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Part IV





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Administration for Native Americans: Availability of Financial 
Assistance; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families
[Program Announcement No. 93612-951]

 
Administration for Native Americans: Availability of Financial 
Assistance

AGENCY: Administration for Native Americans (ANA), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of competitive financial 
assistance for projects in competitive areas administered by the 
Administration for Native Americans for American Indians, Native 
Hawaiian, Alaska Natives and Native American Pacific Islanders.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the 
anticipated availability of fiscal year 1995 funds in four competitive 
areas: (1) governance and social and economic development; (2) 
governance and social and economic development for Alaska Native 
entities; (3) environmental regulatory enhancement; and (4) Native 
American languages preservation and enhancement.
    Financial assistance provided by ANA promotes the goal of self-
sufficiency for Native Americans through support of projects in these 
four areas.

APPLICATION KIT: Application kits, containing the necessary forms and 
instructions to apply for a grant under this program announcement, may 
be obtained from: Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Native 
Americans, Room 348F, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201-0001, Attention: 93612-951, 
Telephone: (202) 401-7260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction and Purpose

    The purpose of this program announcement is to announce the 
anticipated availability of fiscal year 1995 funds, authorized under 
the Native American Programs Act (Act), as amended, to promote the goal 
of social and economic self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska 
Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native American Pacific Islanders in 
four competitive areas.
    In order to streamline the application process for eligible Native 
American applicants, ANA is issuing one program announcement announcing 
fiscal year 1995 funds. Therefore, information regarding ANA's mission, 
policy, goals, application requirements, review criteria and closing 
dates for each competitive area is now in one comprehensive 
announcement.
    In previous years, the Administration for Native Americans promoted 
the goal of self-sufficiency in Native American communities primarily 
through Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) projects. 
Amendments to the Native American Programs Act have expanded ANA's 
granting authority to establish two additional programs for (1) 
environmental regulatory enhancement, and (2) Native American languages 
preservation and enhancement.
    Projects are awarded funds under sections 803(a), 803(d) and 803C 
of the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended (Public Law 93-
644, 88 Stat. 2324, 42 U.S.C. 2991b).
    The Indian Environmental Regulatory Enhancement Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101-408) authorizes financial assistance for projects to address 
environmental regulatory concerns (Section 803(d) of the Native 
American Programs Act of 1974, as amended).
    The Native American Languages Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-524) 
authorizes financial assistance for projects to promote the survival 
and continuing vitality of Native American languages (Section 803C of 
the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended).
    This program announcement is being issued in anticipation of the 
appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1995, and the availability of 
funds for the four competitive areas is contingent upon sufficient 
final appropriations. Proposed projects will be reviewed on a 
competitive basis against the evaluation criteria under each respective 
competitive area in this announcement.
    Eligible applicants may compete for and receive a grant award in 
each of the three competitive areas. However, ANA continues its policy 
that an applicant may only submit one application per competitive area.
    This program announcement consists of three parts.

PART I--ANA POLICY AND GOALS

    Provides general information about ANA's policies and goals for 
the four competitive areas.

PART II--ANA COMPETITIVE AREAS

    Describes the four competitive areas under which ANA is 
requesting applications:
     Governance, Social and Economic Development (SEDS);
     Governance, Social and Economic Development (SEDS) for 
Alaska Native entities;
     Environmental Regulatory Enhancement; and
     Native American Languages Preservation and Enhancement.
    Each competitive area includes the following sections which 
provide area-specific information to be used in developing a funding 
application:

A  Purpose and Availability of Funds;
B  Background;
C  Proposed Projects to be Funded;
D  Eligible Applicants;
E  Grantee Share of the Project;
F  Review Criteria;
G  Application Due Date(s); and
H  Contacts to Obtain Further Information

PART III--GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE

    Provides information and guidance that applies to all four 
competitive areas and that must be taken into account in developing 
an application in any of the four areas.

PART I--ANA POLICY AND GOALS

    The mission of the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is to 
promote the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency for American 
Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American 
Pacific Islanders.
    The Administration for Native Americans believes that a Native 
American community is self-sufficient when it can generate and control 
the resources necessary to meet its social and economic goals, and the 
needs of its members.
    The Administration for Native Americans also believes that the 
responsibility for achieving self-sufficiency resides with the 
governing bodies of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and in the 
leadership of Native American groups. A community's progress toward 
self-sufficiency is based on its efforts to plan, organize, and direct 
resources in a comprehensive manner which is consistent with its 
established long-range goals.
    The Administration for Native Americans' policy is based on three 
interrelated goals:
    1. Governance: To assist tribal and village governments, Native 
American institutions, and local leadership to exercise local control 
and decision-making over their resources.
    2. Economic Development: To foster the development of stable, 
diversified local economies and economic activities which will provide 
jobs and promote economic well-being.
    3. Social Development: To support local access to, control of, and 
coordination of services and programs which safeguard the health, well-
being and culture of people, provide support services and training so 
people can work, and which are essential to a thriving and self-
sufficient community.
    The Administration for Native Americans assists eligible applicants 
in the four competitive areas to undertake one to three year 
development projects that are part of long-range comprehensive plans to 
move toward governance, social, and/or economic self-sufficiency. For 
each type of project, applicants must describe a concrete locally-
determined strategy to carry out a proposed project with fundable 
objectives and activities.
    Local long-range planning must consider the maximum use of all 
available resources, how the resources will be directed to development 
opportunities, and present a strategy for overcoming the local issues 
that hinder movement toward self-sufficiency in the community.
    Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one application 
which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses not to submit 
an application under a specific competitive area, it may support 
another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which serves 
or impacts the reservation.
    In this case, the applicant must include a Tribal resolution which 
clearly demonstrates the Tribe's support of the project and the Tribe's 
understanding that the other applicant's project supplants the Tribe's 
authority to submit an application under that specific competitive area 
for the duration of the approved grant period.

PART II--ANA COMPETITIVE AREAS

    The four competitive areas under this Part describe ANA's funding 
authorities, priorities, special initiatives, requirements, and review 
criteria. However, most of the requirements are standard for all 
applications to be submitted under this program announcement. The 
standard requirements necessary for each application, as well as 
standard ANA program guidance and technical guidance are described in 
Part III of this announcement.
    An applicant may submit a separate application under any of the 
competitive areas described in this Part, as long as the applicant 
meets the eligibility requirements that are listed separately under 
each area. Applications for SEDS grants from Alaska Native entities may 
be submitted under either Competitive Area 1 or Competitive Area 2. An 
Alaska Native entity may not submit an application under both 
Competitive Areas 1 and 2 for the same closing date.

ANA Competitive Area 1. Social and Economic Development Strategies 
(SEDS) Projects

A. Purpose and Availability of Funds

    The purpose of this competitive area is to announce the anticipated 
availability of fiscal year 1995 financial assistance to promote the 
goal of social and economic self-sufficiency for American Indians, 
Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native American Pacific Islanders 
through locally developed social and economic development strategies 
(SEDS).
    Approximately $14 million of financial assistance is anticipated to 
be available under this priority area for governance, social and 
economic development projects. In fiscal year 1995, ANA anticipates 
awarding approximately 120 competitive grants ranging from $30,000 to 
$1,000,000 under this competitive area.

B. Background

    To achieve its goals, ANA supports tribal and village governments, 
and Native American organizations, in their efforts to develop and 
implement community-based, long-term governance, social and economic 
development strategies (SEDS). These strategies must promote the goal 
of self-sufficiency in local communities.
    The SEDS approach is based on ANA's program goals and incorporates 
two fundamental principles:
    1. The local community and its leadership are responsible for 
determining goals, setting priorities, and planning and implementing 
programs aimed at achieving those goals. The local community is in the 
best position to apply its own cultural, political, and socio-economic 
values to its long-term strategies and programs.
    2. Governance and social and economic development are interrelated. 
In order to move toward self-sufficiency, development in one area 
should be balanced with development in the others. Consequently, 
comprehensive development strategies should address all aspects of the 
governmental, economic, and social infrastructures needed to promote 
self-sufficient communities.
    ANA's SEDS policy is based on the use of the following definitions:
     ``Governmental infrastructure'' includes the 
constitutional, legal, and administrative development requisite for 
independent governance.
     ``Economic infrastructure'' includes the physical, 
commercial, industrial and/or agricultural components necessary for a 
functioning local economy which supports the life-style embraced by the 
Native American community.
     ``Social infrastructure'' includes those components 
through which health, economic well-being and culture are maintained 
within the community and that support governance and economic goals.
    These definitions should be kept in mind as a local social and 
economic development strategy is developed as part of a grant 
application.
    A community's movement toward self-sufficiency could be jeopardized 
if a careful balance between governmental, economic and social 
development is not maintained. For example, expansion of social 
services, without providing opportunities for employment and economic 
development, could lead to dependency on social services.
    Conversely, inadequate support services and training could 
seriously impede productivity and local economic development. 
Additionally, the necessary infrastructures must be developed or 
expanded at the community level to support social and economic 
development and growth. In designing their social and economic 
development strategies, ANA encourages an applicant to use or leverage 
all available human, natural, financial, and physical resources.
    In discussing their community-based, long-range goals, and the 
objectives for the proposed projects, ANA recommends that non-Federally 
recognized and off-reservation groups include a description of what 
constitutes their specific community.
    ANA encourages the development and maintenance of comprehensive 
strategic plans which are an integral part of attaining and supporting 
the balance necessary for successful activities that lead to self-
sufficiency.

C. Proposed Projects To Be Funded

    This section provides descriptions of activities which are 
consistent with the SEDS philosophy. Proposed activities should be 
tailored to reflect the governance, social and economic development 
needs of the local community and should be consistent and supportive of 
the proposed project objectives.
    The types of projects which ANA may fund include, but are not 
limited to, the following:

Governance

     Improvements in the governmental, judicial and/or 
administrative infrastructures of tribal and village governments (such 
as strengthening or streamlining management procedures or the 
development of tribal court systems);
     Increasing the ability of tribes, villages, and Native 
American groups and organizations to plan, develop, and administer a 
comprehensive program to support community social and economic self-
sufficiency (including strategic planning);
     Increasing awareness of and exercising the legal rights 
and benefits to which Native Americans are entitled, by either 
treaties, the Federal trust relationship, legislative authority, or as 
citizens of a particular state, or of the United States.
     Status clarification activities for Native groups seeking 
Federal or State tribal recognition, such as performing research or any 
other function necessary to submit a petition for Federal 
acknowledgement or in response to any obvious deficiencies cited by the 
Bureau of Acknowledgement and Research (BAR), Department of Interior, 
in a petition from a Native group seeking Federal recognition; and
     Amendments to tribal constitutions, court procedures and 
functions, by-laws or codes, and council or executive branch duties and 
functions.

Economic Development

     Establishment or expansion of businesses and jobs in areas 
such as tourism, specialty agriculture, light and/or heavy 
manufacturing, construction, housing and fisheries or aquaculture;
     Stabilizing and diversifying a Native community's economic 
base through business development ventures;
     Creation of microenterprises or private sector 
development; and
     Establishment or expansion of businesses and jobs that 
utilize Indian tax incentives passed in the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993.

Social Development

     Enhancing tribal capabilities to design or administer 
programs aimed at strengthening the social environment desired by the 
local community;
     Developing local and intertribal models related to 
comprehensive planning and delivery of services;
     Developing programs or activities to preserve and enhance 
tribal heritage and culture; and
     Establishing programs which involve extended families or 
tribal societies in activities that strengthen cultural identity and 
promote community development or self-esteem.

D. Eligible Applicants

    Current ANA SEDS grantees whose project period terminates in fiscal 
year 1995 (October 1, 1994-September 30, 1995) are eligible to apply 
for a grant award under this program announcement. (The Project Period 
is noted in Block 9 of the ``Financial Assistance Award'' document).
    Additionally, provided they are not current ANA SEDS grantees, the 
following organizations are eligible to apply under this competitive 
area:
     Federally recognized Indian Tribes (as listed by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs in an October 21, 1993 Federal Register 
notice, 58 Fed. Reg. 54. 364(1993));
     Consortia of Indian Tribes;
     Incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes;
     Incorporated nonprofit multi-purpose community-based 
Indian organizations;
     Urban Indian Centers;
     National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native 
American organizations with Native American community-specific 
objectives;
     Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia;
     Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose 
community-based organizations;
     Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations 
in Alaska with village specific projects;
     Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village 
specific projects;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies in Hawaii serving 
Native Hawaiians;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies serving native 
peoples from Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. (These agencies may be located on these 
islands or in the United States); and
     Tribally Controlled Community Colleges, Tribally 
Controlled Post-Secondary Vocational Institutions, and colleges and 
universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native 
American Pacific Islanders.
    Proof of an applicant's nonprofit status, such as an IRS 
determination of nonprofit status under IRS Code 501(c)(3), must be 
included in the application.
    Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one application 
which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses not to submit 
an application under a specific competitive area, it may support 
another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which serves 
or impacts the reservation.
    In this case, the applicant must include a Tribal resolution which 
clearly demonstrates the Tribe's support of the project and the Tribe's 
understanding that the other applicant's project supplants the Tribe's 
authority to submit an application under that specific competitive area 
for the duration of the approved grant period.

E. Grantee Share of the Project

    Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved 
cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum 
of the ACF share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may 
be met by cash or in-kind contributions; although applicants are 
encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions. 
Therefore, a project requesting $300,000 in Federal funds must include 
a match of at least $75,000 (20% total project cost).
    While we encourage applicants to secure non-Federal funds for their 
match, the non-Federal share may be satisfied through other Federal 
funding sources, provided the other Federal program source relates to 
the proposed ANA project, as follows:
     Indian Child Welfare funds, through the Department of 
Interior;
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance funds, 
through the Department of Interior and the Department of Health and 
Human Services; and
     Community Development Block Grant funds, through the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    An itemized budget detailing the applicant's non-Federal share, and 
its source, must be included in an application. A request for a waiver 
of the non-Federal share requirement may be submitted in accordance 
with 45 CFR 1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American Program Regulations.
    Applications originating from American Samoa, Guam, Palau, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are covered under Section 
501(d) of Public Law 95-134, as amended (48 U.S.C. 1469a) under which 
HHS waives any requirement for local matching funds under $200,000 
(including in-kind contributions).

F. Review Criteria

    A proposed project should reflect the purposes of ANA's SEDS policy 
and program goals (described in the Background section of this 
competitive area), include a social and economic development strategy 
which reflects the needs and specific circumstances of the local 
community, and address the specific developmental steps that the tribe 
or Native American community is undertaking toward self-sufficiency.
    The evaluation criteria are closely related to each other and are 
considered as a whole in judging the overall quality of an application. 
Points are awarded only to applications which are responsive to this 
competitive area and these criteria. Proposed projects will be reviewed 
on a competitive basis using the following evaluation criteria:
    (1) Long-range goals and available resources. (15 points) (a) The 
application explains how specific social, governance and economic long-
range community goals relate to the proposed project and strategy. It 
explains how the community intends to achieve these goals. It documents 
the type of involvement and support of the community in the planning 
process and implementation of the proposed project. The goals are 
described within the context of the applicant's comprehensive community 
social and economic development plan. (Inclusion of the community's 
entire development plan is not necessary). The application has a 
clearly delineated social and economic development strategy (SEDS).

    Note: Applications from National Indian and Native organizations 
must demonstrate a need for the project, explain how the project was 
originated, state who the intended beneficiaries will be, and 
describe how the recipients will actually benefit from the project.

    (b) Available resources (other than ANA and the non-Federal share) 
which will assist, and be coordinated with the project are described. 
These resources should be documented by letters or documents of 
commitment of resources, not merely letters of support. ``Letters of 
support'' merely express another organization's endorsement of a 
proposed project. Support letters are not binding commitment letters or 
documents that factually establish the authenticity of other resources. 
Letters and other documents of commitment are binding in that they 
specifically state the nature, amount and conditions under which 
another agency or organization will support a project funded with ANA 
monies. For example, a letter from another Federal agency or foundation 
pledging a commitment of $200,000 in construction funding to complement 
proposed ANA funded pre-construction activity is evidence of a firm 
funding commitment. These resources may be human, natural or financial, 
and may include other Federal and non-Federal resources. Applicant 
statements that additional funding will be sought from other specific 
sources is not considered a binding commitment of outside resources.

    Note: Applicants from the Native American Pacific Islands are 
not required to provide a 20% match for the non-Federal share if it 
is under $200,000 and may not have points reduced for this policy. 
They are, however, expected to coordinate non-ANA resources for the 
proposed project, as are all ANA applicants.

    (2) Organizational capabilities and qualifications. (10 points). 
(a) The management and administrative structure of the applicant is 
explained. Evidence of the applicant's ability to manage a project of 
the proposed scope is demonstrated. The application clearly shows the 
successful management of projects of similar scope by the organization, 
and/or by the individuals designated to manage the project.
    (b) Position descriptions or resumes of key personnel, including 
those of consultants, are presented. The position descriptions and 
resumes relate specifically to the staff proposed in the Approach Page 
and in the proposed Budget of the application. Position descriptions 
very clearly describe each position and its duties and clearly relate 
to the personnel staffing required to achieve the project objectives. 
Resumes demonstrate that the proposed staff are qualified to carry out 
the project activities. Either the position descriptions or the resumes 
contain the qualifications and/or specialized skills necessary for 
overall quality management of the project.

    Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to give preference to 
Native Americans in hiring staff and subcontracting services under 
an approved ANA grant.

    (3) Project objectives, approach and activities. (45 points). The 
application proposes specific project objective work plans with 
activities related to each specific objective. The objective work 
plan(s) in the application includes project objectives and activities 
for each budget period proposed and demonstrates that each of the 
objectives and its activities:
     Is measurable and/or quantifiable in terms of results or 
outcomes;
     Supports the community's social and economic development 
strategy;
     Clearly relates to the community's long-range goals;
     Can be accomplished with the available or expected 
resources during the proposed project period;
     Indicates when the objective, and major activities under 
each objective, will be accomplished;
     Specifies who will conduct the activities under each 
objective; and
     Supports a project that will be completed, self-
sustaining, or financed by other than ANA funds at the end of the 
project period.
    (4) Results or benefits expected. (20 points). Completion of the 
proposed objectives will result in specific, measurable results. The 
application shows how the expected results will help the community meet 
its long-range goals. The specific information provided in the 
narrative and objective work plans on expected results or benefits for 
each objective is the standard upon which its achievement can be 
evaluated at the end of each budget year.
    (5) Budget. (10 points). There is a detailed, and fully explained, 
budget provided for each budget period requested. It justifies each 
line item in the budget categories in Section B of the Budget 
Information of the application, including the applicant's non-Federal 
share and its source. (Applicants from the Native American Pacific 
Islands are exempt from the non-Federal share requirement). Sufficient 
cost and other necessary details are included and explained to 
facilitate the determination of cost allowability and the relevance of 
these costs to the proposed project. The funds requested are 
appropriate and necessary for the scope of the project. For business 
development projects, the proposal demonstrates that the expected 
return on the funds used to develop the project provides a reasonable 
operating income and return within a future specified time frame.

G. Application Due Date

    The closing dates for submission of applications under this 
competitive area are: October 21, 1994, February 10, 1995, and May 19, 
1995.

H. For Further Information Contact

    Lucille Dawson (202) 690-6306, Hank Aguirre (202) 690-6439, or 
Sharon McCully (202) 690-5780, Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Native 
Americans, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 348-F, Washington, DC 
20201-0001.

Competitive Area 2. Alaska-Specific Social and Economic Development 
Strategies (SEDS) Projects

A. Purpose and Availability of Funds

    The purpose of this competitive area is to announce the anticipated 
availability of fiscal year 1995 funds for Alaska Native social and 
economic development projects. Approximately $1.5 million of financial 
assistance is anticipated to be available under this competitive area 
for Alaska Native governance, social and economic development projects.
    ANA plans to award approximately 15-18 grants under this 
competitive area. For individual village projects, the funding level 
for a budget period of 12 months will be up to $100,000; for regional 
nonprofit and village consortia, the funding level for a budget period 
of 12 months will be up to $150,000, commensurate with approved multi-
village objectives.

B. Background

    Based on the three ANA goals described in Part I, ANA implemented a 
special Alaska social and economic development initiative in fiscal 
year 1984. This special effort was designed to provide financial 
assistance at the village level or for village-specific projects aimed 
at improving a village's governance capabilities and for social and 
economic development.
    This competitive area continues to implement this special 
initiative. ANA believes both the nonprofit and for-profit corporations 
in Alaska can play an important supportive role in assisting individual 
villages to develop and implement their own locally determined 
strategies which capitalize on opportunities afforded to Alaska Natives 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), Public Law 92-
203.
    The Administration for Native Americans does not fund objectives or 
activities for the core administration of an organization. However, ANA 
will consider funding core administrative capacity building projects at 
the village government level if the village does not have governing 
systems in place.

C. Proposed Projects To Be Funded

    Examples of the types of projects that ANA may fund include, but 
are not limited to, projects that will:

Governance

     Initiate demonstration programs at the regional level to 
allow Native people to become involved in developing strategies to 
maintain and develop their economic subsistence base;
     Assist villages in developing land use capabilities and 
skills in the areas of land and natural resource management and 
protection, resource assessment and conducting environmental impact 
studies;
     Assist village consortia in the development of tribal 
constitutions, ordinances, codes and tribal court systems;
     Develop agreements between the State and villages that 
transfer programs jurisdictions, and/or control to Native entities;
     Strengthen village government control of land management, 
including land protection, through coordination of land use planning 
with village corporations and cities, if appropriate;
     Assist in status clarification activities;
     Initiate village level mergers between village councils, 
village corporations and others to coordinate programs and services 
which safeguard the health, well being and culture of a community and 
its people;
     Strengthen local governance capabilities through the 
development of village consortia and regional IRAs (Indian 
Reorganization Act councils organized under the Indian Reorganization 
Act, 25 U.S.C. 473a);
     Assist villages in preparing and coordinating plans for 
the development and/or improvement of water and sewer systems within 
the village boundaries;
     Assist villages in establishing initiatives through which 
youth may participate in the governance of the community and be trained 
to assume leadership roles in village governments; and
     Consider strategies and plans to protect against, monitor, 
and assist when catastrophic events occur, such as oil spills or 
earthquakes.

Economic Development

     Assist villages in developing businesses and industries 
which: (1) use local materials; (2) create jobs for Alaska Natives; (3) 
are capable of high productivity at a small scale of operation; and (4) 
complement traditional and necessary seasonal activities;
     Substantially increase and strengthen efforts to establish 
and improve the village and regional infrastructure and the 
capabilities to develop and manage resources in a highly competitive 
cash-economy system;
     Assist villages, or consortia of villages, in developing 
subsistence compatible industries that will retain local dollars in 
villages;
     Assist in the establishment or expansion of new native-
owned businesses; and
     Assist villages in labor export; i.e., people leaving the 
local communities for seasonal work and returning to their communities.

Social Development

     Assist in developing training and education programs for 
local jobs in education, government, and health-related fields; and 
work with these agencies to encourage job replacement of non-Natives by 
trained Natives;
     Develop local models related to comprehensive planning and 
delivery of social services;
     Develop new service programs, initially established with 
ANA funds, which will be funded for continued operation (after the ANA 
grant terminates) by local communities or the private sector;
     Develop or coordinate with State-funded projects, 
activities designed to decrease the incidence of child abuse and 
neglect, fetal alcohol syndrome, and/or suicides;
     Assist in obtaining licenses to provide housing or related 
services from State or local governments; and
     Develop businesses to provide relief for caretakers 
needing respite from human service-related care work.

D. Eligible Applicants

    Current ANA SEDS grantees in Alaska whose project period terminates 
in fiscal year 1995 (October 1, 1994-September 30, 1995) are eligible 
to apply for a grant award under this program announcement. (The 
Project Period is noted in Block 9 of the ``Financial Assistance 
Award'' document).
    Additionally, provided they are not current ANA SEDS grantees, the 
following organizations are eligible to apply under this competitive 
area:
     Federally recognized Indian Tribes in Alaska (as listed by 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs in an October 21, 1993 Federal Register 
notice, 58 Fed. Reg. 54. 364(1993));
     Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia;
     Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose 
community-based organizations;
     Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations 
in Alaska with village specific projects; and
     Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village 
specific projects.
    Proof of an applicant's nonprofit status, such as an IRS 
determination of nonprofit status under IRS Code 501(c)(3), must be 
included in the application.
    Although for-profit regional corporations established under ANCSA 
are not eligible applicants, individual villages and Indian communities 
are encouraged to use the for-profit corporations as subcontractors and 
to collaborate with them in joint-venture projects for promoting social 
and economic self-sufficiency. ANA encourages the for-profit 
corporations to assist the villages in developing applications and to 
participate as subcontractors in a project.
    Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one application 
which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses not to submit 
an application under a specific competitive area, it may support 
another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which serves 
or impacts the reservation.
    In this case, the applicant must include a Tribal resolution which 
clearly demonstrates the Tribe's support of the project and the Tribe's 
understanding that the other applicant's project supplants the Tribe's 
authority to submit an application under that specific competitive area 
for the duration of the approved grant period.

E. Grantee Share of the Project

    Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved 
cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum 
of the ACF share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may 
be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are 
encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions. 
Therefore, a project requesting $300,000 in Federal funds must include 
a match of at least $75,000 (20% total project cost).
    While we encourage applicants to secure non-Federal funds for their 
match, the non-Federal share may be satisfied through other Federal 
funding sources, provided the source relates to the ANA project, as 
follows:
     Indian Child Welfare funds, through the Department of 
Interior;
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance funds, 
through the Department of Interior and the Department of Health and 
Human Services; and
     Community Development Block Grant funds, through the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    An itemized budget detailing the applicant's non-Federal share, and 
its source, must be included in an application. A request for a waiver 
of the non-Federal share requirement may be submitted in accordance 
with 45 CFR 1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American Program Regulations.

F. Review Criteria

    A proposed project should reflect the purposes of ANA's SEDS policy 
and goals (described in the Background section of this competitive area 
and in the Background section of Competitive Area (1), include a social 
and economic development strategy which reflects the needs and specific 
circumstances of the local community, and address the specific 
developmental steps that the tribe or Native American community is 
undertaking toward self-sufficiency.
    The evaluation criteria are closely related to each other and are 
considered as a whole in judging the overall quality of an application. 
Points are awarded only to applications which are responsive to this 
competitive area and these criteria. Proposed projects will be reviewed 
on a competitive basis using the following evaluation criteria:
    (1) Long-range goals and available resources. (15 points). (a) The 
application explains how specific social, governance and economic long-
range community goals relate to the proposed project and strategy. It 
explains how the community intends to achieve these goals. It documents 
the type of involvement and support of the community in the planning 
process and implementation of the proposed project. The goals are 
described within the context of the applicant's comprehensive community 
social and economic development plan. (Inclusion of the community's 
entire development plan is not necessary). The application has a 
clearly delineated social and economic development strategy (SEDS).

    Note: Applications from National Indian and Native organizations 
must demonstrate a need for the project, explain how the project was 
originated, state who the intended beneficiaries will be, and 
describe how the recipients will actually benefit from the project.

    (b) Available resources (other than ANA and the non-Federal share) 
which will assist and be coordinated with the project are described. 
These resources should be documented by letters or documents of 
commitment of resources, not merely letters of support. ``Letters of 
support'' merely express another organization's endorsement of a 
proposed project. Support letters are not binding commitment letters or 
documents that factually establish the authenticity of other resources. 
Letters and other documents of commitment are binding in that they 
specifically state the nature, amount and conditions under which 
another agency or organization will support a project funded with ANA 
monies. For example, a letter from another Federal agency or foundation 
pledging a commitment of $200,000 in construction funding to complement 
proposed ANA funded pre-construction activity is evidence of a firm 
funding commitment. These resources may be human, natural or financial, 
and may include other Federal and non-Federal resources. Applicant 
statements that additional funding will be sought from other specific 
sources is not considered a binding commitment of outside resources.
    (2) Organizational capabilities and qualifications. (10 points). 
(a) The management and administrative structure of the applicant is 
explained. Evidence of the applicant's ability to manage a project of 
the proposed scope is demonstrated. The application clearly shows the 
successful management of projects of similar scope by the organization, 
and/or by the individuals designated to manage the project.
    (b) Position descriptions or resumes of key personnel, including 
those of consultants, are presented. The position descriptions and 
resumes relate specifically to the staff proposed in the Approach Page 
and in the proposed Budget of the application. Position descriptions 
very clearly describe each position and its duties and clearly relate 
to the personnel staffing required to achieve the project objectives. 
Resumes demonstrate that the proposed staff are qualified to carry out 
the project activities. Either the position descriptions or the resumes 
contain the qualifications and/or specialized skills necessary for 
overall quality management of the project.

    Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to give preference to 
Native Americans in hiring staff and subcontracting services under 
an approved ANA grant.

    (3) Project objectives, approach and activities. (45 points). The 
application proposes specific project objective work plans with 
activities related to each specific objective. The objective work 
plan(s) in the application includes project objectives and activities 
for each budget period proposed and demonstrates that each of the 
objectives and its activities:
     Is measurable and/or quantifiable in terms of results or 
outcomes;
     Supports the community's social and economic development 
strategy;
     Clearly relates to the community's long-range goals;
     Can be accomplished with the available or expected resources 
during the proposed project period;
     Indicates when the objective, and major activities under each 
objective, will be accomplished;
     Specifies who will conduct the activities under each objective; 
and
     Supports a project that will be completed, self-sustaining, or 
financed by other than ANA funds at the end of the project period.
    (4) Results or Benefits Expected. (20 points). Completion of the 
proposed objectives will result in specific, measurable results. The 
application shows how the expected results will help the community meet 
its long-range goals. The specific information provided in the 
narrative and objective work plans on expected results or benefits for 
each objective is the standard upon which its achievement can be 
evaluated at the end of each budget year.
    (5) Budget. (10 points). There is a detailed, and fully explained, 
budget provided for each budget period requested. It justifies each 
line item in the budget categories in Section B of the Budget 
Information of the application, including the applicant's non-Federal 
share and its source. Sufficient cost and other necessary details are 
included and explained to facilitate the determination of cost 
allowability and the relevance of these costs to the proposed project. 
The funds requested are appropriate and necessary for the scope of the 
project.
    For business development projects, the proposal demonstrates that 
the expected return on the funds used to develop the project provides a 
reasonable operating income and return within a future specified time 
frame.

G. Application Due Date

    The closing date for submission of applications under this 
competitive area is: May 19, 1995.

H. For Further Information Contact:

    Hank Aguirre (202) 690-6439, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for 
Native Americans, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 348-F, 
Washington, D.C. 20201-0001.

Competitive Area 3. Indian Environmental Regulatory Enhancement 
Projects

A. Purpose and Availability of Funds

    The purpose of this competitive area is to announce the anticipated 
availability of fiscal year 1995 funds for environmental regulatory 
enhancement projects. Approximately $3 million of financial assistance 
is anticipated to be available under this announcement for 
environmental regulatory enhancement projects. ANA expects to award 
approximately 35 grants under this competitive area. The funding level 
for a budget period of 12 months will be up to $250,000.

B. Background

    Despite an increasing environmental responsibility and growing 
awareness of environmental issues on Indian lands, there has been a 
lack of resources available to tribes to develop tribal environmental 
programs that are responsive to tribal needs. In many cases, this lack 
of resources has resulted in a delay in action on the part of the 
tribes.
    Some of the critical issues identified by tribes before 
Congressional committees include:
     The need for assistance to train professional staff to 
monitor and enforce tribal environmental programs;
     The lack of adequate data for tribes to develop 
environmental statutes and establish environmental quality standards; 
and
     The lack of resources to conduct studies to identify 
sources of pollution and the ability to determine the impact on 
existing environmental quality.
    As a result, Congress enacted the Indian Environmental Regulatory 
Enhancement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-408) to strengthen tribal 
governments through building capacity within the tribes in order to 
identify, plan, develop, and implement environmental programs in a 
manner that is consistent with tribal culture. ANA is to support these 
activities on a government-to-government basis in a way that recognizes 
tribal sovereignty and is consistent with tribal culture.
    The Administration for Native Americans believes that 
responsibility for achieving environmental regulatory enhancement rests 
with the governing bodies of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and 
with the leadership of Native American groups.
    Progress toward the goal of environmental regulatory enhancement 
would include the strengthening of tribal environmental laws, providing 
for the training and education of those employees responsible for 
ensuring compliance with and enforcement of these laws, and the 
development of programs to conduct compliance and enforcement 
functions.
    Other functions leading toward enhancing local regulatory capacity 
include, but are not limited to:
     Environmental assessments;
     Development and use of environmental laboratories; and
     Development of court systems for enforcement of tribal and 
Federal environmental laws.
    Ultimate success in this program will be realized when the 
applicant's desired level of environmental quality is acquired and 
maintained.

C. Proposed Projects To Be Funded

    Financial assistance provided by ANA is available for developmental 
projects designed to assist tribes in advancing their capacity and 
capability to plan for and:
     Develop or enhance the tribal environmental regulatory 
infrastructure required to support a tribal environmental program, and 
to regulate and enforce environmental activities on Indian lands 
pursuant to Federal and Indian law;
     Develop regulations, ordinances and laws to protect the 
environment;
     Develop the technical and program capacity to carry out a 
comprehensive tribal environmental program and perform essential 
environmental program functions;
     Promote environmental training and education of tribal 
employees;
     Develop technical and program capability to meet tribal 
and Federal regulatory requirements;
     Develop technical and program capability to monitor 
compliance and enforcement of tribal environmental regulations, 
ordinances, and laws; and
     Ensure the tribal court system enforcement requirements 
are developed in concert with and support the tribe's comprehensive 
environmental program.

D. Eligible Applicants

    The following organizations are eligible to apply under this 
competitive area:
     Federally recognized Indian tribes (as listed by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs in an October 21, 1993 Federal Register 
notice, 58 Fed. Reg. 54. 364 (1993));
     Incorporated non-Federally recognized Indian tribes;
     Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia;
     Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations 
with village specific projects; and
     Other tribal or village organizations or consortia of 
Indian tribes.
    The following organizations are not eligible to apply:
     Urban Indian Centers;
     Incorporated nonprofit multi-purpose community-based 
Indian organizations;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies serving: Native 
Hawaiians, peoples from Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the 
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands;
     Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose 
community based organizations; and
     National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native 
American organizations with Native American community-specific 
objectives.
    Proof of an applicant's nonprofit status, such as an IRS 
determination of nonprofit status under IRS Code 501(c)(3), must be 
included in the application.
    Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one application 
which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses not to submit 
an application under a specific competitive area, it may support 
another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which serves 
or impacts the reservation.
    In this case, the applicant must include a Tribal resolution which 
clearly demonstrates the Tribe's support of the project and the Tribe's 
understanding that the other applicant's project supplants the Tribe's 
authority to submit an application under that specific competitive area 
for the duration of the approved grant period.

E. Grantee Share of the Project

    Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved 
cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum 
of the ACF share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may 
be met by cash or in-kind contributions; although applicants are 
encouraged to meet their match requirement through cash contributions. 
Therefore, a project requesting $300,000 in Federal funds must include 
a match of at least $75,000 (20% of total project cost).
    The non-Federal share may be met by cash or through the provision 
of in-kind property or services, but only to the extent that cash or 
property is from any source (including any Federal agency where 
legislation or regulation authorizes using specific types of funds for 
a match) other than a program, contract or grant authorized under the 
Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended. An itemized budget 
detailing the applicant's non-Federal share, and its source, must be 
included in an application. A request for a waiver of the non-Federal 
share requirement may be submitted in accordance with 45 CFR 
1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American Program Regulations.

F. Review Criteria

    A proposed project should reflect the environmental regulatory 
purposes stated and described in the Background section of this 
competitive area. The evaluation criteria are closely related to each 
other and are considered as a whole in judging the overall quality of 
an application. Points are awarded only to applications which are 
responsive to this competitive area and these criteria. Proposed 
projects will be reviewed on a competitive basis using the following 
evaluation criteria:
    (1) Long-range goals and available resources. (15 points). (a) The 
application explains how the specific environmental regulatory 
enhancement goal(s) relates to the proposed project. The description 
includes local objectives related to the program purpose of this 
competitive area. The discussion should highlight specific 
environmental regulatory needs and explain how the community intends to 
achieve the goal. It documents the type of involvement and support of 
the community in the planning and implementation of the project. The 
application has a clearly delineated strategy to improve the capability 
of the governing body of a tribe to regulate environmental quality 
through enhancing local capacity to perform necessary regulatory 
functions.
    (b) Available resources (other than ANA and the non-Federal share) 
which will assist and be coordinated with the project are described. 
These resources should be documented by letters or documents of 
commitment of resources, not merely letters of support. ``Letters of 
support'' merely express another organization's endorsement of a 
proposed project. Support letters are not binding commitment letters or 
documents that factually establish the authenticity of other resources. 
Letters and other documents of commitment are binding in that they 
specifically state the nature, amount and conditions under which 
another agency or organization will support a project funded with ANA 
money. For example, a letter from another Federal agency or foundation 
pledging a commitment of $200,000 in construction funding to complement 
proposed ANA funded pre-construction activity is evidence of a firm 
funding commitment. These resources may be human, natural or financial, 
and may include other Federal and non-Federal resources. Applicant 
statements that additional funding will be sought from other specific 
sources is not considered a binding commitment of outside resources.
    (2) Organizational capabilities and qualifications. (15 points). 
(a) The management and administrative structure of the applicant is 
described and explained. Evidence of the applicant's ability to manage 
a project of the scope proposed is well documented. The application 
clearly shows the successful management of projects of similar scope by 
the organization, and/or by the individuals designated to manage or 
consult on the project. The tribe itself may not have experience to 
meet this requirement but the proposed staff and consultants should 
have the required qualifications and experience. The application should 
clearly describe any previous or current activities of the applicant 
organization or proposed staff and/or consultants in support of 
environmental regulatory enhancement.
    (b) Position descriptions or resumes of key personnel, including 
those of consultants, are presented. The position descriptions and 
resumes relate specifically to the staff proposed in the Approach Page 
and in the proposed Budget of the application. Position descriptions 
very clearly describe each position and its duties and clearly relate 
to the personnel staffing required to achieve the project objectives. 
Resumes indicate that the proposed staff are qualified to carry out the 
project activities. Either the position descriptions or the resumes 
contain the qualifications and/or specialized skills necessary for 
overall quality management of the project.

    Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to give preference to 
Native Americans in hiring staff and subcontracting services under 
an approved ANA grant.

    (3) Project objectives, approach and activities. (40 points). The 
application proposes specific project objective work plans with 
activities related to each specific objective. The objective work 
plan(s) in the application includes project objectives and activities 
for each budget period proposed and demonstrates that each of the 
objectives and its activities:
     Is measurable and/or quantifiable in terms of results or 
outcomes;
     Supports the community's strategy for environmental 
regulatory enhancement;
     Clearly relates to the community's long-range 
environmental goals;
     Can be accomplished with the available or expected 
resources during the proposed project period;
     Indicates when the objective, and major activities under 
each objective, will be accomplished;
     Specifies who will conduct the activities under each 
objective; and
     Supports a project that will be completed, self-
sustaining, or financed by other than ANA funds at the end of the 
project period.
    (4) Results or benefits expected. (20 points). Completion of the 
proposed objectives will result in specific, measurable results. The 
application shows how the expected results will help the community meet 
its long-range environmental goals. The specific information provided 
in the narrative and objective work plans on expected results or 
benefits for each objective is the standard upon which its achievement 
can be evaluated at the end of each budget year.
    (5) Budget. (10 points). There is a detailed, and fully explained, 
budget with comprehensive narrative provided for each budget period 
requested. It justifies each line item in the budget categories in 
Section B of the Budget Information of the application, including the 
applicant's non-Federal share and its source. Sufficient cost and other 
necessary details are included and explained to facilitate the 
determination of cost allowability and the relevance of these costs to 
the proposed project. The funds requested are appropriate and necessary 
for the scope of the project.

G. Application Due Date

    The closing date for submission of applications under this 
competitive area is March 3, 1995.

H. For Further Information Contact

    Sharon McCully (202) 690-5780, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for 
Native Americans, 200 Independence Ave., SW., room 348-F, Washington, 
DC 20201-0001.

Competitive Area 4. Native American Languages Preservation and 
Enhancement Projects

A. Purpose and Availability of Funds

    The purpose of this competitive area is to announce the anticipated 
availability of fiscal year 1995 funds for projects which assist Native 
Americans to assure the survival and continuing vitality of their 
languages. Approximately $1 million of financial assistance is 
anticipated to be available under this announcement for projects to 
promote the survival and continuing vitality of Native American 
languages.
    For Category I, Planning Grants, the funding level for a budget 
period of 12 months will be up to $50,000. For Category II, Design and/
or Implementation Grants, the funding level for a budget period of 12 
months will be up to $125,000.

B. Background

    The Congress has recognized that the history of past policies of 
the United States toward Indian and other Native American languages has 
resulted in a dramatic decrease in the number of Native American 
languages that have survived over the past five hundred years. 
Consequently, the Native American Languages Act was enacted (Title I, 
Public Law 101-477) to address this decline.
    This legislation invested the United States government with the 
responsibility to work together with Native Americans to ensure the 
survival of cultures and languages unique to Native America. This law 
declared that it is the policy of the United States to ``preserve, 
protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, 
practice, and develop Native American languages.'' While the Congress 
made a significant first step in passing this legislation in 1990, it 
served only as a declaration of policy. No program initiatives were 
proposed, nor any funds authorized to enact any significant programs in 
furtherance of this policy.
    In 1992, Congressional testimony provided estimates that of the 
several hundred languages that once existed, only about one hundred and 
fifty-five (155) languages are still spoken or remembered today. 
However, only 20 are spoken by persons of all ages, 30 are spoken by 
adults of all ages, about 60 are spoken by middle-aged adults, and 45 
are spoken only by the most elderly.
    In response to this testimony, the Congress passed the Native 
American Languages Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-524) to assist Native 
Americans in assuring the survival and continuing vitality of their 
languages. Passage of this law is an important second step in 
attempting to ensure the survival and continuation of Native American 
languages, as it provides the basic foundation upon which the Tribal 
nations can rebuild their economic strength and rich cultural 
diversity.
    While the Federal government recognizes that substantial loss of 
Native American languages has occurred over the past several hundred 
years, the nature and magnitude of the status of Native American 
languages will be better defined when eligible applicants have 
completed language assessments.
    The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) believes that 
responsibility for achieving self-sufficiency rests with the governing 
bodies of Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and in the leadership 
of Native American groups. This belief supports the ANA principle that 
the local community and its leadership are responsible for determining 
goals, setting priorities, and planning and implementing programs which 
support the community's long range goals.
    Therefore, since preserving a language and ensuring its 
continuation is generally one of the first steps taken toward 
strengthening a group's identity, activities proposed under this 
program announcement will contribute to the social development of a 
native community and significantly contribute to its path toward self-
sufficiency.
    The Administration for Native Americans recognizes that eligible 
applicants must have the opportunity to develop their own language 
plans, technical capabilities and access to the necessary financial and 
technical resources in order to assess, plan, develop and implement 
programs to assure the survival and continuing vitality of their 
languages. ANA also recognizes that potential applicants may have 
specialized knowledge and capabilities to address specific language 
concerns at various levels. This competitive area reflects these 
special needs and circumstances.

C. Proposed Projects To Be Funded

    Applicants may apply for 12-month Planning Grants, under Category 
I, or for projects of up to 36 months duration under Category II, 
Design and/or Implementation Grants.
    Category I--Planning grants. The purpose of the planning grants is 
to conduct the assessment and planning needed to identify the current 
status of the Native American language(s) to be addressed and to 
establish community long-range language goal(s).
    These activities may include, but are not limited to, the 
following:
     Data collection, compilation and analysis to ascertain 
current language status through ``formal'' (e.g., work performed by a 
linguist, and/or a language survey conducted by community members) or 
``informal'' (e.g., a community consensus of the language status based 
on elders, tribal scholars, and/or other community members) methods;
     Establishment of the community's long-range language 
goals; and
     Acquisition of the necessary training and technical 
assistance to assure the achievement of the project goal(s).
    Category II--Design and/or implementation grants. The purpose of 
design and/or implementation grants is to allow communities to design 
and/or implement, as appropriate to the applicant, a language program 
or programs that will contribute to the achievement of the community's 
long-range language goal(s). Applicants under Category II must be able 
to document that: (a) language statistics have been collected and 
analyzed, and that these statistics are current (compiled within 
thirty-six months prior to the grant application); (b) that the 
community has established long-range language goals; and (c) that 
community representatives are adequately trained to achieve the 
proposed project goals.
    Under Category II grants, applicants may include the purchase of 
specialized equipment (including audio and video recording equipment, 
computers, and software) which is necessary to accomplish project 
objectives. The applicant must fully justify the need for this 
equipment and explain how it will assist them in achieving their 
project objectives.
    The types of activities ANA is seeking to fund under Category II 
grants include, but are not limited to, the following:
     Establishment and support of community Native American 
language projects to bring older and younger Native Americans together 
to facilitate and encourage the transfer of Native American language 
skills from one generation to another;
     Establishment of projects to train Native Americans to 
teach Native American languages to others or to enable them to serve as 
interpreters or translators of such languages;
     Development, printing, and dissemination of materials to 
be used for the teaching and enhancement of Native American languages;
     Establishment or support of projects to train Native 
Americans to produce or participate in television or radio programs to 
be broadcast in Native American languages; and
     Compilation, transcription, and analysis of oral testimony 
to record and preserve Native American languages.
    The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development is established by the Act as the repository for copies of 
products from Native American languages grants funded under this 
program announcement. Products of Native American languages grants 
funded by this program announcement must be transmitted to this 
designated repository. Federally recognized Indian Tribes (as listed by 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs in an October 21, 1993 Federal Register 
notice, 58 Fed. Reg. 54. 364 (1993)) are not required to comply with 
this provision.

D. Eligible Applicants

    The following organizations are eligible to apply for funding under 
this competitive area:
     Federally recognized Indian Tribes (as listed by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs in an October 21, 1993 Federal Register 
notice, 58 Fed. Reg. 54. 364 (1993));
     Consortia of Indian Tribes;
     Incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes;
     Incorporated nonprofit multi-purpose community-based 
Indian organizations;
     Urban Indian Centers;
     National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native 
American organizations with Native American community-specific 
objectives;
     Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia;
     Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose 
community-based organizations;
     Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations 
in Alaska with village specific projects;
     Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village 
specific projects;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies in Hawaii serving 
Native Hawaiians;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies serving native 
peoples from Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. (These agencies may be located on these 
islands or in the United States); and
     Tribally Controlled Community Colleges, Tribally 
Controlled Post-Secondary Vocational Institutions, and colleges and 
universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native 
American Pacific Islanders.
    Participating organizations. If a tribal organization, or other 
eligible applicant, decides that the objectives of its proposed Native 
American language project would be accomplished more effectively 
through a partnership arrangement with a tribal school, college, or 
university, the applicant shall identify such school, college, or 
university as a participating organization in its application. Under a 
partnership agreement, the applicant will be responsible for the 
fiscal, administrative and programmatic management of the grant.
    Proof of an applicant's nonprofit status, such as an IRS 
determination of nonprofit status under IRS Code 501(c)(3), must be 
included in the application.
    Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one application 
which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses not to submit 
an application under a specific competitive area, it may support 
another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which serves 
or impacts the reservation.
    In this case, the applicant must include a Tribal resolution which 
clearly demonstrates the Tribe's support of the project and the Tribe's 
understanding that the other applicant's project supplants the Tribe's 
authority to submit an application under that specific competitive area 
for the duration of the approved grant period.

E. Grantee Share of the Project

    Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved 
cost of the project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum 
of the ACF share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may 
be met by cash or in-kind contributions; although applicants are 
encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions. 
Therefore, a project requesting $300,000 in Federal funds must include 
a match of at least $75,000 (20% total project cost).
    The non-Federal share may include funds distributed to a tribe, 
including interest, by the Federal government:
     Pursuant to the satisfaction of a claim made under Federal 
law;
     From funds collected and administered on behalf of such 
tribe or its constituent members; or
     For general tribal administration or tribal development 
under a formula or subject to a tribal budgeting priority system, such 
as, but not limited to, funds involved in the settlement of land or 
other judgment claims, severance or other royalty payments, or payments 
under the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) or 
tribal budget priority system.
    An itemized budget detailing the applicant's non-Federal share, and 
its source, must be included in an application. A request for a waiver 
of the non-Federal share requirement may be submitted in accordance 
with 45 CFR 1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American Program Regulations.
    Applications submitted as a partnership arrangement with a school, 
college, or university, may use contributions from the ``partner'' 
organization(s) to meet the non-Federal share, as appropriate. 
Applications originating from American Samoa, Guam, Palau, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are covered under section 
501(d) of Public Law 95-134, as amended (48 U.S.C. 1469a) under which 
HHS waives any requirement for local matching funds under $200,000 
(including in-kind contributions).

F. Review Criteria

    A proposed project should reflect the Native American languages 
purposes stated and described in the Background section of this 
competitive area. The evaluation criteria are closely related to each 
other and are considered as a whole in judging the overall quality of 
an application. Points are awarded only to applications which are 
responsive to this competitive area and these criteria. Proposed 
projects will be reviewed on a competitive basis using the following 
evaluation criteria:
    (1) Current status of Native American language(s) addressed and 
description(s) of existing programs/projects (if any) which support the 
language(s) addressed. (10 points). (a) The application fully describes 
the current status of the Native American language(s) to be addressed; 
current status is defined as data compiled within the previous thirty-
six (36) months. The description of the current status minimally 
includes the following information: (1) number of speakers; (2) age of 
speakers; (3) gender of speakers; (4) level(s) of fluency; (5) number 
of first language speakers (the Native language is the first language 
acquired); (6) number of second language speakers (the Native language 
is the second language acquired); (7) where the language is used 
(specific uses such as: home, court system, religious ceremonies, 
church, multimedia, school, governance activities and other, as 
appropriate to applicant); (8) source of data; (formal and/or 
informal); and (9) rate of language loss or gain. The application has 
clearly delineated the current status of the Native American 
language(s) to be addressed by the project.
    (b) The application fully describes existing community language or 
language training programs and projects, if any, in support of the 
Native American language to be addressed by the proposed project. 
Existing programs and projects may be formal (e.g., work performed by a 
linguist, and/or a language survey conducted by community members) or 
informal (e.g., a community consensus of the language status based on 
elders, tribal scholars, and/or other community members). The 
description should address the following: (1) Has applicant had a 
community language or language training program within the last thirty-
six (36) months? (2) Has applicant had a community language or language 
training program within the last ten (10) years? Applicants that answer 
``no'' to either question (1) or (2) should provide a detailed 
explanation of what barriers or circumstances prevented the 
establishment or implementation of a community language program. 
Applicants that answer ``yes'' to either questions (1) or (2) should 
describe recent language program, including: (1) program goal(s); (2) 
number of program participants; (3) number of speakers; (4) age range 
of participants (e.g., 0-5; 6-10; 11-18;, etc.); (5) number of language 
teachers; (6) criteria used to acknowledge competency of language 
teachers; (7) resources available to applicant (e.g., valid grammars, 
dictionaries, and/or orthographics. If there are other suitable 
resources, please describe); and (8) other outcomes.
    (2) Long-range goals and available resources. (25 points). (a) The 
application explains how specific Native American(s) long range 
community goals relate to the project. Goals are described within the 
context of the applicant's current language status. The strategies 
described will assist in assuring the survival and continued vitality 
of the Native American language(s) addressed.
    (b) The application explains how the community and existing tribal 
government (where one exists) intends to achieve these goals. It 
clearly documents the involvement and support of the community members 
in the planning process and implementation of the proposed project as 
appropriate (e.g., tribal resolutions, minutes of Community meetings, 
etc.).
    (c) Available resources (other than ANA and the non-Federal share) 
which will assist and be coordinated with the project are described. 
These resources should be documented by letters or documents of 
commitment of resources, not merely letters of support. ``Letters of 
support'' merely express another organization's endorsement of a 
proposed project. Support letters are not binding commitment letters or 
documents that factually establish the authenticity of other resources. 
Letters and other documents of commitment are binding in that they 
specifically state the nature, amount and conditions under which 
another agency or organization will support a project funded with ANA 
monies. These resources may be human, natural or financial, and may 
include other Federal and non-Federal resources. Applicant statements 
that additional funding will be sought from other specific sources is 
not considered a binding commitment of outside resources.
    If the applicant proposes to enter into a partnership arrangement 
with a school, college, or university, documentation of this commitment 
must be included in the application.

    Note: Applicants from the Native American Pacific Islands are 
not required to provide a 20% match for the non-Federal share if it 
is under $200,000 and may not have points reduced for this policy. 
They are, however, expected to coordinate non-ANA resources for the 
proposed project, as are all ANA applicants.

    (3) Project objectives, approach and activities. (25 points). The 
application proposes specific project objective work plans with 
activities related to the goal to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of the Native American language(s). The objective work plan(s) 
in the application includes project objectives and activities for each 
budget period proposed and demonstrates that each of the objectives and 
its activities:
     Clearly indicate Tribal Government, as appropriate, and 
the community's active involvement demonstrating continuing 
participation of Native American speakers;
     Are measurable and/or quantifiable in terms of results and 
outcomes;
     Clearly relate to the community's long-range language 
goals which the project addresses;
     Can be accomplished with available or expected resources 
during the proposed project period;
     Indicate when the objective, and major activities under 
each objective will be accomplished;
     Specify who will conduct the activities under each 
objective; and
     Support a project that will be completed, self-sustaining, 
or financed by other than ANA funds at the end of the project period.
    (4) Evaluation plan. (15 points). The proposed objectives will 
result in specific, measurable outcomes to be achieved that will 
clearly contribute to the completion of the overall project and will 
help the applicant meet its goal to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of the Native American language(s) addressed. A detailed 
evaluation plan is provided to measure project outcomes, including, but 
not limited to, a demonstration of effective language growth (e.g., 
increase of ``language use'').
    (5) Replication plan and product preservation plan. (10 points). 
(a) Identify opportunities for the replication of the project or the 
modification of the project for use by other Native Americans, if 
appropriate. If replication is not appropriate, applicant must provide 
reasons why replication is inappropriate.
    (b) Describe the plan for the preservation of the products of the 
Native American languages project for the benefit of future generations 
of Native Americans and other interested persons.
    (6) Organizational capabilities/qualifications and budget. (15 
points). (a) The management and administrative structure of the 
applicant is explained. Evidence of the applicant's ability to manage a 
project of the proposed scope is well defined. The application clearly 
demonstrates the successful management of projects of similar scope by 
the organization and/or by the individuals designated to manage the 
project.
    (b) Position descriptions or resumes of key personnel, including 
those of consultants, are presented. The position descriptions and 
resumes relate specifically to the staff proposed in the Approach Page 
and in the proposed Budget of the application. Position descriptions 
clearly describe the position and its duties and clearly relate to the 
personnel staffing required for implementation of the project 
activities. Either the position descriptions or the resumes contain the 
qualifications, and/or specialized skills, necessary for overall 
quality management of the project.

    Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to give preference to 
Native Americans in hiring staff and subcontracting services under 
an approved ANA grant.

    (c) There is detailed budget provided for each budget period 
requested which is fully explained. It justifies each line item in the 
budget categories in Section B of the Budget Information of the 
application, including the applicant's non-Federal share and its 
source. (Applicants from the Native American Pacific Islands are exempt 
from the non-Federal share requirement.) Sufficient cost and other 
necessary details are included and explained to facilitate the 
determination of cost allowability and the relevance of these costs to 
the proposed project. The funds requested are appropriate and necessary 
for the scope of the project.

G. Application Due Date

    The closing date for submission of applications under this 
competitive area is March 17, 1995.

H. For Further Information Contact

    Dr. Gerald Gipp (202) 690-6662 or Ginny Gorman (202) 401-7260, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, Administration for Native Americans, 200 Independence 
Ave., S.W., Room 348-F, Washington, D.C. 20201-0001.

PART III--GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE

A. Definitions

    Funding areas in this program announcement are based on the 
following definitions:
     A multi-purpose community-based Native American 
organization is an association and/or corporation whose charter 
specifies that the community designates the Board of Directors and/or 
officers of the organization through an elective procedure and that the 
organization functions in several different areas of concern to the 
members of the local Native American community. These areas are 
specified in the by-laws and/or policies adopted by the organization. 
They may include, but need not be limited to, economic, artistic, 
cultural, and recreational activities, and the delivery of human 
services such as health care, day care, counseling, education, and 
training.
     A multi-year project is a project on a single theme that 
requires more than 12 months to complete and affords the applicant an 
opportunity to develop and address more complex and in-depth strategies 
than can be completed in one year. A multi-year project cannot be a 
series of unrelated objectives with activities presented in 
chronological order over a two or three year period.
     Core administration is funding for staff salaries for 
those functions which support the organization as a whole, or for 
purposes unrelated to the actual management or implementation of work 
conducted under an ANA approved project.
     Environmental regulatory enhancement encompasses (but is 
not limited to) the planning, development, and application of laws, 
training, monitoring, and enforcement procedures, tribal courts, 
environmental laboratories and other facilities, and associated 
regulatory activities to strengthen the tribal government's capacity to 
enhance the quality of reservation life as measured by the reduction of 
pollutants in the air, water, soil, food and materials encountered by 
inhabitants of tribes and villages.
     Language preservation is the maintenance of a language so 
that it will not decline to non-use. ``Language vitality'' is the 
active use of a language in a wide range of domains of human life.
     Language replication is defined as the application of a 
language program model developed in one community to other 
linguistically similar communities.
     Language survival is defined as the maintenance and 
continuation of language from one generation to another in a wide range 
of aspects of community life.

B. General Considerations

    Non-ANA resources should be leveraged to strengthen and broaden the 
impact of the proposed project in the community. Project designs should 
explain how those parts of projects which ANA does not fund will be 
financed through other sources. For example, ANA does not fund 
construction. Applicants must show the relationship of non-ANA funded 
activities to those objectives and activities that are funded with ANA 
grant funds.
    Costs of fundraising, including financial campaigns, endowment 
drives, solicitation of gifts and bequests, and similar expenses 
incurred solely to raise capital or obtain contributions are 
unallowable under a grant award. However, even though these costs are 
unallowable for purposes of computing charges to Federal awards, they 
must be treated as direct costs for purposes of determining indirect 
cost rates and be allocated their share of the organization's indirect 
costs if they represent activities which (1) include the salaries of 
personnel, (2) occupy space, and (3) benefit from the organization's 
indirect costs.
    All projects funded by ANA must be completed, or self-sustaining or 
supported with other than ANA funds at the end of the project period. 
``Completed'' means that the project ANA funded is finished, and the 
desired result(s) have been attained. ``Self-sustaining'' means that a 
project will continue without outside resources. ``Supported by other 
than ANA funds'' means that the project will continue beyond the ANA 
project period, but will be supported by funds other than ANA's.

C. Activities That Cannot Be Funded By ANA

    The Administration for Native Americans does not fund projects that 
operate indefinitely or require ANA funding on a recurring basis. The 
Administration for Native Americans does not fund objectives or 
activities for the core administration of an organization. Under 
Competitive Area 2, ANA will consider funding core administrative 
capacity building projects at the village government level if the 
village does not have governing systems in place.
    However, functions and activities that are clearly project related 
are eligible for grant funding. For example, the management and 
administrative functions necessary to carry out an ANA approved project 
are not considered ``core administration'' and are, therefore, eligible 
costs. Additionally, ANA will fund the salaries of approved staff for 
time actually and reasonably spent to implement a funded ANA project.
    Projects or activities that generally will not meet the purposes of 
this announcement are discussed further in Part III, Section H, General 
Guidance to Applicants, below.

D. Multi-Year Projects

    Applicants may apply for projects of up to three years. A multi-
year project is a project on a single theme that requires more than 12 
months to complete and affords the applicant an opportunity to develop 
and address more complex and in-depth strategies than can be completed 
in one year. Applicants are encouraged to develop multi-year projects. 
A multi-year project cannot be a series of unrelated objectives with 
activities presented in chronological order over a two or three year 
period.
    Awards, on a competitive basis, will be for a one-year budget 
period, although project periods may be for three years. Applications 
for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the one-year 
budget period, but within the three-year project period, will be 
entertained in subsequent years on a non-competitive basis, subject to 
the availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the grantee and 
determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of 
the Government. Therefore, this program announcement does not apply to 
current ANA grantees with multi-year projects that apply for 
continuation funding for their second or third year budget periods.

E. Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

    This program is not covered by Executive Order 12372 or 45 CFR Part 
100.

F. The Application Process

1. Availability of Application Forms
    In order to be considered for a grant under this program 
announcement, an application must be submitted on the forms supplied 
and in the manner prescribed by ANA. The application kits containing 
the necessary forms and instructions may be obtained from: Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
Administration for Native Americans, Room 348F, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201-0001, 
Attention: 93612-951, Telephone: (202) 401-7260.
2. Application Submission
    One signed original, and two copies, of the grant application, 
including all attachments, may be mailed by the specific closing date 
to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., 6th Floor East, OFM/DDG, Washington, DC 20447, 
Attention: William J. McCarron, ANA No. 93612-951.
    Hand delivered applications are accepted during the normal working 
hours or 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or prior to 
the established closing date at: Administration for Children and 
Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 901 D 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447.
    The application must be signed by an individual authorized (1) to 
act for the applicant tribe or organization, and (2) to assume the 
applicant's obligations under the terms and conditions of the grant 
award, including Native American Program statutory and regulatory 
requirements.
    Each tribe, Native American organization, or other eligible 
applicant may compete and receive a grant award in each of the three 
competitive areas under this announcement. The Administration for 
Native Americans will accept only one application per competitive area 
from any one applicant. Alaska Native entities may submit a SEDS 
application under either competitive area 1 or 2, but not under both.
    If an eligible applicant sends in two applications for the same 
competitive area, the one with the earlier postmark will be accepted 
for review unless the applicant withdraws the earlier application.
3. Application Consideration
    The Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans 
determines the final action to be taken on each grant application 
received under this program announcement.
    The following points should be taken into consideration by all 
applicants:
     Incomplete applications and applications that do not 
conform to this announcement will not be accepted for review. 
Applicants will be notified in writing of any such determination by 
ANA.
     Complete applications that conform to all the requirements 
of this program announcement are subjected to a competitive review and 
evaluation process (discussed in section G below). Independent review 
panels consisting of reviewers familiar with (1) American Indian Tribes 
and Native American communities and organizations, (2) environmental 
issues, and (3) Native American languages, as appropriate, evaluates 
each application using the published criteria in each funding 
competitive area. As a result of the review, a numerical score will be 
assigned to each application.
     The Commissioner's funding decision is based on the review 
panel's analysis of the application, recommendation and comments of ANA 
staff, State and Federal agencies having contract and grant performance 
related information, and other interested parties.
     The Commissioner makes grant awards consistent with the 
purpose of the Act, all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, 
this program announcement, and the availability of funds.
     After the Commissioner has made decisions on all 
applications, unsuccessful applicants are notified in writing within 
approximately 120 days of the closing date. The notification will be 
accompanied by a critique including recommendations for improving the 
application. Successful applicants are notified through an official 
Financial Assistance Award (FAA) document. The Administration for 
Native Americans staff cannot respond to requests for information 
regarding funding decisions prior to the official notification to the 
applicants. The FAA will state the amount of Federal funds awarded, the 
purpose of the grant, the terms and conditions of the grant award, the 
effective date of the award, the project period, the budget period, and 
the amount of the non-ACF matching share requirement.

G. The Review Process

1. Initial Application Review
    Applications submitted by the closing date and verified by the 
postmark under this program announcement will undergo a pre-review to 
determine that:
     The applicant is eligible in accordance with the Eligible 
Applicants Section of this announcement; and
     The application narrative, forms and materials submitted 
are adequate to allow the review panel to undertake an in depth 
evaluation. (All required materials and forms are listed in the Grant 
Application Checklist in the Application Kit).
2. Competitive Review of Accepted Applications
    Applications which pass the pre-review will be evaluated and rated 
by an independent review panel on the basis of the specific evaluation 
criteria listed in Part II. These criteria are used to evaluate the 
quality of a proposed project, and to determine the likelihood of its 
success.
3. Determination of Ineligibility
    Applicants who are initially rejected from competitive evaluation 
because of ineligibility, may appeal an ANA decision of applicant 
ineligibility. Likewise, applicants may also appeal an ANA decision 
that an applicant's proposed activities are ineligible for funding 
consideration. Section 810(b) of the Native American Programs Act, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991h, specifies the appeals process when ANA 
determines that an organization or activities are ineligible for 
assistance. When an applicant or the activities proposed by the 
applicant are rejected as ineligible, the applicant will be advised of 
the appropriate appeal process.

H. General Guidance to Applicants

    The following information is provided to assist applicants in 
developing a competitive application.

1. Program Guidance

     The Administration for Native Americans funds projects 
that demonstrate the strongest prospects for addressing the stated 
purposes of this program announcement. Projects will not be funded on 
the basis of need alone.
     In discussing the goals, strategy, and problems being 
addressed in the application, include sufficient background and/or 
history of the community concerning these issues and/or progress to 
date, as well as the size of the population to be served. This material 
will assist the reviewers in determining the appropriateness and 
potential benefits of the proposed project.
     In the discussion of community-based, long-range goals, 
non-Federally recognized and off-reservations groups are encouraged to 
include a description of what constitutes their specific ``community.'' 
In addition, applicants should document the community's support for the 
proposed project and explain the role of the community in the planning 
process and implementation of the proposed project.
     Applications from National Indian and Native organizations 
must demonstrate a need for the project, explain how the project was 
originated, state who the intended beneficiaries will be, and describe 
how the recipients will actually benefit from the project.
     An application should describe a clear relationship 
between the proposed project, the social and economic development 
strategy, or environmental or language goals, as appropriate, and the 
community's long-range goals or plan.
     The project application must clearly identify in 
measurable terms the expected results, benefits or outcomes of the 
proposed project, and the positive or continuing impact that the 
project will have on the community.
     Supporting documentation, if available, or other 
testimonies from concerned interests other than the applicant should be 
included to demonstrate support for the feasibility of the project and 
the commitment of other resources to the proposed project.
     In the ANA Project Narrative, Section A of the application 
package, Resources Available to the Proposed Project, the applicant 
should describe any specific financial circumstances which may impact 
on the project, such as any monetary or land settlements made to the 
applicant, and any restrictions on the use of those settlements. When 
the applicant appears to have other resources to support the proposed 
project and chooses not to use them, the applicant should explain why 
it is seeking ANA funds and not utilizing these resources for the 
project.
     Reviewers of applications for ANA indicate they are better 
able to evaluate whether the feasibility has been addressed and the 
practicality of a proposed economic development project, or a new 
business, if the applicant includes a business plan that clearly 
describes its feasibility and the approach for the implementation and 
marketing of the business. (ANA has included sample business plans in 
the application kit). It is strongly recommended that an applicant use 
these materials as guides in developing a proposal for an economic 
development project or business that is part of the application.

2. Technical Guidance

     It is strongly suggested that the applicant follow the 
Supplemental Guide included in the ANA application kit to develop an 
application. The Guide provides practical information and helpful 
suggestions, and is an aid to help applicants prepare ANA applications 
for social and economic development projects.
     Applicants are encouraged to have someone other than the 
author apply the evaluation criteria in the program announcement and 
score the application prior to its submission, in order to gain a 
better sense of the application's quality and potential competitiveness 
in the ANA review process.
     In Competitive Area 1 there is no maximum or minimum 
amount of Federal funds that may be requested.
     For purposes of developing an application, applicants 
should plan for a project start date approximately 120 days after the 
closing date under which the application is submitted.
     The Administration for Native Americans will not fund 
essentially identical projects serving the same constituency.
     If a project could be supported by other Federal funding 
sources, the applicant should fully explain its reasons for not 
pursuing other Federal funds for the project.
     Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit proposals 
addressing environmental regulatory enhancement and Native American 
languages preservation and enhancement under the issue-specific 
competitive areas described in this announcement.
     For purposes of this announcement, ANA is using the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs' list of federally recognized Indian Tribes which 
includes nonprofit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing 
bodies (IRA or traditional councils).
     The Administration for Native Americans will accept only 
one application, per competitive area, from any one applicant. If an 
eligible applicant sends in two applications for the same competitive 
area, the one with the earlier postmark will be accepted for review 
unless the applicant withdraws the earlier application.
     An application from a federally recognized Tribe, Alaska 
Native Village or Native American organization must be from the 
governing body of the Tribe or organization.
     Under each competitive area, ANA will only accept one 
application which serves or impacts a reservation. If a Tribe chooses 
not to submit an application under a specific competitive area, it may 
support another applicant's project (e.g., a tribal organization) which 
serves or impacts the reservation. In this case, the applicant must 
include a tribal resolution which clearly demonstrates the Tribe's 
support of the project and the Tribe's understanding that the other 
applicant's project supplants the Tribe's authority to submit an 
application under that specific competitive area for the duration of 
the approved grant period.
     The application's Form 424 must be signed by the 
applicant's representative authorized to act with full authority on 
behalf of the applicant.
     The Administration for Native Americans recommends that 
the pages of the application be numbered sequentially and that a table 
of contents be provided. Simple tabbing of the sections of the 
application is also helpful to the reviewers.
     Two copies of the application plus the original are 
required.
     The Cover Page (included in the Kit) should be the first 
page of an application, followed by the one-page abstract.
     The Approach page (Section B of the ANA Program Narrative) 
for each Objective Work Plan proposed should be of sufficient detail to 
become a monthly staff guide for project responsibilities if the 
applicant is funded.
     The applicant should specify the entire project period 
length on the first page of the Form 424, Block 13, not the length of 
the first budget period. Should the application's contents propose one 
length of project period and the Form 424 specify a conflicting length 
of project period, ANA will consider the project period specified on 
the Form 424 as governing.
     Line 15a of the 424 must specify the Federal funds 
requested for the first Budget Period, not the entire project period.
     If a profit-making venture is being proposed, profits must 
be reinvested in the business in order to decrease or eliminate ANA's 
future participation. Such revenue must be reported as general program 
income. A decision will be made at the time of grant award regarding 
appropriate use of program income. (See 45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92.)
     Applicants may propose a 17 month project period. However, 
the project period for the first year of a multi-year project may only 
be 12 months.
     Applicants proposing multi-year projects must fully 
describe each year's project objectives and activities. Separate 
Objective Work Plans (OWPs) must be presented for each project year and 
a separate itemized budget of the Federal and non-Federal costs of the 
project for each budget period must be included.
     Applicants for multi-year projects must justify the entire 
time-frame of the project (i.e., why the project needs funding for more 
than one year) and clearly describe the results to be achieved for each 
objective by the end of each budget period of the total project period.
     The Administration for Native Americans will critically 
evaluate applications in which the acquisition of major capital 
equipment (i.e., oil rigs, agricultural equipment, etc.) is a major 
component of the Federal share of the budget. During negotiation, such 
expenditures may be deleted from the budget of an otherwise approved 
application, if not fully justified by the applicant and not deemed 
appropriate to the needs of the project by ANA.

3. Projects or Activities That Generally Will Not Meet the Purposes of 
This Announcement

     Projects in which a grantee would provide training and/or 
technical assistance (T/TA) to other tribes or Native American 
organizations which are otherwise eligible to apply to ANA (``third 
party T/TA''). However, the purchase of T/TA by a grantee for its own 
use or for its members' use (as in the case of a consortium), where T/
TA is necessary to carry out project objectives, is acceptable. In 
addition, T/TA is an allowable activity for environmental regulatory 
enhancement projects submitted under Competitive Area 3, and Native 
American languages projects submitted under Competitive Area 4.
     Projects that request funds for feasibility studies, 
business plans, marketing plans or written materials, such as manuals, 
that are not an essential part of the applicant's long-range 
development plan. As an objective of a larger project, business plans 
are allowable. However, ANA is not interested in funding ``wish lists'' 
of business possibilities. ANA expects written evidence of the solid 
investment of time and consideration on the part of the applicant with 
regard to the development of business plans. Business plans should be 
developed based on market analysis and feasibility studies regarding 
the potential success to the business prior to the submission of the 
application.
     The support of on-going social service delivery programs 
or the expansion, or continuation, of existing social service delivery 
programs.
     Core administration functions, or other activities, which 
essentially support only the applicant's on-going administrative 
functions. However, under Competitive Area 2, ANA will consider funding 
core administrative capacity building projects at the village 
government level if the village does not have governing systems in 
place.
     Project goals which are not responsive to one or more of 
the funding competitive areas.
     Proposals from consortia of tribes that are not specific 
with regard to support from, and roles of, member tribes. ANA expects 
an application from a consortium to have goals and objectives that will 
create positive impacts and outcomes in the communities of its members. 
In situations where both a consortia of tribes and the tribes who 
belong to the consortia receive ANA funding, ANA expects that consortia 
groups will not seek funding that duplicates activities being conducted 
by their member tribes.
     Projects that will not be completed, self-sustaining, or 
supported by other than ANA funds, at the end of the project period.
     The purchase of real estate (see 45 CFR 1336.50 (e)) or 
construction (see ACF Grants Administration Manual Ch. 3, Section E).
     Projects originated and designed by consultants who 
provide a major role for themselves in the proposed project and are not 
members of the applicant organization, tribe or village.

I. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-511, the 
Department is required to submit to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval any reporting and record keeping 
requirements in regulations including program announcements. This 
program announcement does not contain information collection 
requirements beyond those approved for ANA grant applications under the 
Program Narrative Statement by OMB.

J. Receipt of Applications

    Applications must either be hand delivered or mailed to the address 
in Section F, The Application Process: Application Submission. The 
Administration for Native Americans will not accept applications 
submitted via facsimile (FAX) equipment.
1. Deadlines
    Applications mailed through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial 
delivery service shall be considered as meeting an announced closing 
date if they are either:
     Received on or before the deadline date at the address 
specified in Section F2, Application Submission; or
     Sent on, or before, the deadline date and received in time 
for the ANA independent review. (Applicants are cautioned to request a 
legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service 
or a legible postmark date from the U.S. Postal Service. Private 
metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
2. Late Applications
    Applications which do not meet the criteria in the above paragraph 
of this section are considered late applications and will be returned 
to the applicant. The Administration for Children and Families shall 
notify each late applicant that its application will not be considered 
in the current competition.
3. Extension of Deadlines
    The Administration for Children and Families may extend the 
deadline for all applicants because of acts of God such as floods, 
hurricanes, etc., or when there is a widespread disruption of the 
mails. However, if ACF does not extend the deadline for all applicants, 
it may not waive or extend the deadline for any applicant.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 93.612 Native 
American Programs).

    Dated: July 12, 1994.
Dominic Mastrapasqua,
(Acting) Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans.
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