Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Housing Authority of the City of Lafayette received a $272,250 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office under the Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services - Service Coordinators program (CFDA 14.870). Awarded June 1, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029, this grant funds service coordinator positions that link public housing residents in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana to supportive services designed to address barriers to economic and housing self-sufficiency. The service coordinators facilitate connections to educational, professional, and health-related resources that enable residents to achieve greater economic mobility and housing stability.

This award is structured under the Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative, a three-year competitive grant program through which HUD selects public and Indian housing authorities to deploy enhanced service coordination capacity. The grant supports salary and fringe benefits for service coordinator positions serving a designated population of participating families, consistent with the program's core objective of strengthening resident pathways to self-sufficiency through coordinated supportive service delivery integrated within public housing communities.