Application Notes:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 19, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

Applications must include:

• HUD Form 2991
• SF 424
• HUD 424-B
• HUD 2880
• SF LLL (if applicable)
• Certification regarding lobbying
• HUD-424 CBW detailed budget worksheet
• Project narrative (15 pages max)
• Abstract/project summary (2 pages max)
• Appendices and attachments:
  • Budget narrative
  • Consolidated plan lead-based paint element
  • Resumes for key staff or position descriptions for vacant positions
  • Supporting match documentation (letters of commitment)
  • Target area census tracts table

The project narrative must be double-spaced on standard-sized pages with at least one-inch margins on all sides and using at least a 12-point Times New Roman font. Applicants requesting Healthy Homes supplemental funding must fill out separate application forms as detailed on page 13 of the NOFA.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
• SAM (System for Award Management) registration

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Capacity of applicant and relevant organizational experience (20 points)
• Justification of applicant need (30 points)
• Budget proposal (30 points)
• Equity provisions (20 points)
• Preference points (2 points)

Refer to pages 42-60 of the NOFA file for additional details regarding the program's evaluation criteria.

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Applicants must provide a match of at least 10 percent of the award amount, excluding Healthy Homes supplemental fund awards, via nonfederal cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds may be used as matching contributions, as long as they are specifically designated for activities and costs allowed by this program.

Other examples of eligible sources of match include:

• Documentation of contributions from property owners
• In-kind donated items, such as paint and other equipment used for lead-based paint hazard control
• Discounted part of the fee or price for services or products provided at a discounted rate and used an eligible use
• Third-party in-kind contributions

Applicants that provide additional matching contributions beyond the minimum requirement will receive additional points during the application evaluation process, as outlined on pages 55-56 of the NOFA file.

Shared costs or matching funds and contributions may not be paid by another federal award, except where the federal statute authorizing a program specifically provides that federal funds made available for such program can be applied to matching or cost sharing requirements of other federal programs.

The following may not be used as matching contributions:

• Federal funds other than CDBG funds, such as HOME or Weatherization Assistance Program funds, or funds that are not committed for allowable uses
• Nonfederal funds used to cover chelation or other medical treatment costs, including case management, related to children with elevated blood lead levels

Funding Notes:

An estimated $469,655,877 is available to support approximately 71 awards through this program. The total funding available is broken down as follows:

• Areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs: approximately $155,728,339
• Other jurisdictions: approximately $269,712,865
• Healthy Homes supplemental funding: approximately $44,214,673

The funding agency may also provide up to approximately $220,785,327 to support approximately 33 additional awards through this program.

The minimum award, regardless of category, is $1 million. Maximum awards will vary as follows:

• Areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs with at least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units: $7 million
• Other jurisdictions: $5 million
• Jurisdictions that have never received a Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) or Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) award, or whose project period ended two or more years ago: $4 million

Maximum awards for Healthy Homes supplemental funding are as follows:

• Areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs: $750,000
• Jurisdictions that have never received an LBPHC or LHRD award or whose project period ended two or more years ago: $400,000

Project periods will span 48 months with an estimated project start date of November 15, 2024, and an estimated end date of November 15, 2028.

Lead-based paint hazards must be controlled or eliminated within ten days or less. Temporary relocation is limited to ten days.

Award recipients must budget to attend at least two training meetings in each year of the project period, including a new award recipient orientation meeting within the Washington, D.C., area, and an annual program manager school. At least two key staff members must attend each training.

At least 65 percent of award funds must be expended on lead hazard control remediation and related activities, excluding Healthy Homes supplemental funding.

Up to 10 percent of the award may be used for administrative costs, excluding Healthy Homes supplemental funding.

With the exception of the purchase or lease of up to two X-ray fluorescence analyzers to be used exclusively in the supported project, the purchase or lease of equipment is limited to equipment with a per-unit cost of $5,000 or less.

Healthy Homes supplemental funds may not be used for salaries, fringe benefits, indirect costs, administrative costs, or outreach costs.

Funds may not be used for:

• Practices prohibited under the funding agency's Lead Safe Housing Rule at 24 CFR 35.140, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) RRP Rule at 40 CFR 745.83(a)(3), or the EPA’s lead abatement rule at 40 CFR 745.227(e)(6)
• Purchase of real property
• Chelation or other medical treatment costs, including case management, related to children with elevated blood lead levels (EBLs)
• Lead hazard evaluation or control activities in public housing; project-based Section 8 housing; housing for the elderly; housing for persons with disabilities; any zero-bedroom dwelling, unless any child who is less than six years of age resides or is expected to reside in such housing; or housing built after 1977
• Complete or gut rehabilitation, demolition of housing units, or detached buildings
• Lead hazard evaluation or control activities in housing covered by a pending or final funding agency, EPA, and/or Department of Justice settlement agreement, consent decree, court order, or other similar action
• Activities that do not comply with the Coastal Barrier Resources Act
• Lead hazard control or rehabilitation of buildings located in areas identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as having special flood hazards, unless the conditions on page 40 of the NOFA file are met
• Replacing existing community resources dedicated to any ongoing project
• Pre-award costs
• Certain telecommunication and video surveillance services or equipment

In August 2023, 28 awards ranging from $1,345,195 to $7,997,798 were issued through this program. In September 2022, over $125 million was distributed via 26 awards. Refer to the Award file for details.