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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Multifamily Housing

Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing (SCMF) Discretionary

FR-6700-N-74

03/14/2024

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

A. Program Description

B. Authority

II. AWARD INFORMATION

A. Available Funds

B. Number of Awards

C. Minimum/Maximum Award Information

D. Period of Performance

E. Type of Funding Instrument

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Ineligible Applicants

C. Cost Sharing or Matching

D. Threshold Eligibility Requirements

E. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility

F. Program-Specific Requirements

G. Criteria for Beneficiaries

IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

A. Obtain an Application Package

B. Content and Form of Application Submission

C. System for Award Management (SAM) and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

D. Application Submission Dates and Times

E. Intergovernmental Review

F. Funding Restrictions

G. Other Submission Requirements

V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

A. Review Criteria

B. Review and Selection Process

VI. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

A. Award Notices

B. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy Requirements and Terms for HUD Applicants and Recipients of Financial Assistance Awards

C. Reporting

D. Debriefing

VII. AGENCY CONTACT(S)

VIII. OTHER INFORMATION

APPENDIX

Program Office:

Multifamily Housing Funding Opportunity Title:

Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing (SCMF) Discretionary Funding Opportunity Number:

FR-6700-N-74

Assistance Listing Number (formerly CFDA Number):

14.191 Due Date for Applications:

03/14/2024

OVERVIEW

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite applications from eligible applicants for the program and purpose described within this NOFO. You, as a prospective applicant, should carefully read all instructions in all sections to avoid sending an incomplete or ineligible application. HUD funding is highly competitive. Failure to respond accurately to any submission requirement could result in an incomplete or noncompetitive proposal.

In accordance with Title 24 part 4, subpart B of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), during the selection process (which includes HUD’s NOFO development and publication and concludes with the award of assistance), HUD is prohibited from disclosing covered selection information.

Examples of impermissible disclosures include: 1) information regarding any applicant’s relative standing; 2) the amount of assistance requested by any applicant; and 3) any information contained in the application. Prior to the application deadline, HUD may not disclose the identity of any applicant or the number of applicants that have applied for assistance.

For further information regarding this NOFO, direct questions regarding the specific requirements of this NOFO to the agency contact identified in section VII.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501- 3520) (PRA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection requirements in this NOFO. HUD may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. This NOFO identifies its applicable OMB control number, unless its collection of information is excluded from these requirements under 5 CFR part 1320.

OMB Approval Number(s):

2502-0447

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

A. Program Description

1. Purpose

The Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing (SCMF) program supports service coordinator positions for elderly individuals and non-elderly persons with disabilities living in HUD assisted housing. Service coordinators play a critical role in connecting older adults and persons with disabilities with community-based supportive services for independent living and reducing premature and unnecessary transitions to higher levels of care. Service Coordinators work to promote access to resources, financial security, social connections, health and well-being for residents in assisted housing. Service coordinators help residents identify and access supportive services that will enable them to continue living independently in the community and age in place. Participation in the service coordinator program is voluntary, and residents choose which services they accept. Service coordinators work with residents and their families to identify the individual needs and preferences of residents and connect them with appropriate resources.

Services may include nutrition support, housekeeping and shopping assistance, coordination with healthcare providers, help accessing public benefits, financial management assistance, and other services that support Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) including services for persons with severe disabilities. Service coordinators also organize educational programming that gives residents tools to support independent living, and help property management better understand the service and support needs of their particular resident population.

2. HUD and Program-Specific Goals and Objectives

This NOFO supports HUD’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2026 to accomplish HUD’s mission and vision. Each of the five goals in the Strategic Plan include what HUD hopes to accomplish, the strategies to accomplish those objectives, and the indicators of success.

However, of the five goals only those applicable to this NOFO are identified below.

You are expected to align your application to the applicable strategic goals and objectives below.

Use the information in this section to describe in your application the specific goals, objectives, and measures that your project is expected to help accomplish. If your project is selected for funding, you are also expected to establish a plan to track progress related to those goals, objectives, and measures. HUD will monitor compliance with the goals, objectives, and measures in your project.

Applicable Goals and Objectives from HUD’s Strategic Plan

1. 4C: Integrate Health and Housing Advance policies that recognize housing's role as essential to health.

4C: Integrate Health and Housing Advance policies that recognize housing's role as essential to health.

Applicants must provide connections to supportive services, such as connecting their residents with healthcare providers, educational programming, supportive services for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), and other resources.

Note: Individuals with disabilities, including those with severe disabilities, have the right to live independently and receive supportive services to assist them in doing so.

Funding Opportunity GoalsIn order to reduce premature and unnecessary transitions to higher levels of care, the Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing program exists to enhance a resident's quality of life and ability to live independently. By connecting residents to community-based supportive services for independent living, we enable the elderly and/or persons with disabilities to age in place.

3. Changes from Previous NOFO

• In lieu of a national lottery HUD will now award applicants through a rating and regional lottery system.

• Applicants will be randomly selected for funding via a regional lottery. A regional lottery will be held for each Multifamily Region lottery pool (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West) plus Expansion Only. A map showing the boundaries of the Multifamily Regions is available at:

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/mfh/hsgmfbus/abouthubspcs. For purposes of this NOFO, applicants seeking an expansion to their existing program will be assigned to the Expansion Only lottery pool. Please review the Rating Factors and Threshold Requirements section carefully for more details on qualifying for this year’s NOFO award.

• In the 2013 NOFO, HUD gave highest priority to applicants who had also been selected for funding in the Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP) or the Service Enriched Housing (SEH) programs. In this NOFO, past ALCP and SEH program grantees are eligible to apply, but will not receive priority over other applicants. ALCP and SEH properties will receive the same review and consideration for funding as other applicants.

• Properties are no longer required to have a minimum of 25% frail or at-risk residents to apply.

• You are required to provide an Advancing Racial Equity narrative (see section III.F.)

• You must provide an Affirmative Marketing narrative (see section III.F.)

• You must submit a narrative describing how your proposed NOFO activities are aligned with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirements (see Section IV.G)

• You must describe your experience promoting racial equity (see Section V.B)

• Federal Relay Service – The Federal Relay Service contract expired in February 2022.

HUD no longer uses the service. The NOFO is updated to include the use of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relay services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech or communication disabilities.

• HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit:

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

4. Definitions

a. Standard Definitions

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) means taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating discrimination to overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics. Specifically, affirmatively furthering fair housing means taking meaningful actions that, taken together, address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportunities, replacing segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living patterns, transforming racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of opportunity, and fostering and maintaining compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws.

The duty to affirmatively further fair housing extends to all program participant’s activities and programs relating to housing and urban development.

Assistance Listing number refers to the unique number assigned to each Federal assistance program publicly available in the Assistance Listing, which is managed and administered by the General Services Administration. The Assistance Listing number was formerly known as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.

Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) is a person authorized to legally bind your organization and submit applications via Grants.gov. The AOR is authorized by the E-Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) in the System for Award Management (see E-Biz POC definition).

An AOR may include an Expanded AOR and/or a Standard AOR.

Expanded Authorized Organization Representative is a user in Grants.gov who is authorized by the E-Biz POC to perform the functions of a Standard AOR, initiate and submit applications on behalf of your organization, and is allowed to modify organization-level settings and certifications in Grants.gov.

Standard Authorized Organization Representative is a user in Grants.gov who is authorized by the E-Biz POC to initiate and submit applications in Grants.gov. A Grants.gov user with the Standard AOR role can only submit applications when they are a Participant for that workspace.

Consolidated Plan is the document submitted to HUD that serves as the comprehensive housing affordability strategy, community development plan, and submission for funding under any of the Community Planning and Development formula grant programs (e.g., CDBG, ESG, HOME, and HOPWA). This Plan is prepared in accordance with the process described in 24 CFR part 91.

This plan is completed by engaging in a participatory process to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions with funding from formula grant programs. (See 24 CFR part 91 for HUD’s requirements regarding the Consolidated Plan and related Action Plan).

Contract means, for the purpose of Federal financial assistance, a legal instrument by which a recipient or subrecipient purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or program under a federal award. For additional information on contractor and subrecipient determinations, see 2 CFR 200.331.

Contractor means an entity that receives a contract as defined above and in 2 CFR 200.1.

Cooperative agreement has the same meaning defined at 2 CFR 200.1.

Deficiency, with respect to the making of an application for funding, is information missing or omitted within a submitted application. Examples of deficiencies include missing documents, missing or incomplete information on a form, or some other type of unsatisfied information requirement. Depending on specific criteria, a deficiency may be either Curable or Non-Curable.

A Curable Deficiency is missing or incomplete application information that may be corrected by the applicant with timely action. To be curable, the deficiency must:

• Not be a threshold requirement, except for documentation of applicant eligibility;

• Not influence how an applicant is ranked or scored versus other applicants; and

• Be remedied within the time frame specified in the notice of deficiency.

A Non-Curable Deficiency is missing or incomplete application information that cannot be corrected by an applicant after the submission deadline. A non-curable deficiency is a deficiency that is a threshold requirement, or a deficiency that, if corrected, would change an applicant’s score or rank versus other applicants. If an application includes a non-curable deficiency, the application may receive an ineligible determination, or the non-curable deficiency may otherwise adversely affect the application’s score and final funding determination.

E-Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) is an organization applicant who is responsible for the administration and management of grant activities for his or her organization. The E-Biz POC is likely to be an organization's chief financial officer or authorizing official. The E-Biz POC authorizes representatives of their organization to apply on behalf of the organization (see Authorized Organization Representative definition). There can only be one E-Biz POC per unique entity identifier (see definition of Unique Entity Identifier below).

Eligibility requirements are mandatory requirements for an application to be eligible for funding.

Environmental Justice means investing in environmental improvements, remedying past environmental inequities, and otherwise developing, implementing, and enforcing laws and policies in a manner that advances environmental equity and provides meaningful involvement for people and communities that have been environmentally underserved or overburdened, such as Black and Brown communities, indigenous groups, and individuals with disabilities. This definition does not alter the requirements under HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR 58.5(j) and 24 CFR 50.4(l) implementing Executive Order 12898. E.O. 12898 requires a consideration of how federally assisted projects may have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and/or low-income populations. For additional information on environmental review compliance, refer to:

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/environment_energy/regulations.

Equity has the meaning given to that term in Section 2(a) of Executive Order 13985 and means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.

Federal Award, has the meaning, depending on the context, in either paragraphs (1) or (2) of this definition:

(1)

(a) The Federal financial assistance that a recipient receives directly from a Federal awarding agency or a subrecipient receives indirectly from a pass-through entity, as described in 2 CFR 200.101; or

(b) The cost-reimbursement contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulations that a non- Federal entity receives directly from a federal awarding agency or indirectly from a pass- through entity, as described in 2 CFR 200.101.

(2) The instrument setting forth the terms and conditions. The instrument is the grant agreement, cooperative agreement, other agreement for assistance covered in paragraph (2) of the definitions of Federal financial assistance in 2 CFR 200.1, and this NOFO, or the cost-reimbursement contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

(3) Federal award does not include other contracts that a Federal agency uses to buy goods or services from a contractor or a contract to operate Federal Government owned, contractor operated facilities (GOCOs).

(4) See also definitions of Federal financial assistance, grant agreement, and cooperative agreement in 2 CFR 200.1.

Federal Financial Assistance has the same meaning defined at 2 CFR 200.1.

Grants.gov is the website serving as the Federal government’s central portal for searching and applying for Federal financial assistance throughout the Federal government. Registration on Grants.gov is required for submission of applications to prospective agencies unless otherwise specified in this NOFO.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary of Education to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation. A list of accredited HBCUs can be found at the U.S. Department of Education’s website.

Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are

(1) a part B institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1601);

(2) a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1101a(5));

(3) a Tribal College or University (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059c);

(4) an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059d(b));

(5) a Predominantly Black Institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059e);

(6) an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059g); or

(7) a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059f).

Non-Federal Entity (NFE) means a state, local government, Indian tribe, Institution of Higher Education (IHE), or non-profit organization that carries out a federal award as a recipient or subrecipient.

Primary Point of Contact (PPOC) is the person who may be contacted with questions about the application submitted by the AOR. The PPOC is listed in item 8F on the SF-424.

Racial Equity is the elimination of racial disparities, and is achieved when race can no longer predict opportunities, distribution of resources, or outcomes – particularly for Black and Brown persons, which includes Black, Latino, indigenous, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other persons of color.

Recipient means an entity, usually but not limited to non-Federal entities, that receives a federal award directly from HUD. The term recipient does not include subrecipients or individuals that are beneficiaries of the award.

Resilience is a community’s ability to minimize damage and recover quickly from extreme events and changing conditions.

Small business is defined as a privately-owned corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship that has fewer employees and less annual revenue than regular-sized business. The definition of “small”—in terms of being able to apply for government support and qualify for preferential tax policy—varies by country and industry. The U.S. Small Business Administration defines a small business according to a set of standards based on specific industries. See 13 CFR Part 121.

Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.

Subrecipient means an entity, usually but not limited to non-Federal entities, that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a federal award but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such award. A subrecipient may also be a recipient of other federal awards directly from a federal awarding agency.

System for Award Management (SAM) is the Federal Repository into which an entity must provide information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Registration with SAM is required for submission of applications via Grants.gov. You can access the website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. There is no cost to use SAM.

Threshold Requirements are eligibility requirements that must be met for an application to be reviewed, rated, and ranked. Threshold requirements are not curable, except for documentation of applicant eligibility, which are listed in Section III.D., Threshold Eligibility Requirements.

Similarly, there are eligibility requirements under Section III.E., Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility.

Underserved Communities has the meaning given to that term in Section 2(b) of Executive Order 13985 and refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the definition of “equity” above.

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) means the identifier assigned by SAM to uniquely identify business entities. As of April 4, 2022, the Federal government has transitioned from the use of the DUNS Number to the use of UEI, as the primary means of entity identification for Federal awards government-wide.

b. Program Definitions.

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Activities of Daily Living include, but are not limited to, eating, dressing, bathing, grooming, and household management activities:

• Eating: includes feeding, cooking, preparing, and serving food;

• Bathing: includes getting in and out of the shower or tub and tasks to maintain personal hygiene;

• Grooming: includes washing and combing hair, brushing teeth, skincare and nail care;

• Dressing: includes selecting and putting on appropriate clothing and outerwear for the weather or occasion;

• Home management activities: includes cleaning the unit, grocery shopping, laundry, and getting to and from activities such as going to the doctor and shopping.

At-Risk elderly person: An individual 62 years of age who is unable to perform one or two Activities of Daily Living (ADL). See definition of Activities of Daily Living above in this section.

Co-applicant: Applicant(s) other than the lead applicant on a joint application.

Elderly Person: An individual that is 62 years or older.

Expansion: An increase in the total number of Service Coordinator hours by:

• Requesting a change from a part-time Service Coordinator to a full-time Service Coordinator; or

• Requesting an additional Service Coordinator Aide or a part-time Service Coordinator to programs that already have a full-time Service Coordinator.

Please see the section on Eligible Cost for more details on expanding your program.

Grant Specialist: Grant Specialists are HUD staff responsible for the management of Multifamily Housing grant programs for the entirety of the grant term to ensure program fidelity, positive outcomes for residents, and that grants comply with 2 CFR Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs): Are the activities one does to maintain a basic standard of life. Those basics include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining a bank account

• Paying one's bills

• Planning meals

• Maintaining housekeeping needs

• Remembering to set and attend appointments

• Managing one's own transportation needs

• Maintaining a healthy active social life, Lead applicant: The applicant whose Grants.gov account is used to submit a joint application.

Persons with Disabilities: Persons who:

• Have a disability, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 423;

• Is determined, pursuant to HUD regulations, to have a physical, mental, or emotional impairment that:

o Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration;

o Substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently, and o Is of such a nature that the ability to live independently could be improved by more suitable housing conditions; or,

• Have a developmental disability as defined in 42 U.S.C. 6001

Does not exclude persons who have the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or any conditions arising from the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; For purposes of qualifying for low-income housing, does not include persons whose disability is based solely on any drug or alcohol dependence; and are “individuals with handicaps”, as defined in § 8.3 of this title, for purposes of reasonable accommodation and program accessibility for persons with disabilities. See 24 CFR § 5.403.

Qualified Applicant: Applicants who have met the requirements set forth in Section 3 of this NOFO and scored within the fundable range of 22 to 30 points.

Reasonable costs: Reasonable costs means that costs are consistent with salaries and administrative costs of similar programs in your HUD Field office's jurisdiction.

Service Coordinator: A Service Coordinator in HUD-assisted Multifamily Housing is a staff person hired or contracted by an assisted housing owner or its management company to foster an environment in which elderly persons and persons with disabilities can live independently in the community. A Service Coordinator helps residents access services available in the community, and designs programs and services to meet the needs and requests of the property’s residents.

B. Authority B. Authority

• Please add the statutory and/or appropriations citation that provides the legal authority for the program and funding here.

• If the NOFO includes already appropriated funding, this section needs to include the title of the Appropriations Act, the Public Law number and enactment date for the current FY and all prior year funding included in this NOFO: e.g., “Funding for this program is provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 ([bill name, public law number, approval date TBD]), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328, approved December 29, 2022), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103, approved March 15, 2022), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260, approved December 27, 2020), and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94, approved December 20, 2019)." Please use the format provided here for the appropriations Act reference(s).

• If the NOFO will be published in advance of Congressional appropriations, and HUD’s intention is to make future awards from any fiscal year 2024 funds that may be appropriated, then include the following in the provided text field: “Congress has not yet appropriated fiscal year 2024 funds for this program. Therefore, the applicable funding terms and conditions are contingent on future congressional action."

The Multifamily Service Coordinator program is authorized by section 8(d)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(2)), and sections 671, 676, and 683 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, (42 U.S.C. 13631, 13632, and 13641).The funding for this NOFO is provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103, approved March 15, 2022) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328, approved December 29, 2022).

II. AWARD INFORMATION

A. Available Funds Funding of approximately $40,000,000 is available through this NOFO.

Additional funds may become available for award under this NOFO consistent with Section VI.A.2.e., Adjustments to Funding. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are subject to the funding restrictions contained in this NOFO.

B. Number of Awards HUD expects to make approximately 160 awards from the funds available under this NOFO.

C. Minimum/Maximum Award Information The funding amount for awards provided through this NOFO will be based on the proposed budgets provided by the selected applicants. The maximum amount that may be awarded to each selected applicant will be based on the number of Service Coordinator positions, weekly hours and salary amounts for which the applicant is eligible, the applicable indirect cost rate, and any other costs in the applicant’s budget request that HUD determines to be allowable and reasonable. See section III.A for information on the maximum number of Service Coordinator positions per applicant and allowable salary amounts.

Estimated Total Funding:

$40,000,000 Minimum Award Amount:

$0 Per Project Period

Maximum Award Amount:

$0 Per Project Period

D. Period of Performance Estimated Project Start Date:

08/01/2024 Estimated Project End Date:

07/31/2027 Length of Project Periods:

36-month project period and budget period

Length of Periods Explanation of Other:

E. Type of Funding Instrument Funding Instrument Type:

G (Grant)

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. Eligible Applicants 25 (Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification))

Additional Information on Eligibility Be assisted or financed through any of the following programs:

(1) Section 202 Direct Loan, 12 USC 1701q, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Act

(2) Project-based Section 8 (including Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation), or

(3) Section 221(d)(3) below-market interest rate

Property was designed or designated for the elderly persons or persons with disabilities and continue to operate as such. This includes any building within a mixed-use development that was designed for occupancy by elderly persons or persons with disabilities at its inception and continues to operate as such, or consistent with title VI, subtitle D of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550). If not so designed, a property in which the owner gives preferences in tenant selection (with HUD approval) to eligible elderly persons or persons with disabilities for all units in that property.

If FHA insured or financed with a Section 202 Direct Loan, are current in mortgage payments or are currently under a work agreement.

You meet HUD's Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (codified in 24 CFR part 5, subpart G), based on the most recent physical inspection report and responses as evidenced by a score of 60 or better (or the NSPIRE equivalent) on the last physical inspection or by an approved plan for properties scoring less than 60 (or the NSPIRE equivalent).

You are in compliance with any of the applicable regulatory agreement, Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract, and any other outstanding HUD grant or contract document, including the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract.

Have no available project funds (e.g.., Section 8 operating funds, residual receipts, or excess income) that could pay for a Service Coordinator. Field office staff will make this determination based on financial records maintained by the Department and information provided by the applicant in the grant application.

An eligible applicant refers to the mortgagor entity, single asset mortgagor, single purpose ownership entity, or other corporate entity that directly owns eligible assisted housing. A Managing General Partner in a partnership entity and property management companies are not “eligible applicants”. Only the ownership entity is an eligible applicant. All owners who are party to a joint application must meet this definition as well as all other eligibility criteria required of the lead applicant.

The applicant (or lead applicant on a joint application) must use the Grants.gov account and UEI associated with the ownership entity to submit their application in order to be considered for funding.

Service Coordinator Programs Previously Funded Through Other Sources

You may use funds to continue a Service Coordinator program that has previously been funded through other sources. To be deemed eligible, you must provide evidence that these resources have already ended or will discontinue within six months following the application deadline date and that no other funding mechanism is available to continue the program.

All applicants seeking funding directly from HUD must have an active UEI Number and include it in item 8c of the SF-424.

The UEI number must be registered to the owner/applicant organization that is to receive funding from HUD (i.e. to the owner of the eligible assisted housing included in this application). This means The “Legal Business Name” or” Doing Business As” name in a UEI number registration must be the same as the applicant name in item 8a of the SF-424 of the eligible assisted housing included in this application. Please be sure to use the owner entity’s legal name used when filing a tax return or making a payment to the IRS. . Number 16 of the SF-424 is a mandatory field and must be completed fully and accurately. For 16a please input the congressional district based on where the owner is located. For 16b please input information based on where the property is located. Please visit https://www.census.gov/mycd/ or Members of Congress & Congressional District Maps - GovTrack.us for more information. If you are not sure of the legal entity name or UEI number, you can search the SAM by going to www.SAM.gov and under the link “search SAM”, enter the UEI, the legal name, the address, and or the Doing-Business-As name and then select from a List of all vendors (active and inactive).

Changes in eligibility status. If your eligibility status changes during this grant term, making you ineligible to receive a grant (e.g., due to prepayment of mortgage, sale of property, or opting out of a Section 8 HAP contract), HUD will terminate your grant.

Faith-based organizations

(1) Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at 24 CFR 5.109, and subject to the protections and requirements of 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., HUD will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization based on the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

(2) A faith-based organization that participates in this program will retain its independence and may continue to carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and conscience protections in Federal law, including the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., 42 U.S.C. 238n, 42 U.S.C. 18113, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-1(a) and 2000e-2(e), 42 U.S.C. 12113(d), and the Weldon Amendment, among others. Religious accommodations may also be sought under many of these religious freedom and conscience protection laws, particularly under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

(3) A faith-based organization may not use direct financial assistance from HUD to support or engage in any explicitly religious activities except where consistent with the Establishment Clause and any other applicable requirements. Such an organization also may not, in providing services funded by HUD, discriminate against a beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion, religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.

B. Ineligible Applicants

• Managing General Partners in a partnership owner corporation, property management companies, Area Agencies on Aging, and other like organizations are not eligible applicants for Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing funds.

• Housing not designed or designated for the elderly, non-elderly persons with disabilities, or those no longer operating as such.

• Section 221(d)(4) and Section 515 housing without project-based Section 8 assistance.

• Section 202 Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) properties.

Note: Owners of Section 202 PRAC properties may obtain service coordinator funding by requesting an increase in their PRAC payment consistent with Handbook 4381.5 REVISION-2, CHANGE-2, Chapter 8.

• Section 811 PRAC and 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) properties.

• Conventional public housing, as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), and units assisted by project-based Housing Choice Vouchers, as set forth in 24 CFR Part 983.

C. Cost Sharing or Matching This Program does not require cost sharing or matching.

D. Threshold Eligibility Requirements Applicants who fail to meet any of the following threshold eligibility requirements are deemed ineligible. Applications from ineligible applicants are not rated or ranked and will not receive HUD funding.

1. Resolution of Civil Rights Matters

Outstanding civil rights matters must be resolved before the application submission deadline.

Applicants with unresolved civil rights matters at the application deadline are deemed ineligible.

Applications from ineligible applicants are not rated or ranked and will not receive HUD funding.

a. An applicant is ineligible for funding if the applicant has any of the charges, cause determinations, lawsuits, or letters of findings referenced in subparagraphs (1) – (5) that are not resolved to HUD’s satisfaction before or on the application deadline date for this NOFO.

(1) Charges from HUD concerning a systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act or receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency concerning a systemic violation of a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law proscribing discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability or familial status;

(2) Status as a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the United States alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination or denial of rights to a group of persons raising an issue of general public importance under 42 U.S.C. 3614(a);

(3) Status as a defendant in any other lawsuit filed or joined by the Department of Justice, or in which the Department of Justice has intervened, or filed an amicus brief or statement of interest, alleging a pattern or practice or systemic violation of Title VI of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Violence Against Women Act, or a claim under the False Claims Act related to fair housing, non-discrimination, or civil rights generally including an alleged failure to affirmatively further fair housing;

(4) Receipt of a letter of findings identifying systemic non-compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; Violence Against Women Act; or the Americans with Disabilities Act; or

(5) Receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency concerning a systemic violation of provisions of a state or local law prohibiting discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or lawful source of income.

b. HUD will determine if actions to resolve the charge, cause determination, lawsuit, or letter of findings taken before the application deadline date will resolve the matter. Examples of actions that may be sufficient to resolve the matter include, but are not limited to:

(1) Current compliance with a voluntary compliance agreement signed by all the parties;

(2) Current compliance with a HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all the parties;

(3) Current compliance with a conciliation agreement signed by all the parties and approved by the state governmental or local administrative agency with jurisdiction over the matter;

(4) Current compliance with a consent order or consent decree;

(5) Current compliance with a final judicial ruling or administrative ruling or decision; or

(6) Dismissal of charges.

Each applicant and application must meet the following threshold criteria to be considered for funding:

a. Applicants must meet the requirements in Section 3 of this NOFO.

b. Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59:59 pm Eastern Time on March 14th, 2024.

c. The applicant information provided in your online application, Standard Form (SF) 424, “Application for Federal Assistance” must be the owner of the eligible property information. A Managing General Partner in a partnership entity and property management companies are not eligible applicants. Only the ownership entity is an eligible applicant. Applicants must use the Grants.gov account and UEI associated with the ownership entity to submit their application in order to be considered for funding. HUD will use registered/active UEI numbers from SAM.gov and not a DUNS number to determine eligibility.

d. Grant applications must contain the materials listed in section 3 of this NOFO in order to be considered for funding. If any part of your application contains a non-curable deficiency, HUD will mark your application as ineligible.

e. If grant funds will be used to cover the cost of any activities which are not exempt from environmental review requirements - such as acquisition, leasing, construction, or building rehabilitation, HUD must perform an environmental review to the extent required by 24 CFR part 50. All applicants selected for a conditional award under this NOFO and who are also proposing activities not exempt from environmental review requirements, are required to abide by the directives in the Environmental Review section of this NOFO. All required environmental documentation must be submitted through the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS). See Section III.F for more information on Environmental Review submission requirements. Applicants who do not submit their documentation in HEROS as instructed by HUD will forfeit funding of their start-up costs.

f. If grant funds will be used to cover the cost of any activities which are not exempt from environmental review requirements - such as acquisition, leasing, construction, or building rehabilitation, the site of the proposed office space must not be located within a 500-year flood plain or in a location designated as a Superfund site.

g. All applications must include a Supportive Services Plan:

Applicants must submit a copy of their property’s supportive services plan, describing in detail the property’s capacity to connect residents with healthcare providers, educational programming, supportive services for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), and other resources. The applicant must also provide a short narrative (1 page or less) describing the role of the service coordinator in implementing the supportive services plan. This narrative may be incorporated into the supportive services plan document, or provided as a separate supporting document. The supportive services plan should cover, at a minimum, the following topics:

• Nutrition support (such as meal programs or meal preparation help)

• Shopping assistance

• Housekeeping services

• Transportation options

• Healthcare resources

• Mental/Behavioral health resources

• Dental care resources

• Telemarketing fraud for elderly persons.

• Other services and supports that are relevant to your resident population.

The plan must also include information on how the property identifies their resident's supportive services needs and develops strategies to connect residents with appropriate services and supports.

The adequacy of the supportive services plan will not be evaluated on the number of services available in the geographic area where the property is located, but rather on how well the plan demonstrates that the applicant has analyzed their resident's supportive services needs and the resources available to meet them. See section V of this NOFO for more details on submitting a qualified supportive services plan.

h. All applications must address racial equity

• You are required to provide an Advancing Racial Equity narrative (see section III.F.).

• You must describe your experience in promoting racial equity

• All applications must address Affirmative Marketing

• You must provide an Affirmative Marketing narrative (see section III.F.)

j. All applications must address Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

k. Resolve all curable deficiencies.

As explained earlier in this NOFO curable deficiencies are those items that can be corrected.

Non-curable are not correctable and will likely disqualify you from being awarded within this NOFO round. Omission of any of the following list of documents is considered a non-curable deficiency:

• Standard Form 424 Supplement Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants

• Standard Form 424A Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs

• HUD Form 424B Applicant and Recipient Assurances and Certifications

• HUD-2880 Applicant Recipient Disclosure Update Report

• HUD-91186 Multifamily Housing Service Coordinator First-Time Funding Request

• Any items that are listed as part of the Rating Factors within this NOFO

• Any items that will be scored and/or ranked

In cases where HUD staff request information in response to technical deficiencies in applications, applicants must submit the response by the designated deadline date provided in their technical deficiency notice. If responses are not received by this date, HUD will mark the application as ineligible.

Past Performance

In order to ensure that applicants have the capacity to successfully run a service coordinator program, HUD will review the risk rating of each applicant property.

Please note that HUD will use the most recent risk rating that is available at the time of application closing. Properties with a risk rating of 5 or below at the time of application closing will not be eligible for funding for the CY 2023 NOFO. Properties must self-certify that all properties included on their application have a REAC score above 60 (or equivalent score under the NSPIRE final rule) and that they are in compliance with the terms of all HUD business agreements, including regulatory agreements, use agreements and Housing Assistance Payments contracts. By submitting your application for this NOFO you are self-certifying that your property has a REAC score of above 60 (or the equivalent score under the NSPIRE- final rule).

2. Timely Submission of Applications

Applications submitted after the deadline stated within this NOFO that do not meet the requirements of the grace period policy are marked late. Late applications are ineligible and are not considered for funding. See Section IV. D. Application Submission Dates and Times.

The application deadline is 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time March 14, 2024. Applications must be received by Grants.gov no later than 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the application deadline date. Following receipt, the application will go through a validation process. If the application fails the Grants.gov validation process, it will be rejected. See Section IV.C of the General Section for instructions on application deadlines, limited time for correction of rejection errors, Grants.gov application processing steps and notifications, timely receipt requirements, and what to do if your application is rejected by Grants.gov. If you are provided a waiver to the electronic application, the waiver approval will provide detailed instructions on how and where to submit your application as well as timely receipt requirements.

E. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility Eligibility Requirements for Applicants of HUD’s Financial Assistance Programs The following requirements affect applicant eligibility. Detailed information on each requirement is found in the “Eligibility Requirements for Applicants of HUD’s Financial Assistance Programs” document on HUD’s Funding Opportunities page.

• Universal Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Requirements

• Outstanding Delinquent Federal Debts

• Debarments or Suspensions, or both

• Mandatory Disclosure Requirement

• Pre-selection Review of Performance

• Sufficiency of Financial Management System

• False Statements

• Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

In addition, each applicant under this NOFO must have the necessary processes and systems in place to comply with the Award Term in Appendix A of 24 CFR part 170 if the applicant receives an award, unless an exception applies as provided in 2 CFR170.110.

F. Program-Specific Requirements Your Service Coordinator must perform the following duties at a minimum:

1. Consult with the owner of housing,…