Yes. HUD’s Fiscal Year 2019 CHC Grant Program NOFA and Fiscal Year 2020 Supplemental CHC Grant Program NOFA allow for training, testing, and certification on housing counseling topics, including, but not limited to, preparation of counselors to satisfy HUD housing counseling training, testing, and certification requirements as eligible expenses.
Due to Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations language, however, there is a limit on reimbursement for Housing Counseling Certification Examination fees from funding allocated for housing counseling services under the Fiscal Year 2020 Supplemental CHC Grant Program NOFA. Reimbursement for Housing Counseling Certification Examination fees in Fiscal Year 2020 must be recorded under the 9520 (Counselor Certification) Budget Line Item on Form HUD-50080, the eLOCCS payment voucher; such fees cannot be reimbursed under Budget Line Item 9500. Please refer to the applicable grant agreement and NOFA for more information.
For additional information, see: HUD's Interim final rule in the Federal Register at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/05/2020-17138/housing-counseling-program-revision-of-the-certification-timeline
Due to Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations language, however, there is a limit on reimbursement for Housing Counseling Certification Examination fees from funding allocated for housing counseling services under the Fiscal Year 2020 Supplemental CHC Grant Program NOFA. Reimbursement for Housing Counseling Certification Examination fees in Fiscal Year 2020 must be recorded under the 9520 (Counselor Certification) Budget Line Item on Form HUD-50080, the eLOCCS payment voucher; such fees cannot be reimbursed under Budget Line Item 9500. Please refer to the applicable grant agreement and NOFA for more information.
For additional information, see: HUD's Interim final rule in the Federal Register at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/05/2020-17138/housing-counseling-program-revision-of-the-certification-timeline