[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32175]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4042-N-06]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development; Notice of Technical Corrections to the FY 1996 Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA) for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance; 
Supportive Housing Program (SHP); Shelter Plus Care (S+C); Section 8 
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for Homeless 
Individuals (SRO)

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

ACTION: FY 1996 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); notice of 
technical corrections.

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SUMMARY: On March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866), HUD published a notice 
announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996 funding for three 
of its programs which assist communities in combatting homelessness 
(NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance). The three programs 
are: (1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus Care; and (3) Section 8 
Moderate Rehabilitation for Single Room Occupancy Dwellings for 
Homeless Individuals. The application deadline for this March 15, 1996 
NOFA was July 3, 1996. The purpose of this notice is to make certain 
technical corrections to the competition conducted under the March 15, 
1996 NOFA, as more fully explained in the Supplementary Information 
section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Community Connections information center at 1-800-998-9999 (voice) 
or 1-800-483-2209 (TTY), or by internet at gopher://
amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/funding.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866), HUD 
published a notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996 
funding for three of its programs which assist communities in 
combatting homelessness (NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance).\1\ The three programs are: (1) Supportive Housing; (2) 
Shelter Plus Care; and (3) Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation for Single 
Room Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless Individuals. The application 
deadline for the March 15, 1996 NOFA was July 3, 1996. The purpose of 
this notice is to make certain technical corrections to the competition 
conducted under the March 15, 1996 NOFA.
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    \1\ The March 15, 1996 NOFA was amended by notice published on 
May 22, 1996 (61 FR 25684) which advised the public of the amount of 
funding available for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance 
competition for fiscal year 1996. (The March 15, 1996 NOFA was 
published before the Congress appropriated funds and therefore the 
amount in the March 15, 1996 NOFA was an estimate.) The March 15, 
1996 NOFA also was amended by notice published on June 3, 1996 (61 
FR 27932), which further revised the amount of funding available to 
include unobligated funds from previous competitions. The March 15, 
1996 NOFA was amended by notice published on June 27, 1996 (61 FR 
33533) which extended the application deadline to July 3, 1996.
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    The March 15, 1996 NOFA gives HUD the authority to select eligible 
projects, when sufficient funds become available, if those projects 
would have been funded were it not for procedural errors. HUD has 
determined that corrections in the processing of some applications need 
to be made in three areas of the FY 1996 Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance competition: (1) In data entry; (2) in review, such as 
project misnumbering; and (3) in the computer system used for 
application scoring.
    HUD is making use of approximately $10 million of appropriated FY 
1997 funds to make these corrections to the Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance competition as authorized by the March 15, 1996 NOFA.

    Dated: December 13, 1996.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-32175 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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