HUD Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant

Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

OMB Approval No. xxxx (exp. x/xx/xxxx)

The public reporting burden for this collection of information for the Choice Neighborhoods Program is estimated to average fifteen minutes, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information and preparing the application package for submission to HUD.

Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions to reduce this burden, to the Reports Management Officer, Paperwork Reduction Project, to the Office of Information Technology, US. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC 20410-3600. When providing comments, please refer to OMB Approval No. XXX-XXXX. HUD may not conduct and sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

The information submitted in response to the Notice of Funding Availability for the Choice Neighborhoods Program is subject to the disclosure requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-235, approved December 15, 1989, 42 U.S.C. 3545).

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING GRANT

APPLICATION CHECKLIST/TABLE OF CONTENTS

NARRATIVE EXHIBITS Page Number

Exhibit A: SUMMARY INFORMATION

A Executive Summary ________________

Exhibit B: THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS

B Narrative on Partnership with Planning Coordinator (if any) ________________

Exhibit C: CAPACITY

C Capacity Narrative Response ________________

Exhibit D: NEED

D Need- Severe Physical Distress of the PH and/or Assisted Housing ________________

Exhibit E: PLAN

E.1 Plan – Planning Activities ________________

E.2 Plan – Neighborhood Assets and Needs Assessments ________________

E.3 Plan – Policy Priority – Educational Opportunities Planning ________________

E.4 Plan – Policy Priority – Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing ________________

E.5 Plan – Resident and Community Involvement ________________

ATTACHMENTS

1: Application Data Form: Cover Sheet ________________

2: Application Data Form: Existing Units, Occupancy, Vacancy ________________

3: Budget ________________

4: Eligible Applicants Documentation ________________

5: Binding Contract with Planning Coordinator for Planning Grants ________________

6: Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Eligible Neighborhoods Map ________________

7: Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Substandard Housing Documentation ________________

8: Eligible Neighborhoods Doc –Severe Distress of Targeted Project Certification ________________

9: Resident Involvement Certification ________________

10: Need - Structural Deficiencies Documentation ________________

11: Need - Design Deficiencies Documentation ________________

12: Need - Part I Violent Crimes Documentation ________________

13: Need - School Form and Supporting Documentation ________________

14: Leverage Documentation ________________

15: City and Neighborhood Maps ________________

16: Current Site Plan ________________

17: Choice Neighborhoods Application Certifications – Planning Grants ________________

18: Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) _______________

19: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) _______________

20: Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (HUD-2880) _______________

21: Facsimile Transmittal (HUD-96011) _______________

form HUD-xxxx (xx/xxxx)