HUD Form 53230 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Application Ch

Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

OMB Approval No. 2577-0269 (exp. 2/28/2011)

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. 2577-0269. 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 IMPLEMENTATION GRANT

APPLICATION CHECKLIST/TABLE OF CONTENTS

NARRATIVE EXHIBITS Page Number

Exhibit A: SUMMARY INFORMATION

A Executive Summary ___________

Exhibit B: THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS

B.1 Partnership MOU Narrative - Lead Applicant,

Co-Applicant(s) (if any), and Principal Team Members (if any) ___________

B.2 Appropriateness of the Proposal ___________

B.3 Separability ___________

Exhibit C: CAPACITY

C.1 Overall Leadership Capacity of Lead Applicant ___________

C.2 Housing Implementation Capacity of Lead Applicant, Co-Applicant,

or Principal Team Members ___________

C.3 People Implementation Capacity of Lead Applicant, Co-Applicant,

or Principal Team Members ___________

C.4 Education Implementation Capacity of Lead Applicant, Co-Applicant,

Principal Team Member, or Principal Education Partner ___________

C.5 Neighborhood Implementation Capacity of Lead Applicant,

Co-Applicant, or Principal Team Members ___________

C.6 Overall Community Involvement ___________

Exhibit D: NEED

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

Exhibit E: VISION

E.1 Housing Component Description ___________

E.2 People Component Description ___________

E.3 Neighborhood Component Description ___________

Exhibit F: SOUNDNESS OF APPROACH

F.1 Organizational Framework for Implementation __________

F.2 Resident and Community Involvement __________

F.3 Collection and Use of Data to Achieve Core Goals

of the Transformation Plan __________

F.4 Consistency with Other Planning Documents __________

ATTACHMENTS

1. Key Eligibility Data Form __________

2. Application Data Form: Existing Units, Occupancy, Vacancy __________

3. Application Data Form: Planned Units __________

4. Grant Sizing Worksheet __________

5. Sources and Uses __________

6. Operating Proforma __________

7. Extraordinary Site Costs Certification __________

8. Site Control Documentation __________

9. Eligible Applicants Documentation __________

10. Eligible Housing Documentation – Severe Distress of Targeted Project Certification

11. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Mapping Tool Data __________

12. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Substandard Housing

Documentation, if applicable __________

13. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Low-Performing School, if applicable __________

14. Partnership Legal Contract __________

15. One-for-One Replacement Certification __________

16. Location of Housing Documentation/Map __________

17. Site Control for All Replacement Housing Documentation __________

18. Other Sites for Transformation Plan Activities Documentation __________

19. Land Use Approvals __________

20. Capital Fund Financing Program (CFFP) Documentation __________

21. Resident and Community Involvement Certification __________

22. Capacity - Lead Applicant Implementation Documentation __________

23. Capacity - Housing Implementation Documentation __________

24. Capacity - People Implementation Documentation __________

25. Capacity - Education Implementation Documentation __________

26. Capacity - Neighborhood Implementation Documentation __________

27. Capacity - Overall Community Involvement Documentation __________

28. Capacity - References __________

29. Need - Structural Deficiencies Documentation __________

30. Need - Design Deficiencies Documentation __________

31. Need - Part I Violent Crimes Documentation __________

32. Vision - Walkscore Documentation __________

33. Vision –Development Schedule __________

34. Housing Leverage Documentation __________

35. People Leverage Documentation __________

36. Neighborhood Leverage –

Community Development Block Grant Leverage Documentation __________

37. Neighborhood Leverage – Anticipatory Leverage Documentation __________

38. Neighborhood Leverage Documentation __________

39. Documentation to Support Consistency with Other Planning Documents __________

40. City and Neighborhood Maps __________

41. Current Site Plan __________

42. Conceptual Site Plan __________

43. Design __________

44. Access to Amenities Documentation __________

45. Transit-Served Location Documentation __________

46. Section 3 Annual Summary Report (Form HUD 60002) (if applicable) __________

47. Choice Neighborhoods Application Certifications – Implementation Grants __________

48. Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) __________

49. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) __________

50. Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (HUD-2880) __________

51. Facsimile Transmittal (HUD-96011) __________

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