Optional Online Certification Exam to be completed between the end of class and December 14, 2023, 8pm (EDT)
Newer staff with 1 year or less experience are strongly encouraged to take the prerequisite on-demand HOME Primer On Demand course in preparation for the class. When registering for the Primer, use coupon code HOMEpod50 to receive a discount on the Primer registration. Click here to register for the HOME Primer On-Demand.
Group Discount - You are also encouraged to invite the future leaders on your staff to participate in this great training experience too! NCDA's courses provide early-career professionals and emerging leaders with the tools they need to build their skills. As an added bonus, register yourself and at least four of your colleagues together on this form for a 15% discount off your registration fees. The discount will automatically be taken on registrations on this form of 4 or more people.
The course will provide a basic, but comprehensive overview of the HOME program. This course will include information on:
• The fundamentals of the program (history, reading the regulations, and a general overview of the course materials);
• eligible and prohibited activities;
• eligible costs (eligible project costs, CHDO costs, eligible planning and administrative costs, tenant-based rental assistance, and pre-award costs);
• CHDOs (overview of the role of CHDOs and certifying CHDOs, special CHDO costs, other special requirements);
• general program requirements (program-wide income targeting, distribution of assistance);
• project requirements (general project requirements, rental housing, homeownership, rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing, tenant-based rental assistance);
• match requirements;
• program administration (consolidated plan, financial management, working with subrecipients, CHDOs, contractors, owners, developers, and sponsors, monitoring, record keeping, reporting performance;
• Complying with other Federal Requirements (lead-based paint, labor standards, environmental review, fair housing and equal opportunity, relocation);
• achieving quality administration (ethics, working with the public and politicians, telling your story, and remembering the “why”)
Attendees who pass the optional exam will receive a NCDA Certificate of Completion.
(2 or more years is highly recommended.)
(Use the coupon code HOMEpod50 to receive a 50% discount on the Primer registration fee when registering for the HOME Primer. Anyone registering for this course may use that coupon code for the HOME Primer course)
General Registration through 10/23/23 - $375Registration 10/24/23 and later - $425
General Registration through 10/23/23 - $475Registration 10/24/23 and later - $525
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