Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

Community Compass brings together technical assistance funding appropriations from across HUD program offices, including the offices of Community Planning and Development, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Housing, Public and Indian Housing, and Po

This Assistance Listing includes three HUD initiatives: Community Compass, Distressed Cities, and Thriving Communities. This listing includes ranges that account for all three initiatives. Community Compass is HUD's consolidated technical assistance (TA) and capacity building initiative. Community Compass provides funding to non-Federal organizations that provide the expected cross-program technical assistance and capacity building to HUD's grantees, subgrantees, and other customers. Distressed Cities provides TA to units of general local government (UGLGs) and their non-profit partners serving relatively small communities (populations under 50,000 people) experiencing long-term economic hardship. Thriving Communities will provide funding to technical assistance providers and capacity building teams to help jurisdictions ensure housing needs are considered as part of their larger infrastructure investment plan while supporting equitable development and local economic ecosystems. Please see specific opportunities for further detail.

Award recipients tasked to provide technical assistance to PHAs must have at least one staff, subcontractor, or consultant that has at least five years of demonstrated Public Housing programs experience, including agency operations, voucher programs, property management operations, and capital investment programs including capital improvements and various methods of housing development. In addition, award recipients tasked to provide technical assistance to PHAs must have at least one staff, subcontractor, or consultant that has at least two years of demonstrated finance and underwriting experience related to RAD conversions. Funds may only be used to assist organizations to improve their ability to manage HUD funds. Funds may not be used to assist individuals or families.

Selected award recipients will be deployed as HUD deems most necessary across the country to assist organizations receiving HUD funds to improve performance and management of HUD funds.

All successful applicants must operate within the structure of the 'demand-response system'. Under the demand-response system, HUD identifies technical assistance and capacity building needs and prioritizes them based on Departmental, programmatic and jurisdictional priorities. HUD is solely responsible for determining the entities to be assisted, the location, and the nature of the assistance to be provided. Successful applicants may be funded to conduct the following eligible activities: Needs Assessment; Direct TA and Capacity Building Engagements; Tools and Products; Self-Directed and Group Learning; Knowledge Management; Data Analysis, Reporting, and Performance Measurement; and NAHASDA Allocation Formula Administration and Negotiated Rulemaking and Consultation. These activities are further described in the Program Notice of Funding Availability.

All use of award funds are subject to restrictions imposed by 2 CFR Part 200 and requirements in the program-specific NOFO.

Awards will be for a period of up to 36 months.

Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for this listing will include criteria for selection and will be posted on Grants.gov

In determining the amount awarded to a successful applicant, HUD will take into consideration the amount of funds available, the final score assigned to the application by HUD reviewers, and HUD's overall technical assistance needs, including establishing a range of subject matter expertise and geographic coverage, as well as an applicant's capacity to serve HUD's grantees, subgrantees, and other customers across multiple programs or topics. For prior award recipient, HUD may consider information from a Contracting Officer, GTR, GTM, POTAC, and/or other HUD staff, as appropriate, on past performance, as well as award balances not committed to TA tasks or work plans. These considerations may reduce an applicant's award. There may be insufficient funds available to make an award to every application scoring within the fundable range. HUD will send written notifications to both successful and unsuccessful applicants. A notification sent to a successful applicant is not an authorization to begin performance. Upon notification that an applicant has been selected for award, HUD will request additional information to be submitted or may work with the applicant to amend information that was already submitted as part of the application.

Applications submitted through http://www.grants.gov must be received by Grants.gov no later than 11:59:59 pm eastern time on the application deadline date.

Appeals are not applicable to this ALN. For a period of at least 120 calendar days, beginning 30 calendar days after public announcement of awards under each NOFO, if requested, HUD will provide a debriefing related to each application.