Policy Guidance for Existing Sustainable Communities Grantees

Overview

Program Policy Guidance documents represent the Office of Economic Development instructions to grantees on how to complete their deliverables under their Cooperative Agreements. We provide them here as a convenience to those grantees, and will update this page when and if any guidance documents are updated.

Resources

Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-01 - Building a Complete Workplan
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-02 - Consortium Agreement Essentials
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-03 - Preferred Sustainability Status (replaced by OSHC-2015-01 - Preferred Sustainability Status)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-05 - Documentation to Submit for Environmental Clearance (replaced by OSHC-2013-02 - Updated Environmental Clearance Process)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-06 - Indirect Cost Rate Proposals
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-07b - Combination HUD-DOT Grantee Reporting
Program Policy Guidance Number 2011-08 - Property Acquisition
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-01 - FY2011 & 12 Preferred Sustainability Status
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-02 - Use of Grant Funds to Purchase Food
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-03 - Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA)
- More Information on the Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-06 - Use of Capacity Building Funds to Purchase Food
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-07 - Social Media
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-08 - Reporting Requirements for USASpending.gov
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-09 - Housing Trust Funds (replaced by OSHC-2014-01 - updated Requirements for Housing Trust Funds and Property Acquisition)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-10 - Review of Deliverable Drafts
Program Policy Guidance Number 2012-11 - Introduction to Grant Management System (GMS)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2013-01 - No-Cost Extensions to the Period of Performance (updated November 21, 2013)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2013-02 - Updated Environmental Clearance Process
- Delegating Letter for Environmental Review
Program Policy Guidance Number 2013-03 - Property Acquisition Supplement
Program Policy Guidance Number 2013-04 - Closeout Guidance
Program Policy Guidance Number 2013-05 - Semiannual Progress Reporting Requirements
Program Policy Guidance Number 2014-01 - Updated Requirements for Housing Trust Funds and Property Acquisition (updated July 21, 2014)
Program Policy Guidance Number 2014-02 - Regional Analysis of Impediments Policy Guidance
Program Policy Guidance Number 2015-01 - Preferred Sustainability Status