U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Awards SBP Vital Funding to Strengthen Community Disaster Recovery

SBP is proud to be one of the 34 organizations recently awarded funding under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $73 million Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program. This funding will significantly advance SBP’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of state and local officials to help their communities to recover quickly and effectively from federally declared disasters using funding from HUD CDBG-DR grants.

On Jan. 7, HUD announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in new CDBG-DR funds for communities across 24 U.S. states and territories. These funds will support long-term recovery from the Lahaina Wildfire, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and many other recent disasters.

SBP remains relentlessly committed to our mission to help individuals and communities reduce the time between disasters and recovery. Sharing knowledge is one of SBP’s core values, and this new HUD partnership will help us empower local leaders with the assistance they need for a fast, equitable, predictable recovery process.

Read the HUD press release below.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – The Honorable Adrianne Todman
Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20410 
HUD No. 24-306 
HUD Public Affairs
202-708-0685                                                                                                             
HUD.gov/Press

HUD Awards $73 Million to Support Grantees with Vital Technical Assistance

Funding will provide technical assistance and capacity-building for HUD grantees, local governments, and community organizations nationwide.

WASHINGTON (November 19, 2024) –  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $73 million in cooperative agreements under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass) to 34 non-profit and for-profit organizations, including 6 new organizations to help HUD grantees, such as local governments and housing agencies, effectively use HUD resources to expand access to quality, affordable housing nationwide.

“Under this Administration, we are focused on ensuring our local and state partners can deliver outcomes for the American people,” said HUD Agency Head Adrianne Todman. “Today, we announce $73 million to empower our stakeholders by providing tailored support to improve program effectiveness.”

The Community Compass program brings together a new group of organizations with deep expertise in specialized areas to provide tailored technical assistance (TA) that strengthens the capacity of HUD grantees, local governments, and community stakeholders in rural, urban, and suburban areas nationwide. This support empowers municipalities across the country by equipping them with the essential tools to build long-term capacity.

“HUD’s TA helps empower local communities and support them in developing innovative, evidence-based, and data-driven solutions to their housing and economic development challenges,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Solomon Greene.  “TA funds have been used by communities across the country to maximize the impact of HUD funding, policies and programs and make sure they respond to the needs of people who face the greatest barriers to housing stability, affordability and opportunity.”

The awards announced today will provide funding to qualified organizations to offer technical assistance and capacity-building support to HUD’s grantees, Indian tribes, multifamily housing owners and managers, public housing authorities, and other stakeholders. Through two rounds of funding, HUD is awarding $73,704,426 to nonprofit and for-profit organizations that will provide assistance to eligible HUD customers. The goal is to help communities effectively implement HUD programs in the long term. Community Compass brings together investments from several HUD offices, including Community Planning and Development (CPD), Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), Public and Indian Housing (PIH), and Policy Development and Research (PD&R).

Some examples of innovative tools and resources developed with CCTA support include:

• The Community Resiliency Toolkit offers a resource for states and their partners, local governments, and low- and moderate-income communities to enhance their resilience to climate-related natural hazard risks.
• Build for the Future Navigator, a user-friendly, searchable database to identify funding opportunities across federal agencies to support climate resiliency, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, healthy housing, workforce development and environmental justice in HUD supported communities, programs, and properties.
• The Client-Centered Data Collection Approach: Virtual Reality Series is an immersive training series that provides a unique learning experience for organizations and individuals collecting data for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), including Coordinated Entry (CE) assessors, homeless shelter intake staff, street outreach workers, and case managers.

Community Compass also provides assistance directly to communities to solve critical problems and deliver impact. For example, in McKean County, Pennsylvania, CCTA supported the development and implementation of fair housing training focused on equal access to address the need to create a reasonable accommodation request process for McKean County Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s programs and services for persons with disabilities. For other examples of CCTA’s impact in communities, refer to this recent article in the PD&R Edge from Stephanie Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research.

The following organizations received Community Compass TA funds:

Applicant	Total Award Amount from Phases 1-2
ABT Global	$12,609,720.45
Alaska Municipal League	$250,000.00
BCT Partners	$665,265.00
Capital Access	$317,000.00
Cloudburst	$5,837,115.00
Collaborative Solutions	$1,498,824.00
Corporate FACTS	$982,059.00
Corporation for Supportive Housing	$3,929,353.00
Council of Large Public Housing Authorities	$682,613.30
CVR Associates	$1,596,597.70
Du & Associates	$775,000.76
Econometrica	$1,187,424.70
Enterprise Community Partners	$2,335,696.70
First Pic	$3,283,500.00
Fletcher Group	$1,150,000.00
HomeBase	$2,408,824.00
HomeFree USA	$450,000.00
Horne	$773,000.00
ICF Incorporated	$13,049,276.15
IEM International	$250,000.00
International Development and Planning	$300,000.00
Local Initiatives Support Corp	$2,728,000.00
MAYA Consulting	$250,000.00
Midwest Evaluation and Research	$250,000.00
National American Indian Housing Council	$2,705,500.00
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders	$993,000.00
Point Source Youth	$500,000.00
Training and Development Associates	$1,340,471.00
Technical Assistance Collaborative	$6,486,774.00
Association of Alaska Housing Authorities	$750,000.00
The Council of State Governments	$400,000.00
The Partnership Center	$2,046,412.00
The St. Bernard Project	$298,000.00
Youth Collaboratory	$625,000.00
Total	$73,704,426.76