Under the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), non-profits are funded to investigate violations and obtain enforcements of rights under the Fair Housing Act or state and local laws, which often includes legal counseling and representation. Education about rights, investigating, and obtaining enforcement of rights are inherently legal in nature. This is the FY19 solicitation.
Under the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI), legal aid organizations can develop educational advertising campaigns, develop and distribute materials, and conduct workshops, conferences, seminars, etc. to inform the public about their rights and responsibilities as it relates to the Fair Housing Act. Education about rights, investigating, and obtaining enforcement of rights are inherently legal in nature. This is the FY19 solicitation.
The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. There is express language for legal aid.
Applications Due: October 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET This program is designed to assist residents of public and Indian housing make progress towards economic self-sufficiency (defined as “an individual’s ability to support their household by maintaining financial, housing, and… Read More ›
Applications Due: November 4, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET This program helps transform neighborhoods by redeveloping severely distressed public and/or HUD-assisted housing. Successful applicants have a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, which includes working with public and private agencies, organizations, and… Read More ›
Applications Due: October 1, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET Jobs-Plus is designed to increase earnings and advance employment outcomes for residents in public housing. Jobs Plus funds projects that increase work readiness and assist with employer linkages, job placement, educational… Read More ›
Applications Due: September 30, 2019 at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time Description The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Community Planning and Development will make approximately $2.3 billion, including up to $50 million available for Domestic Violence… Read More ›
Applications Due: October 30, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (for technical assistance, by August 30, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.) Description The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS), in conjunction with… Read More ›
Applications Due: May 15, 2019, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Description: HUD will select up to 25 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness…. Read More ›
APPLICATIONS DUE: April 17, 2018, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Description: The goal of the YHDP is to support up to 11 communities, at least 5 of which will be rural, in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to… Read More ›
Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources 