[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58417-58430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23062]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

    Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 
inviting Applications for Financial Assistance (FA) awards or Technical 
Assistance (TA) grants under the Native American CDFI Assistance 
Program (NACA Program) FY 2015 Funding Round.
    Announcement Type: Announcement of funding opportunity.
    Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI-2015-NACA.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020.

    KEY DATES:

                  Table 1--FY 2015 NACA Program Funding Round Critical Deadlines for Applicants
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                                                                Time (eastern daylight
             Description                      Deadline                time--EDT)            Submission method
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CDFI Certification Applications.....  October 24, 2014.......  5:00 p.m. EDT..........  MyCDFI Fund.
Last day to contact NACA Program      November 20, 2014......  5:00 p.m. EDT..........  CDFI Fund Helpdesk: 202-
 staff.                                                                                  653-0421 or
                                                                                         [email protected]
                                                                                         .
NACA Program Application for          November 24, 2014......  11:59 p.m. EDT.........  Electronically via
 Financial Assistance (FA) and/or                                                        Grants.gov.
 Technical Assistance (TA).
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    Executive Summary: Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides 
(i) FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development 
Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving Native American, Alaska Native, 
or Native Hawaiian populations or Native American areas defined as 
Federally-designated reservations, Hawaiian homelands, Alaska Native 
Villages and U.S. Census Bureau-designated Tribal Statistical Areas 
(collectively, ``Native Communities'') to build their financial 
capacity to lend to their Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to 
$150,000 to build Certified, Certifiable, and Emerging CDFIs' 
organizational capacity to serve their Target Markets and Sponsoring 
Entities ability to create Certified CDFIs that serve Native 
Communities. All awards provided through this NOFA are subject to 
funding availability.

I. Program Description

    A. History: The CDFI Fund was established by the Riegle Community 
Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to promote 
economic revitalization and community development through investment in 
and assistance to CDFIs. Since its creation in 1994, the CDFI Fund has 
awarded over $1.9 billion to CDFIs, community development 
organizations, and financial institutions through the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program), the NACA 
Program, the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), the Capital 
Magnet Fund, and the Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program. 
In addition, the CDFI Fund has allocated $40 billion in tax credit 
allocation authority through the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC 
Program) and has obligated $325 million in bond guarantees to Eligible 
CDFIs through the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
    B. Priorities: Through the NACA Program's FA awards and TA grants, 
the CDFI Fund invests in and builds the capacity of for-profit and non-
profit community based lending organizations known as Community 
Development Financial Institutions, or CDFIs. These organizations, 
Certified as CDFIs by the CDFI Fund, serve Native Communities.
    C. Program Regulations: The regulations governing the NACA Program 
are found at 12 CFR Parts 1805 and 1815 (the Regulations) and set forth 
evaluation criteria and other program requirements. The CDFI Fund 
encourages Applicants to review the Regulations, this NOFA, the 
Application, and the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200; 78 
Federal Register 78590) (Uniform Federal Award Requirements) for a 
complete understanding of the program; capitalized terms in this NOFA 
are defined in the Regulations, this NOFA, the Application, and the 
Uniform Federal Award Requirements. Details regarding Application 
content requirements are found in the Application and related 
materials.
    D. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit 
Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200): In December 2013, the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a final rule that 
provides a government-wide framework for grants management, with the 
goal of combining several OMB guidance circulars, reducing 
administrative burden for Recipients, and reducing the risk of waste, 
fraud and abuse of Federal financial assistance. The Uniform Federal 
Award Requirements codifies financial, administrative, procurement, and 
program management standards that Federal award agencies must follow. 
When evaluating award applications, awarding agencies must evaluate the 
risks to the program posed by each applicant, and each applicant's 
merits and eligibility. These requirements are designed to ensure that 
applicants for Federal assistance receive a fair and consistent review 
prior to an award decision. This review will assess items such as the 
Applicant's financial stability, quality of management systems, history 
of performance, and single audit findings. In addition, the Uniform 
Federal Award Requirements includes guidance on audit requirements and 
other award requirements that award Recipients must comply with.
    E. Funding limitations: The CDFI Fund reserves the right to fund, 
in whole or in part, any, all, or none of the Applications submitted in 
response to this NOFA. The CDFI Fund also reserves the right to 
reallocate funds from the amount that is anticipated to be available 
through this NOFA to other CDFI Fund initiatives that are designed to 
benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
communities, particularly if the CDFI Fund determines that the number 
of awards made through this NOFA is fewer than projected.

II. Federal Award Information

A. Funding Availability

    1. FY 2015 Funding Round: Subject to funding availability, the CDFI 
Fund expects to award, through this NOFA, approximately $15 million as 
indicated in the following table:

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                           Table 2--FY 2015 Funding Round Anticipated Category Amounts
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                                     Estimated             Award amount
     Funding categories (see       total amount  --------------------------------    Estimated    Average amount
     definition in table 7)        to be awarded                                     number of     awarded in FY
                                    (millions)        Minimum         Maximum         awards           2013
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FA..............................             $12        $100,000      $1,000,000              20        $555,000
TA..............................               3          10,000         150,000              30         141,000
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    Total.......................              15  ..............  ..............              50  ..............
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Healthy Food Financing                        35         500,000       5,000,000              13       2,750,000
 Initiative--Financial
 Assistance (HFFI-FA)*..........
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* HFFI-FA appropriation will be allocated in one competitive round between the NACA and CDFI Program NOFAs.

    The CDFI Fund reserves the right to award more or less than the 
amounts cited above in each category, based upon available funding and 
other factors, as appropriate.
    2. Funding Availability for the FY 2015 Funding Round: Funds for 
the FY 2015 Funding Round have not yet been appropriated; if Congress 
does not appropriate funds for the NACA Program, there will not be a FY 
2015 Funding Round. If funds are appropriated, the amount of such funds 
may be greater or less than the amounts set forth above. In the event 
that funds are not appropriated for the NACA Program, CDFIs that might 
otherwise qualify for NACA Program awards are encouraged to apply for 
CDFI Program awards through the CDFI Program NOFA. The CDFI Fund 
reserves the right to contact applicants to seek additional information 
in the event that the final FY 2015 appropriations for the CDFI Program 
change any of the requirements in this NOFA.
    3. Anticipated Start Date and Period of Performance: The CDFI Fund 
anticipates the period of performance for the FY 2015 Funding Round 
will begin in the fall of calendar year 2015. Specifically, the period 
of performance for TA grants begins with the date of the notice of the 
award and includes either (i) an Emerging or Certified CDFI award 
Recipient's two full consecutive fiscal years after the date of the 
notice of the award or (ii) a Sponsoring Entity award Recipient's four 
full consecutive fiscal years after the date of the notice of the 
award, during which the Recipient must meet the performance goals set 
forth in the Assistance Agreement. The period of performance for FA 
awards includes an award Recipient's three full consecutive fiscal 
years after the date of the notice of the award, during which time the 
Recipient must meet its performance goals.

B. Types of Awards

    Through the NACA Program, the CDFI Fund provides two types of 
awards: Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA) awards. 
An Applicant may submit an Application for a TA grant or an FA award, 
but not both.
    1. FA Awards: FA awards can be in the form of loans, grants, Equity 
Investments, and deposits and credit union shares. The form of the FA 
award is based on the form of the matching funds that the Applicant 
includes in its Application, unless Congress waives the matching funds 
requirement. Matching funds are required for FA awards, must be from 
non-Federal sources, and cannot have been used as matching funds for 
any other Federal award. The CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole 
discretion, to provide an FA award in an amount other than that which 
the Applicant requests; however, the award amount will not exceed the 
Applicant's award request as stated in its Application.
    2. Healthy Food Financing Initiative--Financial Assistance (HFFI-
FA) Awards: HFFI-FA awards will be provided as a supplement to FA 
awards; therefore, only those Applicants that have been selected to 
receive an FA award through the NACA Program FY 2015 Funding Round will 
be eligible to receive an HFFI-FA award. HFFI-FA awards can be in the 
form of loans, grants, Equity Investments, and deposits and credit 
union shares. The form of the HFFI-FA award is based on the form of the 
matching funds that the Applicant includes in its Application, unless 
Congress waives the matching funds requirement. Matching funds are 
required for HFFI-FA awards, must be from non-Federal sources, and 
cannot have been used as matching funds for any other Federal award. 
The CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to provide an 
HFFI-FA award in an amount other than that which the Applicant 
requests; however, the award amount will not exceed the Applicant's 
award request as stated in its Application.
    3. TA Grants: TA is provided in the form of grants. The CDFI Fund 
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to provide a TA grant in an 
amount other than which the Applicant requests; however, the TA grant 
amount will not exceed the Applicant's request as stated in its 
Application and the applicable budget chart.

C. Eligible Activities

1. FA Awards
    FA and HFFI-FA award funds can be expended for activities in the 
following five categories: (i) Financial Products; (ii) Financial 
Services; (iii) Loan Loss Reserves; (iv) Development Services; and (v) 
Capital Reserves. Each of the allowable activity categories will be 
eligible for indirect costs and an associated indirect cost rate. 
Indirect cost rates will be determined as part of the terms and 
conditions of the award. For purposes of this NOFA, the five activity 
categories are defined as follows:

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                              Table 3--FA and HFFI-FA Eligible Activity Categories
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                                                                                       Eligible CDFI institution
               FA activity                          FA activity definition                       types
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i. Financial Products...................  FA expended as loans, Equity Investments    All.
                                           and similar financing activities (as
                                           determined by the CDFI Fund) including
                                           the purchase of loans originated by
                                           Certified CDFIs and the provision of loan
                                           guarantees; in the case of CDFI
                                           Intermediaries, grants to CDFIs and/or
                                           emerging CDFIs and deposits in Insured
                                           Credit Union CDFIs, emerging Insured
                                           Credit Union CDFIs, and/or State-Insured
                                           Credit Union CDFIs.
ii. Financial Services..................  FA expended for the provision of checking   Insured Depository
                                           and savings accounts, certified checks,     Institutions only.
                                           automated teller machines services,
                                           deposit taking, remittances, safe deposit
                                           box services, and other similar services.
iii. Loan Loss Reserves.................  FA set aside in the form of cash reserves,  All.
                                           or through accounting-based accrual
                                           reserves, to cover losses on loans,
                                           accounts, and notes receivable made in
                                           the Applicant's Target Market, or for
                                           related purposes that the CDFI Fund deems
                                           appropriate.
iv. Development Services................  FA expended for activities that promote     All.
                                           community development and are integral to
                                           the Applicant's provision of Financial
                                           Products and Financial Services. Such
                                           services that shall prepare or assist
                                           current or potential borrowers or
                                           investees to utilize the Financial
                                           Products or Financial Services of the
                                           Applicant.
v. Capital Reserves.....................  FA set aside as reserves to support the     Insured Depository
                                           Applicant's ability to leverage other       Institutions only.
                                           capital, for such purposes as increasing
                                           its net assets or serving the financing
                                           needs of its Target Market, or for
                                           related purposes as the CDFI Fund deems
                                           appropriate.
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2. TA Grants
    TA grant funds can be expended for the following seven eligible 
activity categories: (i) Compensation--personal services; (ii) 
Compensation--fringe benefits; (iii) Professional Service Costs; (iv) 
Travel Costs; (v) Training and Education Costs; (vi) Equipment and 
other capital expenditures; and (vii) Supplies. Each of the allowable 
activity categories will be eligible for indirect costs and an 
associated indirect cost rate. Indirect cost rates will be determined 
as part of the terms and conditions of the award. For purposes of this 
NOFA, the seven activity categories are defined as follows:

                Table 4--TA Eligible Activity Categories
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(i) Compensation--personal          TA paid to cover salaries of the
 services.                           Applicant's personnel that are paid
                                     currently or accrued by the
                                     Applicant for work performed
                                     directly related to carrying out
                                     the purpose of the TA grant
                                     (including activities related to
                                     becoming certified as a CDFI),
                                     subject to the applicable
                                     provisions of the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements.
(ii) Compensation--fringe benefits  TA paid to cover costs of the
                                     Applicant's personnel employment
                                     (other than the employees' salaries
                                     income) in proportion to the salary
                                     charged to the TA grant, to the
                                     extent that such payments are made
                                     under formally established and
                                     consistently applied organizational
                                     policies, subject to the applicable
                                     provisions of the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements.
(iii) Professional service costs..  TA used to pay for professional and
                                     consultant services rendered by
                                     persons who are members of a
                                     particular profession or possess a
                                     special skill, and who are not
                                     officers or employees of the
                                     Recipient, subject to the
                                     applicable provisions of the
                                     Uniform Federal Award Requirements.
                                     Payment for a consultant's services
                                     may not exceed the daily equivalent
                                     of the current maximum rate paid to
                                     an Executive Schedule Level IV
                                     Federal employee.
(iv) Travel costs.................  TA used to pay expenses for
                                     transportation, lodging,
                                     subsistence, and related items
                                     incurred by the Applicant's
                                     personnel who are on travel status
                                     on business related to the TA
                                     grant, subject to the applicable
                                     provisions of the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements.
(v) Training and education costs..  TA used to pay the cost of training
                                     and education provided for employee
                                     development, subject to the
                                     applicable provisions of the
                                     Uniform Federal Award Requirements.
(vi) Equipment....................  TA used to pay for tangible personal
                                     property, having a useful life of
                                     more than one year and a per-unit
                                     acquisition cost of at least $5,000
                                     and subject to the applicable
                                     provisions of the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements. Examples
                                     include office equipment,
                                     furnishings, and information
                                     technology equipment and systems.
(vii) Supplies....................  TA used to pay for tangible personal
                                     property with a per unit
                                     acquisition of less than $5,000 and
                                     subject to the applicable
                                     provisions of the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements.
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III. Eligibility Information

    A. Eligible Applicants: For the purposes of this NOFA, the 
following tables set forth the eligibility criteria to receive an award 
from the CDFI Fund, along with certain definitions of terms. There are 
four categories of Applicant eligibility criteria: (1) CDFI 
certification criteria (Table 5); (2) requirements that apply to all 
Applicants (Table 6); (3) requirements that apply to TA Applicants 
(Table 7); and (4) requirements that apply to FA Applicants (Table 8).

            Table 5--CDFI Certification Criteria Definitions
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Certified CDFI....................   An entity that the CDFI
                                     Fund has officially notified that
                                     it meets all CDFI certification
                                     requirements.

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Certifiable CDFI..................   An entity that has
                                     submitted a CDFI Certification
                                     Application to the CDFI Fund
                                     demonstrating that it meets the
                                     CDFI certification requirements but
                                     which has not yet been officially
                                     certified.
                                     The CDFI Fund will not
                                     enter into an Assistance Agreement
                                     or disburse FA award funds unless
                                     and until an Applicant is Certified
                                     CDFI.
Emerging CDFI.....................   A non-Certified entity that
                                     has not submitted a CDFI
                                     Certification Application but
                                     demonstrates to the CDFI Fund that
                                     it has an acceptable plan to meet
                                     certification requirements by the
                                     end of its period of performance,
                                     or another date that the CDFI Fund
                                     selects.
                                     An Emerging CDFI that has
                                     prior award(s) will be held to the
                                     CDFI certification performance goal
                                     and measure(s) stated in its prior
                                     Assistance Agreement(s).
                                     Emerging CDFIs may only
                                     apply for TA grants; they are not
                                     eligible to apply for FA awards.
                                     Each Emerging CDFI selected
                                     to receive a TA grant will be
                                     required to become a Certified CDFI
                                     by a date specified in the
                                     Assistance Agreement.
Sponsoring Entity.................   Sponsoring Entities include
                                     any legal organization that
                                     primarily serves Native Community
                                     with ``primary'' meaning, at least
                                     50 percent of its activities are
                                     directed toward the Native
                                     Community.
                                     An eligible organization
                                     that proposes to create a separate
                                     legal organization that will become
                                     a Certified CDFI serving Native
                                     Communities.
                                     Sponsoring Entities may
                                     only apply for TA grants; they are
                                     not eligible to apply for FA
                                     awards.
                                     Each Sponsoring Entity
                                     selected to receive a TA grant will
                                     be required to create and certify
                                     an Emerging CDFI by the dates
                                     specified in the Assistance
                                     Agreement.
Definition of Native Other          The CDFI Fund uses the following
 Targeted Population as Target       definitions, set forth in the
 Market.                             Office of Management and Budget
                                     (OMB) Notice, Revisions to the
                                     Standards for the Classification of
                                     Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
                                     (October 30, 1997), as amended and
                                     supplemented:
                                    a) American Indian, Native American,
                                     or Alaska Native: A person having
                                     origins in any of the original
                                     peoples of North and South America
                                     (including Central America) and who
                                     maintains tribal affiliation or
                                     community attachment; and
                                    b) Native Hawaiian (living in
                                     Hawaii): A person having origins in
                                     any of the original peoples of
                                     Hawaii.
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          Table 6--Eligibility Requirements for All Applicants
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Applicant.........................   Only the entity that will
                                     carry out the proposed award
                                     activities should apply for an
                                     award (e.g., the intended award
                                     Recipient).
                                     An Applicant that applies
                                     on behalf of another organization
                                     will be rejected without further
                                     consideration, except for
                                     Depository Institution Holding
                                     Companies (see below).
Application type and submission      The CDFI Fund will only
 overview.                           accept Applications that use the
                                     official Word Narrative and Excel
                                     Workbook templates provided on the
                                     Grants.gov and CDFI Fund websites.
                                     Applications submitted with
                                     alternative or altered templates
                                     will not be considered.
                                     Only Applications submitted
                                     via the Grants.gov Web site will be
                                     accepted for review.
Microsoft Word Narrative Template.   Each Applicant must submit
                                     a completed Microsoft Word
                                     Narrative Template.
                                     An Applicant that does not
                                     submit a completed Narrative
                                     Template will be rejected without
                                     further consideration.
Microsoft Excel Workbook..........   Each Applicant must submit
                                     a completed Microsoft Excel
                                     Workbook template.
                                     An Applicant that does not
                                     submit a completed Microsoft Excel
                                     Workbook template will be rejected
                                     without further consideration.
Employer Identification Number       An Applicant must provide
 (EIN).                              an electronic copy of the letter
                                     from the IRS as evidence that the
                                     Applicant has been assigned its own
                                     unique EIN.
                                     The CDFI Fund will reject
                                     an Application submitted with the
                                     EIN of a parent or Affiliate
                                     organization.
                                     The CDFI Fund will deem an
                                     Application incomplete if it does
                                     not include an IRS document that
                                     verifies the Applicant's EIN (a tax
                                     return is not an acceptable form of
                                     IRS documentation). The CDFI Fund
                                     will allow an Applicant two
                                     business days upon request by the
                                     CDFI Fund to submit the appropriate
                                     documentation before the
                                     Application will be rejected
                                     without further consideration due
                                     to missing documentation of the
                                     Applicant's EIN.
DUNS number.......................   Pursuant to OMB guidance
                                     (68 FR 38402), an Applicant must
                                     apply using its unique DUNS number
                                     in Grants.gov.
                                     The CDFI Fund will reject
                                     an Application submitted with the
                                     DUNS number of a parent or
                                     Affiliate organization.
MyCDFI Fund account...............   Each Applicant must
                                     register as an organization in
                                     MyCDFI Fund by the Application
                                     deadline.
                                     The Authorized
                                     Representative and/or Application
                                     point of contact must be included
                                     as ``users'' in the Applicant's
                                     MyCDFI Fund account.
                                     An Applicant that fails to
                                     properly register and update its
                                     MyCDFI Fund account may miss
                                     important communication from the
                                     CDFI Fund that could impact its
                                     Application.
                                     The CDFI Fund will allow an
                                     Applicant two business days upon
                                     request by the CDFI Fund to create
                                     or update its MyCDFI Fund account
                                     before the Application will be
                                     rejected without further
                                     consideration.
501(c)(4) status..................   Pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 1611,
                                     a 501(c)(4) any organization that
                                     engages in lobbying activities is
                                     not eligible for the receipt of a
                                     CDFI or NACA Program award.
Compliance with Federal civil        An Applicant may not be
 rights requirements.                eligible to receive an award if
                                     proceedings have been instituted
                                     against it in, by, or before any
                                     court, governmental agency, or
                                     administrative body, and a final
                                     determination within the last three
                                     years indicates the Applicant has
                                     violated any of the following laws:
                                     Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
                                     1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000d);
                                     Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
                                     Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); the
                                     Age Discrimination Act of 1975, (42
                                     U.S.C. 6101-6107), and Executive
                                     Order 13166, Improving Access to
                                     Services for Persons with Limited
                                     English Proficiency.

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Depository Institution Holding       In the case where a CDFI
 Company Applicant.                  Depository Institution Holding
                                     Company Applicant intends to carry
                                     out the activities of an award
                                     through its CDFI Subsidiary Insured
                                     Depository Institution, the
                                     Application must be submitted by
                                     the CDFI Depository Institution
                                     Holding Company and reflect the
                                     consolidated activities and
                                     financial performance of the CDFI
                                     Subsidiary Insured Depository
                                     Institution.
                                     Authorized representatives
                                     of both the Depository Institution
                                     Holding Company and the CDFI
                                     Subsidiary Insured Depository
                                     Institution must certify that the
                                     information included in the
                                     Application represents that of the
                                     CDFI Subsidiary Insured Depository
                                     Institution and that the award
                                     funds will be used to support the
                                     CDFI Subsidiary Insured Depository
                                     Institution for the eligible
                                     activities outlined in the
                                     Application.
Insured CDFI--Insured Credit Union   To be eligible for an
 and Insured Depository              award, each Insured Depository
 Institution.                        Institution Applicant must have a
                                     CAMELS/CAMEL (rating for banks and
                                     credit unions, respectively), by
                                     its Federal regulator of at least
                                     ``4.''
                                     Organizations with CAMELS/
                                     CAMEL ratings of ``5'' will not be
                                     eligible for awards.
Use of award......................   All awards made through
                                     this NOFA must be used to support
                                     the Applicant's approved FA or TA
                                     eligible activities (see Section
                                     II.C).
                                     Awards cannot be used to
                                     support the activities of, or
                                     otherwise be passed through,
                                     transferred, or co-awarded to,
                                     third-party entities, whether
                                     Affiliates, Subsidiaries, or others
                                     (except Depository Institution
                                     Holding Company Applicants.)
Requested award amount for           An Applicant must state its
 eligible activities.                requested award amount and proposed
                                     eligible activities in the ``Award
                                     Request Table'' (Tab 4--Purpose) in
                                     the Excel Workbook.
                                     An Applicant that does not
                                     fully complete the ``Award Request
                                     Table'' will be rejected without
                                     further consideration.
Pending resolution of                The CDFI Fund will consider
 noncompliance.                      an Application submitted by an
                                     Applicant that has pending
                                     noncompliance issues if the CDFI
                                     Fund has not yet made a final
                                     determination as to whether the
                                     Applicant is in default of any of
                                     its previously executed award
                                     agreement(s).
Default status....................   The CDFI Fund will not
                                     consider an Application submitted
                                     by an Applicant that has been
                                     notified by the CDFI Fund in
                                     writing that it is in default of a
                                     previously executed award agreement
                                     under any CDFI Fund program, at the
                                     time of the Application deadline.
                                     The CDFI Fund will not
                                     consider any Applicant that has
                                     defaulted on a CDFI Program loan
                                     within five years of the
                                     Application deadline.
Undisbursed award funds and          An Applicant that has funds
 calculations (general).             from a prior award that have not
                                     been disbursed, as defined in (a)-
                                     (d) below, as of the Application
                                     deadline will not be eligible for
                                     an award.
                                    (a) The CDFI Fund will include the
                                     combined undisbursed award funds of
                                     the Applicant and its Affiliates.
                                    (b) Balances on undisbursed award
                                     funds cannot exceed five percent of
                                     the combined BEA Program awards
                                     made to the Applicant in FYs 2011,
                                     2012, and 2013.
                                    (c) Balances on undisbursed award
                                     funds cannot exceed five percent of
                                     the combined CDFI/NACA Program
                                     awards made to the Applicant in FYs
                                     2011, 2012, and 2013.
                                    (d) The undisbursed award funds
                                     calculation does not include award
                                     funds for: (i) which the Recipient
                                     has submitted a full and complete
                                     disbursement request before the
                                     Application deadline; (ii) an award
                                     that has been terminated or de-
                                     obligated; or (iii) an award that
                                     does not have a fully executed
                                     award agreement; and (iv) the tax
                                     credit allocation authority made
                                     available through the NMTC Program.
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           Table 7--Eligibility Requirements for TA Applicants
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CDFI certification status.........   Certified, Certifiable,
                                     Emerging CDFIs, or Sponsoring
                                     Entities (see definitions in Table
                                     5).
Matching funds....................   Matching funds
                                     documentation is not required for
                                     TA awards.
Limitation on Awards..............   An Emerging CDFI serving
                                     Native Communities will be allowed
                                     to receive no more than three TA
                                     awards as an uncertified CDFI.
                                     A Sponsoring Entity is only
                                     eligible to apply for an award if
                                     (i) it does not have an active
                                     prior award or (ii) the
                                     certification goal in its active
                                     award's Assistance Agreement has
                                     been satisfied and it proposes to
                                     create another CDFI that will serve
                                     one or more Native Communities.
Target Market.....................   TA Applicants must
                                     demonstrate that the Certified,
                                     Certifiable, Emerging CDFI, or the
                                     CDFI to be created by the
                                     Sponsoring Entity will primarily
                                     serve one or more Native Community
                                     as its Target Market.
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           Table 8--Eligibility Requirements for FA Applicants
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CDFI certification status.........   Each FA Applicant must be a
                                     Certified CDFI prior to the
                                     announcement of award decisions.
                                     An Applicant that is in a
                                     cure period to remedy CDFI
                                     recertification deficiencies at the
                                     time of award announcements will
                                     not be eligible for an FA award
                                     under this NOFA.
Activities in Native Communities..   For consideration under
                                     this NOFA, each FA Applicant must:
                                    [cir] demonstrate that at least 50
                                     percent of its past activities were
                                     in one or more Native Communities;
                                     and
                                    [cir] describe how it will target
                                     its lending/investing activities to
                                     more or more Native Communities.
Target Market.....................   For consideration under
                                     this NOFA, an FA Applicant's
                                     certification Target Market must
                                     have one or more of the following
                                     characteristics:
                                    [cir] For qualifying with an
                                     investment area Target Market, the
                                     Applicant must demonstrate that the
                                     investment area approved for
                                     certification is also a geographic
                                     area of Federally-designated
                                     reservations, Hawaiian homelands,
                                     Alaska Native Villages and U.S.
                                     Census Bureau designated Tribal
                                     Statistical Areas; and/or
                                    [cir] For qualifying with an Other
                                     Targeted Population (OTP) Target
                                     Market, the applicant's Target
                                     Market approved for certification
                                     must be an OTP of Native Americans
                                     or American Indians, including
                                     Alaska Natives living in Alaska and
                                     Native Hawaiians living in Hawaii.
                                     Any FA Applicant whose
                                     certification Target Market does
                                     not meet either of the conditions
                                     above will not be eligible for an
                                     FA award under this NOFA.

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Community Partnership.............   All FA Applicants must
                                     demonstrate strong Community
                                     Partnerships with Native
                                     Communities.
Matching funds documentation......   All Applicants must submit
                                     acceptable documentation that they
                                     have received or will receive
                                     matching funds. Applications that
                                     do not submit acceptable matching
                                     funds documentation will not be
                                     evaluated.
                                     Award size will be limited
                                     to no more than two times the
                                     amount of In-Hand or Committed
                                     matching funds documentation
                                     provided at the time of
                                     Application, but actual award size
                                     may be less than this amount.
                                     Awards will be obligated in like
                                     form to the matching funds
                                     provided.
                                     Award payments from the
                                     CDFI Fund will require eligible
                                     dollar-for-dollar In-Hand matching
                                     funds for the total payment amount.
                                     Any award Recipient that is
                                     not able to demonstrate dollar-for-
                                     dollar matching funds by the end of
                                     the Matching Funds Window will have
                                     its award amount reduced and the
                                     corresponding funds will be de-
                                     obligated.
$5 Million funding cap............   The CDFI Fund is prohibited
                                     from obligating more than $5
                                     million in CDFI and NACA Program
                                     awards, in the aggregate, to any
                                     one organization and its
                                     Subsidiaries and Affiliates during
                                     any three-year period.
                                     The CDFI Fund will make FY
                                     2015 funding round award
                                     announcements on or after August 7,
                                     2015; the CDFI Fund will include
                                     awards in the cap calculation that
                                     were provided to an Applicant (and
                                     its Subsidiaries and Affiliates)
                                     under the FY 2013 and 2014 funding
                                     rounds, as well as the requested FY
                                     2015 award, excluding HFFI-FA
                                     awards.
HFFI-FA...........................   All HFFI-FA Applicants
                                     must:
                                    (a) Apply for an FA award;
                                    (b) Meet all FA award eligibility
                                     requirements; and
                                    (c) Complete and submit a NACA
                                     Program Financial Assistance
                                     Application along with an HFFI-FA
                                     Narrative Template at the time of
                                     Application
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    B. Matching Funds Requirements: In order to receive an FA award, an 
Applicant must provide documentation of eligible dollar-for-dollar 
matching funds. The CDFI Fund will review all matching funds 
documentation prior to award disbursement and will disburse funds based 
upon eligible In-Hand matching funds (see Table 9 for the definition of 
In-Hand). The CDFI Fund encourages Applicants to review the Regulations 
at 12 CFR 1805.500, the Uniform Federal Award Requirements, and the 
matching funds guidance materials in the Excel Workbook, which is 
available on the CDFI Fund's Web site and Grants.gov. Table 9 provides 
a summary of the matching funds requirements; additional details are 
set forth in the Application materials.

                  Table 9--Matching Funds Requirements
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Matching funds requirements by      The following Applicants must
 application type.                   provide documentation of acceptable
                                     matching funds:
                                     FA Applicants; and
                                     HFFI-FA Applicants. (upon
                                     request) *
                                    TA Applicants are not required to
                                     provide matching funds.
                                    * The matching funds requirement for
                                     HFFI-FA applicants was waived in
                                     the appropriations bill for FY 2014
                                     and final FY 2015 appropriations
                                     are still pending. HFFI-FA
                                     applicants are not required to
                                     submit matching funds for their
                                     HFFI-FA award request at the time
                                     of application. However, the CDFI
                                     Fund reserves the right to request
                                     matching funds from HFFI-FA
                                     applicants if matching funds are
                                     not waived in the final FY 2015
                                     CDFI Program appropriation.
Amount of required match..........  Applicants must submit documentation
                                     of eligible In-Hand dollar-for-
                                     dollar non-Federal matching funds
                                     for every FA award dollar to be
                                     disbursed by the CDFI Fund.
Determination of award form.......  FA awards will be made in comparable
                                     form and value to the eligible In-
                                     Hand or Committed matching funds
                                     documentation submitted by the
                                     Applicant.
                                     For example, if an FA
                                     Applicant provides documentation of
                                     eligible loan matching funds for
                                     $200,000 and $400,000 of its
                                     matching funds in the form of
                                     grant, the CDFI Fund will obligate
                                     $200,000 of the FA award as a loan
                                     and $400,000 as a grant.
Matching Funds Window definition..   The Applicant must receive
                                     eligible In-Hand matching funds
                                     between January 1, 2013 and January
                                     15, 2016.
                                     An award Recipient must
                                     provide the CDFI Fund with all
                                     documentation demonstrating the
                                     receipt of matching funds by
                                     January 31, 2016.
Matching funds and form of award..   Recipients will be approved
                                     for a maximum award size of two
                                     times the total amount of eligible
                                     In-Hand or Committed matching funds
                                     documentation included in the
                                     Application, so long as they do not
                                     exceed the award amount limit.
                                     The form of the matching
                                     funds documented in the Application
                                     determines the form of the award.

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In-Hand matching funds definition.   Matching funds are eligible
                                     and In-Hand when the Applicant
                                     actually receives disbursement of
                                     the matching funds and includes
                                     acceptable documentation in the
                                     Application, showing the source,
                                     form (e.g., grant, loan, deposit,
                                     and Equity Investment), and amount
                                     of the matching funds.
                                     The following
                                     documentation, depending on the
                                     type of award being requested, must
                                     be included in the Application:
                                    i. loan--the loan agreement and/or
                                     promissory note;
                                    ii. grant--the grant letter or
                                     agreement for all grants of $50,000
                                     or more;
                                    iii. Equity Investment--the stock
                                     certificate and shareholder
                                     agreement;
                                    iv. retained earnings--audits or
                                     call reports from regulating
                                     entity; and
                                    v. third party in-kind contribution--
                                     evidence of receipt of contribution
                                     and valuation;
                                    AND
                                    vi. clearly legible documentation
                                     that demonstrates receipt of the
                                     matching funds including the date
                                     of the transaction and the amount,
                                     such as a copy of a check or a wire
                                     transfer statement.
                                     The CDFI Fund will only
                                     disburse FA awards that have
                                     eligible In-Hand matching funds, as
                                     determined by the CDFI Fund.
Committed matching funds             Matching funds are
 definition.                         Committed when the Applicant has
                                     entered into or received a legally
                                     binding commitment from the
                                     matching funds source showing the
                                     matching funds will be disbursed to
                                     the Applicant at a future date.
                                     The Applicant must provide
                                     to the CDFI Fund acceptable written
                                     documentation showing the source,
                                     form, and amount of the Committed
                                     matching funds (including, in the
                                     case of a loan, the terms thereof),
                                     as well as the anticipated
                                     disbursement date of the Committed
                                     funds.
Limitations on matching funds.....   Matching funds must be from
                                     non-Federal sources.
                                     Applicants cannot proffer
                                     matching funds that were accepted
                                     as matching funds for a prior FA
                                     award under the CDFI Program or
                                     under another Federal grant or
                                     award program.
                                     Matching funds must comply
                                     with Regulations at 12 CFR 1805.500
                                     et seq.
                                     The CDFI Fund will not
                                     consider any FA Application that
                                     does not include any In-Hand or
                                     Committed matching funds
                                     documentation as of the Application
                                     deadline.
                                     Matching funds must be
                                     attributable to at least one of the
                                     five eligible activities (see
                                     Section II.C).
Rights of the CDFI Fund...........   The CDFI Fund reserves the
                                     right to contact the matching funds
                                     source to discuss the matching
                                     funds and the documentation that
                                     the Applicant has provided.
                                     The CDFI Fund may grant an
                                     extension of the Matching Funds
                                     Window (defined in Table 9), on a
                                     case-by-case basis, if the CDFI
                                     Fund deems it appropriate.
                                     The CDFI Fund reserves the
                                     right to rescind all or a portion
                                     of an FA award and re-allocate the
                                     rescinded award amount to other
                                     qualified Applicant(s), if an award
                                     Recipient fails to obtain In-Hand
                                     100 percent of the required
                                     Matching Funds during the Matching
                                     Funds Window.
Matching funds in the form of        Third party in-kind
 third-party in-kind contributions.  contributions are the value of non-
                                     cash contributions (i.e., property
                                     or services) provided by non-
                                     Federal third parties.
                                     Third party in-kind
                                     contributions will be considered to
                                     be in the form of a grant.
                                     Third party in-kind
                                     contributions may be in the form of
                                     real property, equipment, supplies,
                                     and other expendable property, and
                                     the value of goods and services
                                     directly benefiting the eligible
                                     activities.
                                     For third-party in-kind
                                     contributions, the fair market
                                     value of goods and services must be
                                     documented.
                                     Applicants will be
                                     responsible for documenting the
                                     value of all in-kind contributions
                                     as described in the Uniform Federal
                                     Award Requirements.
Matching funds in the form of a      An FA award made in the
 loan.                               form of a loan will have the
                                     following standardized terms:
                                     A 13-year term with semi-
                                     annual interest-only payments due
                                     in years 1 through 10, and fully
                                     amortizing payments due each year
                                     in years 11 through 13; and
                                     A fixed interest rate of
                                     2.5 percent, which was calculated
                                     by the CDFI Fund based on the U.S.
                                     Department of the Treasury's 10-
                                     year Treasury note.
                                     The Applicant's matching
                                     funds loan(s) must:
                                    i. have a minimum of a 3-year term.
                                     Loans presented as matching funds
                                     with less than a 3-year term will
                                     not qualify as eligible match; and
                                    ii. not be from a Federal source.
Ineligible matching funds.........   If the CDFI Fund determines
                                     that any portion of the Applicant's
                                     matching funds is ineligible, the
                                     CDFI Fund will permit the Applicant
                                     to offer documentation of
                                     alternative matching funds as a
                                     substitute for the ineligible
                                     matching funds.
                                     In such instances:
                                    i. the Applicant must provide
                                     acceptable alternative matching
                                     funds documentation within the
                                     period of time specified by the
                                     CDFI Fund, and
                                    ii. the alternative matching funds
                                     documentation will not increase the
                                     total amount of FA requested.
Use of matching funds from a prior  If an Applicant offers matching
 CDFI Program Recipient.             funds documentation from an
                                     organization that was a prior
                                     Recipient under the CDFI Program,
                                     the Applicant must prove to the
                                     CDFI Fund's satisfaction that such
                                     funds do not consist, in whole or
                                     in part, of CDFI Program funds or
                                     other Federal funds.
Matching funds in the form of        Retained earnings are
 retained earnings.                  eligible for use as matching funds
                                     when the CDFI Fund calculates an
                                     amount equal to:
                                    i. the increase in retained earnings
                                     that occurred over any one of the
                                     Applicant's fiscal years within the
                                     Matching Funds Window, adjusted to
                                     remove revenue and expenses derived
                                     from Federal sources and matching
                                     funds previously used for an award;
                                     or
                                    ii. the annual average of such
                                     increases that occurred over any
                                     three consecutive fiscal years of
                                     the Applicant with at least one of
                                     the fiscal years occurring within
                                     the Matching Funds Window, adjusted
                                     to remove revenue and expenses
                                     derived from Federal sources and
                                     matching funds previously used for
                                     an award; or
                                    iii. any combination of (i) and (ii)
                                     above that does not include
                                     matching funds previously used for
                                     an award.
                                     Retained earnings will be
                                     matched in the form of a grant.

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Special rule for Insured Credit      An Insured Credit Union's
 Unions.                             retained earnings are eligible for
                                     use as matching funds when the CDFI
                                     Fund calculates an amount equal to:
                                    i. the increase in retained earnings
                                     that occurred over any one of the
                                     Applicant's fiscal years within the
                                     Matching Funds Window, adjusted to
                                     remove revenue from Federal sources
                                     and matching funds previously used
                                     for an award; or
                                    ii. the annual average of such
                                     increases that occurred over any
                                     three consecutive fiscal years of
                                     the Applicant with at least one of
                                     the fiscal years occurring within
                                     the Matching Funds Window, adjusted
                                     to remove revenue and expenses
                                     derived from Federal sources and
                                     matching funds previously used for
                                     an award; or
                                    iii. the entire retained earnings
                                     that have been accumulated since
                                     the inception of the Applicant, as
                                     provided in the Regulations.
                                     If option (iii) is used,
                                     the Applicant must increase its
                                     member and/or non-member shares and/
                                     or total loans outstanding by an
                                     amount equal to the amount of
                                     retained earnings committed as
                                     matching funds.
                                     This increase will be
                                     measured from March 31, 2015 and
                                     must occur by the end of the
                                     Recipient's Year 1 of Performance
                                     Period, as set forth in its
                                     Assistance Agreement, and will be
                                     based on amounts reported in the
                                     Applicant's National Credit Union
                                     Administration (NCUA) form 5300
                                     Call Report.
                                     The CDFI Fund will assess
                                     the likelihood of this increase
                                     during the Application review
                                     process.
                                     An award will not be made
                                     to any Applicant that has not
                                     demonstrated in the relevant
                                     financial statements or NCUA form
                                     5300 Call Report that it has
                                     increased shares and/or loans by at
                                     least 25 percent of the requested
                                     FA award amount between December
                                     31, 2013, and December 31, 2014.
                                     The matching funds are not
                                     In-Hand until the Recipient has
                                     increased its member and/or non-
                                     member shares or total loans
                                     outstanding within the time period
                                     specified.
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IV. Application and Submission Information

A. Address To Request an Application Package

    Application materials can be found on Grants.gov and the CDFI 
Fund's Web site at www.cdfifund.gov/native. Applicants may request a 
paper version of any Application material by contacting the CDFI Fund 
Help Desk at [email protected].

B. Content and Form of Application Submission

    All Applications must be prepared using the English language and 
calculations must be made in U.S. dollars. The following table lists 
the required Application documents for the FY 2015 Funding Round. The 
CDFI Fund reserves the right to request and review other pertinent or 
public information that has not been specifically requested in this 
NOFA or the Application. Information submitted by the Applicant that 
the CDFI Fund has not specifically been requested will not be reviewed 
or considered as part of the Application.

                Table 10--Required Application Documents
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      Application documents         Applicant type     Submission format
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Applicant Intake Form...........  All Applicants....  Fillable PDF.
SF-424..........................  All Applicants....  Fillable PDF.
IRS Documentation of              New Applicants      PDF.
 Organization's EIN.               only.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 3a--NACA Eligibility Form.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 3--Input Sheet.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 4--Purpose.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 5--Products.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 6--Policies.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 7--People.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 8--Partnerships.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 9--Performance.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    All Applicants....  Excel.
 10--Projections.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    FA Applicants.....  Excel.
 13--Matching Funds Breakout
 Table.
Application Excel Workbook Tab    FA Applicants, if   Excel.
 14--Matching Funds Grants under   applicable.
 $50,000.
Matching Funds Documentation....  FA Applicants.....  PDF.
Narrative Template..............  All Applicants....  Word document.
HFFI-FA Narrative Template......  HFFI-FA Applicants  Word document.
Policies and Procedures.........  FA Applicants.....  PDF.
Key Staff Resumes...............  All Applicants....  PDF or Word
                                                       document.
Organizational Chart............  All Applicants....  PDF.
Community Partnership Agreement.  All Applicants, if  PDF or Word
                                   applicable.         document.
Audited Financial Statements,     FA Applicants.....  PDF.
 September 30, 2014 Quarter End
 Financial Statements, and Call
 Reports (Insured Depository
 Institutions only).
Financial Statements, September   TA Applicants.....  PDF.
 30, 2014 Quarter End Financial
 Statements, and Call Reports
 (Insured Depository
 Institutions only).
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C. Application Submission

    All Application documents must be submitted through the Grants.gov 
electronic system. The CDFI Fund will not accept Applications via 
MyCDFI Fund accounts, email, mail, facsimile, or other forms of 
communication, except in extremely rare circumstances that have been 
pre-approved by the CDFI Fund.
    The CDFI Fund strongly encourages Applicants to start the 
Grants.gov registration process as soon as possible (refer to the 
following link: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html) as it 
may take several weeks to complete. An Applicant that has previously 
registered with Grants.gov must verify that its registration is current 
and active. Applicants should contact Grants.gov directly with 
questions related to the registration or submittal process as the CDFI 
Fund does not maintain the Grants.gov system.

D. Dun & Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS)

    Pursuant to the Uniform Federal Award Requirements, each Applicant 
must provide as part of its Application submission, a Dun and 
Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Applicants without 
a DUNS number will not be able to register and submit an Application in 
the Grants.gov system. Please allow sufficient time for Dun & 
Bradstreet to respond to inquiries and/or requests for DUNS numbers.

E. System for Award Management (SAM)

    Any entity applying for Federal grants or other forms of Federal 
financial assistance through Grants.gov must be registered in SAM 
before submitting its Application. The SAM registration process can 
take several weeks to complete. Applicants that have previously 
completed the SAM registration process must verify that their SAM 
accounts are current and active. Each Applicant must continue to 
maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all 
times during which it has an active Federal award or an Application 
under consideration by a Federal awarding agency. The CDFI Fund will 
not consider any Applicant that fails to properly register or activate 
its SAM account and, as a result, is unable to submit its Application 
by the Application deadline. Applicants must contact SAM directly with 
questions related to registration or SAM account changes as the CDFI 
Fund does not maintain this system. For more information about SAM, 
please visit https://www.sam.gov.

F. Submission Dates and Times

    1. Submission Deadlines: The following table provides the critical 
deadlines for the FY 2015 Funding Round.

                        Table 11--FY 2015 Funding Round Critical Deadlines for Applicants
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            Description                     Deadline                  Time (EDT)             Submission method
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CDFI Certification Applications....  October 24, 2014......  5:00 p.m. EDT..............  MyCDFI Fund: https://www.cdfifund.gov/myCDFI myCDFI.
Last day to contact NACA Program     November 20, 2014.....  5:00 p.m. EDT..............  CDFI Fund Helpdesk:
 staff.                                                                                    202-653-0421 or
                                                                                           [email protected].
NACA Program Application for         November 24, 2014.....  11:59 p.m. EDT.............  Electronically via
 Financial Assistance (FA) or                                                              Grants.gov.
 Technical Assistance (TA).
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    2. Confirmation of Application Submission: Each Applicant will 
receive an email from Grants.gov immediately after Application 
submission confirming that the submission has entered the Grants.gov 
system. This email will contain a tracking number for the submitted 
Application package. Within 48 hours, the Applicant will receive a 
second email which will indicate if the submitted Application package 
was either successfully validated or rejected with errors. However, 
Applicants should not rely on the email notification from Grants.gov to 
confirm that their Applications were validated. Applicants are strongly 
encouraged to use the tracking number provided in the first email to 
closely monitor the status of their Application package by contacting 
the helpdesk at Grants.gov directly. The Application package is not 
officially accepted by the CDFI Fund until Grants.gov has validated the 
Application.
    3. Multiple Application Submissions: If an Applicant submits 
multiple Applications, the CDFI Fund will only review the last 
Application submitted in Grants.gov.
    4. Late Submission: The CDFI Fund will not accept an Application 
submitted after the Application deadline except where the submission 
delay was a direct result of a Federal government administrative or 
technological error. In such case, the Applicant must submit a request 
for acceptance of late Application submission and include documentation 
of the error no later than two business days after the Application 
deadline. The CDFI Fund will not respond to request for acceptance of 
late Application submissions after that time period. Applicants must 
submit late Application submission requests to the CDFI Helpdesk at 
[email protected] with a subject line of ``Late Application 
Submission Request.''

G. Funding Restrictions

    FA, HFFI-FA and TA awards are limited by the following:
1. FA Awards
    (a) An award Recipient shall use FA funds only for the eligible 
activities described in Section II. Award Description (C)(1) of this 
NOFA and its Assistance Agreement.
    (b) A Recipient may not distribute FA funds to an Affiliate, 
Subsidiary, or any other entity, without the CDFI Fund's prior written 
approval.
    (c) FA funds shall only be disbursed to the Recipient.
    (d) The CDFI Fund, in its sole discretion, may disburse FA funds in 
amounts, or under terms and conditions, which are different from those 
requested by an Applicant.
2. HFFI-FA Awards
    (a) An award Recipient shall use HFFI-FA funds only for the 
eligible activities described in Section II. Award Description (C)(1) 
of this NOFA and its Assistance Agreement.
    (b) A Recipient may not distribute FA funds to an Affiliate, 
Subsidiary, or any other entity, without the CDFI Fund's prior written 
approval.
    (c) HFFI-FA funds shall only be disbursed to the Recipient.
    (d) The CDFI Fund, in its sole discretion, may disburse HFFI-FA 
funds in amounts, or under terms and conditions, which are different 
from those requested by an Applicant.

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3. TA Grants
    (a) An award Recipient shall use TA funds only for the eligible 
activities described in Section II. Award Description (C)(2) of this 
NOFA and its Assistance Agreement.
    (b) A Sponsoring Entity award Recipient must create, as a legal 
entity, the Emerging CDFI no later than the end of the first year of 
the period of performance, whereupon the Sponsoring Entity must request 
the CDFI Fund to amend the Assistance Agreement and add the Emerging 
CDFI as a co-awardee thereto, with the Sponsoring Entity, thereby 
transferring any and all remaining balances and/or assets derived from 
the TA award to the Emerging CDFI.
    (c) An Emerging CDFI or Certified CDFI award Recipient may not 
distribute TA funds to an Affiliate, Subsidiary or any other entity, 
without the CDFI Fund's prior written consent.
    (d) TA funds shall only be disbursed to the Recipient.
    (e) The CDFI Fund, in its sole discretion, may disburse TA funds in 
amounts, or under terms and conditions, which are different from those 
requested by an Applicant.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Criteria: If the Applicant has submitted a complete and eligible 
Application, the CDFI Fund will conduct a substantive review in 
accordance with the criteria and procedures described in the 
Regulations, this NOFA, the Application guidance, and the Uniform 
Federal Award Requirements. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to contact 
the Applicant by telephone, email, or mail for the sole purpose of 
clarifying or confirming Application information. If contacted, the 
Applicant must respond within the time period communicated by the CDFI 
Fund or run the risk that its Application will be rejected.
    (a) Application Scoring and Award Selection (FA, HFFI-FA, and TA): 
The CDFI Fund will evaluate each Application using the FA and TA 
Application Scoring Criteria described in the Application. An Applicant 
must receive a minimum 40 percent of the total score for the FA, HFFI-
FA, and TA components in order to be considered for an award. An 
Applicant that is an Emerging CDFI and has not received a previous TA 
award will be rated, among other elements, on its plan to meet the 
requirements of a Certified CDFI within two years of the beginning of 
the period of performance. In addition, an Emerging CDFI Applicant that 
is a prior TA Recipient will be rated, among other elements, on its 
plan to meet the CDFI certification goal specified in its previous 
Assistance Agreement. A Sponsoring Entity Applicant will be rated, 
among other elements, on its plan to create an Emerging CDFI by the end 
of the first year of the performance period and comply with CDFI 
Certification requirements within four years of the beginning of the 
period of performance.
    The CDFI Fund will score each part as indicated in Table 12 and 13.

             Table 12--FA & TA Application Scoring Criteria
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 FA & TA Narrative sections       FA Applicants         TA Applicants
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Executive Summary...........  Not Scored..........  Not Scored.
Purpose/Proposal............  10 points...........  15 points.
Products....................  10 points...........  10 points.
Policies....................  10 points...........  10 points.
People......................  10 points...........  15 points.
Partnerships................  10 points...........  5 points.
Performance.................  40 points...........  30 points.
Projections.................  10 points...........  15 points.
                             -------------------------------------------
    Total Points............  100 points..........  100 points.
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             Table 13--HFFI-FA Application Scoring Criteria
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        HFFI-FA Narrative sections               HFFI-FA Applicants
------------------------------------------------------------------------
H1. HFFI Target Market Profile............  4 points.
H2. Healthy Food Financial Products.......  5 points.
H3. Healthy Food Development Services.....  2 points.
H4. Projected HFFI-FA Activities..........  7 points.
H5, H6, and H7. HFFI Track Record,          7 points.
 Management Capacity for Providing Healthy
 Food Financing, Healthy Food Financing
 Outcomes.
                                           -----------------------------
    Total Points..........................  25 points.
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    The CDFI Fund will deduct points, in accordance with the following 
table, from Applicants that have received prior awards under any CDFI 
Fund program:

                       Table 14--Point Deductions
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              Issues                            Descriptions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Failure to meet Agreement           The CDFI Fund will deduct points
 requirements.                       from any Applicant that has not met
                                     requirements in any previously
                                     executed CDFI Fund award
                                     agreement(s) including compliance
                                     reports due 24 months prior to the
                                     Application deadline.
Failure to provide timely loan      The CDFI Fund will deduct points
 payments.                           from any Applicant that has failed
                                     to submit one or more timely loan
                                     payments to the CDFI Fund within
                                     the 24 months prior to the
                                     Application deadline.

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Incurred de-obligations...........  The CDFI Fund will deduct points
                                     from any Applicant if any CDFI Fund
                                     award funds were de-obligated
                                     within the 12 months prior to the
                                     Application deadline for any reason
                                     other than insufficient matching
                                     funds.
                                    Points will not be deducted for any
                                     de-obligations that resulted from a
                                     Recipient's inability to provide
                                     eligible matching funds within the
                                     specified time frame.
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    2. Review and Selection Process. All Applications will be initially 
evaluated by external non-Federal reviewers who are selected based on 
criteria that includes: A professional background in community and 
economic development finance; understanding of community and economic 
development in Native Communities; experience reviewing financial 
statements of all CDFI institution types; and experience performing 
underwriting of community and economic development projects. Reviewers 
must complete the CDFI Fund's conflict of interest process and be 
approved by the CDFI Fund. The CDFI Fund's application reader conflict 
of interest policy is located on the CDFI Fund's Web site.
    TA Applications will be evaluated by one external reviewer; FA and 
HFFI-FA Applications will be evaluated by three external reviewers. All 
Applications will be reviewed in accordance with reviewer evaluation 
materials. Applications will be ranked based on Application scores, 
from highest to lowest. In the case of tied scores, Applicants will be 
ranked first according to each Performance score, then the Purpose 
section. TA Applicants, FA Applicants, and HFFI-FA Applicants will be 
grouped and ranked separately.
    3. Programmatic and Financial Risk Analysis. The CDFI Fund conducts 
three additional levels of due diligence for Applications that are in 
scoring contention for an award. This due diligence includes an 
analysis of programmatic and financial risk factors including, but not 
limited to: Financial stability; quality of management systems and 
ability to meet award management standards; history of performance in 
managing Federal awards (including timeliness of reporting and 
compliance); reports and findings from audits; and the Applicant's 
ability to effectively implement Federal requirements. Award amounts 
may be reduced as a result of this analysis. In addition, for FA 
awards, the CDFI Fund may reduce awards sizes from requested amounts 
based on certain variables, including an Applicant's loan disbursement 
activity, total portfolio outstanding, and similar factors. Lastly, the 
CDFI Fund may consider the institutional diversity of Applicants when 
making its funding decisions.
    4. Insured Depository Institutions: The CDFI Fund will consider 
safety and soundness information from the Appropriate Federal or State 
Banking Agency. If the Applicant is a CDFI Depository Institution 
Holding Company, the CDFI Fund will consider information provided by 
the Appropriate Federal or State Banking Agencies on the CDFI 
Depository Institution Holding Company and the CDFI Certified Insured 
Depository Institution that will expend and carry out the award. If the 
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency or Appropriate State Agency 
identifies safety and soundness concerns, the CDFI Fund will assess 
whether the concerns cause or will cause the Applicant to be incapable 
of undertaking the activities for which funding has been requested.
    5. Non-Regulated Institutions: In accordance with the NACA 
Program's authorizing statute and regulations, the CDFI Fund must 
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that recipients that are 
non-regulated CDFIs are financially and managerially sound and maintain 
appropriate internal controls (12 U.S.C. 4707(f)(1)(A) and 12 CFR 
1805.800(b)). Further, the CDFI Fund must determine that a Certified, 
Emerging, or Certifiable CDFI Applicant's capacity to operate as a CDFI 
will not be dependent upon assistance from the CDFI Fund for continued 
viability (12 U.S.C. 4704(b)(2)(A)). If it is determined the Certified, 
Emerging, or Certifiable CDFI Applicant is incapable of meeting these 
requirements, the CDFI Fund reserves the right to deem the Applicant 
ineligible or terminate the award.
    6. Anticipated Award Announcement: The CDFI Fund anticipates making 
CDFI Program award announcements by September 30, 2015.
    7. Application Rejection: The CDFI Fund reserves the right to 
reject an Application if information (including administrative error) 
comes to the CDFI Fund's attention that either: Adversely affects an 
Applicant's eligibility for an award; adversely affects the Recipient's 
certification as a CDFI (to the extent that the award is conditional 
upon CDFI certification); adversely affects the CDFI Fund's evaluation 
or scoring of an Application; or indicates fraud or mismanagement on 
the Applicant's part. If the CDFI Fund determines any portion of the 
Application is incorrect in a material respect, the CDFI Fund reserves 
the right, in its sole discretion, to reject the Application. The CDFI 
Fund reserves the right to change its eligibility and evaluation 
criteria and procedures, if the CDFI Fund deems it appropriate. If the 
changes materially affect the CDFI Fund's award decisions, the CDFI 
Fund will provide information about the changes through its Web site. 
The CDFI Fund's award decisions are final and there is no right to 
appeal the decisions.

VI. Federal Award Administration Information

A. Award Notification

    Each successful Applicant will receive an email ``notice of award'' 
notification from the CDFI Fund stating that its Application has been 
approved for an award. Each Applicant not selected for an award will 
receive an email stating that a debriefing notice has been provided in 
its MyCDFI Fund account.

B. Assistance Agreement

    Each Applicant selected to receive an award must enter into an 
Assistance Agreement with the CDFI Fund in order to receive a 
disbursement(s). The Assistance Agreement will set forth the award's 
terms and conditions, including but not be limited to the: (i) Award 
amount; (ii) award type; (iii) award uses; (iv) Target Market(s) or 
activities; (v) performance goals and measures; and (vi) reporting 
requirements. FA Assistance Agreements have three-year periods of 
performance; TA Assistance Agreements have two-year periods of 
performance for Emerging and Certified CDFI TA Recipients and four-year 
periods of performance for Sponsoring Entity TA Recipients. Upon 
creation of the Emerging CDFI, the Sponsoring Entity will request the 
CDFI Fund to amend the Assistance Agreement and add the Emerging CDFI 
as a party thereto; the Emerging CDFI, as co-

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awardee, must comply with all of the requirements in the Assistance 
Agreement, including all program goals and measures.
    1. Certificate of Good Standing: All FA and TA Recipients that are 
not Insured Depository Institutions will be required to provide the 
CDFI Fund with a certificate of good standing from the secretary of 
state for the Recipient's State of incorporation prior to closing. This 
certificate can often be acquired online on the secretary of state Web 
site for the Recipient's State of incorporation and must generally be 
dated within 270 days before the date the Recipient executes the 
Assistance Agreement. Due to potential backlogs in State government 
offices, Applicants are advised to submit requests for certificates of 
good standing no later than 60 days after they submit their 
Applications.
    2. Closing: Pursuant to the Assistance Agreement, there will be an 
initial closing at which point the Assistance Agreement and related 
documents will be properly executed and delivered, and an initial 
payment of FA or TA may be made. The CDFI Fund will minimize the time 
between the Recipient incurring costs for eligible activities and award 
payment based on what is administratively feasible. The advanced 
payments for eligible activities will occur no more than one year in 
advance of the Recipient incurring costs for the eligible activities. 
Following the initial closing, there may be subsequent closings 
involving additional award payments. Any documents in addition to the 
Assistant Agreement that are connected with such subsequent closings 
and payments shall be properly executed and timely delivered by the 
Recipient to the CDFI Fund.
    3. Requirements Prior to Entering into an Assistance Agreement: If, 
prior to entering into an Assistance Agreement, information (including 
administrative error) comes to the CDFI Fund's attention that: 
Adversely affects the Recipient's eligibility for an award; the 
Recipient's certification as a CDFI (to the extent that the award is 
conditional upon CDFI certification); the CDFI Fund's evaluation of the 
Application evaluation; the Recipient is not in compliance with any 
requirement listed the Uniform Federal Award Requirements; or indicates 
fraud or mismanagement on the Recipient's part, the CDFI Fund may, in 
its discretion and without advance notice to the Recipient, terminate 
the award or take such other actions as it deems appropriate. The CDFI 
Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to rescind an award if 
the Recipient fails to return the Assistance Agreement, signed by the 
authorized representative of the Recipient, and/or provide the CDFI 
Fund with any other requested documentation, within the CDFI Fund's 
deadlines.
    In addition, the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole 
discretion, to terminate and rescind the Assistance Agreement and the 
award made under this NOFA pending the criteria described in the 
following table:

    Table 15--Requirements Prior to Executing an Assistance Agreement
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            Requirement                           Criteria
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Failure to meet reporting            If a Recipient received a
 requirements.                       prior award under any CDFI Fund
                                     program and is not current with the
                                     reporting requirements in the
                                     previously executed agreement(s),
                                     the CDFI Fund can delay entering
                                     into an Assistance Agreement or
                                     disbursing an award until reporting
                                     requirements are met.
                                     If such a Recipient is
                                     unable to meet the requirement
                                     within the timeframe specified, the
                                     CDFI Fund may terminate and rescind
                                     the Assistance Agreement and the
                                     award made under this NOFA.
                                     The automated systems the
                                     CDFI Fund uses only acknowledge a
                                     report's receipt, not a
                                     determination of meeting reporting
                                     requirements.
Failure to maintain CDFI             An FA Recipient must be a
 Certification.                      Certified CDFI prior to entering
                                     into an Assistance Agreement.
                                     If an FA Recipient fails to
                                     maintain CDFI Certification, the
                                     CDFI Fund will terminate and
                                     rescind the Assistance Agreement
                                     and the award made under this NOFA.
Pending resolution of                The CDFI Fund will delay
 noncompliance.                      entering into an Assistance
                                     Agreement with a Recipient that has
                                     pending noncompliance issues if the
                                     CDFI Fund has not yet made a final
                                     determination as to whether the
                                     Recipient is in default of its
                                     previously executed award
                                     agreement(s).
                                     If the Recipient is unable
                                     to satisfactorily resolve the
                                     compliance issues, the CDFI Fund
                                     may terminate and rescind the
                                     Assistance Agreement and the award
                                     made under this NOFA.
Default status....................   If, at any time prior to
                                     entering into an Assistance
                                     Agreement, the CDFI Fund determines
                                     that an Recipient is in default of
                                     a previously executed agreement
                                     with the CDFI Fund and the
                                     Recipient has been provided written
                                     notification of such determination,
                                     the CDFI Fund can delay entering
                                     into an Assistance Agreement, until
                                     the Recipient has cured the default
                                     by taking actions the CDFI Fund has
                                     specified within the specified
                                     timeframe.
                                     If the Recipient is unable
                                     to meet the cure requirement within
                                     the specified timeframe, the CDFI
                                     Fund may terminate and rescind the
                                     Assistance Agreement and the award
                                     made under this NOFA.
Final Default and sanctions.......  If the CDFI Fund has found the
                                     Recipient in final default of a
                                     prior executed agreement and
                                     provided notification of sanctions,
                                     the CDFI Fund may terminate and
                                     rescind the Assistance Agreement
                                     and the award made under this NOFA
                                     within the time period specified in
                                     such notification.
Compliance with Federal civil       If prior to entering into an
 rights requirements.                Assistance Agreement under this
                                     NOFA, the Recipient receives a
                                     final determination, made within
                                     the last three years, in any
                                     proceeding instituted against the
                                     Recipient in, by, or before any
                                     court, governmental, or
                                     administrative body or agency,
                                     declaring that the Recipient has
                                     violated the following laws: Title
                                     VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
                                     as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec.
                                     2000d); Section 504 of the
                                     Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
                                     U.S.C. Sec.   794); the Age
                                     Discrimination Act of 1975, (42
                                     U.S.C. Sec.   6101-6107), and
                                     Executive Order 13166, Improving
                                     Access to Services for Persons with
                                     Limited English Proficiency, the
                                     CDFI Fund will terminate and
                                     rescind the Assistance Agreement
                                     and the award made under this NOFA.
Do Not Pay........................   The Do Not Pay Business
                                     Center was developed to support
                                     Federal agencies in their efforts
                                     to reduce the number of improper
                                     payments made through programs
                                     funded by the Federal government.
                                     The CDFI Fund reserves the
                                     right, in its sole discretion, to
                                     rescind an award if the Recipient
                                     is identified as an ineligible
                                     recipient on the Do Not Pay
                                     database.
Safety and soundness..............   If it is determined the
                                     Recipient is or will be incapable
                                     of meeting its award obligations,
                                     the CDFI Fund will deem the
                                     Recipient to be ineligible or
                                     require it to improve safety and
                                     soundness conditions prior to
                                     entering into an Assistance
                                     Agreement.
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C. Reporting

    1. Reporting requirements: On an annual basis for the period of 
performance, the CDFI Fund may collect information from each Recipient 
including, but not limited to, an Annual Report with the following 
components:

                 Table 16--Annual Reporting Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Single Audit Narrative Report (or   The Recipient must submit, via
 like report).                       MyCDFI Fund, a Single Audit
                                     Narrative Report for each year of
                                     its period of performance notifying
                                     the CDFI Fund whether it is
                                     required to have a single audit
                                     pursuant to OMB Single Audit
                                     requirements.
Single Audit (if applicable) (or    If a Recipient is required to
 similar report).                    complete a Single Audit Report, it
                                     should be submitted to the Federal
                                     Audit Clearinghouse see 2 CFR
                                     Subpart F-Audit Requirements in the
                                     Uniform Federal Award Requirements.
                                    For-profit Recipients will be
                                     required to complete and submit a
                                     similar report directly to the CDFI
                                     Fund.
Institution Level Report (ILR)....  The ILR is a report used to collect
                                     compliance and performance data
                                     from CDFI Fund award Recipients.
                                     The ILR is submitted through the
                                     Community Investment Impact System
                                     (CIIS) and captures organizational
                                     information, financial position,
                                     lending and investing activities,
                                     community development outputs, and
                                     development services.
Transaction Level Report (TLR)....  The TLR is a report used to collect
                                     compliance and performance data
                                     from CDFI Fund award Recipients.
                                     The TLR is submitted through the
                                     CIIS and captures data on each
                                     individual loan and investment in
                                     the award Recipient's portfolio.
                                     For CDFI Depository
                                     Institution Holding Company award
                                     Recipients, the TLR captures data
                                     on the individual loans and
                                     investments by its CDFI Subsidiary
                                     Insured Depository Institution's
                                     portfolio.
                                     TLR is not required for TA
                                     Recipients.
Federal Financial Report/OMB        If the Recipient receives a TA
 Standard Form 425.                  award, it must submit the Federal
                                     Financial Report/ OMB Standard Form
                                     425 via MyCDFI Fund.
Uses of Financial Assistance        If the Recipient receives an FA
 Report.                             award, it must submit the Uses of
                                     Financial Assistance Report via
                                     MyCDFI Fund.
Explanation of Noncompliance (as    If the Recipient fails to meet a
 applicable) or successor report.    Performance Goal, it must submit
                                     the Explanation of Noncompliance
                                     via MyCDFI Fund.
Uses of Technical Assistance        If the Recipient receives a TA
 Report.                             award, it must submit the Uses of
                                     Technical Assistance Report via
                                     MyCDFI Fund.
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    Each Recipient is responsible for the timely and complete 
submission of the Annual Reporting requirements. Sponsoring Entities 
with co-awardees will be informed of any reporting shifts at the time 
the Emerging CDFI is adjoined to the Agreement. The CDFI Fund reserves 
the right to contact the Recipient and additional entities or 
signatories to the Assistance Agreement to request additional 
information and documentation. The CDFI Fund will use such information 
to monitor each Recipient's compliance with the requirements in the 
Assistance Agreement and to assess the impact of the NACA Program. The 
CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these 
reporting requirements if it determines it to be appropriate and 
necessary; however, such reporting requirements will be modified only 
after notice to Recipients.
    2. Financial Management and Accounting: The CDFI Fund will require 
Recipients to maintain financial management and accounting systems that 
comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions 
of the Federal award. These systems must be sufficient to permit the 
preparation of reports required by general and program specific terms 
and conditions, including the tracing of funds to a level of 
expenditures adequate to establish that such funds have been used 
according to the Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and 
conditions of the Federal award.
    The cost principles used by Recipients must be consistent with 
Federal cost principles and support the accumulation of costs as 
required by the principles, and must provide for adequate documentation 
to support costs charged to the NACA Program award. In addition, the 
CDFI Fund will require Recipients to: Maintain effective internal 
controls; comply with applicable statutes, regulations, and the 
Assistance Agreement; evaluate and monitor compliance; take action when 
not in compliance; and safeguard personally identifiable information.

VII. Agency Contacts

    A. The CDFI Fund will respond to questions concerning this NOFA and 
the Application between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time, starting on the date that the NOFA is published through the date 
listed in Table 1 and Table 11. The CDFI Fund will post on its Web site 
responses to reoccurring questions received about this Application. 
Other information regarding the CDFI Fund and its programs may be 
obtained from the CDFI Fund's Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 
Table 17 lists CDFI Fund contact information:

                                          Table 17--Contact Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Telephone No.  (not toll
            Type of question                        free)                          Email addresses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NACA Program...........................  202-653-0421, option 1....  [email protected].
Certification, Compliance Monitoring,    202-653-0423..............  c[email protected].
 and Evaluation.
MyCDFI Fund--IT Help Desk..............  202-653-0422..............  [email protected].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    B. Information Technology Support: People who have visual or 
mobility impairments that prevent them from using the CDFI Fund's Web 
site should call (202) 653-0422 for assistance (this is not a toll free 
number).
    C. Communication with the CDFI Fund: The CDFI Fund will use contact 
information in MyCDFI Fund to

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communicate with Applicants and Recipients. It is imperative, 
therefore, that Applicants, Recipients, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and 
signatories maintain accurate contact information in their accounts. 
This includes information such as contact names (especially for the 
authorized representative) listed in this NOFA's application materials, 
email addresses, fax and phone numbers, and office locations.
    D. Civil Rights and Diversity: Any person who is eligible to 
receive benefits or services from CDFI Fund or Recipients under any of 
its programs is entitled to those benefits or services without being 
subject to prohibited discrimination. The Department of the Treasury's 
Office of Civil Rights and Diversity enforces various Federal statutes 
and regulations that prohibit discrimination in financially assisted 
and conducted programs and activities of the CDFI Fund. If a person 
believes that s/he has been subjected to discrimination and/or reprisal 
because of membership in a protected group, s/he may file a complaint 
with: Associate Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Civil Rights, 
and Diversity, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20220 or 
(202) 622-1160 (not a toll-free number).

VIII. Other Information

    A. Paperwork Reduction Act: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35), an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection 
of information, and an individual is not required to respond to a 
collection of information, unless it displays a valid OMB control 
number. If applicable, the CDFI Fund may inform Applicants that they do 
not need to provide certain Application information otherwise required. 
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, the CDFI Program, and NACA 
Program Application has been assigned the following control number: 
1559-0021.
    B. Application Information Sessions: The CDFI Fund may conduct 
webinars or host information sessions for organizations that are 
considering applying to, or are interested in learning about, the CDFI 
Fund's programs. For further information, please visit the CDFI Fund's 
Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov.

    Authority: 12 CFR parts 1805 and 1815; 2 CFR 200.

    Dated: September 23, 2014.
Dennis Nolan,
Deputy Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2014-23062 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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