OLHCHH - All Competitive NOFOs

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
HUD FY2024 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration
FR-6800-N-62
07/23/2024

Table of Contents
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................3
I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION.........................................................................3
A. Program Description ...............................................................................................................3
B. Authority ...............................................................................................................................17
II. AWARD INFORMATION ...................................................................................................18
A. Available Funds ....................................................................................................................18
B. Number of Awards ................................................................................................................18
C. Minimum/Maximum Award Information .............................................................................18
D. Period of Performance...........................................................................................................18
E. Type of Funding Instrument ..................................................................................................19
III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION .........................................................................................19
A. Eligible Applicants ................................................................................................................19
B. Ineligible Applicants .............................................................................................................20
C. Cost Sharing or Matching......................................................................................................20
D. Threshold Eligibility Requirements ......................................................................................20
E. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility ..............................................22
F. Program-Specific Requirements ............................................................................................22
G. Criteria for Beneficiaries. ......................................................................................................31
IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION ...................................................31
A. Obtain an Application Package .............................................................................................31
B. Content and Form of Application Submission ......................................................................32
C. System for Award Management (SAM) and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) ......................37
D. Application Submission Dates and Times ............................................................................38
E. Intergovernmental Review ....................................................................................................41
F. Funding Restrictions ..............................................................................................................41
V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION .......................................................................47
A. Review Criteria .....................................................................................................................47
B. Review and Selection Process ...............................................................................................56
VI. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION ..............................................................57
A. Award Notices .......................................................................................................................57
B. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy Requirements and Terms for HUD
Applicants and Recipients of Financial Assistance Awards ......................................................58
C. Reporting ...............................................................................................................................63
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D. Debriefing .............................................................................................................................65
VII. AGENCY CONTACT(S) ...................................................................................................65
VIII. OTHER INFORMATION ................................................................................................65
APPENDIX ................................................................................................................................68

Program Office:
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
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Funding Opportunity Title:
HUD FY2024 Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration
Funding Opportunity Number:
FR-6800-N-62
Assistance Listing Number:
14.901
Due Date for Applications:
07/23/2024

OVERVIEW
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 program and purpose
described within this NOFO. You, as a prospective applicant, should carefully read all
instructions in all sections to avoid sending an incomplete or ineligible application. HUD funding
is highly competitive. Failure to respond accurately to any submission requirement could result
in an incomplete, ineligible, or noncompetitive proposal.
In accordance with Title 24 part 4, subpart B of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), during
the selection process (which includes HUD’s NOFO development and publication, and
concludes with the announcement of the selection of recipients of assistance), HUD is prohibited
from disclosing covered selection information. Examples of impermissible disclosures include:
1) information regarding any applicant’s relative standing; 2) the amount of assistance requested
by any applicant; and 3) any information contained in the application. Prior to the application
deadline, HUD may not disclose the identity of any applicant or the number of applicants who
have applied for assistance.
For further information regarding this NOFO, direct questions regarding the specific
requirements of this NOFO to the agency contact identified in section VII.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. §§ 3501- 3520) (PRA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved
the information collection requirements in this NOFO. HUD may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. This NOFO identifies the applicable OMB control number, unless
the collection of information is excluded from these requirements under 5 CFR Part 1320.
OMB Control Number(s):
2539-0015 Post Award renewal Pending; 25010044 for Pre- Award and child package pending.

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
A. Program Description
1. Purpose
HUD, through this Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD)
NOFO, is interested in supporting demonstrations in communities that provide housing
interventions in lower-income households that are conducted jointly through the coordination of
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH)-funded Healthy Homes
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Production (HHP) program and programs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). A critical goal of this demonstration is to determine
whether this coordinated delivery of services achieves cost-effectiveness and better outcomes in
improving the safety and quality of homes, including health and energy efficiency. The
coordinated assessments and interventions are expected to provide additional benefits to
households through the combined mitigation of health and safety hazards and improvements in
energy efficiency and comfort. These grants are intended to facilitate the leveraging of assets
from both programs and support the exploration of different models of service delivery (e.g.,
recruitment strategies and partnerships). HUD-funded programs identify and mitigate key
residential health and safety hazards such as lead-based paint hazards, mold and moisture, pest
infestation, poor indoor air quality, radon, and injury hazards as described in Chapter 1 of the
Healthy Homes Program Guidance Manual
(https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/HHPGM_FINAL_CH1.PDF). DOE-funded programs
conduct energy audits and implement energy conservation measures, while also conducting
interventions that improve health and safety (e.g., improved ventilation, installing carbon
monoxide and smoke detectors).
a. Goals and Objectives
The following are the major goals and objectives of this NOFO:
(1) Demonstrate effective strategies for coordination between HUD’s HHP and DOE’s WAP
programs that maximize program efficiencies and benefits to occupants.
(2) Reduce WAP deferrals through coordination with HHP programs.
(3) Demonstrate sustainable models of inter-program cooperation, including data sharing,
reporting, and targeting/recruiting clients.
(4) Demonstrate effective models for the sustainable financing of coordinated healthy
homes/weatherization interventions.
(5) Support the collection of data to evaluate the housing interventions conducted through interprogram coordination (e.g., program cost efficiencies that can be achieved, improvements in
indoor environmental quality, improved health outcomes, and additional safety benefits to
households).
During the implementation of the HHWCD grant, OLHCHH expects a high level of coordination
between the WAP activities and HHP activities, based on the understanding that this program
intends to improve coordination between the DOE- and HUD-funded programs. There should be
immediate outcomes from the HHWCD activities in terms of home improvements for energy
efficiency, cost savings, and health and safety. However, a critical longer-term goal of this
program is the development of models for future coordination and cooperation between the WAP
and HHP programs. This increased coordination is expected to improve cost savings and the
safety and quality of homes, such as energy efficiency, and health beyond the immediate
recipients of the HHWCD program.
b. Additional Program Information
HUD’s OLHCHH is making available grant funds to communities that are served by both a
HUD-funded HHP program and a DOE-funded WAP to demonstrate the potential advantages of
the coordination of home intervention services. These two programs are natural allies in that
while having distinctly different missions, they both target the housing of families with relatively
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low incomes for improving both housing quality and the safety and/or comfort of occupants.
Leveraging the assets and staff expertise of each program is expected to significantly increase the
benefits to the occupants of target homes.
A cooperative program model between HUD’s Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Programs with the
Healthy Homes Supplement (LHR/HHP) and DOE’s WAP programs has been implemented by
programs in multiple states. For example, One-Touch is a program model that facilitates the
creation of healthy and energy-efficient homes by improving coordination between home visiting
programs through the use of a common home intake tool and an electronic referral system
(https://onetouchhousing.com/). Several weatherization providers have also implemented
weatherization plus health initiatives; for example, Washington State’s Weatherization Plus
Health program provides state support for joint weatherization- healthy housing interventions
(https://www.commerce.wa.gov/growing-the-economy/energy/weatherization-and-energyefficiency/matchmaker/weatherization-plus-health-wxh/). This current NOFO focuses on
coordination between HUD’s HHP and DOE’s WAP programs. The HHP takes a comprehensive
approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on
housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
The program builds upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the
Department’s efforts to address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety
hazards.
Energy conservation measures (ECMs) implemented by WAPs improve the comfort and safety
of homes by keeping indoor temperatures within a healthy range helping to achieve the healthy
homes principle of “thermal control” (see: Principles of Heating and Cooling | Department of
Energy). Weatherization programs also use grant funds to address some health and safety issues
that are related to weatherization work. There is evidence that energy efficiency interventions, in
addition to lowering utility consumption, can also improve the health of occupants, likely
through better temperature control and improved ventilation (see Weatherization Program Notice
22-7: Weatherization Health and Safety | Department of Energy). A DOE-sponsored literature
review of the health benefits of energy efficiency upgrades and green construction published in
2016 summarized similar findings from published scientific literature (see: Wilson, J. et al.
Home Rx: The health benefits of home performance: A review of the current evidence.
December 2016. DOE/EE-1505. Charting a Course to Healthier, High-Performance Homes |
ENERGY STAR).
The concept of the voluntary integration of weatherization and healthy homes interventions
through program coordination was promoted by DOE using funding from the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through this effort, program guidance was developed,
and in-person regional trainings were held throughout the U.S. https://nchh.org/information-andevidence/healthy-housing-policy/national/keystone-federal-policy/wx-plus-health/.
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes administers this HHWCD program,
which is aligned with HUD’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
(https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CFO/documents/FY2022-2026HUDStrategicPlan.pdf), as
discussed in the Summary below in I.A.2, and HUD’s 2016-2020 draft Environmental Justice
Strategy. The Strategic Plan includes a Strategic Objective 4B to “Strengthen Environmental
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Justice,” and, specifically, to reduce exposure to health risks, environmental hazards, and
substandard housing, especially for low-income households and communities of color. This
program supports environmental justice, fair treatment, and meaningful involvement of all
people within the target communities regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, familial
status, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), religion, or income regarding the
development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, or policies.
On December 8, 2021, the DOE issued the Weatherization Program Notice 22-5: Expansion of
Client Eligibility in the Weatherization Assistance Program. (see Section I.A.1.c. below for ways
in which income eligibility may be determined.)
c. HUD Healthy Homes Production Grant Program
The Healthy Homes Production (HHP) program is part of HUD’s overall Healthy Homes
Initiative launched in 1999. The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple
childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a
coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon
HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department’s efforts to address
a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards, including household
allergens, lead, carbon monoxide, radon, and/or other housing-related health and safety hazards.
The HHP program focuses on identifying and remediating housing-related health and safety
hazards in privately owned, low-income rental, and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in
units and/or buildings where families with children, older adults 62 years and older, or families
with persons with disabilities reside. HHP is available for housing of all construction ages.
There are income eligibility requirements for housing assisted under HHP. For all housing, all
units assisted with grants must be the residence of families with income at or below eighty
percent (80%) of the area median income level, or at income levels defined in the income
guidelines in OLHCHH's policy guidance on determining income. Refer to PG-2014-01
Eligibility of Units for Assistance (https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/201401_UNIT_ELIGIBILITY.PDF) for determining income. WAP also has income eligibility
requirements of 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (for 2024, the guidelines are posted at
https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/7240229f28375f54435c5b83a3764cd1/detailed
-guidelines-2024.pdf; in future grant years, the link will be updated). For this HHWCD NOFO,
the higher income level of the two programs may be used. In addition, if WAP has accepted the
income eligibility determination of the family under one of the programs described in DOE’s
Weatherization Program Notice 22-5 (https://www.energy.gov/eere/wap/articles/weatherizationprogram-notice-22-5-expansion-client-eligibility-weatherization), that eligibility determination
may be used for this program.
d. DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP):
DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program reduces energy costs for low-income households by
increasing the energy efficiency of the homes while improving their health and safety, especially
for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, and children. DOE
provides core program funding through formula grants to the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
five territories, and, as of this writing, one Native American Tribe. These grantees usually
contract with local agencies (often Community Action Agencies) to provide services; over 700
local organizations provide Weatherization services in every U.S. County
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https://www.energy.gov/eere/wap/weatherization-assistance-program.WAP programs analyze a
building’s energy use by conducting an energy audit to help identify cost-effective Energy
Conservation Measures (ECMs) (e.g., air sealing of cracks and holes in the building envelope,
insulation of attics, heating, or cooling system repairs). ECMs must meet DOE’s savings to
investment ratio (SIR) requirement for the cost of an ECM to be allowable (i.e., the SIR must be
1.0 or greater).
The WAP can also implement health and safety measures as long as they address conditions that
are necessary to effectively perform weatherization work or which are necessary as a result of
weatherization work (e.g., repair/install vent systems, install smoke and or CO detectors, install
mechanical ventilation) (see: Weatherization Program Notice 22-7: Weatherization Health and
Safety | Department of Energy). The WAP can also make incidental repairs that are necessary for
the effective performance of ECMs (e.g., repairing roof leaks, repair of windows and doors) (see:
https://www.energy.gov/eere/wipo/downloads/wpn-19-5-incidental-repair-measure-guidance).
Windows and doors can only be replaced if they meet the SIR requirement as an ECM or as an
incidental repair when they meet the definition of an Incidental Repair Measure (IRM) combined
with related weatherization measures. WAP programs must sometimes defer work in a dwelling
if the condition of the home renders delivering weatherization services either unsafe or
ineffective. Examples of such conditions include, but are not limited to, significant problems
with the structure (e.g., roof) or mechanical systems (e.g., plumbing, electrical), severe moisture
or mold problems, and significant lead-based paint hazards.
There are income eligibility requirements for housing assisted under WAP. The households that
are assisted must be at or below 200% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) 2024 poverty guidelines, (for 2024, the guidelines are posted at
https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/7240229f28375f54435c5b83a3764cd1/detailed
-guidelines-2024.pdf; in future grant years, the link will be updated). See Section I.A.1.c. above
for ways in which income eligibility may be determined.
WAP Providers generally encounter three types of multifamily properties assisted by HUD:
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Housing owned and operated by PHAs: WAP providers shall consider all such buildings
managed by the PHAs referenced PHA Contact Information
(https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/pha/contacts) to be 100
percent income eligible.
Privately owned multifamily buildings receiving project-based assistance: WAP
providers should refer to Weatherization Assistance Program Assisted Multifamily
Properties (https://www.energy.gov/eere/wap/articles/weatherization-assistance-programassisted-multifamily-properties) to determine the percentage of the units in each building
that are income eligible.
Privately-owned multifamily buildings that house residents receiving tenant-based
assistance: WAP providers will determine the percentage of income-eligible residences
by either contacting the building owner/manager to obtain such Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher records (from HUD’s Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program
[TBRA]) or by individually verifying which residents hold such vouchers.
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e. Considerations and opportunities for inter-program interventions: Program differences
such as income and other eligibility requirements may be challenges to WAP and HHP programs
interested in conducting combined interventions. However, despite program differences, both
HHP and WAP programs target many of the same housing units and resident populations for
home improvements. Grants awarded through this NOFO will test whether efficiently
coordinated HHP and WAP program activities create economies overall, such as reduced costs
from efficient scheduling of work conducted by the two programs.
Inter-program coordination must be conducted in an efficient manner that limits disruption to
residents and does not significantly extend the relocation period. This will require ongoing
communication between WAP and HHP programs and may present the opportunity to develop
innovative strategies for alignment of planning and scheduling between the programs.
If conditions in a WAP recipient’s home are not favorable for the WAP interventions (e.g., the
presence of a severe mold problem that will normally cause the home to be deferred), then under
the WAP program requirements, the WAP interventions are deferred. Partnering with HHP
grantees has the potential to reduce deferrals for WAP recipients. If a home meets HUD's HHP
eligibility requirements, HHP funding could potentially be used to mitigate conditions that cause
deferrals.
Window and door repairs or replacement offer opportunities for inter-program collaboration.
Windows and doors coated with lead-based paint can create lead-contaminated dust through
friction or impact and can also, independent of their paint, be a source of moisture intrusion into
the home. Windows and door repairs or replacement can also be an allowable ECM if program
requirements are met. When funds awarded through this NOFO are used for a home intervention,
grantees will be allowed greater flexibility for the replacement of windows and/or doors than
under the WAP program, as long as the replacement will improve safety and/or energy
conservation, even if the Savings to Investment Ratio (SIR) is less than 1.0. The grantee will be
required to justify why the windows and/or doors are being replaced; adequate justification
would be improved energy conservation and/or mitigation of a health and safety hazard (e.g.,
water leaks, presence of lead-based paint hazards).
If ECMs are implemented following the completion of HHP interventions, a final dust-lead
clearance of the home shall be conducted after the ECM intervention unless it is known that no
paint was disturbed by the ECMs (24 CFR 35.115(a)). All the clearance examinations must be
conducted in accordance with the HUD Lead Safe Housing Rule at 24 CFR 35.1340
(https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-A/part-35/subpart-R/section-35.1340).
Identification and mitigation of elevated radon levels offer another opportunity for inter-program
collaboration. Radon mitigation is not an allowable health and safety cost for a WAP grantee,
and clients must sign an informed consent form regarding radon before receiving weatherization
services. However, HUD Healthy Homes Production funds can be used for radon testing and
mitigation, as can funds awarded through this NOFO.
If HHP and WAP grantees use their funding on any home that is recruited for joint interventions,
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they must meet all the requirements of their HUD and DOE funding. However, funds awarded
under this HHWCD NOFO would be granted additional flexibility. For example, assuming
sufficient capacity, if WAP grant funds can’t be used in a home, the HHWCD grantee could use
its funds to cover WAP program costs to complement the home intervention.
In addition to DOE funding for weatherization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) also awards formula grants to states, territories, and tribal governments through
the Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The purpose of LIHEAP is to
assist low-income households in meeting their energy needs. LIHEAP funds used for
weatherization are limited to 15% of the available funding (or up to 25% with a waiver from
HHS); this was estimated at approximately $556 million in the Fiscal Year 2022 (see:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/liheap-fact-sheet-0). There is greater flexibility in how
LIHEAP funds are spent for energy conservation as compared to DOE WAP funding. Many
WAP grantees routinely supplement their DOE WAP funding with LIHEAP funds targeted to
support weatherization activities. A recipient under this NOFO and their partners could
potentially coordinate the use of HUD, DOE, and LIHEAP funds in a home.
A summary of the major requirements and allowances that apply to the use of funds awarded
under this NOFO is provided in Appendix A of this NOFO. This summary is not exhaustive; the
intent is to highlight requirements that are unique to this NOFO. Applicants should read the
entire NOFO to be aware of all program requirements.
f. Community Partnerships:
HUD encourages applicants to this NOFO to form partnerships with medical care providers and
insurers and other public health entities in the community to leverage funding awarded through
this NOFO. Partnering with organizations in the medical sector (e.g., hospitals, federally
qualified health centers, Medicaid managed care organizations) can be particularly helpful for
identifying clients who could benefit the most from interventions to improve indoor
environmental quality (IEQ). For example, the health of children and adults with poorly
controlled asthma or adults with COPD can potentially benefit quickly from home interventions
that mitigate asthma triggers and respiratory irritants and improve ventilation. Such partnerships
may offer an opportunity to identify sources of sustainable funding for future interventions to
improve IEQ in housing for low-income families that meet certain conditions.
g. Community Involvement. Applicants who incorporate meaningful community involvement
into the grant that requires a significant level of interaction with a community during
implementation (e.g., projects being conducted within occupied dwellings, or which involve
surveys of community residents) will receive a higher score in rating factor 3, Soundness of
Approach. The term community refers to a variety of populations comprised of persons who
have commonalities that can be identified (e.g., based on geographic location, ethnicity, health
condition, age, disability, limited English proficiency (LEP), etc.). Applicants should identify the
community that is most relevant to their particular project.
In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.§ 794) and HUD’s
implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 8, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134) and the implementing regulation at 28 CFR Part 35, the programs
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services, and activities funded through this NOFO must be accessible to and usable by persons
with disabilities. All meetings must be held in facilities that are physically accessible to persons
with disabilities. Recipients and subrecipients must also provide effective communication for
individuals with disabilities (see 24 CFR § 8.6). Auxiliary aids or services and reasonable
accommodations must be provided to ensure equal participation by individuals with disabilities.
Recipients and subrecipients must take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful language access
for persons with limited English proficiency (LEP) pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and Executive Order 13166. For assistance in ensuring meaningful access for individuals
with limited English proficiency, recipients and subrecipients should consult HUD’s Final
Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against
National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons (HUD’s LEP
Guidance) published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 2732).
There are many different approaches to involving the community in the conception, design, and
implementation of a grant program. Examples include but are not limited to: establishing a
structured approach to obtain community input and feedback (e.g., through a community
advisory board); including one or more community-based organizations as partners; employing
community residents to recruit participants and collect data; and enlisting the community in the
dissemination of findings and translation of results into improved policies and/or practices. A
discussion of community involvement in the grant program involving housing-related health
hazards can be found in Chapter 5 of the Institute of Medicine publication titled "Ethical
Considerations for Research on Housing-Related Health Hazards Involving Children."
h. Program Evaluation
Recipients of the HHWCD grant will be evaluated based on their ability to collect data that
demonstrate that the housing interventions conducted through inter-program coordination has
successfully improved cost efficiency, improved indoor environmental quality, improved health
outcomes, reduce deferrals, or provided additional safety benefits to households. To evaluate the
potential benefits of inter-program coordination, grantees will be required to conduct coordinated
interventions in 15 units without using funds from this NOFO except for costs related to program
evaluation activities. Grantees will also be required to conduct coordinated HHP/WAP
interventions in 40 units.
i. Addressing Multiple Hazards:
Applicants should address multiple significant housing and indoor environmental quality issues
identified following a thorough home assessment (e.g., cockroach or rodent infestation, sources
of respirable particles and gases such as poor venting of cooking or heating appliances, injury
hazards, radon, lead-based paint hazards, etc.). The National Center for Healthy Housing
provides a list of links to multiple home Inspections and Assessments: Reports and Guides |
NCHH. The CDC has recently led the development of a home assessment tool specifically for
asthma triggers which is based on the best available scientific evidence (see:
www.cdc.gov/asthma/public_health.html,
www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/home_assess_checklist_P.pdf)
2. HUD and Program-Specific Goals and Objectives

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HUD’s Strategic Plan sets the direction and focus of our programs and staff to create strong,
sustainable, inclusive communities and quality, affordable homes for all. This NOFO supports
HUD’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2026 to accomplish HUD’s mission and
vision. Each of the five goals in the Strategic Plan include what HUD hopes to accomplish, the
strategies to accomplish those objectives, and the indicators of success.
HUD will pursue two overarching priorities focused on increasing equity and improving
customer experience across all HUD programs. Five strategic goals and several objectives
undergird the Plan; however the following goals are applicable to this NOFO.
You are expected to align your application to the applicable strategic goals and objectives below.
Use the information in this section to describe in your application the specific goals, objectives,
and measures that your project is expected to help accomplish. If your project is selected for
funding, you are also expected to establish a plan to track progress related to those goals,
objectives, and measures. HUD will monitor compliance with the goals, objectives, and
measures in your project.
Applicable Goals and Objectives from HUD’s Strategic Plan
Strategic Goal 4: Advance Sustainable Communities
Advance sustainable communities by strengthening climate resilience and energy efficiency,
promoting environmental justice, and recognizing housing's role as essential to health.
4C: Integrate Health and Housing
Advance policies that recognize housing's role as essential to health.
3. Changes from Previous NOFO
The following is a summary of the major changes in this NOFO relative to the Fiscal Year (FY)
2023 HHWCD NOFO. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, so applicants should read the
entire NOFO.
a. The contract to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the HHWCD programs has
ended. Accordingly, the grantee requirements related to the contract, which were previously in
I.A.h. Program Evaluation, have been removed.
b. This NOFO adds requirements to Sections I.A.h. Program Evaluation, III.F.2.c. Demonstrating
Benefits of Coordinated Interventions, Rating Factor 3 in V.A.1.c.(1) (f), and Appendix A (5)
Required Unit Completion, that state HHWCD grantees must conduct HHP/WAP interventions
in 40 units.
c. The requirements for grantees in Sections I.A.h. Program Evaluation, III.F.2.c. Demonstrating
Health Benefits of Coordinated Interventions, Rating Factor 3 in V.A.1.c.(1) (f), and Appendix A
(5) Required Unit Completion, which stated grantees must conduct HHP/WAP interventions in
15 homes that house no occupant with asthma that is not well controlled and in 15 units that
house an occupant with asthma that is not well controlled, have been removed.
4. Definitions
a. Standard Definitions
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) means taking meaningful actions, in addition
to combating discrimination to overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive
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communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected
characteristics. Specifically, affirmatively furthering fair housing means taking meaningful
actions that, taken together, address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to
opportunities, replacing segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living
patterns, transforming racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of
opportunity, and fostering and maintaining compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws.
The duty to affirmatively further fair housing extends to all program participant’s activities and
programs relating to housing and urban development.
Assistance Listing number refers to the unique number assigned to each Federal assistance
program publicly available in the Assistance Listing, which is managed and administered by the
General Services Administration. The Assistance Listing number was formerly known as the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.
Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) is a person authorized to legally bind your
organization and submit applications via Grants.gov. The AOR is authorized by the E-Business
Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) in the System for Award Management (see E-Biz POC definition).
An AOR may include an Expanded AOR and/or a Standard AOR.
Expanded Authorized Organization Representative is a user in Grants.gov who is
authorized by the E-Biz POC to perform the functions of a Standard AOR, initiate and
submit applications on behalf of your organization, and is allowed to modify organizationlevel settings and certifications in Grants.gov.
Standard Authorized Organization Representative is a user in Grants.gov who is authorized
by the E-Biz POC to initiate and submit applications in Grants.gov. A Grants.gov user with
the Standard AOR role can only submit applications when they are a Participant for that
workspace.
Consolidated Plan is the document submitted to HUD that serves as the comprehensive housing
affordability strategy, community development plan, and submission for funding under any of
the Community Planning and Development formula grant programs (e.g., CDBG, ESG, HOME,
and HOPWA). This Plan is prepared in accordance with the process described in 24 CFR part 91.
This plan is completed by engaging in a participatory process to assess affordable housing and
community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based
investment decisions with funding from formula grant programs. (See 24 CFR part 91 for HUD’s
requirements regarding the Consolidated Plan and related Action Plan).
Contract means, for the purpose of Federal financial assistance, a legal instrument by which a
recipient or subrecipient purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or
program under a Federal award. For additional information on contractor and subrecipient
determinations, see 2 CFR 200.331.
Contractor means an entity that receives a contract as defined above and in 2 CFR 200.1.
Cooperative agreement has the same meaning defined at 2 CFR 200.1.
Deficiency, with respect to the making of an application for funding, is information missing or
omitted within a submitted application. Examples of deficiencies include missing documents,
missing or incomplete information on a form, or some other type of unsatisfied information
requirement. Depending on specific criteria, a deficiency may be either Curable or Non-Curable.
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A Curable Deficiency is missing or incomplete application information that may be
corrected by the applicant with timely action. To be curable, the deficiency must:
•
•
•

Not be a threshold requirement, except for documentation of applicant eligibility;
Not influence how an applicant is ranked or scored versus other applicants; and
Be remedied within the time frame specified in the notice of deficiency.

A Non-Curable Deficiency is missing or incomplete application information that cannot be
corrected by an applicant after the submission deadline. A non-curable deficiency is a
deficiency that is a threshold requirement, or a deficiency that, if corrected, would change an
applicant’s score or rank versus other applicants. If an application includes a non-curable
deficiency, the application may receive an ineligible determination, or the non-curable
deficiency may otherwise adversely affect the application’s score and final funding
determination.
E-Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC) is an individual associated with the applicant
organization who is responsible for the administration and management of award activities for
the applicant organization. The E-Biz POC is likely to be an organization's chief financial officer
or authorizing official. The E-Biz POC authorizes representatives of their organization to apply
on behalf of the organization (see Authorized Organization Representative definition). There can
only be one E-Biz POC per unique entity identifier (see definition of Unique Entity Identifier
below).
Eligibility requirements are mandatory requirements for an application to be eligible for
funding.
Environmental Justice means investing in environmental improvements, remedying past
environmental inequities, and otherwise developing, implementing, and enforcing environmental
laws and policies in a manner that advances equity and provides meaningful involvement for
people and communities that have been environmentally underserved or overburdened, such as
Black and Brown communities, indigenous groups, and individuals with disabilities. This
definition does not alter the requirements under HUD’s regulations at 24 CFR 58.5(j) and 24
CFR 50.4(l) implementing Executive Order 12898. E.O. 12898 requires a consideration of how
Federally assisted projects may have disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority and/or low-income populations. For additional information on
environmental review compliance, refer to:
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/environment_energy/regulations.
Equity has the meaning given to that term in Section 2(a) of Executive Order 13985 and means
the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including
individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such
as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural
areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.
Federal award, has the meaning, depending on the context, in either paragraphs (1) or (2) of this
definition:
(1)
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(a) The Federal financial assistance that a recipient receives directly from a Federal
awarding agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity, as described in 2 CFR
200.101; or
(b) The cost-reimbursement contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulations that a
non- Federal entity receives directly from a Federal awarding agency or indirectly from a
pass- through entity, as described in 2 CFR 200.101.
(2) The instrument setting forth the terms and conditions. The instrument is the grant
agreement, cooperative agreement, other agreement for assistance covered in paragraph (2)
of the definitions of Federal financial assistance in 2 CFR 200.1, and this NOFO, or the costreimbursement contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
(3) Federal award does not include other contracts that a Federal agency uses to buy goods or
services from a contractor or a contract to operate Federal Government owned, contractor
operated facilities (GOCOs).
(4) See also definitions of Federal financial assistance, grant agreement, and cooperative
agreement in 2 CFR 200.1.
Federal Financial Assistance has the same meaning defined at 2 CFR 200.1.
Grants.gov is the website serving as the Federal government’s central portal for searching and
applying for Federal financial assistance throughout the Federal government. Registration on
Grants.gov is required for submission of applications to prospective agencies unless otherwise
specified in this NOFO.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are any historically Black college or
university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education
of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association determined by the Secretary of Education to be a reliable authority as to the quality
of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress
toward accreditation. A list of accredited HBCUs can be found at the U.S. Department of
Education’s website.
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are
(1) a part B institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1061(2));
(2) a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1101a(5));
(3) a Tribal College or University (as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1059c(b)(3));
(4) an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in
20 U.S.C. § 1059d(b));
(5) a Predominantly Black Institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1059e(b)(6));
(6) an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in 20
U.S.C. § 1059g(b)(2)); or
(7) a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1059f(b)(2)).

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Non-Federal Entity (NFE) means a state, local government, Indian tribe, Institution of Higher
Education (IHE), or non-profit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or
subrecipient.
Primary Point of Contact (PPOC) is the person who may be contacted with questions about
the application submitted by the AOR. The PPOC is listed in item 8F on the SF-424.
Racial Equity is the elimination of racial disparities and is achieved when race can no longer
predict opportunities, distribution of resources, or outcomes – particularly for Black and Brown
persons.
Recipient means an entity, usually but not limited to non-Federal entities, that receives a Federal
award directly from HUD. The term recipient does not include subrecipients or individuals that
are beneficiaries of the award.
Resilience is a community’s ability to minimize damage and recover quickly from natural
disasters, extreme weather events, and other changing climate conditions.
Small business is defined as a privately-owned corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship
that has fewer employees and less annual revenue than regular-sized business. The definition of
“small”—in terms of being able to apply for government support and qualify for preferential tax
policy—varies by country and industry. The U.S. Small Business Administration defines a small
business according to a set of standards based on specific industries. See 13 CFR part 121.
Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the
subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not
include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal
program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an
agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.
Subrecipient means an entity, usually but not limited to non-Federal entities, that receives a
subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a Federal award but does not include an
individual that is a beneficiary of such award. A subrecipient may also be a recipient of other
Federal awards directly from a Federal awarding agency.
System for Award Management (SAM) is the Federal Repository into which an entity must
provide information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Registration with SAM is
required for submission of applications via Grants.gov. You can access the website at
https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. There is no cost to use SAM.
Threshold Requirements are eligibility requirements that must be met for an application to be
reviewed, rated, and ranked. Threshold requirements are not curable, except for documentation
of applicant eligibility, which are listed in Section III.D., Threshold Eligibility Requirements.
Similarly, there are eligibility requirements under Section III.E., Statutory and Regulatory
Requirements Affecting Eligibility.
Underserved Communities has the meaning given to that term in Section 2(b) of Executive
Order 13985 and refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic
communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of
economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the definition of “equity” above.

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Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) means the identifier assigned by SAM to uniquely identify
entities. As of April 4, 2022, the Federal government has transitioned from the use of the DUNS
Number to the use of UEI, as the primary means of entity identification for Federal awards
government-wide.
b. Program Definitions.
Area Median Income is the median (50th percentile) family income, considering family income
and family size, for a metropolitan area or a nonmetropolitan county
(https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il23/Medians-Methodology-FY23.pdf ). For 2024,
the income limits for low-income households are shown for each part of the country at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il23/Section8-IncomeLimits-FY23.pdf. For
determining income eligibility in subsequent years, see HUD’s Income limits website (as of the
publication of this NOFO, at www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html), which will list the
income limits and the income limits methodology for that year (typically, the limits are changed
in the spring).
Asthma is a disease that affects the lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing,
breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. These symptoms
increase during asthma attacks. Asthma can be controlled by taking medications and avoiding the
triggers that can cause an attack. The National Institute of Health has established guidelines for
classifying individual cases of asthma as well-controlled, not well controlled, or poorly
controlled based on factors such as symptom frequency, lung function, and the degree of
interference with normal activities. The release of asthma medical records information is subject
to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Davis-Bacon Wage Rates (DBA) is a United States federal law that establishes that contractors
and subcontractors must pay their laborers and mechanics employed under the contract no less
than the locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits for corresponding work on similar projects
in the area. See link: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction.
Deferral - in the context of Weatherization Assistance Program operations, weatherization
services are deferred when the condition of a home renders the delivery of the services either
unsafe or ineffective (e.g., structural problems such as roof leaks, electrical or plumbing system
problems, extensive mold growth, etc.). Weatherization services can be provided if the problems
can be resolved, and the home can be made “Weatherization Ready”.
Disadvantaged Community - per the WH Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool formula,
a community qualifies as “disadvantaged” if they are in a census tract that is at or above the
threshold for one or more environmental, climate, or other indicators of burdens and the tract is
above the threshold for associated socioeconomic indicators of burdens. Details regarding the
indicators can be found here: Methodology & data - Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool
(geoplatform.gov)
Energy Burden is the share or percentage of annual household income that is used to pay annual
home energy use costs. Data has shown that low-income households have on average an energy
burden that is higher than that of other households. This NOFO uses the following DOE
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definition of “high energy burden” for the Weatherization Assistance Program: a low-income
household whose residential energy burden exceeds the median level of energy burden for all
low-income households in the state.
Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) is an installation procedure performed by
Weatherization Assistance Programs for its anticipated energy savings. Based on DOE’s
definition, ECM costs must include all material, labor, and ancillary items and must meet a
Savings to Investment Ratio (SIR) of 1.0 or greater to be installed with WAP funds.
Housing Adequacy is a measure created by HUD to measure the quality of housing based on the
housing physical conditions. The measure describes 3 degrees of severity: “severely inadequate,”
“moderately inadequate,” and “adequate.” See the Census’s American Housing Survey (AHS),
Definitions webpage, Appendix A-15.
Insurance means securing liability insurance for housing-related environmental health and
safety hazard evaluation and control activities if the scope of the insurance is restricted to work
under this grant.
Lead-Based Paint Inspections/Testing means performing lead dust, and soil/paint-chip testing,
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) testing, lead-based paint inspections, risk assessments, clearance
examinations, and engineering and architectural activities that are required and in direct support
of interim lead hazard control and lead hazard abatement work. Inspections and testing assess
eligible housing units constructed before 1978 to determine the presence of lead-based paint
and/or lead hazards from paint, dust, or soil through the use of the mentioned testing procedures.
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control means the control or elimination of all lead-based paint
hazards identified in housing units and common areas of multi-family housing through either
interim controls or lead-based paint abatement or a combination of both. For a complete
description of interim controls and abatement, see HUD’s 2012 Guidelines.
Savings to Investment Ratio (SIR) – As defined by the DOE, this is the result of dividing the
present worth of the lifetime energy cost savings by the total present worth cost of the installed
measure, including the discounted rate of the savings and fuel escalation rates. Each ECM must
yield a SIR ratio of 1.0 or greater to be included in the package of weatherization measures, and
the total package of weatherization measures must yield a cumulative SIR of 1.0 or greater to be
allowable expenditures of WAP funds. See 10 CFR § 436.21.

B. Authority
The Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration program is authorized by
Sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1
and 1701z-2).
Funding for this NOFO is provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law
118-42, approved March 9, 2024) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law
117-328, approved December 29, 2022),

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II. AWARD INFORMATION
A. Available Funds
Funding of approximately $6,206,455 is available through this NOFO. Subject to
appropriations, HUD reserves the right to award fiscal year 2025 funds based on this NOFO
competition.
Additional funds may become available for award under this NOFO consistent with VI.A.2.e.,
Adjustments to Funding. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are
subject to the funding restrictions contained in this NOFO.
Funding includes $5,000,000 of Fiscal Year 2024 funds and $1,206,455 of Fiscal Year 2023
funds.

B. Number of Awards
HUD expects to make approximately 6 awards from the funds available under this NOFO.
For information on the methodology used to make award determinations under this NOFO,
please see Section V.B Review and Selection Process below.

C. Minimum/Maximum Award Information
Awards will be for $1,000,000 under this HHWCD NOFO.
Estimated Total Funding:
$6,206,455
Minimum Award Amount:
$1,000,000
Per Project Period
Maximum Award Amount:
$1,000,000
Per Project Period

D. Period of Performance
The start date will be determined during the period of negotiations with successful applicants.
The period of performance cannot exceed 36 months from the time of the award. The time of
award is the Federal award date which is defined in 2 CFR 200.39 as the date when the Federal
award is signed by the authorized official at HUD. The proposed performance period should
include adequate time for such project components as the hiring of new staff, the recruitment of
project participants, and the development of project protocols all of which have been found to
delay projects in the past.
Period of performance extensions for delays due to exceptional conditions beyond the grantee's
control will be considered for approval by HUD in accordance with 2 CFR § 200.308(d)(2), as
applicable, and the OLHCHH Program Guide (see: www.hud.gov/sites/documents/PGI_201303.PDF).

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If requested, determined to be appropriate, and subsequently approved by OLHCHH, grantees
will be eligible to receive a single extension of up to 12 months in length.
Estimated Project Start Date:
12/02/2024
Estimated Project End Date:
12/02/2027
Length of Project Periods:
36-month project period and budget period
Length of Periods Explanation of Other:
36-month project period and budget period

E. Type of Funding Instrument
Funding Instrument Type:
CA (Cooperative Agreement)
Anticipated substantial involvement by HUD staff for cooperative agreements may include, but
is not limited to:
1. Review and suggestion of amendments to the demonstration, including evaluation
objectives; data collection methods; data handling and preparation; and data analysis.
2. Review and provision of technical recommendations in response to quarterly progress
reports (e.g., amendments to demonstration evaluation based on preliminary results).
3. Review and provision of program coordination recommendations on the final report.
Awardees are expected to make reasonable efforts to incorporate HUD suggestions and
recommendations when provided.

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
A. Eligible Applicants
00 (State governments)
01 (County governments)
02 (City or township governments)
04 (Special district governments)
07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized))
12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher
education)
U.S. territory or possession
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible to Apply
Only current holders of an active DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) grant, WAP
subgrant (not a contract or partnership) or a HUD Healthy Homes Production (HHP) grant (not
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an HHP sub-grantee, contract, or partnership) are eligible to apply for this HHWCD grant
program. If an entity holds both a WAP grant or WAP subgrant and an HHP grant (whether it is
implementing the two grants from the same office or division or different offices or divisions),
that entity may only submit a single application.
Faith-based organizations
(1) Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other
organization, as set forth at 24 CFR part 5.109, and subject to the protections and requirements
of 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq., HUD will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against
an organization based on the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
(2) A faith-based organization that participates in this program will retain its independence and
may continue to carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and conscience
protections in Federal law, including the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the
Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 238n, 42 U.S.C. § 18113, 42 U.S.C. §§
2000e-1(a) and 2000e-2€, 42 U.S.C. § 12113(d), and the Weldon Amendment, among others.
Religious accommodations may also be sought under many of these religious freedom and
conscience protection laws, particularly under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
(3) A faith-based organization may not use direct financial assistance from HUD to support or
engage in any explicitly religious activities except where consistent with the Establishment
Clause and any other applicable requirements. Such an organization also may not, in providing
services funded by HUD, discriminate against a beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary
on the basis of religion, religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend
or participate in a religious practice.

B. Ineligible Applicants
1. Individuals
2. Federal Agencies
3. Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal
governments)
Organizations that have an active HUD HHWCD grant are not eligible to apply to the HUD
FY2024 HHWCD grant program.

C. Cost Sharing or Matching
This Program does not require cost sharing or matching.

D. Threshold Eligibility Requirements
Applicants who fail to meet any of the following threshold eligibility requirements are deemed
ineligible. Applications from ineligible applicants are not rated or ranked and will not receive
HUD funding.
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Outstanding civil rights matters must be resolved before the application submission deadline.
Applicants with unresolved civil rights matters at the application deadline are deemed ineligible.
Applications from ineligible applicants are not rated or ranked and will not receive HUD
funding.
a. An applicant is ineligible for funding if the applicant has any of the charges, cause
determinations, lawsuits, or letters of findings referenced in subparagraphs (1) – (5) that are
not resolved to HUD’s satisfaction before or on the application deadline date for this NOFO.
(1) Charges from HUD concerning a systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act or
receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing
agency concerning a systemic violation of a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing law proscribing discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including
sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability or familial status;
(2) Status as a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the United States alleging
a pattern or practice of discrimination or denial of rights to a group of persons raising an
issue of general public importance under 42 U.S.C. § 3614(a);
(3) Status as a defendant in any other lawsuit filed or joined by the Department of Justice,
or in which the Department of Justice has intervened, or filed an amicus brief or
statement of interest, alleging a pattern or practice or systemic violation of Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities
Act, Violence Against Women Act, or a claim under the False Claims Act related to fair
housing, non-discrimination, or civil rights generally including an alleged failure to
affirmatively further fair housing;
(4) Receipt of a letter of findings identifying systemic non-compliance with Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; Violence Against Women
Act; or the Americans with Disabilities Act; or
(5) Receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing agency concerning a systemic violation of provisions of a state or local law
prohibiting discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or
lawful source of income.
b. HUD will determine if actions to resolve the charge, cause determination, lawsuit, or letter
of findings taken before the application deadline date will resolve the matter. Examples of
actions that may be sufficient to resolve the matter include, but are not limited to:
(1) Current compliance with a voluntary compliance agreement signed by all the parties;
(2) Current compliance with a HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all the
parties;
(3) Current compliance with a conciliation agreement signed by all the parties and
approved by the state governmental or local administrative agency with jurisdiction over
the matter;
(4) Current compliance with a consent order or consent decree;
(5) Current compliance with a final judicial ruling or administrative ruling or decision; or
(6) Dismissal of charges.
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2. Timely Submission of Applications
Applications submitted after the deadline stated within this NOFO that do not meet the
requirements of the grace period policy are marked late. Late applications are ineligible and are
not considered for funding. See Section IV. D. Application Submission Dates and Times.

E. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting
Eligibility
Eligibility Requirements for Applicants of HUD’s Financial Assistance Programs
The following requirements affect applicant eligibility. Detailed information on each
requirement is found in the “Eligibility Requirements for Applicants of HUD’s Competitive
Programs” document on HUD’s Funding Opportunities page. Applicants who fail to meet any of
these eligibility requirements are deemed ineligible to receive HUD funding.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Universal Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Requirements
Outstanding Delinquent Federal Debts
Debarments or Suspensions, or both
Mandatory Disclosure Requirement
Pre-selection Review of Performance
Sufficiency of Financial Management System
False Statements
Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

In addition, each applicant under this NOFO must have the necessary processes and systems in
place to comply with the Award Term in Appendix A of 2 CFR part 170 if the applicant receives
an award, unless an exception applies as provided in 2 CFR170.110.

F. Program-Specific Requirements
a. Applicants must plan on implementing their demonstration programs in communities served
by both a HUD Healthy Homes Production Grant and a weatherization program that receives
funding originating from the DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program. This NOFO is for
current holders of WAP or HHP grants, or for holders of both.
b. To be an applicant under this NOFO, an HHP program must have a HUD HHP grant that is
active until October 1, 2025, or longer, or a DOE WAP grant that is active until October 1, 2025,
or longer. The program must also have at least two years of experience conducting healthy
homes interventions. Background on healthy homes interventions may be found in the 2023
Healthy Homes Production Grant Program NOFO (FR-6700-N-44) which is available at the
following URL
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/cfo/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/fundingopps/fy2023_hhpgp.
Descriptions of Healthy Homes Intervention Strategies may be found in Chapter 5 of HUD’s
Healthy Homes Program Guidance Manual which is available at the following URL:
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/HHPGM. Eligible interventions may
include but are not limited to radon mitigation, integrated pest management, lead abatement or
interim controls, improvements related to moisture or ventilation, and other activities.

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c. To be a partner in an application under this NOFO, an HHP program must have a HUD HHP
grant that is active until October 1, 2025, or longer, or a DOE WAP grant that is active until
October 1, 2025, or longer.
d. If HUD-funded HHP programs and DOE-funded WAP programs use their program's grant
funding on any home that is recruited for joint interventions under this NOFO, they must meet
all the requirements pertaining to their HUD and DOE funding.
e. A critical goal of this NOFO is the development of coordination strategies between WAP and
HHP programs, and therefore grantees must be able to demonstrate substantive involvement of
both HHP and WAP partners in any unit receiving assistance under this NOFO.
f. All units assisted solely through funds awarded under this HHWCD NOFO must be the
residence of families with income at or below 80% of the Area Median Income level or at or
below 200% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2020 poverty
guidelines, whichever is higher. See Section I.A.c. above for ways in which income eligibility
may be determined.
g. There are no requirements for age of construction of the unit for this program.
2. Other Program Requirements.
a. Program Performance. Grantees shall take all reasonable steps to accomplish all activities
within the approved period of performance. HUD reserves the right to terminate the grant before
the expiration of the period of performance if the grantee fails to make reasonable progress in
implementing the approved program of activities or fails to comply with the terms of the grant
agreement.
b. Demonstrating a Sustainable Model of Coordination: To assess the long-term sustainability
of the partnership, grantees will be required to cooperate in conducting joint HHP and WAP
work on a minimum of 15 homes during the period of performance of the cooperative agreement
with funding from this NOFO only used to cover the costs of any staff time needed to evaluate
this cooperative effort (e.g., evaluating the process, various outcomes). HUD will evaluate
performance outcomes, especially those related to coordination capacity building. Grantees will
be required to cooperate with the HUD OLHCHH in conducting this evaluation of your
demonstration program with respect to the efficiency of cooperative models and additional
improvements in indoor environmental quality and occupant benefits gained through the
cooperative approach (e.g., mitigation of health and safety hazards, reduction in energy costs,
improvements in energy efficiency and comfort). HUD anticipates that the intervention work
will be conducted using the existing HUD and DOE grant funding, requiring the units to be
eligible under the requirements of both programs.
c. Demonstrating Benefits of Coordinated Interventions: Grantees will be required to conduct
coordinated HHP/WAP interventions in 40 units that are being mitigated with HHWCD funds
and with HHP, and/or WAP funds.
d. Trained and Certified Professionals. If Lead-based paint hazard control activities are
performed with healthy homes activities, they must be conducted by persons qualified according
to 24 CFR Part 35, subparts B-R (possessing certification/license as abatement contractors, risk
assessors, inspectors, abatement supervisors, abatement workers, or sampling technicians; or
others having been trained in a HUD-approved course in lead-safe work practices), and all firms
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and persons (both workers and supervisors) conducting lead-based paint hazard control activities
must be certified in accordance with the EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule
(see 40 CFR Part 745 and https://www.epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-painting-program).
All other investigations and activities must be conducted by licensed or certified professionals as
required by the jurisdiction’s requirements. If State or local mold regulations apply, they must be
strictly followed. If weatherization assistance is provided, staff should have a Quality Control
Inspector (QCI) certification.
e. Radon testing must be conducted in all units and must be conducted by a professional who is
currently credentialed by the National Radon Proficiency Program or the National Radon Safety
Board (NRPP/NRSB) and licensed/certified in the state in which the work is being conducted if
the state has this requirement. Radon testing and mitigation must be conducted according to the
current AARST/ANSI consensus standards for the specific housing type
https://standards.aarst.org/. Exceptions to this requirement include units with an active radon
mitigation system or units that have had a valid radon test within the past 5 years.
f. All property proposed for use in HUD programs must be free of hazardous materials,
contamination, toxic chemicals and gasses, and radioactive substances, where a hazard could
affect the health and safety of occupants or conflict with the intended utilization of the property,
in accordance with 24 CFR Part 50.3(i) and 24 CFR 58.5(i)(2).
g. Compliance with HUD Regulations and Guidelines. Lead-based paint hazard assessment
and control work that is performed in part with the HHP or with WAP funds shall be conducted
in compliance with HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule, 24 CFR Part 35, subparts B-R, the current
HUD Guidelines, the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, found within 40 CFR
Part 745 and applicable federal, state, and local regulations and guidance.
h. Replacement of Windows and Doors. Windows and/or doors can be replaced under this
NOFO if the replacement will improve safety and/or energy conservation, even if the SIR is less
than 1.0. If the SIR is less than 1.0, the grantee will be required to justify why the windows
and/or doors are being replaced; adequate justification would be improved energy conservation
and/or mitigation of a health and safety hazard (e.g., water leaks, presence of lead-based paint).
i. Davis-Bacon Wage Rates (DBA). If the HHWCD grant funds are used in conjunction with
other federal programs, DBA requirements may apply to the extent required under the other
federal programs.
j. Compliance with Weatherization Regulations and Guidelines. The use of funds awarded
through this NOFO for weatherization activities must follow all DOE Weatherization Program
requirements identified in “WPN 24-1: Program Year 2024 Weatherization Grant Application”
except as otherwise noted in this NOFO,
(https://www.energy.gov/scep/wap/articles/weatherization-program-notice-24-1-program-year2024-weatherization-grant-0 ). Note: HUD may exempt other DOE Weatherization Program
requirements following the award of cooperative agreements under this NOFO.
k. Counting Units Under Program Goals: Units with demonstrated coordination of HHWCD
funds containing at least 10% or more of the total cost from WAP and/or HHP, will be counted
towards the HUD HHWCD, HUD HHP and/or DOE WAP targets (see: Appendix A (5)).
l. Income Eligibility. All units assisted solely through funds awarded under the HHWCD NOFO
must be the residence of families with income at or below 80% of the area median income level
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or at or below 200% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2020 poverty
guidelines, whichever is the higher income level. (See Section I.A.1.c. above for ways in which
income eligibility may be determined).
m. Lead-Based Paint and Lead-Based Paint Hazard Identification. Any lead hazard control
interventions conducted in a pre-1978 unit must be preceded by a complete lead-based paint
inspection and risk assessment following the procedures as defined in the current HUD 2012
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing and as
defined by the policies of the OLHCHH Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program. In
identifying a dust-lead hazard, the action levels identified in OLHCHH Policy Guidance 2017-01
must be followed. Please note that for coordination with HHP, a complete lead-based paint
inspection and lead hazard risk assessment, evaluating each housing unit, common area, exterior
surface, and bare soil (and not a sample of any of them), including either separate reports or a
combined report is required for all pre-1978 properties enrolled under this program. Presumption
of the presence of lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards is not permitted.
n. Clearance Testing. If lead-based paint hazards are identified and remediated as part of
healthy homes assessment and remediation, clearance must be conducted either after the lead
hazard control work is completed, and again after any healthy homes remediation or
weatherization work is completed, or after all the lead hazard control and/or healthy homes
remediation work is completed. In either case, clearance must be successfully completed before
re-occupancy. If the paint in a unit built before 1978 is disturbed during interventions, clearance
testing must be conducted according to the HUD Guidelines (exceptions include de minimis
areas of disturbed paint or paint that has been tested and is not lead-based paint. HUD’s de
minimis amounts are: 2 square feet of interior lead-based paint, 20 square feet of exterior leadbased paint, or 10% of the total surface area on an interior or exterior type of component with a
small surface area that contains lead-based paint. 24 CFR 35.1350(d)).
o. Integrated Pest Management (IPM). All activities to reduce or control pest infestations shall
be conducted in accordance with IPM practices and principles. IPM uses current, comprehensive
information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This
information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage
by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the
environment (see https://www.stoppests.org/what-is-ipm/).
p. Laboratory Analysis for Mold. Although mold sampling is generally discouraged in
guidance published by federal agencies, samples to be analyzed for mold (fungi), if necessary,
must be submitted to a laboratory accredited through the Environmental Microbiological
Laboratory Accreditation Program (EMLAP), administered by the American Industrial Hygiene
Association (AIHA), unless approved by HUD based on its prior consideration of the
justification by the grantee.
q. Cooperation with Related Research and Evaluation. You must cooperate fully with any
research or evaluation sponsored by HUD, or another government agency associated with this
grant program, including the preservation of project data and records, and compiling requested
information in formats provided by the researchers, evaluators, or HUD. This also may include
the compiling of certain relevant local demographic, dwelling units, and participant data not
contemplated in the original proposal. Participant data shall be subject to the Privacy Rule of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HIPAA and the Privacy
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Rule can be found at HIPAA Home | HHS.gov. You should also check to ensure you meet state
and local privacy regulations as well as other federal privacy laws and regulations. For the
programs in this NOFO, HUD does not expect research to be conducted that could affect human
subjects. See paragraph z, below.
r. Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons (Section 3). Section 3 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. § 1701u) applies directly to the
grantee (see 24 CFR 75.3(a)(2)). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that new training,
employment, or contracting opportunities created during the grant will, to the greatest extent
feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients
of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic
opportunities to low- and very low-income persons in the area in which the project is located.
Any grantee receiving more than $100,000 must comply with the Section 3 requirements. Please
refer to 24 CFR Part 75, subparts A and C.
s. Code of Conduct. If you are awarded a grant, you must be prepared to submit a copy of your
Organization’s Code of Conduct and describe the methods you will use to ensure that all officers,
employees, and agents of the organization are aware of your Code of Conduct, prior to entering
into a grant agreement with HUD. See Section IV.B. for additional guidance.
t. Coordination among Critical Agencies. HUD encourages grantees to work with State or
other governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (e.g., clinics, hospitals, private
school nursing services) to identify low-income individuals who could benefit from the home
assessments and interventions. Applicants are also encouraged to enter into collaborative
arrangements with childhood lead poisoning prevention programs, health agencies, housing
agencies, community development agencies, community-based language assistance
organizations, fair housing organizations, and code enforcement agencies (or equivalent) for
your target area(s).
u. Waste Disposal. Applicants must handle waste disposal according to the requirements of the
appropriate local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Applicants must handle the disposal of
wastes from hazard control activities that contain lead-based paint but are not classified as
hazardous by state or local law or the current HUD Guidelines. The Guidelines are available
from the HUD website at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/LBPH-12.PDF.
v. Worker Protection Procedures. The requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) (e.g., 29 CFR parts 1910 and/or 1926, as applicable) or the state or local
occupational safety and health regulations, whichever are most stringent, must be met.
w. Temporary Relocation. HUD expects that most temporary relocation for hazard control
work would be for 10 days or less. HUD approval must be given by the Government Technical
Representative (GTR), for relocation projects exceeding ten (10) days. Assisting the temporary
relocation of families forced to vacate housing while hazard control measures are being
conducted is an eligible activity of the programs described in this NOFO.
Tenant-occupants forced to vacate housing while hazard control measures are being conducted
under a program described in this NOFO must be treated fairly and equitably. Depending upon
the type of activities undertaken, the temporary relocation of such tenant-occupants may be
subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
(URA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4601-4655, and implementing regulations at 49 CFR part 24 and the
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corresponding requirements for temporary relocation Appendix A to 49 CFR Part
24.2(a)(9)(ii)(D). This includes reimbursement for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with the temporary relocation of a tenant-occupant. Owner-occupants
temporarily relocating while hazard control measures are conducted under a program described
in this NOFO are not entitled to URA relocation assistance. You can access the URA regulations
through https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/1378C2CPDH.PDF. When persons with
disabilities are temporarily relocated, they must be offered housing that contains appropriate
accessibility features to meet their disability-related needs (see 24 CFR 8.4 and 8.20). For
additional information on URA relocation requirements, HUD the URA Way Module Seven
which covers temporary relocation at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/1378C2CPDH.PDF.
x. Notification Requirements. All lead-based paint inspection and risk assessment results,
summaries of lead-based paint hazard control treatments, and clearance examination results must
be provided to the owner of the unit, together with a notice describing the owner’s legal duty to
disclose the results to tenants and buyers (see 24 CFR 35.88 of the Lead Disclosure Rule).
Grantee files must contain verifiable evidence of providing lead hazard evaluation and control
reports to owners and tenants, such as a signed and dated receipt. Applicants should also describe
how they will provide owners with lead hazard evaluation and control information generated by
activities under this grant, so that the owner can comply with the Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR
Part 35, subpart A, and the equivalent 40 CFR Part 745, subpart F) and the Lead Safe Housing
Rule (24 CFR Part 35, subparts B and R).
y. Written Policies and Procedures. Applicants must describe in the work plan policies and
procedures for procurements (contracting), unit eligibility, unit selection and prioritization, and
all phases of healthy homes interventions, including assessments and testing, development of
specifications for contractor bids, financing, and temporary relocation. Grantees, subcontractors,
sub-grantees, sub-recipients, and their contractors must adhere to these policies and procedures.
z. Control/Elimination Strategies. All lead-based paint hazards identified in housing units and
common areas of multifamily housing enrolled in this grant program must be controlled or
eliminated by the following strategy:
1) Interim Controls. Interim controls of lead-based paint hazards, including paint-lead hazards,
dust-lead hazards, and soil-lead hazards, as defined by EPA at 40 CFR §§ 745.65 and 745.227,
shall be conducted in accordance with the current HUD Guidelines, and shall be completed by
conducting and passing clearance, including visual inspection and, on applicable interior and
patio surfaces, dust-lead sampling, and analysis demonstrating residual dust lead below the lower
of EPA’s or HUD’s dust lead hazard standards or clearance levels.
2) Abatement means any set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint
hazards following the standards established by the EPA. Abatement includes the removal of
lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust, the permanent containment or encapsulation of
lead-based paint, the replacement of lead-painted surfaces or fixtures, and the removal or
covering of lead-contaminated soil; and all preparation, cleanup, disposal, and post-abatement
clearance testing activities associated with such measures; however, for clearances under this
NOFO on applicable interior and patio surfaces, dust-lead sampling, and analysis shall
demonstrate residual dust lead below the lower of EPA’s or HUD’s dust lead hazard standards or
clearance levels (40 CFR 745.227, or 24 CFR 35.1320 and 35.1340). Abatement methods are not
permitted under the grant unless prior approval is granted by the Grantee’s Government
Technical Representative (GTR), due to unique circumstances.
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aa. Compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Titles II and III of the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Facilities where program participants come for assistance
(e.g., for intake and enrollment in the program), training or education, must be held in facilities
that are accessible to persons with disabilities following Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
and its implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 8, and with Titles II and III of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, as applicable, in accordance with 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36.
ab. Privacy. Submission of any information to databases (whether website, computer, paper, or
other formats) of addresses of housing units identified, treated, or cleared under these studies
may be subject to the protections of the Privacy Act of 1974 and shall not include any personal
information that could identify any household member. You should also check to ensure you
meet state and local privacy laws and regulations as well as other federal privacy laws and
regulations.
ac. Prohibited Practices.
(1) Lack of coordination of funding. Applicants are not permitted to use the HHWCD funds
solely in units without also spending HHP and /or WAP funds.
(2) Unallowable work activities: Applicants are not permitted to engage in practices prohibited
under HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule at 24 CFR 35.140, EPA’s RRP Rule at 40 CFR
745.83(a)(3), or EPA’s lead abatement rule at 40 CFR 745.227(e)(6). Applicants are not
permitted to use funds from the WAP program to conduct weatherization activities under the
following conditions unless the condition(s) can be adequately mitigated through the use of HHP
grant funds, funds from this NOFO, or funds from other sources:
(A). Excessive mold or moisture.
(B). Excessive carbon monoxide (CO) levels exceeding the scope of weatherization.
(C). Sewage or sanitary issues.
(D). Situations where performing work would endanger the residents.
(E). Building structures, electrical systems, plumbing systems, or mechanical systems that
prohibit effective and durable weatherization work from being completed.
(F). Residences where activities are taking place that are health and safety violations.
(G). Residences where the extent and condition of lead-based paint in the home would
potentially increase health and safety issues.
(H). Residences where the client is threatening, abusive, or uncooperative to the crew,
contractors, auditors, or program management who must work on or visit the home.
(I). Roof leaks, structural damage, and other house shell damage.
Grantees are encouraged to mitigate the previous conditions through the use of HHP grant funds,
when allowed, or funds from other sources.
ad. Procurement Requirements. All goods and services must be procured through a
competitive process. Recipients must follow federal procurement requirements as defined in 2
CFR 200.317- 326, as applicable. The designation of an entity as a “sub-recipient: or contractor”
must follow program policies and 2 CFR 200.331. According to 2 CFR 200.331, a recipient
acting as a pass-through entity must make a case-by-case determination whether each agreement
it makes for the disbursement of Federal program funds cast the party receiving the funds in the
role of a sub-recipient or contractor
(see: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-D/subject-groupECFR031321e29ac5bbd/section-200.331).
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ae. Construction Activities. The maximum amount of HHWCD grant funds that can be used for
all-hazard control and energy conservation activities in a single housing unit is limited to
$15,000 unless written permission is provided by the HUD Government Technical
Representative (GTR) assigned to the grant, based on sufficient justification provided by the
grantee that is accepted at the reasonable discretion of the GTR.
Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan. This program requires a certification
of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan under 24 CFR 91.2. This certification means the
proposed activities in the application are consistent with the jurisdiction's strategic plan, and the
location of the proposed activities is consistent with the geographic areas specified in the
Consolidated Plan.
Advancing Racial Equity
In accordance with Executive Order 13985, Executive Order 14091, Executive Order on Further
Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal
Government, and Federal fair housing and civil rights laws, your application must address the
following:
▪
▪
▪
▪

You analyzed the racial composition of the persons or households who are expected to
benefit, directly or indirectly, from your proposed award activities;
You identified any potential barriers to persons or communities of color equitably
benefiting from your proposed award activities;
You detailed the steps you will take to prevent, reduce, or eliminate these barriers; and
You have measures in place to track your progress and evaluate the effectiveness of your
efforts to advance racial equity in your award activities.

Note that any actions taken in furtherance of this section must be consistent with Federal
nondiscrimination requirements.
This narrative is required and must address the four bullets outlined in the paragraph above.
Applicants will submit this narrative according to the instructions in Section IV.B. This narrative
will be evaluated for sufficiency and will not change the applicant’s score or rank as compared to
other applicants. If the narrative is deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable Deficiency” that
will be communicated to the applicant for correction with a notice of deficiency.
Applicants should provide their response in Appendix F. This narrative will not count toward the
15-page limit.
Affirmative Marketing and Outreach
Any outreach or marketing conducted under a HUD award must be conducted broadly
throughout the local area and nearby areas and targeted to reach any eligible persons in
demographic groups that would be unlikely or least likely to be aware of the benefits of a HUD
award absent such efforts, or entities that serve such groups. Such demographic groups may
include, for example, Black and Brown persons or communities, individuals with limited English
proficiency, individuals with disabilities, or families with children. Strategies for affirmative
marketing or outreach include outreach through community contacts or service providers or at
community centers serving the target population; and marketing on websites, social media
channels, television, radio, and print media serving local members of the targeted group. You
must submit a narrative describing the affirmative marketing/outreach activities that will be
conducted if you are selected for a HUD award.
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This narrative is required and must address the issues outlined in the paragraph above.
Applicants will submit this narrative according to the instructions in Section IV.B. This narrative
will be evaluated for sufficiency and will not change the applicant’s score or rank as compared to
other applicants. If the narrative is deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable Deficiency” that
will be communicated to the applicant for correction with a notice of deficiency.
Applicants should provide their response in Appendix F. This narrative will not count toward the
15-page limit.
Experience Promoting Racial Equity
In accordance with Executive Order 13985, Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, Executive Order
14091, Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government, and Federal fair housing and civil rights laws, your application must
demonstrate that the applicant has the experience and/or the resources to effectively address the
needs of underserved communities, particularly Black and Brown communities. This may
include experience successfully working directly with such groups, experience designing or
operating programs that equitably benefit such groups, or experience successfully advancing
racial equity in other ways. This may also include experience soliciting, obtaining, and applying
input from such groups when designing, planning, or implementing programs and activities.
This narrative is required and must address the issues outlined in the paragraph above.
Applicants will submit this narrative according to the instructions in Section IV.B. This
narrative will be evaluated for sufficiency and will not change the applicant’s score or rank as
compared to other applicants. If the narrative is deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable
Deficiency” that will be communicated to the applicant for correction with a notice of
deficiency.
Applicants should provide their response in Appendix F. This narrative will not count toward the
15-page limit.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
With some exceptions for Federally recognized Indian tribes and their instrumentalities, the
application must discuss how the applicant will carry out the proposed activities in a manner that
affirmatively furthers fair housing in compliance with the Fair Housing Act and its implementing
regulations and how applicants will meet the requirements of the definition of affirmatively
furthering fair housing at 24 CFR 5.151. If the applicant will carry out proposed activities with
an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), the proposed activities should be consistent with the
AFH’s fair housing goals and with fair housing strategies specified in the jurisdiction’s
Consolidated Plan or Public Housing Agency Plan.
Applicants must address this requirement by submitting a written narrative which describes how
their proposed NOFO activities are aligned with the requirement to affirmatively further fair
housing (AFFH). Specifically, applicants should describe how their proposed NOFO activities
will meaningfully: (1) address significant disparities based on protected class in unmet housing
needs (2) address disparities based on protected class in access to opportunity (3) address
segregation and promoting integration (4) transform racially or ethnically concentrated areas of
poverty into well-resourced areas of opportunity without displacing existing residents, and/or (5)
foster and maintain compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws]. If the narrative is
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deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable Deficiency” that will be communicated to the applicant
for correction with a notice of deficiency.
Applicants should provide their response in Appendix F. This narrative will not count toward the
15-page limit.

G. Criteria for Beneficiaries.
This program has eligibility criteria for beneficiaries.
•

Members of households living in units assisted under this grant program must include
either a young child (age 6 or under), an elderly person (age 62 or over), an individual
who is pregnant, or a person with a disability or illness that could benefit from home
modification (e.g., poorly controlled asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(COPD)), or the household has a high energy burden.

There are income eligibility requirements for housing assisted under HHP.
Housing units assisted with HHP grants must be the residence of families with income at or
below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income level, or at income levels defined in the
income guidelines in OLHCHH's policy guidance on determining income. Refer to PG-2014-01
Eligibility of Units for Assistance (https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/201401_UNIT_ELIGIBILITY.PDF) on determining income.
WAP also has income eligibility requirements of 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (for
2024, the guidelines are posted at:
https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/7240229f28375f54435c5b83a3764cd1/detailed
-guidelines-2024.pdf ; in future grant years, the link will be updated. For this HHWCD NOFO,
the higher income level of the two programs is to be used for eligibility decisions. (See Section
I.A.1.c. above for ways in which income eligibility may be determined).

IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION
A. Obtain an Application Package
Instructions for Applicants
All application materials, including the Application Instructions and Application Package, are
available through Grants.gov. You must access and review all available application materials.
You must submit your application electronically via Grants.gov under the Funding Opportunity
Number cited within this NOFO. Your application must list the applicable Funding Opportunity
Number.
You can request a waiver from the requirement for electronic submission, if you demonstrate
good cause. An example of good cause may include: a lack of available Internet access in the
geographic area in which your business offices are located. However, lack of SAM registration
or valid UEI is not good cause. If you cannot submit your application electronically, you must
ask in writing for a waiver of the electronic application submission requirements. HUD will not
grant a waiver if you fail to submit to HUD by email or postmark by mail a request for a waiver
at least 15 calendar days before the application deadline. If HUD grants a waiver, a paper
application must be received before the deadline for this NOFO. To request a waiver, you must
contact:
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Name:
Brenda M. Reyes
Email:
Brenda.M.Reyes@hud.gov
HUD Organization:
OLHCHH
Street:
451 7th Street SW (Room 8236)
City:
Washington
State:
DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Zip:
20410
Grants.gov provides customer support information on its website at
https://www.grants.gov/support. If you have difficulty accessing the application and instructions
or have technical problems, you can receive customer support from Grants.gov by calling (800)
518-GRANTS (this is a toll-free number) or by sending an email to support@grants.gov. HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as
well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make
an accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

B. Content and Form of Application Submission
You must verify that boxes 11, 12, and 13 on the SF-424 match the NOFO for which you are
applying. If they do not match, you have downloaded the wrong Application Instruction and
Application Package.
Submission of an application that is otherwise sufficient, but is under the wrong Assistance
Listing and Funding Opportunity Number is a Non-Curable Deficiency, and will be rejected,
unless otherwise stated under the Threshold requirements section. When applying with a UEI
that does not match the organization name as registered in sam.gov will result in an ineligible
applications.
1. Content
Forms/Assurances/Certifications

Submission
Notes/Description
Requirement

Application for Federal Assistance
(SF-424)

This form is
required.

Review section IV.B.2.a. of this NOFO
for detailed application requirements.

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Forms/Assurances/Certifications

Submission
Notes/Description
Requirement

Applicant and Recipient
Assurances and Certifications
(HUD 424-B)

This form is
required.

Review section IV.B.2.a. of this NOFO
for detailed application requirements.

Applicant/Recipient
Disclosure/Update Report (HUD
2880)

This form is
required.

Review section IV.B.2.a. of this NOFO
for detailed application requirements.

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
(SF-LLL)

This form is
conditionally
required.

Review section IV.B.2.a. of this NOFO
for detailed application requirements.

Certification Regarding Lobbying
Activities

This form is
required.

Federal Assistance
Representations and Certifications

Grant Application Detailed Budget
Worksheet (HUD-424-CBW)

This form is
required via
sam.gov

To assure compliance with statutory
requirements for HUD programs, you
must complete the “Federal Assistance
Representations and Certifications”
section of your sam.gov registration.
HUD and OMB use information reported
within sam.gov for general management
of Federal assistance awards programs.
For more information on how to update
your sam.gov registration, visit
SAM.gov or the Federal Service Desk,
FSD.gov. You can search for help at
FSD any time or request help from an
FSD agent Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. ET.
This form is contained within the
Instruction Package.

Additionally, your complete application must include the following narratives and non-form
attachments.
Applications:
Applications must contain the items listed in this section. These items include the standard forms
that are applicable to this funding announcement (collectively referred to as the "standard
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forms"). Copies of these forms are available online at How to Apply for Grants | GRANTS.GOV
(https://www.grants.gov/applicants/grant-applications/how-to-apply-for-grants). The required
items are:
i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

Application Abstract. (One page maximum, see "2. Form and Format" below for the
page layout requirements). An abstract with the project title, the names, and affiliations of
all key personnel, identification of partner organizations (including the OLHCHH grant
number), a summary of the objectives, project design, expected results and the total funds
requested, must be included in the proposal. Information contained in the abstract will not
be considered in the evaluation and scoring of your application and will not be counted
towards the 15-page maximum. Any information you wish to be considered in scoring the
application must be provided under the appropriate rating factor response.
Response to Rating Factors. A project description/narrative statement addressing the
rating factors for award, which are identified in section V.A.1. The narrative statement
must be identified in accordance with each rating factor (see V.A.1). The application
must be formatted as per section IV.B.2. The project description or narrative must be
included in the responses to the rating factors. Any description or narrative in excess of
the 15-page limit will not be read. The points you receive for each rating factor will be
based on the portion of your narrative statement that you submit in response to that
particular factor, supplemented by any appendices that are referenced in your narrative
response to the rating factor. Supporting materials that are not referenced or discussed in
your responses to the individual rating factors will not be considered. Additional
materials (e.g., appendices) can be submitted with your application. The footer on the
pages of these materials should identify the rating factor that they are supporting.
Supporting materials. Include as appendices the following materials that are needed to
support your responses to the rating factors. These will not be counted towards the Rating
Factors narrative 15-page limit:
a. The resumes of the project manager and other key personnel from the applicant
and subrecipient(s). Each resume shall not exceed three pages and is limited to
information that is relevant in assessing the qualifications and experience of key
personnel to conduct and/or manage the proposed Demonstration program.
b. Organizational chart
c. Letters of commitment
Narrative. The applicant is required to submit the following narratives (maximum 1 page
for each requirement) in Appendix F:
a. A written narrative on Advancing Racial Equity that addresses the four bullets in
Section III.F;
b. A written narrative on Affirmative Marketing and Outreach that addresses the
issues outlined in Section III.F;
c. A written narrative addressing the applicant's Experience Promoting Racial
Equity, as outlined in Section III.F; and
d. A written narrative describing how the applicant's proposed NOFO activities are
aligned with the obligation to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as outlined
in Section III.F.

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Each narrative will be evaluated for sufficiency. If a narrative is deemed insufficient, it
will be a “Curable Deficiency” that will be communicated to the applicant for correction
with a notice of deficiency.
v.

vi.

Additional Information. Any additional optional materials must not exceed 15 pages.
Any pages over this limit will not be read. Do not include additional narrative
information that is an extension of or expands upon any of your rating factor responses.
Such a narrative will not be considered. This additional information may, for example,
support statements made in your narrative response, such as a summary of an evaluation
of housing interventions previously conducted by your organization.
Budget. Include a total budget using form HUD424CBW
(https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/administration/hudclips/forms/hud4) included in
the instructions download at Grants.gov, with supporting cost justification of up to four
pages, which will cover all budget categories of the federal grant request. This
information will not be counted towards the Rating Factors narrative 15-page limit. Use
the budget format discussed in Rating Factor 1.c of Section V.A.1 below. In completing
the budget forms and justification, you should address the following elements:

(1) Direct Labor costs, including all full- and part-time staff required for the planning and
implementation phases of the project. These costs should be based on full time equivalent (FTE)
or hours per year (hours/year) (i.e., one FTE equals 2,080 hours/year);
(2) Allowance for two trips to HUD Headquarters in Washington, DC, during the period of
performance of your grant, planning each trip for 1-2 people, as needed. In planning your trips,
you should assume one or two overnight stays depending on your location;
(3) A separate budget form and justification for each sub-recipient receiving more than 10
percent of the total federal budget request;
(4) Supporting documentation for salaries and prices of materials and equipment, upon request.
2. Other Submission Requirements
a. Standard Application, Assurances, Certifications and Disclosures
(1) Standard Form 424 (SF-424) Application for Federal Assistance
The SF-424 is the government-wide form required to apply for Federal assistance programs,
discretionary awards, and other forms of financial assistance programs. You must complete and
submit the form with the other required forms and information as directed in this NOFO.
By signing the forms in the SF-424 either through electronic submission or in paper copy
submission (for those granted a waiver), you and the signing authorized organization
representative affirm that you both have reviewed the certifications and assurances associated
with the application for Federal assistance and (1) are aware the submission of the SF-424 is an
assertion that the relevant certifications and assurances are established and (2) acknowledge that
the truthfulness of the certifications and assurances are material representations upon which
HUD will rely when making an award to the applicant. If it is later determined the signing
authorized organization representative to the application made a false certification or assurance,
caused the submission of a false certification or assurance, or did not have the authority to make
a legally binding commitment for the applicant, the applicant and the individual who signed the
application may be subject to administrative, civil, or criminal action. Additionally, HUD may
terminate the award to the applicant organization or pursue other available remedies. Each
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applicant is responsible for including the correct certifications and assurances with its application
submission, including those applicable to all applicants, those applicable only to Federally
recognized Indian tribes, or Alaskan native villages and those applicable to applicants other than
Federally recognized Indian tribes, or Alaskan native villages.
(2) Assurances (HUD 424-B)
By submitting your application, you provide assurances that, if selected to receive an award, you
will comply with U.S. statutory and other requirements, including, but not limited to civil rights
requirements. All recipients and subrecipients of the award are required to submit assurances of
compliance with Federal civil rights requirements. See, e.g., Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, Violence Against Women Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; see also 24
CFR §§ 1.5; 3.115; 8.50; and 146.25. HUD accepts these assurances in the form of the HUD
424-B, which also require compliance with HUD Reform Act requirements and all general
Federal nondiscrimination requirements in the administration of the Federal assistance award.
(3) Applicant Disclosure Report Form 2880 (HUD 2880)
The form HUD 2880 is required if you are applying for assistance within the jurisdiction of HUD
to any project subject to Section 102(d) of the HUD Reform Act . Assistance is provided
directly by HUD to any person or entity, but not to subrecipients. It includes assistance for the
acquisition, rehabilitation, operation, conversion, modernization, renovation, or demolition of
any property containing five or more dwelling units that is to be used primarily for residential
purposes. It includes assistance to independent group residences, board and care facilities, group
homes and transitional housing but does not include primarily nonresidential facilities such as
intermediate care facilities, nursing homes and hospitals. It also includes any change requested
by a recipient in the amount of assistance previously provided, except changes resulting from
annual adjustments in Section 8 rents under Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f). See 24 CFR part 4 for additional information.
(4) Code of Conduct
Both you, as the award recipient, and all subrecipients must have a code of conduct (or written
standards of conduct). The code of conduct must comply with the requirements included in the
“Conducting Business in Accordance with Ethical Standards” section of the Administrative,
National and Department Policy Requirements and Terms for HUD Financial Assistance
Awards-- 2024, as well as any program-specific requirements. These requirements include
ethical standards related to conflicts of interest for procurements in 2 CFR 200.318(c) and 2 CFR
200.317, as well as HUD-specific conflict of interest standards. HUD maintains a list of
organizations that have previously submitted written standards of conduct on its Code of
Conduct for HUD Grant Programs webpage. But it is your responsibility to ensure that the
standards are compliant with the noted requirements and that HUD has the latest version of the
written standards. Updated written standards should be submitted with the application. Any
updates to your written standards, after the application period, should be submitted as directed by
the HUD program contact for this NOFO.
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Applicant understands that providing false or misleading information during any part of the
application, award, or performance phase of an award may result in criminal, civil or
administrative sanctions, including but not limited to: fines, restitution, and/or imprisonment
under 18 USC 1001, 18 USC 1012, or 18 USC 287; treble damages and civil penalties under the
False Claims Act, 31 USC 3729 et seq.; double damages and civil penalties under the Program
Fraud Civil Remedies Act, 31 USC 3801 et seq.; civil recovery of award funds; suspension
and/or debarment from all federal procurement and non-procurement transactions, FAR Part 9.4
or 2 CFR Part 180; and other remedies including termination of active HUD award.
(6) Lobbying Activities
Applicants are subject to the provisions of Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, 31 U.S.C. 1352,
(the Byrd Amendment), and 24 CFR part 87, which prohibit recipients of federal awards from
using appropriated funds for lobbying the executive or legislative branches of the Federal
government in connection with a Federal award. All applicants must submit with their
application the signed “Certification Regarding Lobbying” form. In addition, applicants must
disclose, using Standard Form LLL (SF-LLL), “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,” any funds,
other than federally appropriated funds, that will be or have been used to influence federal
employees, members of Congress, or congressional staff regarding specific awards. Federally
recognized Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) established by
Federally recognized Indian tribes as a result of the exercise of the tribe’s sovereign power are
excluded from coverage of the Byrd Amendment, but state-recognized Indian tribes and TDHEs
established only under state law shall comply with this requirement.
3. Format and Form
Narratives and other attachments to your application must follow the following format
guidelines. Do not submit password protected or encrypted files.
15 Pages maximum length of narratives
Other
8-1/2 x 11-inch page limit.
Number the pages of the narrative.
Minimum 12-point Times New Roman font. Minimum margin width of 1-inch on all sides.
Minimum of single line spacing

C. System for Award Management (SAM) and Unique
Entity Identifier (UEI)
1. SAM Registration Requirement
You must register at www.sam.gov before submitting an application. You must maintain
current information in SAM on immediate and highest-level owner and subsidiaries, as well as
on all predecessors that a Federal award within the last three years, if applicable. Information in
SAM must be current for all times during which you have an active Federal award or an
application or plan under consideration by HUD.
2. UEI Requirement
All entities doing business with the Federal government must use the UEI created in SAM.gov.
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Your application must include a valid UEI that is registered and active at www.sam.gov. For
more information, see: https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/Federal-acquisitionservice/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systemsinformation-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update. When submitting an application with a UEI
that does not match the organization name as registered in sam.gov will result in an
ineligible application.
3. Requirement to Register with Grants.gov
Anyone planning to submit applications on behalf of an organization must register at Grants.gov
and be approved by the E-Biz POC in SAM to submit applications for the organization.
Registration for SAM and Grants.gov is a multi-step process and can take four (4) weeks or
longer to complete if data issues arise. Applicants without a valid registration cannot apply
through Grants.gov. Complete registration instructions and guidance are provided on Grants.gov.

D. Application Submission Dates and Times
1. Application Due Date Explanation
The application deadline is 11:59:59 PM Eastern time on
07/23/2024
Submit your application to Grants.gov unless a waiver has been issued allowing you to submit a
paper application. Instructions for submitting your paper application will be contained in the
waiver of electronic submission.
“Received by Grants.gov” means the applicant received a confirmation of receipt and an
application tracking number from Grants.gov. Grants.gov then assigns an application tracking
number and date-and timestamp each application upon successful receipt by the Grants.gov
system. A submission attempt not resulting in confirmation of receipt and an application tracking
number is not considered received by Grants.gov.
Applications received by Grants.gov must be validated by Grants.gov to be received by HUD.
“Validated by Grants.gov” means the application has been accepted and was not rejected with
errors. You can track the status of your application by logging into Grants.gov, selecting
“Applicants” from the top navigation, and selecting “Track my application” from the dropdown
list. If the application status is “rejected with errors,” you must correct the error(s) and resubmit
the application before the 24-hour grace period ends. Applications in “rejected with errors” status
after the 24-hour grace period expires will not be received by HUD. Visit Grants.gov for a
complete description of processing steps after applying.
HUD strongly recommends you review your application before you submit it at Grants.gov.
Also, HUD recommends you submit your application at least 48 hours before the deadline and
during regular business hours to allow enough time to correct errors or overcome other problems.
2. Grants.gov Customer Support
Grants.gov provides customer support information on its website at
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html. If you have difficulty accessing the application
and instructions or have technical problems, contact Grants.gov customer support center by
calling (800) 518-GRANTS (this is a toll-free number) or by sending an email to
support@grants.gov.The customer support center is open 24 hours a day, seven days per week,
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except Federal holidays. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals who
have speech or other communication disabilities may use a relay service to reach Grants.gov
Customer Support. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, visit the
webpage for Federal Communications Commission.
3. Grants.gov Application Submission
You can verify the contents of your submitted application to confirm Grants.gov received
everything you intended to submit. To verify the contents of your submitted application:
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Log in to Grants.gov.
Click the Check Application Status link, which appears under the Grant Applications
heading in the Applicant Center page. This will take you to the Check Application Status
page.
Enter search criteria and a date range to narrow your search results.
Click the Search button. To review your search results in Microsoft Excel, click the
Export Data button.
Review the Status column. To view more detailed submission information, click the
Details link in the Actions column.
To download the submitted application, click the Download link in the Actions column.

Take note of the Grants.gov tracking number, as it is needed by the Grants.gov customer support
center should you seek their assistance.
HUD may extend the application deadline for any program if Grants.gov is offline or not
available to applicants for at least 24 hours immediately prior to the deadline date, or the system
is down for 24 hours or longer and impacts the ability of applicants to cure a submission
deficiency within the grace period.
HUD may also extend the application deadline upon request if there is a presidentially declared
disaster in the applicant’s area.
If these events occur, HUD will post a notice on its website establishing the new, extended
deadline for the affected applicants. HUD will also publish the extension on Grants.gov.
In determining whether to grant a request for an extension based on a presidentially declared
disaster, HUD will consider the totality of the circumstances including the date of an applicant’s
extension request (how closely it followed the basis for the extension), whether other applicants
in the geographic area are similarly affected by the disaster, and how quickly power or services
are restored to enable the applicant to submit its application.
NOTE: Busy servers, slow processing, large file sizes, improper registration or password issues
are not valid circumstances to extend the deadline dates or the grace period.
4. Amend or Revise an Application
Before the submission deadline, you may amend a validated application through Grants.gov by
submitting a revised and complete application including the new or changed material. The
revised application must be received and validated by Grants.gov by the applicable deadline.
If HUD receives an original and a revised application for a single proposal, HUD will evaluate
only the last submission received by Grants.gov before the deadline.
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5. Grace Period for Grants.gov Submissions
If your application is received by Grants.gov before the deadline, but is rejected with errors, you
have a grace period of 24 hours after the application deadline to submit a corrected, received, and
validated application through Grants.gov. The date and time stamp on the Grants.gov system
determines the application receipt time. Any application submitted during the grace period but
not received and validated by Grants.gov will not be considered for funding. There is no grace
period for paper applications.
6. Late Applications
An application received after the NOFO deadline date that does not meet the Grace Period
requirements will be marked late and will not be reviewed by HUD for funding
consideration. Improper or expired registration and password issues are not sufficient causes to
allow HUD to accept applications after the deadline date.
7. Corrections to Deficient Applications
HUD will not consider information from applicants after the application deadline except for
curable deficiencies.
HUD will uniformly notify applicants of each curable deficiency. See curable deficiency
definition in section I.A of this NOFO. Examples of curable (correctable) deficiencies include
inconsistencies in the funding request and failure to submit required certifications. These
examples are non-exhaustive.
When HUD identifies a curable deficiency, HUD will notify the authorized organization
representative identified on the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance via email. This email
is the official notification of a curable deficiency.
You must email corrections of Curable Deficiencies to applicationsupport@hud.gov within the
time limits specified in the notification. The time allowed to correct deficiencies will be no less
than 48 hours and no more than 14 calendar days from the date of the email notification. The
start of the cure period will be the date stamp on the email sent from HUD. If the deficiency cure
deadline date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, Federal holiday, or on a day when HUD’s
Headquarters are closed, then the applicant’s correction must be received on the next business
day HUD Headquarters offices in Washington, DC are open.
The subject line of the email sent to applicationsupport@hud.gov must state: Technical Cure and
include the Grants.gov application tracking number or the GrantSolutions application number
(e.g., Subject: Technical Cure - GRANT123456 or Technical Cure - XXXXXXXXXXX). If this
information is not included, HUD cannot match the response with the application under review
and the application may be rejected due to the deficiency.
Corrections to a paper application must be sent in accordance with and to the address indicated in
the notification of deficiency. HUD will treat a paper application submitted in accordance with a
waiver of electronic application containing the wrong UEI as having a curable deficiency.
Failure to correct the deficiency and meet the requirement to have a UEI and active registration
in SAM will render the application ineligible for funding.
8. Authoritative Versions of HUD NOFOs
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The version of this NOFO posted on Grants.gov includes the official documents HUD uses to
solicit applications.
9. Exemptions
Parties that believe the requirements of the NOFO would impose a substantial burden on the
exercise of their religion should seek an exemption under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(RFRA).

E. Intergovernmental Review
This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.

F. Funding Restrictions
1. Purchase of Real Property. The purchase of real property is not an allowable cost under this
program.
2. Purchase or Lease of Equipment. The purchase or lease of equipment having a per-unit cost in
excess of $5,000 is not an allowable cost unless prior written approval is obtained from HUD.
An exception may be made for the purchase or lease of one X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer
to be used exclusively by the grant program. Award recipients that purchase XRF analyzers must
submit the General Services Administration’s annual Tangible Personal Property Report, and its
components, Standard Form (SF) 428 and SF 428-A through 428-D, the Annual Report, the
Final (Award Closeout) Report, and the Disposition Report/Request, and, if needed, the
Supplemental Sheet SF-428-S (see https://www.grants.gov/forms/forms-repository/post-awardreporting-forms).
3. Medical Treatment. Medical treatment costs are not allowable under this program.
4. Profit. For profit entities are not allowed to earn a profit under this grant program.
5. You must comply with the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq.).
6. You may not conduct lead or healthy home hazard control activities or related work that
constitutes construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement (as referenced in Section 3(a)(4)
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4001-4128)) of a building or mobile
home which is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) as having special flood hazards unless:
a. The community in which the area is situated is participating in the National Flood Insurance
Program in accordance with the applicable regulations (44 CFR parts 59-79), or less than a year
has passed since FEMA notification regarding these hazards; and
b. Where the community is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, flood
insurance on the property is obtained in accordance with section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act (42 U.S.C. § 4012a(a)). You are responsible for assuring that flood insurance is
obtained and maintained for the appropriate amount and term.
7. If funds under this grant program are used in coordination with HUD’s Healthy Homes
Production Grant (HHP) program, then funds used to address lead-based paint hazards may be
used only to reduce lead-based paint hazards using interim controls (see Chapter 11 of the HUD
Guidelines to Identify and Control Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing) unless prior approval
to use abatement methods is granted by the Grantee’s Government Technical Representative due
to unique circumstances. Lead hazard evaluation and/or control activities must not be a principal
focus of the housing-related health hazard evaluation or remediation. State or local governmental
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applicants interested in primarily conducting residential lead hazard evaluation and/or control
activities should consider applying under HUD’s FY2024 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant
Program, being published separately from this NOFO.
8. Cost Requirements - Allowable Costs and Activities.
This section applies to allowable costs and activities funded under this NOFO. Allowable costs
are determined in accordance with the cost principles in 2 CFR part 200, subpart E - Cost
Principles.
a. Administrative Costs. Applicants are strongly urged to keep administrative costs as low as
feasible, but in no case may they exceed a maximum of 10%. Administrative costs must be
reflected under each appropriate line items (e.g., salaries, fringe, supplies), on the Form
HUD_424_CBW and a detailed cost element breakdown in the budget narrative must be
provided. Administrative costs for this program include any indirect cost placed in HUD share
budget columns, as well as the sum of the budget line items that have inherent administrative
costs, plus any administrative costs of sub recipient organizations (also detailed by budget line
item and budget narrative).
There are two categories of administrative costs: direct administrative costs and indirect costs.
For the purposes of this grant, all direct administrative costs and all indirect costs count towards
“total” administrative cost.
Direct Administrative Costs. Direct administrative costs are the reasonable, necessary,
allocable, and otherwise allowable costs of general management, oversight, and coordination of
the grant (i.e., program administration). Such costs include, but are not necessarily limited to,
expenditures for salaries, wages, fringe benefits, and related costs of the recipient's staff engaged
in program administration that can be specifically identified with this grant. In charging costs to
this category, the recipient may either include the entire salary, wages, and related costs allocable
to the program of each person whose primary responsibilities with regard to the program involve
program administration assignments, or the pro rata share of the salary, wages, and related costs
of each person whose job includes any program administration activities. The recipient may use
only one of these methods during the grant period. Program administration includes, but is not
limited to, the following types of activities:
(1) Managing or supervising persons whose primary responsibilities within the program include
such assignments as those described in section III.F.2 above;
(2) Travel costs incurred for official business in general program administration that can be
specifically identified with this grant program;
(3) Transportation costs incurred for general program administration that can be specifically
identified with this grant program;
(4) Equipment, supplies (especially office supplies), and materials used for program
administration that can be specifically identified with this grant program;
(5) HUD-required conferences, which include one New-Grantee Orientation per grant and an
annual Healthy Homes Conferences, as well as or HUD-approved trainings and conferences; and
(6) Certification and licensing costs required for program administration responsibilities.
Indirect Costs, if applicable. Indirect facilities and administrative (F&A) costs are, by nature,
administrative and represent the expenses of doing business that are not readily identified
exclusively with a specific grant, contract, project function or activity, but are necessary for the
general operation of the organization and the conduct of activities it performs. 2 CFR 200,
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subpart E Cost Principles, establishes the federal requirements for the determination of allowable
and unallowable direct and indirect (F&A) costs, and is available at Code of Federal Regulations
- https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr. Indirect (F&A) costs may only be charged to an
OLHCHH grant program under a cost allocation plan or an indirect cost rate agreement or in
accordance with the requirements of 2 CFR 200.414(f), on the de minimis rate.
b. Eligible Project Costs. Applicants are strongly encouraged to focus expenditures on the
performance of lead and healthy homes and weatherization assessment and remediation
activities. Costs that are eligible for HHWCD grant funds include the following:
(1). For Healthy Homes Production Grant Programs partnering with a HHWCD grantee that is a
WAP grantee or a WAP subgrantee:
(a). Additional HHP staff costs related to coordinating with the WAP partner and evaluating the
unit under this program.
(b). Mitigating conditions that would interfere or prevent the unit from being weatherized by the
WAP partner.
(c)(i). Reimbursing the WAP partner for conducting an energy audit.
(ii) Implementing standard energy conservation measures (unless this work is being conducted
by the WAP partner with its own funding and is counted as a weatherized unit per the WAP
grant).
(d). If an assessment does not find any intervention-eligible housing-related health and safety
hazards, the assessment costs may be charged to the HHWCD grant, but those units cannot be
counted under program-specific goals for the purposes of this HHWCD grant. If weatherization
work is not performed in a unit, but other housing hazards are found during the weatherization
inspection and subsequently mitigated using HHP funds, then that unit may be counted towards
program specific cooperation and coordination goals.
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For a given unit at least 10% must come from WAP funds, for that unit to be counted
towards the success of the program with regards to the cooperative capacity building.
For a given unit at least 10% must come from either HHWCD or HHP funds, for that unit
to be counted towards the success of the program with regards to cooperative capacity
building.

(2) Where a WAP grantee or subgrantee is partnering with a HHWCD grantee that is an HHP
grantee:
(a) Additional WAP grantee or subgrantee staff costs related to coordinating with the HHP
partner and evaluating the unit under this program.
(b) Conducting interventions to prevent the unit from being deferred if the unit has also received
a healthy homes assessment from the HHP partner.
(c)(i) Reimbursing the HHP partner or the HHWCD partner for conducting lead-based paint
inspections and risk assessments, radon testing, and healthy homes inspections.
(ii) conducting lead hazard control interventions, and mitigating health and safety hazards
(unless this work is being conducted with the program’s HHP or HHWCD funding and is
counted as a successfully treated housing unit per the HHP or the HHWCD grant).
(d) Conducting energy audits and implementing energy conservation measures in units that do
not meet all WAP program requirements (as described in Section I.A.e above of this NOFO). If
an assessment does not find any intervention-eligible weatherization opportunities, the
assessment costs may be charged to the HHWCD grant, but those units cannot be counted under
program-specific goals for the purposes of this HHWCD grant. If weatherization work is not
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performed in a unit, but other hazards are found during the weatherization inspection and
subsequently mitigated using HHP funds, then that unit may be counted towards program
specific cooperation and coordination goals.
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For a given unit at least 10% must come from WAP funds, for that unit to be counted
towards the success of the program with regards to cooperative capacity building.
For a given unit at least 10% must come from either HHWCD or HHP funds, for that unit
to be counted towards the success of the program with regards to cooperative capacity
building.

(3) Where the HHWCD grantee is also an HHP grantee and a WAP grantee or WAP subgrantee
and is undertaking activities pertinent to the HHWCD program that are described in paragraphs
(1) and/or (2), above, of this section IV.F.8.b, under the HHP and/or WAP grant agreement(s),
the HHWCD grantee shall be particularly diligent in:
(i) identifying the source of funds being used from each such grant under that grant’s
requirements;
(ii) reimbursing, when applicable, under paragraphs (1)(c)(i) and /or (2)(c)(i) above the HHP
grant’s or WAP grant or subgrant’s account(s) with funds from the HHWCD grant’s account;
and
(iii) creating and maintaining records that identify adequately the source and application of funds
for federally funded activities (2 CFR 200.302(b)(3)) pertaining to each such grant, among other
statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements.
9. Specific guidance on eligible project costs includes the following:
(1) The average direct cost of HHWCD grant funds per unit shall be no greater than $10,000 for
activities to include:
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assessments, inspections, audits, and evaluations conducted before, during, and after
interventions,
materials and labor for interventions, to include healthy homes interventions, energy
conservation measures, limited renovations, repairs, and painting, and
any necessary follow-up, where the costs of such activities are not paid from other
sources. Note that the OLHCHH’s FY 2024 HHP program anticipates an average unit
direct cost of $10,000 for healthy homes assessments and interventions, and that a critical
goal of the HHWCD program is to determine whether this coordinated delivery of
services achieves cost-effectiveness, so that average HHWCD direct cost per unit should
be no greater – and should preferably be lower.

(2) The maximum direct cost of HHWCD grant-funded work on a single home, a multi-unit
building, or a development cannot exceed 50% more than the average direct cost of HHWCD
grant funds per unit (i.e., a maximum of $15,000) unless written approval is provided by the
grant’s Government Technical Representative (GTR) in advance of the interventions or other
construction activities based on a sound and detailed justification by the HHWCD grantee.
(3) Conducting sampling and analysis for lead, radon, carbon monoxide and/or other housingrelated health and safety hazards, as appropriate, following established protocols and procedures
when possible. Residential paint, soil, or dust samples to be analyzed for lead must be analyzed
by a laboratory recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National
Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP) (The National Lead Laboratory Accreditation
Program (NLLAP) | US EPA) with the recognition under NLLAP applicable to the medium
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analyzed. Samples to be analyzed for mold must be submitted to a laboratory accredited by the
Environmental Microbiological Laboratory Accreditation Program (EMLAP), administered by
the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Laboratory Accreditation Programs, LLC.
(4) Re-evaluation or clearance of the remediation activities being completed.
(5) Conducting evaluation of the project through data collection, analysis, and reporting. This
includes compiling and delivering such data as may be required by HUD.
(6) Providing HUD-approved training of applicant’s staff and partners on key healthy homes
activities, such as conducting integrated homes assessments and evidence-based interventions to
address identified healthy homes hazards.
(7) Providing DOE-approved training for weatherization-related activities such as conducting
energy audits and implementing energy conservation measures. Providing the training for
Quality Control Inspector (QCI) certifications for staff and partners.
(8) Conducting targeted outreach, affirmative marketing, or education that help promote
participation in the demonstration and further the goal of protecting children and adults from
exposure to residential health and safety hazards and improving energy efficiency. This includes
taking reasonable steps to provide meaningful language access to these potential benefits and
information to persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), in accordance with HUD’s Final
Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI, Prohibition Against
National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons published on
January 22, 2007, in the Federal Register, at 72 Fed. Reg. 2732 and Executive Order 13166
“Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)”.
In addition, the recipient must adopt and implement procedures to ensure that interested persons
(including persons with impaired vision or hearing) can obtain information concerning the
existence and location of accessible services, activities, and facilities. See 24 CFR 8.6(b).
Recipients must take appropriate steps to ensure that information and communications related to
all training, education, marketing, and outreach activities conducted pursuant to this NOFO are
provided in a manner that is effective for persons with hearing, visual, and other communicationrelated disabilities or provide other means of accommodation for persons with disabilities
consistent with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and HUD’s Section 504
regulations, and Titles II or III of the ADA and implementing regulations. Recipients must
provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services necessary to ensure effective communication with
applicants, participants, and members of the public, and to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and
services, including for electronic communication mechanisms and features, where necessary to
afford individuals with hearing, vision, and other communication-related disabilities an equal
opportunity to access information. See 24 CFR 8.6; 28 CFR 35.160, 36.303. These may include
effective methods that make aurally delivered information available to individuals who are deaf
or hard of hearing, and visually delivered materials available to individuals who are blind or have
low vision. The type of auxiliary aid or service necessary to ensure effective communication will
vary in accordance with the method of communication used by the individual. In determining
what types of auxiliary aids and services are necessary, successful applicants shall give primary
consideration to the requests of individuals with disabilities. Meetings must be held, and services
provided in facilities that are physically accessible to persons with disabilities. Where physical
accessibility is not achievable, successful applicants must give priority to alternative methods of
product or information delivery that offer programs and activities to qualified individuals with
disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate under HUD’s implementing regulations for
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (See 24 CFR 8, subpart C).
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(9) Securing liability insurance for housing-related environmental health and safety hazard
evaluation and control activities.
(10) Purchasing resident supplies, to include “respiratory friendly” cleaning supplies, integrated
pest management kits, or household safety items as required with the identified housing related
health hazards and direct intervention activities.
Indirect Cost Rate
Normal indirect cost rules under 2 CFR part 200, subpart E apply. If you intend to charge your
indirect costs to the award, your application must clearly state the rate and distribution base you
intend to use. If you have a Federally negotiated indirect cost rate, your application must also
include a letter or other documentation from the cognizant agency showing the approved rate.
Successful applicants whose rate changes after the application deadline must submit the new rate
and documentation to assure the award agreement incorporates the applicable rate.
Applicants other than state and local governments. If you have a Federally negotiated indirect
cost rate, your application must clearly state the approved rate and distribution base and must
include a letter or other documentation from the cognizant agency showing the approved rate. If
your organization does not have a current negotiated rate (including provisional rate) and elects
to use the de minimis rate, your application must clearly state you intend to use the de minimis
rate of 10% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC), as defined at 2 CFR 200.1. Costs must be
consistently charged as either indirect or direct costs but may not be double charged or
inconsistently charged as both, as described in 2 CFR 200.403. Once elected, the de minimis rate
must be applied consistently for all Federal awards until the organization chooses to negotiate a
rate, which the organization may apply to do at any time. Documentation of the decision to use
the de minimis rate must be retained on file for audit.
State and local governments. If your department or agency unit has a Federally negotiated
indirect cost rate, your application must include that rate, the applicable distribution base, and a
letter or other documentation from the cognizant agency showing the negotiated rate. If your
department or agency unit receives more than $35 million in direct Federal funding per year, you
may not claim indirect costs until you receive a negotiated rate from your cognizant agency for
indirect costs as provided in Appendix VII to 2 CFR part 200.
If your department or agency unit receives no more than $35 million in direct Federal funding
per year and your department or agency unit has developed and maintains an indirect cost rate
proposal and supporting documentation for audit in accordance with 2 CFR part 200, Appendix
VII, you may use the rate and distribution base specified in that indirect cost rate proposal.
Alternatively, if your department or agency unit receives no more than $35 million in direct
Federal funding per year and does not have a current negotiated rate (including provisional) rate,
you may elect to use the de minimis rate of 10% of MTDC. As described in 2 CFR 200.403(d),
costs must be consistently charged as either indirect or direct costs but may not be double
charged or inconsistently charged as both. Once elected, the de minimis rate must be applied
consistently for all Federal awards until your department or agency chooses to negotiate for a
rate, which you may apply to do at any time. Documentation of the decision to use the de
minimis rate must be retained on file for audit.
G. Other Program-specific Requirements

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a. You must submit, a narrative in Appendix F, according to the instructions in Section IV.B.,
which describes how your proposed NOFO activities are aligned with AFFH requirements.
These narratives will be evaluated for sufficiency. If the narrative is deemed insufficient, it will
be a “Curable Deficiency” that will be communicated to you for correction with a notice of
deficiency.
b. To ensure compliance with statutory requirements for non-construction grant programs, you
must complete the Federal Assistance Representations and Certifications section of your sam.gov
registration. HUD and OMB use information reported within sam.gov for general management
of Federal assistance awards programs. For more information on how to update your sam.gov
registration, visit SAM.gov or the Federal Service Desk, FSD.gov. You can search for help at
FSD any time or request help from an FSD agent Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.

V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION
A. Review Criteria
1. Rating Factors
Each of the four factors is weighted as indicated by the number of points that are assigned to it.
The maximum score that can be attained is 102 points (100 points from the four rating factors
and an extra 2 preference points if the applicant is a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) or
partnering with an MSI that is substantially involved in conducting the grant program.). For the
MSI partner to be substantially involved, they must either manage a phase and/or at least have
one person as key personnel on the grant program team. Applicants should be certain that each of
these factors is adequately addressed in the project description and accompanying materials. To
the extent feasible, include all the needed information within your response to each rating factor.
If your response to a particular rating factor cites information provided in your response to
another rating factor, clearly indicate where the information is located so that the reviewer can
easily locate it.
a. Rating Factor 1 - Applicant and Partner Organizational Capacity and Experience (24
points)
This factor addresses the extent to which you have the ability, capacity and organizational
resources necessary to successfully coordinate activities between HHP and weatherization
programs and implement your proposed activities in a timely manner. The rating of your
application will include any sub-grantees, consultants, contractors, sub-recipients, and members
of consortia that are firmly committed to the project (generally, "subordinate organizations").
You must demonstrate that your organization has sufficient qualified personnel or will actively
retain qualified experts or professionals to effectively coordinate the activities of both HHP and
WAP programs with a focus on achieving HUD’s goals and objectives for this NOFO. You
should further demonstrate your ability to initiate identification and remediation of the housing
units within 60 days of the grant award. If any of the key personnel titles/roles you identify are
not currently filled when you submit your application, describe your plan to fill the vacancies in
a timely manner. In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which your application
demonstrates:
(1) The capability and qualifications of key personnel. (8 points)
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Key personnel must include, at a minimum, a Project Director (PD) and a Project Manager (PM).
Unless financial management of the grant falls under the responsibility of the PD or PM, you
must also identify a Fiscal Officer (FO) responsible for the financial management of the grant.
You must provide resumes, no longer than 3 pages (this will not be counted as part of the 15page narrative limit), of the key personnel and job descriptions for key personnel that will be
hired (PD, PM, and FO). You must describe the roles and responsibilities of each of the key
personnel for the project, and the percentage of time they will dedicate to this grant. Please do
not include the Social Security Numbers (SSN) of any person.
* FTE = Full time equivalent; if labor hours are used, convert to FTE based on 1 FTE = 2,080
hours per year.
The day-to-day Project Manager must be experienced in housing code, housing rehabilitation,
residential environmental hazard control, weatherization or other work related to the project and
must have demonstrated project management experience. If you have not yet hired a Project
Manager, you must include the job announcement for this position in the Appendix to your
application. Applications that propose key personnel that do not meet the minimum
qualifications described above will not receive full points under this subfactor.
The applicant must describe how the program will be administered from start-up to grant
closeout.
(2) Past performance of the project team in managing similar projects. (6 points)
(1) Describe projects completed by your organization that demonstrate experience in
implementing programs of relevance to this NOFO (e.g., “similar programs” such as public
health, environmental health, weatherization, housing rehab programs) in the last five years
before the submission date for this NOFO.
(2) Describe past experience in successfully coordinating and delivering weatherization and
healthy homes interventions. Discuss whether and how you achieved performance benchmarks
and objectives, addressed program oversight, and evaluated program impact.
(3) Partner Capacity (8 points)
The Applicant must demonstrate the commitment from the HUD-funded HHP, or the DOEfunded Weatherization programs whichever program is not the applicant to this grant, in
partnering to execute grants funded under this program. This can be demonstrated through letters
of commitment (include the grant number for the HUD HHP grant if you are a WAP applicant)
from the authorized officials from the organization that is not the primary applicant. To
implement a successful grant program, HUD recognizes the importance of partners and
partnerships. The interdisciplinary nature of this NOFO requires strong partnerships for the
projects to be successful. Applicants are strongly encouraged to also create formal partnerships
with government agencies and other organizations to leverage existing programs in public health,
housing and community development, and healthcare, as appropriate. For example, partnering
with local clinics can identify households that would benefit from home interventions and
partnering with health insurers could demonstrate potential healthcare savings from this
cooperative model.
Partnerships are encouraged with programs that focus on improving housing conditions among
underserved communities and other vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. In describing
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formal partnerships, include the Legal Business name of all partner organizations, include details
on the partners roles in project implementation and describe any formal agreements that have
been created. Also, detail each of these critical partner entities’ qualifications and experience in
initiating and implementing related public health, environmental health, or housing projects.
Points will be awarded based on (the partner organization’s) relevant experience and the extent
to which the application details their contribution to this project.
(4) Environmental Review Capacity. (2 points) State, Tribal, or unit of general local
government applicants must identify the individual(s) who will be responsible for completing the
tiered environmental review (Tiers 1 and 2) and Request for Release of Funds requirements.
Applicants that are not states, Tribes, or units of general local governments must identify the
appropriate non-recipient Responsible Entity (24 CFR 58.2(a)(7)(ii)) State, Tribal, or unit of
general local government entity that will assume environmental review responsibilities for the
grant. Verification by the Responsible Entity shall be included in an attachment to your
application. See 24 CFR part 58, Environmental Review Procedures for Entities
Assuming HUD Environmental Responsibilities (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitleA/part-58), and HUD’s Office of Environment and Energy
(https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/environment_energy/environmental_rev
iew) for guidance and training materials and additional environmental requirements details.
b. Rating Factor 2 - Need and Extent of the Problem (20 points)
Applicants will be scored in this rating factor based on documented need as evidenced by the
submission of the most current, thorough, credible, and appropriate data and source information.
There must be a direct and substantial relationship between the proposed activities and your
community’s documented needs. In responding to this rating factor, you should describe how
your program would make a significant impact in addressing the identified needs. The source of
the data submitted in response to this rating factor must be clearly identified and should be
publicly available if possible. Applicants must ensure that the current residents of the target area,
whose demographic characteristics constitute the data for this rating factor, are the individuals
and families that receive priority for the benefits of the funding received through this NOFO.
Provide data responses in simple table format. (NOTE: Data must be provided that is within
the jurisdiction/target area of the applicant – do not provide data from outside the applicant’s
jurisdiction without adequately detailing and justifying the reasons for this inclusion). Also,
when possible, compare the data you provide to demonstrate need in your target area to
the comparable measures for your state and/or the U.S. (if state data are not available).
(1) Demographic and Other Data for Target Area. (5 points)
Targeting Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities (The Justice40 Initiative). Executive
Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, section 223, Justice40 Initiative,
applies to this grant program. The Justice40 Initiative (J40) sets an Administration “goal that 40
percent of the overall benefits [of covered programs] flow to disadvantaged communities. The
recommendations shall focus on investments in the areas of…affordable and sustainable
housing; training and workforce development; remediation and reduction of legacy pollution;…”
As part of implementing J40, OMB issued its Memorandum 21-28, Interim Implementation
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Guidance for the Justice40 Initiative, which identified, in its Appendix A, HUD’s Lead Hazard
Reduction and Healthy Homes Grants as J40 pilots that are “to maximize the benefits that are
directed to disadvantaged communities.” OMB’s interim guidance lists 13 factors that may be
included in determining if a community is disadvantaged; among these are factors regarding
environmental or climate indicators and socioeconomic indicators. The Council on
Environmental Quality has developed a Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool that
identifies, for each census tract in the U.S., whether that small-population area (averaging 4,400
people, and 1700 housing units, nationally) is a disadvantaged community according to the OMB
guidance.
As part of your application, you must identify the Census tracts that will constitute the target area
for your grant using the target area selection tool linked from Appendix C of this NOFO;
instructions on using the tool are in that appendix.
If you wish to be awarded points for this rating subfactor on underserved and disadvantaged
communities, then, as shown in the Disadvantaged Communities table, you must set a percentage
of disadvantaged communities in your target area that is at least three-quarters of the 40 percent
Justice40 criterion, i.e., 30 percent, for which you will receive 1 point. For meeting the Justice40
criterion of 40%, you will receive 3 points; for exceeding the criterion with 50%, 4 points, and
exceeding the criterion with 60%, 5 points. (Round down (truncate) fractions of a percent to the
whole percent below.)
As part of reporting on your grant’s implementation, you will be identifying the census tract in
which each of the homes you treated (evaluated and made safe, healthy and energy efficient) is
located. This will enable you and HUD to monitor if you are meeting your application’s
minimum percentage of housing units benefited being within one of your target area’s
disadvantaged community census tracts.
Scoring for Disadvantaged Communities Table
# of Disadvantaged communities
census tracts in target areas

#

# of Census tracts in target area

Points

% of Disadvantaged communities
census tracts in target area

5

>=60%

4

>=50%

3

>=40%

1

>=30%

0

<30% or No data provided

#

%

(2) Housing Data. (8 points)
a. The total number and percentage of housing units that are rental and owner-occupied in
the area they will be working.
b. The average number of interventions conducted annually by the HHP grantee, whether
under the HHP grant or another grant that addresses housing health and safety issues,
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such as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Habitat for
Humanity, Rebuilding Together, or similar programs, over the last two years (or over a
one-year period if two years of data are not available).
c. The number of weatherization applications processed compared to the number of units
weatherized, in the last two years.
(i). The number of households currently on the waiting list of the WAP included in this
application compared to the number of units weatherized by the WAP in the last two years.
(ii). The average number of units assessed and the average number and percentage of assessed
units that are deferred annually by the WAP due to health and safety issues or structural issues
(please provide a separate estimate for each area).
d. The percentage of housing with moderate and severe inadequacy. Based on “housing
adequacy” which classifies housing physical conditions as: Severely inadequate (due to
plumbing, heating, electricity, wiring, and upkeep), moderately inadequate (upkeep and otherslist of housing conditions), and adequate (if it does not meet the severely or moderately
inadequate definitions). See the Census’s American Housing Survey (AHS), Definitions
webpage, Appendix A-15.
(3) Health and Other Factors Demonstrating Need. (7 points)
(a) Data on asthma prevalence for children and adults in target communities and data on
emergency department use and hospital admissions for asthma in hospitals serving the target
communities, including the percentage of each set of target communities' data as compared to the
corresponding state rate. (1 point)
(b). Percentage of persons enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) program in the target area, including the percentage of the target communities’ data as
compared to the state percentage. (For state enrollment percentages, see Appendix D.) (2 points)
(c). Data on the energy burden for households in the target community (e.g., the average
percentage of income used to cover home energy costs), including the percentage of the target
communities’ energy burden as compared to the state energy burden. (For state energy burden
rates, see Appendix E.) (2 points)
(d). Number and percentage of families receiving assistance through the Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) program, Head Start, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
including the percentage of the target communities’ data as compared to the respective state
percentage. (2 points)
c. Rating Factor 3 - Soundness of Approach (46 Points)
Your response to this rating factor should describe your approach to implementing your
proposed demonstration project. Your project plan should be presented as a logical sequence of
steps or phases with individual tasks described for each phase. You should address the following
subfactors in your description:
(1) Project Plan (20 points): Provide a succinct description of your overall strategy for
implementing your project. Clearly describe your planned approach for coordinating the
activities of both the HHP programs and WAPs in implementing activities supported through this
NOFO. Describe how you will structure your project to allow the identification of the program
model that results in the greatest program cost efficiencies (e.g., by comparing different
implementation approaches) while maximizing improvements in indoor environmental quality
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(IEQ) and safety. HUD anticipates that efficiencies in inter-program coordination can be
achieved through approaches such as thoughtful phasing of home assessments and interventions,
the cross-training of program staff to conduct healthy homes assessments and energy audits, and
the use of contractors that can conduct both healthy homes interventions and energy conservation
improvements. Documenting improvements in IEQ will require careful and thorough record
keeping of pre/post-intervention improvements in key IEQ measures (e.g., reduction in healthy
homes hazards, reduction in safety hazards, improved thermal comfort and ventilation). HUD
acknowledges that demonstrating improvements in occupant health outcomes can be challenging
for multiple reasons, including the follow-up period and sample size needed to assess outcomes
such as injury prevention. Health outcomes that are more feasible to assess include
improvements in asthma control among children and adults and possibly in respiratory symptoms
associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While some households
recruited by HHP and WAP programs will by chance likely include some members with poorly
controlled asthma, applicants should consider the value of using NOFO funding for targeting
these households for interventions and outcome assessment. This can be facilitated by partnering
with healthcare organizations that serve your target population.
(a) Weatherization programs should describe how funds will be used to prevent the deferral of
units and address additional health and safety hazards and conditions that are not normally
addressed during weatherization treatments.
(b) HHP programs should describe how the addition of weatherization measures can be
efficiently conducted to supplement standard interventions.
(c) Describe the safeguards you are planning to put in place to protect the personal and health
information that is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
(d) Describe what procedures will be followed to prevent inter-program coordination from
significantly increasing the relocation period for occupants.
(e) Describe how you plan to complete a minimum of 15 units to demonstrate inter-program
coordination in which HHWCD NOFO funds are only used to support administrative activities.
(f) Describe how you plan to conduct coordinated HHP/WAP interventions in 40 units.
(g) Describe if you will use NOFO funds in units that do not meet all HHP and WAP program
requirements. If this is planned, provide an estimate of the number of units in this category that
will receive interventions.
(h) Provide an estimate of the total number of HHP and WAP units that will receive coordinated
assessments and interventions through your HHWCD program grant. Applicants are
encouraged to maximize the number of units that receive benefits through this grant
funding.
(i) Applicants that include a HHP program and WAP that serve the same community and have
not yet established a routine and consistent approach to inter-program coordination in service
delivery will receive 3 points under this rating factor. Letters of commitment from the programs
must be provided in the application. The letter from the OLHCHH grantee must include their
grant number. The letter should describe any previous efforts at coordination between the
programs (if any).
(2) Recruiting households (2 points): For interventions conducted solely with funds awarded
through this NOFO, describe your plans for identifying households with individuals in your
target area, including communities of color and other historically underserved populations, who
could most benefit from the home interventions and how you would recruit the household into
the program. For renters, you should discuss your approach for recruiting both the household and
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the property owner. Your plans should also include strategies on how to provide meaningful
access for individuals with limited English proficiency and persons with disabilities.
(3) Assessing homes and developing scopes of work (3 points): Describe your process for
assessing homes recruited by the HHP program as being potential candidates for weatherization
and vice versa for WAP recruitments. Describe your approach for conducting “healthy homes”
assessments of homes to identify health and safety hazards/conditions (e.g., mold, excess
moisture, conditions that make the home vulnerable to moisture intrusion, pests, dust reservoirs,
poor indoor air quality, injury hazards, etc.). Explain how you will develop your intervention
work plan based on the results of the home assessment. HHP programs should describe how
energy audits will be incorporated into the assessment process. Rehab activities should
incorporate low emission materials (e.g., low VOC paints and adhesives, flooring materials,
etc.). Moisture-resistant construction materials should also be used where possible.
(4) Describe your plan for contracting for structural interventions (3 points): Indicate how
you will oversee the work and ensure that it is completed according to scope and timeline and is
of acceptable quality.
(5) Referrals for other needs (2 points): Describe your plans to identify partners in the
community to provide the recruited households access to needed services that are not covered by
the primary program partners (e.g., medical, social services).
(6) Evaluating the impact of home interventions (4 points): Grantees will be required to
cooperate with the HUD OLHCHH in conducting an evaluation of your demonstration program
with respect to the efficiency of cooperative models and additional improvements in indoor
environmental quality and occupant benefits gained through the cooperative approach (e.g.,
reduction in energy costs, improved quality of life). If you will be evaluating additional aspects
of your program, describe your plans for this. HUD’s evaluation of your program will likely
require the capture of data on items such as intervention costs, housing hazards, and postintervention energy use. Describe your project team’s capacity to accurately capture data and
store these data in a secure manner (i.e., both paper and electronic records). If your project team
has experience evaluating program activities, please provide a succinct description of these
activities and their outcomes.
(7) Building sustainable elements into your program design (4 points): HUD is interested in
applicants including aspects of the demonstration that could be sustained following completion
of the grant funding. Please identify elements of your collaborative model that can be sustained
and describe how lessons learned from implementing the demonstration will be used to inform
and help sustain future inter-program collaboration.
(8) Budget and Budget Justification (6 points):
(a) Utilize the HUD_424_CBW: HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet to estimate the cost for your
program. A separate budget must be provided for each partner that is proposed to receive more
than 10 percent of the federal budget request. Your narrative justification associated with these
budgeted costs should be submitted as part of the Total Budget (Federal Share and Leveraging)
but is not included in the 15-page limit for this submission. The narrative shall provide an
explanation of the basis for the major budget items. Separate narrative justifications shall be
submitted for partners that are submitting separate budgets. (4 points)
(b) You will be evaluated on the extent to which resources seem reasonable and appropriate for
this type of project, especially with respect to the balance of funding used to support salaries of
program staff compared to the amount supporting direct housing services. (2 points)
(9) Section 3 Strategy (2 points): Describe your strategy for hiring local low-income residents,
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providing training opportunities, and awarding contracts to local Section 3 businesses.
Applicants should:
(a) outline your plan to notify residents and contractors about jobs and contracts that may
become available.
(b) notify potential contractors about the requirements of Section 3.
(c) hire community residents and award contracts to local businesses; and
(d) assist in obtaining compliance among contractors and subcontractors.
d. Rating Factor 4 - Achieving Results and Project Management: (10 Points)
This factor emphasizes HUD’s commitment to ensuring that applicants keep promises made in
their applications. The performance of successful applicants will be assessed quarterly to ensure
that performance goals are met. This factor requires applicants to clearly identify benchmarks
and milestones that demonstrate progress in project completion as well as final project outcomes.
Applicants must also provide a brief management plan that indicates how they will ensure timely
and successful completion of the project. The application shall include the following:
(1) Project Schedule (3 points). Provide a schedule for the completion of all major tasks, with
associated benchmarks and major milestones and deliverables. Benchmarks and important
milestones (e.g., completing the recruitment of participants) should be identified on a quarterly
basis in the timeline. Identify the organization/person that will have primary responsibility for
the completion of each of the major project milestones. You should plan on providing a final
project report to HUD based on a template that you will be provided. The final report shall
include a concise description of the project design and implementation (discussing reasons for
deviating from the original demonstration design) with an emphasis on key lessons learned.
Successful applicants will be required to enter project benchmarks and milestones into a
spreadsheet, which will be used by HUD to track progress.
(2) Project Administration and Oversight (5 points). Describe how you will administer this
cooperation demonstration project, including how you will address oversight and financial
management. Describe how funding will flow from you to those who will perform work under
you on this program and how you will ensure that work is conducted, and acceptable services are
provided before you pay invoices, and before you submit invoices to HUD. Describe the staff,
procedures, and project management system you will use to ensure proper project
oversight/monitoring, contract administration, routine monitoring, and if you will conduct it,
targeted monitoring, of all sub-grantees and contractors to ensure conformity to the terms,
conditions, and specifications of contracts or other formal agreements.
(a) Describe how you will separately track the funding streams that are used to conduct work in
project units, including this NOFO funding. Include a description of your plan for ensuring that
personnel work hours are charged to the appropriate funding source.
(b) Submit an organizational chart that shows the key players in the project, their roles, and their
reporting relationships. The chart may be submitted as an attachment and will not count towards
the 15-page maximum.
(3) Identify potential obstacles and delays (2 points) in maintaining your proposed schedule
and achieving your project objectives (e.g., recruitment and/or retention, contracting difficulties)
and discuss steps and adjustments you would take to respond to these potential obstacles and
delays to ensure timely completion of the project.
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Section 3
In accordance with HUD's Section 3 regulations at 24 CFR 75.7, your application will receive up
to 2 points based on the quality of Section 3 plans submitted. The program office will consider
the following in evaluating the quality of the Section 3 plan: how applicants outline plans to
notify residents and contractors about jobs and contracts that may become available, notify
potential contractors about the requirements of Section 3, hire community residents and award
contracts to local businesses and assist in obtaining compliance among contractors and
subcontractors.
The 2 additional points are reflected in Rating Factor 3.
2. Other Factors
Policy Initiative Preference Points
This NOFO supports the following policy initiatives, for which a maximum of two (2)
preference points may be awarded. Preference points are added to your overall application score.
Minority-Serving Institutions (2 points)
You may voluntarily choose to address preference point policy initiatives in your application.
Addressing these policy initiatives is not a requirement to apply for or receive an award. If you
voluntarily choose to address a policy initiative in your application, you will be required to
adhere to the information submitted with your application should you receive an award. The
proposed information will be included as a binding requirement of any Federal award you
receive as a term and condition of that award.
This NOFO does not offer preference points for Climate Change
This NOFO does not offer Environmental Justice preference points.
This NOFO does not offer HBCU preference points.
Minority-Serving Institutions
An applicant designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an MSI will receive up to two
(2) preference points when the application includes documentation of the applicant’s status as an
HBCU, Hispanic-serving institution, Tribal-controlled postsecondary institution, Alaska Nativeserving or Native-Hawaiian-serving institution, Predominantly Black Institution, Asian and
Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, or Native American-serving nontribal
institution. This policy preference is pursuant to Executive Orders 13985, 14041, 14045, and
14031.
An applicant partnering with an HBCU, Hispanic-Serving Institution, Tribal-controlled
postsecondary institution, Alaskan Native-serving or Native-Hawaiian-serving institution,
Predominantly Black Institution, Asian and Pacific Islander-serving institution, or Native
American-serving nontribal institution will receive up to two (2) Preference Points when the
application includes a Letter of Commitment certifying that a partnership is in place and signed
by an authorizing official of the MSI and documentation of the status of college or university as
an HBCU, Hispanic-serving institution, Tribal-controlled postsecondary institution, Alaska
Native-serving or Native-Hawaiian-serving institution, Predominantly Black Institution, Asian
and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, or Native American-serving nontribal

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institution. This policy preference is pursuant to Executive Orders 13985, 14041, 14045, and
14031.
Two preference points will be awarded if the applicant is a Minority Serving Institution (MSI) or
partnering with an MSI that is substantially involved in conducting the grant program).

B. Review and Selection Process
1. Past Performance
In evaluating applications for funding, HUD will consider an applicant’s past performance in
managing funds. Items HUD will consider include, but are not limited to:
OMB-designated repositories of governmentwide data, as noted in 2 CFR 200.206(a)
The ability to account for funds in compliance with applicable reporting and recordkeeping
requirements
Timely use of funds received from HUD
Timely submission and quality of reports submitted to HUD
Meeting program requirements
Meeting performance targets as established in the HUD agreement
The applicant's organizational capacity, including staffing structures and capabilities
Timely completion of activities and receipt and expenditure of promised matching or leveraged
funds
HUD may reduce scores based on the past performance review, if specified under V.A. Rating
Factors. Whenever possible, HUD will obtain and review past performance information. If this
review results in an adverse finding related to integrity of performance, HUD reserves the right
to take any of the remedies provided in the Pre-Selection Review of Performance section of the
Eligibility Requirements for Applicants of HUD Financial Assistance Programs.
2. Assessing Applicant Risk
In evaluating risks posed by applicants, HUD may use a risk-based approach and may consider
any items such as the following:
(1) Financial stability;
(2) Quality of management systems and ability to meet the management standards prescribed
in this part;
(3) History of performance. The applicant's record in managing Federal awards, if it is a prior
recipient of Federal awards, including timeliness of compliance with applicable reporting
requirements, failing to make significant progress in a timely manner, failing to meet planned
activities in a timely manner, conformance to the terms and conditions of previous Federal
awards, and if applicable, the extent to which any previously awarded amounts will be
expended prior to future awards;
(4) Reports and findings from audits performed under Subpart F—Audit Requirements of 2
CFR part 200 or the reports and findings of any other available audits; and
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(5) The applicant's ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other
requirements imposed on non-Federal entities.
3. Rating and Ranking of Applications. Applications that meet all the threshold requirements
will be eligible to be reviewed and scored. Applications scoring 75 points or more will be
eligible to receive an award. Awards will then be made in rank order within the limits of funding
availability; however, for the 2-3 applications with the lowest scores among the highest-ranked
applications that differ in score by one point or less, the Application Review Panel will make a
funding recommendation based on which application(s) it judges to be most likely to use the
grant to help create or significantly expand a sustainable model of inter-program coordination.

VI. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Award Notices
Following the evaluation process, HUD will notify successful applicants of their selection for
funding. HUD will also notify other applicants, whose applications were received by the
deadline but were not chosen for award. Notifications will be sent by email to the person listed as
the AOR in item 21 of the SF-424.
1. Final Award
After HUD has made selections, HUD will finalize specific terms of the award and budget in
consultation with the selected applicant. If HUD and the selected applicant do not finalize the
terms and conditions of the award in a timely manner, or the selected applicant fails to provide
requested information, an award will not be made to that applicant. In this case, HUD may select
another eligible applicant. HUD may also impose specific conditions on an award as provided
under 2 CFR 200.208.
2. Adjustments to Funding
To ensure fair distribution of funds and enable the purposes or requirements of a specific
program to be met, HUD reserves the right to fund less than the amount requested in an
application.
a. HUD may fund no portion of an application that:
(1) Is ineligible for funding under applicable statutory or regulatory requirements;
(2) Fails, in whole or in part, to meet the requirements of this notice;
(3) Duplicates activities funded by other Federal awards; or
(4) Duplicates activities funded in a prior year.
b. HUD may adjust the funding for an application to ensure funding diversity, geographic
diversity, and alignment with HUD administrative priorities.
c. If an applicant turns down an award offer, or if HUD and an applicant do not finalize the terms
and conditions of the award in a timely manner, HUD may withdraw the award offer and make
an offer of funding to another eligible application.
d. If funds remain after all selections have been made, remaining funds may be made available
within the current FY for other competitions within the program area, may be held for future
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competitions (if allowable in accordance with the applicable appropriation or authorizing
statute), or may be used as otherwise provided by authorizing statute or appropriation.
e. If, after announcement of awards made under the current NOFO, additional funds become
available either through the current appropriations, a supplemental appropriation, other
appropriations or recapture of funds, HUD may, in accordance with the appropriation, use the
additional funds to provide additional funding to an applicant awarded less than the requested
amount of funds to make the full (or nearer to full) award, and/or to fund additional applicants
that were eligible to receive an award but for which there were no funds available.
3. Funding Errors
If HUD commits an error that, when corrected, would cause selection of an applicant during the
funding round of a Program NOFO, HUD may select that applicant for funding, subject to the
availability of funds. If funding is not available to award in the current fiscal year, HUD may
make an award to this applicant during the next fiscal year if funding is available.
4. Additional Funding Information
a. Partial Funding. If you are offered a reduced grant amount, you will have a maximum of 14
calendar days to accept such a reduced award. If you fail to respond within the 14-day limit, you
shall be considered to have declined the award.
b. Applicants who have been selected for grant award will be notified by email from the
OLHCHH Grant Officer. The email will state the amount the applicant is eligible to receive, and
the name of the Government Technical Representative (GTR). This email is not an authorization
to begin work or incur costs under the award. An executed grant award is the authorizing
document.
c. HUD may require that the selected applicants participate in negotiations to determine the
specific terms of the grant agreement and budget. If you accept the terms and conditions of the
grant award, you must return your signed grant award by the date specified during negotiation. In
cases where HUD cannot successfully conclude negotiations with a selected applicant or a
selected applicant fails to provide HUD with requested information, an award will not be made
to that applicant. In this instance, HUD may offer the grant award to, and proceed with
negotiations with the next highest-ranking applicant.
d. If you are awarded a grant, you will receive additional instructions on how to have the grant
account entered into HUD's Line of Credit Control System (eLOCCS) payment system or its
successor will be provided. Other forms and program requirements will also be provided.
e. In accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audits Requirements, grantees expending
$750,000 in Federal funds within a program or fiscal year must have a single or program-specific
audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of that subpart.

B. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy
Requirements and Terms for HUD Applicants and
Recipients of Financial Assistance Awards
Unless otherwise specified, the following requirements apply and are detailed on HUD’s
Funding Opportunity page in the document titled, “Administrative, National & Departmental
Policy Requirements and Terms for HUD Financial Assistance – 2024.” You must review each
requirement to ensure compliance is considered when preparing your application materials (e.g.,
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staff, budget, and timeline). Failure to comply with these requirements may impact your ability
to receive or retain a financial assistance award from HUD.
1. Compliance with The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-3619) and implementing regulations
at 24 CFR part 100 et seq
2. Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d4)(Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) and implementing regulations at 24 CFR
part 1
3. Compliance with the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-6107) and
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146
4. Compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 8
5. Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq
6. Compliance with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirements, including 24
CFR 5.150 et seq
7. Compliance with Economic Opportunities for Low-and Very Low-income Persons (12 U.S.C.
1701u) requirements, including those listed at 24 CFR part 75
8. Compliance with Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency
(LEP) requirements, including those listed within Federal Register Notice, FR-4878-N-02 (also
see HUD’s webpage)
9. Compliance with Accessible Technology requirements, including those listed on in HUD’s
Policy on Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Accessible Technology
10. Compliance with Equal Access Requirements (e.g., 24 CFR 5.105(a)(2) and 5.106)
11. Compliance with Ensuring the Participation of Small Disadvantaged Business, and WomenOwned Business requirements at 2 CFR 200.321
12. Compliance with Energy Efficient and Sustainable by Design
13. Compliance with Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act
(42 USC 4601 et seq.) (URA) requirements, 49 CFR part 24, and applicable program regulations
14. Compliance with Participation in HUD-Sponsored Program Evaluation
15. Compliance with OMB Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR part 200)
16. Compliance with Drug-Free Workplace requirements (2 CFR part 2429)
17. Compliance with the requirements related to safeguarding resident/client files (e.g., 2 CFR
200.303(e))
18. Compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (2 CFR
part 170) (FFATA), as amended
19. Compliance with Eminent Domain
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20. Compliance with Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities requirements, including 24 CFR
parts 8 and 100; 28 CFR part 35
21. Compliance with applicable Violence Against Women Act requirements in the Housing
Chapter of VAWA, 34 U.S.C. 12491-12496, 24 CFR part 5, subpart L, and program-specific
regulations, if applicable
22. Compliance with Conducting Business in Accordance with Ethical Standards/Code of
Conduct, including 2 CFR 200.317, 2 CFR 200.318(c) and other applicable conflicts of interest
requirements
23. Compliance with the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act procurement requirements
24. Compliance with System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements at 2
CFR part 25
25. Compliance with section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA),
as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)) and implementing regulations at 2 CFR part 175 (Award Term
for Trafficking in Persons)
26. Compliance with Award Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance
Matters (see Appendix XII to 2 CFR part 200)
27. Compliance with Suspension and Debarment regulations (2 CFR part 2424 and 2 CFR part
180)
28. Compliance with environmental justice requirements that apply in accordance with Executive
Orders 12898 and 14008, and OMB Memorandum M-21-28, which implements the Justice40
Initiative, section 223 of Executive Order 14008.
29. Compliance with HUD Secretary Fudge’s April 12, 2022 memorandum, “Eliminating
Barriers That May Unnecessarily Prevent Individuals with Criminal Histories from Participation
in HUD Programs”
30. Compliance with equity requirements, including racial equity and underserved communities
and LGBTQ+ requirements that apply in accordance with Executive Orders 13985, 13988, and
14091
31. Compliance with 41 U.S.C. § 4712, which includes informing your employees in writing of
their rights and remedies, in the predominant native language of the workforce. Under 41 U.S.C.
§ 4712, employees of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, and personal services
contractor may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for
disclosing information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross
mismanagement of a Federal contract or grant, a gross waste of Federal funds, an abuse of
authority relating to a Federal contract or grant, a substantial and specific danger to public health
or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a Federal contract (including the
competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant. (See Federal Contractor or Grantee
Protections | Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development
(hudoig.gov)
32. Compliance with 2 CFR 200.216, Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video
Surveillance Services or Equipment and Executive Orders 14091 and 14110, which includes
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prohibition on the use of HUD funds to purchase or fund any form of facial or biometric
recognition technology for the purpose of surveillance or any other use that may adversely
impact equitable access to housing
For more information on the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act, please visit
https://www.hud.gov/baba.
Environmental Review
Compliance with environmental requirements, including regulations at 24 CFR 50 or 58:
i. Eligible Construction and Rehabilitation Activities. An award under this NOFO does not
constitute approval of specific sites where activities that are subject to environmental review may
be carried out. The provisions of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition
Reform Act of 1994, implemented by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58, Environmental
Review Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD Environmental Responsibilities, are applicable
to properties assisted with the HHWCD. Therefore, recipients conducting eligible construction
and rehabilitation activities must comply with 24 CFR part 58. Recipients that are States, units of
general local government or Native American Tribes must carry out environmental review
responsibilities as a responsible entity under part 58. Recipients that are not-for-profit, or
specialized units of local government, must contact and partner with a non-recipient responsible
entity, usually the unit of general local government or Native American Tribe, to assume the
environmental review responsibilities for construction or rehabilitation activities funded (in
whole or in part) under this NOFO. Reasonable expenses incurred for compliance with these
environmental requirements are eligible expenses under this NOFO. Under 24 CFR 58.11, where
the recipient is not a State or unit of general local government or Native America Tribe, if a
responsible entity objects to performing the environmental review, or the recipient objects to the
responsible entity performing the environmental review, HUD may designate another
responsible entity to perform the review or may perform the environmental review itself under
the provisions of 24 CFR part 50.When HUD performs the review, it will require strong
collaboration from the grantee to complete the required environmental reviews in a timely
manner.
ii. For all grants under this NOFO, recipients and other participants in the project are prohibited
from undertaking, or committing or expending HUD or non-HUD funds (including leveraged
funds) on, a project or activities under this NOFO (other than activities listed in 24 CFR 58.34,
58.35(b) or 58.22(f)) until the responsible entity completes an environmental review and the
applicant submits and HUD approves a Request for the Release of Funds and the responsible
entity's environmental certification (both on Form HUD-7015.15) or, in instances where the
recipient is not a State or unit of general local government or Native American Tribe and HUD
performs the environmental review under part 50, HUD has completed the review in
collaboration with the grantee and notified the grantee of its approval. The results of the
environmental review may require that proposed activities be modified, or proposed sites
rejected. For Part 58 procedures, see Environmental Review | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). For assistance, contact
OLHCHHPECOS@HUD.GOV or the HUD Environmental Officer in the HUD Field Office
serving your area (see: Local Offices | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)). Recipients of a grant under this program will be given additional
guidance in these environmental responsibilities.
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HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about
how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
iii. All other activities not related to construction or rehabilitation activities are exempt or
categorically excluded under 24 CFR 50.19 (b)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (9), and under 24 CFR
58.34 (a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (9), from the requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. § 4321) and are not subject to environmental review under the
related environmental laws and authorities at 24 CFR 50.4 or 58.5, but may be subject to the
requirements at 24 CFR 58.6, as applicable.
Remedies for Noncompliance
HUD may apply the remedies at 2 CFR 200.339 or impose additional conditions to remedy
noncompliance with any Federal State, or local statutes, regulations, or terms and conditions of
the financial assistance award. If noncompliance cannot be remedied, HUD may terminate a
Federal award, in whole or in part, for any of the reasons specified in 2 CFR 200.340,
Termination.
1. The Grant Officer (GO) may, on reasonable notice to the Grantee and/or subgrantee,
temporarily suspend the award and withhold further payments pending corrective action by the
Grantee and/or subgrantee. The award may be terminated in whole or in part before the end of
the performance period when the Grantee and/or subgrantee has failed to comply with the terms,
conditions, standards, or provisions of this award, or if an award no longer effectuates the
program goals or agency priorities. The award may be terminated for convenience when both
parties agree that the continuation of the award would not produce beneficial results. Action will
be taken in accordance with 2 CFR §200.339 – §200.343.
2. Effects of Suspension and Termination - Costs of Grantee or subgrantee resulting from
obligations incurred by the Grantee or subgrantee during a suspension or after the termination of
an award are not allowable unless HUD expressly authorizes them in the notice of suspension or
termination. Other Grantee or subgrantee costs during suspension or after termination which are
necessary and not reasonably avoidable are allowable if:
a. The costs result from financial obligations which were properly incurred by the
Grantee or subgrant before the effective date of suspension or termination, are not in
anticipation of it; and
b. The costs would be allowable if the award was not suspended or expired normally at
the end of the period of performance in which the termination takes effect.
3. Relationship to Debarment and Suspension - The enforcement remedies identified in this
section, including suspension and termination, do not preclude the Grantee or subgrantee from
being subject to “Debarment and Suspension” under Executive Orders 12549 and 12689, 2 CFR
Part 180 as outlined in 2 CFR §200.339
Lead-Based Paint Requirements
When providing housing assistance funding for purchase, lease, support services, operation, or
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based paint evaluation and hazard reduction requirements of HUD’s lead- based paint rules
(Lead Disclosure; and Lead Safe Housing (24 CFR part 35)); and EPA’s lead- based paint rules
(e.g., Repair, Renovation and Painting; Pre-Renovation Education; and Lead Training and
Certification (40 CFR part 745)).
When providing education or counseling on buying or renting housing that may include pre-1978
housing under your HUD award you must inform clients of their rights under the Lead
Disclosure Rule (24 CFR part 35, subpart A), and, if the focus of the education or counseling is
on rental or purchase of HUD-assisted pre-1978 housing, then you must also inform clients of
the Lead Safe Housing Rule (subparts B, R, and, as applicable, F - M).

C. Reporting
HUD requires recipients to submit performance and financial reports under OMB guidance and
program instructions.
1. Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters
You should be aware that if the total Federal share of your Federal award includes more than
$500,000 over the period of performance, the award will be subject to post award reporting
requirements reflected in Appendix XII to 2 CFR part 200, Award Terms and Conditions for
Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters.
2. Race, Ethnicity and Other Data Reporting
HUD requires recipients that provide HUD-funded program benefits to individuals or families to
report data on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, and family
characteristics of persons and households who are applicants for, participants in, or beneficiaries
or potential beneficiaries of HUD programs in order to carry out the Department’s
responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act, Executive Order 11063, Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, and Section 562 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987. These
authorities prohibit discrimination in housing and in programs receiving financial assistance
from the Department and direct the Secretary to administer the Department's programs and
activities in a manner affirmatively to further these policies and to collect certain data to assess
the extent of compliance with these policies. Each recipient shall keep such records and submit
to the Department timely, complete, and accurate compliance reports at such times, and in such
form and containing such information, as the Department may determine to be necessary to
enable it to ascertain whether the recipient has complied or is complying with 24 CFR parts 1
and 121. In general, recipients should have available for the Department data showing the
demographics of beneficiaries of Federally-assisted programs.
Post award, annual submission of Form HUD 27061, for reporting on racial and ethnic data on
human subjects, U.S. Department of Housing OMB Approval Number 2539-0015 Post Award
renewal Pending; 25010044 for Pre-Award and child package pending. Link:
https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/documents/27061.pdf
3. Compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
(Pub. L. 109-282) as amended (FFATA)
FFATA requires information on Federal awards be made available to the public via a single,
searchable website, which is www.USASpending.gov. Accordingly, each award HUD makes
under this NOFO will be subject to the requirements provided by the Award Term in Appendix
A to 2 CFR part 170, “REPORTING SUBAWARD AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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INFORMATION,” unless the Federal funding for the award (including funding that may be
added through amendments) is not expected to equal or exceed $30,000. Requirements under this
Award Term include filing subaward information in the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act (FFATA) Sub-award Reporting System (FSRS.gov) by the end of the month
following the month in which the recipient awards any sub-award equal to or greater than
$30,000.
4. Program-Specific Reporting Requirements
a. Performance Reporting. All HUD-funded programs, including this program, require recipients
to submit, not less than annually, a report documenting achievement of outcomes under the
purpose of the program and the work plan in the award agreement.
(1) Final budget and work plans are due 60 days after the start date.
(2) Progress reporting is required on a quarterly basis. Project benchmarks and milestones will be
tracked using a benchmark spreadsheet that incorporates the benchmarks and milestones
identified in the response to the rating factor (4) (see section V.A.1.iv).
(3) If you purchase equipment in excess of $5,000 a piece, you must complete and submit to
OLHCHH the General Services Administration's annual Tangible Personal Property Report. This
report has five components: cover sheet (SF-428), Annual Report (SF-428-A), the Final (Award
Closeout) Report (SF-428-B), the Disposition Report/Request (SF-428-C), and, if needed, the
Supplemental Sheet (SF-428-S); these forms can be accessed through
https://www.gsa.gov/reference/forms?search_keyword=tangible. Generally, the average
estimated time to complete each of these components is 0.5 hours; it is likely to be less for this
grant program.
(4) Transparency Act Reporting. You must report on funding and expenditures for yourself and
sub-recipients to meet the requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006.
(5) Section 3: Grant recipients covered by Section 3 (see Section III.F.2.r, of this NOFO) must
comply with reporting and record-keeping requirements for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. § 1701u (Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very LowIncome Persons in Connection with Assisted Projects). Those requirements can be found at 24
CFR part 75, subpart D.
(6) Compliance with Section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417), (Section 872). Section 872 requires the establishment of a
government-wide data system - the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information
System (FAPIIS) - to contain information related to the integrity and performance of entities
awarded federal financial assistance and making use of the information by federal officials in
making awards. OMB is in the process of issuing regulations regarding federal agency
implementation of section 872 requirements. A technical correction to this NOFO may be issued
when such regulations are promulgated. HUD anticipates that the terms and conditions to its FY
2024 awards will contain requirements related to meeting FFATA and Section 872 requirements.
(7) Annual submission of Form HUD 27061, if applicable, for reporting on racial and ethnic data
on human subjects.
(8) Final Report: The grant agreement will specify the requirements for final reporting (e.g., final
project report including the results of all formal evaluations and final project benchmarks and
milestones achieved against the proposed benchmarks and milestones which were approved and
incorporated into your grant).
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Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the point of contact
listed in Section VII below.

D. Debriefing
For a period of at least 120 calendar days, beginning 30 calendar days after the public
announcement of awards under this NOFO, if requested, HUD will provide a debriefing related
to their application. The AOR or the AOR’s successor must submit a written request for
debriefing via mail or email to the POC in Section VII Agency Contact(s) of this NOFO.
Information provided during a debriefing may include the applicant’s final score for each rating
factor, final evaluator comments for each rating factor, and the final assessment indicating the
basis upon which funding was approved or denied.
An organization that submits an eligible application will receive a verbal debriefing during the
debriefing period after a request is made by the authorized official or his/her successor in office.

VII. AGENCY CONTACT(S)
HUD staff will be available to provide clarification on the content of this NOFO.
Questions regarding specific program requirements for this NOFO should be directed to the POC
listed below.
Name:
Brenda M. Reyes, MD, MPH
Phone:
202-402-6745
Email:
Brenda.M.Reyes@hud.gov
Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals who have speech or
communication disabilities may use a relay service to reach the agency contact. To learn more
about how to make an accessible telephone call, visit the webpage for the Federal
Communications Commission.
Note that HUD staff cannot assist applicants in preparing their applications.

VIII. OTHER INFORMATION
1. Compliance of this NOFO with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to the environment has been made for
this NOFO in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50, which implement section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.4332(2)(C)). The FONSI
is available for inspection at HUD’s Funding Opportunities web page.
2. Web Resources.
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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Assistance Listing(formerly CFDA)
Climate Action Plan
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Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
Code of Conduct Requirements and E-Library
Environmental Review
Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations
Fair Housing Rights and Obligations
Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting
System
Grants.gov
Healthy Homes Strategic Plan
Healthy Housing Reference Manual
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
HUD’s Disability Overview
HUD’s Strategic Plan
HUD Grants
HUD Reform Act
HUD Reform Act: Hud Implementing Regulations
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
NOFO Webcasts
Procurement of Recovered Materials
Promise Zones
Rural.gov
Rural Partners Network Community Networks
Section 3
State Point of Contact List
System for Award Management (SAM)
Real Estate Acquisition and Relocation
Unique Entity Identifier
USA Spending

3. Program Relevant Web Resources
Online Resources
Healthy Homes Program Guidance Manual – Chapter 1
Principles of Heating and Cooling | Department of Energy
Weatherization Program Notice 22-7: Weatherization Health and Safety | Department of Energy
https://nchh.org/information-and-evidence/healthy-housing-policy/national/keystone-federalpolicy/wx-plus-health/
Refer to PG-2014-01 Eligibility of Units for Assistance
WAP-income eligibility requirements of 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (for 2024)
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DOE’s Weatherization Program Notice 22-5
Local Weatherization Assistance Programs
Weatherization Program Notice 22-7: Weatherization Health and Safety | Department of Energy
Incidental Repair Measure Guidance
PHA Contact Information
Weatherization Assistance Program Assisted Multifamily Properties
Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Fact Sheet
OLHCHH Program Guide
Healthy Homes Program Guidance Manual
WPN 24-1: Program Year 2024 Weatherization Grant Application
The National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP) | US EPA
4. Additional Information
For programmatic questions on this NOFO, you may contact Brenda M. Reyes, MD, MPH,
Office of Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes, at 202-402-6745 or via email at
Brenda.M.Reyes@HUD.gov. For grants administrative questions, you may contact Ms. Jonnette
H. Simmons, Office of Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes, at telephone 678-732-2625 or
via email at Jonnette.H.Simmons@hud.gov.
HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about
how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Other Office of Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes Information: For additional general,
technical, and grant program information pertaining to the Office of Lead Hazard Control and
Healthy Homes, visit www.hud.gov/healthyhomes.
Applicants may use the checklist below as a guide when preparing their APPLICATION
package.
a. Applicant Abstract (limited to 1 page)
b. Full Application Rating Factor Responses (Total narrative response limited to 15 pages.)
(1) Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Experience (24 points)
(2) Need for the Research (20 points)
(3) Soundness of Approach (46 points)
(4) Achieving Results and Project Management (10 points)
c. Required materials in response to rating factors (do not count towards the full application 15page limit)
(1) Resumes of Key Personnel (limited to 3 pages per resume; do not include Social Security
Numbers on resumes)
(2) Organizational Chart
(3) Letters of Commitment (required) – Letters of commitment should include language defining
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the activities to be performed, the contributions to be made, and the monetary value of each. The
letter of commitment from the OLHCHH grant must include the grant number. NOTE: HUD
recommends against including letters of support that do not commit services, materials, or funds;
they will not be considered in the evaluation of your application.
d. Optional material in support of the Rating Factors (15-page limit).
e. All required forms in the SF-424 Family of Forms (including SF-424B), SF-LLL, HUD424CBW and HUD-2880.
f. Applicant and Recipient Assurances and Certifications (HUD 424-B)
g. Narratives. Applicants are required to submit the following narratives (maximum 1 page
for each requirement) which address:
•
•
•
•

Advancing Racial Equity (Section III.F);
Affirmative Marketing and Outreach (Section III.F);
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Section III.F); and
Experience Promoting Racial Equity (Section III.F).

Each narrative will be submitted as Appendix F and evaluated for sufficiency. If a narrative is
deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable Deficiency” that will be communicated to the applicant
for correction with a notice of deficiency. These narratives will not count toward the 15-page
limit. This is a mandatory requirement.

APPENDIX
APPENDIX A Summary of Major Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation
Demonstration (HHWCD) Program Requirements and Allowances
Please Note: This Appendix lists major requirements and allowances that are applicable to the
use of funds awarded under this NOFO. This list is not exhaustive; the intent is to summarize
requirements that are unique to this NOFO. Applicants should read the entire NOFO to become
cognizant of all program requirements.
(1) Involvement of HUD Healthy Homes Production (HHP) and DOE-funded Weatherization
Assistance Programs (WAP): Grantees must be able to demonstrate substantive involvement of
HHP and WAP partners in any unit receiving assistance under this NOFO.
(2) Adherence to HHP and WAP requirements: When HHP and WAP program funds are used in
conjunction with HHWCD program funds, all applicable HHP and/or WAP program
requirements must be followed with the exception of the allowances provided for the use of the
HHWCD funds. See section I.A.1.e for a discussion of the allowances.
(3) Eligibility:
(a) For all housing, all units assisted with grants must be the residence of families with income at
or below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income level, or at income levels defined in
the income guidelines in OLHCHH's policy guidance on determining income. Refer to PG-201401 Eligibility of Units for Assistance (https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/201401_UNIT_ELIGIBILITY.PDF) or at or below 200% of the U.S. Department of Health and
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Human Services (HHS) 2020 poverty guidelines, whichever is higher. (See Section I.A.1.c.
above for ways in which income eligibility may be determined). If energy conservation measures
or healthy homes interventions are implemented in a multifamily building with the expectation
that they will benefit at least 50% of the units (e.g., improvements to a central HVAC system,
improving building insulation, implementing IPM), at least 66% of the units in the building must
meet income eligibility requirements.
(b) Members of households living in units assisted under this grant program must include either a
young child (age 6 or under), an elderly person (age 62 or over), an individual who is pregnant,
or a person with a disability or illness that could benefit from home modification (e.g., poorly
controlled asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)), or the household has a
high energy burden.
(4) Cost guidance: The average direct cost of HHWCD grant funds per unit shall be no greater
than $10,000, for activities to include assessments and audits before, during, and after
interventions, materials, and labor for interventions. The maximum direct cost of HHWCD
grant-funded work on a single home, a multi-unit building, or a development cannot exceed 50%
more than the average direct cost of HHWCD grant funds per unit (i.e., maximum, $15,000)
unless written approval is provided by the grant’s Government Technical Representative (GTR)
in advance.
(5) Required unit completion: In addition to the other units that receive coordinated WAP and
HHP program interventions under this NOFO, grantees must complete the following: to
demonstrate inter-program coordination under standard conditions, grantees must complete a
minimum of 15 units in which HHWCD funds can only be used for program evaluation costs,
and b) Grantees will also be required to conduct coordinated HHP/WAP interventions in 40 units
that are being mitigated with HHWCD funds and with HH Production, and/or WAP funds.
APPENDIX B: Key Guidance Documents
I. Lead Hazard Control
1. 2012 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing;
HUD. The 2012 Guidelines can be downloaded from the HUD website without charge at --www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/lead-based paint/hud guidelines.
2. Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children; Centers for Disease Control, August 2005.
These guidelines can be obtained without charge by calling the CDC toll-free number at 888232-6789. The guidelines can also be downloaded from
www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/publications/PrevLeadPoisoning.pdf.
3. Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning: Guidance for State and Local Public Health
Officials, November 1997; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These guidelines
can be obtained without charge by calling the CDC toll-free number at 888-232-6789 or they can
be downloaded from www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/publications/screening.htm.
II. Weatherization
1. Annual Instruction package (2024)
Weatherization Program Notice 24-1: Program Year 2024 Weatherization Grant Application |
Department of Energy
2. Weatherization + Health. - National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH).
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NCHH webpage is a compilation of articles, organizations' links, and internet sites and
resources dedicated to the Weatherization + Health Initiative. The Weatherization + Health
Initiative was designed in 1976 to promote cooperation and partnerships between local providers
of low-income housing repair, energy, health, and safety services to help them collaborate more
efficiently and effectively. https://nchh.org/information-and-evidence/healthy-housingpolicy/national/keystone-federal-policy/wx-plus-health/
3. Weatherization Works - Summary of Findings from the Retrospective Evaluation of the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/lbp/hudguidelines. This report describes
the findings by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from the evaluation of the Weatherization
Assistance Programs (WAP) as tasked by the US Department of Energy in 2009. The results of
the evaluation of WAPs focused on PY 2008, before (“the Retrospective Evaluation”) and PY
2009, during the Recovery Act period.
4. Braiding Energy and Health Funding for In-Home Programs: Federal Funding Opportunities,
Research Report. ACEEE. July 14, 2020. https://www.aceee.org/research-report/h2002
The purpose of this research was to demonstrate the advantages of utilizing the existing network
of energy-saving programs alongside the preventive health programs. Furthermore, with the
results of the report, help the decision makers understand the benefits that result in the delivery
of services that is more effective and cost-efficient.
III. Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals
https://www.energy.gov/eere/wipo/guidelines-home-energy-professionals
This DOE site provides access to work specifications for weatherization and home energy
upgrades: https://www.energy.gov/eere/wipo/guidelines-home-energy-professionals-standardwork-specifications. See listings of certifications for workers and accredited training programs
here: https://www.energy.gov/eere/wipo/guidelines-home-energy-professionals-accreditedtraining. It is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the home
energy performance industry. The Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals Project fact sheet
provides information about the components of the program
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/01/f7/hep_certifications.pdf.
IV. Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. 2011. EPA 402/K-11/003. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014/documents/epa_retrofit_protocols.pdf
V. Asthma
Asthma Management and Home Intervention Programs
Exhale A Technical Package to Control Asthma - CDC and
https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/Asthma_In_Homes_508.pdf
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (E)PR-3 Guidelines for the Diagnosis
and Management of Asthma 2007 (EPR-3) | NHLBI, NIH, HUD’s Asthma Guidance: About
Asthma. https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/healthyhomes/asthma.
Learning as We Grow: Evaluation Highlights from CDC’s National Asthma Control Program
Grantees, 2018. This evaluation guide can be downloaded from
https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/asthmastories.pdf
Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Homes:
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https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/healthy-places/healthyhomes/asthma/NCEH_Strategies_Asthma_Homes_2017.pdf
VI. Home Assessment
Home Characteristics and Asthma Triggers – Checklist for Home Visitors:
https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/home_assess_checklist_P.pdf,
Asthma Home Environment Checklist, 402-F-03-030, February 2004 (epa.gov).
Vacuum Dust Sample Collection Protocol for Allergens:
https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_12539.PDF
Home Characteristics and Asthma. Triggers Checklist for Home Visitors
https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/HH/documents/17_287251A_CHEW_HomeAssessCHECKLIS
T%5BFINALnot508%5D.pdf
APPENDIX C: Targeting Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities.
This appendix provides instructions for selecting your HUD OLHCHH 2024 grant’s target area
and determining what percentage of its census tracts are underserved, vulnerable and
disadvantaged communities. To select the census tracts that will make up your grant’s target
area, use the HUD OLHCHH 2024 High Impact Neighborhoods Mapping Tool
(https://www.huduser.gov/portal/maps/olhchh/home.html). In drafting your application and using
the tool, you will select a set of census tracts to be your target area. The tool will determine and
show you what percentage of those tracts are underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged
communities, as have been designated by the Council on Environmental Quality.
The tool will allow you to revise your draft target area by adding tracts, removing tracts, and
restoring removed tracts, until you are satisfied with your selected tracts’ locations and the
percentage of those tracts that are underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. You
will receive a rating sub-factor score based on the percentage in your application (which HUD
may verify during the review process) as shown in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for
which you are applying. The step-by-step procedures follow.
(If you have a disability and need to request a reasonable accommodation to select your target
area, contact the Lead Regulations hotline at Lead.Regulations@HUD.gov, 202-402-7698, or
711 TTY). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs
(1) Open the HUD OLHCHH 2024 High Impact Area Mapping Tool at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/maps/olhchh/home.html
a. The tool will open with a view of part of North America (the map below is just an
example).
b. The tool works most easily if the map is on the right and a panel with a black background
on the left that has three panels (Step 1 – Choose State; Step 2 – Choose tracts, and Step 3
– Confirm Percentage).
c. If the black panel is on the left, go to item (2), below.
d. If the black panel is on the right, adjust the Zoom setting of your browser’s display to
show the panel on the left:
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1. For example, using the Chrome browser, In the upper right of the browser screen
is a symbol of three dots arranged vertically (like a colon with an extra dot), and
using the Edge browser, the symbol is three dots arranged horizontally.
2. Click the symbol and a menu will drop down. One of the menu items is Zoom.
Decrease the zoom percentage (such as by clicking the minus sign to the left of
the percentage). If the screen changes to have the black panel move to the left, go
to item (2) below. If the black panel is still on the right, decrease the zoom
percentage again. Repeat until the black panel moves to the left.
(2) In the tool’s left panel, in the upper block, “Step 1 – Select State,” click the pull-down
triangle in the right of the box and scroll down until you see the (or a) state you are interested in
targeting and click the state’s name. After a few seconds, your state’s map will appear.
a. Small areas – which are census tracts – will be shown within your state. (If your target
area involves more than one state, you will repeat the target area selection process for
each state and then combine your results.)
b. The census tracts that are underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities are
colored green; those that are not underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities
are colored red.
c. You can zoom in or out (clicking the map’s boxed plus and boxed minus signs at its top
left), or move the geographic area examined (putting your mouse arrow in the map area
holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse).
1. Each census tract has a six-digit identifying number. If you don’t see the number
within the tracts, zoom in until you do see them. This will allow you to have more
precise control over your selection of tracts, below.
d. In the tool’s left panel, in the middle block, “Step 2 – Choose tracts (CENSUS TRACTS
box below MUST be checked),” the “Layer” portion of the block has a box to the left of
the label “CENSUS TRACTS.” Determine if that box is checked. If it is not checked,
click the box so that it has a check.
e. In the upper part of the Step 2 block, click the pull-down triangle in the right of the
“Select” box and scroll down until you reach the selection method you want to use and
click it. (Suggestion: Start with “Select by circle.” If you don’t like the results, even after
editing your draft target area as shown below, you can click the “Clear” box and start
over within your state.)
f. Move your mouse to roughly the center of the area you want to target, hold the left mouse
key, and slowly move your mouse away from the center point to create a circle that
roughly encompasses the target area you want. (If you use another selection method, such
as a rectangle, start at one point and move your mouse to create the selection shape you
have chosen.) If you don’t like the results, you can click the “Clear” box and start over
within your state.
g. In the tool’s left panel, in the bottom block, “Step 3 – Confirm 40%,” the circle will
adjust the green arc at the upper left – representing the percentage of tracts that are
underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities – to show the percentage in the
area you have selected. Move your mouse arrow onto the YES arc to view the percentage
underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in your draft target area. (The
red NO arc shows the percentage of tracts that are not disadvantaged communities in your
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draft target area; it is 100% minus the YES percentage.) If you are satisfied with the
percentage of underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, go to item (8)
below to create a spreadsheet listing your selected tracts.
h. If you want to adjust your draft target area, such as to get a higher or lower percentage of
underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, move your mouse onto the map
and select additional tracts or remove tracts:
(3) To select an additional tract:
a. In the Step 2 block, click the pull-down triangle in the right of the “Select” box and scroll
down until you reach Select by point, and click that.
b. Move your mouse into the census tract you wish to add, press and hold Shift, and then click
your mouse. After a few seconds, the tract’s color will become lighter, indicating that it has been
selected.
c. If you want to check the percentage of an underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged
communities, follow the instructions in step 6 above.
d. You may select another tract to add by moving your mouse to that tract, pressing and holding
Shift (or continuing to hold Shift from before), and then clicking your mouse.
e. To remove a tract:
1. In the Step 2 block, click the pull-down triangle in the right of the “Select” box and scroll
down until you reach Select by point, and click that. You need not make this selection again if
you are already selecting by point.
2. Move your mouse into the census tract you wish to add, press, and hold Ctrl (“Control”), and
then click your mouse. After a few seconds, the tract’s color will become darker, indicating that
it has been removed from your selection.
f. If you want to check the percentage of an underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged
communities, follow the instructions in step 6 above.
g. You may select another tract to remove by moving your mouse to that tract, pressing, and
holding Ctrl (or continuing to hold Ctrl from before), and then clicking your mouse.
(8) When you are satisfied with the selection of tracts, to have the tool create the spreadsheet of
census tracts you have selected:
a. In the Step 2 block’s Layer area, at the far right is a set of three horizontal dots. Click the dots.
b. Among the list of Section actions is “Export to CSV file,” clicking it will have the tool create
the spreadsheet. (“CSV” means “comma separated values”; the spreadsheet uses the numbers
and names associated with your selection of tracts to create the spreadsheet.)
c. Clicking on “Export to CSV file” will have a file named “features (1).csv” (or a higher number
in parentheses if you repeat the file creation process) appear in a box at the bottom left of the
tool’s screen.
d. In that box with the filename, click the up-arrow, and then click Open. The spreadsheet will
open up. Save the file to whatever location you want (e.g., your computer, a shared drive, an
online space), with whatever filename you want, being sure to save the file in an Excel format.
(For example, in Excel 2016, click File | Save As | Excel Workbook | Save.)
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(9) Calculate the percentage of your underserved, vulnerable and disadvantaged communities’
tracts compared to the total number of tracts you selected. Whether a tract is an underserved,
vulnerable and disadvantaged community is shown in the column headed “Identified as
disadvantaged?”; you may want to widen the column to view the whole header. If the community
is disadvantaged, that column in the tract’s row will be “YES”; if it is not disadvantaged, that
column in the tract’s row will be “NO”.
a. There are several ways you can calculate the percentage of disadvantaged communities
for entering into your application, for example:
1. Manually count the number of YES values. Count the number of tracts; you can
count this number manually or use the number of spreadsheet rows with
information, minus one (for the header row). Divide the number of YES values by
the number of tracts, multiply by 100, drop any figures after the decimal point (for
example, 49.96 becomes 49) and add the percentage sign (“%”).
2. In recent versions of Excel, use the Data | Filter tool to select, in the “Identified as
disadvantaged?” column with the YES and NO responses, just the YES rows.
Excel will show the count of selected rows in the bottom left of the screen, along
with the total number of tracts (for example, “8 of 18”). As above, divide the
number of YES values by the number of tracts, multiply by 100, drop any figures
after the decimal point (for example, 49.96 becomes 49) and add the percentage
sign (“%”).
3. In recent versions of Excel, use the Data | Sort tool to sort the “Identified as
disadvantaged?” column; it will separate the rows of YES and of NO responses.
Count the number of YES responses and divide that number by the number of
tracts, multiply by 100, drop any figures after the decimal point (for example,
49.96 becomes 49) and add the percentage sign (“%”).
4. In recent versions of Excel, use the COUNTIF function to count the number of
YES responses. For example, in a cell to the right of the cells with information,
copy or type the formula =COUNTIF($I:$I,"YES") and then divide the number it
returns by the number of tracts, multiply by 100, drop any figures after the
decimal point (for example, 49.96 becomes 49) and add the percentage sign
(“%”).
b. Save your Excel spreadsheet when you are finished calculating the percentage of
disadvantaged communities. Include your spreadsheet as an attachment to your
application to document the percentage you enter into your application and allow HUD to
perform quality assurance checks on your selection and calculation.
In your application, enter the percentage of disadvantaged communities (“YES” tracts), and, if
asked in the notice of funding opportunity, the number of disadvantaged communities and the
total number of communities selected (tracts).
APPENDIX D: Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Rates by State
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid program and Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) collect data from all states on the number of individuals enrolled in
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the respective programs. The table in this appendix should be used as part of responding to rating
factor 2, subfactor (3)(b).
Applicants from Puerto Rico, for which Medicaid does not post the enrollment summary data on
its https://data.medicaid.gov/ website, should use the national enrollment rate of 25.28%.
(Technical development details: The Census Bureau’s most recently posted population estimates
by state (within its Explore Census Data website, https://data.census.gov/cedsci/) were, as of the
creation of this appendix, from November 1, 2022; all states plus DC were selected for inclusion
in the table. Accordingly, for consistency, the same date was selected for the Medicaid and CHIP
enrollment data.)
Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Rate by State

State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota

% Total Medicaid and
CHIP Enrollment
November 1, 2022
22.58%
35.93%
30.45%
33.32%
35.89%
28.44%
27.62%
28.56%

% Total Medicaid and
CHIP Enrollment
State
November 1, 2022
Montana
28.22%
Nebraska
19.27%
Nevada
26.81%
New Hampshire 17.54%
New Jersey
23.38%
New Mexico
41.73%
New York
37.74%
North Carolina 21.05%

42.29%
21.27%
22.01%
31.83%
22.43%
29.96%
28.77%
26.21%
16.92%
35.36%
41.31%
25.96%
27.00%
27.91%
30.05%
23.34%

North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

16.23%
28.26%
31.42%
32.29%
28.16%
32.79%
23.63%
15.49%
24.53%
18.54%
13.79%
29.58%
22.58%
27.47%
36.28%
23.75%
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Mississippi
Missouri

25.56%
22.68%

Wyoming

13.86%

APPENDIX E: Average Annual Energy Burden Before LIHEAP by State
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) collects data from all states on the average annual household energy burden before
interventions using LIHEAP grant funds (i.e., household energy expenditures before such
interventions as a percentage of household income). The table in this appendix should be used as
part of responding to rating factor 2, subfactor (3)(c), “Data on the energy burden for households
in the target community (e.g., the average percentage of income used to cover home energy
costs), compared to state burden rates.”
Applicants from Puerto Rico, which is not a LIHEAP grantee, should use the national average
household energy burden, approximately 5.5% (based on DOE's Low-Income Community
Energy Solutions website (https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/low-income-community-energysolutions)).
(Technical development details: The LIHEAP website (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/lowincome-home-energy-assistance-program-liheap) has a link to the LIHEAP Website Navigator
page on which the Data and Reports link to the LIHEAP Data Warehouse has a link to the Data
Warehouse Custom Reports site (https://liheappm.acf.hhs.gov/datawarehouse/custom_reports).
The table in this appendix was generated from custom reports selecting, in order, Energy Burden,
Energy Burden Before LIHEAP, All Households: Energy Burden Before LIHEAP – All Fuels,
All grantees, and Fiscal year 2022 (the most recent year with data as of the writing of this
appendix, except for certain states, for which FY 2021, FY 2020, and FY 2019 was the most
recent year with data, so a similar report was run for those states); then the Create Your Data
Report button was clicked, as was, then, the Export table data into CSV/Excel file.)
All Households Average Annual Energy Burden Before LIHEAP FY 2022. All Fuels

Fiscal
Year
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2021*
2022*

Grantee
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of
Columbia

All Households:
Average Annual
Energy Burden
Before LIHEAP All Fuels
19.23%
18.51%
12.00%

Fiscal
Year
2022*
2022*
2022*

15.54%
15.08%
8.31%
15.40%
11.35%

2020*
2021*
2022*
2022*
2022*

Grantee
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New
Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina

8.79%

2022*

North Dakota

All Households:
Average Annual
Energy Burden
Before LIHEAP All Fuels
8.48%
12.85%
6.48%
6.29%
13.74%
3.76%
10.47%
13.29%
10.12%
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2020*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2021*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2021*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2021*

Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri

16.28%
10.91%
12.63%
9.47%
13.54%
19.69%
13.08%
14.57%
16.73%
18.16%
16.11%
14.98%
6.55%
17.95%
9.33%
17.95%
13.29%

2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2022*
2021*
2022*
2019*
2022*
2022*

Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

18.87%
14.30%
9.21%
13.40%
9.26%
15.76%
13.44%
12.58%
14.6%
7.32%
19.06%
12.93%
9.86%
13.02%
9.67%
10.67%

Source: LIHEAP Performance Measurement Website (https://liheappm.acf.hhs.gov).
*Data for years marked with an asterisk are preliminary pending final data validation
APPENDIX F
Advancing Racial Equity, Affirmative Marketing and Outreach, Experience Promoting
Racial Equity, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Narratives.
Applicants are required to submit the following narratives in 4 pages maximum:
•
•
•
•

Advancing Racial Equity (Section III.F);
Affirmative Marketing and Outreach (Section III.F);
Experience Promoting Racial Equity (Section III.F); and
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Section III.F).

The narratives should be submitted in Appendix F and each will be evaluated for sufficiency. If
a narrative is deemed insufficient, it will be a “Curable Deficiency” that will be communicated to
the applicant for correction with a notice of deficiency. These narratives will not count toward
the 15-page limit.

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