[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49474-49475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24151]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-3711-N-04]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; 
Announcement of Funding Award for Technical Assistance to Public 
Housing Authorities and Public Housing Police Departments--Fiscal Year 
1994

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding award.

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SUMMARY: According to section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the 
public of the funding award for Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 Technical 
Assistance to Public Housing Authorities and Public Housing Police 
Departments. The purpose of this document is to announce the name and 
address of the award winner and the amount of the award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm E. Main, Office of Crime 
Prevention and Security Division, Office Community Relations and 
Involvement, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 4112, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20410, telephone (202) 708-1197, ext 4232. A telecommunications device 
for hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-
0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority

    This grant is authorized under Chapter 2, Subtitle C, Title V of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et. seq.), as amended 
by Section 581 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA), 
approved November 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101-625, and Section 161 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Pub. L. 102-
550, approved October 28, 1992).

II. Federal Fiscal Year 1996 Funding

    Of the total estimated funding, $10 million will fund drug 
elimination technical assistance, contracts and other assistance 
training, program assessments, and execution for or on behalf of public 
housing and resident organizations (including the cost of necessary 
travel for participants in such training).

III. Grant Award

    On June 28, 1994 (59 FR 33372), HUD published a Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $1.5 million in FY 
1994 funds for Technical Assistance to Public Housing Authorities and 
Public Housing Police Departments. The Department reviewed, evaluated 
and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the NOFA. 
As a result, HUD funded the Center for Public Safety, Inc. This was a 
cost-reimbursable grant award, grant number VA00TTC0070194, in the 
amount of $1,499,348.00, for a 1-year base period, with 4 optional 
years under this five year project. Each additional fiscal year award 
will be for comparable amounts based upon an evaluation of grant 
performance and the availability of funds. Based upon an evaluation of 
grant performance and the availability of funds on January 5, 1995 HUD 
and the Center for Public Safety, Inc., entered into an amendment to 
the original grant agreement, as amended, for an additional 
$2,000,000.00. On August 16, 1996, based upon an evaluation of the 
Center for Public Safety, Inc's. performance and the availability of 
funds and in order to expedite the grant to meet the critical security 
needs of the remaining housing authority police departments, the 
Department exercised its final option and is awarding an additional 
$4,017,482 to the original grant to complete the project to provide 
technical assistance to public housing authorities and public housing 
police departments.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, 
approved December 15, 1989), the Department is publishing details 
concerning the final extension to the award, as follows:
    Grant Recipient: Center for Public Safety, Inc.
    Recipient Contact Person: Thomas J. Shaughnessy.
Addresses: Center for Public Safety, Inc., Washington Dulles 
International Airport, PO Box 20261, Washington, DC 20041-2261.
    Recipient Telephone Number: (703) 661-2168.
    Original Grant Amount Awarded: $1,499,348.
    First Amendment to Original Grant Amount Awarded: $2,000,000.
    Second Amendment to Original Grant Award Amount: $4,017,482.
    Total Grant Award Amount: $7,516,830.

IV. General Objectives

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
the Center for Public Safety, Inc., (grantee) have entered into a final 
grant agreement, as amended, for $4,017,482 of Public and Indian 
Housing Drug Elimination Program Technical Assistance funds to provide 
technical assistance to the following public housing authorities:

Baltimore Housing Authority and Community Development, Baltimore, MD
Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA
Buffalo Housing Authority, Buffalo, NY
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Cleveland, OH
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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Waterbury Housing Authority, Waterbury, CT
Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Virgin Islands

    The Technical Assistance to Public Housing Authorities and Public 
Housing Authority Police Departments are listed in the Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance as number 14-854.

    Dated: September 16, 1996.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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