Housing Counseling Training Program

 

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

Active 14.316 Office of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development B - Project Grants Not applicable. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended., Title Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x), Part Part 214, Section Section 106
HUD's Housing Counseling Program is authorized by Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x) and Section 4 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) as amended by Subtitle D. Office of Housing Counseling of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act The Housing Counseling implementing regulations are found at 24 CFR part 214. Additional guidance is provided in the HUD Handbook 7610.1, as amended. Applicants must be public or private nonprofit organizations with a least two years of experience providing housing counseling training services nationwide. Housing Counselors from HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. 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. Preapplication coordination is required. 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). 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 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. 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., "is Applicable" 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 uniform administrative requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit requirements for Federal Awards, at 2.C.F.R. 200.317 TO 200.326. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. 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. Performance Reports: HUD requires recipients to submit performance and financial reports under OMB guidance and program instructions. All HUD-funded programs, including this program, require recipients to submit, not less than annually, a report documenting achievement of outcomes under the purpose of the program and the workplan in the award agreement. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except a noted in 2 CFR 200.503. As required in the grant cooperative agreement. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. 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. None/Not specified. Brian N. Siebenlist
451 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20410 USA
Brian.N.Siebenlist@hud.gov
Phone: 202-402-5415 http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/sfh/hcc/hcc_home 86-0156-0-1-604 (Project Grants) FY 22$4,227,408.00; FY 23 est $9,000,000.00; FY 24 est $5,000,000.00; FY 21$599,842.00; FY 20$500,000.00; FY 19$3,000,000.00; FY 18$3,500,000.00; FY 16 est $4,000,000.00; FY 17 est $4,000,000.00; FY 15$3,000,000.00; - Average award size is $407,909. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2020 Project Grants