Reminder that HUD opened renewal applications for existing Service Coordinator grants for Calendar Year 2022. Applications are due February 7th and must include HUD’s one-year budget form. The agency has applied a 5.9% Cost of Living Adjustment, which is higher than in previous years and falls in line with this year’s Social Security benefits increase. While the agency opened the renewal applications more than two months earlier than last Calendar Year, housing providers can still expect several month-long delays in receiving funds for drawdown; grantees can also expect a possible bifurcated approach where partial awards are made to grantees by HUD in the Spring and the remainder of the grant is awarded when the agency receives their full-year appropriations from Congress. More info here on HUD’s grant renewal process, anticipated delays, the renewal application and cost increase, the lack of Service Coordinators through the HUD portfolio, and how members can get involved with LeadingAge advocacy on service-enriched housing for older adults.
