HUD makes $1 billion in grants through 35 programs

WASHINGTON – May 9, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published its fiscal year 2008 “SuperNOFA,” an annual funding notice that makes available more than $1 billion in grants through 35 programs. HUD also plans to release an additional $1.5 billion in homeless grants later in the year.

HUD posted its SuperNOFA electronically through www.grants.gov in advance of the Federal Register publication on May 12, 2008, and the department “strongly” encourages applicants to read funding notices thoroughly, and follow the registration information in the General Section of the SuperNOFA published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2008.

“HUD continues to be a leader in moving toward e-government and later this year, we’ll take another giant step forward as we launch a new electronic application process for our homeless grant programs,” says HUD Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi.

For the past four years, HUD has required nearly all grant applications to be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov. This year, applicants for funding through HUD’s Continuum of Care homeless assistance programs will submit their applications electronically through the HUD e-snaps system (electronic-special needs assistance programs system). A notice explaining the e-snaps registration process for Continuums of Care was published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2008. HUD expects to publish its Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Availability no earlier than July 1, 2008.

HUD posted a list of groups receiving funds on its Web site: http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr08-060.cfm#List

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