This grant, offered by HUD, aims to enhance and standardize the quality of housing counseling services nationwide. Funds are provided through cooperative agreements to support training activities for housing counselors. The training is intended for counselors employed by ‘participating agencies,’ which include all housing counseling and intermediary organizations involved in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program. This encompasses HUD-approved agencies, their affiliates, branches of HUD-approved intermediaries, multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies. The primary objective is to ensure consistent, high-quality counseling for individuals and families seeking housing assistance.
Opportunity ID: 47980
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-5300-N-03 |
| 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: | Jun 16, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 18, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| 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 the majority of types of housing counseling training services nationwide that are both listed under Section III.C.2 of this NOFA and proposed in their application. The only exception to this requirement is that public or nonprofit organizations with at least 2 years experience providing Reverse Mortgage counseling training or Fair Lending Abuse and Mortgage Fraud training nationwide can apply for grants for providing reverse mortgage counseling training or Fair Lending Abuse and Mortgage Fraud training exclusively. 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 Work Plan must indicate that the applicant is capable of providing all the housing counseling training topics listed in section III.C. The only exceptions to this requirement are organizations proposing to provide Reverse Mortgage counseling training, or Fair Lending Abuse and Mortgage Fraud training, exclusively. 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 proposed training program must be national in scope. |
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: | HUD’s Funds Available webpage |
| 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 |
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