Opportunity Information: Apply for FR 6800 N 06
HUD's FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program NOFO (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6800 N 06; CFDA 14.259) is a discretionary HUD funding competition that will make cooperative agreement awards to organizations that can deliver technical assistance (TA) and capacity building support across HUD's major housing and community development programs. HUD is making about $91,000,000 available in total, including $88,500,000 in FY 2024 Community Compass funds plus up to $2,500,000 in prior-year (FY 2023) Departmental Technical Assistance funding set aside for the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program (TCTA). HUD also notes it may use this single competition to award FY 2025 Community Compass funds as well, meaning applicants selected through this NOFO could potentially be positioned for work supported by both fiscal years without a separate competition.
Community Compass is HUD's flagship, integrated TA platform designed to help HUD "customers" (generally grantees, subgrantees, and other HUD program participants) navigate complicated housing and community development challenges while improving day-to-day program administration. The core purpose is practical: build knowledge, skills, tools, and organizational capacity so recipients can implement HUD programs and policies correctly, manage federal funds responsibly, and strengthen administrative and managerial oversight. The program is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters, but it is carried out with active involvement from HUD Regional, Field, and Area Offices, which signals that providers should be prepared to coordinate closely with HUD staff across the country and tailor assistance to local conditions.
A central feature of Community Compass is that it pools and coordinates technical assistance investments across multiple HUD program offices rather than operating as separate, siloed TA streams. HUD specifically highlights participation and funding alignment across the Offices of Community Planning and Development (CPD), Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), Housing, and Public and Indian Housing (PIH). Because many communities and housing organizations interact with several HUD programs at once (and often with other federal programs serving the same residents), this cross-program structure is meant to let TA providers address multiple needs within a single engagement and help resolve issues that cut across offices or agencies. In practice, HUD is looking for teams that can deliver broad-based, systems-aware TA, not just narrow program-by-program troubleshooting.
The NOFO also incorporates HUD's Thriving Communities Technical Assistance (TCTA) work, which focuses on helping local governments tackle pressing housing needs through strategies that connect housing with transportation and land use. HUD describes TCTA activities such as identifying land for housing development near transportation projects, developing preservation and anti-displacement strategies, identifying and implementing reforms that reduce barriers to location-efficient housing, and improving coordination so communities can take a more holistic approach to housing and transportation planning. This piece of the funding is smaller than the main Community Compass funding but indicates HUD's interest in providers that can work at the intersection of housing production, infrastructure planning, and equitable development.
Beyond ongoing HUD program compliance and performance, the NOFO emphasizes several emerging or heightened priority areas where TA demand is expected to be significant. HUD calls out community violence intervention; implementation of and compliance with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 2022 Reauthorization; climate resilience; housing needs of youth; and environmental reviews. Applicants are encouraged to bring, or partner for, specialized capacity in these areas, since they often require both technical knowledge (for example, environmental review requirements or VAWA policy compliance) and strong community-grounded practice (for example, trauma-informed approaches, youth-serving systems coordination, or violence intervention strategies integrated with housing stability work).
HUD strongly encourages applicants to assemble diverse teams that include both professional expertise and people with lived experience from the communities HUD serves, underscoring a preference for TA that is practical, culturally competent, and informed by real-world conditions. HUD also encourages applicants to procure contractors and consultants with experience across a wide variety of HUD programs as well as specific skill and policy areas, reflecting the program's cross-office design and the expectation that providers can respond quickly to varied assignments.
Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible entities. HUD also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant types such as NAHASDA-eligible Indian tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), national or regional organizations representing Native American housing interests, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Councils of Government (COGs) or other regional planning entities, and Small and Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs) as defined at 13 CFR 124.1001. At the same time, HUD is clear about exclusions: individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible, and HUD will not review applications from ineligible applicants.
Awards will be made as cooperative agreements (not standard grants), which typically indicates more substantial federal involvement in shaping work plans, deliverables, coordination, and ongoing project direction. HUD anticipates making about 47 awards, with an award ceiling listed at $42,500,000, suggesting the program may support both very large national TA providers and smaller, more specialized or regional providers depending on the role they propose to play. The application closing date listed for this NOFO is June 20, 2024.Apply for FR 6800 N 06
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HUD's FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)" 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 2024-05-03.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-20. (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 $42,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 47 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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, Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is HUD's FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program NOFO (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6800 N 06; CFDA 14.259). It is a discretionary HUD funding competition that will make cooperative agreement awards to organizations that can deliver technical assistance (TA) and capacity building support across HUD's major housing and community development programs.
2) How much funding is available?
HUD is making about $91,000,000 available in total. This includes $88,500,000 in FY 2024 Community Compass funds plus up to $2,500,000 in prior-year (FY 2023) Departmental Technical Assistance funding set aside for the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program (TCTA).
3) Does this NOFO cover one year or multiple fiscal years?
HUD notes it may use this single competition to award FY 2025 Community Compass funds as well. That means applicants selected through this NOFO could potentially be positioned for work supported by both FY 2024 and FY 2025 without a separate competition.
4) What is Community Compass?
Community Compass is HUD's flagship, integrated technical assistance platform. Its purpose is to help HUD "customers" navigate housing and community development challenges while improving day-to-day program administration.
5) Who are the "customers" Community Compass is intended to support?
HUD generally describes Community Compass customers as grantees, subgrantees, and other HUD program participants.
6) What is the main purpose of the technical assistance and capacity building?
The core purpose is practical: build knowledge, skills, tools, and organizational capacity so recipients can implement HUD programs and policies correctly, manage federal funds responsibly, and strengthen administrative and managerial oversight.
7) Who manages the program and how is it carried out?
The program is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters, and it is carried out with active involvement from HUD Regional, Field, and Area Offices. This implies TA providers should be prepared to coordinate with HUD staff nationwide and tailor assistance to local conditions.
8) Which HUD offices are part of Community Compass?
HUD highlights participation and funding alignment across multiple HUD program offices, including the Offices of Community Planning and Development (CPD), Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), Housing, and Public and Indian Housing (PIH).
9) What does "integrated" or "cross-program" technical assistance mean in this NOFO?
Community Compass pools and coordinates technical assistance investments across multiple HUD program offices rather than operating as separate, siloed TA streams. HUD is looking for teams that can deliver broad-based, systems-aware TA that can address multiple needs within a single engagement, including issues that cut across offices or even agencies.
10) What is the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program (TCTA) and how does it relate to this NOFO?
This NOFO incorporates HUD's Thriving Communities Technical Assistance (TCTA) work using up to $2,500,000 in prior-year (FY 2023) Departmental Technical Assistance funding. TCTA focuses on helping local governments tackle housing needs through strategies that connect housing with transportation and land use.
11) What types of activities does HUD describe under TCTA?
HUD describes TCTA activities such as identifying land for housing development near transportation projects, developing preservation and anti-displacement strategies, identifying and implementing reforms that reduce barriers to location-efficient housing, and improving coordination so communities can take a more holistic approach to housing and transportation planning.
12) What priority topic areas does HUD emphasize in this NOFO?
HUD emphasizes several emerging or heightened priority areas where technical assistance demand is expected to be significant: community violence intervention; implementation of and compliance with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 2022 Reauthorization; climate resilience; housing needs of youth; and environmental reviews.
13) Does HUD expect applicants to have specialized expertise in the priority areas?
Applicants are encouraged to bring specialized capacity in these areas or partner to provide it. HUD notes these areas may require both technical knowledge (such as environmental review requirements or VAWA policy compliance) and strong community-grounded practice (such as trauma-informed approaches, youth-serving systems coordination, or violence intervention strategies integrated with housing stability work).
14) What kinds of teams is HUD encouraging applicants to form?
HUD strongly encourages applicants to assemble diverse teams that include professional expertise and people with lived experience from the communities HUD serves. This reflects a preference for technical assistance that is practical, culturally competent, and informed by real-world conditions.
15) Does HUD encourage the use of contractors or consultants?
Yes. HUD encourages applicants to procure contractors and consultants with experience across a wide variety of HUD programs as well as specific skill and policy areas. This aligns with the program's cross-office design and the expectation that providers can respond quickly to varied assignments.
16) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are broad and include: state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible entities.
17) What additional eligible applicant types does HUD explicitly highlight?
HUD explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant types such as NAHASDA-eligible Indian tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), national or regional organizations representing Native American housing interests, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Councils of Government (COGs) or other regional planning entities, and Small and Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs) as defined at 13 CFR 124.1001.
18) Who is not eligible to apply?
HUD states that individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible. HUD also notes it will not review applications from ineligible applicants.
19) What type of award will HUD make?
Awards will be made as cooperative agreements (not standard grants). This typically indicates more substantial federal involvement in shaping work plans, deliverables, coordination, and ongoing project direction.
20) About how many awards does HUD expect to make?
HUD anticipates making about 47 awards.
21) What is the maximum (ceiling) award amount?
The award ceiling listed for this NOFO is $42,500,000.
22) What does the award ceiling suggest about the types of potential awardees?
The ceiling suggests the program may support both very large national technical assistance providers and smaller, more specialized or regional providers, depending on the role they propose to play.
23) What is the application deadline?
The application closing date listed for this NOFO is June 20, 2024.
24) What identifiers should applicants use to confirm they are looking at the correct opportunity?
The NOFO is identified as HUD's FY 2024 and FY 2025 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program NOFO, Funding Opportunity Number FR 6800 N 06, CFDA 14.259.
25) What kinds of challenges is this technical assistance meant to address?
HUD describes the need as helping communities and organizations navigate complicated housing and community development challenges, improve program administration, and address cross-program issues where a single organization may be interacting with multiple HUD programs at the same time.
26) Should providers expect to coordinate with HUD offices across the country?
Yes. Because the program is centrally managed by HUD Headquarters and carried out with active involvement from HUD Regional, Field, and Area Offices, providers should expect coordination with HUD staff and the ability to tailor assistance to local conditions.
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