[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24835-24836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2310]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-N-1A]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding 
Availability, Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Notice of Additional Guidance to 
Applicants

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super notice of funding availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; additional guidance to applicants.

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SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General 
Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This 
guidance concerns the program NOFAs in the SuperNOFA that require 
electronic application submission via Grants.gov, but does not affect 
the application packages on Grants.gov.
    This notice also provides guidance to applicants experiencing 
difficulty using Form HUD 96010, Logic Model in the form fillable, 
savable version on Grants.gov, and voluntary SF 424 Supplement, Survey 
on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants.

DATES: The application submission dates for all other program sections 
of the SuperNOFA remain as published in the Federal Register on March 
21, 2005, with the exception of the Supportive Housing for Persons with 
Disabilities Program as contained in FR-4950-C-20 published in today's 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this Notice 
please contact Dorthera (Rita) Yorkshire or Eric Gauff in HUD's Office 
of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight at (202) 708-0667 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD 
published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the 
SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The FY2005 SuperNOFA 
announced the availability of approximately $2.26 billion in HUD 
assistance. This notice published in today's Federal Register provides 
further guidance to applicants on completing certain forms as part of 
their application submission via Grants.gov.

Applicant Guidance

    HUD is providing the following clarifications and guidance on how 
to submit the HUD 96010, Logic Model and SF 424 Supplement, Survey on 
Equal Opportunity for Applicants.
    Applicants that experience difficulty with the form fillable, 
savable version of the form HUD 96010, Logic Model, may follow any one 
of the following options:
    1. Complete the HUD-96010 Logic Model, Word version form available 
on HUD's Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa05/snofaforms.cfm, save it following the directions in the General Section 
for Word format files and then attach the completed form to the 
Grants.gov application submission using the attachment form in the 
application package; or
    2. Applicants that do not use Microsoft Word software may create 
their own equivalent form and then, using form HUD 96011, Facsimile 
Transmittal, and following the instructions in the General Section of 
the SuperNOFA published on March 21,

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2005, fax the completed Logic Model information to the HUD number 
provided in the General Section; or
    3. Applicants may continue to use the form fillable, savable form 
found in the application package.
    Applicants are reminded that the Logic Model completed with their 
application is to be an Executive Summary of the activities, outputs, 
and outcomes in the application, not a long narrative or a repetition 
of the narratives provided elsewhere in the application. The training 
on the Logic Model emphasized the need to provide the key elements of 
the proposed program in the Logic Model form. The Logic Model training 
may be accessed from HUD's Web site at http://www.hud.gov/webcasts/archives/supernofa05.cfm.
    Applicants are also advised that a Department of Education form was 
incorrectly included as part of the application packages on Grants.gov 
instead of the SF 424 Supplement, Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 
Applicants form listed in HUD program NOFAs. Applicants that wish to 
complete the SF 424 Supplement form should obtain a copy of the correct 
form from HUD's Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa05/snofaforms.cfm. Applicants may use the Word format version of 
the form and submit as an attached file to the application, in 
accordance with the instructions in the General Section for saving Word 
format documents. In the alternative, applicants may use the PDF 
version of this form and either scan it and submit it as an attached 
file with the application or submit it by facsimile using the form HUD 
96011 Facsimile Transmittal as described in the General Section 
instructions.
    To assist applicants in preparing and submitting their application 
packages via Grants.gov, HUD encourages applicants to utilize the 
Frequently Asked Questions pages on the Grants.gov Web site and HUD's 
Web site. Frequently asked questions on the Grants.gov Web site can be 
found at http://grants.gov/ForApplicants#. Look for Tips and Tools. 
Frequently asked questions can be found on the HUD Web site at: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf

    Dated: May 5, 2005.
Darlene Williams,
Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Administration.
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