[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45302-45333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21355]


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Part II





Department of Health and Human Services





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Administration for Children and Families



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Request for Applications for the Office of Community Services' Fiscal 
Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families
[Program Announcement No. OCS-2000-01]


Program Announcement; Request for Applications for the Office of 
Community Services' Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for applications for the Office of Community Services' 
Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Community Services (OCS), announces that competing applications will be 
accepted for new grants pursuant to the Secretary's discretionary 
authority under sections 681(a) and (b) of the Community Services Block 
Grant Act of 1981, as amended.

CLOSING DATE: The closing date for submission of applications is 
November 15, 1999. Mailed applications postmarked after the closing 
date will be classified as late.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION:
    Mailing Address: Discretionary applications must be mailed to the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, 4th 
Floor West, Aerospace Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20447; Attention: Discretionary Grants Program.
    Submission Instructions: Mailed applications shall be considered as 
meeting an announced deadline if they are either received on or before 
the closing date or postmarked on or before the closing date and 
received by ACF in time for the independent review.
    Applications mailed must bear a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 
postmark or a legibly dated, machine produced postmark of a commercial 
mail service affixed to the envelope/package containing the 
application(s). To be deemed acceptable as proof of timely mailing, a 
postmark from a commercial mail service must include the logo/emblem of 
the commercial mail service company and must reflect the date the 
package was received by the commercial mail service company from the 
applicant. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof 
of timely mailing. (Applicants are cautioned that express/overnight 
mail services do not always deliver as agreed.)
    Applications handcarried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by 
other representatives of the applicant shall be considered as meeting 
an announced deadline if they are received on or before the closing 
date, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., EST, at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor 
Loading Dock, Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20024, between Monday and Friday (excluding Federal holidays). The 
address must appear on the envelope/package containing the application 
with the note Attention: Discretionary Grants Program. (Applicants are 
again cautioned that express/overnight mail services do not always 
deliver as agreed.)
    ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax or 
through other electronic media. Therefore, applications transmitted to 
ACF electronically will not be accepted regardless of date or time of 
submission and time of receipt.
    Late applications: Applications that do not meet the criteria above 
are considered late applications. ACF shall notify each late applicant 
that its application will not be considered in the current competition.
    Extension of deadlines: ACF may extend application deadlines when 
circumstances such as acts of God (floods, hurricanes, etc.) occur, or 
when there are widespread disruptions of the mail service. 
Determinations to extend or waive deadline requirements rest with ACF's 
Chief Grants Management Officer.
    Number of Copies Required: One signed original application and four 
copies must be submitted at the time of the initial submission. (OMB-
0970-0062, expires 10/31/2001)
    The first page of the SF-424 must contain in the lower right-hand 
corner, a designation indicating under which sub-priority area funds 
are being requested (for example UR for 1.1, HB for 1.2, PD for 1.3, DD 
for 1.4, AM for 1.5, UT for 1.6, or RF for 2.0). See Part G, section 1, 
item 11 for details.
    For General Questions on the Announcement, Contact:

Veronica Terrell--(202) 401-5295
David Matthews--(202) 401-5271
Walter Thaxton--(202) 401-5269
Bobby Malone--(202) 401-5270
Calvin Brockington--(202) 401-5273
Debra Brown--(202) 401-3446
Thelma Woodland--(202) 401-5294
Ruth Walston--(202) 401-9340

    For a Copy of the Announcement, Contact: Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, S.W., 5th Floor West, Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401-9345, 
(202) 401-9354, (202) 401-4687 (fax).
    In addition, the announcement will be accessible on the OCS website 
for reading or downloading at: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/
kits1.htm.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 93.570. The title is Community Services Block Grant--Discretionary 
Awards.

Table of Contents

Part A--PREAMBLE
    1. Legislative Authority
    2. Departmental Goals
    3. Definitions of Terms
Part B--APPLICATION PREREQUISITES
    1. Eligible Applicants
    2. Availability of Funds
    3. Project and Budget Periods
    4. Mobilization of Resources
    5. Program Beneficiaries
    6. Number of Projects in Application
    7. Multiple Submittals
    8. Subawarding Projects
    9. Third Party Agreements
    10. Funding Considerations
    11. Prohibited Activities
Part C--PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS
Part D--CRITERIA FOR REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF ALL APPLICATIONS
    1. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications 
Submitted Under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4
    2. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted 
Under Sub-Priority Area 1.3
    3. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted 
Under Sub-Priority Area 1.5
    4. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted 
Under Sub-Priority Area 1.6
    5. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Under 
Priority Area 2.0
Part E--APPLICATION PROCEDURES
    1. Availability of Forms
    2. Intergovernmental Review
    3. Application Consideration
    4. Criteria for Screening Applicants
Part F--CONTENTS OF APPLICATION AND RECEIPT PROCESS
    1. Contents of Application
    2. Acknowledgment of Receipt
Part G--INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING APPLICATION PACKAGE
    1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
    2. SF-424A Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
Part H--POST AWARD INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
    1. Notification of Grant Award
    2. Attendance at OCS Training Conference
    3. Reporting Requirements

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    4. Audit Requirements
    5. Applicable Federal Regulations
Attachments
    A--Poverty Income Guidelines
    B--Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance
    C--Standard Form 424A, Budget Information--Non-Construction 
Programs
    D--Standard Form 424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs
    E--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
    F--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other 
Responsibility Matters
    G--State Single Point of Contact List
    H--Certification Regarding Lobbying; Disclosure of Lobbying 
Activities, SF-LLL
    I--DHHS Regulations Applying to All Applicants/Grantees Under 
the Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program
    J--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke
    K--Guidelines for a Business Plan
    L--Table of Standard Industrial Codes and Occupational 
Classifications
    M--Applicant's Checklist

Part A--Preamble

1. Legislative Authority

    The Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981, as amended, 
(Section 680 of the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998), 
authorizes the Secretary to make funds available to support program 
activities of national or regional significance to alleviate the causes 
of poverty in distressed communities with special emphasis on community 
and economic development activities.

2. Departmental Goals

    This announcement is particularly relevant to the Departmental goal 
of strengthening the American family and promoting self-sufficiency. 
These programs have objectives of increasing the access of low-income 
people to employment and business development opportunities, and 
improving the integration, coordination, and continuity of the various 
HHS (and other federal Departments') funded services potentially 
available to families living in poverty.

3. Definitions of Terms

    For purposes of this Program Announcement, the following 
definitions apply:

--Budget period: The interval of time into which a grant period of 
assistance is divided for budgetary and funding purposes.
--Cash contributions: The cash outlay that includes the money 
contributed to the project or program by the recipient and third 
parties.
--Community development corporation (CDC): A private, nonprofit entity, 
governed by a board of directors consisting of low-income residents of 
the community and business and civic leaders, that has as a principal 
purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or 
community development projects.
--Community economic development (CED): A process by which a community 
uses resources to attract capital and increase physical, commercial, 
and business development and job opportunities for its residents.
--Construction projects: For the purpose of this announcement, 
construction projects involve land improvements and development or 
major renovation of (new or existing) facilities and buildings, 
including their improvements, fixtures and permanent attachments.
--Displaced worker: An individual who is in the labor market but has 
been unemployed for six months or longer.
--Distressed community: A geographic urban neighborhood or rural 
community of high unemployment and pervasive poverty.
--Eligible applicant: (See appropriate Program Priority Area under Part 
C.)
--Employment education and training program: A program that provides 
education and/or training to welfare recipients, at-risk youth, public 
housing tenants, displaced workers, homeless and low-income individuals 
and that has demonstrated organizational experience in education and 
training for these populations.
--Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC): Those 
communities designated as such by the Secretaries of Agriculture or 
Housing and Urban Development.
--Equity investment: The provision of capital to a business entity for 
some specified purpose in return for a portion of ownership using a 
third party agreement as the contractual instrument.
--Indian tribe: A tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians 
recognized in the State in which it resides or which is considered by 
the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian tribe or an Indian 
organization for any purpose. For the purpose of Priority Area 1.0 
(Urban and Rural Community Economic Development), an Indian tribe or 
Indian organization is ineligible unless the applicant organization is 
a private non-profit community economic development corporation.
--Job creation: New jobs, i.e. jobs not in existence prior to the start 
of the project, that result from new business startups, business 
expansion, development of new services industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical or commercial activities.
--Job placement: Placing a person in an existing vacant job of a 
business, service, or commercial activity not related to new 
development or expansion activity.
--Letter of commitment: A signed letter or agreement from a third party 
to the applicant that pledges financial or other support for the grant 
activities only subject to receiving an award of OCS grant funds.
--Loan: Money lent to a borrower under a binding pledge for a given 
purpose to be repaid, usually at a stated rate of interest and within a 
specified period of time.
--Poverty Income Guidelines: Guidelines published annually by the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services that establish the level of 
poverty defined as low-income for individuals and their families.
--Program income: Gross income earned by the grant recipient that is 
directly generated by an activity supported with grant funds.
--Project period: The total time for which a project is approved for 
OCS support, including any approved extensions.
--Revolving loan fund: A capital fund established to make loans whereby 
repayments are re-lent to other borrowers.
--Self-employment: The state of an individual or individuals who engage 
in self-directed economic activities.
--Self-sufficiency: The economic state not requiring public assistance 
for an individual and his (her) immediate family.
--Subaward: An award of financial assistance in the form of money, or 
property in lieu of money, made under an award by a recipient to an 
eligible subrecipient or by a subrecipient to a lower tier 
subrecipient. The term includes financial assistance when provided by 
any legal agreement, even if the agreement is called a contract, but 
does not include procurement of goods and services nor does it include 
any form of assistance which is excluded from the definition of 
``award'' in 45 CFR 74.2. (Note: Subawards do not include equity 
investments or loan transactions since they are promulgated under third 
party agreements.)

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--Technical assistance: A problem-solving event generally utilizing the 
services of an expert. Such services may be provided on-site, by 
telephone, or by other communications. These services address specific 
problems and are intended to assist with the immediate resolution of a 
given problem or set of problems.
--Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF): Title I of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(Pub.L. 104-193) creates the TANF program that transforms welfare into 
a system that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance. 
The law specifically eliminates any individual entitlement to or 
guarantee of assistance, repeals the Aid to Families with Dependent 
Children (AFDC) program, Emergency Assistance (EA) and Job 
Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs, and replaces 
them with a Block grant entitlement to States under Title IV of the 
Social Security Act.
--Third party: Any individual, organization, or business entity that is 
not the direct recipient of grant funds.
--Third party agreement: A written agreement entered into by the 
grantee and an organization, individual or business entity (including a 
wholly-owned subsidiary), by which the grantee makes an equity 
investment or a loan in support of grant purposes.
--Third party in-kind contributions: The value of non-cash 
contributions provided by non-federal third parties which may be in the 
form of real property, equipment, supplies and other expendable 
property, and the value of goods and services directly benefitting and 
specifically identifiable to the project or program.

Part B--Application Prerequisites

1. Eligible Applicants

    Priority areas included in this Program Announcement have differing 
eligibility requirements. Therefore, eligible applicants are identified 
in the individual priority area descriptions found in Part C.

2. Availability of Funds

a. Appropriation Amounts
    All grant awards are subject to the availability of appropriated 
funds. Approximately $26,560,000 is expected to be available for FY 
2000. The approximate amount of funds anticipated to be available for 
each priority area is summarized below:

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                  Sub-priority areas                      FY 2000 funds
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 Priority Area 1.0: Urban and Rural Community Economic
                      Development
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1.1  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development           17,000,000
 (Operational)........................................
1.2  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development            2,100,000
 (HBCU Set-Aside).....................................
1.3  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development              750,000
 (Pre-Developmental Set-Aside)........................
1.4  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development            2,500,000
 (Developmental Set-Aside)............................
1.5  Administrative and Management Expertise (Set                500,000
 Aside)...............................................
1.6  Training and Technical Assistance (Set Aside)....           210,000
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    Priority Area 2.0: Rural Community Development
                      Activities
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2.0  Rural Community Facilities Development (Water and         3,500,000
 Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)...........
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b. Grant Amounts
    The approximate amounts to be granted for projects under the sub-
priority areas are indicated below:

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             Sub-priority area                      Funding limit
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1.1.......................................  Approximately 13 at $350,000
                                             but not more than $500,000
  ........................................  Approximately 30 at $349,999
                                             or less
1.2.......................................  Approximately 6 at $350,000
1.3.......................................  Approximately 10 at $75,000
1.4.......................................  Approximately 10 at $250,000
1.5.......................................  Approximately 1 at $500,000
1.6.......................................  Approximately 1 at $210,000
2.0.......................................  Approximately 8 from
                                             $300,000-$533,000
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3. Project and Budget Periods
    For Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4, applicants with projects 
involving construction only, may request a project period of up to 60 
months and a budget period of up to 36 months. Applicants for non-
construction projects under these priority areas may request project 
periods of up to 36 months and budget periods of up to 17 months. 
Applicants for Sub-Priority Areas 1.5 and 1.6 may request project and 
budget periods of up to 17 months. For Sub-Priority Area 1.3, 
applicants may request project and budget periods of up to 12 months.
    For Priority Area 2.0, grantees will be funded for 24 month project 
periods and 12 month budget periods.

4. Mobilization of Resources

    OCS encourages and strongly supports leveraging of resources 
through public/private partnerships which can mobilize cash and/or 
third-party in-kind contributions.

5. Program Beneficiaries

    Projects proposed for funding under this Announcement must result 
in direct benefits to low-income people as defined in the most recent 
annual revision of the Poverty Income Guidelines published by DHHS.
    Attachment A of the appendices to this Announcement is an excerpt 
from the Poverty Income Guidelines currently in effect. Annual 
revisions of these guidelines are normally published in the Federal 
Register in February or early March of each year. Grantees will be 
required to apply the most recent guidelines throughout the project 
period. These revised guidelines may be obtained at public libraries, 
Congressional offices, or by writing the Superintendent of Documents, 
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402. Also, 
see ``For General Questions On the Announcement Contact'' at the 
beginning of this Announcement.
    No other government agency or privately-defined poverty guidelines 
are applicable for the determination of low-income eligibility for 
these OCS programs.
    Note, however, that low-income individuals granted lawful temporary 
resident status under Sections 245A or 210A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
of 1986 (Public law 99-603), may not be eligible for direct or indirect 
assistance based on financial need under this program for a period of 
five years from the date such status was granted.

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6. Number of Projects in Application

    All Priority Area 1.0 applications may contain only one project 
except for Sub-Priority Areas 1.3, 1.5, and 1.6 where applicants are 
researching various opportunities, are sharing administrative and 
management expertise with current OCS grantees, or are providing 
training and/or technical assistance for current OCS grantees, 
including the organization of seminars and other activities in 
assisting community development corporations. Applications that are not 
in compliance with this requirement may be disqualified.

7. Multiple Submittals

    There is no limit to the number of applications that can be 
submitted under a specific program priority area as long as each 
application contains a proposal for a different project. However, an 
applicant can receive only one grant in each priority area. Also, 
applicants who receive more than one grant for a common budget/project 
period must be mindful that salaries and wages claimed for the same 
persons cannot collectively exceed 100% of total annual salary.

8. Subawarding Projects

    OCS does not fund projects where the role of the applicant is 
primarily to serve as a conduit for funds through the use of subawards 
to other organizations. In cases where the applicant proposes to make 
one or more subawards, it must retain a substantive role in the 
implementation and operation of the project for which funding is 
requested.

9. Third Party Agreements

    Any applicant submitting a proposal for funding under Sub-Priority 
Areas 1.1, 1.2, or 1.4 who proposes to use some or all of the requested 
OCS funds to enter into a third party agreement in order to make an 
equity investment (such as the purchase of stock) or a loan to an 
organization, or business entity (including a wholly-owned subsidiary), 
must include in the application, along with the business plan, a copy 
of the signed third party agreement for approval by OCS.
    A third party agreement covering an equity investment must contain, 
at a minimum, the following:
    1. The type of equity transaction (e.g. stock purchase).
    2. Purpose(s) for which the equity investment is being made.
    3. Cost per share.
    4. Number of shares being purchased.
    5. Percentage of ownership of the business.
    6. Number of seats on the board, if applicable.
    A third party agreement covering a loan transaction must contain, 
at a minimum, the following information:
    1. Purpose(s) for which the loan is being made.
    2. Rates of interest and other fees.
    3. Terms of loan.
    4. Repayment schedules.
    5. Collateral security.
    6. Default and collection procedures.
    All third party agreements must include written commitments as 
follows:
    From the third party (as appropriate):
    1. A minimum of 75% of the jobs to be created as a result of the 
injection of grant funds will be filled by low-income individuals.
    2. The grantee will have the right to screen applicants for jobs to 
be filled by low-income individuals and to verify their eligibility.
    3. If the grantee's equity investment equals 25% or more of the 
business's assets, the grantee will have representation on the board of 
directors.
    4. Reports will be made to the grantee regarding the use of grant 
funds no less than on a quarterly basis.
    5. A procedure will be developed to assure that there are no 
duplicate counts of jobs created.
    6. Detailed information will be provided on how the grant funds 
will be used by the third party by submitting a Source and Use of Funds 
Statement. In addition, the agreement must provide details on how the 
grantee will provide support and technical assistance to the third 
party in areas of recruitment and retention of low-income individuals.
    From the grantee:
    Detailed information on how the grantee will provide support and 
technical assistance to the third party in areas of recruitment and 
retention of low-income individuals.
    All third party agreements should be accompanied by:
    1. A signed statement from a Certified or Licensed Public 
Accountant as to the sufficiency of the third party's financial 
management system in accordance with 45 CFR 74, to protect adequately 
any federal funds awarded under the application.
    2. Financial statements for the third party organization for the 
prior three years. (If not available because the organization is a 
newly-formed entity, include a statement to this effect.)
    3. The third party agreement will specify how the grantee will 
provide oversight of the third party for the life of the agreement. 
Also, the agreement will specify that the third party will maintain 
documentation related to the grant objectives as specified in the 
agreement and will provide the grantee and HHS access to that 
documentation.
    If a signed third party agreement is not available when the 
application is submitted, the applicant must submit as part of the 
narrative as much of the above-mentioned information as possible in 
order to enable reviewers to evaluate the proposal. It should be noted 
that portion of a grant which will be used to fund a third party 
agreement will not be released until the agreement has been approved by 
OCS.

10. Funding Considerations

    In cases where an application ranks highly and is competitive, the 
following may apply:
    1. When the applicant is proposing to enter into a third party 
agreement for all of the grant's operational funds, OCS will send a 
time-limited letter of intent to fund pending receipt of a signed third 
party agreement. Once OCS has determined that the agreement is 
acceptable, an award will be forwarded to the applicant.
    2. Previous performance of applicants will be considered an 
important determining factor in the grant award decisions.
    3. Any applicant that has three or more active OCS grants may only 
be funded under exceptional circumstances.
    4. Pre-award site visits may be performed for the purpose of 
undertaking assessments of many of these applications prior to OCS 
making final determinations on grant awards.
    5. OCS will consider applications that include revolving loan funds 
as a grant activity.

11. Prohibited Activities

    OCS will not consider applications that propose the establishment 
of Small Business Investment Corporations or Minority Enterprise Small 
Business Investment Corporations.

Part C--Program Priority Areas

    The program priority areas of the Office of Community Services' 
Discretionary Grants Program are as follows:

Priority Area 1.0  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development

Sub-Priority Areas Under 1.0
1.1  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational)
1.2  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (HBCU Set-Aside)
1.3  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-Developmental 
Set-Aside)

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1.4  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Developmental Set-
Aside)
1.5  Administrative and Management Expertise (Set-Aside)
1.6  Training and Technical Assistance (Set-Aside)

Priority Area 2.0  Rural Community Facilities Development (Water and 
Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)

Priority Area 1.0  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development

    Eligible applicants are private, non-profit community development 
corporations (CDCs) governed by a board consisting of residents of the 
community and business and civic leaders that has as a principal 
purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or 
community development projects.
    The purpose of this priority area is to encourage the creation of 
projects intended to provide employment and business development 
opportunities for low-income people through business, physical or 
commercial development. Generally the opportunities must aim to improve 
the quality of the economic and social environment of TANF recipients; 
low-income residents including displaced workers; at-risk teenagers; 
non-custodial parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF 
assistance; individuals residing in public housing; individuals who are 
homeless; and those with developmental disabilities. Grant funds under 
this sub-priority area are intended to provide resources to eligible 
applicants (CDCs) but also have the broader objectives of arresting 
tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and community 
deterioration in urban and rural areas.
    Sub-Priority Area 1.5 is intended to provide administrative and 
management expertise to current Office of Community Services' grantees 
who are experiencing problems in the implementation of urban and rural 
community economic development projects.
    Sub-Priority Area 1.6 provides funds for providing training and 
technical assistance to groups of community development corporations in 
developing or implementing projects funded under this section and its 
aim is to generally enhance the viability and competence of community 
development corporations.
    This Priority Area also seeks to attract additional private capital 
into distressed communities, including empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities, and to build and/or expand the ability of local 
institutions to better serve the economic needs of local residents.
    Applicant must submit proof of non-profit status in its application 
at the time of submission. The non-profit agency can accomplish this by 
providing a copy of the applicants listing in the Internal Revenue's 
Service's (IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations described 
in Section 501 (C)(3) of the IRS tax code. Applications that do not 
include proof of this status will be disqualified.
Sub-Priority Area 1.1  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(Operational)
    Funds will be provided to a limited number of private non-profit 
community development corporations for business development activities 
at the local level. Funding will be provided for specific projects and 
will require the submission of business plans or work plans, where 
applicable, that meet the test of economic feasibility. Attachment K 
should be used as a guideline for the business plan.
    The applicant should select a project in an industry in its region 
that promotes economic sustainability and self-sufficiency for families 
in the low-income community. OCS encourages each applicant to describe 
the project scope that includes the low-income community served, the 
business activities undertaken, and types of jobs to be created. The 
business activities should be described by Standard Industrial Codes 
(SIC) and jobs by occupational classifications. This information is 
published by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Statistical 
Abstract of the United States, 1998, Tables No. 679 and 680. Also, 
applicants may use the material included in Attachment L to identify 
industrial areas and occupational classifications.
    For Fiscal Year 2000, it is anticipated that approximately 30 
grants up to a maximum of $349,999 will be awarded and approximately 13 
grants of $350,000 but not more than $500,000 will be made. Competition 
for these funds will be restricted to either the $349,999 and under 
category or the $350,000 up to $500,000 category. Applications will 
compete within the category in which they fall.
    Projects must further the Departmental goals of strengthening 
American families and promoting their self-sufficiency. OCS is 
particularly interested in receiving applications that involve public-
private partnerships that are directed toward the development of 
economic self-sufficiency in distressed communities through projects 
that focus on providing employment and business development 
opportunities for low-income people through business startups, business 
expansions, development of new services industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical and commercial activities.
    Eligible organizations located in Empowerment Zones and Enterprise 
Communities are urged to submit applications. Likewise, applicants are 
encouraged to foster partnerships with child support enforcement 
agencies to increase the capability of low-income non-custodial 
parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF assistance, to 
fulfill their parental responsibilities. Such applicants may request 
funds for a business development project or a project that demonstrates 
innovative ways to create jobs for low-income persons in the targeted 
group or community.
    Applicants must show that the proposed project:
    (1) Creates full-time permanent jobs except where an applicant 
demonstrates that a permanent part-time job produces actual wages that 
exceed the HHS poverty guidelines. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the 
jobs created must be filled by low-income residents of the community 
and must also provide for career development opportunities. Project 
emphasis should be on employment of individuals who are unemployed or 
on public assistance, with particular emphasis on those that are at-
risk teenagers, TANF recipients, low-income noncustodial parents 
(particularly those of children receiving TANF assistance), individuals 
residing in public housing, and individuals who are homeless. While 
projected employment in future years may be included in the 
application, it is essential that the focus of employment projects 
concentrates on those permanent jobs created during the duration of the 
OCS project period; and/or
    (2) Creates a significant number of business development 
opportunities for low-income residents of the community or 
significantly aids such residents in maintaining economically viable 
businesses; and
    (3) Assists low-income participants to become self-sufficient.
    In the evaluation process, favorable consideration will be given to 
applicants under this priority area who show the lowest cost-per-job 
created. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, OCS will not fund 
projects where the cost-per-job in OCS funds exceeds $15,000.
    In addition, favorable consideration in the evaluation process will 
be given to applicants who demonstrate their intention to coordinate 
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local TANF offices and/or other employment education and training 
offices and child support enforcement agencies that serve the proposed 
area. The offices and agencies should serve welfare recipients, at-risk 
youth, public housing tenants, displaced workers, homeless and low-
income individuals (as defined by the annual revision to the Poverty 
Income Guidelines published by DHHS) including non-custodial parents. 
Applicants should submit a written agreement from the applicable office 
or agency that indicates what actions will be taken to integrate/
coordinate services that relate directly to the project for which funds 
are being requested. The agreement should include the goals and 
objectives (including target groups) that the applicant and the 
employment education and training office and child support enforcement 
agencies expect to reach through their collaboration. It should 
describe the cooperative relationship, including specific activities 
and/or actions each of these entities proposes to carry out in support 
of the project, and the mechanism(s) to be used in coordinating those 
activities if the project is funded by OCS. Documentation that 
illustrates the organizational experience of the employment education 
and training office should also be included.
    OCS encourages applications that will develop linkages or 
agreements with local agencies responsible for administering TANF 
programs and child support enforcement agreements. OCS would expect 
these programs to create new jobs for TANF recipients and low-income 
non-custodial parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF 
assistance. These initiatives can be accomplished through a variety of 
business development projects funded under this priority area, i.e., 
business expansions, new business development and self-employment 
activities, etc.
    OCS does not fund education and training programs. In projects 
where participants must be trained, any funds that are proposed to be 
used for training purposes must be limited to providing specific job-
related training to those individuals who have been selected for 
employment in the grant supported project which includes new business 
startups, business expansions, development of new service industries, 
and/or other newly-undertaken physical and commercial activities.
    Projects involving training and placement for existing vacant 
positions will be disqualified.
    Projects that would result in the relocation of a business from one 
geographic area to another with the possible displacement of employees 
are discouraged.
    Applicants must be aware that projects funded under this priority 
area must be operational by the end of the project period, i.e., 
businesses must be in place, and low-income individuals actually 
employed in those businesses.
Sub-Priority Area 1.2  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(HBCU Set-Aside)
    For Fiscal Year 2000, it is anticipated that a set-aside fund of 
$2,100,000 will be included under this sub-priority area for eligible 
applicants who submit proposals for projects that will be carried out 
in conjunction with Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
(HBCUs), as defined in Executive Order Number 12876, dated Nov. 1, 
1993, through contract or sub-grant. Such projects must conform to the 
purposes, requirements, and prohibitions applicable to those submitted 
under Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
    These projects should reflect a significant partnership role for 
the college or university, and the applicant in doing so will be 
considered to have fulfilled the goals of the evaluation criterion for 
Public-Private Partnerships and will be granted the maximum number of 
points in that category. Applications for these set-aside funds that 
are not funded due to the limited amount of funds available may also be 
considered competitively within the larger pool of eligible applicants 
under Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Any funds that are not used under this 
sub-priority area due to the limited number of highly scored 
applications will be rolled over into Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
    Any funds that are proposed to be used for training purposes must 
be limited to providing specific job related training to those 
individuals who have been selected for employment in the grant 
supported project which includes new business startups, business 
expansions, development of new service industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical or commercial activities.
Sub-Priority Area 1.3  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(Pre-Developmental Set-Aside)
    OCS intends in this sub-priority area to provide funds to recently-
established private, non-profit community development corporations that 
propose to undertake economic development activities in distressed 
communities.
    OCS recognizes that there are a number of newly-organized non-
profit community development corporations that have identified needs in 
their communities but have not had the staff or other resources to 
develop projects to address those needs. This lack of resources also 
might be affecting their ability to compete for funds, such as those 
provided under Sub-Priority Area 1.1 (operational grants), since their 
limited resources would preclude them from developing a comprehensive 
business plan and/or mobilizing resources.
    OCS has an interest in providing support to these new entities in 
order to enable them to become more firmly established in their 
communities, thereby bringing technical expertise and new resources to 
previously unserved or underserved communities. Therefore, OCS is 
setting aside funds in Fiscal Year 2000 for grants to private, non-
profit community development corporations that have never received OCS 
funding and have been in existence for no more than three years, or 
have been in existence longer than three years but have no record of 
participation in economic development type projects. For the latter, a 
CDC must state that it has not been active. Also, for this sub-priority 
area only, the phrase ``no participation in economic development-type 
projects'' means an eligible applicant has not sponsored nor had any 
significant participation in projects that have provided employment or 
business development opportunities through business startups, business 
expansions, development of new service industries, and/or newly-
undertaken physical or commercial activities.
    In addition, applicants with housing experience must not have had 
primary responsibility in planning, developing, and managing housing. 
OCS anticipates that grants of up to $75,000 each will be made to 
eligible applicants. These grants will be made for a period of one year 
and will not require leveraged or mobilized funds.
    With funding received under this sub-priority area, CDCs may incur 
costs to: (1) Evaluate the feasibility of potential projects that 
address identified needs in the low-income community and that conform 
to those projects and activities allowable under Sub-Priority Areas 
1.1, 1.2, and 1.4; (2) develop a business plan related to one of those 
projects; and (3) mobilize resources to be contributed to one of those 
projects, including the utilization of HBCUs.
    Based on the availability of funds in Fiscal Year 2001, OCS will 
consider establishing a set-aside in Priority Area 1.4 to provide 
operational funds to those organizations which received pre-
developmental grants. Grants might be for a maximum of $250,000 and 
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restricted to those organizations that received Fiscal Years 1999 and 
2000 pre-developmental grants. The business plan developed as a result 
of the pre-developmental grant would be submitted as part of the 
competitive application.
    Specifically, each application for Fiscal Year 2000 funds under 
this sub-priority area must include the following as part of the 
project narrative:
    1. Description of the impact area, i.e., a description of the low-
income area it proposes to address;
    2. Analysis of need in the distressed community;
    3. How the potential projects relate to applicant's organizational 
goals and previous experience (if any);
    4. Project design and implementation factors including a discussion 
of potential projects that might be implemented to address identified 
needs, a strategy for conduct of feasibility studies on potential 
projects and quarterly work plans with specific task timelines and a 
self-evaluation component; and
    5. Project objectives and measurable impact, i.e., a discussion of 
preparing a business plan on only one selected project based on results 
of the feasibility studies and plan for mobilization of 
nondiscretionary dollars to implement it.
    Applications that are not funded within this set-aside due to the 
limited amount of funds available may also be considered competitively 
within the larger pool of eligible applicants. Any funds that are not 
used under this sub-priority area due to the limited number of highly 
scored applications will be rolled over into another priority area.
Sub-Priority Area 1.4  Urban and Rural Community Economic Development 
(Developmental Set-Aside)
    OCS intends in this sub-priority area to provide funds to 
organizations that received grants from OCS in Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999 under Priority Area 1.3, the pre-developmental grant program. 
These organizations will compete only among themselves. Such projects 
must conform to the purposes, requirements and prohibitions applicable 
to those submitted under Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Applications that are 
not funded within this set-aside due to the limited amount of funds 
available may also be considered competitively within the larger pool 
of eligible applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Any funds that are 
not used under this sub-priority area due to the limited number of 
highly scored applications will be rolled over into Sub-Priority Area 
1.1.
Sub-Priority Area 1.5  Administrative and Management Expertise (Set-
Aside)
    OCS believes that one of the most effective means of assuring the 
successful operation of a project under the Discretionary Grants 
Program area is through the sharing amongst CDCs of their experiences 
in dealing with the day-to-day issues and challenges presented in 
promoting community economic development. Accordingly, OCS strongly 
encourages more experienced CDCs to share their administrative and 
management expertise with less experienced CDCs or with those who have 
encountered difficulties in operationalizing their work programs. In 
order to facilitate this, OCS will provide funds to one or more 
community development corporations to assist with their efforts to 
enhance the management and operational capacities of the less 
experienced CDCs or those having difficulties.
    OCS anticipates that the grant(s) would be for a maximum of 
$500,000 with project and budget periods not to exceed 17 months.
    OCS will share with the grantee(s) information on other grantees 
seeking to benefit from such assistance. Such formal requests could 
also be initiated by a grantee with the concurrence of OCS. These 
contacts may occur on-site, by telephone, or by other methods of 
communication. Costs incurred in connection with participating in such 
activities will be borne by the recipient(s) of the OCS grant under 
this sub-priority area.
    Applicants in this sub-priority area are expected to disseminate 
results of the project via a handbook, a progress paper, evaluation 
reports, general manual, or seminars/workshops.
Sub-Priority Area 1.6  Training and Technical Assistance (Set-Aside)
    Funds will be awarded to one organization under this priority area 
for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to 
strengthen the network of CDCs.
    OCS anticipates that the grant will be for $210,000 with a grant 
period not to exceed 17 months. Applicant must have the ability to 
collect and analyze data nationally that may benefit CDCs and be able 
to disseminate information to all OCS-funded grantees; publish a 
national directory of funding sources for CDCs (public, corporate, 
foundation, religious); publish research papers on specific aspects of 
job creation by CDCs; design and provide information on successful 
projects and economic niches that CDCs can target. The applicant also 
will be responsible for the development of instructional programs, 
national conferences, seminars, and other activities to assist 
community development corporations.
    Eligible applicants are private non-profit organizations. 
Applicants must operate on a national basis and have significant and 
relevant experience in working with community development corporations.

Priority Area 2.0  Rural Community Facilities Development (Water and 
Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)

    Funds will be provided under this priority area to help low-income 
rural communities develop the capability and expertise to establish 
and/or maintain affordable, adequate, and safe water and waste water 
treatment facilities.
    Funds provided under this priority area may not be used for 
construction of water and waste water treatment systems or for 
operating subsidies for such systems, but other mobilized funds may be 
used for these activities. Therefore, it is suggested that applicants 
coordinate projects with the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and 
other Federal and state agencies to ensure that funds for hardware for 
local community projects are available.
    Eligible applicants are multi-state, regional private non-profit 
organizations that can provide training and technical assistance to 
small, rural communities in meeting their community facility needs.

Part D--Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications

1. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Submitted 
Under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4

a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 5 points)
    The application documents that the project addresses a vital need 
in a distressed community. (0-3 points)
    Most recent available statistics and other information are provided 
in support of its contention. (0-2 points)
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff 
Responsibilities (Maximum: 25 points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 0-15 points)

    Documentation provided indicates that projects previously 
undertaken have been relevant and effective and have provided permanent 
benefits to the low-income population. (0-5 points)
    The applicant has demonstrated the ability to implement major 
activities in such areas as business development,

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commercial development, physical development, or financial services; 
the ability to mobilize dollars from sources such as the private sector 
(corporations, banks, etc.), foundations, the public sector (including 
state and local governments) or individuals; that it has a sound 
organizational structure and proven organizational capability; and an 
ability to develop and maintain a stable program in terms of business, 
physical, or community development activities that will provide needed 
permanent jobs, services, business development opportunities, and other 
benefits to community residents. (0-10 points)

(2) Staff skills, resources and responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10 
points)

    The application describes in brief resume form the experience and 
skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but 
whose professional capabilities are relevant to the successful 
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been 
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position 
description that indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to 
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of 
the project. (0-5 points)
    The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. space and 
equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. (0-2 points)
    The assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the 
tasks identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff 
will be budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective 
management of the project. (0-3 points)
c. Criterion III: Project Implementation (Maximum: 25 points)
    The business plan or work plan, where applicable, is both sound and 
feasible. Briefly the plan should describe the key work tasks and show 
how the project objectives will be accomplished including the 
development of business and creation of jobs for low-income persons 
during the allowable OCS project period. The project is responsive to 
the needs identified in the Analysis of Need. (0-5 points)
    It sets forth realistic quarterly time targets by which the various 
work tasks would be completed. (0-5 points)
    Critical issues or potential problems that might impact negatively 
on the project are defined and the project objectives can be reasonably 
attained despite such potential problems. (0-5 points)
    The application contains a full and accurate description of the 
proposed use of the requested financial assistance.
    If the applicant proposes to make an equity investment or a loan to 
an individual, organization, or business entity (including a wholly-
owned subsidiary), the application includes a signed third party 
agreement; a signed statement by a Certified or Licensed Public 
Accountant, as to the sufficiency of the third party's financial 
management system; and financial statements for the third party's prior 
three years of operation. (If newly formed and unable to provide the 
information regarding the prior three years of operation, a statement 
to that effect should be included.) If the applicant states that an 
agreement is not currently in place, the application must contain in 
the narrative as much information required for third party agreements 
as is available. (See Part B, item 9.)
    Also, if the project proposes the development of a new or expanding 
business, service, physical or commercial activity, the application 
must address applicable elements of a business plan. Guidelines for a 
Business Plan are included in Attachment K.
    Special attention should be given to assure that the financial plan 
element, which indicates the project's potential and timetable for 
financial self-sufficiency, is included. It must include for the 
applicant and the third party, if appropriate, the following exhibits 
for the first three years (on a quarterly basis) of the business' 
operations: Profit and Loss Forecasts, Cash Flow Projections, and 
Proforma Balance Sheets. Based on these documents, the application must 
also contain an analysis of the financial feasibility of the project. 
Also, a Source and Use of Funds statement for all project funding must 
be included. (0-10 points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 20 points)
(1) Significant and beneficial impact (sub-rating: 0-5 points)

    The proposed project will produce permanent and measurable results 
that will reduce the incidence of poverty and TANF assistance in the 
community. (0-3 points)
    The OCS grant funds, in combination with private and/or other 
public resources, are targeted into low-income communities, distressed 
communities, and/or designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise 
Communities. (0-2 points)

(2) Community empowerment consideration and partnership with child 
support enforcement agency (sub-rating: 0-5 points)

    Special consideration will be given to applicants who are located 
in areas that are characterized by poverty and other indicators of 
socio-economic distress such as a poverty or TANF assistance rate of at 
least 20%, designation as an Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community 
(EZ/EC), high levels of unemployment, high levels of incidences of 
violence, gang activity, crime, drug use, and low-income non-custodial 
parents of children receiving TANF. (0-3 points)
    Applicants should document that they were involved in the 
preparation and implementation of a comprehensive community-based 
strategic plan to achieve both economic and human development in an 
integrated manner; and how the proposed project will support the goals 
of that plan. Also, applicants should document that they have entered 
into partnership agreements with local Child Support Enforcement 
agencies to increase capability of low-income parents and families to 
fulfill their parental responsibilities. (0-2 points)

    Note: Applicants who have projects located in EZ/EC target areas 
or those who have included signed current agreements with child 
support enforcement agencies will automatically receive the maximum 
2 points.

(3) Cost-per-job (sub-rating: 0-5 points)

    During the project period, the proposed project will create new, 
permanent jobs or maintain permanent jobs for low-income residents at a 
cost-per-job below $15,000 in OCS funds unless there are extenuating 
circumstances, e.g., Alaska where the cost of living is much higher.

    Note: The maximum number of points will be given to those 
applicants proposing estimated cost-per-job for low-income residents 
of $10,000 or less of OCS requested funds. Higher cost-per-job 
estimates will receive correspondingly fewer points unless 
adequately justified by extenuating circumstances.

(4) Career development opportunities (sub-rating: 0-5 points)

    The application documents that the jobs to be created for low-
income people have career development opportunities which will promote 
self-sufficiency.
e. Criterion V: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 20 Points)
(1) Mobilization of resources: (sub-rating: 15 points)

    The application documents that the applicant will mobilize from 
public and/or private sources cash and/or in-kind contributions valued 
at an amount equal to the OCS funds requested.

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Applicants documenting that the value of such contributions will be at 
least equal to the OCS funds requested will receive the maximum number 
of points for this sub-criterion. Lesser contributions will be given 
consideration based upon the value documented.

    Note 1: Cash resources such as cash or loans contributed from 
all project sources (except for those contributed directly by the 
applicant) must be documented by letters of commitment from third 
parties making the contribution. Third party in-kind contributions 
such as equipment or real property contributed by the applicant or 
third parties must be documented by an inventory for equipment and a 
copy of deed or other legal document for real property. In addition, 
future or projected program income such as gross or net profits from 
the project or business operations will not be recognized as 
mobilized or contributed resources.

    Note 2: Applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.2 who have a 
signed, written agreement for a significant partnership role with 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities are deemed to have 
fully met this criterion and will receive the maximum number of 
points if they include the agreement with the HBCU.

(2) Integration/coordination of services: (sub-rating: 5 points)

    The applicant demonstrates a commitment to or agreements with local 
agencies responsible for administering child support enforcement, 
employment, education, and training programs to ensure that welfare 
recipients, at-risk youth, displaced workers, public housing tenants, 
homeless and low-income individuals, and low-income non-custodial 
parents will be trained and placed in the newly created jobs. The 
applicant provides written agreements from the local TANF or other 
employment, education and training office, and child support 
enforcement agency indicating what actions will be taken to integrate/
coordinate services that relate directly to the project for which funds 
are being requested. (0-2 points)
    Specifically, the agreements should include: (1) the goals and 
objectives that the applicant and the TANF or other employment, 
education and training office and/or child support enforcement agency 
expect to achieve through their collaboration; (2) the specific 
activities/actions that will be taken to integrate/coordinate services 
on an on-going basis; (3) the target population that this collaboration 
will serve; (4) the mechanism(s) to be used in integrating/coordinating 
activities; (5) how those activities will be significant in relation to 
the goals and objectives to be achieved through the collaboration; and 
(6) how those activities will be significant in relation to their 
impact on the success of the OCS-funded project. (0-2 points)
    The applicant should also provide documentation that illustrates 
the organizational experience related to the employment education and 
training program. (Refer to Criterion II for guidelines.) (0-1 point)
f. Criterion VI: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5 
points)
    Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary 
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. (0-2 points)
    The application includes a detailed budget breakdown for each of 
the budget categories in the SF-424A. The applicant presents a 
reasonable administrative cost. (0-2 points)
    The estimated cost to the government of the project also is 
reasonable in relation to the anticipated results. (0-1 point)

2. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
Sub-Priority Area 1.3

a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 15 points)
    The application documents that there are clearly identified needs 
in a low-income community not being effectively addressed. (0-10 
points)
    Most recent available statistics and other information are provided 
in support of its contention. (0-5 points)
b. Criterion II: Organizational Capability and Capacity (Maximum: 20 
points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 5 points)

    Each applicant must briefly show why its organization can 
successfully implement the project for which it is requesting funds. 
(0-5 points)

(2) Management capacity (sub-rating: 5 points)

    Applicants must fully detail their ability to implement sound and 
effective management practices and if they have been recipients of 
other Federal or other governmental grants, they must also detail that 
they have consistently complied with financial and program progress 
reporting and audit requirements. (0-3 points)
    Applicants should submit any available documentation on their 
management practices and progress reporting procedures along with a 
statement by a Certified or Licensed Public Accountant as to the 
sufficiency of the applicant's financial management system to protect 
adequately any Federal funds awarded under the application submitted. 
(0-2 points)

    Note: The documentation of the applicant's management practices, 
etc., and statement from the accountant on the financial management 
system must address the applicant organization's own internal system 
rather than an external system of an affiliate, partner, management 
support organization, etc.

(3) Staffing (sub-rating: 5 points)

    The application must fully describe (e.g., resumes) the experience 
and skills of key staff showing that they are not only well qualified 
but that their professional capabilities are relevant to the successful 
implementation of the project.

(4) Staffing responsibilities (sub-rating: 5 points)

    The application must describe how the assigned responsibilities of 
the staff are appropriate to the tasks identified for the project.
c. Criterion III: Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation 
(Maximum: 30 Points)
(1) Project implementation component (sub-rating: 25 points)

    The work plan must address a clearly identified need in the low-
income community as described in Criterion I. The plan must include a 
methodology to evaluate the feasibility of potential projects that 
conform to the type of projects and activities allowable under Sub-
Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4. (0-10 points)
    It must set forth realistic quarterly time schedules of work tasks 
by which the objectives (including the development of a business plan 
and mobilization of resources) will be accomplished. Because quarterly 
time schedules are used by OCS as a key instrument to monitor progress, 
failure to include these time targets will seriously reduce an 
applicant's point score in this criterion. (0-10 points)
    It must define critical issues or potential problems that might 
impact negatively on the project and it must indicate how the project 
objectives will be attained notwithstanding any such potential 
problems. (0-5 points)

(2) Evaluation component (sub-rating: 5 points)

    All proposals should include a self-evaluation component. The 
evaluation data collection and analysis procedures should be 
specifically oriented to assess the degree to which the stated goals 
and objectives are achieved. (0-3 points)
    Qualitative and quantitative measures reflective of the scheduling 
and task delineation in (1) above should be used to the maximum extent 
possible. This

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component should indicate the ways in which the potential grantee would 
integrate qualitative and quantitative measures of accomplishment and 
specific data into its program progress reports that are required by 
OCS from all organizations receiving pre-developmental grants. (0-2 
points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 25 Points)
    Funding under this sub-priority area is targeted to result in a 
business plan for a proposed project. The proposed project around which 
the business plan is to be developed with the use of OCS grant funds 
must be targeted into low-income communities, and/or designated 
Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities with the goals of 
increasing the economic conditions and social self-sufficiency of 
residents. Also, the project proposes to produce permanent and 
measurable results that will reduce the incidence of poverty and number 
of TANF recipients in the low-income area targeted. (0-20 points)

    Note: This sub-priority area permits applicants to conduct 
several feasibility studies related to various potential projects. 
However, on completion of the studies, one proposed project must be 
selected and a business plan prepared for the selected project.

    The activity targets mobilization of non-discretionary program 
dollars from private sector individuals, public resources, 
corporations, and foundations including the utilization of Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, if the proposed project is 
implemented. (0-5 points)
e. Criterion V: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 10 
points)
    Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary 
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. The estimated 
cost to the government of the project also is reasonable in relation to 
the anticipated results. (0-5 points)
    The application includes a narrative detailed budget breakdown for 
each of the budget categories in the SF 424-A. The applicant presents a 
reasonable administrative cost. (0-5 points)

3. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
Sub-Priority Area 1.5

a. Criterion I: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff 
Responsibilities (Maximum: 20 points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 0-10 points)

    Applicant has documented the capability to provide leadership in 
solving long-term and immediate problems locally and/or nationally in 
such areas as business development, commercial development, 
organizational and staff development, board training, and micro-
entrepreneurship development. (0-2 points)
    Applicant must document a capability (including access to a network 
of skilled individuals and/or organizations) in two or more of the 
following areas: Business management, including strategic planning and 
fiscal management; finance, including development of financial packages 
and provision of financial/accounting services; and regulatory 
compliance, including assistance with zoning and permit compliance. (0-
2 points)
    Further, the applicant has the demonstrated ability to mobilize 
dollars from sources such as the private sector (corporations, banks, 
foundations, etc.) and the public sector, including state and local 
governments. (0-2 points)
    Applicant also demonstrates that it has a sound organizational 
structure and proven organizational capability as well as an ability to 
develop and maintain a stable program in terms of business, physical or 
community development activities that have provided permanent jobs, 
services, business development opportunities, and other benefits to 
poverty community residents. (0-2 points)
    Applicants must indicate why they feel that their successful 
experiences would be of assistance to existing grantees that are 
experiencing difficulties in implementing their projects. (0-2 points)

(2) Staff skills, resources and responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10 
points)

    The application describes in brief resume form the experience and 
skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but who 
has professional capabilities relevant to the successful implementation 
of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been identified, 
the application contains a comprehensive position description that 
indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to the project 
director are relevant to the successful implementation of the project. 
(0-5 points)
    The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. space and 
equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. (0-3 points)
    The assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the 
tasks identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff 
will be budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective 
management of the project. (0-2 points)
b. Criterion II: Work Program (Maximum: 30 points)
    Based upon the applicant's knowledge and experience related to OCS' 
Discretionary Grants Program (particularly community economic 
development), the application should demonstrate in some specificity a 
thorough understanding of the problems a grantee may encounter in 
implementing a successful project. (0-15 points)
    The application should include a strategy for assessing the 
specific nature of the problems, outlining a course of action and 
identifying the resources required to resolve the problems. (0-15 
points)
c. Criterion III: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 
points)
    Project funds under this sub-priority area must be used for the 
purposes of transferring expertise directly, or by a contract with a 
third party, to other OCS funded grantees. Applicants must document how 
the success or failure of collaboration with these grantees will be 
documented. (0-15 points)
    Applicants must demonstrate an ability to disseminate results on 
the kinds of programmatic and administrative expertise transfer efforts 
in which they participated and successful strategies that they may have 
developed to share expertise with grantees during the grant period. (0-
10 points)
    Applicants must also state whether the results of the project will 
be included in a handbook, a progress paper, an evaluation report, a 
general manual, or seminars/workshops, and why the particular 
methodology chosen would be most effective. (0-5 points)
d. Criterion IV: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 15 points)
    The applicant demonstrates that it has worked with local, regional, 
state or national offices to ensure that TANF recipients, at-risk 
youth, displaced workers, public housing tenants, low-income 
noncustodial parents, homeless and otherwise low-income individuals 
have been trained and placed in newly created jobs. (0-10 points)
    Applicant should demonstrate how it will design a comprehensive 
strategy which makes use of other available resources to resolve 
typical and recurrent grantee problems. (0-5 points)

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e. Criterion V: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5 
points)
    Applicant documents that the funds requested are commensurate with 
the level of effort necessary to accomplish the goals and objectives of 
the project. The application includes a detailed budget breakdown for 
each of the appropriate budget categories in the SF-424A. (0-3 points)
    The estimated cost to the government of the project also is 
reasonable in relation to the anticipated results. (0-2 points)

4. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
Sub-Priority Area 1.6

a. Criterion I: Need for Assistance (Maximum: 10 points)
    The application documents that the project addresses a vital, 
nationwide need related to the purposes of Priority Area 1.0 and 
provides data and information in support of its contention.
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff 
Responsibilities (Maximum: 20 points)
(1) Organizational experience

    Applicant has documented the capability to provide leadership in 
solving long-term and immediate problems locally and/or nationally in 
such areas as business development, commercial development, 
organizational and staff development, board training, and micro-
entrepreneurship development. Applicant must document a capability 
(including access to a network of skilled individuals and/or 
organizations) in two or more of the following areas: Business 
management, including strategic planning and fiscal management; 
finance, including development of financial packages and provision of 
financial/accounting services; and regulatory compliance, including 
assistance with zoning and permit compliance. (0-10 points)

(2) Staff skills
    The applicant's proposed project director and primary staff are 
well qualified and their professional experiences are relevant to the 
successful implementation of the proposed project. (0-10 points)
c. Criterion III: Work Plan (Maximum: 35 points)
    Based upon the applicant's knowledge and experience related to OCS' 
Discretionary Grants Program (particularly community economic 
development), the applicant must develop and submit a detailed and 
specific work plan that is both sound and feasible. Specifically, the 
work plan should:
    (1) Demonstrate that all activities are comprehensive and 
nationwide in scope, adequately described, and appropriately related to 
the goals of the program. (0-10 points)
    (2) Demonstrate in some specificity a thorough understanding of the 
kinds of training and technical assistance that can be provided to the 
network of community development corporations. (0-10 points)
    (3) Delineate the tasks and sub-tasks involved in the areas 
necessary to carry out the responsibilities, i.e. training, technical 
assistance, research, outreach, seminars, etc. (0-5 points)
    (4) State the intermediate and end products to be developed by task 
and sub-task. (0-5 points)
    (5) Provide realistic time frames and a chronology of key 
activities for the goals and objectives. (0-5 points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 25 points)
    Project funds under this sub-priority area must be used for the 
purpose of providing training and technical assistance on a national 
basis to the network of community development corporations.
    The applicant should describe how:
    (1) The project will assure long-term program and management 
improvements for community development corporations. (0-10 points)
    (2) The project will impact on a significant number of community 
development corporations. (0-10 points)
    (3) The project will leverage or mobilize significant other non-
federal resources for the direct benefit of the project. (0-5 points)
e. Criterion V: Budget Reasonableness (Maximum: 10 points)
(1) The resources requested are reasonable and adequate to accomplish 
the project. (0-5 points)
(2) Total costs are reasonable and consistent with anticipated results. 
(0-5 points)

5. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Under 
Priority Area 2.0

a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 5 points)
    The application documents that the project addresses a vital need 
in a distressed community and provides statistics and other data and 
information in support of its contention.
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff 
Responsibilities (Maximum: 15 points)
(1) Organizational Experience in Program Area (sub-rating: 0-5 points)

    Documentation provided indicates that projects previously 
undertaken have been relevant and effective and have provided permanent 
benefits to the low-income population.
    Organizations that propose providing training and technical 
assistance have detailed competence in the specific program priority 
area and as a deliverer with expertise in the fields of training and 
technical assistance. If applicable, information provided by these 
applicants also addresses related achievements and competence of each 
cooperating or sponsoring organization.

(2) Staff Skills, Resources and Responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10 
points)

    The application describes in brief resume form the experience and 
skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but 
whose professional capabilities are relevant to the successful 
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been 
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position 
description that indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to 
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of 
the project. The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. 
space and equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. The 
assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the tasks 
identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff will be 
budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective management 
of the project.
c. Criterion III: Project Implementation (Maximum: 25 points)
    The work plan is both sound and feasible. The project is responsive 
to the needs identified in the Analysis of Need. It sets forth 
realistic quarterly time targets by which the various tasks will be 
completed. Critical issues or potential problems that might impact 
negatively on the project are defined and the project objectives can be 
reasonably attained despite such potential problems.
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 points)
    The application contains a full and accurate description of the 
proposed use of the requested financial assistance. The proposed 
project will produce permanent and measurable results that will reduce 
the incidence of poverty in

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the areas targeted and significantly enhance the self-sufficiency of 
program participants. Results are quantifiable in terms of program area 
expectations, e.g., number of units of housing rehabilitated, 
agricultural and non-agricultural job placements, etc. The OCS grant 
funds, in combination with private and/or other public resources, are 
targeted into low-income and/or distressed communities and/or 
designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.
e. Criterion V: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 20 points)
    The application documents that the applicant will mobilize from 
public and/or private sources cash and/or in-kind contributions valued 
at an amount equal to the OCS funds requested. Applicants documenting 
that the value of such contributions will be at least equal to the OCS 
funds requested will receive the maximum number of points for this 
Criterion. Lesser contributions will be given consideration based upon 
the value documented.
f. Criterion VI: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5 
points)
    Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary 
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. The application 
includes a narrative detailed budget break-down for each of the budget 
categories in the SF-424A. The applicant presents a reasonable 
administrative cost. The estimated cost to the government of the 
project also is reasonable in relation to the anticipated results.

Part E--Application Procedures

1. Availability of Forms

    For purposes of this announcement, all applicants will use the 
following forms: SF 424; SF 424A; SF 424B.
    Applications proposing construction projects will present all 
required financial data using SF-424A. Instructions for completing the 
SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B are found in Attachments B, C, and D. 
These forms may be photocopied for this application.
    Part F contains instructions for the project abstract and project 
narrative. They will be submitted on plain bond paper along with the 
SF-424 and related forms.
    Attachment M, Applicant's Checklist, provides a checklist to aid 
applicants in preparing a complete application package for OCS.
    The applicant must be aware that in signing and submitting the 
application for this award, it is certifying that it will comply with 
the Federal requirements concerning the following regulations: Drug-
Free Workplace, Attachment E; Debarment, Attachment F; and 
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Attachment J.

2. Intergovernmental Review

    This program is covered under Executive Order 12372, 
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and 45 CFR Part 100, 
Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human Services 
Programs and Activities. Under the Order, states may design their own 
processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed Federal assistance 
under covered programs.
    As of March 5, 1999 the following jurisdictions have elected NOT to 
participate in the Executive Order process. Applicants from these 
jurisdictions or for projects administered by Federally-recognized 
Indian Tribes need take no action in regard to E.O. 12372:
    Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, 
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, 
Virginia, Washington, American Samoa and Palau.
    Applicants should contact their SPOCs as soon as possible to alert 
them of the prospective applications and receive any necessary 
instructions. Applicants must submit any required material to the SPOCs 
as soon as possible so that the program office can obtain and review 
SPOC comments as part of the award process. It is imperative that the 
applicant submit all required materials, if any, to the SPOC and 
indicate the date of this submittal (or the date of contact if no 
submittal is required) on the Standard Form 424, item 16a, and submit a 
copy of the letter along with its application to OCS.
    Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application 
deadline date to comment on proposed new or competing continuation 
awards.
    The SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate the submission of routine 
endorsements as official recommendations. Additionally, SPOCs are 
requested to clearly differentiate between mere advisory comments and 
those official state process recommendations which they intend to 
trigger the ``accommodate or explain'' rule.
    When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be 
addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 
for Children and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, 4th Floor 
West, Aerospace Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20447.
    A list of the Single Points of Contact for each state and territory 
is included as Attachment G of this announcement.

3. Application Consideration

    Applications that meet the screening requirements in sections 4.a 
and b. below may be reviewed competitively. Such applications will be 
referred to reviewers for a numerical score and explanatory comments 
based solely on responsiveness to program priority area guidelines and 
evaluation criteria published in this announcement.
    Applications submitted under all priority areas (with the exception 
of Sub-Priority Area 1.6) will be reviewed by persons outside of the 
Office of Community Services. The results of these reviews will assist 
the Director and OCS program staff in considering competing 
applications. Reviewers' scores will weigh heavily in funding decisions 
but will not be the only factors considered. Applications generally 
will be considered in order of the average scores assigned by 
reviewers. However, highly ranked applications are not guaranteed 
funding since the Director may also consider other factors deemed 
relevant including, but not limited to, the timely and proper 
completion of projects funded with OCS funds granted in the last five 
(5) years; comments of reviewers and government officials; staff 
evaluation and input; geographic distribution; previous program 
performance of applicants; compliance with grant terms under previous 
DHHS grants; audit reports; investigative reports; and applicant's 
progress in resolving any final audit disallowances on previous OCS or 
other Federal agency grants. Applicants with three or more active OCS 
grants at the time of review may be denied funding. In addition, for 
applications received under 1.0, OCS will consider the geographic 
distribution of funds among states and the relative proportion of 
funding among rural and urban areas in accordance with Section 
681(b)(1)(D) of the Act.
    OCS reserves the right to discuss applications with other Federal 
or non-Federal funding sources to ascertain the applicant's performance 
record.

4. Criteria for Screening Applicants

a. Initial screening
    All applications that meet the published deadline for submission 
will be screened to determine completeness

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and conformity to the requirements of this announcement. Only those 
applications meeting the following requirements will be reviewed and 
evaluated competitively. Others will be returned to the applicants with 
a notation that they were unacceptable.
    (1) The application must contain an Application for Federal 
Assistance (SF-424), a budget (SF-424A), and signed Assurances (SF 
424B) completed according to instructions published in Parts F and G 
and Attachments B, C, and D of this Program Announcement.
    (2) A project abstract must also accompany the standard forms.
    (3) The SF-424 and the SF-424B must be signed by an official of the 
organization applying for the grant who has authority to obligate the 
organization legally.
    (4) The application must be submitted for consideration under one 
priority area only.
b. Pre-review
    Applications that pass the initial screening will be forwarded to 
reviewers and/or OCS staff prior to the programmatic review to verify 
that the applications comply with this Program Announcement in the 
following areas:
    (1) Eligibility: Applicant meets the eligibility requirements for 
the priority area under which funds are being requested. Proof of non-
profit status, i.e. the IRS determination letter of tax exemption, must 
be included in the appendices of the project narrative where 
applicable. Applicants that do not submit proof of non-profit status 
will be disqualified. Applicants must also be aware that the 
applicant's legal name as required in SF-424 (Item 5) must match that 
listed as corresponding to the Employer Identification Number (Item 6).
    (2) Number of Projects: An application may contain only one project 
under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4. However, an application may 
contain more than one project under Sub-Priority Areas 1.3, 1.5, and 
1.6 where applicants are researching various opportunities, sharing 
administrative and management expertise with current OCS grantees, 
providing assistance to current OCS grantees, providing training and/or 
technical assistance current OCS grantees, including the organization 
of seminars and other activities to assist community development 
corporations and this project must be identified as responding to one 
of the program priority areas stated in this Announcement.
    (3) Grant amount: The amount of funds requested does not exceed the 
limits indicated in Part B, 2, b or the appropriate priority area.
    (4) Written Agreement When Applicant Proposes to Make Equity 
Investment or Loan: (Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4); The 
application contains a written third party agreement, or a discussion 
of a proposed agreement, signed by the applicant and the third party 
that includes all of the elements required in Part B, item 9.
    An application will be disqualified if it does not conform to one 
or more of the above requirements.
c. Panel Reviews
    Applications that pass the pre-rating review will be assessed and 
scored by panels of reviewers. Each reviewer will give a numerical 
score for each application reviewed. These numerical scores will be 
supported by explanatory statements on a formal rating form describing 
major strengths and weaknesses under each applicable criterion 
published in the announcement.
    The panelists will use the following criteria coupled with the 
specific requirements contained under each program priority area as 
described in Part C.

Part F--Contents of Application and Receipt Process

1. Contents of Application

    Each submission should include one signed original and four 
additional copies of the application. The application package including 
the narrative should not exceed 65 pages for the applications submitted 
under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4 and 30 pages under the other 
sub-priority areas. This does not include appendices listed below. 
Application pages should be numbered sequentially throughout the 
application package, beginning with an abstract of the proposed project 
as page number one. Each application must include all of the following, 
in the order listed below:
    a. Table of Contents;
    b. A Project Abstract--A paragraph that succinctly describes the 
project in 500 characters or less.
    c. Completed Standard Form 424 (Attachment B) that has been signed 
by an official of the organization applying for the grant who has 
authority to obligate the organization legally.
    d. A Standard Form 424A--Budget Information--Non-construction 
Programs (Attachment C).
    e. A narrative budget justification for each object class category 
required under Section B, SF-424A.
    f. A Project Narrative. The project narrative must address the 
specific concerns mentioned under the relevant priority area 
description in Part C. The narrative should also provide information on 
how the application meets the evaluation criteria in Part D and 
Guidelines for a Business Plan (Attachment K) of the Program 
Announcement.
    g. A Standard Form 424B Assurances--Non-Construction (Attachment 
D)--All applicants, whether or not their project involves construction, 
must file the Standard Form 424B. Applicants must sign and return this 
form with their applications.
    h. Certification Regarding Lobbying--(Attachment H)--Prior to 
receiving an award in excess of $100,000, applicants must sign and 
return an executed copy of the lobbying certification.
    i. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL (Attachment H)--Fill 
out, sign and date the form.
    j. DHHS Regulations Applying to All Applicants/Grantees Under the 
Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program (Attachment I)--By 
signing and submitting the application, applicant is certifying that it 
will comply with these regulations.
    k. Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Attachment 
J)--Applicants must make the appropriate certification of their 
compliance with the Pro-Children Act of 1994. By signing and submitting 
the applications, applicants are providing the certification regarding 
environmental tobacco smoke and need not mail back the certification 
with their applications.
    l. Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirement: By 
signing and submitting the application, applicant is certifying that it 
will comply with this regulation.
    m. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other 
Responsibility Matters: By signing and submitting the application, 
applicant is certifying that it will comply with this regulation.
    n. Appendices should include: Proof of non-profit status (a copy of 
the applicant's listing in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) most 
recent list of tax-exempt organizations described in Section 501(C)(3) 
of the IRS Code or a copy of the currently valid IRS tax exemption 
certificate); a copy of the Articles of Incorporation bearing the seal 
of the State in which the corporation or association is domiciled; a 
listing of the current Board of Directors' names, titles and addresses 
(Note: If the applicant is proposing an equity transaction, this is 
also needed for the third party organization); resumes of the project 
director and other key management team members; written

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agreements, i.e., third party agreements, coordination with TANF, etc.; 
a copy of the submission to the State Single Point of Contact, if 
applicable; Single Point of Contact comments, where applicable; 
certification regarding anti-lobbying activities; and a disclosure of 
lobbying activities.

2. Acknowledgment of Receipt

    All applicants will receive an acknowledgment notice with an 
assigned identification number. Applicants are requested to supply a 
self-addressed mailing label with their application that can be 
attached to this acknowledgment notice. The identification number and 
the program priority area letter code must be referred to in all 
subsequent communications with OCS concerning the application. If an 
acknowledgment is not received within three weeks after the deadline 
date, please notify ACF by telephone at (202)401-5103.

(Note: To facilitate receipt of this acknowledgment from ACF, 
applicant should include a cover letter with the application 
containing an E-mail address and facsimile (FAX) number if these 
items are available to applicant.)

Part G--Instructions for Completing Application Package

    It is suggested that the applicant reproduce the SF-424 and SF-
424A, and type its organization's legal name on the copies. If an item 
on the SF-424 cannot be answered or does not appear to be related or 
relevant to the assistance requested, write NA for Not Applicable.
    Prepare your application in accordance with the standard 
instructions given in Attachments B and C corresponding to the forms, 
as well as the OCS specific instructions set forth below:

1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance

    Item 1. For the purposes of this announcement, all proposals are 
considered Applications; there are no Pre-Applications. For the purpose 
of this announcement, construction projects involve land improvements 
and development or major renovation of (new or existing) facilities and 
buildings, including their improvements, fixtures and permanent 
attachments. All others are considered non-construction. Check the 
appropriate box under Application. Whether applications involve 
construction or non-construction projects, all applicants are required 
to complete the Budget Information--Non-construction Programs sections 
of SF-424A.
    Items 5 and 6. The legal name of the applicant must match that 
listed as corresponding to the Employer Identification Number. Where 
the applicant is a previous Department of Health and Human Services 
grantee, enter the Central Registry System Employee Identification 
Number (EIN) and the Payment Identifying Number (PIN), if one has been 
assigned, in the Block entitled Federal Identifier located at the top 
right hand corner of the form.
    Item 7. If the applicant is a non-profit corporation, enter N in 
the box and specify non-profit corporation in the space marked Other. 
Any non-profit organization submitting an application must submit proof 
of its non-profit status in its applications at time of submission.
    Item 9. Enter DHHS--ACF/OCS.
    Item 10. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for OCS 
programs covered under this Announcement is 93.570. The title is CSBG 
Discretionary Awards.
    Item 11. In addition to a brief descriptive title of the project, 
indicate one of the following program priority areas for which funds 
are being requested.

UR--Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (Operational)
HB--Sub-Priority Area 1.2. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (HBCU Set-Aside)
PD Sub-Priority Area 1.3. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-Aside)
DD--Sub-Priority Area 1.4. Urban and Rural Community Economic 
Development (Developmental Set-Aside)
AM--Sub-Priority Area 1.5. Administrative and Management (Set-Aside)
UT--Sub-Priority Area 1.6. Training and Technical Assistance (Set-
Aside)
RF--Priority Area 2.0. Rural Community Facilities Development (Water 
and Waste Water Treatment Systems Development)

2. SF-424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs

    See Instructions accompanying this form as well as the instructions 
set forth below:
    In completing these sections, the ``Federal Funds'' budget entries 
will relate to the requested OCS discretionary funds only, and Non-
Federal will include mobilized funds from all other sources--applicant, 
state, local, and other. Federal funds other than requested OCS 
Discretionary funding should be included in Non-Federal entries.
    The budget forms in SF-424A are only to be used to present grant 
administrative costs and major budget categories. Financial data that 
is generated as part of a project Business Plan or other internal 
project cost data must be separate and should appear as part of the 
project Business Plan or other project implementation data.
    Sections A and D of SF-424A must contain entries for both Federal 
(OCS) and non-Federal (mobilized) funds. Section B contains entries for 
Federal (OCS) funds only. Clearly identified continuation sheets in SF-
424A format should be used as necessary.
Section A--Budget Summary
    Lines 1-4

--Column (a): Line 1 Enter CSBG Discretionary;
--Column (b): Line 1 Enter 93.570
--Columns (c) and (d): Leave Blank
--Columns (e) thru (g):Enter the appropriate amounts needed to support 
the project for the budget period.
    Line 5 Enter the figures from Line 1 for all columns completed as 
required, (c), (d), (3), (f), and (g).
Section B--Budget Categories
    Allowability of costs are governed by applicable cost principles 
set forth in 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92. A budget narrative must be 
submitted that includes the appropriate justifications as stated.
    This section should contain entries for OCS funds only. For all 
projects, this first budget period will be entered in Column (1).
    Budget estimates for administrative costs must be supported by 
adequate detail for the grants officer to perform a cost analysis and 
review. Adequately detailed calculations for each budget object class 
are those which reflect estimation methods, quantities, unit costs, 
salaries, and other similar quantitative detail sufficient for the 
calculation to be duplicated. For any additional object class 
categories included under the object class other, identify the 
additional object class(es) and provide supporting calculations.
    Supporting narratives and justifications are required for each 
budget category, with emphasis on unique/special initiatives; large 
dollar amounts; local, regional, or other travel; new positions; and 
major equipment purchases.
    A detailed itemized budget with a separate budget justification for 
each major item should be included as indicated below:

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Line 6a
    Personnel--Enter the total costs of salaries and wages.
    Justification--Identify the project director and staff. Specify by 
title or name the percentage of time allocated to the project, the 
individual annual salaries and the cost to the project (both Federal 
and non-Federal) of the organization's staff who will be working on the 
project.
Line 6b
    Fringe Benefits--Enter the total costs of fringe benefits unless 
treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate which is entered on 
Line 6j.
    Justification--Enter the total costs of fringe benefits, unless 
treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate. Provide a breakdown 
of amounts and percentages that comprise fringe benefit costs.
Line 6c
    Travel--Enter total cost of all travel by employees of the project. 
Do not enter costs for consultant's travel.
    Justification--Include the name(s) of traveler(s), total number of 
trips, destinations, length of stay, mileage rate, transportation costs 
and subsistence allowances. Traveler must be a person listed under the 
personnel line or employee being paid under non-federal share. (Note: 
Local transportation and Consultant travel costs are entered on Line 
6h.)
Line 6d
    Equipment--Enter the total estimated costs for all non-expendable 
personal property to be acquired by the project. Equipment means 
tangible nonexpendable personal property, including exempt property, 
charged directly to the award having a useful life of more than one 
year and an acquisition cost of $5000 or more per unit. However, 
consistent with recipient policy, lower limits may be established.
    Justification--Provide breakdown of cost per item. Items that cost 
less than $5,000 should be included under Supplies.
Line 6e
    Supplies--Enter the total estimated costs of all tangible personal 
property (supplies) other than that included on line 6d.
    Justification--Provide a general description as to what is being 
purchased such as type of supplies, office, classroom, medical, etc. 
Also property that is not equipment and costs less than $5,000 per 
item.
Line 6f
    Contractual--Enter the total costs of all contracts, including (1) 
procurement contracts (except those which belong on other lines such as 
equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with secondary recipient 
organizations including delegate agencies and specific projects(s) or 
businesses to be financed by the applicant.
    Justification--Contractual cannot be a person--it must be the name 
of an organization, firm, etc. Consultant cost goes in--other.
Line 6g
    Construction--Enter the estimated costs of renovation, repair, or 
new construction. Identify the type of construction activity and costs 
associated, i.e., concrete, HVAC, electrical, etc. Provide narrative 
justification and breakdown of costs.
Line 6h
    Other--Enter the total of all other costs. Such costs, where 
applicable, may include, but are not limited to insurance, fees and 
travel paid directly to individual consultants, local transportation 
(all travel which does not require per diem is considered local 
travel), space and equipment rentals, printing computer use training 
costs including tuition and stipends, training service costs including 
wage payments to individuals and supportive service payments, and staff 
development costs.
    Justification--Provide as much detail as you can. Some items may 
have to be defined more than others.
Line 6j
    Indirect Charges--Enter the total amount of indirect costs. This 
line should be used only when the applicant currently has an indirect 
cost rate approved by DHHS or other Federal agencies.
    If the applicant organization is in the process of initially 
developing or renegotiating a rate, it should, immediately upon 
notification that an award will be made, develop a tentative indirect 
cost rate proposal based on its most recently completed fiscal year in 
accordance with the principles set forth in the pertinent DHHS Guide 
for Establishing Indirect Cost Rates and submit it to the appropriate 
DHHS Regional Office. It should be noted that when an indirect cost 
rate is requested, those costs included in the indirect cost pool 
cannot be also budgeted or charged as direct costs to the grant. 
Indirect costs consistent with approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreements 
are allowable.

Section C--Non-Federal Resources

    This section is to record the amounts of non-Federal resources that 
will be used to support the project. Non-Federal resources mean other 
than OCS funds for which the applicant is applying. Therefore, 
mobilized funds from other Federal programs, such as the Job Training 
Partnership Act program, should be entered on these lines. Provide a 
brief listing of the non-Federal resources on a separate sheet and 
describe whether it is a grantee-incurred cost or a third-party in-kind 
contribution. The firm commitment of these resources must be documented 
and submitted with the application in order to be given credit in the 
Public-Private Partnerships Criterion.
    Except in unusual situations, this documentation must be in the 
form of letters of commitment from the organization(s)/ individuals 
from which funds will be received.
    (Note: Even though there is no matching requirements for the 
Discretionary Grants Program, grantees will be held accountable for any 
match, cash or in-kind contribution proposed or pledged as part of an 
approved application.)

Part H--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements

1. Notification of Grant Award

    Following approval of the applications selected for funding, notice 
of project approval and authority to draw down project funds will be 
made in writing. The official award document is the Financial 
Assistance Award that provides the amount of Federal funds approved for 
use in the project, the budget period for which support is provided, 
the terms and conditions of the award, the total project period for 
which support is contemplated, and the total financial participation 
from the award recipient.
    General Conditions and Special Conditions (where the latter are 
warranted) which will be applicable to grants, are subject to the 
provisions of 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92.

2. Attendance at OCS Training Conference

    The Executive Director and/or Project Director will be required to 
attend a two-day national workshop in Washington, DC. The project 
budget must include funds for travel to and attendance at this 
conference.

3. Reporting Requirements

    Grantees will be required to submit semi-annual progress and 
financial

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reports (SF-269) as well as a final progress and financial report.
    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, an 
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. This program announcement does not contain 
information collection requirements beyond those approved for ACF grant 
applications under OMB Control Number 0970-0062.

4. Audit Requirements

    Grantees are subject to the audit requirements in 45 CFR Parts 74 
and 92 and OMB Circular A-133. If an applicant will not be requesting 
indirect costs, it should anticipate in its budget request the cost of 
having an audit performed at the end of the grant period.
    Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, signed into law on October 23, 
1989, imposes prohibitions and requirements for disclosure and 
certification related to lobbying on recipients of Federal contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, and loans. It provides limited 
exemptions for Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Current and 
prospective recipients (and their subtier contractors and/or grantees) 
are prohibited from using appropriated funds for lobbying Congress or 
any Federal agency in connection with the award of a contract, grant, 
cooperative agreement or loan. In addition, for each award action in 
excess of $100,000 (or $150,000 for loans) the law requires recipients 
and their subtier contractors and/or subgrantees (1) to certify that 
they have neither used nor will use any appropriated funds for payment 
to lobbyists, (2) to submit a declaration setting forth whether 
payments to lobbyists have been or will be made out of nonappropriated 
funds and, if so, the name, address, payment details, and purpose of 
any agreements with such lobbyists whom recipients or their subtier 
contractors or subgrantees will pay with the nonappropriated funds and 
(3) to file quarterly up-dates about the use of lobbyists if an event 
occurs that materially affects the accuracy of the information 
submitted by way of declaration and certification. The law establishes 
civil penalties for noncompliance and is effective with respect to 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans entered into or 
made on or after December 23, 1989. See Attachment H for certification 
and disclosure forms to be submitted with the applications for this 
program.

5. Applicable Federal Regulations

    Attachment I provides a list of the regulations that apply to all 
applicants/grantees under the FY 2000 Discretionary Grants Program.

    Dated: August 11, 1999.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.

Attachments

A--1999 Poverty Income Guidelines
B--Standard Form 424
C--Standard Form 424A
D--Standard Form 424B
E--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace
F--Certification of Debarment
G--List of Single Points of Contact
H--Certification Regarding Lobbying and Disclosure of Lobbying 
Activities
I--DHHS Regulations Which Apply to all Applicants/Grantees Under The 
Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants Program
J--Certification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke
K--Business Plan
L--Table of Standard Industrial Codes and Occupational Classification
M--Applicant's Checklist

Attachment A

1999 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
                                Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Poverty
                    Size of family unit                       guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1..........................................................       $8,240
2..........................................................       11,060
3..........................................................       13,880
4..........................................................       16,700
5..........................................................       19,520
6..........................................................       22,340
7..........................................................       25,160
8..........................................................       27,980
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,820 for each 
additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family sizes 
also, as can be seen in the figures above).

                   1999 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Poverty
                    Size of family unit                       guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1..........................................................      $10,320
2..........................................................       13,840
3..........................................................       17,360
4..........................................................       20,880
5..........................................................       24,440
6..........................................................       27,920
7..........................................................       31,440
8..........................................................       34,960
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For family units with more than 8 members, add $3,520 for each 
additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family sizes 
also, as can be seen in the figures above).

                   1999 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Poverty
                    Size of family unit                       guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1..........................................................       $9,490
2..........................................................       12,730
3..........................................................       15,970
4..........................................................       19,210
5..........................................................       22,450
6..........................................................       25,690
7..........................................................       28,930
8..........................................................       32,170
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For family units with more than 8 members, add $3,240 for each 
additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family sizes 
also, as can be seen in the figures above).

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Attachment B (Page 2)

Instructions for the SF-424

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

Item and Entry

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

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

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

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Instructions for the SF-424A

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 180 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0044), 
Washington, DC 20503.
    PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR COMPLETED FORM TO THE OFFICE OF 
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. SEND IT TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE 
SPONSORING AGENCY.

General Instructions

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

Section A. Budget Summary

Lines 1-4 Columns (a) and (b)

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

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

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

Section B Budget Categories

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

Section C. Non-Federal Resources

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

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

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

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

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

Section F. Other Budget Information

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

Attachment D

Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 15

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minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 
Send comments regrading the burden estimate or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork 
Reduction Project (0348-0040), Washington, DC 20503.
    PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOU COMPLETED FORM TO THE OFFICE OF 
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. SEND IT TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE 
SPONSORING AGENCY.

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

    As the duly authorized representative of the applicant, I 
certify that the applicant:
    1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance and 
the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including 
funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project cost) to 
ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project 
described in this application.
    2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the 
United States and, if appropriate, the State, through any authorized 
representative, access to and the right to examine all records, 
books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish 
a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting standards or agency directives.
    3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using 
their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the 
appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or 
personal gain.
    4. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable 
time frame after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.
    5. Will comply with the intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. Secs. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for 
merit systems for programs funded under one of the 19 statutes or 
regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a Merit 
System of Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900. Subpart F).
    6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to 
nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to (a) Title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits 
discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b) 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
Secs. 1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on 
the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794), which prohibits discrimination on 
the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. Secs. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination 
on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 
1972 (P.L. 92-255), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the 
basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 
(P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the 
basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) Secs. 523 and 527 of the 
Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. Secs. 290 dd-3 and 290 
ee 3), as amended, relating to confidentially of alcohol and drug 
abuse patient records; (h) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. Secs. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to 
nondiscrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) 
any other nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statue(s) 
under which application for Federal assistance is being made; and 
(j) the requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which 
may apply to the application.
    7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements 
of Title II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which 
provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or 
whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally-
assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real 
property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal 
participation in purchases.
    8. Will comply, as applicable, with provisions of the Hatch Act 
(5 U.S.C. Secs. 1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit the political 
activities of employees whose principal employment activities are 
funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.
    9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-
Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40 
U.S.C. Sec. 276c and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 874), and the Contract Work 
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 327-333), regarding 
labor standards for federally-assisted construction subagreements.
    10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase 
requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood 
hazard area to participate in the program and to purchase flood 
insurance if the total cost of insurable construction and 
acquisition is $10,000 or more.
    11. Will comply with environmental standards which may be 
prescribed pursuant to the following: (a) institution of 
environmental quality control measures under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order 
(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating facilities pursuant to EO 
11738; (c) protection of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d) 
evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with EO 
11988; (e) assurance of project consistency with the approved State 
management program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal 
actions to State (Clean Air) Implementation Plans under Section 
176(c) of the Clean Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 7401 et seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of 
drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended 
(P.L. 93-523); and, (h) protection of endangered species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (P.L. 93-205).
    12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 
U.S.C. Secs. 1271 et seq.) related to protecting components or 
potential components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.
    13. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. Sec. 470), EO 11593 (identification and 
protection of historic properties), and the Archaeological and 
Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 469a-1 et seq.)
    14. Will comply with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of 
human subjects involved in research, development, and related 
activities supported by this award of assistance.
    15. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966 
(P.L. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Secs. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to 
the care, handling, and treatment of warm blooded animals held for 
research, teaching, or other activities supported by this award of 
assistance.
    16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention 
Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead-
based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence 
structures.
    17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and 
compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act Amendments 
of 1996 and OMB Circular No. A-133, ``Audits of States, Local 
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.''
    18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other 
Federal laws, executive orders, regulations, and policies governing 
this program.
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICIAL

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TITLE

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APPLICANT ORGANIZATION

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DATE SUBMITTED

Attachment E

HHS CFR Title 45

PART 76, Appendix C: Drug-free Certification

Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and 
Governmentwide Requirements For Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)

Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

Instructions for Certification

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

Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than Individuals)

    1. The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to 
provide a drug-free workplace by:

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

    2. The grantee may insert in the space provided below the 
site(s) for the performance of work done in connection with the 
specific grant: Place of Performance (Street address, city, county, 
state, zip code) Check {time}  if there are workplaces on file that 
are not identified here.

Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals)

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

(55 FR 21690, 21702, May 25, 1990)

Attachment F

HHS CFR Title 45

PART 76, Appendix A: Debarment Certification (Primary)

Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and 
Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)

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

Instructions for Certification

    1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective 
primary participant is providing the certification set out below.
    2. The inability of a person to provide the certification 
required below will not necessarily result in denial of 
participation in this covered transaction. The prospective 
participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the 
certification set out below. The certification or explanation will 
be considered in connection with the department or agency's 
determination whether to enter into this transaction. However, 
failure of the prospective primary participant to furnish a 
certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from 
participation in this transaction.
    3. The certification in this clause is a material representation 
of fact upon which reliance was placed when the department or agency 
determined to enter into this transaction. If it is the later 
determined that the prospective primary participant knowingly 
rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies 
available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may 
terminate this transaction for cause of default.
    4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate 
written notice to the department or agency to whom this proposal is 
submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns 
that its certification was erroneous when submitted

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or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
    5. The terms covered transacted, debarred, suspended, 
ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, 
primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntary 
excluded, as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the 
Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing 
Executive Order 12549. You may contact the department or agency to 
which this proposal is begin submitted for assistance in obtaining a 
copy of those regulations.
    6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this 
proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered 
into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered 
transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared 
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this 
covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency 
entering into this transaction.
    7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by 
submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled 
``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' provided by 
the department or agency entering into this covered transaction, 
without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in 
all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
    8. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a 
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered 
transaction that is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or 
voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows 
that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the 
method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its 
principals. Each participant may, but is not required to, check the 
Nonprocurement List (Tel. 1B).
    9. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to 
require establishment of a system of records in order to render in 
good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge 
and information of a participant is not required to exceed that 
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary 
course of business dealings.
    10. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 6 of 
these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction 
knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person 
who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntary excluded from 
participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies 
available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may 
terminate this transaction for cause or default.

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

    1. The prospective primary participant certifies to the best of 
its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals:

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

Attachment G

State Single Point of Contact Listing Maintained by OMB

    In accordance with Executive Order #12374, ``Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs,'' Section 4, ``the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) shall maintain a list of official State entities 
designated by the State to review and coordinate proposed Federal 
financial assistance and direct Federal development.'' This attached 
listing is the OFFICIAL OMB LISTING. This listing is also published 
in the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance biannually.

March 5, 1999.

OMB State Single Point of Contact Listing*

ARIZONA

Joni Saad, Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central Avenue, 
Fourteenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone: (602) 280-1315; 
FAX: (602) 280-8144.

ARKANSAS

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

CALIFORNIA

Grants Coordination, State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning & 
Research, 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121, Sacramento, California 95814, 
Telephone: (916) 445-0613; FAX: (916) 323-3018

DELAWARE

Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact, Executive Department, 
Office of the Budget, 540 S. Dupont Highway, Suite 5, Dover, 
Delaware 19901, Telephone: (302) 739-3326; FAX: (302) 739-5661

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Charles Nichols, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants 
Mgmt. & Dev., 717 14th Street, N.W. Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 
20005, Telephone: (202) 727-1700 (direct), (202) 727-6537 
(secretary); FAX: (202) 727-1617

FLORIDA

Florida State Clearinghouse, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 
Shumard Oak Blvd, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, Telephone: (850) 
922-5438, FAX: (850) 414-0479; Contact: Cherie Trainor, (850) 414-
5495

GEORGIA

Deborah Stephens, Coordinator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 270 
Washington Street , S.W.--8th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, 
Telephone: (404) 656-3855; FAX: (404) 656-7901

ILLINOIS

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

INDIANA

Renee Miller, State Budget Agency, 212 State House, Indianapolis, 
Indiana 46204-2796, Telephone: (317) 232-2971 (directline); FAX: 
(317) 233-3323

IOWA

Steven R. McCann, Division of Community Assistance, Iowa Department 
of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 
50309, Telephone: (515) 242-4719; FAX: (515) 242-4809

KENTUCKY

Kevin J. Goldsmith, Director, Sandra Brewer, Executive Secretary, 
Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor, 700 Capitol 
Avenue, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Telephone: (502) 564-2611; FAX: 
(502) 564-0437

MAINE

Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, 184 State Street, 38 State 
House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone: (207) 287-3261; FAX: 
(207) 287-6489

MARYLAND

Linda Janey, Manager, Plan & Project Review, Maryland Office of 
Planning, 301 W. Preston Street--Room 1104, Baltimore, Maryland 
21201-2365, Staff Contact: Linda Janey, Telephone: (410) 767-4490; 
FAX: (410) 767-4480

MICHIGAN

Richard Pfaff, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 660 Plaza 
Drive--Suite 1900, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Telephone: (303) 961-
4266; FAX: (313) 961-4869

MISSISSIPPI

Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department of Finance and

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Administration, 550 High Street, 303 Walters Sillers Building, 
Jackson, Mississippi 39201-3087, Telephone: (601) 359-6762; FAX: 
(601) 359-6758

MISSOURI

Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of 
Administration, P.O. Box 809, Jefferson Building, 9th Floor, 
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, Telephone: (314) 751-4834; FAX: 
(314) 751-7819

NEVADA

Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, 209 E. Musser 
Street, Room 220, Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone: (702) 687-
4065; FAX: (702) 687-3983; Contact: Heather Elliot, (702) 687-6367

NEW HAMPSHIRE

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

 NEW MEXICO

Nick Mandell, Local Government Division, Room 201 Bataan Memorial 
Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone: (505) 827-3640; 
FAX: (505) 827-4984

NEW YORK

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

NORTH CAROLINA

Jeanette Furney, North Carolina Department of Administration, 116 
West Jones Street--Suite 5106, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-8003, 
Telephone: (919) 733-7232; FAX: (919) 733-9571

NORTH DAKOTA

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

RHODE ISLAND

Kevin Nelson, Review Coordinator, Department of Administration, 
Division of Planning, One Capitol Hill, 4th Floor, Providence, Rhode 
Island 02908-5870, Telephone: (401) 277-2656; FAX: (401) 277-2083

SOUTH CAROLINA

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of Contact, Budget and Control 
Board, Office of State Budget, 1122 Ladies Street--12th Floor, 
Columbia, South Carolina 29201; Telephone: (803) 734-0494; FAX: 
(803) 734-0645

TEXAS

Tom Adams, Governors Office, Director, Intergovernmental 
Coordination, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone: (512) 
463-1771; FAX: (512) 463-2681

UTAH

Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and 
Budget, Room 116 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114; 
Telephone: (801) 538-1027; FAX: (801) 538-1547

WEST VIRGINIA

Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, W. Virginia 
Development Office, Building #6, Room 553, Charleston, West Virginia 
25305, Telephone: (304) 558-4010; FAX: (304) 558-3248

WISCONSIN

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

WYOMING

Sandy Ross, State Single Point of Contact, Department of 
Administration and Information, 2001 Capitol Avenue, Room 214, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone: (307) 777-5492; FAX: (307) 777-
3696

TERRITORIES

GUAM

Joseph Rivera, Acting Director, Bureau of Budget and Management 
Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96932, 
Telephone: (617) 475-9411 or 9412; FAX: (671) 472-2825

PUERTO RICO

Jose Caballero-Mercado, Chairman, Puerto Rico Planning Board, 
Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas Government Center, P.O. 
Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, Telephone: (787) 727-
4444, (787) 723-6190; FAX: (787) 724-3270

NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS

Mr. Alvaro A. Santos, Executive Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of the Governor, Saipan, MP 96950, Telephone: (670) 
664-2256; FAX: (670) 664-2272; Contact person: Ms. Jacoba T. Seman, 
Federal Programs Coordinator, Telephone: (670) 664-2289; FAX: (670) 
664-2272

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Nellon Bowry, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41 
Norregade Emancipation Garden Station; Second Floor; Saint Thomas, 
Virgin Islands 00802

    Please direct all questions and correspondence about 
intergovernmental review to: Linda Clarke, Telephone: (809) 774-
0750; FAX: (809) 776-0069
    If you would like a copy of this list faxed to your office, 
please call our publications office at (202) 395-9068
    * In accordance with Executive Order #12372, ``Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs,'' this listing represents the designated 
State Single Points of Contact. The jurisdictions not listed no 
longer participate in the process, BUT GRANT APPLICANTS ARE STILL 
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT EVEN IF YOUR STATE, TERRITORY, 
COMMONWEALTH, ETC., DOES NOT HAVE A ``STATE SINGLE POINT OF 
CONTACT.'' STATES WITHOUT ``STATE SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT'' 
INCLUDE: Alabama; Alaska; American Samoa; Colorado; Connecticut; 
Hawaii; Idaho; Kansas; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Montana; 
Nebraska; New Jersey; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Palau; Pennsylvania; 
South Dakota; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia; and Washington. This 
list is based on the most current information provided by the 
States. Information on any changes or apparent errors should be 
provided to the Office of Management and Budget and the State in 
question. Changes to the list will only be made upon formal 
notification by the State. Also, this listing is published 
biannually in the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance.

Attachment H

Developing ACF Program Announcements

CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements

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

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Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance.

    The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and 
belief, that:
    If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for 
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any 
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or 
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this 
commitment providing for the United States of insure or guarantee a 
loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, 
``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its 
instructions. Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for 
making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, 
title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required 
statement shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than 
$10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
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Attachment H (Page 3)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF SF-LLL, DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 
ACTIVITIES

    This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, 
whether subawardee or prime Federal recipient, at the initiation or 
receipt of a covered Federal action, or a material change to a 
previous filing, pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The 
filing of a form is required for each payment or agreement to make 
payment to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to 
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of 
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a 
Member of Congress in connection with a covered Federal action. 
Complete all items that apply for both the initial filing and 
material change report. Refer to the implementing guidance published 
by the Office of Management and Budget for additional information.
    1. Identify the type of covered Federal action for which 
lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the 
outcome of a covered Federal action.
    2. Identify the status of the covered Federal action.
    3. Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If 
this is a followup report caused by a material change to the 
information previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which 
the change occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted 
report by this reporting entity for this covered Federal action.
    4. Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the 
reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check 
the appropriate classification of the reporting entity that 
designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward 
recipient. Identify the tier of the subawardee, e.g., the first 
subawardee of the prime is the 1st tier. Subawards include but are 
not limited to subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under 
grants.
    5. If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks 
``Subawardee,'' then enter the full name, address, city, State and 
zip code of the prime Federal recipient. Include Congressional 
District, if known.
    6. Enter the name of the Federal agency making the award or loan 
commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency 
name, if known. For example, Department of Transportation, United 
States Coast Guard.
    7. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered 
Federal action (item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative 
agreements, loans, and loan commitments.
    8. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number 
available for the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request 
for Proposal (RFP) number; invitation for Bid (IFB) number; grant 
announcement number; the contract, grant, or loan award number; the 
application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency). 
Include prefixes, e.g., ``RFP-DE-90-001.''
    9. For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or 
loan commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of 
the award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 
or 5.
    10. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code 
of the lobbying registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
engaged by the reporting entity identified in item 4 to influence 
the covered Federal action.
    (b) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing 
services, and include full address if different from 10(a). Enter 
Last Name, First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).
    11. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print 
his/her name, title, and telephone number.
    According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended, no persons 
are required to respond to a collection of information unless if 
displays a valid OMB Control Number. The valid OMB control number 
for this information collection is OMB No. 0348-0046. Public 
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to 
average 10 minutes per response, including time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046), 
Washington, DC 20503.

Attachment I

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Regulations Applying to 
All Applicants/Grantees Under The Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary Grants 
Program

Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Part 16--DHHS Grant Appeals Process
Part 74--Administration of Grants (non-governmental)
Part 74--Administration of Grants (state and local governments and 
Indian Tribal affiliates):
    Sections
    74.26  Non-Federal Audits
    74.27  Allowable cost for hospitals and non-profit organizations 
among other things
    74.32  Real Property
    74.34  Equipment
    74.35  Supplies
    74.24  Program Income
Part 75--Informal Grant Appeal Procedures
Part 76--Debarment and Suspension from Eligibility For Financial 
Assistance

Subpart F--Drug Free Workplace Requirements

Part 80--Non-discrimination Under Programs Receiving Federal 
Assistance through DHHS Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964
Part 81--Practice and Procedures for Hearings Under Part 80 of this 
title
Part 83--Regulation for the Administration and Enforcement of 
Sections 799A and 845 of the Public Health Service Act
Part 84--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs and 
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Part 85--Enforcement of Non-discrimination on the Basis of Handicap 
in Programs or Activities Conducted by DHHS
Part 86--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education 
Programs and Activities Receiving or Benefiting from Federal 
Financial Assistance
Part 91--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Age in Health and Human 
Services Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial 
Assistance
Part 92--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements to States and Local Governments (Federal 
Register, March 11, 1988)
Part 93--New Restrictions on Lobbying
Part 100--Intergovernmental Review of DHHS Programs and Activities

Attachment J

Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke

    Public Law 103227, Part C Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also 
known as the Pro Children Act of 1994 (Act), requires that smoking 
not be permitted in any portion of any indoor routinely owned or 
leased or contracted for by an entity and used routinely or 
regularly for provision of health, day care, education, or library 
services to children under the age of 18, if the services are funded 
by Federal programs either directly or through State or local 
governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee. 
The law does not apply to children's services provided in private 
residences, facilities funded solely by Medicare or Medicaid funds, 
and portions of facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol 
treatment. Failure to comply with the provisions of the law may 
result in the imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up to $1000 
per day and/or the imposition of an administrative compliance order 
on the responsible entity. By signing and submitting this 
application the applicant/grantee certifies that it will comply with 
the requirements of the Act.
    The applicant/grantee further agrees that it will require the 
language of this certification be included in any subawards which 
contain provisions for the children's services and that all 
subgrantees shall certify accordingly.

Attachment K

Guidelines for a Business Plan

    The application must contain a detailed and specific workplan or 
business plan that is both sound and feasible. Generally, a business 
plan is required for applications submitted under sub-priority areas 
1.1, 1.2 and 1.4. For all business ventures (except for business 
development opportunities for self-employed program participants) a 
complete business plan will be required using guidelines discussed 
in the next several paragraphs. For the remaining sub-priority 
areas, a workplan is acceptable in lieu of a business plan.
    Please note that OCS does not require the application to contain 
business plans for each self-employed program participant. However, 
a project that proposes to provide self-employed and other business 
opportunities for program participants must

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include a development plan that shows how participants will become 
self-sufficient and how their technical assistance needs will be 
met.

Guidelines of a Business Plan

    The business plan is one of the major components that will be 
evaluated by the OCS to determine the feasibility of a business 
venture or an economic development project. It must be well prepared 
and address all the relevant elements as follows:
    (a) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (limit summary to 3 pages)
    (b) The business and its industry. This section should describe 
the nature and history of the business and provide some background 
on its industry.
    (i) The Business: as a legal entity; the general business 
category;
    (ii) Description and Discussion of Industry: current status and 
prospects for the industry;
    (c) Products and Services: This section deals with the 
following:
    (i) Description: Describe in detail the products or services to 
be sold;
    (ii) Proprietary Position: Describe proprietary features if any 
of the product, e.g., patients, trade secrets;
    (iii) Potential: Features of the product or service that may 
give it an advantage over the competition;
    (d) Market Research and Evaluation: The applicant should 
consider businesses in growth industries and occupations with skill 
levels accessible to low income persons. Businesses should be 
identified by Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) and jobs by 
occupational classifications. This information is published by the 
U.S. Department of Commerce in the ``Statistical Abstract of the 
United States, 1996'', Table No. 646 and 647. Also, you may use the 
table included as ``Attachment L'' to identify industrial areas and 
occupational classifications. This section should present sufficient 
information to show that the product or service has a substantial 
market and can achieve sales in the face of competition;
    (i) Customers: Describe the actual and potential purchasers for 
the product or service by market segment.
    (ii) Market Size and Trends: State the site of the current total 
market for the product or service offered;
    (iii) Competition: An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses 
of competition in the current market;
    (iv) Estimated Market Share and Sales: Describe the 
characteristics of the product or service that will make it 
competitive in the current market;
    (e) Marketing Plan: The marketing plan should detail the 
product, pricing, distribution, and promotion strategies that will 
be used to achieve the estimated market share and sales projections. 
The marketing plan must describe what is to be done, how it will be 
done and who will do it. The plan should address the following 
topics--Overall Marketing Strategy, Packaging, Service and Warranty, 
Pricing, Distribution and Promotion.
    (f) Design and Development Plans: If the product, process or 
service of the proposed venture requires any design and development 
before it is ready to be placed on the market, the nature and extent 
and cost of this work should be fully discussed. The section should 
cover items such as Development Status and Tasks, Difficulties and 
Risks, Product Improvement and New Products, and Costs.
    (g) Manufacturing and Operations Plan: A manufacturing and 
operations plan should describe the kind of facilities, plant 
location, space, capital equipment and labor force (part and/or full 
time and wage structure) that are required to provide the company's 
product or service.
    (h) Management Team: The management team is the key in starting 
and operating a successful business. The management team should be 
committed with a proper balance of technical, managerial and 
business skills, and experience in doing what is proposed. This 
section must include a description of: the key management personnel 
and their primary duties; compensation and/or ownership; the 
organizational structure; Board of Directors; management assistance 
and training needs; and supporting professional services.
    (i) Overall Schedule: A schedule that shows the timing and 
interrelationships of the major events necessary to launch the 
venture and realize its objectives. Prepare, as part of this 
section, a month-by-month schedule that shows the timing of such 
activities as product development, market planning, sales programs, 
and production and operations. Sufficient detail should be included 
to show the timing of the primary tasks required to accomplish each 
activity.
    (j) Critical Risks and Assumptions: The development of a 
business has risks and problems and the Business Plan should contain 
some explicit assumptions about them. Accordingly, identify and 
discuss the critical assumptions in the Business Plan and the major 
problems that will have to be solved to develop the venture. This 
should include a description of the risks and critical assumptions 
relating to the industry, the venture, its personnel, the products 
market appeal, and the timing and financing of the venture.
    Also, if a ``construction project'' is involved, the Business 
Plan should identify and address briefly the project's timeframes 
and critical assumptions for conduct of predevelopment, 
architectural/engineering and environmental studies, etc., and 
acquisition of permits for building, use and occupancy that are 
required for the project.
    (k) Community Benefits: The proposed project must contribute to 
economic, human and community development within the projects 
targets area. A section that describes and discusses the potential 
economic and non-economic benefits to low income members of the 
community must be included as well as a description of the strategy 
that will be used to identify and hire individuals being served by 
public assistance programs and how linkages with community agencies/
organizations administering the AFDC/TANF program will be developed. 
The following project benefits must be described:

Economic Development and Job Creation

    Number of permanent jobs (with particular emphasis on jobs for 
low-income people) that will be created during the project period. 
Also, for low-income people, provide the following information:

--Number of jobs that will have career development opportunities and 
a description of those jobs;
--Number of jobs that will be filled by individuals lifted from 
AFDC/TANF assistance;
--Number of Self-employed and other ownership opportunities created 
for low-income residents;
--Annual salary expected for each person employed (net profit after 
deductions of business expenses for self-employed persons);
--Specific steps to be taken including on-going management support 
and technical assistance provided by the grantee or a third party to 
develop and sustain self-employed program participants after their 
businesses are in place.

    Note: OCS will not recognize job equivalents nor job counts 
based on economic multiplier functions; jobs must be specifically 
identified.

    Other benefits, which might be discussed, are:

Human Development

--New technical skills development and associated career 
opportunities for community residents;
--Management development and training;
--Benefits of self-sufficient for persons lifted from AFDC/TANF 
assistance.

Community Development

--Development of community's physical assets;
--Provision of needed, but currently unsupplied, services or 
products to community;
--Improvement in the living environment.

    (1) The Financial Plan: The Financial Plan is basic to the 
development of a Business Plan. Its purpose is to indicate the 
project's potential and the timetable for financial self-
sufficiency. In developing the Financial Plan, the following 
exhibits must be prepared for the first three years of the business' 
operation:
    (i) Profit and Loss Forecasts--quarterly for each year.
    (ii) Cash Flow Projections--quarterly for each year.
    (iii) Pro forma balance sheets--quarterly for each year.
    Also, additional financial information for the business 
operation that must be included are an initial Source and Use of 
Funds Statement for project funds and a brief summary paragraph 
discussing any further capital requirements and their sources.
    If an applicant is proposing a project which will affect a 
property listed in, or eligible for inclusion in the National 
Register of Historic Places, it must identify this property in the 
narrative and explain how it complied with the provisions of Section 
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended. If 
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whether the property is listed in or eligible for inclusion in the 
National Register of Historic Places, the applicant should consult 
with the Senate Historic Preservation Officer. (See Attachment D: 
SF-42B, Item 13 for additional guidance.) The applicant should 
contact OCS early in the development of its application for 
instructions regarding compliance with the Act and data required to 
be submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Failure 
to comply with the cited Act may result in the application being 
ineligible for funding consideration.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4

    Applications submitted under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4 
which propose to use the requested OCS funds to make an equity 
investment or a loan to a business concern, including a wholly-owned 
subsidiary, or to make a sub-grant with a portion of OCS funds, must 
include a written agreement between the community development 
corporation and the recipient of the grant funds which contains all 
of the elements listed in Part C under the appropriate Priority 
Area.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 1.5 Only

    An applicant in this priority area must document its experience 
and capability in several of the following areas:

--Business/Development;
--Micro-Entrepreneurship Development;
--Commercial Development;
--Organizational and Staff Development;
--Board Training;
--Business Management, including Strategic Planning and Fiscal 
Management;
--Finance, including Business Packaging and Financial/Accounting 
Services, and/or;
--Regulatory compliance including Zoning and permit Compliance;
--Incubator Development;
--Tax Credits and Bond Financing;
--Marketing.

    The applicant must document staff competence or the 
accessibility of third party resources with proven competence. If 
the work program requires the significant use of third party 
(consultant/contractor) resources, those resources should be 
identified and resumes of the individuals or key organizational 
staff provided.
    Resumes of the applicant's staff, who are to be directly 
involved in programmatic and administrative expertise sharing, 
should also be included. The applicant must document successful 
experience in the mobilization of resources (both cash and in-kind) 
from private and public sources. The applicant must also clearly 
state how the information learned from this project may be 
disseminated to other interested grantees.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 1.6 Only

    An applicant in this priority area must document its experience 
and capability in implementing projects national in scope and have 
significant and relative experiences in working with community 
development corporations.
    The applicant must have the ability to collect and analyze data 
nationally that may benefit CDCs and be able to disseminate 
information to all of OCS funding grantees; publish a national 
directory of funding sources for CDCs (public, corporate, 
foundation, religious); publish research papers on specific aspects 
of job creation by CDCs; design and provide information on 
successful projects and economic niches that CDCs can target. The 
applicant will also be responsible for the development of 
instructional programs, national conferences, seminars, and other 
activities to assist community development corporations; and provide 
peer-to-peer technical assistance to OCS funded CDCs.

Applicable to Sub-Priority Area 2.1

    Each applicant must include a full discussion of how the 
proposed use of funds will enable low-income rural communities to 
develop the capability and expertise to establish and maintain 
affordable, adequate and safe water and waste water systems. 
Applicants must also discuss how they will disseminate information 
about water and waste water programs serving rural communities, and 
how they will better coordinate Federal, State, and local water and 
waste water program financing and development to assure improved 
service to rural communities.
    Among the benefits that merit discussion under this sub-priority 
area are: The number of rural communities to be provided with 
technical and advisory services; the number of rural poor 
individuals who are expected to be directly served by applicant-
supported improved water and waste water systems; the decrease in 
the number of inadequate water systems related to applicant 
activity; the number of newly-established and applicant-supported 
treatment systems (all of the above may be expressed in terms of 
equivalent connection units); the increase in local capacity in 
engineering and other areas of expertise; and the amount of non-
discretionary program dollars expected to be mobilized.

e. Significant and Beneficial Impact and Other Criteria

    The project narrative must address the remaining aspects of the 
project noted in the outline of Part F, ``Contents of Application 
and Receipt Process'', Items V and VI. These include private 
partnerships and Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness'' areas 
as well as information to be included in the appendices.

Attachment L

   Table of Standard Industrial Codes and Occupational Classifications
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  Standard industrial (sic) codes        Occupational classifications
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Agriculture                          Managerial and Professional
Mining                                Specialty Technical sales, and
Construction                          Administrative support (includes
Manufacturing                         technicians and related support,
Transportation, and Public            technicians, sales occupations,
 Utilities                            including clerical).
Wholesale and Retail Trade           Precision Production, Craft, and
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate    Repair (includes mechanics,
Services                              repairers, construction trades,
Government                            crafters).
                                     Operators, fabricators, and
                                      laborers (includes machine
                                      operators, assemblers, inspectors,
                                      transportation and material moving
                                      occupations, handlers, equip
                                      cleaners, Helpers, laborers
                                      including construction laborers).
                                     Farming, Forestry and Fishing.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ``Statistical Abstract of the
  United States, 1996'', Table No. 646 and 647. Updated 1998. Table No.
  679 and 680.


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