[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 45149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18906]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5415-N-02]


Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Housing Counseling Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its website of the 
application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and 
other requirements for the FY2010 Housing Counseling Grant NOFA. 
Approximately $79 million is made available through this NOFA, by the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, approved 
December 16, 2009), to support the delivery of a wide variety of 
housing counseling services to homebuyers, homeowners, low- and 
moderate-income renters and the homeless. The primary objectives of the 
program are to improve financial literacy, expand homeownership 
opportunities, improve access to affordable housing, and preventing 
foreclosure.
    The notice providing information regarding the application process, 
funding criteria and eligibility requirements can be found using the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development agency link on the 
Grants.gov/Find Web site at http://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A 
link to Grants.gov is also available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Housing Counseling Program is 
14.169. Applications must be submitted electronically through 
Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the Housing 
Counseling Program, please contact Terri Gilyard-Ames, Program Support 
Division, Office of Single Family Housing, Office of Housing, at 202-
402-3025. Questions regarding the FY2010 General Section should be 
directed to the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight 
at 202-708-0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or the NOFA 
Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 (toll-free). Persons with speech 
or hearing impairments may access this telephone number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service during working 
hours at 800-877-8339.

    Dated: July 26, 2010.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants, Management and Oversight, 
Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-18906 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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