[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17906-17908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9969]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket Nos. FR-4005-N-02; FR-4014-N-02; FR-3961-N-04; FR-4042-N-02]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Supplemental Notice Concerning Notices of Funding 
Availability

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


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ACTION: Supplemental and Amendatory Notice Concerning Notices of 
Funding Availability (NOFAs) of the Office of Community Planning and 
Development: NOFA for the Youthbuild Program, NOFA for the Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities Program, NOFA for the Early Childhood 
Development Program, and NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises of additional information and amendments 
concerning the Department's NOFAs issued to date by the Office of 
Community Planning and Development. The additional information and 
amendments relate to the submission of applications in response to the 
NOFAs; the review, rating, and selection of these applications; and the 
funding available under the NOFAs.

DATES: For the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) 
NOFA: For the HBCU NOFA, published in the Federal Register on March 7, 
1996 (61 FR 9258), completed applications are due before midnight 
eastern time on July 11, 1996.
    For the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance NOFA: For the 
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance NOFA, published in the Federal 
Register on March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866), applications that are mailed 
before June 12, 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 June 11, 1996.
    All other application due dates and any other dates, if applicable, 
remain as set forth in the individual NOFAs, or as set forth in any 
extension notices, that the Department has published.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Applicants should contact the 
individual or office listed in the ``For Further Information Contact'' 
section of the individual NOFAs for which the applicant has a question. 
Hearing- or speech-impaired persons may access the telephone numbers 
via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NOFA for the Youthbuild Program

    The Department published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for the Youthbuild Program in the Federal Register on March 4, 1996 (61 
FR 8442). This notice advises the public that the NOFA for the 
Youthbuild Program is amended in the following ways:
    1. The Department is amending the NOFA for the Youthbuild Program 
to include the following language: ``The Department may establish 
panels including persons not currently employed by the Department to 
obtain certain expertise and outside points of view, including views 
from other Federal agencies.''
    2. The Department is amending the NOFA for the Youthbuild Program 
regarding the estimated amount of funds available. The March 4, 1996 
NOFA announced the expected availability of $37.5 million for Fiscal 
Year (FY) 1996. However, this notice amends that NOFA to announce the 
availability of approximately $20 million for FY 1996 under the 
Youthbuild Program.

NOFA for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program

    The Department published the NOFA for the Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program in the Federal Register on 
March 7, 1996 (61 FR 9258). This notice advises the public that the 
NOFA for the HBCU Program is amended in the following ways:
    1. The Department is amending the NOFA for the Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities Program to include the following language: 
``The Department may establish panels including persons not currently 
employed by the Department to obtain certain expertise and outside 
points of view, including views from other Federal agencies.''
    2. The Department is changing the submission deadline for 
applications under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
Program. The March 7, 1996 NOFA announced an application submission 
deadline of May 23, 1996. However, this notice extends the deadline for 
applications under this NOFA to be July 11, 1996.

NOFA for the Early Childhood Development Program

    The Department published the NOFA for the Early Childhood 
Development Program in the Federal Register on March 28, 1996 (61 FR 
13950). This notice advises the public that the NOFA for the Early 
Childhood Development Program is amended to include the following 
language: ``The Department may establish panels including persons not 
currently employed by the Department to obtain certain expertise and 
outside points of view, including views from other Federal agencies.''

NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance

    The Department published the NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance in the Federal Register on March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866). 
This notice advises the public that the NOFA for Continuum of Care 
Homeless Assistance is amended in the following ways:
    1. The Department is changing the application submission 
information for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance NOFA in order 
to make the deadline for using the Postal Service the same as the 
deadline for using an overnight delivery service.
    On page 10873 of the NOFA, in the first column, this notice amends 
the first sentence of the paragraph under the heading ``Submissions'' 
to provide that: ``Applications that are mailed before June 12, 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 June 11, 1996.''
    2. This notice also provides information on additional selection 
considerations under the NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance 
(61 FR 10866). These considerations are based on statutorily required 
funding limitations, and are described in section III.(a)(7) of the 
NOFA (61 FR 10870).
    On page 10871, in the first column, in section III.(a)(7), under 
the heading ``Additional selection considerations'', the first two 
paragraphs are corrected to read as follows:

    In accordance with section 455(b) of the McKinney Act, no more 
than 10 percent of the assistance made available for Shelter Plus 
Care in any fiscal year may be used for programs located within any 
one unit of general local government.
    In accordance with section 441(c) of the McKinney Act, no city 
or urban county may have Section 8 SRO projects receiving a total of 
more than 10 percent of the assistance made available under this 
program.

    On page 10871, in the first column, in section III.(a)(7), under 
the heading ``Additional selection consideration'', new paragraph is 
added after the second paragraph, to read as follows:

    This year's NOFA does not set-aside specific amounts to be 
awarded under the Shelter Plus Care, Supportive Housing or the 
Section 8/SRO Moderate Rehabilitation programs. Instead, the 
distribution will be demand-driven. However, potential applicants 
need to be able to plan for their project proposals. Therefore, in 
accordance with the requirements of section 455(b) and section 
441(c) of the McKinney Act, restricting awards to any one unit of 
general local government (for purposes of Shelter plus Care) or city 
or urban county (for purposes of the SRO program) in any fiscal year 
to no more than 10 percent of the assistance made available under 
each of these two programs, HUD is defining 10 percent this fiscal 
year as $10 million for each of these two programs. This $10 million 
number is based on past experience of the distribution of the total 
funds made available

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for HUD homeless assistance programs. However, if the amount awarded 
under either of these two programs exceeds $100 million, then the 
amount awarded to any one unit of general local government (for 
purposes of the Shelter Plus Care program) and or city or urban 
county (for the purposes of the SRO program) may not exceed 10 
percent of the actual total amount awarded for that program.
    In addition, if the Administration budget request is enacted as 
the final appropriation as referred to earlier in the NOFA, the 10% 
number for each of the 2 programs would increase proportionately.

    Dated: April 18, 1996.
Mark C. Gordon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 96-9969 Filed 4-18-96; 3:03 pm]
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