Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants (14.901)
Program
14.901 Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants
Federal Agency
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authorization
Sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 and the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution of 2003, Public Law 108-7, approved February 20, 2003.
Program Number
14.901
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
The purpose of the Healthy Homes Demonstration Program is to develop, demonstrate, and promote cost-effective, preventive measures to correct multiple safety and health hazards in the home environment that produce serious diseases and injuries in children of low-income families. HUD is interested in reducing health threats to the maximum number of residents, especially children, in a cost efficient manner.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
This program focuses on demonstration projects that implement housing assessment, maintenance, renovation and construction techniques to identify and correct housing-related illness and injury risk factors. Although Demonstration grantees are expected to focus efforts in the demonstration category, the activities of a proposed demonstration project may also include outreach and education activities. Applicants are required to be specific as to the locations they are targeting their intervention activities to occur and the residents, individuals or groups targeted to receive interventions and the organizations targeted to continue to operate effective intervention strategies over the life of the award and hereafter.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants include: not-for- profit institutions, for-profit (for-profit firms are not allowed to profit from the project)located in the U.S., State and local governments, and Federally-recognized Native Indian Tribes. Federal agencies and Federal employees are not eligible to apply for this program.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Healthy Homes Demonstration grants are intended to serve a broad array of beneficiaries including homeowners, rental property owners, and public housing residents.
Credentials/Documentation
Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State, local and Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments and specific requirements of 24 CFR Part 85. Costs will be determined for nonprofit and educational institutions in accordance with OMB Circulars No. A-122 and No. A-21, respectively, and in accordance with the requirements of 24 CFR Part 84.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
The competitive Notification of Funding Availability (NOFA) for fiscal year 2003 Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants provides information about the application procedure. Copies of the NOFA and required forms can be obtained from HUD's website, http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead or via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
Award Procedure
HUD will review each application to determine whether it is timely and meets all of the threshold requirements. Non- responsive applications will be declared ineligible for further consideration. Applications that meet all of the threshold criteria will be eligible to be scored and ranked. Each eligible application will be ranked based on the total number of points allocated for each of the rating factors.
Deadlines
To be considered for funding for the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program, the original and a four copies of the application package should be submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Attn: Healthy Homes Demonstration Program, 451 7th Street, SW, Room P- 3206, Washington, DC 20410, no later than the date specified in the NOFA. No hand-delivered applications will be accepted. Announcements regarding availability of funding will be published in the Federal Register.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
Not applicable.
Renewals
Not applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
There is no matching requirement for the Healthy Homes Demonstration grant program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Healthy Homes Demonstration grants are awarded for a period of performance up to 36 months from the effective date of award. Payment is on a cost-reimbursable basis.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Quarterly financial management and performance reports and benchmark standards are required.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State, Local, and Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments.
Program Accomplishments
Healthy Homes Demonstration Program activities included hazard assessment and mitigation projects, national and local public education efforts, and housing-related hazard awareness training for health care and day care professionals, environmental specialists, peer educators and hazard remediation workers. Two grants specifically targeted mold and moisture control in inner city housing, and through these programs a visual assessment protocol, with linkages to work specifications, was developed. One education grant developed and launched a web-based 'E-house' that enabled parents to 'walk from room to room' identifying household pollutants, pathways of exposure and finding alternative products and services for minimizing potential health risks. Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants were awarded to: City of Phoenix, AZ - $950,000; University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA -- $164,748; Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, MD -- $872,032; Montana State University, MT -- $326,459; Healthy Homes Network, KS -- $920,805; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY --$950,000; Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), Inc., NY --$263,191; City of Philadelphia, PA -- $800,000; City of Milwaukee Health Department, WI -- $700,000.
Financial Information
Account Identification
86-0174-0-1-451.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $10,000,000; FY 03 est $9,935,000; and FY 04 est $10,000,000 (NOTE: Amounts reported reflect allocation of new budget authority rather than obligation amounts).
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Healthy Homes Demonstration grants awarded in FY 2002 ranged from $164,748 to $950,000; the average was $660,803. HUD will make about $5 million available in FY 2003 funds for the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program. HUD anticipates that approximately six to eight grants will be awarded, ranging from approximately $250,000 to approximately $1,000,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
Notice of Funding Availability and Application Kit are self-contained; all necessary information is provided; no other regulations pertain. There is some change in the content and direction of the NOFA that is issued each year, dependent on SuperNOFA format, Congressional direction, changes in emphasis among priorities, and improvements based on experience with prior NOFAs. Guidelines and applicable regulations are available through the internet at http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead.
Related Programs
14.900, Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control in Privately-Owned Housing.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Ms. Ellen Taylor, Director, Healthy Homes Program. Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, at the address above. Telephone: (202) 755-1785, extension 116. E-mail: Ellen_R._Taylor@hud.gov; or Ms. Curtissa Coleman, Grants Officer, extension 119. E-mail: Curtissa_L._Coleman@hud.gov. These are not toll-free numbers. Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access the above telephone numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. Address for Submitting Applications. For Mailed Applications. The address for all applications is: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Attn: Healthy Homes Demonstration Program, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room P3206, Washington, DC 20410. No hand-delivered applications will be accepted.
Web Site Address
http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead
Examples of Funded Projects
Mount Sinai School of Medicine will provide 150 at-risk families with education in asthma management and in- home interventions that will minimize the potential for severe asthma exacerbation for children living in theses homes. Montana State University's Native TRACKS program will develop, implement and evaluate a culturally specific asthma education program for Native American adults and children on 7 under-served Montana Reservations.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Applications that meet all of the threshold requirements contained in Section V(B) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA will be eligible to be scored and ranked, based on the total number of points allocated for each of the rating factors described below. The rating factors and the total number of points available for each factor are: Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Experience (20 points); (2) Need/Extent of the Problem (15 points); (3) Soundness of Approach (40 points); (4) Leveraging Resources (10 points); and (5) Achieving Results and Program Evaluation (15 points). In the Healthy Homes Demonstration NOFA, two bonus points are available for eligible activities proposed to be located in Federally designated Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities. HUD intends to make Healthy Homes Demonstration awards to the highest ranked applications listed in the Programs Section of the SuperNOFA within the limits of funding availability.
