Fair Housing Initiatives Programs (FHIP) - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Fair Housing Initiatives Programs (FHIP) - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI)
	CFDA Number:	14.417
	CFDA Description:	Fair Housing Organizaiton Initiatives
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Housing and Urban Development
	Category of Funding Activity:	Housing
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FR-5300-N-10B
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jul 23, 2009
	Creation Date:	Jul 23, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 18, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 18, 2009
	Archive Date:	Sep 19, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$21,100,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: QFHOs, FHOs, other private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations and nonprofit groups organizing or building their capacity to provide fair housing enforcement for the purpose of supporting the continued development or implementation of initiatives which enforce the rights granted under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended.
Grant Description: Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI): This Initiative provides funding to QFHOs, FHOs, and nonprofit groups organizing to build their capacity, establish new fair housing enforcement organizations and/or provide fair lending enforcement in underserved areas. There are three components under this Initiative, the Establishing New Organizations Component, the Continued Development General Component and the Continued Development Mortgage Rescue Scams Component. (1) Establishing New Organizations Component (ENOC): Under this component HUD provides assistance to a FHIP qualified sponsoring organization that will establish a sponsored organization that will conduct fair housing activities in underserved areas, rural areas and/or areas with new immigrants (especially racial and ethnic minorities who are not English-speaking or have limited English proficiency). If you are sponsoring an organization, the sponsoring organization must submit the application and must certify that the sponsored organization has the ability to become a FHO. (2) Continued Development Mortgage Rescue Scams Component (ECD-MS) - This component will assist groups organizing or building their capacity to provide fair housing enforcement for the purpose of supporting the continued development or implementation of initiatives which enforce the rights granted under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended , by providing assistance to victims of fraud and lending abuse (for example, through counseling, loan workouts, etc.) to build their capacity to provide fair lending assistance and other fair housing enforcement. (3) Continued Development General Component - This component will assist QFHOs, FHOs, other private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations and nonprofit groups in building their fair housing capacity.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html
Grant Announcement Contact: You may contact Myron P. Newry or Denise L. Brooks, of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity's FHIP Support Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7050, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling 1-800-290-1617 (this is a toll-free number).

Program Contact [Myron.P.Newry@hud.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Fair Housing Inititiative Program - FHOI; • Fair Housing Initiative Program Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI)