CPD Technical Assistance

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Introduction

The CPD technical assistance program demonstrates HUD's commitment to providing front-end assistance to help grass roots organizations - our partners - successfully access and utilize HUD's programs and resources. With the best HUD budget in a decade, these resources will enable neighborhoods and communities that have the greatest need.

About CPD Technical Assistance

The CPD technical assistance grants will help empower people in communities across our nation to find local solutions to local problems. We know that the experts on Detroit are in Detroit, and the experts on Pierre, South Dakota are in Pierre. Instead of trying to come up with one-size-fits-all programs for communities of all shapes and sizes, we want to help groups tailor our programs to meet each community’s individual needs.

Organizations receiving the HUD grants will assist local non-profits, local and state governments and other groups in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories that have received or are seeking HUD funds to develop and implement improved initiatives using the HUD assistance.

The training and advice funded by the grants – known as technical assistance – will be focused on improving the local performance of HUD Community Development programs: Community Development Block Grants, HOME, and Community Housing Development Organizations. Technical assistance services primarily benefit communities and nonprofit organizations currently participating in and receiving funds through one of the Community Development programs.

Technical assistance providers are firms, for profit and nonprofit, and government agencies who have demonstrated their expertise and their capability to provide the guidance and training Community Development program participants can use. HUD has also assembled a College of Experts from across the country. These are highly skilled professionals who are available to provide one on one expertise to communities to help them craft creative ways to accomplish local community development goals.