Community Development Block Grants/Technical Assistance Program
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. HUD fulfills this mission through high ethical standards, management and accountability, and by forming partnerships with community organizations.
Program Accomplishments
Technical assistance was offered to all of the 50 States and over 1,100 entitlement communities through training programs, satellite broadcasts, manuals and publications. This program did not have funds appropriated between 2000 and 2003, nor in FY 2006 or FY 2007.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Assistance may be used to transfer skills and knowledge in planning, developing and administering the Community Development Block Grant programs from those individuals and institutions which possess them to eligible block grant entities and affiliated CDBG participants which need them.
Project activities show how they will increase the effectiveness with which eligible block grant communities can use CDBG funds to meet community development national and local program objectives.
Assistance may take several forms, such as the provision of written information, person-to-person exchange, seminars, workshops or training sessions.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
States, units of general local government, national or regional nonprofit organizations that has membership comprised predominately of entities or officials of entities of CDBG recipients, for-profit or nonprofit professional and technical services companies or firms that have demonstrated knowledge of the CDBG program and the capacity to provide technical assistance services, public or private nonprofit or for-profit organizations, including educational institutions and area-wide planning organizations.
Specifications for respondents to competitive requests for proposals are stated in the request documents.
Beneficiary Eligibility
States, units of general local government, Indian tribes and Alaska natives, entities participating or actively intending to participate in the planning, developing, or administering of a Community Development Block Grant program.
Credentials/Documentation
Applicants need to obtain a DUNS number to receive an award and submit other documentation as described in a solicitation document.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
None.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
Proposals may be submitted in response to competitions and solicitations. The Federal Register publication detailing each competition spells out the submission requirements.
Award Procedures
The Secretary has final approval authority; applicants are notified of acceptance or rejection.
Deadlines
Deadlines are shown in solicitation documents.
Authorization
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Section 107 (b)(4), as amended.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 60 to 90 days.
Appeals
None.
Renewals
None.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
None specified by statute.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Generally, projects will be funded to operate one to three years. Assistance is released on a reimbursement basis through electronic funds transfers.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Quarterly and final financial and performance reports.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of State and Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
All records applicable to the assistance project must be kept for three years following the submission of the final expenditure report or until all audit findings have been resolved.
Financial Information
Account Identification
86-0162-0-1-451.
Obigations
(Grants) FY 07 $0; FY 08 est $3,000,000; and FY 09 est $5,000,000 (NOTE: Amounts reported reflect allocation of new budget authority rather than obligation amounts).
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
(Cooperative Agreements) FY 2005 range: $100,000-$539,000; average: $234,750.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
24 CFR 570 Subpart E, 24 CFR 571.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Contact the appropriate HUD Field Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog.
Headquarters Office
Technical Assistance Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St., SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-3176. Use the same number for FTS.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Applications are reviewed according to criteria set forth in solicitation documents.
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