HUD 53150 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant

Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

OMB Approval No. 2577-0269 (exp. 1/31/2015)

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 PLANNING GRANT

APPLICATION CHECKLIST/TABLE OF CONTENTS

NARRATIVE EXHIBITS Page Number

Exhibit A: SUMMARY INFORMATION

A Executive Summary __________

Exhibit B: THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS

B Threshold Narrative (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 – Use of Data __________

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

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

E.5 Plan – Staffing Plan __________

E.6 Plan – Planning Program Schedule __________

E.7 Plan – Budget __________

Exhibit F: LIKELIHOOD OF IMPLEMENTATION

F Likelihood of Implementation Narrative Response __________

ATTACHMENTS

1. Key Eligibility Data Form (HUD-53152) __________

2. Eligible Applicants Documentation __________

3. Documentation for Planning Coordinator (if applicable) __________

4. Eligible Target Housing Doc. –Severe Distress of Targeted Project Cert. (HUD-53232) __________

5. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Eligible Neighborhoods Data __________

6. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Substandard Housing Documentation __________

7. Eligible Neighborhoods Documentation – Inadequate School Doc. (HUD-53153) __________

8. Resident Involvement Certification (HUD-53151) __________

9. Need – Rehabilitation Cost Estimate from PNA

10. Need – Structural Deficiencies Documentation __________

11. Need – Design Deficiencies Documentation __________

12. Need – Part I Violent Crimes Documentation __________

13. Staffing Plan __________

14. Planning Schedule __________

15. Budget __________

16. Documentation to Support Consistency with Other Planning Efforts __________

17. Evidence of Local Partnerships __________

18. Evidence of Local Government Support __________

19. Leverage Documentation (HUD-53154) __________

20. Preferred Sustainable Status Certification, if applicable (HUD-2995) __________

21. City and Neighborhood Maps __________

22. Current Site Plan __________

23. Photographs of the Target Housing and Neighborhood __________

24. Category Preferences Documentation __________

25. Application Certifications – Planning Grants (HUD-53156) __________

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

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

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

29. Facsimile Transmittal (HUD-96011) __________

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