Jobs Plus TC FINAL 11.3.14.pdf

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Public and Indian Housing

Jobs Plus Pilot Program

Technical Correction

FR-5800-N-24

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Program Office: Public and Indian Housing Funding Opportunity Title: Jobs Plus Pilot Program Announcement Type: Technical Correction Funding Opportunity Number: FR-580-N-24 Primary CFDA Number: 14.265 Due Date for Application: December 17, 2014 (Unchanged)

On October 7, 2014 HUD posted its Jobs Plus Pilot Program NOFA to Grant.gov. This Notice provides a technical correction to Jobs Plus Pilot Program NOFA to clarify Section III Eligible Applicants.

III. Eligibility Information.

A. Eligible Applicants.

Previously Stated:

Eligible applicants are PHAs that operate one or more public housing developments (as designated for asset management purposes) that meet the criteria outlined in this NOFA. A list of developments that meet the criteria is provided in [Appendix B] however, the mere appearance of a development on this list does not necessarily mean that the development is appropriate for a

Jobs Plus program.

Criteria for Eligible Developments

Minimum development size of 250 households (excluding elderly-only households)

At least 50 percent of the households (excluding elderly-only households) contain no member showing earned income in PIC

Because Jobs Plus is a place-based program, units to be served must be within a ¼ mile radius of each other. This requirement may disqualify developments on the Eligible

Development list if the AMP is for scattered sites that are not within the required radius.

Developments that belong to PHAs that are considered troubled in PHAS or are on the

PHARS list or that are in receivership are not eligible to participate.

NOTE: HUD will review no more than one application for each eligible PHA.

Corrected to Read:

Eligible applicants are PHAs that operate one or more public housing developments (as designated for asset management purposes) that meet the criteria outlined in this NOFA. A list of developments that meet the criteria is provided in [Appendix B] however, the mere appearance of a development on this list does not necessarily mean that the development is appropriate for a Jobs Plus program.

Criteria for Eligible Developments

Size: Minimum development size of 250 households (excluding elderly-only households)

Unemployment: At least 50 percent of the households (excluding elderly-only households) contain no member showing earned income in PIC

Place: Because Jobs Plus is a place-based program, units to be served must be within a ¼ mile radius (Choose a point in the target development and draw a circle with a ¼ mile radius (1/2 mile diameter). At least 250 households (excluding elderly-only households) must be within this circle. Indicate on the map how may units fall within the circle and how many are NOT elderly-only. This requirement may disqualify developments on the Eligible Development list if the AMP is for scattered sites that are not within the required radius.

Developments that belong to PHAs that are considered troubled in PHAS or are on the PHARS list or that are in receivership are not eligible to participate.

PHAs may propose to combine two or more developments to meet the criteria for eligible developments, subject to the following conditions:

The developments must be contiguous.

Parts of developments cannot be combined. Only entire developments may be combined.

The combined developments must meet the criteria for “size” (see above)

The combined developments must meet the criteria for “unemployment” (see above)

The combined developments must meet the criteria for “place” (see above). The circle may cross over HUD-designated developments/AMPs.

PHAs that have developments not listed on Appendix B that they believe, when combined, meet the criteria, may submit a request for review of eligibility.

Process for Request for Review of Eligibility. In advance of submitting this grant application, applicants whose developments are not on Appendix B but who believe they have a combination of developments that will meet eligibility requirements, must submit a Request for Review of Eligibility of their target developments. To be considered, applicants must submit a Request via email to JobsPlus@hud.gov that lists the development name and numbers (in the format found in Appendix B) that are proposed to be combined to meet the criteria for the Jobs Plus program. A map is not needed for the preliminary request for eligibility review, but will be required with the application as a standard application requirement. HUD will review the request using the same query of PIC data on the proposed combined developments to determine if the proposed developments meet the criteria for “size” and “unemployment” (see above) that was used to generate Appendix B. HUD will respond within five working days of receipt of the request. That response will be an eligibility approval, eligibility disapproval, or a request for more information. If more information is requested, HUD will respond within five working days upon receipt of the additional information. All initial Requests for Review of Eligibility must be received no later than 20 calendar days prior to the due date of this NOFA. The review for “place” will be conducted as a threshold, as will be the case with all applications.

PHAs that have more than one development already listed as eligible in Appendix B may apply to serve more than one of the eligible developments as long as they are contiguous and show in the required map in the application that they meet the required criteria for “place” (see above.) No Request for Review of Eligibility is required prior to submitting the application.

mailto:JobsPlus@hud.gov

This process may NOT be used to appeal or request review of single developments/AMPs that do not appear in Appendix B.

Applications submitted for developments that are not in Appendix B or combinations of developments that have not been approved for eligibility through the Request for Review of Eligibility process will not be reviewed.

NOTE: HUD will review no more than one application for each eligible PHA. Each application may propose to serve no more than one development or set of contiguous developments that have met the eligibility criteria.

In considering this option to combine developments, please note that while Jobs-Plus targets all working-age residents in a development, opportunities to participate are expected to be offered to every adult residing in the development including the elderly and disabled.

Appendix B

LIST OF DEVELOPMENTS MEETING SOME OF THEMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE JOBS-PLUS PILOT

Previously Stated:

PLEASE NOTE: In order to be considered for funding a development must be on this list.

However, please refer back to the NOFA in order to meet all NOFA requirements.

Corrected to Read:

PLEASE NOTE: In order to be considered for funding a development must be on this list or must be a group of contiguous combined developments that is approved through the Eligibility Review process.

Please refer back to the NOFA in order to meet all NOFA requirements.

IV. Application and Submission Information

B. Content and Form of Application Submission.

2. Guidance for Locating and Completing Forms.

Previously Stated:

b. SF 424

Question 18 – Complete 18.a. which will be the amount requested from HUD in this application. The dollar amount entered in 18.a. must be the total requested under this NOFA. 18.b. should reflect the total match and leverage that you and your partners are committing to the program. No funding amount should be reported in 18.b. through 18.f. The total, 18.g. will populate a cumulative figure.

Corrected to Read

b. SF 424

Question 18 – Complete 18.a. which will be the amount requested from HUD in this application. The dollar amount entered in 18.a. must be the total requested under this NOFA. 18.b. should reflect the total match and leverage that you and your partners are committing to the program. The total, 18.g. will populate a cumulative figure.