[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]
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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
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 1996 /
Notices
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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
funding to homeless
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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
evaluating program performance 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
points). Applications for projects for this
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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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