[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36707-36708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4574-N-02]


Fiscal Year 2000 Notice of Funding Availability for the Indian 
Housing Drug Elimination Program; Amendment Concerning Minimum Grant 
Amounts

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); Amendment.

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SUMMARY: On May 11, 2000, HUD published its FY 2000 NOFA for Indian 
Housing Drug Elimination Program (``IHDEP''). This document amends the 
NOFA to provide a minimum grant award which would ensure that all 
eligible tribes or tribally designated housing entities who submit 
successful applications receive a minimum funding amount to initiate 
substance abuse prevent/intervention programs in their community. 
Minimum grant awards were included in the drug elimination program 
NOFAs in previous years when HUD issued NOFAs that addressed both 
public and Indian housing, and a minimum grant award amount was 
intended to be included in the FY 2000 IHDEP NOFA. This document 
corrects that omission.

DATES: The application due date of July 10, 2000, is not changed by 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please call the local AONAPs with 
jurisdiction over your Tribe/tribally designated housing entity (TDHE) 
or HUD's Public and Indian Housing Resource Center at 1-800-955-2232 or 
Tracy C. Outlaw, National Office of Native American Programs (ONAP), 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, 
Denver, CO 80202, telephone (303) 675-1600 (these are not toll-free 
numbers). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number 
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 
1-800-877-8339. Also, please see ONAP's website at http://www.codetalk.fed.us.html where you will be able to download a copy of 
the IHDEP NOFA, published on May 11, 2000, as well as this notice, and 
application kit from the Internet.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 2000, HUD published its FY 2000 
IHDEP NOFA (65 FR 30502). The purpose of IHDEP is to provide grants to 
eliminate drugs and drug-related crime in American Indian and Alaskan 
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communities. The May 11, 2000 NOFA announced the availability of 
approximately $22 million ($11 million of FY 1999 funding and $11 
million of FY 2000 funding) for the program.
    It was HUD's intention that the May 11, 2000 IHDEP NOFA include a 
minimum grant award of $25,000 which would ensure that all eligible 
tribes or tribally designated housing entities who submit successful 
applications receive a minimum funding amount to initiate substance 
abuse prevention/intervention programs in their community. Minimum 
grant awards were included in the drug elimination program NOFAs in 
previous years when HUD issued NOFAs that addressed both public and 
Indian housing, and a minimum grant award amount was intended to be 
included in the FY 2000 IHDEP NOFA. This document corrects that 
omission.
    Therefore, in the FY 2000 Notice of Funding Availability for the 
Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program, notice document 00-11882, 
beginning at 65 FR 30502, in the issue of Thursday, May 11, 2000, the 
following amendment is made:
    On page 30507, in the second column, continuing into the third 
column, the introductory paragraph of Section IV.(A) (the title of 
Section IV is Program Requirements) and paragraph (A)(1)(a) are amended 
to read as follows:
    (A) Grant Award Amounts. HUD is distributing grant funds for IHDEP 
under this NOFA on a national competition basis. The maximum grant 
award amounts are computed for IHDEP on a sliding scale, using an 
overall maximum cap, depending upon the number of Tribe/TDHE units 
eligible for funding. This figure (number of eligible units for 
funding) will determine the grant amount that the Tribe/TDHE is 
eligible to receive if they meet the IHDEP criteria and score a minimum 
of 70 out of 105 points. No selected applicant, however, will receive a 
grant award of less than $25,000.
    (1) Amount per unit. (a) for tribes/TDHEs with 1-1,250 units: The 
minimum grant award amount is $25,000. The maximum grant award cap is 
$600 multiplied by the number of eligible units.
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    Dated: June 6, 2000.
Milan Ozdinec,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.
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