Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services - Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

 

To programmatically address the needs of public housing residents by providing supportive services, resident empowerment activities and/or assisting residents in becoming economically self- sufficient. The primary focus of the program is on independent living and "aging in place".

Deleted 10/11/2010 (Archived.) 14.876 Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office: Office of Public and Indian Housing PROJECT GRANTS Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available Annual Appropriations Act 2007, Public Law 110-5. Public Housing Authorities(PHAs), Tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs), resident councils and nonprofit entities supported by residents. Applicants must establish partnerships to leverage resources. Elderly/persons with disabilities who are residents of conventional public or Indian housing are eligible to receive benefits from the ROSS program. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) prescribing the specific information to be submitted will be published in the Federal Register by HUD Headquarters. HUD provides the application and standard forms for this program. HUD will review, rate, and rank applications in accordance with selection criteria in the NOFA published in the Federal Register. Awards will be made in rank order in each of the ten federal regions until all funds are expended. Not Applicable. Processing of applications and selection of successful applicants will be undertaken by HUD. HUD will make final selection and obligate funds. There is no appeals process. Applicants whose applications did not receive funding may request a debriefing. Further information is included in the NOFA. Not Applicable. The criteria for selecting proposals will be listed in the NOFA. Grant funds may be used for supportive services activities, including the employment of project coordinators and/or direct services staff. Not Applicable. Records will be retained in accordance with the HUD regulation, 24 CFR Part 84 or 85. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
This program does not have MOE requirements. For FY 2008 and forward, ROSS Family and ROSS Elderly have been combined with the ROSS Service Coordinators. Assistance is provided for a 3-year time period under the ROSS Service Coordinators Program. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grant agreements are executed and funds are drawn by grantees through HUD's financial system. See Regional Agency Offices. Designated persons in the Offices of Public Housing and Native American Programs listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Anice Schervish 451 7th Street, S.W., Room 4130, Washington, District of Columbia 20410 Email: Anice.m.schervish@hud.gov Phone: 202.402.2341 http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/pihindx.html. 86-0304-0-1-604. (Project Grants) FY 08 $17,077,543; FY 09 est $0; FY 10 est $0 No Data Available. HUD appropriation statutes and the specific fiscal year NOFA published in the Federal Register provide program requirements and guidelines. Not Applicable.