Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program | FR 6500 N 05

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The Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) aimed at helping residents of Public Housing and Indian Housing move toward economic and housing self-sufficiency. At its core, the program is meant to reduce common barriers that keep families and individuals from stabilizing their lives, especially challenges tied to education, employment, and health. HUD frames self-sufficiency as the ability to support one’s household by maintaining financial stability, stable housing, and personal or family stability. Rather than treating self-sufficiency as a single milestone, the program views it as a continuum where residents build toward independence by meeting individualized goals such as completing education or training, improving employability, or addressing health-related needs that interfere with work and daily living.

ROSS-SC funding is primarily used to hire a Service Coordinator who works directly with residents to identify needs, create a pathway toward goals, and connect participants to local resources. The Service Coordinator’s role is practical and community-based: they assess resident needs and then link residents to existing training programs, supportive services, and other community resources that can help residents progress along the self-sufficiency continuum. This can include workforce development and job placement assistance, adult education, GED or postsecondary enrollment supports, childcare connections that allow parents to participate in training or work, transportation resources, and health or behavioral health services that can stabilize day-to-day life. For elderly residents and residents with disabilities, the Service Coordinator also helps connect them to congregate services and other supports that make it possible to age in place or remain in their homes safely, while still ensuring they can access additional services that are also offered to other residents.

In addition to supporting the Service Coordinator position, the ROSS-SC grant also allows funding for direct services that strengthen and extend the coordinator’s work. This matters because connecting residents to outside services often works best when there are flexible resources available to fill gaps, reduce immediate obstacles, or provide targeted supports that help residents actually follow through on referrals. The overall intention is to make the Service Coordinator’s efforts more effective and to help residents sustain progress toward stable housing, improved income, and stronger family stability.

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6500 N 05) is categorized as a grant within HUD’s discretionary programs, with covered activity areas spanning education, employment and labor training, health, housing, and Opportunity Zone benefits. The CFDA number associated with the program is 14.870. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations (both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education). The notice also lists “Others” as potentially eligible, with the expectation that applicants consult the opportunity’s eligibility clarification language for specifics.

For the 2021 cycle described in the source information, the opportunity was created on July 19, 2021, with an application deadline of September 17, 2021 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. HUD anticipated making approximately 125 awards, with an award ceiling listed at $737,550. Overall, the grant is structured to help housing providers and partners build coordinated, resident-centered support systems that translate into real outcomes: improved access to education and credentials, stronger employment and income prospects, better health stability, and ultimately a more secure ability for residents to maintain housing and long-term independence.

• The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the education, employment, labor and training, health, housing, opportunity zone benefits sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.870.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 19, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 17, 2021 The application deadline is 115959 PM Eastern Standard time on. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $737,550.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 125 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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