program participants are provided on a regular, ongoing and satisfactory basis, that participants are fulfilling their responsibilities under the contracts and that FSS escrow accounts are established and properly maintained for eligible families. |
| 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 | The Instructions Download has been updated to replace the .PDF file “FY2012 HCV FSS NOFA Final” with the correction .PDF file named: FY2012 HCV FSS NOFA Final Signature Package 2 3 12 kg 2 6″. Tha APPLICATION PACKAGE REMAINS THE SAME. | 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: | 14.871 |
| Competition ID: | HCVFSS-09 |
| Competition Title: | Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV FSS) |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00098050 |
| Opening Date: | Feb 16, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | For answers to your questions, you may contact the Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 800-955-2232. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. (These are toll-free numbers). |
| 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] 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: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.871 | HCVFSS-09 | Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV FSS) | PKG00098050 | Feb 16, 2012 | Apr 24, 2012 | View | For answers to your questions, you may contact the Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 800-955-2232. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. (These are toll-free numbers). | Organization Applicants |