HUD 53151 CN Planning Grants Resident Involvement Certification

OMB Approval No. 2577-0269
(exp.1/31/2015)

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS – PLANNING GRANTS
Resident Involvement Certification
As part of your application for Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant funding, you, as the executive officer
authorized to sign on behalf of your organization, must certify to the following and complete this form. By
signing this form, you are stating that to the best of your knowledge and belief, the certification is true and
correct.
Lead Applicant:
Name of Targeted Public and/or Assisted Housing Site(s):

Resident Involvement threshold requirement (from Section III.C.2.b(7)) is as follows:
In accordance with section 24(e)(2)(D) of the 1937 Act, applicants must involve affected residents at the
beginning and during the planning process for the transformation program, prior to the submission of an
application. You are required to involve the affected public and/or assisted housing residents in the planning
process and implementation of your Transformation Plan. This involvement must be continuous from the
beginning of the planning process through the implementation and management of the grant, if awarded. As
of the application deadline date, you must have conducted one meeting with residents of the targeted public
and/or assisted housing. That meeting must have covered the planning process anticipated to be funded by
Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant. This meeting can have occurred prior to the publication of this NOFA,
but must have anticipated the planning process proposed in this application. You must demonstrate
compliance with this threshold by using the certification form provided and include the form in the
attachments section of your application. The certification form must include name of the target public and/or
assisted housing site, the date of the resident meeting, and be signed and dated by the Lead Applicant
Executive Officer
Physical Accessibility. All training sessions and meetings must be held in facilities that are physically accessible
to persons with disabilities. Where physical accessibility is not achievable, recipients and subrecipients must
give priority to alternative methods of product delivery that offer programs and activities to qualified
individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate in accordance with HUD’s implementing
regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.§ 794) at 24 CFR Part 8. In addition, all
notices of and communications during all training sessions and public meetings shall be provided in a manner
that is effective for persons with hearing, visual, and other communication-related disabilities or provide other
means of accommodation for persons with disabilities consistent with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 and HUD’s section 504 regulations. See 24 CFR Section 8.6.
Limited English Proficiency. All applicants must take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful access to programs
to persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
Executive Order 13166. This may mean providing language assistance services to ensure meaningful resident
and community involvement for persons with LEP as a result of their nationality. The Department published
Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin
Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons (72 Fed. Reg. 2732; January 22, 2007) to assist
recipients of HUD assistance in identifying language assistance needs and developing language assistance plans.
I certify that the Resident Involvement threshold requirement (above) has been met.
Name of Lead Applicant Executive Officer:
Title:
Signature:

Date:

Date of Resident Meeting:
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HUD Form 53151 (3/2011)