[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
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Fiscal Year 2002 Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building 
Program; Availability of Funds and Request for Applications--Fall/
Winter Competition; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[Program Announcement No. OCS 2002-05]


Fiscal Year 2002 Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity-
Building Program; Availability of Funds and Request for Applications--
Fall/Winter Competition

AGENCY: Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS).

ACTION: Request for Applications under the Office of Community 
Services' Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building 
Program--Fall/Winter Competition.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services announces that competing 
applications will be accepted for grants pursuant to the Secretary's 
authority under section 674(b) of the Community Services Block Grant 
(CSBG) Act, as amended, by the Community Opportunities, Accountability, 
and Training, and Educational Services (Coats) Human Services 
Reauthorization Act of 1998, (Pub. L. 105-285). This Fall/Winter 
competition for new Fiscal Year 2002 grants may be followed by an 
additional competition later in the Fiscal Year depending upon needs 
within the Community Services Network and the availability of funds. 
This program announcement does not describe priority areas or awards to 
be made later in Fiscal Year 2002 that continue multi-year obligations 
from previous competitions.
    This program announcement consists of seven parts. Part A provides 
information on the legislative authority and defines terms used in the 
program announcement. Part B describes the purposes of the program, the 
priority areas that will be considered for funding, and which 
organizations are eligible to apply in each priority area. Part C 
provides details on application prerequisites, anticipated amounts of 
funds available in each priority area, estimated number of grants to be 
awarded, and other grant-related information. Part D provides 
information on application procedures including the availability of 
forms, where to submit an application, criteria for initial screening 
of applications, and project evaluation criteria. Part E provides 
guidance on the content of an application package. Part F provides 
instructions for completing an application. Part G details post-award 
requirements.
    Closing Date: The closing date for submission of applications is 
March 19, 2002. Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting the 
announced deadline if they are received on or before deadline date or 
are postmarked on or before the deadline date. Applications received 
after the closing date will be classified as late and not considered 
for funding. Applications that are handcarried will be classified as 
late if they are received after 4:30 p.m., EST, on the deadline date. 
Applicants are cautioned to request a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 
postmark or to obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier 
or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks shall not be accepted 
as proof of timely mailing. Detailed application submission 
instructions, including addresses where applications must be sent are 
found in Part D of this program announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Margaret J. Washnitzer, Director 
of State Assistance, Office of Community Services, Administration for 
Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447 (202) 401-9343. This program announcement is accessible on the 
OCS web site for reading or downloading at: http://www/acf/dhhs/gov/
programs/ocs.
    Additional copies of this program announcement can be obtained by 
calling (202) 401-9343.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.570. 
This Program announcement title is ``Training, Technical Assistance, 
and Capacity--Building Program.''

Part A--Preamble

1. Legislative Authority

    Sections 674(b)(2) and 678E(b) of the Community Services Block 
Grant (CSBG) Act of 1981, (Pub. L. 97-35) as amended by the Coats Human 
Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, (Pub. L. 105-285) authorizes the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to utilize a percentage of 
appropriated funds for: training, technical assistance, planning, 
evaluation, performance measurement, monitoring, to assist States in 
carrying out corrective actions and to correct programmatic 
deficiencies of eligible entities, and for reporting and data 
collection activities related to programs or projects carried out under 
the CSBG Act. The Secretary may carry out these activities through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. To address program 
quality in financial management practices, management information and 
reporting systems, and measurement of program results and to ensure 
responsiveness to identified local needs, the Secretary is required to 
distribute funds directly to eligible entities, or statewide or to 
local organizations or associations with demonstrated expertise in 
providing training to individuals and organizations on methods of 
effectively addressing the needs of low-income families and 
communities. The Secretary may carry out the remaining activities 
through appropriate entities.
    The process for determining the technical assistance, training and 
capacity-building activities to be carried out must (a) ensure that the 
needs of eligible entities and programs relating to improving program 
quality, including financial management practices, are addressed to the 
maximum extent feasible; and (b) incorporate mechanisms to ensure 
responsiveness to local needs, including an on-going procedure for 
obtaining input from State and national networks of eligible entities. 
Thus, the CSBG Monitoring and Assessment Task Force (MATF) continues to 
focus on implementation of the Results-Oriented Management and 
Accountability (ROMA) system to address the challenges and unmet needs 
of States and Community Action Agencies and to increase program quality 
and management within the Community Services Network. The Task Force 
has taken a comprehensive approach to monitoring, including 
establishing national goals and outcome measures, and established 
target dates for nation-wide implementation; reviewing information and 
data needs relevant to these outcome measures; and assessing technical 
assistance and training provided toward capacity building within the 
Community Services Network.

2. Definitions of Terms

    For purposes of the FY 2002 CSBG Training, Technical Assistance and 
Capacity-Building Program, the following definitions apply:
    At-Risk Agencies refers to CSBG eligible entities in crises. The 
problem(s) to be addressed must be of a complex or pervasive nature 
that cannot be adequately addressed through existing local or State 
resources.
    Capacity-building refers to activities that assist Community Action 
Agencies (CAAs) and other eligible entities to improve or enhance their 
overall or specific capability to plan, deliver, manage and evaluate 
programs efficiently and effectively to produce intended results for 
low-income individuals. This may include

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upgrading internal financial management or computer systems, 
establishing new external linkages with other organizations, improving 
board functioning, adding or refining a program component or 
replicating techniques or programs piloted in another local community, 
or making other cost effective improvements.
    Community in relationship to broad representation refers to any 
group of individuals who share common distinguishing characteristics 
including residency, for example, the ``low-income'' community, or the 
``religious'' community or the ``professional'' community. The 
individual members of these ``communities'' may or may not reside in a 
specific neighborhood, county or school district but the local service 
provider may be implementing programs and strategies that will have a 
measurable affect on them. Community in this context is viewed within 
the framework of both community conditions and systems, i.e., (1) 
public policies, formal written and unstated norms adhered to by the 
general population; (2) service and support systems, economic 
opportunity in the labor market and capital stakeholders; (3) civic 
participation; and (4) an equity as it relates to the economic and 
social distribution of power.
    Community Services Network (CSN) refers to the various 
organizations involved in planning and implementing programs funded 
through the Community Services Block Grant or providing training, 
technical assistance or support to them. The network includes local 
Community Action Agencies and other eligible entities; State CSBG 
offices and their national association; CAA State, regional and 
national associations; and related organizations which collaborate and 
participate with Community Action Agencies and other eligible entities 
in their efforts on behalf of low-income people.
    Cooperative Agreement is an award instrument of financial 
assistance where ``substantial involvement'' is anticipated between the 
awarding agency and the recipient during the performance of the 
contemplated project or activity. ``Substantial involvement'' means 
that the recipient can expect Federal programmatic collaboration or 
participation in managing the award.
    Eligible applicants for this training and technical assistance 
program announcement are eligible entities (see described below); 
States, non-profit organizations or state CAA associations who are 
involved in training, technical assistance planning, corrective action, 
evaluation and peformance measurement in order to assist States in 
carrying out the purposes of the CSBG program. Eligible faith-based 
nonprofit organizations may apply.
    Eligible entity means any organization that was officially 
designated as a Community Action Agency (CAA) or a community action 
program under section 673(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
as amended by the Human Services Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-252), 
and meets all the requirements under sections 673(1)(A)(I), and 676A of 
the CSBG Act, as amended by the Coats Human Services Reauthorization 
Act of 1998. All eligible entities are current recipients of Community 
Services Block Grant funds, including migrant and seasonal farmworker 
organizations that received CSBG funding in the previous fiscal year. 
Faith-based organizations that are also eligible entities may apply. In 
cases where eligible entity status is unclear, a final determination 
will be made by OCS/ACF.
    Hub is a Department of Health and Human Services designation for 
multiple regional locations.
    Local service providers are local public or private non-profit 
agencies that receive Community Services Block Grant funds from States 
to provide services to, or undertake activities on behalf of, low-
income people.
    Nationwide refers to the scope of the technical assistance, 
training, data collection, or other capacity-building projects to be 
undertaken with grant funds. Nationwide projects must provide for the 
implementation of technical assistance, training or data collection for 
all or a significant number of States, and the local service providers 
who administer CSBG funds.
    Outcome Measures are indicators that focus on the direct results 
one wants to help clients achieve.
    Performance Measurement is a tool used to objectively assess how a 
program is accomplishing its mission through the delivery of products, 
services, and activities.
    Program technology exchange refers to the process of sharing expert 
technical and programmatic information, models, strategies and 
approaches among the various partners in the Community Services 
Network. This may be done through written case studies, guides, 
seminars, technical assistance, and other mechanisms.
    Regional Networks refers to CAA State Associations within a region.
    Results-Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) System: ROMA 
is a system, which provides a framework for focusing on results for 
local agencies funded by the Community Services Block Grant Program. It 
involves setting goals and strategies for developing plans and 
techniques that focus on a result-oriented performance based model for 
management.
    State means all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 
Except where specifically noted, for purposes of this program 
announcement, it also includes specified Territories.
    State CSBG Lead Agency (SCLA) is the lead agency designated by the 
Governor of the State to develop the State CSBG application and to 
administer the CSBG Program.
    Statewide refers to training and technical assistance activities 
and other capacity building activities undertaken with grant funds that 
will have significant impact, i.e. activities should impact at least 50 
percent of the eligible entities in a State.
    Technical assistance is an activity, generally utilizing the 
services of an expert (often a peer), aimed at enhancing capacity, 
improving programs and systems, or solving specific problems. Such 
services may be provided proactively to improve systems or as an 
intervention to solve specific problems.
    Territories refer to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and American 
Samoa for the purpose of this announcement.
    Training is an educational activity or event which is designed to 
impart knowledge, understanding, or increase the development of skills. 
Such training activities may be in the form of assembled events such as 
workshops, seminars, conferences or programs of self-instructional 
activities.

Part B--Purposes/Program Priority Areas

    This Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity-Building program 
announcement is intended to provide funding to eligible applicants 
within the Community Services Network to advance achievement of the six 
national community action goals:
    Goal 1: Low-income people become more self-sufficient.
    Goal 2: The conditions in which low-income people live are 
improved.
    Goal 3: Low-income people own a stake in their community.
    Goal 4: Partnerships among supporters and providers of service to 
low-income people are achieved.
    Goal 5: Agencies increase their capacity to achieve results.
    Goal 6: Low-income people, especially vulnerable populations, 
achieve their potential by strengthening family and other supportive 
systems.

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    These goals were established by the Community Services Network and 
have been used over the past eight years to focus its work on achieving 
meaningful and measurable improvements in the lives of clients and 
communities. Establishing these goals in 1994 was an initial step in 
the Network's voluntary effort to develop and install a comprehensive 
performance-based management system, ``Results Oriented Management and 
Accountability,'' or ROMA. Sections 676(b)(12) and 678(E) of the CSBG 
Act, as amended in 1998, now mandate implementation of ROMA across the 
entire Community Services Network, with performance reporting from all 
partners in the Network beginning October 1, 2001.
    This program announcement seeks to encourage the development or 
expansion of specific community action initiatives within the framework 
of the six national goals. Successful applicants will help move the 
Network toward improved programs, outcomes, and greater accountability 
through universal adoption of ROMA by Fiscal Year 2003.
    The ROMA goal-related activities to be funded through this program 
announcement are intended to complement those now being supported by 
grants made in the last quarter of Fiscal Year 2001. Specifically, OCS 
funded a significant number of grants to States (CSBG Lead Agencies and 
State Community Action Associations) to carry out ROMA implementation 
plans developed jointly by these organizations at five regional 
meetings sponsored by OCS during July and August, 2001. States were 
encouraged at the regional meetings to focus their plans on 
accomplishing eight ROMA implementation ``core activities'' (four State 
and four local) described in OCS Information Memorandum Number 49 
(February 21, 2001):

State Agencies

    1. The agency has developed, in coordination with eligible entities 
and the State CAA association, a State-wide vision statement that 
speaks to the goals and purposes of community action within the State 
and that supports the six national ROMA goals. The agency is encouraged 
to participate in, and contribute to, broader State anti-poverty/
community development initiatives with outcome measures and goals 
compatible with ROMA;
    2. The agency has trained all its eligible entities (staff and 
boards) in outcome-based management, and that 80% of the entities use 
ROMA concepts to guide needs assessment, agency mission review, 
activity planning, resource allocations, service delivery, measuring 
and reporting results;
    3. Eighty percent of the plans and program reports received from 
eligible entities in the State describe plans to achieve projected 
outcomes, and evaluate results based on measurable improvements of 
condition(s) among clients and/or communities served; and
    4. .The agency submits complete, accurate, and timely annual 
reports to OCS on the ``measured performance of the State and the 
eligible entities in the State'' as required by section 678E of Public 
Law 105-285, the Community Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 
1998.

Eligible Entities

    1. The entity and its board complete regular assessments of the 
entity's overall mission, desired impact(s) and program structure, 
taking into account: (1) The needs of the community and its residents; 
(2) the relationship, or context, of the activities supported by the 
entity to other anti-poverty, community development services in the 
community; and (3) the extent to which the entity's activities 
contribute to the accomplishment of one or more of the six ROMA 
national goals;
    2. Based upon the periodic assessments described above, the entity 
and its board has identified yearly (or multi-annually) specific 
improvements, or results, it plans to help achieve in the lives of 
individuals, families, and/or the community as a whole;
    3 . The entity organizes and operates all of its programs, 
services, and activities toward accomplishing these improvements, or 
outcomes, including linking with other agencies in the community when 
services beyond the scope of the entity are required. All staff are 
helped by the entity to understand the direct or indirect relationship 
of their efforts to achieving specific client or community outcomes; 
and
    4. The entity provides reports to the State that describe client 
and community outcomes and that capture the contribution of all entity 
programs, services, and activities to the achievement of those 
outcomes.
    Model capacity building and technical assistance coordination 
financed through this program announcement are designed to produce both 
basic and advanced tools that can be used across the network to carry 
out these ``core activities'' that constitute ROMA implementation as 
required by law.
    In addition to creating program information and tools for 
organizing community services to achieve client and community outcomes, 
OCS intends to underwrite intensive, one-on-one interaction among 
community action staff from one program to another. OCS hopes that 
those agencies/workers that have experimented with various approaches 
to program improvement will share their experiences with partner 
agencies through such strategies as extended on-site visits or staff 
exchanges.
    OCS is soliciting applications for this Fiscal Year 2002 Fall/
Winter competition for Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity-
Building funding in the following priority and sub-priority areas:

Priority Area 1.0  Achieving Goal 1: Low-Income People Become More 
Self-Sufficient

Sub-Priority Areas

1.1  Strengthening the ``Self-sufficiency Continuum'' (SC)
1.2  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around Self-sufficiency: 
Welfare to Work (WW)
1.3  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around Self-sufficiency/
IndependentLiving Among the Aging or Disabled (SA)
1.4  Strategic Measurement and Reporting of Self-sufficiency 
Outcomes (SM)
1.5  The Use of Individual Development Accounts to Advance Self-
sufficiency (ID)

Priority Area 2.0  Achieving Goal 2: The Conditions in Which Low-Income 
Individuals' Lives Are Improved

Sub-Priority Areas

2.1  Organizing/Coordinating Community Development Programs (CD)
2.2  Strategic Measurement and Reporting of Community Outcomes 
Across Programs/Services (CO)

Priority Area 3.0  Achieving Goal 3: Low-Income People Own a Stake in 
Their Community

Sub-Priority Areas

3.1  Organizing/Coordinating Community Advocacy/Participation 
Programs (CM)
3.2  Community Advocacy/Participation Programs, Measurement and 
Reporting (CA)

Priority Area 4.0  Achieving Goal 4: Partnerships Among Supporters and 
Providers of Service to Low-Income People Are Achieved

Sub-Priority Areas

4.1  Coordination Strategies Between Community Action and Faith-
Based Organizations to Advance ROMA Client Goals I and VI (FP)
4.2  Coordination Strategies Between Community Action and Faith-
Based Organizations to Advance ROMA Community Goals II and III (FC)

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Priority Area 5.0  Achieving Goal 5: Agencies Increase Their Capacity 
To Achieve Results

Sub-Priority Areas

5.1  ROMA Training and Technical Assistance Clearinghouse (RC)
5.2  Board Training Programs (BT)
5.3  State Agency/Association ROMA Plan Implementation (RI)
5.4  Local Capacity-Building (CB)

Priority Area 6.0  Achieving Goal 6: Low-Income People, Especially 
Vulnerable Populations, Achieve Their Potential by Strengthening Family 
and Other Supportive Systems

Sub-Priority Areas

6.1  Strengthening the Role of Fathers and Marriage in Child and 
Family Life (MS)
6.2  Meeting the Special Needs of Children With an Incarcerated 
Parent (IP)
6.3  Network  Guide to Measuring Family Development Outcomes (FD)

Priority Area 1.0  Achieving Goal 1: Low-Income People Become More 
Self-Sufficient

    OCS believes that community action has a unique opportunity to 
strengthen its anti-poverty, self-sufficiency successes over the next 
several years among the variety of populations it currently serves, 
including: (1) Those families who have moved from welfare to work but 
need additional assistance in order to continue their progress to 
greater self-sufficiency; (2) those families that continue to receive 
public assistance and need help to begin the process of moving toward 
self-sufficiency; and (3) the aging or disabled for whom self-
sufficiency is often defined in terms of ``independent living.''
    The CSBG provides flexible funding to States and eligible entities 
that permits these agencies to organize the variety of services they 
administer, financed by a number of funding sources, around the self-
sufficiency needs of the clients they serve. Indeed, the ROMA ``core 
activities'' for eligible entities described in Information Memorandum 
No. 49 speak to this concept of coordinated delivery of services from 
programs within an eligible entity and from ``partner'' agencies in the 
community. Such coordination is intended to achieve robust improvements 
in the lives of clients that no one service can achieve alone, such as 
helping them move permanently from welfare to work, or sustaining 
movement toward self-sufficiency once training and entry-level 
employment have been secured. Similarly, Information Memorandum No. 49 
encourages State CSBG officials to link with other programs with 
purposes that are congruent with the six national community action 
goals in order to assure that the programs, in concert, achieve life-
changing outcomes among often-shared clients.
    Coordinating services across programs to help clients achieve 
broad, life-altering goals, especially the anti-poverty work of moving 
families from dependence to self-sufficiency, can make community action 
unique and potentially more successful than other service providers. 
But, such coordination is somewhat difficult to achieve and has not 
always been considered essential to the existence or success of 
community action. Many State agencies and eligible entities have 
evolved over the years into umbrella organizations that house separate, 
and administratively segregated service programs, that often serve the 
same clients in parallel universes, by fiat not design, and that have 
no pattern or broader purpose to their immediate interventions.
    OCS intends to fund those community action leaders at the State or 
local levels that have been successful in organizing programs and 
services, both within and outside their agencies, toward achieving 
client self-sufficiency, to help others within the Network reconfigure 
their programs, services, and outcome expectations. It will 
``underwrite'' the time and expense of these leaders so that they may 
share their experiences with colleagues in other States or communities.
    OCS also intends to fund State or eligible entities that wish to 
develop new self-sufficiency models of coordinated service delivery for 
one or more of the community action client populations.
    In addition, OCS seeks the development and dissemination of model 
ways to track the many intermediate interventions across services and 
programs that ultimately combine and contribute to families achieving 
the broader outcome of self-sufficiency. Such a tool(s) may help State 
and local community action officials: (1) Plan programs and deploy 
resources around client-specific strategies; (2) translate discrete 
services or interventions into building-block inputs; (3) access the 
effectiveness of such interventions in terms of their intermediate 
impact on clients; and (4) analyze and report the impact of the 
ultimate coalescence of intermediate, or contributory outcomes, on a 
family's ability to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency.

Sub-Priority 1.1  Strengthening the ``Self-Sufficiency Continuum'' (SC)

    As a result of welfare reform, millions of families have moved from 
public assistance to employment over the past five years. Many of these 
families have taken the first steps toward self-sufficiency but they 
are not earning ``living wages,'' or adequate income, to be truly self-
supporting. OCS intends to strengthen the ``self-sufficiency 
continuum'' that provides purposeful and targeted assistance to these 
families to help them continue their movement toward ultimate economic 
independence.
    OCS is aware that most community action agencies already provide 
services to the ``working poor.'' In many cases, such services may 
address both temporary and longer-term family needs. The services may 
allow family members to remain employed rather than revert to public 
assistance as their primary means of support. OCS encourages purposeful 
and targeted assistance to working families that are transitioning to 
self-sufficiency.
    OCS will fund up to six awards, two in each of the following 
categories, to advance community action creation of an effective 
``self-sufficiency continuum'':
    (1) Training and Technical Assistance: OCS will underwrite the 
development of training and technical assistance information that 
identifies and describes programs within the Network that have: (a) 
Undertaken specific initiatives to address the needs of the working 
poor; (b) provided coordinated services from a variety of sources to 
such families to help them achieve concrete and measurable advances on 
the ``continuum'' toward self-sufficiency; and (c) have installed 
appropriate measurement strategies to capture, record, and report 
meaningful family movement on the ``continuum.''
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 2 (up to $20,000 each).
    (2) Outcome Measurement Strategies: OCS will underwrite the 
development of approaches, such as scales or collected individual 
results/measures, to capture, record, and report the results of 
individual or coordinated services to help the working poor advance 
toward self-sufficiency. These tools are intended to help entities 
within the Network organize and document their efforts to help the 
working poor achieve greater self-sufficiency. The measurement tools 
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this grant should address, all or a significant number of the following 
aspects of family life that contribute to overall well-being: 
education, child care, child and adolescent development, housing, job 
training, employment, food and nutrition, physical health, mental 
health, substance abuse, family functioning, family/community 
integration, transportation, and financial management.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 2 (up to $20,000 each).
    (3) Capacity-Building: OCS will provide capacity building 
assistance to two eligible entities to underwrite the costs of 
developing a ``self-sufficiency continuum.'' The successful applicants 
will agree to undertake and document the steps they take to: (a) 
Identify the needs of the working poor within their community; (b) 
identify a specific group or number of families/individuals to receive 
coordinated and targeted assistance; (c) design a set of strategies to 
meet the immediate and longer-term needs of participating families/
individuals that involves partnerships among relevant public and 
private programs both within and outside the eligible entity; (d) 
provide assistance strategically; and (e) capture, record, and report 
the results of specific and aggregated interventions on the overall 
movement of participating working poor individuals and families toward 
self-sufficiency.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 2 (up to $20,000 each).

Sub-Priority 1.2  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around Self-
Sufficiency: Welfare to Work (WW)

    OCS recognizes that many community action agencies help families 
make the transition from welfare to work using coordinated services 
financed from a variety of sources. OCS intends to support two forms of 
training, technical assistance, and capacity-building activities 
designed to accelerate the ability of more agencies to undertake such 
activities:
    (1) Guide to Organizing CAA Welfare-to-Work Self-sufficiency 
Programs--OCS will support the development of a technical assistance 
guide on how to organize services and programs around the goal of 
moving clients from welfare to work. The successful applicant for funds 
to develop this guide must demonstrate the ability to identify and 
describe existing strategies within the network, at both the State and 
local levels, that are being used to coordinate community action 
planning, allocation of resources, and client services to achieve 
client self-sufficiency outcomes, with particular emphasis on 
innovative approaches to: (1) Determining the comprehensive needs of 
clients to achieve self-sufficiency involving CAA boards and other 
community resources; (2) designing and implementing coordinated service 
delivery strategies, including case management, to respond to those 
needs; (3) providing for client-focused record-keeping and measurement 
of immediate and longer-terms impacts of interventions on client 
change, including common intake procedures, client-organized 
information systems, electronic methods to sort information for a 
variety of program measurement and reporting purposes.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $30,000).
    (2) On-Site Technical Assistance--Through both self-sufficiency 
demonstration programs in the late 1980's and seven years of pioneering 
work in performance-based management, the Network has developed a 
number of successful leaders in helping families move from welfare to 
work. While these leaders are known and available to some in the 
Network, OCS believes that our best self-sufficiency organizers ought 
to be helping a broader audience of State and local agencies.
    OCS intends to fund approximately 5 State and/or local community 
action programs that have achieved a level of proficiency in helping 
clients transition from welfare to work to provide: (1) Intensive, on-
site training and technical assistance at regional, State or local 
community action meetings; and/or (2) staff exchanges or extended staff 
loans among State or local programs to assist in knowledge transfer 
about self-sufficiency strategies.
    Among the specific kinds of expertise OCS hopes to have shared 
through this process are: (a) Case managed approaches to family 
services (parents and children); (b) resource support to coordinated 
service delivery, including organization of staff and services; (c) 
client results-based staff performance; (d) client and results focus 
tracking, measurement, and reporting systems; (e) partnerships with 
other services/programs within the community; and (f) board involvement 
in needs assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 5 (up to $35,000 each).

Sub-Priority 1.3  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around Self-
Sufficiency/Independent Living Among the Aging or Disabled (SA)

    A significant number of community action agencies provide services 
to the aging or disabled to help them live as independently as possible 
for as long as possible. Because independent living among the aging or 
the disabled often translates into a measure of self-sufficiency, OCS 
intends to develop training and technical assistance resources for the 
Network similar to those described above for Sub-priority 1.2 (Welfare 
to Work):
    (1) Guide to Organizing CAA Independent Living Strategies for the 
Aging or Disabled--OCS will support the development of a technical 
assistance guide on how to organize services and programs around the 
goal helping aging or disabled clients remain self-sufficient through 
sustaining their ability to live as independently as possible within 
the community. The successful applicant for funds to develop this guide 
must demonstrate the ability to identify and describe existing 
strategies within the network, at both the State and local levels, that 
are being used to coordinate community action planning, allocation of 
resources, and client services to achieve client self-sufficiency 
outcomes for the aging or disabled, with particular emphasis on 
innovative approaches to: (1) Determining the comprehensive needs of 
clients to achieve and sustain the appropriate level of independent 
living involving CAA boards and other community resources; (2) 
designing and implementing coordinated service delivery strategies, 
including case management, to respond to those needs; (3) providing for 
client-focused record-keeping and measurement of immediate and longer-
terms impacts of interventions on client change, including common 
intake procedures, client-organized information systems, electronic 
methods to sort information for a variety of program measurement and 
reporting purposes.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $30,000).

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    (2) On-Site Technical Assistance--OCS intends to fund approximately 
5 State and/or local community action programs that have achieved a 
level of proficiency in helping aging or disabled clients achieve and 
sustain appropriate levels of independent living within their community 
to provide: (1) Intensive, on-site training and technical assistance at 
regional, State or local community action meetings; and/or (2) staff 
exchanges or extended staff loans among State or local programs to 
assist in knowledge transfer about self-sufficiency strategies.
    Among the specific kinds of expertise OCS hopes to have shared 
through this process are: (a) Case managed approaches to service 
delivery; (b) resource support to coordinated service delivery, 
including organization of staff and services; (c) client results-based 
staff performance; (d) client and results focus tracking, measurement, 
and reporting systems; (e) partnerships with other services/programs 
within the community; and (f) board involvement in needs assessment, 
program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 5 (up to $35,000 each).

Sub-Priority 1.4  Strategic Measurement and Reporting of Self-
Sufficiency Outcomes (SM)

    OCS will underwrite the development of strategic technical 
assistance documents that lay out the connection between discrete 
client interventions on the achievement of intermediate and longer-term 
client self-sufficiency outcomes for the three self-sufficiency 
populations described above: (1) The working poor (the ``Self-
sufficiency Continuum); (2) families transitioning from welfare to 
work; and (3) the aging or disabled. These tools are intended to help 
entities within the Network organize and document their self-
sufficiency efforts more effectively.
    The measurement tools developed through this grant should address, 
at a minimum, the following aspects of family status/condition: 
Education, child care, child and adolescent development, housing, job 
training, employment, food and nutrition, physical health, mental 
health, substance abuse, family functioning, family/community 
integration, transportation, and financial management. The measurement 
strategies should lay out the interactions and interrelationships of 
single-focus interventions/activities on the achievement of interim 
results and the relationship of interim results to the broader outcome 
of family self-sufficiency.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 3 (up to $20,000 each, one for each 
population group).

Sub-Priority 1.5  The Use of Individual Development Accounts To Advance 
Self-Sufficiency (ID)

    Individual Development Accounts (IDA's) have become a promising 
tool among anti-poverty programs in their efforts to promote self-
sufficiency among low-income families. Some in the Community Services 
Network, at both the State and local levels, are experimenting with the 
use of IDA's to assure that adequate and sufficiently flexible funds 
are available to meet the multiple and changing needs of families 
transitioning from welfare to work.
    OCS intends to underwrite the development of technical assistance 
information about community action use of IDA's for dissemination to 
the Network. The successful applicant must demonstrate an ability to 
gather information from the network through electronic or other means, 
organize and present the information in a manner that will be useful to 
Network colleagues at both the State and local levels.
    The technical assistance document developed by the successful 
applicant should contain, at a minimum: (1) A brief history of IDA's 
within and outside the Community Services Network; (2) an overview of 
IDA activity within the Network, both at the State and local level in 
terms of needs being addressed, outcomes anticipated, and any 
measurements taken of results to date; (3) a description of challenges 
faced by those agencies experimenting with IDA's and how those 
challenges have been or are being addressed; and (4) A summary analysis 
of IDA's based on experimenter views/observations and those of the 
applicant.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).

Priority Area 2.0  Achieving Goal 2: The Conditions in Which Low-
Income Individuals' Lives Are Improved

    Almost all eligible entities report efforts to improve one or more 
aspects of communities in which low-income individuals and families 
live. Yet, finding ways to capture and report meaningful results of 
community action for this first of two national goals has proven 
difficult in the early years of ROMA implementation.
    Analysis of FY 1998 ROMA reports submitted by States, the latest 
that has been summarized, indicates that the Network views a wide 
variety of programs and services as advancing Goal 2. These programs 
and services include: (1) Housing (purchase, repair, transitional, 
weatherization, energy assistance, emergency rent); (2) help to 
community residents (education and literacy training, emergency food/
nutrition, employment, healthcare, transportation); and (3) economic 
development activities (encouraging small business, establishing 
employment opportunities).
    OCS believes that the Network could benefit from assistance in 
sorting through not only how to capture what community action is doing 
to advance community development, but also on how the Network might 
best approach the broader issues of community redevelopment with more 
comprehensive strategies in the future.
    OCS believes that advancement of ROMA implementation will be served 
by the development of technical assistance materials for use by the 
Network that provide new, and more detailed, information on how Network 
leaders in community development design and carry out programs, and on 
how they record and report results of their activities.

Sub-Priority Area 2.1  Organizing/Coordinating Community Development 
Programs (CD)

    OCS will underwrite the development of a technical assistance guide 
for the Network that describes model approaches to community 
development undertaken by community action agencies. The guide will 
include information concerning: (1) How model community development 
agencies identify the broad needs to be addressed within their 
communities and the specific role to be played by community action; (2) 
how these agencies organize programs and services, and partnerships 
with other organizations in the community, to undertake or advance 
community development; and (3) what means the agencies use to track, 
record, and report the results of community development strategies.
    OCS is particularly interested in collecting and disseminating 
information concerning the interrelationship of community action to 
various national, regional, State, or local economic development 
initiatives. The successful applicant for a grant to

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prepare the envisioned technical assistance document on community 
development will pay particular attention to this issue.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).

Sub-Priority Area 2.2  Strategic Measurement and Reporting of Community 
Outcomes Across Programs/Services (CO)

    OCS will provide funds to assist one or more partners in the 
Network to develop strategies for measuring the results of individual 
and coordinated community development activities and for reporting 
these results. Specifically, OCS intends to support an activity similar 
to that described for Sub-priority area 1.4, the creation of technical 
assistance materials that lay out how individual activities, such as 
providing micro business loans to neighborhood residents, link to other 
individual activities to form a broader, more comprehensive effort to 
achieve meaningful and measurable community development. The successful 
applicant for funds to create this strategic technical assistance 
document will be expected to conduct a thorough review of community 
development literature and report their findings as they may relate to 
community development work conducted by community action agencies.
    By providing the Network with such a strategic ``mapping'' of 
various elements and components of community development within the 
context of community action, OCS will help community action continue to 
make a transition from providing discrete, often disjointed services 
within a community, to a leader/contributor to more comprehensive 
community development efforts, that yield more robust and lasting 
outcomes.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $60,000).

Priority Area 3.0  Achieving Goal 3: Low-Income People Own a Stake 
in their Community

    Community action is unique in its ability to both advocate for, and 
empower, low-income individuals and families, particularly as it 
relates to mobilizing citizens to achieve a greater sense of authority 
over their lives and future. Local agencies have used a variety of 
approaches to both stimulate citizen involvement in community 
activities and to measure the extent of such involvement.
    In Fiscal Year 1998, the latest year for which ROMA data from 
States was analyzed, most community action agencies identified the 
following activities as supporting the achievement of Goal 3: (1) The 
number of community residents that volunteer time to agency activities, 
and the amount of volunteer hours served; (2) client involvement in 
community decision making, including service on CAA, school, housing, 
or other kinds of citizen advisory boards; (3) participation in 
community events; (4) youth participation in community activities and 
programs; and (5) the leveraging of funds for community investments.

Sub-Priority Area 3.1 Organizing/Coordinating Community Advocacy/
Participation Programs (CM)

    OCS believes that the Network would benefit from the sharing of 
information across programs on how community action is working toward 
achieving Goal 3 and will support the development of a technical 
assistance guide to empowering low-income individuals and families in 
their communities. The successful applicant for this grant will 
demonstrate in their application the means to: (1) Identify community 
action programs across the nation that have a successful history of 
mobilizing citizen participation and advocacy; (2) collect information 
from these programs on the planning, organization, implementation, and 
results of citizen advocacy/ participation efforts; (3) solicit 
observations from community action leaders and participating clients on 
how to overcome challenges and obstacles to citizen empowerment; (4) 
describe measures used to evaluate and report the extent and 
effectiveness of citizen empowerment by community action; and (5) 
summarize and analyze information presented by selected sites and 
individuals.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).

Sub-Priority Area 3.2  Community Advocacy/Participation Programs, 
Measurement and Reporting (CA)

    OCS will provide funds to develop expanded strategies for measuring 
the results of individual and coordinated citizen empowerment and 
community advocacy activities and for reporting these results. 
Specifically, OCS intends to support an activity similar to that 
described for Sub-priority areas 1.4 and 2.2, the creation of technical 
assistance materials that lay out how individual activities, such as 
encouraging low-income community residents to become active in citizen 
advisory boards, link to other individual activities to form a broader, 
more comprehensive effort to achieve meaningful and measurable citizen 
involvement and empowerment. The successful applicant for funds to 
create this strategic technical assistance document will be expected to 
(1) Conduct a thorough review of citizen empowerment literature and 
report their findings as they may relate to the work conducted by 
community action agencies; (2) assess the current measurement 
strategies and individual measures used by community action to capture 
and report Goal 3 results; and (3) recommend more robust Goal 3 
measures that could be used by the Network and step-by-step 
instructions on how to adapt the measures to the individual needs and 
approaches of local agencies.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).

Priority Area 4.0  Achieving Goal 4: Partnerships Among Supporters 
and Providers of Service to Low-Income People Are Achieved

    One of the primary goals of the Administration is to encourage 
expansion of the number and kinds of organizations devoted to helping 
communities and low-income citizens achieve their potential. The 
Administration has organized a ``Faith-based Initiative'' that has, 
among other things, called for greater participation and public funding 
of faith-based groups providing community services as well as more 
coordination among the various agencies that address the needs of low-
income communities, particularly community action.
    OCS recognizes that the Network has a long history of forming 
partnerships with faith-based organizations and encourages further 
expansion of such collaborative efforts to achieve both client and 
community goals.
    OCS intends to fund the development and dissemination of two 
technical assistance documents intended to help partners in the 
Network, at both the State and community levels, learn ways to enhance 
collaboration of community action with faith-based organizations and 
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addition, OCS will support capacity-building efforts in selected States 
and/or communities to form new or expanded community action and faith-
based partnerships to achieve specific client or community results, and 
to disseminate the results of these capacity-building efforts to the 
Network.

Sub-Priority Area 4.1  Coordination Strategies Between Community Action 
and Faith-Based Organizations To Advance ROMA Client Goals I and VI 
(FP)

    OCS will fund up to four technical assistance and capacity building 
efforts to promote the achievement of client-focused Goals 1 and 6 
through effective collaboration of community action and faith-based 
organizations:
    (1) Guide to Achieving Client Outcomes Through Community Action 
Coordination With Faith-Based Organizations--OCS will support the 
development of a technical assistance guide to help State and local 
community action agencies learn of ways to establish or expand 
partnerships with faith-based organizations to advance client-focused 
community action Goals 1 and 6--client/family self-sufficiency and 
family strengthening. Specifically, the successful applicant for the 
grant to develop this guide will describe in its application how it 
will: (1) Identify State or local partners within the Network that have 
a history of successful linkage/collaboration with faith-based 
organizations working to achieve client-focused outcomes; (2) gather 
information about the ways these partnerships have been achieved, 
including formal and informal methods for establishing and maintaining 
the collaboration, interchange of information, human and financial 
resources, client referral and case management, capturing and reporting 
results; (3) gather insights and analyses from participating community 
action and faith-based staff and clients on particular strengths and 
challenges of such collaboration, and (4) develop a guide based on the 
information described above in a manner useful to the Network.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).
    (2) Capacity-Building Grants To Promote Self-sufficiency and/or 
Family Strengthening Through Collaboration Between Community Action and 
Faith-Based Organizations--OCS will fund between one and three States 
or local community action agencies, or faith-based organizations, to 
build new or expanded collaborations. Specifically, OCS seeks to 
encourage innovative means of working among secular and religious 
organizations to promote client/family self-sufficiency and/or to 
strengthen families. The successful applicant(s) will describe in their 
application(s): (1) Specific goal(s) they intend to advance through new 
or expanded partnerships between community action and faith-based 
organizations; (2) specific and measurable client-focused results the 
proposed collaboration(s) are intended to achieve and the means by 
which such results will be measured and reported; (3) particular 
contributions each organizational partner will bring to the 
collaboration, including special skills, human and financial resources; 
(4) evidence of previous success, including descriptions of other 
collaborations and measurable client improvements that resulted from 
such collaborative work, and (5) formal letters of agreement and 
participation among all collaborating organizations with specific 
descriptions of anticipated contributions of resources and time to the 
effort.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, and non-profit faith-based 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: Up to 3 ($20,000 each).

Sub-Priority Area 4.2  Coordination Strategies Between Community Action 
and Faith-Based Organizations To Advance ROMA Community Goals II and 
III (FC)

    As with sub-priority area 4.1, OCS will fund up to four grants to 
promote the achievement of community-focused goals (community 
development and citizen empowerment) through new or expanded 
collaboration between community action and faith-based organizations. 
OCS will solicit applications in two categories:
    (1) Guide to Achieving Community Development/Citizen Empowerment 
Goals Through Collaboration Between Community Action and Faith-Based 
Organizations--OCS will support the development of a technical 
assistance guide to help State and local community action agencies 
learn of ways to establish or expand partnerships with faith-based 
organizations to advance community development and citizen 
empowerment--community action national goals 2 and 3. Specifically, the 
successful applicant for the grant to develop this guide will describe 
in its application how it will: (1) Identify State or local partners 
within the Network that have a history of successful linkage/
collaboration with faith-based organizations working to achieve 
community outcomes; (2) gather information about the ways these 
partnerships have been achieved, including formal and informal methods 
for establishing and maintaining the collaboration, interchange of 
information, human and financial resources, client referral and case 
management, capturing and reporting results; (3) gather insights and 
analyses from participating community action and faith-based staff and 
clients on particular strengths and challenges of such collaboration, 
and (4) develop a guide based on the information described above in a 
manner useful to the Network.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).
    (2) Capacity-Building Grants To Promote Community Development and/
or Citizen Empowerment Through Collaboration Between Community Action 
and Faith-Based Organizations--OCS will fund between one and three 
States or local community action agencies, or faith-based 
organizations, to build new or expanded collaborations. Specifically, 
OCS seeks to encourage innovative means of working among secular and 
religious organizations to promote community development and/or citizen 
empowerment. The successful applicant(s) will describe in their 
application(s): (1) Specific goal(s) they intend to advance through new 
or expanded partnerships between community action and faith-based 
organizations; (2) specific and measurable community and client-focused 
results the proposed collaboration(s) are intended to achieve and the 
means by which such results will be measured and reported; (3) 
particular contributions each organizational partner will bring to the 
collaboration, including special skills, human and financial resources; 
(4) evidence of previous success, including descriptions of other 
collaborations, measurable community and client improvements that 
resulted from such collaborative work, and (5) formal letters of 
agreement and participation among all collaborating organizations with 
specific descriptions of anticipated contributions of resources and 
time to the effort.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, non-profit faith-based 
organizations.

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    Anticipated Grant Awards: Up to 3 ($20,000 each).

Priority Area 5.0  Achieving Goal 5: Agencies Increase Their 
Capacity To Achieve Results

    Over the past eight years, OCS has worked cooperatively with State 
CSBG agencies, State CAA associations, and local entities to move the 
entire Community Services Network toward renewed strength, focus, 
effectiveness, and accountability. The work of the Monitoring and 
Assessment Task Force, composed of representatives of all partners in 
the Network, has resulted in broad-based understanding and gradual 
implementation of Results Oriented Management and Accountability, or 
ROMA. It is through ROMA that the Network continues to assure that 
community action is positioned to be the anti-poverty, community 
development force within many hundreds of communities.
    During the Summer of 2001, OCS conducted a series of regional ROMA 
training and technical assistance conferences with leaders from State 
CSBG agencies, State CAA associations, and a number of local eligible 
entities. At these regional sessions, OCS encouraged State agencies and 
associations to work together to complete ROMA implementation by the 
time the Community Services Block Grant program is scheduled for 
reauthorization in Fiscal Year 2003. Completing ROMA implementation is 
important for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it 
will strengthen community action at a time when the Administration and 
Congress are placing heavy emphasis on effectiveness and accountability 
among all domestic assistance programs.
    At the ROMA regional meetings, OCS worked with State CSBG agency 
and association officials to develop ROMA implementation plans. OCS 
identified technical assistance opportunities that are now being funded 
through the Fiscal Year 2001 Training, Technical Assistance and 
Capacity-Building Grant Announcement (published July 2, 2001, 66 FR 
34996), including, among a variety of efforts: (1) Basic program 
administration and financial management training at a National Academy; 
(2) leadership training through a number of special community action-
focused programs; (3) training of ROMA instructors through a ``train 
the trainers'' initiative; and (4) financial support to underwrite the 
costs of tailored training contained in various State ROMA 
implementation plans.
    OCS intends to continue its support of the special initiative to 
complete ROMA implementation by Fiscal Year 2003 and to maintain the 
impetus for full implementation generated by the regional meetings.

Sub-Priority Area 5.1  ROMA Training and Technical Assistance 
Clearinghouse (RC)

    OCS will underwrite the creation and operation of a ROMA Training 
and Technical Assistance Clearinghouse to coordinate the on-going 
effort to achieve universal ROMA implementation by Fiscal Year 2003. 
The Clearinghouse will be responsible for a variety of tasks, 
including:
    (1) Identifying individuals and information resources within, or 
associated with, the Network that can help State CSBG lead agencies, 
State CAA associations, and local eligible entities carry out their 
ROMA implementation plans;
    (2) Serving as a referral source for partners in the Network 
seeking one or more forms of basic, intermediate, or advanced technical 
assistance on one or more of the following ROMA implementation areas:
    (a) Leadership Training and the Use of ROMA for Program Renewal;
    (b) ROMA-based Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning;
    (c) Development and Use of Client, Community, or Organizational 
Outcome Measures;
    (d) Strategic Board Selection and Involvement in Agency Goal 
Setting and Results-Oriented Oversight;
    (e) Client and/or Community-Focused Programming and Service 
Delivery;
    (f) ROMA-Focused Staffing (training, linkage to client/community 
outcomes);
    (g) ROMA Compatible Information Systems (collection, analysis and 
report of client, community and/or organizational outcomes);
    (h) Use of ROMA to Expand Program Linkages within and outside of 
Agency;
    (i) Results-Oriented Financial Management; and
    (j) Ways of Using ROMA to ``Tell Our Story'' Better to State 
legislatures, local governing authorities, and/or the public.
    (3) Collecting and disseminating technical assistance materials to 
the network, including use of the ROMA website, www.ROMA1.org; and
    (4) Organizing and/or conducting ROMA implementation training and 
technical assistance on-site visits, meetings, and/or conferences at 
the request of State CSBG lead agencies, State CAA associations, or 
local entities.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $200,000).

Sub-Priority Area 5.2  Board Training Programs (BT)

    One of the clearest and most universal needs for technical 
assistance identified by community action agencies that responded to 
the ROMA Implementation Assessment conducted in the Spring of 2001 was 
the strengthening of local tripartite boards. Over 92% of Assessment 
respondents indicated that boards need training in a variety of topics 
to increase their capacity to lead and evaluate agency activities and 
outcomes, including: (1) Board responsibilities under the law; (2) 
basic board functioning; (3) board role in agency needs assessment, 
program planning, operations and evaluation; (4) ROMA principles and 
uses in all aspects of agency functioning; and (5) board selection, 
monitoring and evaluation of agency leadership.
    OCS intends to fund the development of one or more board training 
programs to be made available throughout the Network. OCS will 
entertain applications for board training program development that 
focus on one or more of the following:
    (1) Comprehensive Board Training Package--OCS will fund one grant 
for the development of a multi-media comprehensive board training 
package that covers all of the following topics: (a) Board 
responsibilities under the law; (b) basic board functioning; (c) board 
role in agency needs assessment, program planning, operations and 
evaluation; (d) ROMA principles and uses in all aspects of agency 
functioning; and (e) board selection, monitoring and evaluation of 
agency leadership. Information developed for each of these topics will 
be organized by the successful applicant into training modules, to be 
presented in writing, on the ROMA website, and on videotape. The 
successful applicant will develop model results-oriented planning, 
programming, and reporting instruments to facilitate communication 
between local agency officials and board members. The successful 
applicant will field-test materials and training approaches with 
Network partners, including local agency officials and representative 
board members, particularly the representatives of low-income families, 
before training packages are completed. The successful applicant will 
be responsible for working through the ROMA Implementation 
Clearinghouse to assure timely and effective dissemination of board 
training information to the Network.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations local

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eligible entities, private non-profit organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $100,000).
    (2) Capacity-building Grants to States for Board Training--OCS will 
fund up to four grants to consortia of State CSBG lead agencies and 
their respective State CAA associations to undertake board training in 
one or more of the topics listed above. OCS is particularly interested 
in building the capacity of State agencies and associations to train 
boards in situations that present special challenges requiring tailored 
and special approaches, such as: (1) Wide geographic distances within a 
State that makes travel to and from a central training site/program 
difficult or impossible for agency staff and board members; (2) 
geographic isolation or great distances within the catchment area of an 
eligible entity, especially in multi-county rural areas; (3) inability 
of board members to attend extended training sessions, or sessions 
offered during normal working hours; (4) inability of agencies or board 
members to finance costs associated with training, including travel, 
income displacement, expenses, etc; and/or (5) lack of support for 
board training among local agency leadership and staff.
    Successful applicants for capacity-building grants under this sub-
priority area will include in their applications a description of the 
outcomes they expect to achieve through board training and how those 
outcomes will be measured.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies in collaboration with 
State CAA Associations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 4 (up to $25,000 each).

Sub-Priority Area 5.3  State Agency/Association ROMA Plan 
Implementation (RI)

    As indicated, OCS invited State CSBG lead agencies and State CAA 
associations to apply for funds under sub-priority area 1.6 in the 
Fiscal Year 2001 competition for training, technical assistance and 
capacity-building grants to carry out ROMA implementation plans 
developed in conjunction with the five regional meetings held during 
July and August, 2001. A significant number of States submitted 
applications under sub-priority area 1.6 and have received assistance 
from that competition.
    OCS invites State agencies and/or associations that need financial 
assistance to implement ROMA by Fiscal Year 2003 in accord with plans 
developed over the Summer, and that were unable to apply for funding 
during the FY 2001 competition that closed on September 16, 2001, to 
submit applications under this grant announcement.
    Successful applicants will describe in their application: (1) What 
the State has accomplished in terms of ROMA implementation to date, 
using the eight ROMA ``core activities'' described in Information 
Memorandum No. 49 (four State and four eligible entity activities) as a 
guide for measuring progress; (2) how the State plans to complete ROMA 
implementation as defined by the core activities in Information 
Memorandum No. 49; (3) a list of activities the State will undertake, 
including training and technical assistance at the State and local 
levels, partnerships with other programs, creation of a State vision 
for community action, and the creation or modification of measurement 
and/or reporting tools for use by the State and local community action 
agencies; and (4) a timetable for completing activities described.
    Applications submitted for funding under sub-priority 5.3 will be 
evaluated using the following criteria:
(1) Criterion I: Need for Assistance (Maximum: 20 Points)
    The degree to which ROMA has been implemented to date at both the 
State and local levels using the ``core activities'' for States and 
eligible entities listed in Part B of this program announcement, 
including progress for each of the ``core'' activities, and what needs 
to be done to complete implementation of the activities before 2003. 
The application should reference the results of the ROMA implementation 
assessment conducted in the Spring of 2001 among CAAs in the State as 
part of their description of the need for assistance.
(2) Criterion II: Work Program (Maximum: 30 Points)
    The degree to which specific activities to be undertaken will 
facilitate completion of State and eligible entity ROMA ``core'' 
activities by 2003, including specific training and technical 
assistance to be provided to CAAs, a schedule for conducting training 
and technical assistance, the anticipated participants (description of 
the level and functions of State and CAA staff), and trainers and/or 
consultants to be utilized from both within the State or from other 
parts of the Network.
(3) Criterion III: Significant and Beneficial Impact: (Maximum: 15 
Points)
    The degree to which activities described in Criterion II above will 
result in effective implementation of ROMA by 2003. Specifically, the 
extent to which ROMA implementation will benefit both the operation of 
community action programs at the State and local level and increase the 
capacity of such programs to achieve measurable and substantial 
improvement in the lives of individuals, families, and communities 
served.
(4) Criterion IV: Evidence of Significant Collaborations (Maximum: 10 
Points)
    The extent to which the State agency has enlisted the participation 
of the State CAA association in the design of the grant application and 
how the partnership between the State and its CAA association will 
implement the activities under the grant. Joint applications between 
the State agency and CAA association for funding under this sub-
priority are encouraged. In addition, the extent to which other 
agencies that contribute funds to community action, at the State and 
local levels, will be encouraged to undertake performance-based 
management activities and/or will support the use of ROMA to measure 
and report the results of such programs.
(5) Criterion V: Ability of Applicant To Perform (Maximum: 20 Points)
    The extent to which the State agency, the State CAA association, 
and/or local CAAs have developed an understanding of ROMA and their 
willingness to complete implementation before 2003. Specifically, the 
application should describe previous training received through 
attendance at regional or national ROMA-focused conferences, special 
workshops conducted by ROMA trainers, or visits to other States/CAAs 
for the purpose of learning about their ROMA activities.
(6) Criterion VI: Adequacy of Budget (Maximum: 5 Points)
    The resources requested are reasonable and adequate to accomplish 
the project. (0-3 points)
    Total costs are reasonable and consistent with anticipated results. 
(0-2 points)
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies and/or State CAA 
Associations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 15 (up to $30,000 each).

Sub-Priority Area 5.4  Local Capacity-Building

    The purpose of this sub-priority area is to promote management 
efficiency and program productivity among local eligible entities. It 
is essential that community action agencies have the opportunity to 
receive ``seed'' funds to develop and share effective program/

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management techniques addressing various aspects of anti-poverty work, 
including the implementation of ROMA. Grants under this sub-priority 
will be made to Community Action Agencies to promote such capacity 
building. Among the activities that may be supported by capacity-
building grants are the development and sharing of: (1) Model needs 
assessment tools; (2) data processing innovations; (3) community 
organizing techniques; (4) use of scales to measure outcomes; (5) 
innovative tracking systems; (6) internal and external communication 
networks; (7) effective integration of information systems; and (8) 
successful leveraging strategies. Applicants must include a plan that 
describes how the results achieved under this project will be shared 
with the larger Community Services Network.
    Eligible Applicants: Local eligible entities.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 10 (up to $20,000 each).

Priority Area 6.0  Achieving Goal 6: Low-Income People, Especially 
Vulnerable Populations, Achieve Their Potential by Strengthening 
Family and Other Supportive Systems

    In their reporting of ROMA-based information, States have included 
a number of services, programs, and other forms of interventions under 
Goal 6. Indeed, the largest category of activities reported for Goal 6 
by States and local community action agencies has been ``meeting 
emergency needs.'' Other categories reported with regularity are: (1) 
Housing; (2) independent living for the aging; and (3) emergency food. 
The category, ``Family functioning/life skills,'' ranked fifth in 
frequency among the 31 States and 577 local entities filing ROMA 
information in Fiscal Year 1998. Only 13 States and 73 local entities 
reported activities specifically focused on strengthening family 
functioning or general life skills of family members.
    Because Goal 6 reflects the Administration's priority to strengthen 
families, particularly the role of fathers in child and family life, 
OCS intends to fund a number of technical assistance and capacity 
building activities focused on community action initiatives that seek 
to enhance outcomes for children and their families as a result of the 
presence and positive influence of fathers. OCS believes that without 
such an emphasis, low-income families will continue to exist with 
disproportionate numbers of absent fathers. Evidence indicates that the 
absence of participating fathers from households not only damages the 
economic condition and prospects for low-income families, but may also 
contribute to a number of negative social outcomes for children and 
youth that lack the guidance and emotional benefits that come from 
having two parents involved in their upbringing.
    OCS intends to support a number of technical assistance and 
capacity-building activities designed to reflect and enhance the role 
of community action in strengthening families through the active 
involvement of fathers in child and family development.
    In addition, OCS will support technical assistance and capacity-
building activities focusing on helping strengthen families in which 
one or both parents are incarcerated. Finally, OCS will underwrite the 
development of a technical assistance guide to measuring community 
action efforts to strengthen families.

Sub-Priority Area 6.1  Strengthening the Role of Fathers and Marriage 
in Child and Family Life (MS)

    OCS will fund up to four applications designed to build capacity 
within the Network to strengthen families through the involvement of 
fathers in family and child development:
    (1) Strategies for Community Action to Strengthen the Role of 
Fathers and Marriage in Family and Child Development--OCS will 
underwrite the development of a technical assistance guide that 
describes ways in which community action has, or could, focus on 
promoting healthy marriages among low-income families and/or helping 
absent fathers remain involved in the lives of their children.
    The successful applicant for the grant to develop this guide will 
demonstrate in their application the ability to: (1) Identify existing 
strategies within the Community Services Network that promote healthy 
marriages among low-income families, and/or the involvement of absent 
parents, especially fathers, in the creation and maintenance of stable 
and nurturing family environments; (2) identify possible strategies for 
strengthening families through healthy marriages and greater 
participation of absent fathers from programs/sources outside community 
action and assess ways the Network may adapt and adopt such strategies; 
(3) identify partnership opportunities with other programs, both within 
and outside the current administrative responsibilities of community 
action, that might help advance healthy marriages and the role of 
absent fathers in achieving family economic and functional wellbeing; 
and (4) develop a guide based on the information assembled in such a 
manner that will be useful to State and local community action 
officials.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).
    (2) Capacity-Building Grants to Promote the Role of Fathers in 
Community Action Initiatives to Strengthen Families--OCS will fund up 
to three States or local eligible entities to develop special 
initiatives designed to strengthen family functioning outcomes due to 
the active involvement of fathers in family life. Specifically, the 
successful applicant(s) for these capacity-building grants will 
demonstrate in their applications the ability to: (a) Identify specific 
needs within the community involving the economic and social condition 
of fathers of low-income children and families, both present and absent 
from the household; (b) identify specific strategies for addressing 
those needs, including the development of coordinated interventions/
services through partnerships with other service providers to enhance 
the status of affected males in their role as individuals and fathers 
to children in low-income families; (c) undertake special initiatives 
to involve fathers in the lives of their children and increase their 
capacity to contribute to the economic, developmental, and social 
wellbeing of those children; and (d) capture and report the results of 
such involvement on all appropriate aspects of family life (at a 
minimum, economic, social and developmental outcomes).
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 3 (up to $30,000 each).

Sub-Priority Area 6.2  Meeting the Special Needs of Children With an 
Incarcerated Parent(s) (IP)

    OCS will fund up to three capacity-building grants to support the 
development of programs at the State or local level focused on 
community action assistance to children with incarcerated parent(s). 
Successful applicants for these grants must demonstrate in their 
applications the ability to: (1) Identify the number and needs of such 
children/families within the State or community; (2) design and 
implement programs and partnerships with other service providers to 
meet the needs identified; and (3) establish specific results to be 
achieved by the special initiatives and provide for the measurement and 
reporting of results.

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    OCS is particularly interested in supporting programs focused on 
helping children with incarcerated parent(s) live in safe, stable 
households and receive appropriate adult guidance, nurturing, and 
emotional support from custodial parents, guardians, or other adult 
mentoring relationships. Applicants may wish to consider the special 
role played by faith-based organizations in providing such support and 
include such organizations in community action partnerships as 
appropriate. In addition to focusing on the needs of children with 
incarcerated parents, applicants are encourage to seek funding for 
activities designed to address the needs of incarcerated parents as 
they relate to their parenting responsibilities to their children while 
incarcerated, during periods prior to release, and post-release from 
imprisonment (reentry counseling and adjustment assistance, family 
functioning/parenting skill training, etc).
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 3 (up to $30,000 each).

Sub-Priority Area 6.3  Network Guide to Measuring Family Development 
Outcomes (FD)

    OCS will award one grant for the development of a guide to help the 
Network improve the measurement and reporting of family development 
outcomes in support of achieving Goal 6. The successful applicant for 
this grant will demonstrate in their application the ability to: (1) 
Identify model family functioning/family development measures that have 
been developed within and outside the Community Services Network used 
in social service programs; (2) correlate information about measurement 
tools to the kinds of programs/services provided by community action 
alone and in partnership with other service agencies; and (3) describe 
the relative benefits of various approaches to measuring family 
functioning/family development in terms of such factors as staff 
orientation/training and use, appropriateness to activities/
interventions being measured, and information gathering/storage/and 
retrieval.
    Eligible applicants: State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CAA 
Associations, local eligible entities, private non-profit 
organizations.
    Anticipated Grant Awards: 1 (up to $45,000).

Part C--Application Prerequisites

1. Eligible Applicants

    See individual sub-priority areas in Part B.

2. Availability of Funds

    The total amount of funds currently available for new grant awards 
in FY 2002 under this Fall-Winter program announcement is $2,360,000. 
Subject to the availability of funds, an additional amount will be set 
aside for a Spring-Summer 2002 competition, which will include funding 
of various cooperative agreements and continuation grants to multi-year 
awards resulting from the Fiscal Year 2001 competition.
    Amounts expected to be available and numbers of grants under each 
sub-priority area stated in Part B are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Approx.
                                                  funds       Estimated
              Sub-priority area                 available    No. of new
                                                 for new       grants
                                                 projects
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.1  Strengthening the ``Self-sufficiency         $120,000        6
 Continuum'' (SC)............................
1.2  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around       205,000        6
 Self-sufficiency: Welfare to Work (WW)......
1.3  Organizing/Coordinating Services Around       205,000        6
 Self-sufficiency/Independent Living Among
 the Aging or Disabled (SA)..................
1.4  Strategic  Measurement and Reporting of        60,000        3
 Self-sufficiency Outcomes (SM)..............
1.5  The Use of Individual Development              45,000        1
 Accounts to Advance Self-sufficiency (ID)...
2.1  Organizing/Coordinating Community              45,000        1
 Development Programs (CD)...................
2.2  Strategic Measurement and Reporting of         60,000        1
 Community Outcomes Across Programs (CO).....
3.1  Organizing/Coordinating  Community             45,000        1
 Advocacy/Participation Programs (CM)........
3.2  Community  Advocacy/Participation              45,000        1
 Programs, Measurement and Reporting (CA)....
4.1  Coordination  Strategies Between              105,000        4
 Community Action and Faith-Based
 Organizations to Advance ROMA Client Goals 1
 and 6 (FP)..................................
4.2  Coordination  Strategies Between              105,000        4
 Community Action and Faith-based
 Organizations to Advance ROMA Community
 Goals 2 and 3 (FC)..........................
5.1  ROMA Training and Technical Assistance        200,000        1
 Clearinghouse (RC)..........................
5.2  Board Training Programs (BT)............      200,000        5
5.3  State Agency/Association ROMA Plan            450,000       15
 Implementation (RI).........................
5.4  Local Capacity Building (CB)............      200,000       10
6.1  Strengthening the Role of Marriage and        135,000        4
 Absent Fathers in Child and Family Life (MS)
6.2  Meeting the Special Needs of Children          90,000        3
 With an Incarcerated Parent(s) (IP).........
6.3  Network Guide to Measuring Family              45,000        1
 Development Outcomes (FD)...................
                                              --------------------------
      Total..................................    2,360,000       73
------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Project and Budget Periods

    For projects included in the FY 2002 Fall-Winter CSBG T&TA Program 
Announcement, the budget and project periods are 12 months.

4. Project Beneficiaries

    The overall intended beneficiaries of the projects to be funded 
under the FY 2002 Fall-Winter CSBG T&TA Program Announcement are the 
various ``partners'' in the Community Services Network. Specific 
beneficiaries are indicated under each sub-priority area in Part B. It 
is the intent of OCS, through funding provided under this program 
announcement, to significantly strengthen the capacity of State and 
regional CAA associations to provide technical assistance and support 
to local service providers; to strengthen the capacity of State CSBG 
offices to collect and disseminate accurate and reliable data and to 
provide support for local service providers; and to enhance the 
capacities of local service providers themselves. The ultimate 
beneficiaries of improved program management, data and information 
collection and dissemination, and service quality of

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local service providers are low-income individuals, families, and 
communities.

5. Sub-Contracting or Delegating Projects

    OCS will not fund any project where the role of the applicant is 
primarily to serve as a conduit for funds to organizations other than 
the applicant. This prohibition does not bar the making of subgrants or 
subcontracting for specific services or activities needed to conduct 
the project. However, the applicant must have a substantive role in the 
implementation of the project for which funding is requested.

6. Separate Multiple Applications

    Separate applications must be made for each sub-priority area. 
Applicants that receive more than one grant for a common budget and 
project period must be mindful that salaries and wages claimed for the 
same persons cannot collectively exceed 100 percent of the total annual 
salary. The sub-priority area must be clearly identified by title and 
number.

7. Project Evaluations

    Each application must include an assessment or self evaluation.

Part D--Application Procedures

1. Availability of Forms

    Applications for awards under the FY 2002 Fall-Winter CSBG T&TA 
Program must be submitted on Standard Forms (SF) 424, 424A, and 424B. 
Part F and the attachments to this program announcement contain all the 
instructions and forms required for submission of an application. These 
forms may be photocopied for use in developing the application.
    Part F also contains instructions for the project narrative. The 
project narrative must be submitted on plain bond paper along with the 
SF-424 and related forms.
    A copy of this program announcement is available on the Internet 
through the OCS web site at: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs.
    If the program announcement cannot be accessed through the OCS web 
site, it can be obtained by writing or telephoning the office listed 
under the section entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION at the beginning of 
this program announcement.

2. Deadlines

    Refer to the section entitled ``Closing Date'' at the beginning of 
this program announcement for the last day on which applications should 
be submitted.
    Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting the announced 
deadline if they are received on or before deadline date or postmarked 
on or before the deadline date and received by ACF in time for the 
independent review. Mailed applications must be sent to: U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 
and Families, Office of Grants Management, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, ``Attention: CSBG Training, Technical Assistance, and 
Capacity Building Program'', 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 
DC 20447.
    Applicants must ensure that a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 
postmark or a legibly dated, machine produced postmark of a commercial 
mail service is affixed to the envelope/package containing the 
application(s). To be 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 hand-carried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by 
other representatives of the applicant shall be considered meeting an 
announced deadline if the are received on or before the deadline date, 
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, 
excluding Federal holidays, at the: Administration for Children and 
Families, Office of Grants Management, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, ``Attention CSBG Training, Technical Assistance and 
Capacity Building Program'', 901 D Street, SW., 2nd Floor Mailroom, 
Washington, DC 20024.
    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. Applications, once submitted, are 
considered final and no additional materials will be accepted.
    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 the deadline for all 
applicants affected by acts of God such as floods and hurricanes, when 
there is widespread disruption of the mail service. A determination to 
extend or waive deadline requirements rest with the Chief Grants 
Management Officer.

3. Number of Copies Required

    One signed original application and two copies should be submitted 
at the time of initial submission (OMB 0970-0062). Two additional 
copies would be appreciated to facilitate the processing of 
applications.

4. Designation of Sub-Priority Area

    The first page of the SF-424 must contain in the lower right-hand 
corner a designation indicating under which sub-priority are funds are 
being requested.

5. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13)

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 10 hours per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed and 
reviewing the collection of information.
    The project description is approved under OMB Control Number 0970-
0062 which expires 12/31/2001. However, a request has been submitted to 
OMB for an extension.
    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.

6. 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.
    The following States and Territories have elected not to 
participate under the Executive Order process: Arkansas, California, 
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, 
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New 
Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, 
South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, American Samoa, 
Guam. Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and 
the United States Virgin Islands.
    Applicants for projects to be administered by Federally recognized 
Indian Tribes are also exempt from the requirements of E.O. 12372. 
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applicants should contact their Single Point of Contact (SPOC) 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 OCS can obtain and 
review SPOC comments as a 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 424A, item 16a.
    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.
    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 under 45 CFR 100.10.
    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, 
Aerospace Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447.
    A list of the Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory 
is included as Attachment I to this program announcement.

7. Application Consideration

    Applications that meet the screening requirements in Sections 8.a. 
and 8.b. below will be reviewed competitively. Such applications will 
be referred to reviewers for a numerical score and explanatory comments 
based solely on responsiveness to program guidelines and evaluation 
criteria published in this announcement.
    Qualified panelist not directly responsible for programmatic 
management of the grant will review applications. The results of these 
reviews will assist OCS in considering competing applications. 
Reviewers' scores will weigh heavily in funding decisions but will not 
be the only factors considered. Applications will be ranked and 
generally considered in order of the average scores assigned by 
reviewers. However, highly ranked applications are not guaranteed 
funding since other factors deemed relevant may be considered 
including, but not limited to, the timely and proper completion of 
projects funded with OCS funds granted in the past five 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 disallowance on OCS or other Federal agency grants.
    OCS reserves the right to discuss applications with other Federal 
or non-Federal funding sources to ascertain the applicant's performance 
record.

8. Criteria for Screening Applications

a. Initial Screening
    All applicants will receive a written acknowledgment with an 
assigned identification number. This number, along with any other 
identifying codes, must be referenced in all subsequent communications 
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. All applications that meet the published deadline for 
submission will be screened to determine completeness 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 a Standard Form 424 ``Application 
for Federal Assistance'' (SF-424), a budget (SF-424A), and signed 
``Assurances'' (SF-424B) completed according to instructions published 
in Part F and Attachments A, B, and C of this program announcement.
    (2) A budget narrative, which corresponds to the object class 
categories in the SF 424A for the use of Federal funds, must be 
included in the application.
    (3) The SF-424 and the SF-424B must be signed by an official of the 
applicant organization who has authority to obligate the organization 
legally.
    (4) A project narrative must also accompany the standard forms.
b. Pre-Rating Review
    Applications, which pass the initial screening, will be forwarded 
to reviewers and/or OCS staff to verify, prior to the programmatic 
review, that the applications comply with this program announcement in 
the following areas:
    (1) Eligibility: Applicant meets the eligibility requirements found 
in Part B. Applicant also must be aware that the applicant's legal name 
as required on the SF 424 (item 5) must match that listed as 
corresponding to the Employer Identification Number (Item 6).
    (2) Duration of Project: The application contains a project that 
can be successfully implemented in the project period.
    (3) Target Populations: The application clearly targets the 
specific outcomes and benefits of the project to State staff 
administering CSBG funds, CAA State or regional associations, and/or 
local providers of CSBG-funded services and activities. Benefits to 
low-income consumers of CSBG services also must be identified.
    (4) Program Focus: The application must address the purpose of the 
sub-priority area under which funding is being requested.
    An application may be disqualified from the competition and 
returned to the applicant if it does not conform to one or more of the 
above requirements.
c. Evaluation Criteria
    Applications that pass the pre-rating review will be assessed and 
scored by reviewers. Each reviewer will give a numerical score to 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 
this announcement.
    The in-depth evaluation and review process will use the following 
criteria coupled with the specific requirements contained in Part B. 
(Applications for funding under Sub-priority 5.3, State Agency/
Association ROMA Plan Implementation, will be evaluated based upon the 
requirements described in Part B only).

Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under 
This Program Announcement (Excluding Sub-Priority 5.3)

(1) Criterion I: Need for Assistance (Maximum: 20 Points)

    (a) The application documents that the project addresses vital 
needs related to the purposes stated under the appropriate sub-priority 
area discussed in this program announcement (Part B) and provides 
statistics and other data and information in support of its contention. 
(0-10 points).
    (b) The application provides current supporting documentation or 
other testimonies regarding needs from State CSBG Directors, local 
service providers and/or State and Regional organizations of local 
service providers. (0-10 points)

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(2) Criterion II: Work Program (Maximum: 30 Points)

    The work program is results-oriented, appropriately related to the 
legislative mandate and specifically related to the sub-priority area 
under which funds are being requested.
    Applicant addresses the following: Specific outcomes to be 
achieved; performance targets that the project is committed to 
achieving, including reasons for not setting lower or higher target 
levels and how the project will verify the achievement of these 
targets; critical milestones which must be achieved if results are to 
be gained; organizational support, including priority this project has 
for the agency; past performance in similar work; and specific 
resources contributed to the project that are critical to success.
    Applicant defines the comprehensive nature of the project and 
methods that will be used to ensure that the results can be used to 
address a statewide or nationwide project as defined by the priority 
area.

(3) Criterion III: Significant and Beneficial Impact: (Maximum: 15 
Points)

    Applicant adequately describes how the project will assure long-
term program and management improvements and have advantages over other 
products offered to achieve the same outcomes for State CSBG offices, 
CAA State and/or regional associations, and/or local providers of CSBG 
services and activities.
    The applicant indicates the types and amounts of public and/or 
private resources it will mobilize, how those resources will directly 
benefit the project, and how the project will ultimately benefit low-
income individuals and families.
    If proposing a project with a training and technical assistance 
focus, applicant indicates the number of organizations and/or staff it 
will impact.
    If proposing a project with a data collection focus, applicant 
provides a description of the mechanism it will use to collect data, 
how it can assure collections from a significant number of States, and 
the number of States willing to submit data to the applicant.
    If proposing to develop a symposium series or other policy-related 
project(s), the applicant identifies the number and types of 
beneficiaries.
    Methods of securing participant feedback and evaluations of 
activities are described in the application.

(4) Criterion IV: Evidence of Significant Collaborations (Maximum 10 
Points)

    Applicant describes how it will involve partners in the Community 
Services Network in its activities. Where appropriate, applicant 
describes how it will interface with other related organizations.
    If subcontracts are proposed, documentation of the willingness and 
capacity for the subcontracting organization(s) to participate is 
described.

(5) Criterion V: Ability of Applicant To Perform (Maximum: 20 Points)

    (a) The applicant demonstrates that it has experience and a 
successful track record relevant to the specific activities and program 
area that it proposes to undertake.
    If applicant is proposing to provide training and technical 
assistance, it details its competence in the specific program priority 
area and as a deliverer with expertise in the specific fields of 
training and technical assistance on a nationwide basis.
    If applicable, information provided by the applicant also addresses 
related achievements and competence of each cooperating or sponsoring 
organization. (0-10 points)
    (b) Applicant fully describes, for example in a resume, the 
experience and skills of the proposed project director and primary 
staff showing specific qualifications and professional experiences 
relevant to the successful implementation of the proposed project. (0-
10 points)

(6) Criterion VI: Adequacy of Budget (Maximum: 5 Points)

    (a) The resources requested are reasonable and adequate to 
accomplish the project. (0-3 points)
    (b) Total costs are reasonable and consistent with anticipated 
results. (0-2 points)

Part E--Contents of Application and Receipt Process

1. Contents of Application

    A cover letter containing an e-mail address and a facsimile (FAX) 
number, if available, should accompany the application. This will 
facilitate receipt of an acknowledgment from ACF that the application 
has been received. (See Part D., 8.a.)
    Each application should include one original and two additional 
copies of the following:
    a. A completed Standard Form 424 which has been signed by an 
official of the organization applying for the grant who has authority 
to obligate the organization legally. 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 drug-free workplace and debarment regulations set forth in 
Attachments D and E.
    b.''Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs'' (SF-424A). 
(Attachment B)
    c. A completed, signed and dated ``Assurances--Non-Construction 
Programs'' (SF-424B). (Attachment C)
    d. Drug-free Certification. (The applicant is certifying that it 
will comply with this requirement by signing and submitting the SF-
424.) (Attachment D)
    e. Debarment Certification. (Attachment E)
    f. Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke. (The 
applicant is certifying that it will comply with this requirement by 
signing and submitting the SF-424.) (Attachment F)
    g. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL. Complete, sign and 
date form, as appropriate. (Attachment G)
    h. A Project Abstract of 500 words or less. The abstract should 
provide a succinct description of the need, project goals, and a 
summary of work plan and the proposed impact. Abstract will be 
maintained as part of the Grantee Administration Tracking System 
(GATES).
    i. A Project Narrative consisting of the following elements 
preceded by a consecutively numbered table of contents that will 
describe the project in the following order:
    (i) Need for Assistance.
    (ii) Work Program.
    (iii) Significant and Beneficial Impact.
    (iv) Evidence of Significant Collaborations.
    (v) Ability of Applicant to Perform.
    (vi) Appendices including proof of non-profit status, such as IRS 
determination of non-profit status, where applicable; relevant sections 
of by-laws, articles of incorporation, and/or statement from 
appropriate State CSBG office which confirms eligibility; resumes; 
Single Point of Contact comments, where applicable; and any 
partnership/collaboration agreements.
    The original must bear the signature of the authorizing official 
representing the applicant organization.
    The total number of pages for the entire application package should 
not exceed 35 pages, including appendices. Pages should be numbered 
sequentially throughout.
    If appendices include photocopied materials, they must be legible.

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    Applications should be two-hole punched at the top center and 
fastened separately with a compressor slide paper fastener or a binder 
clip. The submission of bound applications or applications enclosed in 
a binder are specifically discouraged.
    Applications must be submitted on white 8\1/2\ x 11-inch paper only 
since OCS may find it necessary to duplicate them for review purposes. 
They must not include colored, oversized or folded materials; 
organizational brochures or other promotional materials; slides; films; 
clips; etc. They will be discarded if included.

Part F--Instructions for Completing Application Package (Approved 
by the OMB Under Control Number 0970-0062)

    The standard forms attached to this program announcement shall be 
used when submitting applications for all funds under this 
announcement.
    It is recommended that the applicant reproduce the SF-424, 
(Attachment A), SF-424A (Attachment B), SF-424B (Attachment C) and that 
the application be typed 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, the applicant should write ``NA'' for ``Not 
applicable.''
    The application should be prepared in accordance with the standard 
instructions in Attachments A and B corresponding to the forms, as well 
as the specific instructions set forth below:

1. SF-424 ``Application for Federal Assistance''

Item
    1. For the purposes of this program announcement, all projects are 
considered ``Applications''; there are no ``Pre-Applications.''
    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 (CRS/EIN) and the Payment Identifying Number, if one has been 
assigned, in the Block entitled ``Federal Identifier'' located at the 
top right hand corner of the form.
    7. If the applicant is a non-profit corporation, enter ``N'' in the 
box and specify ``non-profit corporation'' in the space marked 
``Other.'' Proof of non-profit status such as IRS determination, 
articles of incorporation, or by-laws, must be included as an appendix 
to the project narrative.
    8. For the purposes of this announcement, all applications are 
``New.''
    9. Enter ``DHHS-ACF/OCS.''
    10. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the OCS 
program covered under this announcement is ``93.570.''
    11. In addition to a brief descriptive title of the project, 
priority area designations must be used to indicate the priority and 
sub-priority areas for which funds are being requested:
    The title is ``Office of Community Services'' Discretionary CSBG 
Awards--Fiscal Year 2001 Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity-
Building Programs.''
    15a. For purposes of this announcement, this amount should reflect 
the amount requested for the entire project period.
    15b-e. These items should reflect both cash and third party in-kind 
contributions for the total project period.

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

    See instructions accompanying the form as well as the instructions 
set forth below:
    In completing these sections, the Federal budget entries will 
relate to the requested OCS Training and Technical Assistance Program 
funds only, and Non-Federal will include mobilized funds from all other 
sources--applicant, State, and other. Federal funds, other than those 
requested from the Training and Technical Assistance Program should be 
included in Non-Federal entries.
    Sections A and D must contain entries for both Federal (OCS) and 
non-Federal (mobilized).
Section A--Budget Summary
    Col. (a): Line 1--Enter ``OCS Training and Technical Assistance 
Program'';
    Col. (b): Line 1--Enter ``93.570''.
    Col. (c) and (d): Not Applicable
    Col. (e)-(g): For lines 1 enter in column (e), (f) and (g) the 
appropriate amounts needed to support the project for the entire 
project period.
    Line 5--Enter the figures from Line 1 for all columns completed 
under (e), (f), and (g).
Section B--Budget Categories
    This section should contain entries for OCS funds only. For all 
projects, the first budget period of 12 months will be entered in 
Column #1. Allowability of costs is governed by applicable cost 
principles set forth in 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92.
    A separate itemized budget justification should be included to 
explain fully and justify major items, as indicated below. The budget 
justification should immediately follow the Table of Contents.
    Column 5: Enter total requirements for Federal funds by the Object 
Class Categories of this section.
    Line 6a--Personnel: Enter the total costs of salaries and wages.
    Justification: Identify the project director. 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.
    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.
    Line 6d--Equipment: Enter the total costs of all non-expendable 
personal property to be acquired by the project. Equipment means 
tangible non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more 
than one year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit.
    Justification: Equipment to be purchased with Federal funds must be 
required to conduct the project, and the applicant organization or its 
subgrantees must not already have the equipment or a reasonable 
facsimile available to the project. The justification also must contain 
plans for future use or disposal of the equipment after the project 
ends.
    Line 6e--Supplies: Enter the total costs of all tangible personal 
property (surplus) other than that included on line 6d.
    Line 6h--Other: Enter the total of all other costs. Such costs, 
where applicable, may include, but are not limited to, insurance, food, 
medical and dental costs (noncontractual), 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 and publication, computer use training 
costs including tuition and stipends, training service costs including 
wage payments to individuals and supportive service payments, and staff 
development costs.
    Line 6j--Indirect Charges: Enter the total amount of indirect 
costs. This line

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should be used only when the applicant currently has an indirect cost 
rate approved by the Department of Health and Human Services or other 
Federal agencies. With the exception of States and local governments, 
applicants should enclose a copy of the current approved rate agreement 
if it was negotiated with a Federal agency other than the Department of 
Health and Human Services. For an educational institution, the indirect 
costs on training grants will be allowed at the lesser of the 
institution's actual indirect costs or 8 percent of the total direct 
costs.
    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 budgeted or 
charged as direct costs to the grant.
    Line 6k--Totals: The total amount shown in Section B, Column (5), 
should be the same as the amount shown in Section A, line 5, column 
(e).
    Line 7--Program Income: Enter the estimated amount of income, if 
any is expected to be generated from this project. Separately show 
expected program income generated from OCS support and income generated 
from other mobilized funds. Do not add or subtract this amount from the 
budget total. Show the nature and source of income in the program 
narrative statement.
    Column 5: Carry totals from column 1 to column 5 for all line 
items.
    Justification: Describe the nature, source and anticipated use of 
program income in the Program Narrative Statement.
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 refer to 
other than OCS funds for which the applicant has received a commitment. 
Provide a brief explanation, on a separate sheet, showing the type of 
contribution, broken out by Object Class Categories, section B.6) and 
whether it is cash or third party in-kind. The firm commitment of these 
required funds must be documented and submitted with the application.
    Except in unusual situations, this documentation must be in the 
form of letters of commitment or letters of intent from the 
organization(s)/individuals from which funds will be received.
    Line 8--Col. (a): Enter the project title.
    Col. (b): Enter the amount of cash or donations to be made by the 
applicant.
    Col. (c): Enter the State contribution.
    Col. (d): Enter the amount of cash and third party in-kind 
contributions to be made from all other sources.
    Col. (e): Enter the total of column (b), (c), and (d). Lines 9, 10, 
and 11 should be left blank.
    Line 12--Carry the total of each column of line 8, (b) through (e). 
The amount in column (e) should be equal to the amount on section A, 
Line 5, and column (f).
    Justification: Describe third party in-kind contributions, if 
included.
Section D--Forecasted Cash Needs
    Line 13--Enter the amount of Federal (OCS) cash needed for this 
grant for first year and by quarter, during the first 12-month budget 
period.
    Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed by 
quarter during the first year.
    Line 15--Enter the total of Lines 13 and 14 for all columns.
Section E--Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of the 
Project
    To be completed by applicants applying for funds for a three year 
project period.
Section F--Other Budget Information
    Line 21--Include narrative justification required under Section B 
for each object class category for the total project period.
    Line 22--Enter the type of HHS or other Federal agency approved 
indirect cost 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. 
Also, enter the date the rate was approved, where applicable. Attach a 
copy of the approved rate agreement if it was negotiated with a Federal 
agency other than the Department of Health and Human Services. If the 
applicant decides not apply an indirect cost rate to the proposal, then 
``this line should be left blank.''
    Line 23--Provide any other explanations and continuation sheets 
required or deemed necessary to justify or explain the budget 
information.

3. SF-424B ``Assurances Non-Construction''

    Applicant must sign and return the ``Assurances'' found at 
Attachment C with its application.

4. Project Narrative

    Each narrative section of the application must address one or more 
of the focus areas described in Part B and follow the format outlined 
below:
    (a) Need for Assistance.
    (b) Work Program.
    (c) Significant and Beneficial Impact.
    (d) Evidence of Significant Collaborations.
    (e) Ability of the Applicant to Perform.
    (f) Adequacy of the Budget.

Part G--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements

    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, which indicates, the amount of Federal funds approved 
for use in the project, the project and budget periods for which 
support is provided, the terms and conditions of the award, and the 
total project period for which support is contemplated.
    In addition to the standard terms and conditions which will be 
applicable to grants, grantee will be subject to the provisions of 45 
CFR parts 74 (non-governmental) and 92 (governmental) and OMB Circulars 
A-122 (nonprofit) and A-87 (governmental).
    Grantees will be required to submit semi-annual program progress 
narrative and financial reports (SF-269) as well as a final program 
progress narrative report and a final financial report.
    Grantees are subject to the audit requirements in 45 CFR parts 74 
(non-governmental) and 92 (governmental) and OMB Circular A-133.
    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 exemptions for 
Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Current and prospective 
recipients (and their sub-tier contractors and/or grantees) are 
prohibited from using Federal funds, other than profits from a Federal 
contract, 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

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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 disclose the name, address, payment details, and 
purpose of any agreements with lobbyists whom recipients or their 
subtier Contractors or subgrantee will pay with profits or non-
appropriated funds on or after December 22, 1989, and (3) to file 
quarterly up-dates about the use of lobbyists if material changes occur 
in their use. The law establishes civil penalties for noncompliance. 
See Attachment F for certification and disclosure forms to be submitted 
with the applications for this program.
    Public Law 103-227, 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 facility owned or leased or 
contracted for by an entity and used routinely or regularly for the 
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 States or local governmental by 
Federal grant, contract, loan or loan guarantee. The law does not apply 
to facilities funded solely by Medicare or Medicaid funds, and portions 
of facilities used for in-patient 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 $1,000 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 requirement of the Act. The 
applicant/grantee further agrees that it will require the language of 
this certification be included in any sub-awards, which contain 
provisions for children's services and that all subgrantees shall 
certify accordingly.
    Attachment H indicates the regulations that apply to all 
applicants/grantees under this program.

    Dated: January 11, 2002.
Clarence Carter,
Director, Office of Community Services.

CSBG Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Program

List of Attachments

A--Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424
B--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs, SF 424A
C--Assurances--Non-Construction Programs, SF 424B
D--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Work Place
E--Debarment Certification
F--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke
G--Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL
H--Listing of Regulations Applicable to All Grantees
I--Listing of State Single Points of Contact

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    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 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 asistance 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 completed date.
    --``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's 
financial obligation or contingent liability form 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 programs under which assistance is requested.
    11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than 
one program is involved, your 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 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 the 
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 included 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 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 now 
and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for 
different functions or activities within the program. For some 
programs, grantor agencies my 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 Line 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 of 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 Column (c) and (d) blank. For each 
line entry on 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 the 
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 total 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.
    Lines 6a-J--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 65h in each column.
    Lines 6j--Show the amount of indirect cost.
    Line 6k--Enter the total 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 of 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. Show 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 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 total 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 need to list the program titles, 
submit additional schedules as necessary.
    Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(3). 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 of 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 (provisions, 
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 C: Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the

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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 (0348-0040), 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.

    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 relating 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 program 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 CFR 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 
ee3), as amended, relating to confidentiality 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 statute(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 Titles 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 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, ``Audit 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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Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

    This certification is required by the regulations implementing the 
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988: 45 CFR Part 76, Subpart, F. Sections 
76.630(c) and (d)(2) and 76.645(a)(1) and (b) provide that a Federal 
Agency may designate a central receipt point for State-wide and State 
Agency-wide certifications, and for notification of criminal drug 
convictions. For the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
central pint is: Division of Grants Management and Oversight, Office of 
Management and Acquisition, Department of Health and Human Services, 
Room 517-D, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

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

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agency awards the grant. If it is later determined that the 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 
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 workplaces).

Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than Individuals)
    The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to provide a 
drug-free workplace by:
    (a) 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;
    (b) 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;
    (c) 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);
    (d) 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 than five calendar days after such conviction;
    (e) 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;
    (f) 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;
    (g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free 
workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) 
and (f).
    (B) 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 if there are workplaces on file that are not identified here.
Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals)
    (a) 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;
    (b) If convicted of a criminal drug offense resulting 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 numbers(s) of each affected grant.

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Attachment E: Administration for Children and Families U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services--Certification Regarding 
Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters

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 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 or default.
    4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate 
written notice to the department or agency to which this proposal is 
submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns 
that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become 
erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
    5. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, 
lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, primary covered 
transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily 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 being 
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 proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, 
subpart 9.4, 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 it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, 
subpart 9.4, 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 List of Parties Excluded from Federal 
Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs.
    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 w 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 
proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, 
debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily 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:
    (a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, 
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded by any Federal department 
or agency;
    (b) 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;
    (c) 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
    (d) 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.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

Instructions for Certification
    1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective lower 
tier participant is providing the certification set out below.
    2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of 
fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered 
into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tier 
participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition 
to other remedies available to the Federal Government the department or 
agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available 
remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
    3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate 
written notice to the person to which this proposal is submitted if at 
any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its 
certification was erroneous when submitted or had become erroneous by 
reason of changed circumstances.

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    4. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, 
lower tier covered transaction, participant, person, primary covered 
transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in 
this clause, have the meaning set out in the Definitions and Coverage 
sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact 
the person to which this proposal is submitted for assistance in 
obtaining a copy of those regulations.
    5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this 
proposal that, [Page 33043] should the proposed covered transaction be 
entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered 
transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR 
part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or 
voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, 
unless authorized by the department or agency with which this 
transaction originated.
    6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by 
submitting this proposal that it will include this clause titled 
``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' without 
modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all 
solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
    7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a 
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered 
transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, 
subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded 
from covered transactions, 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 List of Parties Excluded from Federal 
Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs.
    8. 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.
    9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 5 of these 
instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly 
enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is 
proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, 
debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in 
this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the 
Federal Government, the department or agency with which this 
transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including 
suspension and/or debarment.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility an 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

    (1) The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by submission 
of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is presently 
debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or 
voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any 
Federal department or agency.
    (2) Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to 
certify to any of the statements in this certification, such 
prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.

Attachment F: 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 $100 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 G: Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements

    The undersigned certifiefs, 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 Federeal appropriated 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 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.

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

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Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with 
this commitment providing for the United States to 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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BILLING CODE 4184-01-C

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Instructions for Completion of SF-LL, 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 
opersons are required to respond to a collection of information 
unless it 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 and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046), 
Washington, DC 20503.

Attachment H: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Standard Terms and 
Conditions--Discretionary Grants

    The attached Financial Assistance Award is subject to Federal 
legislation and to DHHS and ACF regulations and policies. These 
include the following:
    1. For institutions of higher education, hospitals, other non-
profit organizations, and commercial (for-profit) organizations, 
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR) Part 74, 
``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Awards and Sub-awards to 
Institutions of Higher Education; Hospitals, Other Non-Profit 
Organizations; and Commercial Organizations; and Certain Grants and 
Agreements with States, Local Governments and Indian Tribal 
Governments.'' http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/45cfr74_99.html.
    2. For States, local governments and Federally recognized Indian 
Tribes, 45 CFR Part 92, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.'' 
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/45cfr92_99.html.
    3. Other DHHS regulations codified in Title 45 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations: 
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/45cfrv1_00.html.

Part 16--Procedures of the Departmental Grants Appeals Board
Part 30--Claims Collections
Part 46--Protection of Human Subjects
Part 76--Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-Procurement) 
and Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)
Part 80--Nondiscrimination Under Programs Receiving Federal 
Assistance through the DHHS Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil 
Rights Acts of 1964
Part 81--Practice and Procedure of Hearings Under Part 80 of this 
Title
Part 84--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs and 
Activities receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Part 86--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs 
and Activities receiving or benefiting from Federal Financial 
Assistance
Part 91--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in DHHS Programs or 
Activities receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Part 93--New Restrictions on Lobbying
Part 100--Intergovernmental review of DHHS Program and Activities

    4. 37 CFR Part 401--Right to Inventions made by Nonprofit 
Organizations and Small Business firms under Government Grants, 
Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/37cfr401_00.html.
    5. The receipt organization must carry out the project according 
to the application as approved by the Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF), including the proposed work program and any 
amendments, all of which are incorporated by reference in these 
terms and conditions.
    6. If this a multi-year project and it is not the final budget 
period, the grantee is advised that future awards for continuation 
of this project will be dependent upon the availability of Federal 
funds, satisfactory progress by the grantee, and ACF's determination 
that continued funding is in the best interest of the Federal 
government.
    7. Grantees shall liquidate all obligations incurred under the 
award no later than 90 days after the end of the project period. The 
only exceptions to this rule are the basic Head Start grants with an 
indefinite project period. For these grants, liquidation of 
obligations should occur no later than 90 days after each budget 
period. In either case, an unobligations balance from a prior budget 
period does not authorize a grantee to obligate funds in excess of 
the total federally approved budget reflected on the FAA for the 
current budget period.
    8. The DHHS Inspector General maintains a toll free number, 800-
HHS-TIPS (800-447-8477), for receiving information concerning fraud, 
waste or abuse under grants and cooperative agreements. Such reports 
are kept confidential, and callers may decline to give their names 
if they choose to remain anonymous. http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oei/hotline/hhshot.html.
    9. The grantee will take all necessary affirmative steps to 
ensure that small, minority and women-owned business firms are 
utilized when possible as sources of supplies, services, equipment 
and construction. To the extent practicable, all equipment and 
products purchased with funds made available through this award 
should be American made.
    10. Failure to submit reports (i.e., financial, progress, or 
other required reports) on time may be the basis for withholding 
financial assistance payments, suspension, termination or denial or 
refunding. A history of such

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unsatisfactory performance may result in designation of ``high-
risk'' status for the recipient organization and may jeopardize 
potential future funding from DHHS.
    11. Under Section 508 of Public Law 103-333, the following 
condition is applicable to all Federal awards: ``When issuing 
statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid 
solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs 
funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipient of Federal research grants shall 
clearly state (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program 
or project which will be financed with Federal money, (2) the dollar 
amount of Federal funds for the project or program, and (3) the 
percentage and dollar amount of total costs of the project or 
program that will be refinanced by nongovernmental sources.''
    12. Public Law 103-227, Part C--Environmental Tobacco Smoke, 
also known as the Pro-Children's Act of 1994 requires that smoking 
not be permitted in any portion of any indoor facility owned or 
leased or contracted for by an entity and used routinely or 
regularly for the 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 
guarantees. 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 impatient drug 
or alcohol treatment. http://www.ed.gov/legislation/GOALS2000/TheAct/sec1043.html.
    13. For purposes of this award each item of equipment with 
acquisition cost of less than $5,000 is included under supplies, is 
allowable as a direct cost of this project, and does not require for 
prior approval of the Grants Officer. Conversely, an item of 
equipment with an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more is NOT 
considered an allowable project cost without prior approval of the 
Grants Management Officer.
    14. The Grantee shall comply with all provisions of OMB Circular 
A-133 (revised June 24, 1997), ``Audit of State, Local Government 
and Non-Profit Organizations.'' http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a133/a133.html.
    Grantees that expend a total of $300,000 or more in Federal 
funds are required to submit an annual audit within nine months 
after the end of the audit period. The Reporting Package should 
include: (1) SF-SAC-Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of 
State, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations. http://harvester.census.gov/fac/collect/formoptions.html; (2) summary of 
prior audit findings; (3) auditors reports and (4) corrective action 
plans. Copies of this Reporting Package are to be sent to: Single 
Audit Clearinghouse. Bureau of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, 
Jeffersonville, Indiana 47132.
    15. Grantee shall comply with the particular set of Federal cost 
principles that applies in determining allowable cost. Allowability 
of costs shall be determined in accordance with the cost principles 
applicable to the entity incurring the costs:
     The allowability of costs incurred by State, local or 
Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments is determined in 
accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular A-87, ``Cost 
Principles for States and Local Governments.'' http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a087/a087.html.
     The allowability of costs incurred by nonprofit 
organizations (except for those listed in Attachment C of Circular 
A-122) is determined in accordance with the provisions of OMB 
Circular A-122, ``Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations'' and 
paragraph (b) of 45 CFR, 74.27. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a122/a122.html.
     The allowability of costs incurred by institutions of 
higher education is determined in accordance with the provisions of 
OMB Circular A-21, ``Cost Principles for Educational Institutions.'' 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a021/a21.html.
     The allowability of costs incurred by hospital is 
determined in accordance with the provisions of Appendix E of 45 CFR 
Part 74, ``Principles for Determining Cost Applicable to Research 
and Development Under Grants and Contracts with Hospitals.''
     The allowability for costs incurred by commercial 
organizations and those non-profit organizations listed in 
Attachment C to Circular A-122 is determined in accordance with the 
provision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR Part 
31, except that independent research and development costs are 
unallowable. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/48cfr31_99.html.

Attachment I: State Single Point of Contact Listing Maintained by OMB

    In accordance with Executive Order #12372, ``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 States to review and coordinate proposed Federal 
financial assistance and direct Federal development.'' This attached 
listing is the Official OMB Listing. OMB's point of contact for the 
SPOC list is Frederick J. Charney (202) 395-3993 or 
[email protected]. This listing is also published in the Catalogue 
of Federal Domestic Assistance biannually.

OMB State Single Point of Contact Listing*, October 5, 1999

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 Services, 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, NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 
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, SW.--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 for 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

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Michigan

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

Mississippi

Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department of Finance and 
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

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) 936-2681

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 Admninistration, 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, WY 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: (671) 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, 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; New York; 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.

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