[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
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Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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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;
Newark, NJ;
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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
over and above what the office or agency incurred for such purposes for
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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
tenants receiving housing vouchers or Section 8
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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
frequency
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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
Assisted Housing developments' ownership and
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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
anticrime initiatives, roles in
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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
be a discussion of the
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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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