FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program
Purpose:
Through this NOFO, HUD is announcing the availability of approximately $91,000,000 in total funding including $88,500,000 in FY 2024 funding for its Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass) and up to $2,500,000 in FY 2023 Departmental Technical Assistance funding for the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program (TCTA). We reserve the right to award FY 2025 Community Compass funds based on this single NOFO competition.
Community Compass is HUD’s integrated technical assistance (TA) and capacity building initiative. Community Compass helps customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges. It equips them with knowledge, skills, tools, and capacity to implement HUD’s programs and policies. Community Compass provides effective administrative and managerial oversight of HUD funding. Community Compass is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters with the involvement of our Regional, Field, and Area Offices.
HUD's TCTA program helps local governments address pressing housing needs by identifying land for housing development near transportation projects; developing preservation and anti-displacement strategies; identifying and implementing reforms to reduce barriers to location-efficient housing; and improving coordination and supporting a holistic approach to housing and transportation.
We recognize that our customers often interact with a variety of HUD programs, and other federal programs servicing common customers, as they deliver housing or community development services. Community Compass brings together TA investments from across HUD program offices, including the offices of Community Planning and Development, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Housing, and Public and Indian Housing. This cross-funding approach allows TA to address the needs of grantees and subgrantees, often within the same engagement, and promotes intra- and inter-agency issue resolution. You are encouraged to procure contractors and consultants that demonstrate experience across a wide variety of HUD programs, as well as in specific skill and policy areas related to HUD programs. Through this NOFO, HUD will also address the TA needs of some emerging priorities that include: community violence intervention, implementation of and compliance with the Violence Against Women Act's (VAWA) 2022 Reauthorization, climate resilience, housing needs of youth, and environmental reviews. It is highly encouraged that applicants assemble a diverse team of professionals and people with lived experience from the communities HUD serves. Their perspectives can add immeasurable value in the development and delivery of technical assistance.
Changes from previous nofo
The FY24/25 Departmental NOFO template does not include significant changes with a material impact on applicant submissions.
Summary of changes specific to Community Compass:
The FY24/25 NOFO does not make significant changes with a material impact on applicant submissions.
Appendix I: The list of programs/cross-cutting topics was updated to reflect FY24 appropriations and program priorities.
Appendix II: New programs were added to the list of specialized programs/topics.
Application Organization Template: Applicants are now required to organize their applications according to the Application Organization Template.
Budget Form: HUD now requires form HUD-424-CB from all applicants. Instructions for completing the form are provided in section IV.B.
Funding: Funding amounts are different from the FY 2022/2023 NOFO and reflect current year appropriations, additional TA funds from other sources, and available carryover funding. Page
This NOFO will award FY23 (TCTA), FY24 Community Compass, and FY25 Community Compass program funds. Previously, TCTA was awarded through a separate NOFO from Community Compass.
Explanation added to detail how requested funding source information is considered by HUD and to clarify that the total federal funding requested does not guarantee an award allocation equal to the requested amount. The total federal funding requested is an indication to HUD of your organization’s capacity and HUD will not fund more than stated.
Program-Specific Requirements: New program-specific requirements were added for applicants applying to certain programs.
Unscored responses: Language added to exclude unscored responses from the 50-page limit for narrative responses. Language added to clarify that applicants should not submit narratives for Rating Factor 2 or Rating Factor 3 as part of their unscored response. A new requirement added to limit the total number of unscored responses to eight.
Rating Factors: Points for Subfactors 1A, 1B, 1D, and 1E have changed from the FY22/23 NOFO. Rating Factor 1A is now worth a total of 10 points (from 8), Rating Factor 1B is now worth 13 points (from 10), Rating Factor 1D is now worth 10 points (from 12), and Rating Factor 1E is now worth 10 points (from 13). The 51 total points available for Rating Factor 1 is unchanged from FY22/23.
Language was added to Rating Factor 2 to clarify that the engagement(s) described in Rating Factor 2 can be different from those described in Rating Factor 3, but the engagements must align with the programs/cross-cutting topics described in Rating Factor 1. Corresponding language was added to Rating Factor 3.
Rating Factor 2 point distribution was revised so that all 29 points are available for substantive narrative response questions. The FY22/23 NOFO awarded up to 4 points for basic engagement description elements.
Available Funds
Funding of approximately $91,000,000 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.
Additional funds may also become available for award under this NOFO, such as funding appropriated for CDBG-DR technical assistance.
Further Detail on FY 2023/2024 Funding: Of the $91,000,000, $88,500,000 is FY 2024 funding for the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program and up to $2,500,000 is FY 2023 Departmental Technical Assistance funding for the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program (TCTA). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 provided the largest source share of the $91,000,000 for awards in support of technical assistance activities under this NOFO. The $91,000,000 is divided amongst the following funding sources.
1. FY 23 Departmental TA: Up to $2,500,000 for Thriving Communities Technical Assistance.
2. FY 24 Departmental TA: Up to $38,000,000 million which covers the Offices of Community Planning and Development, Public and Indian Housing, Housing, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and other Cross-program initiatives. This amount includes up to $2,500,000 for Manufactured Housing Communities TA.
3. McKinney-Vento TA: $20 million, including $2,500,000 for Leveraging Healthcare and Services TA.
4. National Homeless Data Analysis Project (NHDAP): $10 million
o Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) TA: Approximately $3.5 million for providing HMIS technical assistance.
o NHDAP – Four Projects: Approximately $6.5 million for AHAR and HDX, HMIS Data Standards, National HMIS Data Lab, or Sage Reporting Repository activities.
5. Youth Homelessness TA: $10 million
6. Public Housing Administrative Receivership and Recovery (PHA Recovery) TA: $500,000
7. Native American Housing and Community Development TA: $7 million plus any additional funding recaptured from previous years.
o National Organization: This amount includes $2 million for a national organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA.
8. Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant and Loan Guarantee TA: HUD may also make awards for training and technical assistance for the Native Hawaiian programs from any amounts made available in FY 2025 plus any additional amounts recaptured from previous years (see also I.A.4.b., Program Definitions).
9. National Fair Housing Training Academy: Approximately $3 million
Further Detail on FY 2025 Funding and How to Apply: We reserve the right to award FY 2025 funds based on this single NOFO competition. We expect FY 2025 funding sources to be comparable to those listed above for FY 2023/2024.
Program Office:
Policy Development and Research
Funding Opportunity Title:
HUD's FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Funding Opportunity Number:
FR-6800-N-06
Assistance Listing Number:
14.259
Due Date for Applications:
06/20/2024
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