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Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing



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Notice of Funding Availability for the Public and Indian Housing Drug 
Elimination Program; Fiscal Year 1994; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3737; FR-3659-N-01]

 

NOFA for the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program 
(PHDEP)--FY-1994

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
1994.

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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces HUD's FY 1994 funding of $231,978,631 
under the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) 
for use in eliminating drug-related crime. Funded programs must be part 
of a comprehensive plan for addressing the problem of drug-related 
crime. In the body of this document is information concerning the 
purpose of the NOFA, applicant eligibility, available amounts, 
selection criteria, financial requirements, management, and application 
processing, including how to apply, how selections will be made, and 
how applicants will be notified of results. Hereafter, the term housing 
authority (HA) shall include public housing agencies (PHAs) and Indian 
housing authorities (IHAs).

DATES: Applications must be received at the local HUD Field Office on 
or before Friday, July 29, 1994, at 3:30 p.m., local time. This 
application deadline is firm as to date and hour. In the interest of 
fairness to all competing applicants, the Department will treat as 
ineligible for consideration any application that is received after the 
deadline. Applicants should take this practice into account and make 
early submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss of 
eligibility brought about by any unanticipated or delivery-related 
problems. A FAX is not acceptable.

ADDRESSES: (a) Application Kit: An application kit may be obtained and 
assistance provided, from the local HUD Category A or other Field 
Office with delegated public housing responsibilities over an applying 
PHA, or from the Offices of Native American Programs (ONAPs) having 
jurisdiction over an IHA making an application, or by calling HUD's 
Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, telephone: 1-800-578-3472 (DISC). 
The application package contains information on all exhibits and 
certifications required under this NOFA.
    (b) Application Submission: An applicant may submit only one 
application per housing authority under each Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under this 
program with the following exception: housing authorities (HA) under a 
single administration (such as housing authorities managing another 
housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing a 
common executive director) may submit a single application, even 
through each housing authority has its own operating budget. 
Applications (original and two copies) must be received by the deadline 
at the local HUD Category A or B Field Office other Field Office with 
delegated public housing responsibilities over the applying PHA 
Attention: Director, Public Housing Division or, in the case of IHAs, 
to the local HUD Field Office of Native American Programs, Attention: 
Administrator, Native American Programs with jurisdiction over the 
applying IHAs, as appropriate. A complete listing of these offices is 
provided in appendix ``A'' of this NOFA. It is not sufficient for an 
application to bear a postage date within the submission time period. 
Applications submitted by facsimile are not acceptable. Applications 
received after the deadline will not be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG 
ELIMINATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC HOUSING, CONTACT: The local HUD Category A 
or B Field Office, Public Housing Division (See appendix ``A'' of this 
NOFA), or Malcolm E. Main, Drug-Free Neighborhoods Division, Office of 
Resident Initiatives, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197. A telecommunications device for 
hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-
0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG 
ELIMINATION PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS CONTACT: The local HUD 
Category A or B Field Office, Administrator, Office of Native Americans 
(See appendix ``A'' of this NOFA), or Dominic Nessi, Director, Office 
of Native American Programs, Public and Indian Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, room 4140, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1015. A telecommunications 
device for hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at 
(202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING ASSISTED (NON-PUBLIC AND INDIAN) 
HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTACT: Lessley Wiles, Office of 
Multifamily Housing Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, room 6166, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. 
Telephone (202) 708-0216. TDD number (202) 708-4594. (These are not 
toll-free numbers.) The NOFA for Federally Assisted Low Income Housing 
Drug Elimination Grants for FY 1994 was published in the Federal 
Register Thursday, January 20, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The information collection requirements contained in this notice 
have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0124, 
expiration date November 30, 1995.

Environmental Review

    Grants under this program are categorically excluded from review 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in 
accordance with 24 CFR 50.20(p). However, prior to an award of grant 
funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to the extent required 
by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50, including the 
applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.

Coordination of Anti-Crime Efforts

    To coordinate anti-crime related activities across local, State, 
and Federal levels for the purpose of maximizing their effectiveness, 
applicants are encouraged to contact, and work with, such programs as 
Operation Weed and Seed and Operation Safe Home, described below.
    Operation Weed and Seed, conducted through the U.S. Department of 
Justice, is a comprehensive, multi-agency approach to combatting 
violent crime, drug use, and gang activity in high-crime neighborhoods. 
The goal is to ``weed out'' crime from targeted neighborhoods and then 
to ``seed'' the targeted sites with a wide range of crime and drug 
prevention programs, and human services agency resources to prevent 
crime from reoccurring. Operation Weed and Seed further emphasizes the 
importance of community involvement in combatting drugs and violent 
crime. Community residents need to be empowered to assist in solving 
crime-related problems in their neighborhoods. In addition, the private 
sector needs to get involved in reducing crime. All of these entities, 
Federal, State, and local government, the community and the private 
sector must work together in partnership to create a safer, drug-free 
environment.
    The Weed and Seed strategy involves four basic elements:
    1. Law enforcement must ``weed out'' the most violent offenders by 
coordinating and integrating the efforts of Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies in targeted high-crime neighborhoods. No 
social program or community activity can flourish in an atmosphere 
poisoned by violent crime and drug abuse.
    2. Local police departments should implement community policing in 
each of the targeted sites. Under community policing, law enforcement 
works closely with residents of the community to develop solutions to 
the problems of violent and drug-related crime. Community policing 
serves as a ``bridge'' between the ``weeding'' (law enforcement) and 
``seeding'' (neighborhood revitalization) components.
    3. After the ``weeding'' takes place, law enforcement and social 
services agencies, the private sector, and the community must work to 
prevent crime and violence from reoccurring by concentrating a broad 
array of human services--drug and crime prevention programs, drug 
treatment, educational opportunities, family services, and recreational 
activities--in the targeted sites to create an environment where crime 
cannot thrive.
    4. Federal, State, local, and private sector resources must focus 
on revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through economic development 
and must provide economic opportunities for residents.
    For further information on Operation Weed and Seed, contact the 
Office of Planning Management and Budget, Office of Justice Programs, 
U.S. Department of Justice, 366 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 
20531. Telephone (202) 307-5966.
    Operation Safe Home was announced jointly by Vice President Albert 
Gore, HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros, Treasury Secretary Lloyd 
Bentsen, Attorney General Janet Reno, and ONDCP Director Dr. Lee Brown 
at a White House briefing on February 4, 1994. Operation Safe Home will 
combat violent crime in public housing through tightly coordinated law 
enforcement and crime prevention operations at targeted sites; federal 
initiatives and policies to strengthen law enforcement and crime and 
drug prevention in public housing; and improved consultation and 
coordination between HUD and federal law enforcement agencies and ONDCP 
on design and implementation of HUD crime-prevention initiatives. For 
more information on Operation Safe Home, contact the Drug-Free 
Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 4116, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-
1197. A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired 
persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free 
telephone numbers.)

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

(a) Authority

    These grants are authorized under Chapter 2, Subtitle C, Title V of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.), as amended 
by Section 581 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA), 
approved November 28, 1990, Public Law 101-625, and Section 161 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Public Law 
102-550, approved October 28, 1992).

(b) Allocation Amounts

(1) Federal Fiscal Year 1994 Funding
    The amount available, to remain available until expended, for 
funding under this NOFA in FY 1994 is $231,978,631. The Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, (approved October 28, 1993, Pub. L. 
103-124), (94 App. Act) appropriated $265 million for the Drug 
Elimination Program and made not more than $198,750,000 of the total 
Drug Elimination Program appropriation available for grants to housing 
authorities with 1,250 public housing units or more, and not more than 
$53,000,000 of the total Drug Elimination Program appropriation 
available for grants to housing authorities with less than 1,250 public 
housing units. Of the total $265 million appropriated, $13,250,000 will 
fund the Youth Sports Program; $12,306,000 will fund the Assisted 
Housing Drug Elimination Program; $5 million will fund drug elimination 
technical assistance and training; and $1,162,000 will fund drug 
information clearinghouse services. A total of $249,498 is being 
awarded to the Lake County, IL Housing Authority that did not receive 
FY 1993 funding because of a computational error and due to statistical 
anomaly the Department will allow the funding of the following FY 1993 
applications from Greenwich, CT ($127,786); Bristol, CT ($249,843); and 
New Haven, CT ($706.600). The remaining $231,948,273 of FY 1994 funds 
are being made available under this NOFA. In addition, $30,358 of 
recovered FY 1993 program funds are also being made available under 
this NOFA for a total of $231,978,631.
    HUD is distributing grant funds under this NOFA on a national 
competition basis with $178,978,631 available for large housing 
authorities (1,250 units and above) and $53,000,000 available for 
smaller housing authorities (1,249 units and less).
(2) Maximum Grant Award Amounts
    Maximum grant award amounts are computed on a sliding scale, using 
an overall maximum cap, depending upon the number of public housing 
agency or Indian housing authority units. The unit count includes 
rental, Turnkey III Homeownership, Mutual Help Homeownership and 
Section 23 leased housing bond-financed projects. Units in the Turnkey 
III Homeownership and Mutual Help programs are counted if they have not 
been conveyed to the homebuyers prior to the application deadline in 
this NOFA. For Section 23 bond-finance projects, units are counted if 
they have not been conveyed or will not be conveyed with clear title to 
the HA until the end of the bond term.
    Eligible projects must be covered by an annual contributions 
contract (ACC) or annual operating agreement (AOA) during the period of 
the grant award. Unit counts will be taken from the HA low-rent 
operating budget (form HUD-52564) for the HA fiscal year ending March 
31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, 1993.
    Amendments to the Drug Elimination Program made by the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October 
28, 1992), permit grants, under certain conditions as given in section 
(c)(9) of this NOFA, below, to be used to eliminate drug-related crime 
in housing owned by PHAs that is not housing assisted under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted. 
Where an application is submitted for this category of housing, the 
amount of eligible funding will be determined on the same per-unit 
basis as for federally assisted housing units, above.
    The maximum grant awards are as follows, although, as discussed 
below, in section I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and 
Special Conditions), the Department may adjust the amount of any grant 
award:
    Up to $53,000,000 for Drug Elimination grants is available to 
housing authorities with less than 1,250 housing units as follows:
    For housing authorities with 1-1,249 units: The award will be $300 
per unit, with a minimum grant award of $10,000, and a maximum grant 
award of $300,000.
    To give examples under this scale, a housing authority with 499 
units could apply for a maximum grant award of $149,700, i.e., $300.00 
per unit X 499 units = $149,700, which is LESS THAN the maximum flat 
grant award of $300,000. A housing authority with 1,100 units could 
only apply for a maximum grant award of $300,000, i.e., $300.00 per 
unit X 1,100 units = $330,000, which is MORE THAN the maximum flat 
grant award of $300,000.
    Up to $178,978,631 Drug Elimination grants is available to housing 
authorities with 1,250 or more housing units as follows:
    For housing authorities above 1,250 units: the maximum grant award 
that may be requested is $250.00 per unit.
    An applicant shall not apply for more funding than is permitted in 
accordance with the maximum grant award amount as described above.
    Any application requesting funding that exceeds the maximum grant 
award amount permitted will be rejected and will not be eligible for 
any funding unless a computational error was involved in the funding 
request. Section IV of this NOFA provides guidance regarding 
application curable and noncurable deficiencies.
    Such an error will be considered a curable deficiency in the 
application. Section III.(d) (Checklist of Application Requirements) of 
this NOFA requires applicants to compute the maximum grant award amount 
for which they are eligible, as follows: Eligible dollar amount per 
unit x (times) number of units listed in the housing authority low-rent 
operating budget (form HUD-52564) for housing authority fiscal year 
ending March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, 1993. The 
applicant is required to confirm the unit count with the local HUD 
Field Office prior to submission of the application.
    The amount computed in this way must be compared with the dollar 
amount requested in the application to make certain the amount 
requested does not exceed the maximum grant award.
(3) Reallocation
    All awards will be made to fund fully an application, except as 
provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts 
and Special Conditions) below.
(4) Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and Special Conditions
    HUD may approve an application for an amount lower than the amount 
requested, withhold funds after approval, and/or the grantee will be 
required to comply with special conditions added to the grant 
agreement, in accordance with 24 CFR part 85.12 (PHAs), and 24 CFR 
905.135 (IHAs) as applicable, and the requirements of this NOFA, or 
where:
    (i) HUD determines the amount requested for one or more eligible 
activities is unreasonable or unnecessary;
    (ii) The application does not otherwise meet applicable cost 
limitations established for the program;
    (iii) The applicant has requested an ineligible activity;
    (iv) Insufficient amounts remain in that funding round to fund the 
full amount requested in the application and HUD determines that 
partial funding is a viable option;
    (v) The applicant fails to implement the program in its plan and/or 
fails to submit required reports;
    (vi) The applicant has demonstrated an inability to manage HUD 
grants, particularly Drug Elimination Program grants; or
    (vii) For any other reason where good cause exists.

(c) Eligibility

    Funding under this NOFA is available only for Public Housing 
Agencies and Indian Housing Authorities. Although section 161 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 
approved October 28, 1992) makes public housing resident management 
corporations (RMCs) eligible for Drug Elimination Program funding, the 
93 App. Act limited the funds appropriated ``for grants to public 
housing agencies''. The authorizing statute includes Indian housing 
authorities (IHAs) in the term ``public housing agencies'' and, 
therefore, IHAs are eligible for funding. Because RMCs, unlike IHAs, 
constitute a separate entity from PHAs under the authorizing statute, 
no funds are appropriated for RMCs as direct applicants under the 94 
App. Act. However, RMCs may continue to receive funding from housing 
authority grantees to develop security and drug abuse prevention 
programs involving site residents as they have in the past.
    An application for funding under this program may be for one or 
more of the following eligible activities. An applicant may submit only 
one application under this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint 
applications are not permitted under this program with the following 
exception: Housing authorities (HA) under a single administration (such 
as housing authorities managing other housing authorities under 
contract or housing authorities sharing a common executive director) 
may submit a single application, even though each housing authority has 
its own operating budget. The following is a listing of eligible 
activities under this program and guidance as to their parameters:
(1) Employment of Security Personnel
    (i) Contracted security guard personnel. Contracting for security 
guard personnel services, in public housing developments proposed for 
funding is permitted under this program.
    (A) Contracted security personnel funded by this program must 
perform services not usually performed by local law enforcement 
agencies on a routine basis, such as, patrolling inside buildings, 
providing guard services at building entrances to check for 
identification cards (IDs), or patrolling and checking car parking lots 
for appropriate parking decals.
    (B) Contract security personnel funded by this program must meet 
all relevant tribal, State or local government insurance, licensing, 
certification, training, bonding, or other similar requirements.
    (C) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency, 
and the provider (contractor) of the security personnel are required to 
enter into and execute a security personnel contract that includes the 
following:
    (1) The activities to be performed by the security personnel, their 
scope of authority, established policies, procedures, and practices 
that will govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as described 
in section I.(c)(1)(i)(D)) and how they will coordinate their 
activities with the local law enforcement agency;
    (2) The types of activities that the security personnel are 
expressly prohibited from undertaking.
    (3) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be 
incurred until the grantee has executed a contract for security guard 
services.
    (D) Security guard personnel funded under this program shall be 
guided by a policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and 
controls the conduct and activities of its personnel. All security 
personnel must be trained at a minimum in the areas described below in 
paragraph (2) of this section.
    (1) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies, 
procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in 
detail how jobs are to be performed, must exist or be completed before 
a contract for services can be executed.
    (2) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include 
but are not limited to: Use of force, resident contacts, response 
criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and 
workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint 
procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicles, 
authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and 
with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling 
of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on 
every post and assignment.
    (E) If the contractor collects officer activity information (which 
the Department recommends) for the housing authority, the contractor 
must use a housing authority approved activity form for the collection, 
analysis and reporting of activities by officers funded under this 
section. Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in 
support of this housing authority data collection activity.
    (ii) Employment of housing authority police. Employment of 
additional HA police officers is permitted only by housing authorities 
that already have their own housing authority police departments, which 
are the following:

Baltimore HA and Community Development, Baltimore, MD
Boston HA, Boston, MA
Chicago HA, Chicago, IL
Cuyahoga Metropolitan HA, Cleveland, OH
HA of the City of Los Angeles, LA, CA
Newark HA, Newark, NJ
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, 
NYC, NY
HA of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia HA, Philadelphia, PA
HA of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    HAs that have their own housing authority police departments, but 
that are not included on this list, must contact the Drug-Free 
Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 4116, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197 
to request approval before they may apply for funding under this 
paragraph.
    (A) If additional HA police officers are to be employed for a 
service that is also provided by a local law enforcement agency, the 
applicant must provide a cost analysis that demonstrates the employment 
of additional HA police officers is more cost efficient than obtaining 
the service from the local law enforcement agency.
    (B) Additional HA police officers to be funded under this program 
must be an increase in the number of HA police officers authorized by 
the housing authority, although such additional HA police officers 
funded under a prior Drug Elimination Program Grant may qualify for 
funding as a continuing activity under section I.(c)(8) (Continuation 
of Current Program Activities) of this NOFA.
    (C) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must describe 
the baseline services by describing the current level of services 
provided by the local law enforcement agency and then demonstrate to 
what extent the additional HA police officers will represent an 
increase over these services. For purposes of this NOFA, the current 
level of services is defined as ordinary and routine services provided 
or required to be provided under a cooperation agreement to the 
residents of public housing developments as a part of the overall, city 
and county-wide deployment of police resources, to respond to crime and 
other public safety incidents. These include the number of officers and 
equipment and the actual percent of their time assigned to the 
developments proposed for funding, and the kinds of services provided, 
e.g., 9-1-1 communications, processing calls for service, and 
investigative follow-up of criminal activity.
    (D) HA police funded by this program must meet all relevant tribal, 
state or local government insurance, licensing, certification, 
training, bonding, or other similar requirements.
    (E) The applicant and the cooperating local law enforcement agency 
are required to enter into and execute a contract that describes the 
following:
    (1) The activities to be performed by the HA police, their scope of 
authority, established policies, procedures, and practices that will 
govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as described in section 
I.(c)(1)(ii)(F)), and how they will coordinate their activities with 
the local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies;
    (2) The types of activities that the HA police are expressly 
prohibited from undertaking.
    (F) HA police departments funded under this program shall be guided 
by a policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and controls 
the conduct and activities of its personnel. All HA police officers 
must be trained at a minimum in the areas described in paragraph (2), 
below.
    (1) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies, 
procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in 
detail how jobs are to be performed, must either exist or be completed 
within 12 months of the execution of the grant agreement. Applicants 
must submit a plan and timetable for the implementation of training 
staff.
    (2) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include 
but are not limited to: Use of force, resident contacts, response 
criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, prisoner transport 
procedures, reporting of crimes and workload, feedback procedures to 
victims, citizens complaint procedures, internal affairs 
investigations, towing of vehicle, authorized weapons and other 
equipment, radio procedures internally and with local police, training 
requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling of meetings with residents, 
record keeping and position descriptions on every post and assignment.
    (G) If the HA police department collects officer activity 
information (which the Department recommends), a housing authority 
approved activity form must be used for the collection, analysis and 
reporting of activities by officers funded under this section. 
Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in support 
of this housing authority data collection activity.
    (H) Applicants for funding of additional HA police officers must 
have car-to-car (or other vehicles) and portable-to-portable radio 
communications links between HA police officers and local law 
enforcement officers to assure a coordinated and safe response to 
crimes or calls for services. The use of scanners (radio monitors) is 
not sufficient to meet the requirements of this section. Applicants 
that do not have such links must submit a plan and timetable for the 
implementation of such communications links.
    (I) HA police departments funded under this program that are not 
employing a community policing concept must submit a plan and timetable 
for the implementation of community policing.
    (1) Community policing has a variety of definitions; however, for 
the purposes of this program, it is defined as follows: Community 
policing is a method of providing law enforcement services that 
stresses a partnership among residents, police, government services, 
the private sector, and other local, state and Federal law enforcement 
agencies to prevent crime by addressing the conditions and problems 
that lead to criminal activity and the fear of this type of activity.
    (2) This method of policing involves a philosophy of proactive 
measures, such as foot patrols, bicycle patrols, and citizen contacts. 
This concept empowers police officers at the beat and zone level and 
residents in neighborhoods in an effort to: reduce crime and fear of 
crime; assure the maintenance of order; provide referrals of residents, 
victims, and the homeless to social services and government agencies; 
assure feedback of police actions to victims of crime; and promote a 
law enforcement value system on the needs and rights of residents.
    (J) HA police departments funded under this program that are not 
nationally or state accredited must submit a plan and timetable that 
may not exceed 24 months for such accreditation. Housing authorities 
may use either their state accreditation program, if one exists, or the 
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for 
this purpose.
    (1) The law enforcement community developed a body of standards in 
1981 against which law enforcement agencies could be evaluated. While 
some states have their own law enforcement accreditation program, the 
nationwide accreditation program is managed by the CALEA, which is 
located in Fairfax, VA. The purpose of accreditation is to reduce 
liability exposure of agencies and personnel, and to assure that law 
enforcement agencies meet a uniform body of standards.
    (2) The accreditation concept emphasizes a voluntary, self-
motivated approach by which organizations seek to achieve and maintain 
objectively verified high quality operations through periodic 
evaluations conducted by an independent, non-governmental body that has 
established standards for its ``clientele''. In simple terms, ``to 
accredit'' means to recognize or vouch for an agency as conforming to a 
body of standards related to a specific discipline--in this instance, 
law enforcement.
    (3) The process for CALEA consists of formal application, mutual 
aid contract, an in-depth self assessment, an on-site assessment by 
Commission-selected practitioner assessors from outside the state of 
the requesting agency, and final Commission review and decision. Self-
assessment enables an agency to establish proofs of compliance with 
standards specific to the agency to review its organization, 
management, operations, and administrative activities to determine if 
it believes it meets the requirements. Certain standards are mandatory 
based on health, life, safety, and importance to the community and the 
agency.
    (4) Use of grant funds for accreditation activities is permitted.
    (K) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be 
incurred until the grantee has met all the above requirements. In order 
to assist housing authorities to develop and administer relevant, fair, 
and productive contracts with local law enforcement agencies for the 
delivery of effective services to public housing residents, a sample 
contract for law enforcement services is provided with the application 
kit.
(2) Reimbursement of Local Law Enforcement Agencies for Additional 
Security and Protective Services
    (i) Additional security and protective services to be funded under 
this program must be over and above the baseline services, as defined 
below, that the tribal, State or local government provides to applying 
HA.
    (A) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must first 
establish a baseline by describing the current level of services (in 
terms of the kinds of services provided, the number of officers and 
equipment and the actual percent of their time assigned to the 
developments proposed for funding) and then demonstrate to what extent 
the funded activity will represent an increase over this baseline.
    Baseline services are defined as those law enforcement services the 
locality is contractually obligated to provide under its Cooperation 
Agreement with the applying HA (as required by the HA's Annual 
Contributions Contract).
    (ii) Communications and security equipment to improve the 
collection, analysis, and use of information about drug-related 
criminal activities in a public housing community, such as surveillance 
equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), software, cameras, 
monitors, components and supporting equipment), computers accessing 
national, tribal, State or local government security networks and 
databases, facsimile machines, telephone equipment, bicycles, and motor 
scooters may be eligible items if used exclusively in connection with 
the establishment of a law enforcement substation on the funded 
premises or scattered site developments of the HA.
    (iii) If the local law enforcement agency collects officer activity 
information (which the Department recommends) for the housing 
authority, it must use a housing authority approved activity form for 
the collection, analysis and reporting of activities by officers funded 
under this section. Computers and software may be included as an 
eligible item in support of this housing authority data collection 
activity.
    (iv) The Department encourages housing authorities that are funded 
under this program to promote the implementation of community policing. 
For additional background on community policing, see the discussion at 
section I.(c)(1)(ii)(I), above.
    (v) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be 
incurred until the grantee and the local law enforcement agency execute 
a contract for the additional law enforcement services. In order to 
assist housing authorities to develop and administer relevant, fair, 
and productive contracts with local law enforcement agencies for the 
delivery of effective services to public and Indian housing residents a 
sample contract for law enforcement services is provided with the 
application kit.
(3) Physical Improvements to Enhance Security
    (i) Physical improvements that are specifically designed to enhance 
security are permitted under this program. These improvements may 
include (but are not limited to) the installation of barriers, lighting 
systems, fences, surveillance equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit 
Television (CCTV), software, cameras, monitors, components and 
supporting equipment) bolts, locks; the landscaping or reconfiguration 
of common areas so as to discourage drug-related crime; and other 
physical improvements in public housing developments that are designed 
to enhance security and discourage drug-related activities.
    (ii) An activity that is funded under any other HUD program, such 
as the modernization program at 24 CFR part 968, shall not also be 
funded by this program.
    (iii) Funding is not permitted for physical improvements that 
involve the demolition of any units in a development.
    (iv) Funding is not permitted for any physical improvements that 
would result in the displacement of persons.
    (v) Funding is not permitted for the acquisition of real property.
    (vi) All physical improvements must also be accessible to persons 
with disabilities. For example, some types of locks, buzzer systems, 
doors, etc., are not accessible to persons with limited strength, 
mobility, or to persons who are hearing impaired. All physical 
improvements must meet the accessibility requirements of 24 CFR part 8.
(4) Employment of Investigators
    (i) Employment of one or more individuals is permitted under this 
program to:
    (A) Investigate drug-related crime in or around the real property 
comprising any public housing development; and
    (B) Provide evidence relating to any such crime in any 
administrative or judicial proceedings.
    (ii) Investigators funded by this program must meet all relevant 
tribal, State or local government insurance, licensing, certification, 
training, bonding, or other similar requirements.
    (iii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency, 
and the investigator(s) are required, before any investigators are 
employed, to enter into and execute a written agreement that describes 
the following:
    (A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the 
investigators, their scope of authority, established policies, 
procedures, and practices that will govern their performance (i.e., a 
Policy Manual as described in section I.(c)(4)(v), below) and how they 
will coordinate their activities with the local, state and Federal law 
enforcement agencies; and
    (B) The types of activities that the investigators are expressly 
prohibited from undertaking.
    (iv) Under this section, reimbursable costs associated with the 
investigation of drug-related crime (e.g., travel directly related to 
the investigator's activities, or costs associated with the 
investigator's testimony at judicial or administrative proceedings) may 
only be those incurred by the investigator.
    (v) Investigators funded under this program shall be guided by a 
policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and controls their 
conduct and activities. All investigators must be trained at a minimum 
in the areas described below in paragraph (B) of this section''.
    (A) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies, 
procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in 
detail how jobs are to be performed, must either exist or be completed 
within 12 months of the execution of the grant agreement. Applicants 
must submit a plan and timetable for the implementation of training 
staff.
    (B) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include 
but are not limited to: use of force, resident contacts, response 
criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and 
workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint 
procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicles, 
authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and 
with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling 
of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on 
every post and assignment.
    (vi) If an investigator collects investigator activity information 
(which the Department recommends) for the housing authority, a housing 
authority approved activity form must be used for the collection, 
analysis and reporting of activities by investigators funded under this 
section. Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in 
support of this housing authority data collection activity.
    (vii) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be 
incurred until the grantee has met all the above requirements.
(5) Voluntary Tenant Patrols
    (i) The provision of training, communications equipment, and other 
related equipment (including uniforms), for use by voluntary tenant 
patrols acting in cooperation with officials of local law enforcement 
agencies is permitted under this program. Members must be volunteers 
and must be tenants of the development that the tenant (resident) 
patrol represents. Patrols established under this program are expected 
to patrol for drug-related criminal activity in the developments 
proposed for assistance, and to report these activities to the 
cooperating local law enforcement agency and relevant tribal, State and 
Federal agencies, as appropriate. Grantees are required to obtain 
liability insurance to protect themselves and the members of the 
voluntary tenant patrol against potential liability for the activities 
of the patrol under this program. The cost of this insurance will be 
considered an eligible program expense.
    (ii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency, 
and the members of the tenant patrol are required, before putting the 
tenant patrol into effect and expending any grant funds, to enter into 
and execute a written agreement that describes the following:
    (A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the tenant 
patrol, the patrol's scope of authority, the established policies, 
procedures, and practices that will govern the tenant patrol's 
performance and how the patrol will coordinate its activities with the 
local law enforcement agency;
    (B) The types of activities that a tenant patrol is expressly 
prohibited from undertaking, to include but not limited to, the 
carrying or use of firearms or other weapons, nightstick, clubs, 
handcuffs, or mace in the course of their duties under this program;
    (C) Initial tenant patrol training and continuing training the 
members receive from the local law enforcement agency (training by the 
local law enforcement agency is required before putting the tenant 
patrol into effect); and
    (D) Tenant patrol members must be advised that they may be subject 
to individual or collective liability for any actions undertaken 
outside the scope of their authority and that such acts are not covered 
under a HA's liability insurance.
    (iii) Communication and related equipment eligible for funding 
under this program shall be equipment that is reasonable, necessary, 
justified and related to the operation of the tenant patrol and that is 
otherwise permissible under tribal, State or local law.
    (iv) Under this program, bicycles, motor scooters and uniforms 
(caps and other all seasonal clothing items that identify voluntary 
tenant patrol members, including patrol t-shirts and jackets) to be 
used by the members of the tenant patrol are eligible items.
    (v) Drug elimination grant funds may not be used for any type of 
financial compensation, such as any full-time wages or salaries for 
voluntary tenant patrol participants.
(6) Programs To Reduce the Use of Drugs
    Programs that reduce the use of drugs in and around the premises of 
public housing developments, including drug abuse prevention, 
intervention, referral and treatment programs are permitted under this 
program. The program should facilitate drug prevention, intervention 
and treatment efforts, to include outreach to community resources and 
youth activities, and facilitate bringing these resources onto the 
premises, or providing resident referrals to treatment programs or 
transportation to out-patient treatment programs away from the 
premises. Funding is permitted for reasonable, necessary and justified 
purchasing or leasing of vehicles (whichever can be documented as the 
most cost effective) for resident youth and adult education and 
training activities directly related to ``Programs to reduce the use of 
drugs'' under this section. Alcohol-related activities/programs are not 
eligible for funding under this program.
    (i) Drug prevention. Drug prevention programs that will be 
considered for funding under this part must provide a comprehensive 
drug prevention approach for public housing residents that will address 
the individual resident and his or her relationship to family, peers, 
and the community. Prevention programs must include activities designed 
to identify and change the factors present in public housing that lead 
to drug-related problems, and thereby lower the risk of drug usage. 
Many components of a comprehensive approach, such as refusal and 
restraint skills training programs or drug-related family counseling, 
may already be available in the community of the applicant's housing 
developments, and the applicant must act to bring those available 
program components onto the premises. Funding is permitted for 
reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals, 
beverages and transportation, incurred only for training and education 
activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs''. Activities 
that should be included in these programs are:
    (A) Drug education opportunities for public housing residents. The 
causes and effects of illegal drug usage must be discussed in a formal 
setting to provide both young people and adults the working knowledge 
and skills they need to make informed decisions to confront the 
potential and immediate dangers of illegal drugs. Grantees may contract 
(in accordance with 24 CFR 85.36) with professionals to provide 
appropriate training or workshops. The professionals contracted to 
provide these services shall be required to base their services upon 
the needs assessment and program plan of the grantee. These educational 
opportunities may be a part of resident meetings, youth activities, or 
other gatherings of public housing residents.
    (B) Family and other support services. Drug prevention programs 
must demonstrate that they will provide directly or otherwise make 
available services designed to distribute drug education information, 
to foster effective parenting skills, and to provide referrals for 
treatment and other available support services in the development or 
the community for public housing families.
    (C) Youth services. Drug prevention programs must demonstrate that 
they have included groups composed of young people as a part of their 
prevention programs. These groups must be coordinated by adults with 
the active participation of youth to organize youth leadership, sports, 
recreational, cultural and other activities involving public housing 
youth. The dissemination of drug education information, the development 
of peer leadership skills and other drug prevention activities must be 
a component of youth services. Activities or services funded under this 
program may not also be funded under the Youth Sports Program.
    (D) Economic/educational opportunities for residents and youth. 
Drug prevention programs must demonstrate a capacity to provide public 
housing residents the opportunities for interaction with or referral to 
established higher education or vocational institutions with the goal 
of developing or building on the residents' skills to pursue 
educational, vocational and economic goals. The program must also 
demonstrate the ability to provide public housing residents the 
opportunity to interact with private sector businesses in their 
immediate community for the same desired goals.
    (ii) Intervention. The aim of intervention is to identify public 
housing resident drug users and assist them in modifying their behavior 
and in obtaining early treatment, if necessary. The applicant must 
establish a program with the goal of preventing drug problems from 
continuing once detected.
    (iii) Drug treatment. (A) Treatment funded under this program shall 
be in or around the premises of the public housing developments 
proposed for funding.
    (B) Funds awarded under this program shall be targeted towards the 
development and implementation of new drug referral treatment services 
and/or aftercare, or the improvement of, or expansion of such program 
services for public housing residents.
    (C) Each proposed drug program should address the following goals:
    (1) Increase resident accessibility to drug treatment services;
    (2) Decrease criminal activity in and around public housing 
developments by reducing illicit drug use among public housing 
residents; and
    (3) Provide services designed for youth and/or maternal drug 
abusers, e.g., prenatal and postpartum care, specialized counseling in 
women's issues, parenting classes, or other drug supportive services.
    (D) Approaches that have proven effective with similar populations 
will be considered for funding. Programs should meet the following 
criteria:
    (1) Applicants may provide the service of formal referral 
arrangements to other treatment programs not in or around the 
developments where the resident is able to obtain treatment costs from 
sources other than this program.
    (2) Provide family and collateral counseling.
    (3) Provide linkages to educational and vocational counseling.
    (4) Provide coordination of services to appropriate tribal or local 
drug agencies, HIV-related service agencies, and mental health and 
public health programs.
    (E) Applicants must demonstrate a working partnership with the 
Single State Agency or current tribal or State license provider or 
authority with drug program coordination responsibilities to 
coordinate, develop and implement the drug treatment proposal.
    (F) The Single State Agency or authority with drug program 
coordination responsibilities must certify that the drug treatment 
proposal is consistent with the State treatment plan; and that the 
treatment service meets all State licensing requirements.
    (G) Funding is not permitted for treatment of residents at any in-
patient medical treatment programs and facilities.
    (H) Funding is not permitted for detoxification procedures, short 
term or long term, designed to reduce or eliminate the presence of 
toxic substances in the body tissues of a patient.
    (I) Funding is not permitted for maintenance drug programs. 
Maintenance drugs are medications that are prescribed regularly for a 
long period of supportive therapy (e.g. methadone maintenance), rather 
than for immediate control of a disorder.
(7) Resident Management Corporations (RMCs), Resident Councils (RCs), 
and Resident Organizations (ROs)
    Funding under this program is permitted for HAs to contract with 
RMCs and incorporated RCs and ROs to develop security and drug abuse 
prevention programs involving site residents. Such programs may include 
(but are not limited to) voluntary tenant patrol activities, drug 
education, drug intervention, youth programs, referral, and outreach 
efforts.
(8) Continuation of Current Program Activities
    An applicant may apply to continue an existing activity funded 
under this program. The Department will evaluate an applicant's 
performance of the activity that the applicant wants to continue with 
additional funding under this NOFA. The Department will review and 
evaluate the applicant's conduct of the activity under the previous 
grant, including financial and program performance; reporting and 
special condition compliance; accomplishment of stated goals and 
objectives under the previous grant; and program adjustments made in 
response to previous ineffective performance. Since this is a 
competitive program, HUD does not guarantee continued funding of any 
previously funded Drug Elimination Program Grant.
(9) PHA-Owned Housing
    Funding may be used for the activities described in sections I.(c) 
(1) through (7) (Eligible activities) of this NOFA, to eliminate drug-
related crime in housing owned by public housing agencies that is not 
public housing that is assisted under the United States Housing Act of 
1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted (for example, housing that 
receives tenant subsidies under Section 8 is federally assisted and 
would not qualify, but housing that receives only state or local 
assistance would qualify), but only if they meet all of the following:
    (i) The housing is located in a high intensity drug trafficking 
area designated pursuant to section 1005 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988; and
    (ii) The PHA owning the housing demonstrates, on the basis of 
information submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections 
I.(d)(1), below, of this NOFA, that drug-related activity, and the 
problems associated with such activity, at the housing has a 
detrimental affect on or about the housing. For the purposes of this 
NOFA ``on or about'' means: On the premises or immediately adjacent to 
the premises of the real property comprising the public or other 
federally-assisted housing.
    As of February 1994 the following areas were confirmed by the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Office, as designated high 
intensity drug trafficking areas:

--Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD which includes: Washington, DC, 
Alexandria, Arlington Cty, Fairfax Cty, Montgomery Cty, Prince George's 
Cty, Charles Cty, Anne Arundel Cty, Howard Cty, Baltimore Cty, and 
Baltimore, MD.
--New York City (and a surrounding area that includes Nassau Cty, 
Suffolk County, and Westchester Cty, New York, and all municipalities 
therein; and Union Cty, Hudson Cty, and Essex Cty, New Jersey, and all 
municipalities therein);
--Los Angeles (and a surrounding area that includes Los Angeles Cty, 
Orange Cty, Riverside Cty, and San Bernadino Cty, and all 
municipalities therein);
--Miami (and a surrounding area that includes Broward Cty, Dade County, 
and Monroe Cty, and all municipalities therein);
--Houston (and a surrounding area that includes Harris Cty, Galveston 
Cty, and all municipalities therein); and
--The Southwest Border (and adjacent areas that include San Diego and 
Imperial Cty, California, and all municipalities therein; Yuma Cty, 
Maricopa Cty, Pinal Cty, Pima Cty, Santa Cruz Cty, and Cochise Cty, 
Arizona, and all municipalities therein; Hidalgo Cty, Grant County, 
Luna County, Dona Ana Cty, Eddy Cty, Lea Cty, and Otero Cty, New 
Mexico, and all municipalities therein; El Paso Cty, Hudspeth Cty, 
Culberson Cty, Jeff Davis Cty, Presidio County, Brewster Cty, Pecos 
Cty, Terrell Cty, Crockett Cty, Val Verde Cty, Kinney Cty, Maverick 
Cty, Zavala Cty, Dimmit Cty, La Salle Cty, Webb County, Zapata County, 
Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Hildago Cty, Willacy Cty, and Cameron 
Cty, Texas, and all municipalities therein).

    For further information on high intensity drug trafficking areas 
contact: Rich Yamamoto, at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20500. Telephone 
number: (202) 395-6755.
(10) Ineligible Activities
    Funding is not permitted for any of the activities listed below or 
those specified as ineligible elsewhere in this NOFA.
    (i) Funding is not permitted for costs incurred before the 
effective date of the grant agreement, including, but not limited to, 
consultant fees for surveys related to the application or the actual 
writing of the application.
    (ii) Funding is not permitted for the purchase of controlled 
substances for any purpose, including sting operations.
    (iii) Funding is not permitted for compensating informants, 
including confidential informants.
    (iv) Funding is not permitted for the purchase of law enforcement 
and/or any other vehicles, including cars, vans, buses, motorcycles, 
scooters, or motor bikes, except as specified in this NOFA.
    (v) Funding is not permitted to purchase or lease any military or 
law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as, vehicles, uniforms, 
ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles, protective 
vests, and any other supportive equipment, etc.
    (vi) Drug elimination grant funds may not be used for any full-time 
wages or salaries for voluntary tenant patrol participants.
    (vii) Funding is not permitted for the costs of leasing, acquiring, 
constructing or rehabilitating any facility space in a building or 
unit.
    (viii) Funding is not permitted for organized fund raising, 
advertising, financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of 
gifts and bequests, rallies, marches, community celebrations and 
similar expenses.
    (ix) Funding is not permitted for the costs of entertainment, 
amusements, or social activities, and for the expenses of items such as 
meals, beverages, lodgings, rentals, transportation, and gratuities 
related to these ineligible activities. However, funding is permitted 
for reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals, 
beverages and transportation, incurred only for training, and education 
activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs.''
    (x) Funding is not permitted for the costs (court costs, attorneys 
fees, etc.) related to screening or evicting residents for drug-related 
crime. However, investigators funded under this program may participate 
in judicial and administrative proceedings as provided in paragraph 
I.(c)(4)(i)(B) (Employment of Investigators) of this NOFA.
    (xi) Although participation in activities with Federal drug 
interdiction or drug enforcement agencies is encouraged, the transfer 
of Drug Elimination Program funds to any Federal agency is not 
permitted.
    (xii) Alcohol-related activities and programs are not eligible for 
funding under this program.
    (xiii) Funding is not permitted under this NOFA for establishing 
councils, resident associations, resident organizations, and resident 
corporations since HUD funds these activities under a separate NOFA.
    (xiv) Indirect costs as defined in OMB Circular A-87 are not 
permitted under this program. Only direct costs are permitted.
    (xv) Funding is not permitted for any cash awards, such as 
scholarships, prizes, etc.
    (xvi) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant existing positions 
or programs.

(d) Selection Criteria

    HUD will review each application that it determines meets the 
requirements of this NOFA and assign points in accordance with the 
selection criteria. An application for funding under this program may 
be for one or more eligible activities.
    An applicant may submit only one application under each Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under 
this program with the following exception: housing authorities (HA) 
under a single administration (such as housing authorities managing 
another housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing 
a common executive director) may submit a single application, even 
through each housing authority has its own operating budget.
    The number of points that an application receives will depend on 
the extent to which the application is responsive to the information 
requested in the selection criteria. An application must receive a 
score of at least 80 points out of the maximum of 120 points that may 
be awarded under this competition to be eligible for funding.
    After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the 
applications on a national basis according to two categories, either 
HAs with up to 1249 units, or HAs with 1250 or more units. Awards will 
be made in ranked order until all funds are expended. Any funding that 
cannot be awarded in one category will be awarded under the other 
category within the statutory limits.
    HUD will select the highest ranking applications that can be fully 
funded. Applications with tie scores will be selected in accordance 
with the procedures in paragraph I. (e) (Ranking Factors). The terms 
``housing'' and ``development(s)'' as used in the application selection 
criteria and submission requirements may include, as appropriate, 
housing described in section I. (c)(9) (PHA-Owned Housing), above, of 
this NOFA. Each application submitted for a grant under this NOFA will 
be evaluated on the basis of the following selection criteria:
    (1) First Criterion: The Extent of the Drug-Related Crime Problem 
in the Applicant's Development or Developments Proposed for Assistance. 
(Maximum Points: 45) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis 
of this criterion, an application must include a description of the 
extent of drug-related crime and/or problems associated with it, in the 
developments proposed for funding. An applicant must explain in what 
way a problem claimed to be associated with drug-related crime is a 
result of drug-related crime. The description should provide the 
following information:
    (i) Objective data. The best available objective data on the 
nature, source, and frequency of the problem of drug-related crime and/
or the problems associated with drug-related crime. This data may 
include (but not necessarily be limited to):
    (A) The nature and frequency of drug-related crime and problems 
associated with drug-related crime as reflected by crime statistics and 
other data from Federal, tribal, State or local law enforcement 
agencies.
    (B) Information from records on the types and sources of drug-
related crime in the developments proposed for assistance.
    (C) Descriptive data as to the types of offenders committing drug-
related crime in the applicant's developments (e.g., age, residence, 
etc.).
    (D) The number of lease terminations or evictions for drug-related 
criminal activity.
    (E) The number of emergency room admissions for drug use or that 
result from drug-related crime (such information may not be available 
from police departments but only from fire departments or emergency 
medical services agencies).
    (F) The number of police calls for service (not just drug-related) 
such as, officer-initiated calls, domestic violence calls, drug 
distribution complaints, found drug paraphernalia, gang activity, 
graffiti that reflects drugs or gang-related activity, vandalism, drug 
arrests, and abandoned vehicles.
    (G) The number of residents placed in treatment for substance 
abuse.
    (H) The school dropout rate and level of absenteeism for youth that 
the applicant can relate to drug-related crime. (If crime or other 
statistics are not available at the development or precinct level, the 
applicant may use other reliable, objective data including those 
derived from its records or those of RMCs, RCs or ROs).
    (I) Where appropriate, the statistics should be reported both in 
real numbers, and as an annual percentage of the residents in each 
development (e.g., 20 arrests in a year for distribution of heroin in a 
development with 100 residents reflects a 20% occurrence rate). The 
data should cover the most recent one-year period (a one-year period 
ending within 3 months of the date of the application). If the data 
from the most recent one-year period is not used, an explanation must 
be provided. To the extent feasible, the data provided should be 
compared with data from a prior one-year period to show whether the 
current data reflects a percentage increase or decrease in drug-related 
crime and/or its associated problems during that prior period of time.
    (J) A reduction in drug-related crime in developments where 
previous Drug Elimination grants have been in effect will not be 
considered a disadvantage to the applicant.
    (K) If funding is being sought for housing owned by public housing 
agencies that is not public housing assisted under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted, the 
application must demonstrate that the housing is located in a high 
intensity drug trafficking area designated pursuant to section 1005 of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and the application must demonstrate 
that drug-related activity, and the problems associated with it, at the 
housing has a detrimental affect on or about the real property 
comprising the public or other federally assisted low-income housing. 
For the purposes of this NOFA ``on or about'' means: on the premises or 
immediately adjacent to the premises of the real property comprising 
the public or other federally-assisted housing.
    (ii) Other data on the extent of drug-related crime. To the extent 
that objective data as described above may not be available, or to 
complement that data, the assessment may use data from other sources 
that have a direct bearing on drug-related crime and/or the problems 
associated with it in the developments proposed for assistance under 
this program. However, if other relevant information is to be used in 
place of, rather than to complement, objective data, the application 
must indicate the reasons why objective data could not be obtained and 
what efforts were made to obtain it. Examples of these data include 
(but not necessarily be limited to):
    (A) Resident and staff surveys on drug-related issues or on-site 
reviews to determine drug activity; and local government or scholarly 
studies or other research in the past year that analyze drug activity 
in the targeted developments.
    (B) Vandalism cost and related vacancies attributable to drug-
related crime.
    (C) Information from schools, health service providers, residents 
and local, state, and Federal law enforcement agencies; and the 
opinions and observations of individuals having direct knowledge of 
drug-related crime and/or the problems associated with it concerning 
the nature and frequency of these problems in the developments proposed 
for assistance. (These individuals may include local, state and Federal 
law enforcement officials, resident or community leaders, school 
officials, community medical officials, drug treatment or counseling 
professionals, or other social service providers.)
    (iii) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the 
applicant has provided the above data that reflects a drug-related 
crime problem, both in terms of the frequency and nature of the drug-
related problems associated with drug-related crime in the developments 
proposed for funding as reflected by information submitted under 
paragraph (1) (i) (objective data), and (ii) (other data) of this 
section; and the extent to which such data reflects an increase in 
drug-related crime over a period of one year in the developments 
proposed for assistance. (Maximum Points Under Paragraphs (i) and (ii) 
of this Section: 20)
    (iv) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the 
applicant has analyzed the data compiled under paragraphs (1) (i) and 
(ii) of this section, and has clearly articulated its needs for 
reducing drug-related crime in developments proposed for assistance. 
(Maximum Points: 5)
    (v) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points between 
zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of robbery 
and homicide in their community relative to their per capita incidence 
on a nationwide basis. Data on robbery and homicide incidence were 
chosen because of the demonstrated relationship of a substantial 
portion of these crimes with drug abuse. The community data will be 
taken from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) of the U.S. Department of 
Justice (FBI crime data) and will be at the city level, when available, 
or at the county level. The crime incidence data and the point values 
will be computed by HUD. (Maximum Points: 10)
    (vi) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points 
between zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of 
drug arrests. In instances where the Department of Justice records do 
not contain community submission data, points will be assigned based on 
state metropolitan and nonmetropolitan averages relevant to such areas. 
(Maximum Points: 10)
    (2) Second Criterion: The Quality of the Plan To Address the Crime 
Problem in the Public or Indian Housing Developments Proposed for 
Assistance, Including the Extent to Which the Plan Includes Initiatives 
That Can Be Sustained Over a Period of Several Years. (Maximum Points: 
35) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the following 
factors:
    (i) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis of this 
criterion, an application must include the applicant's plan for 
addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems. This 
means a narrative description of the applicant's activities for 
addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems in each of 
the developments proposed for assistance under this part must be 
included in the application. The activities eligible for funding under 
this program are listed in section I.(c) of this NOFA, above, although 
the applicant's plan must include all of the activities that will be 
undertaken to address the problem, whether or not they are funded under 
this program. If the same activities are proposed for all of the 
developments that will be covered by the plan, the activities do not 
need to be described separately for each development. Where different 
activities are proposed for different developments, these activities 
and the developments where they will take place must be separately 
described. The description of the plan in the application must include 
(but not necessarily be limited to) the following information:
    (A) A narrative describing each activity proposed for Drug 
Elimination Program funding in the applicant's plan, any additional 
relevant activities being undertaken by the applicant (e.g., a drug 
treatment program for residents funded by an agency other than HUD), 
and how all of these activities interrelate. The applicant should 
specifically address whether it plans to implement a comprehensive drug 
elimination strategy that involves management practices, enforcement/
law enforcement techniques (such as community policing), and a 
combination of drug abuse prevention, intervention, referral, and 
treatment programs. In addition, the applicant should indicate how its 
proposed activities will complement, and be coordinated with, current 
activities.
    (1) If grant amounts are to be used for contracting security guard 
personnel services in public housing developments the application must 
describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(1)(i) (Employment of 
Security Personnel) of this NOFA will be met.
    (2) If grant amounts are to be used for HA police officers the 
application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(1)(ii) 
(HA Police Departments) of this NOFA will be met.
    (3) If grant amounts are to be used for reimbursement of local law 
enforcement agencies for additional security and protective services 
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(2) 
(Reimbursement of Local Law Enforcement Agencies) of this NOFA will be 
met.
    (4) If grant amounts are to be used for physical improvements in 
public housing developments proposed for funding under section I.(c)(3) 
(Physical Improvements) of this NOFA the application must discuss how 
these improvements will be coordinated with the applicant's 
modernization program, if any, under 24 CFR part 968.
    (5) If grant amounts are to be used for employment of investigators 
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(4) 
(Employment of Investigators) of the NOFA will be met.
    (6) If grant amounts are to be used for voluntary tenant patrols 
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(5) 
(Voluntary tenant patrol) of this NOFA will be met.
    (7) If grant amounts are to be used for a prevention, intervention 
or treatment program to reduce the use of drugs in and around the 
premises of public and Indian housing developments as provided in 
I.(c)(6) (Programs to Reduce the Use of Drugs) of this NOFA, the 
application must discuss the nature of the program, how the program 
represents a prevention or intervention strategy, and how the program 
will further the HA's strategy to eliminate drug-related crime and/or 
its associated problems in the developments proposed for assistance.
    (B) The anticipated cost of each activity in the plan, a 
description of how funding decisions were reached (cost analysis), and 
the financial and other resources (including funding under this 
program, and from other resources) that may reasonably be expected to 
be available to carry out each activity.
    (C) An implementation timetable that includes tasks, deadlines, 
cost and persons responsible for implementing (beginning, achieving 
identified milestones, and completing) each activity in the plan.
    (D) The role of tenants, and RMCs, RCs, and ROs (where these 
organizations exist) in planning and developing the application for 
funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. The application must 
provide the name of the RMC or incorporated RC or RO that will develop 
any security and drug abuse prevention programs under section I.(c)(7) 
(RMCs, RCs, and ROs) of this NOFA involving site residents.
    (E) The role of any other entities (e.g., tribal, local and State 
governments, community organizations and federal agencies) in planning 
and carrying out the plan. This can be shown, for example, by providing 
letters of support or commitment from governmental or private entities 
of the financial or other resources (e.g., staff or in-kind resources) 
that they agree to provide.
    (F) The resources that the applicant may reasonably expect to be 
available at the end of the grant term to continue the plan, and how 
they will be allocated to plan activities that can be sustained over a 
period of years.
    (G) A discussion of how the applicant's plan will serve to provide 
training and employment or business opportunities for lower income 
persons and businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons 
residing within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined 
in 24 CFR part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR 
961.29(b)(4). HAs are encouraged to hire qualified residents in all 
positions.
    (H) Program evaluation. The plan must specifically discuss how the 
activities funded under this program will be evaluated by the 
applicant, so that the program's progress can be measured. The 
evaluation may also be used to modify activities to make them more 
successful or to identify unsuccessful strategies. The evaluation must 
identify the types of information the applicant will need to measure 
the plan's success (e.g., tracking changes in identified crime 
statistics); and indicate the method the applicant will use to gather 
and analyze this information.
    (ii) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the quality and 
thoroughness of an applicant's plan in terms of the information 
requested in section I.(d)(2)(i), ``Quality of the plan,'' of this 
NOFA, including the extent to which:
    (A) The applicant's plan clearly describes the activities that are 
being proposed by the applicant, including those activities to be 
funded under this program and those to be funded from other sources, 
and indicates how these proposed activities provide for a comprehensive 
approach to eliminate drug-related crime and/or its associated problems 
(as described under the first criterion, section I.(d)(1), ``The extent 
of the drug-related crime problem'' of this NOFA, above) in the 
developments proposed for funding. (Maximum Points: 10)
    (B) The applicant's plan provides a budget narrative (with cost 
analysis) for each activity and describes the financial and other 
resources (under this program and other sources) that may reasonably be 
expected to be available to carry out each activity. (Maximum Points: 
4)
    (C) The applicant's plan is realistic in terms of time, personnel, 
and other resources, considering the applicant's timetable for 
beginning and completing each component of the plan and the amount of 
funding requested under this program and other identified resources 
available to the applicant. (Maximum Points: 3)
    (D) As described in the plan, tenants, and RMCs/RCs/ROs, where they 
exist, are involved in planning and developing the application for 
funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 4)
    (E) As described in the plan, other entities (e.g., tribal, local 
and state governments and community organizations) are involved in 
planning and carrying out the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 3)
    (F) The plan includes activities that can be sustained over a 
period of years and identifies resources that the applicant may 
reasonably expect to be available for the continuation of the 
activities at the end of the grant term. (Maximum Points: 4)
    (G) The applicant's plan will serve to provide training and 
employment or business opportunities for lower income persons and 
businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons residing 
within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined in 24 CFR 
part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR 961.29(b)(4). 
(Maximum Points: 3)
    (H) The applicant has developed an evaluation process to measure 
the success of the plan. (Maximum Points: 4)
    (3) Third Criterion: The Capability of the Applicant To Carry Out 
the Plan. (Maximum Points: 20) In assessing this criterion, HUD will 
consider the following factors:
    (i) The extent of the applicant's administrative capability to 
manage its housing developments, as measured by its performance with 
respect to operative HUD requirements under the ACC or ACA and the 
Public Housing Management Assessment Program at 24 CFR part 901. In 
evaluating administrative capability under this factor, HUD will also 
consider, and the application must include in the form of a narrative 
discussion, the following information:
    (A) Whether there are any unresolved findings from prior HUD 
reports (e.g. performance or finance), reviews or audits undertaken by 
HUD, the Inspector General, the General Accounting Office, or 
independent public accountants;
    (B) Whether the applicant is operating under court order; and,
    (C) If applicable, the progress made by a troubled HA in achieving 
goals established under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) executed with 
HUD. (Maximum Points under paragraph (3)(i)(A)(B) and (C) of this 
section: 3)
    (ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the applicant 
has implemented effective screening procedures to determine an 
individual's suitability for public housing (consistent with the 
requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3604(f), 24 CFR 100.202, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 24 
CFR 8.4 which deal with individuals with disabilities); implemented a 
plan to reduce vacancies; implemented eviction procedures in accordance 
with 24 CFR 966, subpart B, and section 503 of NAHA; or undertaken 
other management actions to eliminate drug-related crime and/or its 
associated problems in its developments. (Maximum Points: 2)
    (iii) The application must identify the applicant's participation 
in HUD grant programs (such as CGP, CIAP, youth sports, child care, 
resident management, Drug Elimination Program grants, etc.) within the 
preceding three years, and discuss the degree of the applicant's 
success in implementing and managing these grant programs. (Maximum 
Points: 5)
    (iv) The Field Office shall evaluate the extent of the applicant's 
success, effort, or failure in implementing and managing an effective 
program under previous Drug Elimination grants (preceding three years). 
Successful and effective management of previous Drug Elimination grant 
program(s), will result in up to 10 extra points. Evidence of an 
unjustified failure to make adjustments to an ineffective program will 
result in a deduction of up to 10 points. This evaluation will be based 
upon HUD's Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS) reports, PHDEP 
performance and financial reports, and HUD reviews. (Maximum Points: 
Plus (+) 10 or Minus (-) 10 Points)
    (4) Fourth Criterion: The Extent to Which Tenants, the Local 
Government and the Local Community Support and Participate in the 
Design and Implementation of the Activities Proposed To Be Funded Under 
the Application. (Maximum Points: 20) In assessing this criterion, HUD 
will consider the following factors:
    (i) The application must include a discussion of the extent to 
which community representatives and local, State and Federal government 
officials are actively involved in the design and implementation of the 
applicant's plan, as evidenced, by descriptions of planning meetings 
held with community representatives and local government officials, 
letters of commitment to provide funding, staff, or in-kind resources, 
or written comments on the applicants planned activities. (Maximum 
Points: 7)
    (ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the relevant 
governmental jurisdiction has met its law enforcement obligations under 
the Cooperation Agreement with the applicant (as required by the 
grantee's Annual Contributions Contract with HUD). The application must 
also include a certification by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a 
State or a unit of general local government in which the developments 
proposed for assistance are located that the locality is meeting its 
obligations under the Cooperation Agreement with the HA, particularly 
with regard to law enforcement services. If the jurisdiction is not 
meeting its obligations under the Cooperation Agreement, the CEO should 
identify any special circumstances relating to its failure to do so. 
Whether or not a locality is meeting its obligations under the 
Cooperation Agreement with the applicant, the application must describe 
the current level of law enforcement services being provided to the 
developments proposed for assistance. (Maximum Points: 5)
    (iii) The extent to which development residents (tenants), and an 
RMC, RC or RO, where they exist, are involved in the planning and 
development of the grant application and plan strategy, and support and 
participate in the design and implementation of the activities proposed 
to be funded under the application. The application must include a 
summary of each written resident and resident organization comment, as 
required by 24 CFR 961.18, and the applicant's response to and action 
on these comments. If there are no resident or resident organization 
comments, the applicant must provide an explanation of the steps taken 
to encourage participation, even though they were not successful. 
(Maximum Points: 3)
    (iv) The extent to which the applicant is already undertaking, or 
has undertaken, participation in local, State, or Federal anti-drug 
related crime efforts (such as Operation Weed and Seed, coordinated by 
the U.S. Department of Justice, or Operation Safe Home) or is 
successfully coordinating its law enforcement activities with local, 
State or Federal law enforcement agencies. (Maximum points: 5)

(e) Ranking Factors

    (1) Each application for a grant award that is submitted in a 
timely manner to the local HUD Field Office with delegated public 
housing responsibilities or, in the case of IHAs, to the appropriate 
Office of Native American Programs, and that otherwise meets the 
requirements of this NOFA.
    (2) An application must receive a score of at least 80 points out 
of the maximum of 120 points that may be awarded under this competition 
to be eligible for funding.
    (3) After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the 
applications on a national basis according to two categories, either 
HAs with up to 1,249 units, or HAs with 1,250 or more units. Awards 
will be made in ranked order until all funds are expended. Any funding 
that cannot be awarded in one category will be awarded under the other 
category within the statutory limits.
    (4) In the event that two eligible applications receive the same 
score, and both cannot be funded because of insufficient funds, the 
application with the highest score in Selection Criterion 3 ``The 
Capability of the Applicant to Carry Out the Plan'' will be selected. 
If Selection Criterion 3 is scored identically for both applications, 
the scores in Selection Criteria 1, 2, and 4 will be compared in this 
order, one at a time, until one application scores higher in one of the 
factors and is selected. If the applications score identically in all 
factors, the application that requests less funding will be selected.
    (5) All awards will be made to fund fully an application, except as 
provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts 
and Special Conditions).

(f) General Grant Requirements

    The following requirements apply to this program:
    (1) Grantees are required to use grant funds under this program in 
accordance with this NOFA, 24 CFR part 961, 24 CFR part 85, applicable 
statutes, HUD regulations, Notices, Handbooks, OMB circular, grant 
agreements/amendments, and the grantee's approved plan, budget (SF-
424A), budget narratives and timetable.
    (2) Applicability of OMB Circular and HUD fiscal and audit 
controls. The policies, guidelines, and requirements of this NOFA, 24 
CFR 961, 24 CFR part 85, and OMB Circular A-87 apply to the acceptance 
and use of assistance by grantees under this program; and OMB Circular 
Nos. A-110 and A-122 apply to the acceptance and use of assistance by 
private nonprofit organizations (including RMCs, RCs and ROs). In 
addition, grantees and subgrantees must comply with fiscal and audit 
controls and reporting requirements prescribed by HUD, including the 
system and audit requirements under the Single Audit Act, OMB Circular 
No. A-128 and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 44; and OMB 
Circular No. A-133.
    (3) Cost Principles. Specific guidance in this NOFA, 24 CFR part 
961, 24 CFR part 85, OMB Circular A-87, other applicable OMB cost 
principles, HUD program regulations, Notices, HUD Handbooks, and the 
terms of grant/special conditions and subgrant agreements will be 
followed in determining the reasonableness and allocability of costs. 
All costs must be reasonable, necessary and justified with cost 
analysis. PHDEP Funds must be disbursed by the grantee within seven 
calendar days after receipt of drawdown. Grant funds must be used only 
for Drug Elimination Program purposes. Direct costs are those that can 
be identified specifically with a particular activity or function in 
this NOFA and cost objectives in OMB Circular A-87. Indirect cost are 
not permitted in this program. Administrative requirements for Drug 
Elimination Program grants will be in accordance with 24 CFR part 85. 
Acquisition of property or services shall be in accordance with 24 CFR 
85.36. All equipment acquisitions will remain the property of the 
grantee in accordance with 24 CFR 85.32. ONAP procurement standards are 
in 24 CFR part 905.
    (4) Grant Staff Personnel. (i) All persons or entities compensated 
by the grantee for services provided under a Drug Elimination Program 
grant must meet all applicable personnel or procurement requirements 
and shall be required as a condition of employment to meet all relevant 
State, local and federally-recognized Indian tribal government, 
insurance, training, licensing, or other similar standards and 
requirements.
    (ii) Compensation for personnel (including supervisory personnel, 
such as a grant administrator or drug program coordinator, and support 
staff, such as counselors and clerical staff) hired for grant 
activities is permitted and may include wages, salaries, and fringe 
benefits.
    (iii) All grant personnel must be necessary, reasonable and 
justified. Job descriptions must be provided for all grant personnel. 
Excessive staffing is not permitted.
    (iv) PHA-IHA staff employees shall be compensated with grant funds 
only for work performed directly for PHDEP grant-related activities and 
shall document the time and activity involved in accordance with 24 CFR 
85.20.
    (5) Term of Grant. The grant project (FY 1994 PHDEP grant) must be 
completed within, and shall not exceed, 24 months from the date of 
execution of the grant agreement, unless an extension and grant 
amendment (HUD Form 1044) is approved by the local Field Office. After 
the award of the grant the maximum extension allowable for any project 
period is 6 months. Any funds not expended at the end of the grant term 
shall be remitted to HUD.
    (6) Duplication of Funds. To prevent duplicate funding of any 
activity, the grantee must establish controls to assure that an 
activity or program that is funded by other HUD programs, such as 
modernization or CIAP, or programs of other Federal agencies, shall not 
also be funded by the Drug Elimination Grant Program.
    The grantee must establish an auditable system to provide adequate 
accountability for funds which it has been awarded. The applicant has 
the responsibility to ensure there is no duplication of funding 
sources.
    (7) Sanctions. (i) HUD may impose sanctions if the grantee:
    (A) Is not complying with the requirements of 24 CFR part 961 or of 
other applicable Federal law;
    (B) Fails to make satisfactory progress toward its drug elimination 
goals, as specified in its plan and as reflected in its performance and 
financial status reports under Sec. 961.28;
    (C) Does not establish procedures that will minimize the time 
elapsing between drawdowns and disbursements;
    (D) Does not adhere to grant agreement requirements or special 
conditions;
    (E) Proposes substantial plan changes to the extent that, if 
originally submitted, would have resulted in the application not being 
selected for funding;
    (F) Engages in the improper award or administration of grant 
subcontracts;
    (G) Does not submit reports; or
    (H) Files a false certification, for example, those listed under 
section I.(d) of this NOFA.
    (ii) HUD may impose the following sanctions:
    (A) Temporarily withhold cash payments pending correction of the 
deficiency by the grantee or subgrantee;
    (B) Disallow all or part of the cost of the activity or action not 
in compliance;
    (C) Wholly or partly suspend or terminate the current award for the 
grantee's or subgrantee's program;
    (D) Require that some or all of the grant amounts be remitted to 
HUD;
    (E) Condition a future grant and elect not to provide future grant 
funds to the grantee until appropriate actions are taken to ensure 
compliance;
    (F) Withhold further awards for the program or
    (G) Take other remedies that may be legally available.
    (8) Notification. After completion of the ranking and environmental 
reviews as required by 24 CFR 961.15(d), HUD will send written 
notification to all applicants of whether or not they have been 
selected.
    (9) Grant Agreement. After an application has been approved, HUD 
and the applicant shall enter into a grant agreement (Form HUD-1044) 
setting forth the amount of the grant and its applicable terms, 
conditions, financial controls, payment mechanism/schedule, and special 
conditions, including sanctions for violation of the agreement.

II. Application Process

(a) Application Kit

    An application kit may be obtained and assistance provided, from 
the local HUD Category A or B Field Office or other Field Office with 
delegated public housing responsibilities over an applying public 
housing agency (PHA), or from the Office of Native American Programs 
(ONAP) having jurisdiction over the Indian housing authority (IHA) 
making an application, or by calling HUD's Resident Initiatives 
Clearinghouse, telephone 1-800-578-3472 (DISC). The application package 
contains information on all exhibits and certifications required under 
this NOFA.

(b) Application Submission

    Applications are due on or before Friday, July 29, 1994, at 3:30 
p.m., local time. This application deadline is firm as to date and 
hour. In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the 
Department will treat as ineligible for consideration any application 
that is received after the deadline. Applicants should take this 
practice into account and make early submission of their materials to 
avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated 
delays or other delivery-related problems. Applications (original and 
two copies) must be physically received by the deadline at the local 
HUD Category A or B Field Office or other Field Office with delegated 
public housing responsibilities over the applying PHA Attention: 
Director, Public Housing Division, or, in the case of IHAs, to the 
local HUD Field Office Attention: Administrator, Office of Native 
American Programs with jurisdiction over the applying IHA, as 
appropriate. It is not sufficient for an application to bear a postage 
date within the submission time period. Applications submitted by 
facsimile are not acceptable. Applications received after the deadline 
will not be considered.

III. Checklist of Application Submission Requirements

    To qualify for a grant under this program, the application 
submitted to HUD shall include, in addition to those requirements 
listed under section I.(d) (Selection Criteria) of this NOFA, including 
the plan to address the problem of drug-related crime in the 
developments proposed for funding, at least the following items:

(a) Applicant Data Form

    The applicant must complete the required information for database 
entry. The form is provided in the application kit.

(b) Application for Federal Assistance

    Standard Form SF-424. The SF-424 is the face sheet for the 
application. The form is provided in the application kit. The assurance 
form must be attached to the SF-424.

(c) SF-424A (Budget Information)

    With budget narrative(s) attached that describes each major 
activity proposed for funding, e.g., employment of security personnel 
(security guards and HA police officers), reimbursement of local law 
enforcement services, physical improvements, employment of 
investigators, voluntary tenant (resident) patrols, drug prevention, 
intervention, and treatment programs to reduce the use of drugs). The 
form(s) must be attached to the SF-424A. The form is provided in the 
application kit.

(d) Applicants Must Verify Its Unit Count With the Local HUD Field 
Office Prior To Submitting the Application

    Applicants must compute the maximum grant award amount for which 
they are eligible (eligible dollar amount per unit x (times) number of 
units listed in the housing authority low-rent operating budgets (form 
HUD-52564) for housing authority fiscal year ending March 31, June 30, 
September 30, or December 31, 1993 and compare it with the dollar 
amount requested in the application to make certain the amount 
requested does not exceed the permitted maximum grant award.

(e) Certifications and Assurances (Assurance Must Be Attached to SF-
424)

    Applications must include (forms are provided in the application 
kit):
    (1) A certification that the applicant will maintain a drug-free 
workplace in accordance with the requirements of the Drug-Free 
Workplace Act of 1988, 24 CFR Part 24, Subpart F. (Applicants may 
submit a copy of their most recent drug-free workplace certification, 
which must be dated within the past year.)
    (2) A certification and disclosure in accordance with the 
requirements of section 319 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 
1352) and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These 
authorities generally prohibit recipients and subrecipients of Federal 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans from using 
appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative Branches 
of the Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 
grant, or loan.
    (3) If applying for drug treatment program funding, a certification 
by the applicant that the applicant has notified and consulted with the 
relevant local tribal commission, Single State Agency or other local 
authority with drug program coordination responsibilities concerning 
its application; and that the proposed drug treatment program has been 
reviewed by the relevant local tribal commission, Single State Agency 
or other local authority and is consistent with the tribal or State 
treatment plan.
    (4) A certification (the certification is provided in the 
application kit) by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a State or a 
unit of general local government in which the developments proposed for 
assistance are located that:
    (i) Grant funds provided under this program will not substitute for 
activities currently being undertaken on behalf of the applicant by the 
jurisdiction to address drug-related crime and/or its associated 
problems;
    (ii) Any reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for 
additional security and protective services to be provided under 
section I.(c)(2) of this NOFA meet the requirements of that section.
    (5) A certification from the chief of the local law enforcement 
agency:
    (i) If the application is for employment of security guard 
personnel, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will 
enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the provider of the 
security personnel in accordance with the requirements of sections 
I.(c)(1) (Employment of security guard personnel) of this NOFA;
    (ii) If the application is for employment of investigators, that 
the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will enter into, an 
agreement with the applicant and the investigators, in accordance with 
the requirements of sections I.(c)(4) (Employment of investigators) of 
this NOFA;
    (iii) If the application is for voluntary tenant (resident) patrol 
funding, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will 
enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the voluntary tenant 
patrol, in accordance with the requirements of sections I.(c)(5) 
(voluntary tenant (resident) patrol) of this NOFA.
    (6) A certification by the RMC, RC or RO, or other involved 
resident group where an RMC, RC or RO do not exist, that the residents 
participated in the preparation of the grant application with the 
applicant, and that the applicant's description of the activities that 
the resident group will implement under the program is accurate and 
complete.

(g) HUD Form 2880, Applicant Disclosures

    The form is provided in the application kit.

IV. Corrections to Deficient Applications

    (a) HUD will notify an applicant, in writing, of any curable 
technical deficiencies in the application. The applicant must submit 
corrections in accordance with the information specified in HUD's 
letter within 14 calendar days from the date of HUD's letter notifying 
the applicant of any such deficiency.
    (b) Curable technical deficiencies relate to items that:
    (i) Are not necessary for HUD review under selection criteria/
ranking factors; and
    (ii) Cannot be submitted after the submission due date (application 
deadline) to improve the quality of the applicant's program proposal.
    (c) An example of a curable technical deficiency would be the 
failure of an applicant to submit a required assurance, budget 
narrative, certification, applicant data form, summaries of written 
resident comments, incomplete forms such as the SF-424 or lack of 
required signatures, appendixes and documentation referenced in the 
application or a computational error based on the use of an incorrect 
number(s) such as incorrect unit counts. These items are discussed in 
the application kit and samples, as appropriate, are provided.
    (d) An example of a non-curable defect or deficiency would be a 
missing SF-424A (Budget Information).

V. Other Matters

(a) Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity

    The following nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements 
apply:
    (1) The requirements of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 
42 U.S.C. 3600-20 (Fair Housing Act) and implementing regulations 
issued at subchapter A of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
as amended by 54 FR 3232 (published January 23, 1989); Executive Order 
11063 (Equal Opportunity in Housing) and implementing regulations at 24 
CFR part 107; and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d-2000d-4) (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) and 
implementing regulations issued at 24 CFR Part 11;
    (2) The Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) (Title II of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. 1301-1303) provides, among other things, 
that ``no Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall * 
* * deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of 
its laws or deprive any person of liberty or property without due 
process of law.'' The Indian Civil Rights Act applies to any tribe, 
band, or other group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States in the exercise of recognized powers of self-government. 
The ICRA is applicable in all cases where an IHA has been established 
by exercise of tribal powers of self-government.
    (3) The prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age 
under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-07) and 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146, and the prohibitions 
against discrimination against handicapped individuals under section 
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 8;
    (4) The requirements of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment 
Opportunity) and the regulations issued under the Order at 41 CFR 
chapter 60;
    (5) The requirements of section 3 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Employment Opportunities for 
Lower Income Persons in Connection with Assisted Projects); and
    (6) The requirements of Executive Orders 11625, 12432, and 12138. 
Consistent with HUD's responsibilities under these Orders, recipients 
must make efforts to encourage the use of minority and women's business 
enterprises in connection with funded activities.

(b) Environmental Impact

    Grants under this program are categorically excluded from review 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in 
accordance with 24 CFR part 50.20(p). However, prior to an award of 
grant funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to the extent 
required by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50, 
including the applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.

(c) Federalism Impact

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) 
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies 
contained in this rule will not have substantial direct effects on 
States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between the 
Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government and, therefore, 
the provisions of this rule do not have ``federalism implications'' 
within the meaning of the Order. The rule implements a program that 
encourages HAs to develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-
related crime, and makes available grants to HAs to help them carry out 
their plans. As such, the program would help HAs combat serious drug-
related crime problems in their developments, thereby strengthening 
their role as instrumentalities of the States. In addition, further 
review under the Order is unnecessary, since the rule generally tracks 
the statute and involves little implementing discretion.

(d) Family Impact

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official for Executive Order 
12606, the Family, has determined that the provisions of this rule have 
the potential for a positive, although indirect, impact on family 
formation, maintenance and general well-being within the meaning of the 
Order. This rule would implement a program that would encourage HAs to 
develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-related crime, and to 
make available grants to help HAs to carry out this plan. As such, the 
program is intended to improve the quality of life of public and Indian 
housing development residents, including families, by reducing the 
incidence of drug-related crime.

(e) Section 102  HUD Reform Act--Documentation and Public Access 
Requirements; Applicant/Recipient Disclosures

    Documentation and public access. HUD will ensure that documentation 
and other information regarding each application submitted pursuant to 
this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis upon which assistance 
was provided or denied. This material, including any letters of 
support, will be made available for public inspection for a five-year 
period beginning not less than 30 days after the award of the 
assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the 
recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its quarterly Federal 
Register notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a 
competitive basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14(a) and 12.16(b), and the notice 
published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for 
further information on these requirements.)
    Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years 
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in 
connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made 
available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case 
for a period generally less than three years. All reports--both 
applicant disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance 
with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 15. (See 24 CFR subpart C, and 
the notice published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 
1942), for further information on these disclosure requirements.)

(f) Section 103  HUD Reform Act

    HUD's regulation implementing section 103 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 was published May 13, 
1991 (56 FR 22088) and became effective on June 12, 1991. That 
regulation, codified as 24 CFR part 4, applies to the funding 
competition announced today. The requirements of the rule continue to 
apply until the announcement of the selection of successful applicants.
    HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the 
making of funding decisions are limited by part 4 from providing 
advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of 
HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from otherwise giving any 
applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for 
assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the 
subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
    Applicants who have questions should contact the HUD Office of 
Ethics (202) 708-3815. (This is not a toll-free number.) The Office of 
Ethics can provide information of a general nature to HUD employees, as 
well. However, a HUD employee who has specific program questions, such 
as whether particular subject matter can be discussed with persons 
outside the Department, should contact his or her Regional or Field 
Office Counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the 
question pertains.

(g) Section 112  HUD Reform Act

    Section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
contains two provisions dealing with efforts to influence HUD's 
decisions with respect to financial assistance. The first imposes 
disclosure requirements on those who are typically involved in these 
efforts--those who pay others to influence the award of assistance or 
the taking of a management action by the Department and those who are 
paid to provide the influence. The second restricts the payment of fees 
to those who are paid to influence the award of HUD assistance, if the 
fees are tied to the number of housing units received or are based on 
the amount of assistance received, or if they are contingent upon the 
receipt of assistance. Section 13 was implemented by final rule 
published in the Federal Register on May 17, 1991 (56 FR 22912). If 
readers are involved in any efforts to influence the Department in 
these ways, they are urged to read the final rule, particularly the 
examples contained in Appendix A of the rule.

(h) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

    The use of funds awarded under this NOFA is subject to the 
disclosure requirements and prohibitions of section 319 of the 
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 1352) (The ``Byrd Amendment'') and the 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These authorities prohibit 
recipients of federal contracts, grants, or loans from using 
appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative branches 
of the federal government in connection with a specific contract, 
grant, or loan. The prohibition also covers the awarding of contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, or loans unless the recipient has made 
an acceptable certification regarding lobbying.
    Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and subrecipients of 
assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no federal funds have 
been or will be spent on lobbying activities in connection with the 
assistance. Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) established by an Indian 
tribe as a result of the exercise of their sovereign power are excluded 
from coverage, but IHAs established under State law are not excluded 
from coverage.

    Authority: Sec. 5127, Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.); sec. 7(d), Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: March 24, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

Appendix: Listing of HUD Regional Offices, Category A and B Field 
Offices, and Other Field Offices With Delegated Public Housing 
Responsibilities, and Offices of Indian Programs

    Note: The below information was confirmed by local Field Offices 
February 18, 1994.

Region I

    Jurisdictions: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
Rhode Island, Vermont.

Boston, Massachusetts Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Boston 
Regional Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 
Causeway Street, Room 375, Boston, MA 02222-1092, (617) 565-5234, 
TDD Number: (617) 565-5453, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. local 
time

Hartford, Connecticut Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Hartford Office, 330 Main Street, 
Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1860, (203) 240-4522, TDD Number: (203) 
240-4665, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Manchester, New Hampshire Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Manchester Office, Norris Cotton Federal 
Building, 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487, 
(603) 666-7681, TDD Number: (603) 666-7518, Office hours: 8 a.m.-
4:30 p.m local time

Providence, Rhode Island Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Providence Office, 330 John O. Pastore 
Federal Building, U.S. Post Office--Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode 
Island 02903-1785, (401) 528-5351, TDD Number: (401) 528-5364, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region II

    Jurisdictions: New York, New Jersey.

 New York RegionaL Office.

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--New York 
Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068, 
(212) 264-6500, TDD Number: (212) 264-0927, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-
5 p.m. local time

Buffalo, New York Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Buffalo Office, Lafayette Court, 5th 
Floor, 465 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1780, (716) 846-
5755, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 
p.m. local time

Newark, New Jersey Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Newark Office, Military Park Building,60 
Park Place, Newark, New Jersey 07102-5504,(201) 877-1662, TDD 
Number: (201) 645-6649,Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. local time

Region III

    Jurisdictions: Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, 
Virginia, West Virginia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Regional Office

    Regional Administrator, HUD--Philadelphia Regional Office, 
Liberty Square Building, 105 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19106-3392, (215) 597-2560, TDD Number: (215) 597-5564, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Washington, DC Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Washington Office, 820 First Street N.E. 
Washington, DC 20002-4502, (202) 275-9200, TDD Number: (202) 275-
0967, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Baltimore, Maryland Office--Category A Office

Office the Manager, HUD--Baltimore Office, 10 South Howard Street, 
5th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2505, (410) 962-2520, TDD 
Number: (410) 962-0106, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local 
time,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Pittsburgh Office, Old Post Office 
Courthouse Building, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
15219-1939, (412) 644-6428, TDD Number: (412) 644-5747, Office 
hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time.

Richmond, Virginia Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Richmond Office, The 3600 Centre, 3600 
West Broad Street, P.O. Box 90331, Richmond, Virginia 23230--0331, 
(804) 278-4507, TDD Number: (804) 278-4501, Office hours: 8 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. local time

Charleston, West Virginia Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Charleston Office, 405 Capitol Street, 
Suite 708, Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7000, TDD 
Number: (304) 347-5332 Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region IV

    Jurisdictions: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Caribbean, Virgin 
Islands.

Atlanta, Georgia Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Atlanta 
Regional Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring 
Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (404) 331-5136, TDD 
Number: (404) 730-2654, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Birmingham, Alabama Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Birmingham Office, 600 Beacon Parkway 
West, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7617, TDD 
Number: (205) 290-7624, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Louisville, Kentucky Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Louisville Office, 601 West Broadway, 
P.O. Box 1044, Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-5251, TDD 
Number: Number not available

Jackson, Mississippi Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Jackson Office, Doctor A.H. McCoy 
Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, 
Mississippi 39269-1096, (601) 965-4773, TDD Number: (901) 601-4171, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Greensboro, North Carolina Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Greensboro Office, 2306 West Meadowview 
Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27407 (919) 547-4000 TDD Number: 
919-547-4055 Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Caribbean Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Caribbean Office, New San Office 
Building, 159 Carlos East Chardon Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 
00918-1804, (809) 766-6121, TDD Number: Number not available, Office 
hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Columbia, South Carolina Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Columbia Office, Strom Thurmond Federal 
Building, 1835 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480, 
(803) 765-5592, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 
a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Knoxville, Tennessee Office--Category A Office

 Office of the Manager, HUD--Knoxville Office, John J. Duncan 
Federal Building, 710 Locust Street, S.W., Knoxville, Tennessee 
37902-2526, (615) 549-4384, TDD Number: (615) 545-4379, Office 
hours: 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local time

Nashville, Tennessee Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Nashville Office, 251 Cumberland Bend 
Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1803, (615) 736-5213, 
TDD Number: (615) 736-2886, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local 
time

Jacksonville, Florida Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Jacksonville Office, 301 West Bay 
Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-
2626, TDD Number: (904) 232-1241, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
local time

Region V

    Jurisdictions: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, 
Wisconsin.

Chicago, Illinois Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, Ralph H. 
Metcalfe Federal Building, HUD--Chicago Regional Office, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5680, TTD Number: 
(312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Chicago, Illinois--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Chicago Office of Native American Programs, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-4532, TDD 
Number: (312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Detroit, Michigan Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Detroit Office, Patrick V. McNamara 
Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592, 
(313) 226-7900, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 
a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Indianapolis, Indiana Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Indianapolis Office, 151 North Delaware 
Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-6303, TDD 
Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local 
time

Grand Rapids, Michigan Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Grand Rapids Office, 2922 Fuller Avenue, 
N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505-3499, (616) 456-2100, TDD Number: 
Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Minneapolis-St. Paul Office, 220 2nd 
Street South, Bridge Place Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-
2195, (612) 370-3000, TTD Number: (612) 370-3186, Office hours: 8 
a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Cincinnati, Ohio Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Cincinnati Office, Federal Office 
Building, Room 9002, 550 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3253, 
(513) 684-2884, TDD Number: (513) 684-6180, Office hours: 8 a.m.-
4:45 p.m. local time

Cleveland, Ohio Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Cleveland Office, Renaissance Building, 
1375 Euclid Avenue, Fifth Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216) 
522-4065, TTD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-
4:40 p.m. local time

Columbus, Ohio Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Columbus Office, 200 North High Street, 
Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499, (614) 469-5737, TDD Number: Number not 
available, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Milwaukee Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal 
Plaza, 310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
53203-2289, (414) 291-3214, TDD Number: Number not available, Office 
hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region VI

    Jurisdictions: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Fort 
Worth Regional Office, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, Fort Worth, 
Texas, 76113-2905, (817) 885-5401, TDD Number: (817) 885-5447, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Houston, Texas Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Houston Office, Norfolk Tower, 2211 
Norfolk, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77098-4096, (713) 653-3274, TDD 
Number: Number not available, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
local time

San Antonio, Texas Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--San Antonio Office, Washington Square, 
800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207-4563, (512) 229-6800, 
TDD Number: (512) 229-6885, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local 
time

Little Rock, Arkansas--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Little Rock Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West 
Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5931, 
TDD Number: (501) 324-5931, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local 
time

New Orleans, Louisiana Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--New Orleans Office, Fisk Federal 
Building, Suite 3100, 1661 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 
70112-2887, (504) 589-7200, TDD Number: Number not available, Office 
hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Oklahoma City Office, Alfred P Murrah 
Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
73102-3202, (405) 231-4181, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891, Office 
hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Oklahoma City Office of Native American 
Programs, Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street, 
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-3201, (405) 231-4102, TDD Number: (405) 231-
4891, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Albuquerque, New Mexico Office--Category C Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Albuquerque Office, 625 Truman Street 
N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110-6472, (505) 262-6463, TDD Number: (505) 
262-6463, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region VII

    Jurisdictions: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska.

Kansas City, Kansas--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, Kansas City 
Regional Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City, 
Kansas 66101-2406, (913) 551-5462, TDD Number: (913) 551-6972, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Omaha, Nebraska Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Omaha Office, 10909 Mill Valley Road, 
Omaha, Nebraska 68154-3955, (402) 492-3100, TDD Number: (402) 492-
3183, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

St. Louis, Missouri Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--St. Louis Office, 1222 Spruce Street, 
St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2836, (314) 539-6583, TDD Number: (314) 
539-6331, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Des Moines, Iowa Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Des Moines Office, Federal Building, 210 
Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2155, (515) 284-
4512, TDD Number: (515) 284-4728, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
local time

Region VIII

    Jurisdictions: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Utah, Wyoming.

Denver, Colorado--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Denver 
Regional Office, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street, 
Denver, CO 80202-3607, (303) 672-5248, TDD Number: (303) 672-5248, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Denver, Colorado--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Denver Office of Native American Programs, First 
Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607, 
(303) 672-5467, TDD Number: (303) 672-5248, Office hours: 8 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. local time

Region IX

    Jurisdictions: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, 
American Samoa.

San Francisco, California--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--San 
Francisco Regional Office, Philip Burton Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco, 
California 94102-3448, (415) 556-4752, TDD Number: (415) 556-8357, 
Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Honolulu, Hawaii Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Honolulu Office, 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 
Ala Moana Boulevard, room 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808) 
541-1323, TDD Number: (808) 541-1356, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 
local time

Los Angeles, California Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Los Angeles Office, 1615 West Olympic 
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90015-3801, (213) 251-7122, TDD 
Number: (213) 251-7038, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Sacramento, California Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Sacramento Office, 777 12th Avenue, 
Suite 200, P.O. Box 1978, Sacramento, California 96814-1997, (916) 
551-1351, TDD Number: (916) 561-1367, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
local time

Phoenix, Arizona Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Phoenix Office, Two Arizona Center, 
Suite 1600, 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 
261-4434, TDD Number: (602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
local time

Phoenix, Arizona--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Phoenix Office of Native American Programs, Two 
Arizona Center, Suite 1650, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 379-
4156, TDD Number: (602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. 
local time

Region X

    Jurisdictions: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.

Seattle, Washington--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Seattle 
Regional Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue, 
Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5101, TDD Number: (206) 
220-5185, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Seattle, Washington--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Seattle Office of Native American Programs, 
Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue, Suite 200, 
Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5270, TDD Number: (206) 220-5185, 
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Portland, Oregon Office--A

Office of the Manager, HUD--Portland Office, 520 S.W. 6th Avenue, 
Portland, Oregon 97203-1596, (503) 326-2561, TDD Number: (503) 326-
3656, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Anchorage, Alaska Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Anchorage Office, University Plaza 
Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-
4399, (907) 271-4170, TDD Number: (907) 271-4328

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