Department of Housing and Urban Development April 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces HUD's proposal to conduct a Fellowship Placement Pilot (fellowship program). The fellowship program is designed to assist local governments rebuild their capacity by training and placing highly motivated early to midcareer professionals into two- year fellowships to work in a mayor's office or other offices of local government agencies. HUD intends to conduct the fellowship program in approximately six pilot cities. In choosing these pilot cities, HUD has conducted an extensive evaluation process and is in the final stages of selecting the pilot cities. Through a national competitive process, up to 30 fellows will be recruited for the initial class, where each pilot city may receive up to five fellows. Fellows will receive stipends and will be mentored by staff located in each pilot city. To administer the fellowship program, HUD will select an eligible third party as defined in section II.B. Definitions of this notice. HUD solicits expressions of interest by eligible third parties to administer the fellowship program. Qualified eligible third parties that have expressed interest to HUD in administering the fellowship program will be invited to submit full applications for review and grant selection. While there is no match requirement for the fellowship program, HUD recognizes that the scope of work required of the program may exceed the funds that are available for this grant. Therefore, HUD expects that the selected third party will secure additional funding support from other philanthropic organizations to fulfill the scope of work for the fellowship program. (Please see section II.C.1 Leveraging for more information.) Funding for the fellowship program was made available to HUD through a private donation, which HUD is statutorily authorized to accept.