[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42818-42872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Ending Chronic Homelessness Through Employment and Housing; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[SGA 03-15]


Ending Chronic Homelessness Through Employment and Housing

    A WorkFORCE (Working for Freedom, Opportunity and Real Choice 
through Community Employment) action cooperative agreement sponsored by 
the Office of Disability Employment Policy, the Employment and Training 
Administration, and the Veterans Employment and Training Service of the 
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in combination with a permanent housing 
grant sponsored by the Office of Special Needs, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
AGENCIES: Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of 
Labor; and Office of Special Needs, U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds; solicitation for both 
cooperative agreement and grant applications. (SGA 03-15)

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    This notice contains all of the necessary information and forms 
needed to apply for both the DOL Cooperative Agreement funding and the 
HUD permanent housing grants, in combination. (SGA 03-15)
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability 
Employment Policy (ODEP), in cooperation with the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) and the Veterans Employment and Training 
Service (VETS), announces the availability of $2.5 million to award up 
to 4 Cooperative Agreements: Ending Chronic Homelessness through 
Employment and Housing Cooperative Agreements, ranging from 
approximately $500,000 to $625,000, per award, designed to increase and 
improve employment opportunities for persons who are chronically 
homeless. In partnership with this DOL award, HUD announces the 
availability of $10 million for permanent housing grants from 
recaptured McKinney Act monies. These funds will be used to supplement 
each DOL Cooperative Agreement effort with a HUD grant award, ranging 
from approximately $2-3 million per award, to support permanent housing 
for individuals who are ``chronically homeless'' served through the DOL 
Cooperative Agreement. This inter-agency effort supports the 
President's goal of ending chronic homelessness in ten years by 
creating innovative approaches to providing housing and economic self-
sufficiency for this population.
    A person who is ``chronically homeless'' is an unaccompanied 
homeless individual with a disabling condition who has either been 
continuously homeless for a year or more, OR has had at least four (4) 
episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years. In order to be 
considered chronically homeless, a person must have been sleeping in a 
place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) and/
or in an emergency homeless shelter. A disabling condition is defined 
as a diagnosable substance use disorder, serious mental illness, 
developmental disability, or chronic physical illness or disability 
including the co-occurrence of two or more of these conditions. A 
disabling condition limits an individual's ability to work or perform 
one or more activities of daily living.
    Applicants for this program must, through a partnership evidenced 
with an executed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), apply for both the DOL 
Cooperative Agreement and the HUD permanent housing grant award. 
Funding will be awarded, as this funding effort is meant to be a 
collaborative project combining a customized employment initiative with 
permanent housing services. The goal of these awards is to enable 
persons who are ``chronically homeless'' to achieve employment, 
permanent housing, and self-sufficiency. These agreements will begin or 
expand the delivery and implementation of ``customized employment'' 
strategies for people who are ``chronically homeless'' so that they may 
live, work, and fully participate in their communities. (See part VII, 
Section 1 for Glossary of Applicable Terms.)
    The purpose of the DOL Cooperative Agreements and the HUD grants is 
to bring together the respective expertise and capabilities of both the 
local workforce development system (One-Stop Career Centers and their 
partners) and the local permanent housing service organizations, to 
develop and document the increased employment outcomes anticipated when 
these organizations combine their efforts to respond to the employment 
and housing needs of persons who are chronically homeless. The DOL 
Cooperative Agreements will be funded for a one-year period and may be 
renewed for a period up to four additional years, at varying funding 
levels (see Section IV) depending upon the availability of funds and 
the efficacy of the project activities. The HUD grants (McKinney-Vento 
Act funds) will provide funding for three (3) or five (5) years, 
determined by the application filed. The Supportive Housing Program 
(SHP) carries a term of three (3) years, and the Shelter Plus Care 
Program (S+C) is a five-year (5) term. The HUD permanent housing grants 
may only be used to provide new permanent housing resources for those 
persons who are chronically homeless and have expressed interest in 
pursuing employment outcomes.
    The DOL Cooperative Agreement anticipates substantial involvement 
between ODEP and the awardees during the performance of the project to 
share expertise in the implementation of a customized employment model. 
Involvement will include collaboration or participation by ODEP in the 
management of the project throughout the period of the award. The ODEP 
will be involved in decisions involving strategic planning (including 
the plan to provide customized employment strategies), allocation of 
resources, release of public information materials, and analysis and 
implementation of evaluation findings.
    The applications will be evaluated by DOL and HUD using the 
criteria set forth in Part VII, in conjunction with considerations by 
the Grant Officer delineated in Part IX of this Solicitation for 
Cooperative Agreement Application. DOL Cooperative Agreements will be 
matched by the HUD grants offered in this Solicitation, pursuant to the 
criteria set forth in Part VII as well as the requirements outlined in 
the HUD Application package.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants for the DOL Cooperative Agreements are 
Local Workforce Investment Boards (Local Boards) or, if appropriate, 
the WIA Cooperative Agreement recipient or fiscal agent for the local 
area on behalf of the local board under the Workforce Investment Act, 
that meet the following requirements: 1. Submit documentation that 
their locality includes at least 150 persons who are currently 
chronically homeless, as defined herein; and, 2. Demonstrate that they 
have partnership(s) with: (i) The applicant for the HUD grant, and (ii) 
other public and private entities, especially homeless serving 
organizations, consistent with the proposed activities of the 
Cooperative Agreement.
    Eligible applicants for the HUD grant within this initiative are 
described in the HUD Eligible Applicants and Activities Chart. See Part 
VII, Section III, Part A.

DATES: Applications will be accepted commencing July 18, 2003. The 
closing date for receipt of the joint applications

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by DOL under this announcement is August 20, 2003. Applications must be 
received by 4:45 p.m. (ET) at the address below. No exceptions to the 
mailing and hand-delivery conditions set forth in this notice will be 
granted. Applications that do not meet the conditions set forth in this 
notice will be considered non-responsive.

ADDRESSES: Joint applications shall be mailed to: U.S. Department of 
Labor, Procurement Services Center, Attention: Cassandra Willis, 
Reference SGA 03-15, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telefascimile (FAX) applications will not be 
accepted. Applicants are advised that mail in the Washington area may 
be delayed due to mail decontamination procedures and may wish to take 
this information into consideration when preparing to meet the 
application deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the DOL Cooperative 
Agreement and related items contact Cassandra Willis, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Procurement Services Center, telephone (202) 693-4570 (this 
is not a toll-free number), prior to the closing deadline. For 
technical questions relating to the HUD grant contact: John Garrity, 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, telephone (202) 708-
4300. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may contact either 
Cassandra Willis or John Garrity, via the Federal Relay Service, (800) 
877-8339. Please note that registrations for the Solicitation 
Information Conference Call discussed below must be made by contacting 
ODEP as indicated in the following section, not Ms. Willis or Mr. 
Garrity. Applications, announcements, or forms will not be mailed. The 
Federal Register may be obtained from your nearest government office or 
library. This announcement and the award notifications will also be 
published on the Internet on the ODEP's online Home Page at: http://www.dol.gov/odep. Information will also be posted on the HUD Web site 
at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm and on 
www.fedgrants.gov.
    Solicitation Information Conference Call: A Solicitation 
Information Conference Call will be held at 2:00 p.m. (ET), Monday, 
July 28, 2003. The purpose of this conference call is to provide 
interested parties an overview of this Cooperative Agreement program 
and an opportunity to ask questions concerning this solicitation. A 
transcript of the conference will be made available on the ODEP Web 
site, www.dol.gov/odep shortly following the conference. Individuals 
who wish to participate in this conference call must register by 
contacting ODEP at (202) 693-7880, no later than 4:45 p.m. (ET) on 
Friday, July 25, 2003. Please ask to register for the Ending Chronic 
Homelessness SGA Conference Call. Registrations should be made as soon 
as possible. At the time of registration, call-in information will be 
provided.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I. Delivery of Applications

    Late Applications. Any application received after the exact date 
and time specified for receipt at the office designated in this notice 
will be considered non-responsive, unless it is received before awards 
are made and it: (a) Is determined that its late receipt was caused by 
DOL error after timely delivery to the Department of Labor; (b) was 
sent by U.S. Postal Service registered or certified mail not later than 
the fifth calendar day before the date specified for receipt of 
applications (e.g., an application submitted in response to a 
solicitation requiring receipt of applications by the 20th of the month 
must have been post marked by the 15th of that month); or (c) was sent 
by the U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day Service to addressee 
not later than 5 p.m. at the place of mailing two working days prior to 
the date specified for receipt of applications. The term ``working 
days'' excludes weekends and Federal holidays. ``Post marked'' means a 
printed, stamped, or otherwise placed impression (exclusive of a 
postage meter machine impression) that is readily identifiable, without 
further action, as having been supplied or affixed on the date of 
mailing by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
    Withdrawal of Applications. Applications may be withdrawn by 
written notice or telegram (including mailgram) received at any time 
before an award is made. Applications may be withdrawn in person by the 
applicant or by an authorized representative thereof, if the 
representative's identity is made known and the representative signs a 
receipt of the proposal.
    Hand-Delivered Proposals. It is preferred that applications be 
mailed at least five days prior to the closing date. To be considered 
for funding, hand-delivered applications must be received by 4:45 p.m. 
(ET) on August 18, 2003, at the specified address. Failure to adhere to 
the above instructions will be basis for a determination of non-
responsiveness. Overnight express mail from carriers other than the 
U.S. Postal Service will be considered hand-delivered applications and 
must be received by the above specified date and time.

Part II. Authorities

    DOL Cooperative Agreements: Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 
2003, Pub. L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 11 (2003); Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2001, Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763 (2000); 29 U.S.C. 557b.
    HUD Grants: McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 1130.
    The Supportive Housing Program is authorized by Title IV, Subtitle 
C, of the Stewart B. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-
Vento Act), 42 U.S.C. 11381. Funds made available under this section of 
the SGA (Solicitation for Grant Applications) for the Supportive 
Housing Program are subject to the program regulations at 24 CFR part 
583. The funds are also subject to the requirements of this SGA.
    The Shelter Plus Care program is authorized by Title IV, Subtitle 
F, of the McKinney-Vento Act, 42 U.S.C. 11403. Funds made available 
under this section of the SGA for the Shelter Plus Care program are 
subject to the program regulations at 24 CFR part 582. The funds are 
also subject to the requirements of this SGA.

Part III. Background

The Olmstead Decision

    In Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 58 (1999) (the 
``Olmstead decision''), the Supreme Court construed Title II of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to require states to place 
qualified individuals with mental disabilities in community settings, 
rather than in institutions whenever treatment professionals determine 
that such placement is appropriate, the affected persons do not oppose 
such placement, and the state can reasonably accommodate the placement, 
taking into account the resources available to the state and the needs 
of others with disabilities. The Department of Justice regulations 
implementing Title II of the ADA require public entities to administer 
their services, programs, and activities in the most integrated setting 
appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities. 
See 28 CFR 35.130(d).
    In Olmstead, the Supreme Court stated that institutional placements 
of people with disabilities who can live in, and benefit from, 
community settings perpetuates the unwarranted assumptions that persons 
so isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community 
life. The Supreme Court stated that ``recognition that unjustified 
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disabilities is a form of discrimination reflects two evident 
judgments. First, institutional placement of persons who can handle, 
and benefit from, community settings perpetuates unwarranted 
assumptions that persons so isolated are incapable or unworthy of 
participating in community life. Second, confinement in an institution 
severely diminishes the everyday life activities of individuals, 
including family relations, social contacts, work options, economic 
independence, educational advancement, and cultural enrichment.'' 
Olmstead, 527 U.S. at 600-01 (emphasis added)(citations omitted). This 
decision affects not only all persons in institutions and segregated 
settings, but also people with disabilities who are at-risk of 
institutionalization, including people with disabilities on waiting 
lists to receive community-based services and supports.
    On June 18, 2001, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 
13217-Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities 
(the Olmstead Executive Order), in which he extended application of the 
Supreme Court's Olmstead decision to all Americans with disabilities, 
and called upon selected federal agencies, including the U.S. 
Department of Labor, to help support governors in their implementation 
of the Olmstead decision.
    In March 2002, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
Tommy G. Thompson, submitted a report to President Bush, titled 
Delivering on the Promise, on behalf of the Departments of Labor (DOL), 
Justice (DOJ), Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD), Transportation (DOT), Veterans Affairs 
(VA), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM). This report detailed actions being planned 
by the aforementioned agencies to eliminate barriers and promote 
community integration. See http://www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/final. In this 
report, the DOL and other federal agencies noted that successful 
planning and implementation efforts regarding the Olmstead decision 
must include competitive employment and employment-related supports.

ODEP Actions to Date

    For the past two years (federal Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002) ODEP 
has funded two types of employment demonstration grants (``Customized 
Employment'' and ``WorkFORCE Action'') for persons with significant 
disabilities. The distinguishing characteristic of these grants has 
been the application of a philosophy of ``customizing employment'' 
services, with enhanced coordination of these customized services with 
multiple community and state partners, especially One-Stop Career 
Centers. Documenting and supporting these demonstration grants with 
technical assistance on ``customized employment'' strategies has been 
the responsibility of ODEP's National Center for Workforce Development 
for Adults with Disabilities (with access online at www.onestops.info 
and by telephone through the toll-free number 1-888-886-9898).
    As a result of these and other customized employment efforts, 
improved employment outcomes for persons with disabilities are being 
realized. These promising results offer the possibility of increased 
employment outcomes for all organizations serving the employment needs 
of persons who are chronically homeless. In view of this potential, DOL 
is soliciting Cooperative Agreement applications from eligible 
organizations to demonstrate the expanded potential of ``customized 
employment'' strategies for persons who are chronically homeless.
    It is worth noting that the term ``customized employment'' as a 
philosophy espoused in this SGA, along with its associated strategies 
(see definition for ``customized employment'' in Section VII), is not 
without precedent for groups serving the employment needs of persons 
who are chronically homeless. The principle of ``individualizing'' or 
``customizing'' employment services, based upon the person's individual 
needs, interest, and abilities is central to individual development 
planning approaches, which have long been recognized as necessary and 
advantageous when responding to the employment needs of persons who are 
chronically homeless. An added advantage of the ``customized 
employment'' approach, as defined in this SGA, is to increase the 
number and variety of employment strategies and options made available 
through the workforce development system in cooperation with 
organizations serving homeless people. In addition, these service 
strategies are also customized for the employer. This SGA attempts to 
bring the workforce development system and organizations serving 
persons who are chronically homeless into a closer alignment with 
effective disability-related employment methods and expertise.
    Many strategies exist for creating and expanding competitive 
employment opportunities for persons who are chronically homeless. Many 
effective strategies have emerged through decades of research and 
demonstration projects, and through other public and private activities 
promoting increased choice and self-determination for people with 
disabilities. These include multiple ``customized'' employment 
approaches such as supported employment and supported entrepreneurship; 
individualized job development; job carving and restructuring; use of 
personal agents (including individuals with disabilities and family 
members); development of micro-boards, micro-enterprises, cooperatives, 
and small businesses; and the use of personal budgets and other forms 
of individualized funding that provide choice and control to the person 
and promote self-determination.
    ETA has supported demonstration efforts under the Job Training for 
the Homeless Demonstration Program, authorized under Section 731 of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The effort focused 
on a wide spectrum of housing options and supportive services that are 
needed by homeless individuals to be successful in completing training 
and securing and retaining employment. Evaluations of these efforts 
revealed successful strategies on how those services can be provided 
directly by employment and training agencies or arranged through 
linkages with public or private service providers. Most importantly, 
that effort revealed that neither housing nor employment services alone 
would help the homeless become self-sufficient; the two in combination 
are essential for their full reintegration back into the community.
    ETA also administers Work Incentive Grants designed to provide seed 
monies to support the development of the One-Stop Career Center 
infrastructure with an objective of achieving model, seamless and 
comprehensive services for people with disabilities. These grants 
incorporate multi-program and cross-agency coordination at the state 
and local level and provide for increasing staff capacity to ensure 
access to multiple services and supports needed for successful entry or 
reentry into the workforce.
    VETS has supported various homeless veterans grant programs and 
initiatives. The Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) was 
the first nationwide Federal program that focused on placing homeless 
veterans into jobs. Historically, VETS has held annual grant 
competitions for urban and non-urban grants. These grants have provided 
valuable information on approaches that work in the different 
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designed to be flexible in addressing the universal as well as local or 
regional problems barring homeless veterans from the workforce. VETS, 
in a joint effort with ODEP and ETA, will continue to seek applicants 
that have established links with federal, state and local resources for 
assisting homeless veterans, and applicants that provide personalized 
or customized services in their approach for employment and retention 
of persons who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.
    HUD has homeless assistance programs designed to provide permanent 
housing, including the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) and the Shelter 
Plus Care Program. These programs can be used to help persons who are 
chronically homeless transition from homelessness to living as 
independently as possible.
    This SGA provides an opportunity for both HUD and DOL to combine 
their respective resources and expertise in a combined approach to 
provide employment and housing services to people who are chronically 
homeless so that they can live independently as self-sufficient members 
of their community.
    This Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing SGA 
supports the President's New Freedom Initiative. The New Freedom 
Initiative is designed to increase the number of people with 
disabilities who enter, re-enter, and/or remain in the workforce. By 
emphasizing the need to increase the capacity of federally-supported 
employment and training programs to serve persons who are chronically 
homeless, this SGA will further the New Freedom Initiative's goals of 
increased integration of Americans with disabilities into the 
workforce.
    Recently, the Federal Government's Interagency Council on 
Homelessness (http://www.ich.gov) has begun an expanded effort to end 
chronic homelessness. This SGA supports this initiative by increasing 
the involvement of the workforce development system in partnership with 
key disability and homeless serving organizations to meet the 
customized employment needs of persons who are chronically homeless.
    In addition, the DOL Cooperative Agreements will support 
implementation of coordinated workforce development envisioned under 
the WIA. The WIA established comprehensive reform of existing federal 
job training programs, consolidating multiple programs into a unified 
system and bringing multiple federal programs together as required 
partners in the One-Stop delivery system established under the WIA. The 
One-Stop Centers, which comprise the heart of this system, are in a 
position to expand employment opportunities for persons who are 
disabled and chronically homeless, by helping to ensure that the 
workforce system is accessible both physically and programmatically. To 
accomplish this, however, additional state and local organizations must 
be involved, including community-based providers of customized 
employment services. Additional partners necessary to the success of 
this endeavor for persons who are chronically homeless may include, but 
are not limited to, the organizations listed in Part VII, Section 2.
    In response to these considerations, and in view of the potential 
resources described above, both DOL and HUD offer these Ending Chronic 
Homelessness through Employment and Housing--WorkFORCE (Working for 
Freedom, Opportunity and Real Choice through Community Employment) 
Action Cooperative Agreements to develop and/or expand the capacity of 
the workforce development system to provide individually determined 
``customized employment'' strategies, in partnership with housing 
organizations serving people who are chronically homeless.
    The ODEP and its partners strongly recognize the need for technical 
assistance to provide support, training, dissemination, information on 
effective practices, etc. to the grantees under the Ending Chronic 
Homelessness through Employment and Housing initiative. This 
demonstration Cooperative Agreement and grant initiative needs 
technical assistance and cross-expertise to bring together the 
workforce development system with the homeless serving community to 
provide employment and permanent housing for persons who are 
chronically homeless. Accordingly, a National technical assistance 
effort on Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing is 
planned, to: 1. Provide awardees with ongoing support and technical 
assistance; 2. Compile and disseminate to other interested parties what 
is learned through these Cooperative Agreements to other interested 
parties; and, 3. Inform the policy development process of the 
Administration regarding the advantages of combining the provisioning 
of employment and permanent housing services for persons who are 
chronically homeless.

Part IV. Funding Availability and Period of Performance

    The DOL anticipates awarding up to 4 Cooperative Agreements, 
ranging from approximately $500,000 to $625,000 per year, totaling $2.5 
million, to develop demonstration programs to increase and improve 
employment opportunities for people who are chronically homeless. In 
conjunction with the DOL Cooperative Agreements, HUD grants, totaling 
$10 million, will be issued to the top-scoring applications (as 
described in Part VII and the HUD grant application section) to support 
new permanent housing units for chronically homeless persons. The goal 
of these DOL Cooperative Agreements is to enable people who are 
chronically homeless to achieve employment, permanent housing, and 
self-sufficiency. These demonstration programs will begin or expand the 
delivery and implementation of ``customized employment'' strategies for 
people who are chronically homeless so that they may live, work, and 
fully participate in their communities.
    Each DOL Cooperative Agreement award will be for one year, with 
four additional option years possible, depending upon the availability 
of funds and the efficacy of Cooperative Agreement activities, 
established by independent reviews conducted by the ODEP or its 
designees. It is envisioned that if DOL funding continues for the full 
five years, its funding for years four and five will be at successively 
lower rates, with funding during year four at 80 percent of the third 
year funds, and funding during year five at 60 percent of the third 
year funds. This decreased funding strategy is designed to encourage 
program sustainability in the community, beyond the federally funded 
Cooperative Agreement period. Awardees are expected to use this 
Cooperative Agreement to leverage and develop other public and private 
resources to ensure long-term sustainability. This funding strategy 
applies only to DOL funds. The DOL funds (the customized employment 
funds) may be used in a flexible manner so long as the requirements 
delineated in this Cooperative Agreement are met.
    Approximately four (4) grant awards will be made by HUD for terms 
of three (3) or five (5) years, depending on the program being used 
(see Program descriptions below). At the end of these terms, eligible 
projects seeking renewal can apply through their local Continuum of 
Care to replace the loss of non-renewable funding from HUD through this 
process and, if selected, can be funded for additional years.
    The HUD grants (the housing funds) must only be used to secure new 
permanent housing units for those persons who are chronically homeless 
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willingness to accept the employment supports designed under the 
customized employment portion of this award. While their participation 
in the customized employment portion of this award is not a mandatory 
outcome for all, it should be an established intention for all who 
receive permanent housing supports under these funds. Proposals will be 
judged on plans to establish this interest and participation, including 
expected employment results.
    Each permanent supportive housing project must be classified under 
one of the program components described below. Eligible activities 
under this SGA for the HUD permanent housing grants are limited to 
rental assistance, acquisition, minor rehabilitation (e.g. 
reconfiguring a doorway for handicap accessibility), leasing, operating 
costs, and administrative costs. Minor rehabilitation costs may not 
exceed $3,000 per unit. The employment-related resources being made 
available by DOL and resources from other sources can be used to 
provide supportive services. Applicants may also request up to 5% of 
each Supportive Housing Program project award for administrative costs, 
such as accounting for the use of the grant funds, preparing HUD 
reports, obtaining audits, and other costs associated with 
administering the grant. New construction and major rehabilitation are 
not eligible for funding. (See the HUD Eligible Applicants Chart for 
further details on eligible activities.)
    HUD applicants must match housing funds provided for acquisition 
and minor rehabilitation with an equal amount of funds from other 
sources. For operating costs, housing funds can pay for no more than 
75% of the total operating budget and applicants must provide the 
remaining 25% of the operating costs. For S+C, applicants must match 
rental assistance provided through this initiative on a dollar for 
dollar basis with supportive services.
    Applicants for HUD assistance can choose to request funds for 
either the Supportive Housing Program or the Shelter Plus Care Program. 
The Supportive Housing Program has two eligible components from which 
to choose for this competition: Permanent Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities and Safe Havens. These two Supportive Housing Program 
components, Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities and Safe 
Havens, as well as the Shelter Plus Care Program are described below:

Supportive Housing Program

    1. Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities. Permanent 
Housing projects provide long-term housing and supportive services 
(provided with other non-SHP funds) that are designed to enable 
chronically homeless persons with disabilities to live as independently 
as possible. Permanent housing can be provided at one site or in 
scattered sites. Further, Permanent Housing may be tenant-based, 
meaning that the tenant can choose the housing. This approach focuses 
on identification and engagement through assertive outreach to 
individuals, immediate placement in permanent housing, and availability 
of appropriate supportive services.
    2. Safe Havens (that have the characteristics of a Permanent 
Housing Project, i.e., have a lease agreement with the client). Safe 
Havens are projects targeted to hard-to-reach homeless persons who have 
severe mental illness and are on the streets. The goal of a Safe Haven 
is to serve as a small, highly supportive environment where an 
individual can feel at ease, out of danger, and subject to limited 
service demands. Tenants can move directly into housing with few 
explicit services required. It is hoped that after a period of 
stabilization in a Safe Haven, residents will be more willing to 
participate in services and referrals and will eventually be ready to 
move to more traditional forms of housing. Safe Havens may serve as an 
entry point to the service system and provide access to basic services 
such as good food, clothing, bathing facilities, telephones, storage 
space, and a mailing address. The specific criteria that must be 
exhibited by a Safe Haven are:
    [sbull] A lease agreement with the client,
    [sbull] No limit on length of stay,
    [sbull] Provision of 24-hour residence,
    [sbull] Provision of private or semiprivate accommodations,
    [sbull] Overnight occupancy limited to 25 persons.

Shelter Plus Care Program

    The Shelter Plus Care Program (either tenant-, sponsor-, or 
project-based without rehabilitation) gives applicants flexibility in 
devising appropriate housing and supportive services for homeless 
persons with disabilities through rental assistance. Assisted units may 
be of any type, from group homes to apartments. Participants in S+C 
units receive supportive services and rental assistance provided 
through the S+C program must be matched in the aggregate on a dollar 
for dollar basis by the recipient with supportive services.

Part V. Eligible Applicants and Required Partnerships

    DOL Eligible Applicants: For the DOL Cooperative Agreement awards, 
eligible applicants are Local Workforce Investment Boards (Local 
Boards), or, if appropriate, the WIA grant recipient or fiscal agent 
for the local area on behalf of the Local Board under the Workforce 
Investment Act. Eligible applicants must be able to document that their 
locality has at least 150 persons who are chronically homeless. In 
order to be determined eligible, the Local Board must enter into 
partnerships with organizations serving people who are chronically 
homeless, consistent with the proposed activities of this Cooperative 
Agreement. To be determined eligible, applicants may not utilize 
certificates authorized under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act in their implementation of project activities and must utilize only 
individually determined customized employment strategies in securing 
employment for the target population.
    HUD Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants for the HUD grant 
within this initiative are described in the HUD Eligible Applicants and 
Activities Chart. See Part VII, Section III, Part A. Applicants must be 
a part of their local Continuum of Care and must certify to this 
relationship. Eligible applicants must be able to document that their 
locality has at least 150 persons who are chronically homeless. In 
order to be determined eligible, the HUD eligible applicant must enter 
into a partnership with their Local Workforce Investment Board, as 
described above, who is making an application for the DOL Cooperative 
Agreement being offered within this Solicitation.
    DOL and HUD Required Partnerships: The purpose of the Ending 
Chronically Homelessness through Employment and Housing Cooperative 
Agreements is to demonstrate the employment potential of persons who 
are chronically homeless through techniques designed to accomplish 
community employment in non-stereotypical integrated settings, 
utilizing ``customized employment'' strategies. These efforts must 
include the involvement of many key partners, especially those 
providing housing services to persons who are chronically homeless as 
well as those providing or capable of providing customized employment 
services to persons with disabilities. Applicants must demonstrate that 
subcontractors will provide the necessary supportive services to 
address the needs of the chronically homeless including

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coordinating and integrating the project with other mainstream health 
and social services for which homeless populations may be eligible.
    In order to ensure a coordination of effort between these two 
awards, proposals shall demonstrate that a strong partnership 
commitment has been made between the two respective eligible applicants 
(for the DOL Cooperative Agreement award and for the HUD permanent 
housing grant). While these two awards (DOL Cooperative Agreement and 
HUD grant), are from separate funding sources, their potential can only 
be realized through this coordination of effort. Failure to clearly 
document, through a Memorandum of Agreement, this coordination of 
effort will yield a proposal ``non-responsive'' and disqualified from 
any further consideration.
    In addition, the DOL Cooperative Agreement applicant must submit a 
letter signed by their state's governor, or his or her designee, for 
overall implementation of the Olmstead decision, that the proposed 
Cooperative Agreement activities will be regarded as a demonstration 
program playing a role in the state's employment implementation 
effort(s) under the Olmstead decision. Moreover, this letter should 
describe how the lessons learned under this Cooperative Agreement will 
be utilized to benefit other communities throughout the state, and 
thereby provide expanded customized community employment options for 
other homeless people with disabilities who are covered under the 
Olmstead decision and Executive Order.

Part VI. Format Requirements for Cooperative Agreement and Grant 
Application

    General Requirements: All applications will be submitted to DOL. 
There are separate application requirements for the DOL Cooperative 
Agreement and the HUD grant, however, the Executive Summary--Project 
Synopsis and Part VII, Section 2 (Collaboration Requirements) will 
provide an opportunity to explain the applicants' collaborative program 
design. Applicants must submit one (1) paper copy with an original 
signature, and two (2) additional paper copies of the signed proposal. 
To aid with the review of applications, DOL also encourages applicants 
to submit an electronic copy of their proposal on disc or CD using 
Microsoft Word. Applicants who do not provide an electronic copy will 
not be penalized. The Application must be double-spaced with standard 
one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides) on 8 \1/2\ x 11 papers, and 
be presented on single-sided, and numbered pages. A font size of at 
least twelve (12) pitch is required throughout. Applications that fail 
to meet these requirements will be considered non-responsive.
    DOL Cooperative Agreement Requirements:
    The three required sections of the application are:

Section I--Project Financial Plan
Section II--Executive Summary--Project Synopsis
Section III--Project Narrative (including Attachments, not to exceed 
fifty (50) pages)

Mandatory requirements for each section are provided as follows in this 
application package. Applications that fail to meet the stated 
mandatory requirements of each section will be considered non-
responsive.

Mandatory Application Requirements

    [sbull] Section I. Project Financial Plan (Budget)--[The Project 
Financial Plan will not count against the application page limits.] 
Section I of the application must include the following three required 
parts:
    (1) Completed``SF 424--Application for Federal Assistance.''

(See Appendix A of this SGA for required form)

    (2) Completed SF 424 A--Budget Information Form by line item for 
all costs required to implement the project design effectively.

(See Appendix A of this SGA for required forms)

    (3) DOL Budget Narrative and Justification that provides sufficient 
information to support the reasonableness of the costs included in the 
budget in relation to the service strategy and planned outcomes, 
including continuous improvement activities.
    The DOL Cooperative Agreement application must include one SF-424 
(Note: the HUD Grant Application must include its own HUD-424) with the 
original signatures of the legal entity applying for Cooperative 
Agreement funding and two additional copies. Applicants shall indicate 
on the SF-424 the organization's IRS Status, if applicable. Under the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Section 18 (29 U.S.C. 1611), an 
organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 that engages in lobbying activities will not be eligible 
for the receipt of federal funds constituting an award, Cooperative 
Agreement, or loan. See 2 U.S.C. 1611; 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4). For item 10 
of the SF-424, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 
for the program is 17.720.
    The DOL Budget Narrative and Justification must describe all costs 
associated with implementing the project that are to be covered with 
Cooperative Agreement funds. Awardees must support the travel and 
associated costs of sending at least one representative to the annual 
ODEP Policy Conference for its grantees, to be held in Washington, DC 
at a time and place to be determined. Awardees must comply with the 
``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements to State and Local Governments,'' (also known as the 
``Common Rule or OMB Circular A-102'') codified at 29 CFR part 97, or 
``Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, 
Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations'' (also known as the 
``Common Rule'' or OMB Circular A-110), codified at 29 CFR part 95 and 
must comply with the applicable OMB cost principles circulars, as 
identified in 29 CFR 95.27 and 29 CFR 97.22(b).
    In addition, the DOL budget must include on a separate page a 
detailed cost analysis of each line item. Justification for 
administrative costs must be provided. Approval of a budget by DOL is 
not the same as the approval of actual costs. The individual signing 
the SF 424 on behalf of the applicant must represent and be able to 
legally bind the responsible financial and administrative entity for a 
Cooperative Agreement should that application result in an award. The 
applicant must also include the Assurances and Certifications Signature 
Page (Appendix A).
    [sbull] Section II. Executive Summary--Project Synopsis [The 
Executive Summary is limited to no more than two single-spaced, single-
sided pages on 8\1/2\ x 11 papers with standard margins throughout]. 
Each application shall include a project synopsis that identifies the 
following:
    (1) The applicant;
    (2) The amount of funds requested separately for the DOL portion 
(employment program) and the HUD portion (permanent housing program);
    (3) The planned period of performance for both employment and 
housing portions;
    (4) The list of partners, as appropriate;
    (5) An overview of how the applicant will identify the population 
to be served (including the estimated number and types of persons who 
are chronically homeless), the conditions such individuals are 
currently experiencing, and methods that will be used to

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promote community customized employment and permanent housing, 
including ``customized employment `` strategies listed in this SGA; and
    (6) An overview of the plan for sustainability once federal funding 
ceases.
    [sbull] Section III. Project Narrative--The DOL Cooperative 
Agreement Project Narrative plus attachments are limited to no more 
than fifty (50), 8\1/2\ x 11 pages, double-spaced with standard one-
inch margins (top, bottom, and sides), and must be presented on single-
sided, numbered pages. [Note: The Financial Plan, the Executive 
Summary, and the Appendices, including required letters of cooperation, 
Memorandum of Understanding, etc., are not included in the fifty page 
limit]. The requirements for the project narrative are described below 
under Part VII--Statement of Work.
    The ``Collaboration'' application proposal (partnering DOL and HUD 
eligible applications), as defined in Part VII, Section 2, should be 
clearly labeled as such and included in the joint application package 
(combined DOL Cooperative Agreement and HUD grant applications) 
submitted to Cassandra Willis, at the location and due date indicated 
in this Solicitation. The ``Collaboration'' proposal is subject to the 
conditions outlined for the DOL Cooperative Agreement proposal 
(formatting, numbers of copies, etc.), and may not exceed fifteen (15) 
pages. The required Memorandum of Agreement and possible letters of 
support do not count against the fifteen-page limitation for this 
section. In addition, no separate budget is necessary for this section. 
Both the DOL Cooperative Agreement and HUD grant budgets may be sources 
for any needed budget allocations for this part, if consistent with 
their respective terms and conditions.
    All text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, and captions, as well as all text in charts, 
tables, figures, and graphs must be double-spaced (no more than three 
lines per vertical inch); and, if using a proportional computer font, 
must be in at least a 12-point font, and must have an average character 
density no greater than 18 characters per inch (if using a non-
proportional font or a typewriter, must not be more than 12 characters 
per inch). Applications that fail to meet these requirements will be 
considered non-responsive.
    The HUD grant application requirements, including all necessary 
forms and directions, are outlined in detail, in Part VII, Section 4, 
``HUD Grant Requirements.''

Part VII. Government Requirements/Terms/Statement of Work [Project 
Narrative]

Glossary of Applicable Terms

    For purposes of this solicitation, the terms applicable to both the 
DOL Cooperative Agreements and the HUD permanent housing grant awards 
are as follows:
    [sbull] Customized Employment: individualizing the employment 
relationship between employees and employers in ways that meet the 
needs of both. It is based on an individualized determination of 
strengths, needs, and interests of the person with a disability and 
simultaneously employing strategies designed to meet the specific needs 
of the employer. It may include approaches such as supported 
employment; supported entrepreneurship; individualized job development; 
job carving and restructuring; use of personal agents (including 
individuals with disabilities and family members); development of 
micro-boards, micro-enterprises, cooperatives and small businesses; and 
use of personal budgets and other forms of individualized funding that 
provide choice and control to the person and promote self-
determination. These and other job development or restructuring 
strategies result in job responsibilities being customized and 
individually negotiated to fit the needs of individuals with 
disabilities. Customized employment assumes the provision of reasonable 
accommodations and supports necessary for the individual to perform the 
functions of a job that is individually negotiated and developed.
    [sbull] Eligible Target Population: a person who is ``chronically 
homeless'' is an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling 
condition who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more, 
OR has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness in the past three 
(3) years. In order to be considered chronically homeless, a person 
must have been sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation 
(e.g., living on the streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter. 
A disabling condition is defined as a diagnosable substance use 
disorder, serious mental illness, developmental disability, or chronic 
physical illness or disability including the co-occurrence of two or 
more of these conditions. A disabling condition limits an individual's 
ability to work or perform one or more activities of daily living. (In 
order to receive housing assistance through the HUD grants, program 
participants must meet the McKinney-Vento Act definition of disability 
for SHP and persons with disabilities for S+C.)
    [sbull] Homeless Persons: include only persons sleeping in a place 
not meant for human habitation (e.g., on the streets) or in an 
emergency homeless shelter.

Rating Criteria

Section I. Collaboration Requirements (30 Points)

    The purpose of the Collaborative Effort criteria is to determine 
the level of cooperation between the employment services providers and 
the permanent housing providers applying for these funds. The partners 
in this Cooperative Agreement should explain how their services will be 
seamlessly coordinated for the population to be served. The application 
must describe the outreach plan in place to bring the target population 
into the project and, in turn, how the applicants will ensure that they 
receive housing, employment services, and other necessary support 
(e.g., transportation, mental health, substance abuse, health, etc.) 
services. Applicants should include the following in their narrative:
A. Statement of Need/Significance of the Project (10 Points)
    The purpose of the Statement of Need criteria is to establish the 
overall status and issues of persons who are chronically homeless in 
the area to be served; the need for the type of project proposed by the 
applicant in the area to be served; to identify strengths and 
deficiencies in community services that will be addressed by the 
applicant's proposal; to identify the overall scope of the proposal's 
objectives and design; to present the applicant's need for the federal 
resources; to demonstrate significance of the proposed project; and to 
demonstrate the current and proposed partnerships and collaborative 
efforts to develop or identify effective new strategies, practices, 
and/or innovations. The narrative in this section should:
    (a) Describe the characteristics of the target population to be 
serviced by this initiative.
    (b) Give a preliminary estimate of the number of persons 
experiencing chronic homelessness in the target community and describe 
the method by which this estimate was derived.
    (c) Describe the employment, permanent housing, service, and 
treatment needs of the target population.
B. Collaborative Effort (10 Points)
    The purpose of the Collaborative Effort criteria is to determine 
the level

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of cooperation between the employment services providers and the 
permanent housing providers applying for these funds. The partners in 
this Cooperative Agreement should explain how their services will be 
seamlessly coordinated for the population to be served. The narrative 
in this section should:
    (a) List the entities participating in this initiative that will 
provide the employment services and permanent housing.
    (b) Describe how the employment services will be linked to 
permanent housing so that the target population will be sustained in 
that housing.
    (c) Identify how the DOL and HUD funds are proportionate to each 
other and how the proposed project is cost-effective.
    (d) Describe the other resources that will be leveraged during this 
initiative, either cash or in-kind contributions, including the value 
of each contribution. These leveraging funds should address the match 
requirements for the HUD funds and any additional supportive services 
needed by the population to be served.
    (e) Describe the outreach plan in place to bring the target 
population into the project.
    Sample agencies that could be involved as partners in the design 
and implementation include:
    [sbull] Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialist and Local 
Veterans' Employment Representatives located at local employment 
service offices;
    [sbull] Programs serving persons who are chronically homeless, 
including the Continuum of Care agency or service provider in the 
designated jurisdiction;
    [sbull] Employment and training agencies;
    [sbull] Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs;
    [sbull] Chambers of Commerce;
    [sbull] State agencies for substance abuse, vocational 
rehabilitation, education, Medicaid, mental retardation, mental health, 
public health, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
    [sbull] Faith-based and community organizations;
    [sbull] State Developmental Disability Councils and University 
Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities;
    [sbull] Small Business Development Centers;
    [sbull] Independent Living programs;
    [sbull] Post-secondary institutions, benefits counseling, and 
assistance programs;
    [sbull] Lending and financial institutions, whose expertise, 
services, and/or funds could contribute to employment services and 
supports needed to secure competitive, customized community employment 
outcomes for the target group;
    [sbull] Community rehabilitation providers; family members, 
consumers, employers, and any other key agencies or constituencies 
needed to offer a comprehensive service delivery model.
C. Memorandum of Agreement (10 Points)
    Each application package must contain a Memorandum of Agreement, 
signed by the DOL Cooperative Agreement and HUD grant applicants 
participating in this initiative. The Memorandum of Agreement must 
include the following:
    (a) Parties--Identify by position and title lead person binding 
each organization to this MOA.
    (b) Term of Agreement--Indicate time frame for this agreement and 
the agreed to mechanisms and assurances for continuing cooperation if 
option years are funded under the terms of the DOL Cooperative 
Agreement.
    (c) Purpose--Describe the agreed upon intent of this cooperative 
effort.
    (d) Guiding Principles--Describe the common values and shared goals 
that bring together the parties in this MOA.
    (e) Responsibilities--Clearly define each party's duties in a way 
which demonstrates how these two efforts will complement and support 
each other.
    (f) Implementation and Evaluation--Outline the key tasks necessary 
for accomplishing the activities outlined in this MOA, including 
agreements to cooperate with mutual and combined evaluation efforts.
    While the primary partners of this Agreement must include the 
eligible applicants submitting the linked proposals for both the DOL 
customized employment Cooperative Agreement and the HUD permanent 
housing grant award, other key partners may be identified and included.
    The MOA will be evaluated on how clearly it reflects a binding 
agreement to cooperate in attaining the joint goals of the DOL 
Cooperative Agreement and the HUD grant and on the efficacy of the 
mechanisms described to accomplish that cooperative effort.
    Letters of Commitment. Applicants may include letters of support if 
they provide specific commitments. Letters of commitment for related 
support services may also be included. Such letters can increase an 
applicant's score for the DOL Section by showing that the commitments 
in the text of the proposal are substantiated. Form letters will not be 
considered. See also Part V for additional requirements relating to 
cooperation.

Section II. DOL Cooperative Agreement Requirements (35 Points)

    The purpose of the Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment 
and Housing Cooperative Agreements is to demonstrate the employment 
potential of persons who are chronically homeless, utilizing 
``customized employment'' strategies to accomplish employment in non-
stereotypical integrated settings. These Cooperative Agreement funds 
may not be used to support sub-minimum wage employment. These efforts 
must include the involvement of many key partners, including those 
organizations serving people who are chronically homeless.
    ODEP will be directly involved in the awardee's strategic planning 
(including the plan to provide customized employment strategies), 
allocation of resources, release of public information materials, and 
analysis and implementation of evaluation findings.
    Within these various activities, ODEP will provide the following: 
1. Expertise related to the implementation of customized employment 
strategies; 2. Information on disability-specific practices and 
resources, as well as information and analysis to inform the 
Administration's policy development; and 3. Technical assistance on the 
interrelationship among disability employment efforts, the workforce 
development system, and organizations serving the homeless community 
(Continuum of Care).
    In addition, this program is subject to the provisions of the Jobs 
for Veterans Act, Pub. L. 107-288, which provides priority of service 
to veterans and certain of their spouses in all Department of Labor-
funded job training programs. Please note that, to obtain priority of 
service, a veteran must meet that program's eligibility requirements. 
Comprehensive policy guidance on implementation of the Jobs for 
Veterans Act is being developed and will be issued in the near future.
    The Project Narrative, or Section III of the Cooperative Agreement 
application, should provide complete information on how the applicant 
will address the following DOL priorities for Fiscal Year 2003:
    (1) Increase the availability of skill training, employment 
opportunities, and career advancement for persons who are chronically 
homeless; and
    (2) Develop comprehensive One-Stop Centers, which are welcoming and 
valued providers of choice by customers who are chronically homeless 
seeking workforce assistance by ensuring availability of staff trained 
on homeless issues.

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    In addition, proposals will be rated based upon the quality of the 
applicant's response in addressing the four criteria (A-D) described 
below in terms of a comprehensive strategic approach that addresses the 
various considerations noted in this SGA. The criteria below MUST be 
addressed and the applicant's capabilities or potential with regard to 
each item described.
    The ODEP, however, does not expect the applicant to fully 
incorporate, unless otherwise noted, every individual sub-part listed 
in each lettered (A-D) criteria below as part of their strategy and 
proposal design. The ODEP recognizes that the needs and requirements of 
each state and community may be different, and therefore, some of the 
options identified may be more relevant than others in a particular 
state. The narrative in this section should include narrative 
descriptions for the following six criteria:
A. Project Design and Project Management (15 Points)
    Under this section, the applicant must describe the project design 
and its management plan. The proposed project design must address the 
proposed design for the Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment 
and Housing Cooperative Agreement including its response to the 
requirements outlined in Part V (Eligible Applicants and Required 
Partnerships) of this Solicitation.
    In addition, the project design must address the movement of 
individuals into integrated community employment opportunities; 
coordination with the state's lead agency implementing the Olmstead 
decision as well as their state's overall Olmstead plan, describing how 
the project will contribute to the development of their state's plan 
and implementation strategy related to employment; and integration of 
customized employment strategies with the state's employment programs 
and services, including existing services available through the One-
Stop Centers, the state and local Workforce Investment Boards, and 
their partners. Additional considerations under this section are to:
    (a) Coordinate efforts with existing homeless services, veterans 
organizations and employment programs for people with disabilities;
    (b) Develop customized employment opportunities in a variety of 
occupations and industries based on the strengths, needs, and desires 
of persons who are chronically homeless, including self-employment and 
entrepreneurship where appropriate. Services and supports must be 
organized in ways that provide informed choice and promote self-
determination;
    (c) Establish employer involvement, track and respond to customer 
service and satisfaction for both persons who are chronically homeless 
and employers, and provide services, including follow-up services, to 
ensure job retention and career development;
    (d) Collaborate with community-based and faith-based and community 
organizations in their state in order to expand opportunities for 
customized employment for the target population. This includes 
facilitating the availability and use of customized employment 
strategies by such organizations as well as facilitating the 
organizations' registration as eligible training providers with their 
local One-Stop Career Centers;
    (e) Educate relevant stakeholders and systems personnel about 
changes needed to increase customized community employment outcomes for 
persons who are chronically homeless;
    (f) Consider the usefulness of increasing the availability of 
personal agents and job development personnel offering customized 
services through customer-controlled approaches that result in 
customized employment. One possible area of focus could include 
demonstrating the effectiveness of paying family members and/or other 
individuals with disabilities to serve as personal agents when selected 
by the individual with a disability to assist in negotiating and 
implementing employment plans and services;
    (g) Incorporate use of funds leveraged across several systems 
available to people with disabilities through personal budgets and 
other forms of self-directed accounts.
    Applicants must provide a detailed management plan which identifies 
the critical activities, time frames, and responsibilities for 
effectively implementing the project, including the evaluation process 
for assuring successful implementation of Cooperative Agreement 
objectives. The management plan will be evaluated to determine whether 
the applicant has developed an adequate management plan to effectively 
carry out the objectives and scope of the proposed project on time and 
within budget, to describe the predicted outcomes resulting from 
activities funded under this SGA, and to identify the ``methods of 
evaluation'' that will be used by the applicant to determine success.
B. Staff Capacity (5 Points)
    The applicant must describe the proposed staffing of the DOL 
Cooperative Agreement project, including the key personnel and the 
roles each will play and the responsibilities each will assume. The 
applicant must also identify how it will ensure that trained staff with 
adequate knowledge of diverse disabilities, knowledge of/experience 
with diverse customized employment strategies, and employment-related 
experience for the target population will be available to manage and 
provide employment-related services. The staffing plan should:
    (a) Summarize the qualifications, including relevant education, 
training, and experience of both key project personnel and project 
consultants or subcontractors, including their qualifications, relevant 
training, and experience. Attach copies of resumes in the Appendices.
    (b) Describe the experience in serving persons who are chronically 
homeless and in providing customized employment services.
    (c) Describe the extent to which the time commitments of the 
project director and other key project personnel are appropriate and 
adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project.
C. Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Strategies (10 Points)
    The proposal must demonstrate how the goals, objectives, and 
outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified 
and measurable; the extent to which performance feedback and continuous 
improvement are integral to the design of the proposed project; and the 
extent to which the applicant encourages involvement of people with 
disabilities and their families, experts and organizations, and other 
relevant stakeholders in project activities that lead to stronger 
evaluation and continuous improvement strategies. The proposal will be 
evaluated on:
    (a) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is 
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target 
population and other identified needs and the quality of the 
applicant's plans for recruiting and retaining the target population;
    (b) The extent to which the design of the proposed project provides 
clear understanding of, and experience with, utilization of customized 
employment strategies for increasing employment, choice, and earnings 
of persons who are chronically homeless;
    (c) The extent to which the proposed project will be coordinated, 
including demonstrated support from the state governor or designated 
agency implementing the Olmstead decision

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and commitment from key organizations, employers, and agencies;
    (d) The extent to which the design of the project will facilitate 
an increase in the number of faith-based and community organizations 
that register as eligible training providers or as providers of 
supplemental and supportive services with their local One-Stop Center;
    (e) The extent to which the management plans for project 
implementation is likely to achieve the objectives of the proposed 
project on time and within budget; and
    (f) The extent to which the proposed project design features 
innovative strategies to implement customized employment and choice.
D. Documenting and Reporting (5 Points)
    Applicants should outline their strategy for documenting and 
reporting the activities undertaken during the life of the Cooperative 
Agreement for ODEP's future use in working with other grantees and 
constituencies. In evaluating this section ODEP considers the following 
factors to be of particular importance and must be addressed:
    (a) The extent to which the project will provide information to 
other programs about effective strategies suitable for replication or 
testing in other settings;
    (b) The extent to which the methods of documentation and reporting 
include the objective use of performance measures that are clearly 
related to the intended outcomes of the project and will produce 
quantitative and qualitative data; and
    (c) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products 
and services from the proposed project.

Section III--HUD Grant Application Requirements (35 Points)

    General: This Section contains information on the two programs for 
which you can apply. They are the Supportive Housing and the Shelter 
Plus Care programs. The purpose of the housing section of this SGA and 
application is to provide specific guidance on accessing financial 
resources for the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons 
when proposed as part of homeless assistance projects in which housing 
is directly linked to needed employment services funded through other 
components of this application or through other sources. Applicants may 
request funding for only ONE of the following three types of projects--
Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities, Safe Havens, or 
Shelter Plus Care.
    The Supportive Housing Program (SHP) [detailed in Section 4. Part 
I] promotes the development of supportive housing and services that 
help homeless persons transition from homelessness to living as 
independently as possible. Each project submitted under SHP must be 
classified as one of the program components described below. For this 
application and SGA, only two components of SHP are eligible for 
funding and all SHP projects must be for a three (3) year grant term.
    (1) Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities (PH) is long-
term housing for this population. It is community-based housing and 
supportive services as described above, designed to enable homeless 
persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible in a 
permanent setting. Permanent housing can be provided in one structure 
or several structures at one site or in multiple structures at 
scattered sites. All PH for Persons with Disabilities projects must 
comply with the program size limitations, as described in Section 
424(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended.
    (2) Safe Haven (SH) projects must meet the following criteria: (1) 
Have no limit on length of stay; (2) serve hard-to-reach homeless 
persons who have severe mental illness, are on the streets, and have 
been unable or unwilling to participate in supportive services; (3) 
provide 24-hour residence for an unspecified duration; (4) provide 
private or semiprivate accommodations; and (5) have overnight occupancy 
limited to 25 persons.
    For many persons with mental illness who have been living on the 
streets, the transition to self-sufficiency is best made in stages, 
starting with a small, highly supportive environment where an 
individual can feel at ease, out of danger, and subject to no immediate 
service demands. Safe Havens do not require participation in services 
and referrals as a condition of occupancy. Rather, it is hoped that 
after a period of stabilization in a Safe Haven, residents will be more 
willing to participate in services and referrals, and will eventually 
be ready to move to more traditional forms of housing. Also, Safe 
Havens must have a lease agreement with each client.
    The Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program [detailed in Section 4. Part 
II] components were created by statute and designed to give applicants 
flexibility in devising appropriate housing and supportive services for 
homeless persons with disabilities. Assisted units may be of any type 
from group settings to apartments. You may design a program that has 
participants first living in a group setting with intensive supportive 
services, then moving to another setting but retaining the rental 
assistance during the term of the grant, as long as they stay within a 
S+C unit. The components that may be applied for are: tenant-based 
rental assistance, sponsor-based rental assistance and project-based 
rental assistance without rehabilitation. For this SGA, all Shelter 
Plus Care projects will be for a five (5) year grant term.
A. Match
    Applicants must match Supportive Housing Program funds provided for 
acquisition and minor rehabilitation (new construction, major 
rehabilitation, and supportive services are not eligible activities 
under this SGA) with an equal amount of funds from other sources. For 
operating costs, since by law SHP can pay no more than 75 percent of 
the total operating budget for supportive housing, applicants must 
provide at least 25 percent of the total annual operating costs. The 
cash source may be the applicant, the Federal Government, state and 
local governments, or private resources. In-kind contributions are not 
eligible as a match under SHP.
    Applicants must match rental assistance provided through the 
Shelter Plus Care Program on a dollar for dollar basis with supportive 
services.
B. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
    An applicant selected for funding as a result of the competition 
will be required to coordinate and integrate the homeless project with 
other mainstream health, social services, and employment programs for 
which homeless populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families, Food Stamps, and services funded through the Mental Health 
Block Grant and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, 
Welfare-to-Work grant program, SSI, SSDI, and Healthcare for Homeless 
Veterans Program. In addition, as a condition for award, any 
governmental entity serving as an applicant must agree to develop and 
implement, to the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate, 
policies and protocols for the discharge of persons from publicly 
funded institutions or systems of care (such as health care facilities, 
foster care or other youth facilities, or correction programs and 
institutions) in order to prevent such discharge from immediately 
resulting in homelessness for such

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persons. This condition for award is intended to emphasize that states 
and units of general local government are primarily responsible for the 
care of these individuals, and to forestall attempts to use scarce 
McKinney-Vento Act funds to assist such persons in lieu of state and 
local resources.
C. Special Provisions Applicable to This Notice
    (a) Only new SHP and S+C projects, including expansions of HUD-
funded existing projects, will be funded.
    (b) Any project submitted under this SGA must be coordinated with 
the Continuum of Care plan for its region and must submit a 
certification of consistency with the applicable Continuum of Care 
plan.
    (c) Only the following components of the SHP will be funded under 
this SGA: Permanent Housing and Safe Havens.
    (d) Only tenant-, sponsor-, and project-based without 
rehabilitation components of S+C projects will be funded.
    (e) The term of all proposed SHP projects must be three (3) years. 
The term of all proposed S+C projects must be five (5) years.
    (f) New construction and substantial rehabilitation activities will 
not be eligible SHP activities under this notice. Minor rehabilitation 
activities, such as those required to remove lead-based paint or 
conform a unit to ADA standards, are eligible. All other activities 
eligible under the SHP program are eligible for purposes of this SGA.
    (g) Applicants are asked to use approaches that can rapidly move 
chronically homeless persons into housing with necessary supportive 
services.
D. Other Program-Specific Requirements
    Where an applicant for Supportive Housing Program funding is a 
state or unit of general local government that utilizes one or more 
nonprofit organizations to administer the homeless assistance 
project(s), administrative funds provided as part of the SHP grant must 
be passed on to the non-profit organization(s) in proportion to the 
administrative burden borne by them for the SHP project(s). States or 
units of general local government that pass on at least 50 percent of 
the administrative funds made available under the grant will be 
considered as having met this requirement. (Note: This requirement does 
not apply to the S+C Program, since paying the costs associated with 
the administration of these grants is ineligible by regulation. For the 
S+C program, administrative costs associated with the administration of 
rental assistance are eligible, but are capped at eight (8) percent of 
the total grant award).
E. Timeliness Standards
    As an applicant, you are expected to initiate your approved 
projects promptly in accordance with the instructions of this 
announcement. In addition, if you fail to satisfy the following 
timeliness standards being established specifically for funding awarded 
under this collaborative SGA, the awarded funding may be withdrawn in 
whole or in part:
1. Supportive Housing Program
    (a) Your award may be withdrawn if you do not demonstrate site 
control within three (3) months of the date of your grant award letter.
    (b) Your award may be terminated if the following additional 
timeliness standards are not met:
    [sbull] You must complete any minor rehabilitation activities 
permitted under the terms of your SHP award within nine (9) months of 
the date of the grant award letter.
    [sbull] You must begin all activities that may proceed independent 
of minor rehabilitation activities within six (6) months of the date of 
the grant award letter.
2. Shelter Plus Care Program Components
    Your award may be terminated if you do not meet the following 
timeliness standard:
    [sbull] For Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, for Sponsor-Based 
Rental Assistance, and for Project-Based without Rehabilitation Rental 
Assistance, you must begin providing the rental assistance to at least 
a majority of the awarded units within six (6) months of the date of 
the grant award letter.
F. Action on Selected Applications
    Selected applicants, including those conditionally selected, will 
be notified in writing. As necessary, conditionally selected applicants 
will subsequently be requested to submit additional project 
information, which may include documentation to show the project is 
financially feasible; documentation of firm commitments for cash match; 
documentation showing site control; information necessary for the 
performance of an environmental review, where applicable; and such 
other documentation as specified in writing to the applicant that 
confirms or clarifies information provided in the application. 
Conditionally selected applicants will be notified of the deadline for 
submission of such information. If a conditionally selected applicant 
is unable to meet any conditions for fund award within the specified 
time frame, those funds may be withdrawn and instead used to select the 
next highest ranked application(s) from the competition for which there 
are sufficient funds available.
G. Required Materials
    The application provides the application materials, including the 
HUD-424 and certifications that must be used in applying for homeless 
assistance under this notice. In addition to the required narratives, 
the items that you must submit as part of the application for funding 
are the following:

(a) HUD-424
(b) Applicant Certification
(c) Consolidated Plan Certification
(d) Certification of Consistency with the Continuum of Care
(e) Special Projects Certifications-Discharge Policy and Mainstream 
Programs
(f) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (only complete this form if 
applicant organization engages in lobbying activities)
(g) Applicant /Recipient Disclosure/Update Report
H. Certification Requirements
    The application also contains certifications that the applicant 
will comply with fair housing and civil rights requirements and other 
federal requirements, and (where applicable) that the proposed 
activities are consistent with the HUD-approved Consolidated Plan of 
the applicable state or unit of general local government, including the 
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and the Action Plan to 
address these impediments. Projects funded under this SGA will also 
coordinate with the regional Continuum of Care process and will provide 
a certification of consistency with the applicable Continuum of Care 
plan, if any. Projects funded under this SGA shall operate in a fashion 
that does not deprive any individual of any right protected by the Fair 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-19), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d), Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301) or the Age Discrimination Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 6101).

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I. Corrections to Deficient Applications
    After the application due date, HUD may not, consistent with its 
regulations in 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, consider any unsolicited 
information you, the applicant, may want to provide. HUD may contact 
you to clarify an item in your application or to correct technical 
deficiencies. HUD may not seek clarification of items or responses that 
improve the substantive quality of your response to any rating factors. 
In order not to unreasonably exclude applications from being rated and 
ranked, HUD may contact applicants to ensure proper completion of the 
application and will do so on a uniform basis for all applicants. 
Examples of curable (correctable) technical deficiencies include 
failure to submit the proper certifications or failure to submit an 
application that contains an original signature by an authorized 
official. In each case, HUD will notify you in writing by describing 
the clarification or technical deficiency. HUD will notify applicants 
by facsimile or by USPS, return receipt requested. Clarifications or 
corrections of technical deficiencies in accordance with the 
information provided by HUD must be submitted within 14 calendar days 
of the date of receipt of the HUD notification. (If the due date falls 
on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, your correction must be 
received by HUD on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or 
federal holiday.) If the deficiency is not corrected within this time 
period, HUD will reject the application as incomplete, and it will not 
be considered for funding.
J. Environmental Requirements
    All assistance is subject to the National Environmental Policy Act 
and applicable related Federal environmental authorities. Section 208 
of Public Law 106-377 (114 Stat. 1441, approved October 27, 2000) 
amended Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act to provide that for purposes of environmental review, 
projects shall be treated as assistance for special projects that are 
subject to Section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
Disposition Reform Act of 1994, and shall be subject to HUD's 
regulations implementing that section. The effect of this provision is 
that environmental reviews for project activities are to be completed 
by responsible entities (states or units of general local government) 
in accordance with 24 CFR Part 58, whether or not the applicant is 
itself a state or a unit of general local government. Applicants (such 
as PHAs or nonprofit organizations) that are not states or units of 
general local government must request the unit of general local 
government to perform the environmental review. This statutory 
provision supersedes those portions of 24 CFR 582.230 and 583.230 that 
provide for automatic HUD environmental review in the case of 
applications from such entities. With this exception, conditional 
selection of projects is subject to the environmental review 
requirements of 24 CFR 582.230 and 583.230 as applicable. Recipients 
may not commit or expend any assistance or nonfederal funds on project 
activities (other than those listed in 24 CFR 58.22(c), 58.34 or 
58.35(b)) until HUD has approved a Request for Release of Funds and 
environmental certification from the responsible entity. The 
expenditure or commitment of assistance or nonfederal funds for such 
activities prior to this HUD approval may result in the denial of 
assistance for the project under consideration.
K. Local Resident Employment
    To the extent that any housing assistance funded through this 
collaborative SGA is used for housing rehabilitation (including 
reduction and abatement of lead-based paint hazards, but excluding 
routine maintenance, repair, and replacement), it is subject to Section 
3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and the 
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 135. Section 3, as amended, 
requires that economic opportunities generated by certain financial 
assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the 
greatest extent feasible, be given to low- and very low-income persons, 
particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for 
housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities for 
these persons.
L. Relocation
    The SHP and S+C programs are subject to the requirements of the 
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies 
Act of 1970, as amended (URA). These requirements are explained in HUD 
Handbook 1378, Tenant Assistance, Relocation and Real Property 
Acquisition. Any person or family that moves, even temporarily, as a 
direct result of acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition for a 
project that is assisted through one of these programs (whether or not 
HUD funded the acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition) is entitled 
to relocation assistance. Displacement that results from leasing a unit 
in a structure may also trigger relocation requirements. Relocation 
assistance can be expensive. To avoid unnecessary costs, it is 
important to provide occupants with timely information notices, 
including a general information notice to be sent at the time the 
application is submitted to HUD. HUD Handbook 1378 contains guide form 
information notices. The HUD field office can provide a copy of the 
handbook and copies of appropriate information booklets to be provided 
to occupants. Accordingly, if the site is occupied, the applicant 
should contact the HUD field office in the planning stage to obtain 
advice, including help in estimating the cost of required relocation 
assistance.
M. Compliance With Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws
    As threshold items in this SGA:
    (a) All applicants and their sub-recipients must comply with all 
Fair Housing and Civil Rights laws, statutes, regulations, and 
Executive Orders as enumerated in 24 CFR 5.105(a).
    (b) If you, the applicant:
    (i) Have been charged with a systemic violation of the Fair Housing 
Act alleging ongoing discrimination;
    (ii) Are a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the 
Department of Justice alleging an on-going pattern or practice of 
discrimination; or,
    (iii) Have received a letter of non-compliance findings, 
identifying on-going or systemic noncompliance, under Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, or section 109 
of the Housing and Community Development Act, and if the charge, 
lawsuit, or letter of findings has not been resolved to HUD's 
satisfaction before the application deadline stated in this NOFA, you 
may not apply for assistance under this NOFA. HUD will not rate and 
rank your application.
    HUD's decision regarding whether a charge, lawsuit, or a letter of 
findings has been satisfactorily resolved will be based upon whether 
appropriate actions have been taken to address allegations of on-going 
discrimination in the policies or practices involved in the charge, 
lawsuit, or letter of findings. Examples of actions that may be taken 
prior to the application deadline to resolve the charge, lawsuit, or 
letter of findings, include but are not limited to:
    (a) A voluntary compliance agreement signed by all parties in 
response to the letter of findings;
    (b) A HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all parties;
    (c) A consent order or consent decree; or
    (d) A judicial ruling or a HUD Administrative Law Judge's decision

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that exonerates the respondent of any allegations of discrimination.
N. Conducting Business in Accordance With Core Values and Ethical 
Standards
    Entities subject to 24 CFR parts 84 and 85 (most non-profit 
organizations and state, local and tribal governments or government 
agencies or instrumentalities who receive federal awards of financial 
assistance) are required to develop and maintain a written code of 
conduct (see Sec. 84.42 and 85.36(b)(3)). Consistent with regulations 
governing specific programs, your code of conduct must: prohibit real 
and apparent conflicts of interest that may arise among officers, 
employees, or agents; prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of gifts 
or gratuities by your officers, employees, and agents for their 
personal benefit in excess of minimal value; and, outline 
administrative and disciplinary actions available to remedy violations 
of such standards. If awarded assistance under this SGA, you will be 
required, prior to entering into an agreement with HUD, to submit a 
copy of your code of conduct and describe the methods you will use to 
ensure that all officers, employees, and agents of your organization 
are aware of your code of conduct. Failure to meet the requirement for 
a code of conduct will prohibit you from receiving an award of funds 
from HUD.
O. Delinquent Federal Debts
    Consistent with the purpose and intent of 31 U.S.C. 3720B and 28 
U.S.C. 3201(e), no award of federal funds shall be made to an applicant 
who has an outstanding delinquent federal debt until: (a) The 
delinquent account is paid in full; (b) a negotiated repayment schedule 
is established and at least one payment is received; or (c) other 
arrangements satisfactory to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development are made prior to the deadline submission date.
P. Pre-Award Accounting System Surveys
    HUD may arrange for a pre-award survey of the applicant's financial 
management system in cases where the recommended applicant has no prior 
federal support, the program area has reason to question whether the 
applicant's financial management system meets federal financial 
management standards, or the applicant is considered a high risk based 
upon past performance or financial management findings. HUD will not 
make an award to any applicant who does not have a financial management 
system that meets federal standards.
Q. Participation in HUD-Sponsored Program Evaluation
    As a condition of the receipt of financial assistance under this 
SGA all successful applicants will be required to cooperate with all 
HUD staff or contractors performing HUD-funded research and evaluation 
studies.
R. HUD Reform Act
    (A) Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act, Documentation and Public 
Access Requirements. Section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545) (HUD Reform Act) and 
the regulations codified in 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, contain a number 
of provisions that are designed to ensure greater accountability and 
integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance administered 
by HUD. On January 14, 1992, HUD published a notice that also provides 
information on the implementation of Section 102 (57 FR 1942). The 
documentation, public access, and disclosure requirements of Section 
102 apply to assistance awarded under this SGA as follows:
    (1) Documentation, public access, and disclosure requirements. HUD 
will ensure that documentation and other information regarding each 
application submitted pursuant to this SGA are sufficient to indicate 
the basis upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material, 
including any letters of support, will be made available for public 
inspection for a five-year period beginning not less than 30 days after 
the award of the assistance. Material will be made available in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's 
implementing regulations (24 CFR part 15).
    (2) HUD Form 2880. HUD will also make available to the public for 
five years all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted 
in connection with this SGA. Update reports (also reported on HUD Form 
2880) will be made available along with the applicant disclosure 
reports, but in no case for a period of less than three years. All 
reports, both applicant disclosures and updates, will be made available 
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and 
HUD's implementing regulations (24 CFR part 5).
    (3) Publication of Recipients of HUD Funding. HUD's regulations at 
24 CFR part 4 provide that HUD will publish a notice in the Federal 
Register to notify the public of all decisions made by the Department 
to provide:
    (i) Assistance subject to Section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act; 
and/or
    (ii) Assistance provided through grants or Cooperative Agreements 
on a discretionary (non-formula, non-demand) basis, but that is not 
provided on the basis of a competition.
    (4) Debriefing. Beginning 30 days after the awards for assistance 
are publicly announced and for at least 120 days after awards for 
assistance are publicly announced, HUD will provide a debriefing to any 
applicant requesting one on their application. All debriefing requests 
must be made in writing or by email by the authorized official whose 
signature appears on the HUD-424 or his or her successor in office, and 
submitted to the person or organization identified as the Contact under 
the section entitled ``Further Information and Technical Assistance.'' 
Information provided during a debriefing will include, at a minimum, 
the final score you received for each rating factor, final evaluator 
comments for each rating factor, and the final assessment indicating 
the basis upon which assistance was provided or denied.
    (B) Section 103 of the HUD Reform Act. HUD's regulations 
implementing Section 103 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3537a), codified in 24 CFR 
part 4, subpart B, section 4.26(2)(c) et. seq. and 4.28 apply to this 
funding competition. The regulations continue to apply until the 
announcement of the selection of successful applicants. HUD employees 
involved in the review of applications and in the making of funding 
decisions are limited by the regulations from providing advance 
information to any person (other than an authorized employee of HUD) 
concerning funding decisions or from otherwise giving any applicant an 
unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for assistance in this 
competition should confine their inquiries to the subject areas 
permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
    Applicants or employees who have ethics related questions should 
contact the HUD Ethics Law Division at 202-708-3815. (This is not a 
toll-free number.) HUD employees who have specific program questions 
should contact the appropriate field office counsel or Headquarters 
counsel for the program to which the question pertains.
S. Environmental Impact
    A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment 
has been made in accordance with the HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50 
that implement Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). The Finding of No Significant Impact is 
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public inspection during regular business hours in the Office of the 
General Counsel, Regulations Division, Room 10276, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410-0500.
T. Glossary of Terms for the HUD Application
    Applicant. An applicant is an entity that applies to HUD for funds. 
In order to be an applicant, you must submit an HUD 424. If selected 
for funding, the applicant becomes the grantee and is responsible for 
the overall management of the grant, including drawing grant funds and 
distributing them to project sponsors. The applicant may also be a 
project sponsor.
    Applicant Certification. The form, required by law, in which an 
applicant certifies that it will adhere to certain statutory 
requirements, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    Consolidated Plan. A long-term housing and community development 
plan developed by State and local governments and approved by HUD. The 
Consolidated Plan contains information on homeless populations. The 
plan also contains both narratives and maps, the latter developed by 
localities using software provided by HUD.
    Consolidated Plan Certification. The form, required by law, in 
which a state or local official certifies that the proposed activities 
or projects are consistent with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan 
and, if the applicant is a State or unit of local government, that the 
jurisdiction is following its Consolidated Plan.
    Homeless Person. A person sleeping in a place not meant for human 
habitation or in an emergency shelter. The programs covered by this 
application are not for populations who are at risk of becoming 
homeless.
    Private Nonprofit Status (includes faith-based and community-based 
organizations). Private nonprofit status is documented by submitting 
either: (a) A copy of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling 
providing tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; 
(b) documentation showing that the applicant is a certified United Way 
agency; or (c) a certification from a designated official of the 
organization that no part of the net earnings of the organization 
inures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or 
individual; that the organization has a voluntary board; that the 
organization practices nondiscrimination in the provision of 
assistance; and that the organization has a functioning accounting 
system that provides for each of the following (mention each in the 
certification):
    (a) Accurate, current and complete disclosure of the financial 
results of each federally sponsored project.
    (b) Records that identify adequately the source and application of 
funds for federally sponsored activities.
    (c) Effective control over and accountability for all funds, 
property and other assets.
    (d) Comparison of outlays with budget amounts.
    (e) Written procedures to minimize the time elapsing between the 
transfer of funds to the recipient from the U.S. Treasury and the use 
of the funds for program purposes.
    (f) Written procedures for determining the reasonableness, 
allocability and allowability of costs.
    (g) Accounting records including cost accounting records that are 
supported by source documentation.
    Public Non-profit Status. Public nonprofit status is documented for 
community mental health centers by including a letter or other document 
from an authorized official stating that the organization is a public 
nonprofit organization.
    Project Sponsor. The primary organization responsible for carrying 
out the proposed project activities. A project sponsor does not submit 
an HUD 424, unless it is also the applicant.
    HUD 424. The information sheet required to be submitted by 
applicants requesting Federal Assistance.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

General Information
    Eligible and Ineligible Activities and Limitations. There are five 
activities that can be funded under SHP under this SGA and application 
for chronic homelessness. They are: acquisition, minor rehabilitation, 
leasing, operating costs, and administrative costs. Specific activities 
that are not eligible under the program components include:
    (a) Support for permanent housing for non-disabled persons.
    (b) Rehabilitation of a structure owned by a primarily religious 
organization, except in accordance with the requirements of 24 CFR 
583.150(b)(2).
    (c) Rehabilitation of a structure prior to an executed grant 
agreement with HUD. Acquisition and rehabilitation that exceeds 
statutory funding limitations. (See section I of this Section for the 
specific limits.)
    (d) Homeless prevention activities.

              HUD Eligible Applicants and Activities Chart
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Elements              Supportive housing   Shelter plus care
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorizing Legislation.........  Subtitle C of       Subtitle F of
                                   Title IV of the     Title IV of the
                                   McKinney-Vento      McKinney-Vento
                                   Homeless            Homeless
                                   Assistance Act.     Assistance Act.
Implementing Regulations........  24 CFR part 583...  24 CFR part 582.
Eligible Applicant(s)...........  [sbull] States      [sbull] States
                                  [sbull] Units of    [sbull] Units of
                                   general local       general local
                                   government          government
                                  [sbull] Special     [sbull] PHAs
                                   purpose units of
                                   government such
                                   as Public housing
                                   agencies (PHAs)
                                  [sbull] Private     ..................
                                   non-profit
                                   organizations
                                  [sbull] CMHCs that  ..................
                                   are public non-
                                   profit
                                   organizations
Eligible Components.............  [sbull] Permanent   [sbull] Tenant-
                                   Housing for         based
                                   Persons with       [sbull] Sponsor-
                                   Disabilities        based
                                  [sbull] Safe        [sbull] Project-
                                   havens.             based without
                                                       Rehabilitation
Eligible Activities \1\.........  [sbull]             [sbull] Rental
                                   Rehabilitation      assistance
                                  [sbull] Leasing...
                                  [sbull] Operating
                                   Costs.
Eligible Populations............  [sbull]             [sbull]
                                   Chronically         Chronically
                                   Homeless Persons    Homeless Persons

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Term of Assistance..............  3 years...........  5 years.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Homeless prevention activities are statutorily ineligible under
  these programs. Persons at risk of homelessness are statutorily
  ineligible for assistance under these programs.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

1. Project Narrative
    The Project Narrative is a description of your proposed project. 
Please respond to the items in this section according to the SHP 
program you propose to carry out, using the numbering below.
    Project summary. Please provide the following:
    (a) Applicant and sponsor names.
    (b) Program component.
    (c) Total SHP request.
    (d) Activities for which you are requesting funds.
    (e) The type of housing (e.g., apartments) proposed.
    (f) The population(s) to be served.
    (c) Chronically homeless population to be served. Briefly describe 
the following:
    (a) Their characteristics and need for housing and supportive 
services.
    (b) Where they will come from (e.g., streets and emergency 
shelters).
    (c) The outreach plan to bring them into the project.

Project (Housing) Quality

    Up to 12 points will be awarded based on the extent to which your 
application demonstrates how the housing is appropriate to the needs of 
the persons to be served and the innovative quality of the project.
    (a) Describe how the TYPE (e.g. apartments) and SCALE (e.g. number 
of units, number of persons per unit) of the proposed housing will fit 
the needs of the participants.
    (b) Describe how the basic COMMUNITY AMENITIES (e.g. medical 
facilities, grocery store, recreation facilities, schools, etc.) will 
readily be accessible to your clients.
    (c) Describe how the housing will be ACCESSIBLE to persons with 
disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
    (d) Describe how services and treatment will be LINKED to permanent 
housing so that the target population will be sustained in that 
housing.
    (e) For the permanent housing for persons with disabilities 
component where more than 16 persons will reside in a structure: 
Describe what local market conditions necessitate the development of a 
project of this size and how the housing will be integrated into the 
neighborhood.

Applicant Capacity

    Up to 12 points will be awarded based on the experience and 
performance of the applicant/sponsor involved in carrying out the 
project.
    (a) Describe the project applicant's/sponsor's experience 
specifically in providing housing for the chronically homeless.
    (b) Describe the applicant's/sponsor's past experiences working 
with other community partners on the employment and training needs of 
homeless individuals.
    (c) Describe the project applicant's/sponsor's performance in 
administering housing activities, especially in serving the population 
to be assisted by this project.

Timeliness

    Up to 11 points will be awarded based on the demonstrated ability 
of the applicant and project sponsor to execute the program in a timely 
manner.
    (a) Describe the applicant's and project sponsor's ability to 
achieve rapid project start-up based on site control, permitting, minor 
rehabilitation, and rehab and occupancy schedules.
    (b) Describe the applicant's and project sponsor's ability to 
outreach to the target population and swiftly bring them into the 
program and occupy all units committed in the application.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

2. Project Information (please type or print)
    [To be completed by applicants requesting SHP funding.]

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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

3. Program Component/Types
    Please check the box that best classifies the project for which you 
are requesting funding. Check only one box. The components/types are:

    [ballot] Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities
    [ballot] Safe Havens

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

4. Existing Facilities and/or Activities Serving Homeless Persons (To 
be completed for new projects)
    Will your proposed project use an existing homeless facility or 
incorporate activities that you are currently providing?

    [ballot] Yes (Check one or more of the activities below that 
describe your proposed project, and proceed to section E.)
    [ballot] No (Skip to section E.)

    Facilities that you are currently operating and activities you are 
currently undertaking to serve homeless persons may only receive 
funding for the three purposes listed below. SHP funds cannot be used 
to fund ongoing activities. My project will:

    [ballot] Increase the number of homeless persons served.
    [ballot] Bring existing facilities up to a level that meets State 
and local government health and safety standards. If this box is 
checked, you must describe what standards the facility is not meeting, 
and why it does not meet the standards you described.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

5. Number of Beds and Participants
    This is composed of two charts:
    Chart 1 is for recording the number of beds/bedrooms in the 
project.
    Chart 2 is for recording the number of participants to be served.
    Complete Chart 1 and Chart 2 based on the following instructions:
    1. In the first column, please enter the requested information for 
all items at a point in time (a given night). You should only fill out 
this column if you checked ``Yes'' in section D. If you checked ``No'' 
in section D enter ``N/A'' in this column.
    2. In the second column, enter the new number of beds and persons 
served at a point in time if this project is funded.
    3. In the third column, enter the projected level (columns 1 and 2 
added together) that your project will attain at a point in time.
    4. In the fourth column, enter the number of persons to be served 
over the grant term.

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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

6. Operations Budget
    Complete the Chart on the following page for your new project's 
total operations budget. In the first column, the operating cost 
activity is given. You must enter the quantity (if applicable) for each 
operating item that will be paid for using SHP funds. Add any other 
eligible operating costs not listed on the chart that will be paid for 
using SHP funding. For staff positions, please include the job title, 
salary, percent of time allocated for the position, and fringe 
benefits. Please ensure that the total SHP dollars requested match the 
amount you entered in the ``SHP Total Request'' column on Line 5, 
Operations, in your Project Budget in Section I.
    In the second column, enter the amount of SHP funding requested for

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each eligible operating cost that will be needed in your project.
    Operating costs are those costs associated with the day-to-day 
operation of supportive housing. Operating costs support the function 
and the operation of the housing project. Examples of SHP eligible 
operating costs include utilities, maintenance, security and salaries 
of staff not delivering services, such as the project manager or 
executive director, and indirect operating costs that meet the 
standards of OMB Circulars A-87 and A-122.
    If requesting SHP operating funds, only the portion of the costs 
directly related to the operation of the housing project is eligible. 
For example, if a project sponsor's executive director will spend 10% 
of his/her time providing management to the housing project, then (up 
to) 10% of his/her salary can be charged as an SHP operating expense. 
As another example, in cases of shared utilities, SHP operating funds 
may pay only for the portion of the utilities associated with the 
housing project based on the square footage of the project's space. If 
the housing project occupies 25% of the building's space, then (up to) 
25% of the monthly utility bill can be paid for using SHP operating 
funds.
    (a) SHP operating funds may not be used to pay for the following 
costs:
    (b) Operating costs of a supportive services only facility;
    (c) Administrative expenses such as audits and preparing HUD 
reports;
    (d) Rent of space for supportive housing and/or supportive services 
(see Real Property Leasing);
    (e) The payment of principal and interest on a loan for a facility 
currently being used as supportive housing and/or for the delivery of 
services; and
    (f) Depreciation, because it does not constitute an incurred cost 
that requires a cash outlay.
    SHP funds can be used to pay up to 75% of the total operations 
budget for the housing project. This means that the project sponsor 
must make a cash payment for 25% of the project's operating budget 
annually.
    Example:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            SHP dollars
                     Operating costs                       requested  (3
                                                              years)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Utilities...............................................          32,000
Maintenance Engineer (salary, % time, fringe benefits)            27,600
 $40,000/annually .20 x .15 fringe benefits x 3 years =
 $18,400................................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Chart: Operating Costs
    Identify the day-to-day costs of operating supportive housing that 
will be paid for using SHP funding during the term of the project.

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                                                                                    SHP dollars  requested  (3
                                 Operating costs                                              years)
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Maintenance, Repair                                                               ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Staff (position, salary, % of time, fringe benefits)                              ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Utilities                                                                         ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equipment (lease/buy)                                                             ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supplies (quantity)                                                               ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insurance                                                                         ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Furnishing (quantity)                                                             ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Relocation (no. of persons)                                                       ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food (perishable/non-perishable)                                                  ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other operating costs (please specify**)                                          ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other operating costs (please specify**)                                          ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other operating costs (please specify**)                                          ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total SHP Dollars Requested*                                                    ..............................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total Operating Costs Budget***                                                 ..............................
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* Total SHP dollars requested must equal the amount shown in the ``SHP Total Request'' column, Line 5, of the
  Project Budget portion of Section I.
** If not specified, the costs will be removed from the budget.
*** The total operating costs entered here must equal the amount shown in the ``Total Budget'' column, Line 5 of
  the Project Budget portion of Section I.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

7. Leasing
    SHP funds may be used to lease space for supportive housing. If you 
are requesting SHP leasing funds, fill out the appropriate table(s) 
that follows. Housing space may be in the form of scattered-site leased 
units, or within a structure. The structures to be leased may be 
structures currently configured for, or structures to be converted to 
provide, supportive housing. Under no circumstances may SHP leasing 
funds be used to lease units or structures owned by the project 
sponsor, the selectee, or their parent organizations. This includes 
organizations that are members of a general partnership where the 
general partnership owns the structure.

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A. Leased Unit(s) for Housing
    If you propose to lease units in more than one metropolitan or non-
metropolitan area, fill in the appropriate number of tables for each 
area with a different FMR or actual rent.
    [sbull] Please reproduce this Section as needed to accommodate 
projects using more than one FMR or actual rent.
    [sbull] Enter the number of unit(s) by the bedroom size to be 
leased and the lower of the actual rent or the FMR as published in the 
Federal Register on September 30, 2002. (FMRs may be found using this 
Web site: http://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html) The space to be 
leased may be scattered-site (e.g., one-bedroom apartments in five 
different apartment complexes) or contained within a structure (e.g., a 
group home with six bedrooms).
    [sbull] Multiply the number of units by the FMR or actual rent, 
whichever is lower, by the length of the grant ( of units x 
FMR or actual rent x months based on grant term) and enter the result 
in the total column.
    [sbull] Please note that the FMR for a single room occupancy (SRO) 
unit is equal to 75% (0.75) of the 0-bedroom FMR. The FMRs for unit 
sizes larger than 4-bedrooms are calculated by adding 15% to the 4-
bedroom FMR for each extra bedroom. For example, the FMR for a 5-
bedroom unit is 1.15 times the 4-bedroom FMR, and the FMR for a 6-
bedroom unit is 1.30 times the 4-bedroom FMR.
    [sbull] If your project has been approved for exception rents, use 
those amounts when completing these charts and submit your approval 
letter with this document.
    [sbull] Chart A should be filled out only if you will lease 
individual units or structures that are currently configured for 
housing and, therefore, an FMR or actual rent can be used. If you have 
negotiated an actual rent(s) that is lower than the FMR, please use 
that amount instead of the FMR. The actual rent may not exceed the FMR.
    Chart A:
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Name of metropolitan or non-metropolitan FMR area:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Address (indicate if scattered site):

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              Size of units                  No. of units            FMR or actual rent              No. of months                    Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. SRO                                                   X   ................................  .......................  ...............................
-----------------------------------------
 2. 0 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 3. 1 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 4. 2 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 5. 3 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 6. 4 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 7. 5 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 8. 6 bdrm                                                X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
 9. Other                                                 X   ................................  .......................
-----------------------------------------
10. Totals                                                    ................................  .......................  $
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B. Leased Structure(s) for Housing
    If you will lease a structure or portion of a structure for 
housing, fill out Chart B below using a monthly leasing cost that is 
comparable to and no more than the rents being charged for similar 
space in the area. This applies to structures already configured for 
housing and for those that will be converted. If your project has more 
than one structure, reproduce Chart B and fill it out starting with 
structure 2.
    [sbull] Multiply the monthly leasing costs by the number of months 
requested for funding and enter the result in the total column.
    [sbull] Chart B should be filled out only if you will lease a 
structure or portion of a structure for which an FMR is not applicable.
    Chart B:
    Address:

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          Structure                        Monthly leasing cost                     Number of months                            Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              $                                                                         =   $
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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

8. Homeless Veterans
    Are veterans among the homeless subpopulations your project will 
specifically target and intends to serve?

    [ballot] Yes [ballot] No

    If your answer to the first question is yes, are veterans the 
primary target population of your proposed project?

    [ballot] Yes [ballot] No

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

9. Budget
    This section consists of two budgets--a project budget and a 
structure budget. Please refer to the budgets for specific 
instructions. The project budget is to be used for all projects.

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    When developing your budget(s), please keep in mind that each 
structure can receive the maximum amount of funds according to the 
following per-structure limits:
    [sbull] For acquisition and/or rehabilitation, the SHP request for 
these activities combined is limited by law to between $200,000 and 
$400,000 depending on whether the structure is in a HUD-identified 
high-cost area for acquisition and rehabilitation. Contact your local 
HUD Field Office to determine if your project is in a high-cost area, 
and, if so, which of the following percentages or limits apply:
    [sbull] 100% to 119%, the limit is $200,000
    [sbull] 120% to 139%, the limit is $250,000
    [sbull] 140% to 159%, the limit is $300,000
    [sbull] 160% to 174%, the limit is $350,000
    [sbull] 175% and up, the limit is $400,000
    [sbull] If you request funds for acquisition and/or rehabilitation, 
the law requires that you match the requested amount with an equal 
amount of cash for the activities. Documentation of matching funds is 
not required in this application; however, you will be asked to submit 
it at a later date.
Project Budget (complete all 3 columns)
    [sbull] Enter the amount of SHP funds requested by line item in the 
``SHP Total Request'' column. You may request funding for three years. 
The three-year term will be the same for leasing, and operations. In 
the ``Applicant Cash'' column, enter the amount of other cash that will 
be contributed to the project. This amount plus the SHP request must 
equal the ``Total Budget'' amount for the project, as shown in the last 
column.
    [sbull] If your project contains one structure or no structures 
this is the only budget you need to fill out. If your project contains 
multiple structures, please add up the SHP structure budgets on the 
next page and enter those totals below.
    [sbull] HUD will review this chart in relation to the proposed 
activities and the number of persons to be served to determine whether 
the project is cost-effective (which is a threshold criterion).
    [sbull] Applicants requesting funds for acquisition and/or 
rehabilitation must comply with Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended.
    The grant term for all projects is for 3 years.

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Structure Budget for Projects With More Than One Structure

    If your project contains only one structure or no structures, 
please fill out only the project budget on the previous page. If, 
however, your project contains more than one structure, fill out the 
information requested below for the number of structures your project 
proposes. Do not fill out structure budgets for scattered site leasing 
projects unless SHP funds for rehabilitation are being requested. For 
each structure budget, enter the amount of SHP funds requested by line 
item in the first column. For leasing and operations, the amounts you 
enter should be for three years, which is the SHP grant term. The term 
will be the same for leasing and operations. In the second column, 
enter the total cost for each line item, which is the SHP request plus 
all other funds needed to pay for each line item. For your convenience, 
four structure budgets are provided below. You may reproduce this page 
if your project will have five or more structures; however, please 
attach the additional structure budgets to this page and label them 
appropriately starting with Structure E. Enter administrative costs 
only on the Project Budget.

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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part A. Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Application

10. Additional Information
    HUD needs the following information to respond to public inquiries 
about program benefit. Your responses will not affect in any way the 
scoring of your submission.
    1. Which of the following subpopulations will your project serve? 
(Check all that apply)

    [ballot] Severely Mentally Ill
    [ballot] Chronic Substance Abusers
    [ballot] Dually Diagnosed
    [ballot] AIDS or Related Diseases

    2. Will the proposed project be located in a rural area? (A project 
is considered to be in a rural area when the project will be primarily 
operated either (1) in an area outside of a Metropolitan Area, or (2) 
in an area outside of the urbanized areas within a Metropolitan Area.)

    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No

    3. Is the sponsor of the project a religious organization, or a 
religiously affiliated or motivated organization? (Note: This 
characterization of religious is broader than the standards used for 
defining a religious organization as ``primarily religious'' for 
purposes of applying HUD's church/state limitations. For example, while 
the YMCA is often not considered ``primarily religious'' under 
applicable church/state rules, it would likely be classified as a 
religiously motivated entity.)

    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No

    4. Will the proposed project be located in, or make use of, surplus 
military buildings or properties that are located on a military base 
that is covered by the provisions of the Base Closure Community 
Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994?

    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No

If ``yes,'' please provide the name of the military installation:------

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

General

    This Section is for Shelter Plus Care projects. Eligible applicants 
for this program are States, units of local government and Public 
Housing Authorities.

Program Components

    Shelter Plus Care (S+C) components were created by statute and 
designed to give applicants flexibility in devising appropriate housing 
and supportive services for homeless persons with disabilities. 
Assisted units may be of any type, from apartments to SRO-type units. 
You may design a program that has participants' first living in a group 
setting with intensive supportive services, then moving to another 
setting but retaining the rental assistance during the term of the 
grant, as long as they stay within a S+C unit.
    Participants in S+C units receive supportive services. These 
services may be provided by the applicant, funded by the applicant but 
provided by a third party, or both funded and provided by a third 
party. Rental assistance provided through the S+C program must be 
matched in the aggregate on a dollar for dollar basis by the recipient 
with supportive services.
    Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TRA) provides rental assistance 
that permits participants to choose their own housing. Participants 
retain the rental assistance even if they move. To help you provide 
supportive services or for purposes of controlling housing costs, you 
may require participants to live in a particular structure for the 
first year of assistance or to live in a particular area for the entire 
rental assistance period.
    Sponsor-based Rental Assistance (SRA) provides rental assistance 
through contract(s) between the grant recipient and nonprofit 
organization(s), called a sponsor. The nonprofit organization may be a 
private nonprofit organization or a community mental health center 
established as a public nonprofit organization. The assisted units must 
be owned or leased by the sponsor. After a grant is awarded, should the 
sponsor lose its capacity to own or lease the assisted units, the 
grantee must identify an alternate sponsor in order to continue to 
serve the original number of persons proposed to be served.
    Project-based Rental Assistance (PRA) without Rehabilitation 
provides rental assistance through a contract with a building owner(s). 
An applicant must enter into a contract with the building owner(s) for 
the full five-year period of assistance. The building owner must agree 
to accept eligible S+C participants to live in an assisted unit for 
this time period. Only minor (up to $3,000 per unit) rehabilitation is 
eligible under this component.

Persons With Disabilities

    To be eligible to participate in a Shelter Plus Care funded 
project, a person must be both homeless and disabled.
    Persons with disabilities are those who have a disability that:
    [sbull] Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite 
duration;
    [sbull] Substantially impedes his or her ability to live 
independently; and
    [sbull] Is such a nature that the disability could be improved by 
more suitable housing conditions. The disability may be a physical, 
mental, or emotional impairment, including an impairment due solely to 
alcohol or drug abuse.
    The S+C Program specifically targets several disabilities. These 
targeted disabilities are:
    [sbull] Serious mental illness
    [sbull] Chronic alcohol and/or other drug abuse
    [sbull] AIDS or related diseases
    The disability may also be developmental. A severe, chronic 
developmental disability is characterized as
    [sbull] Being caused by mental or physical impairment;
    [sbull] Manifested before the person is 22 years old;
    [sbull] Likely to continue indefinitely;
    [sbull] Reflecting a need for a combination and sequence of 
special, inter-disciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other 
services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually 
planned and coordinated; and
    [sbull] Resulting in substantial functional limitations in at least 
three of the following areas: Self-care, receptive and expressive 
language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent 
living, and economic self-sufficiency.

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

1. Project Narrative
    This section is a description of your proposed project. Please 
respond to all of the items in this section. A project may include no 
more than one component and may be carried out by no more than one 
project sponsor.
    1. Project summary. Please provide the following:
    a. Names of applicant and sponsor (if appropriate)
    b. Program component
    c. Total S+C request
    d. The type of housing and number of units proposed
    e. The population to be served.
    2. Homeless population to be served. Briefly describe the 
following:
    a. Their characteristics and needs for housing and supportive 
services.
    b. Where they will come from (streets and emergency shelters).

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    c. The outreach proposed to bring them into the project.
    3. Project (Housing) Quality
    Up to 12 points will be awarded based on the extent to which your 
application demonstrates how the housing is appropriate to the needs of 
the persons to be served.
    a. Describe how the TYPE (e.g. apartments, group home) and SCALE 
(e.g. number of units, number of persons per unit) of the proposed 
housing will fit the needs of the participants.
    b. Describe how the basic COMMUNITY AMENITIES (e.g. medical 
facilities, grocery store, recreation facilities, schools, etc.) will 
readily be accessible to your clients.
    c. Describe how the housing will be ACCESSIBLE to persons with 
disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
    d. Describe how services and treatment will be LINKED to permanent 
housing so that the target population will be sustained in that 
housing.
    4. Applicant Capacity
    Up to 12 points will be awarded based on the experience of all 
organizations involved in carrying out the project.
    a. Describe the project applicant's experience specifically in 
providing housing, especially for the population to be assisted by this 
project.
    b. Describe the project applicant's performance in administering 
housing activities, especially in serving the population to be assisted 
by this project.
    5. Timeliness
    Up to 11 points will be awarded based on the demonstrated ability 
of the applicant and project sponsor to execute the program in a timely 
manner.
    a. Describe the applicant's and project sponsor's ability to 
achieve rapid project start-up based on site control, permitting, minor 
rehabilitation, and occupancy and rehab schedules.
    b. Describe the applicant's and project sponsor's ability to 
outreach to the target population and swiftly bring them into the 
program and occupy all units committed in the application.

    [To be completed only by applicants requesting Shelter Plus Care 
funding.]

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

2. Component Selection
    Select the S+C component that describes your project (check only 
one box)

    [ballot] TRA [ballot] SRA
    [ballot] PRA without Rehab

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application
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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

4. Targeted Disabilities
    In each category shown in the chart below, estimate, when the 
program is fully operational, the number of proposed participants 
expected to receive rental assistance at a point in time. Include each 
participant only once, in either Part 1 or Part 2. Part 1 should only 
include persons with disabilities who will not have family members 
living with them. Do not double count.

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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

5. Major Milestones
    Please complete the chart by entering the number of months planned 
from grant execution to the following milestones:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Supportive services
  First unit occupied             begin             Last unit occupied
------------------------------------------------------------------------
months                   months                   months
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

6. Budget
    Fill out the information requested for the S+C component you are 
requesting funding for. Make certain that only one component (TRA, SRA, 
PRA without rehab) budget is completed in this section.
    Requested subsidy cannot exceed current FMR unless an Exception 
Rent approval letter is attached.
6.1. Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TRA) Project Budget
    Applicants requesting TRA must complete the chart below showing the 
number of units expected to be used in your program. Multiply the 
applicable existing fair market rents (FMRs) as published in the 
Federal Register (FR)

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on September 30, 2002, by the number of units of a given size by 60 
months. [Please be advised that the actual FMRs used in calculating 
your grant will be those in effect at the time the grants are approved 
which may be higher than those found in the September 30, 2002, FR 
Notice.] The SRO FMR should be rounded to the nearest whole number 
before multiplying by the number of units and the number of months. The 
FMR for each single room occupancy SRO unit is equal to 75 percent of 
the 0-bedroom FMR.
    Complete a separate chart for each jurisdiction that has a 
different FMR.
    Name of metropolitan or non-metropolitan area for the FMR used:

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                                                                                  Number of        Total amount
               Dwelling United                 Number of units    x   FMR $   x     months     =    requested $
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SRO                                           .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
0 Bedroom                                     .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
One Bedroom                                   .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
Two Bedroom                                   .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
Three Bedroom                                 .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
Four Bedroom                                  .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
Other: (specify)                              .................  ..  ......  ..           60
---------------------------------------------
Total TRA Assistance                          .................  ..  ......  ..  ...........  ..               $
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.2. Sponsor-based Rental Assistance (SRA) Project Budget
    A. Non-profit Status: Non-profit organizations must attach to this 
section one of the following:
    [sbull] Private non-profit organizations must submit a copy of 
their IRS ruling, providing tax-exempt status under Section 501 C (3) 
of the IRS Code of 1986, as amended, or documentation of nonprofit 
status as described in the Glossary on page 4.
    [sbull] Public non-profit community mental health centers must 
attach a letter or other document acceptable to HUD from an authorized 
official stating that the organization is a public nonprofit 
organization.
    B. Housing Description. Complete the chart below indicating the 
address of the specific structure(s) to be used, the number of units by 
bedroom size in each, and whether it is or will be owned or leased by 
the nonprofit entity.

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                                                    Number of units by size                  Owned/Leased (check
  Address (street, city, state &   --------------------------------------------------------         one)
               ZIP)                                                                        ---------------------
                                      SRO      0       1       2       3       4       4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-----------------------------------
 
-----------------------------------
 
-----------------------------------
 
-----------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Reminder: You may only have one sponsor per project.
    C. Grant Amount. In the following chart, show the number of units 
by size expected to be owned or leased by the sponsor. Multiply the 
applicable existing FMRs as published in the Federal Register (FR) on 
September 30, 2002, by the number of units of a given size by 60 
months. [Please be advised that the actual FMRs used in calculating 
your grant will be those in effect at the time the grants are approved 
which may be higher than those found in the September 30, 2002, FR 
Notice.]
    The SRO FMR should be rounded to the nearest whole number before 
multiplying by the number of units and the number of months. The FMR 
for each SRO unit is equal to 75 percent of the 0-bedroom FMR. Complete 
a separate chart for each jurisdiction that has a different FMR.
    Name of metropolitan or non-metropolitan area for the FMR used:

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                                                                                                                  Number of                Total amount
              Dwelling units                       Number of units            x           FMR $          x         months         =        requested $
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SRO.......................................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
0 Bedroom.................................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
One Bedroom...............................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
Two Bedroom...............................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------

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Three Bedroom.............................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
Four Bedroom..............................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
Other: (specify)..........................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........           60   .........  ...............
-------------------------------------------
    Total SRA Assistance..................  ............................  .........  ..............  .........  ............  .........               $
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6.3. Project-based Rental Assistance (PRA) Project Budget
    A. Site. In the chart below, indicate the address of the property 
to be assisted.
Address: (street, city, state and ZIP)---------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    B. Grant Amount. For each property, complete a separate copy of the 
appropriate chart below showing the number of units by size, expected 
to be assisted at this property. Multiply the applicable existing FMRs 
as published in the Federal Register (FR) on September 30, 2002, by the 
number of units of a given size by the number of months. [Please be 
advised that the actual FMRs used in calculating your grant will be 
those in effect at the time the grants are approved which may be higher 
than those found in the September 30, 2002, FR Notice.] The SRO FMR 
should be rounded to the nearest whole number before multiplying by the 
number of units and the number of months. The FMR for each SRO unit is 
equal to 75 percent of the 0-bedroom FMR.

                                                        Chart 1. PRA Units without Rehabilitation
                                             Name of metropolitan or non-metropolitan area for the FMR used:
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                                                                                                                  Number of                Total amount
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Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

7. Homeless Veterans
    Are veterans among the homeless subpopulation(s) your project will 
specifically target and intend to serve?

    [ballot] Yes [ballot] No
    If your answer to the first question is yes, are veterans the 
primary target population of your proposed project?

    [ballot] Yes [ballot] No

Section III. HUD Grant Application Requirements

Part B. Shelter Plus Care Program (S+C) Application

8. Additional Information
    HUD needs the following information to respond to public inquiries 
about program benefit. Your responses will not affect in any way the 
scoring of your submission.
    Which of the following subpopulations will your project serve? 
(Check all that apply)

    [ballot] Severely Mentally Ill
    [ballot] Chronic Substance Abusers
    [ballot] Dually Diagnosed
    [ballot] AIDS or Related Diseases
    Will the proposed project be located in a rural area? (A project is 
considered to be in a rural area when the project will be primarily 
operated either (1) in an area outside of a Metropolitan Area, or (2) 
in an area outside of the urbanized areas within a Metropolitan Area.)
    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No
    Is the sponsor of the project a religious organization, or a 
religiously affiliated or motivated organization? (Note: This 
characterization of religious is broader than the standards used for 
defining a religious organization as ``primarily religious'' for 
purposes of applying HUD's church/state limitations. For example, while 
the YMCA is often not considered ``primarily religious'' under 
applicable church/state rules, it would likely be classified as a 
religiously motivated entity.)
    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No
    Will the proposed project be located in, or make use of, surplus 
military buildings or properties that are located on a military base 
that is covered by the provisions of the Base Closure Community 
Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994?
    [ballot] Yes
    [ballot] No
 If ``yes,'' please provide the name of the military installation:-----
    Additional stipulations for HUD applicants follow:

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    Executive Order 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and 
Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations 
on federal and federally-funded Construction Contracts. Compliance with 
HUD regulations at 24 CFR 5.108 implementing Executive Order 13202 is a 
condition of receipt of assistance under this SGA.
    Procurement of Recovered Materials. State agencies and agencies of 
a political subdivision of a state, including PHAs, that are using 
assistance under this SGA for procurement, and any person contracting 
with such an agency with respect to work performed under an assisted 
contract, must comply with the requirements of Section 6002 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act. In accordance with Section 6002, these agencies and 
persons must procure items designated in guidelines of the 
Environmental Protection Agency at 40 CFR Part 247 that contain the 
highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with 
maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, where the purchase 
price of the item exceeds $10,000 or the quantity acquired in the 
preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000; must procure solid waste 
management services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource 
recovery; and must have established an affirmative procurement program 
for procurement of recovered materials identified in the EPA 
guidelines.''

PART VIII. Monitoring and Reporting

    DOL Monitoring: The ODEP is responsible for ensuring the effective 
implementation of each competitive Cooperative Agreement project in 
accordance with the provisions of this announcement and the terms of 
the Cooperative Agreement award document. Applicants should assume that 
ODEP staff, or their designees (i.e., VETS, ETA, or HUD), will conduct 
on-site project reviews periodically. Reviews will focus on timely 
project implementation, performance in meeting the Cooperative 
Agreement's programmatic goals and objectives, expenditures of 
Cooperative Agreement funds on allowable activities, integration and 
coordination with other resources and service providers in the local 
area, project management, and administration of project activities. The 
Ending Homelessness through Employment and Housing Cooperative 
Agreements may be subject to other additional reviews, at the 
discretion of the ODEP.
    DOL Reporting: In addition to the combined HUD and DOL Annual 
Performance Report cited at the end of this Section, DOL Cooperative 
Agreement awardees will be required to submit to DOL quarterly 
financial and narrative progress reports for those quarters other than 
the one that coincides with the HUD and DOL Annual Performance Report. 
Also, all awardees will be expected to provide demographic and other 
types of information on persons who are chronically homeless securing 
employment through use of ``customized employment'' strategies 
(including information on veteran status, types of jobs, wages, and 
benefits secured by specific homeless individuals with disabilities) 
and other areas addressed through the linkages and networks facilitated 
by project activities.
    Awardees will be required to submit periodic financial and 
participation reports. Specifically, the following reports will be 
required:
    A. Quarterly reports: The quarterly report is estimated to take ten 
hours to complete. The form for the Quarterly Report will be provided 
by the ODEP. The ODEP will work with the awardee to help refine the 
requirements of the report, which will, among other things, include 
measures of ongoing analysis for continuous improvement and customer 
satisfaction. Quarterly reports will be due for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd 
quarters of each year only (Note that the HUD and DOL Annual 
Performance Report required at the end of this section replaces the 4th 
quarter report).
    B. Standard Form 269: Financial Status Report Form (FSR) will be 
Completed on a quarterly basis, using the on-line electronic reporting 
system.
    C. Final Project Report: The final report will include an 
assessment of project performance and outcomes achieved. The final 
report is estimated to take 20 hours. This report will be submitted in 
hard copy and on electronic disk using a format and following 
instructions, which will be provided by the DOL. An outline of the 
final report is due to ODEP 45 days before termination of the 
Cooperative Agreement with a draft of the final report due to the ODEP 
30 days before the termination of the Cooperative Agreement. The final 
report is due to the DOL within 30 days following the termination of 
the Cooperative Agreement.
    All awardees must agree to cooperate with an independent evaluation 
to be conducted by ODEP. ODEP will arrange for and conduct this 
independent evaluation of the outcomes, impacts, and accomplishments of 
each funded project. Awardees must agree to make available records on 
all parts of project activity, including participant employment and 
wage data, and to provide access to personnel, as specified by the 
evaluator(s), under the direction of the ODEP. This independent 
evaluation is separate from the ongoing evaluation for continuous 
improvement required of the awardee for project implementation. The 
ODEP's evaluation of the Ending Homelessness through Employment and 
Housing Cooperative Agreements includes a process evaluation that 
includes extensive information pertaining to achievements under the 
Cooperative Agreement, summary information, number of people with 
disabilities receiving services, number of people employed through the 
One-Stop system and other sources.
    Under support provided by the ETA, it is planned that a 
complimentary technical assistance effort will be undertaken. Awardees 
are expected to cooperate with this planned technical assistance 
initiative. Awardees must also agree to work with ODEP's other various 
technical assistance efforts in order to freely share with others what 
is learned about delivering customized employment services to the 
persons who are chronically homeless. Awardees must agree to 
collaborate with other research institutes, centers, studies, and 
evaluations that are supported by DOL, HUD, and other relevant federal 
agencies, as appropriate. Finally, awardees must agree to actively 
utilize the programs sponsored by the ODEP, including the Job 
Accommodation Network, (www.jan.wvu.edu), and the Employer Assistance 
Referral Network (www.earnworks.com).

HUD Monitoring and Reporting

    HUD grantees will be required to complete the Annual Performance 
Report and will be monitored by their nearest HUD field office.

DOL and HUD Performance Reporting

    With the assistance of the technical assistance providers, DOL and 
HUD grantees will produce a combined annual narrative report to:
    1. Document lessons learned--Grantees should discuss the successes 
and challenges during the grant year regarding a. collaborative 
interagency efforts, b. new service delivery models; and c. working 
with the chronically homeless population; 2. Report success rates of 
program participants regarding a. completion of employment preparation, 
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income, and d. sustaining of housing over time.

Part IX. Review Process and Evaluation Criteria

    Applications will be reviewed by representatives from DOL and HUD 
in a comprehensive review process. First, representatives at DOL and 
HUD will separately score DOL and HUD sections, respectively, to 
determine a score for each agency's section. Next, an interdepartmental 
team will review the Collaborative Approach and will score this section 
jointly, according to the criteria set forth in this SGA. The scores 
from the agency-specific and the reviews of the Collaborative section 
will be totaled, and the applications will be ranked by score from 
highest to lowest nationally. In order to ensure maximum geographic 
diversity in the awards, the federal departments reserve the right to 
make selections out of rank order to provide for geographic 
distribution of funds.
    The maximum total score for any applicant under this SGA is 100 
points. These points are divided between the HUD and DOL sections and 
the Collaboration section. The HUD and DOL sections are worth a total 
of 70 points. Within these 100 points, HUD's portion is worth 35 points 
and the DOL section is worth 35 points. If an application is deficient 
in either the HUD or DOL section, the entire application will be 
disqualified. Deficiency is defined as scoring below 40 percent of the 
allotted points for either agency's section.
    DOL Cooperative Agreement applications will be reviewed for 
compliance with the requirements of this notice. DOL's panel results 
are advisory in nature and not binding on the DOL Grant Officer. DOL 
may elect to award Cooperative Agreements with or without discussion 
with the offeror. In situations without discussions, an award will be 
based on the offeror's signature on the SF-424, which constitutes a 
binding offer. The DOL Grant Officer may consider any information that 
is available and will make final award decisions based on what is most 
advantageous to the government, considering such factors as:
    [sbull] Panel findings;
    [sbull] Geographic distribution of the competitive applications;
    [sbull] Assuring a variety of program designs; and
    [sbull] Availability of funds

Part X. Administrative Provisions

A. Administrative Standards and Provisions

    Grantees are strongly encouraged to read these regulations before 
submitting a proposal. The Cooperative Agreements awarded under this 
SGA shall be subject to the following as applicable:
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 95--Grants and Agreements With Institutions of 
Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations, and 
With Commercial Organizations, Foreign Governments, Organizations Under 
the Jurisdiction of Foreign Governments, and International 
Organizations;
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 96--Audit Requirements for Grants, Contracts, 
and Other Agreements;
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 97--Uniform Administrative Requirement for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.

B. Allowable Costs

    Determinations of allowable costs shall be made in accordance with 
the following applicable federal cost principles:
    [sbull] State and Local Government--OMB Circular A-87
    [sbull] Nonprofit Organizations--OMB Circular A-122
    [sbull] Profit-Making Commercial Firms--48 CFR part 31
    Profit will not be considered an allowable cost in any case.

C. Cooperative Agreement Assurances

    As a condition of the award, the applicant must certify that it 
will comply fully with the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity 
provisions of the following laws:
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 31--Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted 
programs of the Department of Labor, effectuation of Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964;
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 32--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 
Disability in Programs and Activities Receiving or Benefiting from 
Federal Assistance (Implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 
29 U.S.C. 794);
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 36--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in 
Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance 
(Implementing title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. 
1681 et. seq.); and
    [sbull] 29 CFR Part 37--Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity 
Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), (Implementing 
Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act, 29 U.S.C. 2938).
    The applicant must include assurances and certifications that it 
will comply with these laws in its Cooperative Agreement application. 
The assurances and certifications are attached as Appendices A, B.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of July, 2003.
Lawrence J. Kuss,
DOL Grant Officer.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of July, 2003.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Appendix A. DOL forms/certifications

    [sbull] Application for Federal Assistance, Form SF 424
    [sbull] Budget Information Sheet, Form SF 424A
    [sbull] Assurances and Certifications Signature Page
    [sbull] Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity

Appendix B. HUD forms/certifications

    [sbull] HUD-424
    [sbull] Applicant Certification
    [sbull] Consolidated Plan Certification
    [sbull] Certification of Consistency with the Continuum of Care
    [sbull] Special Projects Certifications-Discharge Policy and 
Mainstream Programs
    [sbull] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (only complete this 
form if applicant organization engages in lobbying activities)
    [sbull] Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report
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