[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7573]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4579-FA-06]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2000 Jobs-Plus 
Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 210 of the VA-HUD Appropriations 
Act of 2000, this document notifies the public of funding provided to 
selected public housing authorities in the Jobs-Plus Community 
Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families of the Moving to 
Work Demonstration. The purpose of this document is to announce the 
names and addresses of the housing authorities and the amount of funds 
to be used to cover a portion of the cost of rent-based work incentives 
to families in selected public housing developments. Families in these 
selected developments shall be encouraged to go to work under work 
incentive plans approved by the Secretary and carefully tracked as part 
of the research and demonstration effort.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garland E. Allen, Office of Research, 
Evaluation and Monitoring, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Room 8140, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 708-3700, extension 5710. To provide service for persons who are 
hearing- or speech-impaired, this number may be reached via TTY by 
dialing the Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-8339, or 
(202) 708-1455. (Telephone numbers, other than ``800'' TTY number are 
not toll free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization 
Initiative for Public Housing Families of the Moving to Work 
Demonstration was enacted in Section 204(a) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 and is administered by the 
Office of Research, Evaluation and Monitoring under the Assistant 
Secretary for Policy Development and Research. The Office of Research, 
Evaluation and Monitoring is also responsible for monitoring and 
evaluating the Jobs-Plus Initiative.
    The Jobs-Plus Initiative is an innovative research program that is 
designed to substantially increase employment rates and earnings of 
residents in six experimental housing developments to become steadily 
employed using three main program components: (1) Employment related 
activities and services, including pre- and post-employment activities 
such as job search, education, training, job development, and case 
management, and support services such as child care and transportation 
assistance; (2) enhanced financial incentives to work, notably, 
reducing, the amount by which rent increases when earnings grow; and 
(3) a ``community support for work'' component, such as fostering work-
related information sharing, peer support, and mutual aid among 
residents and with people living outside public housing. As part of the 
designed of Jobs-Plus, the Department agreed to provide funding to 
housing authorities selected for the Jobs-Plus Initiative to encourage 
them to create and implement innovative financial strategies to 
encourage residents to obtain and retain employment. The funding 
awarded in this notice is to cover the loss income that the housing 
authorities will not collect from residents as the direct result of 
their financial incentives for residents. During Fiscal Year 1999, the 
six housing authorities created financial incentives plans and HUD 
approved them for funding through December 31, 2003. The amount of 
funding provided to the housing authorities was based on each 
authority's estimated loss revenue as a result of the provision of 
incentives to residents. The amount of funding to cover the cost of 
financial incentives was estimated to be $12 million and $5 million of 
the $12 million was provided under the VA-HUD Appropriations Act of 
2000. Hence, partial funding to cover the cost of the incentives are 
identified below.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing details concerning the 
recipients of funding awards, as set forth below.

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance under FY 2000; Jobs-Plus 
Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families in 
the Moving to Work Demonstration, by Name and Address

    1. Housing Authority of Baltimore City, 417 E. Fayette Street, 
Baltimore, MD 21202. Grant: $500,000.
    2. Chattanooga Housing Authority, 505 W. Martin Luther King 
Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37406. Grant: $900,000.
    3. Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority, 400 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, 
OH 45410. Grant: $900,000.
    4. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, 2600 Wilshire 
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Grant: $900,000.
    5. St. Paul Housing Authority, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul, MN 
55101. Grant: $900,000.
    6. Seattle Housing Authority, 120 Sixth Avenue North, Seattle, WA 
98109. Grant: $900,000.

    Dated: March 20, 2001.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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