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Trainin CB agencies will be required to send a minimum of 2 staff to participate in training at the Nationa] Fair Housing Training Acadeiny (NFHTA). Funds wil] be provided to cover the cost of the hotel, travel, transportation to and from the NFHTA, and per diem expenses. The staff to be trained should be investigators and or senior staff. Staff should be registered to attend the academy no later than March 31, 2007. The GTR will be responsible for approving staff and attendance at the NFEI'A. Additionally, each CB agency will be required to designate an individual as the FHAP Tr-uining Acudemy Coordinator. This person will be responsible for maintaining communication with the GTR and other HUD staff to ensure that the i•equisite number of people are trained and coordinate registration efforts with the Academy Administrator as required. It is imperative that the Training Academy Coordinator provides updates registration cancellations or ctate changes to the Academy Administrator. Nonpayment for Certain Tynes of Complaints With the implementation of recent case law and other developments that affect the dual filing of complaints, HUD and state and local agencies must make decisions regarding the receipt and processing of complaints. You may rely on this Guidance for assistance in such instances. Re: Statute of Limitation Some FHAP agencies have time limits for the filing of complaints that are shorter than the one-year period in the Federal Fair Housing Act. For example, some jurisdictions will not accept a complaint for processing if it is received more than 180 days from the last alleged discriminatory act. The cases cannot be accepted by the agency, but will be accepted by HLTD if it is within the one-year limit in the Fair Housing Act. Thus, if HLTD is the first to receive a complaint that is outside the FHAP agency's statute of limitations, HUD must retain the case and process it. It cannot be dual-filed. If the FHAP agency receives it first, the complaint must be referred to HCTD for processing. Again, it cannot be dual-filed. Such referred complaints cannot be included in the Agency's complaint processing numbers for payment. Re: First Amendment Guidance was sent to you on March 7, 2001, imposing limitations on the dual filing of cases that implicate the First Amendment. FHAP agencies submitting complaints to HUD for dual filing that may implicate the First Amendment should routinely include copies of any factua] evidence gathered during the FHAP agency's investigation in their H[ID transmitta] paclcages. Factual evidence should include copies of interviews with parties and/o1- witnesses; police reports, photogcaphs, letters, and any other documents, records, or objects that may be relevant to the complaint allegations. Whenever there is a significant time lag between the ineidents described in the FHAP agency complaint and the date of its transmittal to Headquarters FHEO for First Amendment review, the FHAP agency should include evidence that reflects the current status of the agency's investigation, including information