[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
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Part VII





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Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and Request 
for Applications to Support Demonstration Projects Under the Abandoned 
Infants Assistance Program; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families
[Program Announcement No. CB-97-05]


Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and 
Request for Applications to Support Demonstration Projects under the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Program

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the availability of financial assistance and 
request for applications to support demonstration projects under the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, as amended, Pub. L. 104-235.

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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau (CB) within the Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families 
announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds for competing 
new discretionary grants under the Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA) 
Program. Funds from the AIA Program are designed to provide community-
based, comprehensive services to abandoned infants and infants at risk 
of abandonment and their families; specifically young children and 
families who are affected by substance abuse and the human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    This announcement contains forms and instructions for submitting an 
application.

CLOSING DATE: The closing date and time for Receipt of applications is 
4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone), on July 21, 1997. Applications received 
after 4:30 p.m. on that day will be classified as late. Postmarks and 
other similar documents DO NOT establish receipt of an application. 
Detailed application submission instructions including the addresses 
where applications must be received are found in Part III of this 
announcement.

DEADLINE: Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting an 
announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline time 
and date at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Division of Discretionary 
Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC 
20447, Attention: Abandoned Infants Assistance Program (Specify 
Priority Area A, B, or C).
    Applications handcarried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by 
overnight/express mail couriers shall be considered as meeting an 
announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline date, 
between the hours 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
Division of Discretionary Grants, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor Loading Dock, 
Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024, between 
Monday and Friday (excluding Federal holidays). (Reference the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Program and specify Priority Area A, B, or 
C.) Applicants are cautioned that express/overnight mail services do 
not always deliver as agreed.
    ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax or 
through other electronic media. Therefore, applications transmitted to 
ACF electronically will not be accepted regardless of date or time of 
submission and time of receipt.
    Late applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria 
above are considered late applications. ACF shall notify each late 
applicant that its applicant will not be considered in the current 
competition.
    Extension of deadlines: ACF may extend the deadline for all 
applicants because of acts of God such as floods, hurricanes, etc., or 
when there is a widespread disruption of the mails. However, if ACF 
does not extend the deadline for all applicants, it may not waive or 
extend the deadline for any applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The ACYF Operations Center, Technical 
Assistance Team (telephone number 1-800-351-2293) is available to 
answer questions regarding application requirements and to refer you to 
the appropriate contact person in ACYF for programmatic questions.

INTENT TO APPLY: If you are going to submit an application, send a 
postcard or call in the following information: The name, address and 
telephone number of the contact person; the name of the organization; 
and the priority area(s) in which you may submit an application within 
two weeks of the receipt of this announcement to: Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families, Operations Center, 3030 Clarendon 
Boulevard, Suite 240, Arlington, VA 22201. The telephone number is 1-
800-351-2293. The information will be used to determine the number of 
expert reviewers needed and to update the mailing list of persons to 
whom the program announcement is sent.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program announcement consists of five 
parts. Part I provides information on the Children's Bureau. Part II 
describes the review process, additional requirements for the grant 
applications, and the programmatic priorities for which applications 
are being requested. Part III provides information on the application 
requirements. Part IV describes the evaluation criteria. Part V 
provides the instructions for the development and submission of 
applications.
    The forms to be used for submitting an application follow Part V. 
Please copy as single-sided forms and use in submitting an application 
under this announcement. No additional application materials are 
available or needed to submit an application.
    Applicants should note that grants to be awarded under this program 
announcement are subject to the availability of funds.

Outline of Announcement

Part I: General Information
    A. Background
    B. Statutory Authority Covered Under This Announcement
Part II: Review Process and Priority Areas
    A. Eligible Applicants
    B. Review Process and Funding Decisions
    C. Evaluation Process
    D. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions
    E. Available Funds
    F. Grantee Share of Project Costs
    G. Priority Areas and Descriptions
    H. Priority Descriptions
Part III: Application Requirements
    A. Objectives and Needs for Assistance
    B. Results and Benefits
    C. Approach
    For Priority Area A
    For Priority Area B
    For Priority Area C
    D. Staff Background and Organizational Experience
    E. Budget Appropriateness
Part IV. Evaluation Criteria
Part V. Instructions for the Development and Submission of 
Applications for FY 1997
    A. Availability of Forms
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
    C. Required Notification of the State Single Point of Contact
    D. Deadline for Submission of Applications
    E. Instructions for Preparing the Application and Completing 
Application Forms
    1. SF 424 Page 1, Application Cover Sheet
    2. SF 424A-Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs
    3. Project Summary Description
    4. Program Narrative Statement
    5. Organizational Capability Statement
    6. Assurances/Certifications
    7. Statutory Assurances
F. Checklist for a Complete Application
G. The Application Package

Part I. General Information

A. Background

    The Administration on Children, Youth and Families administers

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national programs for children and youth, works with States and local 
communities to develop services which support and strengthen family 
life, seeks joint ventures with the private sector to enhance the lives 
of children and their families, and provides information and other 
assistance to parents.
    The concerns of ACYF extend to all children from birth through 
adolescence. Many of the programs administered by the agency focus on 
children from low-income families; children and youth in need of foster 
care, adoption or other child welfare services; preschool children; 
children with disabilities; abused and neglected children; runaway and 
homeless youth; and children from American Indian and migrant families.
    Within ACYF, the Children's Bureau plans, manages, coordinates and 
supports child welfare services programs. It administers the Foster 
Care and Adoption Assistance Program, the Child Welfare Services State 
Grants Program, the Child Welfare Services Training Programs, the 
Independent Living Initiatives Program, the Adoption Opportunities 
Program, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program, and the Family 
Preservation and Family Support program.
    The Children's Bureau programs are designed to promote the welfare 
of all children, including disabled, homeless, dependent, abused or 
neglected children and their families. The programs aid in preventing 
and remedying the neglect, abuse and exploitation of children. The 
programs also encourage the strengthening of the family unit to help 
alleviate the unnecessary separation of children from their families 
and reunify families, where possible, when separation has occurred.

B. Statutory Authority Covered Under This Announcement

    The Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 as amended by Pub. L. 
104-235, 42 U.S.C. 670. CFDA: 93.551.

Part II. The Review Process and Priority Areas

A. Eligible Applicants

    Each priority area description contains information about the types 
of agencies and organizations which are eligible to apply under that 
priority area. Because eligibility varies depending on statutory 
provisions, it is critical that the ``Eligible Applicants'' section of 
each priority area be reviewed carefully.
    Before review, each application will be screened for applicant 
organization eligibility as specified under the selected priority area. 
Applications from ineligible organizations will not be considered or 
reviewed in the competition, and the applicants will be so informed.
    Only agencies and organizations, not individuals, are eligible to 
apply under this Announcement. All applications developed jointly by 
more than one agency or organization, must identify only one lead 
organization and official applicant. Participating agencies and 
organizations can be included as co-participants, subgrantees or 
subcontractors. For-profit organizations are eligible to participate as 
subgrantees or subcontractors with eligible non-profit organizations 
under all priority areas.
    Any non-profit organization submitting an application must submit 
proof of its non-profit status in its application at the time of 
submission. The non-profit agency can accomplish this by providing a 
copy of the applicant's listing in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) 
most recent list of tax-exempt organizations described in section 
501(c)(3) of the IRS code or by providing a copy of the current valid 
IRS tax exemption certification, or by providing a copy of the articles 
of incorporation bearing the seal of the State in which the corporation 
or association is domiciled.

B. Review Process and Funding Decisions

    Timely applications received by the deadline date which are from 
eligible applicants will be reviewed and scored competitively. Experts 
in the field, generally persons outside the Federal government, will 
use the appropriate evaluation criteria listed later in this section to 
review and score the applications. The results of this review are a 
primary factor in making funding decisions.
    The ACYF reserves the option of discussing applications with, or 
referring them to, other Federal or non-Federal funding sources when 
this is in the best interest of the Federal government or the 
applicants. ACYF may also solicit comments from ACF Regional Office 
staff, other Federal agencies, interested foundations, national 
organizations, specialists, experts, States and the general public. 
These comments, along with those of the expert reviewers, will be 
considered by ACYF in making funding decisions.
    To the greatest extent possible, efforts will be made to ensure 
that funding decisions reflect an equitable distribution of assistance 
among the States and geographical regions of the country, rural and 
urban areas, and ethnic populations. In making these decisions, ACYF 
also may take into account the need to avoid unnecessary duplication of 
effort.

C. Evaluation Process

    A panel of at least three reviewers (primarily experts from outside 
the Federal government) will review the applications. To facilitate 
this review, applicants should ensure that they address each minimum 
requirement in the priority area description under the appropriate 
section of the Program Narrative Statement. Applicants are encouraged 
to use job titles and not specific names in developing the application 
budget. However, the specific salary rates or amounts for staff 
positions identified must be included in the application budget.
    The reviewers will determine the strengths and weaknesses of each 
application using the evaluation criteria listed below, provide 
comments and assign numerical scores. The point value following each 
criterion heading indicates the maximum numerical weight.

D. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions

    Each priority area description is composed of the following 
sections:
    Eligible Applicants: This section specifies the type of 
organization eligible to apply under the particular priority area. 
Specific restrictions are also noted, where applicable.
    Purpose: This section presents the basic focus and/or broad goal(s) 
of the priority area.
    Background Information: This section briefly discusses the 
legislative background as well as the current state-of-the-art and/or 
current state-of-practice that supports the need for the particular 
priority area activity. Relevant information on projects previously 
funded by ACYF and/or others, and State models are noted, where 
applicable.
    Application Requirements: (See Part III.) This section presents the 
basic set of issues that must be addressed in the application. 
Typically, they relate to project design, evaluation, and community 
involvement. This section also asks for specific information on the 
proposed project. Inclusion and discussion of these items is important 
since they will be used by the reviewers in evaluating the applications 
against the evaluation criteria. Project products, continuation of the 
project effort after the Federal support ceases, and dissemination/
utilization activities, if appropriate, are also addressed.

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    Project Duration: This section specifies the maximum allowable 
length of time for the project period and refers to the amount of time 
approved for support, including any extensions.
    Federal Share of Project Cost: This section specifies the maximum 
amount of Federal support for the project for the first budget year.
    Matching Requirement: This section specifies the minimum non-
Federal contribution, either through cash or in-kind match, required in 
relation to the maximum Federal funds requested for the project. 
Grantees must provide a share of the total approved project cost. For 
the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program, a grantee must propose at 
least a 10 percent match of the total approved project cost. The total 
approved project cost is the sum of the Federal and the non-Federal 
share. The non-Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind 
contributions, although applicants are encouraged to meet the match 
requirements through cash contributions. Therefore, an AIA project 
requesting $450,000 in Federal funds per budget period must include a 
match of at least $50,000 (10 percent of the total approved project 
cost per budget year).
    Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: This section specifies 
the number of projects that ACYF anticipates it will fund under the 
priority area.
    Please note that applications that do not comply with the specific 
priority area requirements in the section on ``Eligible Applicants'' 
will not be reviewed. Applicants also should note that non-
responsiveness to the section ``Minimum Requirements for the Project 
Design'' will result in a low evaluation score by the reviewers. 
Applicants must clearly identify the specific priority area under which 
they wish to have their applications considered, and tailor their 
applications accordingly. Previous experience has shown that an 
application which is broader and more general in concept than outlined 
in the priority area description scores lower than one more clearly 
focused on, and directly responsive to, that specific priority area.

E. Available Funds

    The ACYF intends to award new grants resulting from this 
announcement during the third and fourth quarter of fiscal year 1997, 
subject to the availability of funds. The size of the actual awards 
will vary.
    Each priority area description includes information on the maximum 
Federal share of the project costs and the anticipated number of 
projects to be funded.
    The term ``budget period'' refers to the interval of time (usually 
12 months) into which a multi-year period of assistance (project 
period) is divided for budgetary and funding purposes. The term 
``project period'' refers to the total time a project is approved for 
support, including any extensions.
    Where appropriate, applicants may propose project periods which are 
shorter than the maximums specified in the various priority areas. Non-
Federal share contributions may exceed the minimums specified in the 
various priority areas when the applicant is able to do so. However, if 
the proposed match exceeds the minimum requirement, the grantee must 
meet its proposed level of match support before the end of the project 
period. Applicants should propose only that non-Federal share they can 
realistically provide since any unmatched Federal funds will be 
disallowed by ACF.
    For multi-year projects, continued Federal funding beyond the first 
budget period is dependent upon satisfactory performance by the 
grantee, availability of funds from future appropriations and a 
determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the 
Government.

F. Grantee Share of Project Costs

    Grantees must provide a share of the total approved cost of the 
project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF 
share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may be met by 
cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to 
meet their match requirements through cash contributions. For the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Program, a grantee must propose at least a 
10 percent match of the total cost of the project. If approved for 
funding, grantee will be held accountable for commitments of non-
Federal resources and failure to provide the required amount will 
result in a disallowance of unmatched Federal funds.

G. Priority Areas and Descriptions

A--Previous Service Demonstration Projects
B--New Start Comprehensive Service Demonstration Projects
C--Family Support Services for Grandparents and Other Relatives 
Providing Caregiving for Children of Substance Abusing and HIV-Positive 
Women

H. Priority Descriptions

Abandoned Infants Assistance Program Service Demonstration Projects 
(Priority Areas A, B and C)
    Availability and Allocation of Funds: Total combined funding for 
Priority Areas A, B and C for FY 1997 competitive grants under section 
101 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 670 note), is approximately $4.6 million.
    The Administration for Children and Families proposes to award 
three to six grants in each of Priority Areas A and B in varying 
amounts up to $450,000 per budget year and to award three projects in 
Priority Area C in varying amounts up to $100,000. Applications under 
this announcement will be considered for:
     Previous Service Demonstration Projects--to provide 
support for the comprehensive service programs initially funded in FY 
1991 and 1993 by requiring documentation of continuing need for the 
project; to propose ways of improving service provision to meet the 
needs of abandoned infants and young children or those who are at risk 
of abandonment and their families; and to propose methods to continue 
the program evaluation, including proposed outcome measures, and 
summary evaluative data on the current program. Applicants applying 
under this priority area should be advised this is a competitive 
funding process and that applications approved for funding will be 
given a new grant number. Further, existing award activities cannot 
overlap with the new grant's project period; and finally, funds from 
the currently existing grants cannot be expended for new grant 
activities.
     New Start Service Demonstration Projects--to establish a 
comprehensive services program in jurisdictions not already served by 
the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program to meet the needs of abandoned 
infants and young children, or those who are at risk of abandonment and 
their families; and to conduct a formative evaluation for Years I and 
II; and to collect information on client outcomes in Years III and IV. 
Also, included in this Priority Area are agencies or organizations that 
have previously received funds under the Abandoned Infants Assistance 
Program but are not currently receiving AIA funds.
     Family Support Services for Grandparents and Other 
Relatives Providing Caregiving for Children and Substance Abusing and 
HIV-Positive Women--to provide counseling and other support services to 
family caregivers for drug-exposed, HIV-

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 exposed, HIV positive or HIV/AIDS affected children.
    All applicants funded under Priority Areas A, B or C will be 
required to provide information for special studies or evaluations 
funded by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
    All applicants funded under this announcement will be required to 
have a key person from the project staff and the evaluator attend a 
grantees' meeting held annually in Washington, D.C.
    All applicants who are funded under this announcement and who are 
operating a transitional residence for infants or young children are 
required to submit a copy of the license approving the agency to 
operate a residence for infants and/or young children. If a copy of the 
license is not submitted, the application will not be considered for 
review. The applicant must assure that the license is appropriate for 
the level of care and the number of infants/young children to be housed 
in the residence.
    The training and technical assistance services of the National 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center are available to all 
applicants funded under this announcement.
    All applicants are also required to provide assurances that they 
will comply with fiscal and program reporting requirements. These 
required assurances are listed later in this program announcement.
    The agency receiving the grant must assume fiscal and 
administrative responsibilities for the use of grant funds. The role of 
cooperating agencies must be explicit and supported by letters of 
specified commitment to the project. Prescribed support letters will 
not be considered responsive. Also, each application must include as a 
specific goal the development of strategies to coordinate and make 
optimal use of all relevant private, Federal, State and local resources 
to establish and maintain services beyond the life of the grant.

Background Information

    Public Law (Pub. L.) 104-235, The Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act Amendments of 1996, amended Pub. L. 100-505, the 
Abandoned Infants Act of 1988 and was signed into law October 3, 1996. 
The purposes of the Public Law 100-505, as amended, are to establish a 
program of demonstration projects to prevent the abandonment in 
hospitals of infants and young children, particularly those who have 
been perinatally exposed to a dangerous drug and those with the human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have been perinatally exposed to 
the virus; to identify and address the needs of those infants and 
children who are, or might be, abandoned; to develop a program of 
comprehensive services for these children and members of the biological 
family (see Definitions) for any condition that increases the 
probability of abandonment of an infant or young child, including, but 
not limited to, foster family care services, case management services, 
family support services, parenting skills, in-home support services, 
respite and crisis intervention services, counseling services and group 
residential home services; and to recruit and train health and social 
services personnel, foster care families, and residential care 
providers to meet the needs of abandoned children and infants and 
children who are at risk of abandonment. The legislation also allows 
for the provision of technical assistance and training programs to 
support the planning, development and operation of the service 
demonstration projects. The reauthorized legislation (Section 101 (h) 
of Pub. L. 104-235) mandates that the Secretary shall give priority to 
applicants located in States that have developed and implemented 
procedures for expedited termination of parental rights and placement 
for adoption of infants determined to be abandoned under State law.
    Definitions: The enabling legislation provides definitions for 
three terms, i.e., ``abandoned infants and young children,'' 
``dangerous drug,'' and ``natural family.'' The term ``abandoned 
infants and young children'' means infants and young children who are 
medically cleared for discharge from acute-care hospital settings, but 
who remain hospitalized because of a lack of appropriate out-of-
hospital placement alternatives. The term ``dangerous drug'' means a 
controlled substance as defined in section 102 of the Controlled 
Substances Act. Although the term ``natural family'' is used in the 
legislation, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families prefers 
the term biological family. Therefore, the term biological parents, 
family, mother or father will be used for the remainder of the grant 
announcement. The term biological family shall be broadly interpreted 
to include biological parents, grandparents, family members, guardians, 
children residing in the household and individuals residing in the 
household on a continuing basis who are in a caregiving situation with 
respect to infants and young children covered under this Act. (42 
U.S.C. 670 note, title I, section 103.)

Statement of the Problem

    Concern continues to grow about the numbers of infants and young 
children infected with HIV/AIDS and/or exposed to drugs during prenatal 
development. Also, there is concern about an increase in the number of 
women who are using illegal drugs during pregnancy with possible 
adverse consequences for their children.
    In recent years, the link between female intravenous drug users, 
the HIV perinatal transmission rate and the subsequent development of 
the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in young children has 
presented an enormous challenge to pediatric health care workers. 
According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) data, there are 7,298 AIDS-infected children under 13 years of 
age. That is almost 700 more than the previous year and the number has 
more than doubled since 1992 and the problem is expected to grow.
    In 1996, 712 new cases of pediatric AIDS were reported. While 73% 
of AIDS cases among children have been reported from a relatively small 
number of States and territories--New York, Florida, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Maryland and Puerto Rico--HIV 
infection affects children in nearly all parts of the country. Cases of 
pediatric AIDS have been reported from 48 States the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (CDC HIV/AIDS 
Surveillance Report, June, 1996; AIA Factsheet, January, 1996).
    Women are the fastest growing population in the AIDS epidemic. In 
1992, AIDS was the fourth leading cause of death for women of child-
bearing age, 25-44 years, up from fifth in 1990 and eighth in 1987. 
Major studies of congenital HIV infection indicate that perinatal 
transmission rates range between 14 and 40 percent. While new 
treatments have improved the likelihood of children being born without 
the virus, an unfortunate consequence of this is that more children 
born to HIV/AIDS infected women will be orphaned. This potential 
increase of orphaned children will have an impact on the child welfare 
services system. (AIA Factsheet, 1996).
    The problem of AIDS is closely connected with perinatal substance 
abuse. Fetal exposure to HIV/AIDS is linked to maternal drug use. 
Mothers are most commonly infected with HIV through their own drug use 
or sexual relations with an IV drug user. The National Pregnancy and 
Health Survey (National Institute on Drug Abuse) reported that 
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of the four million women who gave birth in 1992 used illicit drugs, 19 
percent drank alcohol and 20 percent smoked cigarettes during 
pregnancy. About one-third of the illicit drug users also smoked and/or 
drank alcohol during pregnancy.
    The risk factors for women delivering a drug-exposed infant include 
poverty, little education, poor nutrition, little or no prenatal care, 
a history of sexual and/or physical abuse and being over 25, unmarried, 
uninsured, on Medicaid and having other children. Similar 
characteristics exist for women at risk of AIDS/HIV. They are 
economically and socially disadvantaged; are primarily women of color; 
lack access to adequate medical care; use drugs, alcohol and tobacco; 
and are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Many of these women 
are not even aware they are infected with HIV until they give birth and 
their babies test positive. (AIA Factsheet, 1996)
    The characteristics of women who abandon or who are at risk of 
abandoning their children are similar. These women are often struggling 
with: Poverty, homelessness, physically, sexually and emotionally 
disruptive relationships; HIV infection; mental illness and drug 
addiction. Researchers have reported that the average age of these 
mothers is 27 years old; the average number of pregnancies is four; 64 
percent of the mothers receive no prenatal care; and 27 percent are 
incarcerated during their pregnancies. Many mothers have other children 
in out-of-home care; have very little, if any, social supports; 
delivered their newborns alone; and are homeless. Additionally 45 
percent of the mothers have not graduated from high school; 62 percent 
receive income assistance; and 80 percent use multiple drugs. (Barth et 
al., 1996)
    HIV infection is relatively prevalent in the abandoned infants 
population. As many as eight percent of infants abandoned in hospitals 
are reported to be HIV infected as compared with approximately .04 
percent of all infants in the United States who are infected each year. 
Due to inconsistent testing and confidentiality laws, this number may 
underestimate the magnitude of the problem. (James Bell Associates, 
1993)
    Maternal substance abuse has also been indicated as a significant 
factor in cases of infants abandoned in hospitals. Approximately 80 
percent of these babies are prenatally exposed to illicit drugs as 
compared with between five and approximately 11 percent of all babies 
born in the United States. About one-third of the illicit drug users 
smoked tobacco and/or drank alcohol during pregnancy. (James Bell 
Associates, 1993)
    Children who are HIV positive or have AIDS are frequently ill and 
require intensive and specialized care. The delivery of services to 
these children is often complicated because the children and their 
families live in communities that lack the necessary resources or 
because caregivers have difficulty accessing needed services. (Barth et 
al., 1996) Further complicating the situation is the fact that all of 
these children have mothers who are HIV positive, and most of the 
mothers are drug-abusers who themselves need medical, social and other 
supportive services. Returning care to the mother may not be an option, 
since the mother may be too ill herself to care for the child.
    The children living with an HIV/AIDS infected parent in many ways 
require as complex a range of services as the infected individual. To 
date, little attention has been focused on this issue. According to the 
best estimates provided by researchers thus far, the number of such 
children at risk of being orphaned by the AIDS/HIV epidemic may reach 
anywhere from 80,000-125,000 by the year 2000. (Levine, 1992) It is 
vital that communities, in general, and child welfare agencies, in 
particular, begin to address the issues of permanency planning for this 
vulnerable population. The magnitude of the problem and the need for 
appropriate planning and services to address this need have only 
recently been understood. Due to the episodic nature of the disease, 
parents and primary caregivers will experience a direct impact on the 
continuity of care that they must provide for their children. The 
children who will be or are orphaned by AIDS/HIV need social services, 
psychological and emotional support, medical care and the stability of 
a permanent home/caregiver. (Polineni, 1995)
    Although many of these services still need to be developed in 
communities, some States have taken steps to address permanency for 
these children. Several States have enacted Standby Guardianship Laws 
to allow parents to provide for the provisional care of their child and 
address the needs of both the child and the family. The laws are 
designed to be flexible to meet the parents' needs and may be 
implemented at any designated time including a period of illness, 
hospitalization or death. Ways to provide needed services and to 
eliminate the barriers to implementing permanency for this population 
need to be continually explored. (Polineni, 1995)
    Some children exposed to drugs, and those who acquire AIDS, pose 
challenging medical and behavioral problems. Their neurological 
deficits and developmental delays can prove very trying for caregivers. 
Biological and foster parents, relatives, adoptive parents and other 
caretakers often need special training and supportive services to help 
them meet the children's needs as well as respite services for 
themselves.
    Achieving permanency for such children is typically slow and 
complex. Some parents may be motivated to keep their child, but not to 
change their own behaviors; other parents may be motivated to change 
their behaviors, but are incapable of accessing the appropriate 
services on their own or of maintaining improved behaviors in their 
current environment. The assistance required to address the service 
needs of the parent may be fragmented among many different agencies. 
Some, such as drug treatment, may not be readily available for pregnant 
women. Some services may not be culturally sensitive, and others may 
not be entirely appropriate to the client's needs.
    If permanency is to be achieved early in the life of the developing 
child, intensive efforts must be made with the family to determine its 
suitability to care for the child. If that is not possible, steps must 
be taken toward constructive long-term solutions to provide permanency 
for the child. Toward these ends, systematic action must be taken to 
obtain and deliver a comprehensive set of services to the biological 
and/or foster or adoptive family and the child.
    A number of discretionary programs within ACYF and throughout the 
Department of Health and Human Services fund projects which are related 
to the issues addressed by this announcement. Prospective applicants 
for Priority Areas A and B must, if applicable, work with existing 
programs in the community that serve pregnant women or community 
programs that serve substance-abusing women and women with HIV/AIDS. 
The applicant should include a description of its networking activities 
to demonstrate how these programs are involved in service delivery.

Emphasis on Coordination

    All New Start Service Demonstration Project applicants should 
utilize an existing consortium or develop a consortium or other 
coordinating entity for the purpose of carrying out the project funded 
under this announcement. The consortium may include public health, 
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relevant human services agencies. To the extent possible, applicants 
are encouraged to formalize working relationships with the police and 
courts; mental health, developmental disabilities, Head Start, and 
special education providers, community-based maternal and child health 
programs; and community parent education and parent support programs, 
including in-home visiting, respite care and housing assistance in the 
community. Plans for coordinating joint medical-social service case 
management, outstationing child welfare staff at hospitals where large 
numbers of at-risk infants are being delivered, or other methods to be 
used to bring about comprehensive service delivery should be described 
in the application and supported by documentation.
    All currently funded grantees seeking new grant funding should 
continue to use their existing consortia. These grantees shall: (1) 
Describe ways in which the consortium can be expanded, if possible, or 
changed, if necessary; and (2) demonstrate how the consortium has 
improved communication and working relationships between and among 
community agencies in coordinating services for this target population.

A. Previous Service Demonstration Projects

    Eligible Applicants: The eight service demonstration projects 
initially funded in FY 1991 under section 101, Pub. L. 100-505 and four 
service demonstrations projects initially funded in FY 1993 under Pub. 
L. 102-236 are eligible for new grants under this priority area. 
Applicants must show progress and accomplishments to date on the 
original goals and objectives of their current grant. Inclusion of this 
information will be evaluated in the Approach Criterion.
    Application Requirements: See Part III.
    Project Duration: The length of the renewal project period for the 
competing service demonstration grantees may not exceed 48 months.
    Federal Share of Project Costs: Grant amounts will vary and range 
up to $450,000 for each of four years. The dollar amount requested must 
be fully justified and documented. The justification can include 
various community-specific factors related to substance abuse and 
perinatal exposure to drugs or HIV. For example, the applicant might 
include information on the rate of illegal drug use by women of child-
bearing age; the rate of HIV positive women giving birth; the number of 
known drug users; the rate or number of infants who have a positive 
toxicology screen. The size of a prior grant award is not, in and of 
itself, adequate justification to request the same amount under this 
announcement.
    Applicants under this priority areas must commit no less that 10% 
of the total approved project cost for the evaluation component. For 
example, a $450,000 grant award with a $50,000 match should commit no 
less than $50,000 annually to the evaluation effort or a total of no 
less than $200,000 during the entire project period.
    Matching Requirement: Grantees must provide at least 10 percent of 
the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of the 
project is the sum of the federal share and the non-Federal share. The 
non-Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although 
applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash 
contributions. Therefore, a project requesting a total of $1,800,000 in 
Federal funds for all four project years (based on an award of $450,000 
per budget year), must include a match of at least $200,000 (10 percent 
of total approved project costs, i.e., $50,000 per budget period).
    Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that 
three to five projects will be funded under this priority area.
    Length of Proposal: The length of the proposal is limited to 75 
pages, including all preprinted pages, and budget narrative, but 
exclusive of appendices.

B. New Start Comprehensive Service Demonstration Projects

    Eligible Applicants: Any State, local public or nonprofit agency or 
organization including accredited colleges and universities.
    Applicants in jurisdictions in which there currently does not exist 
a program funded under the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program will be 
considered under this priority area. Agencies and organizations that 
have previously received funding under the AIA Program but are not 
currently grantees may submit a proposal under this Priority Area.
    Applicants from localities in which projects are currently 
operating (see Appendix C) will not be considered as the purpose of 
this priority area is to establish comprehensive service projects in 
new localities. Exceptions to this may be considered for large 
metropolitan areas, that is, cities with a population over 1,000,000.
    Application Requirements: See Part III.
    Project Duration: The project period may not exceed 48 months.
    Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is 
$450,000 per budget year. However, applicants are strongly encouraged 
to construct the budget request judiciously. Factors to be considered 
include the population of the area to be served; the extent of maternal 
substance abuse in the target area; the number of drug-exposed infants; 
the number of women with AIDS or women who are HIV positive in the 
target area; the number of reports/referrals to social service agencies 
of babies born with illegal substances in their system. For example, a 
city which currently receives a $450,000 grant per budget year under 
this legislation has the following profile: A population of 2-3 
million; 20 percent of newborns have been prenatally exposed to drugs; 
2,000 reported allegations of child maltreatment involving infants in 
substance-abusing families are received annually; approximately 350-375 
women with AIDS living in the jurisdiction; an estimated 2,500-3,000 
HIV positive women and between 700-800 HIV positive children; and an 
annual projected number of 500 children born who are HIV-positive. Each 
applicant should compare statistics from its area to the example city 
and develop its budget request accordingly. This profile does not 
necessarily exclude an application from a jurisdiction of smaller size 
receiving the maximum Federal amount. However, an applicant from a 
smaller-sized jurisdiction must provide adequate justification that the 
community's experience with drug exposed and/or HIV-positive infants is 
severe enough to warrant the maximum Federal amount.
    Applicants under this priority area must commit no less than five 
percent of the total project cost for the evaluation component. For 
example, a $450,000 grant award with a $50,000 match should commit no 
less than $25,000 annually to the evaluation effort or no less than a 
total of $100,000 during the project period. Applicants are encouraged 
to increase the financial commitment to evaluation in Year III and IV.
    Matching Requirement: Grantees must provide at least 10 percent of 
the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of the 
project is the sum of the ACF share and the non-Federal share. The non-
Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although 
applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash 
contributions. Therefore, a project requesting a total of $1,800,000 in 
Federal funds for all four project years (based on an award of $450,000 
per

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budget year), must include a match of at least $200,000 (10 percent of 
total approved project costs, i.e., $50,000 per budget period).
    Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that 
three to five projects will be funded.
    Length of Proposal: The length of the proposal is limited to 75 
pages, including all preprinted pages, and budget narrative, but 
exclusive of appendices.

C. Family Support Services for Grandparents and Other Relatives 
Providing Caregiving for Children and Substance Abusing and HIV-
Positive Women

    Eligible Applicants: Public agencies and private, non-profit 
organizations and institutions of higher education are eligible to 
apply. Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of family caregiver 
support and service needs and be able to demonstrate a history of 
involvement with grandparent groups or other family member caregiver 
groups which specifically address the needs of drug-exposed and/or HIV-
positive children.
    Background: As an increasing number of HIV-positive and/or 
substance abusing parents become unable to provide adequate care for 
their infants and young children, family members, frequently 
grandparents, assume the responsibility as the primary caretaker for 
the children. Social service agencies report that an increasing number 
of families include a grandparent raising a grandchild, a circumstance 
which is due primarily to parental drug addiction.
    Many of the children born to drug-abusing, HIV-positive or AIDS 
infected women suffer medical or behavioral problems as a result of 
their mother's addiction or health status. They may be hyperactive and 
have severe or chronic health problems and developmental and 
neurological delays. These children may be more difficult to parent in 
many ways that family members, particularly grandparents who are 
dealing with their own aging or health issues, may not be adequately 
prepared to handle.
    In addition to parenting issues, families must also deal with 
financial support and custody issues. Family members frequently are 
outside the public child welfare system and receive little, if any, 
financial assistance. If assistance is available, it is generally at a 
rate lower than the foster care rates. Many caretakers receive no 
financial assistance at all.
    The familial caretakers may need education in how to deal with 
children who have been exposed pre-natally to a dangerous drug or who 
may be HIV-positive or HIV/AIDS affected; assistance in gaining access 
to community resources; and for themselves, support services to cope 
with the responsibilities of rearing children at an older age. The 
caregivers need training in what to expect of these children; how to 
nurture and care for them; and how to access other supportive services, 
including respite care. Family caregivers may also need some education 
to deal with the addictive behaviors of the child's parent(s). In 
addition, if the parent is HIV-positive, the caregivers will need 
support in dealing with the illness and eventual death of the child's 
parent.
    The purpose of this priority area is to provide funds to any group 
or organization that has experience in providing counseling and other 
support services to family caregivers for drug-exposed, HIV-positive or 
HIV/AIDS affected children. The funds will be used to establish or 
enhance a system of support services that should include, but not be 
limited to, social services, counseling, legal and financial services 
and assistance with custodial issues.
    Application Requirements: See Part III.
    Project Duration: The length of the project period for grantees may 
not exceed 48 months.
    Federal Share of Project Costs: Grant amounts will not exceed 
$100,000 for each of four years. The dollar amount requested must be 
fully justified and documented. The justification can include various 
community-specific factors related to substance abuse and perinatal 
exposure to drugs or HIV. For example, the applicant might include 
information on the rate of illegal drug use by women of child-bearing 
age; the rate of HIV positive women giving birth; the number of known 
drug users; the rate or number of infants who have a positive 
toxicology screen; the percentage of individuals caring for the 
children of substance-abusing or HIV-positive family members.
    Applicants must commit no less than 5% of the total approved 
project cost for the evaluation component. For example, a $100,000 
grant award with a $11,111 match should commit no less than $5,556 
annually to the evaluation effort or a total of no less than $22,222 
during the entire project period.
    Matching Requirement: Grantees must provide at least 10 percent of 
the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of the 
project is the sum of the federal share and the non-Federal share. The 
non-Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although 
applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash 
contributions. Therefore, a project requesting a total of $400,000 in 
Federal funds for all four project years (based on an award of $100,000 
per budget year), must include a match of at least $44,444 (10 percent 
of total approved project costs, i.e., $11,111 per budget period).
    Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that 
three projects will be funded.
    Length of Proposal: The length of the proposal is limited to 60 
pages, including all preprinted pages, and budget narrative, but 
exclusive of appendices.

Part III. Application Requirements

    Applicants are required to use the Standard Forms, Certifications, 
Disclosures and Assurances provided under Appendix A. Applications 
submitted for funding under this announcement are considered New 
Applications; and, therefore, applicants should follow instructions for 
New Applications.
    New applications must respond to the instructions under Program 
Narrative, Item A--Project Description--Components, and Item D--Budget 
and Budget Justification. In preparing the program narrative statement, 
the applicant should provide the information that the panel will use to 
evaluate and rank the proposal. The information should be concise and 
complete when addressing the activities for which Federal funds are 
being requested. Supporting documents should be included in order to 
present the information clearly and succinctly. Applicants are 
encouraged to provide information on their organizational structure, 
staff, related experience and other information considered to be 
relevant.
    Under Item A--Project Description--component, the applicant must 
address the specific information requested under each priority area in 
this program announcement. The information addressing the following 
sections should either not require a response or should be located 
under a different section than prescribed.
    Section A.1--Project Summary/Abstract--This should be a one page or 
less summary of the project and placed directly after the table of 
contents. This page will not count against the page limitation.
    Section A.5--Evaluation--Provide a narrative that describes a way 
to evaluate (1) the results of the proposed project; and (2) the 
process outcomes of the project. State how the evaluation process will 
determine the extent to which the program has achieved the stated 
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which the accomplishment of the objectives can be attributed to the 
program. Discuss the criteria to be used to evaluate the results; 
explain the methodology that will be used to determine if the needs 
identified and discussed are being met and if the project results and 
benefits are being achieved. Keep in mind the suggested data collection 
instruments mentioned in the priority areas. Define the procedures you 
will employ to determine whether the program is being conducted in a 
manner consistent with the work plan and discuss the impact of the 
program effectiveness.
    Section A.6--Geographic Location--should be addressed under the 
Objectives and Needs for Assistance
    Section A.7--Additional Information--should be addressed under the 
Staff Background and Organizational Experience. Letters of support 
should be included in the appendices.
    Section B.--Non-Competing Continuation applications--Does not apply 
to this announcement.
    Section C.--Supplemental Requests--Does not apply to this 
announcement.
    Section D.--Budget and Budget Justification--Provide a line item 
detail and detailed calculations for each budget object class 
identified on the Budget Information form. Detailed calculations must 
include estimation methods, quantities, unit costs and other similar 
quantitative detail sufficient for the calculation to be duplicated. 
The detailed budget must also include a breakout by the funding sources 
identified in block 15 of the SF-424.
    Provide a narrative budget justification which describes how the 
categorical costs are derived. Discuss the necessity, reasonableness 
and allocability of the proposed costs.
    Applicants must address the following requirements in their 
application to be considered responsive to the Federal Register 
announcement. These requirements have been organized according to the 
evaluation criteria presented in Part III.

A. Objectives and Need for Assistance

    1. State the objectives for the program and indicate how these 
objectives relate to the community issues to be addressed and 
demonstrate that there is a need for the program and is based on an 
assessment of community needs. Provide letters of support for your 
program from community-based agencies.
    2. Identify the population to be served by the project and describe 
the needs of the target population. Provide an estimated number of 
infants and families the project will serve.
    3. Identify the geographic location to be served by the project. 
Describe the key socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the 
targeted community as it relates to women of child-bearing age and 
women and families who are affected by substance-abuse and HIV/AIDS and 
their needs. Describe the current availability of needed services that 
serve substance-abusing and/or AIDS/HIV-infected women and their 
families in the community.

B. Results or Benefits

    1. Identify the specific results or benefits that can be expected 
for substance-abusing women and/or women with HIV/AIDS and their 
families. Identify specific community-wide results, if any.
    2. Identify the kinds of qualitative and quantitative data the 
program will collect to measure progress towards the stated results or 
benefits. In discussing the evaluation, state the methods/procedures 
used to determine the extent to which the program has achieved the 
stated objectives.
    3. Provide assurances that the program will collect data on 
individuals and families served; types of services provided; service 
utilization information; types and nature of needs identified and met 
and any other such information as may be required by ACYF.
    4. Describe how the program results will benefit national policy 
and practice and ways in which it could lead to additional research in 
this field.

C. Approach

For Priority Area A
    Applications submitted under this priority area are to include 
approaches/strategies to organize, make accessible and implement a 
comprehensive range of services for substance-abusing women and women 
with HIV/AIDS and their families. The proposed range of services should 
include discussions of any enhanced services based on prior years 
experience in conducting a service program. They must:
    1. Describe how your project will accomplish the following set of 
legislative purposes:
     To prevent the abandonment of infants and young children, 
including the provision of services to members of the biological family 
to address any condition that increases the probability of abandonment 
of an infant or young child;
     To prevent the subsequent abandonment of infants and young 
children when they return to their homes;
     To assist abandoned infants and young children to reside 
with their biological families, relatives or foster and adoptive 
families, as appropriate, and to include the provision of respite care 
as needed. Short-term, transitional residential care services for small 
groups of infants or young children may be provided. For these 
services, however, it must be shown that the placements are necessary 
because, for example, a sufficient number of families cannot be 
recruited and trained to provide foster family care for abandoned 
infants and young children in the community or that such placements are 
in the best interests of the child. Proposals including residential 
care services will be considered only if that component is part of and 
integral to a larger system of services directed toward achieving 
permanency for the children; and only if the residential services are 
designed to be transitional (i.e., three to six months and no longer) 
to a permanent placement. The proposal may not include the costs of 
construction or other major structural changes for facilities. (Minor 
structural changes may be considered and approved by the Project 
Officer and Grants Management Office.)
    2. Include an outcome analysis of prior evaluation(s).
    3. Describe any revision or expansions of project goals and 
objectives based on a review of the development and implementation of 
the program. The review should include an assessment of the 
effectiveness of the approaches and intervention strategies initially 
proposed. If revised approaches were used, they should also be assessed 
for their effectiveness. This process should also include an assessment 
of problems in program implementation and a discussion of the proposed 
improved strategies to address those barriers.
    4. In developing a broad and comprehensive approach, describe ways 
in which the project will provide the wide range of assistance needed 
by the target population that could include parenting skills; 
supportive, therapeutic services; housing and transportation; health 
care and drug and alcohol treatment; as well as, ways of addressing the 
specialized health care and therapeutic intervention for infants 
exposed to drugs and AIDS/HIV to assist them in their physical and 
cognitive development.
    5. Describe ways the project will provide a program of service 
delivery that provides health, education and social services at a 
single site, as required by section 101(a)(8) of Pub. L.

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100-505, as amended. If not, provide an explanation how these services 
will be readily accessible to the client families.
    6. Describe ways in which following suggested strategies could be 
used in the proposed program implementation. These strategies and 
approaches are based on several years of experience in implementing 
services programs targeted for families at risk of abandonment and can 
be considered successful in working with the target population. They 
include:
     Interagency Collaboration--Services to the target 
population need to be comprehensive and seamless and require more 
resources than any single agency can provide. Interagency collaboration 
coordinates service development and funding between multiple agencies 
serving the same population.
     Intervention Teams--These teams bring together 
professionals from a variety of disciplines in the planning and 
delivery of services. An interdisciplinary team provides a variety of 
service perspectives and a more holistic assessment of needs and a more 
complete treatment plan.
     Peer Services--Peer staff have backgrounds and experiences 
similar to the clients and serve as a bridge between the client and 
professional worlds. Peer staff are more accessible and less 
threatening to the clients and can establish more trusting and more 
supportive relationships.
     Home-Based Services--Educational, supportive and 
therapeutic services are provided in the client's home and can improve 
client assessment and service provision by giving a fuller 
understanding of the client's circumstances. Further, lack of 
transportation and child care create serious barriers to agency-based 
services.
     Culturally Appropriate and Women-focused Services--This 
emphasis enables the services to be provided in an environment that 
acknowledges, reflects and respects the cultural and ethnic influences 
of the client population and recognizes the needs that particularly 
affect women.
     Coordinated Medical and Social Service Case Management--
These case management services aid in the timely discharge of infants 
and reduce medically unnecessary hospital days and expedite hospital 
discharges to the most family-like settings.
     Legal, Policy and Program Development--These services 
provide permanency for HIV-affected children and help keep children 
orphaned by AIDS from entering the child welfare system.
    7. Describe ways in which these additional suggested strategies/
approaches regarding family mediation and voluntary relinquishment can 
be used. These techniques are useful in establishing permanency for 
children after it has been decided that targeted infants and children 
cannot return home. They are:
     Family Mediation--This is a voluntary, non-coercive 
negotiation process facilitated by a neutral, third-party. The goal of 
mediation is to encourage birth parent(s), extended relatives and 
foster/adoptive parents to cooperate in making decisions that reflect 
the best interests of the child. Mediation empowers the biological 
parent(s) and recognizes the need for a child to maintain family ties.
     Relinquishment--This is a voluntary process of 
transferring parental rights to an authorized child welfare agency and 
is usually a front-end approach that occurs prior to court involvement.
    8. Include an assurance of a third party evaluation of the project. 
In order to evaluate the competence of the third-party evaluator and to 
assure that the evaluation methodology and design are appropriate, the 
third party evaluator must write the evaluation section of the 
application. This means that the evaluator must be selected as soon as 
possible after an applicant has decided to compete for a demonstration 
project. In selecting an evaluator, applicants are reminded that it is 
a regulatory requirement to encourage maximum free and open 
competition, using the applicant's own procurement policies and 
procedures. The application must indicate whether the third party 
evaluator was competitively selected, or whether the applicant is 
proposing a sole source contract for the evaluator. Sole source 
procurements must be fully justified in the application. For those 
applicants who plan to continue the services of their current third 
party evaluator, the applicant must include in the application a sole 
source justification for review, by the program office and the Division 
of Discretionary Grants, ACF.
    9. Describe the methods of collecting descriptive data on the 
characteristics of the clients served and the services provided; and 
measures of client outcomes. In developing the evaluation component, 
applicants are required to collect outcome data on the following:
     Substance abuse treatment and recovery;
     Target infant/child characteristics, including gestational 
age, birth weight, HIV status at birth/15 months, drug screen results;
     Target infant/child placement status--at program intake, 
12 months after enrollment in the program and at termination;
     Client termination--child placement status at 12 months 
after leaving the program.
     Family stability/permanency--e.g., hospitalized, home with 
biological parent, pre-adoptive, adoptive home, home with relatives, 
formal kinship foster care, or foster care home at intake, every six 
months enrolled, at termination and at six months post-termination.
    10. Describe ways to collect data on the additional required 
following outcomes using suggested data collection instruments 
indicated:
     Child development and well-being at program intake and 12 
months after enrollment. Data should also be collected on child 
injuries, hospitalizations or death following case openings. Suggested 
instruments include: Bayley Scale of Infant Development; Brazelton 
Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale; Denver Developmental Screening 
Test; Infant Behavior Questionnaire; and Child Well-Being Scales.
     Client satisfaction at three, six, twelve months and 
termination. Suggested instruments include: Client Feedback and 
Customer Satisfaction Survey.
    11. Describe ways to collect the data on the following suggested 
but not required elements. Suggested data collection instruments are 
also included:
     Parenting skills--Suggested instruments: Parental Outcomes 
Interview; Knowledge of Child Development Questionnaire;
     Parent (caregiver) child interaction--Suggested 
instruments: Parental Outcomes Involvement Scale; Parent-Child Early 
Relational Assessment; and
     Cost Benefit--Discussion of a how the project reduces the 
financial burden on community services, e.g., reduction in the number 
of days of hospitalization.
    12. Provide an assurance that the applicants will submit 
descriptive data on the clients served and the services provided 
annually to the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. 
Timeframes for the submission of data on outcome measures will be 
negotiated within six months after grant award.
    13. Provide an assurance that grantee staff will attend the 
required grantees' meeting held annually. At a minimum, a key staff 
person from the project and the evaluator will attend the annual 2-3 
day grantees' meeting in Washington,

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D.C. The applicant is further required to participate in any evaluation 
effort supported by ACYF.
For Priority Area B
    Applications submitted under this priority area are to include 
approaches/strategies to organize, make accessible and implement a 
comprehensive range of services for substance-abusing women and women 
with HIV/AIDS and their families. They must:
    1. Describe how your project will accomplish the following set of 
legislative purposes:
     To prevent the abandonment of infants and young children, 
including the provision of services to members of the biological family 
to address any condition that increases the probability of abandonment 
of an infant or young child;
     To prevent the subsequent abandonment of infants and young 
children when they return to their homes;
     To assist abandoned infants and young children to reside 
with their biological families, relatives or foster and adoptive 
families, as appropriate, and to include the provision of respite care 
as needed. Short-term, transitional residential care services for small 
groups of infants or young children may be provided. For these 
services, however, it must be shown that the placements are necessary 
because, for example, a sufficient number of families cannot be 
recruited and trained to provide foster family care for abandoned 
infants and young children in the community or that such placements are 
in the best interests of the child. Proposals including residential 
care services will be considered only if that component is part of and 
integral to a larger system of services directed toward achieving 
permanency for the children; and only if the residential services are 
designed to be transitional (i.e., three to six months and no longer) 
to a permanent placement. The proposal may not include the costs of 
construction or other major structural changes for facilities. (Minor 
structural changes may be considered and approved by the Project 
Officer and Grants Management Office.)
    2. In developing a broad and comprehensive approach, describe ways 
in which the project will provide the wide range of assistance needed 
by the target population that could include parenting skills; 
supportive, therapeutic services; housing and transportation; health 
care and drug and alcohol treatment; as well as, ways of addressing the 
specialized health care and therapeutic intervention for infants 
exposed to drugs and AIDS/HIV to assist them in their physical and 
cognitive development.
    3. Describe ways the project will provide a program of service 
delivery that provides health, education and social services at a 
single site, as required by section 101(a)(8) of Pub. L. 100-505, as 
amended. If not, provide an explanation how these services will be 
readily accessible to the client families.
    4. Describe ways in which following suggested strategies could be 
used in the proposed program implementation. These strategies and 
approaches are based on several years of experience in implementing 
services programs targeted for families at risk of abandonment and can 
be considered successful in working with the target population. They 
include:
     Interagency Collaboration--Services to the target 
population need to be comprehensive and seamless and require more 
resources than any single agency can provide. Interagency collaboration 
coordinates service development and funding between multiple agencies 
serving the same population.
     Intervention Teams--These teams bring together 
professionals from a variety of disciplines in the planning and 
delivery of services. An interdisciplinary team provides a variety of 
service perspectives and a more holistic assessment of needs and a more 
complete treatment plan.
     Peer Services--Peer staff have backgrounds and experiences 
similar to the clients and serve as a bridge between the client and 
professional worlds. Peer staff are more accessible and less 
threatening to the clients and can establish more trusting and more 
supportive relationships.
     Home-Based Services--Educational, supportive and 
therapeutic services are provided in the client's home and can improve 
client assessment and service provision by giving a fuller 
understanding of the client's circumstances. Further, lack of 
transportation and child care create serious barriers to agency-based 
services.
     Culturally Appropriate and Women-focused Services--This 
emphasis enables the services to be provided in an environment that 
acknowledges, reflects and respects the cultural and ethnic influences 
of the client population and recognizes the needs that particularly 
affect women.
     Coordinated Medical and Social Service Case Management--
These case management services aid in the timely discharge of infants 
and reduce medically unnecessary hospital days and expedite hospital 
discharges to the most family-like settings.
     Legal, Policy and Program Development--These services 
provide permanency for HIV-affected children and help keep children 
orphaned by AIDS from entering the child welfare system.
    5. Describe ways in which these additional suggested strategies/
approaches regarding family mediation and voluntary relinquishment can 
be used. These techniques are useful in establishing permanency for 
children after it has been decided that targeted infants and children 
cannot return home. They are:
     Family Mediation--This is a voluntary, non-coercive 
negotiation process facilitated by a neutral, third-party. The goal of 
mediation is to encourage birth parent(s), extended relatives and 
foster/adoptive parents to cooperate in making decisions that reflect 
the best interests of the child. Mediation empowers the biological 
parent(s) and recognizes the need for a child to maintain family ties.
     Relinquishment--This is a voluntary process of 
transferring parental rights to an authorized child welfare agency and 
is usually a front-end approach that occurs prior to court involvement.
    6. Include an assurance of a third party evaluation of the project. 
In order to evaluate the competence of the third-party evaluator and to 
assure that the evaluation methodology and design are appropriate, the 
third party evaluator must write the evaluation section of the 
application. This means that the evaluator must be selected as soon as 
possible after an applicant has decided to compete for a demonstration 
project. In selecting an evaluator, applicants are reminded that it is 
a regulatory requirement to encourage maximum free and open 
competition, using the applicant's own procurement policies and 
procedures. The application must indicate whether the third party 
evaluator was competitively selected, or whether the applicant is 
proposing a sole source contract for the evaluator. Sole source 
procurements must be fully justified in the application.
    7. Describe ways to collect process and outcome measures data for 
the project. For examples, applicants should consider a tiered 
evaluation plan (1) To collect formative evaluation data; and (2) to 
collect data on outcome measures as the information becomes available. 
The evaluation plan should address both aspects even though process 
data may be the only reportable data available for Years 1 and II. The 
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should include methods of collecting descriptive data on the 
characteristics of the clients served and the services provided. This 
evaluation should be designed to collect systematic data to answer 
questions such as the following: What are the characteristics of 
families who abandon children? What are the service needs of children, 
mothers, fathers and families of drug exposed infants? Of HIV positive 
infants? What are the barriers to comprehensive case management and to 
the coordination of service delivery? What changes have been most 
helpful in improving the delivery of services? What changes/
improvements have there been in the child's well-being and the child's 
development? What changes have there been in the family's stability and 
ability to function? What are the permanency outcomes for children?
    8. Describe the methods of collecting descriptive data on the 
characteristics of the clients served and the services provided; and 
measures of client outcomes. In developing the evaluation component, 
applicants are required to collect outcome data on the following:
     Substance abuse treatment and recovery;
     Target infant/child characteristics, including gestational 
age, birth weight, HIV status at birth/15 months, drug screen results;
     Target infant/child placement status--at program intake, 
12 months after enrollment in the program and at termination;
     Client termination--child placement status at 12 months 
after leaving the program.
     Family stability/permanency--e.g., hospitalized, home with 
biological parent, pre-adoptive, adoptive home, home with relatives, 
formal kinship foster care, or foster care home at intake, every six 
months enrolled, at termination and at six months post-termination.
    9. Describe ways to collect data on the additional required 
following outcomes using suggested data collection instruments 
indicated:
     Child development and well-being at program intake and 12 
months after enrollment. Data should also be collected on child 
injuries, hospitalizations or death following case openings. Suggested 
instruments include: Bayley Scale of Infant Development; Brazelton 
Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale; Denver Developmental Screening 
Test; Infant Behavior Questionnaire; and Child Well-Being Scales.
     Client satisfaction at three, six, twelve months and 
termination. Suggested instruments include: Client Feedback and 
Customer Satisfaction Survey.
    10. Describe ways to collect the data on the following suggested 
but not required elements. Suggested data collection instruments are 
also included:
     Parenting skills--Suggested instruments: Parental Outcomes 
Interview; Knowledge of Child Development Questionnaire;
     Parent (caregiver) child interaction--Suggested 
instruments: Parental Outcomes Involvement Scale; Parent-Child Early 
Relational Assessment; and
     Cost Benefit--Discussion of how the project reduces the 
financial burden on community services, e.g., reduction in the number 
of days of hospitalization.
    11. Provide an assurance that the applicants will submit 
descriptive data on the clients served and the services provided 
annually to the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. 
Timeframes for the submission of data on outcome measures will be 
negotiated within six months after grant award.
    12. Provide an assurance that grantee staff will attend the 
required grantees' meeting held annually. At a minimum, a key staff 
person from the project and the evaluator will attend the annual 2-3 
day grantees' meeting in Washington, D.C. The applicant is further 
required to participate in any evaluation effort supported by ACYF.
For Priority Area C
    Applications submitted under this priority area are to include 
approaches/strategies to organize, make accessible and implement 
appropriate services for caregivers of substance-abusing women and 
women with HIV/AIDS and their families. They must:
    1. Describe the applicant's understanding of the problems involved 
in caring for children of substance-abusing and/or HIV-positive 
parent(s) and an understanding of the special needs of children who may 
be HIV-positive;
    2. Describe the multiple needs of the relative caregivers, 
particularly the support services needed to address the unique needs of 
families dealing with intergenerational differences and issues, 
including caring for siblings;
    3. Show the applicant's evidence of a commitment to work with a 
social service, public health, mental health agency or legal services 
in providing needed consultation, support services and advice to family 
caregivers;
    4. Describe the applicant's understanding of the program, service 
and legal issues involved in serving families affected by substance 
abuse and HIV/AIDS.
    5. Include an assurance of a third party evaluation of the project. 
In order to evaluate the competence of the third-party evaluator and to 
assure that the evaluation methodology and design are appropriate, the 
third party evaluator must write the evaluation section of the 
application. This means that the evaluator must be selected as soon as 
possible after an applicant has decided to compete for a demonstration 
project. In selecting an evaluator, applicants are reminded that it is 
a regulatory requirement to encourage maximum free and open 
competition, using the applicant's own procurement policies and 
procedures. The application must indicate whether the third party 
evaluator was competitively selected, or whether the applicant is 
proposing a sole source contract for the evaluator. Sole source 
procurements must be fully justified in the application.
    6. Provide an assurance that a key staff person from the project 
and the evaluator will attend an annual 2-3 day grantees' meeting in 
Washington, D.C. The applicant must agree to participate in any 
evaluation effort supported by ACYF.

D. Staff Background and Experience

    1. Describe the applicant's experience in providing comprehensive 
services to substance-abusing women and women who have HIV/AIDS and 
their infants and/or young children, as well as the applicant's 
experience in collaborating with community-based agencies. Describe the 
applicant's history and relationship with the targeted community. 
Include a complete discussion of relevant program, administrative and 
fiscal management experience.
    2. If the applicant represents a consortium of partner agencies, 
explain the relevant background of each partner and the partners' 
experience in planning and implementing programs to serve children and 
families impacted by substance-abuse and HIV/AIDS. Each partner must 
provide a letter of commitment which authorizes the applicant to apply 
on behalf of the consortium.
    3. Identify and provide a brief description of key staff who are 
proposed to work in the program and indicate their educational training 
and experience in working with similar programs. Provide resumes. In 
addition, explain how the ethnic and racial composition and language 
proficiencies of the proposed staff persons is reflective of the 
community to be served.

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    4. Describe the experience and provide resumes of the individuals 
who will assist the program in conducting the evaluation activities.

E. Budget Appropriateness

    1. Provide a detailed line-item budget. In the proposed budget, 
applicants must include sufficient funds so that at least two staff can 
travel to Washington, D. C. for the annual grantee's conference. 
(Attendance at this conference is a grant requirement.) Each budget 
should include the required non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project.
    2. Describe how the budget reflects high quality, ongoing service 
provided at reasonable costs. Include a discussion on the 
appropriateness of staff compensation levels and funds sets aside to 
promote staff training, as needed. Explain the efforts the applicant 
has made to secure other community case and/or in-kind resources.

Part IV. Evaluation Criteria

    In considering how applicants will carry out the responsibilities 
addressed under Part III of this announcement, competing applications 
will be reviewed and evaluated against the following five criteria. The 
point values following each criterion indicate the numerical weight 
each criterion will be accorded in the review process.

A. Criterion 1. Objectives and Need for Assistance (20 Points)

    The extent to which the applicant:
     Identifies the relevant socioeconomic and demographic 
characteristics of women of child-bearing age who are substance-abusers 
and/or infected with HIV/AIDS, as well, as the community resources 
available or the gaps in services which demonstrate a need for the 
project;
     Addresses the goals of the legislative mandate to address 
the needs of infants who have been exposed to a dangerous drug or who 
have been perinatally exposed to the HIV virus and who may be at risk 
of abandonment;
     Identifies goals that address the social service support 
needs of women impacted by substance-abuse or HIV/AIDS and how those 
support will enhance family stability and functioning;
     Proposes objectives and need for assistance that (1) 
address the community's needs and the needs and concerns of the 
targeted families; and (2) help ameliorate the issues confronted by 
women, children and families who are impacted by substance-abuse and 
HIV/AIDS; and (3) address the permanency placement needs of infants and 
young children involved in the service demonstration project;
     Draws on the available services in the community, if 
available;
     Describes the population to be served by the project and 
explains why this population is in most need; and describe the 
permanency planning needs of the infants and young children and 
strategies to address those needs that either prevent abandonment or 
subsequent entries into the child welfare system;
     Gives a precise location and rationale for the project 
site/area to be served.

B. Criterion 2. Results of Benefits Expected (10 Points)

    The extent to which the applicant:
     Identifies the results and benefits to be derived from the 
project and links these to the stated objective(s);
     Describes the types of data to be collected and how it 
will be utilized to measure progress towards the stated results or 
benefits; and
     Describes how the lessons learned from the project will 
benefit policy, practice, theory and/or research in both addressing the 
social service needs of substance-abusing or HIV/AIDS women and their 
families or in establishing permanency for the infants and young 
children in the target population.

C. Criterion 3. Approach (40 Points)

    The extent to which the applicant:
     Outlines a workable plan of action which relates to the 
stated objectives and scope of the project and reflects the intent of 
the legislative mandates and details how the proposed work will be 
accomplished;
     Addresses the permanency outcomes for infants and young 
children, for example, by conducting concurrent planning with the 
family or by expediting permanency after all appropriate stabilizing 
efforts with the biological family have been tried;
     Lists the activities to be conducted in chronological 
order, showing a reasonable schedule of accomplishments and target 
dates;
     If the applicant is proposing to conduct a transitional 
residence for infants impacted by substance-abuse and/or HIV/AIDS, the 
extent to which the applicant develops and executes plans for infants 
not to exceed six months in the residence and plans for permanency for 
the infants or young children. (Applicants who are proposing 
transitional residence services and do not respond to this sub-
criterion will be considered non-responsive to the Federal Register 
announcement. Applicants who are proposing transitional residence 
services and do not include a copy of the appropriate state license 
will be considered non-responsive to the Federal Register 
announcement.);
     Identifies the kinds of data to be collected and 
maintained and discusses the criteria to be used to evaluate the 
results and successes of the project; and
     Describes the evaluation methodology that will be used to 
determine if the needs identified and discussed are met and if the 
results and benefits identified are achieved.

D. Criterion 4. Staff Background and Organizational Experience (20 
Points)

    The extent to which the applicant:
     Demonstrates that the proposed project director, key 
project staff and the evaluator have the ability to effectively and 
efficiently administer a project of this size, scope and complexity, 
including their experience and background in working with women who are 
substance-abusing or have HIV/AIDS and the young children and families 
impacted by those issues and their experience working with local and 
state child welfare systems and their familiarity with child welfare 
issues;
     Details the organization's experience in addressing the 
needs of women and families impacted by substance-abuse and/or HIV/
AIDS; and
     Describes the adequacy of the applicant's management plan 
to ensure its capacity and efficiency to accomplish the goals of the 
project.

E. Budget Appropriateness (10 Points)

    The extent to which the applicant justifies the following:
     Costs are reasonable in view of the activities to be 
conducted and the expected results and benefits;
     Salaries and fringe benefits reflect the level of 
compensation appropriate for the proposed staff responsibilities; and
     The non-Federal contribution of the total project costs.

Part V. Instructions for the Development and Submission of Applications 
for FY 1997

    This part contains information and instructions for submitting 
applications in response to this announcement. Application forms are 
provided along with a checklist for assembling an application package. 
Please copy and use these forms in submitting an application.
    Potential applicants should read this section carefully in 
conjunction with the information contained within the specific priority 
area under which the application is to be submitted. The

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priority area descriptions are in Part II and the application 
requirements are in Part III.

A. Availability of Forms

    Eligible applicants interested in applying for funds must submit a 
complete application including the required forms at the end of this 
program announcement in Appendix A. In order to be considered for a 
grant under this announcement, an application must be submitted on the 
Standard Form 424 (approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
under Control Number 0348-0043). A copy has been provided. Each 
application must be signed by an individual authorized to act for the 
applicant and to assume responsibility for the obligations imposed by 
the terms and conditions of the grant award. Applicants requesting 
financial assistance for non-construction projects must file the 
Standard Form 424B, ``Assurances: Non-Construction Programs'' (approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 0348-0040). 
Applicants must sign and return the Standard Form 424B with their 
application. Applicants must provide a certification regarding lobbying 
(approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 
0348-0046). Prior to receiving an award in excess of $100,000 
applicants shall furnish an executed copy of the lobbying certification 
(approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 
0348-0046). Applicants must sign and return the certification with 
their application.
    Applicants must make the appropriate certification of their 
compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988. By signing and 
submitting the application, applicants are providing the certification 
and need not mail back the certification with the application.
    Applicants will be held accountable for the smoking prohibition 
included with Pub.L. 103-227, Part C Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also 
known as the Pro-Children's Act of 1994). A copy of the Federal 
Register notice which implements the smoking prohibition is included 
with the forms. By signing and submitting the applications, applicants 
are providing the certification and need not mail back the 
certification with the application.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the 
Department is required to submit to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval any reporting and record-keeping 
requirements or program announcements. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. 
This program announcement meets all information collection requirements 
approved for ACF grant applications under OMB Control Number 0970-0139.

C. Required Notification of the State Single Point of Contact

    The Abandoned Infants Program is covered under Executive Order 
12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and 45 CFR part 
100, Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human 
Services Program and Activities. Under the Order, States may design 
their own processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed Federal 
assistance under covered programs.
    As of January 1997, the following jurisdictions have elected not to 
participate in the Executive Order process. Applicants from these 
jurisdictions or for projects administered by Federally-recognized 
Indian Tribes need take no action in regard to E.O. 12372: Alabama, 
Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Palau, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Vermont, Virginia, Washington.
    All remaining jurisdictions participate in the Executive Order 
process and have established State Single Point of Contact (SPOCs). 
Applicants from participating jurisdictions should contact their SPOCs 
as soon as possible to alert them of the prospective application and 
receive instructions. Applicants must submit any required material to 
the SPOCs as soon as possible so that the program office can obtain and 
review SPOC comments as part of the review process. The applicant must 
submit all required materials, if any, to the SPOC and indicate the 
date of this submittal (or the date of contact if no submittal is 
required) on the Standard Form 424, item 16a.
    Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application 
deadline to comment on proposed new or competing continuation awards. 
SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate the submission of routine 
endorsements as official recommendations.
    Additionally, SPOCs are requested to clearly differentiate between 
mere advisory comments and those official State process recommendations 
which may trigger the ``accommodate'' or ``explain'' rule.
    When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be 
addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 
for Children and Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade SW, Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC 20447.
    A list of the Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory 
is included as Appendix B of this announcement.

D. Deadline for Submission of Applications

    The closing time and date for the receipt of applications is 4:30 
p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on July 21, 1997. Applications must be 
received by 4:30 p.m. on that day. Applications received after 4:30 
p.m. will be classified as late.
    Deadline: Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting an 
announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline time 
and date at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Division of Discretionary 
Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC 
20447, Attention: Abandoned Infants Assistance Program (Reference 
Announcement Number and Priority Area A, B, or C). Applicants are 
responsible for mailing applications well in advance, when using the 
mail services, to ensure that the applications are received on or 
before the deadline time and date.
    Applications handcarried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by 
overnight/express mail couriers shall be considered as meeting an 
announced deadline if they are received on before the deadline date, 
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
Division of Discretionary Grants, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor Loading Dock, 
Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 between Monday 
and Friday (excluding Federal Holidays). Applicants are cautioned that 
express/overnight mail services do not always deliver as agreed.
    ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax or 
through other electronic media. Therefore, applications transmitted to 
ACF electronically will not be accepted regardless of date or time of 
submission and time of receipt.
    Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria 
stated above are considered late applications. ACF shall notify each 
late applicant that

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its application will not be considered in the current competition.
    Extension of Deadlines: ACF may extend the deadline for all 
applicants because of acts of God such as floods, hurricanes, etc., or 
when there is a widespread disruption of the mail. However, if ACF does 
not extend the deadline for all applicants, it may not waive or extend 
the deadline for any applicants.

E. Instructions for Preparing the Application and Completing 
Application Forms

    The SF 424, 424A, 424B, and certifications have been reprinted for 
your convenience in preparing the application. See Appendix A. You 
should reproduce single-sided copies of these forms from the reprinted 
forms in the announcement, typing your information onto the copies. 
Please do not use forms directly from the Federal Register 
announcement, as they are printed on both sides of the page.
    Please prepare your application in accordance with the following 
instructions:
    1. SF 424 Page 1, Application Cover Sheet. Please read the 
following instructions before completing the application cover sheet. 
An explanation of each item is included. Complete only the items 
specified.
    Top of Page. Enter the single priority area number under which the 
application is being submitted under only one priority area.
    Item 1. Type of submission--Preprinted on the form.
    Item 2. Date Submitted and Applicant Identifier--Date application 
is submitted to ACYF and applicant's own internal control number, if 
applicable.
    Item 3. Date Received By State--State use only (if applicable).
    Item 4. Date Received by Federal Agency--Leave blank.
    Item 5. Applicant Information Legal Name--Enter the legal name of 
the applicant organization. For applications developed jointly, enter 
the name of the lead organization only. There must be a single 
applicant for each application.
    Organizational Unit--Enter the name of the primary unit within the 
applicant organization which will actually carry out the project 
activity. Do not use the name of an individual as the applicant. If 
this is the same as the applicant organization, leave the 
organizational unit blank.
    Address--Enter the complete address that the organization actually 
uses to receive mail, since this is the address to which all 
correspondence will be sent. Do not include both street address and 
P.O. box number unless both must be used in mailing.
    Name and telephone number of the person to be contacted on matters 
involving this application (give area code)--Enter the full name 
(including academic degree, if applicable) and telephone number of a 
person who can respond to questions about the application. This 
individual should be accessible at the address given here.
    Item 6. Employer Identification Number (EIN)--Enter the employer 
identification number of the applicant organization, as assigned only 
by the DHHS Central Registry System. EIN prefixes and suffixes assigned 
by agencies other than DHHS are not valid at DHHS/ACF.
    Item 7. Type of Applicant--Self-explanatory.
    Item 8. Type of Application--Preprinted on the form.
    Item 9. Name of Federal Agency--Preprinted on the form.
    Item 10. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number and Title--
Enter the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number assigned 
to the program under which assistance is requested and its title, as 
indicated in the relevant priority area description. The CDFA number 
for the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program is 93.551.
    Item 11. Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project--Enter the 
project title and the priority area number in parenthesis after the 
project title. The title is generally short and is descriptive of the 
project.
    Item 12. Areas Affected by Project--Enter the governmental unit 
where significant and meaningful impact could be observed. List only 
the largest unit or units affected, such as State, county, or city. If 
an entire unit is affected, list it rather than subunits.
    Item 13. Proposed Project--Enter the desired start date for the 
project and projected completion date.
    Item 14. Congressional District of Applicant/Project--Enter the 
number of the Congressional District where the applicant's principal 
office is located and the number of the Congressional district(s) where 
the project will be located. If statewide, a multi-State effort, or 
nationwide, enter 00.
    Items 15. Estimated Funding Levels In completing 15a through 15f, 
the dollar amounts entered should reflect, for a 12 month budget 
period, the total amount requested. If the proposed project period 
exceeds 17 months, enter only those dollar amounts needed for the first 
12 months of the proposed project.
    Item 15a. Enter the amount of Federal funds requested in accordance 
with the preceding paragraph. This amount should be no greater than the 
maximum amount specified in the priority area description.
    Item 15 b-e. Enter the amount(s) of funds from non-Federal sources 
that will be contributed to the proposed project. Items b-e are 
considered cost-sharing or matching funds. The value of third party in-
kind contributions should be included on appropriate lines as 
applicable.
    Items 15f. Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected 
to be generated from the proposed project. Do not add or subtract this 
amount from the total project amount entered under item 15g. Describe 
the nature, source and anticipated use of this income in the Project 
Narrative Statement.
    Item 15g. Enter the sum of items 15a-15e.
    Item 16a. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order 
12372 Process? Yes, except for the 18 jurisdictions listed above. Enter 
the date the applicant contacted the SPOC regarding this application. 
Select the appropriate SPOC from the listing provided in Appendix B. 
The review of the application is at the discretion of the SPOC. The 
SPOC will verify the date noted on the application.
    Item 16b. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order 
12372 process? No.--Check the appropriate box if the application is not 
covered by E.O. 12372 or if the program has not been selected by the 
State for review.
    Item 17. Is the Applicant Delinquent on any Federal Debt?--Check 
the appropriate box. This question applies to the applicant 
organization, not the person who signs as the authorized 
representative. Categories of debt include audit disallowances, loans 
and taxes.
    Item 18. To the best of my knowledge and belief, all data in this 
application/preapplication are true and correct. The document has been 
duly authorized by the governing body of the applicant and the 
applicant will comply with the attached assurances if the assistance is 
awarded.--To be signed by the authorized representative of the 
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for signature 
of this application by this individual as the official representative 
must be on file in the applicant's office, and may be requested from 
the applicant.
    Item 18 a-c. Typed Name of Authorized Representative, Title, 
telephone Number--Enter the name, title and telephone number of the 
authorized representative of the applicant organization. This 
individual will receive all ACF/ACYF

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correspondence regarding the application.
    Item 18d. Signature of Authorized Representative--Signature of the 
authorized representative named in Item 18a. At least one copy of the 
application must have an original signature. Use colored ink (not 
black) so that the original signature is easily identified.
    Item 18e. Date Signed--Enter the date the application was signed by 
the authorized representative.
    2. SF 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs. This is 
a form used by many Federal agencies. For this application, Sections A, 
B, C, E and F are to be completed. Section D does not need to be 
completed.
    Sections A and B should include the Federal as well as the non-
Federal funding for the proposed project covering the first year budget 
period.
    Section A--Budget Summary. This section includes a summary of the 
budget. On line 5, enter total Federal costs in column (e) and total 
non-Federal costs, including third party in-kind contributions, but not 
program income, in column (f). Enter the total of (e) and (f) in column 
(g).
    Section B--Budget Categories. This budget, which includes the 
Federal as well as non-Federal funding for the proposed project, covers 
the first year budget period if the proposed project period exceeds 12 
months. It should relate to item 15g, total funding, on the SF 424. 
Under column (5), enter the total requirements for funds (Federal and 
non-Federal) by object class category.
    A separate itemized budget justification for each line item is 
required. The types of information to be included in the justification 
are indicated under each category. For multiple year projects, it is 
desirable to provide this information for each year of the project. The 
SF 424A.
    Personnel--Line 6a. Enter the total costs of salaries and wages of 
applicant/grantee staff. Do not include the costs of consultants, which 
should be included on line 6h, Other.
    Justification: Identify the principal investigator or project 
director, if known. Specify by title or name the percentage of time 
allocated to the project, the individual annual salaries, and the cost 
to the project (both Federal and non-Federal) of the organization's 
staff who will be working on the project.
    Fringe Benefits--Line 6b. Enter the total cost of fringe benefits, 
unless treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate.
    Justification: Provide a break-down of amounts and percentages that 
comprise fringe benefit costs, such as health insurance, FICA, 
retirement insurance, etc.
    Travel--6c. Enter total costs of out-of-town travel (travel 
requiring per diem) for staff of the project. Do not enter costs for 
consultant's travel or local transportation, which should be included 
on Line 6h, Other.
    Justification: Include the name(s) of traveler(s), total number of 
trips, destinations, length of stay, transportation costs and 
subsistence allowances.
    Equipment--Line 6d. Enter the total costs of all equipment to be 
acquired by the project. Equipment is defined as an article of 
nonexpendable, tangible personal property having a useful life of more 
than one year and an acquisition cost which equals or exceeds the 
lesser of (a) the capitalization level established by the organization 
for the financial statement purposes of (b) $5,000 or more per unit.
    Justification: Equipment to be purchased with Federal funds must be 
justified. The equipment must be required to conduct the project, and 
the applicant organization or its subgrantees must not have the 
equipment or a reasonable facsimile available to the project. The 
justification also must contain plans for future use or disposal of the 
equipment after the project ends.
    Supplies--Line 6e. Enter the total costs of all tangible expendable 
personal property (supplies) other than those included on Line 6d.
    Justification: Specify general categories of supplies and their 
costs.
    Contractual--Line 6f. Enter the total costs of all contracts, 
including (1) Procurement contracts (except those which belong on other 
lines such as equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with 
secondary recipient organizations, including delegate agencies. Also 
include any contracts with organizations for the provision of technical 
assistance. Do not include payments to individuals on this line. If the 
name of the contractor, scope of work, and estimated total costs are 
not available or have not been negotiated, include on Line 6h, other.
    Justification: Attach a list of contractors, indicating the names 
of the organizations, the purposes of the contracts, and the estimated 
dollar amounts of the awards as part of the budget justification. 
Whenever the applicant/grantee intends to delegate part or all of the 
program to another agency, the applicant/grantee must complete this 
section (Section B, Budget Categories) for each delegate agency by 
agency title, along with the supporting information. The total cost of 
all such agencies will be part of the amount shown on Line 6f. Provide 
backup documentation identifying the name of contractor, purpose of 
contract, and major cost elements. Applicants who anticipate 
procurement that will exceed $5,000 (non-governmental entities) or 
$25,000 (governmental entities) and are requesting an award without 
competition should include a sole source justification in the proposal 
which at a minimum should include the basis for contractor's selection, 
justification for lack of competition when competitive bids or offers 
are not obtained and basis for award cost or price. (Note: Previous or 
past experience with a contractor is not sufficient justification for 
sole source.)
    Construction--Line 6g. Not applicable. New construction is not 
allowable.
    Other--Line 6h. Enter the total of all other costs. Where 
applicable, such costs may include, but are not limited to: Insurance; 
medical and dental costs; noncontractual fees and travel paid directly 
to individual consultants; local transportation (all travel which does 
not require per diem is considered local travel); space and equipment 
rentals; printing and publication; computer use; training costs, 
including tuition and stipends; training service costs, including wage 
payments to individuals and supportive service payments; and staff 
development costs. Note that costs identified as miscellaneous and 
honoraria are not allowable.
    Justification: Specify the costs included.
    Total Direct Charge--Line 6i. Enter the total of Lines 6a through 
6h.
    Indirect Charges--6j. Enter the total amount of indirect charges 
(costs). If no indirect costs are requested, enter none. Generally, 
this line should be used when the applicant has a current indirect cost 
rate agreement approved by the Department of Health and Human Services 
or another Federal agency.
    Local and State governments should enter the amount of indirect 
costs determined in accordance with DHHS requirements. When an indirect 
cost rate is requested, these costs are included in the indirect cost 
pool and should not be charged again as direct costs to the grant.
    Justification: Enclose a copy of the indirect cost rate agreement.
    Total--Line 6k. Enter the total amounts of lines 6i and 6j.
    Program Income--Line 7. Enter the estimated amount, if any, 
expected to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this 
amount from the total project amount.
    Justification: Describe the nature, source, and anticipated use of 
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income in the Program Narrative Statement.
    Section C--Non-Federal Resources. This section summarizes the 
amounts of non-Federal resources that will be applied to the grant. 
Enter this information on line 12 entitled Totals. In-kind 
contributions are defined in 45 CFR, 74.51 and 45 CFR 92.3, as property 
or services which benefit a grant-supported project or program and 
which are contributed by non Federal third parties without charge to 
the grantee, the subgrantee, or a cost-type contractor under the grant 
or subgrant.
    Justification: Describe third party in-kind contributions, if 
included.
    Section D--Forecasted Cash Needs, Not applicable.
    Section E--Budget Estimate of Federal Funds Needed For Balance of 
the Project. This section should only be completed if the total project 
period exceeds 12 months.
    Totals--Line 20. For projects that will have more than one budget 
period, enter the estimated required Federal funds for the second 
budget period (months 13 through 24) under column (b) First. If a third 
budget period will be necessary, enter the Federal funds needed for 
months 25 through 36 under (c) Second. Column (d) would be used in the 
case of a 48 month project. Column (e) would not apply.
    Section F--Other Budget Information.
    Direct Charges--Line 21, Not applicable.
    Indirect Charges--Line 22, Enter the type of indirect rate 
(provisional, predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect 
during the funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which 
the rate is applied, and the total indirect expense.
    Remarks--Line 23. If the total project period exceeds 12 months, 
you must enter your proposed non-Federal share of the project budget 
for each of the remaining years of the project.
    3. Project Summary Description. Clearly mark this separate page 
with the applicant name as shown in item 5 of the SF 424, the priority 
area number as shown at the top of the SF 424, and the title of the 
project as shown in item 11 of the SF 424. The summary description 
should not exceed 300 words. These 300 words become part of the 
computer database on each project.
    Care should be taken to produce a summary description which 
accurately and concisely reflects the application. It should describe 
the objectives of the project, the approaches to be used and the 
outcomes expected. The description should also include a list of major 
products that will result from the proposed project, such as software 
packages, materials, management procedures, data collection 
instruments, training packages, or videos (please note that 
audiovisuals should be closed captioned). The project summary 
description, together with the information on the SF 424, will 
constitute the project abstract. It is the major source of information 
about the proposed project and is usually the first part of the 
application that the reviewers read in evaluating the application.
    At the bottom of the page, following the summary description, type 
up to 10 key words which best describe the proposed project, the 
service(s) involved and the target population(s) to be covered. These 
key words will be used for computerized information retrieval for 
specific types of funded projects.
    4. Program Narrative Statement. The Program Narrative Statement is 
a very important part of an application. It should be clear, concise, 
and address the specific requirements mentioned under the priority area 
description in Parts II and III.
    The narrative should provide information concerning how the 
application meets the evaluation criteria using the following headings:
    (a) Objectives and Need for Assistance;
    (b) Results and Benefits Expected;
    (c) Approach;
    (d) Staff Background and Organization's Experience; and
    (e) Budget Appropriateness.
    The narrative should be typed double-spaced on a single-side of an 
8\1/2\''  x  11'' plain white paper, with 1'' margins on all sides 
using standard type sizes or fonts (e.g., Times Roman 12 or Courier 10. 
Type should be no smaller than 10 point). Applicants should not submit 
reproductions of larger paper reduced to meet the size requirement. All 
pages of the narrative (including charts, references/footnotes, tables, 
maps, exhibits, etc.) must be sequentially numbered, beginning with 
Objectives 84 and Need for Assistance as page number one.
    The length of the application, including the application forms and 
all attachments, should meet criteria set forth in each Priority Area. 
A page is a single side of an 8\1/2\  x  11'' sheet of paper. 
Applicants are requested not to send pamphlets, brochures or other 
printed material along with their application as these pose xeroxing 
difficulties. These materials, if submitted, will not be included in 
the review process if they exceed the page limit criteria. If the 
applicant chooses to submit printed materials, the applicant must 
provide a duplicate or a copy of each printed document with each copy 
of the application submitted. Each page of the application will be 
counted to determine the total length.
    5. Organizational Capability Statement. The Organizational 
Capability Statement should consist of a brief (two to three pages) 
background description of how the applicant organization (or the unit 
within the organization that will have responsibility for the project) 
is organized, the types and quantity of services it provides, and/or 
the research and management capabilities it possesses. This description 
should cover capabilities not included in the Program Narrative 
Statement. It may include descriptions of any current or previous 
relevant experience, or describe the competence of the project team and 
its demonstrated ability to produce a final product that is readily 
comprehensible and usable. An organization chart showing the 
relationship of the project to the current organization should be 
included.
    6. Assurances/Certifications. Applicants are required to file an SF 
424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs and the Certification 
Regarding Lobbying. Both must be signed and returned with the 
application. In addition, applicants must certify their compliance 
with: (1) Drug-Free Workplace Requirements; (2) Debarment and Other 
Responsibilities; and (3) Pro-Children Act of 1994 (Certification 
Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke). Copies of the assurances/
certifications are reprinted at the end of this announcement (see 
Appendix A) and should be reproduced, as necessary. A duly authorized 
representative of the applicant organization must certify that the 
applicant is in compliance with these assurances/certifications. A 
signature on the SF 424 indicates compliance with the Drug Free 
Workplace Requirements, and Debarment and Other Responsibilities and 
Environmental Tobacco Smoke certifications.
    A signature on the application constitutes an assurance that the 
applicant will comply with the pertinent Departmental regulations 
contained in 45 CFR part 74 and 45 CFR part 92. Applicants requesting 
financial assistance for a non-construction project must file the 
standard SF-424B, ``Assurances-Non--Construction Programs.'' Applicants 
must sign and return the Standard Form 424B with their applications.
    7. Statutory Assurances. Applicants seeking funding under the 
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, Pub. L. 102-236, are required to meet 
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assurances. Any assistance needed to comply with these requirements 
should be discussed with the local public child welfare agency. 
Applicants must submit written assurance that they will comply with the 
Statutory Assurances outlined under sections 101 (b), (c) and (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-236:
    (1) That the applicant give priority to abandoned infants and young 
children (a) who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or 
who have been perinatally exposed to the virus; or (b) who have been 
perinatally exposed to a dangerous drug.
    (2) That, if the applicant expends the grant to carry out any 
program of providing care to infants and young children in foster homes 
or in other nonmedical residential settings away from their parents, 
the applicant will ensure that (a) a case plan of the type described in 
paragraph (1) of section 475 of the Social Security Act is developed 
for each such infant and young child (to the extent that such infant 
and young child are not otherwise covered by such a plan); and (b) the 
program includes a case review system of the type described in 
paragraph (5) of such section (covering each such infant and young 
child who is not otherwise subject to such a system).
    (3) That funds provided under section 101(a) shall be used only as 
specified in the application approved by the Secretary (section 
101(d)(1)(A).
    (4) That fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be 
established as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement and 
accounting of Federal funds paid to the applicant under this 
announcement (section 101(d)(1)(B).)
    (5) That reports to the Secretary will be made annually on the 
utilization, cost and outcomes of activities conducted and service 
furnished under this grant (section 101(d)(1)(C).
    (6) If during the majority of the 180-day period preceding the data 
of the enactment of this Act, the applicant has carried out any program 
with respect to the care of abandoned infants and young children, the 
applicant must certify that funds provided under the grant will be 
expended only for the purpose of expanding such service (section 
101(d)(1)(D).

F. Checklist for a Complete Application

    The checklist below is for your use to ensure that your application 
package has been properly prepared.

--One original, signed and dated application, plus two complete copies. 
Applications for different priority areas are packaged separately;
--Application is from an organization which is eligible under the 
eligibility requirements defined in the priority area description 
(screening requirement);
--Application length does not exceed 75 pages, unless otherwise 
specified in the priority area description. A complete application 
consists of the following items in this order:
--Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424, Rev. 4-92);
--A completed SPOC certification with the date of SPOC contact entered 
in line 16, page 1 of the SF 424;
--Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs (SF 424A, REV 4-92);
--Budget justification for Section B-Budget Categories;
--Table of Contents;
--Letter from the Internal Revenue Service to prove non-profit status, 
if necessary;
--Copy of the applicant's approved indirect cost rate agreement, if 
appropriate;
--Project summary description and listing of key words;
--Program Narrative Statement (See Part III, Section C);
--Organizational capability statement, including an organization chart;
--Any appendices/attachments;
--Assurances-Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B, Rev. 4-92);
--Certification Regarding Lobbying; and
--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Pro-Children Act 
Certification).

G. The Application Package

    Each application package must include an original and two complete 
copies of the application. Each copy should be secured with a binder 
clip in the upper left-hand corner. All pages of the narrative 
(including charts, tables, maps, exhibits, etc.) must be sequentially 
numbered, beginning with page one. In order to facilitate handling, 
please do not use covers, binders or tabs. Do not include extraneous 
materials as attachments, such as agency promotion brochures, slides, 
tapes, film clips, minutes of meetings, survey instruments or articles 
of incorporation. Applicants are advised that the copies of the 
applications submitted, not the original, will be reproduced by the 
Federal government for review.
    Do not include a self-addressed, stamped acknowledgement card. All 
applicants will be notified automatically about the receipt of their 
application. If acknowledgement of receipt of your application is not 
received within eight weeks after the deadlines date, please notify the 
ACYF Operations Center by telephone at 1-800-351-2293.

    Dated: May 13, 1997.
James A. Harrell,
Acting Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.

References

AIA Factsheet, Number 2, November, 1995. Perinatal Substance 
Exposure. National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. 
University of California at Berkeley.
AIA Factsheet, Number 3, January, 1996. Women and Children with HIV/
AIDS. National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. 
University of California at Berkeley.
Barth, R., Goldberg, S., Pietrzak, J., Price, A., and Parker, T. 
(1995) Abandoned Infants Assistance Programs: Providing Innovative 
Responses on Behalf of Infants and Children. National Abandoned 
Infants Assistance Resource Center, University of California at 
Berkeley.
Department of Health and Human Services (1996). Centers for Disease 
Control. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Washington, D.C.
James Bell Associates (1993). Report to the Congress: National 
Estimates on the Number of Boarder Babies, the Cost of Their Care, 
and the Number of Abandoned Infants. Washington, D.C.: U. S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, 
Children's Bureau.
Levine. C., and Stein, G. (1994) Orphans of the HIV Epidemic. The 
Orphan Project. New York, New York.
Polineni, Kavita. Permanency Planning for Children and Youth at Risk 
of Being Orphaned by AIDS. (1995 unpublished). Johns Hopkins 
University. Baltimore, Maryland.

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Instructions for the SF 424

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget. Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043), 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Please do not return your completed form to the Office of 
Management and Budget, send it to the address provided by the 
sponsoring agency.
    This is a standard form used by applicants as a required 
facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal 
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant 
certification that States which have established a review and 
comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have 
selected the program to be included in their process, have been 
given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.

Item and Entry

    1. Self-explanatory.
    2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State, if 
applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).
    3. State use only (if applicable).
    4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing 
award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new 
project, leave blank.
    5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit 
which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of 
the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to 
contact on matters related to this application.
    6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the 
Internal Revenue Service.
    7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.
    8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the 
space(s) provided:

--``New'' means a new assistance award.
--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/
budget period for a project with a projected completion date.
--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's 
financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing 
obligation.

    9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being 
requested with this application.
    10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and 
title of the program under which assistance is requested.
    11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than 
one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a 
separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property 
projects), attach a map showing project location. For 
preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary 
description of this project.
    12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g., 
State, counties, cities.)
    13. Self-explanatory.
    14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any 
District(s) affected by the program or project.
    15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first 
funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind 
contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable. 
If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award, 
indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the 
amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are 
included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program 
funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item 
15.
    16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact 
(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the 
application is subject to the State intergovernmental review 
process.
    17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the 
person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of 
debt include delinquent audit allowances, loans and taxes.
    18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the 
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for you to 
sign this application as official representative must be on file in 
the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that 
this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

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Instructions for the SF 424A

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 180 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043), 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Please do not return your completed form to the Office of 
Management and Budget, send it to the address provided by the 
sponsoring agency.

General Instructions

    This form is designed so that application can be made for funds 
from one or more grant programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to 
any existing Federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how 
and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for 
different functions or activities within the program. For some 
programs, grantor agencies may require budgets to be separately 
shown by function or activity. For other programs, grantor agencies 
may require a breakdown by function or activity. Sections A, B, C, 
and D should include budget estimates for the whole project except 
when applying for assistance which requires Federal authorization in 
annual or other funding period increments. In the latter case, 
Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for the first 
budget period (usually a year) and Section E should present the need 
for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget periods. All 
applications should contain a breakdown by the object class 
categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary Lines 1-4, Columns (a) and (b)

    For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program 
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a 
functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a) 
the catalog program title and the catalog number in Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget 
amounts by multiple function or activities, enter the name of each 
activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the 
catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to 
multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by 
function or activity, enter the catalog program title on each line 
in Column (a) and the respective catalog number of each line in 
Column (b).
    For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or 
more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a 
separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional 
sheets should be used when one form does not provide adequate space 
for all breakdown of data required. However, when more than one 
sheet is used, the first page should provide the summary totals by 
programs.

Lines 1-4, Columns (c) Through (g)

    For new applications, leave Columns (c) and (d) blank. For each 
line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and 
(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project 
for the first funding period (usually a year).
    For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms 
before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor 
agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds 
which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period 
only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this. 
Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in Columns (e) and (f) 
the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s) 
in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).
    For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not 
use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the 
increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the 
amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column 
(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal) 
which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus 
or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f). 
The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum in Columns (e) 
and (f).
    Line 5--Shown the total for all columns used.

Section B. Budget Categories

    In the column headings (1) through (4) enter the titles of the 
same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column 
(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A, 
provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program, 
function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both 
Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.
    Lines 6a-i--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 6h in each column.
    6j--Show the amount of indirect cost.
    Line 6k--Enter the total of amounts on Lines 6i and 6j. For all 
applications for new grants and continuation grants the total amount 
in column (5), Line 6k, should be the same as the total amount shown 
in Section A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental grants and 
changes to grants, the total amount of the increase or decrease as 
shown in Columns (1)-(4), Line 6k, should be the same as the sum of 
the amounts in Section A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.
    Line 7--Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected 
to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this 
amount from the total project amount. Show under the program 
narrative statement the nature and source of income. The estimated 
amount of program income may be considered by the federal grantor 
agency in determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal Resources

    Lines 8-11 Enter amounts of non-Federal resources that will be 
used on the grant. If in-kind contributions are included, provide a 
brief explanation on a separate sheet.
    Column (a)--Enter the program titles identical to Column (a), 
Section A. A breakdown by function or activity is not necessary.
    Column (b)--Enter the contribution to be made by the applicant.
    Column (c)--Enter the amount of the State's cash and in-kind 
contribution if the applicant is not a State or State agency. 
Applicants which are a State or State agencies should leave this 
column blank.
    Column (d)--Enter the amount of cash and in-kind contributions 
to be made from all other sources.
    Column (e)--Enter totals in Columns (b), (c), and (d).
    Line 12--Enter the total for each Columns (b)-(e). The amount in 
Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Line 5, Column (f), 
Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

    Line 13--Enter the amount of cash needed by quarter from the 
grantor agency during the first year.
    Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed 
by quarter during the first year.
    Line 15--Enter the totals of amounts on Lines 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of 
the Project

    Lines 16-19--Enter in Column (a) the same grant program titles 
shown in Column (a), Section A. A breakdown by function or activity 
is not necessary. For new applications an continuation grant 
applications, enter in the proper columns amounts of Federal funds 
which will be needed to complete the program or project over the 
succeeding funding periods (usually in years). This section need not 
be completed for revisions (amendments, changes, or supplements) to 
funds for the current year of existing grants.
    If more than four lines are needed to list the program titles, 
submit additional schedules as necessary.
    Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When 
additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annotate 
accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

    Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct 
object-class cost categories that may appear to be out of the 
ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal 
grantor agency.
    Line 22--Enter the type of indirect rate (provisional, 
predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect during the 
funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which the rate 
is applied, and the total indirect expense.
    Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed 
necessary.

Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
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the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043), 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Please do not return your completed form to the Office of 
Management and Budget, send it to the address provided by the 
sponsoring agency.

    Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your 
project or program. If you have questions, please contact the 
awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may 
require applicants to certify to additional assurances. If such is 
the case, you will be notified.

    As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify 
that the applicant:
    1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance and 
the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including 
funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project costs) to 
ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project 
described in this application.
    2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of 
United States, and if appropriate, the State, through any authorized 
representative, access to and the right to examine all records, 
books, papers, or documents related to the award: and will establish 
a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting standards or agency directives.
    3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using 
their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the 
appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or 
personal gain.
    4. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable 
time frame after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.
    5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. Secs. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for 
merit systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes 
or regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a 
Merit System of Personnel Administration (5 CFR 900, Subpart F).
    6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to 
nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: (a) Title 
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits 
discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b) 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
Secs.  1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on 
the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794), which prohibits discrimination on 
the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination 
on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 
1972 (P.L. 92-255), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the 
basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 
(P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the 
basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) Secs. 523 and 527 of the 
Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd-3 and 290 ee-3), 
as amended, relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse 
patient records; (h) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to non-
discrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) any 
other nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statute(s) under 
which application for Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the 
requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which may 
apply to the application.
    7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements 
of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which 
provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or 
whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally 
assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real 
property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal 
participation in purchases.
    8. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Hatch 
Act (5 U.S.C. Secs. 1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit the 
political activities of employees whose principal employment 
activities are funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.
    9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-
Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40 
U.S.C. Secs. 276c and 18 U.S.C. Secs. 874), and the Contract Work 
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 327-333), regarding 
labor standards for federally assisted construction subagreements.
    10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase 
requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood 
hazard area to participate in the program and to purchase flood 
insurance if the total cost of insurable construction and 
acquisition is $10,000 or more.
    11. Will comply with environmental standards which may be 
prescribed pursuant to the following: (a) institution of 
environmental quality control measures under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order 
(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating facilities pursuant to EO 
11738; (c) protection of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d) 
evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with EO 
11988; (e) assurance of project consistency with the approved State 
management program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal 
actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation Plans under Section 
176(c) of the Clear Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 7401 et seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of 
drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as 
amended, (P.L. 93-523); and (h) protection of endangered species 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, (P.L. 93-205).
    12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 
U.S.C. Secs. 1271 et seq.) related to protecting components or 
potential components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.
    13. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 470), EO 11593 (identification and protection of 
historic properties), and the Archaeological and Historic 
Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469a-1 et seq.).
    14. Will comply with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of 
human subjects involved in research, development, and related 
activities supported by this award of assistance.
    15. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966 
(P.O. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to the 
care, handling, and treatment of warm blooded animals held for 
research, teaching, or other activities supported by this award of 
assistance.
    16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention 
Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead 
based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence 
structures.
    17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and 
compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984 or 
OMB Circular No. A-133, Audits of Institutions of Higher Learning 
and other Non-profit Institutions.
    18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other 
Federal laws, executive orders, regulations and policies governing 
this program.

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Signature of Authorized Certifying Official

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Title

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Applicant Organization

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Date Submitted

Program Narrative

    This program narrative section was designed for use by many and 
varied programs. Consequently, it is not possible to provide 
specific guidance for developing a program narrative statement that 
would be appropriate in all cases. Applicants must refer the 
relevant program announcement for information on specific program 
requirements and any additional guidelines for preparing the program 
narrative statement. The following are general guidelines for 
preparing a program narrative statement.
    The program narrative provides a major means by which the 
application is evaluated and ranked to compete with other 
applications for available assistance. It should be concise and 
complete and should address the activity for which Federal funds are 
requested. Supporting documents should be included where they can 
present information clearly and succinctly. Applicants are 
encouraged to provide information on their organizational structure, 
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information considered to be relevant. Awarding offices use this and 
other information to determine whether the applicant has the 
capability and resources necessary to carry out the proposed 
project. It is important, therefore, that this information be 
included in the application. However, in the narrative the applicant 
must distinguish between resources directly related to the proposed 
project from those which will not be used in support of the specific 
project for which funds are requested.
    Cross-referencing should be used rather than repetition. ACF is 
particularly interested in specific factual information and 
statements. of measurable goals in quantitative terms. Narratives 
are evaluated on the basis of substance, not length. Extensive 
exhibits are not required. (Supporting information concerning 
activities which will not be directly funded by the grant or 
information which does not directly pertain to an integral part of 
the grant funded activity should be placed in an appendix.) Pages 
should be numbered for easy reference.
    Prepare the program narrative statement in accordance with the 
following instructions:
     Applicants submitting new applications or competing 
continuation applications should respond to Items A and D.
     Applicants submitting noncompeting continuation 
applications should respond to Item B.
     Applicants requesting supplemental assistance should 
respond to Item C.

Project Description--Components

1. Project Summary/Abstract

    A summary of the project description (usually a page or less) 
with reference to the funding request should be placed directly 
behind the table of contents or SF-424.

2. Objectives and Need for Assistance

    Applicants must clearly identify the physical, economic, social, 
financial, institutional, or other problem(s) requiring a solution. 
The need for assistance must be demonstrated and the principal and 
subordinate objectives of the project must be clearly stated; 
supporting documentation such as letters of support and testimonials 
from concerned interests other than the applicant may be included. 
Any relevant data based on planning studies should be included or 
referenced in the endnotes/footnotes. Incorporate demographic data 
and participant/beneficiary information, as needed. In developing 
the narrative, the applicant may volunteer or be requested to 
provide information on the total range of projects currently 
conducted and supported (or to be initiated), some of which may be 
outside the scope of the program announcement.

3. Results or Benefits Expected

    Identify results and benefits to be derived. For example, when 
applying for a grant to establish a neighborhood child care center, 
describe who will occupy the facility, who will use the facility, 
how the facility will be used, and how the facility will benefit the 
community which it will serve.

4. Approach

    Outline a plan of action which describes the scope and detail of 
how the proposed work will be accomplished. Account for all 
functions or activities identified in the application. Cite factors 
which might accelerate or decelerate the work and state your reason 
for taking this approach rather than others. Describe any unusual 
features of the project such as design or technological innovations, 
reductions in cost or time, or extraordinary social and community 
involvement.
    Provide quantitative monthly or quarterly projections of the 
accomplishments to be achieved for each function or activity in such 
terms as the number of people to be served and the number of 
microloans made. When accomplishments cannot be quantified by 
activity or function, list them in chronological order to show the 
schedule of accomplishments and their target dates.
    Identify the kinds of data to be collected, maintained, and/or 
disseminated. (Note that clearance from the U.S. Office of 
Management and Budget might be needed prior to an information 
collection.) List organizations, cooperating entities, consultants, 
or other key individuals who will work on the project along with a 
short description of the nature of their effort or contribution.

5. Evaluation

    Provide a narrative addressing how you will evaluate (1) the 
results of your project and (2) the conduct of your program. In 
addressing the evaluation of results, state how you will determine 
the extent to which the program has achieved its stated objectives 
and the extent to which the accomplishment of objectives can be 
attributed to the program. Discuss the criteria to be sued to 
evaluate results; explain the methodology that will be used to 
determine if the needs identified and discussed are being met and if 
the project results and benefits are being achieved. With respect to 
the conduct of your program, define the procedures you will employ 
to determine whether the program is being conducted in a manner 
consistent with the work plan you presented and discuss the impact 
of the program's various activities upon the program's 
effectiveness.

6. Geographic Location

    Give the precise location of the project and boundaries of the 
area to be served by the proposed project. Maps or other graphic 
aids may be attached.

7. Additional Information (Include if Applicable)

    Additional information may be provided in the body of the 
program narrative or in the appendix. Refer to the program 
announcement and ``General Information and Instructions'' for 
guidance on placement of application materials.
    Staff and Position Data--Provide a biographical sketch for key 
personnel appointed and a job description for each vacant key 
position. Some programs require both for all positions. Refer to the 
program announcement for guidance on presenting this information. 
Generally, a biographical sketch is required for original staff and 
new members as appointed.
    Plan for Project Continuance Beyond Grant Support--A plan for 
securing resources and continuing project activities after Federal 
assistance has ceased.
    Business Plan--When federal grant funds will be used to make an 
equity investment, provide a business plan. Refer to the program 
announcement for guidance on presenting this information.
    Organization Profiles--Information on applicant organizations 
and their cooperating partners such as organization charts, 
financial statements, audit reports or statements from CPA/Licensed 
Public Accountant, Employer Identification Numbers, names of bond 
carriers, contact persons and telephone numbers, child care licenses 
and other documentation of professional accreditation, information 
on compliance with federal/state/local government standards, 
documentation of experience in program area, and other pertinent 
information. Any non-profit organization submitting an application 
must submit proof of its non-profit status in its application at the 
time of submission. The non-profit agency can accomplish this by 
providing a copy of the applicant's listing in the Internal Revenue 
Service's (IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations 
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code or by providing a 
copy of the currently valid IRS tax exemption certificate, or by 
providing a copy of the articles of incorporation bearing the seal 
of the State in which the corporation or association is domiciled.
    Dissemination Plan--A plan for distributing reports and other 
project outputs to colleagues and the public. Applicants must 
provide a description of the kind, volume and timing of 
distribution.
    Third-Party Agreements--Written agreements between grantees and 
subgrantees or subcontractors or other cooperating entities. These 
agreements may detail scope of work, work schedules, remuneration, 
and other terms and conditions that structure or define the 
relationship.
    Waiver Request--A statement of program requirements for which 
waivers will be needed to permit the proposed project to be 
conducted.
    Letters of Support--Statements from community, public and 
commercial leaders which support the project proposed for funding.

B. Noncompeting Continuation Applications

    A program narrative usually will not be required for 
noncompeting continuation applications for nonconstruction programs. 
Noncompeting continuation applications shall be abbreviated unless 
the ACF Program Office administering this program has issued a 
notice to the grantee that a full application will be required.
    An abbreviated application consists of:
    1. The Standard Form 424 series (SF 424, SF 424A, SF-424B)
    2. The estimated or actual unobligated balance remaining from 
the previous budget period should be identified on an accurate SF-
269 as well as in Section A, Columns (c) and (d) of the SF-424A.
    3. The grand budget, broken down into the object class 
categories on the 424A, and if

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category ``other'' is used, the specific items supported must be 
identified.
    4. Required certifications.
    A full application consists of all elements required for an 
abbreviated application plus:
    1. Program narrative information explaining significant changes 
to the original program narrative statement, a description of 
accomplishments from the prior budget period, a projection of 
accomplishments throughout the entire remaining project period, and 
any other supplemental information that ACF informs the grantee is 
necessary.
    2. A full budget proposal for the budget period under 
consideration with a full cost analysis of all budget categories.
    3. A corrective action plan, if requested by ACF, to address 
organizational performance weaknesses.

C. Supplemental Requests

    For supplemental assistance requests, explain the reason for the 
request and justify the need for additional funding. Provide a 
budget and budget justification only for those items for which 
additional funds are requested. (See item D for guidelines on 
preparing a budget and budget justification.)

D. Budget and Budget Justification

    Provide line item detail and detailed calculations for each 
budget object class identified on the Budget Information form. 
Detailed calculations must include estimation methods, quantities, 
unit costs, and other similar quantitative detail sufficient for the 
calculation to be duplicated. The detailed budget must also include 
a breakout by the funding sources identified in Block 15 of the SF-
424.
    Provide a narrative budget justification which describes how the 
categorical costs are derived. Discuss the necessity, 
reasonableness, and allocability of the proposed costs.
    The following guidelines are for preparing the budget and budget 
justification. Both federal and non-federal resources should be 
detailed and justified in the budget and narrative justification. 
For purposes of preparing the program narrative, ``federal 
resources'' refers only to the ACF grant for which you are applying. 
Non-Federal resources are all other federal and non-federal 
resources. It is suggested that for the budget, applicants use a 
column format: Column 1, object class categories; Column 2, federal 
budget amounts; Column 3, non-federal budget amounts, and Column 4, 
total amounts. The budget justification should be a narrative.
    Personnel. Costs of employee salaries and wages.
    Justification: Identify the project director or principal 
investigator, if known. For each staff person, show name/title, time 
commitment to the project (in months), time commitment to the 
project (as a percentage or full-time equivalent), annual salary, 
grant salary, wage rates, etc. Do not include costs of consultants 
or personnel costs of delegate agencies or of specific project(s) or 
businesses to be financed by the applicant.
    Fringe Benefits. Costs of employee fringe benefits unless 
treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate.
    Justification: Provide a breakdown of amounts and percentages 
that comprise fringe benefit costs, such as health insurance, FICA, 
retirement insurance, taxes, etc.
    Travel. Costs of project related travel by employees of the 
applicant organization (does not include costs of consultant 
travel).
    Justification: For each trip, show the total of traveler(s), 
travel destination, duration of trip, per diem, mileage allowances, 
if privately owned vehicles will be used, and other transportation 
costs and subsistence allowances. Travel costs for key staff to 
attend ACF sponsored workshops as specified in this program 
announcement should be detailed in the budget.
    Equipment. Costs of all non-expendable, tangible personal 
property to be acquired by the project where each article has a 
useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost which 
equals the lesser of (a) the capitalization level established by the 
applicant organization for financial statement purposes, or (b) 
$5000.
    Justification: For each type of equipment requested, provide a 
description of the equipment, cost per unit, number of units, total 
cost, and a plan for use on the project, as well as use or disposal 
of the equipment after the project ends.
    Supplies. Costs of all tangible personal property (supplies) 
other than that included under the Equipment category.
    Justification: Specify general categories of supplies and their 
costs. Show computations and provide other information which 
supports the amount requested.
    Contractual. Costs of all contracts for services and goods 
except for those which belong under other categories such as 
equipment, supplies, construction, etc. Third-party evaluation 
contracts (if applicable) and contracts with secondary recipient 
organizations including delegate agencies and specific project(s) or 
businesses to by financed by the applicant should be included under 
this category.
    Justification: All procurement transactions shall be conducted 
in a manner to provide, to the maximum extent practical, open and 
free competition. If procurement competitions were held or if a sole 
source procurement is being proposed, attach a list of proposed 
contractors, indicating the names of the organizations, the purposes 
of the contracts, the estimated dollar amounts, and the award 
selection process. Also provide back-up documentation where 
necessary to support selection process.

    Note: Whenever the applicant/grantee intends to delegate part of 
the program to another agency, the applicant/grantee must provide a 
detailed budget and budget narrative for each delegate agency by 
agency title, along with the required supporting information 
referenced in these instructions.

    Applicants must identify and justify any anticipated procurement 
that is expected to exceed the simplified purchase threshold 
(currently set at $100,000) and to be awarded without competition. 
Recipients are required to make available to ACF pre-award review 
and procurement documents, such as request for proposals or 
invitations for bids, independent cost estimates, etc. under the 
conditions identified at 45 CFR Part 74.44(e).
    Construction. Costs of construction by applicant or contractor.
    Justification: Provide detailed budget and narrative in 
accordance with instructions for other object class categories. 
Identify which construction activity/costs will be contractual and 
which will be assumed by the applicant.
    Other. Enter the total of all other costs. Such costs, where 
applicable and appropriate, may include but are not limited to 
insurance, food, medical and dental costs (noncontractual), fees and 
travel paid directly to individual consultants, space and equipment 
rentals, printing and publication, computer use, training costs, 
including tuition and stipends, training service costs including 
wage payments to individuals and supportive service payments, and 
staff development costs.
    Indirect Charges. Total amount of indirect costs. This category 
should be used only when the applicant currently has an indirect 
cost rate approved by the Department of Health and Human Services or 
another cognizant Federal agency.
    Justification: With the exception of most local government 
agencies, an applicant which will charge indirect costs to the grant 
must enclose a copy of the current rate agreement if the agreement 
was negotiated with a cognizant Federal agency other than the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). If the rate 
agreement was negotiated with the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the applicant should state this in the budget 
justification. If the applicant organization is in the process of 
initially developing or renegotiating a rate, it should immediately 
upon notification that an award will be made, develop a tentative 
indirect cost rate proposal based on its most recently completed 
fiscal year in accordance with the principles set forth in the 
pertinent DHHS Guide for Establishing Indirect Cost Rates, and 
submit it to the appropriated DHHS Regional Office. Applicants 
awaiting approval of their indirect cost proposals may also request 
indirect costs. It should be noted that when an indirect cost rate 
is requested, those costs included in the indirect cost pool should 
not be also charged as direct costs to the grant. Also, if the 
applicant is requesting a rate which is less than what is allowed 
under this program announcement, the authorized representative of 
your organization needs to submit a signed acknowledgement that the 
applicant is accepting a lower rate than allowed.
    Program Income. The estimated amount of income, if any, expected 
to be generated from this project. Separately show expected program 
income generated from program support and income generated from 
other mobilized funds. Do not add or subtract this amount from the 
budget total. Show the nature and source of income in the program 
narrative statement.
    Justification: Describe the nature, source and anticipated use 
of program income in the budget or reference ages in the program 
narrative statement which contain this information.
    Non-Federal Resources. Amounts of non-Federal resources that 
will be used to support the project as identified in Block 15 of the 
SF-424.

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    Justification: The firm commitment of these resources must be 
documented and submitted with the application in order to be given 
credit in the review process.
    Total Direct Charges, Total Indirect Charges, Total Project 
Costs. (self explanatory)
    This certification is required by the regulations implementing 
the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988: 45 CFR part 76, Subpart F. 
Sections 76.630(c) and (d)(2) and 76.645(a)(1) and (b) provide that 
a Federal agency may designate a central receipt point for STATE-
WIDE AND STATE AGENCY-WIDE certifications, and for notification of 
criminal drug convictions. For the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the central point is: Division of Grants Management and 
Oversight, Office of Management and Acquisition, Department of 
Health and Human Services, Room 517-D, 200 Independence Avenue, SW 
Washington, DC 20201.

Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

(Instructions for Certification)

    1. By signing and/or submitting this application or grant 
agreement, the grantee is providing the certification set out below.
    2. The certification set out below is a material representation 
of fact upon which reliance is placed when the agency awards the 
grant. If it is later determined that the grantee knowingly rendered 
a false certification, or otherwise violates the requirements of the 
Drug-Free Workplace Act, the agency, in addition to any other 
remedies available to the Federal Government, may take action 
authorized under the Drug-Free Workplace Act.
    3. For grantees other than individuals, Alternate I applies.
    4. For grantees who are individuals, Alternate II applies.
    5. Workplaces under grants, for grantees other than individuals, 
need not be identified on the certification. If known, they may be 
identified in the grant application. If the grantee does not 
identify the workplaces at the time of application, or upon award, 
if there is no application, the grantee must keep the identity of 
the workplace(s) on file in its office and make the information 
available for Federal inspection. Failure to identify all known 
workplaces constitutes a violation of the grantee's drug-free 
workplace requirements.
    6. Workplace identifications must include the actual address of 
buildings (or parts of buildings) or other sites where work under 
the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions may be used (e.g., 
all vehicles of a mass transit authority or State highway department 
while in operation, State employees in each local unemployment 
office, performers in concert halls or radio studies).
    7. If the workplace identified to the agency changes during the 
performance of the grant, the grantee shall inform the agency of the 
change(s), if it previously identified the workplaces in question 
(see paragraph five).
    8. Definitions of terms in the Nonprocurement Suspension and 
Debarment common rule and Drug-Free Workplace common rule apply to 
this certification. Grantees' attention is called, in particular, to 
the following definitions from these rules:
    Controlled substance means a controlled substance in Schedules I 
through V of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and as 
further defined by regulation (21 CFR 1308.11 through 1308.15);
    Conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo 
contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body 
charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the 
Federal or State criminal drug statutes;
    Criminal drug statue means a Federal or non-Federal criminal 
statute involving the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, use, or 
possession of any controlled substance;
    Employee means the employee of a grantee directly engaged in the 
performance of work under a grant, including: (i) all direct charge 
employees; (ii) All indirect charge employees unless their impact or 
involvement is insignificant to the performance of the grant; and, 
(iii) Temporary personnel and consultants who are directly engaged 
in the performance of work under the grant and who are on the 
grantee's payroll. This definition does not include workers not on 
the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, even if used to meet a 
matching requirement; consultants or independent contractors not on 
the grantee's payroll; or employees of subrecipients or 
subcontractors in covered workplaces).

Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than Individuals)

    The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to provide a 
drug-free workplace by:
    (a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful 
manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a 
controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and 
specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for 
violation of such prohibition;
    (b) Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to 
inform employees about--
    (1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
    (2) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;
    (3) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee 
assistance programs; and
    (4) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug 
abuse violations occurring in the workplace;
    (c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in 
the performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement 
required by paragraph (a);
    (d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by 
paragraph (a) that, as a condition of employment under the grant, 
the employee will--
    (1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and
    (2) Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for 
a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no 
later than five calendar days after such conviction;
    (e) Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days 
after receiving notice under paragraph (d)(2) from an employee or 
otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of 
convicted employees must provide notice, including position title, 
to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the 
convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has 
designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice 
shall include the identification number(s) of each affected grant;
    (f) Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days 
of receiving notice under paragraph (d)(2), with respect to any 
employee who is so convicted--
    (1) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an 
employee, up to and including termination, consistent with the 
requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or
    (2) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a 
drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such 
purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or 
other appropriate agency;
    (g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-
free workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), 
(d), (e) and (f).
    (B) The grantee may insert in the space provided below the 
site(s) for the performance of work done in connection with the 
specific grant:

Place of Performance (Street address, city, county, state, zip code)
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    Check {time}  if there are workplaces on file that are not 
identified here.

Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals)

    (a) The grantee certifies that, as a condition of the grant, he 
or she will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, 
dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance in 
conducting any activity with the grant;
    (b) If convicted of a criminal drug offense resulting from a 
violation occurring during the conduct of any grant activity, he or 
she will report the conviction, in writing, within 10 calendar days 
of the conviction, to every grant officer or other designee, unless 
the Federal agency designates a central point for the receipt of 
such notices. When notice is made to such a central point, it shall 
include the identification number(s) of each affected grant.

[55 FR 21690, 21702, May 25, 1990]

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

Instructions for Certification

    1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective 
lower tier participant is providing the certification set out below.
    2. The certification in this clause is a material representation 
of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was 
entered into. If it is later determined that

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the prospective lower tier participant knowingly rendered an 
erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to 
the Federal Government the department or agency with which this 
transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including 
suspension and/or debarment.
    3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide 
immediate written notice to the person to which this proposal is 
submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant 
learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or had 
become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
    4. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, 
ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, 
primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily 
excluded, as used in this clause, have the meaning set out in the 
Definitions and Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive 
Order 12549. You may contact the person to which this proposal is 
submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
    5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting 
this proposal that, [[Page 33043]] should the proposed covered 
transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any 
lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for 
debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in 
this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or 
agency with which this transaction originated.
    6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by 
submitting this proposal that it will include this clause titled 
``Certification Regarding Debarment Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' without 
modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all 
solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
    7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a 
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered 
transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 
9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily 
excluded from covered transactions, unless it knows that the 
certification is erroneous. A participants may decide the method and 
frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. 
Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of 
Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement 
Programs.
    8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to 
require establishment of a system of records in order to render in 
good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge 
and information of a participant is not required to exceed that 
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary 
course of business dealings.
    9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 5 of these 
instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly 
enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is 
proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, 
debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in 
this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the 
Federal Government, the department or agency with which this 
transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including 
suspension and/or debarment.
* * * * *

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility an 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

    (1) The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by 
submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is 
presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared 
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this 
transaction by any Federal department or agency.
    (2) Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to 
certify to any of the statements in this certification, such 
prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this 
proposal.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility 
Matters--Primary Covered Transactions

Instructions for Certification

    1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective 
primary participant is providing the certification set out below.
    2. The inability of a person to provide the certification 
required below will not necessarily result in denial of 
participation in this covered transaction. The prospective 
participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the 
certification set out below. The certification or explanation will 
be considered in connection with the department or agency's 
determination whether to enter into this transaction. However, 
failure of the prospective primary participant to furnish a 
certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from 
participation in this transaction.
    3. The certification in this clause is a material representation 
of fact upon which reliance was placed when the department or agency 
determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later determined 
that the prospective primary participant knowingly rendered an 
erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to 
the Federal Government, the department or agency may terminate this 
transaction for cause or default.
    4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate 
written notice to the department or agency to which this proposal is 
submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns 
that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become 
erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
    5. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, 
ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, 
primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily 
excluded, as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the 
Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing 
Executive Order 12549. You may contact the department or agency to 
which this proposal is being submitted for assistance in obtaining a 
copy of those regulations.
    6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this 
proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered 
into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered 
transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR 
part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or 
voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, 
unless authorized by the department or agency entering into this 
transaction.
    7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by 
submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled 
``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' provided by 
the department or agency entering into this covered transaction, 
without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in 
all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
    8. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a 
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered 
transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 
9, subpart, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded 
from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification 
is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by 
which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each 
participant may, but is not required to, check the List of Parties 
Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs.
    9. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to 
require establishment of a system of records in order to render in 
good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge 
and information of a participant is not required to exceed that 
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary 
course of business dealings.
    10. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 6 of 
these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction 
knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person 
who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, 
suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from 
participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies 
available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may 
terminate this transaction for cause or default.
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Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility 
Matters--Primary Covered Transactions

    (1) The prospective primary participant certifies to the best of 
its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals:
    (a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for 
debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded by any 
Federal Act;

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    (b) Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal 
been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for 
commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with 
obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 
State or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; 
violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of 
embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction 
of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
    (c) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or 
civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local) 
with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph 
(1)(b) of this certification; and
    (d) Have not within a three-year period preceding this 
application/proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, 
State or local) terminated for cause or default.
    (2) where the prospective primary participant is unable to 
certify to any of the statements in this certification, such 
prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this 
proposal.

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Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative 
Agreements

    The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge 
and belief, that:
    (1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be 
paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for 
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an 
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or 
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding 
of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making 
of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, 
and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification 
of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
    (2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been 
paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to 
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of 
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a 
Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, 
loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and 
submit Standard Form--LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' 
in accordance with its instructions.
    (3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this 
certification be included in the award documents for all subawards 
at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under 
grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all 
subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
    This certification is a material representation of fact upon 
which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered 
into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making 
or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, 
U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification 
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not 
more than $100,000 for each such failure.

Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance

    The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and 
belief, that:
    If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for 
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any 
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or 
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this 
commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a 
loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form--LLL, 
``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its 
instructions. Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for 
making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, 
title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required 
statement shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than 
$10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.

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Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke

    Public Law 103-227, Part C--Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also 
known as the Pro-Children Act of 1994 (Act), requires that smoking 
not be permitted in any portion of any indoor routinely owned or 
leased or contracted for by an entity and used routinely or 
regularly for provision of health, day care, education, or library 
services to children under the age of 18, if the services are funded 
by Federal programs either directly or through State or local 
governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee. 
The law does not apply to children's services provided in private 
residences, facilities funded solely by Medicare or Medicaid funds, 
and portions of facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol 
treatment. Failure to comply with the provisions of the law may 
result in the imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up to $1000 
per day and/or the imposition of an administrative compliance order 
on the responsible entity.
    By signing and submitting this application the applicant/grantee 
certifies that it will comply with the requirements of the Act. The 
applicant/grantee further agrees that it will require the language 
of this certification be included in any subawards which contain 
provisions for the children's services and that all subgrantees 
shall certify accordingly.

Appendix B--OMB State Single Point of Contact Listing

Arizona

Joni Saad, Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central Avenue, 
Fourteenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone (602) 280-1315, 
FAX: (602) 280-1305

Arkansas

Mr. Tracy L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse, Office of 
Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and 
Administration, 1515 W. 7th St., Room 412, Little Rock, Arkansas 
72203, Telephone (501) 682-1074, FAX: (501) 682-5206

California

Grants Coordinator, Office of Planning & Research, 1400 Tenth 
Street, Room 121, Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone (916) 323-
7480, FAX (916) 323-3018

Delaware

Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact Executive Department, 
Thomas Collins Building, PO Box 1401, Dover, Delaware 19903, 
Telephone (302) 739-3326, FAX (302) 739-5661

District of Columbia

Charles Nichols, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants 
Mgmt. & Dev., 717 14th Street, NW--Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, 
Telephone (202) 727-6554, FAX: (202) 727-1617

Florida

Florida State Clearinghouse, Department of Community Affairs, 2740 
Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, Telephone: (904) 
922-5438, FAX: (904) 487-2899

Georgia

Tom L. Reid, III, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 254 
Washington Street, SW--Room 401J, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Telephone: 
(404) 656-3855 or (404) 656-3829, FAX: (404) 656-7938

Illinois

Virginia Bova, State Single Point of Contact, Department of Commerce 
and Community Affairs, James R. Thompson Center, 100 West Randolph, 
Suite 3-400, Chicago, Illinois 60601, Telephone: (312) 814-6028, 
FAX: (312) 814-1800

Indiana

Frances Williams, State Budget Agency, 212 State House, 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2796, Telephone: (317) 232-5619, FAX: 
(317) 233-3323

Iowa

Steven R. McCann, Division for Community Assistance, Iowa Department 
of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 
50309, Telephone: (515) 242-4719, FAX: (515) 242-4859

Kentucky

Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor, Department of Local 
Government, 1024 Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-
8204, Telephone: (502) 573-2382, FAX: (502) 573-2512

Maine

Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, State House Station #38, 
Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone: (207) 287-3261, FAX: (207) 287-6489

Maryland

William G. Carroll, Manager, State Clearinghouse for 
Intergovernmental Assistance, Maryland Office of Planning, 301 W. 
Preston Street--Room 1104, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2365, Staff 
Contact: Linda Janey, Telephone: (410) 225-4490, FAX: (410) 225-4480

Michigan

Richard Pfaff, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 1900 
Edison Plaza, 660 Plaza Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Telephone: 
(313) 961-4266

Mississippi

Cathy Malette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department of Finance and 
Administration, 455 North Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202-
3087, Telephone: (601) 359-6762, FAX: (601) 359-6764

Missouri

Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of 
Administration, P.O. Box 809, Room 760, Truman Building, Jefferson 
City, Missouri 65102, Telephone: (314) 751-4834, FAX: (314) 751-7819

Nevada

Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex, 
Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone: (702) 687-4065, FAX: (702) 
687-3983

New Hampshire

Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office of State Planning, 
Attn: Intergovernmental Review Process, Mike Blake, 2\1/2\ Beacon 
Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, Telephone: (603) 271-2155, 
FAX: (603) 271-1728

New Mexico

Robert Peters, State Budget Division, Room 190 Bataan Memorial 
Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone: (505) 827-3640

New York

New York State Clearinghouse, Division of the Budget, State Capitol, 
Albany, New York 12224, Telephone: (518) 474-1605, FAX: (518) 486-
5617

North Carolina

Chrys Baggett, Director, N.C. State Clearinghouse, Office of the 
Secretary of Admin., 116 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 
27603-8003, Telephone: (919) 733-7232, FAX: (919) 733-9571

North Dakota

North Dakota Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental 
Assistance, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-
0170, Telephone: (701) 224-2094, FAX: (701) 224-2308

Ohio

Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact, State Clearinghouse, 
Office of Budget and Management, 30 East Board Street, 34th Floor, 
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0411, Please direct correspondence and 
questions about intergovernmental review to: Linda Wise, Telephone: 
(614) 466-0698, FAX: (614) 466-5400

Rhode Island

Kevin Nelson, Review Coordinator, Department of Administration/
Division of Planning, One Capitol Hill, 4th Floor, Providence, Rhode 
Island 02908-5870, Telephone: (401) 277-2656, FAX: (401) 277-2083, 
Please direct correspondence and questions to: Review Coordinator, 
Office of Strategic Planning

South Carolina

Rodney Grizzle, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services, 
Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street--Room 331, Columbia, 
South Carolina 29201, Telephone: (803) 734-0494, FAX: (803) 734-0356

Texas

Tom Adams, Governor's Office, Director, Intergovernmental 
Coordination, PO Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone: (512) 
463-1771, FAX: (512) 463-1888

Utah

Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and 
Budget, Room 116 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114, 
Telephone: (801) 538-1535, FAX: (801) 538-1547

West Virginia

Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, W. Virginia

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Development Office, Building #6, Room 553, Charleston, West Virginia 
25305, Telephone: (304) 558-4010, FAX: (304) 558-3248

Wisconsin

Jeff Smith, Section Chief, State/Federal Relation, Wisconsin 
Department of Administration, 101 East Wilson Street--6th Floor, PO. 
Box 7868, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, Telephone: (608) 266-0267, FAX: 
(608) 267-6931

Wyoming

Matthew Jones, State Single Point of Contact, Office of the 
Governor, 200 West 24th Street, State Capitol, Room 124 Cheyenne, 
Wyoming 82002, Telephone: (307) 777-7446, FAX: (307-632-3909

Territories

Guam

Mr. Giovanni T. Sgambelluri, Director, Bureau of Budget and 
Management Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, 
Guam 96910, Telephone: 011-671-472-2285, FAX: 011-671-472-2825

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose E. Caro, Chairwoman/Director, Puerto Rico Planning 
Board, Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas Government Center, 
P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, Telephone: (809) 
727-4444, (809) 723-6190, FAX: (809) 724-3270, (809) 724-3103

North Mariana Islands

Mr. Alvaro A. Santos, Executive Officer, State Single Point of 
Contact, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Governor, 
Saipan, MP, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, Telephone: (670) 664-
2256, FAX: (670) 664-2272, Contact Person: Ms. Jacoba T. Seman, 
Federal Programs Coordinator, Telephone (670) 644-2289, FAX: (670) 
644-2272

Virgin Islands

Nelson Bowry, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41 
Norregade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas, 
Virgin Islands 00802, Please direct all questions and correspondence 
about intergovernmental review to: Linda Clarke, Telephone: (809) 
774-0750, FAX: (809) 776-0069.

    In accordance with Executive Order #12372, ``Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs,'' this listing represents the designated 
State Single Points of Contact. The jurisdictions not listed no 
longer participate in the process but grant applicants are still 
eligible to apply for the grant even if your state, territory, 
commonwealth, etc does not have a ``State Single Point of 
Contact.''States Without ``State Single Points of Contact'' include: 
Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Palau, Minnesota, Montana, 
Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, 
Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. This list is based on 
the most current information provided by the States. Information on 
any changes or apparent errors should be provided to the Office of 
Management and Budget and the State in question. Changes to the list 
will only be made upon formal question. Changes to the list will 
only be made upon formal notification by the State. Also, this 
listing is published biannually in the Catalogue of Federal Domestic 
Assistance.

Appendix C--Currently Funded Abandoned Infants Service Demonstration 
Projects

Bienvenidos Children's Center, 421 South Glendora Avenue, West 
Covina, California 91790
San Joaquin County, Department of Health Care Services, 500 West 
Hospital Road, French Camp, California 95231
Yale University, School of Medicine, Child Study Center, 333 Cedar 
Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Consortium for Child Welfare, 300 Eye Street, NE., Suite 209, 
Washington, DC 20002-4389
Children's Home Society of Florida, 800 N.W. 15th Street, Miami, 
Florida 33136-1494
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 2040 
Ridgewood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Illinois State Department of Children and Family Services, 406 East 
Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, (Project site: Chicago, 
IL)
Children's Mercy Hospital, 24th at Gillham Road, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64108
New York State Department of Social Services, Division of Family and 
Children Services, 40 N. Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12243, 
(Project site: Manhattan, NY)
New Jersey State Department of Human Services, 50 East State Street, 
CN 717, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 (Project site: Newark, NJ)
University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, 915 Camino de Salud, 
NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of 
Pediatrics, Child Study Center, 1100 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma 73117
Allegheny University of Health Sciences Center, Broad and Vine 
Streets, Mail Stop 404, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Children's AIDS Network Designed for Interfaith Involvement 
(CANDII), Suite F-116, 222 West 21st Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23517
The University of Tennessee, Memphis Department of Pediatrics--
Newborn Center, 800 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163

    The following projects are currently funded but have project 
periods ending this fiscal year.

Orange County Social Services Agency, 1055 N. Main Street, Suite 
600, Santa Ana, California 927021
Tarzana Treatment Center, 18646 Oxnard Street, Tarzana, California 
91356-1486
Children's Institute International, 711 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California 90005
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of 
Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Mental Health, 1901 No. DuPont Highway, 
New Castle, Delaware 19720
The Center for Drug-Free Living, Inc., 100 W. Columbia Street, 
Orlando, Florida 32806
Illinois State Department of Children and Family Services, 406 East 
Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701 (Project site: Chicago, 
IL)
Children's Hospital of New Orleans, 200 Henry Clay Avenue, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Maryland State Department of Human Resources, 311 West Saratoga 
Street, Room 931, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Massachusetts State Department of Public Health, Division of 
Perinatal and Child Health, 150 Tremont Street, 4th Floor, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02111 (Project sites: Springfield, and New Bedford, 
MA)
New Jersey State Department of Human Services, 50 East State Street, 
CN 717, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 (Project site: Jersey City, NJ)
Children's Hospital, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, New York 14222
Child & Family Services of Knox County, 114 Dameron Avenue, 
Knoxville, Tennessee 37917.

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