[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19860-19866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Youthbuild Program (Fiscal Year 1997); Funding Availability; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4197-N-01]


Notice of Funding Availability for the Youthbuild Program for 
Fiscal Year 1997

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

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability for the Fiscal Year 1997.

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SUMMARY: Purpose. This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announces 
the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 program funds for grant 
assistance under the Youthbuild Program established by the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992. These funds will be awarded 
competitively. Only implementation grants will be funded. The body of 
this NOFA contains information on the following: the purpose of the 
NOFA, information regarding eligibility, available funding, the 
application process and selection criteria. Persons not employed by the 
Department may be used in reviewing and rating applications.
    Available Funds. Up to $30 million.
    Eligible Applicants. Eligible applicants are public or private non-
profit agencies, state or local housing agencies or authorities, state 
or local units of general local government, Indian tribes or any entity 
eligible to provide education and employment training under other 
Federal employment training programs, as further defined in 24 CFR 
585.4.

DATES: Application Submission. An original and two copies of the 
completed application for grant funds must be received in HUD 
Headquarters prior to 5:00 pm EST on June 23, 1997. Applications will 
be accepted at the following address: Processing and Control Unit, 
Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh St., SW., Room 7255, Washington, DC 
20410. Attn: Youthbuild. In addition, one copy of the completed 
application should be forwarded to the local HUD CPD field office. 
Please refer to the attached list for the address of the field office 
serving your jurisdiction.
    Applications which are mailed prior to the deadline date but not 
received until after the deadline will be deemed to have been received 
by the date if postmarked no later than (three days prior) by the U.S. 
Postal Service. Express delivery items received after the deadline date 
will be deemed to have been received on time upon submission of 
documentary evidence that they were placed in transit with the express 
delivery service no later than the previous date. Applications may not 
be submitted by facsimile (FAX).
    For a copy of the application package, contact: Community 
Connections at 1-800-998-9999, or through the Internet at gopher://
comcon.org:7511. Requests for application packages must refer 
to the Youthbuild program. The application package contains the 
required forms and instructions for completing a grant request. 
Requests for application packages for the current competition should be 
made immediately. Community Connections will distribute application 
packages as soon as they become available. Grant requests not made on 
1997 application package forms will not be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Community Connections at 1-800-998-
9999. Hearing- and speech-impaired persons should call the Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Information Collection Requirements

    The information collection requirements contained in this NOFA have 
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), and assigned OMB control number 2506-0142. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless the collection displays a valid 
control number.

Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community Development

    HUD is interested in promoting comprehensive, coordinated 
approaches to housing and community development. Economic development, 
community development, public housing revitalization, homeownership, 
assisted housing for special needs populations, supportive services, 
and welfare-to-work initiatives can work better if linked at the local 
level. Toward this end, HUD in recent years has developed the 
Consolidated Planning process designed to help communities undertake 
such approaches.
    In this spirit, it may be helpful for applicants under this NOFA to 
be aware of other related HUD NOFAs that have recently been published 
or are expected to be published in the near future. By reviewing these 
NOFAs with respect to their program purposes and the eligibility of 
applicants and activities, applicants may be able to relate the 
activities proposed for funding under this NOFA to the recent and 
upcoming NOFAs and to the community's Consolidated Plan.
    With respect to community and economic development, the following 
related NOFAs have been published: (1) The NOFA for the HUD-
Administered Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program--
Development Grants for Fiscal Year 1997 and the Section 108 Loan 
Guarantee Program for Small Communities in New York State (December 3, 
1996, at 61 FR 64196); and (2) the NOFA for the Community Outreach 
Partnership Centers (March 20, 1997, at 62 FR 13506). The following 
related NOFAs are expected to be published in the next few weeks: (1) 
The NOFA for the Tenant Opportunity Program--Economic Development and 
Supportive Services, and (2) the NOFA for Historically Black Colleges. 
To foster comprehensive, coordinated approaches by communities, HUD 
intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to continue to alert applicants to 
upcoming and recent NOFAs as each NOFA is published. In addition, a 
complete schedule of NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and 
those already published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet, 
which can be accessed at http://www.hud.gov/nofas.html. Additional 
steps on NOFA coordination may be considered for FY 1998.
    For help in obtaining a copy of your community's Consolidated Plan, 
please contact the community development office of your municipal 
government.

I. Program Purpose

    The purposes of the Youthbuild program are (1) To provide 
economically-disadvantaged young adults with opportunities to obtain 
education, employment skills and meaningful on-site construction work 
experience as a service to their communities and a means to achieve 
self-sufficiency; (2) to foster the development of leadership skills 
and commitment to community; and (3) to expand the supply of permanent 
affordable housing for homeless and low- and very low-income persons by 
providing implementation grants for carrying out a Youthbuild program.

A. Authority

    The Youthbuild program is authorized under subtitle D of title IV 
of the National Affordable Housing Act (the Act), as added by section 
164 of the Housing and Community Development

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Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 106 STAT. 3723, 42 U.S.C. 12899). 
Implementing regulations are found in the Final Rule published in the 
Federal Register dated February 21, 1995, and codified in title 24 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations as part 585.

B. Funding Availability

    This Notice announces the availability of up to $30 million in 
program funds. $1.5 million (five percent of the appropriation) of 
which is planned for technical assistance consistent with section 
458(d) of the Act.

C. Objectives

    The Youthbuild program is designed to help disadvantaged young 
adults who have dropped out of high school to (1) Obtain the education 
and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency 
and (2) develop leadership skills and a commitment to community 
development in low-income communities. Grant funds can be used to fund 
eligible services and activities as defined by the Act.
    Another important objective of the Youthbuild program is to expand 
the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless persons and 
members of low- and very low-income families. Providing disadvantaged 
young adults with meaningful on-site training experiences in housing 
construction and rehabilitation enables them to provide a service to 
their communities by helping to meet the housing needs of homeless and 
low-income families.
    An additional purpose of the program is to give, to the greatest 
extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, State and local 
laws and regulation, job training, employment, contracting and other 
economic opportunities to low-income persons and business concerns. To 
that purpose, section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) is applicable to Youthbuild implementation grant 
recipients.

II. Overview of Youthbuild Implementation Grants

A. Type of Grants

    HUD will award Youthbuild implementation grants only to eligible 
applicants for the purpose of carrying out Youthbuild programs in 
accordance with subtitle D of title IV of the Act. Applications will be 
selected in a competition in accordance with the grant selection 
process described in section V below.

B. Maximum Awards

    Under the competition established by this NOFA, the maximum award 
for a Youthbuild grant is $700,000. HUD reserves the right to determine 
the maximum or minimum of any Youthbuild award per application, 
project, program or budget line item. No amendments will be made to 
awards under this competition that will increase previously approved 
grant amounts. In order to ensure reasonable geographic diversity, a 
jurisdiction may not receive more than $2.1 million.

C. Locational Considerations

    Each application for a grant may only propose activities to carry 
out one Youthbuild program, i.e., to start a new Youthbuild program or 
to fund new classes of Youthbuild participants for an existing program. 
The same applicant organization may submit more than one application in 
the current competition if the proposed program's participant 
recruitment and housing areas are in different jurisdictions. HUD will 
not approve multiple applications for grants in the same jurisdiction 
unless HUD determines that the jurisdiction is sufficiently large to 
justify approval of more than one application.

D. Eligible Applicants

    Eligible applicants are public or private non-profit agencies, 
State or local housing agencies or authorities, state or local units of 
general local government, Indian tribes or any entity eligible to 
provide education and employment training under other Federal 
employment training programs, as further defined in 24 CFR 585.4.

E. Youthbuild Program Components

    Youthbuild programs receiving assistance under this NOFA must 
contain the three components described in items (1), (2) and (4) below. 
Other activities described in item (3) are optional.

    (1) Educational and job training services.
    (2) Leadership training, counseling and other support 
activities.
    (3) Special activities such as entrepreneurial training, 
drivers' education, internships, programs for those with learning 
disabilities, and in-house staff training. (Optional)
    (4) On-site training through actual housing rehabilitation and/
or construction work. Each program must be structured so that 50 
percent of each participant's time is spent in on-site training.

    Refer to 24 CFR 585.3 for a detailed description of program 
components.

F. Eligible Participants

    Participants in a Youthbuild program must be very low-income high 
school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24, inclusive, at the time 
of enrollment. Up to 25 percent of participants may be above very low-
income or high school graduates (or equivalent), but must have 
educational needs that justify their participation in the program.

G. Activities Used To Conduct a Youthbuild Program May Include

    (1) Work and activities associated with the acquisition, 
rehabilitation or construction of the housing and related facilities 
to be used in the program;
    (2) Relocation payments and other assistance required to comply 
with 24 CFR 585.308.
    (3) Costs of ongoing training and technical assistance needs 
related to carrying out a Youthbuild program;
    (4) Education, job training, counseling, employment and 
leadership development services and activities;
    (5) Wages, benefits and need-based stipends for participants; 
and
    (6) Administrative costs. Youthbuild funds for these costs 
should not exceed 20 percent of the total amount of Youthbuild 
assistance.

    Refer to 24 CFR 585.305 for further details on eligible activities.

H. Resources From Other Federal, State, Local or Private Entities

    Applicants are strongly encouraged to use existing housing and 
homeless assistance programs administered by HUD or other Federal, 
State, local or private housing programs as part of their Youthbuild 
program. Use of other non-Youthbuild funds available for vocational, 
adult and bilingual education programs or for job training under the 
JTPA Act and the Family Support Act of 1988 is also encouraged. The 
selection process described in this NOFA provides for applicants to 
receive points where grant applications contain firm commitments from 
Federal, State, local or private sources to provide resources to carry 
out Youthbuild activities.

I. Environmental Procedures and Standards

    Applicants are strongly encouraged to select hazard-free and 
problem-free properties for their Youthbuild projects. Environmental 
procedures apply to HUD approval of grants when the applicant proposes 
to use Youthbuild funds to cover any costs for the lease, acquisition, 
rehabilitation or new construction of real property proposed for 
housing project development. Environmental procedures do not apply to 
HUD approval of applications when applicants propose to use their

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Youthbuild funds solely to cover any costs for classroom and/or on-the-
job construction training and support services.
    For those applicants that propose to use their Youthbuild funds to 
cover any costs of the lease, acquisition, rehabilitation, or new 
construction of real property, the applicant shall submit all relevant 
environmental information in its application to support HUD decision-
making in accordance with the environmental procedures and standards 
set forth in 24 CFR 585.307.

J. Grant Period

    Funds awarded should be used within 30 months of the effective date 
of the grant agreement.

III. Selection Criteria for Youthbuild Applications

    Due to an order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern 
District, Dallas Division, in Walker v. HUD, with respect to any 
application by the City of Dallas, Texas, HUD's evaluation of the 
quality of the application will consider the extent to which the 
applicant's proposed program for the use of Youthbuild funds will be 
used to eradicate the vestiges of racial segregation in the Dallas 
Housing Authority's programs, consistent with the Court's order (see 
paragraph 8 below).
    HUD will review each application and assign points in accordance 
with the selection criteria described in this section. Each application 
may receive up to 100 points. In addition, applications may receive up 
to 5 points for Americorps participation (see paragraph 7 below), and 
10 Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community points (see paragraph 6 
below).
    (1) Capability: the qualification and experience of the applicant 
and participating parties. (Max. points: 25) The capability of the 
applicant and participating parties to implement a successful young 
adult education and training program within a reasonable time period 
and in a cost-effective manner as demonstrated through past 
performance. HUD will review and evaluate the information provided 
documenting Capability. In assigning points for this criterion, 
evidence in the application that demonstrates the following will be 
considered:

    (a) Experience in implementing a comprehensive, integrated, 
multi-disciplinary program with the following components:
    (i) Young adult education and training programs, including 
programs for low-income persons from economically-distressed 
neighborhoods.
    (ii) Young adult leadership development training and related 
activities for young adults.
    (iii) Young adult on-site training in housing construction or 
rehabilitation for the production of sound and affordable housing 
for the homeless and low-income families.
    (b) The extent to which the applicant or participating parties 
have been successful in past education, training and employment 
programs and activities, including Federally-funded Youthbuild 
programs. Previous Youthbuild grant recipients must submit a 
performance narrative as outlined in the application package.
    (c) The extent to which the applicant, including program 
director or principal person, or participating parties have 
demonstrated past ability to leverage other resources to cover 
administrative, educational and training costs and have demonstrated 
ability to implement creative and innovative cost-saving measures.
    (d) The extent of prior program quality and cost-effectiveness.

    (2) Need: the need for the proposed program, as determined by the 
degree of distress of the community. (Max. points: 20). In assigning 
points for this criterion, HUD will consider the relative degree of 
distress of the jurisdiction(s) from which participants will be 
recruited and in which the housing will be constructed or 
rehabilitated. HUD will also assign points by calculating the degree of 
need of the jurisdiction(s) in which the program will be located using 
the CDBG formula.
    (3) Program Quality and Feasibility: comprehensiveness and 
effectiveness of the proposed Youthbuild program. (Max. points: 35). 
HUD will consider the overall quality and feasibility of the proposed 
program as measured by the principles and goals of the proposed 
program; whether proposed program activities meet the overall 
objectives of the Youthbuild program; whether the proposed program 
activities will be accomplished within a reasonable amount of time and 
in a cost effective manner; whether the proposed program activities are 
comprehensive and integrated; and the potential for success of the 
proposed program. Areas to be considered in the evaluation of the 
overall quality of proposed program area:
    (a) Outreach, recruitment and selection activities: a description 
of the proposed: (i) outreach, recruitment (including specific steps to 
be taken to attract potential eligible participants who are unlikely to 
be aware of this program because of race, ethnicity, sex or disability) 
and selection strategies; (ii) special outreach efforts to recruit 
eligible young women and young women with dependent children, and 
persons receiving public assistance; and (iii) recruitment arrangements 
made with public agencies, courts, homeless shelters, local school 
systems, community-based organizations, etc.;
    (b) Educational and job training services and activities: a 
description of the educational component of the program, including: (i) 
the types of instructional services to be provided; (ii) the number and 
qualification of program instructors and ratio of instructors to 
participants; (iii) realistic scheduling plan for classroom and on-the-
job training: and (iv) reasonable payments of participants' wages, 
stipends, and incentives.
    (c) Leadership development: a description of the leadership 
development training to be offered to participants including the 
strategies, activities and plans to build group cohesion and peer 
support.
    (d) Support services: a description and documentation of counseling 
and referral services to be offered to participants, including the type 
of counseling, social services and/or need-based stipends to be 
provided (supported by letters of commitments from providers).
    (e) Coordination and cost-efficiency: a description and 
documentation of how the Youthbuild program will benefit the maximum 
number of young adults by making use of other public and private 
resources, programs and services (in addition to those referenced 
above) which sufficiently reduce the cost burden to the Youthbuild 
program in the following areas: (i) education, job training, and child 
care; (ii) on-site housing construction/rehabilitation training; (iii) 
homeless and housing programs; (iv) apprenticeship programs of local 
building trade unions; and (v) administrative, overhead and salary 
costs.
    (f) On-site training: a description of (i) the housing construction 
or rehabilitation activities to be undertaken by participants at the 
site(s) to be used for the on-site training component of the program, 
(ii) the qualification and number of on-site supervisors, (iii) the 
ratio of trainers to students, (iv) the ratio of students per site and 
(v) the amounts, reasonable wages and/or stipends to be paid to 
participants during on-site work.
    (g) Job placement assistance: a description of the applicant's 
commitments, strategies and procedures for (i) participant placement in 
meaningful employment, enrollment in post-secondary education programs, 
job development, starting business enterprises, or other opportunities 
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(ii) follow-up assistance and support activities to program graduates.
    (h) Program evaluation: a description of a comprehensive evaluation 
plan that is designed to measure the success of the program.
    (4) Program Resources: firm commitment of resources obtained from 
other Federal, State, local and private sources. (Max. points 10). In 
assigning points for this criterion, HUD will consider the level of 
non-housing resources obtained for cash or in-kind contribution to 
cover the following kinds of areas:

    (a) Social services (i.e., counseling and training);
    (b) Use of existing vocational, adult, bilingual educational 
courses;
    (c) Donation of labor, resource personnel, supplies, materials, 
classroom and/or meeting space;
    (d) other commitments.

    (5) Housing Program Priority Points: 10 priority points will be 
assigned to all applications that contain evidence that housing 
resources from other Federal, state, local or private sources that are 
available to cover the cost, in full, for the following housing 
activities for the proposed Youthbuild program: acquisition, 
architectural and engineering fees, construction and rehabilitation. 
Applications that do not include proper documentation of commitment of 
non-Youthbuild resources or propose to use Youthbuild grant funds, in 
whole or in part, for any one of the housing activities listed above 
will not be entitled to the ten priority points.
    Housing resources will not be used in evaluation of the program 
resources criterion.
Bonus Points
    (6) Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community: Up to 10 points will be 
assigned based on documentation that the proposed program will support 
the Strategic Plan for a federally designated urban or rural 
Empowerment Zone, Enterprise Community or Supplemental Empowerment 
Zone. Up to five points will be assigned based on documentation that 
the proposed program will support the Strategic plan for a Champion 
Community (applied for, but did not receive a designation). Application 
must receive a combined score of at least 50 points for selection 
criteria (1), (2), and (3) under Section III in order to be eligible 
for Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community or Champion Community points.
    (7) Americorps Participation Bonus: Up to 5 points may be assigned 
to Youthbuild applicants who provide evidence of application and/or 
selection as an Americorps program sponsor. Application must receive a 
combined score of at least 50 points for selection criteria (1), (2), 
and (3) under Section III in order to be eligible for Americorps 
points.
    (8) Court-ordered Consideration: due to an order of the U.S. 
District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, 
with respect to any application by the City of Dallas, Texas, for HUD 
funds, HUD shall consider the extent to which the Youthbuild strategy 
for the Dallas area will be used to eradicate the vestiges of 
segregation in the Dallas Housing Authority's low-income housing 
programs. The City of Dallas should address the effect, if any, that 
vestiges of racial segregation in Dallas Housing Authority's low-income 
housing programs have on potential participants in the Youthbuild 
program and identify proposed actions for remedying those vestiges. HUD 
may add up to 2 points to the application score based on this 
consideration.

IV. Application Requirements

    Applicants must complete and submit applications for Youthbuild 
grants in accordance with instructions contained in the FY 1997 
Youthbuild application package. The application package will request 
information in sufficient detail for HUD to determine whether the 
proposed activities are feasible and meet all the requirements of 
applicable statutes and regulations. The application package requires a 
description of the applicant's and participating parties' experiences 
in young adult and housing programs, a description of the proposed 
Youthbuild program, a description and documentation of other public and 
private resources to be used for the program, including other housing 
resources, a schedule for the program, budgets, identification of 
housing sites(s) and demonstration of site access. The application 
package also contains necessary certifications to Federal requirements. 
Applicants must also certify that the proposed activities are 
consistent with the HUD-approved Consolidated Plan in accordance with 
24 CFR part 91. Applicants should refer to the Youthbuild application 
package for further instructions.

V. Selection Process

    In order to afford applicants every opportunity to submit a ratable 
application, while at the same time ensuring the fairness, integrity 
and timeliness of the selection process, HUD is adopting the following 
application submission and selection procedures:
    a. Initial screening: During the period immediately following the 
application deadline, HUD will screen each application to determine 
eligibility. Applications will be rejected if they (1) Are submitted by 
ineligible applicants, (2) do not use the FY 1997 application package, 
(3) propose a program for which significant activities are ineligible, 
(4) there are any outstanding findings of noncompliance with civil 
rights statutes, Executive orders or regulation, as a result of formal 
administrative proceedings or the Secretary has issued a charge against 
the applicant under the Fair Housing Act, unless the applicant is 
operating under a conciliation or compliance agreement designed to 
correct the areas of noncompliance, (5) are submitted by applicants 
that have major unresolved audit or monitoring findings, or (6) has not 
submitted information necessary to qualify them for an award, i.e., 
environmental procedure information.
    b. Rating and Ranking: Each eligible application will be rated 
based upon the criteria described in section III of this NOFA, with a 
maximum of 115 points assigned. Using the scores assigned, the 
application will be placed in rank order. Applications will be 
preliminarily selected for funding in accordance with their rank order.
    If two or more applications have the same score and there are 
insufficient funds to fund all of them, the application(s) with the 
highest score for the Program Quality and Feasibility criterion shall 
be elected. In the event of a procedural error that, when corrected, 
would result in selection of an otherwise eligible applicant during the 
funding round under this NOFA, HUD may select that application when 
sufficient funds become available.
    c. Clarification of Application Information: In accordance with the 
provisions of 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, HUD may contact an applicant to 
seek clarification of an item in the application, or to request 
additional or missing information, but the clarification or the request 
for additional or missing information shall not relate to items that 
would improve the substantive quality of the application pertinent to 
the funding decision. For the Youthbuild program, these clarification 
items include, but are not limited to: (1) Missing or unsigned program 
certifications or SF424; (2) failure to target the outreach and 
recruitment efforts to be used by the program to disadvantaged young 
adults between the ages of 16 and 24 years; (3) failure to structure 
the proposed program so that 50 percent of participant's time is 
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educational activities and 50 percent to on-site training; (4) 
incomplete documentation showing that the applicant has obtained access 
to the housing site(s); (5) failure to designate the housing to be 
produced for use by appropriate population; and (6) failure to identify 
the housing to be used for on-site training.
    d. Potential Environmental Disqualification: HUD reserves the right 
to disqualify an application where one or more environmental thresholds 
are exceeded if it is determined that the environmental review cannot 
be conducted and satisfactorily completed by HUD within the HUD review 
period. (See 24 CFR 585.307.)
    e. Reduction in Requested Grant Amount: HUD may approve an 
application for an amount lower than the amount requested by the 
applicant. In addition, HUD will adjust line items in the proposed 
grant budget within the amount requested if it determines that:
    (1) The amount requested for one or more eligible activities is not 
supported in the application or is unreasonably related to the service 
or activity to be carried out;
    (2) An activity proposed for funding does not qualify as an 
eligible activity and can be separated in the budget;
    (3) The amount requested exceeds the total cost limitation 
established for a grant; or
    (4) Insufficient funds remain for the entire request.
    f. Notification of Approval or Disapproval: HUD will notify the 
selected applicants and the applicants that have not been selected. 
HUD's notification to a selected applicant of the amount of the grant 
award based on the approved application will constitute a preliminary 
approval by HUD, subject to HUD and recipient execution of the grant 
agreement to initiate program activities.

VI. Other Matters

    a. Environmental Impact. This NOFA provides funding under, and does 
not alter the environmental provisions of, regulations in 24 CFR part 
585, which has been published previously in the Federal Register. 
Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(5), this NOFA is categorically 
excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). Grantees must comply with the 
regulations in 24 CFR part 585, including the environmental review 
procedures in 24 CFR 585.307.
    b. Family Executive Order. The General Counsel as the Designated 
Official under Executive Order 12606, The Family, has determined that 
some of the policies contained in this NOFA will have a potential 
significant impact on the formation, maintenance and general well-being 
of the family. The expected expansion of the housing supply for 
homeless and low- and very low-income persons and the provision of 
opportunities to economically disadvantaged young adults to enhance 
their education and employment skills will provide a positive impact on 
the family maintenance and general well-being. However, since the 
impact on the family is beneficial and the program involves very little 
HUD discretion, no further review is necessary.
    c. Federalism Executive Order. The General Counsel, as the 
Designated Official under section 7(a) of the Executive Order 12612, 
Federalism, has determined that the policies contained in this NOFA do 
not have ``Federalism'' implications because they do not have 
substantial direct effects on the States (including their political 
subdivisions), or on the distribution of power and responsibilities 
among the various levels of government.
    d. Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act--Accountability in the 
Provision of HUD Assistance. Section 102 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (HUD Reform Act) and the final 
rule codified at 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, published on April 1, 1996 
(61 FR 1448), contain a number of provisions that are designed to 
ensure greater accountability and integrity in the provision of certain 
types of assistance administered by HUD. On January 14, 1992, HUD 
published, at 57 FR 1942, a notice that also provides information on 
the implementation of section 102. The documentation, public access, 
and disclosure requirements of section 102 are applicable to assistance 
awarded under this NOFA as follows:
    Documentation and public access requirements. HUD will ensure that 
documentation and other information regarding each application 
submitted pursuant to this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis 
upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material, including 
any letters of support, will be made available for public inspection 
for a five-year period beginning not less than 30 days after the award 
of the assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the 
recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal Register 
notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a competitive 
basis.
    Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years 
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in 
connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made 
available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case 
for a period less than three years. All reports--both applicant 
disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15.
    e. Section 103 of the HUD Reform Act--Prohibition of Advance 
Disclosures of Funding Decisions. HUD's regulation implementing section 
103 of the HUD Reform Act, codified as 24 CFR part 4, applies to the 
funding competition announced today. The requirements of the rule 
continue to apply until the announcement of the selection of successful 
applicants.
    HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the 
making of funding decisions are restrained by part 4 from providing 
advance information to any person (other than persons authorized to 
receive such information) concerning funding decisions, or from 
otherwise giving any applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons 
who apply for assistance in this competition should confine their 
inquiries to the subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
    Applicants or employees who have ethics-related questions should 
contact the HUD Ethics Law Division (202) 708-3815 (voice), (202) 708-
1112 (TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.) For HUD employees who 
have specific program questions, the employee should contact the 
appropriate Field Office Counsel or Headquarters Counsel for the 
program to which the question pertains.
    f. Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Applications must contain a 
certification that the applicant will comply with the requirements of 
the Fair Housing Act, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, section 
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act 
of 1975, and will affirmatively further fair housing.
    g. Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities. The use of funds 
awarded under this NOFA is subject to the disclosure requirements and 
prohibition of section 319 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 
1352) and the implementing regulation at 24 CFR part 87. These 
authorities prohibit recipients of Federal contracts, grants, or loans 
from using appropriated funds for lobbying the

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Executive or Legislative Branches of the Federal Government in 
connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. The prohibition 
also covers the awarding of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 
or loans unless the recipient has made an acceptable certification 
regarding lobbying. Under 24 CFR part 87 and 7 CFR part 1944, subpart 
G, applicants, recipients and subrecipients of assistance exceeding 
$100,000 must certify that no Federal funds have been or will be spent 
on lobbying activities in connection with the assistance.
    Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) established by an Indian tribe as 
a result of the exercise of the tribe's sovereign power are excluded 
from coverage of the Byrd Amendment, but IHAs established under State 
law are not excluded from the statute's coverage.
    Required Reporting. A certification is required at the time 
application for funds is made that federally-appropriated funds are not 
being or have not been used in violation of section 319 and the 
disclosure will be made of payments for lobbying with other than 
federally-appropriated funds. Also, there is a standard disclosure 
form, SF-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying'', which must be 
used to disclose lobbying with other than federally-appropriated funds 
at the time of application.
    h. Drug-Free Workplace. The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 
U.S.C. 701) requires grantees of Federal agencies to certify that they 
will provide drug-free workplaces. Each potential recipient under this 
NOFA must certify that it will comply with the drug-free workplace 
requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and HUD's 
implementing regulation at 24 CFR part 24, subpart F.
    i. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance number is 14.243.

    Dated: April 16, 1997.
Jacquie M. Lawing,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

CPD Field Offices

CPD Division Director, Alabama State Office, Suite 300, 600 Beacon 
Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144
CPD Division Director, Alaska State Office, Suite 401, 949 East 36th 
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99508-4399
CPD Division Director, Arizona State Office, Two Arizona Center, Suite 
1600, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2361
CPD Division Director, Buffalo Area Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main 
Street, Fifth Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203-1780
CPD Division Director, California State Office, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 
San Francisco, CA 94102-3448
CPD Division Director, Caribbean Office, 159 Carlos Chardon Ave., San 
Juan, PR 00918-1804
CPD Division Director, Colorado State Office, First Interstate Tower 
North, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607
CPD Division Director, Connecticut State Office, First Floor, 330 Main 
Street, Hartford, CT 06106-1860
CPD Division Director, District of Columbia Office, Room 300, 820 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002-4205
CPD Division Director, Florida State Office, Suite 500, 1320 South 
Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables, FL 33164-2911
CPD Division Director, Georgia State Office, Russell Federal Building, 
75 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303-3388
CPD Division Director, Hawaii State Office, 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala 
Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96813-4918
CPD Division Director, Illinois State Office, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
CPD Division Director, Indiana State Office, 151 North Delaware Street, 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2526
CPD Division Director, Jacksonville Area Office, Southern Bell Tower, 
301 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121
CPD Division Director, Kansas/Missouri State Office, Gateway Tower II, 
400 State Avenue, Room 200, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406
CPD Division Director, Kentucky State Office, P.O. Box 1044, 601 W. 
Broadway, Louisville, KY 40201-1044
CPD Division Director, Knoxville Area Office, 710 Locust Street, 
Knoxville, TN 37902-2526
CPD Division Director, Los Angeles Area Office, 611 W. Sixth St., STE 
800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
CPD Division Director, Louisiana State Office, 9th Floor, Hale Boggs, 
501 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-3099
CPD Division Director, Maryland State Office, City Crescent Building, 
10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505
CPD Division Director, Massachusetts State Office, Room 531, 10 
Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222-1092
Manchester Office (CPD Division), Massachusetts State Office, Room 531, 
10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222-1092
CPD Division Director, Michigan State Office, Patrick McNamara 
Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226-2592
CPD Division Director, Minnesota State Office, 220 Second St. South, 
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2195
CPD Division Director, Mississippi State Office, Room 910, 100 West 
Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39269-1096
CPD Division Director, Nebraska State Office, 10909 Mill Valley Road, 
Omaha, NE 68154-3955
CPD Division Director, New Hampshire State Office, Norris Cotton 
Federal Bldg., 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, NH 03101-2487
CPD Division Director, New Jersey State Office, 13th Floor, One Newark 
Center, Newark, NJ 07102-5260
CPD Division Director, New Mexico State Office, 625 Truman Street, 
N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110-6443
CPD Division Director, New York State Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New 
York, NY 07102-5260
CPD Division Director, North Carolina Office, Koger Building 2306 West 
Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC 27407-3707
CPD Division Director, Ohio State Office, 200 North High Street, 
Columbus, OH 43215-2499
CPD Division Director, Oklahoma State Office, Suite 400, 500 Main 
Place, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
CPD Division Director, Oregon State Office, Suite 700, 400 Southwest 
Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204-1632
CPD Division Director, Pennsylvania State Office, The Wannamaker 
Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390
CPD Division Director, Pittsburgh Area Office, Sixth Floor 339 Sixth 
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2515
CPD Division Director, San Antonio Area Office, Washington Square, 800 
Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
CPD Division Director, South Carolina State Office, Building 1835, 45 
Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201-2480
CPD Division Director, St. Louis Area Office, Third Floor 1222 Spruce 
Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-2836
CPD Division Director, Texas State Office, 1600 Throckmorton, Fort 
Worth, TX 76113-2905
CPD Division Director, Virginia State Office, 3600 West Broad Street, 
Richmond, VA 23230-0331
CPD Division Director, Washington State Office, Suite 200, 909 1St 
Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1000
CPD Division Director, Wisconsin State Office, Suite 1380, 310 West 
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289

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CPD Division Director, Arkansas State Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West 
Capitol Ave., Ste 900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488

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