Community Compass Technical Assistance (CCTA) program

Community Compass Technical Assistance (CCTA) program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This program awards competitive grants to eligible applicants to provide technical assistance to the people and organizations HUD serves. The goal is to deliver results in communities across the country.

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Managed by the Office of Technical Assistance, Community Compass is an innovative, outcome-focused approach and a collaborative effort among HUD, its customers, and the organizations providing TA and capacity building on behalf of HUD.

Community Compass helps HUD's customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, tools, capacity, and systems to implement HUD programs and policies successfully. The goal of Community Compass is to empower communities so that successful program implementation is sustained over the long term.

Recognizing that HUD’s customers often interact with a variety of HUD programs as they deliver housing or community development services, Community Compass brings together TA investments from across HUD program offices, including the Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Housing, the Office of Public and Indian Housing,the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes and the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for the following programs, policies, and initiatives: * _Affordable Housing & Community Development:_ Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Economic Development Initiatives (EDI), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Housing Counseling, Housing Trust Fund, Multifamily Housing Preservation, Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program, and Section 202 Direct Loan program * _Disaster recovery and resiliency:_ Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and CDBG Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) * _Energy Efficiency and Environmental Review:_ Better Buildings Challenge Partners (BBC) * _Fair Housing:_ National Fair Housing Training Academy (NFHTA) and other initiatives * _Homeless Assistance:_ Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), Pay for Success demonstration, Rural Housing Stability Program (RHSP), and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) * _Housing for Special Populations:_ Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly, and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities * _Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes:_ Lead Disclosure Rule and Lead Safe Housing Rule implementation, Smoke-free housing promotion, Healthy homes disaster rehabilitation methods, Healthy homes elements in Energy and Healthy Housing TA, Integrated pest management in assisted housing * _Native American Programs:_ Indian Housing Block Grant and Native Hawaiian Block Grant * _Public Housing:_ Housing Choice Vouchers, Public Housing Administrative Receiverships, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Choice Neighborhoods, Jobs Plus, Section 8, and other project-based rental assistance * _Rural:_ Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) Programs and Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) * _Secretarial and Administrative programs and initiatives_ * _Supplemental Programs:_ CARES Act, American Rescue Plan, and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Activities performed under Community Compass include: * Direct Technical Assistance and Capacity Building engagements * Development of products and tools * Self-directed and group learning * Data reporting, analysis and management * NAHASDA allocation formula administration and negotiated rulemaking support In addition to this TA initiative, learn more about another HUD TA offering for Distressed Cities and Persistent Poverty Technical Assistance Program and Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Program.

Content current as of October 17, 2023. #### Information for Technical Assistance Providers and HUD This information is for organizations that have signed cooperative agreements under the Community Compass program.

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