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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3799; FR-3711-N-02]

 

Announcement of Funding Awards for Technical Assistance to Public 
Housing Authorities and Public Housing Police Departments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.

ACTION: Announcement of Funding Awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of the funding award for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 
Technical Assistance to Public Housing Authorities and Public Housing 
Police Departments. The purpose of this document is to announce the 
names and addresses of the award winner and the amount of the award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm E. Main, Drug-Free 
Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4116, 
451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone (202) 708-
1197. A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired 
persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free 
telephone numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority

    This grant is authorized under Chapter 2, Subtitle C, Title V of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.), as amended 
by Section 581 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA), 
approved November 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101-625, and Section 161 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Pub. L. 102-
550, approved October 28, 1992).

II. Federal Fiscal Year 1994 Funding

    The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, 
(approved October 28, 1993, Pub. L. 103-124), (94 App. Act) 
appropriated $265 million for the Drug Elimination Program of which $5 
million is to be used for funding technical assistance and training. 
The funding available under this program is a part of this $5 million.

III. Grant Award

    On June 28, 1994, HUD published a Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) announcing the availability of $1.5 million in FY 1994 funds for 
Technical Assistance to Public Housing Authorities and Public Housing 
Police Departments (59 FR 33372). The Department reviewed, evaluated 
and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the 
NOFAs. As a result, HUD has funded the application announced below, and 
in accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, approved 
December 15, 1989), the Department is publishing details concerning the 
recipients of funding awards, as follows:
    Grant Recipient: Center for Public Safety, Inc.
    Recipient Contact Person: Thomas J. Shaughnessy
    Address: Center for Public Safety, Inc., 101 North Main Street, 
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801.
    Telephone Number: (703) 564-1534.
    Amount Awarded: $1,499,348.00.

General Objectives

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
and the Center for Public Safety, Inc., (grantee) have entered into a 
grant agreement for $1,499,348.00 of Public and Indian Housing Drug 
Elimination Program Technical Assistance funds to: (1) develop a 
program to improve public housing police departments in Baltimore HA 
and Community Development, Baltimore, MD; Boston HA, Boston, MA; 
Buffalo HA, Buffalo, NY; Chicago HA, Chicago, IL; Cuyahoga Metropolitan 
HA, Cleveland, OH; HA of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; HA 
of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA; HA of the City of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, PA; HA of the City of Waterbury, Waterbury, CT; Virgin 
Islands HA, Virgin Islands; Philadelphia HA, and Philadelphia, PA, (2) 
facilitate law enforcement service agreements between housing 
authorities and local government, and (3) provide the technical 
assistance to implement the program and agreements.
    This is a cost-reimbursable grant for $1,499,348 for a 1-year base 
period, with 4 option years. Each additional fiscal year award will be 
for comparable amounts based upon an evaluation of grant performance 
and the availability of funds.

    Dated: September 30, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 94-26011 Filed 10-19-94; 8:45 am]
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