ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NEW! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL FORECLOSURE MITIGATION COUNSELING PROGRAM GRANT RECIPIENTS! WE ARE PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE FORECLOSURE COUNSELING MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN COMMUNITIES OF NEED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
  On October 1, 2009, NeighborWorks America, administrator of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program, announced grant awards totaling over $48 million to 27 state housing finance agencies (HFAs), 15 HUD-approved housing counseling intermediaries, and 80 community-based NeighborWorks organizations to provide counseling to families and individuals facing the threat of foreclosure. In total, more than 1,350 nonprofit counseling agencies and local NeighborWorks organizations across the country are expected to be engaged in the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program as a result of these awards.  View news release.
  
  See the NFMC Round 3 Section of this page for more information about Round 3 grant recipients.
  

• Videos, presentations and other resources are available from two workshops NFMC hosted for Grantees and Sub-grantees at the NeighborWorks Training Institute held in Washington, DC in December 2008. One workshop provided an opportunity for participants to hear from lenders on their recent loan modification programs, and the other workshop was a forum to ask NFMC staff any questions regarding the program. View resources.
  
  

NEW! ROUND 3 NFMC GRANTS AWARDED OCTOBER 1, 2009

Follow these links for information on the Round 3 Grant Recipients:

• List of grantees by award amount
• List of grantees by state
• State Profile Summary Report listing expected units of counseling to be delivered, by MSA, in Round 3 only. Note: this report does not include units of counseling awarded in previous grant rounds. See the Progress Report, below, for information on progress against previously awarded units of counseling by MSA
• Progress Report on NFMC Rounds 1 and 2 by MSA. This report should be reviewed in tandem with the State Profile Summary Report above to understand the total expected counseling provided, by MSA, for the NFMC program as a whole.
• Determination of Areas of Greatest Need
• Grant Application Review Process
• Map of areas of greatest need and location of awardees and expected sub-grantees
• Map of number of projected counseling units by MSA
• Map of estimated counseling dollars to be provided by MSA
• Map of number of projected counseling units by rural areas of states
• Map of estimated counseling dollars to be provided by rural areas of states
• Map of estimated market penetration

NEW! INFORMATION FOR ROUND 3 GRANT RECIPIENTS

All awards are contingent upon a fully-executed Grant Agreement. Completion of several forms will be required before initial grant disbursement can be released. Some of these forms are provided below:

• IRS Form W-9 [PDF, 284 KB] (Required if first time Grantee) 
• Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization Form [PDF, 25 KB] (Required if first time Grantee)
• Form for submitting contact information for all sub-grantees, branches, and affiliates (Required for ALL Grantees, if applicable – please be sure to review ALL TABS of this spreadsheet before submitting)
• Spreadsheet [XLS]
• Form for Documentation of Cash and In-Kind Match [XLS] (Required for ALL Grantees. In Round 3, this form must be filled out for ALL match, whether cash or in-kind)
• Sample Third Party Authorization Form [DOC, 35 KB] (for reference only) 
• Guidance on Valuing In-Kind Match [PDF, 17 KB] (for reference only)
• Client-level counseling data points required for Round 3 [PDF, 81 KB]
• Quarterly reporting requirements for Round 3 [PDF, 103 KB]
• National Industry Foreclosure Counseling Standards [PDF, 115 KB]

PROGRAM DETAILS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Legislation governing NFMC Round 3 funds (updated 6/25/2009)
• Round 3 Funding Announcement (updated 7/20/2009)
• Eligible Applicants are State Housing Finance Agencies, HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Intermediaries, and NeighborWorks Organizations with demonstrated experience in foreclosure counseling. Local Housing Counseling agencies cannot apply directly but can receive sub-grants from State Housing Finance Agencies and/or HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Intermediaries. Individual homeowners cannot apply directly but can find a foreclosure counselor at www.findaforeclosurecounselor.org.
  
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information about the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program,
call 202-220-6314, or email nfmc@nw.org.