Description: On August 21, 2014, the Department of Justice announced that it as reached a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America Corporation – the largest civil settlement with a single entity in American history — to resolve federal and… Read More ›
Housing
HUD – CDBG Disaster Recovery Program (2014)
Description: HUD provides flexible grants to help cities, counties, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations. In response to presidentially declared disasters, Congress may appropriate additional funding for the Community… Read More ›
HUD – Rural Housing and Economic Development (2014)
Description: The Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) Program supports capacity building at the state and local level for rural housing and economic development and innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. The RHED Program is authorized by… Read More ›
HUD – Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (2014)
Description: The Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP) is designed to provide assistance for rural counties to re-house or improve the housing situations of individuals and families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or in the worst housing situations,… Read More ›
HUD – Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grants (2014)
Description: The Native American Housing Block Grant program, authorized by the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (“NAHASDA”) assists tribes in developing, operating, maintaining, and supporting affordable housing for rental and homeownership housing. Funds can be used… Read More ›
HUD – Indian Housing Block Grant Program (2014)
Description: The Indian Housing Block Grant Program (IHBG) is a formula grant that provides a range of affordable housing activities on Indian reservations and Indian areas. The block grant approach to housing for Native Americans was enabled by the Native… Read More ›
HHS – Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals – Services in Supportive Housing (2014)
Description: The major goal of the GBHI-SSH program is to ensure treatment and services for veterans who experience homelessness and chronic homelessness, and individuals (non-veterans) and families who experience chronic homelessness (hereinafter collectively referred to as “population of focus”). To… Read More ›
HHS – CABHI-States (2014)
Description: The major goal of the CABHI-States program is to ensure, through state and local planning and service delivery, that veterans who experience homelessness or chronic homelessness, and other individuals (non-veterans) who experience chronic homelessness (hereinafter collectively referred to as… Read More ›
HHS – Native Americans and Caregiver Support Program (2014)
Description: The ACL/AoA is responsible for administering Title VI of the Older Americans Act (OAA). Through this title, grants are awarded to Indian tribal organizations representing federally recognized Tribes and public or nonprofit private organizations that have the capacity to provide… Read More ›
HHS – Legal Assistance – Title III-B of the Older Americans Act (2014)
Description: Legal assistance provided under Title III-B is part of the essential core of the Administration on Aging’s (AoA) legal assistance and elder rights programs. The Title III-B legal services network can provide important assistance for older persons in accessing… Read More ›