Membership is free and all CreditSmart® webinars are free. Cost to attend other webinars is $50 each. Membership is required to register for webinars. Most webinars have a short online test afterwards to get continued education hours' credit and Certificates of Completion. To see all posted webinars, please go to the DRN master webinar calendar. At this time, scholarships are not available.

Free Recorded Webinar Videos

Coping with Disaster PTSD

How to Study for the HUD Certification Exam

HUD Certification Exam Calculations

For questions regarding training please contact Tammy Repine of the USDA RD Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division at: (360) 753-7677 or at: tammy.repine@wdc.usda.gov.

The Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division is excited to announce four new webinar trainings which have been posted to the Forms and Resources page:

• Determining Annual, Adjusted, and Repayment Income
• Credit Requirements
• How to Become an Intermediary
• The Role of the Intermediary

Other Available USDA Trainings

• Recorded Webinar Training for the Certified Loan Application Packaging Process

FHA webinars are open to FHA-approved servicers and FHA-approved housing counselors. A valid company email address and FHA 5-digit lender and/or agency ID are required at the time of registration.

View upcoming Single Family Housing events and trainings.

For additional information, please email: stacey.a.brown@hud.gov

FHFA recently presented a Duty to Serve Overview Video. Watch the Video.

Freddie Mac's Affordable Lending and Access to Credit Team is sponsoring Home Team Advantage, one day workshops bringing together national and local housing professionals to learn, explore, and collaborate on new ways to open doors for more underserved individuals, families, and homebuyers in distressed markets.

• December 5, 2019: Fort Lauderdale, FL

VHDA has posted training videos for non-profit agencies and consumers. Visit their YouTube channel to view all their current training offerings for housing counseling.

Creating a Budget

Making Smart Financial Decisions

Getting to Know Your Escrow Account

Home Maintenance: In Sight, In Mind

Refinancing: Understanding Your Options

December 3-5 and 10-11, 2019: Housing Counseling Certification Study Group

For information on trainings, contact HAI via email or view the training calendar.

Virtual Tax-Exempt 501(c)(3) Workshops are available for educational institutions and will help non-profits apply for and maintain their 501(c)(3) status.

• Charities and Nonprofits: A Quick Resource Guide
• Did You Lose Your Tax-exempt Status? Why It Happens and How to Fix It
• Easy Form 1023-EZ
• File Error-Free Forms 990

Access the free, self-paced online housing course to learn about a variety of housing topics.

FEMA offers free self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public.

FEMA also offers a weekly podcast on disaster planning. The FEMA Podcast is a new audio program series available to anyone interested in learning more about the agency, hearing about innovation in the field of emergency management, and listening to stories about communities and individuals recovering after disasters.

The Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) Applied Institute for Disaster Excellence (AIDE) is designed as a "for the network, by the network" training to increase the disaster resiliency of Catholic Charities agencies. The training is designed to meet the needs of all attendees from first-timers to those with years of disaster experience.

December 2-6, 2019: Applied Institute for Disaster Excellence - Jacksonville, FL

The OCC's Financial Literacy Update is a bimonthly e-newsletter that reports financial literacy events, initiatives, resources and events and training.

The Military Housing Podcast is an entertaining and educational series of conversations focused on military off-base housing.