Housing Assistance Council: Announcements

Announcements

FY 2008 News on HUD's SuperNOFA and Other HUD NOFAs

Update: Continuum of Care Funds Available, Deadline Approximately September 15, Announced July 10, 2008. About $1.42 billion is available for HUD's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program, according to a July 10 Federal Register notice. Applicants must use HUD's e-snaps system to apply, but e-snaps is not yet able to accept applications. HUD will publish another Federal Register notice setting a deadline after the system is operational. .HUD expects the deadline to be about September 15.

Update: HOPE VI Main Street Funds Available, Deadline August 15, Announced June 26, 2008. The HOPE VI Main Street Grants program has $4 million available, HUD announced in a June 26 Federal Register notice. Applications are due on August 15, 2008.

Update: SuperNOFA Corrections Issued, June 9 and 12, 2008. A Federal Register notice on June 9 made changes to the SuperNOFA sections for Section 202 elderly housing and Section 811 housing for people with disabilities. The program deadlines remain the same.

A Federal Register notice on June 12 corrected the SuperNOFA provisions on:

the hourly rate for consultants published in the General Section;
Appendix A of the Introduction to the SuperNOFA;
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program;
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program;
Operation Lead Elimination Action Program;
Lead Outreach Grant Program;
Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency Program, including changing the deadline to July 16;
Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators Program; and
Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), including changing the deadline to July 18. The deadline for local self-help organizations to apply to the Housing Assistance Council for SHOP funds has not changed.

The June 12 notice also explained how applicants should address "a technical issue" with the Grants.gov SF-424 form.

Update: SuperNOFA Available, May 13, 2008. Funding announcements are available through the links below as well as on grants.gov, at HUD's website, and in the Federal Register of Monday, May 12.

Additional useful links:

General Section (needed for all SuperNOFA programs) (March 19)

Overview/Introduction (May 4; included in some of the PDF files below, but not all)
May 12 Federal Register version

Grants.gov registration and renewal information (needed for all programs except Continuum of Care)

HUD's webcast schedule (as of May 8, SuperNOFA webcasts have not been scheduled, but they should be posted here when they are)

Grants.gov website

HUD's SuperNOFA page

This table includes not only the SuperNOFA but also other NOFAs that were published separately.

Program, Link, and Date of Notice

Deadline

Contact Person

Rural Housing and Economic Development (April 28)
Additional RHED info available from HAC

May 30

Linda Streets, Monica
Wallace, James
Hedrick, or Nikki Bowser,
202-708-2290 or (toll free) 1-877-787-2526

Community Development Technical Assistance
May 12 Federal Register version
includes the bulleted programs below)

HOME TA

CHDO (HOME) TA

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance TA

HOPWA TA

CDBG TA

July 3

Marty Horwath, 202-402-2576 or HUD staff, 202-708-3176 or a HUD field office

Indian Community Development Block Grant
May 12 Federal Register version

July 11

Roberta Youmans, 202-402-3316, or an ONAP office

University and College Programs

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Program
May 12 Federal Register version

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) Program
May 12 Federal Register version

Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) Program
May 12 Federal Register version

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUP)
May 12 Federal Register version

July 2

HBCU: Ophelia Wilson, 202-402-4390
HSIAC: Madlyn Wohlman-Rodriguez, 202-402-5939
AN/NHIAC and TCUP: Sherone Ivey, 202-402-4200
All: Susan Brunson, 202-402-3852

Doctoral Programs
May 12 Federal Register version
(includes the bulleted programs below)

Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program

Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program

June 12

Susan Brunson, 202-402-3852 or Sherone Ivey, 202-402-4200

Fair Housing Initiatives Program
May 12 Federal Register version
(includes the bulleted programs below)

Fair Housing -- Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI)

Fair Housing -- Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI)

Fair Housing -- Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI)

July 9

Myron Newry, 202-402-7095 or Denise L. Brooks, 202-402-7050

Housing Counseling Programs
May 12 Federal Register version

July 9

Terri Ames, 202-402-3025 or a HUD Homeownership Center listed in the NOFA

Housing Counseling Training
May 12 Federal Register version

July 9

Miriam Torres, 202-402-2618 or 202-708-0317 ext. 2618

Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Programs

Lead Hazard Programs
May 12 Federal Register version
June 12 correction
(includes bulleted programs below)

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program (deadline July 10)

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program (deadline July 17)

Operation Lead Elimination Action Program (LEAP) (deadline July 10)

Shown with program names

Jonnette G. Hawkins, 202-402-7593

Technical Studies
May 12 Federal Register version
(includes bulleted programs below)

Lead-Technical Studies

Healthy Homes Technical Studies

July 3

Dr. Robert Weisberg, 202-402-7687 (Lead) or Dr. Peter Ashley, 202-402-7595 (Healthy Homes)

Lead Outreach Grant Program
May 12 Federal Register version
June 12 correction

July 17

Jonnette G. Hawkins, 202-402-7593

Healthy Homes Demonstration Program
May 12 Federal Register version

July 17

Emily Williams, 336-547-4002 ext. 2067 or Dr. Suzanne Gaynor, 202-402-7689

Economic Development and Self-Sufficiency Programs

Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinators
May 12 Federal Register version
June 12 correction

July 16 (originally June 12)

Kathryn Greenspan, 202-402-4055 or Public and Indian Housing Resource Center, 800-955-2232

Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators Program
May 12 Federal Register version
June 12 correction

August 14

Anice Schervish, 202-402-2341 or Public and Indian Housing Resource Center, 800-955-2232

Public and Indian Housing Family Self-Sufficiency
May 12 Federal Register version

July 18

Anice Schervish, 202-402-2341 or Public and Indian Housing Resource Center, 800-955-2232

Targeted and Assisted Housing

Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)
May 12 Federal Register version
June 12 correction
NOTE: This is the notice that allows HAC and others to apply to HUD for SHOP funds for FY 2008. Information for local self-help housing organizations considering applying for SHOP funding from HAC is available here.

July 18 (originally July 11)

Ms. Lou Thompson, 202-708-2684 or 202-402-4594

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
May 12 Federal Register version

July 18

Benjamin Ayers, 202-402-2201 or a HUD field office

Assisted Living Conversion Program for Eligible Multifamily Projects
May 12 Federal Register version

July 3

Faye Norman, 202- 402-2482 or Aretha Williams, 202-708-3000 ext. 2480

Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly
May 12 Federal Register version
June 9 correction

July 10

Alicia Anderson, 202-402-5787 or a HUD field office

Section 202 Intergenerational Housing Demo (April 25)

July 2

Aretha Williams, 202-708-3000 or Claire Trivedi, 202-402-6634

Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
May 12 Federal Register version
June 9 correction

July 16

Marvis Hayward, 202-708-3000 ext. 2255 or 202-402-2255 or a HUD field office

HOPE VI (March 26)

June 20

Leigh van Rij, 202-402-5788

HOPE VI Main Street Grants (June 26)

Aug. 20

Lawrence Gnessin, 202-402-2676

Currently Available Information for Continuum of Care Applicants, May 6, 2008.

Information about the esnaps system for CoC applicants, including online training, is available at http://www.hudhre.info/esnaps/.

Sign up here for HUD's email list related to homeless assistance, including updates on the Continuum of Care NOFA.

e-snaps registration instructions published in the Federal Register on April 30

Archived webcast on registration for the 2008 CoC competition, April 22, 2008.

Access Information by Phone

If you have difficulty accessing SuperNOFA information online, contact HUD's NOFA Information Center, Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 1-800-483-8929 (toll free).

To reach HUD's Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, call 202-708-0667.

Links to Additional Resources

Sign up to receive e-mail notices when SuperNOFA program sections and changes become available.

View HUD's funding information page.

If you have trouble accessing any information on HAC's site only (not HUD's or grants.gov), please contact Leslie Strauss or Janice Clark, 202-842-8600.

Posted: March 19, 2008
Last updated: June 12, 2008