Funding Availability:

Federal Register: April 29, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 83)

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5500-N-09

Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for

HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Public and Indian Housing Family Self-

Sufficiency Program Under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency

(ROSS) Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for HUD's FY2011 Public and Indian Housing Family

Self-Sufficiency Program under the Resident Opportunity and Self-

Sufficiency (ROSS) Program NOFA. Specifically, this NOFA announces the availability of approximately $15 million made available under the

Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Public Law 112-10, approved April 15, 2011 for the Public and

Indian Housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program under the Resident

Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program.

The purpose of the Public Housing FSS (PH FSS) program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the Public Housing program with public and private resources, enable participating families to increase earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency. The PH FSS program provides critical tools that can be used by communities to support welfare reform and help families develop new skills that will lead to economic self- sufficiency.

The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements, application and instructions can be found using the Department of Housing and Urban

Development agency link on the Grants.gov/Find Web site at http:// www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A link to the funding opportunity is also available on the HUD Web site at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/

HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail. The link from the funds available page will take you to the agency link on

Grants.gov. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for this program is 14.877. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the agency contact identified in the program NOFA. Program staff will not be available to provide guidance on how to prepare the application. Questions regarding the 2011 General

Section should be directed to the Office of Grants Management and

Oversight at (202) 708-0667 or the NOFA Information Center at 800-HUD- 8929 (toll free). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

Dated: April 26, 2011.

Barbara S. Dorf,

Director, Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight,

Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer.

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