Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Education Outreach Initiative

Post Date

February 16th 2012

Application Due Date

March 16th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

FR-5600-N-08C

CFDA Number(s)

14.416

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Community Development
Education
Housing

Eligibility Categories

Other

QFHOs, FHOs, other nonprofit organizations representing groups of persons protected under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. This includes agencies of State or local governments and agencies certified by the Secretary under section 810(f) of the Fair Housing Act or other public or private entities that are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. EOI-National Media Campaign: In addition to the above, applicants must have at least five years of experience as an advertisement/media or public relations organization or must partner with an advertising and media services organization with at least five years of experience as an advertisement/media or public relations organization.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5880888

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

This Initiative assists organizations that inform the general public about their rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act. Under this Initiative, there are two programs with a total of five components. They are the EOI -Regional/Local/Community-Based Program (R/L/C-B) which includes the General Component, Lending Component, Higher Education Component and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Component; and the EOI - National-Based Program which includes the National-Media Campaign Component (See chart in section III. A. for all eligibility requirements). All EOI applicants are required to describe a referral process that will result in referral of fair housing complaints to HUD or Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) substantially equivalent agencies. If funded, the grantee will be required to develop and implement the complaint referral process referenced in the application.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  You may contact Myron P. Newry or Paula Stone of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunityуs FHIP Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7054, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling (800) 290-1617 (this is

• Agency Mailing Address:

  See Agency Contact Information

• Agency Email Address:

  @hud.gov

• More Information:

  Download Application and Instructions using CFDA Number ONLY.