Housing Counseling Training Grant

Post Date

April 3rd 2014

Application Due Date

May 5th 2014

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Funding Opportunity Number

FR-5800-N-25

CFDA Number(s)

14.316

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Housing

Number of Awards

4

Eligibility Categories

Other

Applicants must be a public or private nonprofit organization and must submit evidence of “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 housing counseling training services nationwide to housing counselors employed by housing counseling agencies participating in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program. Applicants may utilize in-house staff, sub-grant recipients, qualified third-party trainers, consultants, and networks of local organizations with requisite experience and capacity. HUD strongly encourages the partnering with State Housing Finance Agencies (SHFAs). However, one organization must be designated as the primary applicant. Sub-grantees may include SHFAs, local or state housing coalitions that are public or private nonprofit organizations, but 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)] or be an established SHFA. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $2000000

Grant Description

Awards 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 HUD’s Housing Counseling Program, including HUD-approved agencies, affiliates and branches of HUD-approved intermediaries, HUD-approved multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Joel Ibanez
  Joel.Ibanez@hud.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Policy

• Agency Email Address:

  Joel.Ibanez@hud.gov

• More Information:

  http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail