Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Department's Fiscal Year 2020 Supplemental Comprehensive Housing Counseling Grant Program

1. Eligible applicants must satisfy the following criteria:Applicant must be approved to participate in the HUD Housing Counseling Program prior to the NOFA issue date. In addition, SHFAs are eligible for this NOFA if they possess statutory authority to provide housing counseling throughout their entire state and adhere to all program requirements outlined in 24 CFR Part 214, this handbook, and other governing documents.2. AffiliationsAgencies that were awarded FY 2019 funds as a subgrantee of an SHFA or Intermediary may: maintain their FY 2019 affiliation, join a different network, apply as a direct grantee, if agency is a HUD-approved LHCA, or apply as a direct grantee as a newly approved MSO or Intermediary (approved on or after May 24, 2019). LHCAs that were awarded FY 2019 funds as a direct grantee may: express interest in FY 2020 funding, when contacted by HUD, or affiliate with an Intermediary or SHFA for FY 2020 funding.Applicants and Subgrantees are prohibited from applying for or receiving FY 2020 Housing Counseling Program grant funding from multiple sources. For example, applying for funding under this NOFA as both a direct Grantee (e.g. LHCA) and as a Subgrantee of an Intermediary or SHFA is prohibited. Likewise, applying for funding under this NOFA as a Subgrantee of two different Intermediaries or as a Subgrantee of an Intermediary and as a Subgrantee of an SHFA is prohibited.The following limited sole exception is made to this requirement: The Grantee or Subgrantee has one or more HUD HECM Roster Counselors that are awarded Comprehensive Grant funds directly from HUD, or indirectly through an Intermediary or SHFA, and the Grantee or Subgrantee receives a single additional subgrant for reverse mortgage counseling activities from an Intermediary that provides reverse mortgage counseling exclusively. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.