OpportunityTitle: Family Self-Sufficiency Program - New Applicants
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants. PHAs (including MTW PHAs) that were not funded under the FY16, FY17, and/or FY18 FSS NOFA competition. Applicants are not required to have an FSS program in place.As required in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 2 CFR 25.200 and 24 CFR Part 5 Subpart K, all applicants for financial assistance must have an active Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number (http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform) and have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) before submitting an application. Getting a DUNS number and completing SAM registration can take up to four weeks; therefore, applicants should start this process or check their status.See Section V.B.3 of this NOFA for more information on how funding will be distributed among eligible applicants. See also Section IV.B.1 for necessary form and content information.  Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Description: Program Overview: The FSS program supports the Department&apos;s strategic goal of utilizing housing as a platform for improving quality of life by helping HUD-assisted renters increase their economic security and self-sufficiency. The purpose of the FSS program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the HCV and PH programs with public and private resources to enable participating families to increase earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. PHAs that administer FSS programs enter into five-year contracts with new families on an ongoing basis. The FSS contract spells out the terms and conditions governing participation and the responsibilities of both the PHA and the family. PHAs are not permitted to limit FSS participation to those families most likely to succeed because of current education level or job history.Program Framework: PHAs work in collaboration with a Program Coordinating Committee (PCC) to secure commitments of public and private resources for the operation of the FSS program, to develop the PHA&#8217;s FSS Action Plan (the FSS policy framework), and to implement the program.Once an eligible family is selected to participate in the program, the PHA, and the head of each participating family execute a FSS Contract of Participation that specifies the rights and responsibilities of both parties. The term of the FSS contract is generally 5 years, but it may be extended for another 2 years by the PHA for good cause.The FSS contract also incorporates the family&#8217;s individual training and services plan (ITSP). The ITSP is the document that records the plan for the family. That is, the series of intermediate and long-term goals and the steps the family needs to take &#8211; and the services and resources they may need to access &#8211; to achieve those goals.&#8221;
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: fss@hud.gov &lt;br/&gt;fss@hud.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.