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The Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for Fiscal Year 2025 is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) focused on helping residents in Public Housing and Indian Housing move toward economic and housing self-sufficiency. The program is built around the idea that many households face practical barriers that keep them from stabilizing and advancing, including gaps in education, employment readiness, health supports, and access to local services. In HUDs framing, self-sufficiency is the ability to support a household while maintaining financial stability, stable housing, and personal or family stability. Progress is viewed as a continuum: residents move toward greater independence as they achieve specific education, career, and health-related goals.
The main way the program works is by funding eligible applicants to hire a Service Coordinator. This coordinator plays a hands-on, connecting role rather than directly delivering every service in-house. The coordinator assesses resident needs, develops or supports goal planning, and links residents to local training, employment and workforce services, education programs, health resources, and other supportive services that can remove obstacles and help residents advance toward stability. For elderly residents and residents with disabilities, the coordinator also connects people to congregate services and other supports that help them age in place or remain in their homes safely, while still making sure they can access the broader set of opportunities offered to other residents (such as training and supportive services).
Beyond staffing a coordinator position, the ROSS-SC grant also includes funding intended for direct services that strengthen the coordinators work and help achieve the overall ROSS goals. In practice, this means awardees are not limited to salary and administrative coordination alone; the grant is also designed to support practical interventions that make service coordination more effective and that directly assist residents in overcoming barriers tied to work, learning, health, and stability.
Eligible applicants are specifically defined and include several housing-related entities and community-based groups connected to assisted housing. Resident Associations (RAs) may apply as long as they are properly organized as nonprofits, either through locally incorporated nonprofit status (typically at the state level) or IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status. Multifamily Owners are also eligible, and there is an important condition for owners applying to serve residents in RAD PBRA settings: the applicant must be the entity that holds the legal right to lease units in the PBRA project or projects that will be served. Federally recognized Indian Tribes, as defined in Section 4(13) of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4103), can apply, and Tribally-Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), as defined in Section 4(22) of NAHASDA, are eligible as well. For Tribes, HUD notes a limitation tied to scale: the number of ROSS-SC positions a Tribe can request is based on the number of occupied units in the projects to be served that receive NAHASDA rental assistance as of the application deadline. The notice also makes clear that individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible to apply or receive awards under this opportunity.
From a grant listing standpoint, this opportunity is a HUD discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6900 N 05) and is associated with CFDA 14.870. It aligns with multiple policy and service areas, including community development, education, employment and workforce training, health, and housing. HUD lists an expected 114 awards, with an award ceiling of $816,750. The opportunity was created on September 26, 2025, and the original application closing date is December 2, 2025.Apply for FR 6900 N 05
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the community development, education, employment, labor and training, health, housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program – Fiscal Year 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.870.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-09-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-12-02. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $816,750.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 114 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.
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What is the ROSS Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for Fiscal Year 2025?
The Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for Fiscal Year 2025 is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It is designed to help residents in Public Housing and Indian Housing move toward economic and housing self-sufficiency by reducing practical barriers related to education, employment readiness, health supports, and access to local services.
What does HUD mean by "self-sufficiency" in this program?
In HUD's framing, self-sufficiency means the ability to support a household while maintaining financial stability, stable housing, and personal or family stability. HUD describes progress as a continuum, where residents move toward greater independence as they achieve specific education, career, and health-related goals.
How does the ROSS-SC program help residents in practice?
The program primarily funds eligible applicants to hire a Service Coordinator. The coordinator takes a hands-on role in assessing resident needs, supporting or developing goal planning, and linking residents to local services such as job training, workforce and employment services, education programs, health resources, and other supportive services that help remove barriers to stability and advancement.
Does the Service Coordinator directly provide all services to residents?
No. The Service Coordinator role is described as a connecting role rather than delivering every service in-house. The coordinator focuses on assessment, planning support, and linking residents to appropriate local services and resources.
Who does the program serve?
The program focuses on helping residents in Public Housing and Indian Housing, including households facing barriers in areas like education, employment readiness, health supports, and access to local services. The program also includes attention to elderly residents and residents with disabilities through connections to congregate services and other supports that help people remain safely in their homes.
How does the program support elderly residents and residents with disabilities?
For elderly residents and residents with disabilities, the Service Coordinator connects individuals to congregate services and other supports that help them age in place or remain safely in their homes. At the same time, the program aims to ensure these residents can access broader opportunities offered to other residents, such as training and supportive services.
What activities can ROSS-SC grant funding support?
The grant is intended to support hiring a Service Coordinator and also includes funding meant for direct services that strengthen the coordinator's work and advance overall ROSS goals. This means funding is not limited to salary and administrative coordination alone; it is also designed to support practical interventions that improve service coordination and help residents address barriers tied to work, learning, health, and stability.
Is this a formula grant or a discretionary grant?
This opportunity is a HUD discretionary grant.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON) for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number listed is FR 6900 N 05.
What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The program is associated with CFDA 14.870.
What policy or service areas does this opportunity align with?
HUD aligns this opportunity with multiple areas, including community development, education, employment and workforce training, health, and housing.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are specifically defined and include several housing-related entities and community-based groups connected to assisted housing. The information provided identifies the following as eligible: properly organized Resident Associations (nonprofits), Multifamily Owners (with specific conditions for RAD PBRA), Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and Tribally-Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs).
Can a Resident Association (RA) apply?
Yes. Resident Associations may apply as long as they are properly organized as nonprofits, either through locally incorporated nonprofit status (typically at the state level) or IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status.
Are Multifamily Owners eligible to apply?
Yes. Multifamily Owners are eligible applicants under the opportunity.
What is the condition for Multifamily Owners applying for RAD PBRA settings?
For owners applying to serve residents in RAD PBRA settings, the applicant must be the entity that holds the legal right to lease units in the PBRA project or projects that will be served.
Are Indian Tribes eligible to apply?
Yes. Federally recognized Indian Tribes, as defined in Section 4(13) of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4103), are eligible to apply.
Are Tribally-Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) eligible to apply?
Yes. TDHEs, as defined in Section 4(22) of NAHASDA, are eligible to apply.
Is there a limit on how many ROSS-SC positions a Tribe can request?
Yes. For Tribes, HUD notes that the number of ROSS-SC positions that can be requested is based on the number of occupied units in the projects to be served that receive NAHASDA rental assistance as of the application deadline.
Who is not eligible to apply?
The notice indicates that individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible to apply for or receive awards under this opportunity.
How many awards does HUD expect to make?
HUD lists an expected 114 awards.
What is the maximum (ceiling) award amount?
The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $816,750.
When was this funding opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on September 26, 2025.
What is the application deadline?
The original application closing date is December 2, 2025.
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