[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7664-7671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4456]




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Part V





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development



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Funding Availability: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS; 
Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development
[Docket No. FR-4012-N-01]


Notice of Funding Availability for Housing Opportunities for 
Persons With AIDS

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of up to $17,100,000 in 
funds to be allocated by competition for housing assistance and 
supportive services under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS (HOPWA) program. The funds available under this NOFA will be used 
to fund projects for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their 
families under three categories of assistance: (1) Grants for special 
projects of national significance which, due to their innovative nature 
or their potential for replication, are likely to serve as effective 
models in addressing the needs of eligible persons; (2) grants for 
special projects of national significance--HIV Multiple-Diagnoses 
Initiative; and (3) grants for projects which are part of long-term 
comprehensive strategies for providing housing and related services for 
eligible persons in areas that are not eligible for HOPWA formula 
allocations.
    One new feature of this notice is an initiative to assist homeless 
persons who are living with HIV/AIDS who have chronic alcohol and/or 
other drug abuse problems and/or serious mental illness. The initiative 
responds to recommendations expressed during the 1995 White House 
Conference on HIV and AIDS, to recommendations to HUD by residents and 
providers of HIV/AIDS housing, and to recommendations and a survey of 
priority unmet needs of homeless providers and advocates cited in 
Priority: Home! The Federal Plan to Break the Cycle of Homelessness, 
issued by the Interagency Council on the Homeless in March, 1994. The 
HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative is a collaborative effort between HUD 
and the Department of Health and Human Services to establish, evaluate 
and disseminate information on model programs to provide the 
integration of health care and other supportive services with housing 
assistance for eligible persons. The initiative targets assistance to 
homeless persons who often have complex needs and for whom service 
systems are often least developed.
    HOPWA assistance announced in this notice is being offered in 
conjunction with related assistance being announced under the Special 
Projects of National Significance component of the Ryan White CARE Act 
under Department of Health and Human Services notices published 
elsewhere in today's Federal Register. One HHS notice provides for 
grants for Special Projects of National Significance, including grants 
for the development and evaluation of programs for the integration of 
medical, substance abuse, and mental health services in residential 
facilities or home health care agencies. The other HHS notice 
establishes an Evaluation Technical Assistance Center which will 
undertake national and multi-site evaluations of the Special Projects 
of National Significance, including grants for Housing for Homeless 
Persons with HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse and/or Mental Illness. In 
addition, the Center will provide for assessment and technical support 
for projects selected under this initiative for HUD projects that 
request program development support.
    This NOFA contains information concerning eligible applicants, the 
funding available, the application package, its processing, and 
selection of applications.

DATES: Applications for HOPWA assistance are due in HUD Headquarters by 
midnight Eastern Time on May 21, 1996. Conditionally selected 
applicants will be notified by HUD of their selection and may be 
required to submit additional information within two months of the date 
of their notification from HUD.

FOR A COPY OF APPLICATION PACKAGES CONTACT: A HUD Field Office listed 
in the appendix A to this NOFA for the application package and 
supplemental information, which may include a video presentation. 
Applications for CPD programs are also available by calling the 
Community Connections information center at 1-800-998-9999 or by 
internet at gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/funding.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications must be submitted to the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, Processing Control Branch, Room 
7255, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 
SW., Washington, D.C. 20410. HUD will treat as ineligible for 
consideration applications that are received after the deadline. A copy 
must also be sent to the HUD Field Office serving the area in which the 
applicant's project is located. A list of field offices appears at the 
end of this NOFA. The Department will not accept any application which 
is submitted to HUD via facsimile (FAX) transmission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The HUD Field Office for the area in 
which the proposed project is located. Telephone numbers are included 
in the list of Field Offices set forth in the appendix to this NOFA.

                            Eligible Applicants and Schedule of Competitions in 1996                            
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
Category...........................  Special Projects of     Special Projects of     Projects which are part of 
                                      National Significance.  National                Long-term Comprehensive   
                                                              Significance--HIV       Strategies for providing  
                                                              Multiple-Diagnoses      housing and related       
                                                              Initiative.             services.                 
Eligible Applicants................  States, Local           States, Local           States and Local           
                                      Governments, Non-       Governments, Non-       Governments in areas that 
                                      profit Organizations.   profit Organizations.   are not eligible for      
                                                                                      Formula allocations.      
Approximate funding                                                                                             
(2) $17.1 million (approximately $7                                                                             
 million reserved for SPNS-HIV MDI)                                                                             
Maximum Award Per Applicant                                                                                     
(2) $1,000,000 for program                                                                                      
 activities, and 100,000 for                                                                                    
 administrative costs, and, if                                                                                  
 applicable, 100,000 for program                                                                                
 development support of SPNS-HIV                                                                                
 MDI projects.                                                                                                  
Where to obtain application                                                                                     
 packages                                                                                                       
(2) Contact the area HUD CPD Office                                                                             
 listed in Appendix A, for the                                                                                  
 application package and                                                                                        
 supplemental information, which                                                                                
 may include a video presentation,                                                                              
 or call the Community Connections                                                                              
 information center at 1-800-998-                                                                               
 9999.                                                                                                          
Applications due to HUD                                                                                         
 Headquarters in Washington, DC                                                                                 
(2) May 21, 1996 Midnight Eastern                                                                               
 Time.                                                                                                          
Applications to be sent to                                                                                      
(2) Original to HUD Headquarters                                                                                
 (Room 7255) and one copy to the                                                                                
 area HUD Office (CPD office).                                                                                  


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. The information collection 
requirements for the HOPWA program have been approved under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
and have been assigned OMB control number 2506-0133 (exp. 2/28/97).

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

    (a) Purpose. The funds available under this NOFA will be used to 
fund projects for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families 
under three categories of assistance: (1) Grants for special projects 
of national significance which, due to their innovative nature or their 
potential for replication, are likely to serve as effective models in 
addressing the needs of eligible persons; (2) grants for special 
projects of national significance--HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative; 
and (3) grants for projects which are part of long-term comprehensive 
strategies for providing housing and related services for eligible 
persons in areas that are not eligible for HOPWA formula allocations.
    (b) Authority. The assistance made available under this NOFA is 
authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), and 
is anticipated to be appropriated by the HUD Appropriations Act of 
1996. The annual FY 1996 appropriation for HUD has not yet been 
enacted. However, HUD is publishing this notice in order to give 
potential applicants adequate time to prepare applications. The 
estimate of the amount of funds available for this program is based on 
the level of funding available for FY 1995. HUD is not bound by the 
estimate set forth in this notice. The regulations for HOPWA are found 
at 24 CFR part 574.
    (c) Eligibility. (1) States, units of general local government, and 
nonprofit organizations may apply for grants for special projects of 
national significance, including grants under the HIV Multiple-
Diagnoses Initiative. (2) All states and units of general local 
government may apply for grants for projects under the Long-term 
category of grants, except for: (A) any state that was eligible to 
receive a formula award in fiscal year 1996; and (B) any unit of 
general local government that was located in a metropolitan area or 
state that was eligible to receive a formula award in fiscal year 1996, 
see appendix B. Nonprofit organizations are not eligible to apply for 
the Long-term category of grants.
    (d) Allocation amounts. Up to $17,100,000 is being made available 
by this NOFA. The Department expects that approximately $7 million will 
be used under an initiative to address the needs of multiply-diagnosed 
homeless persons who are living with HIV/AIDS and have chronic alcohol 
and/or other drug abuse problems and/or serious mental illness. Since 
some of the appropriated funds are to be derived from the recapture of 
prior year obligations, the actual amount available may be less.
    The maximum amount that an applicant may receive is $1,000,000 for 
program activities, and applicants may receive up to an additional 
$100,000 for administrative costs (potentially $30,000 for grantee 
administrative costs and $70,000 for project sponsors' administrative 
costs).
    The notice also makes available up to an additional $100,000 for 
program development support under the HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative 
for applicants that agree to participate in a HUD and HHS process and 
outcome evaluation and dissemination component. An applicant that 
requests additional funds for program development support will use such 
funds to participate in the HHS Evaluation Technical Assistance Center 
efforts to evaluate project performance and disseminate information on 
project outcomes. Collaborative efforts will be undertaken to develop 
effective interventions for the targeted population, to share 
information and to undertake cross-site evaluations of related HUD and 
HHS projects.
    Creation of model projects and dissemination of information under 
the HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative will help improve the systems of 
care and continuum-of-care initiatives for the targeted population in 
other localities and nationally. The HUD model projects will use 
program development funds in connection with the HHS Center, for 
example to develop and implement project evaluation plans, to 
participate in jointly-sponsored HUD and HHS evaluation meetings, to 
acquire technical assistance in operating programs and evaluating 
performance and to disseminate information on their projects. The 
Departments expect that six semiannual evaluation meetings will be held 
with initiative participants over a three year period.
    The program development support activities are eligible HOPWA 
activities under 24 CFR 574.300 (b)(2) as ``Resource identification to 
establish, coordinate and develop housing assistance resources for 
eligible persons (including conducting preliminary research and making 
expenditures necessary to determine the feasibility of specific 
housing-related initiatives).''
    HUD reserves the right to fund less than the full amount requested 
in any application and to modify requests accordingly. If a request is 
modified by HUD, the conditionally selected applicant will be required 
to modify its project plans and application to conform to the terms of 
HUD approval before execution of a grant agreement.
    Funds received under this competition are to be expended within 
three years following the date of the signing of a grant agreement. Any 
unobligated funds from previous competitions or additional funds that 
may become available as a result of deobligations or recaptures from 
previous awards may also be used to fund applications submitted in 
response to this NOFA.
    (e) Program goal. Applicants for HOPWA assistance under this NOFA 
should emphasize the connection between housing assistance and 
appropriate supportive services in designing their programs. As stated 
by the National Commission on AIDS in Housing and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic 
(issued in June 1992) there is ``frequently desperate need for safe 
shelter that provides not only protection and comfort, but also a base 
in which and from which to receive services, care and support.''
    (f) HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative. This notice implements an 
initiative for multiply-diagnosed homeless persons who are living with 
HIV/AIDS and have chronic alcohol and/or other drug abuse problems and/
or serious mental illness. Participants in the 1995 White House 
Conference on HIV and AIDS and others recommended that collaborative 
efforts be made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
the Department of Health and Human Services to integrate funding 
streams for projects that address the needs of multiply-diagnosed 
clients. Participants noted that many communities lack resources within 
existing programs to assist these clients who are often among the 
hardest-to-serve population of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The survey 
in Priority: Home! found that among the top five priority areas 
consistently identified were mental health treatment services and 
substance abuse treatment services. The report recommended that 
communities be encouraged to ``Effectively target mental health and 
housing resources to the most needy, such as homeless persons with 
mental illnesses or dual diagnoses'' as part of developing more 
integrated systems of housing and services. The report also recommended 
that states and communities give some priority in existing and new 
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persons with AIDS, including providing health care and other supportive 
services.
    This HUD-HHS initiative addresses the need for model programs for 
multiply-diagnosed clients under the Special Projects of National 
Significance components of the HOPWA program administered by HUD and 
the Ryan White CARE Act programs administered by HHS. This notice lists 
elements that both Departments seek in model projects that assist this 
targeted population. Supplemental information to the application 
package will contain information that further describes examples of 
model efforts, and may include a video presentation. Among those 
elements are:
     Outreach to homeless persons who are living with HIV/AIDS 
and have chronic alcohol and/or other drug abuse problems and/or 
serious mental illness;
     Client needs assessment and monitoring;
     Transitional supportive housing;
     Permanent supportive housing; and
     Health care and other supportive services that address the 
needs of eligible homeless persons with chronic alcohol and/or other 
drug abuse problems and/or serious mental illness;
     Safe haven residences or other housing assistance for 
homeless persons with serious mental illness that have minimal initial 
demands on residents and do not require participation in services. It 
is hoped and anticipated that residents, in time, will participate in 
mental health programs and/or substance abuse programs and move to or 
accept transitional or other supportive housing;
     Program evaluation; and
     Other innovative features.
    The elements may be funded under this initiative or funded in part 
under this initiative in connection with efforts supported from other 
federal, state, local or private sources, including health-care and 
other supportive services funded under the Ryan White CARE Act. Given 
the limited amount of housing assistance funds available under this 
program, HUD encourages applicants to fund supportive services 
activities from non-HOPWA sources.
    Under this initiative, the targeting of assistance to homeless 
persons means that assistance is provided to persons who are sleeping 
in emergency shelters (including hotels or motels used as shelter for 
homeless families), other facilities for homeless persons, or places 
not meant for human habitation, such as cars, parks, sidewalks, or 
abandoned buildings. This includes persons who ordinarily live in such 
places but are in a hospital or other institution on a short-term basis 
(short-term is considered to be 30 consecutive days or less). In 
targeting assistance, HUD expects that only an incidental percentage of 
clients who are not homeless, as described above, but are at risk of 
homelessness will be assisted under this initiative.
    Safe havens are designed to provide persons with serious mental 
illness who have been living on the streets with a secure, non-
threatening, non-institutional, supportive environment. A safe haven 
proposal should: (1) Propose to serve hard-to-serve homeless persons; 
(2) provide 24-hour residence; (3) provide private or semi-private 
accommodations; (4) provide, optionally, for the common use of 
accessible kitchen facilities, dining rooms, and bathrooms; and (5) 
limit overnight occupancy to no more than 25 persons in any one 
structure. HUD will consider appropriate modifications in applying the 
competition rating criteria to safe haven proposals to ensure that the 
special characteristics of safe havens are not considered less 
competitive than alternative supportive housing proposals.
    Model projects that serve multiply-diagnosed homeless persons are 
also included in a notice of availability of funds that was issued by 
the Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services, for the award of cooperative agreements as Special 
Projects of National Significance under the Ryan White CARE Act. Given 
the limited amount of housing funds available, applicants who propose 
to use federal funds for supportive services only and are not 
requesting funds for housing assistance are encouraged to apply under 
the HHS notice, if the request is consistent with the assistance 
available under that notice.
    HUD reserves the right to select lower rated applications if 
necessary to ensure that a minimum number of applications that propose 
model HIV multiple-diagnoses projects are among conditionally selected 
applications. The Department estimates that approximately $7 million 
will be used to address the needs of this targeted population. This 
expected amount will help ensure that a sufficient number of 
applications, estimated to be seven to ten projects, are selected under 
the initiative in order to provide for the operation and evaluation of 
a variety of model programs as well as provide additional resources to 
the targeted difficult-to-serve population. HUD also reserves the right 
to ensure that a project that is applying for and eligible for 
selection under this and other HUD and HHS competitions is not awarded 
funds that duplicate activities. HUD reserves the right to reduce this 
estimate for the HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative and reallocate funds 
to the other categories of assistance if an insufficient number of 
approvable applications are received for this initiative.

II. Application Selection Process

    (a) Review. Applications will be reviewed to ensure that they meet 
the following:
    (1) Applicant eligibility. The applicant and project sponsor(s), if 
any, are eligible to apply for the specific program;
    (2) Eligible population to be served. The persons proposed to be 
served are eligible persons;
    (3) Eligible activities. The proposed activities are eligible for 
assistance under the program; and
    (4) Other requirements. The applicant is currently in compliance 
with the federal requirements contained in 24 CFR part 574, subpart G, 
``Other Federal Requirements.''
    (b) Competition. Applications under the three categories of grant 
will be rated in a national competition. To rate applications, the 
Department may establish a panel including persons not currently 
employed by HUD to obtain outside points of view, including views from 
other federal agencies.
    (c) Rating of Applications.
    (1) Procedure. Applications will be rated based on the criteria 
listed below. The criteria listed in paragraph (2) (A), (B), (C), and 
(D) are common for all applications. Paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) are 
specific for the category of assistance under which the application is 
being submitted. Ratings will be made with a maximum of 100 points 
awarded. After rating, these applications will be placed in the rank 
order of their final score for selection.
    (2) Common Rating Criteria. Applications under the three categories 
of grant will be rated on the following four common criteria for up to 
65 points:
    (A) Applicant and Project Sponsor capacity (20 points). HUD will 
award up to 20 points based on the ability of the applicant and, if 
applicable, any project sponsor(s) to develop and operate the proposed 
program, in relation to which entity is carrying out an activity. With 
regard to both the applicant and the project sponsor(s), HUD will 
consider: (a) past experience in serving persons with HIV/AIDS and 
their families; (b) past experience in programs similar to those 
proposed in the application; and (c) experience in monitoring and 
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disseminating information on project outcomes.
    As applicable, the rating under this criterion will also consider 
prior performance with any HUD-administered programs, timeliness in 
implementing HUD-administered programs, including any serious, 
outstanding audit or monitoring findings that directly affect the 
proposed project.
    (B) Need for the project in the area to be served (15 points). HUD 
will award up to 15 points based on the extent to which the need for 
the project in the area to be served is demonstrated with 10 of these 
points to be determined by the relative numbers of AIDS cases and per 
capita AIDS incidence, as reported to and confirmed by the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in the case of 
applicants under the HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative, HUD will also 
consider evidence presented on the unmet needs of the targeted 
population of persons who are homeless and living with HIV/AIDS who 
experience serious mental illness and/or have chronic alcohol and/or 
other drug abuse problems.
    HUD will award 5 of these points under this criterion to the 
highest rated application for each category in each state or, for 
projects that substantially propose multiple-state or national service 
areas, one nationally.
    (C) Appropriateness of program activities: housing, supportive 
services and other assistance (20 points). HUD will award up to 20 
points based on the extent to which a plan for undertaking and managing 
the proposed activities:
    (a) describes and responds to the need for housing and related 
supportive services of eligible persons in the community; or, in 
relation to technical assistance activities proposed in the 
application, describes and responds to the technical assistance needs 
of programs which provide housing and related supportive services for 
eligible persons;
    (b) describes how activities carried out with HOPWA funds and other 
resources will provide a continuum of housing and services to meet the 
changing needs of eligible persons, such as the linkage of housing 
assistance with health-care and other supportive services in area 
continuum of care efforts, offers a personalized response to those 
needs which maximizes opportunities for independent living, and in the 
case of a family, accommodates the needs of families; in the case of a 
safe haven proposal, describes how activities carried out with HOPWA 
funds and other resources will provide for the stabilization of 
clients, the availability of basic services in the safe haven, and 
linkage to other assistance;
    (c) provides for monitoring and the evaluation of the assistance 
provided to participants; and
    (d) in relation to technical assistance activities proposed in the 
application, provides technical assistance related to the development 
and operation of programs and the capacity of organizations to 
undertake and manage assistance for eligible persons; and
    (D) Extent of leveraged public and private resources for the 
project (10 points). HUD will award up to 10 points based on the extent 
to which resources from other public or private sources have been 
committed to support the project at the time of application. In 
establishing leveraging, HUD will not consider other HOPWA-funded 
activities, entitlement benefits inuring to eligible persons, or 
conditioned commitments that depend on future fund-raising or actions.
    (3) Additional Criterion for Special Projects of National 
Significance (35 points). Applications for special projects of national 
significance will be rated on:
    (A) Innovative nature of the proposal and its potential for 
replication. HUD will award up to 25 points based on the extent to 
which the project involves a new program for, or alternative method of, 
meeting the needs of eligible persons, when compared to other 
applications and projects funded in the past. The Department will 
consider the extent to which the project design, management plan, 
proposed effects, local planning and coordination of housing programs, 
and proposed activities are exemplary and appropriate as a model for 
replication in similar localities or nationally, when compared to other 
applications and projects funded in the past, and the likelihood of the 
continuation of the state and local efforts; and
    (B) Evaluation and dissemination. HUD will award up to 10 points 
based on the extent to which the project provides for the evaluation 
and dissemination of information on the success of the proposed 
activities in assisting eligible persons and/or in establishing or 
operating systems of care for eligible persons.
    (4) Additional Criterion for Special Projects of National 
Significance--HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative (35 points). 
Applications for Special Projects of National Significance under the 
HIV Multiple-Diagnoses Initiative will be rated on:
    (A) Innovative nature of the proposal and its potential for 
replication. HUD will award up to 25 points based on the extent to 
which the project involves a new program for, or alternative method of, 
meeting the needs of the targeted population of eligible persons, when 
compared to other applications and projects funded in the past. The 
Department will consider the extent to which the project design, 
management plan, proposed effects, local planning and coordination of 
housing programs, the likelihood that activities will benefit the 
targeted population of eligible persons and proposed activities are 
exemplary and appropriate as a model for replication in similar 
localities or nationally, when compared to other applications and 
projects funded in the past, and the likelihood of the continuation of 
the state and local efforts; and
    (B) Evaluation and dissemination. HUD will award up to 10 points 
based on the applicant's evaluation and dissemination plan or, 
alternatively, 10 points to an applicant that agrees to fully 
participate in the joint HUD and HHS evaluation component. If the 
applicant submits its own evaluation and dissemination plan, up to 10 
points will be awarded based on the extent to which the applicant 
describes an evaluation and dissemination plan that:
    (a) Demonstrates thoroughness, feasibility and appropriateness of 
the evaluation design from a methodological and statistical 
perspective;
    (b) Allows for a generalizable conclusion regarding the success or 
lessons learned from the model, including comparison to other similar 
program models;
    (c) Includes an assessment of the assistance provided to clients 
and its implications for systems of care in other localities or 
nationally; and
    (d) Provides a preliminary dissemination plan that evidences how 
the planned presentation of project outcomes is likely to be undertaken 
in an effective manner.
    As an alternative to submitting its own evaluation and 
dissemination plan, an applicant may receive 10 points if that 
applicant agrees to fully participate in the joint HUD and HHS 
evaluation component and requests the program development funds 
designated for this purpose. The Department recognizes that 
participation in the HUD and HHS evaluation component will fulfill the 
items of paragraph (B) of this criterion.
    (5) Additional Criterion for Projects which are part of long-term 
comprehensive strategies for providing housing and related services for 
eligible persons in areas not qualifying for formula allocations (35 
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category of assistance will be rated on the extent of local planning 
and coordination of housing programs. HUD will award up to 35 points 
based on the extent to which the applicant demonstrates:
    (A) The proposed project is part of a community strategy involving 
local, metropolitan or state-wide planning and coordination of housing 
programs designed to meet the changing needs of low-income persons with 
HIV/AIDS and their families, including programs providing housing 
assistance and related services that are operated by federal, state, 
local, private and other entities serving eligible persons;
    (B) The likelihood of the continuation of the state and local 
efforts; and
    (C) Provides for an evaluation and dissemination of information on 
the success of the proposed activities in assisting eligible persons 
and/or in establishing or operating systems of care for eligible 
persons.
    (d) Selection. Whether an application is conditionally selected 
will depend on its overall ranking compared to other applications 
within each of the three categories of assistance. The Department will 
select applications to the extent that funds are available. HUD 
reserves the right to select lower rated applications (but not an 
application that is rated below 50 points) if necessary to achieve 
geographic diversity (i.e. resulting in funding activities within a 
variety of states) and to ensure that a minimum number of applications 
under each category of assistance are among conditionally selected 
applications.
    In the event of a tie between applications, the application with 
the highest total points for the criterion need will be selected, and 
if still tied, the highest total points for the criterion 
appropriateness of housing and services. In the event of a procedural 
error that, when corrected, would result in selection of an otherwise 
eligible application during the funding round under this NOFA, HUD may 
select that application when sufficient funds become available.

III. Application Submission Requirements

    The application submission requirements are contained in the 
application package. This package includes all required forms and 
certifications, and may be obtained from a HUD Field Office listed in 
the appendix A to this NOFA.

IV. Clarifications and Technical Assistance

    (a) Clarification of Application Information. In accordance with 
the provisions of 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, HUD may contact an 
applicant to seek clarification of an item in the application, or to 
request additional or missing information, but the clarification or the 
request for additional or missing information shall not relate to items 
that would improve the substantive quality of the application pertinent 
to the funding decision.
    (b) Technical Assistance. Prior to the application deadline, HUD 
field office staff will be available to provide advice, general 
technical assistance and guidance to potential applicants on 
application requirements and program policies. Following conditional 
selection, HUD staff will be available to assist in clarifying or 
confirming information that is a prerequisite to the offer of a grant 
agreement by HUD. However, between the application deadline and the 
announcement of conditional selections, HUD will accept no information 
that would improve the substantive quality of the application pertinent 
to the funding decision.

V. Grant Award Process

    HUD will notify conditionally selected applicants in writing. Such 
applicants will subsequently be notified of any modification made by 
HUD, the additional project information necessary for grant award and 
the date of the two month deadline for submission of such information. 
If an applicant is unable to meet any conditions for grant award within 
the specified time period, HUD reserves the right not to award funds 
and to use the funds available in the next competition for the 
applicable program.

VI. Other Matters

    Environmental Impact. A Finding of No Significant Impact with 
respect to the environment was made in accordance with HUD regulations 
at 24 CFR part 50, implementing section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), at the time of the 
development of the FY 1995 NOFA for this program. Because no 
substantive programmatic changes have been made, that Finding (for FR-
3853) remains applicable to this NOFA and is available for public 
inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the 
Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
    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 Notice will not have substantial 
direct effects on states or their political subdivisions, or the 
relationship between the federal government and the states, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government. As a result, the Notice is not subject to review under the 
Order. The Notice announces the availability of funds and invites 
applications from eligible applicants for the HOPWA program.
    Impact on the Family. The General Counsel, as the Designated 
Official for Executive Order 12606, The Family, has determined that 
this Notice, to the extent the funds provided under it are directed to 
families, has the potential for a beneficial impact on family 
formation, maintenance and general well-being. The statutory authority 
for the program requires that the funds be targeted to individuals with 
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or related diseases and their 
families. Any funding provided to projects can be expected to enable 
those families with a participating member who has HIV infection to 
live in decent, safe, and sanitary housing in connection with the 
supportive services necessary to live independently in mainstream 
American society. Since the impact on families is a beneficial one, no 
further review is necessary.
    Accountability in the Provision of HUD Assistance. HUD's regulation 
implementing section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1989, found at 24 CFR part 12, contains a 
number of provisions designed to ensure greater accountability and 
integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance administered 
by HUD. Additional information on the implementation of section 102 was 
published on January 16, 1992 at 57 FR 1942. The documentation, public 
access, and disclosure requirements of section 102 apply to assistance 
awarded under this NOFA as follows:
    HUD will ensure 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 
publish notice of awards made in response to this NOFA in the Federal 
Register.

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    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 
subpart C, and the notice published in the Federal Register on January 
16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for further information on these disclosure 
requirements.)
    Prohibition on Advance Release of Funding Information. HUD's 
regulation implementing section 103 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, found at 24 CFR part 4, applies 
to the funding competition announced today. The requirements of that 
rule continue to apply until the announcement of the selection of 
successful applicants.
    HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the 
making of funding decisions are 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). A 
telecommunications device for hearing- and speech-impaired persons 
(TDD) is available at 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Information Relay 
Service). 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 Field Office Counsel, or Headquarters Counsel for the 
program to which the question pertains.
    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. A standard disclosure form, SF-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to 
Report Lobbying,'' must be used to disclose lobbying with other than 
federally appropriated funds at the time of application.
    Drug-Free Workplace Certification. In accordance with 24 CFR 
24.630, an applicant must submit its Certification for a Drug-Free 
Workplace (Form HUD-50070).
    Submissions. An application that is mailed before May 21, 1996 but 
received within ten (10) days after that date will be deemed to have 
been received by that date if postmarked by the United States Postal 
Service by no later than May 18, 1996. An overnight delivery item 
received after May 21, 1996 will be deemed to have been received by 
that date upon submission of documentary evidence that it was placed in 
transit with the overnight delivery service by no later than May 20, 
1996.

    Dated: February 22, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Appendix A. List of HUD Field Offices (1-5-96)

    Telephone numbers for Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf 
(TDD machines) are listed for CPD Directors in HUD Field Offices; 
all HUD numbers, including those noted *, may be reached via TDD by 
dialing the Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-TDDY or 
(1-800-877-8339) or (202) 708-9300.

Alabama--William H. Dirl, Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Pkwy. West, 
Suite 300, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144; (205) 290-7645; TDD (205) 290-
7624.
Alaska--Colleen Bickford, 949 E. 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, 
AK 99508-4399; (907) 271-3669; TDD (907) 271-4328.
Arizona--Martin H. Mitchell, 400 N. 5th St., Suite 1600, Arizona 
Center, Phoenix AZ 85004; (602) 379-4754; TDD (602) 379-4461.
Arkansas--Billy M. Parsley, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Ave., Suite 
900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488; (501) 324-6375; TDD (501) 324-5931.
California--(Southern) Herbert L. Roberts, 1615 W. Olympic Blvd., 
Los Angeles, CA 90015-3801; (213) 251-7235; TDD (213) 251-7038.
    (Northern) Steve Sachs, 450 Golden Gate Ave., P.O. Box 36003, 
San Francisco, CA 94102-3448; (415) 436-6544; TDD (415) 556-8357.
Colorado--Guadalupe M. Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 
17th St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Connecticut--Mary Ellen Morgan, 330 Main St., Hartford, CT 06106-
1860; (860) 240-4665; TDD (860) 240-4522.
Delaware--Joyce Gaskins, Wanamaker Bldg., 100 Penn Square East, 
Philadelphia, PA 19107; (215) 656-0624; TDD (215) 597-5564.
District of Columbia (and MD and VA suburbs)--James H. McDaniel, 820 
First St., NE., Washington, DC 20002; (202) 275-0994; TDD (202) 275-
0772.
Florida--(Northern) James N. Nichol, 301 West Bay St., Suite 2200, 
Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121; (904) 232-3587; TDD (904) 232-1241.
    (Miami-So. Dade) Richard P. Garrabrant, Gables Tower 1, 1320 
South Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables, FL 33146-2911; (305) 662-4570; TDD 
(305) 662-4511.
Georgia--John Perry, Russell Fed. Bldg., Room 688, 75 Spring St., 
SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3388; (404) 331-5139; TDD (404) 730-2654.
Hawaii (and Pacific)--Patty A. Nicholas, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 
500, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96813-4918; (808) 522-
8180x264; TDD (808) 522-8193.
Idaho--John G. Bonham, 400 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 700, Portland, OR 
97204-1632 (503) 326-7012; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Illinois--James Barnes, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-3507; 
(312) 353-1696; TDD (312) 353-7143.
Indiana--Robert F. Poffenberger, 151 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, 
IN 46204-2526; (317) 226-5169; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Iowa--Gregory A. Bevirt, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley 
Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955; (402) 492-3144; TDD (402) 492-3183.
Kansas--William Rotert, Gateway Towers 2, 400 State Ave., Kansas 
City, KS 66101-2406; (913) 551-5484; TDD (913) 551-6972.
Kentucky--Ben Cook, P.O. Box 1044, 601 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 
40201-1044; (502) 582-6141; TDD (502) 582-5139.
Louisiana--Gregory J. Hamilton, 501 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 
70130; (504) 589-7212; TDD (504) 589-7237.
Maine--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut St., 
Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
Maryland--Harold Young, 10 South Howard Street, 5th Floor, 
Baltimore, MD 21202-0000; (410) 962-2520x3116; TDD (410) 962-0106.
Massachusetts--Robert Paquin, Acting Director, Thomas P. O'Neill, 
Jr., Fed. Bldg., 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092; (617) 565-
5342; TDD (617) 565-5453.

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Michigan--Richard Paul, Patrick McNamara Bldg., 477 Michigan Ave., 
Detroit, MI 48226-2592; (313) 226-4343; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Minnesota--Shawn Huckleby, 220 2nd St. South, Minneapolis, MN 55401-
2195; (612) 370-3019; TDD (612) 370-3186.
Mississippi--Jeanie E. Smith, Dr. A. H. McCoy Fed. Bldg., 100 W. 
Capitol St., Room 910, Jackson, MS 39269-1096; (601) 965-4765; TDD 
(601) 965-4171.
Missouri--(Eastern) James Geraghty, Acting Director, 1222 Spruce 
St., St. Louis, MO 63103-2836; (314) 539-6524; TDD (314) 539-6331.
    (Western) William Rotert, Gateway Towers 2, 400 State Ave., 
Kansas City, KS 66101-2406; (913) 551-5484; TDD (913) 551-6972.
Montana--Guadalupe Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th 
St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Nebraska--Gregory A. Bevirt, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill 
Valley Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955; (402) 492-3144; TDD (402) 492-
3183.
Nevada--(Las Vegas, Clark Cnty) Martin H. Mitchell, 400 N. 5th St., 
Suite 1600, 2 Arizona Center, Phoenix, AZ 85004; (602) 379-4754; TDD 
(602) 379-4461.
    (Remainder of State) Steve Sachs, 450 Golden Gate Ave., P.O. Box 
36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448; (415) 436-6544; TDD (415) 556-
8357.
New Hampshire--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut 
St., Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
New Jersey--Frank Sagarese, 1 Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102; (201) 
622-7900x3300; TDD (201) 645-3298.
New Mexico--Katie Worsham, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, Fort 
Worth, TX 76113-2905; (817) 885-5483; TDD (817) 885-5447.
New York--(Upstate) Michael F. Merrill, Lafayette Ct., 465 Main St., 
Buffalo, NY 14203-1780; (716) 551-5768; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
    (Downstate) Joseph D'Agosta, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 
10278-0068; (212) 264-0771; TDD (212) 264-0927.
North Carolina--Charles T. Ferebee, Koger Building, 2306 West 
Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC 27407; (910) 547-4005; TDD (910) 
547-4055.
North Dakota--Guadalupe Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 
17th St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Ohio--John E. Riordan, 200 North High St., Columbus, OH 43215-2499; 
(614) 469-6743; TDD (614) 469-6694.
Oklahoma--David Long, 500 West Main Place, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, 
OK 73102; (405) 553-7571; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Oregon--John G. Bonham, 400 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 700, Portland, OR 
97204-1632 (503) 326-7012; TDD * via 1-800-877-8339.
Pennsylvania--(Western) Bruce Crawford, 339 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh, 
PA 15222-2515; (412) 644-5493; TDD (412) 644-5747.
    (Eastern) Joyce Gaskins, Wanamaker Bldg., 100 Penn Square East, 
Philadelphia, PA 19107; (215) 656-0624; TDD (215) 597-5564.
Puerto Rico (and Caribbean)--Carmen R. Cabrera, 159 Carlos Chardon 
Ave., San Juan, PR 00918-1804; (809) 766-5576; TDD (809) 766-5909.
Rhode Island--Robert Paquin, Acting Director, Thomas P. O'Neill, 
Jr., Fed. Bldg., 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092; (617) 565-
5342; TDD (617) 565-5453.
South Carolina--Louis E. Bradley, Fed. Bldg., 1835 Assembly St., 
Columbia, SC 29201; (803) 765-5564; TDD (803) 253-3071.
South Dakota--Guadalupe Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 
17th St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Tennessee--Virginia Peck, 710 Locust St., Knoxville, TN 37902-2526; 
(423) 545-4391; TDD (423) 545-4559.
Texas--(Northern) Katie Worsham, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, 
Fort Worth, TX 76113-2905; (817) 885-5483; TDD (817) 885-5447.
    (Southern) John T. Maldonado, Washington Sq., 800 Dolorosa, San 
Antonio, TX 78207-4563; (210) 229-6820; TDD (210) 229-6885.
Utah--Guadalupe Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th St., 
Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.
Vermont--David Lafond, Norris Cotton Fed. Bldg., 275 Chestnut St., 
Manchester, NH 03101-2487; (603) 666-7640; TDD (603) 666-7518.
Virginia--Joseph Aversano, 3600 W. Broad St., P.O. Box 90331, 
Richmond, VA 23230-0331; (804) 278-4503; TDD (804) 278-4501.
Washington--John Peters, Federal Office Bldg., 909 First Ave., Suite 
200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000; (206) 220-5150; TDD (206) 220-5185.
West Virginia--Bruce Crawford, 339 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222-
2515; (412) 644-5493; TDD (412) 644-5747.
Wisconsin--Lana J. Vacha, Henry Reuss Fed. Plaza, 310 W. Wisconsin 
Ave., Ste. 1380, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289; (414) 297-3113; TDD * via 
1-800-877-8339.
Wyoming--Guadalupe Herrera, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th 
St., Denver, CO 80202-3607; (303) 672-5414; TDD (303) 672-5248.

Appendix B. Areas Eligible to Receive HOPWA 1996 Formula Allocations 
and Not Eligible for Long-term Projects

    The following are the areas that are eligible to receive HOPWA 
formula allocations in FY 1996. State or local governments located 
in or serving eligible persons in these areas are only eligible to 
apply for grants for Special Projects of National Significance under 
the HOPWA 1996 competition. The Long-term category of assistance, 
grants for projects that are part of long-term comprehensive 
strategies for providing housing and related services, is reserved 
by statute for areas that are not eligible to receive HOPWA formula 
awards, i.e. any area outside of the list below.
    1. All areas in the states of:

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington State
Wisconsin.

    2. Areas in the following metropolitan areas in the states of 
Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, 
New Hampshire, Oregon and West Virginia:

1120  Boston MA-NH PMSA (part)--Rockingham County, NH (part): 
Seabrook town, NH, South Hampton town, NH
0720  Baltimore, MD PMSA--Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, 
MD, Carroll County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Queen 
Anne's County, MD, Baltimore City, MD
8840  Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA (part)--Calvert County, MD, 
Charles County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, 
Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV
5120  Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA (part)--Anoka County, MN, 
Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin 
County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, 
Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN
3760  Kansas City, MO-KS MSA (part)--Cass County, MO, Clay County, 
MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, 
Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth 
County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS
7040  St. Louis, MO-IL MSA (part)--Crawford County, MO (part): 
Sullivan City, MO, Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, 
Lincoln County, MO, St. Charles County, MO, St. Louis County, MO, 
Warren County, MO, St. Louis City, MO
2080  Denver, CO PMSA--Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Denver 
County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Jefferson County, CO
6200  Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA--Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
4120  Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA--Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV, Mohave 
County, AZ
6440  Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA (part)--Clackamas County, OR, 
Columbia 

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County, OR, Multnomah County, OR, Washington County, OR, Yamhill 
County, OR

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