Fair Housing Initiatives Programs (FHIP) - Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI)

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Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI). This Initiative assists organizations that inform the general public about their rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act and substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. Under this Initiative, there are two programs with a total of two components. They are the EOI - Regional/Local/Community-Based Program (R/L/C-B), General Component, and the EOI - National-Based Program National-Media Campaign Component. EOI-General Component: Open to applicants for fair housing education and outreach activities. Applicants may also address the fair housing needs of persons with disabilities, the education of consumers about fair housing, financial literacy, credit management, and how to avoid high cost loans and abusive lending practices that violate the Fair Housing Act. EOI-National-Media Campaign Component: In addition to above, applicants must provide a centralized coordination interactive media based effort for the development, implementation, and distribution of a fair housing media campaign with emphasis on a fair housing public service announcement or enhance the online and offline capabilities of an existing campaign.

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