[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45412-45413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4197]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-C-21]


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; Service Coordinators in Multifamily 
Housing Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Service Coordinators in Multifamily 
Housing Program NOFA; competition reopening announcement.

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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. The 
Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA competition, 
which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on June 24, 2005. This 
document announces the reopening of the Service Coordinators in 
Multifamily Housing Program NOFA competition.

DATES: The new application submission date for the Service Coordinators 
in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA competition is September 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carissa L. Janis, Housing Project 
Manager, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 6146, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone 202-708-
3000 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing 
impairments may access this number via 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 Service 
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing Program, which was included in the 
SuperNOFA, made approximately $10 million available in HUD assistance. 
According to the SuperNOFA, the application submission date for the 
Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA was June 24, 
2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published additional guidance 
to the General Section, that included a link to Frequently Asked 
Questions, located at http://www.grants.gov/ForApplicants#. Frequently 
asked questions can also be found on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf.
    HUD understands that many eligible applicants may have had 
difficulty submitting their applications. Therefore, in order to give 
all NOFA applicants sufficient time to submit completed applications, 
and ensure their Grants.gov registration is complete, this notice 
published in today's Federal Register reopens the Service Coordinators 
in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA competition. The new application 
submission date for the Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing 
Program NOFA competition is September 6, 2005.

Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section and Service Coordinators in 
Multifamily Housing Program NOFA Requirements to Reopened Competition

    Please note that the Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing 
Program NOFA competition description, application submission 
information, and application review information were published in HUD's 
FY2005 SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575). All requirements 
listed in the SuperNOFA General Section and in the Service Coordinators 
in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA are applicable to this reopened 
competition except for those requirements explicitly changed by this 
notice (such as the due date and requirement for electronic 
submission).

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application electronically through 
Grants.gov and received a confirmation of successful receipt from 
Grants.gov, you do not need to resubmit another application. If you 
submitted a paper application, however, without first obtaining a 
waiver from the electronic submission requirement, you must resubmit 
your applications electronically or by paper submission. If an 
applicant decides to resubmit an application, the applicant must 
download a new application package and submit a complete new 
application. HUD will not accept partial amendments to applications 
that were previously submitted.
    Applicants that have already submitted an application do not need 
to resubmit another application. However, if an applicant chooses to 
make any changes to an application that has already been submitted, it 
must download a new application from Grants.gov, complete the 
application, and resubmit by the new deadline date. HUD will review the 
most recent application and disregard any previously submitted 
application.
    Applicants are encouraged to complete their registration and submit 
their electronic applications through Grants.gov as described in the 
SuperNOFA. In addition, for this FY2005 reopened funding opportunity, 
an applicant may submit a paper application without requesting a waiver 
from this requirement. HUD does not intend to accept paper applications 
in the future without a waiver. Applicants that choose to submit a 
paper application must submit an original and two copies by mail or 
permitted delivery service to the appropriate HUD Multifamily (MF) Hub 
or Program Center office identified on HUD's Web

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site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa05/scmhfldofflist.doc. Please do not use the field office list provided in 
the General Section of the SuperNOFA, published March 21, 2005 (70 FR 
13575).
    As described in section IV.F.5.b of the General Section, applicants 
submitting a paper application must use the United States Postal 
Service (USPS) to submit its application to HUD. Applicants must take 
their application to a post office to get a receipt of mailing that 
provides the date and time the package was submitted to the USPS. USPS 
rules now require that large packages must be brought to a postal 
facility for mailing. In many areas, the USPS has made a practice of 
returning to the sender, large packages that have been dropped in a 
mail collection box. Paper copy applications submitted to the USPS by 
the submission date and time and received by HUD no later than 15 days 
after the established submission date will receive funding 
consideration. If the USPS does not have a receipt with a digital time 
stamp, HUD will accept a receipt showing USPS Form 3817, Certificate of 
Mailing with a dated postmark. The proof of submission receipt provided 
by the Postal Service must show receipt no later than the application 
submission deadline. Applicants whose applications are determined to be 
late, who cannot furnish HUD with a receipt from the USPS that verifies 
the package was submitted to the USPS prior to the submission due date 
and time will not receive funding consideration. Applicants may use any 
type of mail service provided by the USPS to have their application 
package delivered to HUD in time to meet the submission requirements.
    HUD will not accept hand delivery of applications.

    Dated: July 29, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E5-4197 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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