[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 41646-41647] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-20385] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4066-N-02] Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities Program Technical Assistance; Amendment AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Amendment of notice of funding availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice amends a NOFA that was published in the Federal Register on July 3, 1996 (61 FR 35022), to: (1) decrease the amount of funds made available for basic and additional grants for resident organizations; (2) correspondingly increase the amount of funds made available for the provision of technical assistance by national, regional, or statewide resident organizations (NROs/RROs/SROs); and (3) extend the eligibility and the deadline for NROs/RROs/SROs to apply for funding under the other requirements and criteria set out in the July 3 NOFA. NRO/RRO/SRO applicants that have already submitted an application in accordance with the instructions of the July 3 NOFA may amend their applications before the extended deadline date of September 9, 1996. DATES: The deadline for applications from NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., local time, on September 9, 1996. NRO/RRO/SRO applicants that have already submitted an application in accordance with the instructions of the July 3 NOFA also may amend their applications before this date. The deadline for applications for basic and additional grants remains 3:00 p.m., local time, on August 9, 1996. The application deadlines are firm as to date and time. ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the application kit, please write the Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, Post Office Box 6424, Rockville, MD 20850, or call the toll free number 1-800-955-2232. Requests for application kits must include your name, mailing address (including zip code), telephone number (including area code), and should refer to document FR-4066. Applicants may access the TOP Application Kit through HUD's World Wide Web site at http://www.hud.gov/pih. This NOFA cannot be used as the application. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Jenkins or Barbara J. Armstrong, Office of Community Relations and Involvement, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 4112, Washington, D.C. 20410; telephone: (202) 708-3611. All Indian Housing applicants may contact Tracy Outlaw, Office of Native American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room B-133, Washington, D.C. 20410; telephone: (202) 755- 0088. For hearing- and speech-impaired persons, these numbers may be accessed via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. (Other than the ``800'' TTY number, telephone numbers are not toll-free.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changes made in this document to the NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities Program (TOP) Technical Assistance, published on July 3, 1996 (61 FR 35022), reflect the Department's recognition that the statutory limitation on technical assistance funding under TOP is applicable to any ``public housing project'' (see 42 U.S.C. 1437r(f)(2)). Thus, for purposes of this NOFA the Department is adopting a policy that this limitation, although still applicable, does not necessarily limit to $100,000 the total funding available in all years to an intermediary applicant, which may agree to provide technical assistance and training to multiple eligible resident groups. In addition to the changes to the NOFA that are set out in this amendment document, NROs/RROs/SROs are advised that nonprofit documents (i.e., certification of nonprofit status, by-laws, and other organizational documents) and a listing of RCs/RMCs/ROs that an applicant organization proposes to train or provide technical assistance to will be considered documentation necessary to HUD's assessment of the merits of an application. Therefore, under Section V, Corrections to Deficient Applications, in the NOFA, an application that does not include this documentation will be considered ineligible. Accordingly, FR Doc. 96-17007, NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities Program Technical Assistance, published at 61 FR 35022 (July 3, 1996), is amended as follows: 1. On page 35022, column 1, the first paragraph following the heading ``Dates'' is revised to read as follows: The deadline for applications from NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., local time, on September 9, 1996. The deadline for applications for basic and additional grants is 3:00 p.m., local time, on August 9, 1996. The application deadlines are firm as to date and time. 2. On page 35023, column 1, the second paragraph is revised by removing the amount ``$500,000'' and adding in its place the amount ``$1 million''. 3. On page 35024, column 1, item 7 under the heading ``D. New Features of this NOFA'' is amended by revising the last sentence to read as follows: (7) * * * The NROs/RROs/SROs cannot list RCs/RMCs/ROs that have previously received the maximum of $100,000 or that were previously trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO. * * * * * 4. On page 35024, column 1, item 10 under the heading ``D. New Features of this NOFA'' is revised to read as follows: (10) RCs/RMCs/ROs and city-wide/jurisdiction-wide organizations that previously were funded the maximum of $100,000 under the TOP cannot reapply for funding under this NOFA. This restriction is in accordance with section 20(f)(2) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437r(f)(2)), which states ``the financial assistance provided under this subsection with respect to any public housing project may not exceed $100,000.'' A NRO/RRO/SRO that previously was funded under the TOP may reapply for a maximum of $100,000 in funding under this NOFA, without regard to amounts awarded to that NRO/RRO/SRO under previous NOFAs, but its application may not include any RC/RMC/RO that either: (1) was previously trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO; or (2) was previously funded the maximum total of $100,000 under the TOP. 5. On page 35024, column 3, under the heading ``F. Funding'', the second paragraph is revised by removing the amount ``$500,000'' and adding in its place the amount ``$1 million'', and the third paragraph is revised by removing the amount ``$14,475,000'' and adding in its place the amount ``$13,975,000''. 6. On page 35025, column 1, the second paragraph under the heading ``NROs/RROs/SROs Grants'' is amended by revising the last sentence to read as follows: * * * A NRO/RRO/SRO cannot list RCs/RMCs/ROs that have already received the maximum of $100,000 or [[Page 41647]] that the NRO/RRO/SRO had trained previously.'' 7. On page 35026, column 3, item (9) under the heading ``J. Eligibility'' is amended by revising the second sentence to read as follows: * * * A NRO/RRO/SRO that previously was funded under the TOP may reapply for funding under this NOFA, but its application may not include any RC/RMC/RO that was previously trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO or was previously funded the maximum total of $100,000 under the TOP. * * * * * 8. On page 35033, column 2, the second and third sentences in the second paragraph in item (1) under the heading ``B. Application Submission and Development'' are revised to read as follows: * * * The Appendix lists addresses of HUD Field Offices and Offices of Native American Programs that will accept completed applications. The deadline for applications for basic and additional grants is 3:00 p.m., local time, on August 9, 1996; the deadline for applications from NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., local time, on September 9, 1996. All NROs/RROs/SROs must submit by the deadline date completed applications or amendments to previously submitted applications to the local HUD Field Offices and Office of Native American Programs. After applications are screened by the Field Offices, all applications will be forwarded to HUD Headquarters for review and scoring. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437r; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d). Dated: August 6, 1996. Kevin Emanuel Marchman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. [FR Doc. 96-20385 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-33-P