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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
FR-5600-N-24
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 06, 2012
Creation Date:
Jan 06, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 07, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 07, 2012
Archive Date:
Feb 14, 2012
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Housing
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$2,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$665,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
14.316
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Housing Counseling Training Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
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 housing counseling training services nationwide. 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 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 proposal must include a testing and certification component demonstrating successful completion of training by the student.
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 HUD’s 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.
