[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51331-51332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24783]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4520-N-02]


NOFA for Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) 
Program; Notice of Amendment

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of amendment of Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Program.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is 
amending the NOFA for the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency 
(ROSS) Program published in the Federal Register of August 10, 1999 (64 
FR 43530). The amendment expands the eligibility of applicants, extends 
the application due dates, and makes clear that all expiring Service 
Coordinator grants are being renewed. Applicants that have already 
applied under the August 10, 1999 NOFA do not need to reapply.

DATES: Application Deadline: Completed applications (one original and 
two copies) must be submitted by the time described in section I. of 
the August 10, 1999 ROSS NOFA on: November 22, 1999 for Resident 
Management and Business Development; November 22, 1999 for Capacity 
Building and/or Conflict Resolution; and December 21, 1999 for Resident 
Service Delivery Models. The application period for Service 
Coordinators grant renewals is open until all funds are awarded.

ADDRESSES: Address for Submitting Applications: By the application due 
date an original and one copy of the application must be received at 
the Grants Management Center (GMC); one copy must be received at the 
local Field Office with delegated public or assisted housing 
responsibilities attention: Director, Office of Public Housing, or, in 
the case of Indian Tribes/TDHEs, an original and one copy to ONAP, 
Denver Program Office, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO 80202. 
Applications, other than those from Tribes/TDHEs, should be sent to the 
GMC at the following address: Grants Management Center, Attention: 
Director, 501 School Street, S.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024. A 
list of HUD Field Offices is included in the application kit for this 
NOFA.
    For Application Kits. For an application kit and any supplemental 
information please call the PIH Information and Resource Center at 1-
800-955-2232. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call the 
Center's TTY number at 1-800-HUD-2209. The application kit also will be 
available on the Internet through the HUD web site at http://
www.hud.gov. When requesting an application kit, please refer to ROSS 
and provide your name, address (including zip code), and telephone 
number (including area code).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For answers to your questions, you 
have several options. For ROSS and any of its funding categories, you 
may call the local HUD Field Office with delegated responsibilities 
over the pertinent housing agency/authority. Answers may also be 
obtained by calling the Public and Indian Housing Information and 
Resource Center at 1-800-955-2232. Information on this NOFA may also be 
obtained through the HUD web site on the Internet at http://
www.HUD.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On August 10, 1999, at 64 FR 43530, HUD published the Resident 
Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Program NOFA (ROSS NOFA). The 
ROSS NOFA made funds available under three funding categories: 
Technical Assistance/Training Support for Resident Organizations (which 
has two subcategories: Resident Management and Business Development, 
and Capacity Building and/or Conflict Resolution) Resident Service 
Delivery Models, and Service Coordinators (Elderly/Disabled). This 
notice amends the ROSS NOFA requirements, as explained below. 
Applicants must still comply with all of the other application 
submission requirements as stated in the August 10, 1999 NOFA. 
Applicants that have already applied under the August 10, 1999 NOFA do 
not need to reapply.

Technical Assistance/Training Support for Resident Organizations

    The ROSS NOFA included provisions, at sections IV.(A)(3) and 
IV.(B)(3) that previous TOP grantees must demonstrate that they have 
spent at least 75 percent of any prior grant by the publication date of 
the ROSS NOFA. This requirement was to be used as a measure of an 
applicant's capacity, and to make funding more widely available by 
avoiding duplicate, overlapping funding. To make these sections 
consistent with the rest of the ROSS NOFA, from which similar 75 
percent spending requirements are being removed, these provisions are 
being removed. Instead, for applicants under this category, the ROSS 
NOFA is being amended, at sections IV.(A)(9) and IV.(A)(8), to provide 
that based on the applicant's past experience and Field Office 
knowledge of the applicant's capacity to perform, the Field Office will 
determine whether or not the applicant is eligible for an award.

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Resident Service Delivery Models (RSDM)

    The August 10, 1999 ROSS Program NOFA provided, at paragraph 
V.(C)(3) for the RSDM funding category, that previous EDSS, TOP, or 
Service Coordinator grantees must demonstrate that they have spent at 
least 75 percent of any prior grant by the publication date of the ROSS 
NOFA. This requirement is being removed to expand the pool of eligible 
applicants.

Service Coordinators for Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

    With respect to the Service Coordinators category, the PHA 
eligibility threshold of spending 75 percent of prior Service 
Coordinator or EDSS grants is removed. All PHAs with prior Service 
Coordinator grants may apply for renewal of their Service Coordinator 
grants. Conforming changes are made to section VI.(G) to remove a 
reference to 75%, and to section VI.(I) of the ROSS NOFA to say that 
grants will be renewed as applications are received. The last sentence 
in paragraph VI(I), which discusses how funds will be distributed to 
other funding categories if all funds are not awarded in the Service 
Coordinator funding category is also being removed. Since all Service 
Coordinator category funds will be awarded for Service Coordinator 
grants, this sentence is not necessary.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 99-20429, the Notice of Funding Availability 
for the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency published in the 
Federal Register on August 10, 1999 (64 FR 43530) is amended as 
follows:
    1. On page 43532, in the second column, paragraph IV.(A)(3) is 
revised to read as follows:
    (3) Eligible applicants. Site-Based Resident Associations (RAs), 
City-Wide Resident Organizations (CWROs), and Tribes/TDHEs that partner 
with Tribal ROs and Tribal RMCs. If an RA is a beneficiary or recipient 
of proposed grant activities by a CWRO, then that RA cannot also apply 
under this category. Applications from a Tribe or TDHE must include a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (see section IV.(A)(8)(b), below, of 
this NOFA) with the Tribal RO or RMC.
    2. On page 43535, in the first column, paragraph IV.(A)(9) is 
revised to read as follows:
    (9) Application Selection Process. Applicants for Resident 
Management and Business Development grants are required to address 
application submission requirements, but are not required to address 
selection factors. Based on the applicant's past experience and Field 
Office knowledge of the applicant's capacity to perform, the Field 
Office will determine whether or not the applicant is eligible for an 
award. Eligibility will also be determined by applications that meet 
the threshold requirements of sections IV.(A)(8) and VII. of this NOFA. 
* * *
    3. On page 43535, in the third column, paragraph IV.(B)(3)(d) is 
removed.
    4. On page 43536, in the third column, paragraph IV.(B)(8) is 
revised to read as follows:
    (8) Application Selection Process. Applicants for Conflict 
Resolution or Capacity Building grants are required to address 
application submission requirements but are not required to address 
selection factors. Applicants are required to include letters of 
support from the PHA or Tribe on behalf of RAs or Tribal ROs and RMCs 
to be served (see section IV.(B)(7)(f), above, of this NOFA). Based on 
the applicant's past experience and Field Office knowledge of the 
applicant's capacity to perform, the Field Office will determine 
whether or not the applicant is eligible for an award. Eligibility will 
also be determined by applications that meet the threshold requirements 
of sections IV.(B)(7) and VII. of this NOFA. * * *
    5. On page 43537, in the third column, paragraph V.(C)(3) is 
removed, and paragraph V.(D)(4) is redesignated as paragraph V.(C)(3).
    6. On page 43543, in the middle column, paragraph VI.(C)(2) is 
removed, and paragraph VI.(C)(3) is redesignated as paragraph 
VI.(C)(2).
    7. On page 43543, in the third column, paragraph VI.(G)(2)(e) is 
removed, and paragraphs VI.(G)(2)(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and 
(m), are redesignated as paragraphs VI.(G)(2)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), 
(j), (k), and (l), respectively.
    8. On page 43544, in the middle column, paragraph VI.(I) is revised 
to read as follows:
    (I) Application Selection Process. Applicants for Elderly or 
Persons with Disabilities Service Coordinator grants are required to 
address application submission requirements, but are not required to 
address selection factors. To be eligible for funding, an application 
must meet the threshold requirements of sections VI.(H) and VII. of 
this NOFA, and submit all information required under this NOFA. HUD 
will renew expiring Service Coordinator grants for up to 12 months as 
applications are received until funds in this funding category are 
exhausted.

    Dated: September 17, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-24783 Filed 9-20-99; 11:18 am]
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