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Part IV





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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NOFA for Consolidated Technical Assistance for Community Planning and 
Development (CPD) Programs; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development
[Docket No. N-94-3787; FR-3735-N-01]

 
NOFA for Consolidated Technical Assistance for Community Planning 
and Development (CPD) Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

SUMMARY: This notice (NOFA) announces the availability of four 
Community Planning and Development (CPD) Technical Assistance (TA) 
programs. By announcing the funding for four programs in one NOFA, 
HUD's goal is to simplify the requirements of its Community Planning 
and Development Programs and to streamline the Technical Assistance 
application process.
    This NOFA announces the availability of $51 million in TA funds 
from four separate technical assistance programs: Supportive Housing 
(SH) TA, HOME TA, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) TA 
and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) TA. These funds are 
available for eligible applicants in support of individual program 
objectives and cross-cutting and coordinated approaches to improving 
the effective use of these program funds.
    The funding of these four TA programs through a single NOFA will 
not affect the ability of eligible applicants to seek TA funding. 
Eligible applicants are able, as they have been in the past, to apply 
for funding under as few as one, and as many as four, separate TA 
programs, individually or collectively, singularly or in combination. 
The specific provisions of the four separate CPD TA programs have not 
been changed. The NOFA reflects the statutory requirements and 
differences in the four different TA programs. As a result, this new 
application procedure will not affect the way individual TA programs 
function.
    In the body of this NOFA is information concerning:
    (a) The purpose and background of the NOFA, and the funding level 
provided through this NOFA;
    (b) Eligible applicants and activities, factors for award, and 
statutory and cooperative agreement requirements; and
    (c) The application requirements and steps involved in the 
application process.

DATES: Completed applications must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. 
EST on August 1, 1994. HUD reserves the right to extend the deadline 
date through notification in the Federal Register. In the interest of 
fairness to all competing applicants, an application will be treated as 
ineligible for consideration if it is not physically received by the 
deadline date and hour. Applicants should take this requirement into 
account and make early submission of their materials to avoid any risk 
of losing eligibility brought about by unanticipated delays or other 
delivery-related problems.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications (one original and two copies) should 
be submitted to: Processing and Control Branch, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7255, Washington, DC 20410, 
by mail or hand-delivery. When submitting your application, please 
refer to FR-3735, and include your name, mailing address (including zip 
code), and telephone number (including area code). HUD, however, will 
not accept faxed applications. Applications must be received no later 
than 4:30 p.m. EST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: HUD will not accept direct telephone 
inquiries about this NOFA. Written inquiries should be mailed or faxed 
to the attention of Syl Angel, Director, Office of Technical 
Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; FAX (202) 708-3363. (This is 
not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The information collection requirements contained in this NOFA have 
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget, under section 
3504(h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 
and assigned OMB Control Number 2535-0084.

I. Background; Purpose; Authority; Amount Allocated

(A) Background

    HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) is 
consolidating and simplifying the submission requirements of its 
formula grant programs to offer local jurisdictions a better ability to 
shape these and other available resources, into effective, coordinated, 
neighborhood and community development strategies to revitalize and 
physically, socially and economically strengthen their communities. To 
complement this overall consolidation and simplification effort, CPD 
has designed this NOFA to increase access for technical assistance to 
CPD grantees, potential grantees and program participants in the CDBG, 
HOME, Supportive Housing and CHDO assistance programs. This NOFA places 
heavy emphasis upon coordination of technical assistance activities to 
provide greater flexibility and responsiveness in meeting the community 
development and housing needs, including the housing needs of homeless 
populations in local jurisdictions, while providing greater flexibility 
to TA providers in the delivery of assistance services.
    The new application procedures presented in this NOFA will simplify 
the TA process, promote cost savings, eliminate duplication, improve 
the system for potential grantees in need of assistance, and allow 
interested applicants to seek to deliver a wider, more integrated array 
of TA services.
    The selection criteria are designed to select the best qualified TA 
providers in each specific program area who are: (a) skilled in 
providing a variety of technical assistance services which address 
often multi-faceted and complex problems; (b) knowledgeable about local 
programs and institutions in the geographic areas they propose to 
serve; and (c) willing to work with other TA providers to bring the 
essential programs together, so that available housing resources, 
services for the homeless and community and economic development 
resources can more effectively address community problems.
    In some instances, HUD may select a single organization to provide 
TA for all CPD programs within a given geographic area. In other 
instances several, including qualified consortia of technical 
assistance providers, may be selected. Where appropriate, HUD may 
select multiple TA providers to work within a single geographic area. 
HUD encourages TA providers to work together to coordinate, and to the 
maximum extent possible, join their activities to form a seamless and 
comprehensive program of technical assistance for the geographic area 
they are assisting.
    All selected TA providers, with the exception of some national TA 
providers, will be required to work under the direction of the local 
HUD Field offices which have jurisdiction over the geographic areas 
which the provider will serve. All geographically-based work plans must 
be approved by the local HUD Field Office(s) before they are 
implemented, and progress reports must be submitted to the relevant 
Field Office on a minimum quarterly basis. HUD headquarters shall 
maintain oversight responsibilities for all awards to ensure continuity 
and that all areas of the country are fully served by those 
organizations selected as TA providers. National TA providers 
conducting activities that do not involve specific geographic areas, 
such as publications and national training sessions, will be managed by 
HUD Headquarters or its designee.

(B) Purpose

    The purpose of this NOFA is to:
    (1) Strengthen the abilities of State and local governments and 
non-profit organizations to make more effective use of CPD grant and 
related programs through coordinated neighborhood and community 
development strategies to revitalize communities;
    (2) Create opportunities for strategic planning and citizen 
participation in a comprehensive context at the local level;
    (3) Promote methods for developing more coordinated and effective 
approaches to dealing with urban problems by recognizing the inter-
connections among the underlying problems and ways to address them 
through the over-laying of available HUD programs;
    (4) Promote the ability of non-profit organizations, including 
CHDOs and community land trusts, to develop more effective ways of 
assisting communities in maintaining, rehabilitating and constructing 
affordable housing for low income families; develop and implement 
programs to assist homeless persons and prevent homelessness; create 
jobs for low-income persons; and assist CDBG, HOME, and SHP grantees to 
apply for and maximize the use of available program funds; and
    (5) Recognize and make better use of the expertise that each 
component (supportive housing, affordable housing, community 
development, economic development) and the organizations (States, local 
governments, non-profit and for-profit providers) can contribute when 
developing the consolidated plan.

(C) Authorities

    (1) The HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12701-12840) 24 
CFR part 92 authorizes the Department to set aside $25 million of the 
total HOME Program appropriation for FY 1994 for community housing 
partnership activities and $22 million for support for State and local 
housing strategies.
    (2) The Community Development Block Grant Technical Assistance 
Program, authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, (42 U.S.C. 5301-5320; Sec. 7(d), Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. 3535(d); 24 CFR 570.402.), has 
several purposes and encompasses several programs.
    (3) The Supportive Housing Program is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 
11389; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d); 24 CFR 583.140.

(D) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers for the four 
technical assistance programs under this NOFA are:
    (1) Supportive Housing Technical Assistance: 14.231
    (2) HOME Technical Assistance: 14.239
    (3) Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Technical 
Assistance: 14.239
    (4) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Technical Assistance: 
14.227.

(E) Amount Allocated

    This NOFA announces the availability of $51 million in TA funds 
from four separate technical assistance programs: Supportive Housing 
(SH) TA, HOME TA, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) TA 
and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) TA. The funds provided are 
as follows:

CDBG TA funds: $7,500,000
CHDO TA funds: 25,000,000
HOME TA funds: 13,000,000
SH TA funds: 5,500,000

    Each HUD/CPD Field Office has been allocated a ``fair-share'' of TA 
funds for purposes of this competition. (See Appendix A to this NOFA.) 
The amounts are based on allocations of HOME and CDBG funds among the 
States and other factors designed to represent the approximate TA 
workload in each jurisdiction. These amounts are only for guidance 
purposes to applicants in developing their program budgets by Field 
Office jurisdiction and are not the exact amounts to be awarded in each 
area or to each provider. The total amount to be awarded to any 
provider will be determined by HUD based upon the size and needs of the 
provider's service area within each Field Office jurisdiction in which 
the provider is selected to operate, the funds available for that area, 
the number of other awardees selected in that area, and the scope of 
the technical assistance to be provided. Additionally, HUD may reduce 
the amount of funds allocated for Field Office jurisdictions to fund 
national TA providers and other TA providers for activities which 
cannot be budgeted or estimated by Field Office jurisdiction. HUD may 
require selected applicants, as a condition of funding, to provide 
coverage on a geographically broader basis than applied for in order to 
supplement or strengthen the intermediary network in terms of the 
location (service area), types and scope of technical assistance 
proposed.
    To the extent permitted by funding constraints, HUD intends to 
provide coverage of as full a range as possible of eligible TA 
activities of each TA program in each Field Office jurisdiction. To 
achieve this objective, HUD will fund the highest ranking providers 
that bring the required expertise in one or more specialized activity 
areas, and fund portions of providers' proposed programs in which they 
have the greatest skill and capability for given geographic areas or on 
a national basis. It also may require national, multi-jurisdictional, 
or other providers to provide coverage to Field Office jurisdictions 
which cannot otherwise receive cost-effective support from a TA 
provider. In selecting applicants for funding, in addition to the 
ranking factors, HUD will apply program policy criteria identified in 
Section IV(B) of this NOFA to select a range of providers and projects 
that would best serve program objectives for each program serviced by 
the TA funded under this NOFA.
    Cooperative Agreements will be for a period of up to 36 months. 
However, HUD reserves the right to terminate awards in accordance with 
provisions contained in OMB Circulars A-102, A-110 and 24 CFR part 85 
anytime after 12 months. HUD also reserves the right to withdraw funds 
from a specific provider, if HUD determines that the urgency of need 
for the assistance is greater in other Field Office jurisdictions or 
the demand for assistance is not commensurate with the award for 
assistance. In addition, HUD reserves the right, using either funds 
that have been withdrawn from providers, future appropriations or other 
available appropriations, to provide additional resources to funded 
applicants that perform well and can demonstrate a need for the 
additional funds, and to extend the performance period of individual 
awardees up to a total of 12 additional months.
    In cases where an applicant selected for funding under this NOFA 
currently is providing TA under an existing CPD TA grant/cooperative 
agreement, HUD reserves the right to adjust the start date of funding 
under this NOFA to coincide with the conclusion of the previous award, 
or to incorporate the remaining activities from the previous award into 
the new agreement, adjusting the funding levels as necessary.

(F) General Program Requirements

    (1) Statutory Requirements. All applicants must meet and comply 
with all statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the TA 
program for which they are chosen in order to be awarded a cooperative 
agreement. (Appendices C, D, E and F to this NOFA contain copies of 
applicable regulations.)
    (2) Profit/Fee. No increment above cost, no fee nor profit, may be 
paid to any recipient or subrecipient of an award under this NOFA.
    (3) Statement of Work. After selection for funding but prior to 
award, each applicant must ensure that any deletions, additions or 
enhancements to the Statement of Work submitted in the application are 
incorporated into the approved grant, including details of how the 
approved Statement of Work will be accomplished. Following a task-by-
task format, the approved Statement of Work must:
    (a) Delineate the tasks and sub-tasks involved in each program for 
which the grantee is responsible within each Field Office jurisdiction.
    (b) Indicate the sequence in which the tasks are to be performed, 
noting areas of work which must be performed simultaneously.
    (c) Identify specific numbers of quantifiable end products and 
program improvements the TA provider aims to deliver by the end of the 
cooperative agreement period, e.g., number of prospective CHDOs to be 
certified by Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) as a result of TA; 
number of CHDOs which will submit fundable applications to PJs for the 
first time as a result of TA, etc.
    (4) Certifications and Assurances. After selection for funding but 
prior to award, each applicant must submit signed copies of the 
following Assurances and Certifications: (a) Standard Form (SF) 424-B-
Assurances for Non-Construction Programs; (b) Drug-Free Workplace 
Certification; (c) Certification Regarding Lobbying; Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure Update Report; (d) Certification and Disclosure 
Regarding Payments To Influence Certain Federal Transactions (where 
applicable); and (e) CDBG Nexus Statement (where applicable).
     (5) Project Management and Staff Allocation Plan. After selection 
for funding but prior to award, each applicant must submit a Project 
Management and Staff Allocation Plan for carrying out the activities 
proposed in the Statement of Work. The Project Management Plan and 
Staff Allocation submission should cover the proposed period of 
performance.
    (6) Financial Management and Audit Information. After selection for 
funding but prior to award, each applicant must submit a certification 
from an Independent Public Accountant or the cognizant government 
auditor, stating that the financial management system employed by the 
applicant meets prescribed standards for fund control and 
accountability required by OMB Circular A-110 for Institutions of 
Higher Education and other Non-Profit Institutions, OMB Circular A-133 
for other non-profit organizations, or 24 CFR part 85 for States and 
local governments, or the Federal Acquisition Regulations (for all 
other applicants). The information should include the name and 
telephone number of the independent auditor, cognizant Federal auditor, 
or other audit agency as applicable.
    (7) Demand/Response Delivery System. All awardees must operate 
within the structure of the demand/response system described in this 
section. They must coordinate their plans with, and operate under the 
direction of, each HUD Field Office within whose jurisdictions they are 
operating. When so directed by a Field Office, they will coordinate 
their activities instead through a lead TA provider or other 
organization designated by the Field Office.
    If selected as the lead TA provider in any Field Office 
jurisdiction, the awardee must coordinate the activities of other TA 
providers selected under this NOFA under the direction of the HUD Field 
Office. Joint activities by TA providers may be required.
    Under the demand/response system, TA providers will be required to:
    (a) Market the availability of their services to existing and 
potential clients.
    (b) Respond to requests for assistance from the HUD Field Office(s) 
with oversight of the geographic service area for which the technical 
assistance will be delivered. CHDOs, HOME PJs, CDBG and Supportive 
Housing grantees may request assistance from the TA provider directly, 
but such requests must be approved by the local HUD Field Office.
    (c) Advise grantees of their responsibility to provide economic 
opportunities for low- and very low-income persons under new 
regulations to be issued in 24 CFR part 135 implementing section 3 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended by the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. TA providers are 
encouraged to make program grantees and TA recipients aware of the 
existence of the new section 3 regulations and their responsibilities 
under these regulations. Since section 3 applies to many of the program 
areas for which TA services are being provided, TA providers should 
encourage TA recipients to facilitate the employment of, and award of 
contracts to, low- and very low-income persons. Section 3 applies to 
housing construction, housing rehabilitation and other public 
construction activities. The new section 3 regulations issued under 24 
CFR part 135 are expected to be published in the Federal Register on or 
about June 30, 1994.
    (d) Conduct a Needs Assessment to identify the type and nature of 
the assistance needed by the recipients of the assistance. The needs 
assessment should identify the nature of the problem to be addressed by 
the technical assistance services; the plan of action to address the 
need including the type of technical assistance services to be 
provided, the duration of the service, the staff assigned to provide 
the assistance, anticipated products and/or outcomes, and the estimated 
cost for the provision of services; and the relationship of the 
proposed services to the planned or expected Consolidated Plan 
submission to HUD and to other technical assistance providers providing 
service within the locality.
    (e) Obtain approval for the technical assistance delivery plan from 
the HUD Field Office(s) with oversight for the area in which service 
will be provided.
    (f) Work cooperatively with other TA providers in their geographic 
areas to ensure that clients are provided with the full range of TA 
services needed and available. TA providers are expected to be 
knowledgeable about the range of services available from other 
providers, make referrals and arrange visits by other TA providers when 
appropriate, and carry out TA activities concurrently when it is cost-
effective and in the interests of the client to do so. HUD Field 
Offices may direct TA providers to conduct joint activities.
    (g) CDBG TA providers will be expected to obtain designation as 
technical assistance providers by the chief executive officers of each 
community within which they are working as required by 24 CFR 
570.402(c)(2). CHDO TA providers will be responsible for securing a 
technical assistance designation letter from a PJ stating that a CHDO 
or prospective CHDO to be assisted by the provider is a recipient or 
intended recipient of HOME funds and indicating, at its option, subject 
areas of assistance that are most important to the PJ.
    (h) When conducting training sessions as part of its TA activities, 
TA providers will be expected to: (1) Make provision for professional 
videotaping of the workshops/courses as directed by the GTR and ensure 
their production in a professional and high-quality manner suitable for 
viewing by other CPD clients; (2) design the course materials as 
``step-in'' packages so that a Field Office or other TA provider may 
separately give the course on its own; and (3) arrange for joint 
delivery of the training with Field Office participation when so 
requested by the Field Office.
    (i) Report to the HUD Field Office(s) with oversight of the 
geographic area(s) in which TA services are provided. At a minimum, 
this reporting shall be on a quarterly basis unless otherwise specified 
in the approved TA action plan.
    (j) HUD Field Offices will be active participants in the delivery 
of all technical assistance by funded providers throughout the term of 
the cooperative agreement. HUD Field Offices may modify funded 
providers' responsibilities to adjust to the demand for assistance, or 
its internal ability to provide effective oversight. HUD Field Offices 
may also establish technical assistance coordinator roles through a 
funded TA provider or other entity, or perform this role themselves.
    (k) Where appropriate or requested by HUD Field Offices, HUD 
Headquarters staff will serve as active participants in the delivery of 
technical assistance by funded providers, serving in such roles as 
Cooperative Agreement Officers, Government Technical Representatives, 
coordinators, etc., as needed.
    (6) CHDO Pass-Through Funds. TA providers proposing pass-through 
grants are required to:
    (a) Establish written criteria for selection of CHDOs receiving 
pass-through funds which includes the following:
    (i) Participating jurisdictions (PJs) must designate them as CHDOs.
    (ii) Generally, the organizations should not have been in existence 
more than 3 years.
    (b) Enter into an agreement with the CHDO that the agreement and 
pass-through funding may be terminated at the discretion of the 
Department if no written legally binding agreement to provide 
assistance for a specific housing project (for acquisition, 
rehabilitation, new construction or tenant-based rental assistance) has 
been made by the PJ with the CHDO within 24 months of receiving the 
pass-through funding. (See 24 CFR 92.300(e).)

II. Eligible Applicants

    The eligible applicants for each of the four TA programs are listed 
below. Many organizations are eligible to apply for more than one TA 
program and are encouraged to do so to the extent they have the 
requisite experience, expertise and capability.
    All applicant organizations must have demonstrated experience in 
providing TA in a geographic area larger than a single city or county 
and must propose to serve an area larger than a single city or county. 
Additionally, an organization may not provide assistance to itself, and 
any organization funded to assist CHDOs under this NOFA may not act as 
a CHDO itself within its service area while under award with HUD.
    A consortium of organizations may apply for one or more TA 
programs, but HUD will require that one organization be designated as 
the legal applicant, where legally feasible. Where one organization 
cannot be so designated for all proposed activities, HUD may execute 
more than one cooperative agreement with the members of a consortium.
    All applicants must meet minimum statutory eligibility requirements 
for each TA program for which they are chosen in order to be awarded a 
cooperative agreement. (See Appendices C, D, E, and F to this NOFA for 
copies of applicable regulations.)
    All eligible TA providers may propose assistance using in-house 
staff, consultants, sub-contractors and sub-recipients, and networks of 
private consultants and/or local organizations with requisite 
experience and capabilities. Whenever possible, applicants should make 
use of technical assistance providers located in the Field Office 
jurisdiction receiving services. This draws upon local expertise and 
persons familiar with the opportunities and resources available in the 
area to be served while reducing travel and other costs associated with 
delivering the proposed technical assistance services.

(A) CDBG and Supportive Housing Eligible Applicants

    (1) States and units of general local government.
    (2) Public and private non-profit or for-profit groups, including 
educational institutions and area-wide planning organizations, 
qualified to provide technical assistance on CDBG programs or 
Supportive Housing projects.

(B) CHDO Eligible Applicants

    Public and private non-profit intermediary organizations that 
customarily provide services (in more than one community) related to 
affordable housing or neighborhood revitalization to CHDOs or similar 
organizations that engage in community revitalization, including all 
eligible organizations under 24 CFR 92.302(b)(1)(v) and (b)(2). An 
intermediary will be considered as a primarily single state technical 
assistance provider if it can document that more than 50 percent of its 
past activities in working with CHDOs or similar nonprofit and other 
organizations (on the production of affordable housing or 
revitalization of deteriorating neighborhoods and/or the delivery of 
technical assistance to these groups) was confined to the geographic 
limits of a single state.

(C) HOME Eligible Applicants

    (1) A for-profit or non-profit professional and technical services 
company or firm that has demonstrated capacity to provide technical 
assistance services;
    (2) A HOME participating jurisdiction (PJ) or agency thereof;
    (3) A public purpose organization responsible to the chief elected 
official of a PJ and established pursuant to state or local 
legislation;
    (4) An agency or authority established by two or more PJs to carry 
out activities consistent with the purposes of the HOME program;
    (5) A national or regional non-profit organization that has 
membership comprised predominantly of entities or officials of entities 
of PJs or PJs' agencies or established organizations.

III. Eligible Activities

(A) General.

    Eligible activities for each of the four TA programs are listed in 
the program regulations. (See Appendices C, D, E, and F to this NOFA 
for copies of applicable regulations.) Any and all eligible activities 
for each TA program may be proposed as part of an applicant's TA 
program. For the Supportive Housing TA program, this means that TA must 
be provided to help supportive housing applicants, prospective 
applicants, and/or recipients involved in supportive housing plan, 
develop, administer, implement, and evaluate their supportive housing 
projects or proposed projects; implement linkages between assisted 
supportive housing projects and other activities (including linkages 
involved in continuum of care comprehensive planning); and/or evaluate 
their supportive housing project's effectiveness at establishing a 
continuum of care.
    Applicants should pay special attention to eligible activities 
related to the Factors for Award contained in Section IV(A) of this 
NOFA.

(B) Sub-Grants/Pass-Through Funds

    Applicants may propose to make sub-grants to achieve the purposes 
of their proposed TA programs in accordance with program requirements 
in Section I(E) of this NOFA. In the case of CHDO TA, these sub-grants 
(also called ``pass-through'' funds) may be made for eligible 
activities and to eligible entities as identified in 24 CFR 92.302(c) 
(1), (2), (6), and (7). When CHDO TA sub-grants are made to CHDOs, two 
statutory provisions apply: (1) the sub-grant amount, when combined 
with other capacity building and operating support available through 
the HOME program, cannot exceed the greater of 50 percent of the CHDO's 
operating budget for the year in which it receives the funds, or 
$50,000 annually; (2) an amount not exceeding 10 percent of the total 
funds awarded for the ``Women in the Homebuilding Professions'' 
eligible activity may be used to provide materials and tools for 
training such women.

IV. Factors for Award

(A) Ranking Factors

    Applications will be evaluated competitively and ranked against all 
other applicants that have applied for the same TA program (CDBG, HOME, 
CHDO and Supportive Housing). There will be separate rankings for each 
TA program, and applicants will be ranked only against others that have 
applied for the same TA program. The factors and maximum points for 
each factor are provided below. The maximum number of points for each 
TA program is 100.
    Rating of the ``applicant'' or the ``applicant's organization and 
staff'', unless otherwise specified, will include any sub-contractors, 
consultants, sub-recipients, and members of consortia which are firmly 
committed to the project.
    (1) Potential effectiveness of the application in meeting needs of 
target groups/localities and accomplishing project objectives for each 
TA program for which funds are requested (40 points). In rating this 
factor, HUD will consider the extent to which the proposal: (a) 
identifies high priority needs and issues to be addressed for each TA 
program for which funding is requested; (b) outlines a clear & 
effective plan for addressing those needs and aiding a broad diversity 
of eligible client/beneficiary groups, including those which 
traditionally have been under-served; (c) identifies creative and 
promising ways of carrying out eligible activities which will result in 
better or less costly service to TA clients; (d) identifies creative 
activities to assist eligible clients in participating in the 
development of, and improving, local consolidated plans and 
comprehensive strategies; (e) identifies creative ways to assist 
clients in achieving the economic development and continuum of care 
objectives of local consolidated plans & comprehensive strategies OR of 
creating linkages between activities they are assisting and activities 
to achieve these objectives; (f) identifies specific numbers of 
quantifiable end products and program improvements the TA provider aims 
to deliver by the end of the cooperative agreement period, (e.g., 
number of prospective CHDOs to be certified by PJs as a result of TA; 
number of CHDOs which will submit fundable applications to PJs for the 
first time as a result of TA; etc.
    (2) Soundness of approach (20 points). In rating this factor, HUD 
will consider the extent to which the proposal:
    (a) Provides a technically and cost effective plan for designing, 
organizing, and carrying out the proposed technical assistance within 
the framework of the Demand/Response System;
    (b) Demonstrates an effective and creative plan for working in 
partnership with all other CPD TA providers in each Field Office 
jurisdiction in which it will operate, coordinating and conducting 
joint activities under the direction of the Field Office or its 
designee;
    (c) Provides for full geographic coverage, including urban and 
rural areas, (directly or through a consortium of providers) of a 
single state or Field Office jurisdiction or is targeted to address the 
needs of rural areas, minority groups or other under-served client 
groups.
    (3) Capacity of the applicant and relevant organizational 
experience (30 points). In rating this factor, HUD will consider the 
extent to which the proposal demonstrates:
    (a) Recent, relevant and successful experience of the applicant's 
organization and staff in providing technical assistance in all 
eligible activities and to all eligible entities for the TA program(s) 
applied for, as described in the regulations (see appendices to this 
NOFA);
    (b) The experience and competence of key personnel in managing 
complex, multi-faceted or multi-disciplinary programs which require 
coordination with other TA entities or multiple, diverse units in an 
organization;
    (c) The applicant has the skills and knowledge to aid grantees in 
the development of Consolidated Submissions for CPD programs, 
comprehensive plans and planning processes and citizen participation 
activities;
    (d) The applicant has a working knowledge of, and established 
relationships with, key public bodies and private organizations 
involved in CPD programs in the geographic areas in which it proposes 
to serve;
    (e) The applicant has sufficient personnel or access to qualified 
experts or professionals to deliver the proposed level of technical 
assistance in each proposed service area in a timely and effective 
fashion.
    (4) Transferability of results (10 POINTS). In rating this factor, 
HUD will consider the extent to which the applicant proposes a 
feasible, creative plan, which uses state of the art or new promising 
technology, to transfer models and lessons learned in each of its TA 
program's activities to clients in other TA programs.

 Selection Process

    Once scores are assigned, all applications will be listed in rank 
order for each TA program for which they applied. All applications for 
the CDBG TA program will be listed in rank order on one list, all 
applications for the CHDO TA program will be listed in rank order on a 
second list, all applications for the HOME TA program will be listed in 
rank order on a third list, and all applications for the Supportive 
Housing TA program will be listed in rank order on a fourth list. Under 
this system, a single application from one organization for all four TA 
programs could be assigned different scores and different rankings for 
each program.
    Applications will be funded in rank order for each TA program by 
Field Office jurisdiction, except for national providers and others 
which cannot be ranked by Field Office jurisdiction. National providers 
and others will be ranked separately and funded in rank order for each 
TA program. Irrespective of final scores, HUD may apply the following 
criteria to select a range of providers and projects that would best 
serve program objectives for each program serviced by the TA funded 
under this NOFA: geographic distribution and diversity of methods, 
approaches or kinds of projects. HUD will apply these program policy 
criteria to:
    (1) Ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory 
requirements of each TA program;
    (2) Select providers that bring expertise in one or more 
specialized activity areas to strengthen or supplement the intermediary 
network in terms of the location (service area), types and scope of 
technical assistance provided;
    (3) Ensure adequate geographic coverage of urban and rural areas to 
maximize the number and diversity of clients served;
    (4) Ensure an adequate representation of approaches used by small 
and large TA providers or providers with special skills;
    (5) Ensure coverage of TA services for minorities; women, 
particularly women in the homebuilding professions under 24 CFR 
92.302(c)(7); the disabled; homeless; persons with AIDS and others with 
special needs; and rural areas.
    Additionally, HUD reserves the right to adjust funding levels for 
each applicant for each TA program as follows:
    (1) Pursuant to 24 CFR 92.302(d) (1) and (2) of the HOME 
regulations, funding to any single eligible nonprofit intermediary 
organization seeking to provide CHDO TA, whether as an independent or 
joint applicant, is limited to the lesser of 20 percent of all funds 
(i.e., $5 million), or an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the 
organization's operating budget for any one year (not including funds 
sub-awarded or passed through the intermediary to CHDOs);
    (2) Reduce the amount of funding for an application based upon the 
appropriateness of the proposed activities or to meet statutory 
requirements; not fund all or portions of the activities proposed in an 
application; and/or determine an appropriate amount of funds for 
proposed activities.
    (3) Award additional funds to organizations designated as lead TA 
providers as discussed in Sections I(E) and I(F) of this NOFA;
    (4) Adjust funding levels for any provider based upon the size and 
needs of the provider's service area within each Field Office 
jurisdiction in which the provider is selected to operate, the funds 
available for that area, the number of other awardees selected in that 
area, or funds available on a national basis for providers that will be 
operating nationally, and the scope of the technical assistance to be 
provided;
    (5) To negotiate increased grant awards with applicants approved 
for funding if HUD requests them to offer coverage to geographic areas 
for which they did not apply or budget, or if HUD receives an 
insufficient amount of applications.
    Additionally, if funds remain after funding the highest ranking 
applications, HUD may fund part of the next highest ranking 
application. If the applicant turns down the grant offer, HUD will make 
the same determination for the next highest ranking application.
    If funds remain after all selections have been made, remaining 
funds may be made available for other TA program competitions.

V. Application Process

    All information and forms needed to complete and submit an 
application under this NOFA are contained in the NOFA, except for 
Standard Form (SF) 424 and SF 424B. A special computer-readable form 
SF-424 is available from HUD by faxing a request to Syl Angel. (See 
Section VI of this NOFA for instructions for obtaining the SF 424 
forms.)
    The address for submitting an application is: Processing and 
Control Branch, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410. In submitting your application, please refer to 
FR-3735, and include your name, telephone number (including area code) 
and mailing address (including zip code). The completed application 
(one original and 2 copies) must be physically received by the 
Processing and Control Branch, at the above address, no later than 4:30 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 1, 1994. HUD reserves the right to 
extend the deadline date through notification in the Federal Register. 
HUD will not accept faxed applications. Applications not meeting the 
format requirements identified in Section VI of this NOFA, Application 
Submission Requirements, will not be considered for funding.
    All applications should be sent to HUD's Washington D.C. 
Headquarters Office. It is important that all applications are received 
on time at the Washington D.C. address listed above in order to receive 
funding consideration.

VI. Application Submission Requirements

    All applicants must submit applications on 8\1/2\'' by 11'' paper 
which are bound in loose leaf binders for easy xeroxing. All pages and 
attachments must be numbered consecutively, in arabic numbers. No tabs 
or fold-out sheets will be permitted. Items not meeting these 
specifications will not be reproduced and distributed for review. 
Applications must use the following format and contain the following 
items:
    (1) Transmittal Letter which identifies the NOFA under which funds 
are requested.
    (2) OMB Standard Form 424, Request for Federal Assistance and 
Standard Form 424B, Non-Construction Assurances signed by a person 
legally authorized to enter into an agreement with the Department. Fax 
requests for Standard Forms 424 and 424B to Syl Angel at (202) 708-
3363. (This is not a toll-free number).
    (3) Identify the Field Office jurisdictions in which the applicant 
proposes to offer services. If services will not be offered throughout 
the full jurisdictional area of the Field Office, identify the service 
areas involved (e.g., states, counties, etc.), as well as the 
communities in which services are proposed to be offered.
    (4) A matrix which summarizes the amount of funds requested for 
each TA program in each Field Office jurisdiction for which funding is 
requested. (See Appendices for a copy of the matrix to be submitted.)
    (5) A statement as to whether the applicant proposes to use pass-
through funds for CHDOs under the CHDO TA program, and, if so, the 
amount and proposed uses of such funds.
    (6) If applying for the CHDO TA program, a statement as to whether 
the applicant qualifies as a primarily single-State provider under 24 
CFR 92.302(e) and as discussed in Section II(B) of this NOFA.
    (7) A Statement of Work which incorporates all activities to be 
funded in the application and details how the proposed work will be 
accomplished. Following a task-by-task format, the Statement of Work 
must:
    (a) Delineate the tasks and sub-tasks involved in each program by 
Field Office jurisdiction for which the grantee is seeking funds. The 
tasks should identify activities conducted within each Field Office 
jurisdiction and how the tasks meet the Factors for Award.
    (b) Indicate the sequence in which the tasks are to be performed, 
noting areas of work which must be performed simultaneously.
    (c) Identify specific numbers of quantifiable end products and 
program improvements the TA provider aims to deliver by the end of the 
cooperative agreement period, e.g., number of prospective CHDOs to be 
certified by Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) as a result of TA; 
number of CHDOs which will submit fundable applications to PJs for the 
first time as a result of TA; etc.
    (8) Narrative statement addressing the Factors for Award in Section 
IV(A) of this NOFA. Your narrative response should be numbered in 
accordance with each factor for award identified under Section IV, 
Items (A)(1) (a-f) through (A)(4).
    (9) Budget-by-task by Field Office jurisdiction or for a national 
program for each TA program for which funds are requested.
    (10) Summary Budget for each TA program for which funds are 
requested identifying costs by cost category in accordance with the 
following: (1) Direct Labor by position or individual, indicating the 
estimated hours per position, the rate per hour, estimated cost per 
staff position and the total estimated direct labor costs; (2) Fringe 
Benefits by staff position identifying the rate, the salary base the 
rate was computed on, estimated cost per position, and the total 
estimated fringe benefit cost; (3) Material Costs indicating the item, 
unit cost per item, the number of items to be purchased, estimated cost 
per item, and the total estimated material costs; (4) Transportation 
Costs. Where local private vehicle is proposed to be used, costs should 
indicate the proposed number of miles, rate per mile of travel 
identified by item, and estimated total private vehicle costs. Where 
Air transportation is proposed, costs should identify the 
destination(s), number of trips per destination, estimated air fare and 
total estimated air transportation costs. If other transportation costs 
are listed, the applicant should identify the other method of 
transportation selected, the number of trips to be made and 
destination(s), the estimated cost, and the total estimated costs for 
other transportation costs. In addition, applicants should identify per 
diem or subsistence costs per travel day and the number of travel days 
included, the estimated costs for per diem/subsistence and the total 
estimated transportation costs; (5) Equipment charges, if any. 
Equipment charges should identify the type of equipment, quantity, unit 
costs and total estimated equipment costs; (6) Consultant Costs. 
Indicate the type, estimated number of consultant days, rate per day, 
total estimated consultant costs per consultant and total estimated 
costs for all consultants; (7) Subcontract Costs. Indicate each 
individual subcontract and amount. Each proposed subcontract should 
include a separate budget which identifies costs by cost categories; 
(8) Other Direct Costs listed by item, quantity, unit cost, total for 
each item listed, and total direct costs for the award; (9) Indirect 
Costs should identify the type, approved indirect cost rate, base to 
which the rate applies and total indirect costs. These line items 
should total the amount requested for each TA program area. The grand 
total of all TA program funds requested should reflect the grand total 
of all funds for which you are applying. The submission should include 
the rationale used to determine costs and validation of fringe and 
indirect cost rates.

Corrections To Deficient Applications

    After the deadline, applicants have a 14 day cure period to correct 
technical deficiencies in the applications. Technical deficiencies 
relate only to items that would not improve the substantive quality of 
the application relative to the ranking factors such as a failure to 
submit a required certification. Applicants will have 14 calendar days 
from the date HUD notifies the applicant of any problem to submit the 
appropriate information in writing to HUD. Notification of a technical 
deficiency shall be made in writing.

VII. Other Matters

Environmental Review

    In accordance with 40 CFR 1508.4 of the regulation of the Council 
on Environmental Quality and 24 CFR 50.20 (b) of the HUD regulations, 
the policies and procedures contained in this rule relate only to the 
provisions of technical assistance and therefore are categorically 
excluded from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act.

Federalism Impact

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) 
of the Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the 
policies contained in this notice will not have substantial direct 
effects on States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship 
between the Federal government and the States, or on the distribution 
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. 
As a result, the notice is not subject to review under the Order. The 
NOFA will fund technical assistance to promote the ability of eligible 
recipient organizations to assist low-income families in accordance 
with the program requirements of the programs for which assistance is 
to be provided as identified in this NOFA. No substantial impacts on 
States or their political subdivisions are anticipated as a result of 
the provision of technical assistance services under this NOFA.

Impact on the Family

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under Executive 
Order 12606, The Family, has determined that this notice will have a 
beneficial, although indirect, impact on family formation, maintenance, 
and general well-being. The technical assistance provided as a result 
of an award under this NOFA will promote the ability of eligible 
applicants to meet the requirements and program objectives of the 
programs identified as eligible for technical assistance services under 
this NOFA. Accordingly, since the impact on the family is beneficial 
and indirect, no further review is considered necessary.

Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act: Documentation and Public Access 
Requirements; Applicant/Recipient Disclosures

Documentation and Public Access Requirements
    HUD will ensure that documentation and other information regarding 
each application submitted pursuant to this NOFA are sufficient to 
indicate the basis upon which the assistance was provided or denied. 
This material, including any letters of support, will be made available 
for public inspection for a five-year period beginning not less than 30 
days after the award of assistance. Material will be made available in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will 
include the recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its 
quarterly Federal Register notice of all recipients of HUD assistance 
awarded on a competitive basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14 (a) and 12.16 (b), 
and the notice published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 
(57 FR 1942), for further information on these documentation and public 
access requirements).

Disclosures

    HUD will make available to the public for five years all applicant 
disclosure reports (HUD FORM 2880) will be made available along with 
the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case for a period of less 
than three years. All reports--both applicant disclosures and updates--
will be made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information 
Act part 15, subpart C, and the notice published in the Federal 
Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for further information on 
these disclosure requirements.

Section 103 of the HUD Reform Act

    HUD's regulation implementing section 103 of the HUD Reform Act is 
codified as 24 CFR part 4, and applies to the funding competition 
announced today. The requirements of the rule continue to apply until 
the announcement of the selection of successful applicants.
    HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the 
making of funding decisions are restrained by part 4 from providing 
advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of 
HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from persons who apply for 
assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the 
subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
    Applicants who have questions should contact the HUD Office of 
Ethics (202) 708-3815 (voice/TDD). (This is not a toll-free number). 
The Office of Ethics can provide information of a general nature to HUD 
employees, as well. However, a HUD employee who has specific program 
questions, such as whether a particular subject matter can be discussed 
with persons outside the Department, should contact his or her Regional 
or Field Office Counsel, or Headquarters counsel of the program to 
which the question pertains.

Section 112 of the HUD Reform Act

    Section 112 of the HUD Reform Act added a new section 13 to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3537b). This 
new section 13 contains two provisions dealing with efforts to 
influence HUD's decisions with respect to financial assistance. The 
first imposes disclosure requirements on those who are typically 
involved in these efforts-- those who pay others to influence the award 
of assistance or the taking of a management action by the Department 
and those who are paid to provide the influence. The second restricts 
the payment of fees to those who are paid to influence the award of HUD 
assistance, if those fees are tied to the number of housing units 
received or are based upon the amount of assistance received, or if 
they are contingent upon the receipt of assistance.
    Section 13 is implemented by 24 CFR part 86. If readers are 
involved in any efforts to influence the Department in these ways, they 
are urged to refer to the regulations, particularly the examples 
contained in Appendix A to this NOFA.
    Any questions about the rule should be directed to the Office of 
Ethics, Room 2158, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20410-3000. Telephone: (202) 708-3815 
(Voice/TDD). (This is not a toll-free telephone number. Forms necessary 
for compliance with the rule may be obtained from the local HUD Field.

Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

    The use of funds awarded under this NOFA is subject to the 
disclosure requirements and prohibitions of section 319 of the 
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S. C. 1352) ( the ``Byrd Amendment'') and the 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These authorities prohibit 
recipients of Federal contracts, grants or loans from using 
appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative branches 
of the federal government in connection with a specific contract, grant 
or loan. The prohibition also covers the awarding of contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or loans unless the applicant has made an 
acceptable certification regarding lobbying.
    Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and subrecipients of 
assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no federal funds have 
been or will be spent on lobbying activities in connection with the 
assistance.

    Dated: June 27, 1994.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Appendix A.--``Fair-Share'' Amounts Allocated to Each HUD Field 
Office

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            Field office                   CDBG TA          SUP HSG TA           CHDO TA            Home TA     
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AL..................................            $84,886            $49,966           $367,857           $191,286
AK..................................              7,498             38,435             79,080             41,121
AR..................................             54,927             42,278            210,316            109,364
CA-SF...............................            544,274            534,242          1,758,287            914,309
CA-LA...............................            731,524            261,356          1,998,969          1,039,464
CO..................................            194,740            230,608            709,883            369,139
CT..................................            127,330             96,086            265,812            138,222
DC..................................             87,383            234,451            235,363            122,389
FL..................................            399,467            203,704          1,041,663            541,665
GA..................................            107,357            119,147            554,774            288,483
HI..................................             22,470             42,278            149,893             77,944
IL..................................            396,971            238,295          1,188,340            617,937
IN..................................            134,820            130,678            441,762            229,716
KS..................................             89,881             69,182            504,783            262,487
KY..................................             62,416             84,556            382,535            198,918
LA..................................            112,350             96,087            491,671            255,669
MD..................................             82,390             65,339            302,589            157,346
MA..................................            332,057            457,372          1,010,947            525,692
MI..................................            339,547            138,365            915,189            475,898
MN..................................            107,357             96,087            318,710            165,729
MS..................................             27,463             19,217            248,949            129,453
MO..................................             69,907             42,278            136,390             70,923
NE..................................             77,397             61,495            374,392            194,684
NJ..................................            337,050            172,956            666,406            346,531
NY-NY...............................            431,924            280,573          2,377,010          1,236,045
NY-BF...............................            224,700            130,678            375,691            195,359
NC..................................            119,840             73,026            516,327            268,490
OH..................................            337,050            219,078          1,136,163            590,805
OK..................................             57,423             53,808            275,439            143,228
OR..................................             94,874             88,400            370,269            192,540
PA-PH...............................            324,567            157,582            981,756            510,513
PA-PI...............................            167,276             76,869            428,383            222,759
SC..................................             64,913             38,435            265,956            138,297
TN..................................             92,377             65,339            440,546            229,084
TX-FW...............................            367,010            184,486          1,457,430            757,863
TX-SA...............................            144,807             49,965            305,331            158,772
VA..................................            117,343            184,486            418,117            217,421
WA..................................            132,324            253,669            429,455            223,317
WI..................................            134,820             80,713            451,616            234,840
PR..................................            157,290             38,435            415,973            216,306
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                                              7,500,000          5,500,000         25,000,021         13,000,011
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Appendix B.--Amount of Funds Requested

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      HUD office             CDBG TA           SHP TA            CHDO TA           HOME TA            Total     
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Boston................  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Hartford..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Buffalo...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Newark................  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
New York..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Baltimore.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Philadelphia..........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Pittsburgh............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Richmond..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Washington............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Atlanta...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Birmingham............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Caribbean.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Columbia..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Greensboro............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Jackson...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Jacksonville..........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Knoxville.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Louisville............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Chicago...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Columbus..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Detroit...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Indianapolis..........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Milwaukee.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Minneapolis...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Fort Worth............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Little Rock...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
New Orleans...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Oklahoma City.........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
San Antonio...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Kansas City...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Omaha.................  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
St. Louis.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Denver................  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Honolulu..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Los Angeles...........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Phoenix...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
San Francisco.........  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Anchorage.............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Portland..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
Seattle...............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
National..............  $                 $                 $                 $                 $               
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Grand Total must equal total amount of funds requested:                       Grand Total: $                    
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Appendix C

HOME Program Regulations Relating to the Provision of Techncial 
Assistance to Participating Jurisdictions and Other Eligible 
Organizations
[The text of Sec. 92.400 is republished for informational purposes.]

Sec. 92.400  Coordinated federal support for housing strategies.

    (a) General. HUD will provide assistance under this subpart I to:
    (1) Facilitate the exchange of information that would help 
participating jurisdictions carry out the purposes of this part, 
including information on program design, housing finance, land use 
controls, and building construction techniques;
    (2) Improve the ability of states and units of general local 
government to design and implement housing strategies, particularly 
those states and units of general local government that are relatively 
inexperienced in the development of affordable housing;
    (3) Encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-
income housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve 
the purposes of this part;
    (4) Improve the ability of states and units of general local 
government, community housing development organizations, private 
lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income housing to incorporate 
energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, construction, 
and operation of affordable housing;
    (5) Facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of 
employer-assisted housing programs through research, technical 
assistance, and demonstration projects; and
    (6) Facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land 
bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of 
real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for 
use consistent with the purposes of the HOME program.
    (b) Conditions of contracts--(1) Eligible organizations. HUD will 
carry out subpart I of this part insofar as is practicable through 
contract with--
    (i) A participating jurisdiction or agency thereof;
    (ii) A public purpose organization established pursuant to state or 
local legislation and responsible to the chief elected official of a 
participating jurisdiction;
    (iii) An agency or authority established by two or more 
participating jurisdictions to carry out activities consistent with the 
purposes of this part;
    (iv) A national or regional nonprofit organization that has a 
membership comprised predominantly of entities or officials of entities 
that qualify under paragraph (b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), or (b)(1)(iii) of 
this section; or
    (v) A professional and technical services company or firm that has 
demonstrated capacity to provide services under subpart I of this part.
    (2) Contract terms. Contracts under subpart I of this part must be 
for not more than 3 years and must not provide more than 20 percent of 
the operating budget of the contracting organization in any one year. 
Within any fiscal year, contracts with any one organization may not be 
entered into for a total of more than 20 percent of the funds available 
under subpart I of this part in that fiscal year.
    (c) Notice of funding. HUD will publish a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the availability of funding under this section as 
appropriate.

Appendix D

HOME Program Regulations Relating to the provision of Technical 
Assistance to Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs)
[The the definition of ``community housing development organization'' 
in Sec. 92.2, and the text of Secs. 92.300 and 92.302 are republished 
for informational purposes.]

Sec. 92.2  Definitions.

    Community housing development organization means a private 
nonprofit organization that
    (1) Is organized under state or local laws;
    (2) Has no part of its net earnings inuring to the benefit of any 
member, founder, contributor, or individual;
    (3) Is neither controlled by, nor under the direction of, 
individuals or entities seeking to derive profit or gain from the 
organization. A community housing development organization may be 
sponsored or created by a for-profit entity, but:
    (i) The for-profit entity may not be an entity whose primary 
purpose is the development or management of housing, such as a builder, 
developer, or real estate management firm.
    (ii) The for-profit entity may not have the right to appoint more 
than one-third of the membership of the organization's governing body. 
Board members appointed by the for-profit entity may not appoint the 
remaining two-thirds of the board members; and
    (iii) The community housing development organization must be free 
to contract for goods and services from vendors of its own choosing;
    (4) Has a tax exemption ruling from the Internal Revenue Service 
under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
    (5) Does not include a public body (including the participating 
jurisdiction). An organization that is State or locally chartered may 
qualify as a community housing development organization; however, the 
State or local government may not have the right to appoint more than 
one-third of the membership of the organization's governing body and no 
more than one-third of the board members may be public officials. Board 
members appointed by the State or local government may not appoint the 
remaining two-thirds of the board members;
    (6) Has standards of financial accountability that conform to 
Attachment F of OMB Circular No. A-110 (Rev.) ``Standards for Financial 
Management Systems.''
    (7) Has among its purposes the provision of decent housing that is 
affordable to low-income and moderate-income persons, as evidenced in 
its charter, articles of incorporation, resolutions or by-laws;
    (8) Maintains accountability to low-income community residents by--
    (i) Maintaining at least one-third of its governing board's 
membership for residents of low-income neighborhoods, other low-income 
community residents, or elected representative of low-income 
neighborhood organizations. For urban areas, ``community'' may be a 
neighborhood or neighborhoods, city, county or metropolitan area; for 
rural areas, it may be a neighborhood or neighborhoods, town, village, 
county, or multi-county area (but not the entire State); and
    (ii) Providing a formal process for low-income, program 
beneficiaries to advise the organization in its decisions regarding the 
design, siting, development, and management of affordable housing;
    (9) Has a demonstrated capacity for carrying out activities 
assisted with HOME funds. An organization may satisfy this requirement 
by hiring experienced accomplished key staff members who have 
successfully completed similar projects, or a consultant with the same 
type of experience and a plan to train appropriate key staff members of 
the organization; and
    (10) Has a history of serving the community within which housing to 
be assisted with HOME funds is to be located. In general, an 
organization must be able to show one year of serving the community 
(from the date the participating jurisdiction provides HOME funds to 
the organization). However, a newly created organization formed by 
local churches, service organizations or neighborhood organizations may 
meet this requirement by demonstrating that its parent organization has 
at least a year of serving the community.

Sec. 92.300  Set-aside for community housing development organizations 
(CHDOs).

    (a) For a period of 24 months after the allocation (including, for 
a state, funds reallocated under Sec. 92.451(c)(2)(i) and, for a unit 
of general local government, an allocation transferred from a state 
under Sec. 92.102(b)) is made available to a participating 
jurisdiction, the participating jurisdiction must reserve not less than 
15 percent of these funds for investment only in housing to be 
developed, sponsored, or owned by community housing development 
organizations. The funds must be provided to a community housing 
development organization and the funds are reserved when a 
participating jurisdiction enters into a written agreement with the 
community housing development organization. If a community housing 
development organization's involvement in a project is as an owner it 
must have control of the project, as evidenced by legal title or a 
valid contract of sale. If it owns the project in partnership, it or 
its wholly owned for-profit subsidiary must be the managing general 
partner. In acting in any of the capacities specified, the community 
housing development organization must have effective management 
control.
    (b) Each participating jurisdiction must make reasonable efforts to 
identify community housing development organizations that are capable, 
or can reasonably be expected to become capable, of carrying out 
elements of the jurisdiction's approved housing strategy and to 
encourage such community housing development organizations to do so. If 
during the first 24 months of its participation in the HOME Program a 
participating jurisdiction cannot identify a sufficient number of 
capable CHDOs, up to 20 percent of the minimum CHDO set-aside of 15 
percent specified in paragraph (a) of this section, above, (but not 
more than $150,000 during the 24 month period) may be expended to 
develop the capacity of CHDOs in the jurisdiction.
    (c) Up to 10 percent of the HOME funds reserved under this section 
may be used for activities specified under Sec. 92.301.
    (d) HOME funds required to be reserved under this section are 
subject to reduction, as provided in Sec. 92.500(d).
    (e) If funds for operating expenses are provided under 
Sec. 92.206(g) to a community housing development organization that is 
not also receiving funds under paragraph (a) of this section for 
housing to be developed, sponsored or owned by the community housing 
development organization, the participating jurisdiction must enter 
into a written agreement with the community housing development 
organization that provides that the community housing development 
organization is expected to receive funds under paragraph (a) of this 
section within 24 months of receiving the funds for operating expenses, 
and specifies the terms and conditions upon which this expectation is 
based.
    (f) Limitation. A community housing development organization may 
not receive HOME funding for any fiscal year in an amount that provides 
more than 50 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, of the community 
housing development organization's total operating expenses in that 
fiscal year. This includes organization support and housing education 
provided under Sec. 92.302 (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(6), as well as funds 
for operating expenses provided under Sec. 92.206(g) and administrative 
funds provided under Sec. 92.206(f) (if the community housing 
development organization is a subrecipient or contractor of the 
participating jurisdiction).

Sec. 92.302  Housing education and organizational support.

    (a) General. HUD is authorized to provide education and 
organizational support assistance, in conjunction with HOME funds made 
available to community housing development organizations:
    (1) To facilitate the education of low-income homeowners and 
tenants; and
    (2) To promote the ability of community housing development 
organizations, including community land trusts, to maintain, 
rehabilitate and construct housing for low-income and moderate-income 
families in conformance with the requirements of this part; and
    (3) To achieve the purposes under paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of 
this section by helping women who reside in low- and moderate-income 
neighborhoods rehabilitate and construct housing in the neighborhoods.
    (b) Delivery of assistance. HUD will provide assistance under this 
section only through contract--
    (1) With a nonprofit intermediary organization that, in the 
determination of HUD--
    (i) Customarily provides, in more than one community, services 
related to the provision of decent housing that is affordable to low-
income and moderate-income persons or the revitalization of 
deteriorating neighborhoods;
    (ii) Has demonstrated experience in providing a range of assistance 
(such as financing, technical assistance, construction and property 
management assistance, capacity building, and training) to community 
housing development organizations or similar organizations that engage 
in community revitalization;
    (iii) Has demonstrated the ability to provide technical assistance 
and training for community-based developers of affordable housing; and
    (iv) Has described the uses to which such assistance will be put 
and the intended beneficiaries of the assistance;
    (v) In the case of activities under paragraph (c)(7) of this 
section, is a community based organization as defined in section 4 of 
the Job Training Partnership Act or a public housing agency which has 
demonstrated experience in preparing women for apprenticeship training 
in construction or administering programs for training for construction 
or other nontraditional occupations (in which women constitute 25 
percent or less of the total number of workers in the occupation); or
    (2) With another organization, if a participating jurisdiction 
demonstrates that the organization is qualified to carry out eligible 
activities and that the jurisdiction would not be served in a timely 
manner by intermediaries specified under paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section. Contracts under paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be for 
activities specified in an application from the participating 
jurisdiction. The application must include a certification that the 
activities are necessary to the effective implementation of the 
participating jurisdiction's approved housing strategy.
    (c) Eligible activities. Assistance under this section may be used 
only for the following eligible activities:
    (1) Organizational support. Organizational support assistance may 
be made available to community housing development organizations to 
cover operational expenses and to cover expenses for training and 
technical, legal, engineering and other assistance to the board of 
directors, staff, and members of the community housing development 
organization.
    (2) Housing education. Housing education assistance may be made 
available to community housing development organizations to cover 
expenses for providing or administering programs for educating, 
counseling, or organizing homeowners and tenants who are eligible to 
receive assistance under other provisions of this part.
    (3) Program-wide support of nonprofit development and management. 
Technical assistance, training, and continuing support may be made 
available to eligible community housing development organizations for 
managing and conserving properties developed under this part.
    (4) Benevolent loan funds. Technical assistance may be made 
available to increase the investment of private capital in housing for 
very low-income families, particularly by encouraging the establishment 
of benevolent loan funds through which private financial institutions 
will accept deposits at below-market interest rates and make those 
funds available at favorable rates to developers of low-income housing 
and to low-income homebuyers.
    (5) Community development banks and credit unions. Technical 
assistance may be made available to establish privately owned, local 
community development banks and credit unions to finance affordable 
housing.
    (6) Community Land Trusts (CLTs). HOME funds may be made available 
to CLTs for organizational support, technical assistance, education and 
training, and continuing support; and to community groups for the 
establishment of CLTs. A community land trust is a community housing 
development organization that:
    (i) Is not sponsored by a for-profit organization;
    (ii) Is established, and undertakes activities to:
    (A) Acquire parcels of land, held in perpetuity, primarily for 
conveyance under long-term ground leases;
    (B) Transfer ownership of any structural improvements located on 
such leased parcels to the lessees; and
    (C) Retain a preemptive option to purchase any such structural 
improvement at a price determined by formula that is designed to ensure 
that the improvement remains affordable to low- and moderate-income 
families in perpetuity;
    (iii) Has a corporate membership open to any adult resident of a 
particular geographic area specified in the bylaws of the organization;
    (iv) Whose board of directors includes a majority of members who 
are elected by the corporate membership and is composed of equal 
numbers of lessees, corporate members who are not lessees, and any 
other category of persons described in the bylaws of the organization; 
and
    (v) Is not required to have a demonstrated capacity for carrying 
out HOME activities or a history of serving the local community within 
which HOME-assisted housing is to be located.
    (7) Facilitating women in homebuilding professions. Technical 
assistance may be made available to businesses, unions, and 
organizations involved in construction and rehabilitation of housing in 
low- and moderate-income areas to assist women residing in the area to 
obtain jobs involving such activities. This might include facilitating 
access by women to, and providing, apprenticeship and other training 
programs regarding non-traditional skills, recruiting women to 
participate in such programs, providing support for women at job sites, 
counseling and educating businesses regarding suitable work 
environments for women, providing information to such women regarding 
opportunities for establishing small housing construction and 
rehabilitation businesses. Up to ten percent of the funds made 
available for this activity may be used to provide materials and tools 
for training such women.
    (d) Limitations. Contracts under this section with any one 
contractor for a fiscal year may not--
    (1) Exceed 20 percent of the amount appropriated for this section 
for such fiscal year; or
    (2) Provide more than 20 percent of the operating budget (which may 
not include funds that are passed through to community housing 
development organizations) of the contracting organization for any one 
year.
    (e) Single-state contractors. Not less than 40 percent of the funds 
made available for this section in an appropriations Act in any fiscal 
year must be made available for eligible contractors that have worked 
primarily in one state. HUD shall provide assistance under this 
section, to the extent applications are submitted and approved, to 
contractors in each of the geographic regions having a HUD regional 
office.
    (f) Notice of funding. HUD will publish a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the availability of funding under this section, as 
appropriate. The notice need not include funding for each of the 
eligible activities, but may target funding from among the eligible 
activities.

Appendix E

Supportive Housing Technical Assistance Regulation 24 CFR 583.140
[The text of Sec. 583.140 is republished for informational purposes.]

Sec. 583.140  Technical assistance.

    (a) General. HUD will set aside up to two percent of the amount 
available annually for the Supportive Housing program to provide 
technical assistance under this part.
    (b) Technical assistance. Funds are available to organizations or 
individuals to provide applicants (or prospective applicants) and 
recipients with skills or knowledge to help them plan, develop, 
administer, and/or evaluate their supportive housing program or 
specific activities more effectively. The assistance may include, but 
is not limited to, written information such as papers, monographs, 
manuals, guides, and brochures; person-to-person exchanges; and 
training such as seminars, classes, workshops, and meetings.
    (c) Selection of providers. From time to time, as HUD determines 
the need, HUD will advertise and competitively select providers to 
deliver assistance to Supportive Housing program recipients or 
applicants (or prospective applicants). HUD may enter into contracts, 
grants, or cooperative agreements, as appropriate, to implement the 
technical assistance.

Appendix F

CDBG Technical Assistance Program Regulations, 24 CFR 570.402
[The text of Sec. 570.402 is republished for informational purposes.]

Sec. 570.402  Technical assistance awards.

    (a) General. (1) The purpose of the Community Development Technical 
Assistance Program is to increase the effectiveness with which States, 
units of general local government, and Indian tribes plan, develop, and 
administer assistance under Title I and section 810 of the Act. Title I 
programs are the Entitlement Program (24 CFR part 570, subpart D); the 
section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (24 CFR part 570, subpart M); the 
Urban Development Action Grant Program (24 CFR part 570, subpart G); 
the HUD-administered Small Cities Program (24 CFR part 570, subpart F); 
the State-administered Program for Non-Entitlement Communities (24 CFR 
part 570, subpart I); the grants for Indian Tribes program (24 CFR part 
571); and the Special Purpose Grants for Insular Areas, Community 
Development Work Study and Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
(24 CFR part 570, subpart E). The section 810 program is the Urban 
Homesteading Program (24 CFR part 590).
    (2) Funding under this section is awarded for the provision of 
technical expertise in planning, managing or carrying out such programs 
including the activities being or to be assisted thereunder and other 
actions being or to be undertaken for the purpose of the program, such 
as increasing the effectiveness of public service and other activities 
in addressing identified needs, meeting applicable program requirements 
(e.g., citizen participation, nondiscrimination, OMB Circulars), 
increasing program management or capacity building skills, attracting 
business or industry to CDBG assisted economic development sites or 
projects, assisting eligible CDBG subrecipients such as neighborhood 
nonprofits or small cities in how to obtain CDBG funding from cities 
and States. The provision of technical expertise in other areas which 
may have some tangential benefit or effect on a program is insufficient 
to qualify for funding.
    (3) Awards may be made pursuant to HUD solicitations for assistance 
applications or procurement contract proposals issued in the form of a 
publicly available document which invites the submission of 
applications or proposals within a prescribed period of time. HUD may 
also enter into agreements with other Federal agencies for awarding the 
technical assistance funds:
    (i) Where the Secretary determines that such funding procedures 
will achieve a particular technical assistance objective more 
effectively and the criteria for making the awards will be consistent 
with this section; or
    (ii) The transfer of funds to the other Federal agency for use 
under the terms of the agreement is specifically authorized by law. The 
Department will not accept or fund unsolicited proposals.
    (b) Definitions. (1) Areawide planning organization (APO) means an 
organization authorized by law or local agreement to undertake planning 
and other activities for a metropolitan or non-metropolitan area.
    (2) Technical assistance means the facilitating of skills and 
knowledge in planning, developing and administering activities under 
Title I and section 810 of the Act in entities that may need but do not 
possess such skills and knowledge, and includes assessing programs and 
activities under Title I.
    (c) Eligible Applicants. Eligible applicants for award of technical 
assistance funding are:
    (1) States, units of general local government, APOs, and Indian 
Tribes; and
    (2) Public and private non-profit or for-profit groups, including 
educational institutions, qualified to provide technical assistance to 
assist such governmental units to carry out the Title I or Urban 
Homesteading programs. An applicant group must be designated as a 
technical assistance provider to a unit of government's Title I program 
or Urban Homesteading program by the chief executive officer of each 
unit to be assisted, unless the assistance is limited to conferences/
workshops attended by more than one unit of government.
    (d) Eligible Activities. Activities eligible for technical 
assistance funding include:
    (1) The provision of technical or advisory services;
    (2) The design and operation of training projects, such as 
workshops, seminars, or conferences;
    (3) The development and distribution of technical materials and 
information; and
    (4) Other methods of demonstrating and making available skills, 
information and knowledge to assist States, units of general local 
government, or Indian Tribes in planning, developing, administering or 
assessing assistance under Title I and Urban Homesteading programs in 
which they are participating or seeking to participate.
    (e) Ineligible Activities. Activities for which costs are 
ineligible under this section include:
    (1) In the case of technical assistance for States, the cost of 
carrying out the administration of the State CDBG program for non-
entitlement communities;
    (2) The cost of carrying out the activities authorized under the 
Title I and Urban Homesteading programs, such as the provision of 
public services, construction, rehabilitation, planning and 
administration, for which the technical assistance is to be provided;
    (3) The cost of acquiring or developing the specialized skills or 
knowledge to be provided by a group funded under this section;
    (4) Research activities;
    (5) The cost of identifying units of governments needing assistance 
(except that the cost of selecting recipients of technical assistance 
under the provisions of paragraph (k) is eligible); or
    (6) Activities designed primarily to benefit HUD, or to assist HUD 
in carrying out the Department's responsibilities; such as research, 
policy analysis of proposed legislation, training or travel of HUD 
staff, or development and review of reports to the Congress.
    (f) Criteria for Competitive Selection. In determining whether to 
fund competitive applications or proposals under this section, the 
Department will use the following criteria:
    (1) For solicited assistance applications. The Department will use 
two types of criteria for reviewing and selecting competitive 
assistance applications solicited by HUD:
    (i) Evaluation Criteria: These criteria will be used to rank 
applications according to weights which may vary with each competition:
    (A) Probable effectiveness of the application in meeting needs of 
localities and accomplishing project objectives;
    (B) Soundness and cost-effectiveness of the proposed approach;
    (C) Capacity of the applicant to carry out the proposed activities 
in a timely and effective fashion;
    (D) The extent to which the results may be transferable or 
applicable to other title I or Urban Homesteading program participants.
    (ii) Program Policy Criteria: These factors may be used by the 
selecting official to select a range of projects that would best serve 
program objectives for a particular competition:
    (A) Geographic distribution;
    (B) Diversity of types and sizes of applicant entities; and
    (C) Diversity of methods, approaches, or kinds of projects.
    The Department will publish a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) in 
the Federal Register for each competition indicating the objective of 
the technical assistance, the amount of funding available, the 
application procedures, including the eligible applicants and 
activities to be funded, any special conditions applicable to the 
solicitation, including any requirements for a matching share or for 
commitments for CDBG or other title I funding to carry out eligible 
activities for which the technical assistance is to be provided, the 
maximum points to be awarded each evaluation criterion for the purpose 
of ranking applications, and any special factors to be considered in 
assigning the points to each evaluation criterion. The Notice will also 
indicate which program policy factors will be used, the impact of those 
factors on the selection process, the justification for their use and, 
if appropriate, the relative priority of each program policy factor.
    (2) For competitive procurement contract bids/proposals. The 
Department's criteria for review and selection of solicited bids/
proposals for procurement contracts will be described in its public 
announcement of the availability of an Invitation for Bids (IFB) or a 
Request for Proposals (RFP). The public notice, solicitation and award 
of procurement contracts, when used to acquire technical assistance, 
shall be procured in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(48 CFR chapter 1) and the HUD Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 
24).
    (g) Submission Procedures. Solicited assistance applications shall 
be submitted in accordance with the time and place and content 
requirements described in the Department's NOFA. Solicited bids/
proposals for procurement contracts shall be submitted in accordance 
with the requirements in the IFB or RFP.
    (h) Approval Procedures. (1) Acceptance. HUD's acceptance of an 
application or proposal for review does not imply a commitment to 
provide funding.
    (2) Notification. HUD will provide notification of whether a 
project will be funded or rejected.
    (3) Form of award. (i) HUD will award technical assistance funds as 
a grant, cooperative agreement or procurement contract, consistent with 
this section, the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, 
31 U.S.C. 6301-6308, the HUD Acquisition Regulation, and the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation.
    (ii) When HUD's primary purpose is the transfer of technical 
assistance to assist the recipients in support of the Title I or 
Section 810 programs, an assistance instrument (grant or cooperative 
agreement) will be used. A grant instrument will be used when 
substantial Federal involvement is not anticipated. A cooperative 
agreement will be used when substantial Federal involvement is 
anticipated. When a cooperative agreement is selected, the agreement 
will specify the nature of HUD's anticipated involvement in the 
project.
    (iii) A contract will be used when HUD's primary purpose is to 
obtain a provider of technical assistance to act on the Department's 
behalf. In such cases the Department will define the specific tasks to 
be performed. However, nothing in this section shall preclude the 
Department from awarding a procurement contract in any other case when 
it is determined to be in the Department's best interests.
    (4) Administration. Project administration will be governed by the 
terms of individual awards and relevant regulations. As a general rule, 
proposals will be funded to operate for one to two years, and periodic 
and final reports will be required.
    (i) Environmental and Intergovernmental Review. The requirements 
for Environmental Reviews and Intergovernmental Reviews do not apply to 
technical assistance awards.
    (j) Selection of Recipients of Technical Assistance. Where under 
the terms of the funding award the recipient of the funding is to 
select the recipients of the technical assistance to be provided, the 
funding recipient shall publish, and publicly make available to 
potential technical assistance recipients, the availability of such 
assistance and the specific criteria to be used for the selection of 
the recipients to be assisted. Selected recipients must be entities 
participating or planning to participate in the Title I or Urban 
Homesteading programs or activities for which the technical assistance 
is to be provided.

(Approved under OMB control numbers 2535-0085 and 2535-0084) (56 FR 
41938, Aug. 26, 1991)

Appendix G: List of HUD Field Offices

    Telephone numbers for Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf 
(TDD machines) are listed for field offices; all HUD numbers, 
including those noted *, may be reached via TDD by dialing the 
Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-TDDY or (1-800-877-
8339) or (202) 708-9300.
Alabama--Jasper H. Boatright, Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Pkwy. 
West, Suite 300, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144; (205) 672-1230; TDD 
(205) 290-7624.
Alaska--Colleen Craig, 949 E. 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, AK 
99508-4399; (907) 271-4684; TDD (907) 271-4328.
Arizona--Diane LeVan, 400 N. 5th St., Suite 1600, Arizona Center, 
Phoenix AZ 85004; (602) 379-4754; TDD (602) 379-4461.
Arkansas--Billy M. Parsley, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Ave., Suite 
900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488; (501) 324-6375; TDD (501) 324-5931.
California--(Southern) Herbert L. Roberts, 1615 W. Olympic Blvd., 
Los Angeles, CA 90015-3801; (213) 251-7235; TDD (213) 251-7038.
    (Northern) Steve Sachs, 450 Golden Gate Ave., P.O. Box 36003, 
San Francisco, CA 94102-3448; (415) 556-8484; TDD (415) 556-8357.
Colorado--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th St., 
Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Connecticut--Daniel Kolesar, 330 Main St., Hartford, CT 06106-1860; 
(203) 240-4508; TDD (203) 240-4522.
Delaware--John Kane, Liberty Sq. Bldg., 105 S. 7th St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3392; (215) 597-2665; TDD (215) 597-5564.
District of Columbia--James H. McDaniel, 820 First St., NE, 
Washington, DC (and MD and VA suburbs) 20002; (202) 275-0994; TDD 
(202) 275-0772.
Florida--James N. Nichol, 301 West Bay St., Suite 2200, 
Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121; (904) 232-3587; TDD (904) 791-1241.
Georgia--Charles N. Straub, Russell Fed. Bldg., Room 688, 75 Spring 
St., SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3388; (404) 331-5139; TDD (404) 730-2654.
Hawaii (and Pacific)--Patti A. Nicholas, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 
500, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96813-4918; (808) 541-1327; 
TDD (808) 541-1356.
Idaho--John G. Bonham, 520 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204-1596 
(503) 326-7018; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Illinois--Richard Wilson, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-
3507; (312) 353-1696; TDD (312) 353-7143.
Indiana--Robert F. Poffenberger, 151 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, 
IN 46204-2526; (317) 226-5169; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Iowa--Gregory A. Bevirt, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley 
Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955; (402) 492-3144; TDD (402) 492-3183.
Kansas--Miguel Madrigal, Gateway Towers 2, 400 State Ave., Kansas 
City, KS 66101-2406; (913) 551-5485; TDD (913) 551-6972.
Kentucky--Ben Cook, P.O. Box 1044, 601 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 
40201-1044; (502) 582-5394; TDD (502) 582-5139.
Louisiana--Greg Hamilton, P.O. Box 70288, 1661 Canal St., New 
Orleans, LA 70112-2887; (504) 589-7212; TDD (504) 589-7237.
Maine--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut St., 
Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
Maryland--Harold Young, 10 South Howard Street, 5th Floor, 
Baltimore, MD 21202-0000; (410) 962-2520x3026; TDD (410) 962-0106.
Massachusetts--Robert Paquin, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Fed. Bldg., 10 
Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092; (617) 565-5343; TDD (617) 565-
5453.
Michigan--Richard Wears, Patrick McNamara Bldg., 477 Michigan Ave., 
Detroit, MI 48226-2592; (313) 226-7186; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Minnesota--Shawn Huckleby, 220 2nd St. South, Minneapolis, MN 55401-
2195; (612) 370-3019; TDD (612) 370-3186.
Mississippi--Jeanie E. Smith, Dr. A.H. McCoy Fed. Bldg., 100 W. 
Capitol St., Room 910, Jackson, MS 39269-1096; (601) 965-4765; TDD 
(601) 965-4171.
Missouri--(Eastern) David H. Long, 1222 Spruce St., St. Louis, MO 
63103-2836; (314) 539-6524; TDD (314) 539-6331.
    (Western) Miguel Madrigal, Gateway Towers 2, 400 State Ave., 
Kansas City, KS 66101-2406; (913) 551-5485; TDD (913) 551-6972.
Montana--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th St., 
Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Nebraska--Gregory A. Bevirt, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill 
Valley Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955; (402) 492-3144; TDD (402) 492-
3183.
Nevada--(Las Vegas, Clark Cnty) Diane LeVan, 400 N. 5th St., Suite 
1600, 2 Arizona Center, Phoenix, AZ 85004; (602) 379-4754; TDD (602) 
379-4461.
    (Remainder of State) Steve Sachs, 450 Golden Gate Ave., P.O. Box 
36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448; (415) 556-8484; TDD (415) 556-
8357.
New Hampshire--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut 
St., Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
New Jersey--Frank Sagarese, 1 Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102; (201) 
622-7900 x3300; TDD (201) 645-3298.
New Mexico--R.D. Smith, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, Fort 
Worth, TX 76113-2905; (817) 885-5483; TDD (817) 885-5447.
New York--(Upstate) Michael F. Merrill, Lafayette Ct., 465 Main St., 
Buffalo, NY 14203-1780; (716) 846-5768; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
    (Downstate) Joan Dabelko, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-
0068; (212) 264-2885; TDD (212) 264-0927.
North Carolina--Charles T. Ferebee, Koger Building, 2306 West 
Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC 27407; (910) 547-4006; TDD (910) 
547-4055.
North Dakota--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th 
St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Ohio--Jack E. Riordan, 200 North High St., Columbus, OH 43215-2499; 
(614) 469-6743; TDD (614) 469-6694.
Oklahoma--Katie Worsham, Murrah Fed. Bldg., 200 NW 5th St., Oklahoma 
City, OK 73102-3202; (405) 231-4973; TDD (405) 231-4181.
Oregon--John G. Bonham, 520 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204-1596 
(503) 326-7018; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Pennsylvania--(Western) Bruce Crawford, Old Post Office and 
Courthouse Bldg., 700 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1906; (412) 
644-5493; TDD (412) 644-5747.
    (Eastern) John Kane, Liberty Sq. Bldg., 105 S. 7th St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3392; (215) 597-2665; TDD (215) 597-5564.
Puerto Rico--Carmen R. Cabrera, 159 Carlos Chardon Ave., (and 
Caribbean) San Juan, PR 00918-1804; (809) 766-5576; TDD (809) 766-
5909.
Rhode Island--Robert Paquin, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Fed. Bldg., 10 
Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092; (617) 565-5343; TDD (617) 565-
5453.
South Carolina--Louis E. Bradley, Fed. Bldg., 1835-45 Assembly St., 
Columbia, SC 29201-2480; (803) 765-5564; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
South Dakota--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th 
St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Tennessee--Virginia Peck, 710 Locust St., Knoxville, TN 37902-2526; 
(615) 545-4393; TDD (615) 545-4559.
Texas--(Northern) R.D. Smith, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, Fort 
Worth, TX 76113-2905; (817) 885-5483; TDD (817) 885-5447.
    (Southern) John T. Maldonado, Washington Sq., 800 Dolorosa, San 
Antonio, TX 78207-4563; (210) 229-6820; TDD (210) 229-6885.
Utah--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th St., 
Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Vermont--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut St., 
Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
Virginia--Joseph Aversano, 3600 W. Broad St., P.O. Box 90331, 
Richmond, VA 23230-0331; (804) 278-4503; TDD (804) 278-4501.
Washington--John Peters, Federal Office Bldg., 909 First Ave., Suite 
200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000; (206) 220-5150; TDD (206) 220-5185.
West Virginia--Bruce Crawford, Old Post Office & Courthouse Bldg., 
700 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1906; (412) 644-5493; TDD (412) 
644-5747.
Wisconsin--Lana J. Vacha, Henry Reuss Fed. Plaza, 310 W. Wisconsin 
Ave., Ste. 1380, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289; (414) 297-3113; TDD * via 
1-800-877-8339.
Wyoming--Sharon Jewell, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th St., 
Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.

APPENDIX H--Home Investment Partnerships Program: Designated 
Participating Jurisdictions (PJs)

Alaska
 AK
Anchorage
 AK
Alabama
 AL
Birmingham
 AL
Huntsville
 AL
Jefferson County
 AL
Mobile
 AL
Montgomery
 AL
Tuscaloosa
 AL
American Samoa
   
Arkansas
 AR
Fort Smith
 AR
Little Rock
 AR
Pine Bluff
 AR
Arizona
 AZ
Maricopa County-CNSRT
 AZ
Phoenix
 AZ
Tucson-CNSRT
 AZ
Alameda County-CNSRT
 CA
Alhambra
 CA
Anaheim
 CA
Bakersfield
 CA
Berkeley
 CA
Burbank
 CA
California
 CA
Chula Vista
 CA
Compton
 CA
Contra Costa County
 CA
Costa Mesa
 CA
Downey
 CA
El Cajon
 CA
El Monte
 CA
Escondido
 CA
Fresno
 CA
Fresno County
 CA
Fullerton
 CA
Garden Grove
 CA
Glendale
 CA
Hawthorne
 CA
Huntington Beach
 CA
Huntington Park
 CA
Inglewood
 CA
Kern County
 CA
Long Beach
 CA
Los Angeles
 CA
Los Angeles County
 CA
Lynwood
 CA
Marin County
 CA
Merced
 CA
Modesto
 CA
Montebello
 CA
National City
 CA
Oakland
 CA
Oceanside
 CA
Ontario
 CA
Orange
 CA
Orange County
 CA
Oxnard
 CA
Pasadena
 CA
Pomona
 CA
Redding
 CA
Richmond
 CA
Riverside
 CA
Riverside County
 CA
Sacramento
 CA
Sacramento County
 CA
Salinas
 CA
San Bernardino
 CA
San Bernardino-CNSRT
 CA
San Bernardino County
 CA
San Diego
 CA
San Diego County
 CA
San Francisco
 CA
San Joaquin County
 CA
San Jose
 CA
San Luis Obispo County
 CA
San Mateo Co-CNSRT
 CA
Santa Ana
 CA
Santa Barbara
 CA
Santa Clara
 CA
Santa Clara County
 CA
Santa Monica
 CA
Santa Rosa
 CA
Sonoma County
 CA
South Gate
 CA
Stockton
 CA
Sunnyvale
 CA
Vallejo
 CA
Ventura County
 CA
Ventura County-CNSRT
 CA
Visatia
 CA
Adams County
 CO
Arapahoe County
 CO
Aurora
 CO
Boulder
 CO
Colorado
 CO
Colorado Springs
 CO
Denver
 CO
Pueblo-CNSRT
 CO
Fort Collins
 CO
Jefferson County
 CO
Lakewood
 CO
Bridgeport
 CT
Connecticut
 CT
Hartford
 CT
New Britain
 CT
New Haven
 CT
Stamford
 CT
Waterbury
 CT
District of Columbia
 DC
Delaware
 DE
New Castle County
 DE
Wilmington
 DE
Brevard County-CNSRT
 FL
Broward County
 FL
Dade County
 FL
Daytona Beach
 FL
Escambia County
 FL
Escambia County-CNSRT
 FL
Florida
 FL
Ft Lauderdale
 FL
Gainesville
 FL
Hialeah
 FL
Hillsborough County
 FL
Jacksonville
 FL
Lee County
 FL
Miami
 FL
Miami Beach
 FL
Orange County
 FL
Orlando
 FL
Palm Beach County
 FL
Pasco County
 FL
Pinellas County-CNSRT
 FL
Polk County
 FL
Sarasota County-CNSRT
 FL
St Petersburg
 FL
Tallahassee
 FL
Tampa
 FL
Volusia County-CNSRT
 FL
West Palm Beach
 FL
Albany
 GA
Athens
 GA
Atlanta
 GA
Augusta
 GA
Columbus
 GA
De Kalb County
 GA
Georgia
 GA
Grt No Atlantic-CNSRT
 GA
Macon
 GA
Marietta-CNSRT
 GA
Savannah
 GA
Hawaii
 HI
Honolulu
 HI
Cedar Rapids
 IA
Davenport
 IA
Des Moines
 IA
Iowa
 IA
Iowa City
 IA
Sioux City-CNSRT
 IA
Waterloo
 IA
Boise
 ID
Idaho
 ID
Chicago
 IL
Cook County
 IL
Decatur
 IL
Du Page County
 IL
Du Page County-CNSRT
 IL
East St Louis
 IL
Illinois
 IL
Joliet
 IL
Lake County-CNSRT
 IL
Madison County
 IL
Peoria
 IL
Rockford
 IL
Springfield
 IL
St Clair County
 IL
Will County
 IL
Anderson
 IN
Bloomington
 IN
East Chicago
 IN
Evansville
 IN
Fort Wayne
 IN
Gary
 IN
Hammond
 IN
Indiana
 IN
Indianapolis
 IN
Lafayette-CNSRT
 IN
Lake County
 IN
Muncie
 IN
South Bend-CNSRT
 IN
Terre Haute
 IN
Johnson County
 KS
Kansas
 KS
Kansas City
 KS
Lawrence
 KS
Topeka
 KS
Wichita
 KS
Covington
 KY
Jefferson County
 KY
Kentucky
 KY
Lexington-Fayette
 KY
Louisville
 KY
Owensboro
 KY
Alexandria
 LA
Baton Rouge
 LA
Houma-Terrehonne
 LA
Jefferson Parish
 LA
Lafayette
 LA
Lake Charles
 LA
Louisiana
 LA
Monroe
 LA
New Orleans
 LA
Shreveport
 LA
Barnstable Co-CNSRT
 MA
Boston
 MA
Brockton
 MA
Cambridge
 MA
Fall River
 MA
Fitchburg-CNSRT
 MA
Holyoke-CNSRT
 MA
Lawrence
 MA
Lowell
 MA
Lynn
 MA
Malden-CNSRT
 MA
Massachusetts
 MA
New Bedford
 MA
Newton-CNSRT
 MA
Peabody-CNSRT
 MA
Quincy-CNSRT
 MA
Somerville
 MA
Springfield
 MA
Worcester
 MA
Anne Arundel County
 MD
Baltimore
 MD
Baltimore County
 MD
Maryland
 MD
Montgomery County
 MD
Prince Georges County
 MD
Maine
 ME
Portland
 ME
Ann Arbor
 MI
Battle Creek
 MI
Dearborn
 MI
Detroit
 MI
Flint
 MI
Genesee County
 MI
Grand Rapids
 MI
Jackson
 MI
Kalamazoo
 MI
Kent County
 MI
Lansing
 MI
Macomb County
 MI
Michigan
 MI
Muskegon
 MI
Oakland County
 MI
Pontiac
 MI
Saginaw
 MI
Warren
 MI
Wayne County
 MI
Dakota County-CNSRT
 MN
Duluth
 MN
Duluth-CNSRT
 MN
Hennepin County-CNSRT
 MN
Minneapolis
 MN
Minnesota
 MN
St. Paul
 MN
St. Louis Co-CNSRT
 MN
Columbia
 MO
Independence
 MO
Kansas City
 MO
Missouri
 MO
Springfield
 MO
St. Joseph
 MO
St. Louis
 MO
St. Louis County
 MO
Jackson
 MS
Mississippi
 MS
Billings
 MT
Montana
 MT
Ashville-CNSRT
 NC
Charlotte
 NC
Durham
 NC
Fayetteville
 NC
Gastonia
 NC
Goldsboro
 NC
Reensboro
 NC
High Point
 NC
North Carolina
 NC
Raleigh
 NC
Surry County
 NC
Wake County
 NC
Wilmington
 NC
Winston-Salem
 NC
Winston-Salem-CNSRT
 NC
Fargo
 ND
North Dakota
 ND
Lincoln
 NE
Nebraska
 NE
Omaha
 NE
Manchester
 NH
New Hampshire
 NH
Atlantic City
 NJ
Bergen County
 NJ
Burlington County
 NJ
Camden
 NJ
Camden County
 NJ
Camden-CNSRT
 NJ
East Orange
 NJ
Elizabeth
 NJ
Essex County
 NJ
Gloucester County
 NJ
Hudson County-CNSRT
 NJ
Irvington
 NJ
Jersey City
 NJ
Mercer County-CNSRT
 NJ
Middlesex County
 NJ
Monmouth County
 NJ
Morris County
 NJ
New Jersey
 NJ
Newark
 NJ
Ocean County-CNSRT
 NJ
Passaic
 NJ
Paterson
 NJ
Perth Amboy
 NJ
Somerset County
 NJ
Trenton
 NJ
Union County-CNSRT
 NJ
Vineland-CNSRT
 NJ
Albuquerque
 NM
Las Cruces
 NM
New Mexico
 NM
Clark County-CNSRT
 NV
Las Vegas
 NV
Nevada
 NV
Reno
 NV
Albany
 NY
Amherst-CNSRT
 NY
Babylon Town
 NY
Binghamton
 NY
Buffalo
 NY
Dutchess County
 NY
Elmira
 NY
Erie County-CNSRT
 NY
Islip Town
 NY
Jamestown
 NY
Monroe County-CNSRT
 NY
Mount Vernon
 NY
Nassau County
 NY
New Rochelle
 NY
New York City
 NY
New York State
 NY
Niagara Falls
 NY
North Counties-CNSRT
 NY
Onondaga Co-CNSRT
 NY
Orange County
 NY
Rochester
 NY
Rockland County
 NY
Schenectady-CNSRT
 NY
Suffolk County
 NY
Syracuse
 NY
Utica
 NY
Westchester County
 NY
Yonkers
 NY
Akron
 OH
Canton
 OH
Cincinnati
 OH
Cleveland
 OH
Columbus
 OH
Cuyahoga County
 OH
Cuyahoga Co-CNSRT
 OH
Dayton
 OH
East Cleveland
 OH
Franklin County
 OH
Hamilton City
 OH
Hamilton County
 OH
Lake County
 OH
Lima
 OH
Lorain
 OH
Mansfield
 OH
Montgomery Co.-CNSRT
 OH
Ohio
 OH
Springfield
 OH
Stark County
 OH
Stark County-CNSRT
 OH
Summit Co-CNSRT
 OH
Toledo
 OH
Trumbell Co-CNSRT
 OH
Warren-CNSRT
 OH
Youngstown
 OH
Lawton
 OK
Oklahoma
 OK
Oklahoma City
 OK
Tulsa
 OK
Clackamas County
 OR
Eugene-CNSRT
 OR
Oregon
 OR
Portland-CNSRT
 OR
Salem
 OR
Washington County
 OR
Allegheny County
 PA
Allentown
 PA
Altoona
 PA
Beaver County
 PA
Berks County
 PA
Bethlehem
 PA
Bucks County-CNSRT
 PA
Chester County
 PA
Delaware Co-CNSRT
 PA
Erie
 PA
Harrisburg
 PA
Johnstown
 PA
Lancaster
 PA
Lancaster County
 PA
Luzerene County-CNSRT
 PA
Luzerne County
 PA
Montgomery County
 PA
Montgomery County
 PA
Pennsylvania
 PA
Philadelphia
 PA
Pittsburgh
 PA
Reading
 PA
Scranton
 PA
Washington County
 PA
Westmoreland County
 PA
Westmoreland-CNSTR
 PA
Williamsport
 PA
York
 PA
York County-CNSRT
 PA
Aguadilla
 PR
Arecibo
 PR
Bayamon Municipio
 PR
Caguas Municipio
 PR
Carolina Municipio
 PR
Guaynabo Municipio
 PR
Mayaguez Municipio
 PR
Ponce Municipio
 PR
Puerto Rico
 PR
San Juan Municipio
 PR
Pawtucket
 RI
Providence
 RI
Rhode Island
 RI
Woonsocket
 RI
Charleston
 SC
Columbia
 SC
Greenville
 SC
Greenville County
 SC
North Charleston
 SC
South Carolina
 SC
Spartanburg
 SC
Sumter Co-CNSRT
 SC
Sioux Falls
 SD
South Dakota
 SD
Chattanooga
 TN
Knox County
 TN
Knoxville
 TN
Memphis
 TN
Nashville
 TN
Nashville-Davidson Co
 TN
Shelby County
 TN
Tennessee
 TN
Abilene
 TX
Amarillo
 TX
Arlington
 TX
Austin
 TX
Beaumont
 TX
Bexar County
 TX
Brownsville
 TX
College Station
 TX
Corpus Christi
 TX
Dallas
 TX
Dallas County
 TX
Denton
 TX
El Paso
 TX
Fort Bend County
 TX
Fort Worth
 TX
Galveston
 TX
Garland
 TX
Harris County
 TX
Hidalgo County
 TX
Houston
 TX
Irving
 TX
Laredo
 TX
Lubbock
 TX
Mc Allen
 TX
Odessa
 TX
Pasadena
 TX
Port Arthur
 TX
San Antonio
 TX
San Angelo
 TX
Tarrant County
 TX
Texas
 TX
Tyler
 TX
Waco
 TX
Wichita Falls
 TX
Ogden
 UT
Salt Lake City
 UT
Salt Lake County-CNSRT
 UT
Utah
 UT
Utah Valley-CNSRT
 UT
Alexandria
 VA
Arlington County
 VA
Charlottesville-CNSRT
 VA
Chesapeake
 VA
Danville
 VA
Fairfax County
 VA
Hampton
 VA
Lynchburg
 VA
Newport News
 VA
Norfolk
 VA
Portsmouth
 VA
Prince William County
 VA
Richmond
 VA
Roanoke
 VA
Virginia
 VA
Virginia Beach
 VA
Vermont
 VT
Clark County
 WA
King County
 WA
King County-CNSRT
 WA
Kitsap County
 WA
Pierce County
 WA
Seattle
 WA
Snohomish County
 WA
Snohomish Co-CNSRT
 WA
Spokane
 WA
Spokane County
 WA
Tacoma
 WA
Washington
 WA
Yakima
 WA
Green Bay
 WI
Madison
 WI
Milwaukee
 WI
Milwaukee County
 WI
Milwaukee Co-CNSRT
 WI
Racine
 WI
Wisconsin
 WI
Charlestown
 WV
Huntington
 WV
Huntington-CNSRT
 WV
West Virginia
 WV
Wyoming
 WY

[FR Doc. 94-15963 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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