[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
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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

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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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