Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Division will accept funding proposals from entities which have previously implemented Chapter 206 Regional Foreclosure Education Centers and First-Time Homebuyer/Foreclosure Prevention Grants during the past five years. 2012 grantees must ensure all required program evaluation reports have been received by the Division in order to be eligible for 2013 funding. 1. Applicants must self-identify as either a Regional Foreclosure Education Center or Consumer Counseling Agency with a focus of foreclosure prevention counseling and/or first-time homeownership education/counseling services. 2. Applicants for a Regional Foreclosure Education Center grant must meet the following criteria: a) provides outreach activities beyond its own locality and actively serves more than three neighborhoods, communities or cities with foreclosure prevention services b) employs two or more staff assigned to foreclosure prevention programs and c) receives additional funding from State, Federal or other funders for foreclosure-related programs.
