Partnerships

US Department of Agriculture Web Mapping Tool

HUD has joined USDA in launching a cutting edge Recovery Act web mapping tool. The web tool will increase transparency, keep public informed and involved in Recovery Act spending by allowing an internet user to search and view HUD and USDA projects that are funded by the Recovery Act nationwide.

• Read the USDA mapping release

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced a major partnership between HUD and DOE that will streamline and better coordinate federal weatherization efforts to make it much easier for families to weatherize their homes and spur a new home energy efficiency industry that could create tens of thousands of jobs.

• Read the HUD-DOE Fact Sheet

The U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are partnering to bring training and employment to public housing residents. In a joint letter, Secretaries Solis and Donovan encouraged local Workforce Investment Boards and Public Housing Agencies to work together to bolster pathways to training and employment for residents of HUD housing. Through this new partnership, residents of public housing will be able to more easily find training programs and sustainable employment in the green job sectors created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

• Read the HUD-DOL Green Jobs Letter
• FAQs on the HUD-DOL Green Jobs Partnership

The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act loans and grants to help bring broadband service to un-served and underserved communities across America. This is the first round of Recovery Act funding aimed at expanding broadband access to help bridge the technological divide and create jobs building out Internet infrastructure.

• Read the Press Release (www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true=2009/07/0276.xml%20)
• Visit the Broadband Website for a link to the NOFA and a Fact Sheet (http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/info_lib.htm)
• Read the list of Grant Workshops for interested applicants (https://www.badgeguys.com/reg/2009/julyworkshops2009/register.aspx)