FOA-Impact
of RAD on Children in HUD Assisted Households Department of Housing and Urban
Development: July 30, 2020
Agency
Department
of Housing and Urban Development
Description
The
goal of this U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) cooperative
agreement is to support research project(s) that will advance scientific
knowledge and produce policy-relevant evidence on the implementation of the
Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program and its effect on children's
well-being. The applicant should be aware of the major research goals for other
studies of RAD and propose a project that enhances, replicates, or complements
the larger RAD evaluations or other studies such as the one in Fresno,
California.
Proposed
projects may examine outcomes—including but not limited to housing stability,
health status and health care use, access to services, involvement with the
criminal justice system, and academic performance—before and after the RAD
conversion, potentially using a comparison group of similar children in public
housing properties that did not convert under RAD or other comparable group
whose baseline characteristics are similar to those of children in the RAD
property. The study may examine differences in outcomes based on demographic
characteristics. Specific outcomes of interest may depend on the nature of the
RAD conversion at a particular property (or group of properties) based on the
existing literature and data availability.
The
study may employ a qualitative research design that relies heavily on
interviews, focus groups, and field observations and considers the context of
people’s daily lives and their interaction
with institutions. The study may employ a quantitative research design that
relies on existing or feasible administrative data linkages or that draws upon
primary data collection through family surveys, direct assessment of
environmental exposures, or other forms of primary data
collection.
A
wide range of research questions and research design approaches will be
considered within the parameters outlined above. Applicants are encouraged to
draw on their knowledge and expertise to propose specific research projects
that advance scientific knowledge and produce policyrelevant knowledge about the effect of RAD on
children. This may include some of a combination of the approaches described
above or other types of studies that meet the stated research
goals.
Announcement
Number:
FR-6400-N-66
Closing
Date:
July
30, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Madlyn Wohlman Rodriguez
202-402-5939
madlyn.wohlmanrodriguez@hud.gov