IMPORTANT NOTE TO APPLICANTS:  If you have not already done so, please be sure to read the Funding Announcement [PDF, 1.2 MB]. This document contains all NFMC program details and guidance.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• New! NFMC Round 2 Counseling Funds applications will be posted in GrantWorks on September 2, 2008. Applications are due September 26, 2008 at 8:00 P.M. EDT. No late applications will be accepted.
  
  
• On July 30, 2008, President Bush signed The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289) which appropriates $180 million to NeighborWorks America to continue the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program. This appropriation provides funds for foreclosure counseling, legal assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure, training for foreclosure counselors, and administrative expenses associated with running the NFMC program. See the NeighborWorks America press release, or view an excerpt from the statute [PDF, 31 KB] itself for additional details.
  

FORECLOSURE COUNSELING TRAINING

• NFMC Foreclosure Counseling Training Program provided by NCHEC
  
  

NFMC "ROUND 2" FUNDING

INFORMATION FOR ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:

PROGRAM DETAILS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Draft Round 2 Funding Announcement (updated 8/12/2008) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
• New! Projected Grant Timeline (updated 8/12/2008) [PDF, 25 KB] (Subject to change)
• New! Areas of Greatest Need for Round 2 Funding (updated 8/12/2008) [PDF, 104 KB]
• National Industry Foreclosure Counseling Standards [PDF, 115KB]
• Guidance on Valuing In-Kind Match [PDF, 17KB]
• Client-level Data Points Required for NFMC Round 2 [PDF, 34 KB]
  (Subject to change)
• Quarterly Report Questions for NFMC Round 2 – NWOs [PDF, 50 KB]
  (Subject to change)
• Quarterly Report Questions for NFMC Round 2 – Intermediaries and HFAs
  [PDF, 52 KB] (Subject to change)
• Match Waiver Request - Smaller than County Level (updated 01/23/2008) [xls, 26 KB] Applicants can find 2005 unemployment rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and 2005 poverty rates from the U.S. Census Bureau

SAMPLE FORMS:  

• Sample Disclosure Letter [doc, 40 KB]
• Sample Third Party Authorization Form [doc, 35 KB]

INFORMATION FOR NEIGHBORWORKS ORGANIZATIONS:

• NWO Application Questions (updated 8/26/2008) [PDF, 382 KB] (Subject to change)
  
  
• NWO Eligible Applicant Briefing 8/12/2008
• NWO PowerPoint Presentation [PDF, 233 KB]
• Streaming Recording of Briefing (87 minutes)
• Downloadable Recording of Briefing (87 minutes)
  
  
• NWO Bidders' Conference 8/26/2008
  • NWO PowerPoint Presentation [PPT, 218 KB]
  • Streaming Recording of Conference (2 hours, 5 minutes)
  • Downloadable Recording of Conference (2 hours, 5 minutes)

INFORMATION FOR HUD-APPROVED HOUSING COUNSELING INTERMEDIARIES AND HFAs:

• HFA and Intermediary Application Questions (updated 8/26/2008) [PDF, 182 182 KB] (Subject to change)
  
  
• HFA and Intermediary Eligible Applicant Briefing 8/12/2008
• Intermediary and HFA PowerPoint Presentation [PDF, 346 KB]
• Streaming Recording of Briefing (97 minutes)
• Downloadable Recording of briefing (97 minutes)
  
  
• HFA and Intermediary Bidders' Conference 8/26/2008
  • PowerPoint from Bidders' Conference [PPT, 192 KB]
  • Streaming Recording of Conference (2 hours, 11 minutes)
  • Downloadable Recording of Conference (2 hours, 11 minutes)

NFMC "ROUND 1" FUNDING -Awarded Feb. 24, 2008

Information About NFMC Round 1 Grant Recipients and Proposed Service Areas:

• State Profile Summary Report [PDF, 606 KB]
• Awardees listed by state [PDF, 77 KB]
• Awardees listed by grant amount [PDF, 76 KB]
• NFMC program grant application evaluation process [PDF, 20KB]
• List of Awardees and their projected sub-grantees, by state [PDF, 2MB]
• Number of counseling units projected to be achieved, by state [PDF, 36KB]
• Map of areas of greatest need and location of awardees and their projected sub-grantees [PDF, 2.74 MB]
• Map of projected rural areas served [PDF, 2 MB]
• Map of projected MSAs served [PDF, 2.2 MB]
• Map of projected market penetration [PDF, 2MB]
  
• Map of delinquent subprime loans in target (high-need) MSAs [PDF, 1.56MB]
  
  

Documents Related to Round 1 Funding:

• NFMC Final Funding Announcement [PDF, 985KB]
• Round 1 Grant Application Questions for Intermediaries and HFAs [PDF, 100 KB]
• Round 1 Grant Application Questions for NWOs [PDF, 85 KB]
• Round 1 Appropriation Legislation for Neighborhood Reinvestment, DBA NeighborWorks America [PDF, 124KB]
• Round 1 Conference Report About $180 Million Appropriation to Neighborhood Reinvestment, DBA NeighborWorks America [PDF, 323KB]

CONTACT INFORMATION

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