Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Grants

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office administers the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Grants program (CFDA 14.875) to fund community technology centers that provide Internet access, job training, and supportive services to public housing residents, with the most recent grant award disbursed on February 20, 2007.

This program is inactive. No grant awards have been made since early 2007—over nineteen years ago. The portfolio shows a brief funding window concentrated in 2005 and 2006, with 13 awards in 2005, 22 in 2006, and 1 in early 2007, totaling 36 awards across the program's recorded history. Combined federal dollars obligated reached $27.7 million, with award magnitudes ranging from $89,280 to $4.97 million. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office was the sole funding source for all awards.

The portfolio is divided between Project Grants (61 percent, 22 awards) and Block Grants (39 percent, 14 awards). Representative awards from the 2006 cohort include $4.97 million obligated for a neighborhood initiative in New York, $4.95 million for a neighborhood initiative in Massachusetts, and $2.475 million for a neighborhood initiative in the District of Columbia. A smaller technical assistance award of $592,000 was obligated in February 2007 for neighborhood network technical assistance.

No recent grant opportunities are posted or identified in the source. The program generated no new funding solicitations or awards after 2007 and remains dormant. Organizations evaluating pursuit of federal funding for community technology centers serving public housing populations should not rely on this program and should seek active alternatives under current HUD or other federal initiatives.