[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15482-15516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8202]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


The National Board Fiscal Year 1997 Plan for Carrying Out the 
Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets out the plan by which the Emergency Food and 
Shelter Program National Board (National Board) is conducting a program 
during FY 1997 to distribute $100,000,000 to private voluntary 
organizations and local governments for delivering emergency food and 
shelter to needy individuals. The distribution formula for selecting 
organizations and localities, and the award amount for each, follow the 
Plan text.

DATES: The award to the National Board was made October 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Coleman, Preparedness, Training 
and Exercise Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, (202) 
646-3107, or Kay C. Goss, Chair, EFSP National Board, (202) 646-3487.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq., authorizes use of 
funds appropriated by the Congress to supplement and expand ongoing 
efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services to homeless, 
needy individuals.
    As in past phases, grant awards from this program are provided to 
address emergency needs. This program is not intended to address or 
correct structural poverty or long-standing problems. Rather, this 
appropriation is intended for the purchase of food and shelter to 
supplement and expand current available resources and not to substitute 
or reimburse ongoing programs and services.
    This funding should be used to target special emergency needs. And 
when we discuss emergency needs we are referring to economic, not 
disaster-related, emergencies. The funding should supplement feeding 
and sheltering efforts in ways that make a difference. What that means 
is: EFSP is not intended to make up for budget shortfalls or to be 
considered just a line in an annual budget; it is not intended that the 
funds must go to the same agencies for the exact same purposes every 
year; and, the funding is open to all organizations helping hungry and 
homeless people and it is not intended that the funds should go only to 
Local Board member agencies or local government agencies.

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    Having stated what it is not, what does the National Board want 
this program to be? As we read the law, EFSP should: create inclusive 
local coalitions that meet regularly to determine the best use of funds 
and to monitor their use in their respective communities; treat every 
program year as a fresh opportunity to reassess what particular 
community needs (e.g., on-site feeding or utility assistance, mass 
shelter or homelessness prevention, etc.) should be addressed; 
encourage agencies to work together to emphasize their respective 
strengths, work out common problems, and prevent duplication of effort; 
and, examine whether the program is helping to meet the needs of 
special populations such as minorities, Native Americans, veterans, 
families with children, the elderly, and the handicapped.
    It is our intention to re-emphasize that this program has a 
commitment to emergency services. We continue to view it as an 
opportunity for building a cohesive emergency structure which can, for 
example, coordinate the assistance provided, across agencies, to 
families and individuals applying for rental, mortgage, or utility 
assistance; enhance a food banking network that is economical in its 
cost and broad in its coverage; reinforce creative cooperation among 
feeding and sheltering sites to ensure help for street populations most 
in need; and, establish or maintain a system that complements rather 
than supplants existing private and governmental efforts to provide 
rent, mortgage, or utility assistance.
    The National Board is aware that much is asked of our voluntary 
Local Boards and LROs, and very little administrative funding is 
provided. But the cooperative model that EFSP has helped to create can 
be a useful vehicle for many governmental and community-based programs. 
As a group, local providers can accomplish much: initiating a dialogue 
with local offices of Federal entities such as the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture to take full advantage of excess commodities and its other 
programs or with the U.S. Department of Labor's Job Training 
Partnership Act (JTPA); working with Federal programs that require the 
input of local providers such as the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's Community Development Block Grant or Emergency Shelter 
Grant and the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Care for 
the Homeless; pooling agency efforts to gain Federal (for example, 
HUD's Transitional Housing Program) and private foundation grants; 
leveraging EFSP funds within the community by encouraging matches of 
local EFSP allocations from State and local governments and private 
resources; and, exchanging ideas on administrative and accounting 
methods that can improve delivery of services and focus on the 
collaborative rather than the competitive aspects of agency relations.
    Fourteen years ago this program began as a one-time effort to help 
address urgent needs. The survival of this public-private partnership 
is not only a testament to needs, but also to the effectiveness of EFSP 
as an example of local decision-making and community responsibility in 
attempting to meet those needs.
    EFSP is a reminder of this nation's willingness to confront 
difficult problems within the society in new ways. But most 
importantly, EFSP has fed and sheltered homeless and hungry people, it 
has maintained homes and the families in those homes, and it has 
created useful public-private partnerships within communities.

Table of Contents

1.0  Background and Introduction
1.1  Purpose
2.0  FEMA's Role and Responsibilities
3.0  National Board's Role and Responsibilities
3.1  Client eligibility
4.0  State Set-Aside Committee's Role and Responsibilities
5.0  Local Boards' Role and Responsibilities
5.1  Variances and Waivers
6.0  Local Recipient Organizations' Role and Responsibilities
6.1  Independent Annual Audit Requirements
6.2  Fiscal Agents/Conduit Relationship
6.3  Financial Terms and Conditions
6.4  Grant Payment Process
6.5  Eligibility of Costs
6.6  Required Documentation
7.0  Local Appeals Process
8.0  Allocations Formula
9.0  Amendments to Plan

1.0  Background and Introduction

    The Emergency Food and Shelter Program was established on March 24, 
1983, with the signing of the ``Jobs Stimulus Bill,'' Public Law 98-8. 
That legislation created a National Board, chaired by FEMA, which 
consisted of representatives of the American Red Cross; Catholic 
Charities, USA; the Salvation Army; Council of Jewish Federations, 
Inc.; United Way of America; and the National Council of Churches of 
Christ in the U.S.A.
    Since that first piece of legislation in 1983, through its 
authorization under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
(Pub.L. 100-77--signed into law on July 24, 1987, subsequently 
reauthorized under Pub.L. 100-628, signed into law on November 7, 
1988), the Emergency Food and Shelter Program has distributed $1.5 
billion to over 11,000 social service agencies in more than 2,500 
communities across the country.
    From its inception, the unique features of this program have been 
the partnerships it has established. At the national level, the Federal 
government and board member organizations have the legal responsibility 
to work together to set allocations criteria and establish program 
guidelines. Such coalitions, as set forth in the law, are even more 
vital on the local level. In each community Local Boards make the most 
significant decisions on their own make-up and operation, the types of 
services most in need of supplemental help, what organizations should 
be funded and for what purpose and amount. These portions of the law 
have remained unchanged and are the core of this unique public-private 
partnership.

1.1  Purpose

    This publication is developed by the National Board to outline the 
roles, responsibilities, and implementation procedures which shall be 
followed by the National Board, FEMA Local Boards, LROs, SSA 
Committees, in the distribution and use of these funds.
    National in scope, EFSP will provide food and shelter assistance to 
individuals in need through local private voluntary organizations and 
local governments in areas designated by the National Board as being in 
highest need. The intent of EFSP is to meet emergency needs by 
supplementing and expanding food and shelter assistance individuals 
might currently be receiving, as well as to help those who are 
receiving no assistance. Individuals who received assistance under 
previous programs may again be recipients, providing they meet local 
eligibility requirements.

2.0  FEMA's Role and Responsibilities

    (a) FEMA will perform the following EFSP activities:
    (1) Constitute a National Board consisting of individuals 
affiliated with United Way of America; the Salvation Army; the National 
Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; Catholic Charities, USA; the 
Council of Jewish Federations, Inc.; the American Red Cross; and FEMA.
    (2) Chair the National Board, using parliamentary procedures and 
consensus by the National Board as the mode of operation.
    (3) Provide policy guidance, management oversight, Federal

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coordination, and staff assistance to the National Board.
    (4) Award the grant to the National Board.
    (5) Assist the Secretariat in implementing the National Board 
Program.
    (6) Report to Congress on the year's program activities through the 
Interagency Council on the Homeless Annual Report.
    (7) Conduct audits of the program.
    (8) Initiate Federal collection procedures to collect funds or 
documentation due when the efforts of the National Board have not been 
successful.

3.0  National Board's Role and Responsibilities

    (a) The National Board will perform the following EFSP activities:
    (1) Select jurisdictions of highest need for food and shelter 
assistance and determine amount to be distributed to each.
    (2) Notify national organizations interested in emergency food and 
shelter to publicize the availability of funds.
    (3) Develop the operational manual for distributing funds and 
establish criteria for expenditure of funds.
    (4) In jurisdictions that received previous awards, notify the 
former Local Board chair that new funds are available. In areas newly 
selected for funding, notify the local United Way, American Red Cross, 
Salvation Army, or local government official. The National Board will 
notify qualifying jurisdictions of award eligibility within 60 days 
following allocation by FEMA.
    (5) Provide copies of award notification materials to National 
Board member affiliates and other interested parties.
    (6) Secure board plan, certification forms and board rosters from 
Local Boards. Ensure Local Board compliance with established 
guidelines.
    (7) Distribute funds to selected LROs.
    (8) Hear appeals and grant waivers.
    (9) Establish an equitable system to accomplish the reallocation of 
unclaimed or unused funds. Unused or recaptured funds will be 
reallocated by the National Board, except in the case of State Set-
Aside counties whose funds may be reallocated by the respective State 
Set-Aside Committees.
    (10) Ensure that funds are properly accounted for, and that funds 
due are collected.
    (11) Provide consultation and technical assistance to local 
jurisdictions as necessary to monitor program compliance.
    (12) Compile the reports it receives from the Local Boards and 
submit a detailed accounting of use of all program monies in the form 
of a report to FEMA.
    (13) Conduct a compliance review of food and shelter expenditures 
made under this program for specified LROs. The National Board, FEMA, 
the independent accounting firm selected by the National Board, or the 
Inspector General's office may also conduct an audit of these funds.
    (14) Monitor LRO compliance with OMB Circular A-133.
    The United Way of America will act as the National Board's 
Secretariat and fiscal agent and perform necessary administrative 
duties for the Board. An administrative allowance of one percent of the 
total award may be used for National Board administration.

3.1  Client Eligibility

    The National Board does not set client eligibility criteria. Local 
Boards may choose to set such criteria. If the Local Board does not set 
eligibility criteria, the LRO may use its existing criteria or set 
criteria for assistance under this award. However, the LROs criteria 
must provide for assistance to needy individuals without discrimination 
(age, race, sex, religion, national origin, or handicap).
    Funds allocated to a jurisdiction are intended for use within that 
jurisdiction. Residents of or transients in a specific jurisdiction 
should seek service within that jurisdiction.
    Citizenship is not an eligibility requirement to receive assistance 
from EFSP. The National Board does not mandate nor recommend the use of 
any particular existing criteria (i.e., food stamp guidelines, welfare 
guidelines, or income guidelines).

4.0  State Set-Aside (SSA) Committee Role and Responsibilities

    (a) SSA Committee's role.
    (1) The SSA process has been adopted to allow greater flexibility 
in selection of jurisdictions and is intended to target pockets of 
homelessness or poverty in non-qualifying jurisdictions (refer to 
Supplementary Information, above, on qualifying criteria), areas 
experiencing drastic economic changes such as plant closings, areas 
with high levels of unemployment or poverty which do not meet the 
minimum level of unemployment, or jurisdictions that have documented 
measures of need which are not adequately reflected in unemployment and 
poverty data.
    (2) The distribution of funds to SSA Committees will be based on a 
ratio calculated as follows: the State's average number of unemployed 
in non-funded jurisdictions divided by the average number of unemployed 
in non-funded jurisdictions nationwide equals the State's percentage of 
the total amount available for SSA awards.
    (b) SSA responsibilities.
    (1) A SSA Committee in each State will recommend high-need 
jurisdictions and award amounts to the National Board. Priority 
consideration is to be given to jurisdictions otherwise not meeting 
criteria for funding, although funded jurisdictions may receive 
additional funding. SSA Committees should also consider the special 
circumstances of jurisdictions that qualified in previous funding 
phases but are not eligible in the current phase. The State Committees 
may wish to provide these jurisdictions with an allocation so that the 
abrupt change in funding status is not disruptive to local providers. 
SSA Committees are encouraged to consider current and significant State 
or local data in their deliberations. Although the National Board staff 
provides national data to the SSA Committees, it does not mandate any 
particular formula. These committees are free to act independently in 
choosing eligible jurisdictions.
    In each State, the chair of the previous phase's SSA Committee will 
be notified of the award amount available to the SSA Committee. In a 
State where there are affiliates of the voluntary organizations 
represented on the National Board, they must be invited to serve on the 
State Committee. If no single State affiliate exists, an appropriate 
representative should be invited. The Governor or his/her 
representative will replace the FEMA member. State Committees are 
encouraged to expand participation by inviting or notifying other 
private non-profit organizations on the State level. The National Board 
encourages the inclusion of Native Americans, minorities, and other 
appropriate representatives on the State Committee.
    (2) Members of the SSA Committee shall elect a person to chair the 
committee.
    (3) The SSA Committees are responsible for the following:
    (i) recommending high-need jurisdictions and award amounts within 
the State. When selecting jurisdictions with demonstrated need, the 
National Board encourages the consideration of counties incorporating 
or adjoining Indian reservations. The SSA Committee has 25 working days 
to notify the National Board in writing of its selections and the 
appropriate contact person for each area.

    Note: The minimum award amount for a single jurisdiction is 
$1,000 and only whole-dollar amounts can be allocated.


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    (ii) Notifying the National Board of selection criteria that were 
used to determine which jurisdictions within the State were selected to 
receive funds. The National Board will then notify these jurisdictions 
directly. In the event funds are not claimed by the SSA jurisdictions, 
SSA Committees may recommend other jurisdictions to receive the 
unclaimed funds.
    (4) An administrative allowance of one-half of one percent (5) of 
the total SSA award to each State may be used for SSA administration.

5.0  Local Boards' Role and Responsibilities

    (a) Local Boards' Role and Responsibilities.
    (1) Each area designated by the National Board to receive funds 
shall constitute a Local Board. In a local community where there are 
affiliates of the United Way of America; The Salvation Army; the 
National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; Catholic 
Charities, U.S.A; Council of Jewish Federations; and the American Red 
Cross; which are represented on the National Board, they must be 
invited to serve on the Local Board. An agency's own governing board 
may not serve as a Local Board. The National Board mandates that if a 
jurisdiction is located within or encompasses a federally recognized 
Indian reservation, a Native American representative must be invited to 
serve on the Local Board. All Local Boards are required to include in 
their membership a homeless or formerly homeless person. Local Boards 
should seek recommendations from LROs for an appropriate 
representative. Local Boards that are unable to have homeless or 
formerly homeless representation must still consult with homeless or 
formerly homeless individuals, or former or current clients of food or 
housing services for their input. The County Executive/Mayor, 
appropriate head of local government or his or her designee will 
replace the FEMA member. Local Boards are encouraged to expand 
participation and membership by inviting or notifying minority 
populations, other private non-profit organizations and government 
organizations; the jurisdiction should be geographically represented as 
well.
    (2) The members of each Local Board will elect a chair.
    (3) Local Board membership is not honorary; there are specific 
duties the board must perform. If a member cannot regularly attend 
meetings, the member should be replaced by another representative of 
the member's designated agency. If a member must be absent from a 
meeting, the member's organization may designate an alternate.
    (4) If a locality has not previously received funding and is now 
designated as being in high need, the National Board has designated the 
local United Way to constitute and convene a Local Board as described 
above. If there is no local United Way, or it does not convene the 
board, the local American Red Cross, the local Salvation Army, or a 
local government official will be responsible for convening the initial 
meeting of the Local Board.
    (5) If a locality has previously received National Board funding, 
the former chairman of the Local Board will be contacted regarding any 
new funding the locality is designated to receive.
    (6) Each award phase is new; therefore, the Local Board is a new 
entity in every phase. The convener of the Local Board must ask each 
agency to designate or redesignate a representative every program year.
    (7) The National Board requires Local Boards to select one of the 
following options for meetings:
    (i) Quarterly Meetings: Local Boards are encouraged to meet 
quarterly to ensure LROs are implementing the program according to 
guidelines. Meetings may be conducted via conference calls.
    (ii) Semiannual Meetings: Local Boards meeting twice a year must 
also ensure that LROs are implementing the program according to 
guidelines. Ongoing monitoring activities must take place. Local Boards 
electing to hold meetings semiannually will be required to submit 
copies of their meeting minutes with the jurisdiction's final report.
    (8) A majority of members must be present for the meeting to be 
official. Attendance and decision-making minutes must be kept. Meeting 
minutes must be approved by the Local Board at the next meeting. They 
must also be available to the National Board, Federal authorities, and 
the public on request.
    (9) The Local Board will have 25 working days after the 
notification of the award selection by the National Board in which to 
advertise and promote the program to give any organization capable of 
providing emergency services an opportunity to apply for funds. 
Advertising must take place prior to the Local Board's allocation of 
funds. Failure to advertise properly will delay processing of the 
jurisdiction's board plan and subsequent payment of funds. Local Boards 
should allow at least one week for interested organizations to apply 
for funding. (Local Boards are not required to re-advertise fund 
availability for supplemental allocations within the same spending 
period.
    (10) The Local Board recommends which local organizations should 
receive grants and the amounts of the grants. Local Boards must have a 
written application process and consider all private voluntary and 
public organization applicants. In selecting LROs to receive funds, the 
Local Board must consider the demonstrated ability of an organization 
to provide food and/or shelter assistance. Local Board members should 
strive to use consistent criteria, sound judgment and fairness in their 
approach. Local Board membership must have no relationship to funding. 
Local Board members must abstain from voting on their own grant awards. 
LROs should be selected to receive funds to supplement and extend 
eligible on-going services, not be funded in anticipation of a needed 
service (i.e., fire victims, floods, tornadoes, etc.); neither should 
agencies be selected for funding due to budget shortfalls nor for cuts 
in other funding sources.
    LROs that received awards from previous legislation may again be 
eligible provided that the LRO still meets eligibility requirements. 
Agencies on Indian reservations are eligible to receive EFSP monies, if 
they meet LRO requirements.
    The minimum grant per LRO is $300 and only whole-dollar amounts may 
be allocated. The Local Board should be prepared to justify an 
allocation of one-third (1/3) or more of its total award to a single 
LRO.
    (11) Local Boards are responsible for monitoring LROs that receive 
over $100,000 in Federal funds and ensuring that they comply with OMB 
Circular A-133.
    (12) Local Boards must complete and return all required forms to 
the National Board. (Local Board Plan, Local Board Certification Form, 
and Local Board Roster).
    (13) Local Boards shall secure and retain signed forms from each 
LRO certifying that program guidelines have been read and understood, 
and that the LROs will comply with cost eligibility and reporting 
requirements.
    (14) Local Boards must establish a system to ensure that no 
duplication of service occurs within the expenditure categories of 
rent, mortgage or utility assistance (RMU). Local Boards are free to 
establish any system as long as no duplication of rent/mortgage or 
utility assistance can take place under reasonable circumstances.
    (15) Establish client eligibility, at Local Board's discretion. 
Local Boards may determine client eligibility for EFSP or utilize 
established LRO

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eligibility. A separate needs test for assistance under EFSP may be 
developed and used by LROs, but should first be approved by the Local 
Board. The Local Board should communicate eligibility criteria for 
assistance under EFSP to LROs.
    (16) Local Boards must notify the National Board of changes in the 
Local Board chair, staff contact, or LRO contacts, including complete 
addresses and phone numbers.
    (17) Local Boards that determine they can better utilize their 
resources by merging with neighboring boards may do so. The head of 
government or his or her designee for each jurisdiction must sit on the 
merged board, along with agency representatives from each jurisdiction. 
The merged Local Board must ensure that the award amount designated for 
each civil jurisdiction is used to provide assistance to individuals 
within that jurisdiction.
    (18) Local Boards are required to be familiar with current 
guidelines and to provide technical assistance to service providers. 
Advice and counsel can be provided by National Board staff.
    (19) An appeals process must be established to address 
participation or funding, to hear and resolve appeals made by funded or 
non-funded organizations, and to investigate complaints made by 
individuals or organizations. Appeals should be handled promptly. Cases 
that cannot be handled locally should be referred in writing to the 
National Board and include details on action that has been taken. Only 
when there is significant question of misapplication of guidelines, 
fraud, or other abuse on the part of the Local Board will the National 
Board consider action. Cases involving fraud or other misuse of Federal 
funds should be reported to the Office of the Inspector General, FEMA, 
in writing or by telephone at 1-800-323-8603.
    (20) The chair of the Local Board or his or her designated staff 
will be the central coordination point of contact between the National 
Board and the LRO selected to receive assistance from EFSP.
    (21) If requested by the National Board, the Local Board should 
nominate an appropriate feeding organization to receive surplus food 
from Department of Defense commissaries.
    (22) Boards will be responsible for monitoring programs carried out 
by the LROs they have selected to receive funds. Local Boards should 
work with LROs to ensure that funds are being used to meet immediate 
food and shelter needs on an ongoing basis. Local Boards may not alter 
or change National Board cost eligibility or approve expenditures 
outside the National Board's criteria without National Board 
permission. An interim report of expenditures is due to the National 
Board with each LRO's second check request. A final report (accompanied 
by financial documentation for specified LROs) is due 45 days after the 
end of each jurisdiction's program. The National Board will provide 
forms for all required reports. Local Boards may request other reports 
from their LROs at an appropriate time (e.g., monthly or quarterly 
updates).
    (23) The Local Board should reallocate funds whenever it determines 
that the original allocation plan does not reflect the actual need for 
services or if an LRO is unable to use its full award effectively. 
Funds must be recovered and may be reallocated if an LRO makes 
ineligible expenditures or uses funds for items that have clearly not 
been approved by the Local Board. Funds held in escrow for LROs which 
have unresolved compliance problems can be reallocated or may be 
reclaimed by the National Board. The deadline to reallocate any funds 
held in escrow is July 31, 1997.
    The Local Board may approve reallocation of funds between LROs that 
are already participating in the program. However, the National Board 
must be notified in writing. The Local Board may also return funds to 
the National Board for reissuance to another LRO or request 
reallocation of remaining funds before they are released by the 
National Board (e.g., second/third payments).
    If the Local Board wishes to reallocate funds to an agency that was 
not approved on the original board plan, a written request for approval 
must be made to the National Board. An LRO must be approved by the 
National Board prior to receipt of funds.
    Local Boards can reallocate funds from one service to another 
(e.g., from food to shelter) without National Board approval if the 
transfer is within an individual LRO.
    If a Local Board is unable to satisfy the National Board that it 
can utilize funds in accordance with this plan, the National Board may 
reallocate the funds to other jurisdictions.
    (24) Should anyone have reason to suspect that EFSP funds are being 
used for purposes contrary to the law and guidelines governing the 
program, the National Board recommends taking action to assist in 
bringing such practices to a halt.
    The National Board requires that the Office of the Inspector 
General, FEMA, be contacted immediately when fraud, theft, or other 
criminal activity is suspected in connection with the use of EFSP 
funds, or the operation of a facility receiving EFSP funds. This 
notification can be made by calling the Inspector General's Hotline at 
1-800-323-8603, or in writing to: Office of the Inspector General, 
FEMA, 500 C Street S.W., Washington, DC 20472. The complainant should 
include as much information as possible to support the allegation and 
preferably furnish his/her name and telephone number so that the 
special agent assigned to that office may make a follow-up contact. The 
confidentiality of any communication made with the Office of Inspector 
General is protected by Federal law.
    A complainant desiring to remain totally anonymous should make a 
follow-up phone call to the Office of the Inspector General within 30 
days from the date of the original complaint so that any follow-up 
questions may be asked. Follow-up calls should be made to 1-202-646-
3894 during normal business hours, Eastern Standard Time (charges may 
be reversed). The caller should advise that he/she is making a follow-
up call regarding a prior anonymous complaint. The Office of the 
Inspector General, FEMA, will appropriately notify both local law 
enforcement authorities and the National Board concerning the substance 
of the allegations and the results of the investigation.
    (25) Reports to the National Board on LROs' expenditures shall be 
submitted as of the date each LROs second/third check is requested and 
a final report should be submitted within 45 days after the 
jurisdiction's end-of-program date.
    (26) After the close of the program, the accuracy of all LROs' 
reports and documentation shall be reviewed. Documentation for 
specified LROs should be forwarded to the National Board as requested. 
In the event expenditures violate the eligible costs under this award, 
the Local Board must require reimbursement to the National Board.
    Local Boards are required to remain in operation until all program 
and compliance requirements of the National Board have been satisfied. 
All records related to the program must be retained for three (3) years 
from the end-of-program date.
    (27) Each jurisdiction will be granted the option to extend its 
spending period by 30, 60, or 90 days. This option will be offered 
during the summer of each phase. The extension applies to the entire 
jurisdiction. Should the jurisdiction receive a grant in the next 
phase, that phase's spending period will begin the day after the chosen 
end-date.

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5.1  Variances and Waivers

    (a) Variances. Local Boards may receive requests for variances in 
the budgets they have approved for LROs. Local Boards may allow such 
changes provided that the requested items are eligible under this 
program. If there is any doubt on the part of the Local Board as to 
eligibility, it should contact the National Board for clarification.
    If an expenditure requested by an LRO falls outside the program 
guidelines, the Local Board, if in accord, should request in writing a 
waiver from the National Board in advance of the expenditure.
    (b) Waivers. Waivers requested because of a compliance exception 
must be submitted to the Local and then National Board for review. 
National Board staff will evaluate waiver requests and use discretion 
to approve or deny requests. In general, the National Board considers 
waiver requests that are not within the guidelines, but address the 
program's intent.
    The waiver request from the Local Board should clearly state the 
need for this exception, approximate costs, timelines or any other 
pertinent information it deems necessary for the National Board to make 
their decision.

6.0  Local Recipient Organizations' Roles and Responsibilities

    (a) Local Recipient Organizations' roles and responsibilities.
    (1) In selecting LROs to receive funds, the Local Board must 
consider the demonstrated ability of an organization to provide food 
and shelter assistance. LROs should be selected to receive funds to 
supplement and extend eligible ongoing services, not to be funded in 
anticipation of a needed service (i.e., fire, flood, or tornado 
victims); neither should agencies be selected for funding due to budget 
shortfalls nor for cuts in other funding sources. Local participation 
in the program is not limited to organizations that are part of any 
State or national organization. Agencies on Indian reservations are 
eligible to receive EFSP funds if they meet LRO requirements as set 
forth in the program manual. Organizations that received awards from 
previous legislation may again be eligible provided that the 
organization still meets eligibility requirements.
    (2) For a local organization to be eligible for funding it must:
    (i) Be nonprofit or an agency of government;
    (ii) Have an accounting system or an approved fiscal agent;
    (iii) Have a Federal employer identification number (FEIN), or be 
in the process of securing FEIN (Note: contact local IRS office for 
more information on securing FEIN and the necessary form [SS-4];
    (iv) Conduct an independent annual audit if receiving $25,000 or 
more from EFSP;
    (v) Practice nondiscrimination (those agencies with a religious 
affiliation wishing to participate in the program must agree not to 
refuse services to an applicant based on religion or require attendance 
at religious services as a condition of assistance, nor will such 
groups engage in any religious proselytizing in any program receiving 
EFSP funds); and,
    (vi) For private voluntary organizations, have a voluntary board.
    Each LRO will be responsible for certifying in writing to the Local 
Board that it has read and agrees to abide by the cost eligibility and 
reporting standards of this publication and any other requirements made 
by the Local Board.
    An LRO may not operate as a vendor for itself or other LROs except 
for the shared maintenance fee for food banks.
    (3) LROs selected for funding must:
    (i) Maintain records according to the guidelines set forth in the 
manual. Consult the Local Board chair/staff on matters requiring 
interpretation or clarification prior to incurring an expense or 
entering into a contract. It is important to have a thorough 
understanding of these guidelines to avoid ineligible expenditures and 
consequent repayment of funds. LROs' questions can be answered by 
National Board staff at (703) 706-9660.
    (ii) Provide services within the intent of the program. Funds are 
to be used to supplement and extend food and shelter services, not as a 
substitute for other program funds. LROs should take the most cost-
effective approach in buying or leasing eligible items/services, and 
should limit purchases to essential items within the $300 limit for 
equipment, unless prior approval has been granted by the National 
Board.
    (iii) Deposit funds for this program in a federally insured bank 
account. Proper documentation must be maintained for all expenditures 
under this program according to the guidelines. Agencies should ensure 
that selected banks will return canceled checks. LROs' expenditures and 
documentation will be subject to review for program compliance by the 
Local Board, National Board or Federal authorities. Records must be 
maintained for three years and any interest income must be put back 
into program expenditures.

6.1  Independent Annual Audit Requirements

    (a) LROs receiving $25,000 or less in EFSP funding. No independent 
annual audit will be required for these LROs.
    (b) LROs receiving $25,000 or more in EFSP funding. An independent 
annual audit in accordance with Government Auditing Standards will be 
required for these LROs.
    The National Board will accept an LROs national/regional annual 
audit if the following conditions are met:
    (1) The LRO is truly a subsidiary of the national organization 
(i.e., shares a single Federal tax exemption).
    (2) The LRO is audited by the national/regional office internal 
auditors or other person designated by the national/regional office AND 
the national/regional office is audited by an independent certified 
public accountant or public accounting firm, which includes the parent 
organization's review of the LRO in a larger audit review.
    (3) A copy of the local audit review by the parent organization 
along with a copy of the independent audit of the national/regional 
office will be made available to the National Board upon request.
    In addition to the above requirements, any LRO receiving $100,000 
or more in combined federal funds must have an audit made in accordance 
with OMB Circulars A-128 or A-133, as applicable.
    Audits of units of government shall be made annually unless State 
or local government had, by January 1, 1987, a constitutional or 
statutory requirement for less frequent audits. For those governments' 
biennial audits, covering both years are permitted.

6.2  Fiscal Agent/Fiscal Conduit Relationship

    (a) For National Board purposes, a fiscal agent is an agency that 
maintains all EFSP financial records for another agency. A fiscal 
conduit is an EFSP-funded agency that maintains all EFSP financial 
records on behalf of one or more agencies under a single grant. If any 
one agency in a jurisdiction is making bulk purchases for other 
agencies not funded directly, it must serve as a fiscal conduit and 
follow all rules, thereof.
    (b) The fiscal agent/fiscal conduit is the organization responsible 
for the receipt of funds, disbursement of funds to vendors, and 
documentation of funds received. The fiscal agent/fiscal conduit must 
meet all of the requirements of an LRO.
    (c) Local Boards may wish to use a fiscal agent/fiscal conduit when 
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desire to fund an agency that does not have an adequate accounting 
system nor conducts an annual audit, but nevertheless meets all other 
criteria. The Local Board may authorize funds to be channeled through 
another agency which has been designated as the fiscal agent/conduit. 
Fiscal agents/conduits will be held accountable for compliance with 
program requirements.
    (d) Any agency benefitting from funds received by a fiscal agent/
fiscal conduit must meet all of the criteria to be an LRO except the 
accounting system and annual audit requirements and sign the Fiscal 
Agent/Fiscal Conduit Relationship Certification Form. For tracking 
purposes, all agencies funded through fiscal agents or fiscal conduits 
must secure a Federal Employer's Identification Number.
    (e) Fiscal agents/fiscal conduits may cut checks to vendors only. 
They may not cut checks to the agencies on whose behalf they are acting 
or to agencies/sites under their ``umbrella.'' The exception to this is 
when an agency is using the per diem allowance for mass shelters or the 
per meal allowance for served meals.
    (f) Fiscal agents will be required to submit individual interim and 
final reports for each agency. Fiscal conduits will file a single 
interim report on their awards along with a breakdown of agencies and 
spending with the final report.
    (g) Any LRO with an outstanding compliance exception may not be 
funded under a fiscal agent/fiscal conduit. If a fiscal agent has an 
unresolved compliance exception, any other funds awarded to the fiscal 
agent (either as a grant for its own program or as fiscal agent for 
another agency) will be held in escrow until all compliance exceptions 
are resolved. Fiscal conduits will be audited as a single award, and 
will be handled as any other LRO.

6.3  Financial Terms and Conditions

    (a) Definitions.
    ``Local Recipient Organization'' refers to the local private or 
public organizations that will receive any award of funds from the 
National Board.
    ``Award'' refers to the award of funds made by the National Board 
to a local private or public organization on the recommendation of a 
Local Board.
    ``End-of-program date'' refers to the date, as agreed upon by Local 
and National Board, by which all monies in a given jurisdiction must be 
spent or returned.
    (b) Amendments.
    An award may be amended at any time by a written modification. 
Amendments that reflect the rights and obligations of either party 
shall be executed by both the National Board and the LRO. 
Administrative amendments such as changes in accounting data may be 
issued unilaterally by the National Board.
    (c) Local Board Authority Related to LROs.
    (1) The Local Board is responsible for monitoring expenditures of 
LROs providing food and/or shelter services, authorizing the adjustment 
of funds between food and shelter programs, and reallocating funds from 
one LRO to another.
    (2) Local Boards may not alter or change National Board cost 
eligibility or approve expenditures outside the National Board's 
criteria without National Board permission. (Refer to Section 3.1 on 
Variances and Waivers.)
    (3) A Local Board can call back funds from an LRO and reallocate to 
another LRO in the case of gross negligence, inadequate use of funds, 
failure to use funds, failure to use funds for purposes intended, or 
for any other violation of the National Board guidelines, or in cases 
of critical need in the community. The Local Board must advise, in 
writing, all concerned LROs of any reallocation of their original 
award.
    (4) In the event the Local Board discovers ineligible expenditures 
by an LRO, the Local Board must send to the organization a written 
request for reimbursement of the amount. The National Board must also 
be notified. If the LRO is unwilling or unable to reimburse the 
National Board for the ineligible expenditures, the Local Board must 
refer the matter to the National Board. The National Board may ask the 
Local Board to take further action to see that reimbursement of 
ineligible expenditures is made to the National Board, or the National 
Board may refer the matter to FEMA.
    If the Local Board suspects that fraud has been committed by an 
LRO, the Local Board must contact the Office of the Inspector General, 
FEMA, in writing or by telephone at 1-800-323-8603 with details of 
suspected fraud or misuse of Federal funds.
    (5) If an LRO received an award under previous phases, it must not 
include those funds in any reporting for the present awards. Reports 
should be confined to the amount granted by the National Board under 
the new appropriations legislation.
    (d) Cash Depositories.
    (1) Any money advanced to the LRO under the terms of this award 
must be deposited in a bank with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(FDIC) or Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) 
insurance coverage (whose responsibility has been taken over by FDIC), 
and the balance exceeding the FDIC or FSLIC coverage must be 
collaterally secured. Interest income earned on these monies must be 
put back into program costs.
    (2) LROs are encouraged to use minority banks (a bank which is 
owned at least 50 percent by minority group members). This is 
consistent with the national goal of expanding the opportunities for 
minority business enterprises. A list of minority-owned banks can be 
obtained from the Office of Minority Business Enterprises, Department 
of Commerce, Washington, DC 20203.
    (e) Retention and Custodial Requirements for Records.
    (1) Financial records, supporting documentation, statistical 
records, and all other records pertinent to the award shall be retained 
for a period of three years, with the following exceptions:
    (i) If any litigation, claim or audit is started before the 
expiration of the three-year period, the records shall be retained 
until all litigation, claims or audit findings involving the records 
have been resolved.
    (ii) Records for nonexpendable property, if any, acquired in part 
with Federal funds shall be retained for three years after submission 
of a final report. Nonexpendable property is defined as tangible 
property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition 
cost of more than $300 per unit.
    (2) The retention period starts from the date of the submission by 
the LRO of the final expenditure report.
    (3) The National Board may request transfer of certain records to 
its custody from the LRO when it determines that the records possess 
long-term retention value. The LRO shall make such transfers as 
requested.
    (4) The Director of FEMA, the Comptroller General of the United 
States, and the National Board, or any of their duly authorized 
representatives, shall have access to any pertinent books, documents, 
papers, and records of the recipient organization, and its subgrantees 
to make audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts.
    (f) Financial management systems.
    (1) The LRO/fiscal agent or fiscal conduit shall maintain a 
financial management system that provides for the following:
    (i) Accurate, current and complete disclosures of the financial 
results of this program.
    (ii) Records that identify adequately the source and application of 
funds for federally supported activities. These records shall contain 
information pertaining to Federal awards,

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authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, outlays, and 
incomes.
    (iii) Effective control over and accountability for all funds, 
property, and other assets.
    (iv) Procedures for determining eligibility of costs in accordance 
with the provisions of the EFSP manual.
    (v) Accounting records that are supported by source documentation. 
The LRO must maintain and retain a register of cash receipts and 
disbursements and original supporting documentation such as purchase 
orders, invoices, canceled checks, and whatever other documentation is 
necessary to support its costs under the program.
    (vi) A systematic method to ensure timely and appropriate 
resolution of audit findings and recommendations.
    (vii) In cases where more than one civil jurisdiction (e.g., a city 
and a balance of county, or several counties) recommends awards to the 
same LRO, the organization can combine these funds in a single account. 
However, separate program records for each civil jurisdiction award 
must be kept.
    (h) Payment.
    A first payment shall be made to the LRO by the Secretariat upon 
recommendation of the Local Board and approval by the National Board. 
Second check requests include an interim report to be completed by each 
LRO. The request is signed by the Local Board Chair, and mailed to the 
National Board. Second/third installments will be held until the 
jurisdiction's final Local Board report and documentation for the 
previous year has been reviewed and found to be clear.
    (i) Financial reporting requirements.
    LROs shall submit a financial status report to the Local Board 
which will be forwarded to the National Board 45 days after the 
jurisdiction's program ending date.
    The National Board shall provide the LRO, through the Local Board, 
with the necessary report forms well in advance of report deadlines.
    (j) Closeout procedures.
    (1) The following definitions shall apply to closeout procedures:
    ``Close-out'' is the process by which the National Board determines 
that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the 
award have been completed.
    ``Disallowed costs'' are those charges that the National Board 
determined to be unallowable in accordance with the legislation, 
National Board requirements, applicable Federal cost principles, or 
other conditions contained in the award. The applicable cost principles 
for Private Voluntary Organizations are contained in OMB Circular A-
122, ``Cost Principles Applicable for Non-Profit Agencies,'' and OMB 
Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and 
Other Non-Profit Organizations.'' The applicable cost principles for 
Public Organizations are contained in OMB Circular A-87, ``Cost 
Principles for State Agencies and Units of Local Governments.'' If you 
are unsure of where to find these circulars, check with your local 
Congressional Representative.
    (k) Suspension and Termination Procedures.
    (1) The following definitions shall apply:
    (i) ``Termination'' of the award means the cancellation of Federal 
assistance, in whole or in part, under the award at any time prior to 
the date of completion.
    (ii) ``Suspension'' of the award is an action by the Local Board or 
National Board that temporarily suspends Federal assistance under the 
award pending corrective action by the LRO or pending a decision by the 
National Board to terminate the award.
    (iii) ``Local Board Authority'' is authority to suspend/reallocate 
all or a portion of an LRO's award at its discretion for any cause 
(i.e., inability to deliver services, suspected fraud, violation of 
eligible costs, changing need in the community, etc.).
    (l) Lobbying.
    (1) Public Law 101-121, Section 319, states that an LRO shall not 
use Federally appropriated grant funds for lobbying activities. This 
condition bars the use of Federal money for political activities, but 
does not in any way restrict lobbying or political activities paid for 
with non-Federal funds. This condition prohibits the use of Federal 
grant funds for the following activities:
    (i) Federal, State or local electioneering and support of such 
entities as campaign organizations and political action committees;
    (ii) Direct lobbying of the Congress and State legislatures to 
influence legislation;
    (iii) Grassroots lobbying concerning either Federal or State 
legislation;
    (iv) Lobbying of the Executive branch in connection with decisions 
to sign or veto enrolled legislation; and,
    (v) Efforts to utilize State or local officials to lobby the 
Congressional or State Legislatures.
    (2) Any LRO that will receive more than $100,000 in EFSP funds is 
required to submit the following prior to grant payment:
    (i) A certification form that EFSP funds will not be used for 
lobbying activities; and,
    (ii) A disclosure of lobbying activities (if applicable). This 
certification and disclosure must be submitted prior to grant payment.

6.4 Grant Payment Process

    United Way of America has been designated as the fiscal agent for 
the National Board and as such will process all Local Board plans. 
Payments will be made to organizations recommended by Local Boards for 
funding.
    The National Board offers two methods of payment to LROs: direct 
deposit (electronic funds transfer) or checks. The National Board 
encourages LROs to take advantage of direct deposit where possible.
    All awards totaling less than $100,000 will be paid in two equal 
installments. Awards totaling $100,000 or more will be paid in two 
equal installments upon submission of lobbying certification and 
disclosure.
    The National Board will distribute second payments once the 
jurisdiction's compliance review is completed for the previous program 
period. Second payments will be held in escrow until all compliance 
exceptions are satisfied by the LRO. The deadline to request all second 
payments under Phase XV is July 31, 1997. Therefore, for those LROs 
ineligible to receive their second checks due to unresolved compliance 
exceptions, Local Boards must reallocate their escrowed awards by July 
31, 1997.
    All payments will be mailed directly to the LRO. Second payments 
will be mailed to the LRO only upon the written request of the Local 
Board Chair along with the LRO's interim report. The Local Board will 
authorize second payments once they are assured that the organization 
is implementing the current program as intended and according to these 
guidelines.

6.5 Eligibility of Costs

    The intent of this appropriation is for the purchase of food and 
shelter to supplement and extend current available resources and not to 
substitute or reimburse ongoing programs and services. Questions 
regarding interpretation of the program's guidelines should be cleared 
by the LRO with the Local Board prior to action. Local Boards unsure of 
the meaning of these guidelines should contact the National Board at 
(703) 706-9660 for clarification prior to advising the LRO. If an 
expenditure requested by an LRO is not listed below as eligible, the 
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waiver from the National Board for consideration.
    No individual or family may be charged a fee for service with 
relation to assistance under EFSP.
    (a) Eligible Program Costs.
    Eligible program costs include, but are not limited to:
    For food banks/pantries, eligible costs include:
    (1) Groceries, food vouchers, vegetable seeds, gift certificates 
for food. Documentation required: receipts/invoices for food purchased 
and canceled checks.
    (2) An allowance for maintenance fees charged by food banks can be 
granted by a Local Board at the prevailing rate. EFSP funds cannot be 
used to pay such a maintenance fee twice: by a food bank and by the 
food pantry/agency it is serving. Food banks may operate as both a 
vendor and LRO. Documentation required: receipts/invoices for food 
purchased and canceled checks.
    (3) Transportation expenses related to the delivery of purchased 
and donated food; limited to actual fuel costs. Documentation required: 
(1) mileage log at the current Federal rate (30 cents per mile), with 
departure, destination and trip purpose; or, (2) receipts/invoices from 
contracted services or public transportation, receipts for actual fuel 
costs; and canceled checks.
    (4) Purchase of small equipment not exceeding $300 per item and 
essential to operation of food bank or pantry (e.g., shelving, storage 
containers). Documentation required: receipts/invoices for equipment 
purchased and canceled checks.
    (5) Purchase of consumable supplies essential to distribution of 
food (e.g., bags, boxes). Documentation required: receipts/invoices for 
supplies purchased and canceled checks.
    For mass shelters (five or more beds) or mass feeding sites, 
eligible expenditures include:
    (6) Food (hot meals, groceries, food vouchers). Limited amounts of 
dessert items (i.e., cookies, ice cream, candy, etc.) used as a part of 
a daily diet plan may be purchased. Also allowable are vegetable seeds 
and vegetable plants cultivated in an agency's garden on-site and 
canning supplies. Documentation required: receipts/invoices for food 
purchased and canceled checks or served meals per diem schedule).
    (7) Local transportation expenses for picking up/delivery of food; 
transporting clients to mass shelter or feeding site. Limited to actual 
fuel costs, a mileage log at the current Federal rate (30 cents per 
mile), contracted services or public transportation. Documentation 
required: (1) mileage log, or (2) receipts/invoices from contracted 
services or public transportation, receipts for actual fuel costs, and 
canceled checks.
    (8) Purchase of consumable supplies essential to mass feeding 
(i.e., plastic cups, utensils, detergent, etc.) or mass shelters of 
five or more beds (i.e., soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, cleaning 
supplies, etc.) Documentation required: receipts/invoices for supplies 
purchased and canceled checks.
    (9) Purchase of small equipment not exceeding $300 per item and 
essential to mass feeding (i.e., pots, pans, toasters, blenders, etc.) 
or mass shelters (i.e., cots, blankets, linens, etc.). Documentation 
required: receipts/invoices for equipment purchased and canceled 
checks.
    (10) Leasing, only for the program period, of capital equipment 
associated with mass feeding or mass shelter (e.g., stoves, freezers, 
or vans with costs over $300 per item) only if approved in advance by 
the Local Board. Documentation required: written Local Board approval, 
copy of lease agreement, and canceled checks.
    (11) With prior Local Board approval, minor emergency repair of 
small equipment essential to mass feeding or sheltering not exceeding 
$300 in repair costs per item. Equipment eligible for repairs are any 
that if not repaired would force the LRO to terminate or curtail 
services (e.g. stove, refrigerator, hot water heater). Routine 
maintenance and service contracts are not eligible expenses. 
Documentation required: receipts or bills for equipment repair and 
canceled checks.
    (12) Limited amounts of basic first-aid supplies (e.g., aspirin, 
band-aids, cough syrup) for mass shelter providers and mass feeding 
sites only. Documentation required: receipts/invoices for first-aid 
supplies and canceled checks.
    (13) Emergency repairs/building code of a mass feeding facility or 
mass shelter, provided:
    (i) The facility is owned by a not-for-profit organization (profit-
making facilities, leased facilities, government facilities, and 
individual residences are not eligible); and,
    (ii) The emergency repair/building code plan and the contract 
detailing work to be done and material and equipment to be used or 
purchased is approved by the Local Board prior to the start of the 
emergency repair/building code project; and,
    (iii) The emergency repair/building code is limited to:
    (A) Bring facility into compliance with local building codes; or,
    (B) An emergency repair that is required to keep the facility open 
for the current program phase.
    (C) Maximum expenditure: $2,500.
    (D) No award funds are used for decorative or non-essential 
purposes or routine maintenance/repairs.
    (E) All emergency repair work is completed and paid for by the end 
of the jurisdiction's award phase. (Expenses which occur after that 
date will not be accepted as eligible costs.) Documentation required: 
letter from Local Board indicating approval and amount approved, copy 
of contract including cost or invoices for supplies and contract labor, 
document citing building code violation requiring the repair (for 
building code repairs) and canceled checks.
    (14) Expenses incurred from accessibility improvements for the 
disabled are eligible for mass feeding or mass shelter facilities up to 
a limit of $2,500. These improvements may include those required by the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. A building code citation is 
not necessary for accessibility improvements. Note: All social service 
providers are mandated to comply with the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990. Documentation required: copy of contract describing work 
to be done including cost, letter from Local Board indicating approval 
and amount approved, and canceled checks.
    For mass shelter providers, there are two options for eligible 
costs. One option must be selected at the beginning of the program year 
and continued throughout the entire year. Note the documentation 
requirements for each option.
    (15) Reimbursement of actual direct eligible costs; in which case 
canceled checks and vendor invoices for supplies/equipment essential to 
the operation of the mass shelter (e.g., cots, mattresses, soap, 
linens, blankets, cleaning supplies, etc.) must be maintained. 
Documentation required: receipts/invoices from vendor relating to 
operation of facility and canceled checks.
    (16) Per diem allowance of exactly $5 per person or exactly $10 per 
person per night for mass shelter (five beds or more) providers, only 
if:
    (i) Approved in advance by the Local Board; and,
    (ii) LROs total mass shelter award is expended in this manner.

    Note: It is the decision of the Local Board to choose between 
the $5/$10 rate. This rate may vary from agency to agency. The $5/
$10 per diem, if elected, may be expended by the LRO for any cost 
related to the operation of the mass shelter; it is not limited to 
otherwise eligible items. The per diem allowance does not include 
the additional costs associated with food. Documentation required: 
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showing daily rate of $5 or $10 and number of persons sheltered by 
date with totals. Supporting documentation must be retained on-site, 
e.g., checks, invoices and service records.

    For mass feeding programs, there are two options for eligible 
costs. One option must be selected at the beginning of the program year 
and continued throughout the entire year. Note the documentation 
requirements for each option.
    (17) Reimbursement of actual direct eligible costs; in which case 
canceled checks and vendor invoices for supplies/equipment essential to 
the operation of the mass feeding programs (e.g., food, paper products, 
cleaning products, pots and pans, etc.) must be maintained. 
Documentation required: receipts/invoices from vendor relating to 
operation of facility and canceled checks.
    (18) Per meal allowance of $1.50 per meal served only if:
    (i) Approved in advance by the Local Board; and,
    (ii) LRO's total mass feeding award is expended in this manner. The 
$1.50 per meal allowance, if elected, may be expended by the LRO for 
any related cost; it is not limited to otherwise eligible items. The 
per meal allowance does not include the additional costs associated 
with shelter. Documentation required: schedule showing meal rate of 
$1.50 and number of meals served by date with totals. Supporting 
documentation must be retained on-site, e.g., checks/invoices and 
service records.
    (19) For all agencies, eligible costs include the purchase of 
diapers for distribution to individuals/families. Vouchers to grocery 
stores may include diapers.

    Note: Local Boards should use discretion in selecting LROs to 
provide this service, taking into consideration the cost 
effectiveness of bulk purchasing. Documentation required: receipts/
invoices for diapers purchased and canceled checks.

    For rent/mortgage assistance, eligible program costs include:
    (20) Limited emergency rent or mortgage assistance for individuals 
or families, provided that:
    (i) Payment is in arrears or due within 5 days; and,
    (ii) All other resources have been exhausted; and,
    (iii) The client is primary resident of the home in which rent/
mortgage is being paid and responsible for the rent/mortgage on the 
home or apartment where the rent/mortgage assistance is to be paid;
    (iv) Payment is limited to one month's cost for each individual or 
family. Assistance can be provided for a full month's rent/mortgage all 
at one time, or in separate payments over a period of up to 90 
consecutive days so long as the total amount paid does not exceed one 
month's costs;
    (v) Assistance is provided only once in each award phase for each 
individual or family; and,
    (vi) Payment must guarantee an additional 30 days service.

    Note: Late fees, legal fees, and deposits are ineligible. 
Payments for trailers and lots are eligible and can be paid to a 
mortgage company or to a private landlord. Documentation required: 
letters from landlords (must include amount of one month's rent and 
statement that rent is past due), mortgage letters and/or copy of 
loan coupon showing mortgage amount and date due and canceled 
checks.

    (21) First month's rent may be paid when an individual or family:
    (i) Is transient and plans to stay in the area for an extended 
period of time; or,
    (ii) Is moving from a temporary shelter to a more permanent living 
arrangement; or,
    (iii) Is being evicted because one month payment will not forestall 
eviction.
    The first month's rent cannot be provided in addition to emergency 
rent/mortgage payment under Item 20 above. It can be provided in 
addition to assistance provided for off-site and mass shelter. 
Documentation required: letters from landlords [must include amount of 
first month's rent] and canceled checks.
    For utility assistance, eligible program costs include:
    (22) Limited utility assistance (includes gas, coal, electricity, 
oil, water, firewood) for individuals or families, provided that:
    (i) Payment is in arrears; and,
    (ii) All other resources have been exhausted (e.g., State's Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program); and,
    (iii) Payment is limited to one month's cost for each utility for 
each individual or family; and,
    (iv) Month paid is part of the arrearage and from current phase or 
for continuous service; and,
    (v) Each utility can be paid only once in each award phase for any 
individual or family.
    (vi) Payment must guarantee an additional 30 days service. Note: 
Reconnect are eligible. Late fees and deposits are ineligible. Utility 
assistance can be provided in addition to eligible rent/mortgage 
assistance. The National Board encourages the use of the metered 
utility verification form (along with a copy of the past due utility 
bill) as the preferred method for verifying eligible utility 
assistance. Documentation required: (1) nonmetered utilities [e.g., 
propane, firewood], receipts/invoices for fuel including due date and 
canceled checks; (2) metered utilities [e.g., electricity, water], copy 
of past due utility bill showing one month's charges including due date 
and canceled checks. Note: utility disconnect and termination notices 
often do not show amount owed by month. This information must verified 
with the utility company and written onto the notice or metered utility 
verification form if not included.
    For other shelter assistance, eligible program costs include:
    (23) Off-site emergency lodging in a hotel or motel, or other off-
site shelter facility provided:
    (i) No appropriate on-site shelter is available; and,
    (ii) It is limited to 30-days' assistance per individual or family 
during the program period. Note: Assistance may be extended in extreme 
cases with prior Local Board written approval. A copy of this approval 
should accompany LRO's documentation. Note: An LRO may not operate as a 
vendor for itself or other LROs, except for shared maintenance fee for 
food banks. Documentation required: receipts/invoices from off-site 
shelter (hotel/motel) and canceled checks.
    (b) Ineligible Program Costs.
    Purposes for which funds CANNOT BE USED include, but are not 
limited to:
    (1) Cash payments of any kind including checks made out to cash or 
reimbursements to staff, volunteers or clients for program purchases.
    (2) Deposits of any kind.
    (3) Payment of more than one month's rent amount.
    (4) Payment of more than one month's mortgage, first month's 
mortgage, or down payment on mortgage.
    (5) Transportation of people not related to the direct provision of 
food or shelter (e.g. to another agency, another city, relative's home, 
transportation to jobs, health care, etc.).
    (6) Payment of more than one month's portion of an accumulated 
utility bill.
    (7) Payments made directly to a client.
    (8) Rental security; deposits; revolving loan accounts.
    (9) Real property (land or buildings) costing more than $300.
    (10) Property taxes of any kind.
    (11) Equipment costing more than $300 per item (e.g., vehicles, 
freezers, washers).
    (12) Emergency repairs/building code or rehabilitation to 
government-owned or profit-making facilities or leased facilities.
    (13) Routine maintenance of agency facilities; routine maintenance 
or service contracts on equipment.

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    (14) Rehabilitation for expansion of service.
    (15) Repairs of any kind to an individual's house or apartment.
    (16) Purchase of supplies or equipment for an individual's home or 
private use.
    (17) Lease-purchase agreements.
    (18) Administrative cost reimbursement to State or regional offices 
of governmental or voluntary organizations.
    (18) Lobbying efforts.
    (19) Expenditures made prior to beginning of jurisdiction's 
program.
    (20) Expenditures made after end of jurisdiction's program.
    (21) Gas or repairs for client-owned transportation.
    (22) Repairs to LRO-owned vehicles.
    (23) Prescription medication or medical supplies.
    (24) Clothing (except underwear/diapers for clients of mass 
shelters, if necessary).
    (25) Payments for expenses not incurred (i.e., where no goods or 
services have been provided during new program period).
    (26) Emergency assistance for natural disaster victims.
    (i) Supplies bought for and in anticipation of a natural disaster.
    (27) Telephone costs, except as administrative allowance and 
limited to the total allowance (2 percent).
    (28) Salaries, except as administrative allowance and limited to 
the total allowance (2 percent).
    (29) Office equipment, except as administrative allowance and 
limited to the total allowance (2 percent).
    (30) LRO may not operate as a vendor for itself or other LROs, 
except for shared maintenance fee for food banks.
    (31) Direct expenses associated with new or expanded services or to 
prevent closing.
    (32) Increased utility costs due to expansion of service.
    (33) Encumbrance of funds for shelter, emergency repairs, 
utilities, that is, payments for goods or services that are purchased 
and are to be delivered at a later date. Also, withholding assistance 
in anticipation of a future need (e.g., holiday events, special 
programs).
    (34) Supplementing foster care costs, where an LRO has already 
received payment for basic boarding of a client. Comprehensive foster 
care costs beyond food and shelter are not allowed.
    (35) No fee for service may be charged to individuals or families 
in order to receive service.
    (c) Administrative allowance.
    (1) There is an administrative allowance limitation of two percent 
(2%) of total funds received by the Local Board, excluding any interest 
earned. This allowance is a part of the total award, not in addition to 
the award. The local administrative allowance is intended for use by 
LROs or Local Boards and not for reimbursement of the program or 
administrative costs that a recipient's parent organization (its State 
or regional offices) might incur as a result of this additional 
funding.
    (2) The Local Board may elect to use, for its own administrative 
costs, all or any portion of the 2 percent allowance. The decision on 
distribution of the allowance among LROs rests with the Local Board. No 
LRO may receive an allowance greater than 2 percent of that LRO's award 
amount unless the LRO is providing the administrative support for the 
Local Board and it is approved by the National Board.
    (3) The SSA Committee, when in operation, may utilize a maximum of 
one-half of one percent (0.5%) for its administrative costs in 
allocating the SSA grant. As with Local Board awards, this 
administrative allowance is part of the total award, not in addition to 
the award.
    (4) Any of the administrative allowance not used must be put back 
into program funds for additional services. Note: The administrative 
allowance may only be allocated in whole-dollar amounts.
    Required Documentation: None with the final report; LROs receiving 
funds for administration must retain documentation that the funds were 
spent on the direct administration of EFSP.

6.6  Required Documentation

    (a) Documentation.
    LRO Documentation of EFSP expenditures requires copies of canceled 
checks (both sides) and itemized vendor invoices. An acceptable invoice 
has the following characteristics:
    (1) It must be vendor originated;
    (2) It must have name of vendor;
    (3) It must have name of purchaser;
    (4) It must have date of purchase;
    (5) It must be itemized; and,
    (6) It must have total cost of purchase.
    Documentation may also include: per diem schedule, per meal 
allowance schedule, and mileage logs.
    All LROs will be required to periodically submit documentation to 
the National Board to ensure continued program compliance. Any LRO 
receiving over $100,000 in Federal funds must comply with OMB Circular 
A-133.
    (b) Reports.
    In addition to the aforementioned documentation, reports to the 
Local Board must be submitted by their due date. Interim report/second 
and third check request forms will be enclosed in the LROs' first check 
package. When the LRO is ready to request its second/third check it 
must complete and sign the interim report and forward it to the Local 
Board for its review and approval. The reverse side (second/third check 
request) should be completed by the Local Board chair and mailed to the 
National Board. LROs must complete all portions of the final report 
form, return two copies to the Local Board, including one copy of 
documentation if requested, and retain a copy for their records.
    The LRO must work with the Local Board to quickly clear up any 
problems related to compliance exception(s) at the end of the program.

7.0  Local Appeals Process

    (a) Fairness and openness. An appeals process is a statement to 
eligible agencies and to the community at large that the Local Board is 
interested in fairness and openness.
    A good appeals process begins with prevention. If the Local Board 
includes both representatives of affiliates of the National Board and 
representatives of other groups involved with assisting hungry and 
homeless people, it is less likely to experience an appeal. Similarly, 
if the Local Board's decision-making process is open, thorough, and 
even-handed, appeals are less likely.
    It is the responsibility of the Local Board to establish a written 
appeals process. That process may be simple or elaborate, depending on 
the needs of the community.
    (b) Appeals guidelines. The appeal process should meet the 
following guidelines:
    (1) It should be available to agencies and to the public upon 
request;
    (2) It should be timely, without undue delay;
    (3) It should include the basis for appeal (e.g., Provision of 
information not previously available to the group making the appeal or 
to the Local Board; correction of erroneous information; violation of 
Federal or National Board guidelines; or allegation of bias, fraud, or 
misuse of Federal funds on the part of the Local Board may be cause for 
appeal);
    (4) The decision should be communicated to the organization making 
the appeal in a timely manner. In the case of an appeal on the basis of 
fraud or other abuse of Federal funds, the agency making the appeal 
must be informed of the right of referral to the National Board;
    (c) Primary decision maker. Except for cost and LRO eligibility, 
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is the primary decision maker. Only when there is significant question 
of misapplication of guidelines, fraud, or other abuse on the part of 
the Local Board will the National Board consider action.
    (d) Common appeals practices. The National Board does not mandate 
any particular appeals process. However, some Local Boards have 
developed processes which work well for them and may offer some help to 
other communities. Common practices include the following:
    (1) Set a time period of not more than 30 days for agencies or 
organizations to appeal a funding decision;
    (2) Require written notice of appeal, signed by the Chief Volunteer 
Officer of the organization making the appeal;
    (3) The first level of appeal is usually to the Local Board, or to 
an executive committee of the board;
    (e) Appeals boards; delegations. Some boards appoint one or more 
members to act as a liaison with the organization making the appeal:
    (1) In the case of an appeal for the purpose of providing 
previously unavailable information or correction of erroneous 
information, the process usually ends with prompt notification of 
decision (within ten working days of appeal).
    (2) In the case of appeals for the purpose of contesting alleged 
prejudice, violation of law or National Board guidelines, fraud, or 
misuse of Federal funds, some boards have allowed appeals to a group 
other than the board itself. This practice is not mandated but is 
permitted by the National Board. Such groups may simply be composed of 
different individuals representing the same organizations that make up 
the Local Board. They may also include an entirely different group of 
persons who have knowledge of the program and are deemed by the board 
to be both responsible and unbiased, and to hold the trust of the 
community at large.
    (3) If the board chooses to delegate authority to any third party 
in an appeals process, the power and authority of that body should be 
clear. Is it simply advisory to the Local Board? Will the board abide 
by the decisions of this body as long as they are consistent with the 
law and the National Board guidelines?
    (4) The disposition of appeals is often communicated by telephone 
to the chief professional and volunteer officers of the organization 
appealing immediately after a decision is made. In such cases, a 
written communication is sent as soon as possible confirming the action 
taken. The written communication is, of course, the official 
notification.
    (f) National Board role. It is important to reaffirm that no single 
appeals process is mandated or advised by the National Board.

8.0  Allocations Formula

    (a) Designation of Target Areas.
    Local jurisdictions will be selected to receive funds from the 
National Board based on average unemployment statistics from the U.S. 
Department of Labor for the most current 12-month period (August 1, 
1995-July 31, 1996) available. Also used are poverty statistics from 
the 1990 Census. The Board adopted this combined approach in order to 
target funds for high-need areas more effectively. Funds designated for 
a particular jurisdiction must be used to provide services within that 
jurisdiction.
    The National Board based its determination of high-need 
jurisdictions on four factors:
    (1) Most current twelve-month national unemployment rates;
    (2) Total number of unemployed within a civil jurisdiction;
    (3) Total number of individuals below the poverty level within a 
civil jurisdiction; and, (4) The total population of the civil 
jurisdiction.
    In addition to unemployment, poverty was used to qualify a 
jurisdiction for receipt of an award.
    (b) Fiscal Year 1997 Formula.
    Jurisdictions were selected under Phase XV (PL 104-204) according 
to the following criteria:
    (1) Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 18,000+ 
unemployed and a 4.5% rate of unemployment.
    (2) Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 400 to 
17,999 unemployed and a 6.8% rate of unemployment.
    (3) Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 400 or more 
unemployed and an 11.7% rate of poverty.
    Jurisdictions with a minimum of 400 unemployed may qualify for an 
award based upon their rate of unemployment or their rate of poverty. 
Once a jurisdiction's eligibility is established, the National Board 
will determine its fund distribution based on a ratio calculated as 
follows: the average number of unemployed within an eligible area 
divided by the average number of unemployed covered by the national 
program equals the area's portion of the award (less National Board 
administrative costs, and less that portion of program funds required 
to fulfill designated awards).
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN01AP97.004

    Puerto Rico and U.S. territories will receive a designated 
percentage of the total award based on the decision of the National 
Board.

9.0  Amendments to Plan

    The National Board reserves the right to amend this Plan at any 
time.

    Dated: March 26, 1997.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director, Preparedness, Training and Exercise Directorate.

    The following is a list of Phase XV (fiscal year 1997) allocations. 
These jurisdictions were notified in October, 1996, regarding this 
award.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        State or territory              Jurisdiction        FY 97 award 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama...........................  Autauga County......         $14,048
                                    Baldwin County......          45,084
                                    Barbour County......          16,256
                                    Bibb County.........           8,271
                                    Blount County.......          12,199
                                    Bullock County......          10,293
                                    Butler County.......          11,597

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                                    Calhoun County......          57,871
                                    Chambers County.....          15,511
                                    Cherokee County.....           8,601
                                    Chilton County......          14,436
                                    Choctaw County......          11,425
                                    Clarke County.......          21,832
                                    Cleburne County.....           6,207
                                    Coffee County.......          15,697
                                    Colbert County......          27,638
                                    Conecuh County......          12,085
                                    Covington County....          20,227
                                    Crenshaw County.....           6,279
                                    Cullman County......          28,943
                                    Dale County.........          18,679
                                    Dallas County.......          38,232
                                    De Kalb County......          25,517
                                    Elmore County.......          17,417
                                    Escambia County.....          17,403
                                    Etowah County.......          42,876
                                    Fayette County......           6,078
                                    Franklin County.....          17,962
                                    Geneva County.......          14,694
                                    Greene County.......           7,956
                                    Hale County.........           9,045
                                    Henry County........           6,996
                                    Houston County......          26,305
                                    Jackson County......          34,734
                                    Jefferson County....         187,590
                                    Lamar County........           7,755
                                    Lauderdale County...          39,121
                                    Lawrence County.....          17,159
                                    Lee County..........          26,749
                                    Limestone County....          19,223
                                    Lowndes County......           9,017
                                    Macon County........           9,705
                                    Marengo County......          13,461
                                    Marion County.......          15,640
                                    Marshall County.....          38,203
                                    Mobile County.......         176,939
                                    Monroe County.......          21,617
                                    Montgomery County...          74,443
                                    Morgan County.......          43,077
                                    Perry County........           9,633
                                    Pickens County......          11,841
                                    Pike County.........          12,658
                                    Randolph County.....          10,995
                                    Russell County......          20,657
                                    St. Clair County....          14,321
                                    State Set-Aside               49,696
                                     Committee, AL.                     
                                    Sumter County.......          11,941
                                    Talladega County....          39,006
                                    Tallapoosa County...          17,260
                                    Tuscaloosa County...          44,453
                                    Walker County.......          30,104
                                    Washington County...          11,827
                                    Wilcox County.......           9,045
                                    Winston County......          11,726
Alaska............................  Bethel Census Area..           7,770
                                    Fairbanks North Star          44,339
                                     Boro.                              
                                    Kenai Peninsula               40,296
                                     Borough.                           
                                    Ketchikan Gateway              9,017
                                     Borough.                           
                                    Kodiak Island                 10,594
                                     Borough.                           
                                    Matanuska-Susitna             38,562
                                     Census.                            
                                    Nome Census Area....           6,623
                                    State Set-Aside               73,759
                                     Committee, AK.                     
                                    Valdez-Cordova                 7,956
                                     Census Area.                       
                                    Wrangell-Petersburg            5,834
                                     Census.                            
American Samoa....................  American Samoa......         105,000
Arizona...........................  Apache County.......          47,077
                                    Cochise County......          54,975
                                    Coconino County.....          63,978
                                    Gila County.........          20,356
                                    Graham County.......          14,005
                                    La Paz County.......           9,418

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                                    Maricopa County.....         623,193
                                    Mohave County.......          55,162
                                    Navajo County.......          66,085
                                    Pima County.........         176,308
                                    Pinal County........          36,899
                                    Santa Cruz County...          43,378
                                    State Set-Aside                2,237
                                     Committee, AZ.                     
                                    Yavapai County......          40,267
                                    Yuma County.........         251,941
Arkansas..........................  Arkansas County.....           7,612
                                    Ashley County.......           9,390
                                    Baxter County.......           7,469
                                    Boone County........           9,977
                                    Bradley County......           6,207
                                    Carroll County......           8,415
                                    Chicot County.......           7,927
                                    Clay County.........           7,927
                                    Cleburne County.....           7,211
                                    Columbia County.....          10,794
                                    Conway County.......           6,695
                                    Craighead County....          22,248
                                    Crawford County.....          17,073
                                    Crittenden County...          17,604
                                    Cross County........           7,082
                                    Desha County........          10,106
                                    Drew County.........           9,332
                                    Faulkner County.....          23,925
                                    Garland County......          23,653
                                    Greene County.......          13,389
                                    Hempstead County....          12,658
                                    Hot Spring County...           8,271
                                    Independence County.          14,765
                                    Jackson County......          10,938
                                    Jefferson County....          36,626
                                    Johnson County......           5,763
                                    Lawrence County.....           7,469
                                    Lee County..........           6,666
                                    Little River County.           5,791
                                    Logan County........           6,924
                                    Lonoke County.......          12,773
                                    Miller County.......          15,253
                                    Mississippi County..          33,616
                                    Ouachita County.....          16,772
                                    Phillips County.....          15,582
                                    Poinsett County.....           8,902
                                    Pope County.........          17,532
                                    Pulaski County......          97,020
                                    Randolph County.....          12,701
                                    Sebastian County....          37,028
                                    St. Francis County..          16,973
                                    State Set-Aside               72,476
                                     Committee, AR.                     
                                    Union County........          19,410
                                    Washington County...          27,796
                                    White County........          24,685
California........................  Alameda County......         313,825
                                    Amador County.......          14,091
                                    Butte County........         112,474
                                    Calaveras County....          20,628
                                    Colusa County.......          24,613
                                    Contra Costa County.         355,397
                                    Del Norte County....          16,657
                                    El Dorado County....          71,160
                                    Fresno City/County..         738,390
                                    Glenn County........          25,603
                                    Humboldt County.....          69,009
                                    Imperial County.....         255,582
                                    Inyo County.........           9,232
                                    Kern County.........         533,483
                                    Kings County........          87,574
                                    Lake County.........          40,239
                                    Lassen County.......          18,492
                                    Los Angeles City/          5,099,363
                                     County.                            
                                    Madera County.......         107,184

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                                    Mariposa County.....          10,121
                                    Mendocino County....          53,470
                                    Merced County.......         203,660
                                    Modoc County........           7,612
                                    Mono County.........          10,178
                                    Monterey County.....         301,913
                                    Napa County.........          49,800
                                    Nevada County.......          42,790
                                    Oakland City........         222,338
                                    Orange County.......         903,216
                                    Placer County.......          87,746
                                    Plumas County.......          18,249
                                    Riverside County....         788,420
                                    Sacramento County...         509,400
                                    San Benito County...          43,507
                                    San Bernardino               768,967
                                     County.                            
                                    San Diego County....       1,062,336
                                    San Francisco City/          318,570
                                     County.                            
                                    San Joaquin County..         415,032
                                    San Luis Obispo               87,932
                                     County.                            
                                    San Mateo County....         205,323
                                    Santa Barbara County         170,918
                                    Santa Clara County..         520,653
                                    Santa Cruz County...         175,305
                                    Shasta County.......         109,979
                                    Siskiyou County.....          38,461
                                    Solano County.......         197,926
                                    Stanislaus County...         418,515
                                    State Set-Aside              112,201
                                     Committee, CA.                     
                                    Sutter County.......          82,212
                                    Tehama County.......          37,128
                                    Trinity County......          10,780
                                    Tulare County.......         384,842
                                    Tuolumne County.....          30,921
                                    Ventura County......         402,273
                                    Yolo County.........          83,488
                                    Yuba County.........          43,694
Colorado..........................  Adams County........          96,662
                                    Alamosa County......           6,881
                                    Boulder County......          89,709
                                    Delta County........           8,988
                                    Denver City/County..         188,106
                                    Fremont County......          11,525
                                    Gunnison County.....           6,680
                                    La Plata County.....          15,597
                                    Larimer County......          69,268
                                    Las Animas County...           6,809
                                    Mesa County.........          41,644
                                    Montezuma County....          10,508
                                    Montrose County.....          13,919
                                    Morgan County.......           6,838
                                    Otero County........           6,709
                                    Pueblo County.......          48,840
                                    Rio Grande County...           6,967
                                    State Set-Aside              257,306
                                     Committee, CO.                     
                                    Weld County.........          52,266
Connecticut.......................  Fairfield Census/            133,954
                                     Bridgeport.                        
                                    Fairfield Census/             40,769
                                     Danbury.                           
                                    Fairfield Census/             49,505
                                     Norwalk.                           
                                    Fairfield Census/             66,978
                                     Stamford.                          
                                    Hartford Census              359,985
                                     County.                            
                                    New Haven Census             336,131
                                     County.                            
                                    New London Census             98,411
                                     County.                            
                                    State Set-Aside              132,096
                                     Committee, CT.                     
Delaware..........................  Kent County.........          46,733
                                    New Castle County...         158,934
                                    State Set-Aside               20,902
                                     Committee, DE.                     
DC................................  District of Columbia         347,112
Florida...........................  Alachua County......          41,543
                                    Baker County........           6,652
                                    Bay County..........          60,724
                                    Brevard County......         179,018
                                    Broward County......         578,238
                                    Citrus County.......          32,412

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                                    Columbia County.....          16,829
                                    Dade County.........         824,000
                                    De Soto County......           9,705
                                    Duval County........         196,521
                                    Escambia County.....          77,310
                                    Gadsden County......          12,371
                                    Gulf County.........           5,834
                                    Hardee County.......          21,617
                                    Hendry County.......          34,892
                                    Highlands County....          34,404
                                    Hillsborough County.         300,580
                                    Holmes County.......           7,454
                                    Indian River County.          57,556
                                    Jackson County......          14,235
                                    Lee County..........         102,367
                                    Leon County.........          51,277
                                    Levy County.........           8,615
                                    Manatee County......          58,444
                                    Marion County.......          66,329
                                    Martin County.......          49,299
                                    Miami City..........         275,651
                                    Nassau County.......          15,396
                                    Okeechobee County...          23,782
                                    Orange County.......         255,395
                                    Osceola County......          44,496
                                    Palm Beach County...         462,309
                                    Pinellas County.....         250,321
                                    Polk County.........         197,797
                                    Putnam County.......          22,062
                                    Santa Rosa County...          27,796
                                    Sarasota County.....          63,648
                                    Seminole County.....         107,485
                                    St Lucie County.....         133,360
                                    State Set-Aside              214,011
                                     Committee, FL.                     
                                    Sumter County.......           9,848
                                    Suwannee County.....           8,830
                                    Taylor County.......          10,579
                                    Volusia County......         113,133
                                    Wakulla County......           6,408
                                    Walton County.......          10,078
                                    Washington County...           8,357
Georgia...........................  Appling County......           9,404
                                    Atlanta & Coll Pk/           558,856
                                     Clayton, Dekalb,                   
                                     Fulton Cos..                       
                                    Baldwin County......          10,694
                                    Barrow County.......          13,360
                                    Ben Hill County.....           6,838
                                    Brantley County.....           5,820
                                    Bulloch County......          11,568
                                    Burke County........          18,908
                                    Butts County........           7,239
                                    Carroll County......          33,186
                                    Catoosa County......          15,324
                                    Chatham County......          75,604
                                    Chattooga County....           7,999
                                    Clarke County.......          21,918
                                    Cobb County.........         144,283
                                    Coffee County.......          14,077
                                    Colquitt County.....          10,479
                                    Crisp County........           9,361
                                    Decatur County......          10,708
                                    Dodge County........           9,676
                                    Dougherty County....          41,414
                                    Effingham County....           8,873
                                    Elbert County.......          11,597
                                    Emanuel County......          12,113
                                    Fannin County.......           7,927
                                    Floyd County........          34,103
                                    Franklin County.....           7,913
                                    Gilmer County.......           7,325
                                    Glynn County........          15,654
                                    Grady County........           6,178
                                    Hancock County......           6,250
                                    Haralson County.....          12,486
                                    Harris County.......           6,006

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                                    Hart County.........          10,364
                                    Houston County......          26,491
                                    Jackson County......          14,350
                                    Jefferson County....          14,450
                                    Johnson County......           7,182
                                    Laurens County......          19,352
                                    Lee County..........           5,849
                                    Liberty County......          17,432
                                    Lowndes County......          20,700
                                    Macon County........           8,658
                                    Macon/Bibb,Jones              60,480
                                     Counties.                          
                                    Madison County......           6,981
                                    Mc Duffie County....           9,605
                                    Meriwether County...           8,400
                                    Mitchell County.....           8,458
                                    Monroe County.......           7,813
                                    Muskogee County.....          67,017
                                    Newton County.......          15,195
                                    Peach County........          11,239
                                    Pickens County......           5,920
                                    Pierce County.......           6,150
                                    Polk County.........          21,617
                                    Richmond County.....          84,434
                                    Screven County......           9,031
                                    Spalding County.....          19,654
                                    State Set-Aside              311,970
                                     Committee, GA.                     
                                    Stephens County.....          11,784
                                    Sumter County.......          11,325
                                    Telfair County......           8,228
                                    Terrell County......           8,658
                                    Thomas County.......          10,952
                                    Tift County.........          15,783
                                    Toombs County.......          12,572
                                    Troup County........          19,152
                                    Upson County........          10,436
                                    Walker County.......          24,829
                                    Walton County.......          14,536
                                    Ware County.........          12,586
                                    Washington County...           8,744
                                    Wayne County........          10,364
                                    Worth County........           8,443
Guam..............................  Guam................         100,000
Hawaii............................  Hawaii County.......          90,713
                                    Honolulu City/County         292,681
                                    Kauai County........          46,489
                                    Maui County.........          67,476
Idaho.............................  Bannock County......          27,968
                                    Benewah County......           6,279
                                    Bingham County......          16,442
                                    Bonner County.......          19,854
                                    Canyon County.......          44,410
                                    Cassia County.......           8,587
                                    Clearwater County...           7,082
                                    Elmore County.......           7,512
                                    Gem County..........           6,422
                                    Idaho County........          10,364
                                    Jefferson County....           6,795
                                    Kootenai County.....          53,657
                                    Latah County........           6,981
                                    Minidoka County.....          10,436
                                    Nez Perce County....          12,085
                                    Payette County......           9,691
                                    Shoshone County.....           9,361
                                    State Set-Aside               80,239
                                     Committee, ID.                     
                                    Twin Falls County...          20,858
Illinois..........................  Adams County........          23,911
                                    Bond County.........           6,967
                                    Carroll County......           8,716
                                    Cass County.........           5,978
                                    Champaign County....          40,296
                                    Chicago City........       1,254,098
                                    Christian County....          18,449
                                    Clark County........           6,293
                                    Clay County.........           5,978

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                                    Coles County........          17,217
                                    Cook County.........         837,016
                                    Crawford County.....          10,680
                                    DeKalb County.......          27,323
                                    Edgar County........           6,981
                                    Fayette County......           8,587
                                    Franklin County.....          27,093
                                    Fulton County.......          18,464
                                    Greene County.......           6,264
                                    Grundy County.......          17,518
                                    Hancock County......           7,426
                                    Jackson County......          22,449
                                    Jefferson County....          19,453
                                    Johnson County......           5,978
                                    Kane County.........         136,815
                                    Kankakee County.....          44,654
                                    Knox County.........          21,603
                                    La Salle County.....          62,387
                                    Lake County.........         170,631
                                    Lawrence County.....          10,393
                                    Macon County........          66,028
                                    Macoupin County.....          21,216
                                    Madison County......         103,729
                                    Marion County.......          24,470
                                    Mason County........           9,490
                                    Massac County.......           6,006
                                    Mc Donough County...           6,695
                                    McLean County.......          35,981
                                    Montgomery County...          16,772
                                    Peoria County.......          78,356
                                    Perry County........          14,192
                                    Pike County.........           7,067
                                    Randolph County.....          18,879
                                    Richland County.....           6,494
                                    Rock Island County..          50,216
                                    Saline County.......          15,912
                                    Sangamon County.....          63,433
                                    St. Clair County....          99,185
                                    State Set-Aside              304,394
                                     Committee, IL.                     
                                    Stephenson County...          18,091
                                    Tazewell County.....          54,488
                                    Union County........          10,149
                                    Vermilion County....          46,245
                                    Wabash County.......           5,963
                                    Warren County.......           6,594
                                    Wayne County........           7,483
                                    White County........           7,784
                                    Will County.........         154,261
                                    Williamson County...          34,017
                                    Winnebago County....          93,623
Indiana...........................  Clay County.........          12,300
                                    Crawford County.....           6,809
                                    Daviess County......           8,873
                                    Delaware County.....          45,457
                                    Elkhart County......          56,552
                                    Fayette County......          14,722
                                    Floyd County........          21,488
                                    Gary City...........          86,885
                                    Grant County........          34,146
                                    Greene County.......          19,510
                                    Henry County........          19,252
                                    Howard County.......          25,373
                                    Jennings County.....           6,551
                                    Knox County.........          14,608
                                    La Porte County.....          44,267
                                    Lake County.........         122,752
                                    Lawrence County.....          25,789
                                    Madison County......          48,195
                                    Marion County.......         263,222
                                    Monroe County.......          26,262
                                    Orange County.......          13,633
                                    Owen County.........           7,354
                                    Parke County........           6,150
                                    Perry County........          10,250

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                                    Pike County.........           6,307
                                    Randolph County.....          13,260
                                    Scott County........           8,443
                                    St. Joseph County...          82,614
                                    Starke County.......          10,235
                                    State Set-Aside              346,238
                                     Committee, IN.                     
                                    Sullivan County.....          12,988
                                    Tippecanoe County...          29,072
                                    Vanderburgh County..          59,649
                                    Vermillion County...           9,691
                                    Vigo County.........          50,359
                                    Washington County...          12,601
                                    Wayne County........          29,373
Iowa..............................  Blackhawk County....          40,669
                                    Buchanan County.....           6,953
                                    Clayton County......           8,802
                                    Clinton County......          18,593
                                    Delaware County.....           7,139
                                    Des Moines County...          14,450
                                    Fayette County......           6,594
                                    Floyd County........           6,193
                                    Jackson County......           8,988
                                    Johnson County......          25,158
                                    Lee County..........          15,023
                                    Polk County.........          74,701
                                    Pottawattamie County          20,112
                                    Scott County........          41,414
                                    State Set-Aside              190,329
                                     Committee, IA.                     
                                    Story County........          17,360
                                    Wapello County......          13,002
                                    Webster County......          10,551
                                    Winneshiek County...           7,813
                                    Woodbury County.....          26,850
Kansas............................  Allen County........           6,178
                                    Atchison County.....           8,343
                                    Barton County.......           8,716
                                    Cherokee County.....          10,178
                                    Crawford County.....          12,601
                                    Douglas County......          32,713
                                    Ellis County........           6,623
                                    Ford County.........           7,698
                                    Franklin County.....           9,132
                                    Geary County........           8,644
                                    Labette County......           8,558
                                    Lyon County.........          11,626
                                    Manhattan/                    21,130
                                     Pottawatamie, Riley.               
                                    Montgomery County...          16,170
                                    Reno County.........          17,561
                                    Saline County.......          16,256
                                    Sedgwick County.....         134,335
                                    Seward County.......           6,508
                                    Shawnee County......          55,162
                                    State Set-Aside              144,256
                                     Committee, KS.                     
                                    Wyandotte County....          81,667
Kentucky..........................  Adair County........           8,701
                                    Barren County.......          15,812
                                    Bell County.........          10,751
                                    Boyd County.........          23,051
                                    Boyle County........           8,357
                                    Breathitt County....           7,856
                                    Breckinridge County.           7,110
                                    Butler County.......           5,748
                                    Caldwell County.....           8,085
                                    Calloway County.....           9,891
                                    Carter County.......          19,768
                                    Christian County....          16,915
                                    Clark County........           8,845
                                    Clay County.........           8,816
                                    Daviess County......          38,863
                                    Elliott County......           6,049
                                    Fayette County......          46,675
                                    Floyd County........          22,033
                                    Franklin County.....          11,511
                                    Grant County........           6,551

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                                    Graves County.......          17,403
                                    Grayson County......          10,579
                                    Green County........           6,365
                                    Greenup County......          15,711
                                    Hardin County.......          27,151
                                    Harlan County.......          21,904
                                    Hart County.........           7,368
                                    Henderson County....          22,047
                                    Hopkins County......          20,829
                                    Jefferson County....         225,191
                                    Jessamine County....           6,350
                                    Johnson County......          13,088
                                    Kenton County.......          44,410
                                    Knott County........           9,002
                                    Knox County.........          10,751
                                    Laurel County.......          18,736
                                    Lawrence County.....           9,648
                                    Letcher County......          13,303
                                    Lewis County........           8,787
                                    Lincoln County......           6,953
                                    Logan County........           8,859
                                    Madison County......          18,378
                                    Magoffin County.....          10,121
                                    Marion County.......           8,830
                                    Marshall County.....          10,680
                                    Martin County.......           6,508
                                    Mason County........           6,350
                                    McCreary County.....           9,103
                                    McCracken County....          19,094
                                    Meade County........           6,910
                                    Montgomery County...           9,533
                                    Morgan County.......           7,010
                                    Muhlenberg County...          14,694
                                    Nelson County.......          18,492
                                    Ohio County.........          12,586
                                    Perry County........          17,288
                                    Pike County.........          35,709
                                    Powell County.......           6,494
                                    Pulaski County......          19,496
                                    Rockcastle County...           5,877
                                    Rowan County........           7,913
                                    Russell County......          10,536
                                    Scott County........           5,892
                                    Shelby County.......           6,336
                                    Simpson County......           6,150
                                    State Set-Aside              116,982
                                     Committee, KY.                     
                                    Taylor County.......           8,271
                                    Union County........           6,193
                                    Warren County.......          34,247
                                    Wayne County........           7,626
                                    Webster County......           6,264
                                    Whitley County......          13,977
Louisiana.........................  Acadia Parish.......          26,477
                                    Allen Parish........          10,794
                                    Ascension Parish....          28,885
                                    Assumption Parish...          10,192
                                    Avoyelles Parish....          19,840
                                    Beauregard Parish...          13,332
                                    Bienville Parish....           8,687
                                    Calcasieu Parish....          72,235
                                    Caldwell Parish.....           6,322
                                    Catahoula Parish....           8,013
                                    Claiborne Parish....           7,655
                                    Concordia Parish....          13,805
                                    De Soto Parish......          14,565
                                    East Baton Rouge             150,892
                                     Parish.                            
                                    East Carroll Parish.           7,970
                                    East Feliciana                 8,157
                                     Parish.                            
                                    Evangeline Parish...          11,984
                                    Franklin Parish.....          13,547
                                    Grant Parish........           9,189
                                    Iberia Parish.......          27,810
                                    Iberville Parish....          17,145
                                    Jefferson Davis               12,515
                                     Parish.                            

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                                    Jefferson Parish....         174,688
                                    Lafayette Parish....          61,225
                                    Lafourche Parish....          24,986
                                    Lincoln Parish......           8,501
                                    Livingston Parish...          41,357
                                    Madison Parish......          10,465
                                    Morehouse Parish....          17,948
                                    Natchitoches Parish.          19,467
                                    New Orleans City/            222,467
                                     Orleans.                           
                                    Ouachita Parish.....          56,925
                                    Plaquemines Parish..           8,544
                                    Pointe Coupee Parish          11,784
                                    Rapides Parish......          53,728
                                    Red River Parish....           6,479
                                    Richland Parish.....          12,529
                                    Sabine Parish.......           8,902
                                    Shreveport/Bossier,          154,246
                                     Caddo.                             
                                    St Bernard Parish...          31,136
                                    St Charles Parish...          19,037
                                    St James Parish.....          13,117
                                    St John Baptist               21,918
                                     Parish.                            
                                    St Landry Parish....          36,411
                                    St Martin Parish....          19,912
                                    St Mary Parish......          27,710
                                    St Tammany Parish...          55,463
                                    State Set-Aside               12,279
                                     Committee, LA.                     
                                    Tangipahoa Parish...          53,857
                                    Terrebonne Parish...          32,756
                                    Union Parish........           9,820
                                    Vermilion Parish....          19,209
                                    Vernon Parish.......          16,643
                                    Washington Parish...          20,370
                                    Webster Parish......          26,377
                                    West Baton Rouge               9,390
                                     Parish.                            
                                    West Carroll Parish.          11,425
                                    Winn Parish.........           6,738
Maine.............................  Androscoggin County.          48,209
                                    Aroostook County....          52,538
                                    Cumberland County...          63,490
                                    Franklin County.....          14,120
                                    Kennebec County.....          52,538
                                    Knox County.........          11,497
                                    Oxford County.......          25,416
                                    Penobscot County....          62,014
                                    Piscataquis County..           9,605
                                    Somerset County.....          31,781
                                    State Set-Aside               45,056
                                     Committee, ME.                     
                                    Waldo County........          17,718
                                    Washington County...          22,979
Maryland..........................  Allegany County.....          41,801
                                    Anne Arundel County.         143,739
                                    Baltimore City......         378,319
                                    Baltimore County....         295,591
                                    Caroline County.....          13,260
                                    Cecil County........          49,026
                                    Dorchester County...          24,126
                                    Garrett County......          20,399
                                    Kent County.........          11,898
                                    Prince Georges               304,078
                                     County.                            
                                    Somerset County.....          16,930
                                    State Set-Aside              272,531
                                     Committee, MD.                     
                                    Washington County...          56,911
                                    Worcester County....          33,043
Massachusetts.....................  Barnstable County...          98,569
                                    Berkshire County....          53,972
                                    Bristol County......         306,386
                                    Essex County........         257,058
                                    Franklin County.....          23,854
                                    Hampden County......         182,472
                                    Middlesex County....         440,821
                                    Plymouth County.....         192,679
                                    State Set-Aside              121,678
                                     Committee, MA.                     
                                    Suffolk County......         256,012
                                    Worcester County....         262,047

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Michigan..........................  Alcona County.......           6,393
                                    Alpena County.......          20,657
                                    Antrim County.......           9,777
                                    Arenac County.......           8,859
                                    Bay County..........          41,988
                                    Benzie County.......           7,598
                                    Berrien County......          64,222
                                    Branch County.......          14,364
                                    Calhoun County......          47,636
                                    Cass County.........          18,808
                                    Charlevoix County...          13,260
                                    Cheboygan County....          19,611
                                    Chippewa County.....          21,660
                                    Clare County........          13,776
                                    Crawford County.....           5,791
                                    Delta County........          21,947
                                    Detroit City........         513,486
                                    Emmet County........          22,220
                                    Genesee County......         185,354
                                    Gladwin County......          10,135
                                    Gogebic County......          13,317
                                    Gratiot County......          18,034
                                    Hillsdale County....          14,751
                                    Holland/Allegan,              81,581
                                     Ottawa Cos..                       
                                    Houghton County.....          16,686
                                    Huron County........          17,747
                                    Iosco County........          13,647
                                    Iron County.........           6,824
                                    Isabella County.....          16,973
                                    Jackson County......          53,112
                                    Kalamazoo County....          59,190
                                    Kalkaska County.....           8,271
                                    Kent County.........         160,353
                                    Lansing/Eaton,               104,489
                                     Ingham Counties.                   
                                    Mackinac County.....          11,167
                                    Manistee County.....          15,955
                                    Marquette County....          32,125
                                    Mason County........          18,163
                                    Mecosta County......          12,357
                                    Menominee County....          11,669
                                    Missaukee County....           6,580
                                    Montcalm County.....          24,570
                                    Montmorency County..           6,465
                                    Muskegon County.....          70,128
                                    Newaygo County......          27,050
                                    Oakland County......         304,035
                                    Oceana County.......          19,826
                                    Ogemaw County.......          11,611
                                    Ontonagon County....           8,142
                                    Osceola County......          10,880
                                    Presque Isle County.          12,887
                                    Roscommon County....          10,923
                                    Saginaw County......          76,421
                                    Sanilac County......          20,958
                                    Schoolcraft County..           7,024
                                    St. Clair County....          60,165
                                    State Set-Aside              288,492
                                     Committee, MI.                     
                                    Tuscola County......          27,524
                                    Van Buren County....          32,569
                                    Washtenaw County....          56,280
                                    Wayne County........         231,011
                                    Wexford County......          18,378
Minnesota.........................  Aitkin County.......           7,196
                                    Becker County.......          13,661
                                    Beltrami County.....          16,872
                                    Blue Earth County...          14,651
                                    Carlton County......          14,149
                                    Cass County.........          13,289
                                    Clay County.........          15,439
                                    Clearwater County...           7,813
                                    Cottonwood County...           6,236
                                    Crow Wing County....          22,263
                                    Douglas County......           9,719
                                    Faribault County....           5,806

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                                    Fillmore County.....           6,609
                                    Hennepin County.....         248,988
                                    Hubbard County......           7,727
                                    Itasca County.......          25,044
                                    Kanabec County......           8,630
                                    Kandiyohi County....          10,909
                                    Koochiching County..           7,096
                                    Lyon County.........           6,738
                                    Marshall County.....           6,766
                                    Martin County.......           7,698
                                    Mille Lacs County...          10,379
                                    Morrison County.....          15,955
                                    Otter Tail County...          20,141
                                    Pennington County...           6,494
                                    Pine County.........          12,572
                                    Polk County.........          12,529
                                    Ramsey County.......         113,993
                                    Renville County.....           5,877
                                    StCloud/Benton,               71,504
                                     Sherburne, Stearns.                
                                    St. Louis County....          75,976
                                    State Set-Aside              225,887
                                     Committee, MN.                     
                                    Todd County.........          10,035
                                    Winona County.......          14,292
Mississippi.......................  Adams County........          14,579
                                    Alcorn County.......          21,374
                                    Attala County.......          10,149
                                    Bolivar County......          23,137
                                    Chickasaw County....          13,891
                                    Clarke County.......           7,196
                                    Clay County.........          13,145
                                    Coahoma County......          18,421
                                    Copiah County.......          12,042
                                    Covington County....           7,927
                                    George County.......          11,712
                                    Greene County.......           6,107
                                    Grenada County......          10,680
                                    Hancock County......          14,134
                                    Harrison County.....          62,702
                                    Hattiesburg/Forrest,          29,860
                                     Lamar Cos..                        
                                    Hinds County........          80,420
                                    Holmes County.......          12,615
                                    Humphreys County....           7,440
                                    Itawamba County.....           9,447
                                    Jackson County......          52,366
                                    Jasper County.......           5,978
                                    Jefferson County....           5,820
                                    Jefferson Davis               10,680
                                     County.                            
                                    Jones County........          16,686
                                    Lafayette County....           6,852
                                    Lauderdale County...          27,954
                                    Lawrence County.....           5,877
                                    Leake County........           7,182
                                    Lee County..........          25,531
                                    Leflore County......          20,600
                                    Lincoln County......          10,837
                                    Lowndes County......          24,155
                                    Madison County......          17,303
                                    Marion County.......          10,106
                                    Marshall County.....          18,707
                                    Monroe County.......          27,982
                                    Neshoba County......           8,859
                                    Newton County.......           8,415
                                    Noxubee County......           6,365
                                    Oktibbeha County....           8,372
                                    Panola County.......          25,975
                                    Pearl River County..          12,916
                                    Pike County.........          12,572
                                    Pontotoc County.....          10,264
                                    Prentiss County.....          14,249
                                    Quitman County......           7,870
                                    Scott County........          10,938
                                    Sharkey County......           7,827
                                    Simpson County......          10,809
                                    State Set-Aside               53,913
                                     Committee, MS.                     

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                                    Sunflower County....          18,421
                                    Tallahatchie County.           9,461
                                    Tate County.........           9,375
                                    Tippah County.......           9,662
                                    Tishomingo County...          11,697
                                    Tunica County.......           7,340
                                    Union County........          12,300
                                    Warren County.......          21,832
                                    Washington County...          42,518
                                    Wayne County........           7,698
                                    Wilkinson County....           6,637
                                    Winston County......           7,784
                                    Yalobusha County....           5,777
                                    Yazoo County........          11,482
Missouri..........................  Audrain County......           7,053
                                    Barry County........          10,321
                                    Bates County........           5,892
                                    Boone County........          17,890
                                    Buchanan County.....          38,304
                                    Butler County.......          16,084
                                    Camden County.......          13,733
                                    Cape Girardeau                18,865
                                     County.                            
                                    Crawford County.....          11,052
                                    Douglas County......           8,228
                                    Dunklin County......          13,188
                                    Greene County.......          53,642
                                    Henry County........           8,601
                                    Howell County.......          14,550
                                    Johnson County......           8,085
                                    Joplin/Jasper,                44,711
                                     Newton Counties.                   
                                    Kansas City/                 293,326
                                     Clay,Jackson,Platte.               
                                    Laclede County......          14,894
                                    Lafayette County....           9,060
                                    Lawrence County.....          10,565
                                    Lincoln County......          10,751
                                    Linn County.........           8,486
                                    Macon County........           5,935
                                    Marion County.......           9,877
                                    Miller County.......          10,221
                                    Mississippi County..           6,752
                                    Morgan County.......           6,537
                                    New Madrid County...           8,429
                                    Pemiscot County.....          10,794
                                    Pettis County.......          14,493
                                    Phelps County.......           9,504
                                    Pike County.........           6,494
                                    Polk County.........           7,225
                                    Pulaski County......          10,766
                                    Randolph County.....           8,128
                                    Ripley County.......           6,279
                                    Saline County.......           6,838
                                    Scott County........          15,654
                                    St. Francois County.          22,320
                                    St. Louis City......         168,051
                                    St. Louis County....         266,304
                                    State Set-Aside              175,751
                                     Committee, MO.                     
                                    Ste. Genevieve                 6,078
                                     County.                            
                                    Stoddard County.....          17,690
                                    Stone County........          19,137
                                    Taney County........          30,692
                                    Texas County........          13,891
                                    Washington County...          11,683
                                    Wayne County........           7,239
                                    Webster County......           7,913
                                    Wright County.......          12,271
Montana...........................  Big Horn County.....           8,028
                                    Cascade County......          27,438
                                    Flathead County.....          41,830
                                    Gallatin County.....          14,292
                                    Glacier County......          11,611
                                    Hill County.........           7,483
                                    Lake County.........          11,669
                                    Lewis and Clark               20,055
                                     County.                            
                                    Lincoln County......          13,819

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                                    Missoula County.....          34,935
                                    Park County.........           6,910
                                    Ravalli County......          13,446
                                    Roosevelt County....           6,293
                                    Rosebud County......           7,942
                                    Sanders County......           8,429
                                    Silver Bow County...          14,823
                                    State Set-Aside               33,950
                                     Committee, MT.                     
                                    Yellowstone County..          46,618
Nebraska..........................  Buffalo County......           9,332
                                    Douglas County......         101,049
                                    Lincoln County......          10,364
                                    Scotts Bluff County.          13,045
                                    State Set-Aside              104,961
                                     Committee, NE.                     
Nevada............................  Carson City.........          22,492
                                    Churchill County....           8,343
                                    Clark County........         394,231
                                    Lyon County.........          11,884
                                    State Set-Aside               78,180
                                     Committee, NV.                     
New Hampshire.....................  State Set-Aside              160,414
                                     Committee, NH.                     
New Jersey........................  Atlantic County.....         151,594
                                    Bergen County.......         347,943
                                    Burlington County...         152,541
                                    Camden County.......         229,234
                                    Cape May County.....          78,399
                                    Cumberland County...          91,946
                                    Essex County........         199,359
                                    Gloucester County...         118,910
                                    Hudson County.......         382,606
                                    Mercer County.......         138,277
                                    Middlesex County....         299,505
                                    Monmouth County.....         234,867
                                    Newark City.........         212,791
                                    Ocean County........         181,899
                                    Passaic County......         282,159
                                    State Set-Aside              184,931
                                     Committee, NJ.                     
                                    Union County........         247,611
New Mexico........................  Bernalillo County...         171,219
                                    Chaves County.......          28,470
                                    Cibola County.......          17,446
                                    Colfax County.......           9,261
                                    Curry County........          15,668
                                    Dona Ana County.....          81,639
                                    Eddy County.........          24,069
                                    Grant County........          12,328
                                    Lea County..........          19,711
                                    Lincoln County......           8,443
                                    Luna County.........          37,114
                                    McKinley County.....          29,631
                                    Otero County........          21,044
                                    Rio Arriba County...          33,702
                                    Roosevelt County....           6,393
                                    San Juan County.....          72,479
                                    San Miguel County...          17,446
                                    Sandoval County.....          23,624
                                    Santa Fe County.....          41,085
                                    Socorro County......           7,239
                                    State Set-Aside               11,894
                                     Committee, NM.                     
                                    Taos County.........          28,570
                                    Torrance County.....           5,849
                                    Valencia County.....          16,485
New York..........................  Albany County.......          91,473
                                    Allegany County.....          25,760
                                    Broome County.......          66,515
                                    Cattaraugus County..          42,547
                                    Cayuga County.......          33,157
                                    Chautauqua County...          54,144
                                    Chemung County......          28,312
                                    Chenango County.....          24,140
                                    Clinton County......          40,282
                                    Cortland County.....          22,148
                                    Delaware County.....          16,055
                                    Dutchess County.....          75,847
                                    Erie County.........         339,901

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                                    Essex County........          22,463
                                    Franklin County.....          26,061
                                    Fulton County.......          32,555
                                    Greene County.......          21,746
                                    Herkimer County.....          31,824
                                    Jefferson County....          54,517
                                    Lewis County........          14,378
                                    Monroe County.......         196,908
                                    Montgomery County...          30,176
                                    Nassau County.......         410,645
                                    New York City.......       3,852,175
                                    Niagara County......          95,974
                                    Oneida County.......          81,338
                                    Onondaga County.....         147,810
                                    Orange County.......         102,955
                                    Orleans County......          22,105
                                    Oswego County.......          68,250
                                    Otsego County.......          23,768
                                    Rensselaer County...          61,197
                                    Schenectady County..          55,563
                                    St. Lawrence County.          61,254
                                    State Set-Aside              235,865
                                     Committee, NY.                     
                                    Steuben County......          44,969
                                    Suffolk County......         511,765
                                    Sullivan County.....          29,588
                                    Tompkins County.....          23,123
                                    Warren County.......          32,641
                                    Westchester County..         271,666
                                    Wyoming County......          20,671
                                    Yates County........           8,243
North Carolina....................  Alleghany County....           5,906
                                    Anson County........          13,231
                                    Ashe County.........          16,170
                                    Avery County........           6,021
                                    Beaufort County.....          25,259
                                    Bertie County.......           8,888
                                    Bladen County.......          16,442
                                    Brunswick County....          31,853
                                    Buncombe County.....          48,180
                                    Caswell County......           6,150
                                    Cherokee County.....           9,762
                                    Chowan County.......           5,763
                                    Cleveland County....          45,213
                                    Columbus County.....          26,835
                                    Craven County.......          24,814
                                    Cumberland County...          77,625
                                    Duplin County.......          16,887
                                    Durham County.......          44,984
                                    Forsyth County......          69,726
                                    Franklin County.....          11,611
                                    Gaston County.......          71,590
                                    Graham County.......           7,899
                                    Granville County....          12,959
                                    Halifax County......          32,541
                                    Harnett County......          18,335
                                    Haywood County......          18,191
                                    Hertford County.....           7,784
                                    High Pt City/                168,911
                                     Davidson, Guilford.                
                                    Hoke County.........           9,418
                                    Jackson County......          12,529
                                    Johnston County.....          20,127
                                    Kannapolis/Cabarrus,          61,340
                                     Rowan Cos.                         
                                    Lee County..........          18,134
                                    Lenoir County.......          28,627
                                    Macon County........           7,311
                                    Madison County......           6,150
                                    Martin County.......          14,579
                                    Mitchell County.....           6,350
                                    Montgomery County...          11,870
                                    New Hanover County..          50,474
                                    Northampton County..           8,902
                                    Onslow County.......          22,951
                                    Orange County.......          15,367
                                    Pasquotank County...          10,336

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                                    Pender County.......          11,153
                                    Person County.......          14,106
                                    Pitt County.........          43,335
                                    Richmond County.....          30,563
                                    Robeson County......          73,310
                                    Rockingham County...          31,781
                                    Rocky Mount/                  74,514
                                     Edgecombe, Nash.                   
                                    Rutherford County...          29,616
                                    Sampson County......          20,585
                                    Scotland County.....          17,417
                                    State Set-Aside              268,288
                                     Committee, NC.                     
                                    Swain County........          14,708
                                    Vance County........          22,392
                                    Wake County.........          94,884
                                    Warren County.......          10,121
                                    Washington County...           7,970
                                    Watauga County......          10,407
                                    Wayne County........          35,322
                                    Wilkes County.......          25,402
                                    Wilson County.......          43,966
                                    Yadkin County.......           9,748
North Dakota......................  Cass County.........          17,260
                                    Grand Forks County..          13,934
                                    Morton County.......           7,383
                                    Rolette County......           8,730
                                    State Set-Aside               90,307
                                     Committee, ND.                     
                                    Ward County.........          12,386
Northern Marianas.................  No. Mariana Islands.          65,000
Ohio..............................  Adams County........          21,316
                                    Allen County........          46,073
                                    Ashtabula County....          46,102
                                    Athens County.......          22,263
                                    Belmont County......          30,004
                                    Brown County........          17,217
                                    Butler County.......         100,633
                                    Carroll County......          10,336
                                    Clark County........          49,700
                                    Clinton County......          13,991
                                    Columbiana County...          45,701
                                    Columbus/Fairfield,          274,963
                                     Franklin Cos..                     
                                    Coshocton County....          15,568
                                    Cuyahoga County.....         490,807
                                    Erie County.........          32,197
                                    Fayette County......          12,228
                                    Gallia County.......          18,378
                                    Greene County.......          38,949
                                    Guernsey County.....          22,879
                                    Hamilton County.....         266,161
                                    Hardin County.......          11,454
                                    Harrison County.....           7,913
                                    Highland County.....          15,898
                                    Hocking County......          13,461
                                    Holmes County.......           9,203
                                    Huron County........          40,597
                                    Jackson County......          15,482
                                    Jefferson County....          33,043
                                    Knox County.........          21,445
                                    Lawrence County.....          26,592
                                    Licking County......          38,418
                                    Lorain County.......         129,762
                                    Lucas County........         166,919
                                    Mahoning County.....         118,609
                                    Marion County.......          31,838
                                    Meigs County........          14,192
                                    Mercer County.......          29,803
                                    Monroe County.......           9,590
                                    Montgomery County...         176,839
                                    Morgan County.......          10,923
                                    Morrow County.......          13,790
                                    Muskingum County....          51,836
                                    Noble County........           5,992
                                    Perry County........          19,424
                                    Pickaway County.....          13,332
                                    Pike County.........          15,009

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                                    Portage County......          51,750
                                    Richland County.....          55,692
                                    Ross County.........          28,900
                                    Scioto County.......          48,725
                                    Stark County........         144,685
                                    State Set-Aside              322,462
                                     Committee, OH.                     
                                    Summit County.......         186,113
                                    Trumbull County.....         111,212
                                    Vinton County.......           6,436
                                    Washington County...          31,036
                                    Wayne County........          33,931
                                    Wood County.........          34,892
Oklahoma..........................  Adair County........           8,028
                                    Beckham County......           6,422
                                    Bryan County........           8,271
                                    Caddo County........           8,243
                                    Carter County.......          17,432
                                    Cherokee County.....          12,672
                                    Choctaw County......           9,132
                                    Cleveland County....          40,095
                                    Comanche County.....          30,118
                                    Creek County........          21,173
                                    Custer County.......           7,110
                                    Delaware County.....           9,676
                                    Garfield County.....          14,923
                                    Garvin County.......           8,615
                                    Grady County........          16,213
                                    Haskell County......           7,096
                                    Hughes County.......           6,938
                                    Jackson County......           8,501
                                    Kay County..........          21,288
                                    Latimer County......           6,049
                                    Le Flore County.....          20,370
                                    Lincoln County......           9,906
                                    Logan County........           6,824
                                    Mayes County........          10,751
                                    McCurtain County....          20,671
                                    McIntosh County.....           8,787
                                    Muskogee County.....          26,276
                                    OK City/Canadian,            201,237
                                     McLain, Oklahoma.                  
                                    Okmulgee County.....          20,370
                                    Osage County........          10,450
                                    Ottawa County.......          13,389
                                    Pawnee County.......           6,566
                                    Payne County........           9,791
                                    Pittsburg County....          19,797
                                    Pontotoc County.....          16,414
                                    Pottawatomie County.          19,697
                                    Seminole County.....          12,701
                                    Sequoyah County.....          16,600
                                    State Set-Aside               52,273
                                     Committee, OK.                     
                                    Stephens County.....          13,833
                                    Tulsa County........         146,534
                                    Wagoner County......          13,504
                                    Woodward County.....           6,393
Oregon............................  Baker County........           9,949
                                    Benton County.......          13,991
                                    Clatsop County......          13,088
                                    Coos County.........          30,835
                                    Crook County........          10,035
                                    Curry County........           9,261
                                    Deschutes County....          53,212
                                    Douglas County......          48,209
                                    Grant County........           6,350
                                    Harney County.......           5,963
                                    Hood River County...          13,217
                                    Jackson County......          84,950
                                    Jefferson County....           7,641
                                    Josephine County....          35,480
                                    Klamath County......          30,262
                                    Lane County.........         112,617
                                    Lincoln County......          19,352
                                                                        

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                                    Linn County.........          44,840
                                    Malheur County......          15,310
                                    Portland/Clackamas/          412,824
                                     Multnomah,                         
                                     Washington Cos.                    
                                    Salem/Marion,Polk            112,044
                                     Cos.                               
                                    State Set-Aside               15,644
                                     Committee, OR.                     
                                    Tillamook County....           8,429
                                    Umatilla County.....          34,060
                                    Union County........          11,654
                                    Wasco County........          12,185
                                    Yamhill County......          22,822
Pennsylvania......................  Allegheny County....         465,377
                                    Armstrong County....          40,110
                                    Beaver County.......          70,472
                                    Bedford County......          28,097
                                    Berks County........         120,860
                                    Bethlehem/Lehigh,            219,457
                                     Northampton Cos.                   
                                    Blair County........          55,119
                                    Bradford County.....          23,940
                                    Cambria County......          86,470
                                    Carbon County.......          30,376
                                    Centre County.......          29,387
                                    Clarion County......          21,058
                                    Clearfield County...          48,969
                                    Clinton County......          22,836
                                    Columbia County.....          36,311
                                    Crawford County.....          36,870
                                    Dauphin County......          74,557
                                    Delaware County.....         209,394
                                    Erie County.........         126,321
                                    Fayette County......          72,593
                                    Greene County.......          22,062
                                    Huntingdon County...          28,613
                                    Indiana County......          48,496
                                    Jefferson County....          25,345
                                    Juniata County......          14,005
                                    Lackawanna County...         109,320
                                    Lancaster County....         119,656
                                    Lawrence County.....          39,164
                                    Lebanon County......          37,931
                                    Luzerne County......         187,920
                                    Lycoming County.....          57,455
                                    McKean County.......          19,969
                                    Mercer County.......          37,988
                                    Mifflin County......          26,348
                                    Monroe County.......          60,193
                                    Northumberland                45,184
                                     County.                            
                                    Philadelphia City/           694,955
                                     County.                            
                                    Potter County.......           9,246
                                    Schuylkill County...          84,076
                                    Somerset County.....          44,224
                                    State Set-Aside              480,337
                                     Committee, PA.                     
                                    Susquehanna County..          20,055
                                    Tioga County........          21,689
                                    Venango County......          26,778
                                    Washington County...          84,448
                                    Wayne County........          24,398
                                    Wyoming County......          16,772
                                    York County.........         122,193
Puerto Rico.......................  Puerto Rico.........       2,137,646
Rhode Island......................  Providence Census            266,648
                                     County.                            
                                    State Set-Aside              131,778
                                     Committee, RI.                     
South Carolina....................  Abbeville County....          10,665
                                    Aiken County........          65,239
                                    Allendale County....           6,035
                                    Anderson County.....          47,277
                                    Bamberg County......           9,963
                                    Barnwell County.....          17,374
                                    Beaufort County.....          18,722
                                    Berkeley County.....          33,243
                                    Calhoun County......           5,949
                                    Charleston County...         109,736
                                    Cherokee County.....          18,722
                                    Chester County......          21,101
                                    Chesterfield County.          23,065

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                                    Clarendon County....          13,919
                                    Colleton County.....          13,747
                                    Darlington County...          40,497
                                    Dillon County.......          23,682
                                    Edgefield County....          11,626
                                    Fairfield County....          12,443
                                    Florence County.....          61,240
                                    Georgetown County...          34,920
                                    Greenville County...          68,235
                                    Greenwood County....          27,882
                                    Hampton County......           7,999
                                    Horry County........          63,161
                                    Kershaw County......          19,539
                                    Lancaster County....          22,879
                                    Laurens County......          18,693
                                    Lee County..........           9,633
                                    Marion County.......          29,043
                                    Marlboro County.....          23,553
                                    Newberry County.....          15,023
                                    Orangeburg County...          51,951
                                    Pickens County......          36,153
                                    Richland County.....          76,908
                                    Saluda County.......           7,024
                                    Spartanburg County..          72,278
                                    State Set-Aside               51,773
                                     Committee, SC.                     
                                    Sumter County.......          37,845
                                    Union County........          19,367
                                    Williamsburg County.          36,870
                                    York County.........          47,965
South Dakota......................  Brown County........           5,849
                                    Lawrence County.....           5,791
                                    Pennington County...          19,324
                                    Shannon County......           6,164
                                    State Set-Aside              112,872
                                     Committee, SD.                     
Tennessee.........................  Anderson County.....          23,352
                                    Bedford County......          15,740
                                    Benton County.......          10,235
                                    Blount County.......          36,383
                                    Bradley County......          31,093
                                    Campbell County.....          21,474
                                    Carroll County......          17,704
                                    Carter County.......          19,869
                                    Claiborne County....           9,705
                                    Cocke County........          26,334
                                    Coffee County.......          17,819
                                    Crockett County.....           7,641
                                    Cumberland County...          18,693
                                    Davidson County.....         140,212
                                    De Kalb County......           9,877
                                    Decatur County......           8,845
                                    Dickson County......          12,386
                                    Dyer County.........          17,604
                                    Fayette County......           9,390
                                    Fentress County.....          10,293
                                    Franklin County.....          19,611
                                    Gibson County.......          27,337
                                    Giles County........          14,350
                                    Grainger County.....           9,246
                                    Greene County.......          43,034
                                    Grundy County.......           7,641
                                    Hamblen County......          25,273
                                    Hamilton County.....         100,504
                                    Hardeman County.....          11,970
                                    Hardin County.......          14,378
                                    Hawkins County......          18,249
                                    Haywood County......          15,439
                                    Henderson County....          20,198
                                    Henry County........          13,375
                                    Hickman County......           5,935
                                    Houston County......           6,451
                                    Humphreys County....          12,228
                                    Jefferson County....          18,965
                                    Johnson County......          18,765
                                    Knox County.........          97,078

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                                    Lauderdale County...          12,371
                                    Lawrence County.....          38,304
                                    Lewis County........           9,547
                                    Lincoln County......          19,381
                                    Loudon County.......          10,981
                                    Macon County........          11,411
                                    Madison County......          34,447
                                    Marion County.......          11,024
                                    Marshall County.....           9,318
                                    Maury County........          27,050
                                    Mc Minn County......          31,967
                                    Mc Nairy County.....          15,525
                                    Meigs County........           7,211
                                    Monroe County.......          27,366
                                    Montgomery County...          29,387
                                    Morgan County.......           8,228
                                    Obion County........          15,511
                                    Overton County......           9,261
                                    Polk County.........           7,841
                                    Putnam County.......          21,073
                                    Rhea County.........          19,023
                                    Roane County........          22,707
                                    Rutherford County...          42,317
                                    Scott County........          13,403
                                    Sevier County.......          42,504
                                    Shelby County.......         288,610
                                    Smith County........           7,067
                                    State Set-Aside               70,491
                                     Committee, TN.                     
                                    Stewart County......           8,243
                                    Sullivan County.....          48,123
                                    Tipton County.......          16,113
                                    Unicoi County.......           7,841
                                    Warren County.......          17,690
                                    Washington County...          29,617
                                    Wayne County........          12,558
                                    Weakley County......          10,966
                                    White County........          11,167
Texas.............................  Abilene/Jones,                51,005
                                     Taylor Cos..                       
                                    Amarillo/Potter,              63,677
                                     Randall Cos.                       
                                    Anderson County.....          16,399
                                    Angelina County.....          26,405
                                    Aransas County......           7,268
                                    Atascosa County.....          10,966
                                    Austin County.......           5,992
                                    Austin/Travis,               229,334
                                     Williamson Cos.                    
                                    Bastrop County......          10,336
                                    Bee County..........          12,543
                                    Bell County.........          67,146
                                    Bexar County........         438,943
                                    Bowie County........          47,707
                                    Brazoria County.....         108,904
                                    Brazos County.......          27,853
                                    Brooks County.......           6,035
                                    Brown County........          16,356
                                    Burnet County.......           7,282
                                    Caldwell County.....           7,583
                                    Calhoun County......          11,540
                                    Cameron County......         232,488
                                    Camp County.........           6,178
                                    Cass County.........          20,356
                                    Chambers County.....           8,257
                                    Cherokee County.....          15,511
                                    Comal County........          17,388
                                    Cooke County........          10,809
                                    Coryell County......          15,066
                                    Dallas/Collin,             1,008,665
                                     Dallas, Denton Cos..               
                                    Dawson County.......           6,422
                                    De Witt County......           6,135
                                    Deaf Smith County...           9,433
                                    Dimmit County.......           8,472
                                    Duval County........           9,433
                                    Eastland County.....           6,336
                                    Ector County........          64,078
                                    El Paso County......         478,580

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                                    Ellis County........          33,501
                                    Erath County........           6,623
                                    Fannin County.......          11,870
                                    Freestone County....           6,221
                                    Frio County.........          10,192
                                    Galveston County....         143,739
                                    Gray County.........           7,684
                                    Grayson County......          36,985
                                    Grimes County.......           7,325
                                    Guadalupe County....          17,905
                                    Hale County.........          17,389
                                    Hardin County.......          27,724
                                    Hays County.........          19,625
                                    Henderson County....          23,381
                                    Hidalgo County......         549,496
                                    Hill County.........           9,332
                                    Hockley County......           9,533
                                    Hopkins County......          13,790
                                    Houston/Fort Bend,         1,499,817
                                     Harris Cos..                       
                                    Howard County.......           8,400
                                    Hunt County.........          30,419
                                    Hutchinson County...          11,941
                                    Jasper County.......          28,068
                                    Jefferson County....         159,780
                                    Jim Wells County....          23,983
                                    Kaufman County......          18,263
                                    Kerr County.........           6,924
                                    Kleberg County......          14,335
                                    Lamar County........          22,220
                                    Lamb County.........           6,307
                                    Liberty County......          31,824
                                    Limestone County....           8,200
                                    Longview/Gregg,              101,350
                                     Harrison Cos..                     
                                    Lubbock County......          73,496
                                    Marion County.......           6,738
                                    Matagorda County....          35,422
                                    Maverick County.....          84,004
                                    Mc Lennan County....          67,891
                                    Medina County.......           7,827
                                    Midland County......          41,601
                                    Milam County........           8,200
                                    Montague County.....           6,250
                                    Montgomery County...          74,357
                                    Morris County.......           7,698
                                    Nacogdoches County..          20,600
                                    Navarro County......          17,804
                                    Newton County.......          10,264
                                    Nolan County........           8,228
                                    Nueces County.......         187,246
                                    Orange County.......          71,002
                                    Palo Pinto County...          16,342
                                    Panola County.......          13,203
                                    Pecos County........           6,293
                                    Polk County.........          11,827
                                    Presidio County.....          18,263
                                    Red River County....           6,537
                                    Reeves County.......          11,081
                                    Robertson County....           6,006
                                    Rusk County.........          20,901
                                    San Patricio County.          38,562
                                    Shelby County.......           9,934
                                    Smith County........          79,116
                                    Starr County........          94,053
                                    State Set-Aside              167,186
                                     Committee, TX.                     
                                    Tarrant County......         471,613
                                    Titus County........          14,407
                                    Tom Green County....          29,459
                                    Tyler County........          10,121
                                    Upshur County.......          15,783
                                    Uvalde County.......          18,048
                                    Val Verde County....          30,018
                                    Van Zandt County....          11,396
                                    Victoria County.....          34,447
                                    Walker County.......           8,314

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                                    Waller County.......           8,630
                                    Washington County...           6,365
                                    Webb County.........         152,383
                                    Wharton County......          18,621
                                    Wichita County......          41,228
                                    Willacy County......          24,398
                                    Wise County.........          11,927
                                    Wood County.........          12,027
                                    Young County........           9,074
                                    Zapata County.......           6,236
                                    Zavala County.......          15,912
Trust Territory...................  Trust Territories...          45,000
Utah..............................  Cache County........          16,987
                                    Carbon County.......           7,813
                                    Duchesne County.....           6,924
                                    Iron County.........           6,594
                                    Salt Lake County....         180,308
                                    San Juan County.....           6,264
                                    Sanpete County......           6,594
                                    State Set-Aside               50,238
                                     Committee, UT.                     
                                    Uintah County.......           9,977
                                    Utah County.........          57,326
                                    Washington County...          15,482
                                    Weber County........          52,137
Vermont...........................  Caledonia County....          12,558
                                    Chittenden County...          33,086
                                    Orleans County......          14,808
                                    Rutland County......          21,431
                                    State Set-Aside               68,117
                                     Committee, VT.                     
Virgin Islands....................  Virgin Islands......         140,000
Virginia..........................  Accomack County.....          18,249
                                    Bristol City........           7,211
                                    Brunswick County....           6,566
                                    Buchanan County.....          17,919
                                    Caroline County.....          11,325
                                    Carroll County......          12,443
                                    Charlotte County....           7,426
                                    Charlottesville City           8,099
                                    Danville City.......          31,208
                                    Dickenson County....          16,743
                                    Fredericksburg City.           6,379
                                    Giles County........           8,644
                                    Grayson County......           7,784
                                    Halifax County......          24,284
                                    Harrisonburg City...           5,920
                                    Henry County........          34,433
                                    Hopewell City.......           9,060
                                    Isle of Wight County          10,307
                                    Lancaster County....           9,820
                                    Lee County..........          19,983
                                    Louisa County.......          14,608
                                    Lunenburg County....           7,268
                                    Lynchburg City......          16,772
                                    Martinsville City...          10,121
                                    Mecklenburg County..          18,836
                                    Montgomery County...          17,847
                                    Newport News City...          63,046
                                    Norfolk City........          79,747
                                    Northampton County..           7,125
                                    Northumberland                 9,390
                                     County.                            
                                    Page County.........          12,242
                                    Patrick County......           9,117
                                    Petersburg City.....          19,166
                                    Pittsylvania County.          35,322
                                    Portsmouth City.....          48,066
                                    Prince Edward County           7,096
                                    Pulaski County......          18,965
                                    Richmond City.......          74,443
                                    Roanoke City........          26,807
                                    Rockbridge County...           6,451
                                    Russell County......          22,320
                                    Scott County........          13,446
                                    Smyth County........          24,556
                                    State Set-Aside              560,516
                                     Committee, VA.                     

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                                    Staunton City.......           7,067
                                    Suffolk City........          24,298
                                    Tazewell County.....          26,391
                                    Washington County...          31,222
                                    Westmoreland County.           9,963
                                    Williamsburg City...           6,221
                                    Wise County.........          43,923
                                    Wythe County........          15,797
Washington........................  Adams County........          13,676
                                    Asotin County.......           7,024
                                    Benton County.......          81,409
                                    Chelan County.......          50,001
                                    Clallam County......          30,004
                                    Clark County........          89,767
                                    Cowlitz County......          45,543
                                    Douglas County......          20,356
                                    Franklin County.....          35,207
                                    Grant County........          47,564
                                    Grays Harbor County.          42,633
                                    Jefferson County....          10,321
                                    King County.........         654,515
                                    Kitsap County.......          84,620
                                    Kittitas County.....          18,707
                                    Klickitat County....          14,350
                                    Lewis County........          37,658
                                    Mason County........          20,929
                                    Okanogan County.....          34,705
                                    Pacific County......          11,583
                                    Pend Oreille County.           7,999
                                    Pierce County.......         272,225
                                    Skagit County.......          61,498
                                    Skamania County.....           5,877
                                    Snohomish County....         228,460
                                    Spokane County......         154,590
                                    State Set-Aside               17,056
                                     Committee, WA.                     
                                    Stevens County......          23,567
                                    Thurston County.....          83,818
                                    Walla Walla County..          23,639
                                    Whatcom County......          78,686
                                    Whitman County......           5,777
                                    Yakima County.......         208,147
West Virginia.....................  Barbour County......          13,389
                                    Berkeley County.....          26,448
                                    Boone County........          12,228
                                    Braxton County......           9,734
                                    Brooke County.......           9,691
                                    Calhoun County......           8,429
                                    Clay County.........           7,368
                                    Fayette County......          26,420
                                    Grant County........           7,684
                                    Greenbrier County...          21,202
                                    Hancock County......          12,758
                                    Harrison County.....          41,558
                                    Huntington/                   54,732
                                     Cabell,Wayne Cos..                 
                                    Jackson County......          14,378
                                    Kanawha County......          86,025
                                    Lewis County........          11,282
                                    Lincoln County......          13,590
                                    Logan County........          24,398
                                    Marion County.......          34,935
                                    Marshall County.....          17,331
                                    Mason County........          15,683
                                    McDowell County.....          14,593
                                    Mercer County.......          21,732
                                    Mineral County......          12,142
                                    Mingo County........          20,442
                                    Monongalia County...          28,670
                                    Nicholas County.....          16,471
                                    Ohio County.........          16,629
                                    Pocahontas County...          10,479
                                    Preston County......          16,485
                                    Putnam County.......          19,481
                                    Raleigh County......          38,992
                                    Randolph County.....          22,549

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                                    Ritchie County......           8,286
                                    Roane County........          11,296
                                    State Set-Aside               28,125
                                     Committee, WV.                     
                                    Summers County......           7,082
                                    Taylor County.......          10,522
                                    Tucker County.......           7,297
                                    Upshur County.......          17,976
                                    Wetzel County.......          12,113
                                    Wood County.........          41,515
                                    Wyoming County......          11,554
Wisconsin.........................  Ashland County......           8,056
                                    Bayfield County.....           6,766
                                    Brown County........          57,799
                                    Clark County........          15,296
                                    Crawford County.....           6,523
                                    Dane County.........          63,333
                                    Douglas County......          17,804
                                    Dunn County.........          10,809
                                    Eau Claire/Chippewa,          42,418
                                     Eau Claire.                        
                                    Grant County........          20,671
                                    Jackson County......           7,139
                                    Juneau County.......          10,364
                                    Kenosha County......          40,483
                                    La Crosse County....          28,756
                                    Langlade County.....           7,411
                                    Marathon County.....          44,482
                                    Marinette County....          17,331
                                    Marquette County....           6,824
                                    Milwaukee County....         278,690
                                    Monroe County.......          13,547
                                    Oconto County.......          12,271
                                    Polk County.........          12,572
                                    Portage County......          23,223
                                    Racine County.......          58,401
                                    Rock County.........          45,701
                                    Rusk County.........           7,096
                                    Sawyer County.......           7,899
                                    State Set-Aside              265,632
                                     Committee, WI.                     
                                    Taylor County.......           8,486
                                    Vernon County.......           9,189
                                    Vilas County........           7,383
                                    Washburn County.....           6,637
                                    Waushara County.....           8,271
                                    Winnebago County....          39,020
Wyoming...........................  Fremont County......          17,833
                                    Natrona County......          27,136
                                    State Set-Aside              105,031
                                     Committee, WY.                     
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[FR Doc. 97-8202 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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