[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
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State Neighborhood Grants; Funding Availability--FY 1997; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4212-N-01]


Safe Neighborhood Grants; Notice of Funding Availability--Fiscal 
Year 1997

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
1997.

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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the availability of $20,000,000 in FY 1997 
funds for Safe Neighborhood Grants. The purpose of the Safe 
Neighborhood Grants Program is to eliminate drug-related and other 
crime problems on the premises and in the vicinity of low-income 
housing, which may be privately or publicly owned and is financially 
assisted or supported by public or nonprofit private entities. This 
NOFA describes the purpose of the program, applicant eligibility, 
maximum grant amount, application threshold and ranking criteria, HUD 
application processing, and postaward financial and management 
requirements. This NOFA provides information on how to apply, how HUD 
will make selections, and how HUD will notify applicants of results.

DATES: Applications must be received at the local HUD field office on 
or before August 21, 1997 at 3 p.m., local time. THIS APPLICATION 
DEADLINE IS FIRM AS TO DATE AND HOUR. In the interest of fairness to 
all competing applicants, HUD will treat as ineligible for 
consideration any application that is received after the deadline. 
Applicants should take this practice into account and submit materials 
early to avoid risking loss of eligibility brought about by 
unanticipated delivery-related problems. A facsimile transmission (FAX) 
will not constitute delivery.

ADDRESSES: (a) APPLICATION KIT: An application kit is required to 
prepare an application successfully. Applicants may obtain the 
application from the HUD field office having jurisdiction over the 
location of the applicant project. A list of HUD field offices is 
attached to this NOFA as Appendix A. The HUD field office will be 
available to provide technical assistance in the preparation of 
applications during the application period. In addition, applications 
may be obtained from the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse by calling 
(800) 685-8470.
    (b) APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications (original and two copies) 
must be received by the deadline at the appropriate HUD field office 
with jurisdiction over the applicant project, Attention: Director of 
Multifamily Housing. It is not sufficient for the application to bear a 
postage date within the submission time period. Applications submitted 
by facsimile are not acceptable. HUD will not consider applications 
received after the deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For application materials, please 
contact the Office of the Director of Multifamily Housing in the HUD 
field office having jurisdiction over the project(s) in question. A 
list of HUD field offices is attached to this NOFA as Appendix A.
    For program, policy, and other guidance, contact Henry Colonna, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Virginia State Office, 
3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230-4920, telephone (804) 278-
4505, extension 3027 (or (804) 278-4501 TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

A. Authority

    This grant funding was authorized and appropriated by the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. No. 104-204, 
approved September 26, 1996; 110 Stat. 2874, 2888) (HUD FY 1997 
Appropriations Act).

B. Background

    The HUD 1997 Appropriations Act made $20,000,000 available for 
grants to benefit public housing developments, federally-assisted 
multifamily, or other multifamily-housing developments for low-income 
families supported by non-Federal governmental housing entities or 
similar developments supported by nonprofit private sources, to 
reimburse local law enforcement entities for additional police presence 
in and around such housing developments. These funds may also be used 
to provide or augment such security services by other entities or 
employees of the recipient agency, to assist in the investigation and/
or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and around such 
developments, and to provide assistance for the development of capital 
improvements at such developments directly relating to the security of 
such developments.
    In implementing this grant program, HUD is applying lessons learned 
from other anticrime efforts in public and assisted housing including 
the following HUD programs: Drug Elimination Grants for Public and 
Indian Housing and for other federally-assisted housing; Operation Safe 
Home; and the Safe Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP) demonstration. 
Federal programs also include several Department of Justice (DOJ) law 
enforcement programs and various programs operated by HUD and other 
agencies which promote socio-economic lift, drug treatment, and other 
support for at-risk populations to remove underlying causes of crime 
and the need for law enforcement.
    The following specific guiding principles and concerns are derived 
from this experience, and HUD is incorporating them in its plan for 
implementing these Safe Neighborhood Grants:
    (1) Drug- and crime-fighting activities, if only directed to a 
single assisted housing development, may have the unfortunate effect of 
simply moving the problem to nearby housing and businesses. With these 
grants, HUD is taking a comprehensive neighborhood/community-based 
approach to crime. Applicant owners/operators of eligible housing will 
be required to partner with the unit of general local government (city 
or county) with jurisdiction and other stakeholders to address crime in 
an entire neighborhood that may include more than one Assisted Housing 
development. Application scoring will favor proposals that target 
neighborhoods with large concentrations of Assisted Housing that are, 
in many cases, distributed among multiple Assisted Housing 
developments. Application scoring will also favor proposals that 
maximize the role of units of general local governments, and especially 
their police departments and/or prosecuting offices, in administering 
grant funds. (Units of local government that are owners/operators of 
eligible housing may also be designated grantees whether or not the 
neighborhood designated for assistance includes housing that they own).
    (2) Crime fighting efforts are most effective when partnering law-
enforcement agencies at various levels with one another and with a full 
range of community stakeholders. As indicated above owner applicants 
will be required to demonstrate that they have formed a partnership 
with units of general local government, preferably with the police 
department and prosecutor's office playing key roles in this 
partnership. In addition, members of the grant partnership must also 
include: At least one law enforcement agency at a Federal level (such 
as the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Attorney, FBI, Drug 
Enforcement Administration (DEA), and U.S. Marshals); all owners of 
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Housing developments in the targeted neighborhood; and residents of 
these Assisted Housing developments. Applicants will also position 
themselves to score more points in the competition by including the 
following in the partnership: (a) Community residents; (b) neighborhood 
businesses; (c) nonprofit providers of support services, including 
spiritually-based organizations and their affiliates; (d) State law 
enforcement agencies; and (e) more than one Federal law enforcement 
agency.
    In stressing partnerships, HUD is drawing from successes of its 
Operation Safe Home program and the SNAP Demonstration Initiative. Safe 
Neighborhood Grants will be administered by HUD's Richmond Office, 
which also administers the SNAP demonstration sites, and will include 
implementation plans called ``Safe Neighborhood Action Plans.'' (The 
SNAP program will also continue to include projects not funded by Safe 
Neighborhood Grants, such as current demonstration SNAP initiatives.) 
In addition, the HUD Office of Inspector General will make several Safe 
Neighborhood Grant sites Operation Safe Home sites as well, giving 
awardees of such grants the added benefit of Office of Inspector 
General assistance in crime fighting activities.
    (3) Law enforcement strategies, however effective in the short run, 
need to be combined with efforts to address the underlying causes of 
crime and deter its reappearance. The long term solution to the crime 
problems of Assisted Housing developments and their surrounding 
neighborhoods rest in changing the conditions--and the culture--within 
these places. Although Safe Neighborhood Grants are statutorily 
restricted to law enforcement activity and to physical barriers against 
criminal penetration, the ranking will favor comprehensive strategies 
that match Safe Neighborhood Grant funds with local, State, or Federal 
resources committed to ``welfare-to-work,'' family self-sufficiency, 
youth development and the like, as well as other law enforcement 
resources.
    (4) Actions speak louder than words. HUD is aware that competitive 
grant selections can be as much affected by the writing skills applied 
in preparing applications as by the applicant organization's ability to 
achieve program goals with grant funds. Although HUD will award 10 
points based on the logical soundness of a proposed plan, HUD also 
knows that excellent plans on paper do not always translate to 
excellent results. For maximum program impact, HUD intends to fund 
existing crime-fighting partnerships with good track records to extend 
their activities in new locations. Forty out of 100 points will be 
awarded based on lead applicant's and partnership's capacity to 
implement the Safe Neighborhood Action Plan. Of these 40 points, 15 
will be based on the prior experience of an applicant or its partners 
in eliminating crime in other projects and neighborhoods, with the 
remaining 25 based on the overall strength of the partnership and 
administrative mechanisms established to implement the grant.
    As a prime example of the need to use effective working 
partnerships in new locations, many Federal resources have been applied 
to eliminate crime in and around public and assisted housing 
developments through the Drug Elimination Grant, Operation Safe Home, 
and Weed and Seed programs. HUD now wishes to encourage these 
successful partnerships to address similar problems in and around 
privately-owned federally-assisted housing. In addition to rewarding 
partnerships with good track records, HUD is requiring that at least 
one project in each targeted neighborhood be multifamily housing with 
either: (1) A HUD-insured, held, or direct mortgage and Rental 
Assistance Payments (RAP), Rent Supplement, or interest reduction 
payments; or (2) Section 8 project-based assistance with or without HUD 
interest in the project mortgage.
    This emphasis on HUD assisted privately-owned housing does not 
negate the eligibility of other low-income housing developments 
assisted by Federal, State, and local government, and not-for-profit 
sources to apply or benefit from Safe Neighborhood Grant funds. By 
awarding points for neighborhoods with high concentrations of Assisted 
Housing, HUD is encouraging applicants to address the needs of multiple 
Assisted Housing developments which may feature a mix of ownership 
types and subsidy sources.
    (5) Complying with civil rights requirements. With the very real 
need to protect occupants of HUD-sponsored housing and the areas around 
the housing, the civil rights of all citizens must be protected. 
Proposed strategies should be developed to ensure that crime-fighting 
and drug prevention activities are not undertaken in such a manner that 
civil rights or fair housing statutes are violated. Profiling on any 
prohibited bases may not be allowed. In addition, all segments of the 
population should be represented in developing and implementing these 
crime-fighting strategies.
    (6) Coordination with other law enforcement efforts. In addition to 
working closely with residents and local governing bodies, it is 
critically important that owners establish ongoing working 
relationships with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
in their efforts to address crime and violence in and around their 
housing developments. HUD firmly believes that the war on crime and 
violence in assisted housing can only be won through the concerted and 
cooperative efforts of owners and law enforcement agencies working 
together in cooperation with residents and local governing bodies. As 
such, HUD encourages owners to participate in Departmental and other 
Federal law enforcement agencies' programs, as described below:

Safe Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP)

    The Safe Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP) initiative, announced 
June 12, 1994 by HUD, the National Assisted Housing Management 
Association (NAHMA), and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), is an 
anticrime and empowerment strategies initiative in HUD-assisted housing 
neighborhoods in 14 SNAP cities. The major thrust of SNAP is the 
formation of local partnerships in 14 targeted cities where ideas and 
resources from government, owners and managers of assisted housing, 
residents, service providers, law enforcement officials, and other 
community groups meet to work on innovative, neighborhood anticrime 
strategies. There is no funding associated with SNAP, which relies on 
existing ideas and resources of the participants. Some common 
initiatives from these SNAP teams have included the following: 
Community policing, crime watch programs, tenant selection policies, 
leadership training, individual development or job skills training, 
expansion of youth activities, police tip line or form, community 
centers, antigang initiatives, police training for security officers, 
environmental improvements, and a needs assessment survey to determine 
community needs. In addition, a HUD-sponsored initiative to increase 
the presence of AmeriCorps' VISTAs in assisted housing units has led to 
the placement of 25 VISTAs on 12 SNAP teams. The AmeriCorps VISTA 
program, which incorporates a theme of working within the community to 
find solutions to community needs, has provided additional technical 
assistance to the SNAP teams. The cities participating in the SNAP 
initiative include: Atlanta, GA; Boston, Mass; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; 
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Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Columbus, OH; Detroit, MI; Los 
Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; Little Rock, AR; Richmond, VA; and 
Washington, DC.
    For more information on SNAP, contact Henry Colonna, National SNAP 
Coordinator, Virginia State Office, 3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, 
VA 23230-4920; telephone (804) 278-4505, extension 3027; or (804) 278-
4501 TTY. For more information on AmeriCorps' VISTAs in Assisted 
Housing, contact Deanna E. Beaudoin, National VISTAs in Assisted 
Housing Coordinator, Colorado State Office, First Interstate Tower 
North, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202; telephone (303) 672-5291, 
extension 1068.

Operation Safe Home

    Operation Safe Home was announced jointly by Vice President Albert 
Gore, former HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros, former Treasury Secretary 
Lloyd Bentsen, Attorney General Janet Reno, and representatives of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) at a White House 
briefing on February 4, 1994. Operation Safe Home is a major HUD 
initiative focusing on violent and drug-related crime within public 
housing authorities. As such, it is a holistic enforcement approach 
which combines aggressive law enforcement interdiction efforts with a 
housing authority's crime prevention and intervention initiatives. 
Operation Safe Home is structured to combat the level of violent crime 
activities occurring within public and assisted housing, and enhance 
the quality of life within such complexes through three simultaneous 
approaches:

--Strong, collaborative law enforcement efforts focused on reducing the 
level of violent crime activities occurring within public and assisted 
housing;
--Collaboration between law enforcement agencies and public housing 
managers and residents in devising methods to prevent violent crime; 
and
--The introduction of HUD, DOJ, and other agency initiatives 
specifically geared to preventing crime.

    For more information on Operation Safe Home, contact Lee Isdell, 
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 8256, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC. 20410; 
telephone (202) 708-0430, fax number (202) 401-2505; Internet E:mail 
www.hud.gov./oig/oigindex.html. A telecommunications device for hearing 
or speech impaired persons (TTY) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These 
are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

Operation Weed and Seed

    Operation Weed and Seed, conducted through the Department of 
Justice, is a comprehensive, multiagency approach to combatting violent 
crime, drug use, and gang activity in high-crime neighborhoods. The 
goal is to ``weed out'' crime from targeted neighborhoods, and then to 
``seed'' the targeted sites with a wide range of crime and drug 
prevention programs and human services agency resources to prevent 
crime from reoccurring. Operation Weed and Seed further emphasizes the 
importance of community involvement in combatting drugs and violent 
crime. Community residents need to be empowered to assist in solving 
crime-related problems in their neighborhoods. In addition, the private 
sector needs to get involved in reducing crime. All of these entities--
Federal, State, and local government, the community, and the private 
sector--should work together in partnership to create a safer, drug-
free environment.
    The Weed and Seed strategy involves four basic elements:

--Law enforcement must ``weed out'' the most violent offenders by 
coordinating and integrating the efforts of Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies in targeted high-crime neighborhoods. No 
social program or community activity can flourish in an atmosphere 
poisoned by violent crime and drug abuse.
--Local municipal police departments should implement community 
policing in each of the targeted sites. Under community policing, law 
enforcement should work closely with the housing authority and 
residents of the community to develop solutions to the problems of 
violent and drug-related crime. Community policing serves as a 
``bridge'' between the weeding (law enforcement) and seeding 
(neighborhood revitalization) components.
--After the weeding takes place, law enforcement and social services 
agencies, the private sector, and the community must work to prevent 
crime and violence from reoccurring by concentrating a broad array of 
human services--drug and crime prevention programs, drug treatment, 
educational opportunities, family services, and recreational 
activities--in the targeted sites to create an environment where crime 
cannot thrive.
--Federal, State, local, and private sector resources must focus on 
revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through economic development and 
must provide economic opportunities for residents.

    For further information on Operation Weed and Seed, contact the 
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 366 Indiana Avenue, 
Room 304S, NW, Washington, DC, 20531; telephone (202) 616-1152, FAX 
number (202) 616-1159; or Internet E:mail: [email protected].
    Specific activities undertaken pursuant to SNAP, Operation Safe 
Home, and Operation Weed and Seed may be eligible for funding if they 
meet the criteria outlined in this NOFA.

Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community Development

    HUD is interested in promoting comprehensive, coordinated 
approaches to housing and community development. Economic development, 
community development, public housing revitalization, homeownership, 
assisted housing for special needs populations, supportive services, 
and welfare-to-work initiatives can work better if linked at the local 
level. Toward this end, HUD in recent years has developed the 
Consolidated Planning process designed to help communities undertake 
such approaches.
    In this spirit, it may be helpful for applicants under this NOFA to 
be aware of other related HUD NOFAs that have recently been published 
or are expected to be published in the near future. By reviewing these 
NOFAs with respect to their program purposes and the eligibility of 
applicants and activities, applicants may be able to relate the 
activities proposed for funding under this NOFA to the recent and 
upcoming NOFAs and to the community's Consolidated Plan.
    The related NOFAs that HUD is publishing elsewhere in this issue of 
the Federal Register are the NOFA for Public Housing Drug Elimination, 
the NOFA for Public Housing Drug Elimination Technical Assistance, and 
the NOFA for Federally Assisted Low Income Housing Drug Elimination 
Grants.
    To foster comprehensive, coordinated approaches by communities, HUD 
intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to continue to alert applicants to 
upcoming and recent NOFAs as each NOFA is published. In addition, a 
complete schedule of NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and 
those already published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet, 
which can be accessed at http://www.hud.gov/nofas.html. HUD may 
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additional steps on NOFA coordination for FY 1998.
    For help in obtaining a copy of your community's Consolidated Plan, 
please contact the community development office of your municipal 
government.

C. Funding Amounts and Term

    (1) Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding. This NOFA announces the 
availability of $20,000,000 in FY 1997 funds.
    (2) Maximum Grant Award Amounts. The maximum grant award amount is 
limited to $250,000 per application/neighborhood.
    (3) Term of Grant. Grant funds must be expended within 24 months 
after HUD executes a Grant Agreement; however, one extension of up to 6 
months may be granted at HUD's option.
    (4) Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts. HUD may award an amount 
less than requested if:
    (a) HUD determines the amount requested for an eligible activity 
and/or any budget line item is unreasonable;
    (b) Insufficient amounts remain under the allocation to fund the 
full amount requested by the applicant, and HUD determines that partial 
funding is a viable option;
    (c) HUD determines that some elements of the proposed plan are 
suitable for funding and others are not; or
    (d) HUD determines that a reduced grant would prevent duplicative 
Federal funding.
    (5) Distribution of Funds. HUD is allocating funds to the highest 
scoring applications that have met all program threshold requirements 
and have been ranked using ratings by a team of expert HUD staff from 
throughout the country. Only applications which have the threshold 
score of 70 points out of a total 100 will be funded. There will be no 
geographic ``fair sharing'' or targeting of funds.
    (6) Grant Reductions After Award. HUD may rescind and/or recapture 
grant funds based on the grantee's and or partners' failure to perform 
in accordance with the Grant Agreement, including the project 
application that will be incorporated in the Grant Agreement by 
reference. In addition, grant funds not expended for eligible purposes 
and in accordance with OMB cost principles by the end of the grant term 
will be recaptured by HUD and are governed by section 218 of the HUD FY 
1997 Appropriations Act.

D. Eligibility of Grant Activities and Applicants

    The following is a listing of eligible activities, ineligible 
activities, eligible applicants, and general grant requirements under 
this NOFA:
    (1) Eligible Activities are the following:
    (a) Increased Law Enforcement. Subject to a Cost Reimbursement 
Agreement, the reimbursement of local law enforcement entities for the 
costs of additional police presence (police salaries and other expenses 
directly related to such presence) in and around Assisted Housing 
developments in the neighborhood over and above: (i) What the law 
enforcement agency incurring such costs had incurred for such purposes 
within the same geographic area during the period equal in length and 
immediately prior to the period of reimbursement, and (ii) What the 
agency planned to incur for such purposes in the same geographic area 
during the period of reimbursement prior to publication of the NOFA. 
For any grant, at least 70 percent of such reimbursed costs must be for 
police presence in or immediately adjacent to the premises of Assisted 
Housing developments and the remainder of such reimbursed costs must be 
for police presence within the project area.
    In its criteria for awarding points in the funding competition, HUD 
is strongly encouraging that additional law enforcement in the Assisted 
Housing developments and surrounding neighborhoods be targeted to 
implementing an overall crime fighting strategy, rather than merely 
responding to crime emergencies. Two potentially effective anticrime 
strategies that can benefit from additional police presence are: (1) 
Combined multiagency task force initiatives, such as Operation Safe 
Home, in which local and Federal law enforcement agencies pool 
resources, first, to infiltrate organizations that promote violent and/
or drug-related crime in the neighborhood and, second, to initiate 
strategic and coordinated mass arrests to break up these organizations; 
and (2) Community policing, i.e., sustained proactive police presence 
in the development or neighborhood, often conducted from an onsite 
substation or ministation, that involves crime prevention, citizen 
involvement, and other community service activities, as well as 
traditional law enforcement.
    Because of the desperate gang-related crime problems facing many 
Assisted Housing developments and their neighborhoods and HUD's desire 
for maximum immediate impact early in the program, the competition 
favors proposals in which additional police presence will be used for a 
multiagency task force to fight crime, although points will also be 
awarded based on the extent to which the strategy fits the documented 
crime problem.
    If reimbursement is provided for community policing activities that 
are committed to occur over a period of at least 3 years and/or are 
conducted from a police substation or ministation within the 
neighborhood, the costs during the grant period of constructing such a 
station or of equipping the substation with communications and security 
equipment to improve the collection, analysis and use of information 
about criminal activities in the properties and the neighborhood may be 
reimbursed. Federal law enforcement activities may not be funded by the 
Safe Neighborhood Grant. That is, grant funds cannot be directly 
transferred to Federal agencies for their use in funding law 
enforcement activities at the target sites. However, activities that 
support or further the objectives of Federal law enforcement activities 
at the targeted site may be funded with the Safe Neighborhood Grant.
    (b) Security Services Provided by Other Entities Such As The Owner 
of an Assisted Housing Development. The activities of any contract 
security personnel funded under this grant must be coordinated with 
other law enforcement and crime prevention efforts under the Safe 
Neighborhood Action Plan approved by HUD. Efforts to achieve such 
coordination, as described in the plan, must include frequent periodic 
scheduled meetings of security personnel with housing project 
management and residents, local police and, as appropriate, with other 
public law enforcement personnel, neighboring residents, landlords, and 
other neighborhood stakeholders.
    HUD is inclined, as stated elsewhere in this NOFA, to reward 
applicants that partner with entities that have a proven ability to 
address crime problems, and is therefore strongly inclined to provide 
more points under ``Quality of Plan'' and ``Strength of Partnerships'' 
to applications that propose reimbursing municipal police departments 
than those reimbursing private operators, for security services.
    (c) To Assist in the Investigation and/or Prosecution of Drug-
Related Criminal Activity in and Around Assisted Housing Developments. 
(i) Subject to a Cost Reimbursement Agreement, reimburse local or State 
prosecuting offices and related public agencies for the prosecution or 
investigation of crime committed in the neighborhood related to the 
Safe Neighborhood Action Plan. Such reimbursement must be for costs 
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crimes committed in the same geographic area during the period equal in 
length and immediately prior to the period of reimbursement. For any 
grant, at least 70 percent of such reimbursed costs must be in 
connection with crimes committed in or immediately adjacent to the 
premises of Assisted Housing developments and the remainder of such 
reimbursed costs directly related to crime committed elsewhere in the 
neighborhood; (ii) Subject to appropriate justification and advance HUD 
approval, funding of private investigator services hired by the grantee 
or any coapplicant/subgrantees to investigate crime in and around the 
premises of Assisted Housing development and/or the surrounding 
neighborhood development; (iii) Training and evaluation by security/
criminal education professionals for property owners, management agents 
and resident groups to identify and combat criminal activity in 
assisted housing properties and surrounding neighborhood.
    Based on HUD's inclination to reward applicants that partner with 
entities that have a proven ability to address crime problems, HUD is 
strongly inclined to provide more points under ``Quality of Plan'' and 
``Strength of Partnerships'' to applications that propose reimbursing 
municipal police departments or prosecutor offices than those 
reimbursing private operators, for investigative or prosecutorial 
services.
    (d) Capital Improvements to Enhance Security. These improvements 
may include, but are not limited to: the new construction or 
rehabilitation of structures housing police substations or 
ministations; neighborhood barriers, such as street closures at the 
boundaries to limit criminal access to the neighborhood; or any of the 
following improvements to limit criminal intrusions in an Assisted 
Housing development: the installation of fences, barriers, or 
territorial identification; lighting systems and other improvements to 
property visibility; appropriate use of CCTV (close circuit TV 
systems); improved door or window security such as locks, bolts, or 
bars; and the landscaping or other reconfiguration of common areas to 
discourage criminal activities. All such improvements must be 
accessible to persons with disabilities. For example, locks or buzzer 
systems that are not accessible to people with restricted or impaired 
strength, mobility, or hearing may not be funded by the grant.
    Under ``Quality of Plan,'' HUD is generally inclined to reward 
capital improvements to enhance the security of an entire neighborhood 
(such as the building of a ministation or closure of a street that 
serves as a neighborhood boundary over capital improvements to an 
Assisted Housing development that may enhance the security of a 
specific project at the expense of other dwellings in the neighborhood 
that might then serve as alternative crime victims.
    (2) Eligible Applicants.--(a) Lead Applicant. The lead applicant, 
which if the application is selected for funding will be designated 
grantee, must be an owner/operator of one or more housing developments 
that has received some form of financial support from a unit of 
government or from a private nonprofit entity. Such support must be 
designated and assigned by the funding source specifically for the 
housing rather than for any specific resident household which may, 
however, benefit from the support in the form of reduced rent. The 
housing support may be provided on a one-time or periodic basis to pay 
for or waive project development costs, costs of financing, operating 
costs, owner taxes, unit rent levels, or tenant rent payments. Project 
operating costs include but are not limited to: Utilities, taxes, fees, 
and debt service payments. Unless the lead applicant is a unit of 
general local government which owns the assisted project, the lead 
applicant must also own an Assisted Housing development (as defined in 
section I.D.(4) below) in the neighborhood to be assisted. The lead 
applicant may not have any outstanding findings of civil rights 
violations.
    (b) Coapplicants. The application must include a number of 
coapplicants, each of whose chief executive officer or empowered 
designee shall provide a letter, as part of the application, of their 
commitment to serve as project partners. The letter must specify the 
expertise and/or resources that the coapplicant will contribute towards 
the success of the grant activity. Also, coapplicants may not have any 
outstanding civil rights violations. Coapplicants must include all of 
the following (except for the lead applicant):
    (i) The unit of general local government(s) with primary law 
enforcement and community development jurisdiction over the project--
letter(s) from this entity must commit the police department, 
prosecutor's office and community development office to work actively 
in partnership with the grantee to support the grant project in their 
respective functions;
    (ii) The owners of Assisted Housing developments in the 
neighborhood that will benefit from grant funding. The selection factor 
``Concentration of Assisted Housing'' will favor applications in 
neighborhoods which have more than one Assisted Housing Development 
that will benefit and those in which owners have agreed to participate 
in the SNG activities;
    (iii) Residents of each assisted low income project in the 
neighborhood that will benefit from grant funding. The residents' 
commitment may be signed either by individuals from a majority of 
project resident households or by one or more organized resident groups 
that, combined, have been endorsed by a majority of project resident 
households or recognized by a governmental entity as representing a 
majority of project residents;
    (iv) At least one Federal law enforcement entity. The most likely 
Federal law enforcement entities to join this partnership are the HUD 
OIG, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 
(ATF), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Applicants 
are encouraged to partner with as many Federal law enforcement entities 
as possible;
    (v) In addition to the required coapplicants, specified above, lead 
applicants are encouraged to partner with other appropriate 
neighborhood and community stakeholders including neighborhood 
businesses and business associations, nonprofit service providers, 
neighborhood resident associations, and civic oriented neighborhood 
religious congregations.
    (3) Eligible Project Areas. (a) The project area must be a 
``neighborhood,'' which shall be defined as follows: A geographic area 
within a jurisdiction of a unit of general local government (but not 
the entire jurisdiction unless the population of the unit of general 
local government is less than 25,000) designated in comprehensive 
plans, ordinances, or other local documents as a neighborhood, village, 
or similar geographical designation; or the entire jurisdiction of a 
unit of general local government which is under 25,000 population.
    (b) The project area must include at least one assisted low-income 
housing project under:
    (i) Section 221(d)(3), section 221(d)(4), or section 236 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l, 1715z-1), provided that such 
project has been provided a Below Market Interest Rate mortgage, 
interest reduction payments, or project-based assistance under Rent 
Supplement, Rental Assistance Payments (RAP) or Section 8 programs. 
FHA-insured projects which have no project-based subsidy but have 
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tenant certificates are not considered Federally assisted housing and 
would not qualify an area for eligibility;
    (ii) Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 
(12 U.S.C. 1701s); or
    (iii) Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f). This includes housing with project-based Section 8 assistance, 
whether or not the mortgage was insured by HUD-FHA, but does not 
include projects which receive only Section 8 tenant-based assistance 
(i.e., certificates or vouchers).
    (c) HUD will award only one grant per project area.
    (4) Eligible Assisted Housing. In addition to the requirement 
described above that each neighborhood consist of at least one housing 
development assisted under one of the specified subsidy mechanisms, 
points will be awarded in the competition based on the concentration of 
``Assisted Housing'' in the neighborhood, and based on extent of crime 
in and quality of crime reduction strategies for ``Assisted Housing'' 
developments, as well as the neighborhood. Moreover, many of the 
eligible activities described above must be substantially targeted to 
``Assisted Housing developments.'' The following definitions apply:
    (a) Assisted Housing developments are defined as four or more 
adjoining, adjacent, or scattered site (within a single neighborhood) 
housing units, developed simultaneously or in stages, having common 
ownership and project identity, and receiving a project-based financial 
subsidy from a unit of government at the Federal, State, or local 
level, or from a private nonprofit entity. Such subsidy must be 
associated with a requirement and/or contractual agreement that all or 
a portion of the units be occupied by households with incomes at or 
below those of families at the ``low income'' limit as defined by the 
U.S. Housing Act of 1937, or at households at or below an alternative 
limit that falls below the U.S. Housing Act's ``low income'' limit, at 
rents which the public or nonprofit entity determines to be 
``affordable.''
    (b) Assisted Housing units are defined as units within Assisted 
Housing developments for which occupancy is restricted to households 
with incomes at or below that of ``low income families'' as defined by 
the U.S. Housing Act or to households meeting an income standard below 
that defined as ``low income;'' and rents are restricted to amounts 
that the public or nonprofit entity determines to be ``affordable.''
    (c) Project based subsidies are defined as financial assistance, 
initially designated and assigned by the funding source specifically 
for the project rather than to eligible assisted resident households 
which might also benefit from these subsidies, which is provided on a 
one time up-front or on a periodic basis to the project or its owner to 
write down, subsidize, or waive project development costs, costs of 
financing, project operating costs, owner taxes, unit rent levels, or 
tenant rent payments. Project operating costs include but are not 
limited to: Utilities, taxes, fees, maintenance and debt service 
payments.

E. Selection Criteria and Ranking Factors

    HUD field offices will conduct a threshold review of each 
application to determine that it meets the submission requirements of 
this NOFA. All applications which meet the threshold requirements of 
this NOFA will be submitted by the HUD field office to an Application 
Rating Committee of HUD experts to be convened at and under the 
direction of the SNAP Program Administering Unit at the HUD Virginia 
State Office, which will rate applications in accordance with the 
selection criteria. A total of 100 points is the maximum score 
available under the selection criteria. At a minimum, an application 
must receive 70 points. After assigning points to each application, HUD 
will rank the applications in order of points scored, and select the 
highest ranking applications for funding until the $20,000,000 
available have been awarded. If there are insufficient applications 
meeting all NOFA threshold requirements and scoring at least 70 points 
for which to award funds, HUD will devise a competitive procedure by 
which the additional funds will be awarded and advertise such 
competitive procedure in the Federal Register.
    Each application submitted will be evaluated on the basis of the 
selection criteria described below. The first criterion deals with the 
extent of the crime problem. The next three criteria deal with various 
factors that impact the likelihood that the proposed grant would have a 
significant short and long term positive impact in eliminating the 
crime problem in the area. These criteria include the quality of the 
plan, the capacity of the lead applicant and its partnership to 
successfully implement the plan, and the quality and scale of crime 
prevention measures. The last criterion, concentration of low income 
Assisted Housing in the area, indicates ``bang for the buck'' with 
respect to Assisted Housing, i.e., the number of families in Assisted 
Housing that would receive crime elimination benefits from the grant 
dollars compared to the families living in the neighborhood as a whole.
    (1) The Extent of the Crime Problem in the Neighborhood and/or 
Location of Housing Development Proposed for Assistance. (Maximum 
Points: 25)
    A. Extent of Crime Problem (maximum points: 20). In assessing this 
criterion, HUD will consider the severity of the crime problem in the 
neighborhood proposed for funding, as demonstrated by data described 
below. HUD will evaluate the nature and extent of crime indicated by 
the statistical data and anecdotal information provided, the strength 
of such documentation, and the extent to which the applicant has 
analyzed the data sufficiently to articulate crime elimination needs 
clearly and to develop strategies, programs, and performance measures 
tailored to achieve and assess the result of eliminating the crime on a 
short and long term basis. The type of data to be provided is as 
follows:
    (1) Official data on the Incidence of Part I and Part II Crimes for 
the Neighborhood AND, more specifically, the Assisted Housing Projects 
in the Neighborhood. Such crime is reported under the FBI's Uniform 
Crime Reporting Program (UCR). Part I crimes are felonies such as 
criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault 
(including domestic violence by means likely to produce great bodily 
harm), burglary-breaking or entering, larceny-theft, motor vehicle 
theft, and arson. Part II crimes are misdemeanor assaults, forgery, 
counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, weapons (carrying, 
possessing, etc.), prostitution and commercialized vice, sex offenses 
other than forcible rape, prostitution and commercialized vice, drug 
abuse violations, gambling offenses against the family and children, 
driving under the influence, liquor laws, drunkenness, disorderly 
conduct, vagrancy, curfew, and loitering and runaways.
    If official data is provided only at the neighborhood level and not 
at the Assisted Housing project level or vice versa, the data should be 
supplemented by other data (see subparagraph b below) for the level not 
covered by the official data. HUD will evaluate this data based on the 
incidence of crime in Assisted Housing and the neighborhood relative to 
the number of residents within those geographic areas. For example, 20 
arrests in an area with 100 residents is a 20 percent occurrence rate.
    The data and accompanying narrative must describe the nature and 
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of Part I and II crimes as reflected by the most recent crime 
statistics and other supporting data from Federal, State, Tribal, or 
local law enforcement agencies. The data must address the types of 
offenders committing Part I and Part II crime and any indications as to 
the extent to which such crime is organized, such as gang-related 
crime, and the nature of such organization.
    Supporting data from official sources may include, but is not 
limited to the number of lease terminations or evictions due to 
criminal activity in Assisted Housing projects in the neighborhood; the 
number of emergency room admissions for drug use or victims of violence 
as maintained by police, fire department, emergency medical service 
agencies, and hospitals; the number of police calls from all sources 
for various Part I and Part II crimes; numbers of and types of crimes 
referred to and handled by local, State, and Federal prosecutors; and 
numbers of residents placed in drug treatment and aftercare program (as 
a measure, specifically, of drug related crime).
    (2) Other Data. This data, which must be the most recent available, 
should be provided either to supplement official data described above 
in subparagraph (1) if the applicant believes such supporting data 
would strengthen its case or supplement its description as to the 
extent of crime, or if official data is unavailable at either the 
neighborhood and/or Assisted Housing project level. If official data is 
unavailable at both the neighborhood and the Assisted Housing project 
level, the application must so demonstrate in addition to providing the 
data described below. If no official data is provided for either the 
neighborhood or the Assisted Housing projects, the application will 
only be eligible for a maximum of 12 points on ``Extent of Crime.'' 
Other data, as described here, may include but is not limited to:
    (i) Surveys of Assisted Housing or neighborhood residents, Assisted 
Housing staff, neighborhood businesspeople, etc., on the nature and 
extent of crime;
    (ii) Governmental and scholarly studies on the nature and extent of 
crime;
    (iii) Vandalism costs in the neighborhood and at Assisted Housing 
developments;
    (iv) Information from schools, health service providers, residents, 
and State and local government officials, and the opinions of 
individuals having direct knowledge of Part I and Part II crimes 
concerning the nature and frequency of crimes in the neighborhood and 
at the Assisted Housing developments, including the possible 
involvement of organized crime such as gangs;
    (v) The school dropout rate and rate of absenteeism to the extent 
that these can be related through statistical data and/or anecdotal 
information to the incidence of drug abuse or other crime in the 
neighborhood/Assisted Housing developments;
    (vi) Information from a jurisdiction's Analysis of Impediments (AI) 
to Fair Housing Choice which includes crime statistics in and around 
residential areas. If the impediments are crime and drugs, a strategy 
to deal with these impediments could provide additional information.
    If any data provided under this section is more than 1 year old, 
the applicant must justify that this is the most recent available data. 
HUD may check with data sources to determine the validity of such 
claims and may severely mark down applications that are misleading on 
this matter.
    B. Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) Preference 
(maximum points: 5). If the Assisted Housing development is located in 
an designated EZ/EC, the applicant will receive a maximum of 5 points. 
The applicant should illustrate a tie-in between the NOFA and the 
approved Strategic Plan. ``Designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise 
Community'' means an urban area designated as an Empowerment Zone, 
Supplemental Empowerment Zone, an Enhanced Enterprise Community, or an 
Enterprise Community by the Secretary of HUD on December 21, 1994. An 
``Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan'' means a strategy developed and 
agreed to by the nominating local government(s) and State(s) and 
submitted in partial fulfillment of the application requirements for 
designation as an Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community pursuant to 
24 CFR part 597. Applicants must provide evidence in the form of a 
letter that the assisted housing development is in a EZ/EC area. See 
Appendix B to this NOFA for a listing of EZ/EC contacts from whom such 
a letter may be obtained.
    (2) The Quality of the Plan. (Maximum Points: 15)
    In assessing this criterion, HUD will review the strategies 
outlined in the applicant's Safe Neighborhood Action Plan to eliminate 
the crime problem described in Selection Factor 1, and any other 
problems associated with such crime, in the neighborhood and projects 
proposed for funding, and how the activities proposed for funding fit 
in with the overall plan. The long term as well as immediate 
anticipated crime reduction impact will be considered. If the crime 
problem is related to gang activity or other organized crime, maximum 
points will be provided only if the proposed activity involves 
initiatives, which HUD considers likely to succeed, that coordinate the 
efforts of Federal and local law enforcement personnel to eradicate 
criminal gang activity based on models such as HUD's Operation Safe 
Home and SNAP programs, the Justice Department's Weed and Seed program, 
or other law enforcement models.
    (3) The Capacity of the Lead Applicant and Partnership Capacity to 
Implement the Plan. (Maximum points: 40)
    (a) The applicants' successful experience combined with its 
coapplicants' successful experience in utilizing similar strategies to 
alleviate crime for other neighborhoods, projects, or developments. To 
receive maximum points under this section, the applicant must have 
worked in partnership with one or more of its coapplicants (or, under 
some circumstances, two or more of the coapplicants may have worked 
together in partnership) using a similar strategy that reduced crime in 
and/or around Assisted Housing developments. The applicant must 
demonstrate the reduction in the occurrence of crime as indicated above 
in Selection Factor (1)A. of this NOFA. Among other Federal programs 
which promote such partnerships are HUD's Operation Safe Home Program, 
Safe Neighborhood Action Program and, to some extent, the Drug 
Elimination Grant program. In the absence of previous partnerships, the 
experience of the applicant will weigh more heavily than the experience 
of any single coapplicant in HUD's assignment of partial points under 
this subfactor. Of the points assigned in this subfactor, 5 points will 
be awarded using the rating assigned by the Secretary's Representative, 
and the remaining 10 points will be awarded using the rating of the 
Rating Committee in Richmond. (Maximum points: 15)
    (b) The strength of the applicants' partnership as it relates to 
eliminating the crime problem identified above in Selection Factor 
(1)A. Points for this category will be awarded based on the strength of 
resource commitments by coapplicants (both in terms of the amount of 
resources committed and the firmness of the commitments); evidence of 
the coapplicants' (including project tenants') preapplication role in 
the development of the Safe Neighborhood Action Plan and prospective 
role in program implementation; indications of the capacity of the 
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management (based on available management reviews by governing public 
entities) to undertake their share of responsibilities in the 
partnership (including evidence of whether project management carefully 
screens applicants for units and takes appropriate steps to deal with 
known or suspected tenants exhibiting criminal behavior) and to 
cooperate with law enforcement actions by other partners on their 
project premises; the willingness of the unit of general local 
government (lead applicant) to use its prosecutor's office as its lead 
agency in implementing the grant; utilization of additional partners 
other than those required under the heading ``Eligible Applicants'' 
(for example, multiple Federal law enforcement agency coapplicants and/
or a coapplicant neighborhood business organization); and the 
effectiveness of the partnership structure (synergistic arrangements 
for collective action will receive more points than a simple advisory 
committee of coapplicants). (Maximum points: 15)
    (c) The applicants' administrative capacity to implement the grant. 
Points will awarded based on the quality and amount of staff allocated 
to the grant activity by the grantee; the anticipated effectiveness of 
the grantee's systems for budgeting, procurement, drawdown, allocation, 
and accounting for grant funds and matching resources in accordance 
with OMB administrative requirements; and the lines of accountability 
for implementing the grant activity, coordinating the partnership, and 
assuring that the applicant's and coapplicants' commitments will be 
met. (Maximum points: 10)
    (4) The Scale and Effectiveness of Crime Prevention/Socio-economic 
Lift Programs Operating in Association with the Law Enforcement Plan. 
(Maximum Points: 10)
    HUD will award points to applicants who have in operation programs 
such as Neighborhood Networks (NN), Campus of Learners (COL), or other 
computer learning centers; other educational, life skills, and job 
training opportunities, including scholarships; mentoring, counseling, 
and recreational activities for at-risk youth; parental training and 
family counseling; alcohol or drug abuse prevention, treatment, and 
aftercare programs; homebuyers clubs and other homeownership 
activities; economic development activities such as programs for 
employing Assisted Housing residents, job placement and employer 
linkage programs, micro-loan programs, community credit unions, or 
other entrepreneurial opportunities; and supportive services for 
educational and economic development such as day care, transportation, 
health care, and the salary of service coordinators or caseworkers. The 
importance of these types of programs is underscored by the imperatives 
of welfare reform. (Maximum Points: 10)
    (5) The Concentratoin of Assisted Low Income Housing in the 
Neighborhood. (Maximum Points: 10)
    HUD will award points based on the percentage of housing units in 
the neighborhood that qualify under the Safe Neighborhood Grant program 
definition of ``Assisted Housing units'' within any Assisted Housing 
development, regardless of subsidy source and whether or not the units 
are concentrated in one or two large projects or are distributed among 
several projects of whatever size. HUD will assign points by a computer 
in this category based on the distribution of percentages among 
projects that are determined fundable after screening by HUD field 
offices. The top 10 percent of all fundable projects with respect to 
the ratio of number of Assisted Housing units to the number of housing 
units in the neighborhood will receive 10 points; projects falling in 
the next 10 percentile will receive 9 points, etc.

II. Application Process

A. Application Package

    An application package may be obtained from the HUD field office 
having jurisdiction over the location of the applicant project or from 
the Multifamily Clearinghouse at (800) 685-8470. The HUD field office 
will be available to provide technical assistance on the preparation of 
applications during the application period.

B. Application Submission

    A separate application must be submitted for each neighborhood/
project area to be served. An original and one copy must be received by 
the 3 p.m. deadline at the appropriate HUD field office with 
jurisdiction over the applicant project, Attention: Director of 
Multifamily Housing. It is not sufficient for the application to bear a 
postage date within the submission time period. Applications submitted 
by facsimile (FAX) are not acceptable and will not be considered. 
Applications received after the 3 p.m. deadline on July 21, 1997 will 
not be accepted. In the interest of fairness to all competing 
applicants, HUD will treat as ineligible for consideration any 
application that is received after the deadline. Applicants should take 
this practice into account and make early submission of their materials 
to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated 
delays or other delivery-related problems.

C. HUD Application Review

    Applications will be reviewed for completeness in the HUD field 
office listed in Appendix A that has been designated to receive the 
application. Those applications that have been deemed by the field 
office to be eligible for funding will be rated and ranked by the 
Rating Team at the HUD office in Richmond, Virginia. Applications will 
be funded based on the rank order of scoring.

D. Notification

     HUD will notify all applicants whether or not they were selected 
for funding.

III. Checklist of Application Submission Requirements

    To qualify for a grant under this program, an applicant must submit 
an application to HUD that contains the following:
    A. Application for Federal Assistance form (Standard Form SF-424 
and SF-424A). The form must be signed by chief executive officer of the 
lead applicant, and applicant information in the form must be 
information about the lead applicant.
    B. A description of the Safe Neighborhood Partnership that has been 
formed to implement this grant. The description must include the names 
of the coapplicants; relative roles and contributions of each 
coapplicant in implementing grant activities; structures for 
partnership coordination and joint decisionmaking, e.g., form of 
partnership interaction (task force, advisory group or corporate 
entity), lines of accountability, degree of grant decisionmaking power 
conferred by the lead applicant/grantee to its partners, frequency of 
meetings, etc.; the roles, if any, of coapplicants (especially project 
tenants) in designing the Safe Neighborhood Action Plan; which 
coapplicants (if any) will be designated subgrantees by virtue of their 
receiving and dispensing grant funds for grant activities; and how the 
lead applicant (grantee) proposes to direct and monitor its partners to 
account for funds received or expended and to ensure that commitments 
are met; and a profile of each coapplicant, including governmental or 
nonprofit status (copies of official up-to-date IRS verification of 
status must be provided for all nonprofit institutions), a detailed 
description of their experience and success in similar or related 
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and financial or in-kind contributions to the partnership, and the 
approximate value of any in-kind contributions.
    Accompanying the description must be letters from each coapplicant, 
signed by their respective chief executive officers, describing their 
role if any in designing the application and, especially, the Safe 
Neighborhood Action Plan; detailing the amounts and types of financial 
and other contributions to be made by the coapplicant; firmly 
committing the coapplicant to such contributions; affirming the 
specific role(s) that the coapplicant will undertake in implementing 
Safe Neighborhood Action Plan activities, including its agreement to 
act as subgrantee, if applicable; and summarizing the coapplicant's 
experience in undertaking similar or related activities.
    With respect to coapplicant owners of Assisted Housing 
development(s), the application should include external assessment or 
evidence of the quality of the development's ownership or management 
(e.g., available management reviews by governing public entities) that 
relates to the capacity of the ownership and management to undertake 
their share of responsibilities in the partnership; and such related 
concerns as whether project management carefully screens applicants for 
units and takes appropriate steps to deal with known or suspected 
tenants exhibiting criminal behavior and cooperates with law 
enforcement actions by other partners on their project premises.
    C. A description of the Neighborhood and the Assisted Housing 
developments in the neighborhood. (1) The neighborhood description must 
include a name, a basic description (e.g., boundaries and size), 
population, number of housing units in the neighborhood, a map, a 
population profile (e.g., relevant census data on the socio-economic, 
ethnic and family makeup of neighborhood residents), and the basis on 
which the area meets the definition of ``neighborhood'' as described in 
section I.D.(3)(a) of this NOFA, above (i.e., describe and include a 
copy of the comprehensive plan, ordinance or other official local 
document which defines the area as a neighborhood, village, or similar 
geographical designation). If the entire jurisdiction is defined as a 
neighborhood by virtue of having a population at less than 25,000, 
indicate the jurisdiction's population under the 1990 census and 
describe/include more recent information which gives the best 
indication as to the current population.
    (2) The description of the Assisted Housing development(s) in the 
neighborhood, as defined in sections I.D.(3)(b) and I.D.(4) of this 
NOFA. This must include the name of the project; the name of the 
project owner; the nature, sources, and program titles of all project 
based subsidies or other assistance provided to the project by units of 
government or private nonprofit entities (any names of public or 
nonprofit programs other than programs sponsored by HUD should be 
accompanied by a description of the program and the name and business 
phone number of a contact person responsible for administering the 
program for the subsidy provider); the number of housing units in the 
project; and the number of housing units in the project that meet the 
definition of ``assisted housing units'' in section I.D.(4)(b) of this 
NOFA, and a description of the restrictions on rents and resident 
incomes that, in combination with the subsidy provided to the project, 
qualify the units as assisted/affordable in accordance with the 
definition in this NOFA; and the number, geographic proximity 
(adjoining, adjacent, or scattered site, and if scattered site, the 
distance between the two buildings which are furthest apart), and type 
(single family detached, townhouse, garden, elevator) of buildings in 
the project.
    D. Crime Status Report. A narrative with supporting data that 
describes the type and degree of crime in the neighborhood and in the 
Assisted Housing developments, as well as relevant information about 
the perpetrators of such crime (e.g., whether they live inside or 
outside the neighborhood and/or project(s)), the extent to which the 
crime is organized (e.g., gang related), and any relevant information 
on the nature of any such crime organizations. Also describe the 
nature, extent, and impact of any current or recent initiatives in the 
neighborhood and/or the Assisted Housing project by residents, 
landlords, other businesspeople, law enforcement and/or government 
community development agencies to address the current crime problem or 
its causes.
    This information must consist of a narrative backed up by 
documented statistics. To maximize the application's probability of 
being funded, the narrative must be appropriately brief and to the 
point, but must be extensive and detailed enough for HUD to determine 
accurately the extent of crime (Selection Factor (1)) and the degree to 
which the Safe Neighborhood Action Plan described in paragraph E. below 
and the partnership described in paragraphs B. and C. above will 
successfully address and reduce the crime in the neighborhood and 
project (Selection Factor (2)). Applicants must provide statistics to 
support narrative descriptions on the extent and nature of crime, as 
prescribed in section I.E.(1)A., above.
    E. Applicant's Safe Neighborhood Action Plan for addressing the 
problem of crime in the neighborhood and in the Assisted Housing 
projects for which funding is sought, which should include the 
activities to be funded under this program along with all other 
initiatives being undertaken by the applicant. The plan should include 
a discussion of:
    (1) Law Enforcement Activities. The activities funded by the grant 
and by other resources that are committed by partners for law 
enforcement activities in conjunction with this grant, including a 
description of the roles, resources committed by, and implementation 
responsibilities of each partner and a description as to the location 
and locational impact of these activities vis-a-vis each Assisted 
Housing development and the surrounding area.
    (2) Narrative justification that these activities address the needs 
identified by the Crime Status Report, i.e., the extent and nature of 
crime, profile of crime perpetrators, project resident profiles, and 
other previous or existing efforts to address such crime.
    (3) Goal of Law Enforcement Activities. The application must 
provide one or more specific crime reduction goals that would be 
achieved by the end of the 24-month grant term (e.g., 30 percent 
reduction in annual/monthly reported Part I and Part II crimes; 60 
percent reduction in number of police emergency calls from the 
neighborhood and/or from the project).
    (4) Overall budget and timetable that: (a) Also includes separate 
budgets, goals, milestones, and timetable for each activity and 
addresses milestones towards achieving the goals described in paragraph 
E.(3) above; and, (b) Indicates the contributions and implementation 
responsibilities of each partner for each activity, goal, and 
milestone.
    (5) Staffing. The number of staff years, the titles and 
professional qualifications, and respective roles of staff assigned 
full or part-time to grant implementation by the lead applicant.
    (6) Coordination. The lead applicant's plan and lines of 
accountability (including an organization chart) for implementing the 
grant activity, coordinating the partnership, and assuring that the 
lead applicant's and coapplicants' commitments will be met. There must 
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various agencies of the unit of government that will participate in 
grant implementation (which must include the prosecutor's office and at 
least one, but preferably both, of the following: the police department 
and an agency dealing with community development), their respective 
roles (i.e., which has the lead), and their lines of communication.
    (7) Administrative Systems. A description of the lead applicant's 
systems and quality controls for budgeting, procurement, drawdown, 
allocation, and accounting for grant funds and matching resources in 
accordance with OMB administrative and cost requirements, including a 
system for monitoring these concerns as related to governmental or 
nonprofit subgrantees.
    (8) Complimentary Crime Prevention Activities. A description of the 
lead applicant's and coapplicants' current activities and projected 
plans (with full funding committed) for crime prevention/socio-economic 
lift programs which will complement the law enforcement activities 
proposed in the plan. Programs considered in this category include but 
are not necessarily limited to those listed under Selection Factor (3) 
in section I.E. of this NOFA. The description must justify how these 
activities complement the law enforcement activities in the plan 
towards long term eradication and prevention of the types of crime 
described in the Crime Status Report, taking into account the profiles 
of crime perpetrators and resident profiles included in the 
application. This description must firmly commit the lead applicant to 
provide all resources and implement all activities as designated, and 
must be accompanied by firm commitments by coapplicants to provide the 
resources and conduct the activities designated for each party.
    F. Experience. A description of the lead applicant's and 
coapplicants' experiences, separately or in concert, in successfully 
implementing activities or programs substantially similar to the law 
enforcement activities proposed in the Safe Neighborhood Action Plan. 
Such description must be specific as to the nature of the crime problem 
addressed, the location and scale of the law enforcement activity 
undertaken, the resources and activities undertaken by the lead 
applicant or coapplicants, the resources and roles provided by any 
partners involved in the same or related activities, the structure for 
coordinating the partnership, and any available evidence as to the 
success of these activities or programs.
    G. Form 424 B Assurances signed by the lead applicant's Chief 
Executive Officer or designee.
    H. Other Certifications. A certification form regarding Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity will be provided by HUD in the 
Application Kit. The lead applicant may not have any outstanding 
findings of civil rights violations.
    I. Drug-Free Workplace. The certification with regard to the drug-
free workplace required by 24 CFR part 24, subpart F.
    J. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities. If the applicant applies for 
an amount greater than $100,000, the certification with regard to 
lobbying required by 24 CFR part 87 must be included. See section V.H., 
below, of this NOFA. If the applicant applies for an amount greater 
than $100,000, and the applicant has made or has agreed to make any 
payment using nonappropriated funds for lobbying activity, as described 
in 24 CFR part 87, the submission must also include the Disclosure of 
Lobbying Activities Form (SF-LLL).
    K. Form HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report.

IV. Corrections to Deficient Applications

    HUD will notify the applicant within ten (10) working days of the 
receipt of the application if there are any curable technical 
deficiencies in the application. Curable technical deficiencies relate 
to minimum eligibility requirements (such as certifications or 
signatures) that are necessary for funding approval but that do not 
relate to the quality of the applicant's program proposal under the 
selection criteria. The applicant must submit corrections in accordance 
with the information provided by HUD within 14 calendar days of the 
date of the HUD notification.

V. Other Matters

A. General Grant Requirements

    The following requirements apply to all activities, programs, or 
functions used to plan, budget, implement, and evaluate the work funded 
under this program.
    (1) Grant Agreement. After applications have been ranked and 
selected, HUD and the lead applicant shall enter into a grant agreement 
setting forth the amount of the grant, the physical improvements or 
other eligible activities to be undertaken, financial controls, and 
special conditions, including sanctions for violation of the agreement. 
The Grant Agreement will incorporate the HUD approved applications, as 
may be amended by any special condition in the Grant Agreement. HUD 
will monitor grantees, utilizing the Grant Agreements to ensure that 
grantees have achieved commitments set out in their HUD approved grant 
application. Failure to honor such commitments would be the basis for 
HUD determining a default of the Grant Agreement, and exercising 
available sanctions, including grant suspension, termination, and/or 
the recapture of grant funds.
    (2) Requirements Governing Grant Administration, Audits and Cost 
Principles. The policies, guidelines, and requirements of this NOFA, 48 
CFR part 31, 24 CFR parts 44, 45, 84 and/or 85, OMB Circulars A-87 and/
or A-122, other applicable administrative, audit, and cost principles 
and requirements, and the terms of grant/special conditions and 
subgrant agreements apply to the acceptance and use of assistance by 
grantees. The requirements cited above, as applicable, must be followed 
in determining procedures and practices related to the separate 
accounting of grant funds from other grant sources, personnel 
compensation, travel, procurement, the timing of drawdowns, the 
reasonableness and allocability of costs, audits, reporting and 
closeout, budgeting, and preventing conflict of interests or 
duplicative charging of identical costs to two different funding 
sources. All costs must be reasonable and necessary.
    (3) Term of Grant. The term of funded activities may not exceed 24 
months; however, HUD may approve a 6-month extension to this term for 
good cause.
    (4) Subgrants and Subcontracting. (a) In accordance with an 
approved application, a grantee may directly undertake any of the 
eligible activities under this NOFA, it may contract with a qualified 
third party, or it may make a subgrant to any coapplicant approved by 
HUD as a member of the partnership, provided such party is a unit of 
government, is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, or is an 
incorporated for-profit entity that owns and/or manages an Assisted 
Housing project benefiting from the grant. Resident groups that are not 
incorporated may share with the grantee in the implementation of the 
program, but may not receive funds as subgrantees. For-profit 
organizations other than owners or managers of an Assisted Housing 
project benefiting from the grant that have been approved by HUD as 
part of the partnership may only receive grant funds subject to the 
applicable Federal procurement procedures (See 24 CFR part 84 or 85).

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    (b) Subgrants may be made only under a written agreement executed 
between the grantee and the subgrantee. The agreement must include a 
program budget that is acceptable to the grantee, and that is otherwise 
consistent with the grant application budget. The agreement must 
require the subgrantee to permit the grantee to inspect the 
subgrantee's work and to follow applicable OMB and HUD administrative 
requirements, audit requirements, and cost principles, including those 
related to procurement, drawdown of funds for immediate use only, and 
accounting to the grantee for the use of grant funds and implementation 
of program activities. In addition, the agreement must describe the 
nature of the activities to be undertaken by the subgrantee, the scope 
of the subgrantee's authority, and the amount of any insurance to be 
obtained by the grantee and the subgrantee to protect their respective 
interests.
    (c) The grantee shall be responsible for monitoring, and for 
providing technical assistance to, any subgrantee to ensure compliance 
with applicable HUD and OMB requirements, including those cited in 
sections V.A.(2) and V.A.(4)(b), above. The grantee must also ensure 
that subgrantees have appropriate insurance liability coverage.
    (5) Environmental Requirements. Prior to the award of grant funds 
under the program, HUD will perform an environmental review to the 
extent required under the provisions of 24 CFR part 50.
    (6) Ineligible Contractors. The provisions of 24 CFR part 24 
relating to the employment, engagement of services, awarding of 
contracts or funding of any contractors or subcontractors during any 
period of debarment, suspension, or placement in ineligibility status 
apply to this grant.
    (7) Employment preference. A grantee under this program shall give 
preference to the employment of residents of Assisted Housing projects 
in the neighborhood to be assisted by this grant, and shall comply with 
section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u) and 24 CFR part 135, to carry out any of the eligible activities 
under this program, so long as residents provided such preferences have 
comparable qualifications and training as nonresident applicants.
    (8) Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity. The following 
nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements apply:
    (a) The requirements of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000d) (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) 
and implementing regulations issued at 24 CFR part 1;
    (b) The prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age 
under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-07) and 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146; prohibitions against 
discrimination against handicapped individuals under section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing regulations 
at 24 CFR part 8;
    (c) The requirements of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment 
Opportunity) and implementing regulations issued at 41 CFR Chapter 60; 
and the requirements of Executive Orders 11625, 12432, and 12138 as 
well as 24 CFR 85.36(e) requiring grantee efforts to encourage the use 
of minority and women business enterprises when possible in the 
procurement of property and services.
    (d) Grantees must maintain records of their efforts to comply with 
the requirements of section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1968 and the requirements concerning use of minority and women 
business enterprises.
    (e) The requirements of title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
(Fair Housing Act) (42 U.S.C. 3600-20) and implementing regulations 
issued at 24 CFR chapter I, subchapter A; Executive Order 11063 (Equal 
Opportunity in Housing) and implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 107 
apply to Assisted Housing which benefits from grant funds.
    (9) Drawdown of Grant Funds. All grantees will access the grant 
funds through HUD's Line of Credit Control System-Voice Response System 
in accordance with procedures for minimizing the time lapsing between 
drawdowns and use of funds for eligible purposes as described in 24 CFR 
parts 84 and/or 85, as applicable.
    (10) Reports and Closeout. Each grantee receiving a grant shall 
submit to HUD a semiannual progress report in a format prescribed by 
HUD that indicates program expenditures and measures performance in 
achieving goals. At grant completion, the grantee shall participate in 
a closeout process as directed by HUD which shall include a final 
report in a format prescribed by HUD that reports final program 
expenditures and measures performance in achieving program goals. 
Closeout will culminate in a closeout agreement between HUD and the 
grantee and, when appropriate, in the return of grant funds which have 
not been expended in accordance with applicable requirements.
    (11) Suspension or Termination of Funding. HUD may suspend or 
terminate funding if the grantee fails to undertake the approved 
program activities on a timely basis in accordance with the grant 
agreement, adhere to grant agreement requirements or special 
conditions, or submit timely and accurate reports.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The information collection requirements contained in this Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA) have been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), in accordance with the emergency 
processing procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520) and 5 CFR 1320.13, and assigned OMB control number 2502-
0520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless the 
collection displays a valid control number.

C. Environmental Impact

    A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment 
has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50 that 
implement section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). The Finding of No Significant Impact is 
available for public inspection and copying from 7:30 to 5:30 weekdays 
in the Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, Room 10276, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC.

D. Federalism Impact

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) 
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that this NOFA 
would not have substantial direct effects on States or their political 
subdivisions, or the relationship between the Federal Government and 
the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among 
the various levels of government. The grants under this NOFA will be 
used to eliminate drug-related and other crime problems on the premises 
and in the vicinity of low-income housing. Therefore, this NOFA is not 
subject to review under the Order.

E. Section 102 HUD Reform Act Applicant/Recipient Disclosures

    Section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545) (HUD Reform Act) and the 
regulations codified in 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, contain a number of 
provisions that are designed to ensure greater accountability and 
integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance administered 
by HUD. On January 14,

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1992 (57 FR 1942), HUD published a notice that also provides 
information on the implementation of section 102. The documentation, 
public access, and disclosure requirements of section 102 are 
applicable to assistance awarded under this NOFA as follows:
    Documentation and public access requirements. HUD will ensure that 
documentation and other information regarding each application 
submitted pursuant to this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis 
upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material, including 
any letters of support, will be made available for public inspection 
for a 5-year period beginning not less than 30 days after the award of 
the assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the 
recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal Register 
notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a competitive 
basis.
    Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for 5 years all 
applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in connection 
with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made available 
along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case for a 
period less than 3 years. All reports--both applicant disclosures and 
updates--will be made available in accordance with the Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 
CFR part 15.

F. Section 103 HUD Reform Act

    HUD's regulations implementing section 103 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3537a), 
codified in 24 CFR part 4, applies to this funding competition. The 
regulations continue to apply until the announcement of the selection 
of successful applicants. HUD employees involved in the review of 
applications and in the making of funding decisions are limited by the 
regulations from providing advance information to any person (other 
than an authorized employee of HUD) concerning funding decisions, or 
from otherwise giving any applicant an unfair competitive advantage. 
Persons who apply for assistance in this competition should confine 
their inquiries to the subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
    Applicants or employees who have ethics related questions should 
contact the HUD Ethics Law Division at (202) 708-3815. (This is not a 
toll-free number.) For HUD employees who have specific program 
questions, such as whether particular subject matter can be discussed 
with persons outside HUD, the employee should contact the appropriate 
field office counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which 
the question pertains.

G. Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

    Applicants for funding under this NOFA are subject to the 
provisions of section 319 of the Department of Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. 1352 (the 
Byrd Amendment), which prohibits recipients of Federal contracts, 
grants, or loans from using appropriated funds for lobbying the 
executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in 
connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan. Applicants are 
required to certify, using the certification found at Appendix A to 24 
CFR part 87, that they will not, and have not, used appropriated funds 
for any prohibited lobbying activities. In addition, applicants must 
disclose, using Standard Form LLL, ``Disclosure of Lobbying 
Activities,'' any funds, other than Federally appropriated funds, that 
will be or have been used to influence Federal employees, members of 
Congress, and congressional staff regarding specific grants or 
contracts.

    Dated: May 7, 1997.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing -Federal Housing Commissioner.

Appendix A--Multifamily Division Directors

New England

Boston

Jeanne McHallam, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Boston Office, 
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 
375, Boston, Massachusetts 02222-1092 (617) 565-5101 TTY Number: 
(617) 565-5453

Hartford

Robert S. Donovan, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Hartford 
Office, 330 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1860 (860) 240-
4524 TTY Number: (860) 240-4665

Manchester

Loren W. Cole, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Manchester 
Office, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut Street, 
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487 (603) 666-7755 TTY Number: 
(603) 666-7518

Providence

Louisa Osbourne, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Providence 
Office, Sixth Floor, 10 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island 
02903-3234 (401) 528-5354 TTY Number: (401) 528-5403

New York/New Jersey

New York

Beryl Niewood, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-New York Office, 26 
Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068 (212) 264-07777 x3717 
TTY Number: (212) 264-0927

Buffalo

Rosalinda Lamberty, Chief, Multifamily Asset Management Branch, HUD-
Buffalo Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, Fifth Floor, 
Buffalo, New York 14203-1780 (716) 551-5755 x5500 TTY Number: (716) 
551-5787

Newark

Encarnacion Loukatos, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Newark 
Office, One Newark Center, 13th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-5260 
(201) 622-7900 x3400 TTY Number: (201) 645-3298

Mid-Atlantic

Philadelphia

Thomas Langston, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Philadelphia 
Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19107-3380 (215) 656-0503 x3354 TTY Number: (215) 656-
3452

Baltimore

Ina Singer, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Baltimore Office, City 
Crescent Building, 10 South Howard Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, 
Maryland, 21201-2505 (410) 962-2520 x3125 TTY Number: (410) 962-0106

Charleston

Peter Minter, HUD-Charleston Office, 405 Capitol Street, Suite 708, 
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1795 (304) 347-7064 TTY Number: 
(304) 347-5332

Pittsburgh

Edward Palombizio, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Pittsburgh 
Office, 339 Sixth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
15222-2515 (412) 644-6394 TTY Number: (412) 644-5747

Richmond

Charles Famuliner, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Richmond 
Office, The 3600 Center, 3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 
23230-4920 (804) 278-4505 TTY Number: (804) 278-4501

District of Columbia

Felicia Williams, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-District of 
Columbia Office, 820 First Street, N.E., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 
20002-4205 (202) 275-4726 x3096 TTY Number: (202) 275-0772

Southeast/Caribbean

Atlanta

Robert W. Reavis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Atlanta Office, 
Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring Street, S.W. Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3388 404-331-4426 TTY Number: (404) 730-2654

Birmingham

Herman S. Ransom, Multifamily Housing Director, Beacon Ridge Tower, 
600 Beacon

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Parkway West, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144 (205) 290-
7667 x1062 TTY Number: (205) 290-7630

Caribbean

Minerva Bravo-Perez, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Caribbean 
Office, New San Juan Office Building, 159 Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, 
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1804 (787) 766-5106/5401 TTY Number: 
(787) 766-5909

Columbia

Robert Ribenberick, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Columbia 
Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street, 
Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480 (803) 253-3240 TTY Number: (803) 
253-3071

Greensboro

Daniel McCanless, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Greensboro 
Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro, North 
Carolina 27407-3707 (910) 547-4020 TTY Number: (919) 547-4055

Jackson

Reba G. Cook, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Jackson Office, 
Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 
910, Jackson, Mississippi 39269-1016 (601) 965-4700/01 TTY Number: 
(601) 965-4171

Jacksonville

Ferdinand Juluke, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-
Jacksonville Office, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street, Suite 
2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121 (904) 232-3528 TTY Number: 
(904) 232-1241

Knoxville

William S. McClister, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Knoxville 
Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust Street, Third 
Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526 (423) 545-4406 TTY Number: 
(423) 545-4559

Louisville

R. Brooks Hatcher, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Louisville 
Office, 601 West Broad Street, Post Office Box 1044, Louisville, 
Kentucky 40201-1044 (502) 582-6163 x260 TTY Number: 1-800-648-6056

Nashville

Ed M. Phillips, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Nashville Office, 
251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-
1803 (615) 736-5365 TTY Number: (615) 736-2886

Mid-West

Chicago

Ed Hinsberger, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Chicago Office, 
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard,Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3507 (312) 353-6236 x2152 TTY 
Number: (312) 353-5944

Cincinnati

Patricia A. Knight, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Cincinnati 
Office, 525 Vine Street, 7th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202-3188 
(513) 684-2133 TTY Number: (513) 684-6180

Cleveland

Preston A. Pace, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Cleveland Office, 
Renaissance Building, 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 500, Cleveland, Ohio 
44115-1815 (216) 522-4112 TTY Number: (216) 522-2261

Columbus

Don Jakob, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Columbus Office, 200 
North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499 (614) 469-2156 TTY 
Number: (614) 469-6694

Detroit

Robert Brown, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Detroit 
Office,Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592 (313) 226-7107 TTY Number: (313) 226-
6899

Grand Rapids

Shirley Bryant, HUD-Grand Rapids Office, Trade Center Building, 50 
Louis Street, NW, Third Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2648 
(616) 456-2146 TTY Number: (616) 456-2159

Indianapolis

Henry Levandowski, HUD-Indianapolis Office, 151 North Delaware 
Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526 (317) 226-5575 TTY Number: 
(317) 226-7081

Milwaukee

Joseph Bates, HUD-Milwaukee Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza, 
310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-
2289 (414) 297-3156 TTY Number: (414) 297-3123

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Howard Goldman, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Minneapolis 
Office, 220 Second Street, South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2195 
(612) 370-3051 TTY Number: (612) 370-3186

Southwest

Fort Worth

Ed Ross Burton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Fort Worth Office, 
1600 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905 (817) 978-
9295 x3214 TTY Number: (817) 978-9273

Houston

Albert Cason, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Houston Office, 
Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77098-4096 
(713) 313-2274 x7063 TTY Number: (713) 834-3274

Little Rock

Elsie Whitson, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Little Rock Office, 
TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 900, Little Rock, 
Arkansas 72201-3488 (501) 324-5937 TTY Number: (501) 324-5931

New Orleans

Ann Kizzier, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-New Orleans Office, 
Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3099 (504) 589-7236 x3106 TTY Number: (504) 
589-7279

Oklahoma City

Kevin J. McNeely, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Oklahoma City 
Office, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 
73102 (405) 553-7440 TTY Number: (405) 553-7480

San Antonio

Elva Castillo, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-San Antonio Office, 
Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207-
4563 (210) 472-4914 TTY Number: (210) 472-6885

Great Plains

Kansas City

Joan Knapp, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Kansas City Office, 
Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101-5462 
(913) 551-5504 TTY Number: (913) 551-6972

Des Moines

Donna Davis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Des Moines Office, 
Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, Iowa 
50309-2155 (515) 284-4375 TTY Number: (515) 284-4718

Omaha

Steven L. Gage, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Omaha Office, 
Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, Nebraska 
68154-3955 (402) 492-4114 TTY Number: (402) 492-3183

St. Louis

Paul Dribin, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-St. Louis Office, 
Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street, Third Floor, 
St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2836 (314) 539-6666 TTY Number: (314) 539-
6331

Rocky Mountains

Denver

Larry C. Sidebottom, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Denver 
Office, First Interstate Tower North, 633-17th Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-3607 (303) 672-5343 x1172 TTY Number: (303) 672-5248

Pacific/Hawaii

Honolulu

Michael Flores, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Honolulu Office, 
Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 500, 
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918 (808) 522-8185 x246 TTY Number: (808) 
522-8193

Los Angeles

Vivian Williams, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Los 
Angeles Office, 1615 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 
90015-3801 (213) 894-8000 x3802 TTY Number: (213) 894-8133

Phoenix

Sally Thomas, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Phoenix Office, Two 
Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street, Suite 1600, Phoenix, Arizona 
85004 (602) 379-4667 x6236 TTY Number: (602) 379-4464

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Sacramento

William F. Bolton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Sacramento 
Office, 777-12th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, California 95814-
1997 (916) 498-5220 x322 TTY Number: (916) 498-5959

San Francisco

Janet Browder, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-San Francisco 
Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House, 450 
Golden Gate Avenue, PO Box 36003, San Francisco, California, 94102-
3448 (415) 436-6580 TTY Number: (415) 436-6594

Northwest/Alaska

Portland

Thomas C. Cusack, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Portland Office, 
520 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, Portland, Oregon, 97204-1596 
(503) 326-2513 TTY Number: (503) 326-3656

Seattle

Willie Spearmon, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Seattle Office, 
Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 1st Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, 
Washington 98104-1000 (206) 220-5207 x3249 TTY Number: (206) 220-
5185

Appendix B. Empowerment Zone/Empowerment Communities--EZ/EC Main 
Contact List

Empowerment Zones

GA, Atlanta

Mr. Paul White, Atlanta EZ Corporation, 101 Marietta Street, 
Eleventh Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-331-4480 (phone), 404-331-
4515 (fax)

IL, Chicago

Mr. Jose Cerda, City of Chicago, 20 North Clark Street, 28th Floor, 
Chicago, IL 60602, 312-744-9623 (phone), 312-744-9696 (fax)

MD, Baltimore

Ms. Diane Bell, Empower Baltimore Management Corporation, 111 S. 
Calvert Street, Suite 1550, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-783-4400 
(phone), 410-783-0526 (fax)

MI, Detroit

Ms. Gloria W. Robinson, City of Detroit Planning and Development, 
2300 Cadillac Tower Building, Detroit, MI 48226, 313-224-6389 
(phone), 313-224-1629 (fax)

NY, New York

Mr. Kevin Nunn, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, 198 
East 161st Street, Second Floor, Bronx, NY 10451, 718-590-3549 
(phone), 718-590-5814 (fax)

NY, New York

Ms. Deborah Wright, Director, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, 
Development Corporation, Powell Office Building, 163 West 125th 
Street, Suite 1204, New York, NY 10027, 212-932-1902 (phone), 212-
932-1907 (fax)

PA, Philadelphia

Mr. Carlos Acosta, City of Philadelphia, 1600 Arch Street, Gallery 
Level, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215-686-9763 (phone), 215-686-9800 
(fax)

NJ, Camden

Mr. Richard Cummings, Camden Empowerment Zone Corporation, 412 North 
Second Street, Camden, NJ 08104, 609-541-2836 (phone), 609-541-8457 
(fax)

Supplemental Empowerment Zones

CA, Los Angeles

Mr. Parker C. Anderson, City of Los Angeles, Community Development 
Department, 215 West 6th Street, Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90014, 
213-485-1617 (phone), 213-237-0551 (fax)

OH, Cleveland

India Lee, Director, Cleveland Empowerment Zone, 601 Lakeside 
Avenue, City Hall, Room 335, Cleveland, OH 44114, 216-664-3803 
(phone), 216-420-8522 (fax)

Enhanced Enterprise Communities

CA, Oakland

Kofe Bonner, City of Oakland, One City Hall Plaza, Third Floor, 
Oakland, CA 94612, 510-238-3303 (phone), 510-238-6538 (fax)

MA, Boston

Mr. Reginald Nunnally, Boston Empowerment Center, 20 Hampden Street, 
Boston, MA 02119, 617-445-3413 (phone), 617-445-5675 (fax)

KS, Kansas City and MO, Kansas City

Mr. Cal Bender, MARC, 600 Broadway, 300 Rivergate Center, Kansas 
City, MO 64105-1554, 816-474-4240 (phone), 816-421-7758 (fax)

TX, Houston

Ms. Judith Butler, 900 Bagby Street, City Hall Annex, Mayor's 
Office, Second Floor, Houston, TX 77002, 713-247-2666 (phone), 713-
247-3985 (fax)

Enterprise Communities

AL, Birmingham

Mr. John H. Gemmill, City of Birmingham, 710 N. 20th Street, City 
Hall, Room 224, Birmingham, AL 35203, 205-254-2870 (phone), 205-254-
2541 (fax)

AR, Pulaski County

Mr. Henry McHenry, Enterprise Community Committee Board, 300 South 
Spring, Suite 800, Little Rock, AR 72201-2424, 501-340-5675 (phone), 
501-320-5680 (fax)

AZ, Phoenix

Mr. Ed Zuercher, City of Phoenix, 200 West Washington Street, 12th 
Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003-1611, 602-261-8532 (phone), 602-261-8327 
(fax)

CA, San Diego

Ms. Bonnie Contreras, City of San Diego, 202 C Street MS 3A, San 
Diego, CA 92101, 619-236-6846 (phone), 619-236-6512 (fax)

CA, San Francisco

Ms. Pamela David, City of San Francisco, San Francisco Enterprise 
Community Program, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 
94102, 415-252-3167 (phone), 415-252-3110 (fax)

CO, Denver

Ms. Cathy Chin, Community Development Agency, 216 16th Street, Suite 
1400, Denver, CO 80202, 303-640-4787 (phone), 303-640-7120 (fax)
Mr. Ernest Hughes, City of Denver, 216 16th Street, Suite 1400, 
Denver, CO 80202, 303-640-7128 (phone), 303-640-7120 (fax)

CT, Bridgeport

Ms. Janice Willis, City of Bridgeport Office of Grant 
Administration, City Hall, Bridgeport, CT 06604, 203-332-8662 
(phone), 203-332-5656 (fax)

CT, New Haven

Ms. Serena Neal-Williams, City of New Haven, 165 Church Street, New 
Haven, CT 06510, 203-946-7707 (phone), 203-946-7808 (fax)

DC, Washington

Ms. Judy Cohall, District of Columbia EC Program, 51 N Street, NE, 
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001, 202-535-1366 (phone), 202-535-1559 
(fax)

DE, Wilmington

Mr. James Walker, Wilmington Enterprise Community, Louis L. Redding 
City/County Building, 800 French Street, 9th Floor, Wilmington, DE 
19801, 302-571-4189 (phone), 302-571-4102 (fax)

 FL, Miami/Dade County/Homestead

Mr. Tony E. Crapp, Sr., Office of Economic Development, 140 West 
Flagler, Suite 1000, Miami, FL 33130-1561, 305-375-3431 (phone), 
305-375-3428 (fax)

FL, Tampa

Mr. Benjamin Stevenson, City of Tampa, 1310 9th Avenue, Tampa, FL 
33605, 813-242-5359 (phone), 813-242-5381 (fax)

GA, Albany

Mr. Anthony Cooper, Department of Community and Economic 
Development, 230 South Jackson Street, Suite 315, Albany, GA 31701, 
912-430-7867 (phone), 912-430-3989 (fax)

IA, Des Moines

Ms. Kathy Kafela, City of Des Moines, 602 East First Street, Des 
Moines, IA 50309, 515-283-4151 (phone), 515-237-1713 (fax)

IL, East St. Louis

Mr. Percy Harris, City of East St. Louis, City of East St. Louis, 
301 River Park Dr., East St. Louis, IL 62201, 618-482-6644 (phone), 
618-482-6648 (fax)

IL, Springfield

Ms. Jacqueline Richie, Office of Economic Development, 231 South 
Sixth St., Springfield, IL 62701, 217-789-2377 (phone), 217-789-2380 
(fax)

IN, Indianapolis

Ms. Mary Kapur, 2560 City County Building, 200 East Washington St., 
Indianapolis, IN

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46204, 317-327-3601 (phone), 317-327-5271 (fax)
Mr. Mark Young, Community Development and Human Services, 1860 City 
County Building, Indianapolis, IN 46204

KY, Louisville

Ms. Carolyn Gatz, Empowerment Zone Community, 601 West Jefferson 
St., Louisville, KY 40202, 502-574-4210 (phone), 502-574-4201 (fax)

LA, New Orleans

Ms. Thelma H. French, Office of Federal and State Programs, 1300 
Perdido Street, Room 2E10, New Orleans, LA 70112, 504-565-6414 
(phone), 504-565-6976 (fax)

LA, Ouachita Parish

Mr. Ken Newman, 2115 Justice Street, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-387-2572 
(phone), 318-387-9054 (fax)

MA, Lowell

Ms. Sue Beaton, City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street, City Hall, Lowell, 
MA 01852, 508-970-4165 (phone), 508-970-4007 (fax)

MA, Springfield

Mr. Jim Asselin, Community Development Department, 36 Court Street, 
Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-6050 (phone), 413-787-6027 (fax)

MI, Flint

Mr. Larry Foster, Township of Mount Morris, G-5447 Bicentennial 
Parkway, Mount Morris Township, MI 48458, 810-785-9138 (phone), 810-
785-7730 (fax)
Ms. Nancy Jurkiewicz, City of Flint, 1101 South Saginaw Street, 
Flint, MI 48502, 810-766-7436 (phone), 810-766-7351 (fax)

MI, Muskegon

Mr. Jim Edmonson, City of Muskegon, Economic Development Department, 
933 Terrace Street, Muskegon, MI 49443, 616-724-6977 (phone), 616-
724-6790 (fax)
Ms. Fleta Mitchell, Department of Planning and Community 
Development, 2724 Peck, Muskegon Heights, MI 49444, 616-733-1355 
(phone), 616-733-7382 (fax)

MN, Minneapolis

Mr. Ken Brunsvold, Office of Grants & Special Project, 350 South 
Fifth Street, City Hall, Room 200, Minneapolis, MN 55415, 612-673-
2348 (phone), 612-673-2728 (fax)

MN, St. Paul

Mr. Jim Zdon, City of St. Paul, Planning and Economic Development, 
25 West Fourth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, 612-266-6559 
(phone), 612-228-3314 (fax)

MO, St. Louis

Ms. Dorothy Dailey, St. Louis Development Corp., 330 North 15th 
Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, 314-622-3400 (phone), 314-622-3413 
(fax)

MS, Jackson

Mr. Willie Cole, Office of City Planning/Minority Business, 218 
South President Street, Jackson, MS 39205, 601-960-1055 (phone), 
601-960-2403 (fax)

NC, Charlotte

Ms. Charlene Abbott, Neighborhood Development Department, 600 East 
Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, 704-336-5577 (phone), 704-336-
2527 (fax)

NE, Omaha

Mr. Scott Knudsen, City of Omaha, 1819 Farnum Street, Suite 1100, 
Omaha, NE 68183, 402-444-5381 (phone), 402-444-6140 (fax)

NH, Manchester

Ms. Amanda Parenteau, City of Manchester, 889 Elm Street, City Hall, 
Manchester, NH 03101, 603-624-2111 (phone), 603-624-6308 (fax)

NJ, Newark

Ms. Angela Corbo, Department of Administration, City Hall, Room B-
16, 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102, 201-733-4331 (phone), 201-
733-3769 (fax)

NM, Albuquerque

Ms. Sylvia Fettes, Family & Community Services Department, One Civic 
Plaza, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87103, 505-768-2860 (phone), 505-768-3204 
(fax)

NV, Las Vegas

Ms. Yvonne Gates, Clark County Commissioners Office, 500 South Grand 
Central Parkway, P.O. Box 551601, Las Vegas, NV 89155-1601, 702-455-
3239 (phone), 702-383-6041 (fax)
Ms. Jennifer Padre, Southern Nevada Enterprise Community, 500 South 
Grand Central Parkway, P.O. Box 551212, Las Vegas, NV 89155-1212, 
702-455-5025 (phone), 702-455-5038 (fax)

NY, Albany/Troy/Schenectady

Mr. Kevin O'Connor, Center for Economic Growth, One Key Corp Plaza, 
Suite 600, Albany, NY 12207, 518-465-8975 (phone), 518-465-6681 
(fax)

NY, Buffalo

Ms. Paula Rosner, Buffalo Enterprise Development Corporation, 620 
Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 716-842-6923 (phone), 716-842-1779 
(fax)

NY, Newburgh/Kingston

Ms. Allison Lee, City of Newburgh, Community Development,83 
Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550, 914-569-7350 (phone), 914-569-7355 
(fax)

NY, Rochester

Ms. Carolyn Argust, City of Rochester Economic Development, 30 
Church Street, City Hall, Room 205A, Rochester, NY 14614, 716-428-
7207 (phone), 716-428-7069 (fax)

OH, Akron

Mr. Jerry Egan, Department of Planning & Urban Development, 166 
South High Street, Akron, OH 44308-1628, 330-375-2090 (phone), 330-
375-2387 (fax)

OH, Columbus

Mr. Patrick Grady, Economic Development Administrator, 99 North 
Front Street, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-645-7574 (phone), 614-645-7855 
(fax)
Mr. John Beard, Columbus Compact Corporation, 815 East Mound Street, 
Suite 108, Columbus, OH 43205, 614-251-0926 (phone), 614-251-2243 
(fax)

OK, Oklahoma City

Mr. Carl Friend, Oklahoma City Planning Department, 420 West Main 
Street, Suite 920, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-297-2574 (phone), 
405-297-3796 (fax)

OR, Portland

Ms. Regena S. Warren, City of Portland, 421 SW Sixth Street, Suite 
700, Portland, OR 97204, 412-487-9118 (phone), 412-255-2585 (fax)

PA, Pittsburgh

Ms. Bev Gillot, City of Pittsburgh, 4433 Laurel Oak Drive, Allison 
Park, PA 15105, 412-487-9118 (phone), 412-255-2585 (fax)

PA, Harrisburg

Ms. JoAnn Partridge, City of Harrisburg, Department of Building and 
Housing Development, MLK City Government Center, 10 North Second 
Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1681, 717-255-6424 (phone), 717-255-
6421 (fax)

RI, Providence

Mr. Joe Montiero, Providence Plan, 56 Pine Street, Suite 3B, 
Providence, RI 02903, 401-455-8880 (phone), 401-331-6840 (fax)
Mr. Patrick McGuigan, Providence Plan, 56 Pine Street, Suite 3B, 
Providence, RI 02903, 401-455-8880 (phone), 401-331-6840 (fax),

SC, Charleston

Patricia W. Crawford, Housing/Community Development, 75 Calhoun 
Street, Division 615, Charleston, SC 29401-3506, 803-724-3766 
(phone), 803-724-7354 (fax)

TN, Nashville

Mr. Phil Ryan, Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, 701 
South Sixth Street, Nashville, TN 37206, 615-252-8505 (phone), 615-
252-8559 (fax)

TN, Memphis

Ms. Shirley Collins, Center for Neighborhoods, 619 North Seventh 
Street, Memphis, TN 38107, 901-526-6627 (phone), 901-526-6627 (fax)

TX, El Paso

Ms. Deborah G. Hamlyn, City of El Paso, #2 Civic Center Plaza, 9th 
Floor, El Paso, TX 79901, 915-541-4643 (phone), 915-541-4370 (fax)

TX, Waco

Mr. Charles Daniels, City of Waco, P.O. Box 2570, Waco, TX 76702-
2570, 817-750-5690 (phone), 817-750-5880 (fax)

TX, Dallas

Mr. Mark Obeso, Empowerment Zone Manager, 1500 Marilla, 2B South, 
Dallas, TX 75201, 214-670-4897 (phone), 214-670-0158 (fax)

TX, San Antonio

Mr. Curley Spears, City of San Antonio, 419 South. Main, Suite 200, 
San Antonio, TX 78204, 210-220-3600 (phone), 210-220-3620 (fax)

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UT, Ogden

Ms. Karen Thurber, Ogden City Neighborhood Development, 2484 
Washington Boulevard, Suite 211, Ogden, UT 84401, 801-629-8943 
(phone), 801-629-8902 (fax)

VA, Norfolk

Ms. Eleanor R. Bradshaw, Norfolk Works, 201 Granby Street, Norfolk, 
VA 23510, 757-624-8650 (phone), 757-622-4623 (fax)

VT, Burlington

Mr. Brian Pine, Office of Community Development, City Hall, Room 32, 
Burlington, VT 05401, 802-865-7232 (phone), 802-865-7024 (fax)

WA, Seattle

Mr. Charles Depew, City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Building, 
Third Floor, Seattle, WA 98104-1826, 206-684-0208 (phone), 206-684-
0379 (fax)

WA, Tacoma

Mr. Christopher Andersen, Tacoma Empowerment Consortium, 2501 East D 
Street, Suite 209, Tacoma, WA 98421, 206-572-2120 (phone), 206-572-
2625 (fax)

WI, Milwaukee

Ms. Una Vanderval, Department of City Development, 809 North 
Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-286-5900 (phone), 414-286-5467 
(fax)

WV, Huntington

Ms. Cathy Burns, Community Development and Planning, 800 Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 14, P.O. Box 1659, Huntington, WV 25717, 304-696-4486 
(phone), 304-696-4465 (fax)

[FR Doc. 97-13517 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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