NOFO: Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program – US

Deadline: 28-Mar-23

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite applications from eligible applicants for the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass).

As HUD’s integrated technical assistance (TA) and capacity building initiative, Community Compass helps HUD’s customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, tools, capacity, and systems to successfully and sustainably implement HUD programs and policies and provide effective administrative and managerial oversight of HUD funding.

Through this NOFO, HUD will also address the TA needs of some emerging priorities that include: implementation of and compliance with the Violence Against Women Act's (VAWA) 2022 Reauthorization, climate resilience, racial and gender equity, transit-oriented development, housing supply, reentry housing for persons exiting jails and prisons, and mental health. You are strongly encouraged to assemble a diverse team of professionals, including persons from the communities HUD serves, that can contribute a perspective that incorporates lived experiences into the development and delivery of technical assistance. Community Compass is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters with the involvement of our Regional, Field, and Area Offices.

Funding Information

• Further Detail on FY 2022 Funding: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 provided the majority of the $80,681,000 for awards in support of technical assistance activities under this NOFO. These funds are divided amongst the following funding sources.
  • Departmental TA: Up to $31,000,000 million
    • Office of Community Planning and Development: $6,000,000
    • Office of Public and Indian Housing: up to $7,015,533
    • Office of Housing: $3,399,999
    • Cross- program requirements, programs, and initiatives: $14,584,468
      • This amount includes up to $5 million for Violence Against Women Act TA
  • McKinney-Vento TA: $20 million
  • National Homeless Data Analysis Project (NHDAP): $7 million
    • Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) TA: Approximately $2.5 million for providing HMIS technical assistance.
    • NHDAP – Four Projects: Approximately $4.5 million for AHAR and HDX, HMIS Data Standards, National HMIS Data Lab, or Sage Reporting Repository activities.
  • Youth Homelessness TA: $10 million
  • HOME Legacy TA: Approximately $181,000
  • Public Housing Administrative Receivership and Recovery (PHA Recovery) TA: $500,000
  • Native American Housing and Community Development TA: $7 million
    • National Organization: This amount includes $2 million for a national organization
  • Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant TA: HUD may also make awards for training and technical assistance for the Native Hawaiian programs.
  • National Fair Housing Training Academy: Approximately $3 million
  • Inflation Reduction Act TA for Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP): Up to $2 million
• HUD will not provide more than $40,000,000 to a single applicant for a single funding year.
  • Estimated Total Funding: $80,681,000
  • Minimum Award Amount: $100,000 Per Project Period
  • Maximum Award Amount: $40,000,000 Per Project Period
• Length of Project Periods: 36-month project period and budget period

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants:   
  • Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • State governments
  • Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Small businesses
  • Others
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
• Additional Information on Eligibility:  
  • In addition to the list above, eligible applicants include: NAHASDA-eligible Indian tribes. National or regional organizations representing Native American housing interests Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Councils of Government, or other regional planning entities Small and Disadvantaged Business (SDB). HUD will not evaluate applications from ineligible applicants. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

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