Section 3 Outreach & Certification

When your project is HUD-funded, Section 3 isn’t optional—it’s central. We embed community employment, certification, and reporting into your project’s DNA so compliance becomes a competitive advantage.

We partner with general contractors, housing authorities, and developers to design robust and well-documented Section 3 outreach programs that withstand HUD review while building goodwill and local equity.

OUR APPROACH

Community Impact Through Compliance

Technology Driven Outreach

We implement digital tools into our Section 3 outreach program to maximize local lead capture.

Efforts Tracking & Documentation

Our process ensures every outreach attempt and response is validated and timestamped, creating a defensible narrative of good-faith effort.

Workforce Empowerment & Guidance

We provide practical guidance to subcontractors and workers to ensure full understanding and simplify certification and participation.

Compliance Built Into Operations

We embed our Section 3 protocols into existing workflows so compliance happens naturally as part of doing the work, not as an added layer reporting.

  • Pre-Bid Outreach Strategy
  • Worker & Business Certification Support
  • Section 3 Monitoring
  • Staff Training & Consultation
  • Applicant Review & Job Placement

We craft targeted outreach plans and collateral—flyers, digital forms, community notices—and map stakeholder networks to seed interest early.

With online tools and portals, we implement a tracking system that logs local interest and business contacts which begins before the project commences.

Benefit
Demonstrates proactive inclusivity  and a real-time, traceable pipeline of Section 3 leads before bids even drop.

We advise subcontractors and workers in identifying Section 3 eligibility and completing self-certification to ensure that any Section 3 eligible businesses or workers already involved in the project are captured.

We review documentation, and integrate certified hours into project metrics.

Benefit
Converts eligible work hours into countable project credit, maximizing compliance.

While maintaining outreach through the life of the project, we also monitor, review and compile subcontractor submissions of Section 3 reports for a comprehensive project summary of Section 3 compliance in both contract dollars and labor hours.

Benefit
Sustains engagement and gives you documented, defendable effort.

We offer workshops for your staff and subcontractors covering Section 3 compliance expectations, “good faith effort” standards, how to engage local workforce, Section 3 eligibility definitions and everything else needed to internally conduct a complete Section 3 compliance program.

Benefit
Empowers your team to integrate Section 3 into project culture rather than treating it as an afterthought.

If the general contractor or a subcontractor has work available for a local Section 3 worker, we can contact and review leads and applicants into a refined list of the best candidates for the position.

Benefit
Provide valuable community impact, save time and feel more confident and trusting in doing so. We can narrow down leads into capable and reliably interested candidates.

Pre-Award / Bidding

  • Outreach asset setup
  • Community solicitations
  • Lead registration
  • Section 3 Business Bid Invitations

Execution / Commencement

  • Subcontractor Reporting Guidance
  • Ongoing Community Outreach
  • Subcontractor & Worker Guidance
  • Outreach Asset Deployment

Construction

  • Subcontractor Reporting Submissions
  • Business Certifications
  • Worker Certifications
  • Lead / Job Placements

Close-out

  • Document / Labor Hours Reconciliation
  • Finalized Outreach Logs
  • Compiled Report Submissions

Whether you’re managing a single development or an entire portfolio of HUD-funded projects, our Section 3 framework transforms outreach into measurable community impact—while ensuring your operations are compliant, your funding is protected, and your team is focused on progress.

By aligning compliance goals with measurable project outcomes, we help contractors, developers, and agencies maintain eligibility, document good-faith efforts, and exceed HUD performance expectations.

Section 3 Resources