[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51028-51029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21716]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[SGA-03-15]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Solicitation for Grant 
Applications (SGA) for Ending Chronic Homelessness Through Employment 
and Housing Revision To Extend Application Deadline Date for Eligible 
Applicants

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

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ACTION: Extension of Deadline Date.

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SUMMARY: On July 18, 2003, HUD and the Department of Labor (DOL) 
jointly announced the availability of approximately $12.5 million to 
help address chronic homelessness. This notice advises interested 
parties that, as a result of the emergency situation caused by the 
power outages that affected much of the Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-West, 
HUD and DOL have decided to extend the application submission date for 
the Notice of Funding Availability/Solicitation for Grant Applications 
(SGA) to Monday, August 25, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Garrity, Director, Office of 
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Room 7262, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500, (202) 708-4300 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42818), HUD and DOL 
jointly published a Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA)/ Notice 
of Funding Availability that announced approximately $12.5 million to 
help address chronic homelessness. Of this amount, the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy at DOL made available $2.5 million to 
award up to four cooperative agreements designed to increase and 
improve employment opportunities for persons who are chronically 
homeless. HUD announced the availability of approximately $10 million 
for permanent housing grants from recaptured McKinney Act monies. The 
deadline for applications established by the July 18, 2003, notice was 
August 20, 2003.
    As a result of the emergency situation caused by the power outages 
that affected much of Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-West beginning on August 
14, 2003, HUD and DOL have decided to extend the application submission 
date for the Notice of Funding Availability/Solicitation for Grant 
Applications (SGA) to Monday, August 25, 2003. This notice is 
consistent with a similar notice extending the deadline for 
applications for this joint Solicitation for Grant Applications/ Notice 
of Funding Availability that will be appear in the Federal Register on 
Thursday, August 21, 2003.
    Other than extension of the application due date, no other changes 
are made to the NOFA. All applications must continue to be submitted to 
the U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N-5416, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, by the new 
application deadline--not later than 4:45 pm e.s.t., August 25, 2003.

    Dated: August 20, 2003.
John Garrity,
Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of 
Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 03-21716 Filed 8-21-03; 10:57 am]
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