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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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