Section 3 Qualitative Efforts Reporting Form
Updated March 2024
Project Name:      
Company Name:      
The Project you are working on has received federal funds that have triggered the requirements of 24 CFR Part 75 specific to Section 3. Requirements outlined in 24 CFR Part 75.19 include:
(a)	Employment and training.
(1)	To the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing federal, state, and local laws and regulations, recipients . . . shall ensure that employment and training opportunities arising in connection with Section 3 projects are provided to Section 3 workers within the metropolitan area (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the project is located.
(2)	Where feasible, priority for opportunities and training . . . should be given to:
(i)	Section 3 workers residing within the service area or the neighborhood of the project, and
(ii)	Participants in YouthBuild programs.
(b)	Contracting.
(1)	To the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, state, and local laws and regulations, recipients . . . shall ensure contracts for work awarded in connection with Section 3 projects are provided to business concerns that provide economic opportunities to Section 3 workers residing within the metropolitan area (or nonmetropolitan county) in which the project is located. 
(2)	Where feasible, priority for contracting opportunities . . . should be given to:
(i)	Section 3 business concerns that provide economic opportunities to Section 3 workers residing within the service area or the neighborhood of the project, and
(ii)	YouthBuild programs.
The Recipient of federal funds must report in a form prescribed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the qualitative nature of its activities and those its Contractors and Subcontractors pursued.

Instructions 
Refer to pages 4-6 of this document for a list of potential strategies that your company can use to provide employment and training opportunities to Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers and contracting opportunities to Section 3 Business Concerns. 
Document in the applicable fields on page 3 all qualitative efforts made for the Project and include any supporting documentation of your efforts. Minnesota Housing will monitor you for compliance with this requirement. Any non-compliance may result in penalties such as suspension of funding for the Project, debarment, repayment if funds have been disbursed and/or other penalties as defined in the written agreement and/or loan agreement. 
As the owner, Contractor or Subcontractor working on the Project, it is important for you to understand your obligations.

Qualitative Efforts
Qualitative Efforts to Provide Contracting Opportunities to Section 3 Business Concerns:
     
Qualitative Efforts to Provide Employment and Training Opportunities to Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers:
     
Impediments to Identifying Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers or in Awarding Contracts to Section 3 Business Concerns Encountered:
     
Certification
I hereby certify, under penalty of law, that the information provided in this form is true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I also certify that the Section 3 prioritization of effort requirements were followed.
     		     
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Examples of Efforts to Provide Employment and Training Opportunities
1.	Maintain a list of eligible qualified Section 3 Workers for future employment positions.
2.	Engage in outreach efforts to generate job applicants who are Section 3 and Targeted Section 3 Workers for available training and employment positions.
a.	Contact local community organizations (for example, local job training centers, employment service agencies, Public Housing Authority [PHA] or Housing Redevelopment Authority [HRA]), where they exist in the Project service area to request assistance in notifying residents of any training and employment positions to be filled.
b.	Contact agencies administering HUD YouthBuild Programs and request their assistance in recruiting HUD YouthBuild program participants.
c.	Advertise by posting flyers at the project site and in the Project service area. The flyers should identify the positions to be filled, the qualifications required and where to obtain additional information about the application process.
d.	Sponsor job informational meetings to be conducted by a Contractor representative or representatives at a location in the Project service area.
e.	Arrange for a location in the Project service area where job applications may be delivered to and collected by a Recipient or Contractor representative.
3.	Provide or develop direct on-the-job training or apprenticeship opportunities. 
4.	Hold or attend one or more job fairs or hiring events.
5.	Provide indirect training such as arranging for, contracting for or paying tuition for off-site training.
6.	Provide technical assistance to help Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers compete for jobs (for example, resume and job application assistance, coaching, mock job interviews).
7.	Provide or connect Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers to assistance in seeking employment and training (for example, connecting individuals to job placement, training and apprenticeship opportunities, drafting resumes, preparing for interviews, finding job opportunities).
8.	Provide or refer Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers to services supporting work readiness and retention (for example, work readiness activities, interview clothing, test fees, transportation, childcare).
9.	Provide assistance in applying for or attending a community college, a four-year educational institution or vocational or technical training.
10.	Assist Section 3 Workers and Targeted Section 3 Workers in obtaining financial literacy training and/or coaching.
11.	Consult with state and local agencies administering training programs funded through the Jobs Training Partnership Act (JTPA) or JOBS, probation and parole agencies, unemployment, compensation programs, community organizations and other organizations to assist with recruiting Section 3 Workers for the Contractor’s training and employment positions.

Examples of Efforts to Provide Contracting Opportunities
1.	Engage in outreach efforts to identify and secure bids from Section 3 Business Concerns.
a.	Develop a list of eligible Section 3 Business Concerns.
b.	Utilize HUD’s Region 5 Section 3 Resource Hub to access Section 3 Business Concern contact information.
c.	Contact business assistance agencies, minority Contractor associations and community organizations to inform them of contracting opportunities and requesting their assistance in identifying Section 3 Business Concerns that may solicit bids or proposals for Contracts for work in connection with Section 3 covered assistance.
d.	Advertise contracting opportunities by posting notices in the Project service area. The notices should include general information about the work to be contracted and where to obtain additional information.
e.	Provide written notice of the contracting opportunities to all known Section 3 Business Concerns. This notice should be provided in sufficient time to allow the Section 3 Business Concerns to respond to the bid invitations.
f.	Follow up with Section 3 Business Concerns that have expressed interest in the contracting opportunities to provide additional information.
g.	Advertise the contracting opportunities through trade association papers and newsletters and through the local media such as community television networks, newspapers of general circulation and radio advertising.
h.	Support businesses that provide economic opportunities to low-income persons by linking them to the support services available through the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Commerce and comparable agencies at state and local levels.
i.	Actively support joint ventures with Section 3 Business Concerns.
2.	Provide technical assistance to help Section 3 Business Concerns understand and bid on contracts.
a.	Carry out workshops on contracting procedures and specific contract opportunities in a timely manner so that Section 3 Business Concerns can take advantage of upcoming contracting opportunities.
b.	Coordinate pre-bid meetings at which Section 3 Business Concerns can be informed of upcoming contracting and subcontracting opportunities.
c.	Arrange solicitations, times for the presentation of bids, quantities, specifications and delivery schedules in ways to facilitate the participation of Section 3 Business Concerns.
3.	Divide contracts into smaller jobs to facilitate participation by Section 3 Business Concerns.
4.	Promote use of business registries designed to create opportunities for disadvantaged and small businesses.
5.	Provide outreach, engagement or referrals to the state one-stop system as defined in Section 121(e)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
6.	Contact agencies administering HUD YouthBuild Programs and notify these agencies of the contracting opportunities.