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Part II





Department of Health and Human Services





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Administration for Children and Families



Office of Community Services



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Request for Applications Under the Office of Community Services' Fiscal 
Year 1994 Discretionary Grants Program; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families
Office of Community Services
[Program Announcement No. OCS-94-9]

 
Request for Applications Under the Office of Community Services' 
Fiscal Year 1994 Discretionary Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for applications under the Office of Community 
Services' Discretionary Grants Program.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Community Services (OCS) announces that competing applications will be 
accepted for new grants pursuant to the Secretary's discretionary 
authority under section 681(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act of 1981, as amended. This Program Announcement consists of seven 
parts:
    Part A covers information on legislative authorities and defines 
terms used in the Program Announcement;
    Part B lists the three program priority areas under which grants 
will be made, describes the types of projects that will be considered 
for funding under each priority area, and defines which organizations 
are eligible to apply;
    Part C provides details on application prerequisites, funds 
available in each priority area, limitations on grant amounts, project 
periods, who should benefit from the programs, and other application 
requirements;
    Part D describes the application procedures, including the 
availability of forms, where and how to submit an application, the 
criteria used in screening and evaluating applications, and compliance 
with Federal requirements regarding the drug-free workplace and 
debarment requirements in submitting the application;
    Part E describes the contents of the application package and 
receipt process;
    Part F provides instructions for completing the SF-424 following 
standard Federal guidelines as well as OCS specific requirements, and 
describes how the project narrative should be ordered and presented; 
and
    Part G details post-award information and reporting requirements.
CLOSING DATES: The closing date for submission of applications is June 
23, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Community Services, Joseph 
D. Reid, Acting Director, Division of Community Discretionary Programs, 
Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Telephone (202) 401-9345.

Table of Contents

Part A--Preamble
    1. Legislative Authority
    2. Departmental Goals
    3. Definition of Terms
Part B--Program Priority Areas
Part C--Application Prerequisites
    1. Eligible Applicants
    2. Availability of Funds
    3. Project and Budget Periods
    4. Mobilization of Resources
    5. Program Beneficiaries
    6. Number of Projects in Application
    7. Multiple Submittals
    8. Sub-contracting or Delegating Projects
    9. Previous Performance and Current Grants
Part D--Application Procedures
    1. Availability of Forms
    2. Application Submission
    3. Intergovernmental Review
    4. Application Consideration
    5. Criteria for Screening Applicants
    6, 7 & 8. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of all Applications
Part E--Contents of Application and Receipt Process
    1. Contents of Application
    2. Acknowledgement of Receipt
Part F--Instructions for Completing Application Package
    1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
    2. SF-424A Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
    3. SF-424B Assurances--Non-Construction
    4. Restrictions on Lobbying Activities
    5. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
    6. Project Narrative
Part G--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements

Part A--Preamble

1. Legislative Authority

    Section 681(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as 
amended, authorizes the Secretary to make funds available to support 
program activities of national or regional significance to alleviate 
the causes of poverty in distressed communities.

2. Departmental Goals

    This announcement is particularly relevant to the Departmental goal 
of strengthening the American family and promoting self-sufficiency. 
These programs have objectives of increasing the access of low-income 
people to employment-related opportunities, improving job skills, and 
improving the integration, coordination, and continuity of the various 
HHS (and other Federal Departments') funded services potentially 
available to families living in poverty.

3. Definition of Terms

    For purposes of this Program Announcement the following definitions 
apply:

--Affiliate: A private non-profit entity which has legal and/or 
financial ties to a community development corporation, and which also 
meets the statutory requirement that it be governed by a board 
consisting of residents of the community and business and civic 
leaders.
--Community development corporation: A private, locally initiated, 
nonprofit entity, governed by a board consisting of residents of the 
community and business and civic leaders, which has a record of 
implementing economic development projects or whose Articles of 
Incorporation and/or By-Laws indicate that it has a focus in the area 
of economic development.
--Displaced worker: An individual who is in the labor market but has 
been unemployed for six months or longer.
--Distressed community: A geographic urban neighborhood or rural 
community of high unemployment and pervasive poverty.
--Eligible applicant: (See appropriate Priority Area under part B.)
--Indian tribe: A tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians 
recognized in the State in which it resides or which is considered by 
the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian tribe or an Indian 
organization for any purpose. For the purpose of Priority Area 1.0 
(Urban and Rural Community Economic Development) an Indian tribe or 
Indian organization is ineligible unless the applicant organization is 
a private non-profit community economic development corporation.
--Job Creation: Jobs that were not in existence prior to grant. (NOTE: 
Do not confuse this with Job Placement which is putting a person in a 
vacant job.)
--Migrant farmworker: An individual who works in agricultural 
employment of a seasonal or other temporary nature who is required to 
be absent from his/her place of permanent residence in order to secure 
such employment.
--Rural: An area that is not within the outer boundary of a 
metropolitan entity having a population of 25,000 or more and 
contiguous communities with a population density of 100 persons or more 
per square mile according to the latest decennial census. Such an area 
may be located entirely within one State or made up of contiguous 
interstate communities.
--Seasonal farmworker: Any individual employed in agricultural work of 
a seasonal or other temporary nature who is able to remain at his/her 
place of permanent residence while employed.
--Budget period: The interval of time into which a grant period of 
assistance is divided for budgetary and funding purposes.
--Project period: The total time for which a project is approved for 
support, including any approved extensions.
--Employment Education and Training Program: A program that provides 
education and/or training to welfare recipients, at-risk youth, public 
housing tenants, displaced workers, homeless and low-income individuals 
and that has demonstrated organizational experience in education and 
training for these populations (JOBS, JTPA, etc).
--Technical Assistance: A problem-solving event generally utilizing the 
services of an expert. Such services may be provided on-site, by 
telephone, or other communications. These services address specific 
problems and are intended to assist with the immediate resolution of a 
given problem or set of problems.

Part B--Program Priority Areas

    The program priority areas of the Office of Community Services' 
Discretionary Grants Program are as follows:

Priority Area
    1.0  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development.
    1.1  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational).
    1.2 Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (HBCU Set-
Aside).
    1.3  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-
Developmental Set-Aside).
    1.4  Technical Assistance (Set-Aside)
Priority Area
     2.0  The Planning and Development of Rural Housing (including 
rental housing for low-income individuals) and Community Facilities.
    2.1  Rural Housing (including rental housing for low-income 
individuals).
    2.2  Rural Community Facilities Development (Water and Waste Water 
Treatment Systems Development).
Priority Area
    3.0  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers.
    3.1  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers (General).
    3.2  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers (HBCU Set-
Aside).

Priority Area 1.0  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development

    Eligible applicants are private, locally initiated, non-profit 
community development corporations (or private non-profit affiliates of 
such corporations) governed by a board consisting of residents of the 
community and business and civic leaders which sponsor enterprises 
providing employment and business development opportunities for low-
income residents of the community.
    The purpose of this priority area is to encourage the creation of 
projects intended to provide employment and business development 
opportunities for low-income people through business, physical or 
commercial development, and generally to improve the quality of the 
economic and social environment of low-income residents, including 
displaced workers, at-risk teenagers, individuals residing in public 
housing, and individuals who are homeless, especially those with 
developmental disabilities. It is intended to provide resources to 
eligible applicants but also has the broader objectives of arresting 
tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and community 
deterioration in urban and rural areas. Sub-Priority Area 1.4 is 
intended to provide technical assistance to current Office of Community 
Services' grantees who are experiencing problems in urban and rural 
community economic development projects.
    To this end, the program also seeks to attract additional private 
capital into distressed communities, including state enterprise zones, 
and to build and/or expand the ability of local institutions to better 
serve the economic needs of local residents.

Sub-Priority Area 1.1  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(Operational)

    Funds will be provided to a limited number of private non-profit 
community development corporations (or private non-profit affiliates of 
such corporations) for business development activities at the local 
level. Funding will be provided for specific projects and will require 
the submission of business plans or developmental proposals that meet 
the test of economic feasibility.
    Projects must further the Departmental goals of strengthening 
American families and promoting their self-sufficiency. OCS is 
particularly interested in receiving applications that stress public-
private partnerships that are directed toward the development of 
economic self-sufficiency through a focus on economic expansion.
    Applicants located in State enterprise zones, i.e., an area in 
which a legislative entity has enacted a program of tax and regulatory 
relief to encourage business development, are urged to submit 
applications. Such applicants may request funds for a business 
development project or a project that demonstrates innovative ways to 
create jobs in the poverty community.
    Applications must show that the proposed project:

    (1) Creates full-time permanent jobs. Seventy-five percent (75%) 
of those jobs created must be filled by low-income residents of the 
community and must also provide for career development 
opportunities. Project emphasis should be on employment of 
individuals who are unemployed or on public assistance, with 
particular emphasis on at-risk teenagers, AFDC recipients who are 
participating in the JOBS program, individuals residing in public 
housing, and individuals who are homeless. While projected 
employment in future years may be included in the application, it is 
essential that the focus of employment projects concentrate on those 
jobs created during the duration of the OCS project period; and/or
    (2) Creates a significant number of business development 
opportunities for low-income residents of the community or 
significantly aids such residents in maintaining economically viable 
businesses; and
    (3) Provides for establishing the self-sufficiency of program 
participants.

    In the evaluation process, favorable consideration will be given to 
applicants under this priority area who show the lowest cost-per-job 
created. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, OCS will not fund 
projects where the cost-per-job in OCS funds exceeds $15,000.
    In addition, favorable consideration in the evaluation process will 
be given to applicants who demonstrate their intention to coordinate 
services with the local JOBS office and/or other employment education 
and training offices that serve the proposed area. The JOBS or other 
employment education and training offices should serve welfare 
recipients, at-risk youth, public housing tenants, displaced workers, 
homeless and low-income individuals (as defined by DHHS poverty 
guidelines). Applicants should submit a written agreement from the JOBS 
or other local employment education and training office that indicates 
what actions will be taken to integrate/coordinate services that relate 
directly to the project for which funds are being requested. The 
agreement should include the goals and objectives (including target 
groups) that the applicant and the employment education and training 
office expect to reach through their collaboration. It should describe 
the cooperative relationship, including specific activities and/or 
actions each of these entities proposes to carry out in support of the 
project, and the mechanism(s) to be used in coordinating those 
activities if the project is funded by OCS. Documentation that 
illustrates the organizational experience of the employment education 
and training program should also be included.
    Any applicant which proposes to use the requested OCS funds to make 
an equity investment such as the purchase of stock, or a loan to a 
business concern, including a wholly-owned subsidiary, or to make a 
sub-grant with a portion of the OCS funds, must include in its 
application a written agreement with the third party that commits the 
latter to the following:

    1. A minimum of 75% of the jobs to be created under the grant 
will be for low-income individuals.
    2. The grantee will have authority to screen applicants for jobs 
to be filled by low-income individuals and to verify their 
eligibility.
    3. The grantee will have a seat on the Board of Directors of the 
third party's firm if the grantee's investment equals 25% or more of 
the firm's assets. (Not applicable to loans made to third parties.)
    4. Reports will be made on a quarterly basis to the grantee on 
the use of grant funds.
    5. A procedure will be developed to assure that there are no 
duplicative counts of jobs created.
    6. Detailed information will be provided on how the grant funds 
will be used by the third party by submitting a Source and Use of 
Funds Statement. In addition, the agreement will provide details on 
how the community development corporation will provide support and 
technical assistance to the third-party in areas of recruitment and 
retention of low-income individuals.

    Any funds that are proposed to be used for training purposes must 
be limited to providing specific job-related training to those poverty 
level individuals who have been selected for employment in the grant 
supported project.
    OCS encourages applications that create linkages with community 
organizations administering the JOBS program which will train and place 
residents dependent on public assistance into jobs created by the 
project funded under this priority area.
    Projects which would result in the relocation of a business from 
one geographic area to another with the possible displacement of 
employees are discouraged.
    OCS will not consider applications that propose to establish or 
expand revolving loan funds, nor proposals that are geared towards the 
establishment of Small Business Investment Corporations or Minority 
Enterprise Small Business Investment Corporations.
    OCS does not anticipate approving the funding of applications which 
propose to sub-grant all or most of the grant activities to an 
unrelated entity.
    Applicants must be aware that projects funded under this priority 
area must be operational by the end of the project period, i.e., 
businesses must be in place, and low-income individuals actually 
employed in those businesses.
    See Part F, 6, for special instructions on developing a work 
program for this priority area.

Sub-Priority Area 1.2  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(HBCU Set-Aside)

    For Fiscal Year 1994, a set-aside fund of $2,250,000 will be 
included under this priority area for eligible applicants that submit 
projects that will be carried out in conjunction with Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities through contract or sub-grant. Such 
projects must conform to the purposes, requirements and prohibitions 
applicable to those submitted under Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
    Any funds that are proposed to be used for training must be 
directly related to the project and all individuals trained must be 
placed in a newly created job or business.
    These projects should reflect a significant partnership role for 
the college or university, and the applicant in doing so will be 
considered to have fulfilled the goals of the Public-Private 
Partnerships evaluation criterion and will be granted the maximum 
number of points in that category. Applications for these set-aside 
funds which are not funded due to the limited amount of funds available 
will also be considered competitively within the larger pool of 
eligible applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
    See Part F, 6, for special instructions on developing a work 
program for this priority area.

Sub-Priority Area 1.3  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(Pre-Developmental Set-Aside)

    OCS intends in this priority area to provide funds to recently-
establishment private, locally initiated non-profit community 
development corporations (or affiliates of such corporations) which 
propose to undertake economic development activities in distressed 
communities.
    OCS recognizes that there are a number of newly-organized non-
profit community development corporations who have identified needs in 
their communities but who have not had the staff or other resources to 
develop projects to address those needs. This lack of resources also 
might be affecting their ability to compete for funds, such as those 
provided under OCS's Urban and Rural Community Development Program 
(Operational Grants) since their limited resources would preclude them 
from developing a comprehensive business plan and/or mobilizing 
resources. OCS has an interest in providing support to these new 
entities in order to enable them to become more firmly established in 
their communities, thereby bringing technical expertise and new 
resources to these previously unserved or underserved communities. 
Therefore, OCS is setting aside $750,000 in Fiscal Year 1994 for grants 
to private non-profit community development corporations which have 
been in existence for no more than three years and have never received 
OCS funding. From this sum, grants of up to $75,000 each will be made 
to eligible applicants. These grants will be made for a period of one 
year and will not require matching funds.
    The grants will be pre-developmental grants under which CDCs or 
their affiliates may incur costs to: (1) Evaluate the feasibility of 
potential projects which address identified needs in the low-income 
community and which conform to those projects and activities allowable 
under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1 and 1.2; (2) develop a Business Plan 
related to one of those projects; and (3) mobilize resources to be 
contributed to projects, including the utilization of Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities. Based on the availability of funds in 
Fiscal Year 1996, OCS will consider establishing a set-aside to provide 
operational funds to those organizations which received pre-
developmental grants. Grants might be for a maximum of $250,000 and 
competition for those funds will be restricted to those organizations 
receiving Fiscal Year 1994 pre-developmental grants. The Business Plan 
developed as a result of the pre-developmental grants would be 
submitted as part of the competitive application.
    Each application for Fiscal Year 1994 funded under this Priority 
Area must include the following as part of the project narrative in 
Part IV of the SF-424.
    1. Description of the impact area, i.e., a description of the low-
income area it proposes to address;
    2. Analysis of need in the distressed community;
    3. Project objectives and measurable impact, i.e., a discussion of 
the types of projects that might be implemented to address the 
identified needs and how the proposed projects relate to the 
applicant's organizational goals and previous experience (if any); and
    4. Implementation factors and quarterly work plans with specific 
task timelines.

Sub-Priority Area 1.4  Technical Assistance

    Funds will be awarded under this sub-priority area for the purpose 
of providing technical assistance to grantees funded under the Office 
of Community Services' Discretionary Grants Program. OCS recognizes 
that there are grantees which encounter problems in attempting to 
implement their projects. Some of the grantees lack staff capability or 
resources to resolve these problems. Therefore, OCS intends to provide 
funds to two private, non-profit, locally initiated community 
development corporations which will allow these organizations to 
provide assistance to other grantees. The grants would be for a maximum 
of $250,000 with a grant period not to exceed 17 months. Requests for 
assistance would be initiated by OCS with the concurrence of the 
grantee to be assisted, or the request could be initiated by the 
grantee with the concurrence of OCS. The requests should relate to 
specific, identified problems. The assistance may be given on-site, by 
telephone, or by other means of communication. Assistance will be 
provided free of charge to the grantee by the technical assistance 
provider.

Priority Area 2.0  The Planning and Development of Rural Housing 
(Including Rental Housing for Low-Income Individuals) and Community 
Facilities

Sub-Priority Area 2.1  Rural Housing (Including Rental Housing for Low-
Income Individuals)

    Eligible applicants are States, public agencies or private non-
profit organizations, including Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities.
    The purpose of this priority area is to assist low-income residents 
in rural communities by providing grants to eligible applicants to: (a) 
Provide technical assistance to help low-income families and 
individuals more effectively utilize existing local, State and Federal 
housing assistance programs; and (b) develop innovative ways to meet 
the housing needs of low-income people, e.g., the rehabilitation or 
repair of existing substandard housing units for occupancy by low-
income residents, the conversion of non-residential buildings to low-
income residential use, and the purchase of homes by low-income people.
    OCS encourages applications that will assist low-income homeowners 
to improve their housing through self-help rehabilitation. These 
applications should not include projects which can be funded through 
other existing Federal programs.
    OCS also encourages the submission of proposals with the aim of 
assisting homeless families and those at risk of homelessness. 
Innovative ways to address housing needs of homeless families is of 
particular interest to OCS.
    Projects should produce the following types of tangible 
improvements and benefits related to housing conditions for rural poor 
people: interior or exterior structural repairs including 
weatherization and alternative energy systems; jobs created for local 
unskilled residents while assuring quality work; technical assistance 
and professional services related to housing and community planning by 
community-based design and planning organizations. (Such projects 
should be conducted with maximum use of voluntary services of 
professional and community personnel, and development of innovative 
housing strategies to help low-income rural residents acquire housing.)
    Applications calling for new construction or gut rehabilitation 
will only be considered if the application documents that there is 
insufficient existing housing stock that can be economically 
rehabilitated.
    Funds will not be available for the repair or rehabilitation of 
low-income rental housing unless the structure is either occupied by a 
low-income owner or the properties to be repaired are (a) owned by a 
private non-profit organization and (b) covered by a written agreement 
which will ensure continued occupancy by low-income people for at least 
three years after completion of repairs and rehabilitation.
    OCS is particularly interested in receiving applications from such 
entities as rural housing development corporations, cooperatives, and 
other public and private organizations with proven accomplishments in 
the area of rural housing.
    See Part F, 6, for special instructions on developing a work 
program for this priority area.

Sub-Priority Area 2.2  Rural Community Facilities Development (Water 
and Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)

    Funds will be provided under this priority area to help low-income 
rural communities develop the capability and expertise to establish 
and/or maintain affordable, adequate and safe water and waste water 
treatment facilities.
    Funds provided under this priority area may not be used for 
construction of water and waste water treatment systems or for 
operating subsidies for such systems, but other mobilized funds may be 
used for these activities. Therefore, it is suggested that applicants 
coordinate projects with the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and 
other Federal and State agencies to ensure that funds for hardware for 
local community projects are available.
    Eligible applicants are public or private non-profit organizations, 
including Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In accordance 
with the authorizing legislation, funding priority will be given to 
private non-profit organizations that, before the date of the enactment 
of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986, carried out such 
programs under the authority found at section 681(1)(2)(D) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act.
    See Part F.6, for special instructions on developing a work program 
for this priority area.

Priority 3.0  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers

Sub-Priority 3.1  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers 
(General)

    Eligible applicants are States, public agencies and private non-
profit organizations, including Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities.
    The purpose of this priority area is to fund a limited number of 
projects which focus exclusively on the problems and special needs of 
migrants and seasonal farmworkers in order to improve their quality of 
life and advance self-sufficiency.
    OCS will entertain proposals that directly meet farmworker needs in 
such areas as: Homelessness; crisis nutritional relief; the development 
of self-help systems of food production; emergency health and social 
services referral and assistance; home repair, rehabilitation, and 
ownership; direct assistance to low-income farmworkers, including at-
risk teenagers, to improve their job skills for them to qualify for 
long term and permanent full-time employment in agriculture; and/or 
assistance to low-income farmworkers, including at-risk teenagers, who 
wish to leave agricultural employment and find jobs in other lines of 
work. Linkages with the local JOBS program are encouraged wherever 
appropriate.
    Applicants must provide quantifiable objectives for each of the 
above activities which will be included in the project. OCS encourages 
applicants to develop linkages with other public and private sector 
service providers who also are working with migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers or with issues affecting this target group.
    For projects that relate to job skills and training, OCS will not 
consider applications proposing to use funds exclusively for classroom 
instruction. Placement in permanent jobs must be an integral activity 
of any training project.
    Applications submitted under this priority area must not contain 
requests for OCS funding for projects that would duplicate Community 
Services Block Grant funding or activities for which funding is 
available from other Federal agencies such as the Department of Labor 
and the Department of Agriculture's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 
program.
    See Part F, 6, for special instructions on developing a work 
program for this priority area.

Sub-Priority Area 3.2  Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers 
(HBCU Set-Aside)

    For Fiscal Year 1994, a fund of $300,000 will be set aside for 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities to enable them to offer 
continuing education to migrants and seasonal farmworkers and to 
increase participant employment opportunities. Applicants must provide 
quantifiable objectives for each of the activities which will be 
included in the project. Applications which are not funded within this 
set-aside due to the limited amount of funds available will also be 
considered competitively within the larger pool of eligible applicants 
under Sub-Priority Area 3.1.
    See Part F, 6, for special instructions on developing a work 
program for this priority area.

Part C--Application Prerequisites

1. Eligible Applicants

    Priority areas included in this Program Announcement have differing 
eligibility requirements. Therefore, eligible applicants are identified 
in the individual priority area descriptions found in Part B, above.

2. Availability of Funds

    a. FY 1994 Funds. The Office of Community Services expects to award 
funds by September 30, 1994 for new grants. The maximum amount of funds 
available for each Priority Area is summarized below: 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Fiscal year
                       Priority area                         1994 funds 
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1.0Urban and Rural Community Economic Development:........              
1.1Urban and Rural Community Economic Development                       
 (Operational)............................................   $18,733,000
1.2Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (HBCU                 
 Set-Aside)...............................................     2,250,000
1.3Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-                 
 Developmental Set-Aside).................................       750,000
1.4Technical Assistance (Set Aside).......................       500,000
2.0Planning and Development of Rural Housing and Community              
 Facilities Development...................................     5,460,000
3.0Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers.......              
3.1Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers                     
 (General)................................................     2,647,000
3.2Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers (HBCU               
 Set-Aside)...............................................      300,000 
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    b. Grant Amounts. No more than the below stated amounts will be 
granted for projects under the Priority Areas as indicated: 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Funding 
                     Sub-priority area                           limit  
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1.1.........................................................    $700,000
1.2.........................................................     750,000
1.3.........................................................      75,000
1.4.........................................................     250,000
2.1.........................................................     250,000
2.2.........................................................     425,000
3.1.........................................................     250,000
3.2.........................................................      75,000
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3. Project and Budget Periods

    For Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2, applicants with projects 
involving construction only, may request project and budget periods of 
up to 36 months. Applicants for other economic development projects 
under those priority areas and Sub-Priority Areas 1.4, 2.1, 3.1 and 3.2 
may request project and budget periods of up to 17 months. For Sub-
Priority Area 2.2, grantees will be funded for a 12 month project 
period. For Sub-Priority Area 1.3, applicants may request project and 
budget periods of up to 12 months. By fully funding the projects in FY 
94 funding stability in future years will be insured.

4. Mobilization of Resources

    OCS encourages and strongly supports mobilization of resources 
through public/private partnerships which can mobilize cash and/or 
third-party in-kind contributions. (See Part D, Criteria VA.)

5. Program Beneficiaries

    Projects proposed for funding under this Announcement must result 
in direct benefits to low-income people as defined in the most recent 
Annual Revision of Poverty Income Guidelines published by DHHS.
    Attachment A to this Announcement is an excerpt from the guidelines 
currently in effect. Annual revisions of these guidelines are normally 
published in the Federal Register in February or early March of each 
year. Grantees will be required to apply the most recent guidelines 
throughout the project period. These revised guidelines also may be 
obtained at public libraries, Congressional offices, or by writing the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20402.
    No other government agency or privately-defined poverty guidelines 
are applicable for the determination of low-income eligibility for 
these OCS programs.
    Note, however, that low-income individuals granted lawful temporary 
resident status under Sections 245A or 210A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
of 1986 (Public law 99-603) may not be eligible for direct or indirect 
assistance based on financial need under this program for a period of 
five years from the date such status was granted.

6. Number of Projects in Application

    An application may contain only one project (except for Priority 
Areas 1.3, 1.4, and 3.1 where applicants are researching various 
opportunities, providing assistance to current OCS grantees, or having 
a multi-faceted approach to Migrants' issues) and this project must be 
identified as responding to one of the program priority areas stated in 
this Announcement. Applications which are not in compliance with this 
requirement will be ineligible for funding.

7. Multiple Submittals

    There is no limit to the number of applications that can be 
submitted under a specific program priority area as long as each 
application contains a proposal for a different project. However, an 
applicant will receive only one grant in any Priority Area.

8. Sub-Contracting or Delegating Projects

    OCS does not fund projects where the role of the applicant is 
primarily to serve as a conduit for funds to organizations other than 
the applicant. The applicant must have a substantive role in the 
implementation of the project for which funding is requested.

9. Previous Performance and Current Grants

    Previous performance of applicants will be a determining factor in 
the grant award decisions. Any applicant which has three or more active 
OCS grants may only be funded under exceptional circumstances.

Part D--Application Procedures

1. Availability of Forms

    Attachments B, C, and D contain all of the standard forms necessary 
for the application for awards under these OCS programs. These forms 
may be photocopied for the application.
    Copies of the Federal Register containing this announcement are 
available at most local libraries and Congressional District Offices 
for reproduction. If copies are not available at these sources, they 
may be obtained by writing or telephoning the office listed under the 
section entitled
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION at the beginning of this announcement.
    For purposes of this announcement, all applicants will use SF-424, 
SF-424A, and SF-424B, regardless of the priority area governing the 
project. Applications proposing construction projects will also present 
all required financial data using SF-424A. Instructions for completing 
the SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B are found in Attachments B, C, and D.
    Part F contains instructions for the project narrative and project 
abstract. They will be submitted on plain bond paper along with the SF-
424 and related forms.
    Attachment J provides a checklist to aid applicants in preparing a 
complete application package for OCS.
    The applicant must be aware that in signing and submitting the 
application for this award, it is certifying that it will comply with 
the Federal requirements concerning the drug-free workplace and 
debarment regulations set forth in Attachments E and F.

2. Application Submission

    Applications must be submitted to ACF by the closing date. Refer to 
Closing Date at the beginning of this document for the specific date.
    Applications may be mailed to: Administration for Children and 
Families, Office of Financial Management, Division of Discretionary 
Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 6th Floor (OCS-94-9), Washington, 
DC 20447.
    Hand-delivered applications are accepted during normal working 
hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or prior to the 
established closing date at the below listed address: Administration 
for Children and Families, Office of Financial Management, Division of 
Discretionary Grants, 901 D Street SW., 6th Floor (OCS-94-9), 
Washington, DC 20447.
    An application will be considered to be received on time if sent on 
or before the closing date as evidenced by a legible U.S. Postal 
Service postmark or a legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier. 
Private metered postmarks will not be considered acceptable as proof of 
timely mailing. Applications submitted by any means other than through 
the U.S. Postal Service or commercial carrier shall be considered as 
acceptable only if physically received at the above address before 
close of business on or before the deadline date.

    Note: Applicants should note that the U.S. Postal Service does 
not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this 
method, applicants should check with their local post office. In 
some instances packages presented for mailing after a pre-determined 
time are postmarked with the next day's date. In other cases, 
postmarks are not routinely placed on packages. Applicants are 
cautioned to verify that there is a date on the package, and that it 
is the correct date of mailing, before accepting a receipt.

    Applications which have a postmark later than the closing date, or 
which are hand-delivered after the closing date, will be returned to 
the sender without consideration in the competition.
    One signed original application and four copies are required. The 
first page of the SF-424 must contain in the lower right-hand corner, a 
designation indicating under which priority area funds are being 
requested (See Part F, section 1, subsection 11).

3. Intergovernmental Review

    This program is covered under Executive Order 12372, 
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and 45 CFR part 100, 
Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human Services 
Programs and Activities. Under the Order, States may design their own 
processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed Federal assistance 
under covered programs.
    All States and Territories except Alaska, Alabama, Connecticut, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, American Samoa 
and Palau have elected to participate in the Executive Order process 
and have established Single Points of Contact (SPOCs). Applicants from 
these seventeen jurisdictions need take no action regarding Executive 
Order 12372. Applicants for projects to be administered by Federally-
recognized Indian Tribes are also exempt from the requirements of 
Executive Order 12372. Otherwise, applicants should contact their SPOCs 
as soon as possible to alert them of the prospective applications and 
receive any necessary instructions. Applicants must submit any required 
material to the SPOCs as soon as possible so that the program office 
can obtain and review SPOC comments as part of the award process. It is 
imperative that the applicant submit all required materials, if any, to 
the SPOC and indicate the date of this submittal (or the date of 
contact if no submittal is required) on the Standard Form 424, item 
16a.
    Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application 
deadline date to comment on proposed new or competing continuation 
awards.
    SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate the submission of routine 
endorsements as official recommendations. Additionally, SPOCs are 
requested to clearly differentiate between mere advisory comments and 
those official State process recommendations which they intend to 
trigger the ``accommodate or explain'' rule.
    When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be 
addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 
for Children and Families, Office of Financial Management, Division of 
Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 6th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20447.
    A list of the Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory 
is included as Attachment G of this announcement.

4. Application Consideration

    Applications which meet the screening requirements in sections 5a 
and b below will be reviewed competitively. Such applications will be 
referred to reviewers for a numerical score and explanatory comments 
based solely on responsiveness to program priority area guidelines and 
evaluation criteria published in this announcement.
    Applications submitted under all priority areas will be reviewed by 
persons outside of the OCS unit which will be directly responsible for 
programmatic management of the grant. The results of these reviews will 
assist the Director and OCS program staff in considering competing 
applications. Reviewers' scores will weigh heavily in funding decisions 
but will not be the only factors considered. Applications generally 
will be considered in order of the average scores assigned by 
reviewers. However, highly ranked applications are not guaranteed 
funding since the Director may also consider other factors deemed 
relevant including, but not limited to, the timely and proper 
completion of projects funded with OCS funds granted in the last five 
(5) years; comments of reviewers and government officials; staff 
evaluation and input; geographic distribution; previous program 
performance of applicants; compliance with grant terms under previous 
DHHS grants; audit reports; investigative reports; and applicant's 
progress in resolving any final audit disallowances on previous OCS or 
other Federal agency grants. Applicants with three or more incomplete 
grants at the time of review may be denied funding.
    OCS reserves the right to discuss applications with other Federal 
or non-Federal funding sources to ascertain the applicant's performance 
record.

5. Criteria for Screening Applicants

    a. Initial screening. All applications that meet the published 
deadline for submission will be screened to determine completeness and 
conformity to the requirements of this announcement. Only those 
applications meeting the following requirements will be reviewed and 
evaluated competitively. Others will be returned to the applicants with 
a notation that they were unacceptable.
    (1) The application must contain a Standard Form 424 Application 
for Federal Assistance (SF 424), a budget (SF-424A), and signed 
Assurances (SF 424B) completed according to instructions published in 
Part F and Attachments B, C, and D of this Program Announcement.
    (2) A project narrative and a project abstract must also accompany 
the standard forms.
    (3) The SF-424 and the SF-424B must be signed by an official of the 
organization applying for the grant who has authority to obligate the 
organization legally.
    (4) The application must be submitted for consideration under one 
priority area only.
    b. Pre-rating review. Applications which pass the initial screening 
will be forwarded to reviewers and/or OCS staff prior to the 
programmatic review to verify that the applications comply with this 
Program Announcement in the following areas:
    (1) Eligibility: Applicant meets the eligibility requirements for 
the priority area under which funds are being requested. Proof of non-
profit status must be included in the Appendices of the Project 
Narrative where applicable. Applicants must also be aware that the 
applicant's legal name as required in SF-424 (Item 5) must match that 
listed as corresponding to the Employer Identification Number (Item 6).
    (2) Number of Projects: An application may contain only one project 
(except for Priority Areas 1.3, 1.4, and 3.1 where applicants are 
researching various opportunities, providing assistance to current OCS 
grantees, or have a multi-faceted approach to Migrants' issues) and 
this project must be identified as responding to one of the program 
priority areas stated in this Announcement.
    (3) Grant amount: The amount of funds requested does not exceed the 
limits indicated in Part C, 2, b for the appropriate priority area.
    (4) Written Agreement When Applicant Proposes to Make Equity 
Investment, Loan, or Sub-Grant: (Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2); The 
application contains a written agreement signed by the applicant and 
the third party which includes all of the elements required in Part B.
    An application may be disqualified from the competition and 
returned if it does not conform to one or more of the above 
requirements.
    c. Evaluation criteria. Applications which pass the pre-rating 
review will be assessed and scored by reviewers. Each reviewer will 
give a numerical score for each application reviewed. These numerical 
scores will be supported by explanatory statements on a formal rating 
form describing major strengths and weaknesses under each applicable 
criterion published in the announcement.
    The in-depth evaluation and review process will use the following 
criteria coupled with the specific requirements contained under each 
program priority area as described in Part B.

    Note: the following review criteria reiterate collection of 
information requirements contained in Part F of this announcement. 
These requirements are approved under OMB Control Number 0970-0062.

6. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of all Applications Except Sub-
Priority Areas 1.3 and 1.4

    (a) Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 5 points). The 
application documents that the project addresses a vital need in a 
distressed community and provides statistics and other data and 
information in support of its contention.
    (b) Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and 
Staff Responsibilities (Maximum: 15 points)--(i) Organizational 
Experience in Program Area (sub-rating: 0-5 points). Documentation 
provided indicates that projects previously undertaken have been 
relevant and effective and have provided permanent benefits to the low-
income population.
    Organizations which propose providing training and technical 
assistance have detailed competence in the specific program priority 
area and as a deliverer with expertise in the fields of training and 
technical assistance. If applicable, information provided by these 
applicants also addresses related achievements and competence of each 
cooperating or sponsoring organization.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2

    The applicant has demonstrated the ability to implement major 
activities in such areas as business development, commercial 
development, physical development, or financial services; the ability 
to mobilize dollars from sources such as the private sector 
(corporations, banks, etc.), foundations, the public sector, including 
State and local governments, or individuals; that it has a sound 
organizational structure and proven organizational capability; and an 
ability to develop and maintain a stable program in terms of business, 
physical or community development activities that will provide needed 
permanent jobs, services, business development opportunities, and other 
benefits to community residents.
    (ii) Staff Skills, Resources and Responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10 
points). The application describes in brief resume form the experience 
and skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but 
his/her professional capabilities are relevant to the successful 
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been 
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position 
description which indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to 
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of 
the project. The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. 
space and equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. The 
assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the tasks 
identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff will be 
budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective management 
of the project.
    (c) Criterion III: Project Implementation (Maximum: 25 points). The 
Work Plan, or Business Plan where appropriate, is both sound and 
feasible. The project is responsive to the needs identified in the 
Analysis of Need. It sets forth realistic quarterly time targets by 
which the various work tasks will be completed. Critical issues or 
potential problems that might impact negatively on the project are 
defined and the project objectives can be reasonably attained despite 
such potential problems.
    (d) Criterion IV A: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 
points) (Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2)--(i) 
Significant and Beneficial Impact (sub-rating: 0-15 points). The 
application contains a full and accurate description of the proposed 
use of the requested financial assistance. The proposed project will 
produce permanent and measurable results that will reduce the incidence 
of poverty in the community. The OCS grant funds, in combination with 
private and/or other public resources, are targeted into low-income 
communities, distressed communities, and/or designated enterprise 
zones.
    (ii) Cost-per-Job (sub-rating: 0-10 points). During the project 
period the proposed project will create new, permanent jobs or maintain 
permanent jobs for low-income residents at a cost-per-job below $15,000 
in OCS funds.

    Note: The maximum number of points will be given to those 
applicants proposing cost-per-job estimates of $5,000 or less of OCS 
requested funds. Higher cost-per-job estimates will receive 
correspondingly fewer points.

    (iii) Career Development Opportunities (sub-rating: 0-5 points). 
The application documents that the jobs to be created for low-income 
people have career development opportunities which will promote self-
sufficiency.
    (e) Criterion IV B: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 
points) Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 3.2)
    The application contains a full and accurate description of the 
proposed use of the requested financial assistance. The proposed 
project will produce permanent and measurable results that will reduce 
the incidence of poverty in the areas targeted and significantly 
enhance the self sufficiency of program participants. Results are 
quantifiable in terms of program area expectations, e.g., number of 
units of housing rehabilitated, agricultural and non-agricultural job 
placements, etc. The OCS grant funds, in combination with private and/
or other public resources, are targeted into low-income and/or 
distressed communities and/or designated enterprise zones.
    (f) Criterion V: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 20 points)--
(1) Mobilization of resources: (sub-rating: 15 points). The application 
documents that the applicant will mobilize from public and/or private 
sources cash and/or in-kind contributions valued at an amount equal to 
the OCS funds requested. Applicants documenting that the value of such 
contributions will be at least equal to the OCS funds requested will 
receive the maximum number of points for this Criterion. Lesser 
contributions will be given consideration based upon the value 
documented. Applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.2 who are proposing to 
enter into a partnership with Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities are deemed to have fully met this criterion and will 
receive the maximum number of points if they document the participation 
of the HBCU.
    (2) Integration/coordination of services: (sub-rating: 5 points) 
The applicant demonstrates a commitment to coordination with the local 
JOBS office and/or other employment education and training program 
(such as JTPA) to ensure that welfare recipients, at-risk youth, 
displaced workers, public housing tenants, homeless and low-income 
individuals will be trained and placed in the newly created jobs. The 
applicant provides written agreement from the local JOBS or other 
employment education and training office indicating what actions will 
be taken to integrate/coordinate services that relate directly to the 
project for which funds are being requested.
    Specifically, the agreement should include: (1) The goals and 
objectives that the applicant and the JOBS or other employment 
education and training office expect to achieve through their 
collaboration; (2) the specific activities/actions that will be taken 
to integrate/coordinate services on an on-going basis; (3) the target 
population that this collaboration will serve; (4) the mechanism(s) to 
be used in integrating/coordinating activities; (5) how those 
activities will be significant in relation to the goals and objectives 
to be achieved through the collaboration; and (6) how those activities 
will be significant in relation to their impact on the success of the 
OCS-funded project.
    The applicant should also provide documentation that illustrates 
the organizational experience related to the employment education and 
training program (refer to Criterion II for guidelines).
    (g) Criterion VI: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness 
(Maximum: 5 points). Funds requested are commensurate with the level of 
effort necessary to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. 
The application includes a detailed budget break-down for each of the 
budget categories in the SF-424A. The applicant presents a reasonable 
administrative cost. The estimated cost to the government of the 
project also is reasonable in relation to the anticipated results.

7. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
Sub-Priority Area 1.3

    a. Criterion I: Organizational Capability and Capacity (Maximum: 20 
Points)--(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 5 
Points). Where the applicant has a history of prior achievement in 
economic development, the documentation must address the relevance and 
effectiveness of projects undertaken, especially their cost 
effectiveness and the relevance and effectiveness of any services and 
the permanent benefits provided to the targeted population. Applicants 
must also indicate why they feel that they can successfully implement 
the project for which they are requesting funds.
    (2) Management capacity (sub-rating: 5 points). Applicants must 
fully detail their ability to implement sound and effective management 
practices and if they have been recipients of other Federal or other 
governmental grants, they must also detail that they have consistently 
complied with financial and program progress reporting and audit 
requirements. Applicants should submit any available documentation on 
their management practices and progress reporting procedures along with 
a statement by a Certified or Licensed Public Accountant as to the 
sufficiency of the applicant's financial management system to protect 
adequately any Federal funds awarded under the application submitted.
    (3) Staffing (sub-rating: 5 points). The application must fully 
describe (e.g., resumes) the experience and skills of key staff showing 
that they are not only well qualified but that their professional 
capabilities are relevant to the successful implementation of the 
project.
    (4) Staffing responsibilities (sub-rating: 5 points). The 
application must describe how the assigned responsibilities of the 
staff are appropriate to the tasks identified for the project.
    b. Criterion II: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 35 
Points). The work plan funded under this announcement must show that 
there is a clearly identified need in a low-income area which is not 
being effectively addressed currently.
    Project funds under this announcement must be used to develop a 
Business Plan for a project which would produce permanent and 
measurable results that will reduce the incidence of poverty in the 
areas targeted and mobilize non-discretionary program dollars from 
private sector individuals, public resources, corporations, and 
foundations if the project is implemented. The project around which the 
Business plan is developed with the use of OCS grant funds must be 
targeted into low-income communities, and/or designated enterprise 
zones, with the goals of increasing the economic conditions and social 
self-sufficiency of residents. Activities must be designed to achieve 
the specific Program Priority Area 1.3 objectives as defined in this 
program announcement.
    c. Criterion III: Project Implementation and Evaluation (Maximum: 
30 Points). (1) Project implementation component (sub-rating: 25 
points). The application must contain a detailed and specific work plan 
that is both sound and feasible. It must set forth realistic quarterly 
time targets by which the various work tasks will be completed. Because 
quarterly time schedules are used by OCS as a key instrument to monitor 
progress, failure to include these time targets may seriously reduce an 
applicant's point score in this criterion. It must define critical 
issues or potential problems that might impact negatively on the 
project and it must indicate how the project objectives will be 
attained notwithstanding any such potential problems.
    (2) Evaluation component (sub-rating: 5 points). All proposals 
should include a self-evaluation component. The evaluation data 
collection and analysis procedures should be specifically oriented to 
assess the degree to which the stated goals and objectives are 
achieved. Qualitative and quantitative measures reflective of the 
scheduling and task delineation in (1) above should be used to the 
maximum extent possible. This component should indicate the ways in 
which the potential grantee would integrate qualitative and 
quantitative measures of accomplishment and specific data into its 
program progress reports that are required by OCS from all grantees.
    d. Criterion IV: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness 
(Maximum: 15 points). Each applicant should carefully review the 
requirements of Program Sub-Priority Area 1.3 and the budget submitted 
must coincide with those requirements.
    The proposal's request for funds must include a detailed budget 
breakout for each of the pertinent budget categories in part III, 
section B of the SF-424. (Please identify any positions for which less 
than full-time funding is requested.)

8. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
Sub-Priority Area 1.4

    (a) Criterion I: Organizational Experience in Program Area and 
Staff Responsibilities (Maximum: 20 points)--(i) Organizational 
Experience in Program Area (sub-rating: 0-10 points. Applicant has 
documented the capability to provide leadership in solving long-term 
and immediate problems locally and/or nationally in such areas as 
business development, commercial development, organizational and staff 
development, board training, and micro-entrepreneurship development. 
Applicant must document a capability (including access to a network of 
skilled individuals and/or organizations) in two or more of the 
following areas: Business Management, including strategic planning and 
fiscal management; Finance, including development of financial packages 
and provision of financial/accounting services; and Regulatory 
Compliance, including assistance with zoning and permit compliance. 
Further, the applicant has the demonstrated ability to mobilize dollars 
from sources such as the private sector (corporations, banks, 
foundations, etc.) and the public sector, including state and local 
governments. Applicant also demonstrates that it has a sound 
organizational structure and proven organizational capability as well 
as an ability to develop and maintain a stable program in terms of 
business, physical or community development activities that have 
provided permanent jobs, services, business development opportunities, 
and other benefits to poverty community residents.
    Applicants must indicate why they feel that their successful 
experiences would be of assistance to existing grantees which are 
experiencing difficulties in implementing their projects.
    (ii) Staff Skills, Resources and Responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10 
points). The application describes in brief resume form the experience 
and skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but 
who has professional capabilities relevant to the successful 
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been 
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position 
description which indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to 
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of 
the project. The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. 
space and equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. The 
assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the tasks 
identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff will be 
budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective management 
of the project.
    (b) Criterion II: Work Program (Maximum: 30 points). Based upon the 
applicant's knowledge and experience related to OCS's Discretionary 
Grants Program (particularly community economic development), the 
application should demonstrate in some specificity a thorough 
understanding of the problems a grantee may encounter in implementing a 
successful project. The application should include a strategy for 
assessing the specific nature of the problems, outlining a course of 
action and identifying the resources required to resolve the problems.
    (c) Criterion III: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 
points). Project funds under this sub-priority area must be used for 
the purpose of providing technical assistance directly or by a contract 
with a third party, to other OCS funded grantees. Applicants must 
document how the success or failure of the assistance provided will be 
documented.
    Applicants must demonstrate an ability to disseminate results on 
the kinds of assistance provided and successful strategies that they 
may have developed to serve grantees during the grant period. 
Applicants must state whether the results of the project will be 
included in a handbook, a progress paper, an evaluation report or a 
general manual and why the particular methodology chosen would be most 
effective in assisting other grantees.
    d. Criterion IV: Public-Private Partnerships (15 points). The 
applicant demonstrates that it has worked with local, regional, state 
or national offices to ensure that welfare recipients, at-risk youth, 
displaced workers, public housing tenants, homeless and low-income 
individuals have been trained and placed in newly created jobs.
    Applicant should demonstrate how it will design a comprehensive 
strategy which makes use of other available resources to resolve 
typical and recurrent grantee problems.
    e. Criterion V: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 
5 points). Applicant documents that the funds requested are 
commensurate with the level of effort necessary to accomplish the goals 
and objectives of the project. The application includes a detailed 
budget break-down for each of the appropriate budget categories in the 
SF-424A. The estimated cost to the government of the project also is 
reasonable in relation to the anticipated results.

Part E--Contents of Application and Receipt Process

1. Contents of Application

    Each application, whether involving construction or not, should 
include one original and four additional copies of the following:
    a. A signed Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424);
    b. Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A);
    c. A signed Assurances-Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B);
    d. A Project Abstract
    e. A Project Narrative consisting of the following elements 
preceded by a consecutively numbered Table of Contents that will 
describe the project in the following order:
    (i) Eligibility Confirmation;
    (ii) Analysis of Need (except for Sub-Priority 1.4);
    (iii) Organizational Experience and Staff Responsibilities;
    (iv) Work Program (including Executive Summary);
    (v) Appendices, including By-Laws; Articles of Incorporation; proof 
of non-profit status where applicable; resumes; written agreements re 
grants, coordination with JOBS, etc.; Single Point of Contact comments, 
where applicable; certification regarding anti-lobbying activities; and 
a disclosure of lobbying activities.
    The application package should not exceed 50 pages for applications 
submitted under sub-priority areas 1.1, and 1.2. and 30 pages for all 
applications submitted under the other sub-priority areas.
    Applications should be two holed punched at the top center and 
fastened with a compressor slide paper fastener or a binder clip. The 
submission of bound applications, or applications enclosed in binders, 
is especially discouraged.
    Applications must be uniform in composition since OCS may find it 
necessary to duplicate them for review purposes. Therefore, 
applications must be submitted on white 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper only. 
They must not include colored, oversized or folded materials. Do not 
include organizational brochures or other promotional materials, 
slides, films, clips, etc. in the proposal. They will be discarded, if 
included.

2. Acknowledgement of Receipt

    All applicants will receive an acknowledgement notice with an 
assigned identification number. Applicants are requested to supply a 
self-addressed mailing label with their application which can be 
attached to this acknowledgement notice. The identification number and 
the program priority area letter code must be referred to in all 
subsequent communications with OCS concerning the application. If an 
acknowledgement is not received within three weeks after the deadline 
date, please notify ACF by telephone (202) 401-9234.

Part F--Instructions for Completing Application Package

    (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control 
Number 0970-0062. The standard forms attached to this announcement 
shall be used to apply for funds for all priority areas described in 
this announcement.)
    It is suggested that you reproduce the SF-424 and SF-424A, and type 
your application on the copies. If an item on the SF-424 cannot be 
answered or does not appear to be related or relevant to the assistance 
requested, write NA for Not Applicable.
    Prepare your application in accordance with the standard 
instructions given in Attachments B and C corresponding to the forms, 
as well as the OCS specific instructions set forth below:

1. SF-424  Application for Federal Assistance Item

    1. For the purposes of this announcement, all projects are 
considered Applications; there are no Pre-Applications. Also for the 
purposes of this announcement, construction projects are those which 
involve major renovations or new construction. All others are 
considered non-construction. Check the appropriate box under 
Application.
    5. and 6. The legal name of the applicant must match that listed as 
corresponding to the Employer Identification Number. Where the 
applicant is a previous Department of Health and Human Services 
grantee, enter the Central Registry System Employee Identification 
Number (PIN/EIN) and the Payment Identifying Number, if one has been 
assigned, in the Block entitled Federal Identifier located at the top 
right hand corner of the form.
    7. If the applicant is a non-profit corporation, enter N in the box 
and specify non-profit corporation in the space marked Other. Proof of 
non-profit status, such as IRS determination or appropriate sections of 
the Articles of Incorporation, or By-laws, must be included as an 
appendix to the project narrative.
    8. For the purposes of this announcement, all applications are New.
    9. Enter DHHS-ACF/OCS.
    10. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for OCS 
programs covered under this announcement is 93.570. The title is CSBG 
Discretionary Awards.
    11. The following letter program priority area designations must be 
used:

UR--for Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (Operational)
HB--for Sub-Priority Area 1.2. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (HBCU Set-Aside)
PD--for Sub-Priority Area 1.3. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-Aside)
UT--for Sub-Priority Area 1.4. Technical Assistance (Set-Aside)
RH--for Sub-Priority Area 2.1. Rural Housing Repairs and Rehabilitation 
(including rental housing for low-income individuals).
RF--for Sub-Priority Area 2.2. Rural Community Facilities Development 
(Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)
MS--for Sub-Priority Area 3.1. Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal 
Farmworkers (General)
HM--for Sub-Priority Area 3.2 Assistance for Migrants and Seasonal 
Farmworkers (HBCU Set-Aside)

2. SF-424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs

    See Instructions accompanying this form as well as the instructions 
set forth below:
    In completing these sections, the Federal Funds budget entries will 
relate to the requested OCS discretionary funds only, and Non-Federal 
will include mobilized funds from all other sources--applicant, state, 
local, and other. Federal funds other than requested OCS discretionary 
funding should be included in Non-Federal entries.
    The budget forms in SF-424A are only to be used to present grant 
administrative costs and major budget categories. Financial data that 
is generated as part of a project Business Plan or other internal 
project cost data must be separate and should appear as part of the 
project Business Plan or other project implementation data.
    Sections A and D of SF-424A must contain entries for both Federal 
(OCS) and non-Federal (mobilized) funds. Section B contains entries for 
Federal (OCS) funds only. Clearly identified continuation sheets in SF-
424A format should be used as necessary.

Section A--Budget Summary

Lines 1-4
Col. (a):
    Line 1 Enter CSBG Discretionary;
Col. (b):
    Line 1 Enter 93.570;
Col. (c) and (d):
    Applicants should leave columns (c) and (d) blank.
Col. (e)-(g):
    For line 1, enter in columns (e), (f) and (g) the appropriate 
amounts needed to support the project for the budget period.

    Line 5 Enter the figures from Line 1 for all columns completed as 
required, (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g).

Section B--Budget Categories

    Allowability of costs are governed by applicable cost principles 
set forth in 45 CFR parts 74 and 92. Columns (1) and (5):
    In OCS applications, it is only necessary to complete Columns (1) 
and (5).
    Column 1: Enter the total requirements for OCS Federal funds by the 
Object Class Categories of this section:
    Personnel-Line 6a: Enter the total costs of salaries and wages of 
applicant/grantee staff only. Do not include costs of consultants or 
personnel costs of delegate agencies or of specific project(s) or 
businesses to be financed by the applicant.
    Fringe Benefits--Line 6b: Enter the total costs of fringe benefits 
unless treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate which is 
entered on line 6j. Provide a breakdown of amounts and percentages that 
comprise fringe benefit costs.
    Travel--Line 6c: Enter total costs of all travel by employees of 
the project. Travel costs for the Executive Director or Project 
Director to attend a two day national workshop in Washington, DC should 
be included. Do not enter costs for consultant's travel. Provide 
justification for requested travel costs.
    Equipment--Line 6d: Enter the total costs of all non-expendable 
personal property to be acquired by the project. Non-expendable 
personal property means tangible non-expendable personal property 
having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of 
$5,000 or more per unit.
    Supplies--Line 6e: Enter the total costs of all tangible personal 
property (supplies) other than that included on line 6d.
    Contractual--Line 6f: Enter the total costs of all contracts, 
including (1) procurement contracts (except those which belong on other 
lines such as equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with 
secondary recipient organizations including delegate agencies and 
specific project(s) or businesses to be financed by the applicant. Also 
include any contracts with organizations for the provision of technical 
assistance. Do not include payments to individual service contractors 
on this line. If available at the time of application, attach a list of 
contractors indicating the name of the organization, the purpose of the 
contract and the estimated dollar amount of the award.

    Note: Whenever the applicant/grantee intends to delegate part of 
the program to another agency, the applicant/grantee must submit 
Sections A and B of this form (SF-424A), completed for each delegate 
agency by agency title, along with the required supporting 
information referenced in the applicable instructions. The total 
costs of all such agencies will be part of the amount shown on Line 
6f. Provide back-up documentation identifying name of contractor, 
purpose of contract and major cost elements.

    Construction--Line 6g: Enter the costs of renovation, repair, or 
new construction. Provide narrative justification and breakdown of 
costs.
    Other-Line 6h: Enter the total of all other costs. Such costs, 
where applicable, may include but are not limited to insurance, food, 
medical and dental costs (noncontractual), fees and travel paid 
directly to individual consultants, space and equipment rentals, 
printing and publication, computer use, training costs, including 
tuition and stipends, training service costs including wage payments to 
individuals and supportive service payments, and staff development 
costs.
    Total Direct Charges--Line 6i: Show the total of Lines 6a through 
6h.
    Indirect Charges--Line 6j: Enter the total amount of indirect 
costs. This line should be used only when the applicant currently has 
an indirect cost rate approved by the Department of Health and Human 
Services or another Federal agency or is awaiting such approval. With 
the exception of local governments, applicants should enclose a copy of 
the current rate agreement if it was negotiated with a Federal agency 
other than the Department of Health and Human Services.
    If the applicant organization is in the process of initially 
developing or renegotiating a rate, it should immediately, upon 
notification that an award will be made, develop a tentative indirect 
cost rate proposal based on its most recently completed fiscal year in 
accordance with the principles set forth in the pertinent DHHS Guide 
for Establishing Indirect Cost Rates, and submit it to the appropriate 
DHHS Regional Office.
    It should be noted that when an indirect cost rate is requested, 
those costs included in the indirect cost pool should not be also 
charged as direct costs to the grant.
    Totals--Line 6k: Enter the total amounts of Lines 6i and 6j. The 
total amount shown in Section B, Column (5), Line 6k, should be the 
same as the amount shown in Section A, Line 5, Column (e).
    Program Income--Line 7: Enter the estimated amount of income, if 
any, expected to be generated from this project. Separately show 
expected program income generated from OCS support and income generated 
from other mobilized funds. Do not add or subtract this amount from the 
budget total. Show the nature and source of income in the program 
narrative statement.
    Column 5: Carry totals from Column 1 to Column 5 for all line 
items.

Section C--Non-Federal Resources

    This section is to record the amounts of non-Federal resources that 
will be used to support the project. Non-Federal resources mean other 
than OCS funds for which the applicant is applying. Therefore, 
mobilized funds from other Federal programs, such as the Job Training 
Partnership Act program, should be entered on these lines. Provide a 
brief listing of the non-Federal resources on a separate sheet and 
describe whether it is a grantee-incurred cost or a third-party in-kind 
contribution. The firm commitment of these resources must be documented 
and submitted with the application in order to be given credit in the 
Public-Private Partnerships criterion.
    Except in unusual situations, this documentation must be in the 
form of letters of commitment from the organization(s)/individuals from 
which funds will be received.

Line 8:

Column (a): Enter the project title.
Column (b): Enter the amount of contributions to be made by the 
applicant to the project.
Column (c): Enter the State contribution. If the applicant is a State 
agency, enter the non-Federal funds to be contributed by the State 
other than the applicant.
Column (d): Enter the amount of cash and in-kind contributions to be 
made from all other sources.
Column (e): Enter the total of columns (b), (c), and (d). Lines 9, 10, 
and 11 should be left blank.
    Line 12: Carry the total of each column of Line 8, (b) through (e). 
The amount in Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Section A, 
Line 5, column (f).

Section D--Forecasted Cash Needs

    Line 13: Enter the amount of Federal (OCS) cash needed for this 
grant by quarter. During the budget period for grants which are more 
than twelve (12) months, submit a separate sheet for each additional 
twelve (12) months or portion thereof.
    Line 14: Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed by 
quarter during the budget period.
    Line 15: Enter the total of Lines 13 and 14.

Section E--Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of 
Project(s)

    Completion not required.

Section F--Other Budget Information

    Line 21: Use this space and continuation sheets as necessary to 
fully explain and justify the major items included in the budget 
categories shown in Section B. Include sufficient detail to facilitate 
determination of allowability, relevance to the project, and cost 
benefits. Particular attention must be given to the explanation of any 
requested direct cost budget item which requires explicit approval by 
the Federal agency. Budget items which require identification and 
justification shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
    A. Salary amounts and percentage of time worked for those key 
individuals who are identified in the project narrative;
    B. Any foreign travel;
    C. A list of all equipment and estimated cost of each item to be 
purchased wholly or in part with grant funds which meet the definition 
of nonexpendable personal property provided on Line 6d, Section B. Need 
for equipment must be supported in program narrative.
    D. Contractual: Major items or groups of smaller items; and
    E. Other: group into major categories all costs for consultants, 
local transportation, space, rental, training allowances, staff 
training, computer equipment, etc. Provide a complete breakdown of all 
costs that make up this category.
    Line 22. Enter the type of HHS or other Federal agency approved 
indirect cost rate (provisional, predetermined, final or fixed) that 
will be in effect during the funding period, the estimated amount of 
the base to which the rate is applied and the total indirect expense. 
Also, enter the date the rate was approved, where applicable. Attach a 
copy of the rate agreement if it was negotiated with a Federal agency 
other than the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Line 23. Provide any other explanations and continuation sheets 
required or deemed necessary to justify or explain the budget 
information.
    3. SF-424B Assurances-Non-Construction--All applicants, whether or 
not project involves construction, must fill out, sign and date form 
found at Attachment D.
    4. Restrictions on Lobbying Activities--Certification for 
Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements: Fill out, sign 
and date form found at Attachment H.
    5. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL: Fill out, sign and 
date form found at Attachment H, if applicable.
    6. Project Abstract
    The project abstract is a brief summary of the project to include 
specific benefits such as number of jobs to be created, especially jobs 
for low-income individuals. The abstract must not exceed 150 characters 
(including words, spaces and punctuation) on a separate sheet of plain 
paper headed by the applicant's name as shown in item 5 of the SF 424 
and the priority area number as shown by you at the bottom of the SF 
424.
    7. Project Narrative
    The project narrative must address the specific concerns mentioned 
under the relevant priority area description in Part B. The narrative 
should provide information on how the application meets the evaluation 
criteria in Part D, Section 5 c of this Program Announcement and should 
follow the format below:
    a. Eligibility confirmation. This section must explain how the 
applicant has complied with each of the basic requirements listed in 
Part D, 5b(1)-(5), i.e., (1) that the applicant meets the eligibility 
requirements for the sub-priority area under which funds are being 
requested; (2) an application submitted under subpriority areas 1.1, 
1.2, 2.1, 2.2, or 3.2 contains only one project; (3) the amount of 
funds requested does not exceed the limits indicated in Part C, Section 
2, b for the appropriate sub-priority area; (4) (Sub-Priority Areas 
1.1, and 1.2) if an applicant proposes to use OCS funds for an equity 
investment, a loan, or a sub-grant, the application contains a written 
agreement signed by the applicant and the third party which includes 
all of the elements required in Part B. An application may be 
disqualified from the competition and returned if it does not conform 
to one or more of the above requirements.
    b. Analysis of need. The application should include a description 
of the target area and population to be served as well as a discussion 
of the nature and extent of the problem to be solved. It should also 
include documentation supportive of its needs assessment such as 
employment statistics, housing statistics, etc.
    c. Organizational experience and staff responsibilities. (i) 
Organizational experience. Each applicant must document competence in 
the specific program priority area under which an application is 
submitted.
    Documentation must be provided which addresses the relevance and 
effectiveness of projects previously undertaken in the specific 
priority area for which funds are being requested and especially their 
cost effectiveness, the relevance and effectiveness of any services 
provided, and the permanent benefits provided to the low-income 
population. Organizations which propose providing training and 
technical assistance must detail their competence in the specific 
program priority area and as a deliverer with expertise in the fields 
of training and technical assistance. If applicable, information 
provided by these applicants must also address related achievements and 
competence of each cooperating or sponsoring organization.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4

    Applicants in these priority areas must also document a firmly 
established and quantifiable performance record that shows the 
following:

--The ability to implement major activities such as business 
development, commercial development, physical development, or financial 
services;
--Successful working relationships within the community including 
public officials, financial institutions, corporations, other community 
organizations and residents;
--A sound asset base and organizational structure in terms of (a) net 
worth, (b) management stability, and (c) organizational capability;
--An ability to develop and maintain a stable program in terms of 
business, physical or community development activities that will 
provide needed permanent jobs, services, business development 
opportunities and other benefits to community residents, and impact on 
community-wide economic problems and needs;
--Sound administrative and fiscal systems and controls, and the ability 
to establish and maintain partnerships with the private sector in such 
forms as financial support, volunteerism or executives on loan.
    (ii) Staff Skills, Resources and Responsibilities. The application 
must fully describe (e.g. a resume or position description) the 
experience and skills of the proposed project director showing that the 
individual is not only well qualified but that his/her professional 
capabilities are relevant to the successful implementation of the 
project.
    The application must include statements regarding who will have the 
responsibilities of the chief executive officer, who will be 
responsible for grant coordination with OCS, and how the assigned 
responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the tasks identified 
for the project. It must show clearly that sufficient time of senior 
staff will be budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost 
effective management of the project.
    d. Work program. The application must contain a detailed and 
specific work program, or Business Plan where appropriate, (to include 
an Executive Summary) that is both sound and feasible. (For those 
applicants submitting proposals under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2, 
the Business Plan will be accepted in lieu of the work program.) The 
Executive Summary should not exceed five pages. This summary must 
address the program principles within this announcement and document 
that the proposed project will have national or regional significance. 
The work program will be evaluated according to Criteria III, IV, and V 
set forth in Part D of this announcement: Project Implementation, 
Significant and Beneficial Impact, and Public-Private Partnerships.
    Projects funded under this announcement must be designed to produce 
permanent and measurable results that will reduce the incidence of 
poverty in the areas targeted. The OCS grant funds, in combination with 
private and/or other public resources, must be targeted into low-income 
communities, distressed communities, and/or designated enterprise 
zones. Projects must be designed to achieve the specific program 
priority area objectives defined in this Program Announcement.
    It must set forth realistic quarterly time targets by which the 
various work tasks will be completed. It must identify critical issues 
or potential problems that might impact negatively on the project and 
it must indicate how the project objectives will be attained despite 
such potential problems.
    If an applicant is proposing a project which will affect a property 
listed in, or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of 
Historic Places, it must identify this property in the narrative and 
explain how it has complied with the provisions of Section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended. If there is any 
question as to whether the property is listed in or eligible for 
inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, the applicant 
should consult with the State Historic Preservation Officer. (See 
Attachment D: SF-424B, Item 13 for additional guidance.) The applicant 
should contact OCS early in the development of its application for 
instructions regarding compliance with the Act and data required to be 
submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Failure to 
comply with the cited Act may result in the application being 
ineligible for funding consideration.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2

    Applications submitted under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2 which 
propose to use the requested OCS funds to make an equity investment or 
a loan to a business concern, including a wholly-owned subsidiary, or 
to make a sub-grant with a portion of the OCS funds, must include a 
written agreement between the community development corporation and the 
recipient of the grant funds which contains all of the elements listed 
in Part B under the appropriate Priority Area.
    Applications submitted under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, and 1.2 must 
include a complete Business Plan where it is appropriate to the 
project/venture. An application that does not include a Business Plan 
where one is appropriate may be disqualified and returned to the 
applicant.
    In some cases a Business Plan may not be required under the 
Priority Areas. All applicants under the Priority Areas, however, must 
nevertheless submit the information which is required in Sections 7 
through 10, as set forth below.
    The Business Plan is one of the major components that will be 
evaluated by OCS to determine the feasibility of an economic 
development project. It must be well prepared and address all the major 
issues noted herein.
    The following guidelines show what should be included in order to 
produce a complete and professional Business Plan which makes an 
orderly presentation of the facts necessary to be judged responsive to 
the program announcement.
    Because the guidelines were written to cover a variety of 
possibilities, rigid adherence to them is not possible nor even 
desirable for all projects. For example, a plan for a service business 
would not require a discussion of manufacturing nor product design.
    The Business Plan should include the following:
    1. The business and its industry. This section should describe the 
nature and history of the business and provide some background on its 
industry.
    a. The Business: as a legal entity; the general business category;
    b. Description and Discussion of Industry: Current status and 
prospects for the industry;
    2. Products and Services: This section deals with the following:
    a. Description: Describe in detail the products or services to be 
sold;
    b. Proprietary Position: Describe proprietary features if any of 
the product, e.g. patents, trade secrets;
    c. Potential: Features of the product or service that may give it 
an advantage over the competition;
    3. Market Research and Evaluation: This section should present 
sufficient information to show that the product or service has a 
substantial market and can achieve sales in the face of competition;
    a. Customers: Describe the actual and potential purchasers for the 
product or service by market segment.
    b. Market Size and Trends: State the size of the current total 
market for the product or service offered;
    c. Competition: An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of 
competitive products and services;
    d. Estimated Market Share and Sales: Describe the characteristics 
of the product or service that will make it competitive in the current 
market;
    4. Marketing Plan: The marketing plan should detail the product, 
pricing, distribution, and promotion strategies that will be used to 
achieve the estimated market share and sales projections. The marketing 
plan must describe what is to be done, how it will be done and who will 
do it. The plan should address the following topics--Overall Marketing 
Strategy, Packaging, Service and Warranty, Pricing, Distribution and 
Promotion.
    5. Design and Development Plans: If the product, process or service 
of the proposed venture requires any design and development before it 
is ready to be placed on the market, the nature and extent and cost of 
this work should be fully discussed. The section should cover items 
such as Development Status and Tasks, Difficulties and Risks, Product 
Improvement and New Products, and Costs.
    6. Manufacturing and Operations Plan: A manufacturing and 
operations plan should describe the kind of facilities, plant location, 
space, capital equipment and labor force (part and/or full time and 
wage structure) that are required to provide the company's product or 
service.
    7. Management Team: The management team is the key in starting and 
operating a successful business. The management team should be 
committed with a proper balance of technical, managerial and business 
skills, and experience in doing what is proposed. This section must 
include a description of: the key management personnel and their 
primary duties; compensation and/or ownership; the organizational 
structure; Board of Directors; management assistance and training 
needs; and supporting professional services.
    8. Overall Schedule: A schedule that shows the timing and 
interrelationships of the major events necessary to launch the venture 
and realize its objectives. Prepare, as part of this section, a month-
by-month schedule that shows the timing of such activities as product 
development, market planning, sales programs, and production and 
operations. Sufficient detail should be included to show the timing of 
the primary tasks required to accomplish each activity.
    9. Critical Risks and Assumptions: The development of a business 
has risks and problems and the Business Plan should contain some 
explicit assumptions about them. Accordingly, identify and discuss the 
critical assumptions in the Business Plan and the major problems that 
will have to be solved to develop the venture. This should include a 
description of the risks and critical assumptions relating to the 
industry, the venture, its personnel, the product's market appeal, and 
the timing and financing of the venture.
    10. Community Benefits: The proposed project must contribute to 
economic, community and human development within the project's target 
area. A section that describes and discusses the potential economic and 
non-economic benefits to low-income members of the community must be 
included as well as a description of the strategy that will be used to 
identify and hire individuals being served by public assistance 
programs and how linkages with community agencies/organizations 
administering the JOBS program will be developed. The following project 
benefits must be described:

Economic

--Number of permanent jobs that will be created for low-income people 
during the grant period;
--Number of jobs to be created for low- income people that will have 
career development opportunities and a description of those jobs
--number of jobs that will be filled by individuals on public 
assistance;
--Ownership opportunities created for poverty-level project area 
residents;
--Specific steps to be taken to promote the self-sufficiency of program 
participants. Other benefits which might be discussed are:

Human Development

--New technical skills development and associated career opportunities 
for community residents;
--Management development and training.

Community Development

--Development of community's physical assets;
--Provision of needed, but currently unsupplied, services or products 
to community;
--Improvement in the living environment.
    11. The Financial Plan: The Financial Plan is basic to the 
development of a Business Plan. Its purpose is to indicate the 
project's potential and the timetable for financial self-sufficiency. 
In developing the Financial Plan, the following exhibits must be 
prepared for the first three years of the business' operation:
    a. Profit and Loss Forecasts--quarterly for each year;
    b. Cash Flow Projections--quarterly for each year;
    c. Pro forma balance sheets--quarterly for each year;
    d. Initial sources of project funds;
    e. Initial uses of project funds; and
    f. Any future capital requirements and sources.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 1.4 Only

    Applicants in this priority area must document its experience and 
capability to provide assistance and leadership in two or more of the 
following areas:

--Business/Development;
--Micro-Entrepreneurship Development;
--Commercial Development;
--Organizational and Staff Development;
--Board Training;
--Business Management, including Strategic Planning and Fiscal 
Management;
--Finance, including Business Packaging and Financial/Accounting 
Services, and/or
--Regulatory Compliance including Zoning and Permit Compliance

    The applicant must document staff competence or the accessibility 
of third party resources with proven competence. If the work program 
requires the significant use of third party (consultant/contractor) 
resources, those resources should be identified and resumes of the 
individuals or key organizational staff provided. Resumes of the 
applicant's staff, who are to directly provide assistance, should also 
be included. The applicant must document successful experience in the 
mobilization of resources (both cash and in-kind) from private and 
public sources. The applicant must also clearly state how the 
information learned from this project may be disseminated to other 
interested grantees.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 2.1 Only

    Each applicant must include a full discussion of the project 
including the following information:

--Basic Housing Data for Targeted Area. Information on the number of 
sub-standard housing units available to low-income people in the target 
area, deficiencies of the housing units to be repaired, i.e., lack of 
or inadequate plumbing, upgrading of electrical systems, etc., new 
construction inventory, property values, rents and mortgage rates. 
While specific census data may be included, this information must be 
project specific. Applicants must show that other Federal programs do 
not exist to address the rehabilitation needs of the targeted area.
--Priorities. Provide a rationale for the strategies and priorities for 
which OCS support is requested.
--Participant Application Process. A description of the participant 
application process including: (a) Verification of participant need and 
income eligibility, (b) proposed diagnostic repair forms and contract 
bid procedures (where applicable), and (c) completion verification and 
quality workmanship assurance procedures.
--Types of Work to be Performed. The quantitative and qualitative 
measures in the work plan should reflect the types of work to be 
performed, e.g. (a) technical assistance and training for each proposed 
organization/community; and/or (b) repairs or rehabilitation or 
construction work, noting which types of work will be done in order to 
bring properties up to minimum housing standards, inspection procedures 
and construction schedules.

    Applications proposing to repair or rehabilitate low-income rental 
housing (see Part B, Sub-Priority Area 2.1, regarding restrictions) 
must state the current rents for the units in question as well as what 
rents will be charged for the rehabilitated units. Applicants should 
also state the number of low-income residents who will be helped to 
purchase or acquire adequate housing.
--Job Creation. Data regarding the number of direct jobs that will be 
created in the proposed project, noting the number of low-income 
residents that will be trained and/or placed in these jobs.
--Public-Private Partnership. A description of the degree of 
involvement by private sector individuals, corporations, and 
foundations in the implementation of the project and the amount of 
dollars which will be mobilized.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 2.2

    Each applicant must include a full discussion of how the proposed 
use of funds will enable low-income rural communities to develop the 
capability and expertise to establish and maintain affordable, adequate 
and safe water and waste water systems. Applicants must also discuss 
how they will disseminate information about water and waste water 
programs serving rural communities, and how they will better coordinate 
Federal, State, and local water and waste water program financing and 
development to assure improved service to rural communities.
    Among the benefits that merit discussion under this sub-priority 
area are: The number of rural communities to be provided with technical 
and advisory services; the number of rural poor individuals who are 
expected to be directly served by applicant-supported improved water 
and waste water systems; the decrease in the number of inadequate water 
systems related to applicant activity; the number of newly-established 
and applicant-supported treatment systems (all of the above may be 
expressed in terms of equivalent connection units); the increase in 
local capacity in engineering and other areas of expertise; and the 
amount of non-discretionary program dollars expected to be mobilized.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 3.1 and 3.2

    Each applicant must include a full discussion of the proposed 
project and how it will address one or more farmworker needs as 
described in Part B.
    Among the benefits which merit discussion under these priority 
areas are: The number of farmworkers who are expected to improve their 
agricultural skills and thus improve their agricultural employment 
situation; the number of farmworkers and/or their dependents who will 
be afforded an opportunity to continue their formal education; the 
number of farmworkers/families who will receive crisis nutritional 
relief, emergency health and social services referrals and assistance, 
and assistance in the development of self-help systems of food 
production; the number of farmworkers who are expected to gain longer 
term or permanent private sector employment in areas outside 
agriculture; the number of farmworkers who will receive help in the 
areas of housing; the number of housing units to be repaired or 
rehabilitated; the degree and kind of such help; the amount of non-
Discretionary program dollars expected to be mobilized, and the degree 
of private sector involvement that will be utilized in developing and 
carrying out projects funded under this Announcement.

Part G--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements

    Following approval of the applications selected for funding, notice 
of project approval and authority to draw down project funds will be 
made in writing. The official award document is the Financial 
Assistance Award which provides the amount of Federal funds approved 
for use in the project, the budget period for which support is 
provided, the terms and conditions of the award, the total project 
period for which support is contemplated, and the total financial 
participation from the award recipient.
    General Conditions and Special Conditions (where the latter are 
warranted) which will be applicable to grants, are subject to the 
provisions of 45 CFR parts 74 and 92.
    Grantees will be required to submit semi-annual progress and 
financial reports (SF-269) as well as a final progress and financial 
report.
    Grantees are subject to the audit requirements in 45 CFR parts 74 
and 92 and OMB Circular A-128 or A-133. If an applicant will not be 
requesting indirect costs, it should anticipate in its budget request 
the cost of having an audit performed at the end of the grant period.
    Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, signed into law on October 23, 
1989, imposes new prohibitions and requirements for disclosure and 
certification related to lobbying on recipients of Federal contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, and loans. It provides limited 
exemptions for Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Current and 
prospective recipients (and their subtier contractors and/or grantees) 
are prohibited from using appropriated funds for lobbying Congress or 
any Federal agency in connection with the award of a contract, grant, 
cooperative agreement or loan. In addition, for each award action in 
excess of $100,000 (or $150,000 for loans) the law requires recipients 
and their subtier contractors and/or subgrantees (1) to certify that 
they have neither used nor will use any appropriated funds for payment 
to lobbyists, (2) to submit a declaration setting forth whether 
payments to lobbyists have been or will be made out of nonappropriated 
funds and, if so, the name, address, payment details, and purpose of 
any agreements with such lobbyists whom recipients or their subtier 
contractors or subgrantees will pay with the nonappropriated funds and 
(3) to file quarterly up-dates about the use of lobbyists if an event 
occurs that materially affects the accuracy of the information 
submitted by way of declaration and certification. The law establishes 
civil penalties for noncompliance and is effective with respect to 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans entered into or 
made on or after December 23, 1989. See Attachment H for certification 
and disclosure forms to be submitted with the applications for this 
program.
    Attachment I indicates the regulations which apply to all 
applicants/grantees under the Discretionary Grants Program.

    Dated: April 26, 1994.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.

Attachment A

 1994 Poverty Income Guidelines for all States (Except Alaska and Hawaii
                      and the District of Columbia                      
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                                                               Poverty  
                    Size of family unit                       guideline 
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1..........................................................       $7,360
2..........................................................        9,840
3..........................................................       12,320
4..........................................................       14,800
5..........................................................       17,280
6..........................................................       19,760
7..........................................................       22,240
8..........................................................       24,720
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For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,480 for each          
  additional member.                                                    


                  Poverty Income Guidelines for Alaska                  
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                                                               Poverty  
                    Size of family unit                       guideline 
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1..........................................................       $9,200
2..........................................................       12,300
3..........................................................       15,400
4..........................................................       18,500
5..........................................................       21,600
6..........................................................       24,700
7..........................................................       27,800
8..........................................................       30,900
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For family units with more than 8 members, add $3,100 for each          
  additional member.                                                    


                  Poverty Income Guidelines for Hawaii                  
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                                                               Poverty  
                    Size of family unit                       guideline 
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1..........................................................       $8,470
2..........................................................       11,320
3..........................................................       14,170
4..........................................................       17,020
5..........................................................       19,870
6..........................................................       22,720
7..........................................................       25,570
8..........................................................       28,420
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For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,850 for each          
  additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family sizes
  also, as can be seen in the figures above.)                           


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Attachment F--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other 
Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions

    By signing and submitting this proposal, the applicant, defined as 
the primary participant in accordance with 45 CFR Part 76, certifies to 
the best of its knowledge and believe that it and its principals:
    (a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions 
by any Federal Department or agency;
    (b) have not within a 3-year period preceding this proposal been 
convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for 
commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, 
attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) 
transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, 
theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
    (c) are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly 
charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local) with 
commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1) (b) of 
this certification; and
    (d) have not within a 3-year period preceding this application/
proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) 
terminated for cause or default.
    The inability of a person to provide the certification required 
above will not necessarily result in denial of participation in this 
covered transaction. If necessary, the prospective participant shall 
submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification. The 
certification or explanation will be considered in connection with the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination whether to 
enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective 
primary participant to furnish a certification or an explanation shall 
disqualify such person from participation in this transaction.
    The prospective primary participant agrees that by submitting this 
proposal, it will include the clause entitled ``Certification Regarding 
Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion--Lower 
Tier Covered Transaction.'' provided below without modification in all 
lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier 
covered transactions.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions (To Be Supplied to 
Lower Tier Participants)

    By signing and submitting this lower tier proposal, the prospective 
lower tier participant, as defined in 45 CFR Part 76, certifies to the 
best of its knowledge and belief that it and its principals:
    (a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this 
transaction by any federal department or agency.
    (b) where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to 
certify to any of the above, such prospective participant shall attach 
an explanation to this proposal.
    The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting 
this proposal that it will include this clause entitled ``Certification 
Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary 
Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions,'' without modification in 
all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower 
tier covered transactions.

Attachment G--Executive Order 12372--State Single Points of Contact

Arizona

Mrs. Janice Dunn, Attn: Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central 
Avenue, 14th Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone (602) 280-1315

Arkansas

Tracie L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse, Office of 
Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and Administration, 
P.O. Box 3278, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203, Telephone (501) 682-1074

California

Glenn Stober, Grants Coordinator, Office of Planning and Research, 1400 
Tenth Street, Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone (916) 323-7480

Colorado

State Single Point of Contact, State Clearinghouse, Division of Local 
Government, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 520, Denver, Colorado 80203, 
Telephone (303) 866-2156

Delaware

Ms. Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact, Executive 
Department, Thomas Collins Building, Dover, Delaware 19903, Telephone 
(302) 736-3326

District of Columbia

Rodney T. Hallman, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants 
Management and Development, 717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 500, 
Washington, DC 20005, Telephone (202) 727-6551

Florida

Florida State Clearinghouse, Intergovernmental Affairs Policy Unit, 
Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Planning and Budgeting, The 
Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, Telephone (904) 488-8441

Georgia

Mr. Charles H. Badger, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 254 
Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Telephone (404) 656-
3855

Illinois

Steve Klokkenga, State Single Point of Contact, Office of the Governor, 
107 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706, Telephone (217) 
782-1671

Indiana

Jean S. Blackwell, Budget Director, State Budget Agency, 212 State 
House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, Telephone (317) 232-5610

Iowa

Mr. Steven R. McCann, Division of Community Progress, Iowa Department 
of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, 
Telephone (515) 281-3725

Kentucky

Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor, Department of Local Government, 
1024 Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Telephone (502) 
564-2382

Maine

Ms. Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, State House Station #38, 
Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone (207) 289-3261

Maryland

Ms. Mary Abrams, Chief, Maryland State Clearinghouse, Department of 
State Planning, 301 West Preston Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-
2365, Telephone (301) 225-4490

Massachusetts

Karen Arone, State Clearinghouse, Executive Office of Communities and 
Development, 100 Cambridge Street, Room 1803, Boston, Massachusetts 
02202, Telephone (617) 727-7001

Michigan

Richard S. Pastula, Director, Michigan Department of Commerce, Lansing, 
Michigan 48909, Telephone (517) 373-7356

Mississippi

Ms. Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Office of Federal Grant 
Management and Reporting, 301 West Pearl Street, Jackson, Mississippi 
39203, Telephone (601) 960-2174

Missouri

Ms. Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of 
Administration, P.O. Box 809, Room 430, Truman Building, Jefferson 
City, Missouri 65102, Telephone (314) 751-4834

Nevada

Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex, 
Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone (702) 687-4065, Attention: Ron 
Sparks, Clearinghouse Coordinator

New Hampshire

Mr. Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office of State 
Planning, Attn: Intergovernmental Review, Process/James E. Bieber, 2\1/
2\ Beacon Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, Telephone (603) 271-
2155

New Jersey

Gregory W. Adkins, Acting Director, Division of Community Resources, 
N.J. Department of Community Affairs, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0803, 
Telephone (609) 292-6613

    Please direct correspondence and questions to: Andrew J. Jaskolka, 
State Review Process, Division of Community Resources, CN 814, Room 
609, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0803, Telephone (609) 292-9025.

New Mexico

George Elliott, Deputy Director, State Budget Division, Room 190, 
Bataan Memorial Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone (505) 
827-3640, FAX (505) 827-3006

New York

New York State Clearinghouse, Division of the Budget, State Capitol, 
Albany, New York 12224, Telephone (518) 474-1605

North Carolina

Mrs. Chrys Baggett, Director, Office of the Secretary of Admin., N.C. 
State Clearinghouse, 116 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 
27603-8003, Telephone (919) 733-7232

North Dakota

N.D. Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental Assistance, 
Office of Management and Budget, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, 
North Dakota 58505-0170, Telephone (710) 224-2094

Ohio

Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact, State/Federal Funds 
Coordinator, State Clearinghouse, Office of Budget and Management, 30 
East Broad Street, 34th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43266-0411, Telephone 
(614) 466-0698

Rhode Island

Mr. Daniel W. Varin, Associate Director, Statewide Planning Program, 
Department of Administration, Division of Planning, 265 Melrose Street, 
Providence, Rhode Island 02907, Telephone (401) 277-2656

    Please direct correspondence and questions to: Review Coordinator, 
Office of Strategic Planning.

South Carolina

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services, Office 
of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, Room 477, Columbia, South 
Carolina 29201, Telephone (803) 734-0494

South Dakota

Ms. Susan Comer, State Clearinghouse Coordinator, Office of the 
Governor, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota 57501, Telephone (605) 
773-3213

Tennessee

Mr. Charles Brown, State Single Point of Contact, State Planning 
Office, 500 Charlotte Avenue, 309 John Sevier Building, Nashville, 
Tennessee 37219, Telephone (615) 741-1676

Texas

Mr. Thomas Adams, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, P.O. Box 
12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone (512) 463-1778

Utah

Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and Budget, ATTN: Carolyn 
Wright, Room 116 State Capitol, Salt lake City, Utah 84114, Telephone 
(801) 538-1535

Vermont

Mr. Bernard D. Johnson, Assistant Director, Office of Policy Research & 
Coordination, Pavilion Office Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, 
Vermont 05602, Telephone (802) 828-3326

West Virginia

Mr. Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, West 
Virginia Development Office, Building #6, Room 553, Charleston, West 
Virginia 25305, Telephone (304) 348-4010

Wisconsin

Mr. William C. Carey, Federal/State Relations, Wisconsin Department of 
Administration, 101 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7864, Madison, 
Wisconsin 53707, Telephone (608) 266-0267

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact, Herschler Building, 4th 
Floor, East Wing, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone (307) 777-7574

Guam

Mr. Michael J. Reidy, Director, Bureau of Budget and Management 
Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96910, 
Telephone (671) 472-2285

Northern Mariana Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and Budget Office, Office of 
the Governor, Saipan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands 96950

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose H. Caro, Chairman/Director, Puerto Rico Planning 
Board, Minillas Government Center, P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto 
Rico 00940-9985, Telephone (809) 727-4444

Virgin Islands

Jose L. George, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41 
Norregade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas, 
Virgin Islands 00802

    Please direct correspondence to: Linda Clarke, Telephone (809) 774-
0750.

Attachment H--Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements

    The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and 
belief, that:
    (1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, 
by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or 
attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member 
of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a 
Member of Congress in connection with awarding of any Federal contract, 
the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the 
entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, 
continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal 
contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
    (2) If any funds other than Federal appropriate funds have been 
paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to 
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, 
an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of 
Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or 
cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit 
Standard Form-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in 
accordance with its instructions.
    (3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this 
certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at 
all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under 
grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients 
shall certify and disclose accordingly.
    This certification is a material representation of fact upon which 
reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. 
Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or 
entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. 
Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be 
subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than 
$100,000 for each such failure.

State for Loan Guarantee and Loan Insurance

    The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and 
belief, that:
    If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for 
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any 
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an 
employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this commitment 
providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan, the 
undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL ``Disclosure 
Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its instructions.
    Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for making or 
entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. 
Code. Any person who fails to file the require statement shall be 
subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than 
$100,000 for each such failure.

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Attachment I

    The following DHHS regulations apply to all applicants/grantees 
under the Discretionary Grants Program:
    Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

Part 16--Procedures of the Department Grant Appeals Board
Part 74--Administration of Grants (non-governmental)
Part 74--Administration of Grants (state and local governments and 
Indian Tribal affiliates):

    Sections 74.62(a)  Non-Federal Audits
    74.173  Hospitals
    74.174(b)  Other Nonprofit Organizations
    74.304  Final Decisions in Disputes
    74.710  Real Property, Equipment and Supplies
    74.715  General Program Income

Part 75--Informal Grant Appeal Procedures
Part 76--Debarment and Suspension form Eligibility for Financial 
Assistance
    Subpart F--Drug Free Workplace Requirements
Part 80--Non-discrimination
    Under Programs Receiving Federal Assistance through the Department 
of Health and Human Services
    Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Part 81--Practice and Procedures for Hearings Under Part 80 of this 
Title
Part 83--Nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in the admission of 
individuals to training programs
Part 84--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs
Part 91--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Age in Health and Human 
Services Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Part 92--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements to States and Local Governments (Federal Register, March 11, 
1988)
Part 93--New Restrictions on Lobbying
Part 100--Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human 
Services Programs and Activities

Attachment J--Checklist for Use in Submitting OCS Grant Applications 
(Optional)

    The application should contain:
    1. A completed, signed SF-424, ``Application for Federal 
assistance''. The letter code for the priority area e.g., UR) should be 
in the lower right hand corner.
    2. A completed ``Budget Information--Non-Construction'' (SF-424A);
    3. A signed ``Assurance--Non-Construction'' (SF-424A);
    4. A Project Abstract
    5. A Project Narrative beginning with a Table of Contents that 
describes the project in the following order:
    (a) Eligibility Confirmation
    (b) Analysis of Need (except for Sub-Priority 1.4)
    (c) Organizational Experience and Staff Responsibilities
    (d) Work Program (including Executive Summary)
    6. Appendices, including By-Laws; Articles of Incorporation, proof 
of non-profit status where applicable; resumes, written agreements re 
grants, coordination with JOBS, etc.; Single Point of Contact comments 
(where applicable); certification regarding anti-lobbying activities; 
and a disclosure of lobbying activities.
    7. A signed copy of ``Certification Regarding Anti-Lobbying 
Activities.
    8. A completed ``Disclosures of Lobbying Activities'', if 
appropriate; and
    9. A self-addressed mailing label which can be affixed to a notice 
to acknowledge receipt of application.
    The application should not exceed a total of 50 pages for 
applications submitted under sub-priority areas 1.1 and 1.2 and 30 
pages for all applications submitted under the other subpriority areas. 
It should include one original and four identical copies, printed on 
white 8\1/2\ by 11 inch paper only. Applications should be two holed 
punched at the top center and fastened with a compressor slide paper 
fastener or a binder clip. All pages should be numbered.

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