[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23114]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Community Services; Program Enhance Supplement

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

ACTION: Publication of notice to the public that the Office of 
Community Services plans to deviate from the full and open competitive 
grant process in order to facilitate the award of funds under the 
Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Program.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Community Services (OCS), announces that it plans to award a grant 
under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Program to 
develop, replicate and disseminate an educational tool to be utilized 
by community development corporations on a national level. This grant 
will be awarded to National Congress for Community Economic 
Development.

ADDRESSES:   

Name and Address of Grants Officer: Mary Nash, Grants Officer, 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement--4th Floor, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington DC 
20447, Telephone: (202) 260-7143
Name and Address of Program Official: Thelma Woodland, Branch Chief, 
Division of Community Discretionary Programs, Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Community Services--5th Floor, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5294

    Statutory Authority: The community Services Block Grant Act of 
1981, as amended, (Section 680 of the community Opportunities, 
Accountability, and Training and Educational Services (COATS) Act of 
1998, authorizes the Secretary to make grants to provide technical and 
financial assistance for economic development activities designed to 
address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families, 
conduct rural community development activities and conduct neighborhood 
innovation projects.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number is 93.570.

    Award Mechanism: Deviation from the competitive process to award a 
supplement under the Training and Technical Assistance Set-Aside of the 
Urban and Rural Community Economic Development and Rural Community 
Facilities Development Program.
    Name of Proposed Grantee: National Congress for Community Economic 
Development.
    Estimated Amount of Award and Proposed Period of Support: The 
proposed amount of the award is $110,000. The proposed period of 
support will be from 8/1/2000 to 12/31/2001.
    Scope and Nature of Project: The funds will be used to expand the 
scope of work and augment 2000 Year funding to develop, replicate and 
disseminate an educational tool (a video and accompanying publications) 
to be utilized by community development corporations on a national 
level.
    Reasons for Less Than Maximum Competition: The National Congress 
for Community Economic Development (NCCED) has received grants from OCS 
for the past 5 years. Their most recent grant, funded in 2000, is to 
help community development corporations (CDCs) access new resources and 
strengthen their network. NCCED provides training and technical 
assistance in the areas of resource development, commercial development 
and building corporate partnerships. NCCED proposes to celebrate the 
evolution and accomplishments of the field of economic development at 
its national conference scheduled for mid-October of this year. OCS 
plans to provide funding for a video with an accompanying booklet and 
separate historical retrospective publications to be used at this 
conference. Because of time constraints, it is not feasible to seek 
open and free competition for this award. In addition, the proposed 
grantee has exemplified high-quality work in the past and there is no 
other potential grantee that has the capacity to perform the work 
desired. NCCED has been a leader in assisting OCS in meeting the needs 
of CDCs in creating employment and business opportunities for low-
income families. The video and other products, once developed, will be 
an important tool in the delivery of technical assistance to CDCs and 
in helping to ensure that the economic needs of low income individuals 
and families of the 21" century are met through the creation of 
employment and business opportunities.

    Dated: September 5, 2000.
Thornell Page,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 00-23114 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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