[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1846-1863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-260]
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Part II
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
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Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program; Funding
Availability for Fiscal Year 1995; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 3 / Thursday, January 5, 1995 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3839; FR-3822-N-01]
Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program Notice of
Funding Availability--FY 1995
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY)
1995.
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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces HUD's FY 1995 funding of $290,000,000
under the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP)
for use in eliminating drug-related crime. Funded programs must be part
of a comprehensive plan for addressing the problem of drug-related
crime. In the body of this document is information concerning the
purpose of the NOFA, applicant eligibility, available amounts,
selection criteria, financial requirements, management, and application
processing, including how to apply, how selections will be made, and
how applicants will be notified of results. Hereafter, the term housing
authority (HA) shall include public housing agencies (PHAs) and Indian
housing authorities (IHAs).
DATES: Applications must be received at the local HUD Field Office on
or before Friday, April 14, 1995, at 3 p.m., local time. This
application deadline is firm as to date and hour. In the interest of
fairness to all competing applicants, the Department will treat as
ineligible for consideration any application that is received after the
deadline. Applicants should take this practice into account and make
early submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss of
eligibility brought about by any unanticipated or delivery-related
problems. A FAX is not acceptable.
ADDRESSES: (a) Application Kit: An application kit may be obtained, and
assistance provided, from the local HUD Field Office with delegated
public housing responsibilities over an applying public housing
authority, or from the Field Offices of Native American Programs
(FONAPs) having jurisdiction over an Indian housing authority making an
application, or by calling HUD's Community Relations and Involvement
(CRI) Clearinghouse, telephone: 1-800-578-3472. The application kit
contains information on all exhibits and certifications required under
this NOFA.
(b) Application Submission: An applicant may submit only one
application per housing authority under each Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under this
program with the following exception: housing authorities (HA) under a
single administration (such as housing authorities managing another
housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing a
common executive director) may submit a single application, even though
each housing authority has its own operating budget. Applications
(original and two copies) must be received by the deadline at the local
HUD Field Office with responsibilities over the applying public housing
authorities, Attention: Director, Public Housing Division or, in the
case of Indian housing authorities, to the local HUD Field Office of
Native American Programs, Attention: Administrator, Native American
Programs with jurisdiction over the applying Indian housing
authorities, as appropriate. A complete listing of these offices, is
provided in appendix ``A'' of this NOFA. It is not sufficient for an
application to bear a postage date within the submission time period.
Applications submitted by facsimile are not acceptable. Applications
received after the deadline date and hour, Friday, April 14, 1995, at 3
p.m., local time, will not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG
ELIMINATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC HOUSING, CONTACT: The local HUD Field
Office, Director, Public Housing Division (Appendix ``A'' of this
NOFA), or Malcolm E. Main, Crime Prevention and Security Division
(CPSD), Office of Community Relations and Involvement (OCRI), Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room
4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 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.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG
ELIMINATION PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS CONTACT: The local HUD
Field Office Administrator, Office of Native American Programs
(Appendix ``A'' of this NOFA), or Tracy Outlaw, Office of Native
American Programs, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Room B133, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410, telephone (202) 708-0088. A telecommunications device for
hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-
0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING ASSISTED (NON-PUBLIC AND INDIAN)
HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTACT: Lessley Wiles, Office of
Multifamily Housing Management, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Room 6176, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.
Telephone (202) 708-2654. TDD number (202) 708-4594. (These are not
toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
The information collection requirements contained in this notice
have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0124,
expiration date November 30, 1995.
Environmental Review
Grants under this program are categorically excluded from review
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in
accordance with 24 CFR 50.20(p). However, prior to an award of grant
funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to the extent required
by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50, including the
applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.
Coordination of Anti-Crime Efforts
To coordinate anti-crime related activities across local, State,
tribal, and Federal levels for the purpose of maximizing their
effectiveness, applicants are encouraged to contact, and work with,
such programs as Operation Weed and Seed, Operation Safe Home, and
Operation Pulling America's Communities Together described below.
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Operation Weed and Seed, conducted through the U.S. Department of
Justice, is a comprehensive, multi-agency approach to combatting
violent crime, drug use, and gang activity in high-crime neighborhoods.
The goal is to ``weed out'' crime from targeted neighborhoods and then
to ``seed'' the targeted sites with a wide range of crime and drug
prevention programs, and human services agency resources to prevent
crime from reoccurring. Operation Weed and Seed further emphasizes the
importance of community involvement in combatting drugs and violent
crime. Community residents need to be empowered to assist in solving
crime-related problems in their neighborhoods. In addition, the private
sector needs to get involved in reducing crime. All of these entities,
Federal, State, and local government, the community and the private
sector must work together in partnership to create a safer, drug-free
environment.
The Weed and Seed strategy involves four basic elements:
1. Law enforcement must ``weed out'' the most violent offenders by
coordinating and integrating the efforts of Federal, State, and local
law enforcement agencies in targeted high-crime neighborhoods. No
social program or community activity can flourish in an atmosphere
poisoned by violent crime and drug abuse.
2. Local police departments should implement community policing in
each of the targeted sites. Under community policing, law enforcement
works closely with residents of the community to develop solutions to
the problems of violent and drug-related crime. Community policing
serves as a ``bridge'' between the ``weeding'' (law enforcement) and
``seeding'' (neighborhood revitalization) components.
3. After the ``weeding'' takes place, law enforcement and social
services agencies, the private sector, and the community must work to
prevent crime and violence from reoccurring by concentrating a broad
array of human services--drug and crime prevention programs, drug
treatment, educational opportunities, family services, and recreational
activities--in the targeted sites to create an environment where crime
cannot thrive.
4. Federal, State, tribal, local, and private sector resources must
focus on revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through economic
development and must provide economic opportunities for residents.
For further information on Operation Weed and Seed, contact the
Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 366 Indiana
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20531. Telephone (202) 307-5966.
Operation Safe Home was announced jointly by Vice President Albert
Gore, HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros, Treasury Secretary Lloyd
Bentsen, Attorney General Janet Reno, and ONDCP Director Dr. Lee Brown
at a White House briefing on February 4, 1994. Operation Safe Home will
combat violent crime in public housing through tightly coordinated law
enforcement and crime prevention operations at targeted sites; Federal
initiatives and policies to strengthen law enforcement and crime and
drug prevention in public housing; and improved consultation and
coordination between HUD and Federal law enforcement agencies and ONDCP
on design and implementation of HUD crime-prevention initiatives.
For more information on Operation Safe Home, contact Crime
Prevention and Security Division, Office of Community Relations and
Involvement, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 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.)
Operation Pulling America's Communities Together (PACT) conducted
through the U.S. Department of Justice, is a comprehensive, multi-
agency approach to combatting violent crime in selective metropolitan
areas. The goal is to develop a single, seamless strategy and plan
using a variety of State and Federal sources, reducing the complexity
of applications and program requirements of the variety of agencies and
programs. The PACT cities are Atlanta, Georgia; Aurora/Denver,
Colorado; District of Columbia; and Omaha, Nebraska.
For further information on Operation Pulling America's Communities
Together contact the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Programs, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20531. Telephone
(202) 307-5966.
I. Purpose and Substantive Description
(a) Authority
These grants are 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).
(b) Allocation Amounts
(1) Federal Fiscal Year 1995 Funding. The amount available, to
remain available until expended, for funding under this NOFA in FY 1995
is $250,391,741. The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1995,
(approved September 28, 1994, Pub. Law 103-327), (95 App. Act)
appropriated $290 million for the Drug Elimination Program. Of the
total $290 million appropriated, $13,925,000 will fund the Youth Sports
Program; $17,406,250 will fund the Assisted Housing Drug Elimination
Program; $10 million will fund drug elimination technical assistance,
contracts and other assistance training, program assessments, and
execution for or on behalf of public housing and resident organizations
(including the cost of necessary travel for participants in such
training); and $1,500,000 will fund drug information clearinghouse
services. The remaining $247,168,750 of FY 1995 funds are being made
available under this NOFA. In addition, $3,222,991 of carryover FY 1994
PHDEP program will be made available under this NOFA for a total amount
of $250,391,741.
(2) Maximum Grant Award Amounts. HUD is distributing grant funds
under this NOFA on a national competition basis. Maximum grant award
amounts are computed on a sliding scale, using an overall maximum cap,
depending upon the number of public housing agency or Indian housing
authority units. The unit count includes rental, Turnkey III
Homeownership, Mutual Help Homeownership and Section 23 leased housing
bond-financed projects. Units in the Turnkey III Homeownership and
Mutual Help programs are counted if they have not been conveyed to the
homebuyers prior to the application deadline in this NOFA. For Section
23 bond-finance projects, units are counted if they have not been
conveyed or will not be conveyed with clear title to the housing
authorities until the end of the bond term. Eligible projects must be
covered by an annual contributions contract (ACC) or annual operating
agreement (AOA) during the period of the grant award. Unit counts will
be taken from the housing authority low-rent operating budget (form
HUD-52564) for the housing authority fiscal year ending June 30,
September 30, December 31, 1994 or March 31, 1995. [[Page 1848]]
Amendments to the Drug Elimination Program made by the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October
28, 1992), permit grants, under certain conditions as given in section
(c)(9) of this NOFA, below, to be used to eliminate drug-related crime
in housing owned by PHAs that is not housing assisted under the United
States Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted.
Where an application is submitted for this category of housing, the
amount of eligible funding will be determined on the same per-unit
basis as for federally assisted housing units, above.
The maximum grant awards are as follows, although, as discussed
below, in section I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and
Special Conditions), the Department may adjust the amount of any grant
award:
(i) For housing authorities with 1-499 units: The maximum grant
award is either a maximum grant award cap of $500.00 per unit, or a
total minimum grant award of $50,000, whichever is greater;
(ii) For housing authorities with 500-1,249 units: The maximum
grant award is either a maximum grant award cap of $300.00 per unit, or
a total minimum grant award of $250,000, whichever is greater;
(iii) For housing authorities with 1,250 or more units: The maximum
grant award is either a maximum grant award cap of $250.00 per unit, or
a total minimum grant award of $375,000 whichever is greater;
Example: A housing authority with 780 units could apply for a
maximum grant award of $250,000, i.e. the minimum grant award of
$250,000 for housing authorities with 500-1,249 units is greater than
the per unit award calculation computed at $300.00 per unit x 780
units = $234,000.
Example: A housing authority with 4,234 units could apply for a
minimum grant award of $1,058,500, i.e. computed at $250.00 per unit
x 4,234 units = $1,058,500.
An applicant shall not apply for more funding than is permitted in
accordance with the maximum grant award amount as described above. Any
application requesting funding that exceeds the maximum grant award
amount permitted will be rejected and will not be eligible for any
funding unless a computational error was involved in the funding
request. Section IV of this NOFA provides guidance regarding
application curable and noncurable deficiencies.
Such an error will be considered a curable deficiency in the
application. Section III.(d) (Checklist of Application Requirements) of
this NOFA requires applicants to compute the maximum grant award amount
for which they are eligible, as follows: eligible dollar amount per
unit x (times) number of units listed in the housing authority low-
rent operating budget (form HUD-52564) for housing authority fiscal
year ending, June 30, September 30, December 31, 1994 or March 31,
1995. The applicant is required to confirm the unit count with the
local HUD Field Office prior to submission of the application.
The amount computed in this way must be compared with the dollar
amount requested in the application to make certain the amount
requested does not exceed the maximum grant award.
(3) Reallocation. All awards will be made to fund fully an
application, except as provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of
Requested Grant Amounts and Special Conditions) below.
(4) Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and Special Conditions.
HUD may approve an application for an amount lower than the amount
requested, withhold funds after approval, and/or the grantee will be
required to comply with special conditions added to the grant
agreement, in accordance with 24 CFR 85.12 (PHAs), and 24 CFR 905.135
(IHAs) as applicable, and the requirements of this NOFA, or where:
(i) HUD determines the amount requested for one or more eligible
activities is unreasonable or unnecessary;
(ii) The application does not otherwise meet applicable cost
limitations established for the program;
(iii) The applicant has requested an ineligible activity;
(iv) Insufficient amounts remain in that funding round to fund the
full amount requested in the application and HUD determines that
partial funding is a viable option;
(v) The applicant fails to implement the program in its plan and/or
fails to submit required reports;
(vi) The applicant has demonstrated an inability to manage HUD
grants, particularly Drug Elimination Program grants; or
(vii) For any other reason where good cause exists.
(c) Eligibility
Funding under this NOFA is available only for Public Housing
Agencies and Indian Housing Authorities. Although section 161 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550,
approved October 28, 1992) makes public housing resident management
corporations (RMCs) eligible for Drug Elimination Program funding, the
95 App. Act limited the funds appropriated ``for grants to public
housing agencies''. The authorizing statute includes Indian housing
authorities (IHAs) in the term ``public housing agencies'' and,
therefore, IHAs are eligible for funding. Because RMCs, unlike IHAs,
constitute a separate entity from PHAs under the authorizing statute,
no funds are appropriated for RMCs as direct applicants under the 95
App. Act. However, RMCs may continue to receive funding from housing
authority grantees to develop security and drug abuse prevention
programs involving site residents as they have in the past.
An application for funding under this program may be for one or
more of the following eligible activities. An applicant may submit only
one application under this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint
applications are not permitted under this program with the following
exception: housing authorities (HA) under a single administration (such
as housing authorities managing another housing authority under
contract or housing authorities sharing a common executive director)
may submit a single application, even through each housing authority
has its own operating budget. The following is a listing of eligible
activities under this program and guidance as to their parameters:
(1) Employment of Security Personnel.
(i) Contracted Security Guard Personnel. Contracting for security
guard personnel services in public and Indian housing developments
proposed for funding is permitted under this program. Contracting for
security guard personnel services is defined as a competitive process
in which individual companies and/or individuals participate.
(A) Contracted security personnel funded by this program must
perform services not usually performed by local law enforcement
agencies on a routine basis, such as, patrolling inside buildings,
providing guard services at building entrances to check for
identification cards (Ids), or patrolling and checking car parking lots
for appropriate parking decals.
(B) Contracted security personnel funded by this program must meet
all relevant tribal, state or local government insurance, licensing,
certification, training, bonding, or other similar law enforcement
requirements.
(C) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,
and the provider (contractor) of the security personnel are required to
enter into and [[Page 1849]] execute a security personnel contract that
includes the following:
(1) The activities to be performed by the security personnel, their
scope of authority, established policies, procedures, and practices
that will govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as described
in section I.(c)(1)(i)(D)) and how they will coordinate their
activities with the local law enforcement agency;
(2) The types of activities that the security personnel are
expressly prohibited from undertaking.
(3) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be
incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field
Office until the grantee has executed a contract for security guard
services.
(D) Security guard personnel funded under this program shall be
guided by a policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and
controls the conduct and activities of its personnel. All security
guard personnel must be trained at a minimum in the areas described
below in paragraph (2) of this section.
(1) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies,
procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in
detail how jobs are to be performed, must exist or be completed before
a contract for services can be executed.
(2) Areas that must be covered in the security guard manual include
but are not limited to: use of force, resident contacts, response
criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and
workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint
procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicle,
authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and
with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling
of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on
every post and assignment.
(F) If the security guard contractor collects officer activity
information (which the Department recommends) for the housing
authority, the contractor must use a housing authority approved
activity form for the collection, analysis and reporting of activities
by officers funded under this section. Computers and software may be
included as an eligible item in support of this housing authority data
collection activity.
(ii) Employment of Housing Authority Police. Employment of
additional housing authority police officers is permitted only by
housing authorities that already have their own housing authority
police departments, which are the following housing authorities:
(1) Baltimore Housing Authority and Community Development,
Baltimore, MD.
(2) Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA.
(3) Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, IL.
(4) Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Cleveland, OH.
(5) Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, LA, CA.
(6) New York City Department of Housing Preservation and
Development, NYC, NY.
(7) Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA.
(8) Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA.
(9) Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
(10) Waterbury Housing Authority, Waterbury, CT.
(11) Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Virgin Islands.
Housing authorities that have their own housing authority police
departments, but that are not included on this list must contact
Malcolm E. Main, Crime Prevention and Security Division (CPSD), Office
of Community Relations and Involvement (OCRI), Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4116, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197 to
request approval before they may apply for funding under this
paragraph. A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired
persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free
telephone numbers.)
(A) If additional housing authority police officers are to be
employed for a service that is also provided by a local law enforcement
agency, the applicant must provide a cost analysis/budget narrative
that demonstrates the employment of additional housing authority police
officers is more cost efficient than obtaining the service from the
local law enforcement agency.
(B) Additional housing authority police officers to be funded under
this program must be an increase in the number of HA police officers
authorized by the housing authority, although such additional housing
authority police officers funded under a prior Drug Elimination Program
Grant may qualify for funding as a continuing activity under section
I.(c)(8) (Continuation of Current Program Activities) of this NOFA.
(C) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must describe
the baseline services by describing the current level of services
provided by the local law enforcement agency and then demonstrate to
what extent the additional housing authority police officers will
represent an increase over these services. For purposes of this NOFA,
the current level of services is defined as ordinary and routine
services provided or required to be provided under a cooperation
agreement to the residents of public housing developments as a part of
the overall, city and county-wide deployment of police resources, to
respond to crime and other public safety incidents. These include the
number of officers and equipment and the actual percent of their time
assigned to the developments proposed for funding, and the kinds of
services provided, e.g., 9-1-1 communications, processing calls for
service, and investigative follow-up of criminal activity.
(D) Housing authority police funded by this program must meet all
relevant state, tribal or local government insurance, licensing,
certification, training, bonding, or other similar law enforcement
requirements.
(E) The applicant and the cooperating local law enforcement agency
are required to enter into and execute a contract that describes the
following:
(1) The activities to be performed by the housing authority police,
their scope of authority, established policies, procedures, and
practices that will govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as
described in section I.(c)(1)(ii)(F)), and how they will coordinate
their activities with the local, state and Federal law enforcement
agencies;
(2) The types of activities that the housing authority police are
expressly prohibited from undertaking.
(F) Housing authority police departments funded under this program
shall be guided by a policy manual (see paragraph (1) below) that
regulates, directs, and controls the conduct and activities of its
personnel. All HA police officers must be trained at a minimum in the
areas described in paragraph (2), below.
(1) An up-to-date public housing police department policy manual,
which contains the policies, procedures, and general orders that
regulate conduct and describe in detail how jobs are to be performed,
must either exist or be completed within 12 months of the execution of
the grant agreement. Applicants must submit a plan and timetable for
the implementation of training staff.
(2) Areas that must be covered in the public housing police
department manual include but are not limited to: [[Page 1850]] use of
force, resident contacts, response criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest
procedures, prisoner transport procedures, reporting of crimes and
workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint
procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicle,
authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and
with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling
of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on
every post and assignment.
(G) If the housing authority police department collects officer
activity information (which the Department recommends), a housing
authority approved activity form must be used for the collection,
analysis and reporting of activities by officers funded under this
section. Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in
support of this housing authority data collection activity.
(H) Applicants for funding of additional housing authority police
officers must have car-to-car (or other vehicles) and portable-to-
portable radio communications links between housing authority police
officers and local law enforcement officers to assure a coordinated and
safe response to crimes or calls for services. The use of scanners
(radio monitors) is not sufficient to meet the requirements of this
section. Applicants that do not have such links must submit a plan and
timetable for the implementation of such communications links.
(I) Housing authority police departments funded under this program
that are not employing a community policing concept must submit a plan
and timetable for the implementation of community policing.
(1) Community policing has a variety of definitions; however, for
the purposes of this program, it is defined as follows: Community
policing is a method of providing law enforcement services that
stresses a partnership among residents, police, government services,
the private sector, and other local, state and Federal law enforcement
agencies to prevent crime by addressing the conditions and problems
that lead to criminal activity and the fear of this type of activity.
(2) This method of policing involves a philosophy of proactive
measures, such as foot patrols, bicycle patrols, and citizen contacts.
This concept empowers police officers at the beat and zone level and
residents in neighborhoods in an effort to: reduce crime and fear of
crime; assure the maintenance of order; provide referrals of residents,
victims, and the homeless to social services and government agencies;
assure feedback of police actions to victims of crime; and promote a
law enforcement value system on the needs and rights of residents.
(J) Housing authority police departments funded under this program
that are not nationally or state accredited must submit a plan and
timetable that may not exceed 24 months, from the execution of the
grant agreement, for such accreditation. Housing authorities may use
either their state accreditation program, if one exists, or the
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for
this purpose.
(1) The law enforcement community developed a body of standards in
1981 against which law enforcement agencies could be evaluated. While
some states have their own law enforcement accreditation program, the
nationwide accreditation program is managed by the CALEA, which is
located in Fairfax, VA. The purpose of accreditation is to reduce
liability exposure of agencies and personnel, and to assure that law
enforcement agencies meet a uniform body of standards.
(2) The accreditation concept emphasizes a voluntary, self-
motivated approach by which organizations seek to achieve and maintain
objectively verified high quality operations through periodic
evaluations conducted by an independent, non-governmental body that has
established standards for its ``clientele''. In simple terms, ``to
accredit'' means to recognize or vouch for an agency as conforming to a
body of standards related to a specific discipline--in this instance,
law enforcement.
(3) The process for CALEA consists of formal application, mutual
aid contract, an in-depth self assessment, an on-site assessment by
Commission-selected practitioner assessors from outside the state of
the requesting agency, and final Commission review and decision. Self-
assessment enables an agency to establish proofs of compliance with
standards specific to the agency to review its organization,
management, operations, and administrative activities to determine if
it believes it meets the requirements. Certain standards are mandatory
based on health, life, safety, and importance to the community and the
agency.
(4) Use of grant funds for public housing police department
accreditation activities is permitted.
(5) Funding is not permitted to purchase or lease any military or
law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as vehicles, uniforms,
ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles; including
cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive
equipment, etc.
(K) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be
incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field
Office until the grantee has met all the above requirements.
(L) In order to assist housing authorities to develop and
administer relevant, fair, and productive contracts with local law
enforcement agencies for the delivery of effective services to public
housing residents, a sample contract for law enforcement services is
provided with the application kit.
(2) Reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for additional
security and protective services.
(i) Additional security and protective services to be funded under
this program must be over and above the baseline services, as defined
below, that the tribal, state or local government provides to the
applying housing authority.
(A) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must first
establish a baseline by describing the current level of services (in
terms of the kinds of services provided, the number of officers and
equipment and the actual percent of their time assigned to the
developments proposed for funding) and then demonstrate to what extent
the funded activity will represent an increase over this baseline.
Baseline services are defined as those law enforcement services the
locality is contractually obligated to provide under its Cooperation
Agreement with the applying housing authority (as required by the
housing authority's Annual Contributions Contract).
(ii) Communications and security equipment to improve the
collection, analysis, and use of information about drug-related
criminal activities in a public housing community, such as surveillance
equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), software, cameras,
monitors, components and supporting equipment), computers accessing
national, tribal, state or local government security networks and
databases, facsimile machines, telephone equipment, bicycles, and motor
scooters may be eligible items if used exclusively in connection with
the establishment of a law enforcement substation on the funded
premises or scattered site developments of the housing authority.
(iii) If the local law enforcement agency collects officer activity
information (which the Department recommends) for the housing
authority, it must use a housing authority approved activity form for
the [[Page 1851]] collection, analysis and reporting of activities by
officers funded under this section. Computers and software may be
included as an eligible item in support of this housing authority data
collection activity.
(iv) The Department encourages housing authorities that are funded
under this program to promote the implementation of community policing.
For additional background on community policing, see the discussion at
section I.(c)(1)(ii)(I), above.
(v) Funding is not permitted to purchase or lease any military or
law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as vehicles, uniforms,
ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles; including
cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive
equipment, etc.
(vi) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be
incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field
Office until the grantee and the local law enforcement agency execute a
contract for the additional law enforcement services.
(vi) In order to assist housing authorities to develop and
administer relevant, fair, and productive contracts with local law
enforcement agencies for the delivery of effective services to public
and Indian housing residents a sample contract for law enforcement
services is provided with the application kit.
(3) Physical Improvements To Enhance Security.
(i) Physical improvements that are specifically designed to enhance
security are permitted under this program. These improvements may
include (but are not limited to) the installation of barriers, lighting
systems, fences, surveillance equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV), software, cameras, monitors, components and
supporting equipment) bolts, locks; the landscaping or reconfiguration
of common areas so as to discourage drug-related crime; and other
physical improvements in public and Indian housing developments that
are designed to enhance security and discourage drug-related
activities.
(ii) An activity that is funded under any other HUD program, such
as the modernization program at 24 CFR part 968, shall not also be
funded by this program.
(iii) Funding is not permitted for physical improvements that
involve the demolition of any units in a development.
(iv) Funding is not permitted for any physical improvements that
would result in the displacement of persons.
(v) Funding is not permitted for the acquisition of real property.
(vi) All physical improvements must also be accessible to persons
with disabilities. For example, some types of locks, buzzer systems,
doors, etc., are not accessible to persons with limited strength,
mobility, or to persons who are hearing impaired. All physical
improvements must meet the accessibility requirements of 24 CFR part 8.
(4) Employment of Investigators.
(i) Employment of one or more individuals is permitted under this
program to:
(A) Investigate drug-related crime in or around the real property
comprising any public and Indian housing development; and
(B) Provide evidence relating to any such crime in any
administrative or judicial proceedings.
(ii) Investigators funded by this program must meet all relevant
tribal, state or local government insurance, licensing, certification,
training, bonding, or other similar law enforcement requirements.
(iii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,
and the investigator(s) are required, before any investigators are
employed, to enter into and execute a written agreement that describes
the following:
(A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the
investigators, their scope of authority, established policies,
procedures, and practices that will govern their performance (i.e., a
Policy Manual as described in section I.(c)(4)(v), below) and how they
will coordinate their activities with the local, state and Federal law
enforcement agencies; and
(B) The types of activities that the investigators are expressly
prohibited from undertaking.
(iv) Under this section, reimbursable costs associated with the
investigation of drug-related crime (e.g., travel directly related to
the investigator's activities, or costs associated with the
investigator's testimony at judicial or administrative proceedings) may
only be those incurred by the investigator.
(v) Investigators funded under this program shall be guided by a
policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and controls their
conduct and activities. All investigators must be trained at a minimum
in the areas described below in paragraph (B) of this section.
(A) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies,
procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in
detail how jobs are to be performed, must either exist or be completed
within 12 months of the execution of the grant agreement. Applicants
must submit a plan and timetable for the implementation of training
staff.
(B) Areas that must be covered in the manual include but are not
limited to: use of force, resident contacts, response criteria to
calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and workload,
feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint procedures, internal
affairs investigations, towing of vehicle, authorized weapons and other
equipment, radio procedures internally and with local police, training
requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling of meetings with residents,
record keeping and position descriptions on every post and assignment.
(vi) If an investigator(s) collect activity information (which the
Department recommends) for the housing authority, a housing authority
approved activity form must be used for the collection, analysis and
reporting of activities by investigators funded under this section.
Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in support
of this housing authority data collection activity.
(vii) Funding is not permitted to purchase or lease any military or
law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as vehicles, uniforms,
ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles; including
cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive
equipment, etc.
(viii) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be
incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field
Office until the grantee has met all the above requirements.
(5) Voluntary Tenant Patrols.
(i) The provision of training, communications equipment, and other
related equipment (including uniforms), for use by voluntary tenant
patrols acting in cooperation with officials of local law enforcement
agencies is permitted under this program. Members must be volunteers
and must be tenants of the public and Indian housing development that
the tenant (resident) patrol represents. Patrols established under this
program are expected to patrol for drug-related criminal activity in
the developments proposed for assistance, and to report these
activities to the cooperating local law enforcement agency and tribal,
state and Federal agencies, as appropriate. Grantees are required to
obtain liability insurance to protect themselves and the members of the
voluntary tenant patrol against potential liability for the activities
of the patrol under this [[Page 1852]] program. The cost of this
insurance will be considered an eligible program expense.
(ii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,
and the members of the tenant patrol are required, before putting the
tenant patrol into effect and expending any grant funds, to enter into
and execute a written agreement that describes the following:
(A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the tenant
patrol, the patrol's scope of authority, the established policies,
procedures, and practices that will govern the tenant patrol's
performance and how the patrol will coordinate its activities with the
local law enforcement agency;
(B) The types of activities that a tenant patrol is expressly
prohibited from undertaking, to include but not limited to, the
carrying or use of firearms or other weapons, nightstick, clubs,
handcuffs, or mace in the course of their duties under this program;
(C) Initial tenant patrol training and continuing training the
members receive from the local law enforcement agency (training by the
local law enforcement agency is required before putting the tenant
patrol into effect); and
(D) Tenant patrol members must be advised that they may be subject
to individual or collective liability for any actions undertaken
outside the scope of their authority and that such acts are not covered
under a housing authority's liability insurance.
(iii) Communication and related equipment eligible for funding
under this program shall be equipment that is reasonable, necessary,
justified and related to the operation of the tenant patrol and that is
otherwise permissible under tribal, State or local law.
(iv) Under this program, bicycles, motor scooters and uniforms
(caps and other all seasonal clothing items that identify voluntary
tenant patrol members, including patrol t-shirts and jackets) to be
used by the members of the tenant patrol are eligible items.
(v) Drug elimination grant funds may not be used for any type of
financial compensation, such as any full-time wages or salaries for
voluntary tenant patrol participants.
(6) Programs To Reduce the Use of Drugs. Programs that reduce the
use of drugs in and around the premises of public and Indian housing
developments, including drug abuse prevention, intervention, referral
and treatment programs, are permitted under this program. The program
should facilitate drug prevention, intervention and treatment efforts,
to include outreach to community resources and youth activities, and
facilitate bringing these resources onto the premises, or providing
resident referrals to treatment programs or transportation to out-
patient treatment programs away from the premises. Funding is permitted
for reasonable, necessary and justified purchasing or leasing of
vehicles (whichever can be documented as the most cost effective) for
resident youth and adult education and training activities directly
related to ``Programs to reduce the use of drugs'' under this section.
Alcohol-related activities/programs are not eligible for funding under
this program.
(i) Drug Prevention. Drug prevention programs that will be
considered for funding under this part must provide a comprehensive
drug prevention approach for public and Indian housing residents that
will address the individual resident and his or her relationship to
family, peers, and the community. Prevention programs must include
activities designed to identify and change the factors present in
public housing that lead to drug-related problems, and thereby lower
the risk of drug usage.
Many components of a comprehensive approach, such as refusal and
restraint skills training programs or drug-related family counseling,
may already be available in the community of the applicant's housing
developments, and the applicant must act to bring those available
program components onto the premises. Funding is permitted for
reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals,
beverages and transportation, incurred only for training and education
activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs''. Activities
that should be included in these programs are:
(A) Drug Education Opportunities. The causes and effects of illegal
drug usage must be discussed in a formal setting to provide both young
people and adults the working knowledge and skills they need to make
informed decisions to confront the potential and immediate dangers of
illegal drugs. Grantees may contract (in accordance with 24 CFR 85.36)
with professionals to provide appropriate training or workshops. The
professionals contracted to provide these services shall be required to
base their services upon the needs assessment and program plan of the
grantee. These educational opportunities may be a part of resident
meetings, youth activities, or other gatherings of public and Indian
housing residents.
(B) Family and Other Support Services. Drug prevention programs
must demonstrate that they will provide directly or otherwise make
available services designed to distribute drug education information,
to foster effective parenting skills, and to provide referrals for
treatment and other available support services in the development or
the community for public and Indian housing families.
(C) Youth Services. Drug prevention programs must demonstrate that
they have included groups composed of young people as a part of their
prevention programs. These groups must be coordinated by adults with
the active participation of youth to organize youth leadership, sports,
recreational, cultural and other activities involving public and Indian
housing youth. The dissemination of drug education information, the
development of peer leadership skills and other drug prevention
activities must be a component of youth services. Activities or
services funded under this program may not also be funded under the
Youth Sports Program.
(D) Economic and Educational Opportunities for Residents and Youth.
Drug prevention programs must demonstrate a capacity to provide public
and Indian housing residents the opportunities for interaction with or
referral to established higher education or vocational institutions
with the goal of developing or building on the residents' skills to
pursue educational, vocational and economic goals. The program must
also demonstrate the ability to provide public and Indian housing
residents the opportunity to interact with private sector businesses in
their immediate community for the same desired goals.
(ii) Intervention. The aim of intervention is to identify public
and Indian housing resident drug users and assist them in modifying
their behavior and in obtaining early treatment, if necessary. The
applicant must establish a program with the goal of preventing drug
problems from continuing once detected.
(iii) Drug Treatment.
(A) Treatment funded under this program shall be in or around the
premises of the public and Indian housing developments proposed for
funding.
(B) Funds awarded under this program shall be targeted towards the
development and implementation of new drug referral treatment services
and/or aftercare (short and long care aftercare), or the improvement
of, or expansion of such program services for public and Indian housing
residents.
(C) Each proposed drug program should address the following goals:
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(1) Increase public and Indian resident accessibility to drug
treatment services;
(2) Decrease criminal activity in and around public and Indian
housing developments by reducing illicit drug use among public and
Indian housing residents; and
(3) Provide services designed for youth and/or maternal drug
abusers, e.g., prenatal and postpartum care, specialized counseling in
women's issues, parenting classes, or other drug supportive services.
(D) Approaches that have proven effective with similar populations
will be considered for funding. Programs should meet the following
criteria:
(1) Applicants may provide the service of formal referral
arrangements to other treatment programs not in or around public and
Indian housing developments where the resident is able to obtain
treatment costs from sources other than this program.
(2) Provide family and collateral counseling.
(3) Provide linkages to educational and vocational counseling.
(4) Provide coordination of services to appropriate tribal or local
drug agencies, HIV-related service agencies, and mental health and
public health programs.
(E) Applicants must demonstrate a working partnership with the
Single State Agency or current tribal or state license provider or
authority with drug/prevention program coordination responsibilities to
coordinate, develop and implement the drug treatment proposal.
(F) The Single State Agency or authority with drug/prevention
program coordination responsibilities must certify that the drug/
prevention treatment proposal is consistent with the state treatment
plan; and that the treatment service meets all state licensing
requirements.
(G) Funding Is Not Permitted for treatment of residents at any in-
patient medical treatment programs and facilities.
(H) Funding Is Not Permitted for detoxification procedures, short
term or long term, designed to reduce or eliminate the presence of
toxic substances in the body tissues of a patient.
(I) Funding Is Not Permitted for maintenance drug programs.
Maintenance drugs are medications that are prescribed regularly for a
long period of supportive therapy (e.g., methadone maintenance), rather
than for immediate control of a disorder.
(7) Resident Management Corporations (RMCs), Resident Councils
(RCs), and Resident Organizations (ROs). Funding under this program is
permitted for housing authorities to contract with RMCs and
incorporated RCs and ROs to develop security and drug abuse prevention
programs involving site residents. Such programs may include (but are
not limited to) voluntary tenant patrol activities, drug education,
drug intervention, youth programs, referral, and outreach efforts.
(8) Continuation of Current Program Activities. An applicant may
apply to continue an existing activity funded under this program. The
Department will evaluate an applicant's performance of the activity
that the applicant wants to continue with additional funding under this
NOFA. The Department will review and evaluate the applicant's conduct
of the activity under the previous grant, including financial and
program performance; reporting and special condition compliance;
accomplishment of stated goals and objectives under the previous grant;
and program adjustments made in response to previous ineffective
performance. Since this is a competitive program, HUD does not
guarantee continued funding of any previously funded Drug Elimination
Program Grant.
(9) PHA-Owned Housing. Funding may be used for the activities
described in sections I.(c) (1) through (7) (Eligible activities) of
this NOFA, to eliminate drug-related crime in housing owned by public
housing agencies that is not public housing that is assisted under the
United States Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally
assisted (for example, housing that receives tenant subsidies under
Section 8 is federally assisted and would not qualify, but housing that
receives only state, tribal or local assistance would qualify), but
only if they meet all of the following:
(i) The housing is located in a high intensity drug trafficking
area designated pursuant to section 1005 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988; and
(ii) The PHA owning the housing demonstrates, on the basis of
information submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections
I.(d)(1), below, of this NOFA, that drug-related activity, and the
problems associated with such activity, at the housing has a
detrimental affect on or about the housing. For the purposes of this
NOFA ``on or about'' means: on the premises or immediately adjacent to
the premises of the real property comprising the public or other
federally-assisted housing.
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) are areas
identified as having the most critical drug trafficking problems that
adversely impact the rest of the country. These areas are designed as
HIDTA by the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy pursuant
to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. As of November 1994 the following
areas were confirmed by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office, as designated high intensity drug trafficking areas:
--Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD which includes: Washington, DC,
Alexandria, Arlington Cty, Fairfax Cty, Montgomery Cty, Prince Georges
Cty, Charles Cty, Anne Arundel Cty, Howard Cty, Baltimore Cty, and
Baltimore, MD.
--New York City (and a surrounding area that includes Nassau Cty,
Suffolk County, and Westchester Cty, New York, and all municipalities
therein; and Union Cty, Hudson Cty, and Essex Cty, New Jersey, and all
municipalities therein).
--Los Angeles (and a surrounding area that includes Los Angeles Cty,
Orange Cty, Riverside Cty, and San Bernardino Cty, and all
municipalities therein).
--Miami (and a surrounding area that includes Broward Cty, Dade County,
and Monroe Cty, and all municipalities therein).
--Houston (and a surrounding area that includes Harris Cty, Galveston
Cty, and all municipalities therein).
--The Southwest Border (and adjacent areas that include San Diego and
Imperial Cty, California, and all municipalities therein; Yuma Cty,
Maricopa Cty, Pinal Cty, Pima Cty, Santa Cruz Cty, and Cochise Cty,
Arizona, and all municipalities therein; Hidalgo Cty, Grant Cty, Luna
Cty, Dona Ana Cty, Eddy Cty, Lea Cty, and Otero Cty, New Mexico, and
all municipalities therein; El Paso Cty, Hudspeth Cty, Culberson Cty,
Jeff Davis Cty, Presidio Cty, Brewster Cty, Pecos Cty, Terrell Cty,
Crockett Cty, Val Verde Cty, Kinney Cty, Maverick Cty, Zavala Cty,
Dimmit Cty, La Salle Cty, Webb Cty, Zapata Cty, Jim Hogg Cty, Starr
Cty, Hidalgo Cty, Willacy Cty, and Cameron Cty, Texas, and all
municipalities therein).
--U. S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
For further information on high intensity drug trafficking areas
contact: Rich Yamamoto, at the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20500. Telephone
number: (202) 395-6755.
(10) Ineligible Activities. Funding is not permitted for any of the
activities listed below or Those Specified as Ineligible Elsewhere In
This NOFA. [[Page 1854]]
(i) Funding Is Not Permitted for costs incurred before the
effective date of the grant agreement, including, but not limited to,
consultant fees related to the development of an application or the
actual writing of the application.
(ii) Funding Is Not Permitted for the purchase of controlled
substances for any purpose, including law enforcement sting operations.
(iii) Funding Is Not Permitted for compensating informants,
including confidential informants.
(iv) Funding Is Not Permitted for the purchase of law enforcement
and/or any other vehicles, including cars, vans, buses, and
motorcycles.
(v) Funding Is Not Permitted to purchase or lease any military or
law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as, vehicles, uniforms,
ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles, protective
vests, and any other supportive equipment, etc.
(vi) Drug elimination grant funds may not be Used for any full-time
wages or salaries for voluntary tenant patrol participants.
(vii) Funding Is Not Permitted for the costs of leasing, acquiring,
constructing or rehabilitating any facility space in a building or
unit.
(viii) Funding Is Not Permitted for organized fund raising,
advertising, financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of
gifts and bequests, rallies, marches, community celebrations and
similar expenses.
(ix) Funding Is Not Permitted for the costs of entertainment,
amusements, or social activities, and for the expenses of items such as
meals, beverages, lodgings, rentals, transportation, and gratuities
related to these ineligible activities. However, funding is permitted
for reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals,
beverages and transportation, incurred only for training, and education
activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs.''
(x) Funding Is Not Permitted for the costs (court costs, attorneys
fees, etc.) related to screening or evicting residents for drug-related
crime. However, investigators funded under this program may participate
in judicial and administrative proceedings as provided in paragraph
I.(c)(4)(i)(B) (Employment of Investigators) of this NOFA.
(xi) Although participation in activities with Federal drug
interdiction or drug enforcement agencies is encouraged, the transfer
of drug elimination program funds to any federal agency is not
permitted.
(xii) Alcohol-related activities and programs are not eligible for
funding under this program.
(xiii) Funding Is Not Permitted under this NOFA for establishing
councils, resident associations, resident organizations, and resident
corporations since HUD funds these activities under a separate NOFA.
(xiv) Indirect costs as defined in OMB Circular A-87 are not
permitted under this program. Only direct costs are permitted.
(xv) Funding Is Not Permitted for any cash awards, such as
scholarships, prizes, etc.
(xvi) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant existing positions
or programs.
(d) Selection Criteria
HUD will review each application that it determines meets the
requirements of this NOFA and assign points in accordance with the
selection criteria. An application for funding under this program may
be for one or more eligible activities.
An applicant may submit only one application under each Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under
this program with the following exception: housing authorities under a
single administration (such as housing authorities managing another
housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing a
common executive director) may submit a single application, even though
each housing authority has its own operating budget.
The number of points that an application receives will depend on
the extent to which the application is responsive to the information
requested in the selection criteria. An application must receive a
score of at least 70 points out of the maximum of 100 points that may
be awarded under this competition to be eligible for funding.
After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the
applications on a national basis. Awards will be made in ranked order
until all funds are expended. HUD will select the highest ranking
applications that can be fully funded. Applications with tie scores
will be selected in accordance with the procedures in paragraph I.(e)
(Ranking Factors). The terms ``housing'' and ``development(s)'' as used
in the application selection criteria and submission requirements may
include, as appropriate, housing described in section I.(c)(9) (PHA-
Owned Housing), above, of this NOFA. Each application submitted for a
grant under this NOFA will be evaluated on the basis of the following
selection criteria:
(1) First Criterion: The Extent of the Drug-Related Crime Problem
in the Applicant's Development or Developments Proposed for Assistance.
(Maximum Points: 40) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis
of this criterion, an application must include a description of the
extent of drug-related crime and/or problems associated with it, in the
developments proposed for funding. An applicant must explain, in the
application, in what way a problem claimed to be associated with drug-
related crime is a result of drug-related crime. The description should
provide the following information:
(i) Objective data. The best available objective data on the
nature, source, and frequency of the problem of drug-related crime and/
or the problems associated with drug-related crime. This data may
include (but not necessarily be limited to):
(A) The nature and frequency of drug-related crime and problems
associated with drug-related crime as reflected by crime statistics and
other data from Federal, tribal, state or local law enforcement
agencies.
(B) Information from records on the types and sources of drug-
related crime in the developments proposed for assistance.
(C) Descriptive data as to the types of offenders committing drug-
related crime in the applicant's developments (e.g., age, residence,
etc.).
(D) The number of lease terminations or evictions for drug-related
criminal activity.
(E) The number of emergency room admissions for drug use or that
result from drug-related crime (such information may not be available
from police departments but only from fire departments or emergency
medical services agencies).
(F) The number of police calls for service (not just drug-related)
such as, officer-initiated calls, domestic violence calls, drug
distribution complaints, found drug paraphernalia, gang activity,
graffiti that reflects drugs or gang-related activity, vandalism, drug
arrests, and abandoned vehicles.
(G) The number of residents placed in treatment for substance
abuse.
(H) The school dropout rate and level of absenteeism for youth that
the applicant can relate to drug-related crime. (If crime or other
statistics are not available at the development or precinct level, the
applicant may use other reliable, objective data including those
derived from its records or those of RMCs, RCs or ROs).
(I) Where appropriate, the statistics should be reported both in
real numbers, and as an annual percentage of the residents in each
development (e.g., 20 arrests in a year for distribution of heroin in a
development with 100 [[Page 1855]] residents reflects a 20% occurrence
rate). The data should cover the most recent one-year period (a one-
year period ending within 3 months of the date of the application). If
the data from the most recent one-year period is not used, an
explanation must be provided. To the extent feasible, the data provided
should be compared with data from a prior one-year period to show
whether the current data reflects a percentage increase or decrease in
drug-related crime and/or its associated problems during that prior
period of time.
(J) A reduction in drug-related crime in public and Indian housing
developments where previous Drug Elimination grants have been in effect
will not be considered a disadvantage to the applicant.
(K) If funding is being sought for housing owned by public housing
agencies that is not public housing assisted under the United States
Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted, the
application must demonstrate that the housing is located in a high
intensity drug trafficking area designated pursuant to section 1005 of
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and the application must demonstrate
that drug-related activity, and the problems associated with it, at the
housing has a detrimental affect on or about the real property
comprising the public or other federally assisted low-income housing.
For the purposes of this NOFA ``on or about'' means: on the premises or
immediately adjacent to the premises of the real property comprising
the public or other federally-assisted housing.
(ii) Other data on the extent of drug-related crime. To the extent
that objective data as described above may not be available, or to
complement that data, the assessment may use data from other sources
that have a direct bearing on drug-related crime and/or the problems
associated with it in the developments proposed for assistance under
this program. However, if other relevant information is to be used in
place of, rather than to complement, objective data, the application
must indicate the reasons why objective data could not be obtained and
what efforts were made to obtain it. Examples of these data include
(but are not necessarily limited to):
(A) Resident and staff surveys on drug-related issues or on-site
reviews to determine drug activity; and local government or scholarly
studies or other research in the past year that analyze drug activity
in the targeted developments.
(B) Vandalism cost and related vacancies attributable to drug-
related crime.
(C) Information from schools, health service providers, residents
and local, state, tribal, and Federal law enforcement agencies; and the
opinions and observations of individuals having direct knowledge of
drug-related crime and/or the problems associated with it concerning
the nature and frequency of these problems in the developments proposed
for assistance. (These individuals may include local, state, tribal,
and Federal law enforcement officials, resident or community leaders,
school officials, community medical officials, drug treatment or
counseling professionals, or other social service providers.)
(iii) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the
applicant has provided the above data that reflects a drug-related
crime problem, both in terms of the frequency and nature of the drug-
related problems associated with drug-related crime in the developments
proposed for funding as reflected by information submitted under
paragraph (1)(i) (objective data), and (ii) (other data) of this
section; and the extent to which such data reflects an increase in
drug-related crime over a period of one year in the developments
proposed for assistance. (Maximum Points Under Paragraphs (i) and (ii)
of This Section: 15)
(iv) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the
applicant has analyzed the data compiled under paragraphs (1)(i) and
(ii) of this section, and has clearly articulated its needs for
reducing drug-related crime in developments proposed for assistance.
(Maximum Points: 5)
(v) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points between
zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of robbery
and homicide in their community relative to their per capita incidence
on a nationwide basis. Data on robbery and homicide incidence were
chosen because of the demonstrated relationship of a substantial
portion of these crimes with drug abuse. The community data will be
taken from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) of the U.S. Department of
Justice (FBI crime data) and will be at the city level, when available,
or at the county level. The crime incidence data and the point values
will be computed by HUD. (Maximum Points: 10)
(vi) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points
between zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of
drug arrests. In instances where the Department of Justice records do
not contain community submission data, points will be assigned based on
state metropolitan and nonmetropolitan averages relevant to such areas.
(Maximum Points: 10)
(2) Second Criterion: The Quality of the Plan To Address the Crime
Problem in the Public or Indian Housing Developments Proposed for
Assistance, Including the Extent to Which the Plan Includes Initiatives
That Can Be Sustained Over a Period of Several Years. (Maximum Points:
30) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the following
factors:
(i) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis of this
criterion, an application must include the applicant's plan for
addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems. This
means a narrative description of the applicant's activities for
addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems in each of
the developments proposed for assistance under this part must be
included in the application. The activities eligible for funding under
this program are listed in section I.(c) of this NOFA, above, although
the applicant's plan must include all of the activities that will be
undertaken to address the problem, whether or not they are funded under
this program. If the same activities are proposed for all of the
developments that will be covered by the plan, the activities do not
need to be described separately for each development. Where different
activities are proposed for different developments, these activities
and the developments where they will take place must be separately
described.
The description of the plan in the application must include (but
not necessarily be limited to) the following information:
(A) A narrative describing each activity proposed for Drug
Elimination Program funding in the applicant's plan, any additional
relevant activities being undertaken by the applicant (e.g., a drug
treatment program for residents funded by an agency other than HUD),
and how all of these activities interrelate. The applicant should
specifically address whether it plans to implement a comprehensive drug
elimination strategy that involves management practices, enforcement/
law enforcement techniques (such as community policing), and a
combination of drug abuse prevention, intervention, referral, and
treatment programs. In addition, the applicant should indicate how its
proposed activities will complement, and be coordinated with, current
activities.
(1) If grant amounts are to be used for contracting security guard
personnel [[Page 1856]] services in public and Indian housing
developments the application must describe how the requirements of
section I.(c)(1)(i) (Employment of Security Personnel) of this NOFA
will be met.
(2) If grant amounts are to be used for public housing authority
police officers the application must describe how the requirements of
section I.(c)(1)(ii) (HA Police Departments) of this NOFA will be met.
(3) If grant amounts are to be used for reimbursement of local law
enforcement agencies for additional security and protective services
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(2)
(Reimbursement of Local Law Enforcement Agencies) of this NOFA will be
met.
(4) If grant amounts are to be used for physical improvements in
public and Indian housing developments proposed for funding under
section I.(c)(3) (Physical Improvements) of this NOFA the application
must discuss how these improvements will be coordinated with the
applicant's modernization program, if any, under 24 CFR part 968 or 24
CFR part 905, subpart I.
(5) If grant amounts are to be used for employment of investigators
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(4)
(Employment of Investigators) of the NOFA will be met.
(6) If grant amounts are to be used for voluntary tenant patrols
the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(5)
(Voluntary tenant patrol) of this NOFA will be met.
(7) If grant amounts are to be used for a prevention, intervention
or treatment program to reduce the use of drugs in and around the
premises of public and Indian housing developments as provided in
I.(c)(6) (Programs to Reduce the Use of Drugs) of this NOFA, the
application must discuss the nature of the program, how the program
represents a prevention or intervention strategy, and how the program
will further the HA's strategy to eliminate drug-related crime and/or
its associated problems in the developments proposed for assistance.
(B) The anticipated cost of each activity in the plan, a
description of how funding decisions were reached (cost analysis), and
the financial and other resources (including funding under this
program, and from other resources) that may reasonably be expected to
be available to carry out each activity.
(C) An implementation timetable that includes tasks, deadlines,
cost and persons responsible for implementing (beginning, achieving
identified milestones, and completing) each activity in the plan.
(D) The role of tenants, and RMCs, RCs, and ROs (where these
organizations exist) in planning and developing the application for
funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. The application must
provide the name of the RMC or incorporated RC or RO that will develop
any security and drug abuse prevention programs under section I.(c)(7)
(RMCs, RCs, and ROs) of this NOFA involving site residents.
(E) The role of any other entities (e.g., tribal, local and state
governments, community organizations and Federal agencies) in planning
and carrying out the plan. This can be shown, for example, by providing
letters of support or commitment from governmental or private entities
of the financial or other resources (e.g., staff or in-kind resources)
that they agree to provide.
(F) The resources that the applicant may reasonably expect to be
available at the end of the grant term to continue the plan, and how
they will be allocated to plan activities that can be sustained over a
period of years.
(G) A discussion of how the applicant's plan will serve to provide
training and employment or business opportunities for lower income
persons and businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons
residing within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined
in 24 CFR part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR
961.29(b)(4). Housing authorities are encouraged to hire qualified
residents in all positions.
(H) Program evaluation. The plan must specifically discuss how the
activities funded under this program will be evaluated by the
applicant, so that the program's progress can be measured. The
evaluation may also be used to modify activities to make them more
successful or to identify unsuccessful strategies. The evaluation must
identify the types of information the applicant will need to measure
the plan's success (e.g. tracking changes in identified crime
statistics); and indicate the method the applicant will use to gather
and analyze this information.
(ii) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the quality and
thoroughness of an applicant's plan in terms of the information
requested in section I.(d)(2)(i), ``Quality of the plan,'' of this
NOFA, including the extent to which:
(A) The applicant's plan clearly describes the activities that are
being proposed by the applicant, including those activities to be
funded under this program and those to be funded from other sources,
and indicates how these proposed activities provide for a comprehensive
approach to eliminate drug-related crime and/or its associated problems
(as described under the first criterion, section I.(d)(1), ``The extent
of the drug-related crime problem'' of this NOFA, above) in the
developments proposed for funding. (Maximum Points: 10)
(B) The applicant's plan provides a budget narrative with cost
analysis for each activity and describes the financial and other
resources (under this program and other sources) that may reasonably be
expected to be available to carry out each activity. (Maximum Points:
5)
(C) The applicant's plan is realistic in terms of time, personnel,
and other resources, considering the applicant's timetable for
beginning and completing each component of the plan and the amount of
funding requested under this program and other identified resources
available to the applicant. (Maximum Points: 2)
(D) As described in the plan, tenants, and RMCs/RCs/ROs, where they
exist, are involved in planning and developing the application for
funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 3)
(E) As described in the plan, other entities (e.g., tribal, local
and state governments and community organizations) are involved in
planning and carrying out the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 2)
(F) The plan includes activities that can be sustained over a
period of years and identifies resources that the applicant may
reasonably expect to be available for the continuation of the
activities at the end of the grant term. (Maximum Points: 3)
(G) The applicant's plan will serve to provide training and
employment or business opportunities for lower income persons and
businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons residing
within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined in 24 CFR
part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR 961.29(b)(4).
(Maximum Points: 2)
(H) The applicant has developed an evaluation process to measure
the success of the plan. (Maximum Points: 3)
(3) Third Criterion: The Capability of the Applicant To Carry Out
the Plan. (Maximum Points: 15) In assessing this criterion, HUD will
consider the following factors:
(i) The extent of the applicant's administrative capability to
manage its housing developments, as measured by its performance with
respect to operative HUD requirements under the ACC or ACA and the
Public Housing [[Page 1857]] Management Assessment Program at 24 CFR
part 901. In evaluating administrative capability under this factor,
HUD will also consider, and the application must include in the form of
a narrative discussion, the following information:
(A) Whether there are any unresolved findings from prior HUD
reports (e.g. performance or finance), reviews or audits undertaken by
HUD, the Office of the Inspector General, the General Accounting
Office, or independent public accountants;
(B) Whether the applicant is operating under court order; and,
(C) If applicable, the progress made by a troubled housing
authority in achieving goals established under a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) executed with HUD. (Maximum Points Under Paragraph
(3)(i)(A)(B) and (C) of This Section: 2)
(ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the applicant
has implemented effective screening procedures to determine an
individual's suitability for public housing (consistent with the
requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3604(f), 24 CFR 100.202, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 24
CFR 8.4 which deal with individuals with disabilities); implemented a
plan to reduce vacancies; implemented eviction procedures in accordance
with 24 CFR part 966, subpart B, 25 CFR 905.340 and Section 503 of
NAHA; or undertaken other management actions to eliminate drug-related
crime and/or its associated problems in its developments. (Maximum
Points: 2)
(iii) The application must identify the applicant's participation
in HUD grant programs (such as CGP, CIAP, youth sports, child care,
resident management, Drug Elimination Program grants, etc.) within the
preceding three years, and discuss the degree of the applicant's
success in implementing and managing these grant programs. (Maximum
Points: 4)
(iv) The local HUD Field Office shall evaluate the extent of the
applicant's success, effort, or failure in implementing and managing an
effective program under previous Drug Elimination grants (preceding
three years). Successful and effective management of previous Drug
Elimination grant program(s) will result in up to 7 (seven) extra
points. Evidence of an unjustified failure to make adjustments to an
ineffective program will result in a deduction of up to 7 (seven)
points. This evaluation will be based upon HUD's Line of Credit Control
System (LOCCS) reports, PHDEP performance and financial reports, and
HUD reviews. (Maximum Points: Plus (+) 7 or Minus (-) 7 Points)
(4) Fourth Criterion: The Extent to Which Tenants, the Local
Government and the Local Community Support and Participate in the
Design and Implementation of the Activities Proposed To Be Funded Under
the Application. (Maximum Points: 15) In assessing this criterion, HUD
will consider the following factors:
(i) The application must include a discussion of the extent to
which community representatives and tribal, local, state and Federal
government officials are actively involved in the design and
implementation of the applicant's plan, as evidenced by descriptions of
planning meetings held with community representatives and local
government officials, letters of commitment to provide funding, staff,
or in-kind resources, or written comments on the applicant's planned
activities. (Maximum Points: 5)
(ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the relevant
governmental jurisdiction has met its law enforcement obligations under
the Cooperation Agreement with the applicant (as required by the
grantee's Annual Contributions Contract with HUD). The application must
also include a certification by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a
state or a unit of general local government in which the developments
proposed for assistance are located that the locality is meeting its
obligations under the Cooperation Agreement with the housing authority,
Particularly with regard to current baseline law enforcement services.
If the jurisdiction is not meeting its obligations under the
Cooperation Agreement, the CEO should identify any special
circumstances relating to its failure to do so. Whether or not a
locality is meeting its obligations under the Cooperation Agreement
with the applicant, the application must describe the current level of
law enforcement services being provided to the developments proposed
for assistance. (Maximum Points: 4)
(iii) The extent to which public and Indian housing development
residents (tenants), and an RMC, RC or RO, where they exist, are
involved in the planning and development of the grant application and
plan strategy, and support and participate in the design and
implementation of the activities proposed to be funded under the
application. The application must include a summary of each written
resident and resident organization comment, as required by 24 CFR
961.18, and the applicant's response to and action on these comments.
If there are no resident or resident organization comments, the
applicant must provide an explanation of the steps taken to encourage
participation, even though they were not successful. (Maximum Points:
2)
(iv) The extent to which the applicant is already undertaking, or
has undertaken, participation in local, state, tribal or Federal anti-
drug related crime efforts (such as Operation Weed and Seed, Operation
Safe Home, or Operation PACT) or is successfully coordinating its law
enforcement activities with local, state, tribal or federal law
enforcement agencies. (Maximum Points: 4)
(e) Ranking Factors
(1) Each application for a grant award that is submitted in a
timely manner to the local HUD Field Office with delegated public
housing responsibilities or, in the case of IHAs, to the appropriate
Field Office of Native American Programs (FONAPs), that otherwise meets
the requirements of this NOFA, will be evaluated in accordance with the
selection criteria specified above.
(2) An application must receive a score of at least 70 points out
of the maximum of 100 points that may be awarded under this competition
to be eligible for funding.
(3) After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the
applications on a national basis.
(4) In the event that two eligible applications receive the same
score, and both cannot be funded because of insufficient funds, the
application with the highest score in Selection Criterion 3 ``The
Capability of the Applicant To Carry Out the Plan'' will be selected.
If Selection Criterion 3 is scored identically for both applications,
the scores in Selection Criteria 1, 2, and 4 will be compared in this
order, one at a time, until one application scores higher in one of the
factors and is selected. If the applications score identically in all
factors, the application that requests less funding will be selected.
(5) All awards will be made to fund fully an application, except as
provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts
and Special Conditions).
(f) General Grant Requirements. The following requirements apply to
this program:
(1) Grantees are required to use grant funds under this program in
accordance with this NOFA, 24 CFR part 961, 24 CFR part 85, 24 CFR part
84, applicable statutes, HUD regulations, Notices, Handbooks, OMB
circular, grant [[Page 1858]] agreements/amendments, and the grantee's
approved plan, budget (SF-424A), budget narratives and timetable.
(2) Applicability of OMB Circular and HUD fiscal and audit
controls. The policies, guidelines, and requirements of this NOFA, 24
CFR part 961, 24 CFR part 85, 24 CFR part 84, and OMB Circular A-87
apply to the acceptance and use of assistance by grantees under this
program; and OMB Circular Nos. A-110 and A-122 apply to the acceptance
and use of assistance by private nonprofit organizations (including
RMCs, RCs and ROs). In addition, grantees and subgrantees must comply
with fiscal and audit controls and reporting requirements prescribed by
HUD, including the system and audit requirements under the Single Audit
Act, OMB Circular No. A-128 and HUD's implementing regulations at 24
CFR part 44; and OMB Circular No. A-133.
(3) Cost Principles. Specific guidance in this NOFA, 24 CFR part
961, 24 CFR part 85, 24 CFR part 84, OMB Circular A-87, other
applicable OMB cost principles, HUD program regulations, Notices, HUD
Handbooks, and the terms of grant/special conditions and subgrant
agreements will be followed in determining the reasonableness and
allocability of costs. All costs must be reasonable, necessary and
justified with cost analysis. PHDEP Funds must be disbursed by the
grantee within seven calendar days after receipt of drawdown. Grant
funds must be used only for Drug Elimination Program purposes. Direct
costs are those that can be identified specifically with a particular
activity or function in this NOFA and cost objectives in OMB Circular
A-87. Indirect cost are not permitted in this program. Administrative
requirements for Drug Elimination Program grants will be in accordance
with 24 CFR part 85. Acquisition of property or services shall be in
accordance with 24 CFR 85.36. All equipment acquisitions will remain
the property of the grantee in accordance with 24 CFR 85.32. ONAP
procurement standards are in 24 CFR part 905.
(4) Grant Staff Personnel. (i) All persons or entities compensated
by the grantee for services provided under a Drug Elimination Program
grant must meet all applicable personnel or procurement requirements
and shall be required as a condition of employment to meet all relevant
state, local and tribal government, insurance, training, licensing, or
other similar standards and requirements.
(ii) Compensation for personnel (including supervisory personnel,
such as a grant administrator or drug program coordinator, and support
staff, such as counselors and clerical staff) hired for grant
activities IS PERMITTED and may include wages, salaries, and fringe
benefits.
(iii) All grant personnel must be necessary, reasonable and
justified. Job descriptions must be provided for all grant personnel.
Excessive staffing is not permitted.
(iv) Housing authority staff responsible for management/
coordination of PHDEP programs shall be compensated with grant funds
only for work performed directly for PHDEP grant-related activities and
shall document the time and activity involved in accordance with 24 CFR
85.20.
(5) Term of Grant. The FY 95 grant project must be completed
within, and shall not exceed, 24 months from the date of execution of
the grant agreement, unless an extension and grant amendment (HUD Form
1044) are approved by the local HUD Field Office. After the award of
the grant the maximum extension allowable for any project period is 6
months. Any funds not expended at the end of the grant term shall be
remitted to HUD.
(6) Duplication of Funds. To prevent duplicate funding of any
activity, the grantee must establish controls to assure that an
activity or program that is funded by other HUD programs, such as
modernization or CIAP, or programs of other Federal agencies, shall not
also be funded by the Drug Elimination Grant Program. The grantee must
establish an auditable system to provide adequate accountability for
funds which it has been awarded. The applicant has the responsibility
to ensure there is no duplication of funding sources.
(7) Sanctions.
(i) HUD may impose sanctions if the grantee:
(A) Is not complying with the requirements of 24 CFR part 961 or of
other applicable Federal law;
(B) Fails to make satisfactory progress toward its drug elimination
goals, as specified in its plan and as reflected in its performance and
financial status reports under 24 CFR 961.28;
(C) Does not establish procedures that will minimize the time
elapsing between drawdowns and disbursements;
(D) Does not adhere to grant agreement requirements or special
conditions;
(E) Proposes substantial plan changes to the extent that, if
originally submitted, would have resulted in the application not being
selected for funding;
(F) Engages in the improper award or administration of grant
subcontracts;
(G) Does not submit reports; or
(H) Files a false certification, for example, those listed under
section I.(d) of this NOFA.
(ii) HUD may impose the following sanctions:
(A) Temporarily withhold cash payments pending correction of the
deficiency by the grantee or subgrantee;
(B) Disallow all or part of the cost of the activity or action not
in compliance;
(C) Wholly or partly suspend or terminate the current award for the
grantee's or subgrantee's program;
(D) Require that some or all of the grant amounts be remitted to
HUD;
(E) Condition a future grant and elect not to provide future grant
funds to the grantee until appropriate actions are taken to ensure
compliance;
(F) Withhold further awards for the program or
(G) Take other remedies that may be legally available.
(8) Notification. After completion of the ranking and environmental
reviews as required by 24 CFR 961.15(d), HUD will send written
notification to all applicants of whether or not they have been
selected.
(9) Grant Agreement. After an application has been approved, HUD
and the applicant shall enter into a grant agreement (Form HUD-1044)
setting forth the amount of the grant and its applicable terms,
conditions, financial controls, payment mechanism/schedule, and special
conditions, including sanctions for violation of the agreement. The
grant agreement (Form HUD-1044) will be effective upon the signature of
the Director, Public Housing Division or Administrator, FONAP.
II. Application Process
(a) Application Kit: An application kit may be obtained, and
assistance provided, from the local HUD Field Office with delegated
public housing responsibilities over an applying public housing agency,
or from the Field Office of Native American Programs having
jurisdiction over the Indian housing authority making an application,
or by calling HUD's Community Relations and Involvement Clearinghouse,
telephone 1-800-578-3472. The application kit contains information on
all exhibits and certifications required under this NOFA.
(b) Application Submission: Applications are due on or before
Friday, April 14, 1995, at 3:00 PM, local time. This application
deadline is firm as to date and hour. In the interest of fairness to
all competing applicants, the Department will treat as ineligible for
consideration any application that is received after the deadline.
Applicants should take this practice into account [[Page 1859]] and
make early submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss of
eligibility brought about by unanticipated delays or other delivery-
related problems.
Applications (original and two copies) must be physically received
by the deadline at the local HUD Field Office with delegated public
housing responsibilities Attention: Director, Public Housing Division,
or, in the case of IHAs, to the local HUD Field Office of Native
American Programs Attention: Administrator, Field Office of Native
American Programs, as appropriate. It is not sufficient for an
application to bear a postage date within the submission time period.
Applications submitted by facsimile are not acceptable. Applications
received after the deadline date and hour, Friday, April 14, 1995, at
3:00 PM, local time, will not be considered.
III. Checklist of Application Submission Requirements
To qualify for a grant under this program, the application
submitted to HUD shall include, in addition to those requirements
listed under section I.(d) (Selection Criteria) of this NOFA, including
the plan to address the problem of drug-related crime in the
developments proposed for funding, at least the following items:
(a) Applicant Data Form. The applicant must complete the form for
database entry. The form is provided in the application kit.
(b) Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form SF-424. The
SF-424 is the face sheet for the application. The applicant must
complete and sign the form. The form is provided in the application
kit.
(c) Standard Form SF-424A Budget Information (non-construction
programs), with attached budget narrative(s) for budget preparation,
with all supporting justification and documentation. The SF-424A, with
attached budget narrative, must be completed and the applicant must
describe each major activity proposed for funding, e.g., employment of
security personnel (security guards and housing authority police
officers), reimbursement of local law enforcement services, physical
improvements, employment of investigators, voluntary tenant (resident)
patrols, drug prevention, intervention, and treatment programs to
reduce the use of drugs. The budget narrative form(s)/cost analysis
must be attached to the SF-424A. The form is provided in the
application kit.
(d) Applicants must verify their unit count with the local HUD
field office prior to submitting the application. Applicants must
compute the maximum grant award amount for which they are eligible
(eligible dollar amount per unit x (times) number of units listed in
the housing authority low-rent operating budgets (form HUD-52564) for
housing authority fiscal year ending June 30, September 30, December
31, 1994 or March 31, 1995 and compare it with the dollar amount
requested in the application to make certain the amount requested does
not exceed the permitted maximum grant award.
(e) Standard Form SF-424B, Assurances, (non-construction programs)
for pre-award assurances. The applicant must complete and sign the
form. The form is provided in the application kit.
(f) Certifications. Applications must include the following
certifications (certifications are provided in the application kit):
(1) A certification that the applicant will maintain a drug-free
workplace in accordance with the requirements of the Drug-Free
Workplace Act of 1988, 24 CFR part 24, subpart F. (Applicants may
submit a copy of their most recent drug-free workplace certification,
which must be dated within the past year.)
(2) A certification and disclosure in accordance with the
requirements of section 319 of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C.
1352) and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These
authorities generally prohibit recipients and subrecipients of Federal
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans from using
appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative Branches
of the Federal Government in connection with a specific, contract,
grant, or loan. Indian housing authorities established by an Indian
tribe as a result of the exercise of their sovereign power are excluded
from coverage, but Indian housing authorities established under state
law are not excluded from coverage.
(3) If applying for drug treatment program funding, a certification
by the applicant that the applicant has notified and consulted with the
relevant local tribal commission, Single State Agency or other local
authority with drug program coordination responsibilities concerning
its application; and that the proposed drug prevention/treatment
program has been reviewed by the relevant local tribal commission,
Single State Agency or other local authority and is consistent with the
tribal or State treatment plan.
(4) A certification (the certification is provided in the
application kit) by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a state,
tribal or a unit of general local government in which the developments
proposed for assistance are located that:
(i) Grant funds provided under this program will not substitute for
activities currently being undertaken on behalf of the applicant by the
jurisdiction to address drug-related crime and/or its associated
problems;
(ii) Any reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for
additional security and protective services to be provided under
section I.(c)(2) of this NOFA meet the requirements of that section.
(5) A certification from the chief of the local law enforcement
agency:
(i) If the application is for employment of security guard
personnel, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will
enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the provider of the
security personnel in accordance with the requirements of sections
I.(c)(1) (Employment of security guard personnel) of this NOFA;
(ii) If the application is for employment of investigators, that
the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will enter into, an
agreement with the applicant and the investigators, in accordance with
the requirements of sections I.(c)(4) (Employment of investigators) of
this NOFA;
(iii) If the application is for voluntary tenant (resident) patrol
funding, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will
enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the voluntary tenant
patrol, in accordance with the requirements of sections I.(c)(5)
(voluntary tenant (resident) patrol) of this NOFA.
(6) A certification by the RMC, RC or RO, or other involved
resident group where an RMC, RC or RO do not exist, that the residents
participated in the preparation of the grant application with the
applicant, and that the applicant's description of the activities that
the resident group will implement under the program is accurate and
complete.
(g) HUD Form 2880, Applicant Disclosures. The form is provided in
the application kit.
IV. Corrections To Deficient Applications
(a) HUD will notify an applicant, in writing, of any curable
technical deficiencies in the application. The applicant must submit
corrections in accordance with the information specified in HUD's
letter within 14 calendar days from the date of HUD's
[[Page 1860]] letter notifying the applicant of any such deficiency.
(b) Curable technical deficiencies relate to items that:
(i) Are not necessary for HUD review under selection criteria/
ranking factors; and
(ii) Would not improve the quality of the applicant's program
proposal.
(c) An example of a curable technical deficiency would be the
failure of an applicant to submit a required assurance, budget
narrative, certification, applicant data form, summaries of written
resident comments, incomplete forms such as the SF-424 or lack of
required signatures, appendixes and documentation referenced in the
application or a computational error based on the use of an incorrect
number(s) such as incorrect unit counts. These items are discussed in
the application kit and samples, as appropriate, are provided.
(d) An example of a non-curable defect or deficiency would be a
missing SF-424A (Budget Information).
V. Other Matters
(a) Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity. The following
nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements apply:
(1) The requirements of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
42 U.S.C. 3600-20 (Fair Housing Act) and implementing regulations
issued at subchapter A of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
as amended by 54 FR 3232 (published January 23, 1989); Executive Order
11063 (Equal Opportunity in Housing) and implementing regulations at 24
CFR part 107; and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d-2000d-4) (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) and
implementing regulations issued at 24 CFR Part 1;
(2) The Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) (Title II of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. 1301-1303) provides, among other things,
that ``no Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government
shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection
of its laws or deprive any person of liberty or property without due
process of law.'' The Indian Civil Rights Act applies to any tribe,
band, or other group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States in the exercise of recognized powers of self-government.
The ICRA is applicable in all cases where an IHA has been established
by exercise of tribal powers of self-government.
(3) The prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age
under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-07) and
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146, and the prohibitions
against discrimination against handicapped individuals under section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 8;
(4) The requirements of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment
Opportunity) and the regulations issued under the Order at 41 CFR
Chapter 60; (5) The requirements of Executive Orders 11625, 12432, and
12138. Consistent with HUD's responsibilities under these Orders,
recipients must make efforts to encourage the use of minority and
women's business enterprises in connection with funded activities.
(b) Environmental Impact. Grants under this program are
categorically excluded from review under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in accordance with 24 CFR 50.20(p). However,
prior to an award of grant funds, HUD will perform an environmental
review to the extent required by HUD's environmental regulations at 24
CFR part 50, including the applicable related authorities at 24 CFR
50.4.
(c) Federalism impact. The General Counsel, as the Designated
Official under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has
determined that the policies contained in this rule will not have
substantial direct effects on States or their political subdivisions,
or the relationship between the Federal government and the states, or
on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various
levels of government and, therefore, the provisions of this rule do not
have ``Federalism implications'' within the meaning of the Order. The
rule implements a program that encourages housing authorities to
develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-related crime, and
makes available grants to housing authorities to help them carry out
their plans. As such, the program would help housing authorities combat
serious drug-related crime problems in their developments, thereby
strengthening their role as instrumentalities of the States. In
addition, further review under the Order is unnecessary, since the rule
generally tracks the statute and involves little implementing
discretion.
(d) Family Impact. The General Counsel, as the Designated Official
for Executive Order 12606, the Family has determined that the
provisions of this rule have the potential for a positive, although
indirect, impact on family formation, maintenance and general well-
being within the meaning of the Order. This rule would implement a
program that would encourage HAs to develop a plan for addressing the
problem of drug-related crime, and to make available grants to help
housing authorities to carry out this plan. As such, the program is
intended to improve the quality of life of public and Indian housing
development residents, including families, by reducing the incidence of
drug-related crime.
(e) Section 102 HUD Reform Act--Documentation and Public Access
Requirements; Applicant/Recipient Disclosures. Documentation and public
access. HUD will ensure that documentation and other information
regarding each application submitted pursuant to this NOFA are
sufficient to indicate the basis upon which assistance was provided or
denied. This material, including any letters of support, will be made
available for public inspection for a five-year period beginning not
less than 30 days after the award of the assistance. Material will be
made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In
addition, HUD will include the recipients of assistance pursuant to
this NOFA in its quarterly Federal Register notice of all recipients of
HUD assistance awarded on a competitive basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14(a) and
24 CFR 12.16(b), and the notice published in the Federal Register on
January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for further information on these
requirements.)
Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in
connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made
available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case
for a period less than three years. All reports--both applicant
disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. (See 24 CFR subpart C, and the notice
published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for
further information on these disclosure requirements.)
(f) Section 103 HUD Reform Act. HUD's regulation implementing
section 103 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform
Act of 1989 was published May 13, 1991 (56 FR 22088) and became
effective on June 12, 1991. That regulation, codified as 24 CFR part 4,
applies to the funding competition announced today. The requirements of
the rule continue to [[Page 1861]] apply until the announcement of the
selection of successful applicants.
HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the
making of funding decisions are limited by part 4 from providing
advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of
HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from otherwise giving any
applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for
assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the
subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
Applicants who have questions should contact the HUD Office of
Ethics (202) 708-3815. (This is not a toll-free number.) The Office of
Ethics can provide information of a general nature to HUD employees, as
well. However, a HUD employee who has specific program questions, such
as whether particular subject matter can be discussed with persons
outside the Department, should contact his or her Regional or Field
Office Counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the
question pertains.
(g) Section 112 HUD Reform Act. Section 13 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act contains two provisions dealing with
efforts to influence HUD's decisions with respect to financial
assistance. The first imposes disclosure requirements on those who are
typically involved in these efforts--those who pay others to influence
the award of assistance or the taking of a management action by the
Department and those who are paid to provide the influence. The second
restricts the payment of fees to those who are paid to influence the
award of HUD assistance, if the fees are tied to the number of housing
units received or are based on the amount of assistance received, or if
they are contingent upon the receipt of assistance.
Section 13 was implemented by final rule published in the Federal
Register on May 17, 1991 (56 FR 22912). If readers are involved in any
efforts to influence the Department in these ways, they are urged to
read the final rule, particularly the examples contained in appendix A
of the rule.
(h) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities. The use of funds
awarded under this NOFA is subject to the disclosure requirements and
prohibitions of section 319 of the Department of Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 1352) (The
``Byrd Amendment'') and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87.
These authorities prohibit recipients of federal contracts, grants, or
loans from using appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or
Legislative branches of the federal government in connection with a
specific contract, grant, or loan. The prohibition also covers the
awarding of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or loans unless
the recipient has made an acceptable certification regarding lobbying.
Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and subrecipients of
assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no federal funds have
been or will be spent on lobbying activities in connection with the
assistance. Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) established by an Indian
tribe as a result of the exercise of their sovereign power are excluded
from coverage, but IHAs established under state law are not excluded
from coverage.
Authority: Sec. 5127, Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.); sec. 7(d), Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: December 21, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Appendix A: Listing of Addresses for HUD Field Offices Accepting
Applications for the FY 1995 Public Housing Drug Elimination Program.
HUD--New England Area: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Boston, Massachusetts HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10
Causeway Street, Room 375, Boston, MA 02222-1092, (617) 565-5234,
TDD Number: (617) 565-5453, Office hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm local
time.
Hartford, Connecticut HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 330 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut
06106-1860, (203) 240-4522, TDD Number: (203) 240-4665, Office
hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Manchester, New Hampshire HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275
Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487, (603) 666-
7681, TDD Number: (603) 666-7518, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
local time.
Providence, Rhode Island HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 10 Weybosset Street, Sixth Floor,
Providence, Rhode Island 02903-2808, (401) 528-5351, TDD Number:
(401) 528-5364, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--New York, New Jersey Area: New York, New Jersey
New York HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-
0068, (212) 264-6500, TDD Number: (212) 264-0927, Office hours: 8:30
am-5:00 pm local time.
Buffalo, New York HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Lafayette Court, 5th Floor, 465 Main
Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1780, (716) 846-5755, TDD Number:
Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Newark, New Jersey HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, One Newark Center--12th Floor, Newark, New
Jersey 07102-5260, (201) 622-7900, TDD Number: (201) 645-6649,
Office hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm local time.
HUD--Midatlantic Area: Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Liberty Square Building, 105 South 7th
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3392, (215) 597-2560, TDD
Number: (215) 597-5564, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Washington, D.C. HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 820 First Street N.E., Washington, D.C.
20002-4502, (202) 275-9200, TDD Number: (202) 275-0967, Office
hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Baltimore, Maryland HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 10 South Howard Street, 5th Floor,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2505, (401) 962-2520, TDD Number: (410)
962-0106, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Old Post Office Courthouse Building, 700
Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1939, (412) 644-6428,
TDD Number: (412) 644-5747, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local
time.
Richmond, Virginia HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, The 3600 Centre, 3600 West Broad Street,
P.O. Box 90331, Richmond, Virginia 23230-0331, (804) 278-4507, TDD
Number: (804) 278-4501, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Charleston, West Virginia HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 405 Capitol Street, Suite 708, Charleston,
West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7000, TDD Number: (304) 347-
5332, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Southeast Area: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Caribbean,
Virgin Islands
Atlanta, Georgia HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75
Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (404) 331-5136,
TDD Number: (404) 730-2654, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local
time.
Birmingham, Alabama HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 600 Beacon Parkway West, Suite 300,
Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7601, TDD Number: (205)
290-7624, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time. [[Page 1862]]
Louisville, Kentucky HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 601 West Broadway, P.O. Box 1044,
Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-6161, TDD Number: (502)
582-5139,
Jackson, Mississippi HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100
West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, Mississippi 39269-1096,
(601) 975-4746, TDD Number: (601) 975-4717, Office hours: 8:00 am-
4:45 pm local time.
Greensboro, North Carolina HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro,
North Carolina 27407, (919) 547-4000, TDD Number: 919-547-4055,
Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.
Caribbean HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, New San Office Building, 159 Carlos East
Chardon Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1804, (809) 766-6121,
TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
local time.
Columbia, South Carolina HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835
Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480, (803) 765-
5592, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45
pm local time.
Knoxville, Tennessee HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust
Street, S.W., Room 333, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526, (615) 545-
4384, TDD Number: (615) 545-4379, Office hours: 7:30 am-4:15 pm
local time.
Nashville, Tennessee HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200,
Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1803, (615) 736-5213, TDD Number: (615)
736-2886, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:15 pm local time.
Jacksonville, Florida HUD Field Office
Pubic Housing Division, Southern Bell Towers, 301 West Bay Street,
Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-2626, TDD
Number: (904) 232-2357, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Midwest Area: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5680, TTD Number:
(312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm local time.
Detroit, Michigan HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477
Michigan Avenue, Room 1645, Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592, (313) 226-
6880, TDD Number: (313) 226-7812, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
local time.
Indianapolis, Indiana HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 151 North Delaware Street, Suite 1200,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-6303, TDD Number:
(317)226-7081, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.
Grand Rapids, Michigan HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 2922 Fuller Avenue, N.E., Grand Rapids,
Michigan 49505-3499, (616) 456-2127, TDD Number: Number not
available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Bridge Place Building, 220 2nd Street
South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2195, (612) 370-3000, TTD
Number: (612) 370-3186, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Cincinnati, Ohio HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 525 Vine Street, Suite 700, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45202-3188, (513) 684-2884, TDD Number: (513) 684-6180, Office
hours: 8:00 am- 4:45 pm local time.
Cleveland, Ohio HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Renaissance Building, 1375 Euclid Avenue,
Fifth Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216) 522-4065, TTD Number:
Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:40 pm local time.
Columbus, Ohio HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio
43215-2499, (614) 469-5737, TDD Number: Number not available, Office
hours: 8:30 am-4:45 pm local time.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza, 310 West
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-2289, (414)
291-3214, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-
4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Southwest Area: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas
Fort Worth, Texas HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 1600 Throckmorton Street, Room 304, P.O.
Box 2905, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905, (817) 885-5934, TDD Number:
(817) 885-5447, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Houston, Texas HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 300,
Houston, Texas 77098-4096, (713) 834-3235, TDD Number: Number not
available, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.
San Antonio, Texas HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street,
Room 206, San Antonio, Texas 78207-4563, (512) 229-6783, TDD Number:
(512) 229-6783, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Little Rock, Arkansas HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Room
900, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5935, TDD Number:
(501) 324-5931, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
New Orleans, Louisiana HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Fisk Federal Building, 1661 Canal Street,
Suite 3100, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2887, (504) 589-7251, TDD
Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local
time.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, 200 N.W.
5th Street, Room 803, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-3202, (405) 231-
4857, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
local time.
Albuquerque, New Mexico HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 625 Truman Street N.E., Albuquerque, NM
87110-6472, (505) 262-6463, TDD Number: (505) 262-6463, Office
hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.
Great Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,
Kansas City, Kansas HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Room
400, Kansas City, Kansas 66101-2406, (913) 551-5488, TDD Number:
(913) 551-5815, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Omaha, Nebraska HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, Nebraska
68154-3955, (402) 492-3100, TDD Number: (402) 492-3183, Office
hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
St. Louis, Missouri HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri
63103-2836, (314) 539-6583, TDD Number: (314) 539-6331, Office
hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Des Moines, Iowa HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room
239, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2155, (515) 284-4512, TDD Number: (515)
284-4728, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Rocky Mountains Area: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Denver, Colorado HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th
Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607, (303) 672-5248, TDD Number: (303)
672-5248, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Pacific/Hawaii Area: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
Guam, America Samoa
San Francisco, California HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Philip Burton Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco,
California 94102-3448, (415) 556-4752, TDD Number: (415) 556-8357,
Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm local time.
Honolulu, Hawaii HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Room 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808) 541-1323,
TDD Number: (808) 541-1356, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm local
time [[Page 1863]]
Los Angeles, California HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 1615 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles,
California 90015-3801, (213) 251-7122, TDD Number: (213) 251-7038,
Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Sacramento, California HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 777 12th Avenue, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1978,
Sacramento, California 95814-1997, (916) 498-5270, TDD Number: (916)
498-5220, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Phoenix, Arizona HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Two Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street,
Suite 1600, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 261-4434, TDD Number:
(602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
HUD--Northwest/Alaska Area: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Seattle, Washington HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First
Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5292, TDD
Number: (206) 220-5185, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Portland, Oregon HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, 520 S.W. 6th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
97203-1596, (503) 326-2561, TDD Number: (503) 326-3656, Office
hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Anchorage, Alaska HUD Field Office
Public Housing Division, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th
Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4399, (907) 271-4170, TDD
Number: (907) 271-4328.
HUD Offices of Native American Programs
Eastern/Woodlands Area Tribes and IHAs: East of the Mississippi
River, Including All of Minnesota and Iowa
Eastern/Woodlands HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native American Programs, Ralph H.
Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Room 2400,
Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-1282 or (800) 735-3239, TDD Number:
(312) 886-3741 or (800) 927-9275, Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm
local time.
Southern Plains Area--Tribes and IHAs: Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas, Except for Isleta Del Sur in Texas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, Alfred P Murrah
Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street, 8th Floor, Oklahoma City, OK
73102-3201, (405) 231-4101, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891 or (405) 231-
4181, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.
Northern Plains Area--Tribes and IHAs: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Denver, Colorado HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Northern Plains Office of Native American Programs, First Interstate
Tower North, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607,
(303) 672-5462, TDD Number: (303) 844-6158, Office hours: 8:00 am-
4:30 pm local time.
Southwest Area--Tribes and IHAs: Arizona, California, New Mexico,
Nevada, and Isleta Del Sur in Texas
Phoenix, Arizona HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Southwest Office of Native American Programs, Two Arizona Center,
Suite 1650, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 379-4156, TDD Number:
(602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm local time or
Albuquerque, HUD Division of Native American Programs
Albuquerque Division of Native American Programs, Albuquerque Plaza,
201 3rd Street, NW, Suite 1830, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3368,
(505) 766-1372, TDD Number: None available, Office hours: 7:45 am-
4:30 pm local time or
Northern California Division of Native American Programs, 450 Golden
Gate Avenue, 8th Floor, Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448,
(415) 556-9200, TDD Number: (415) 556-8357.
Northwest Area--Tribes and IHAs: Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Seattle, Washington HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Northwest Office of Native American Programs, Seattle Federal Office
Building, 909 First Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206)
220-5270, TDD Number: (206) 220-5185, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
local time.
Alaska Area--Tribes and IHAs: Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska HUD Field Office of Native American Programs
Alaska Office of Native American Programs, University Plaza
Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-
4399, (907) 271-4633, TDD Number: (907) 271-4328.
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