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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner
[Docket No. N-94-3731; FR-3608-N-01]

 

Fiscal Year 1994; Office of Housing Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFAs) Plan for Publication, Application Processes, and 
Awards Announcements

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Schedule of Office of Housing NOFAs for Fiscal Year 1994.

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SUMMARY: It is the goal of the Office of Housing to develop and 
implement its funding programs in a manner that will assure that 
persons who require government assistance receive that assistance as 
rapidly as possible. At this time, the Office of Housing anticipates 
that it will publish announcements for ten funding programs in Fiscal 
Year (FY) 1994. This document sets forth scheduling information in 
relation to each of the NOFA programs, as well as the dollar amounts 
appropriated for each.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oliver Walker, Directives Management 
Officer, Office of Management Services, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-1694; TDD (202) 708-4594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. An Accelerated Process That Works for the Public

    In keeping with Secretary Cisneros' objective to make HUD programs 
as efficient and responsive to public needs as possible, the Office of 
Housing has developed and/or refined its internal procedures to 
accelerate the NOFA process. Among other things, the Office has sought 
to effectuate its internal NOFA development process early in the fiscal 
year; provide the public with early notice of the programs that are 
forthcoming; and eliminate redundancies in the application review 
process.
    Providing the public with early notice of, and information about, 
forthcoming programs should prove beneficial to entities that need lead 
time to do planning of their own. In some instances, the mere knowledge 
of what NOFA program competitions will be available, will enable 
entities to focus limited resources on a particular competition. 
Streamlining the Office's application and review process is implicit in 
the fundamental purpose of the Department's mandate to assist Americans 
in need.
    Section B. of this notice sets forth a schedule that identifies, 
for each Office of Housing NOFA, the approximate appropriation 
(estimated at this time), projected month of publication, number of 
days within which applications will be due, and the month within which 
awards are expected to be issued. (For NOFAs that have already been 
published, the actual date of publication is listed.) These schedules 
are projections that reflect the Office's best estimate for publication 
at this time. It is possible that a given NOFA publication may occur 
sooner or later than currently anticipated. Should this occur, the 
timing of a subsequent stage in the NOFA process may be affected as 
well.

B. NOFA Schedule: FY 1994

    For each NOFA listed in this notice, the (rounded) appropriation is 
listed and time periods within which three actions are anticipated to 
occur, as follows:
    (1) Federal Register Publication: This is the month within which 
the NOFA is targeted for publication in the Federal Register. These 
projections, while not a certainty, reflect reasonable expectations 
based on developmental activity to date.
    (2) Application Due Date: Each published NOFA will advise the 
public of the amount of time within which applications must be 
submitted. The number of days for submission, starting from the date of 
a NOFA's publication, will vary among NOFAs (given each NOFA's 
particular requirements). The nature of an application may vary among 
programs as well, but each NOFA and its application form will provide 
specific guidance to the applicant on how to proceed.
    (3) Award Announcements: This is the month within which the Office 
anticipates that funding awards will be announced.

                                              FY 1994 NOFA Schedule                                             
                                                Office of Housing                                               
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                                                                                       Days for                 
             NOFA title              Appropriations   Federal Register Publication   applications      Awards   
                                       (millions)                                     submission                
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sDrug Elimination FR-3576..........             12   Jan. 20, 1994.................            80  Jun. 1994.   
Single Family Counseling FR-3604...             12   Mar. 1994.....................            45  May 1994.    
Supportive Housing for the Elderly           1,068   Feb. 2, 1994..................            90  Jul. 1994.   
 (202) FR-3589.                                                                                                 
Supportive Housing for Persons with            345   Feb. 2, 1994..................            90  Jul. 1994.   
 Disabilities (811) FR-3590.                                                                                    
Preservation Technical Assistance               50   Mar. 1994.....................            60  Aug. 1994.   
 FR-3473.                                                                                                       
LMSA FR-3599.......................            104   Jan. 20, 1994.................            45  Jul. 1994.   
Flexible Subsidy FR-3601...........            126   Jan. 13, 1994.................            45  Jul. 1994.   
Congregate Services FR-3630........             25   Apr. 1994.....................            90  Sep. 1994.   
Preservation Support Grant FR-3613.              6   Apr. 1994.....................            60  Sep. 1994.   
Sec. 8 Community Investment                    100   Mar. 1994.....................            30  May 1994.    
 (Pension Fund) Demonstration                                                                                   
 Program--FR-3623.                                                                                              
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C. Information on Specific NOFAs

    Office of Housing NOFAs advise the public about the program that is 
the subject of the NOFA publication, and indicate the name of one or 
more employees who may be contacted for further information.

    Dated: February 18, 1994.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-5407 Filed 3-8-94; 8:45 am]
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