FR-6200-N-06.pdf

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Community Planning and Development

HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity

Building Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

FR-6200-N-06

Application Due Date: 02/14/2019

HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity

Building Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

FR-6200-N-06

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Funding Opportunity Description.

II. Award Information.

III. Eligibility Information.

A. Eligible Applicants.

B. Cost Sharing or Matching.

C. Threshold Requirements.

D. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting El igibility.

E. Program Specific Requirements.

F. Criteria for Beneficiaries.

IV. Application and Submission Information.

A. Obtaining an Application Package.

B. Content and Form of Application Submission.

C. System for Award Management (SAM) and Dun and

Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number.

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.

C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates.

VI. Award Administration Information.

A. Award Notices.

B. Administrative, National and Department Policy

Requirements for HUD recipients.

C. Reporting.

D. Debriefing.

VII. Agency Contacts.

VIII. Other Information.

IX. Appendix.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Program Office: Community Planning and Development Funding Opportunity Title: HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019

Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA)

Announcement Type: Initial Funding Opportunity Number: FR-6200-N-06 Primary CFDA Number: 14.259 Due Date for Applications: 02/14/2019

Overview Prospective applicants 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.

For Further Information Regarding this NOFA: Please direct questions regarding the specific program requirements of this Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to the office contact identified in Section VII.

OMB Approval Number(s): 2506-0197

I. Funding Opportunity Description.

A. Program Description.

1. Purpose Through this NOFA, HUD is announcing the availability of approximately $73.5 million in FY 2018 funding for its Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass). Contingent upon the availability of FY 2019 appropriations, we reserve the right to award FY 2019 funds based on this single NOFA competition. Any FY 2019 funds received for the following activities will not be awarded through this NOFA competition:

NAHASDA Formula Allocation and Negotiated Rulemaking, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Lab, Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), and LIHTC data collection and quality for LIHTC tenants and projects; such activities will be contracted.

As HUD’s integrated technical assistance (TA) and capacity building initiative, Community Compass is designed to help HUD’s customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, tools, capacity, and systems to implement HUD programs and policies successfully and sustainably and provide effective administrative and managerial oversight of HUD funding.

We recognize that our customers often interact with a variety of HUD programs as they deliver housing or community development services. Community Compass brings together TA investments from across HUD program offices, including the offices of Community Planning and Development, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Housing, and Public and Indian Housing. This cross-funding approach allows TA to address the needs of grantees and subgrantees across multiple HUD programs, often within the same engagement, as well as address cross-agency issues. You are encouraged to procure contractors and consultants that demonstrate experience across a wide variety of HUD programs, as well as in specific skill and policy areas. Community Compass is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters with the involvement of our Regional, Field, and Area Offices.

a. Background In February 2018, the HUD Secretary published the 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. Within the context of the Secretary’s vision to organize and deliver programs more efficiently and effectively, this NOFA invites competitive applications for two funding years: FY 2018 and FY 2019. This means that a single application may include a request for funding from one or both funding years. Eligible applicants will submit a single SF424 but must clearly identify the amount requested for each funding year in its application summary; see requirements in NOFA section IV.B.1.a. Along with significantly reducing the application burden for applicants, this funding process should enable HUD to make FY 2019 awards promptly when FY 2019 appropriations become available.

We will use the applications received through this NOFA and the resulting application scores to make awards for FY 2018. Subject to the availability of FY 2019 appropriations, we will use the same scores and award methodology to make new awards. When making FY 2019 awards, we will consider your remaining Community Compass funds and your performance under prior Community Compass awards, including declined or delayed assignments or unacceptable TA engagements.

We reserve the right to issue a supplemental or independent FY 2019 Community Compass Program NOFA if necessary (e.g., to accommodate a new TA priority or new funding source).

b. TA Focus Areas We expect to focus our TA efforts and available funding on the programs listed for each HUD Office in the table below. The table also notes the corresponding funding source(s). Since overlap often occurs among these HUD Offices and programs, we encourage you to establish your experience working across HUD Offices, as appropriate.

As new HUD priorities and customer needs emerge during the period of performance for a TA award, TA assignments may address additional HUD programmatic or policy areas that are not currently listed in the table.

Programs listed below include major grant, assistance, and regulatory programs that are anticipated to use TA support under Community Compass.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOCUS AREAS

HUD OFFICE PROGRAM TA FUNDING

SOURCE

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement and Non- Entitlement Programs

Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program CDBG-Disaster Recovery grants, including CDBG-NDR grants (TA for grantees with eligible disasters before 2017)

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Housing Opportunities for Persons With

AIDS (HOPWA)

Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Rural Housing Assistance Programs

Departmental TA

CDBG-Disaster Recovery grants with qualifying disasters that occurred in 2017 or later, as well as awards for mitigation and energy from Public Law 115-123

CDBG-Disaster Recovery grants for which dedicated funding for TA becomes available after the publication of this

NOFA

CDBG-Disaster Recovery TA

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Emergency Solutions Grant Program

(ESG)

McKinney-Vento TA, Departmental

TA

National Homeless Data Analysis Project National Homeless Data Analysis Project

OFFICE OF

COMMUNITY

PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT

Youth Homelessness Youth Homelessness TA

OFFICE OF

PUBLIC AND

INDIAN HOUSING

Public Housing Capital Fund Public Housing Operating Fund Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Resident Opportunities and Self

Departmental TA

Sufficiency (ROSS) Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Choice Neighborhoods Housing Choice Vouchers Project-Based Vouchers ConnectHome Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Jobs Plus

PHA Receivership and Recovery

PHA

Administrative Receivership and Recovery TA

Indian Housing Block Grant Title VI Loan Guarantee Program Section 184 Home Loan Guarantee Tribal HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive

Housing (VASH) Indian Community Development Block

Grant Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant

Native American Housing and Community Development TA

OFFICE OF

HOUSING Multifamily Housing Programs, including Project-Based Section 8, Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202), and Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811)

Housing Counseling Multifamily Housing Preservation, including Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

Multifamily Housing Production Initiatives

Departmental TA

OFFICE OF

POLICY

DEVELOPMENT

AND RESEARCH

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) data collection and quality for LIHTC tenants and projects

Departmental TA

OFFICE OF FAIR

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

(AFFH) HOUSING AND

EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY

Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968)

National Fair Housing Training Academy

CROSS-OFFICE:

ENERGY AND

ENVIRONMENT,

RELOCATION

AND REAL

ESTATE, AND

OTHER CROSS-

CUTTING

REQUIREMENTS

Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Smoke-Free Housing Knowledge management, including the

HUD Exchange Energy efficiency and high-performance building retrofits for assisted housing properties

Community engagement and economic opportunity programs, including Opportunity Zones and Promise Zones

EnVision Center Demonstration Benchmarking and utility data analysis Environmental Reviews for the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related federal environmental laws and authorities

Uniform Relocation Act (URA) and Section 104(d) requirements

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Economic Opportunities for Low and

Very-Low Income Persons (Section 3) Davis Bacon

c. Community Compass Eligible Activities Eligible activities for the Community Compass program are specified below. Successful applicants may be tasked to use one or more of these activities to provide technical assistance pursuant to the purposes of the Community Compass program. These activities are subject to any restrictions or limitations imposed by the federal regulations, statues, and policies referenced in this NOFA or by the regulations and policies governing the program(s) under which the technical assistance is funded.

1. Needs Assessments. Needs assessments are intended to help determine the nature and scope of TA and capacity building needed by HUD customers. Needs assessments may also assist customers with quantifying the impact of affordable housing and community and economic development or disaster recovery initiatives and identifying local market conditions so that program resources may be better targeted and leveraged. In some instances, a self-assessment by the customer or a Field Office assessment may provide a satisfactory basis for determining the scope and scale of technical and capacity building assistance; in other cases, a TA provider will conduct on-site or remote needs assessments to collect information about the capacity gaps of the identified customer. A needs assessment may use multiple information collection and analysis tools, such as the Consolidated Plan, Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) or Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) reports, Public Housing Annual Plan, Indian Housing Plan, Tribal Performance Assessments, Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Assessments, Assessment of Fair Housing, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, Point-In-Time Counts of the homeless, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, CoC application information, HUD monitoring results, energy audits, annual financial audits, funds obligation and expenditures, CPD maps, and interviews with grantees and HUD staff.

2. Direct TA and Capacity Building Engagements. Direct TA and capacity building require working onsite and/or remotely with HUD's customers to improve HUD program knowledge and staff capacity in one or more of the programs and/or cross-cutting issues noted above in the “Technical Assistance Focus Areas” table in Section I.A.1.b of the NOFA. Direct TA also includes the operation of one or more virtual help desks and addressing questions and issues raised by HUD’s customers.

3. Develop and Maintain Tools and Products. Tools and products developed will use adult learning principles to assist HUD customers with understanding existing, revised, or new program statutes and regulations, as well as other federal requirements (e.g., Davis-Bacon wage rates, Section 3, civil rights compliance, environmental justice and environmental standards, Limited English Proficiency [LEP] requirements, accessibility for persons with disabilities, and ConnectHome) that apply to these programs. HUD employs virtual training and TA as a cost-effective way to reach diverse audiences and address the constantly changing needs of customers and program requirements. These products might take the form of web-based courses or trainings, videos, interactive tools, and webinars. Tool and product development may also include the creation of templates, desk guides, toolkits, and curricula that improve program management and operations, evaluation, and performance measurement. Where appropriate, HUD program and other federal requirements, such as fair housing, will be integrated into comprehensive products that will serve the TA needs of a broad range of program partners. All products and tools developed must comply with Section 508 accessibility requirements.

Maintenance of tools and products could include translating existing materials into other languages.

4. Self-Directed and Group Learning. Self-directed and group learning is intended to increase the capacity and close the competency gaps of participants by equipping them with the necessary program knowledge and skills needed to administer and manage HUD programs.

Group learning will incorporate adult learning principles that may include delivery of HUD-approved training courses remotely or in person; online self-directed courses; problem-solving clinics; policy academies; live or pre-recorded webinars; and peer-to-peer assistance exchanges for customers with similar local market contexts, challenges, opportunities, and community needs. Group learning could include establishing and supporting group learning cohorts and curricula.

5. Knowledge Management. Knowledge management includes the development, operation, maintenance, and/or hosting of websites to support the TA, capacity building, and training needs of a diverse set of HUD’s urban, rural, and tribal customers. This may include the HUD

Exchange website which is designed as a TA resource for HUD grantees and is not an official HUD website. Knowledge management may include integrated learning or curriculum management systems; databases of resources, tools, and information; development of interactive tools to assist with program design and management and learning cohort formation; collecting and providing information on HUD grantees and subgrantees, including awards, expenditures, action plans, environmental reviews, and individual projects and activities; tracking TA engagements with particular recipients or cohorts of recipients and their effectiveness; and developing new resources. Knowledge management does not include the development, operation, maintenance, and/or hosting of websites that support HUD, and Community Compass TA funding will not be used to assume responsibility for databases or websites that are the responsibility of HUD. Technical assistance awarded under this NOFA will not provide maintenance or development support for any HUD-owned databases or systems, including but not limited to IDIS, DRGR, e-snaps, or LIHTC data collection tools.

6. Data analysis, reporting, and performance measurement. This activity includes TA and training that help customers analyze data and understand data trends; use data to inform and revise plans and strategies; use performance measurement and reporting tools; create data-sharing partnerships and agreements; and collect, report, and use accurate and valid data on programs, activities, and beneficiaries.

This eligible activity includes technical assistance and training for CoCs and recipients on how to collect, analyze, use, manage, report, and communicate about data that is critical for measuring and meeting local objectives related to ending homelessness. This TA funding provides support to CoCs to achieve the highest level of performance and results for HMIS implementation, including improving the capacity of persons charged with setting up and operating HMIS implementations; ensuring that HMIS collect accurate, comprehensive, and timely data; and supporting CoCs and stakeholders to use homeless data to improve efforts to end homelessness. This funding also provides technical assistance to CoCs for HMIS software management and operation, HMIS governance, standardized data collection for HUD-required Annual Performance Reports (APR), system performance measurement and reporting, system performance analysis, and system modeling.

Under the McKinney-Vento National Homeless Data Analysis Project, this activity for FY 2018 funding includes:

Preparation of Volumes 1 and 2 of the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) using established research parameters.

Operation of the HMIS Data Lab will provide HMIS-specific TA products to communities to program their HMIS to produce standardized data elements for data collection and usage, as well as standardized reporting specifications for communities to analyze different aspects of their data, e.g., data quality, client-level length of time homeless reports, and others. HUD funds the HMIS Data Lab for these technical assistance activities prior to establishing HMIS data collection and reporting implementation deadlines and requirements so that Continuums of Care and HMIS Lead agencies receive data elements and reporting specifications that are designed for uptake across a wide spectrum of HMIS software. These TA products allow CoCs to better manage their HMIS and remain in compliance with HUD standards. Conducting these activities prior to publishing deadlines and requirements maximizes the validity and reliability of HMIS data collection, usage, and reporting for CoCs. The HMIS Data Lab will use actual data collected in one or more local HMIS, but no identifying data will be submitted to HUD. As a secondary benefit of the Data Lab, HUD may also use the aggregate data to consider the impact of changes to data collection or reporting requirements on grantees to minimize burden and to support the development of tools, products, and training modules to assist grantees in implementing required changes. The HMIS Data Lab may also include a component dedicated to distributing reporting modalities; mobile applications for data collection; maintenance and support of reporting tools using data CSV and/or XML; and related products, training modules, and customer support. HMIS and AHAR will only be funded through this NOFA with FY 2018 funds.

7. NAHASDA Allocation Formula Administration and Negotiated Rulemaking and Consultation Support. Support for administration of the Indian Housing Block Grant Allocation Formula and related formula negotiated rulemaking, as authorized under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (5 U.S.C. 565(c)), including administration of the allocation formula, assistance with formula determinations, census challenges, notification letters, and data correction and reports, as well as consultation assistance to the Department for all negotiated rulemaking with Indian tribes and any other required tribal consultation. NAHASDA Allocation Formula Administration and Negotiated Rulemaking and Consultation Support will only be funded through this NOFA with FY 2018 funds.

8. Administrative. Administrative activities are directly associated with overall award management and execution, including salaries and benefits of persons who support the execution of the award terms. Costs include preparing reports for submission to HUD, obtaining program audits, and general operating costs when billed direct. Administrative costs are not allowable as direct award execution charges when these costs are included in a selected applicant organization’s negotiated indirect cost rate agreement or when the organization is using the de minimus rate. Refer to section VI.A.5. of this NOFA for administrative cost limits applicable to award execution costs.

Certain administrative costs are not considered to be award execution costs and are not subject to the administrative limits in this NOFA. For example, the salary and fringe benefits for the Program Manager assigned to oversee the outcome of a specific TA engagement are considered part of the TA engagement costs and are not included in award execution costs.

Rental and maintenance of office space is allowed only under the following conditions:

The lease must be for existing facilities not requiring rehabilitation or construction except for minimal alterations to make the facilities accessible for a person with disabilities

No repairs or renovations of the property may be undertaken with funds provided under this NOFA

Properties in the Coastal Barrier Resources System designated under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3501) cannot be leased or rented with federal funds

9. Coordination. Coordination activities consist of services related to coordinating technical assistance with other selected applicants and planning technical assistance engagements, including data gathering, studies, and analysis, and the identification of actions that will implement such plans. Coordination enables successful applicants to:

Determine needs and capacity gaps to address with HUD customers, including addressing needs across multiple HUD programs

Set long-term goals and short-term objectives for technical assistance plans Devise products and activities to meet these goals and objectives Evaluate the progress of such programs and activities in accomplishing these goals and objectives Carry out management, coordination, and monitoring of activities necessary for effective planning implementation, but excluding the costs necessary to implement such plans

2. Changes from Previous NOFA.

NOFA Application Window: In FY 2017, the NOFA application was open for 45 days. The FY 2018/2019 NOFA application is open for 60 days.

TA Program Table and Organization: In the FY 2017 NOFA, the NOFA had a table entitled "Table of Categories, Programs and Topics, and Funding Sources." In the FY 2018/2019 NOFA, the table is now entitled "Technical Assistance Focus Areas." Within that table, the TA programs have been edited to fit current HUD priorities. Multiple areas across the NOFA are now organized by Technical Assistance Focus Areas. This organization is intended to facilitate the review of applications, but grantees should keep in mind that HUD intends to continue to administer the Community Compass NOFA in a cross-cutting manner.

Funding: Funding amounts are different from the FY 2017 NOFA and reflect current year appropriations, additional TA funds from other sources, and available carry-over funding.

Youth Homelessness, CDBG-Disaster Recovery, and National Fair Housing Training Academy (NFHTA) are new funding sources in the FY 2018/2019 NOFA.

Application Summary: In the FY 2018/2019 NOFA, your "Application Summary" must include the following new items - organization description, whether you are a new applicant, eligible activities, and indirect cost rate.

Availability of Capacity: The FY 2018/2019 NOFA requires that you actively maintain staff/consultants/contractors that have the knowledge and experience described in your application.

Staff/Consultant/Contractor List: In FY 2017, applicants submitted separate lists of staff and consultants/contractors. The FY 2018/2019 NOFA combines staff, consultants, and contractors into one list.

Format and Form: The format of information in your Rating Factor narrative responses is restricted, including a prohibition on pictures, graphics, text boxes, and Tables of Contents.

Rating Factors: The Rating Factor information is different from the FY 2017 NOFA and includes (1) changes to all three Rating Factors and (2) a redistribution of points.

Rating Factor 1:

o In the FY 2017 NOFA, we evaluated an applicant's expertise and experience. In the FY 2018/2019 NOFA, we renamed the concepts "Program Knowledge" and

"Program Experience" and separated them into distinct subfactors.

o In addition to the overall application minimum score of 75 points (the same as in the FY 2017 NOFA), subfactor 1.A. "Program Knowledge" has a minimum score of 11 points, and subfactor 1.B. "Program Experience" has a minimum score of 14 points.

o We expanded the "Award Management" subfactor to reflect the importance of your administrative and management capacity when executing a TA cooperative agreement or a National Homeless Data Analysis Project cooperative agreement.

o We moved/removed the following:

Eligible Activities: This is now a non-scored item in the "Application

Summary."

Recent Engagements: This is now captured in Rating Factor 2.

Letters of Reference: This has been removed from the NOFA.

o The overall points in Rating Factor 1 increased from 51 points in FY 2017 to 55 points in FY 2018/2019.

Rating Factor 2:

o Instead of providing a response to a fictional community like in the FY 2017

NOFA, you must describe four past engagements you have completed.

o We added clarifying language to make it clear that Rating Factor 2 is about the skills needed to successfully plan and execute a TA engagement or National Homeless Data Analysis Project activities, instead of being about program knowledge and experience, which are captured in Rating Factor 1.

Rating Factor 3:

o The "Intended results" section from the FY 2017 NOFA was incorporated into

Rating Factor 2.

o Rating Factor 3 decreased from 20 points in FY 2017 to 16 points in FY

2018/2019.

Review Process: We adjusted our Rating Factor 2 review process. Instead of one team reviewing all of your Rating Factor 2 responses, we will assign program-specific teams to review each of your four Rating Factor 2 responses and then generate an average score representing all four responses.

Code of Conduct: Requirements have been updated to include conflict of interest. Please see NOFA section VI.B. for details. Previously-approved Codes of Conduct may need to be updated to comply with the new requirement.

Procedural Change - One Competition Distributes Subsequent Year (FY 2019) Funding, if Available: Under the FY 2018/2019 NOFA, we intend to conduct a single competition for Community Compass TA funding for both FY 2018 and FY 2019. However, any FY 2019 funds received for the following activities will not be awarded through this NOFA competition:

NAHASDA Formula Allocation and Negotiated Rulemaking, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Lab, Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) ,and LIHTC data collection and quality for LIHTC tenants and projects. If available, FY 2019 funds for NAHASDA TA activities will be awarded through this NOFA.

3. Definitions.

a. Standard Definitions

Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) is the person authorized to submit applications on behalf of the organization via Grants.gov. The AOR is authorized by the E-Biz point of contact in the System for Award Management. The AOR is listed in item 21 on the SF-424.

Award, as used in this NOFA means a federal, grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a directory of the various Federal listings, projects, services and activities offering financial and non-financial assistance and benefits to the American public. CFDA Number is the unique number assigned to each program, project, service or activity listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).

Consolidated Plan is a document developed by states and local jurisdictions. 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 more information about the Consolidated Plan and related Annual Action Plan).

Contract means a legal instrument by which a non-Federal entity purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or program under a Federal award. The term as used in this NOFA does not include a legal instrument, even if the non-Federal entity considers it a contract, when the substance of the transaction meets the definition of a Federal award or subaward (See 2 CFR 200.22.)

Contractor means an entity receiving a contract.

Deficiency is information missing or omitted within a submitted application. Deficiencies typically involve missing documents, information on a form, or some other type of unsatisfied information requirement (e.g., an unsigned form, unchecked box, etc.). Depending on specific criteria, deficiencies may be either curable or non-curable.

Curable Deficiency – Applicants may correct a curable deficiency 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 able to be remedied within the time frame specified in the notice of deficiency.

Non-Curable Deficiency – An applicant cannot correct a non-curable deficiency after the submission deadline.

Non-curable deficiencies are deficiencies if corrected would change an applicant’s score or rank versus other applicants.

Non-curable deficiencies may result in an application being marked ineligible, or otherwise adversely affect an application’s score and final determination.

DUNS Number is the nine-digit identification number assigned to a business or organization by Dun & Bradstreet and provides a means of identifying business entities on a location-specific basis. Requests for a DUNS number can be made by visiting the Online DUNS Request Portal.

Eligibility requirements are mandatory requirements for an application to be eligible for funding. Deficiencies in meeting an eligibility requirement may be categorized as either curable or non-curable.

Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is a database that has been established to track contractor misconduct and performance.

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 in Grants.gov is required for submission of applications to prospective agencies.

NOTE: Passwords expire every 60 days. Accounts inactive for 1 year or more result in removal of all account roles. For more account management information, review the Applicant FAQs contained on the grants.gov web page.

Non-Federal Entity means a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or non-profit organization carrying out a Federal award as a recipient or subrecipient.

Point of Contact (POC) is the person who may be contacted with questions about the application submitted by the AOR. The point of contact is listed in item 8F on the SF424.

Promise Zones are federally-designated, high-poverty urban, rural and tribal communities where the Federal government will partner with and invest in communities to accomplish these goals:

create jobs, leverage private investment, increase economic activity, expand educational opportunities, and reduce violent crime.

Promotores/Promotoras are Spanish-speaking Community Health Workers who work in their communities to reduce barriers to health services and make health care systems more responsive.

Recipient means a non-Federal entity receiving an award directly from HUD to carry out an activity under a HUD program.

Section 3 Business Concern means a business concern (1) 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; or (2) of which at least 30 percent of permanent, full-time employees are currently Section 3 residents, or were Section 3 residents within three years of the date of first employment with the business concern; or (3) provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract over 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to be awarded to business concerns meeting the qualifications in this definition.

Section 3 Residents means: 1) Public housing residents; or 2) Low and very-low income persons, as defined in 24 CFR 135.5, who live in the metropolitan area or non-metropolitan county where Section 3 covered assistance is expended.

Standard Form 424 (SF424) Application for Federal Assistance Programs, required by discretionary grant programs.

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

Subrecipient means a non-Federal entity receiving a subaward from a recipient to carry out part of a HUD program; but does not include an individual’s beneficiary of such program.

A subrecipient may also receive other Federal awards directly from a Federal awarding agency (including HUD).

System for Award Management (SAM), is an official website of the U.S. government. You can access the website at Sam.gov There is no cost to use SAM. SAM is the official U.S.

Government system that consolidated the capabilities of Central Contractor Registry (CCR), Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) and the Online Representations and Certifications https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-faqs.html#password

Application (ORCA). Registration with Sam.gov is required for submission of applications via Grants.gov.

Threshold Requirement – Threshold requirements are a type of eligibility requirement.

Threshold requirements must be met for an application to be reviewed. Threshold requirements are not curable, except for documentation of applicant eligibility. Threshold requirements are listed in Section III.C. of this NOFA.

Applicants must ensure their application package addresses threshold requirements. Please check your application carefully!

4. Program Definitions Capacity Building: Assistance which increases the ability of HUD's customers and their partners to organize and independently implement and manage affordable housing, community development, and economic development programs.

Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery TA (CDBG-DR TA): This TA increases the capacity of Disaster Recovery recipients to deliver timely assistance to beneficiaries and to comply with program and cross-cutting requirements.

Consultant: An individual who is able to provide valuable and pertinent advice generally drawn from a high degree of broad administrative, professional, or technical knowledge or experience.

Cooperative Agreement: A legal instrument of financial assistance, as defined in 2 CFR 200.24, that is used to enter into the same kind of relationship as a grant but is distinguished from a grant in that it provides for substantial involvement between the Federal agency and the recipient in carrying out the activity contemplated by the award and in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200.

Customers: Recipients of HUD funding, including state and local grantees, PHAs, owners and managers of HUD-assisted housing, CoCs, non-profit grantees, HMIS Leads, HUD-approved housing counseling agencies and counselors, tribal organizations, Indian tribes, tribally-designated housing entities (TDHEs), FHA-approved multifamily lenders, and residents and participants in HUD-funded programs.

Demand-Response System: The means by which HUD, its customers, and/or its partners identify TA and capacity building needs. HUD prioritizes the identified needs based on Departmental, programmatic, and jurisdictional priorities. Successful applicants are then tasked with responding to identified needs. Successful applicants may not respond to direct requests for TA from HUD customers. HUD is solely responsible for authorizing the entities to be assisted, the location, and the nature of the assistance to be provided, including a specific scope of work, which must be part of a HUD-approved work plan for each engagement.

Departmental TA: Cross-Departmental TA funding appropriated through the Research and Technology account managed by the Office of Policy Development and Research. This funding supports TA across the Department's programs and customers, including, but not limited to, PHAs, cities, tribes and TDHEs, multifamily owners and operators, non-profit organizations receiving HUD funding, and housing counseling agencies.

EnVision Center Demonstration: The initiative which offers HUD-assisted families access to support services that help them achieve self-sufficiency by connecting them with a variety of resources and tools that offer pathways to economic opportunity and self-sufficiency. EnVision Centers will provide communities support in the following four pillars: (1) Economic Empowerment, (2) Educational Advancement, (3) Health and Wellness, and (4) Character and Leadership.

Government Technical Monitor (GTM): As defined by HUD, the individual designated to provide technical monitoring, advice, and assistance to aid the Government Technical Representative (GTR) in the technical direction and evaluation of a successful applicant's performance. The GTM provides programmatic expertise and input to proposed TA work plans, status reports, invoices, and products. In some offices, the Program Office Technical Assistance Coordinator (POTAC) for a TA provider fulfills this role rather than a GTM.

Government Technical Representative (GTR): As defined by HUD, the individual who is responsible for the technical direction and evaluation of a successful applicant's performance.

The GTR is responsible for review and approval of work plans, status reports, invoices, and products. GTRs serve as representatives of the Cooperative Agreement Officer who has responsibility for the management and fiscal oversight of the cooperative agreement awards.

Indirect cost rate proposal: This NOFA adopts the definition of indirect cost rate proposal as found at 2 CFR 200.57.

Indirect costs: This NOFA adopts the definition of indirect (facilities and administrative (F&A)) costs as found at 2 CFR 200.56.

McKinney-Vento TA: This TA increases the effectiveness of implementing and administering CoC planning processes, improves capacity to prepare collaborative applications, prevents the separation of families in projects funded under the ESG and CoC grants programs, and adopts and provides best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homelessness.

National Fair Housing Training Academy: The Patricia R. Harris National Fair Housing Training Academy trains fair housing professionals, including but not limited to staff of state and local agencies participating in the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) and organizations participating in the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), on conducting investigations under the Fair Housing Act. It will use group learning to train fair housing professionals nationwide on increasing the efficiency of complaint case processing, raise industry standards on effective investigative techniques, and create a clearinghouse of fair housing education and outreach materials through a specialized training academy.

National Homeless Data Analysis Project: This funding provides support to CoCs to achieve the highest level of performance and results for HMIS implementation, including improving the capacity of persons charged with setting up and operating HMIS implementations; ensuring that HMIS collect accurate, comprehensive, and timely data; and supporting CoCs and stakeholders to use homeless data to improve efforts to end homelessness. This activity includes TA and training that help customers analyze data and understand data trends; use data to inform and revise plans and strategies; use performance measurement and reporting tools; create data-sharing partnerships and agreements; and collect, report, and use accurate and valid data on programs, activities, and beneficiaries. This funding also provides technical assistance to CoCs for HMIS software management and operation, HMIS governance, standardized data collection for HUD-required Annual Performance Reports (APRs), system performance measurement and reporting, system performance analysis, and system modeling. FY 2018 funding will cover activities related to preparation of Volumes 1 and 2 of the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) using established research parameters, and operation of the Data Lab.

Native American Housing and Community Development TA: This TA is managed by the Office of Native American Programs in the Office of Public and Indian Housing. Beneficiaries of this TA include Indian Housing Block Grant recipients, specifically tribes and TDHEs;

potential or current Section 184 Loan Guarantee program borrowers or lenders; and ICDBG grantees.

Outcomes: Results achieved or benefits derived from TA or capacity building, such as changes in a customer's management or operation of HUD-funded programs and activities.

Outputs: Deliverables such as products and group learning opportunities that are usually quantified by number produced, number delivered, number of attendees, etc. Outputs do not measure a change in a customer's capacity or capabilities.

PHA Administrative Receivership and Recovery TA: These funds support the recovery of PHAs in administrative or judicial receivership or under HUD possession, and technical assistance focuses on increasing the capacity of a PHA to administer programs and serve program participants. These PHAs are in substantial default of statues, regulations, or the ACC, and they have systemic, long-standing, and severe operational and management problems that require extraordinary levels of expertise and resources to recover performance in one or more areas that affect the entire PHA. When a PHA is in receivership or HUD takes possession, the principal purpose of the relationship is to provide direct services to benefit the local PHA and governing entity and support recovery. Substantial involvement between the PHA, the local community and governing entity and HUD occurs while providing a public purpose of support, including technical assistance and capacity building. Allowable activities for this funding include assessments, direct technical assistance and capacity building, and training to improve a PHA's performance.

Program Experience: Program experience is defined as working directly with a major grant, assistance, or regulatory program area. The applicant must have worked directly to develop, implement, train, advise, analyze, evaluate, or manage the program area. Experience may include developing products, tools, curricula, websites, or other resources for a particular program or policy area.

Program Knowledge: Program knowledge is defined as substantive content knowledge of a program or policy area and an understanding of the program's rules and regulations. Program knowledge also includes knowledge of current challenges, best practices, and changes over time in the program or policy area.

Program Office Technical Assistance Coordinator: The individual who coordinates TA activities for the programs within an office. The POTAC provides technical monitoring, advice, and assistance to aid the GTR in the technical direction and evaluation of a successful applicant's performance. In some offices, a GTM fulfills this role rather than a POTAC.

Subject Matter Expert: An individual who is specially qualified by education and experience to perform difficult and challenging tasks in a particular field beyond the usual range of achievement of competent persons in that field. (See 5 CFR 304.102(d).)

Technical Assistance: Guidance which enables HUD's customers to overcome a lack of specific skills or knowledge of the associated HUD programs and, by doing so, results in the successful performance of and compliance with those programs. TA is the transfer of skills and knowledge to entities that may need, but do not possess, such skills and knowledge. TA includes all eligible activities listed in NOFA section I.A.1.c. "Community Compass Eligible Activities."

5. Web Resources The resources indicated provide details for the application process

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Code of Conduct list Do Not Pay Dun & Bradstreet Request a DUNS Number Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System Federal Subaward Reporting System) FSRS Grants.gov Grants.gov support Healthy Homes Strategic Plan Healthy Housing Reference Manual HUD Funds available HUD’s Strategic Plan HUD Grants NOFA webcasts Procurement of recovered materials Promise Zones Section 3 Business Registry State Point of Contact List System for Award Management (SAM)) Real Property Acquisition and Relocation USASpending

B. Authority.

This program is authorized under: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115- 141), approved March 23, 2018; PL 115-123 for CDBG-DR; Section 6(j)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)(3)) and Section 17 and 18 of the Annual Contributions Contract (HUD 53012A 7/95); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11361b and 42 USC 11408; and any other authorities that may make additional funds available for award under this NOFA in the future.

https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/GEN-REQ-TERMS-2018.PDF https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/conductgrants http://donotpay.treas.gov/ https://www.dnb.com/ http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=d67b2c9e097a45629d959d63e5e4f297&ty=HTML&h=L&mc=true&r=SECTION&n=se24.1.5_1109 https://www.fapiis.gov/fapiis/index.action https://www.fsrs.gov/ https://grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/advhh https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/books/housing/housing_ref_manual_2012.pdf https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/fundingopps https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/SPM/documents/HUDSTRATEGICPLAN2018-2022.pdf https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo https://www.hud.gov/press/multimedia https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=91f378a1992b84880fbe5823086278fc&mc=true&node=pt2.1.200&rgn=div5#se2.1.200_1322 https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/promise-zones/ https://portalapps.hud.gov/Sec3BusReg/BRegistry/What https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/grants_spoc https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/ https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/library/relocation https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx

II. Award Information.

A. Available Funds Funding of up to $73,500,000 is available through this NOFA.

Additional funds may become available for award under this NOFA as a result of HUD's efforts to recapture unused funds, use carryover funds, or because of the availability of additional appropriated funds. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are subject to the applicable funding restrictions contained in this NOFA.

Additional funds may also become available for award under this NOFA if disaster funding resources, such as CDBG-DR, become available. Subject to appropriations, HUD also reserves the right to award FY 2019 funds based on this NOFA competition.

Further Detail on FY 2018 Funding: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 and supplemental appropriations for CDBG-DR in Public Law 115-123 provided up to $73,500,000 for awards made in support of technical assistance activities. These funds are divided amongst the following funding sources.

1. Departmental TA: Up to $25 million o $6,440,000 for programs and initiatives under the Office of Community Planning and Development o $7,866,000 for programs and initiatives under the Office of Public and Indian

Housing o $3,150,000 for programs and initiatives under the Office of Housing o $7,544,000 for cross-program requirements, programs, and initiatives

2. CDBG-DR TA: Up to $12 million

3. McKinney-Vento TA: $15 million

4. National Homeless Data Analysis Project (formerly HMIS TA): $7 million

5. Youth Homelessness TA: $5 million

6. Public Housing Administrative Receivership and Recovery (PHA Recovery) TA: $1 million

7. Native American Housing and Community Development TA: $7 million o This amount includes $2 million for a national organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA.

8. National Fair Housing Training Academy: Up to $1.5 million

TA carryover funds, including recaptures, may become available from annual appropriations between 2006 and 2017 (Public Laws 109-115, 110-5, 110-161, 111-8, 111-117, 112-10, 112- 55, 113-6, 113-235, 113-76, 113-235, 114-113, and 115-31).

Further Detail on FY 2019 Funding and How to Apply: Funding for FY 2019 is contingent upon the availability of FY 2019 federal appropriations, and we reserve the right to award FY 2019 funds based on this single NOFA competition. However, FY 2019 funds for the following activities will not be awarded through this NOFA competition.

NAHASDA Formula Allocation and Negotiated Rulemaking

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Lab Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) LIHTC data collection and quality for LIHTC tenants and projects

If available, FY 2019 funding for NAHASDA TA activities will be awarded through this

NOFA.

Your application must identify the funding source(s) for which you are applying in FY 2018, as well as the funding source(s) for which you are applying in FY 2019.