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FR-6900-N-13

Applications are due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on 08/14/2025.

Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program

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I. BASIC INFORMATION

A. Summary

B. Agency Contact(s)

II. ELIGIBILITY

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Cost Sharing or Matching

III. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

A. Purpose

B. Goals and Objectives

C. Authority

D. Unallowable Costs

E. Indirect Costs

F. Program History

G. Other Information

IV. APPLICATION CONTENTS AND FORMAT

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B. Budget

C. Narratives and Other Attachments

D. Other Application Content

V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

A. Threshold Review

B. Merit Review

C. Risk Review

D. Selection Process

E. Award Notices

VI. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND

DEADLINES

A. Deadlines

B. Submission Methods

C. Other Submissions

D. False Statements

VII. POST-AWARD REQUIREMENTS AND

ADMINISTRATION

A. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy

Requirements, and General Terms and Conditions

B. Environmental Requirements

C. Remedies for Noncompliance

D. Reporting

VIII. CONTACT AND SUPPORT

A. Agency Contact

B. Grants.gov

C. SAM.gov

D. Debriefing

E. Applicant Experience Survey

F. Other Online Resources

APPENDIX

Appendix I. Definitions

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If you believe you are a good candidate for this funding opportunity, register in the appropriate systems now and review the application package. If you are already registered, make sure your registration is active and up-to-date.

SAM.gov Registration You must have an active and up-to-date account with SAM.gov, at the time of application and throughout the life of any award.

To register, go to SAM.gov Entity Registration and click Get Started. From the same page, you can also click on the Entity Registration Checklist for the information you will need to register.

It can take several weeks to register in SAM.gov, so please get started now if you are planning to apply. SAM.gov also provides each organization with a unique entity identifier (UEI). A valid UEI is required to apply for funding.

Grants.gov Registration You must have an active Grants.gov registration. This requires a Login.gov registration as well. See step-by-step instructions at the Grants .gov Quick Start Guide for Applicants. You must apply for funding using Grants.gov, unless HUD has approved your waiver request.

See Section VI.B. Submission Methods.

Find the Application Package Use the Grants Search at Grants.gov and search for opportunity number FR-6900-N-13 . The application package has all the online forms you need to apply. You also need to access the Download Instructions link and review the content before you apply.

If you have other technical difficulties using Grants.gov, access the Support Center on Grants.gov for assistance.

To get updates on changes to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), click Subscribe from the View Grant Opportunity page for this NOFO on Grants.gov.

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I. Basic Information

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IV. Application Contents and

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V. Application Review

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I. BASIC INFORMATION

I. Basic Information

A. Summary

B. Agency Contact(s)

II. Eligibility III. Program Description

IV. Application Contents and

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I. BASIC INFORMATION See Contact and Support section of this NOFO.

A. Summary Federal Agency Name:

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD Program Office:

Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Announcement Type:

Initial Program Type:

Discretionary Paperwork Reduction Act Information:

2501-0044 Due Date for Intergovernmental Review:

See Section VI.C.1.

1. NOFO Summary The Lead Hazard Reduction (LHR) Grant Program is authorized under Section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852) to assist units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify

Key Facts Opportunity Name:

Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program Opportunity Number:

FR-6900-N-13

Federal Assistance Listing:

14.900

Key Dates Application Due Date:

11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on:

08/14/2025 Anticipated Award Date:

09/15/2025 Estimated Performance Period Start Date:

10/15/2025 Estimated Performance Period End Date:

10/14/2029

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I. Basic Information FR-6900-N-13 Page 6 of 73 and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or owner-occupied housing populations. In addition, Healthy Homes Supplemental funding is available to enhance the lead-based paint hazard control activities by comprehensively identifying and addressing other housing hazards that affect occupant health in homes being treated under the LHR grant.

2. Funding Details Type of Funding Instrument G (Grant) Available Funds Funding of approximately $364,500,000 is available through this NOFO. Subject to appropriations, HUD reserves the right to award fiscal year 2026 funds based on this NOFO competition.

Additional funds may become available for award. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are subject to the selection process contained in this NOFO.

Of the approximately $364,500,000 available through this NOFO:

• approximately $120,100,000 is for Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) grants (to Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs applicants),

• approximately $203,000,000 is for Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) grants (to All Other Jurisdiction and Never-Before-Grantee applicants), and

• approximately $41,400,000 is available for Healthy Homes Supplemental related activities.

Number of Awards HUD expects to make approximately 50 awards from the funds available under this NOFO.

Length of Performance Period:

48-month project period and budget period Length of Periods Explanation:

N/A

B. Agency Contact(s) See Contact and Support section of this NOFO.

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II. Eligibility

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B. Cost Sharing or Matching

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II. ELIGIBILITY

You are invited to apply if your organization is an eligible entity type and meets the funding conditions included in the NOFO. HUD will review applications from eligible applicants using the criteria in Section V. of this NOFO.

A. Eligible Applicants

1. Eligible Entity Types:

00 (State governments) 01 (County governments) 02 (City or township governments) 04 (Special district governments) 07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)) Additional Information on EligibilityIndividuals are ineligible applicants.

Other ineligible applicants include:

• Foreign entities

• Sole proprietorship organizations

2. Restrictions

a. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility You must comply with the current General Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility for HUD’s Competitive Programs. HUD will review your eligibility before issuing an award. As part of this review, HUD uses SAM.gov and Department of Treasury data.

b. Application Eligibility Your application is considered for funding if it satisfies the application review requirements in Section V. of this NOFO.

A state or Native American Tribe applicants must have an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized lead abatement certification program on the submission deadline to apply;

this application restriction does not pertain to cities, counties/parishes, and other units of local government. Multiple entities may apply as a consortium, but a principal (lead) applicant responsible for ensuring compliance with NOFO requirements must be designated, and each entity must meet the Resolution of Civil Rights Matters threshold requirement.

If your department or agency does not report directly or through a direct chain of command to your jurisdiction’s chief executive officer (governor, county executive, mayor, etc.), you must identify the specific statute(s) (e.g., 1 MyState Revised Code 2345) establishing it as a part of the government, and either attach the relevant wording, or include the specific freely accessible web address(es) in the application.

(1) Lead Funding:

An applicant that would be a first-time grantee or whose previous lead hazard control grant https://www.hud.gov/stat/cfo/financial-assistance-eligibility-reqs https://www.hud.gov/stat/cfo/financial-assistance-eligibility-reqs https://sam.gov https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/cfo/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/fundingopps/EligibilityRequirements

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II. Eligibility FR-6900-N-13 Page 9 of 73 ended two (2) or more years before the deadline may apply under the Other Jurisdictions (LBPHC) grants category for lead hazard evaluation and control funding of up to $4,000,000.

An applicant with at least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units (either alone or through a consortium) whose previous lead hazard control grant is currently open or that ended less than two (2) years before the deadline may apply under the Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs (LHRD) grants category for up to $7,000,000. An applicant that is eligible for a grant under the Areas with the Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs (LHRD) grant category may choose to apply under the Other Jurisdictions (LBPHC) category instead.

An applicant with fewer than 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units (either alone or through a consortium) whose previous grant is currently open or that ended less than two (2) years ago may apply under the Other Jurisdictions (LBPHC) grants category for up to $5,000,000.

An applicant requesting funding under the Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs (LHRD) category that does not meet the applicable criteria will be put into the category of Other Jurisdictions (LBPHC) and the requested amount lowered to the maximum for the funding group based on their lead hazard reduction grant history, i.e., $4,000,000 or $5,000,000, as above, if the requested funding exceeded that applicable funding group’s maximum.

(2) Healthy Homes Supplemental Funding:

An applicant that would be a first-time grantee or whose previous lead hazard control grant ended two (2) or more years before the deadline may apply for up to $400,000 for Healthy Homes Supplemental Related Activities in addition to the required lead funding.

Other applicants may apply for up to $750,000 for Healthy Homes Supplemental Related Activities in addition to the required lead funding.

The minimum amount for which an applicant for any grant category (for lead funding and, if requested, Healthy Homes Supplemental funding) can apply is $1,000,000.

B. Cost Sharing or Matching This Program requires cost sharing or matching, as described below.

Match and Cost Requirements Table.

Program Minimum Match (of federal request)

Minimum Lead Hazard Control Costs

Maximum Administrative Costs

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Program

Note: Table above excludes Healthy Homes supplemental funds.

Matching Funds Evaluation. Applicants must include the Matching Contribution Table below and should have the corresponding information on the commitment as on the form HUD-424 CBW and the SF-424 application documents submitted under this opportunity. The SF-424 and the match table will constitute the applicants’ commitment to fund the match requirement.

The applicant is responsible for all match commitments, including those from donors, discounts and property owners, should those contributions not materialize. The table should indicate the source, proposed eligible uses, and amounts of match committed on the SF-424 and Form HUD_424_CBW. Add additional rows to the table, as needed, for each match.

Source of Allowable Match Purpose of the Match Amount

Shared costs or matching funds and contributions must not be paid by another Federal award, except where the Federal statute authorizing a program specifically provides that Federal funds made available for such program can be applied to matching or cost sharing requirements of other Federal programs. NOTE: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds may be used as match to satisfy the matching resource requirements, provided they are specifically designated for the activities and costs allowed in this NOFO.

Proposed matching commitments that are not eligible, such as funding sources that are federal (e.g., HOME or Weatherization Assistance Program funds) or that are not committed for allowable uses (e.g., rehabilitation, code compliance) will not be counted towards satisfying the match requirements of the programs in this NOFO, although the funds may be used for the units being treated under this grant.

Evidence of match commitment. You must provide documentation of all match indicated on the SF-424 and the Form HUD_424_CBW by letters of firm commitment, such as Memoranda of Understanding or other signed agreements from those entities identified as partners in the application with your submission to this NOFO. All letters of commitment, including those provided by your organization, MUST clearly identify the dollar amount or value, the source(s) of the funds, and the proposed uses of matching funds being committed.

Commitments for match to be supplied by your organization must be supported by a letter signed by the authorized official whose signature appears on the SF-424 detailing sources and uses of the committed match. The commitment documentation must mention this NOFO and have been signed on or after the date this NOFO was published. You must show that matching contributions will be used specifically for allowable program costs and come from allowable non-federal sources. Both the source of the funds and use of the funds must comply with the requirements of this NOFO. The Department will track and monitor all match commitments according to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and program requirements.

Permissible Match Contributions. Examples of eligible sources that are permissible as match contributions include:

• Documentation of Contributions from Property Owners. Homeowners or landlords

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(owners) may contribute match dollars. You must provide detailed documentation of the cost to be paid by the homeowner or landlord. Only owner contributions for eligible activities will count as match. Owner contributions must be supported and verified by a third party: for example, materials or labor that the owner paid for or provided must be substantiated via receipts/records. You must document and verify all owner-provided labor through a third party, and this labor must be valued at market rates.

• The value of in-kind donated items, such as paint and other materials or equipment that are used for lead-based paint hazard control, must be established at market rates.

• For services or products provided at a discounted rate and used for an eligible use under the grant, the discounted part of the fee or price is the eligible match, not the entire value of the services or products. For example: if a supply company provides a product to the contractor at a lower rate, the match is difference in the cost of the product the supplier would typically charge, and the discounted rate if otherwise eligible. You must document that the vendors that provide discounts are knowingly providing support for this federal award.

• Third Party In-Kind Contributions. See 2 CFR 200.306 for additional information on third party in-kind contributions.

III. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

III. Program Description

A. Purpose

B. Goals and Objectives

C. Authority

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E. Indirect Costs

F. Program History

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III. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

A. Purpose The purpose of the LHR grant program is to maximize the number of children under the age of six protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing populations. In addition, there is Healthy Homes Supplemental funding available to enhance the lead-based paint hazard control activities by comprehensively identifying and addressing other housing hazards that affect occupants' health in homes being treated under the LHR grant. Proposed projects involving abatement, repair or rehabilitation require completion of an environmental review before work begins.

B. Goals and Objectives The OLHCHH’s mission involves reducing health and safety hazards in homes of families, particularly those with low incomes, and conducting public outreach on the health and safety of homes. This NOFO supports the mission by making awards to state, tribal, and local governments to address lead-based paint hazards and other housing-related hazards in homes being treated for lead-based paint hazards, and through the outreach to their communities that grantees will conduct as part of soliciting enrollment of target housing for treatment under the grant by owners of that housing.

C. Authority The LHR Grant Program is authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992) (42 U.S.C. 4852), and sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and 1701z-2). Funding for this program is provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328, approved December 29, 2022), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42, approved March 9, 2024), and the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4, approved March 15, 2025).

D. Unallowable Costs

1. Administrative Costs. Administrative costs, as described in OLHCHH Policy Guidance

2015-01, may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the grant award, excluding the Healthy Homes Supplemental funds. Administrative costs are determined based on the nature of the activity being performed and, therefore, may be found in both the direct and indirect cost categories. OLHCHH considers all costs included in your negotiated indirect cost rate as “administrative costs”.

2. Lead Hazard Control Costs. This NOFO requires awardees to expend not less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the federal award on direct lead hazard control activities, as outlined in Section II.B, above. The federal award amount for lead program activities alone is used to determine the minimum percent of expenditure and does not include the requested Healthy Homes Supplemental funds

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3. Ineligible Costs and Activities. You may not use grant funds for any of the following activities:

a. Purchase of real property.

b. Purchase or lease of equipment having a per-unit cost in excess of $5,000, except for the purchase or lease of up to two (2) X-ray fluorescence analyzers to be used exclusively by the grant program.

c. Chelation or other medical treatment costs, including case management, related to children with elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs). Non-federal funds used to cover these costs may not be counted as part of the matching contribution.

d. Lead hazard evaluation or control activities in public housing, project-based Section 8 housing, housing for the elderly, housing for persons with disabilities, or any 0-bedroom dwelling or housing built after 1977. However, elderly, disabled or 0-bedroom dwellings are eligible for grant funds if a child who is less than six years of age resides or is expected to reside in such housing.

e. Complete or gut rehabilitation, demolition of housing units or detached buildings.

f. Lead hazard evaluation or control activities in housing covered by a pending or final HUD, EPA, and/or Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement agreement, consent decree, court order or other similar action regarding violation of the Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR part 35, Subpart A, or the equivalent 40 CFR part 745, subpart F), or by HUD or DOJ regarding the Lead Safe Housing Rule (24 CFR part 35, subparts B–R).

g. Activities that do not comply with the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. § 3501).

h. Lead-hazard control or rehabilitation of a building or manufactured home that is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4001– 4128) as having special flood hazards unless: The community in which the area is situated is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program in accordance with the applicable regulations (44 CFR parts 59–79), or less than a year has passed since FEMA notification regarding these hazards; and Where the community is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, flood insurance on the property is obtained in accordance with section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act (42 U.S.C. § 4012a(a)). You are responsible for assuring that flood insurance is obtained and maintained for the appropriate amount and term.

E. Indirect Costs If you expect to charge indirect costs to the award, submit the Indirect Cost Rate Certification form (HUD-426) with your application.

F. Program History The last published NOFO was in FY24. Changes in this NOFO include the addition of the 2025 Executive Orders applicable to HUD grant programs and new language on how HUD will assess past performance. Applicants with prior LHR grants that have completed at least 50% of their benchmarks will be reviewed and scored. Applications scoring seventy (70) points or more will be eligible to receive an award.

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G. Other Information See Section VII.A., Administrative, National and Departmental Policy Requirements, and General Terms and Conditions, item 18, Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act procurement purchase requirements.

Criteria for Beneficiaries.

Funds must only be used under this grant program to provide assistance for pre-1978, privately owned housing that is not federally assisted and that meets the following criteria:

• For rental housing, at least fifty percent (50%) of the units must be occupied by or made available to families with incomes at or below fifty percent (50%) of the area median income level and the remaining units, must be occupied or made available to families with incomes at or below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income level, and in all cases the landlord must give priority in renting units assisted under this section, for not less than three years (3) following the completion of lead abatement activities, to families with a child under the age of six years (6), except that buildings with five (5) or more units may have twenty percent (20%) of the units occupied by families with incomes above eighty percent (80%) of area median income level; or

• For housing owned by owner-occupants, all units assisted with grants under this section must be the principal residence of families with income at or below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income level, and not less than ninety percent (90%) of the units assisted with grants must be occupied by a child under the age of six years or must be units where a child under the age of six years (6) spends a significant amount of time visiting.

See Policy Guidance PG 2014-01, Eligibility of Units for Assistance, for additional information. The income requirements above are considered on a program-wide basis (cumulatively), not a project-by-project basis.

Procedures for determining if a family is income-eligible are found in Policy Guidance PG 2017-05, Income Verification Guidance.

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IV. Application Contents and Forms

A. Standard Forms, Assurances, and Certifications

B. Budget

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D. Other Application Content

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IV. APPLICATION CONTENTS AND FORMAT

Applications must include three main elements: a) standard forms, assurances, and certifications; b) budget; and c) narratives and other attachments. The content, forms, and format for each element are included in this section.

You may use this section as a checklist to ensure you submit a complete application.

If you don’t provide the required documents in the correct format, your application is incomplete.

Do not submit password protected or encrypted files.

Each application should include the following items submitted as directed.

15 pages is the total maximum length of all narratives.

Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font on letter sized paper (8 1/2 x 11 inches) with at least 1-inch margins on all sides.

A. Standard Forms, Assurances, and Certifications You must properly complete and submit with your application the standard forms, assurances, and certifications identified below. You can find all forms in the application package or review them and their instructions at Grants.gov Forms. You can also read more about standard forms on HUD’s Funding Opportunities page.

Forms/Assurances/ Certifications Submission Requirement Notes/Description

Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) Required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: SF-424

Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report

(HUD 2880)

If applicable, required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-2880

Certification Regarding If applicable, required with the Page limit: Not applicable

Element Submission Form

Standard Forms, Assurances, and Certifications Upload using each required form.

Budget Use the required budget form.

Narratives and Other Attachments Upload narrative and attachments, as applicable.

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Forms/Assurances/ Certifications Submission Requirement Notes/Description

Lobbying application File name: Lobbying Certification form

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) Required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: SF-LLL

Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan

(HUD-2991)

If applicable, required with the application.

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-2991

Certification for a Drug-Free Workplace (HUD-50070)

If applicable, required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-50070

Certification of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals and Implementation (HUD-50153)

If applicable, required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-50153 Form location: download instructions

Certification for Opportunity Zone Preference Points (HUD 2996)

If applicable, required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-2996 Form location:

B. Budget You must submit a budget with your application to support your project narrative. At a minimum, your budget must indicate direct and any indirect costs.

You must also submit form HUD-426, based on the requirements in Section III.E. of this

NOFO.

Budget Form/Document Submission Requirement Notes/Description

Grant Application Detailed Budget Worksheet (HUD-424-

CBW)

Required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: HUD-424CBW Form location: download instructions

Indirect Cost Information Certification (HUD-426)

If applicable, this document is required with the application

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Budget Form/Document Submission Requirement Notes/Description and after award Form location: download instructions

C. Narratives and Other Attachments If applicable, you must upload narrative and other attachments in Grants.gov using the Attachments Form. When using the Attachments Form, you can upload PDF, Word or Excel formats.

Document Submission Requirement Notes/Description

Response to Rating Factors Required with the application See Section V.B File name:

Code of Conduct If not included in HUD’s eLibrary, this document is required with the application

Page limit: Not applicable File name: Code Acceptable Content

Do not submit password protected or encrypted files.

2-page abstract (project summary) must contain the information detailed below (abstracts are not evaluated with your application, but they provide required documentation of threshold elements regarding target area, confirmation of Healthy Homes Supplement amount requests (if such a request is being made), and a plain language (see https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/) introduction to your proposed program):

1. Applicant Table. Please include this table at the beginning of your abstract, selecting, in the first two rows, the one choice that applies to your application.

Type of applicant New, or Current, or Recent/Prior

Type of jurisdiction >= 3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental housing units (large, urban jurisdiction)

< =3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental housing units

List Complete Target Area

Total Federal Amount $___________________ https://grants.gov https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/grants-code-of-conduct https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/grants-code-of-conduct https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/conductgrants

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Requested

Lead Funding.

LHR Requested $___________________

Healthy Homes Supplemental Request $___________________

Match Commitment $___________________

Total Lead-Safe Units Proposed

Total Healthy Homes Interventions Proposed

2. A general summary of your target area, why funding is needed, partners you intend to work with, and the lead hazard control and healthy homes work you intend to undertake.

D. Other Application Content Lobbying Activities Applicants are subject to the provisions of Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, 31 U.S.C.

1352, (the Byrd Amendment), and 24 CFR part 87, which prohibit recipients of federal awards from using appropriated funds for lobbying the executive or legislative branches of the Federal government in connection with a Federal award. All applicants must submit with their application the signed “Certification Regarding Lobbying” form. In addition, applicants must disclose, using Standard Form LLL (SF-LLL), “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,” any funds, other than federally appropriated funds, that will be or have been used to influence federal employees, members of Congress, or congressional staff regarding specific awards.

Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) established by Federally recognized Indian tribes as a result of the exercise of the tribe’s sovereign power are excluded from coverage of the Byrd Amendment, but state-recognized Indian tribes and TDHEs established only under state law shall comply with this requirement.

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V. Application Review Information

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B. Merit Review

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V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

A. Threshold Review HUD reviews each application to make sure it meets the following threshold requirements. If you meet all threshold requirements, your application will advance to a merit review. If you fail to meet one or more threshold requirements, your application is not eligible for HUD funding.

1. Eligible Applicant You must meet the applicant eligibility criteria in this NOFO. Applications from ineligible applicants are not rated or ranked and will not receive HUD funding.

2. Resolution of Civil Rights Matters Applicants with outstanding, unresolved judgments against them for violations of civil rights laws must resolve those judgments before the application submission deadline or the applicant will be deemed ineligible.

a. An applicant is ineligible for funding if the applicant has received notice of a judgment imposed against them for violations of:

1. the Fair Housing Act or a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law for discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or familial status; or

2. 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, or the Violence Against Women Act or substantially equivalent state or local laws.

b. HUD will determine if actions to resolve the judgment 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; or

5. Current compliance with a final judicial ruling or administrative ruling or decision.

3. Timely Submission of Applications Late applications are not eligible for funding. See deadlines in Section VI of this NOFO.

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HUD expects to evaluate and score your application using the following merit criteria and process.

Merit reviewers evaluate and score all applications that pass the threshold review. Merit reviewers may include Federal and non-Federal persons. Reviewers receive a copy of your application to evaluate and score each application separately.

Merit Review Summary

Minimum Score. Applications scoring seventy (70) points or more will be eligible to receive an award.

1. Rating Factors Your application must include a response to the following criteria.

Rating Factors Details

Criterion Total number of points = 104 Rating Factor 1 Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Experience

60 points (including a max of 2 points for Section 3)

Rating Factor 2 Justification of Applicant Need 40 points

Rating Factor 3 Preference Points 4 points

Total 104 points

Criterion Max points = 104

Rating Factor 1 Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Experience

60 max points (including a max of 2 points for Section 3)

Indicate your capacity for successfully performing the grant by describing your approach to implementing it as described in the items below. HUD will consider numerous factors of your prior performance on LBPHC or LHRD grants, performance against benchmarks, and other relevant information, to evaluate your capacity and relevant organizational experience if you have a current LBPHC or LHRD grant at the time of application, or have had one or more past (closed) LBPHC or LHRD grants. Applicants should:

1. Describe how you will administer this program, including how you will address oversight, financial management (provide examples of current financial reports) and the required environmental reviews (specify the name and contact information of the Responsible Entity that will conduct the environmental reviews for the prospective grantee and include documentation of support from that entity, e.g. an Email). (18 points)

2. Describe how funding will flow from you to those who will perform work under you in this program and, if so, how you will ensure that acceptable work is conducted, and acceptable products were provided before you pay invoices and before you submit invoices to HUD. (8 points)

3. Describe how you will designate your target area for working under this grant, and how you will develop a work plan for which the recruitment, evaluation and control elements are provided. (8 points)

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4. Describe the safeguards in place to avoid co-mingling of funds whether funded by HUD, or other agencies. (Community Development Block Grant Funds may be used as Match.) Current LBPHC grantees must describe their plans to implement lead hazard control activities under this NOFO with other ongoing LBPHC grant program funds. (3 points)

5. Describe the procedures and electronic management systems you will use to ensure proper program oversight and monitoring and, if you will conduct it, targeted monitoring of all sub-recipients and contractors to ensure conformity to the terms, conditions and specifications of contracts or other formal agreements. (3 points)

6. Your key personnel must include at minimum a Project Director (PD), Program Manager (PM), and Fiscal Officer (FO). Describe the roles and responsibilities of each key personnel and include their resumes up to three (3) pages in length. Key personnel must not work on another LBPHC, LHRD, or LHR grant unless such other grant has reached the end of its period of performance. (8 points)

1. The Program Manager must commit seventy-five percent (75%) of his/her time to the program and obtain lead abatement supervisor and lead inspector risk assessor certifications within sixty days (60) of hire. A candidate may be approved conditionally, based on acquiring the certification within sixty days

(60) and working with a mentor that has the responsibility of reviewing and approving unit documents. The Government Technical Representative (GTR) for this grant will determine the candidate’s readiness before final approval of the candidate. In addition, if the Program Manager oversees or completes onsite unit monitoring, then a lead safe work practices class is also expected to be completed. If you have not yet hired a Program Manager, you must attach the job announcement, as well as a letter of commitment for the intent to hire from the leadership of your agency.

7. What resources will be used to implement capacity building (See Appendix I.

Definitions) in the intensive reduction of lead hazards during the grant period? (10 points)

8. See Section 3 below (2 points) If your grant’s performance falls under at least one of the following past performance measures:

• Is below fifty (50%) of the performance benchmarks as documented in the Healthy Homes Grants Management System (HHGMS) on the submission deadline; or

• The grant is in a High-Risk Status at the time of application deadline, or

• If you had a previous LBPHC or LHRD grant for which the period of performance ended in calendar years 2022 or 2023 with the grant on High-Risk Status, your narrative must describe the structural and operational reforms you have made to address those issues (not merely, e.g., replacing the program manager and/or other staff).

The description of your reforms must clearly show how you have addressed and will continue to address the specific performance issues identified by HUD as associated with your below-

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50% performance in its reviews of your progress reports and other grant documentation. If the narrative is not included, or does not sufficiently address performance improvements, it will lose significant points for this rating factor.

Rating Factor 2 Justification of Applicant Need

40 max points

It is the intent of the program to ensure lead hazard reduction grants are awarded based on the degree of severity and extent of lead-based paint hazards in the jurisdiction to be served, and the ability of the applicant to carry out the proposed activities, among other considerations, according to Title X criteria.

Points will be determined according to the need for lead hazard control in the applicant’s jurisdiction. If you are a State applicant, you should identify the county(ies) or city(ies) that would include your Target area. See Appendix I.3. for list of counties and cities that meet the criteria for Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs Area (LHRD) grants.

(1) Housing Stock and Blood Lead Data - Quantitative Data Using just one of tables 1A or 1B below, all applicants must provide the following data for the designated Jurisdiction area(s) Total # of Occupied Pre-1978 Housing Stock Total # of Occupied Housing Stock Number of Children under six years (6) of age Total Population Table 1A: Jurisdiction Area Data (Other Jurisdictions and Never-Before-Grantee Applicants Only) (32 points) All Other Jurisdictions and Never-Before-Grantee Applicants must complete Table 1A:

Jurisdiction Area Data. To obtain percentages for Table 1A, divide the Jurisdiction Area Data by the Jurisdiction Area Comparison Data (for example, # of Pre-1978 Housing Units divided by Total Occupied Housing Units (ALL)). Points will be applied based on the following scale for each resulted Jurisdiction data category. If the applicant’s jurisdiction, such as a county, includes another jurisdiction that will not be a part of the grant’s Jurisdiction area (e.g., the county’s health department works only in the suburbs because the city’s health department works within the city limits), reduce the numbers of units, children, and families to reflect that exclusion, and calculate the percentages accordingly. For all information provided, sources of data, including website addresses, must be included in the second part of the table. Data without a valid source will be considered not to have been provided. The applicant is responsible for expending funds proportionately within the total jurisdiction in which the funds are being requested and for which points will be awarded.

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Maximum Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Comparison Justification of

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Points Area Data Area Results Area Comparison Data

Data Results need percentage

20 points # of Pre-1978 Housing Units

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6 >5%

0 No data provided or <=5%

Table 1B: High Priority Target Area Data (Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs Applicants Only) (32 points) All applicants for Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs category grant must complete Table 1B. To obtain percentages for Table 1B, divide the Jurisdiction Area Data by the Jurisdiction Area Comparison Data (for example, # of Pre-1940 Housing Units divided by Total Occupied Housing Units (ALL)). If the applicant’s jurisdiction, such as a county includes another jurisdiction that will not be a part of the grant’s Jurisdiction area (e.g., the county’s health department works only in the suburbs because the city’s health department works within the city limits), reduce the numbers of units, children and families to reflect that exclusion, and calculate the percentages accordingly. For all information provided, sources of data, including website addresses, must be included in the second part of the table. Data without a valid source will be considered not to have been provided. The applicant is responsible for expending funds proportionately within the total jurisdiction in which the funds are being requested and for which points will be awarded.

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Justification of need percentage

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