Opportunity Information: Apply for FR 6200 N 54
HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019 Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (TA) NOFA (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6200 N 54, CFDA 14.259) is a discretionary cooperative agreement funding opportunity designed to help small, distressed cities recover and rebuild after natural disasters while also addressing deeper, long-term economic and fiscal challenges. HUD made available up to $3,000,000 from FY 2018 funds and up to $3,000,000 from FY 2019 funds, for a total possible award amount of $6,000,000. The intent is that this combined funding supports a single technical assistance provider (one awardee) that will deliver hands-on, tailored support to eligible communities rather than spreading the funds across many separate grantees.
The communities to be served are distressed cities with populations under 40,000 that have been impacted by a natural disaster, and the assistance is limited to HUD customers as defined in the NOFA (with details referenced in Section I.A.4 Program Definitions). The TA focus is deliberately broad and cross-cutting: it is meant to help cities navigate and coordinate both federal and non-federal funding sources, not just a single HUD program. In practice, that means the awardee is expected to help communities align recovery and development strategies with the full mix of resources they may be using or pursuing, including public dollars, philanthropic support, and private investment.
HUD lays out several core objectives for the technical assistance. One major goal is to provide accessible, comprehensive support that helps communities adopt effective, efficient, and sustainable financial management practices, especially in places where long-standing economic stress has made budgeting, revenue management, and long-term planning difficult. Another goal is capacity building: strengthening local ability to solve problems by forming and improving partnerships among public agencies, community members, and private organizations, so that local recovery and revitalization efforts are coordinated and durable. HUD also emphasizes improving local understanding of federal development tools, including indirect subsidy mechanisms like Opportunity Zones and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), since these tools can be pivotal in housing and economic redevelopment but can be difficult for small local governments to use effectively without specialized expertise. Finally, HUD expects the awardee to develop a set of best practices and recommendations on financial management and disaster resilience that can be shared with other similarly challenged communities, so the work produces lessons that extend beyond the individual cities served.
A key feature of this NOFA is that the technical assistance must be community-specific rather than program-specific. In other words, the awardee is expected to take a place-based, holistic approach that reflects the reality that fiscal stress, land use decisions, housing markets, infrastructure needs, local workforce conditions, and disaster recovery planning are interconnected. HUD also signals that the TA should be scaled in a way that produces measurable impact, both in terms of the community's growth and resilience and in terms of responsible use of public funds. This points to an expectation of targeted engagements, clear work plans, and outcomes that can be tracked, rather than general advice that is hard to quantify.
HUD indicates the awardee will need a wide range of expertise to deliver this kind of holistic assistance. The topic areas described include public management, fiscal reform, land use and development, business attraction and retention, workforce development, and disaster recovery and resilience. HUD explicitly encourages applicants to procure contractors and consultants as needed, which suggests that even strong lead organizations are expected to assemble a team that can cover specialized areas such as municipal finance, redevelopment structuring, resilience planning, and economic development strategy.
In terms of who can apply, eligible applicants include nonprofits (both with and without 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The awarding agency is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates a more involved federal role in project execution than a standard grant (for example, ongoing collaboration, coordination, or federal input into deliverables). The NOFA was created April 11, 2019, with an original closing date of May 29, 2019, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline. The published award ceiling is $6,000,000, and the opportunity anticipated multiple awards in the posting data, but the program description emphasizes that the combined FY 2018 and FY 2019 funds are intended to be awarded to one awardee to deliver the TA described.Apply for FR 6200 N 54
- The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019 Distressed Cities TA Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.259.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 29, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is HUD's Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (TA) NOFA for FY 2018 and FY 2019?
It is a discretionary cooperative agreement funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6200 N 54, CFDA 14.259) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose is to provide hands-on, tailored technical assistance to help small, distressed cities recover and rebuild after natural disasters while also addressing longer-term economic and fiscal challenges.
2) Who is the awarding agency?
The awarding agency is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
3) What type of funding instrument is this?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. This typically means HUD expects to be more actively involved than in a standard grant, such as through ongoing collaboration, coordination, and/or input into deliverables as the work is carried out.
4) How much funding is available under this opportunity?
HUD made available up to $3,000,000 from FY 2018 funds and up to $3,000,000 from FY 2019 funds, for a total possible award amount (ceiling) of $6,000,000.
5) Is HUD planning to make one award or multiple awards?
The posting data anticipated multiple awards, but the program description states that the combined FY 2018 and FY 2019 funding is intended to support a single technical assistance provider (one awardee) to deliver the hands-on assistance described, rather than spreading funds across many grantees.
6) What problem is this NOFA trying to address?
This NOFA is intended to help small, distressed cities that have been impacted by natural disasters. The assistance is designed to support recovery and rebuilding in the near term while also tackling deeper, long-term economic and fiscal issues that can prevent sustainable recovery.
7) What communities are intended to be served?
The communities to be served are distressed cities with populations under 40,000 that have been impacted by a natural disaster.
8) Are all disaster-impacted small cities eligible to receive the technical assistance?
No. The assistance is limited to HUD customers as defined in the NOFA (referenced in Section I.A.4 Program Definitions). The opportunity description indicates that eligibility to be served is tied to that HUD customer definition.
9) Is this opportunity funding cities directly?
The intent described is to fund a single technical assistance provider (the awardee) that will deliver assistance to eligible communities. The structure is focused on supporting the provider to deliver TA, rather than issuing many separate awards to multiple cities.
10) What does "technical assistance" mean in this NOFA?
Technical assistance here is described as hands-on, tailored, community-specific support. The awardee is expected to work directly with eligible communities to help them coordinate recovery and redevelopment activities and strengthen local capacity, especially around financial management, partnerships, and effective use of federal development tools.
11) Is the technical assistance limited to HUD programs?
No. The TA focus is deliberately broad and cross-cutting. HUD expects the awardee to help communities navigate and coordinate both federal and non-federal funding sources, rather than focusing on only a single HUD program.
12) What kinds of resources should the awardee help communities coordinate?
The description states that coordination may include public dollars, philanthropic support, and private investment, alongside federal and non-federal sources more generally.
13) What are the core objectives of the technical assistance?
HUD highlights several objectives, including: (1) accessible, comprehensive support to help communities adopt effective, efficient, and sustainable financial management practices; (2) capacity building through stronger partnerships among public agencies, community members, and private organizations; (3) improved local understanding of federal development tools, including indirect subsidy mechanisms; and (4) development of best practices and recommendations on financial management and disaster resilience that can be shared with other communities.
14) What types of financial management outcomes is HUD emphasizing?
HUD emphasizes helping communities adopt effective, efficient, and sustainable financial management practices. The description notes that long-standing economic stress can make budgeting, revenue management, and long-term planning difficult, and the TA is expected to help address those challenges.
15) What does "capacity building" mean in this NOFA?
Capacity building is described as strengthening a community's ability to solve problems by forming and improving partnerships among public agencies, community members, and private organizations. The goal is coordinated and durable recovery and revitalization efforts.
16) Which federal development tools does HUD specifically mention?
HUD specifically mentions Opportunity Zones and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) as examples of indirect subsidy mechanisms that can support housing and economic redevelopment but may be difficult for small local governments to use effectively without specialized expertise.
17) What is meant by "community-specific rather than program-specific" technical assistance?
HUD indicates the TA must be place-based and holistic. The awardee is expected to reflect how interconnected issues like fiscal stress, land use decisions, housing markets, infrastructure needs, local workforce conditions, and disaster recovery planning are within a community.
18) What does HUD mean by "place-based" or "holistic" assistance?
It means the assistance should be tailored to each community's local conditions and coordinated across multiple domains (for example, finance, land use, housing, infrastructure, workforce, and resilience), rather than delivering narrow guidance tied to a single program or funding stream.
19) Does HUD expect measurable outcomes from the technical assistance?
Yes. HUD signals that the TA should be scaled to produce measurable impact, including outcomes related to community growth and resilience and responsible use of public funds. This implies targeted engagements, clear work plans, and outcomes that can be tracked, rather than general advice that is difficult to quantify.
20) What topic areas or expertise does HUD expect the awardee to have?
HUD describes a wide range of expertise areas, including public management, fiscal reform, land use and development, business attraction and retention, workforce development, and disaster recovery and resilience.
21) Can the applicant use subcontractors, contractors, or consultants?
Yes. HUD explicitly encourages applicants to procure contractors and consultants as needed, suggesting that applicants may assemble a team to cover specialized areas such as municipal finance, redevelopment structuring, resilience planning, and economic development strategy.
22) What deliverables beyond direct community support does HUD expect?
HUD expects the awardee to develop a set of best practices and recommendations on financial management and disaster resilience that can be shared with other similarly challenged communities, so that lessons extend beyond the cities directly served.
23) Who is eligible to apply for this cooperative agreement?
Eligible applicants include: nonprofits (with and without 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses.
24) Are nonprofit institutions of higher education eligible as nonprofits?
The eligibility statement specifies that nonprofits are eligible excluding institutions of higher education, while private institutions of higher education are listed as eligible in their own category. The description does not provide additional detail beyond that distinction.
25) What are the key identifiers for this opportunity?
The opportunity is identified as HUD's FY 2018 and FY 2019 Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (TA) NOFA, Funding Opportunity Number FR 6200 N 54, with CFDA 14.259.
26) When was the NOFA created and what was the original closing date?
The NOFA was created April 11, 2019, with an original closing date of May 29, 2019.
27) How were applications required to be submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline.
28) What is the maximum award amount indicated in the opportunity description?
The published award ceiling is $6,000,000.
29) What is the intent behind combining FY 2018 and FY 2019 funds?
The intent is that combined funding supports a single technical assistance provider to deliver hands-on, tailored support to eligible communities, rather than dividing the funds among many separate grantees.
30) What kinds of community issues does HUD view as interconnected for this TA?
HUD points to interconnected areas including fiscal stress, land use decisions, housing markets, infrastructure needs, local workforce conditions, and disaster recovery planning.
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