[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22695-22696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09283]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5800-N-25]


Notice of HUD's Funding Availability for Fiscal Years 2014 and 
2015 Housing Counseling Training Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Department's 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-FY 2015 Housing Counseling Training Grant 
Program.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that HUD has posted on http://www.Grants.gov and http://www.HUD.gov its FY 2014 Housing Counseling 
Training Grant Program NOFA. The Housing Counseling Training NOFA is 
comprised of both the General Section to the Department's FY 2014 NOFAs 
for Discretionary Programs (General Section) published February 19, 
2014 and this NOFA. In addition to the application requirements set 
forth in the NOFA, applicants must also comply with the requirements 
established in the General Section, and all Housing Counseling Training 
Program

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requirements. With this single FY 2014-FY 2015 NOFA and corresponding 
FY 2014 HUD General Section, HUD may conduct a competition for housing 
counseling training grant funding for both FY 2014 and FY 2015. HUD 
would use the applications received under this FY 2014 and FY 2015 
NOFA, and the corresponding scores and funding methodology relevant to 
this NOFA, to make awards for FY2014, utilizing FY 2014 appropriations. 
HUD would use the same list and methodology to award FY 2015 funds, 
subject to the availability of appropriations and any other authority 
that may govern the award of FY 2015 funds. Grantees that receive FY 
2014 housing counseling training funding will be contacted by HUD to 
determine their interest in FY 2015 funding. HUD would then rerun the 
FY 2014 funding formula, utilizing FY 2014 application data/scores, 
should FY 2015 funding becomes available, for those FY 2014 grantees 
that express interest and remain eligible. Doing this will enable HUD 
to make awards quickly after FY 2015 appropriations become available, 
and significantly reduce the application burden for counseling 
agencies. The General Section for FY 2014 will govern both the FY 2014 
and FY 2015 comprehensive housing counseling grant funds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding specific program 
requirements should be directed to [email protected]. Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by 
calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's Federal Register notice announces 
that HUD has posted its FY 2014 Housing Counseling Training Grant 
Program NOFA on http://www.Grants.gov and http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail.
    Approximately $2 million is expected to be available for eligible 
applicants under this NOFA for FY 2014 through the Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2014. Alternatively, HUD reserves the right to issue a supplemental or 
independent NOFA in FY 2015, perhaps limited to new Applicants, or for 
a specific housing counseling training related activity, for example to 
support HUD's efforts to embed housing counseling in FHA programs. The 
application deadline date is May 5, 2014. Applications must be received 
by Grants.gov no later than 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
application deadline date. See Section IV of the General Section, 
regarding application procedures, timely filing requirements, and grace 
period policy. HUD may issue a technical correction to this NOFA if 
necessary. Any such technical correction will provide detailed 
instructions for Applicants regarding the resubmission of applications 
to address the revised NOFA requirements.

    Dated: April 17, 2014.
Anne M. Morillon,
Director, Grants Management and Oversight Division, Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-09283 Filed 4-22-14; 8:45 am]
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