Provides financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts.

Nature of Program: NeighborWorks works to create opportunities for lower-income people to live in affordable homes in safe, sustainable neighborhoods that are healthy places for families to grow. NeighborWorks seeks to promote reinvestment in urban, suburban and rural communities by local financial institutions working cooperatively with residents and local government. It funds over 240 organizations, monitors their progress, and provides grants and consulting services.

The NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling works with HUD to develop and provide training for housing counselors. NeighborWorks' board of directors is determined by statute and consists of the head of the financial regulatory agencies and HUD, who are presidential appointees subject to Senate confirmation, or their statutorily designated representatives. The Secretary for HUD (or the Secretary's designee) is a member of the NeighborWorks Board of Directors.

Legal Authority: Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.).

Information Sources: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, doing business as NeighborWorks America, 999 North Capitol St., NE, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20002-4684.

On the Web: http://www.neighborworks.org

Current Status: Active.

Promotes and coordinates Executive Branch activities to assist homeless persons.

Nature of Program: The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness is an independent establishment in the Executive Branch, consisting of 19 federal Cabinet secretaries and agency heads. The positions of chairperson and vice chairperson rotate among the agencies on an annual basis.

The Council works with its partners to: establish and maintain effective, coordinated and supportive relationships with every agency; organize and support states and communities to effectively implement local plans to end homelessness; develop an effective portal to federal programs and initiatives; monitor, evaluate, and recommend improvements in serving those experiencing homelessness and disseminate best practices; and provide professional and technical assistance to states, local governments, and other public and private nonprofit organizations.

Legal Authority: Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.)

Location: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, 1275 First Street, NE, Suite 227, Washington, DC 20552. Telephone: (202) 708-4663.

Information Sources: Office of U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

On the Web: https://www.usich.gov/

Current Status: Active.