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Part VII





Department of Health and Human Services





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Refugee Resettlement Office



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Request for Applications to Support Projects Under the FY 1994 Omnibus 
Discretionary Social Services Grants Program for Services to Refugees; 
Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Refugee Resettlement Office

Request for Applications to Support Projects Under the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement's Fiscal Year 1994 Omnibus Discretionary 
Social Services Grants Program for Services to Refugees

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

ACTION: Request for applications under the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement's Fiscal Year 1994 Omnibus Discretionary Social Services 
Grants Program for services to refugees.\1\
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    \1\In addition to persons who meet all requirements of 45 CFR 
400.43, eligibility for refugee social services also includes: (1) 
Cuban and Haitian entrants, under section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-422); (2) certain 
Amerasians from Vietnam who are admitted to the U.S. as immigrants 
under section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as included in the FY 
1988 Continuing Resolution (Pub. L. No. 100-202); and (3) certain 
Amerasians from Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, under title II of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 100-461), 1990 (Pub. L. No. 
101-167) and 1991 (Pub. L. No. 101-513). For convenience, the term 
``refugee'' is used in this notice to encompass all such eligible 
persons unless the specific context indicates otherwise.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) will accept competing 
applications for grants pursuant to the Director's discretionary 
authority under section 412(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (INA), as amended by section 311 of the Refugee Act of 1980 (Pub. 
L. No. 96-212), 8 U.S.C. 1522(c); section 501(a) of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-422), 8 U.S.C. 1522 
note, insofar as it incorporates by reference with respect to Cuban and 
Haitian entrants the authorities pertaining to assistance for refugees 
established by section 412(c) of the INA, as cited above; and the 
Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986 (Pub. L. No. 99-605).
    The project periods for each program in this announcement are 
specified in the appropriate sections below. Where awards are for 
multiple years, applications for continuation grants will be 
entertained in subsequent years on a non-competitive basis, subject to 
availability of funds, successful progress of the project, and ACF's 
determination that this would be in the best interest of the 
government. New applications will also be accepted in subsequent years 
under a schedule to be published in FY 1995. This announcement contains 
forms and instructions for submitting an application.

CLOSING DATE: The closing dates for submission of applications to be 
considered pursuant to this announcement are provided separately for 
each component.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The person indicated in each program 
area under this omnibus announcement at the following Addresses: Office 
of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 
20447.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Legislative Authority

    Section 412(c)(1)(A) of the INA authorizes the Director to make 
grants to, and enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit 
agencies for projects specifically designed--(i) to assist refugees in 
obtaining the skills which are necessary for economic self-sufficiency, 
including projects for job training, employment services, day care, 
professional refresher training, and other recertification services; 
(ii) to provide training in English where necessary (regardless of 
whether the refugees are employed or receiving cash or other 
assistance); and (iii) to provide where specific needs have been shown 
and recognized by the Director, health (including mental health) 
services, social services, educational and other services.
    Additionally, section 412(a)(4)(A)(i) of the INA states: In 
carrying out this section, the Director [of ORR], the Secretary of 
State, and such other appropriate administering official are 
authorized--(i) to make loans, * * *.

Eligible Applicants

    Eligible applicants are States and other public or private, non-
profit organizations and institutions.

Availability of Funds

    ORR is announcing three separate grant programs--Community and 
Family Strengthening Grants (ORR/RF), Microenterprise Grants (ORR/RM), 
and Meetings and Conference Grants (ORR/RC)--that are intended to 
promote innovative program design, within the framework of joint 
public-private partnerships, in response to the challenge of reducing 
welfare dependency and advancing the attainment of economic self-
sufficiency among refugees.
    In FY 1994 ORR is making available approximately $6.5 million for 
grants under this announcement. A discrete amount of total funds and 
respective individual grant amounts are established for each program 
area.
    The Director reserves the right to award more or less than the 
funds described for each category in the absence of worthy applications 
or under such other circumstances as may be deemed to be in the best 
interest of the government. Applicants may be required to reduce the 
scope of selected projects to accommodate the amount of the grant award 
approved.

Competing Applications

    This announcement has 3 separate program areas under which awards 
will be made: (1) Community and Family Strengthening Grants (ORR/RF), 
(2) Microenterprise Grants (ORR/RM), and (3) Meetings and Conference 
Grants (ORR/RC). Each application may only be considered for one 
program area. Applications which do not clearly specify for which 
program area the application is being submitted will not be considered. 
Applications for each program area will be competed separately against 
other applications for the same program area only. Applications will 
not compete across program areas or for multiple program areas.

Limits on Length of Application

    Project descriptions (Part IV of the application for each 
component) must not exceed 20 pages (typewritten, double spaced on 
standard, letter-size paper) plus a maximum of 20 pages of appended 
material. In the event that the project and/or supplementary material 
exceeds 20 pages, only the first 20 pages of the project description 
and the first 20 pages of the supplementary material will be considered 
in the review process. If single-spaced, only the first 10 pages will 
be considered. (This limitation of 20 pages per component should be 
considered as a maximum, and not necessarily a goal to be achieved). 
Letters of commitment from members of consortia, included as a part of 
the application, will not count against either 20-page limitations.

Matching Requirement

    In applications making provision for matching funds, applicants 
will be held accountable for commitments of non-Federal resources. 
Failure to provide required matches will result in disallowance of 
unmatched Federal funds.

Program Areas

Program Area One: Community and Family Strengthening Grants

    The closing date for submission of applications is July 25, 1994.

Background

    As with all programs funded by appropriations pursuant to the 
Refugee Act, services may be provided only to refugees (see definition 
in footnote 1, above) and may not be provided to refugees who have 
become citizens (except for those Amerasians listed in footnote 1). 
Further, the intent of this announcement is to target primarily 
refugees who have arrived within the last five years. Therefore, 
applicants are advised to consider the needs of families having arrived 
within the previous five years and of their communities in responding 
to the particulars of this announcement as described below.
    This program area makes funds available for two generic types of 
activities: Activities directed at strengthening refugee communities 
and activities directed at strengthening refugee families. In addition, 
this program area will distinguish programmatically between 
applications from organizations attempting to address either of these 
two activities in large urban areas and those proposing to address 
either of these two activities in smaller urban or rural areas.
    Many American communities with high concentrations of refugees are 
also areas where urban sprawl, increased specialization of services, 
and the diversity of services and providers locally have increased the 
need for better communication and cooperation among agencies in order 
to increase program effectiveness, to provide services that are in 
touch with the needs of the refugee population, and to avoid 
duplication or fragmentation of services. These large communities have 
experienced a broad range of social and economic problems among some 
refugee populations, particularly with regard to refugee women, youth, 
elderly, and in those sectors characterized by a high incidence of 
crime, violence, and neighborhood deterioration.
    At the same time, most newly arriving refugees join family members 
already resident in the larger community. This concentration has the 
potential for a highly supportive environment for new arrivals. Human 
service systems tend to be strong in these areas. The larger 
communities are also environments in which resources can be organized 
through refugee mutual assistance associations (MAAs), as well as other 
refugee community religious and social services organizations, to 
support and expand the economic and social infrastructure of the 
community.
    Conversely, in smaller communities where fewer refugees have been 
resettled, there are typically fewer resources to organize, few or no 
MAAs or refugee community based organizations, and fewer members of 
refugee communities to provide a supportive environment for newly 
arriving refugees. In these areas, a mix of ethnic groups among 
arrivals also contributes to reduced capacity for local self-help 
activity in each ethnic community of newcomers.
    ORR will award grants to organizations for projects targeted in 
these two types of communities: Large urban areas and smaller urban or 
rural areas. The determinant for the two different types of communities 
will be based on metropolitan statistical areas. For purposes of this 
grant announcement, large urban communities will be defined as those 
located within metropolitan statistical areas of 1 million or more 
people (sources: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as of July 1, 1992) and in which at 
least 1,750 refugees have been resettled since 1983. Potential 
applicants uncertain of their designation should call the contact 
person listed for this program area.
    While employment and economic independence continue to be ORR's 
primary concern and the focus of the formula social services and 
targeted assistance funding, this announcement provides an opportunity 
for local organizations to request funding for activities which 
supplement and complement the existing employment-related services 
aimed at strengthening refugee communities and refugee families.
    Competitive applications received under the Community and Family 
Strengthening program area will be accepted under four categories: 
Category One: Refugee Community Strengthening in Large Urban Areas; 
Category Two: Refugee Community Strengthening in Smaller Urban or Rural 
Areas; Category Three: Refugee Family Strengthening in Large Urban 
Areas; and Category Four: Family Strengthening in Smaller Urban or 
Rural Areas. An applicant may submit an application under any of the 
four categories; however, if an application is submitted under more 
than one category, a separate application would be required for each. 
Applications will compete against others within a specific category; 
therefore, applications must clearly state the category under which 
they are competing. An application which does not clearly state the 
category will not be considered for funding.
    Approximately $6 million will be awarded in FY 1994. Approximately 
$2 million dollars will be awarded in each of categories one and three, 
and approximately $1 million dollars will be awarded in each of 
categories two and four. Individual grants in categories one and three 
are expected to range from $25,000 to $250,000, and in categories two 
and four from $25,000 to $150,000 per budget period.
    This announcement is intended to encourage service planners and 
providers to consider the needs of refugee families and communities in 
the context of existing services. A primary objective of this 
announcement is to promote a local planning process where the services 
providers and community members come together to assess how the 
existing services are serving families and the community and consider 
what additional activity(ies) might be funded with the relatively 
modest funding available. Clearly every community has many unmet needs. 
The task of the planning process is to set priorities and to consider 
the merits of the various needs, the capacity of the community and its 
network of providers to meet a particular need, the capacity to 
continue the activity without further ORR resources beyond the four 
year project period of this announcement, the prospects for tying into 
activities funded by other sources, the availability of expertise in 
the community, the relatedness of proposed activities to existing 
activities, the willingness of the community to participate actively in 
assuring the success of the activity--including volunteer commitment--
and the likelihood of tangible results.
    The scoring in the review criteria is heavily weighted to encourage 
this planning process. Because of this, applicants are more likely to 
be successful in obtaining a grant if they document that this planning 
took place, to describe it in some detail, to describe the 
deliberations that occurred, and to describe the refugee community, 
family, and service capacity concerns which were considered in the 
planning process. It should be clear in reading the description of the 
planning process how the decision for the application and the 
activities it proposes to undertake was reached, who the participants 
were, how the proposed activity fits into the existing network of 
services, how it responds to the particular needs of families in that 
community or to a broader need of the community of families, who is 
committed to do what to make the activity accomplish its goal, and what 
the goal or expected outcome of the activity is.
    In addition to the importance placed on the planning process as a 
means of reaching consensus on what activity(ies) to pursue, ORR also 
sees this process as key to strengthening cooperation and coordination 
among the local service providers, community leaders, Mutual Assistance 
Associations, voluntary agencies, churches, and other public and 
private organizations involved in refugee resettlement and/or community 
service. ORR intends that this process will be part of efforts locally 
to build strategic partnerships among these groups to expand their 
capacity to serve the social and economic needs of refugees and to give 
support and direction to ethnic communities facing problems in economic 
independence and social adjustment.
    ORR particularly supports the role of ethnic community-based 
organizations in defining and addressing the needs of their community 
and of families within these communities and intends that this 
announcement will encourage these organizations to play a major role in 
the planning and implementation of activities to be funded under this 
announcement. In all cases, regardless of the nature of the 
organization proposed to provide services or conduct activities funded 
under this announcement, the services/activities must be conducted by 
staff linguistically and culturally compatable with the refugee 
families or communities to be served. In addition, the applicant must 
describe the access proposed providers have to the families and their 
ties to the community to be served.
    Local organizations are encouraged to build coalitions in applying 
under this announcement. The activities funded by these grants are 
intended to serve as a catalyst to bring the community together to 
address the economic and social problems of refugee families and the 
refugee community. The goal in all cases should be to build and 
strengthen the community's capacity to serve its members in improving 
the quality of life and standard of living for refugee families. While 
activities proposed do not have to be directly employment related, 
planning and coalition building should be guided by the overarching 
goal of improving the economic condition of refugee families and of 
giving them the information needed to adjust socially and economically 
to their new country and their new communities.
    This announcement encourages partnerships or consortia of eligible 
organizations to submit joint applications for grants. However, in each 
application one organization must be clearly identified as the grant 
recipient (grantee) with primary administrative and fiscal 
responsibilities. Applications from consortia which do not clearly 
specify which organization will serve as grantee cannot be considered. 
In all cases the applicant must demonstrate that wherever potential 
partners for collaboration exist, the applicant, at a minimum, has 
planned the proposed activities in collaboration with these potential 
partners, whether they are in the refugee services provider community 
of organizations and institutions or in mainstream services 
organizations, e.g., adult basic education providers, senior citizens 
organizations, women's shelters.
    Where the application represents a coalition of providers, the 
applicant should include in the application package a signed 
partnership agreement which includes a commitment or statement of 
intent to commit resources from the prospective partner(s) contingent 
upon receipt of ORR funds. The agreement should state how the 
partnership arrangement relates to the objectives of the project. The 
applicant should also include: supporting documentation identifying the 
resources, experience, and expertise of the partner(s); evidence that 
the partner(s) has been involved in the planning of the project; and a 
discussion of the role of the partner(s) in the implementation and 
conduct of the project.
    Definition of partnership: a formal negotiated arrangement among 
organizations that provides for substantive collaborative roles for 
each of the partners in the planning and conduct of the project.
    ORR expects that the grantee will perform a substantive role, in 
concert with its partners, in the delivery of the allowed services. ORR 
will not fund projects where the role of the applicant is primarily to 
serve as a conduit for funds to organizations other than the applicant.
    All applicants should demonstrate existing refugee community 
support for their agency and their proposed project. If the applicant 
works in an area where no other organizations work with refugees, and a 
coalition with other organizations is not possible, this should be 
explained and documented.
    Applicants and their partners should provide evidence that their 
governing bodies, boards of directors, or advisory bodies are 
representative of the refugee communities being served and have both 
male and female representation.
    Because funding under this program announcement is limited, 
applicants are urged to plan for the use of these funds in conjunction 
with other Federal, State, and private funds available to assist the 
target populations and to carry out similar programs and activities.
    Inasmuch as Federal appropriations are subject to annual 
Congressional approval, ORR is unable to predict the availability of 
future year funding. Consequently, without reasonable expectation of 
subsequent funding, applications should describe the extent to which 
needs will be substantially met with the funds provided, and/or the 
extent to which their funding will be supplemented by other resources 
in subsequent years.
    Award for Community and Family Strengthening Grants will be for 
one-year budget periods, although project periods may be for up to four 
years. Applications for continuation grants to extend activities funded 
beyond the one-year budget period will be entertained in subsequent 
years on a noncompetitive basis, subject to availability of funds, 
timely and successful completion of activities during the budget 
period, and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)'s 
determination that such continuations would be in the best interest of 
the Government. In the continuation applications for the subsequent 
second, third and fourth year budget periods following the year for 
which the project was originally funded, the applications shall either: 
(1) Demonstrate adequate progress toward continuing the project's 
activities without further ORR funding, or (2) demonstrate that the 
problem being addressed will be satisfactorily resolved during the 
four-year project period and that continuation funding beyond that will 
not be needed.
    In subsequent year continuation applications, the grantee will be 
asked to document receipt of non-Federal funds from other sources. The 
requirement will be not less than 10% for the second year award, 25% 
for the third year award, and 50% for the fourth year award. If the 
strategy of the applicant is to have resolved the problems which the 
project's activities are designed to address, the continuation 
applications shall document progress toward this goal, and the 
requirement for offsetting funds may be waived.
Allowable Services/Activities for Community Support Grants
    ORR will consider applications for services which an applicant 
justifies, based on an analysis of service needs and available 
resources, as necessary to address the social and economic problems of 
refugee families and of the refugee community.
    The specific services proposed may be as diverse as the communities 
themselves. Some examples follow which are not intended to be a 
comprehensive list but are intended to stimulate planning and community 
discussion. The examples do not include the more traditional employment 
and language services for which the States predominantly contract with 
the formula social services and targeted assistance funds--not because 
these services are discouraged or disallowed under this announcement, 
but because repetition here is not necessary. It will be the task of 
the local planning processes to determine what is needed to address the 
economic and social adjustment needs of families and the community and 
to make the case for what is being proposed in the application. 
Activities and services proposed should be planned in conjunction with 
existing services and should supplement and complement these services. 
Special attention should be given in the planning process to the 
services available to all citizens, including community institutions 
which serve the elderly, youth and special needs populations.

Non-Allowable Activities

    Funds will not be awarded to applicants who propose to engage in 
activities of a distinctly political nature or which primarily are 
designed to promote the preservation of cultural heritage, or which 
have an international objective. ORR supports refugee community efforts 
to preserve cultural heritage, but believes these are activities which 
communities should conduct without recourse to ORR resources.
Some Examples of Allowable Activities

Orientation and Public Education

--Public education activities designed to inform the refugee community 
about issues essential to effectively function in the new society.
--Classes in parenting skills, including information about U.S. 
cultural and legal issues, e.g., related to corporal punishment, 
generational conflict, and child abuse.
--Orientation and assistance to parents in connecting with the school 
system and other local community organizations.
--Information services on health care: information on access to health 
care for the uninsured, on health insurance, on health maintenance 
organizations, on the importance of preventive health, and on available 
universal coverage services, e.g., immunizations.

Specialized English Language Training

--Specialized classes for specific industries in conjunction with 
employers.
--Specialized classes for groups outside the regular classes, e.g., 
homebound women, elderly. Use of volunteers is encouraged. 
Accessibility of site and time is important.

Leadership Training

--Potential participants should be involved in designing the training. 
Activities might include assertiveness training, community organizing, 
fund raising, non-profit management, other needs identified by 
potential participants.

Mentorship Programs

--Pairing participant individuals or families with community 
volunteers. Programs should target refugees who are not otherwise 
receiving core services and mentoring should target needs they 
identify.

Peer Support Groups

--Assisting subgroups to form a common bond for resolution of peer-
specific problems. The purposes are to solve individual, family, and 
community problems with the support of peers and to solve common 
problems through group action.

Citizenship Education

--Education and training designed to prepare refugees to become 
citizens.

Combating Violence in Families

--Information and training against domestic violence, child abuse, 
sexual harrassment and coercion, roles of men and women in U.S. 
culture, techniques for protection. Bi-lingual staff for women's 
shelters.

Crime Prevention/Victimization

--Activities designed to improve relations between refugees and the law 
enforcement communities: (a) Public service officers or community 
liaisons (b) neighborhood storefronts and/or watch programs (c) refugee 
business watch program (d) cross cultural training for the law 
enforcement community (police departments, court system, mediation/
dispute resolution centers).

    Note: Law enforcement activities, such as hiring sworn police 
officers (except those who are public service officers or community 
liaison officers), fingerprinting, incarceration, etc., are outside 
the scope of allowable services under the Refugee Act and will not 
be considered for funding. Other unallowable activities are those 
limited to, or principally focused on, parole counseling, court 
advocacy, and child protection services.

Community Center Development

--Developing and operating community centers for delivering services to 
refugee individuals and families. Centers may also be used for 
recreation, information and referal services and community gatherings. 
(Costs related to construction or renovation will not be considered, 
nor will costs for food or beverages).

Community Organizing

--Communities might be organized for housing cooperatives, for youth 
activities, for services to elderly, for volunteer mentoring services, 
for crime prevention.

    The above are only examples of services. They are not intended to 
limit potential applicants in community planning.
    The examples listed above are listed and generically described 
without regard to population to be served. It will be necessary in the 
application to describe more specifically the target population. That 
is, one activity might be appropriately designed to serve only 
homebound women. Another might be designed for teen-agers and their 
parents. Another might be for elderly. Some might be targeted for all 
members of the family. Applications should correlate planned activity 
with specific target audiences and discuss the relationship between the 
proposed activities and the target population.
Application Content
    All applications must be submitted on Standard Form (SF) 424, Parts 
I through IV. Part IV should contain the following:

A. Introduction

--A statement that Community and Family Strengthening Grants is the 
program area under which the application is submitted.
--A statement identifying under which of the four categories the 
application is competing. The application can only compete under one of 
the following four categories: (1) Refugee community strengthening 
proposals in large urban areas, (2) refugee community strengthening 
proposals in smaller urban or rural areas, (3) refugee family 
strengthening proposals in large urban areas, (4) refugee family 
strengthening proposals in smaller urban or rural areas.
--If the proposal is from a coalition of organizations, a clear 
statement of which agency will serve as grantee in the event of an 
award.
--Profile of Community/Target Population: Applicants should submit a 
detailed profile of the target community or communities to include the 
following:
--Refugee Community: A description of the refugee community, either by 
geographic area or ethnic grouping, to be served, including numbers, 
ethnicity, welfare utilization pattern, number of refugee families in 
the community, family characteristics, and an assessment of attitudes 
of the refugees and the general community toward each other.
Target Population: Applicants must submit a profile of the specific 
target population to be served. The applicant must describe the target 
population, reflecting ethnicity, age makeup, and length of time in the 
United States. All discrete refugee target populations will be 
considered for funding provided their needs are adequately justified. A 
target population may include, but is not limited to: an ethnic group, 
refugee families, women, youth, older workers, two-parent families on 
public assistance, or the aged. The applicant must provide 
justification for the selection of the target population.

B. Planning Process/Need Statement

--A description of the planning process used in determining the needs 
proposed to be addressed by the project, as well as of the process used 
in determining the participant agencies in a proposed coalition.
--A description of the problem(s) which the applicant/coalition has 
identified and for which funds are being requested, and a broad 
overview of the refugee resettlement picture in the community in which 
the applicant is proposing to conduct activities.
--List attachments, e.g., letters of agreement from ``partner'' 
agencies, letter of community support, evidence of planning meetings 
and consultation with the community, including dates, agenda, and 
participants described to the extent possible. Documentation, e.g., 
letter from State Refugee Coordinator that other agencies as potential 
coalition partners are not available, if none are shown in the 
application.

    The applicant must discuss the consultation which occurred in 
developing the application with appropriate entities, such as 
mainstream providers, mutual assistance associations, resettlement 
agencies, and the proposed target population, to the extent appropriate 
to the types of activities proposed. Consultation might also include 
the Mayor's office, school parent-teacher groups, local police, 
departments, and other mainstream community service organizations.
    Consultation must include representatives of the target population. 
For example, a project designed to assist single mothers needs to be 
designed in consultation with single mothers. Input by the target 
population is viewed as particularly important.

--The applicant shall describe the existing service delivery systems(s) 
and existing community networks and explain how the activities proposed 
complement and do not supplant existing services.

C. Proposed Strategy and Program Design

--A description of the proposed strategy for addressing the needs 
identified for the target population. A description of the proposal 
service activities proposed to be funded under this grant application, 
including locations proposed for services, time of service vis-a-vis 
normal workday, and any special cultural considerations. The applicant 
shall identify proposed service activity the service activity for which 
funding is requested.
    The description shall also include:

--Identification of projected outcomes and proposed milestones 
measuring progress, as appropriate to the services proposed. While ORR 
recognizes that in many family and community services outcomes may be 
difficult to quantify, ORR encourages applicants, to the extent 
possible, to develop innovative quantifiable measures related to the 
desired outcomes for purposes of monitoring and project assessment.
--Proposed linkages with other refugee/entrant service agencies and/or 
organizations, and with human service agencies. If a consortium is 
proposed, a description of the role of each member of the consortium in 
the project's proposed activities.
--A detailed description of the extent to which the component(s)/
project(s) is expected to meet the specified need during the grant 
period, and the extent to which the award will be augmented or 
supplemented by other funding beyond the grant period, or can be 
integrated into current systems.

D. Capability Statement

    Applications representing coalitions of local organizations shall 
describe the nature of the agreement among collaborating agencies and 
include letters from all proposed partners--or a copy of a signed 
agreement--attesting to a common understanding of how the partners will 
relate to each other programmatically and administratively in carrying 
out the proposed activities under the grant. Document resources, 
experience, and expertise.
    The applicant shall discuss the gender balance and constituent 
representation of the board members of the participating organizations 
or of the proposed project's advisory board.
    The applicant shall describe how it will ensure linguistically and 
culturally appropriate services and its relationship with, or access 
to, the target population.
    The applicant shall describe the administrative and management 
features of the project. The administrative description should detail 
each of the following for each component:

--Qualifications of the applicant organization and any partners.
--A description of the applicant's plan for fiscal and programmatic 
management of each activity, including proposed start-up time, ongoing 
timelines, major milestones or benchmarks, a component/project 
organization chart, and a staffing chart.
--A description of information collection (participant and outcome 
data) and monitoring proposed.

E. Budget and Funding

--Budget, by line item, with narrative justification.
--A description of how the need for the ORR funding requested will be 
phased out over the life of the project and a description of how other 
funds will be leveraged during the life of the applicant's ORR grant. 
Alternatively, a description of how the need will have been met before 
the end of the project period, so that funding beyond the fourth year 
will not be needed.

    State applicants intending to contract their activities should 
submit the programatic portions of their proposed Requests for 
Proposals and justify their best estimates of cost by line item in this 
section of the application contents.
Criteria for Evaluating Grant Applications:
    Each application will be rated individually on the following:

A. Introduction (10 Points)

    Completeness and clarity of statements required in Introduction 
section of the application.
    Profile of community/target population: Clarity of description and 
soundness of rationale for selection of targeted community or 
population.
    Adequacy and quality of data provided.

B. Planning Process (30 Points)

    Quality and thoroughness of applicant's assessment/planning 
process, including analysis of data provided and extent of consultation 
with appropriate peer community agencies and the refugee community.
    Clarity and comprehensiveness of needs identification and problem 
statement and of the description of the local context in which grant 
activities are proposed.
    Commitment of coalition partners in implementing the activities as 
demonstrated by letters or the language of the signed agreement among 
participants. (Where no potential coalition partners are documented to 
be available, the applicant will not be penalized under this criteria. 
The applicant shall still describe any consultation efforts undertaken 
and its consultation with the refugee community.)

--Comprehensiveness of description of existing services and community 
network and explanation of complementarity of proposed services.
--Evidence of consultation with target population.

C. Proposed Strategy and Program Design (25 Points)

--Soundness of strategy and program design for meeting identified 
needs.
--The quality of the outcomes proposed and the component's potential 
for achieving the outcomes within the grant's project period. The 
potential of the project to have a positive impact on the quality on 
the lives of refugee families and communities.
--Description of linkages with other providers and roles of 
collaborating agencies in project implementation.
--Extent to which the need described is expected to be met and/or 
extent to which funding will be augmented or supplemented or to which 
the services will be integrated with existing services.

D. Applicant Capability (20 Points)

--Experience of the applicant/consortium in performing the proposed 
services.
--Validity and reasonableness of the proposed consortium to perform the 
proposed activities.
--Adequacy of gender balance and constituent representatives of board 
members of participant organizations or of the proposed project's 
advisory board.
--Adequacy of assurance that proposed services will be linguistically 
and culturally appropriate to the target population.
--Qualifications of the organization and any partners.

E. Budget and Management (15 Points)

--Reasonableness of budget in relation to the proposed activities and 
anticipated results.
--Adequacy of proposed monitoring and information collection.
--Extent to which the application makes provision for leveraging ORR 
funds with non-Federal funds, or for commitment of in-kind support not 
otherwise available, and the value of such leveraged funds or in-kind 
support. Realistic plan for phase-out of ORR grant funding.

Total: 100 points

    For further information contact Anna Mary Portz (202) 401-1196 at 
the address listed at the beginning of this announcement.

Program Area Two: Microenterprise Grants

    The closing date for submission of applications is July 18, 1994.
Introduction
    The purpose of this program is to provide grants to intermediary 
agencies to develop and administer microenterprise programs consisting 
of: (a) Small-scale financing available through microloans to refugees 
who are engaged in an activity designed to generate income, regardless 
of how small its size; and (b) technical assistance through training 
for microenterprise development to refugee entrepreneurs. The purpose 
is to use microenterprise as another vehicle for assisting refugee 
families to become economically independent and to help refugee 
communities develop independent economic strength by generating their 
own employment and capital resources.
    This program also provides for technical assistance to the agencies 
funded under this announcement to coordinate their policies and 
procedures for developing and administering refugee microloan funds.
    The targeted population for these loans may include refugees who 
are receiving public assistance--or are at risk of receiving public 
assistance--and who lack the financial resources, credit history, or 
personal assets to otherwise qualify for small loans through standard 
commercial institutions. Only refugees who have arrived in the United 
States within the five year period preceding enrollment in the project 
are eligible to receive ORR-funded microloans. (All refugees may 
participate in all other components of the program.)
    Secondarily, ORR is interested in seeing the extent to which this 
initiative may result in the growth of microenterprises in refugee 
communities and the expansion of entrepreneurial skills and expertise 
among refugees.
    ORR expects to award up to $675,000 for new grants in FY 1994.
    ORR anticipates awarding approximately five microenterprise 
development grants, at a funding level of approximately $125,000 per 
budget period for each award, and an additional single grant in the 
amount of $50,000 to an organization to assist with participating 
agencies' technical planning.
    ORR will not fund projects where the role of the applicant is 
primarily to serve as a conduit for funds to organizations other than 
the applicant. This does not bar subgranting or contracting for 
specific services or activities.
    ORR does not anticipate approving the funding of applications which 
propose to subgrant or contract all or most of the proposed activities 
under this initiative to an unrelated entity.
    Awards for Microenterprise Grants will be for one-year budget 
periods, although project periods may be for up to three years. 
Applications for continuation grants to extend activities funded beyond 
the one-year budget period will be entertained in subsequent years on a 
noncompetitive basis, subject to availability of funds, timely and 
successful completion of activities during the budget period, continued 
need, and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)'s 
determination that such continuations would be in the best interest of 
the Government.
    Glossary. For purposes of applications under this program area, the 
following definitions apply:
    Business is any lawful activity that generates income regardless of 
its size.
    General program income refers to all program income accruing to a 
grantee during the period of grant support or to a subgrantee during 
the period of subgrant support.
    Intermediary agencies are microenterprise grantees responsible for 
developing and administering microenterprise programs.
    Peer borrower groups are comprised of several prospective loan fund 
borrowers, each of whom is developing a separate micro-enterprise. 
Intermediary agencies typically make loans to peer borrower groups who 
collectively determine which member of the group will receive a loan 
and in what order. Members of a peer borrower group provide technical 
assistance and support to each other, and the loan repayment record of 
each member may influence the group's ability to receive future loans.
    Self-sufficiency is, minimally, a condition whereby individuals or 
families do not require or qualify for financial support in the form of 
public assistance, by reason of earned income.
    Microloans consist of small, short term amounts of credit, 
generally in sums less than $5,000, made by an intermediary agency to 
low-income entrepreneurs or potential entrepreneurs for start-up or 
very small microenterprise endeavors. These entrepreneurs typically 
have few personal assets, little savings, and do not qualify for 
standard commercial loans.
Program Description--Use of Grant Funds by Intermediary Agencies
    ORR funds may be used for the administrative costs associated with 
managing and servicing a microloan portfolio, and for the provision of 
entrepreneurial technical assistance to prospective borrowers, to loan 
recipients and to grantee intermediary agencies. Grantees may also 
propose a model in which one or several of these activities will be 
provided by a subgrantee.
    Applicants whose project design includes ORR-funded microloans must 
establish a revolving loan fund to disburse these funds. Funds residing 
in revolving loan funds may be utilized multiple times as loans to 
individuals. ORR grant funds awarded for a revolving loan fund will be 
capped for all new grantees at $50,000 for the first budget period. ORR 
does not anticipate funding projects that propose individual loans for 
periods greater than three years.
    Program Income. General program income, in the form of interest 
earned on a loan principal, may be retained by the intermediary agency 
during the period of grant support and used for costs of the project so 
long as these costs further the objectives of the grant and the Federal 
statute under which the grant was made. Specifically, program income of 
this type may be used to expand the number of microenterprise loans to 
be made available to the client population, in accordance with 45 CFR 
74.42(e), or 45 CFR 92.25(g)(2) for State applicants. Additional costs 
alternative. Program income generated by the repayment of the loan 
principal is to be placed in the revolving loan fund to be used for 
making microloans to eligible borrowers.
    Applicants must include in the project design a schedule for the 
collection and liquidation of all loans and the reversion of repaid 
loan equity (including interest) to the Federal Government within a 
three-year period after the expiration of the grant. The applicant must 
also define the average anticipated loan period and the maximum loan 
period.
    Applicants may propose to establish a revolving loan fund based on 
a peer borrowing group model. (Applicants interested in exploring peer 
group borrowing may wish to investigate current models in the field of 
microenterprise development, such as that of the Grameen Bank of 
Bangladesh which provides credit to very small enterprises.)
    ORR encourages the submission of applications which propose to 
establish a partnership with a commercial bank or other traditional 
lending institution whereby Federal grant money will be leveraged by 
commercial loans, and refugee borrowers will have the opportunity of 
establishing credit-worthy histories with traditional lending 
institutions. To that end, ORR does not encourage the use of below-
market level rates of interest for the loan funds. If appropriate, 
applicants should include letters of intent or interest from a 
commercial bank in their application.
    Successful applicants will be required to establish an advisory 
committee with representatives from the local commercial sector and 
from the refugee community.
    To ensure the exchange of technical and training information among 
participants, all grantee agencies and designated partners are strongly 
encouraged to attend two training conferences during each year of their 
participation in this program area. ORR will provide information to 
grantees on such conferences, and grant funds may be used to offset the 
cost of attendance.
Microloans to Refugee Entrepreneurs
    Overview. Successful applicants for these funds will establish 
refugee revolving loan funds, using ORR grant funds, funds obtained 
from commercial lending institutions, or a combination of both, to 
provide and manage microloans to individuals. The intended purpose of 
the loan funds is to address gaps in the existing capital market for 
microentrepreneurs and prospective microentrepreneurs, that is, small, 
individual entrepreneurs seeking to expand their income-generating 
capacity.
    Intermediary Agency Responsibilities. The microenterprise grantees, 
referred to as intermediary agencies, will have primary responsibility 
for determining the eligibility and credit-worthiness of refugee 
borrowers. Intermediary agencies will also determine lending policies, 
procedures and loan amounts, and are responsible for collecting and 
servicing microloan payments. In support of these, intermediary 
agencies must maintain written loan policies and procedures.
    Proceeds from loan collections are to be recycled through the 
revolving loan fund to be used for re-lending to eligible borrowers.
    Restriction on Loan Amount. ORR grant funds may be used for 
microloans to individual refugee entrepreneurs in sums not to exceed 
$5,000. The total loan amount may exceed the $5,000 limitation only to 
the extent that the intermediary agency is able to match the ORR-
supported microloan amount with funding from other resources on a one-
to-one basis. In no case may a microloan exceed $10,000 under this 
program.
    Interest Rate. The interest rate charged on microloans may not 
exceed four percentage points above the New York Prime lending rate at 
the time of loan approval.
    Maturity. Microloans will have a maximum maturity of three years.
    Fees. The intermediary agency may not charge fees, points, or other 
amounts to the individual borrower applying for a microloan other than 
actual costs associated with obtaining, approving and closing the 
approved microloan. Additionally, individual borrowers may not be 
solicited for contributions toward the cost of training or technical 
assistance received under this program.
    Use of Loans. Microloans may be used for working capital, 
inventory, supplies, furniture, fixtures, machinery, tools, equipment, 
building renovation and/or leasehold improvements.
    Microloan funds may not be used for the following types of 
businesses:
     As venture capital for established businesses that are 
attempting major expansion, particularly where such businesses may 
qualify for commercial loans.
     For concerns engaged in gambling or speculation of any 
type.
     For any illegal activity or production, or for the service 
or distribution of illegal products.
     For purposes not related to microenterprise development, 
e.g., for the purchase of an auto for non-business-related 
transportation.
    Examples of microenterprises which might qualify for this type of 
loan or business credit are found in small-scale repair, manufacturing, 
service, or agricultural businesses.
    Eligibility. Eligibility for individual loan applicants is limited 
to those refugees who have arrived in the United States within the five 
years preceding enrollment in the project. Applicants are encouraged to 
target a refugee population that has arrived in the United States 
within the two years preceding project enrollment.
Application Content
    Each application must contain the following documents:

--A description of the applicant's organizational structure.
--Copies of the last two fiscal year financial statements, including 
balance sheets and income statements. (This requirement is waived for 
State applicants.)
--A monthly project cash flow chart for the three year period beginning 
October 1, 1992 anticipating selection into this program at the 
requested funding level.
--A program narrative that includes a description of the project and 
project activities, a plan for fiscal and project management, a time 
table for activities, a project organization chart, a description of 
staffing, and resumes or qualifications of staff.

    Additionally, applicants should include the following information:

--An analysis of capital needs and interest in micro-enterprise 
development of targeted refugee populations;
--The purpose of the project, a description of the types of loans to be 
made, the types of micro-enterprises to which it will be targeted, and 
the credit needs these enterprises are anticipated to have;
--A description of the structure, approach or model of the project, 
e.g., the extent to which loans will be made on an individual or group 
basis; outreach activities; the relationship to affiliate agencies; 
provisions for credit enhancements, such as loan loss reserves; 
performance objectives; a description of the management and operation 
of the project, and the management and servicing of the loan funds; and 
a discussion of the applicant's lending history, if applicable;
--A discussion of the extent to which the applicant proposes to 
leverage grant monies with other sources of capital or linkage with 
financial institutions;
--The anticipated size of the revolving loan fund and its terms (e.g., 
maximum number of loans and loan size to be made available, interest 
rates, repayment terms and policies, projected default rates, 
requirements for loan loss reserves, candidate screening and lending 
criteria, application procedures, projected loan activity and the 
activities for which loans to individuals may be used; and a schedule 
for the collection and liquidation of all loans and reversion of repaid 
loan equity to the Federal Government;
--A description of the entrepreneurial training or technical assistance 
proposed for refugee participants (individuals or groups);
--A profile of the refugee participants, including: projected 
employment and/or welfare status; qualifying income, length of time in 
the United States; and the degree to which English language proficiency 
will be a prerequisite to participation in any component of the 
project;
--A discussion of the impact of loan funds and business assets on 
clients' welfare status if the project proposes to target borrowers who 
are receiving public assistance;
--A description of procedures which will be used to prevent welfare 
fraud, i.e. non-reporting of business income by participants receiving 
public assistance;
--A budget narrative which includes a discussion of administrative 
costs;
--A description of the data collection, management procedures and 
analysis for tracking project milestones, the outlays under the project 
and of the loan funds, loan repayments, profit and loss statements or 
business reports, site visits, and technical assistance needs of 
project participants;
--Projected performance, including the estimated number business 
starts, microloans, dollars invested; the costs associated with 
creation of a microenterprise or job; business survival rates; average 
income earned; the extent to which participating refugees achieve self-
support; the ability of the fund itself to achieve self-sufficiency; 
and savings to the Federal Government in welfare costs discontinued by 
project participants due to earned self-employment income;
--Policies and procedures proposed regarding program or grant-related 
income and its disposition.
Criteria for Review of Applications
    Overall appropriateness of targeted population, to include, (1) An 
analysis of capital needs and evidence of refugee interest in 
microenterprise; and (2) a discussion of the extent to which the 
project structure, policies and procedures are consistent with the 
entrepreneurial knowledge base and skill level of the project 
participants. (25 points)
    Organizational management capability and history of experience with 
either refugees or low-income loan applicants. Factors to be considered 
here include the applicant's financial resources, performance and 
credit-worthiness. (30 points)
    Clarity and appropriateness of the project design, demonstrating an 
understanding of the concept of micro-enterprise endeavors, clear and 
appropriate implementation procedures, a financial plan and a time 
table. (30 points)
    Appropriateness and reasonableness of the proposed budget, 
including a description of the applicant's plan for fiscal management 
of each proposed activity, including start-up time, ongoing timelines, 
and a narrative justification to support each line. (15 points)
Grant for Assistance to Intermediary Agencies
    ORR intends that the loan programs will be complementary to each 
other in design and implementation features. To that end, ORR will 
award one grant in an amount not to exceed $50,000 to a private non-
profit, agency for the purpose of assisting grantees (intermediary 
agencies) in the administration of microloan funds, in the development 
of appropriate financial systems for administering these projects, and 
for securing additional financing for microloans from commercial 
lending institutions. Intermediary agencies will be given access to 
standardized documents, policies and procedures that have been 
developed or gathered under this initiative.
    Interested organizations should submit an application package, in 
accordance with instructions stated below in ``Application Preparation 
and Submission,'' including the following:

--A description of the applicant's organizational structure, staff 
qualifications, experience in microenterprise development, and 
expertise in business management principles and the operation of 
revolving loan funds.
--A narrative description of technical assistance activities for 
approximately 6 grantee intermediary agencies, with a timetable and 
schedule for the preparation of site-visit reports.
--A line-item budget and budget narrative.

    Applicants for the technical assistance grant will be reviewed 
competitively and scored by a review panel of experts in accordance 
with the criteria stated below.

--Organizational expertise and history of experience in micro-
enterprise development and in providing technical assistance and 
training to intermediary agencies. (40 points)
--Clarity and appropriateness of the project design for technical 
assistance. (30 points)
--Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget. (30 
points) For further information contact Carmel Clay-Thompson (202) 401-
4560 at the address listed at the beginning of this announcement.

Program Area Three: National/Regional Conferences

    The closing date for submission of applications is July 11, 1994.
    This program area supports the efforts of refugee community service 
organizations and of non-profit research and public policy institutions 
to promote effective refugee resettlement by convening national and/or 
regional meetings for the purpose of bringing together the interest 
groups to define and resolve issues, to provide technical assistance 
and/or to share information on resolving the resettlement problems of 
specific communities.
    Approximately 10 grants will be awarded. Awards are limited to a 
maximum of $10,000. Conferences and meetings may be convened for the 
purpose of assembling national or regional representatives of the 
following:
    (1) Refugee community members;
    (2) Community-based organizations in order to bring the combined 
energies of these communities to bear on problems related to refugee 
domestic resettlement and refugee self-sufficiency; or
    (3) Service providers and other appropriate persons involved in 
refugee resettlement issues to explore resource development and/or 
share professional expertise; or
    (4) Members of educational institutions or non-profit research and 
public policy institutions interested in examining specific issues 
related to refugee resettlement; or
    (5) Any combination of the above groups and purposes.
    An example of the first type might be a meeting for members of a 
certain refugee community, gender, age group, etc., in order to 
identify issues of mutual concern and related needs and resources. An 
example of the second type might be a meeting of refugee MAAs from a 
specific geographic region of the U.S. convened to examine problems of 
accessing mainstream services by a particular ethnic refugee community. 
An example of the third type might be a meeting of refugee mental 
health professionals and para-professionals to explore refugee access 
to professional mental health services. An example of the fourth type 
might be a symposium of academicians, policy-makers and interested 
members of refugee communities meeting to explore, exchange and 
disseminate information on broad and continuing questions and problems 
of refugee resettlement.
    The focus and activities of the proposed meeting must be related to 
domestic refugee resettlement issues.
    Consortia of qualified organizations are encouraged to submit joint 
applications; in each application one organization must be clearly 
identified as the grant award recipient with primary administrative and 
fiscal responsibilities in the application. Applications which do not 
make this clear will not be considered.
    The following restrictions apply in this program area:
    Grantees must provide at least 35 percent of the total cost of the 
project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF 
share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may be met by 
cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to 
meet their match requirements through cash contributions. Therefore, a 
project requesting the full limit of $10,000 in Federal funds must 
include a match of at least $5,385 (35% total project cost). Since 
conference fees may be generated as program income, this matching 
requirement is subject to the policies and requirements of 45 CFR part 
74, subpart F as follows:
    Program income from conference fees may be used to count toward 
satisfaction of cost sharing, in accordance with 45 CFR 74.42(d), (or 
for State applicants, 45 CFR part 92) the Cost-sharing or matching 
alternative.
    All other program income will be considered accounted for under 
alternative (c), the deduction alternative, and may not be counted 
towards satisfying grantee's cost-sharing requirement.
    In accordance with 45 CFR part 74, Subpart G--Cost Sharing or 
Matching--a cost-sharing requirement may be satisfied by the value of 
third-party, in-kind contributions applicable to the period to which 
the cost-sharing requirement applies.
    Additionally, the travel and expenses contributed by conference 
presenters may be included in calculating the cost share. However, 
travel and expenses of conference participants may not be counted 
toward satisfying grantees's cost-sharing requirement.
    Conferences and meetings funded under this announcement may not be 
used for the purpose of lobbying, or otherwise engaging, political 
entities by participants or presenters to influence legislative or 
administrative actions.
    Project periods for these grants will be for one year only. No 
continuation awards will be made.
Application Content
    Part IV of the SF 424 should contain the following:

--An analysis and statement of need including primary and secondary 
objectives of the meeting as well as benefits to the refugee community;
--The extent to which refugee communities have been or will be involved 
in developing the conference's design and agenda or a justification as 
to why this is not relevant or necessary for the proposed conference;
--A rationale for the conference design elements including proposed 
location, size, duration; a plan of action timetable; the tentative 
agenda, if drafted; proposed conference exibitors, if any;
--The applicant's organizational experience working with refugees and 
its organizational experience holding conferences (if any); resumes of 
the major conference personnel.
--A budget covering total costs for the conference. The budget should 
be formatted in two columns. One column should be a breakdown by line 
item to be funded by ORR; the other column should be a breakdown by 
line item to be funded by other resources. ORR funds may be used for 
space rental, travel and subsistence (per diem) for presenters. If 
travel is proposed for participants other than presenters, the grantee 
must provide separate justification and specify the criteria to be used 
to select certain participants to be eligible for travel stipends or 
expense reimbursement. Federal funds may not be used for banquet-type 
food or beverages, entertainment, honoria or conference fees. Travel 
stipends may only be paid for individuals incurring actual travel 
expenses and should be calculated not to exceed actual travel and 
administrative expenses incurred.
Review Criteria
--Validity of the analysis and statement of need including primary and 
secondary objectives of the meeting as well as benefits to the refugee 
community; (25 points)
--The extent to which refugee communities have been or will be involved 
in developing the conference's design and agenda or a justification as 
to why this is not relevant or necessary for the proposed conference; 
(15 points)
--A rationale for the conference design elements including proposed 
location, size, duration; a plan of action timetable; the tentative 
agenda, if drafted; proposed conference exibitors, if any; (25 points)
--The applicant's organizational experience working with refugees and 
its organizational experience holding conferences (if any); resumes of 
the major conference personnel. (15 points)
--Budget (as described in application content). (20 points)

    For additional information concerning this category, contact Nancy 
Iris at the above ORR address, telephone (202) 401-4724.
General Procedure for Competitive Review of Applications Under all 
Program Areas Under the Announcement
    Applicants will be reviewed competitively and scored by an 
independent review panels of experts in accordance with ACF grants 
policy and the criteria stated below for each program area. The results 
of the independent review panel scores and explanatory comments will 
assist the Director, ORR 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 the reviewers. 
However, highly ranked applications are not guaranteed funding since 
other factors are taken into consideration, including: Comments of 
reviewers and of ACF/ORR officials; previous program performance of 
applicants; compliance with grant terms under previous DHHS grants; 
audit reports; and investigative reports. Final funding decisions will 
be made by the Director, ORR.
Application Preparation and Submission
    Availability of Forms. Attachments contain all of the standard 
forms necessary for the application for awards under this announcement.
    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 following office: Office 
of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 
20447, telephone: (202) 401-4557.
    Application Procedures and Submission: Each application should 
include one original and two additional copies of the following:
    a. A completed Standard Form 424 which has been signed by an 
official of the organization applying for the grant who has authority 
to obligate the organization legally. 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 Certification and the Debarment Certification. 
Also, for Microloan applications, the applicant must also provide the 
typed or printed names, titles, and signatures of parties within the 
applicant agency who have fiduciary responsibility for microloan notes 
and/or microloans closing documents.
    b. ``Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs'' SF-424A).
    c. A filled out, signed and dated ``Assurance--Non-Construction 
Programs'' (SF-424B).
    d. Restrictions on Lobbying--Certification for Contracts, Grants, 
Loans, and Cooperative Agreements: fill out, sign and date form.
    e. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL: fill out, sign and 
date form, if necessary.
    f. A project Narrative consisting of the elements described in the 
Application Content section of the program for which they are applying.
    The forms may be reproduced for use in submitting applications. 
Applications must be submitted in accordance with the closing dates 
specified above.
    The instructions and forms required for submission of applications 
are attached. The forms may be reproduced for use in submitting 
applications. Applications must be submitted in accordance with the 
closing dates specified above.
    a. Deadlines: Applications will be considered to have met an 
announced deadline if they are either:
    (1) Received on or before the deadline date at the address 
specified in this program announcement, or
    (2) Sent on or before the deadline date and received by the 
granting agency in time for the independent review. (Applicants must be 
cautioned to request a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or to 
obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal 
Service. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of 
timely mailing.)
    b. Application Delivery: 
    By Hand: Hand delivered applications are accepted during the normal 
working hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or 
prior to the established closing date at: Administration for Children 
and Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 901 
D Street SW., Washington, DC 20447.
    By Mail: Applications may be mailed to the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Division of 
Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 
Washington, DC 20447. A formal grant application sent by mail--
including Express Mail and other, private ``express'' mail service 
parcels--must be addressed as indicated above and must be postmarked no 
later than midnight on the closing date in order to be considered.
    c. Late applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria 
in paragraph a. of this section are considered late applications. ACF 
shall notify each late applicant that its application will not be 
considered in the current competition.
    d. Extension of deadlines: ACF may extend the deadline for all 
applicants because of acts of God such as floods, hurricanes, etc., or 
when there is a widespread disruption of the mails. However, if the 
granting agency does not extend the deadline for all applicants, it may 
not waive or extend the deadline for any applicant.
    e. Once an application has been submitted, it is considered as 
final and no additional materials will be accepted by ACF. An 
application with an original signature and two copies is required.
    Non-Profits Status. Applicants other than public agencies must 
provide evidence of their nonprofit status with their applications. Any 
of the following is acceptable evidence: (1) A copy of the applicant 
organization's listing in the Internal Revenue Service's most recent 
list of tax-exempt organizations described in section 501 (c) (3) of 
the IRS Code; or (2) a copy of the currently valid IRS tax exemption 
certificate.

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 Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, 
Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, 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 18 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 E.O. 12372. Otherwise, applicants should contact their 
SPOCs as soon as possible to alert them of the prospective application 
and to 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 differentiate clearly 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, Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor, 
OFM/DDG, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447.
    A list of Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory is 
included as appendix A of this announcement.

Applicable Regulations

    Applicable HHS regulations will be provided to grantees upon 
awards.

Post-Award Requirements--Records and Reports

    Grantees are required to file Financial Status (SF-269) on a semi-
annual basis and Program Progress Reports on a quarterly basis. Funds 
shall be accounted for and reported upon separately from all other 
grant activities. Successful applicants for micro-enterprise 
development projects will be given specific instructions by ACF, 
following the award of the grant, for reporting grant performance and 
loan portfolio information.
    The official receipt point for all reports and correspondence is 
the Division of Discretionary Grants. The original copy of each report 
shall be submitted to the Grants Management Specialist, Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor, OFM/DDG, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447. A copy should be sent 
simultaneously to the Division of Operations, ORR. The mailing address 
is: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Division of Operations, Aerospace 
Building, Sixth Floor, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447.
    The final Financial and Program Progress Reports shall be due 90 
days after the project period expiration date or termination of grant 
support.
    Although ORR does not expect the proposed components/projects to 
include evaluation activities, it does expect grantees to maintain 
adequate records to track and report on project outcomes and 
expenditures by budget line item.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number assigned 
to this announcement is 93.576.

    Dated: May 12, 1994.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Appendix A

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

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

California

Mr. 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

Mr. Rodney T. Hallman, State Single Point of Contact, Office of 
Grants Mgmt. and Development, 717 14th Street NW., suite 500, 
Washington, D.C. 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-
8114.

Georgia

Mr. Charles H. Badger, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 
254 Washington Street SW., room 534A, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, 
Telephone (404) 656-3855.

Illinois

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

Indiana

Ms. 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

Mr. 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

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

Michigan

Mr. 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) 949-2174

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, ATTN: Mr. Ron 
Sparks, Clearinghouse Coordinator

New Hampshire

Mr. Jeffery 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

Mr. Gregory W. Adkins, Acting Director, Division of Community 
Resources, New Jersey 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

Mr. 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

North Dakota Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental 
Assistance, Office of Management and Budget, 600 East Boulevard 
Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0170, Telephone (701) 224-2094

Ohio

Mr. 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 Burgees, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services, 
Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, room 477, Columbia, 
South Carolina 29201, Telephone (803) 734-0494

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: Ms. 
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, 
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 Office, Wisconsin 
Department of Administration, 101 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 
7864, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53707, Telephone (608) 266-0267

Wyoming

Ms. Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact, Herachler 
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, Siapan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands 96950

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose E. 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, No. 41 
Norregade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas, 
Virgin Islands 00802

    Please direct correspondence to:

Ms. Linda Clarke, Telephone (809) 774-0750

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Instructions for the SF 424

    This is a standard form used by applicants as a required 
facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal 
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant 
certification that States which have established a review and 
comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have 
selected the program to be included in their process, have been 
given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.

Item and Entry

    1. Self-explanatory.
    2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if 
applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).
    3. State use only (if applicable).
    4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing 
award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new 
project, leave blank.
    5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit 
which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of 
the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to 
contact on matters related to this application.
    6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the 
Internal Revenue Service.
    7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.
    8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the 
space(s) provided:

--``New'' means a new assistance award.
--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/
budget period for a project with a projected completion date.
--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's 
financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing 
obligation.

    9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being 
requested with this application.
    10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and 
title of the program under which assistance is requested.
    11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than 
one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a 
separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property 
projects), attach a map showing project location. For 
preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary 
description of this project.
    12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g., 
State, counties, cities).
    13. Self-explanatory.
    14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any 
District(s) affected by the program or project.
    15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first 
funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind 
contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable. 
If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award, 
indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the 
amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are 
included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program 
funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item 
15.
    16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact 
(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the 
application is subject to the State intergovernmental review 
process.
    17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the 
person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of 
debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and taxes.
    18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the 
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for you to 
sign this application as official representative must be on file in 
the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that 
this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

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Instructions for the SF-424A

General Instructions

    This form is designed so that application can be made for funds 
from one or more grant programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to 
any existing Federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how 
and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for 
different functions or activities within the program. For some 
programs, grantor agencies may require budgets to be separately 
shown by function or activity. For other programs, grantor agencies 
may require a breakdown by function or activity. Sections A, B, C, 
and D should include budget estimates for the whole project except 
when applying for assistance which requires Federal authorization in 
annual or other funding period increments. In the latter case, 
Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for the first 
budget period (usually a year) and Section E should present the need 
for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget periods. All 
applications should contain a breakdown by the object class 
categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary

Lines 1-4, Columns (a) and (b)

    For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program 
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a 
functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a) 
the catalog program title and the catalog number in Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget 
amounts by multiple functions or activities, enter the name of each 
activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the 
catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to 
multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by 
function or activity, enter the catalog program title on each line 
in Column (a) and the respective catalog number on each line in 
Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or 
more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a 
separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional 
sheets should be used when one form does not provide adequate space 
for all breakdown of data required. However, when more than one 
sheet is used, the first page should provide the summary totals by 
programs.

Lines 1-4, Columns (c) through (g.)

    For new applications, leave Columns(c) and (d) blank. For each 
line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and 
(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project 
for the first funding period (usually a year).
    For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms 
before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor 
agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds 
which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period 
only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this. 
Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in columns (e) and (f) 
the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s) 
in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).
    For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not 
use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the 
increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the 
amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column 
(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal) 
which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus 
or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f). 
The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum of amounts in 
Columns (e) and (f).
    Line 5--Show the totals for all columns used.

Section B Budget Categories

    In the column headings (1) through (4), enter the titles of the 
same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column 
(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A, 
provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program, 
function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both 
Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.
    Lines 6a-i--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 6h in each column.
    Line 6j--Show the amount of indirect cost.
    Line 6k--Enter the total of amounts on Lines 6i and 6j. For all 
applications for new grants and continuation grants the total amount 
in column (5), Line 6k, should be the same as the total amount shown 
in Section A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental grants and 
changes to grants, the total amount of the increase or decrease as 
shown in Columns (1)-(4), Line 6k should be the same as the sum of 
the amounts in Section A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.
    Line 7--Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected 
to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this 
amount from the total project amount. Show under the program 
narrative statement the nature and source of income. The estimated 
amount of program income may be considered by the federal grantor 
agency in determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal-Resources

    Lines 8-11--Enter amounts of non-Federal resources that will be 
used on the grant. If in-kind contributions are included, provide a 
brief explanation on a separate sheet.
    Column (a)--Enter the program titles identical to Column (a), 
Section A. A breakdown by function or activity is not necessary.
    Column (b)--Enter the contribution to be made by the applicant.
    Column (c)--Enter the amount of the State's cash and in-kind 
contribution if the applicant is not a State or State agency. 
Applicants which are a State or State agencies should leave this 
column blank.
    Column (d)--Enter the amount of cash and in-kind contributions 
to be made from all other sources.
    Column (e)--Enter totals of Columns (b), (c), and (d).
    Line 12--Enter the total for each of Columns (b)-(e). The amount 
in Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Line 5, Column (f), 
Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

    Line 13--Enter the amount of cash needed by quarter from the 
grantor agency during the first year.
    Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed 
by quarter during the first year.
    Line 15--Enter the totals of amounts on Lines 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of 
the Project

    Lines 16-19--Enter in Column (a) the same grant program titles 
shown in Column (a), Section A. A breakdown by function or activity 
is not necessary. For new applications and continuation grant 
applications, enter in the proper columns amounts of Federal funds 
which will be needed to complete the program or project over the 
succeeding funding periods (usually in years). This section need not 
be completed for revisions (amendments, changes, or supplements) to 
funds for the current year of existing grants.
    If more than four lines are needed to list the program titles, 
submit additional schedules as necessary.
    Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When 
additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annonate 
accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

    Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct 
object-class cost categories that may appear to be out of the 
ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal 
grantor agency.
    Line 22--Enter the type of indirect 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.
    Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed 
necessary.

Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

    Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your 
project or program. If you have questions, please contact the 
awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may 
require applicants to certify to additional assurances. If such is 
the case, you will be notified.

    As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify 
that the applicant:
    1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance, and 
the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including 
funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project costs) to 
ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project 
described in this application.
    2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the 
United States, and if appropriate, the State, through any authorized 
representative, access to and the right to examine all records, 
books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish 
a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting standards or agency directives.
    3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using 
their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the 
appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or 
personal gain.
    4. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable 
time frame after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.
    5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for merit 
systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes or 
regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a Merit 
System of Personnel Administration (5 CFR 900, Subpart F).
    6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to 
nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: (a) Title 
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits 
discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b) 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on the 
basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended (29 U.S.C. 794), which prohibits discrimination on the basis 
of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of 
age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-
255), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of drug 
abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-616), 
as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of alcohol 
abuse or alcoholism; (g) Secs. 523 and 527 of the Public Health 
Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd-3 and 290 ee-3), as amended, 
relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient 
records; (h) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to non-discrimination in the 
sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) any other 
nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statute(s) under which 
application for Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the 
requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which may 
apply to the application.
    7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements 
of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which 
provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or 
whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally 
assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real 
property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal 
participation in purchases.
    8. Will comply with the provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. 
1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit the political activities of 
employees whose principal employment activities are funded in whole 
or in part with Federal funds.
    9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-
Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. 
276c and 18 U.S.C. 874), and the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333), regarding labor standards for 
federally assisted construction subagreements.
    10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase 
requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood 
hazard area to participate in the program and to purchase flood 
insurance if the total cost of insurable construction and 
acquisition is $10,000 or more.
    11. Will comply with environmental standards which may be 
prescribed pursuant to the following: (a) institution of 
environmental quality control measures under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order 
(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating facilities pursuant to EO 
11738; (c) protection of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d) 
evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with EO 
11988; (e) assurance of project consistency with the approved State 
management program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal 
actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation Plans under Section 
176(c) of the Clear Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 
et seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of drinking water 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, (P.L. 93-
523); and (h) protection of endangered species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended, (P.L. 93-205).
    12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 
U.S.C. Secs. 1271 et seq.) related to protecting components or 
potential components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.
    13. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 470), EO 11593 (identification and protection of 
historic properties), and the Archaeological and Historic 
Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469a-1 et seq.).
    14. Will comply, with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of 
human subjects involved in research, development, and related 
activities supported by this award of assistance.
    15. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966 
(P.L. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to the 
care, handling, and treatment of warm blooded animals held for 
research, teaching, or other activities supported by this award of 
assistance.
    16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention 
Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead 
based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence 
structures.
    17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and 
compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984.
    18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other 
Federal laws, executive orders, regulations and policies governing 
this program.

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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 of 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 for 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.

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 the 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 appropriated 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.

Statement 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 required statement shall 
be subject to a civil penalty or not less than $10,000 and not more 
than $100,000 for each such failure.

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Department of Health and Human Services





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Public Health Service



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Availability of Grants To Support Hispanic/Latino Community Health 
Coalition Development Projects; Notice
 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service
RIN 0905-2A64

Availability of Grants To Support Hispanic/Latino Community Health 
Coalition Development Projects

AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, PHS, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds and Request for Applications to 
support Hispanic/Latino Community Health Coalition Development Project 
Grants.

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AUTHORITY: This program is authorized under section 1707(d)(1) of the 
Public Health Service Act.

PURPOSE: This program is intended to provide support for Hispanic/
Latino community based organizations to (1) plan and develop a formal 
coalition which will address health service needs of Hispanic/Latino 
populations and communities, and (2) modify an existing coalition and 
its organizational structure, purpose, policies, or practices to 
demonstrate an effective and efficient way of addressing the specific 
health needs of Hispanic/Latino populations.

BACKGROUND: The Hispanic/Latino communities endure a wide range of 
health problems. The Hispanic/Latino communities' health is aggravated 
by the social, cultural and linguistic barriers which deny the 
community access to much needed health care services. Health data on 
Hispanic/Latino communities are limited. However, those that are 
available indicate a continued disparity in health status among 
Hispanics/Latinos as compared to non-Hispanic whites. For example:
     Although the number of tuberculosis cases has decreased 
during 1985 to 1990 for non-Hispanic whites, it has increased by 55% 
for Hispanics. The risk of tuberculosis among Hispanics is now five 
times greater than for non-Hispanic whites.
     About one out of four Mexican-American and Puerto Rican 
adults has diabetes mellitus. Four out of ten of these diabetics do not 
know that they have diabetes.
     Infant mortality among Puerto Ricans (10.9% in 1985-87) is 
higher than for the total population.
     Hispanic/Latinos 15-24 years old have the second highest 
homicide rate (27.5 per 100,000 in 1989-91) of all racial and ethnic 
groups--three times that for whites.
    Because health promotion/risk reduction programs require 
influencing behavior which frequently is resistant to change, it is 
critical that the methods used be sound and acceptable to the target 
population. Successful programs recognize that the health information/
media approach alone is insufficient to motivate, effect and sustain 
the desired change in either individual or group behavior. Moreover, 
even when additional educational interventions (e.g., counseling, 
workshops) are conducted, conventional health promotion activities are 
often ineffective in reaching Hispanic/Latino populations. Too often, 
they disregard ethnic/cultural health beliefs and practices or 
community norms which could contribute to or otherwise affect risk 
factors leading to illness.
    This program needs to effect the specific health needs of the 
Hispanic/Latino community. In order to accomplish this purpose, this 
announcement is limiting competition to Hispanic/Latino community-based 
organizations who can best reach the target population in a culturally 
sensitive and credible manner and to contribute to the overall 
community empowerment by strengthening leadership.

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are public and private non-
profit Hispanic/Latino community-based organizations.

ADDRESSES/CONTACTS: Applications must be prepared on Form PHS 5161-1 
(Revised July 1992 approved under OMB Control number 0937-0189). 
Application kits and technical assistance on budget and business 
aspects of the application may be obtained from Ms. Carolyn A. 
Williams, Grants Management Officer, Office of Minority Health, 
Rockwall II Building, Suite 1000, 5515 Security Lane, Rockville, MD 
20852 (telephone 301/594-0758). Completed applications are to be 
submitted to the same address.
    Technical assistance on the programmatic content for Coalition 
Development Grants may be obtained from Jaime Henriquez, who can be 
reached at the Office of Minority Health, Rockwall II Building, Suite 
1000, 5515 Security Lane, Rockville, MD 20852 (telephone 301/594-0769).
    OMH Regional Minority Health Consultants (RMHCs) can also provide 
necessary technical assistance. A listing of the RMHCs and how they may 
be contacted is provided in the grant application kit. Applicants also 
can contact the OMH Resource Center (OMH/RC) at 1-800/444-6472 for 
health information and generic information on preparing grant 
applications.

DEADLINE: To receive consideration, grant applications must be received 
by the Grants Management Officer by July 5, 1994. Applications will be 
considered as meeting the deadline if they are either: (1) Received at 
the above address on or before the deadline date, or (2) Sent to the 
above address on or before the deadline date and received in time for 
submission to the review panel. A legibly dated receipt from a 
commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service will be accepted in lieu of a 
postmark. Private metered postmarks will not be accepted as proof of 
timely mailing. Applications which do not meet the deadline will be 
considered late and will be returned to the applicant unread.

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS: It is anticipated that the Office of Minority 
Health will have estimated $800,000 available to support approximately 
16 awards of up to $50,000.

PERIOD OF SUPPORT: Support may be requested for a total project period 
not to exceed to one year.

PROJECT BUDGETS: Budgets of up to $50,000 total direct and indirect 
costs per year may be requested to cover: the cost of personnel; 
consultants; support services; materials; and justified travel. Project 
budget must include travel for 2 project staff to attend a 3-day 
meeting in Washington, DC. Funds may not be used for building 
alterations and renovations. Also, funds may not be used to purchase 
equipment except as may be acceptably justified in relation to 
conducting the project related activities.

AWARD CRITERIA: Funding decisions will be made by the Office of 
Minority Health and will be based on: the recommendations/ratings of 
review panels and program balance, including geographic and health 
problem area.

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS: Applications will be screened upon receipt. 
Those that are judged to be incomplete, non-responsive to the 
announcement, or nonconforming will be returned without comment. 
Applications judged to be complete, conforming, and responsive will be 
reviewed for technical merit in accordance with PHS policies.
    Applications will be evaluated by federal and non-federal reviewers 
chosen for their expertise in minority health and experience with 
similar projects.
    Applicants are advised to pay close attention to the general and 
supplemental instructions provided in the application kit. Applications 
will be reviewed and evaluated for technical merit and consistency with 
the requirements of this announcement. Of specific importance will be 
the criteria found in the supplemental instructions under these listed 
headings. The percentage weight for each section appears after each 
heading.

I. Needs Assessment: 20%
II. Goals and Objectives: 25%
III. Work Plan/Strategy: 35%
IV. Evaluation Plan: 20%

DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this grant program, the following 
definitions are provided:
    (1) Community--A defined geographical area in which persons live, 
work, and play and are characterized by: a) formal and informal 
leadership structures for the purpose of maintaining order and 
improving conditions; and b) its capacity to serve as a focal point for 
addressing societal needs including health needs.
    (2) Hispanic/Latino Community-Based Organization--A public or 
private non-profit organization that has a governing board composed of 
51 percent or more Hispanic/Latino members, has Hispanic/Latino persons 
in key program positions, and has an established record of service to 
the targeted community, or a local affiliate of a national organization 
provided the local affiliate has a governing body composed of 51 
percent or more Hispanic/Latino members, has Hispanic/Latino persons in 
key program positions, and has an established record of service to the 
target community.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In relation to the Goals for the Year 2000, 
the Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health 
promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 2000, a 
PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This announcement 
for Fiscal Year 1994 Hispanic Coalition Grants is potentially related 
to all twenty-two priority areas which are listed as follows: physical 
activity and fitness; nutrition; tobacco; alcohol and other drugs; 
family planning; mental health and mental disorders; violent and 
abusive behavior; educational and community-based programs; 
unintentional injuries; occupational safety and health; environmental 
health; food and drug safety; oral health; maternal and infant health; 
heart disease and stroke; cancer; diabetes and chronic disabling 
conditions; HIV infection; sexually transmitted diseases; immunization 
and infectious diseases; clinical preventive services; surveillance and 
data systems. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 
2000 (Full Report: Stock No. 017-00100474-0) or Healthy People 2000 
(Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent 
of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 
(telephone: 202/783-3238).

STATE REVIEWS: Applications are subject to review as governed by 
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs. 
Applications for funding will be subject to State review. All comments 
from a State office must be received by 60 days after the application 
deadline by the Office of Minority Health's Grants Management Officer. 
Applicants should contact State Single Points of Contact (SPOC) early 
in the application preparation process. A list of addresses of the 
SPOCs is enclosed with the application kit material.

PROVISION OF SMOKE-FREE WORKPLACE AND NON-USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY 
RECIPIENTS OF PHS GRANTS: The Public Health Service strongly encourages 
all grant recipients to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the 
non-use of all tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS 
mission to protect and advance the physical and mental health of the 
American people.

PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: This program is subject to 
Public Health Systems Reporting Requirements (approved under OMB 
Control number 0937-0195). Under these requirements, a community-based 
nongovernmental applicant must prepare and submit a Public Health 
System Impact Statement (PHSIS). The PHSIS is intended to provide 
information to State and local health officials to keep them apprised 
of proposed health services grant applications submitted by community-
based nongovernmental organizations within their jurisdictions.
    Community-based nongovernmental applicants are required to submit 
the following information to the head of the appropriate State and 
local health agencies in the area(s) to be impacted no later than the 
Federal application receipt due date: (a) a copy of the face page of 
the applications (SF 424), (b) a summary of the project (PHSIS), not to 
exceed one page, which provides: (1) a description of the population to 
be served, (2) a summary of the services to be provided, (3) a 
description of the coordination planned with the appropriate State or 
local health agencies.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93-137 
(Coalition Grants).
Clay E. Simpson, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Director for Minority Health.
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