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Technical Assistance Awards
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Introduction
The
CPD technical assistance program demonstrates HUD's commitment to
providing front-end assistance to help grass roots organizations
- our partners - successfully access and utilize HUD's programs
and resources. These resources
will enable neighborhoods and communities that have the greatest
need to achieve the highest level of performance and results in a variety of community development program areas.
About CPD Technical Assistance
The
CPD technical assistance grants will help empower people in communities
across our nation to find local solutions to local problems. Instead of trying to come
up with one-size-fits-all programs for communities of all shapes
and sizes, we want to help groups tailor our programs to meet each
communitys individual needs.
Organizations
receiving the HUD grants will assist local non-profits, local and
state governments and other groups in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia and the U.S. Territories that have received or are seeking
HUD funds to develop and implement improved initiatives using the
HUD assistance.
The
training and advice funded by the grants known as technical
assistance will be focused on improving the local performance
of HUD Community Development programs: Community Development Block
Grants, HOME, Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs), McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Youthbuild. Technical
assistance services primarily benefit communities and nonprofit
organizations currently participating in and receiving funds through
one of the Community Development programs.
There are two types of TA activities. National TA activities are those that address, at a nationwide level, one or more of the Community Development TA program priorities given in the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) every year. National TA activities include written products, development of materials and training, and delivery of training, workshops, and conferences. National TA activities are administered by the Technical Assistance Division in conjuction with the CPD Program Offices.
Local TA activities are administered in each Field Office. Local TA activities are limited to needs assessments of CPD program grantees, direct TA to CPD program grantees, and delivery of approved training developed under the National TA activities.
National and Local TA activities are carried out by organizations selected through the SuperNOFA competitions. In 2006, $19.8 million was awarded to for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and states and local government agencies.
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