U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Opening soon
- 1 grant
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- The range for financial assistance is $1,600,000 to $3,700,000 per grantee award. The average grant size is approximately $2.4 million.
- Deadlines
- The NOFO provides application deadlines
Opening soon
Announced, but you can't apply yet. Get ready now.
- Jobs Plus NOFO for FY2026 · The funder's estimated date (Sep 14, 2026) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
The Jobs Plus program develops locally based, job-driven approaches that increase earnings and advance employment outcomes through work readiness, employer linkages, job placement, educational advancement, technology skills, and financial literacy for residents of public housing. The place-based Jobs Plus program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working residents and a set of services designed to support work including employer linkages, job placement and counseling, educational advancement, and financial counseling. Ideally, these incentives will saturate the target public housing development, building a culture of work and making working residents the norm. The Jobs Plus program model comprises these three core components: Employment-Related Services; Financial/Rent Incentive � Jobs Plus Earned Income Disregard (JPEID); and Community Supports for Work.
Who can apply
Public Housing Authorities (PHA) are the only eligible applicants, unless otherwise stated in the current Fiscal Year�s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
How applications are judged
The criteria for selecting proposals will be listed in the NOFO.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2019: 44 grants have been awarded for FY2014 through FY2019
Who in Tennessee has won this program
3 awards to Tennessee groups since 2016 · 1 in Davidson County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.7M | 2016 |
| Jackson Housing Authority | Jackson, Madison County | $2.3M | 2024 |
| Jackson Housing Authority | Jackson, Madison County | $281K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.