Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2002

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4723-N-01]

Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2002

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION:

Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs.

SUMMARY:

This Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 SuperNOFA announces the availability of approximately $2.2 billion in HUD program funds covering 41 grant categories within programs operated and administered by HUD offices. The General Section of this SuperNOFA provides the application procedures and requirements that are applicable to all the programs in this SuperNOFA. The Program Section of this SuperNOFA provides a description of the specific programs for which funding is made available and describes any additional procedures and requirements that are applicable to a specific program. Please be sure you read both the General Section and the Program Section of this SuperNOFA to ensure you respond to all the requirements for funding.

APPLICATION DUE DATES:

The information in this “APPLICATION DUE DATES” section applies to all programs that are part of this SuperNOFA. You, the applicant, must submit a completed application to HUD on or before the respective program's application due date. Application due dates can be found in the HUD FY 2002 SuperNOFA Funding Chart located in this General Section. Information for each program is reiterated in the appropriate Program Section of this SuperNOFA. HUD will not accept any applications sent by facsimile (fax).

ADDRESSES AND APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:

New Security Procedures.

HUD has implemented new security procedures that apply to application submission. Please read the following instructions carefully and completely. HUD's new policy is:

• No hand deliveries will be accepted;

• Applications sent to the Robert C. Weaver HUD Headquarters Building or the Public and Indian Housing Grants Management Center may only be shipped using DHL, Falcon Carrier, Federal Express (FedEx), United Parcel Service (UPS), or United States Postal Service (USPS);

• Applications submitted to HUD Field Offices must be sent via the USPS;

• All mailed applications must be postmarked on or before midnight of their due date and received within 15 days of the due date; and,

• All applicants who mail applications must have a Certificate of Mailing (USPS Form 3817) as their documentary evidence that the application was filed on time.

Addresses.

You, the applicant, must submit a complete application and the required number of copies to the locations identified in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA. When submitting your application, you must refer to the name of the program for which you are seeking funding.

If your application is due to the Robert C. Weaver Building, HUD Headquarters, you must send the application to the following address: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Applications submitted to the Public and Indian Housing Grants Management Center (GMC) should be addressed to Grants Management Center, 501 School Street, SW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024. (See the HUD FY 2002 SuperNOFA Funding Chart or Program Section for room location and additional information regarding the addresses for application submission.) Please make sure that you note the correct room number to ensure that your application is not misdirected. Addresses for HUD Field Offices are listed in Appendix A-1 of the General Section of this SuperNOFA.

Applications Sent by Overnight/Express Mail Delivery to HUD Headquarters or the Public and Indian Housing Grants Management Center.

If your application is sent by overnight delivery or express mail to HUD Headquarters or the Public and Indian Housing Grants Management Center, your application will be filed on time if it is received before or on the application due date, or when you submit documentary evidence that your application was placed in transit with the overnight delivery/express mail service no later than the application due date. Delivery must be made during HUD's Headquarters business hours, between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM, Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

Copies of Applications.

The Program Section of this SuperNOFA may specify that to facilitate the processing and review of your application, one or more copies of the application also must be sent to an additional HUD location (for example, a copy to the HUD Field Office and the original application to HUD Headquarters). Please follow the directions of the Program Section to ensure that you submit your application to the proper location(s). If you are required to submit applications to HUD Headquarters

and

Field Offices, timeliness of submission will be based on the time your application is received at HUD Headquarters.

FOR APPLICATION KITS, FURTHER INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:

The information in this section is applicable to all programs that are part of this SuperNOFA. This section describes how you may obtain application kits, additional information about the SuperNOFA, and technical assistance. A guidebook to HUD programs titled “Connecting with Communities: A User's Guide to HUD Programs and the 2002 SuperNOFA process” is available from the SuperNOFA Information Center and the HUD website at www.hud.gov. This guidebook provides a brief description of all HUD programs, a description of the SuperNOFA programs, eligible applicants for these programs, and examples of how programs can work in combination to serve local community needs. To obtain a guidebook, application kit, or print copy of the General Section or program NOFA, call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 or 1-800-HUD-2209 (TTY). Copies of all documents related to the SuperNOFA may be downloaded from HUD's website, www.hud.gov.

For Application Kits and SuperNOFA User Guide.

HUD is pleased to provide you with instructions for applying for all HUD programs that are part of this SuperNOFA. The instructions are designed to guide you through the application process and ensure that your application addresses all requirements for the program funding you are seeking. For some announcements of funding availability in this SuperNOFA, HUD provides an application kit; for others, no application kit is required. Each Program Section will specify whether there is an application kit, or only the instructions in the SuperNOFA.

Please note that if there is a discrepancy between information provided in the application kit and the information provided in the published SuperNOFA, the information in the published SuperNOFA prevails.

Therefore, please be sure to review your application submission against the requirements in the SuperNOFA.

You may request general information and application kits from the SuperNOFA Information Center (1-800-HUD-8929 or 1-800-HUD-2209 (TTY)). When requesting an application kit, please refer to the name of the program

you are interested in. Be sure to provide your name, address (including zip code), and telephone number (including area code). To ensure sufficient time to prepare your application, requests for application kits can be made immediately following publication of the SuperNOFA. The SuperNOFA Information Center opens for business simultaneously with the publication of the SuperNOFA. You can also obtain information on this SuperNOFA and application kits for this SuperNOFA through the HUD website, www.hud.gov.

Consolidated Application Submissions.

If you, the applicant, would like to apply for funding under more than one program in this SuperNOFA, you need only submit one original SF-424 and set of assurances and certifications, accompanied by the HUD-424M provided in this SuperNOFA. Once you have submitted one original set of forms, certifications, and assurances, you need send only copies of these standard items with any additional application you submit. Make sure to specify the correct program, however, on each copy of the SF-424 application form and indicate the program to which you have submitted the original signature forms for the standard assurances and certifications. Additionally, the Program Section may specify additional forms, certifications, assurances, or other information that may be required for a particular program in this SuperNOFA.

For Further Information.

For answers to questions you may have about this SuperNOFA, you have several options. You may call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 or 1-800-HUD-2209 (TTY) between the hours of 9:00 AM and 8:00 PM Eastern Time or you may contact the HUD Office or Processing Center serving your area at the telephone number listed in the SuperNOFA for the program in which you are interested. You may also obtain information on this SuperNOFA and application kits for this SuperNOFA through the HUD website, www.hud.gov.

For Technical Assistance.

Before the application due date, HUD staff will be available to provide you with general guidance and technical assistance about this SuperNOFA. However, HUD staff are not permitted to assist in preparing your application. Following selection of applicants, but before awards are made, HUD staff are available to assist in clarifying or confirming information that is a prerequisite to the offer of an award or Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) by HUD.

Satellite Broadcasts.

HUD will hold information broadcasts via satellite for potential applicants to learn more about the programs in this SuperNOFA and preparation of the applications. For more information about the date and time of each broadcast, consult the HUD website, www.hud.gov.

Streamlining Grants.

The Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-107) directs each Federal agency to develop and implement a plan that, among other things, streamlines and simplifies the application, administrative, and reporting procedures for Federal financial assistance programs administered by the agency. This law also requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to direct, coordinate, and assist Federal agencies in establishing (1) a common application and reporting system and, (2) an interagency process for addressing ways to streamline and simplify Federal financial assistance application and administrative procedures and reporting requirements for program applicants.

This law also requires OMB to consult with the grantee community as it works with the Federal agencies to develop and implement the course of action that would be undertaken by the Federal agencies to establish an electronic site for accessing grant information and applications. Over the last year, HUD has held outreach sessions informing you of the goals of this new law and seeking your input as the Federal agencies work together to achieve implementation. To find out about the work being done by the Federal agencies to streamline and consolidate the grant application and reporting requirements please go to www.iaegc.gov.

HUD is an active member in the Federal agency working group working to streamline grant application requirements and has established a website where you can obtain information about all grant programs within HUD. You can access this site from our homepage at www.hud.gov by clicking on “HUD Program inventory.” In the future, HUD plans to link this site to grant information of other Federal agencies. If you are interested in finding out more about the “Federal Commons” and the work being done by other agencies, please visit the Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee (IAEGC) website at www.fedcommons.gov.

Introduction to the FY 2002 SuperNOFA

HUD'S FY 2002 SUPERNOFA PROCESS

Background

This is the fifth year HUD is issuing a SuperNOFA for the majority of its competitive grant programs and other financial assistance programs. The SuperNOFA announces the availability of the majority of HUD's discretionary funds. The document is designed to simplify the application process, bring consistency and uniformity to the application and selection process, and make it easier to find funding opportunities available from the Department because they are released early in the year and at the same time. Equally important, the SuperNOFA approach is designed to increase the ability of applicants to consider and apply for funding under a wide variety of HUD programs. The SuperNOFA provides a “menu” of HUD programs. From this menu, communities will be made aware of funding available for their jurisdictions. Non-profit organizations, public housing agencies, local and State governments, tribal governments and tribally-designated housing entities, veterans service organizations, faith-based and other community-based non-profit organizations, and others will be able to identify the programs for which they are eligible for funding.

By providing access to information about available funding at one time, HUD believes applicants are better able to coordinate service within communities to avoid duplication and more efficiently serve those most in need of assistance.

HUD's Strategic Goals

As part of its internal strategic planning processes, the Department has re-assessed its policy goals and priorities for the next five years and, as a result, is in the process of updating the HUD Strategic Plan framework. Activities funded through this SuperNOFA are meant, to the extent practicable, to support the new Strategic Goals described below. Note that these goals reflect an interim change to HUD's Strategic Plan. In FY 2002, the Department will fully revise its Strategic Plan after consultation with stakeholders and Congress.

Strategic Goal 1: Make the home-buying process less complicated, the paperwork less demanding and the mortgage process less expensive.

This is a new Strategic Goal that will help to focus the Department's work in

enforcing the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and countering predatory lending. HUD's activities under this Strategic Goal will help to make homeownership more accessible and less expensive for millions of families and help protect them from predatory lending.

Strategic Goal 2: Help families move from rental housing to homeownership.

HUD's second Strategic Goal focuses on HUD's activities to expand homeownership opportunities for minorities, persons with disabilities, and other Americans, and to help families that rent be able to afford the costs of rental housing.

Strategic Goal 3: Improve the quality of public housing and provide more choices for its residents.

HUD's goals for its public and assisted housing programs go beyond simply providing affordable housing. HUD also strives to improve the

quality

of the housing opportunities provided to families in public and assisted housing. This Goal focuses on improving the management accountability and physical conditions of public and assisted housing and on maximizing the potential of these programs to help families make progress towards self-sufficiency and become homeowners.

Strategic Goal 4: Strengthen and expand faith-based and other community partnerships that enhance communities.

HUD has a long and rich history of cooperating with faith-based and other community-based organizations to address the needs of underserved communities, including the needs of those Americans for whom homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, and limited alternatives for special needs housing lead to despair and hopelessness. Building on this history, HUD plans to strengthen and expand its partnerships with faith-based and other community-based groups to take further advantage of their capacity to provide quality services to communities and families.

Strategic Goal 5: Effectively address the challenge of homelessness.

HUD is the primary agency responsible for providing housing and related resources to prevent homelessness and help homeless families and individuals move to permanent housing. HUD has a number of objectives with respect to its homelessness work, including that of ending chronic homelessness in 10 years.

Strategic Goal 6: Embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability.

In order to be effective in meeting HUD's other Strategic Goals, it is essential that HUD and HUD's partners embrace high standards of ethics, management, and accountability. The Secretary has established improved ethics and accountability of HUD staff and HUD's partners as “perhaps the most important” of HUD's priorities. This Goal cuts across all of HUD's programs and applies to each HUD employee and to every organization that partners with HUD to help HUD accomplish its mission.

Strategic Goal 7: Ensure equal opportunity and access to housing.

HUD's core mission has always been to help families find affordable and decent housing. This mission will be fulfilled when all Americans are given an equal opportunity to buy or rent housing that matches their individual needs. Unfortunately, instances of discrimination against minorities, architectural barriers to persons with disabilities, and a lack of housing options for the elderly have all combined to exclude some Americans from enjoying the fruits of America's prosperity. HUD is committed to ending the practice of discrimination through enforcement of fair housing laws as well as through educating lenders, landlords, and tenants in complying with the laws.

Strategic Goal 8: Support community and economic development efforts.

HUD funds a variety of programs that help to support the community and economic development efforts of state and local communities. The largest of these programs is the Community Development Block Grant program. Other programs include Section 108 loan guarantees, the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, the Lead Hazard Reduction and the Healthy Homes Program, the University Partnership Programs, the Indian Community Development Block Grant and Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. Additionally, HUD's Native eDGE initiative supports a telephone call center, a publications clearinghouse, website, and a technical assistance information center so that tribes, Native Americans, lending institutions, and private businesses wishing to do business with Tribal governments and entities can collaborate to promote economic growth.

Changes in the SuperNOFA Process for FY 2002

Rating Factors.

Applications for most programs in this SuperNOFA will be rated according to five standard Rating Factors (see Section III (C) below). For FY 2002, Rating Factor 5, “Coordination, Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability,” has been expanded to reflect this Administration's priority for fostering self-sufficiency.

Coordination

means you, the applicant, are working with other organizations that are

not

directly participating in your proposed work activities and have agreed to share information and outcomes that result from the successful completion of your activities, so that the other organizations and members of the community can benefit from the results and improve the overall success of related activities within the community. The goal of coordination is to ensure that programs do not operate in isolation. Coordination looks beyond the support given to the applicant's program claimed by the applicant under Rating Factor 4, Leveraging, and asks “How does the applicant's program fit into other activities and programs that are being carried out by others in the community?”

Self-sufficiency

refers to the extent to which proposed activities can result in increased independence and empowerment. Increased independence can result from expanded job opportunities, homeownership, or housing in a wider range of neighborhoods, additional educational opportunities, and improved living environments.

Sustainability

refers to two distinct issues: (1) The potential for an applicant organization to become financially self-sustaining; and, (2) the potential of a specific project or activity to be sustained into the future absent any HUD funding. Just as a business plan presents to a commercial lender an outline of a course of action for an organization to become profitable, the information in the application for this factor will outline a realistic path for the applicant to become financially independent without a need for continued HUD funding.

Applicant Debriefing.

Beginning not less than 30 days after the awards for assistance are announced in the

Federal Register

, and for at least 120 days after awards for assistance are announced, HUD will provide any requesting applicant with a debriefing on their application. All requests for debriefing must be made in writing or by email by the authorized official whose signature appears on the SF-424 or his or her successor in office. Submit your request to the person or organization identified as the Contact under the section entitled “Further Information and Technical Assistance” or as specified in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA under which you applied for assistance. Information provided to you during your debriefing will include, at a

minimum, the final score you received for each rating factor, final evaluator comments for each rating factor, and the final assessment indicating the basis upon which assistance was provided or denied.

Points Deducted for Poor Performance.

As part of HUD's efforts to place greater emphasis on accountability, applicants who received prior awards and failed to meet their program goals may have points deducted from their rating score. Specific details on how points will be deducted are included, as applicable, in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA.

New Programs and Changes to Programs.

The FY 2002 SuperNOFA includes the following new funding opportunities:

• Housing Counseling Services Targeting the Colonias;

• Public Housing Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) for Neighborhood Networks Program; and

• Public Housing Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) for Homeownership Supportive Services Program.

Funding opportunities that have changed significantly or been renamed include:

• Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinators Program, replacing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinators;

• Healthy Homes Demonstration Program, replacing the Healthy Homes Demonstration and Education Program of Fiscal Year 2001; and

• Healthy Homes and Lead Technical Studies, replacing the program for Healthy Homes Research.

Not Available for FY 2002.

Funding opportunities that were part of the FY 2001 SuperNOFA but are not available in FY 2002 are:

• Public Housing Drug Elimination—Technical Assistance Program (DETAP);

• Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program;

• Drug Elimination New Approach Anti-Drug Program;

• Drug Elimination Grants for Multifamily Low Income Housing; and,

• Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) TA.

Funding will be announced later in the year for:

• Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI);

• Homeownership Research Studies;

• Lead Elimination Action Program (LEAP); and

• Urban Scholars Fellowship Program.

Funding Notices Issued Prior to the SuperNOFA.

Due to statutory deadlines for the obligation of funds or for other reasons, there are several programs that have been issued prior to the SuperNOFA. These include:

• Fair Share Allocation of Incremental Voucher Funding;

• Community Development Work Study Program; and

• Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing. Information on these programs is available on the HUD website at

www.hud.gov.

Changes to the HOPE VI Program.

As indicated earlier, HOPE VI is not included in the FY 2002 SuperNOFA. The HOPE VI NOFA will be published separately in the

Federal Register

at a later date and will be posted on the HUD website, www.hud.gov. Each eligible PHA will receive a HOPE VI Application Kit that will also include the published NOFA. HUD anticipates that the FY 2002 HOPE VI NOFA will reflect some significant changes. Thresholds and rating criteria are being re-examined with a particular emphasis on issues of project readiness, extent of severe distress, leverage, grant amounts and distribution, homeownership, and relocation-related services.

Changes to Policy Priorities.

Section VI of this SuperNOFA has been updated to reflect the changes in policy priorities. Please be sure to read the section carefully. Among the new priorities are the inclusion of faith-based and other community-based organizations in program development and implementation, and an emphasis on services to the Colonias. This SuperNOFA also reflects administrative initiatives announced by the Secretary, including a commitment to core values and ethical business practices and an intention to foster intergovernmental partnership and strengthen state and local participation in Federal programs.

Organization of the SuperNOFA

The SuperNOFA is divided into two major sections, the General Section and the Program Section. The General Section of the SuperNOFA describes the procedures and requirements applicable to all applications. The Program Section of the SuperNOFA describes each program and program component that is part of this SuperNOFA. For each funding opportunity, the Program Section describes the eligible applicants, eligible activities, factors for award, and any additional requirements or limitations. Please read both sections carefully to be sure your application is complete. Your attention to the sections will ensure that you apply for funding for which your organization is eligible and that you fulfill all the requirements for application submission.

As part of the simplification of this funding process and to avoid duplication of effort, the SuperNOFA provides for consolidated applications for several of the programs that are part of this SuperNOFA. HUD programs that provide assistance for, or complement, similar activities (for example, the Continuum of Care programs and CPD Technical Assistance programs) have a consolidated application that reduces the administrative and paperwork burden applicants would otherwise encounter. The Program Chart in this introductory section of the SuperNOFA identifies the programs that have been consolidated and for which a consolidated application is made available to eligible applicants.

HUD provides copies of all required forms in this publication. The standard forms, certifications, and assurances applicable to all programs, or the great majority of programs, in the SuperNOFA follow the General Section as Appendix B. The forms and any additional certifications and assurances that are unique to the individual program will follow that program section of the SuperNOFA.

The specific statutory and regulatory requirements of the programs that are part of this SuperNOFA continue to apply to each program. The SuperNOFA will identify, where necessary, the statutory requirements and differences applicable to the specific programs.

Please pay careful attention to the specific submission requirements that are identified for each funding opportunity. Not all applicants are eligible to receive assistance under all funding opportunities identified in this SuperNOFA.

The Programs of This SuperNOFA and the Amount of Funds Allocated

The funding opportunities that are part of this SuperNOFA are identified in the following chart. The amount of funds available is based on funds appropriated in FY 2002 and funds recaptured from prior years' appropriations. In the event that HUD recaptures program funds or other funds become available for a program, HUD reserves the right to increase the available funding by these additional amounts.

The chart also includes the application due date, the OMB approval number for the information collection requirements, and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for each funding opportunity.

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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement.

The information collection requirements in this SuperNOFA have been approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The preceding chart provides the OMB approval number for each program that is part of this SuperNOFA. Where the chart notes that an OMB number is pending, this means that HUD has submitted the information to OMB to obtain an approval number and HUD's request for the number is pending. As soon as HUD receives the approval number, the number will be published in the

Federal Register

and provided to the SuperNOFA Information Center. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

General Section of the SuperNOFA

I. Authority, Purposes of the FY 2002 SuperNOFA, Funding Amounts, Restrictions Concerning Tobacco Products and Eligible Applicants and Activities

(A)

Authority.

HUD's authority for making funding available under this SuperNOFA is the FY 2002 Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, Public Law 107-73, approved November 26, 2001 (FY 2002 HUD Appropriations Act). Generally, this statement of authority is not repeated in the individual program sections of this SuperNOFA. The authority provision in the program sections identifies additional statutes and regulations that authorize the requirements listed for the funding competitions that make up this SuperNOFA.

(B)

Purposes.

The purposes of this SuperNOFA are to:

(1)

Make funding available to empower communities and residents.

The funding made available by this SuperNOFA will assist community leaders and residents, including low- and moderate-income residents and faith-based and other community-based grassroots organizations, in using HUD funds to develop viable communities and provide decent housing for all citizens, without discrimination.

(2)

Simplify the application process for funding under HUD programs.

For the majority of funding in this year's SuperNOFA, the SuperNOFA continues to provide a single, uniform set of rating factors and submission requirements. This year's SuperNOFA also allows you, the applicant, to apply for more than one program with a single application.

(3)

Promote comprehensive approaches to housing and community development.

Through the SuperNOFA process, HUD encourages you, the applicant, to focus on the interrelationships that exist in your community and in the use of HUD's funding programs to build community-wide efforts that coordinate the resources of multiple applicants and programs. To successfully address community needs, solve community problems, and take advantage of existing resources, HUD encourages members of a community to join together and pool all available resources in a common, coordinated effort. By making all of HUD's competitive funding available in one document, HUD encourages you, the applicant, to be able to relate the activities proposed for funding under this SuperNOFA to the community's Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). Applicants who demonstrate a coordinated effort will obtain higher scores than applicants who do not.

(4)

Promote self-sufficiency and economic opportunity

for the persons and communities being served by your program of activities. HUD's goal is to promote the self-sufficiency of those most in need of assistance, ensuring that the funds provided can result in measurable progress in increasing homeownership opportunities for low income and minority households, providing training and job opportunities so individuals and families can be economically self-sufficient, and better coordinating the delivery of services to homeless persons, persons with disabilities and minorities or residents where English may be a second language.

(C)

Funding Available.

As noted in the Introductory Section of this SuperNOFA, the HUD programs in this SuperNOFA are allocated amounts based on appropriated funds. If HUD recaptures funds in any program, HUD reserves the right to increase the available funding by those amounts.

(D)

Restrictions on the Use of HUD Funds in Support of the Sale of Tobacco Products.

Section 211 of the FY 2001 HUD Appropriations Act prohibits the use of HUD funds to construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a facility or facilities with a designated portion that sells or intends to sell predominantly cigarettes or other tobacco products. The Act defines the predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products to mean sales representing more than 35 percent of annual in-store, non-fuel sales. Therefore, any programs funded with remaining or recaptured FY 2001 funds must adhere to this prohibition.

(E)

Eligible Applicants and Eligible Activities.

The Program Section of the SuperNOFA describes the eligible applicants and eligible activities for each program.

II. Requirements and Procedures Applicable to All Programs

Except as may be modified in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA, the requirements, procedures and principles listed below apply to all programs that are part of this SuperNOFA. Please read the Program Section of the SuperNOFA for additional requirements or information.

(A)

Statutory Requirements.

To be eligible for funding under this SuperNOFA, you, the applicant, must meet all statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the program or programs for which funding is sought. If you need copies of the program regulations, they are available from the SuperNOFA Information Center or through the HUD website, www.hud.gov. HUD will not consider an application from an ineligible applicant. See the Program Section for instructions on how HUD will respond to proposed activities that are ineligible. With the exception of the Section 202 and Section 811 programs, HUD may also eliminate the ineligible activities from funding consideration and reduce grant amounts accordingly.

(B)

Threshold Requirements.

(1)

Compliance with Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws.

(a) With the exception of federally recognized Indian tribes and their instrumentalities, all applicants and their subrecipients must comply with all Fair Housing and Civil Rights laws, statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders as enumerated in 24 CFR 5.105(a). If you are a federally recognized Indian tribe, you must comply with the non-discrimination provisions enumerated at 24 CFR 1003.601, as applicable. In addition to these requirements, there may be program-specific threshold requirements identified in the Program Sections of the SuperNOFA.

(b) If you, the applicant:

(i) Have been charged with a systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act alleging ongoing discrimination;

(ii) Are a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging an on-going pattern or practice of discrimination; or,

(iii) Have received a letter of non-compliance findings under Title VI, Section 504, or Section 109, and if the charge, lawsuit, or letter of findings has

not been resolved to HUD's satisfaction before the application deadline stated in the individual program NOFA, you may not apply for assistance under this SuperNOFA. HUD will not rate and rank your application. HUD's decision regarding whether a charge, lawsuit, or a letter of findings has been satisfactorily resolved will be based upon whether appropriate actions have been taken to address allegations of on-going discrimination in the policies or practices involved in the charge, lawsuit, or letter of findings.

(2)

Conducting Business In Accordance With Core Values and Ethical Standards.

Entities subject to 24 CFR Parts 84 and 85 (most non-profit organizations and State, local and tribal governments or government agencies or instrumentalities who receive Federal awards of financial assistance) are required to develop and maintain a written code of conduct (see Sections 84.42 and 85.36(b)(3)). Consistent with regulations governing specific programs, your code of conduct must: prohibit real and apparent conflicts of interest that may arise among officers, employees, or agents; prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of gifts or gratuities by your officers, employees and agents for their personal benefit in excess of minimal value; and, outline administrative and disciplinary actions available to remedy violations of such standards. If awarded assistance under this SuperNOFA, you will be required, prior to entering into a grant agreement with HUD, to submit a copy of your code of conduct and describe the methods you will use to ensure that all officers, employees, and agents of your organization are aware of your code of conduct.

(3)

Other Threshold Requirements

. The Program Section for the funding for which you are applying may specify other threshold requirements. Additional threshold requirements may be identified in the discussion of “eligibility” requirements in the Program Section.

(C)

Additional Non-discrimination Requirements

. You, the applicant, and your subrecipients must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 1201

et seq.

) and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681

et seq

).

(D)

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

. Under Section 808(e)(5) of the Fair Housing Act, HUD is obliged to affirmatively further fair housing. HUD requires the same of its grant recipients. Unless otherwise specified in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA, if you are a successful applicant, you will have a duty to affirmatively further fair housing opportunities for classes protected under the Fair Housing Act. Protected classes are color, national origin, religion, sex, disability or perceived ability, and family status. Unless otherwise instructed in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA, your application must include specific steps to:

(1) Overcome the effects of impediments to fair housing that were identified in the jurisdiction's Analysis of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing Choice;

(2) Remedy discrimination in housing; and/or

(3) Promote fair housing rights and fair housing choice.

Further, you, the applicant, have a duty to carry out the specific activities provided in your responses to the SuperNOFA rating factors that address affirmatively furthering fair housing. Please see the Program Section of this SuperNOFA for further information.

The requirements to affirmatively further fair housing apply to:

• Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC);

• Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP) for Eligible Multifamily Housing Projects;

• Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI);

• Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC);

• Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs (SHP, Shelter Plus Care, Section 8 Moderate Rehab);

• Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP);

• Funding Availability for Rental Certificate/Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program;

• Healthy Homes Demonstration Program;

• Healthy Homes Initiative and Lead Technical Studies;

• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC);

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program;

• Housing Counseling;

• Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA);

• Lead Hazard Control Program;

• Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities;

• Public Housing Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program;

• Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans;

• Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Developments;

• Resident Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) for Homeownership Supportive Services;

• Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED);

• Section 202 Supportive Housing for Elderly Persons;

• Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities;

• Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP);

• Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing; and

• YouthBuild Program.

(E)

Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons (Section 3)

. Certain programs in this SuperNOFA require recipients of assistance to comply with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (Section 3), 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons in Connection with Assisted Projects) and the HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 135, including the reporting requirements at subpart E. Section 3 requires recipients to ensure that, to the greatest extent feasible, training, employment and other economic opportunities will be directed to low- and very-low income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income persons. As noted in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA, Section 3 is applicable to the following programs:

• Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC);

• Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP);

• Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI);

• Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages;

• Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs;

• Healthy Homes and Lead Technical Studies;

• Healthy Homes Demonstration Program;

• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC);

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program;

• Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA);

• Lead Hazard Control;

• Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program (ROSS);

• Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program;

• Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program.

• Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP); and

• YouthBuild Program.

(F)

Ensuring the Participation of Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged

Businesses, and Women-Owned Businesses

. HUD is committed to ensuring that small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned businesses participate fully in HUD's direct contracting and in contracting opportunities generated by HUD grant funds. Too often, these businesses still experience difficulty accessing information and successfully bidding on Federal contracts. State, local, and tribal governments are required by 24 CFR 85.36(e) and non-profit recipients of assistance (grantees and sub-grantees) by 24 CFR 84.44(b), to take all necessary affirmative steps in contracting for purchase of goods or services to assure that minority firms, women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible, or as specified in the Program Section.

(G)

Relocation

. The relocation requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, and the implementing government-wide regulation at 49 CFR part 24 cover any person who moves permanently from real property or moves personal property from real property directly because of acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition for an activity undertaken with HUD assistance. Some HUD program regulations also cover persons who are temporarily relocated.

Applicants should review the regulations for the programs for which they are applying when planning their project.

(H)

Forms, Certifications, and Assurances

. You, the applicant, are required to submit signed copies of the standard forms, certifications, and assurances listed in this section, unless the requirements in the Program Section specify otherwise. Also, the Program Section may specify additional forms, certifications, assurances or other information that may be required for a particular program in this SuperNOFA.

As part of HUD's continuing efforts to improve the SuperNOFA process, several of the required standard forms have been simplified this year. The standard forms, certifications, and assurances are:

• Standard Form for Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) (which includes civil rights/fair housing certification);

• Federal Assistance Funding Matrix and Certifications, (HUD-424M);

• Standard Form for Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) or Standard Form for Budget Information-Construction Programs (SF-424C), as applicable;

Standard Form for Assurances—Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) or Standard Form for Assurances—Construction Programs (SF-424D), as applicable;

• Drug-Free Workplace Certification (HUD-50070);

• Certification of Payments to Influence Federal Transaction (HUD-50071) and, if engaged in lobbying, the Disclosure Form Regarding Lobbying (SF-LLL) (federally recognized tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) established by federally recognized Indian tribes as a result of the exercise of the tribe's sovereign power are excluded from coverage of the Byrd Amendment, but State recognized Indian tribes and TDHEs established under State law are required to submit this certification);

• Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (HUD-2880);

• Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension (HUD-2992) as required by 24 CFR 24.510 (The provisions of 24 CFR part 24 apply to the employment, engagement of services, awarding of contracts, sub-grants, or funding of any recipients, or contractors or subcontractors, during any period of debarment, suspension, or placement in ineligibility status, and a certification is required);

• Certification of Consistency with RC/EZ/EC Strategic Plan (HUD-2990), if applicable;

• Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan (HUD-2991) if applicable;

• Acknowledgment of Application Receipt (HUD-2993); and,

• Client Comments and Suggestions (HUD 2994).

Copies of these standard forms follow this General Section of the SuperNOFA. Copies of forms that are particular to an individual program follow the funding information for that program. Also included in Appendix B to the General Section is the Funding Application for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HUD 52515).

Note

:

Forms SF-424A and SF-424C ask for information which is similar to the information required by form HUD 4123—Cost Summary which is listed as a required form under the ICDBG Program Section of this SuperNOFA and which is a required form for that program. Also note that there are assurances separate from SF-424B and 424D for the ICDBG program, which are specific to that program.

(I)

OMB Circulars and Government-wide Regulations Applicable to Grant Programs

. Certain OMB circulars also apply to programs in this SuperNOFA. The policies, guidance, and requirements of OMB Circular A-87 (Cost Principles Applicable to Grants, Contracts and Other Agreements with State and Local Governments), OMB Circular A-21 (Cost Principles for Education Institutions), OMB A-122 (Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations), OMB Circular A-133 (Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations), and the regulations in 24 CFR part 84 (Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and other Non-Profit Organizations), and 24 CFR part 85 (Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State, Local, and Federally recognized Indian tribal governments), may apply to the award, acceptance, and use of assistance under the programs of this SuperNOFA, and to the remedies for non-compliance, except when inconsistent with the provisions of the FY 2002 HUD Appropriations Act, other Federal statutes or regulations, or the provisions of this SuperNOFA. Compliance with additional OMB Circulars or government-wide regulations may be specified for a particular program in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA. Copies of the OMB Circulars may be obtained from EOP Publications; Room 2200; New Executive Office Building; Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202) 395-7332 (this is not a toll free number); or, from the website, www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/index.html.

(J)

Environmental Requirements

. If you become a grantee under one of the programs in this SuperNOFA that assist physical development activities or property acquisition, you are generally prohibited from acquiring, rehabilitating, converting, leasing, repairing or constructing property, or committing or expending HUD or non-HUD funds for these types of program activities, until one of the following has occurred:

(1) HUD has completed an environmental review in accordance with 24 CFR part 50; or

(2) For programs subject to 24 CFR part 58, HUD has approved a grantee's Request for Release of Funds (HUD Form 7015.15) following a Responsible Entity's completion of an environmental review.

You, the applicant, should consult the Program Section of the SuperNOFA for the applicable program to determine the procedures for, timing of, and any exclusions from environmental review under a particular program. For applicants applying for funding under the Sections 202 or 811 Programs, please note the environmental review requirements for these programs.

(K)

Conflicts of Interest

. If you are a consultant or expert who is assisting HUD in rating and ranking applicants for funding under this SuperNOFA, you are subject to 18 U.S.C. 208, the Federal criminal conflict of interest statute, and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch regulation published at 5 CFR part 2635. As a result, if you have assisted or plan to assist applicants with preparing applications for this SuperNOFA, you may not serve on a selection panel and you may not serve as a technical advisor to HUD for this SuperNOFA. All individuals involved in rating and ranking this SuperNOFA, including experts and consultants, must avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts. Individuals involved in the rating and ranking of applications must disclose to HUD's General Counsel or HUD's Ethics Law Division the following information, if applicable: how the selection or non-selection of any applicant under this SuperNOFA will affect the individual's financial interests, as provided in 18 U.S.C. 208; or, how the application process involves a party with whom the individual has a covered relationship under 5 CFR 2635.502. The individual must disclose this information prior to participating in any matter regarding this SuperNOFA. If you have questions regarding these provisions or if you have questions concerning a conflict of interest, you may call the Office of General Counsel, Ethics Law Division, at 202-708-3815.

(L)

Accessible Technology

. The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 apply to all electronic information technology (EIT) used by a grantee for transmitting, receiving, using, or storing information to carry out the responsibilities of any federal grant awarded. The Act's coverage includes, but is not limited to, computers (hardware, software, word-processing, email, and web pages), facsimile machines, copiers and telephones. When developing, procuring, maintaining, or using EIT, funding recipients must ensure that the EIT allows employees with disabilities and members of the public with disabilities to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use of information and data by employees and members of the public who do not have disabilities. If these standards impose a hardship on a funding recipient, they may provide an alternative means to allow the individual to use the information and data. However, no grantee will be required to provide information services to a person with disabilities at any location other than the location at which the information services is generally provided.

III. Application Selection Process

(A)

Rating Panels

. To review and rate applications, HUD may establish panels. These panels may include persons not currently employed by HUD. HUD may include these non-HUD employees to obtain certain expertise and outside points of view, including views from other Federal agencies.

(1)

Rating

. HUD will evaluate and rate all applications for funding that meet the threshold requirements and rating factors for award described in this SuperNOFA. This will include rating the applicant and/or the applicant's organization and staff for technical merit or threshold compliance as well as any sub-contractors, consultants, sub-recipients, and members of consortia that are firmly committed to the project. In evaluating applications for funding HUD will take into account applicants' past performance in managing funds, including the ability to account for funds appropriately; timely use of funds received either from HUD or other Federal, State, or local programs; meeting performance targets for completion of activities; and, number of persons to be served or targeted for assistance. HUD may include information at hand or available from public sources such as, but not limited to, newspapers, Inspector General or Government Accounting Office Reports or Findings, and/or hotline complaints that have been proven to have merit. In evaluating past performance, HUD may elect to deduct points from the rating score or establish threshold levels as specified under the Factors for Award in the Program Section of this SuperNOFA.

(2)

Ranking

. HUD will rank applicants within each program or, for Continuum of Care applicants, across the three programs identified in the Continuum of Care section of this SuperNOFA. HUD will rank applicants only against those applying for the same program funding. Where there are set-asides within a program competition, you, the applicant, will compete against only those applicants in the same set-aside competition.

(B)

Threshold Requirements

. HUD will review your application to determine whether it meets all of the threshold requirements described in Section II(B), above. Only applications that meet all of the threshold requirements will be eligible to be rated and ranked.

(C)

Factors for Award Used to Evaluate and Rate Applications

. For each program that is part of this SuperNOFA, the points awarded for the rating factors total 100. Depending upon the program for which you the applicant seek funding, the funding opportunity may provide for up to six bonus points as provided in paragraphs (1)-(3) of this Section III(C).

(1)

RC/EZ/EC.

The SuperNOFA provides for the award of two bonus points for eligible activities/projects that the applicant proposes to be located in federally designated Empowerment Zones (EZs), Enterprise Communities (ECs), Urban Enhanced Enterprise Communities (EECs), Strategic Planning Communities, or Renewal Communities (RCs), serve the residents of these areas, and are certified to be consistent with the area's strategic plan. (For ease of reference in the SuperNOFA, all these federally designated areas are collectively referred to as “RC/EZ/ECs” and residents of any of these federally designated areas as “RC/EZ/EC residents.”) The individual funding announcement will indicate if the bonus points are available for that funding. The SuperNOFA contains a certification that must be completed for the applicant to be considered for RC/EZ/EC bonus points. A list of RCs, EZs, ECs, EECs, and Strategic Planning Communities is attached to this General Section of the SuperNOFA as Appendix A-2 and is also available from the SuperNOFA Information Center, and the HUD website, www.hud.gov.

(2)

Brownfield Showcase Communities:

In the BEDI competition, two bonus points are available for federally designated Brownfields Show Case Communities. (Please see BEDI section of this SuperNOFA for additional information.) A list of the federally designated RCs, EZs, ECs, Enhanced ECs, and Brownfield Showcase Communities is available from the SuperNOFA Information Center or through the HUD website, www.hud.gov.

(3)

Court-Ordered Consideration.

For any application submitted by the City of Dallas, Texas, for funds under this SuperNOFA for which the City of Dallas is eligible to apply, HUD will consider the extent to which the strategies or plans in the application or applications will be used to eradicate the vestiges of racial segregation in the Dallas Housing Authority's low-income housing programs. The City of Dallas should address the effect, if any, that vestiges of racial segregation in Dallas Housing Authority's low-income housing programs have on potential participants in the programs covered by this SuperNOFA, and identify proposed actions for remedying those vestiges. HUD may add up to 2 bonus points to

the score based upon this consideration. This special consideration results from an order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. (This Section III(C)(2) is limited to applications submitted by the City of Dallas.)

(4)

The Five Standard Rating Factors.

The majority of programs in this SuperNOFA use the five rating factors described below. Additional details about the five rating factors and the maximum points for each factor are provided in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA. You, the applicant, should carefully read the factors for award as described in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA. HUD has established these five factors as the basic factors for award in every program that is part of this SuperNOFA. For a specific funding opportunity, however, HUD may have modified these factors to take into account specific program needs or statutory or regulatory limitations imposed on a program. The standard factors for award, except as modified in the program area section, are:

Factor 1: Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Staff

Factor 2: Need/Extent of the Problem

Factor 3: Soundness of Approach

Factor 4: Leveraging Resources

Factor 5: Coordination, Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability

The Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs have only two factors that receive points: Need and Continuum of Care.

(D)

Negotiation.

After HUD has rated and ranked all applications and made selections, HUD may require, depending upon the program, that all winners participate in negotiations to determine the specific terms of the grant agreement and budget. In cases where HUD cannot successfully conclude negotiations with a selected applicant or a selected applicant fails to provide HUD with requested information, an award will not be made to that applicant. In this instance, HUD may offer an award, and proceed with negotiations with the next highest-ranking applicant.

(E)

Adjustments to Funding.

(1) HUD reserves the right to fund less than the full amount requested in your application to ensure the fair distribution of the funds and that the purposes of a specific program are met.

(2) HUD will not fund any portion of your application that: is not eligible for funding under specific program statutory or regulatory requirements; does not meet the requirements of this SuperNOFA; or may be duplicative of other funded programs or activities from previous years' awards or other selected applicants. Only the eligible portions of your application (including non-duplicative portions) may be funded.

(3) If funds remain after funding the highest-ranking applications, HUD may fund all or part of the next highest-ranking application in a given program. If you, the applicant, turn down an award offer, HUD will make an offer of funding to the next highest-ranking application. If funds remain after all selections have been made, remaining funds may be available for other competitions for each program where there is a balance of funds.

(4) In the event HUD commits an error that, when corrected, would result in selection of an otherwise eligible applicant during the funding round of this SuperNOFA, HUD may select that applicant when sufficient funds become available.

(F) Performance and Compliance Actions of Grantees. HUD will measure and address the performance and compliance actions of grantees in accordance with the applicable standards and sanctions of their respective programs.

IV. Application Submission Requirements

As discussed in the Introductory Section of this SuperNOFA, part of the simplification of this funding process is to reduce the duplication of effort that has been required of applicants in the past. Before the SuperNOFA process, many of HUD's applicants were required to complete and submit similar applications for HUD funded programs. As the Program Chart shows, the FY 2002 SuperNOFA provides, as did the previous SuperNOFAs, for consolidated applications for several of the programs for which funding is available under this SuperNOFA.

V. Corrections to Deficient Applications

After the application due date, HUD may not, consistent with its regulations in 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, consider any unsolicited information you, the applicant, may want to provide. HUD may contact you to clarify an item in your application or to correct technical deficiencies. HUD may not seek clarification of items or responses that improve the substantive quality of your response to any rating factors. In order not to unreasonably exclude applications from being rated and ranked, HUD may contact applicants to ensure proper completion of the application and will do so on a uniform basis for all applicants. Examples of curable (correctable) technical deficiencies include failure to submit the proper certifications or failure to submit an application that contains an original signature by an authorized official. In each case, HUD will notify you in writing by describing the clarification or technical deficiency. HUD will notify applicants by facsimile or by USPS, return receipt requested. Clarifications or corrections of technical deficiencies in accordance with the information provided by HUD must be submitted within 14 calendar days of the date of receipt of the HUD notification. (If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, your correction must be received by HUD on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday.) If the deficiency is not corrected within this time period, HUD will reject the application as incomplete and it will not be considered for funding. (Sections 202 and 811 Programs provide for appeal of rejection of an application on technical deficiency. Please see the Program Section for these programs for additional information and instructions.)

VI. HUD's FY 2002 SuperNOFA Policy Priorities

This Section describes important initiatives that HUD is encouraging applicants to undertake in implementing programs funded under this SuperNOFA. Seven SuperNOFA policy priorities are listed below. Each of the seven policy priorities support the interim Strategic Goals listed in Part II of this NOFA, as noted below.

(A)

Increasing Homeownership Opportunities for Low- and Moderate-Income Persons, Persons with Disabilities, the Elderly, Minorities, and Families where English may be a Second Language.

Too often these individuals and families are shut out of the housing market through no fault of their own. HUD encourages applicants to work aggressively to open up the realm of homeownership to many who want the joy, security, and sense of community that comes from owning a home of their own. Proposed activities can support Strategic Goals 1, 2, and 7.

(B)

Improving the Quality of Public Housing and Providing More Choices for Its Residents.

HUD wants to improve the quality of life for those living in public housing, not only by improving the physical surroundings of public housing developments, but by providing residents greater opportunities to move from public housing into homeownership opportunities or into a community with greater housing choices and better educational and employment opportunities. Proposed

activities directly support Strategic Goal 3, but can also support Strategic Goals 4, and 7.

(C)

Encouraging Accessible Design Features.

As described in Section II (B) and (H), applicants must be in compliance with applicable civil rights laws including the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. These laws, and regulations implementing them, provide for nondiscrimination based on disability and require housing and facilities to incorporate certain features intended to provide for their use and enjoyment by persons with disabilities.

HUD is encouraging applicants to add accessible design features beyond those required under civil rights laws and regulations. These features would eliminate many other barriers limiting the access of persons with disabilities to housing and other facilities. These accessible design features are intended to promote visitability and incorporate features of universal design as described below:

(i) Visitability in New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate visitability standards where feasible in new construction and substantial rehabilitation projects. Visitability standards allow a person with mobility impairments access into the home, but do not require that all features be made accessible. Visitability means at least one entrance at grade (no steps), approached by an accessible route such as a sidewalk; the entrance door and all interior passage doors are at least 2 feet 10 inches wide, allowing 32 inches of clear passage space. A visitable home also serves persons without disabilities, such as a mother pushing a stroller or a person delivering a large appliance. Copies of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) are available from the SuperNOFA Information Center (1-800-HUD-8929 or 1-800-HUD-2209 (TTY)) and also from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Room 5230, 451 Seventh Street, SW.; Washington, DC 20410; 202-755-5404 or 1-800-877 8399 (TTY Federal Information Relay Service). Proposed activities support Strategic Goal 7.

(ii) Universal Design. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate universal design in the construction or rehabilitation of housing, retail establishments, and community facilities funded with HUD assistance. Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment more usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost. Universal design benefits people of all ages and abilities. In addition to any applicable required accessibility features under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act, the Department encourages applicants to incorporate the principles of universal design when developing housing, community facilities, electronic communication mechanisms, or when communicating with community residents at public meetings or events. HUD believes that by creating housing that is accessible to all, it can increase the supply of affordable housing for all, regardless of ability or age. Likewise, creating places where people work, train, and interact which are useable and open to all residents increases opportunities for economic and personal self-sufficiency. Proposed activities under this priority will support Strategic Goals 2, 7, and 8.

(D)

Improving Computer Access, Literacy, and Employment Opportunities.

The Department seeks to promote activities that provide access to computers to low- and moderate-income adults and children who do not have access and, therefore, may be disadvantaged with respect to education, work, and training opportunities. HUD encourages applicants to incorporate education and job training opportunities through initiatives such as HUD's Neighborhood Networks. Neighborhood Networks enhance the self-sufficiency, employability, and economic self-reliance of low-income families and the elderly living in HUD-insured or HUD-assisted properties, and public housing by providing on-site computer access and training resources.

Applicants are encouraged to teach adults and children how to use computers to achieve economic self-sufficiency, provide job training and placement, and establish public-private partnerships to support community-learning centers and provide apprenticeship opportunities. Proposed activities can support Strategic Goals 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8.

(E)

Providing Full and Equal Access to Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations in HUD Program Implementation.

(1) HUD encourages non-profit organizations, including grassroots faith-based and other community-based organizations, to participate in the vast array of programs for which funding is available through this SuperNOFA. HUD believes that grassroots organizations, e.g., civic organizations, congregations, and faith-based and other community-based organizations, have not been effectively utilized. These grassroots organizations have a strong history of providing vital community services such as assisting the homeless and preventing homelessness, counseling individuals and families on fair housing rights, providing elderly housing opportunities, developing first time homeownership programs, increasing homeownership and rental housing opportunities in neighborhoods of their choice, developing affordable and accessible housing in neighborhoods across the country, creating economic development programs, and supporting the residents of public housing facilities. The goal of this policy priority is to make HUD's programs more effective, efficient, and accessible by expanding opportunities for grassroots organizations to participate in developing solutions for their own neighborhoods. Additionally, HUD encourages applicants to include these faith-based and other community-based grassroots organizations in their workplans. Applicants, their partners, and participants must review the Program Section of this SuperNOFA to determine eligibility. Faith-based and other community-based grassroots organizations, and applicants who currently or propose to partner, fund, or subcontract with grassroots organizations, including faith-based or other community-based non-profits eligible under applicable program regulations, in conducting their work programs will receive higher rating points as specified in the program section of this SuperNOFA.

(2) Definition of Grassroots Organizations.

(a) HUD will consider an organization a “grassroots organization” if the organization is headquartered in the local community to which it provides services; and,

(i) Has a social services budget of $300,000 or less, or

(ii) Has six or fewer full-time equivalent employees.

(b) Local affiliates of national organizations are not considered “grassroots.” Local affiliates of national organizations are encouraged, however, to partner with grassroots organizations but must demonstrate that they are currently working with a grassroots organization, e.g., having a congregation or civic organization, or other charitable organization provide volunteers.

(c) The cap provided in paragraph (2)(a)(i) above includes only that portion of an organization's budget allocated to providing social services. It does not include other portions of the budget such as salaries and expenses. Activities under this priority directly support Strategic Goal 4.

(F)

Ensuring that Programs are Accountable for the Promises Made and the Actions Taken.

HUD encourages applicants to include program measures to ensure that promises made in your application for funding for persons to be assisted, units to be constructed or rehabilitated, timelines and budgets to be followed, and results to be achieved can be accounted for and independently assessed to ensure performance goals have been met. Applicants who have included means of assessing progress and tracking performance goals and achievements against promises made in the application will receive higher rating points. Actions taken to support this priority directly support Strategic Goal 6.

(G)

Colonias.

HUD seeks to improve housing conditions for families living in Colonias. Colonia means any identifiable community that:

(i) is located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas:

(ii) is within 150 miles of the border between the United States and Mexico: and

(iii) meets objective need criteria, including lack of potable water supply, lack of adequate sewage systems, and lack of decent, safe, sanitary, and accessible housing.

Activities performed under this priority primarily support Strategic Goal 8, but can also support Strategic Goals 3, 4, and 7.

VII. Findings and Certifications

(A)

Environmental Impact.

A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50 that implement Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). The Finding of No Significant Impact is available for public inspection during regular business hours in the Office of the General Counsel, Regulations Division, Room 10276, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500.

(B)

Executive Order 13132, Federalism.

Executive Order 13132 prohibits, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, an agency from promulgating policies that have federalism implications and either impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local governments and are not required by statute, or preempt State law, unless the relevant requirements of Section 6 of the Executive Order are met. This SuperNOFA does not have federalism implications and does not impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local governments or preempt State law within the meaning of the Executive Order.

(C)

Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.

Executive Order 12372 was issued to foster intergovernmental partnership and strengthen federalism by relying on State and local processes for the coordination and review of Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development. The Order allows each State to designate an entity to perform a State review function. The official listing of State Points of Contact (SPOC) for this review process can be found at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html. States not listed on the website have chosen not to participate in the intergovernmental review process and, therefore, do not have a SPOC. If your State has a SPOC, you should contact them to see if they are interested in reviewing your application prior to submission to HUD. Please make sure that you allow ample time for this review process when developing and submitting your applications. If your State does not have a SPOC, you may send applications directly to HUD.

(D)

Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities.

You, the applicant, are subject to the provisions of Section 319 of the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. 1352 (the Byrd Amendment), which prohibits recipients of Federal contracts, grants, or loans from using appropriated funds for lobbying the executive or legislative branches of the Federal government in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan. You are required to certify, using the certification found at Appendix A to 24 CFR part 87, that you will not and have not used appropriated funds for any prohibited lobbying activities. In addition, you must disclose, using Standard Form LLL “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,” any funds, other than federally appropriated funds, that will be or have been used to influence Federal employees, members of Congress, and congressional staff regarding specific grants or contracts. Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) established by federally recognized Indian tribes as a result of the exercise of the tribe's sovereign power are excluded from coverage of the Byrd Amendment, but State-recognized Indian tribes and TDHEs established under State law must comply with this requirement.

(E)

Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act, Documentation and Public Access Requirements.

Section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545) (HUD Reform Act) and the regulations codified in 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, contain a number of provisions that are designed to ensure greater accountability and integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance administered by HUD. On January 14, 1992, HUD published a notice that also provides information on the implementation of Section 102 (57 FR 1942). The documentation, public access, and disclosure requirements of Section 102 apply to assistance awarded under this SuperNOFA as follows:

(1)

Documentation and public access requirements.

HUD will ensure that documentation and other information regarding each application submitted pursuant to this SuperNOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material, including any letters of support, will be made available for public inspection for a five-year period beginning not less than 30 days after the award of the assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing regulations (24 CFR part 15).

(2)

Debriefing.

Beginning not less than 30 days after the awards for assistance are announced in the above-mentioned

Federal Register

notice and for at least 120 days after awards for assistance are announced, HUD will provide a debriefing to any applicant requesting one on their application. All debriefing requests must be made in writing or by email by the authorized official whose signature appears on the SF-424 or his or her successor in office, and submitted to the person or organization identified as the Contact under the section entitled “Further Information and Technical Assistance” in the Program Section of the SuperNOFA under which you applied for assistance. Information provided during a debriefing will include, at a minimum, the final score you received for each rating factor, final evaluator comments for each rating factor, and the final assessment indicating the basis upon which assistance was provided or denied.

(3)

Disclosures.

HUD will make available to the public for five years all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form

2880) submitted in connection with this SuperNOFA. Update reports (also reported on HUD Form 2880) will be made available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case for a period of less than three years. All reports, both applicant disclosures and updates, will be made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing regulations (24 CFR part 5).

(4)

Publication of Recipients of HUD Funding.

HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 4 provide that HUD will publish a notice in the

Federal Register

to notify the public of all decisions made by the Department to provide:

(i) Assistance subject to Section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act; and/or

(ii) Assistance provided through grants or cooperative agreements on a discretionary (non-formula, non-demand) basis, but that is not provided on the basis of a competition.

(F)

Section 103 of the HUD Reform Act.

HUD's regulations implementing Section 103 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3537a), codified in 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, apply to this funding competition. The regulations continue to apply until the announcement of the selection of successful applicants. HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the making of funding decisions are limited by the regulations from providing advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of HUD) concerning funding decisions or from otherwise giving any applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.

Applicants or employees who have ethics related questions should contact the HUD Ethics Law Division at 202-708-3815. (This is not a toll-free number.) HUD employees who have specific program questions should contact the appropriate field office counsel or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the question pertains.

VIII. The FY 2002 SuperNOFA Process and Future HUD Funding Processes

Each year, HUD strives to improve its SuperNOFA. The FY 2002 SuperNOFA was revised based upon comments received during the FY 2001 funding process. HUD continues to welcome comments and feedback from applicants and other members of the public on how HUD may further improve its competitive funding process.

The description of programs for which funding is available under this SuperNOFA follows this General Section and its appendices.

Dated: March 14, 2002.

Mel Martinez,

Secretary.

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FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CD-TA) PROGRAMS—HOME, MCKINNEY-VENTO ACT HOMELESS ASSISTANCE AND HOPWA

Program Overview

Purpose of the Program.

The purposes of the technical assistance programs in this SuperNOFA are:

HOME Technical Assistance.

To help HOME participating jurisdictions design and implement HOME programs, including: Improving their ability to design and implement housing strategies and incorporate energy efficiency into affordable housing; facilitating the exchange of information to help participating jurisdictions carry out their programs; facilitating the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs and land bank programs consistent with the purposes of the HOME statute; and encouraging private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships.

McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Programs Technical Assistance.

To provide applicants, potential applicants, grantees, and project sponsors for McKinney-Vento Act funded Emergency Shelter Grants, Supportive Housing Program, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy and Shelter Plus Care projects with technical assistance to promote the development of housing and supportive services as part of the Continuum of Care approach, including innovative approaches to assist homeless persons in the transition from homelessness, and to enable them to live as independently as possible.

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).

To train HOPWA grantees, project sponsors, and potential recipients of program funds in comprehensive housing strategies and responsive area programs that assist residents who are living with HIV/AIDS; in the sound management of HOPWA programs to support program operations in an efficient and effective manner, including undertaking community consultations, program planning, housing development and operations, program evaluation and reporting on accomplishments; and to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to carry out activities as HOPWA project sponsors.

Available Funds.

Approximately $10 million in FY 2002 funds is available for the three CD-TA programs.

Eligible Applicants.

Specific eligibility requirements for the CD-TA programs are found below in Section III(C). Up to twenty five percent of the HOME and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance technical assistance funds is limited to qualified providers who have not previously received a CPD technical assistance award. This limitation is not applicable to HOPWA technical assistance.

Application Deadline.

June 7, 2002.

Match.

None.

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for funding under this program, please review carefully the General Section of this SuperNOFA and the following additional information.

I. Application Due Date, Application Kits, Further Information, and Technical Assistance

Application Due Date.

Submit your completed applications (an original and one copy) on or before June 7, 2002 at the address shown below.

The original application that you submit to Headquarters is considered the official application. Send a copy of your application on or before the application deadline date to the HUD CPD Field Office(s) in which you are seeking to provide services. Only one application per applicant is permitted; however, one application can include as few as one or as many as all three CD-TA programs.

Application Submission Procedures. New Security Procedures.

HUD has implemented new security procedures that apply to application submission. Please read the following instructions carefully and completely. HUD will not accept hand delivered applications. Applications may be mailed using the United States Postal Service (USPS) or may be shipped via the following delivery services: United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx, DHL or Falcon Carrier. No other delivery services are permitted into HUD Headquarters without escort. You must, therefore, use one of the four carriers listed above.

Mailed Applications.

Your application will be considered timely filed if your application is postmarked on or before 12 midnight on the application due date and received by the designated HUD office on or within fifteen (15) days of the application due date. All applicants must obtain and save a Certificate of Mailing showing the date when you submitted your application to the United States Postal Service (USPS). The Certificate of Mailing will be your documentary evidence that your application was timely filed.

Applications Sent by Overnight/Express Mail Delivery.

If your application is sent by overnight delivery or express mail, your application will be timely filed if it is received before or on the application due date, or when you submit documentary evidence that your application was placed in transit with the overnight delivery/express mail service by no later than the application due date. Due to new security measures, you must use one of four carrier services that do business with HUD Headquarters regularly. These services are UPS, FedEx, DHL and Falcon Carrier. Delivery by these services must be made during HUD Headquarters business hours, between 8:30 AM and 5:30 Eastern time, Monday to Friday. If these companies do not service your area, you should submit your application via the United States Postal Service.

Addresses for Submitting Applications.

HUD Headquarters. Your completed application consists of one original application and one copy. Submit your original application to HUD Headquarters, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CPD Processing and Control Branch, Room 7251, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.

Copy to Field Office.

Send a copy of the application to the appropriate CPD Field Office(s) at the address shown on the list of HUD CPD Field Offices included as Appendix B.

When submitting your application, please refer to the Community Development Technical Assistance Program. Be sure to include your name, mailing address (including zip code), telephone number (including area code), and fax number (including area code).

For Application Kits.

For an application kit and any supplemental information, please call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call the Center's TTY number at 1-800-HUD-2209. When requesting an application kit, please refer to “Community Development Technical Assistance Programs or CD-TA.” Please be sure to provide your name, address (including zip code), telephone number (including area code), and fax number (including area code).

For Further Information and Technical Assistance. You may contact the HUD CPD Office serving your area at the telephone number listed in the list of HUD CPD Field Offices included in the application kit, or you may contact Karen E. Daly at 202-708-3176, x5552 in HUD Headquarters. Persons with hearing and speech challenges may access the above number via TTY (text

telephone) by calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number). Information on this SuperNOFA also may be obtained through the HUD web site on the Internet at www.hud.gov.

Satellite Broadcast.

HUD will hold an information broadcast via satellite for potential applicants to learn more about the program and preparation of the application. For more information about the date and time of the broadcast, you should consult the HUD web site at www.hud.gov.

II. Amount Allocated

(A) The amounts allocated for each CD-TA program are as follows:

HOME TA FY 2002 funds: up to$5,000,000

McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Programs FY 2002 TA funds: up to $3,000,000

HOPWA FY 2002 TA funds: up to $2,000,000

(B) Each HUD/CPD Field Office has been allocated a “fair-share” of CD-TA funds for purposes of this competition, except for the HOPWA TA funds which will be awarded only through a national competition (see CD-TA Appendix A for the fair share allocations). The amounts are based on allocations of HOME and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance formula funds and competitive programs for which Field Offices have management oversight. These amounts are only for guidance purposes for you to develop your program budgets by Field Office jurisdiction and are not the exact amounts to be awarded to you in each area.

HUD will determine the total amount to be awarded to any provider based upon the size and needs of the provider's service area within each Field Office jurisdiction in which the provider is selected to operate, the funds available for that area, the number of other awardees selected in that area, and the scope of the technical assistance to be provided. Additionally, HUD may reduce the amount of funds allocated for Field Office jurisdictions to fund national CD-TA providers and other CD-TA providers for activities which cannot be budgeted or estimated by Field Office jurisdiction. HUD may require selected applicants, as a condition of funding, to provide coverage on a geographically broader basis than applied for in order to supplement or strengthen the intermediary network in terms of the location (service area), types and scope of technical assistance proposed.

(C) In order to reach new technical assistance providers in the HOME and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance program areas up to 25% of the funds in each of these two program areas within a Field Office (or at the national level) will be awarded to applicants who have not previously been funded under a CPD technical assistance competition. Therefore, up to $1.25 million will be awarded to new providers in HOME and $750,000 in McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance. If qualified new applicants are not found in each program area in each Field Office and/or at the national level, the remaining funds will be made available for previously funded providers. The reverse also is true.

(D) To the extent permitted by funding constraints, HUD intends to provide coverage for as full a range as possible, of eligible CD-TA activities of each CD-TA program in each Field Office jurisdiction. To achieve this objective, HUD will fund the highest ranking providers that bring the required expertise in one or more specialized activity areas, and fund portions of providers' proposed programs in which they have the greatest skill and capability for given geographic areas or on a national basis. HUD also may require national, multi-jurisdictional, or other providers to provide coverage to Field Office jurisdictions which cannot otherwise receive cost-effective support from a CD-TA provider. In selecting applicants for funding, in addition to the rating factors, HUD will apply program policy criteria identified in Section V of this CD-TA Program section of SuperNOFA to select a range of providers and activities that would best serve program objectives for each program serviced by the CD-TA funded under this SuperNOFA.

III. Program Description; Program Award Period; Eligible Applicants; Eligible Activities; and Sub-Grants

(A)

Program Description.

Up to $10 million in technical assistance (TA) funds is available from three separate technical assistance programs: HOME TA, McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance TA, and HOPWA TA (collectively “CD-TA”).

The funding of these three CD-TA programs through a single funding availability announcement will not affect the ability of eligible applicants to seek CD-TA funding. Eligible applicants are able to apply for funding under as few as one, and as many as three, separate CD-TA programs, individually or collectively, singularly or in combination. The specific provisions of the three separate CD-TA programs have not been changed. This Community Development Technical Assistance Programs section of the SuperNOFA reflects the statutory requirements and differences in the three different CD-TA programs.

(B) Program Award Period

(1) Cooperative Agreements will be for a period of up to 36 months. HUD, however, reserves the right to:

(a) Terminate awards in accordance with provisions contained in OMB Circular A-102, and 24 CFR parts 84 and 85 anytime after 12 months;

(b) Withdraw funds from a specific provider, if HUD determines that the urgency of need for the assistance is greater in other Field Office jurisdictions or the need for assistance is not commensurate with the award for assistance;

(c) Extend the performance period of individual awardees up to a total of 12 additional months.

(2) In cases where an applicant selected for funding under this CD-TA program section of the SuperNOFA currently is providing CD technical assistance under an existing CD-TA grant/cooperative agreement, HUD reserves the right to adjust the start date of funding under this program to coincide with the conclusion of the previous award, or to incorporate the remaining activities from the previous award into the new agreement, adjusting the funding levels as necessary.

(C) Eligible Applicants

(1)

General.

The eligible applicants for each of the three CD-TA programs are listed in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this Section (C). This paragraph (1) lists requirements applicable to all applicants.

(a) Many organizations are eligible to apply for more than one CD-TA program and are encouraged to do so to the extent they have the requisite experience, expertise and capability.

(b) All applicant organizations must have demonstrated ability to provide CD-TA in a geographic area larger than a single city or county and must propose to serve an area larger than a single city or county.

(c) An organization may not provide assistance to itself.

(d) A consortium of organizations may apply for one or more CD-TA programs, but HUD will require that one organization be designated as the legal applicant, where legally feasible. Where one organization cannot be so designated for all proposed activities, HUD may execute more than one cooperative agreement with the members of a consortium. However, in general HUD will not award more than

one cooperative agreement per application unless necessary due to legal requirements.

(e) All applicants must meet minimum statutory eligibility requirements for each CD-TA program for which they are chosen in order to be awarded a cooperative agreement. Copies of the Technical Assistance program regulations will be provided with the application kit.

(f) All eligible CD-TA providers may propose assistance using in-house staff, consultants, sub-contractors and sub-recipients, networks of private consultants and/or local organizations with requisite experience and capabilities. Whenever possible, applicants should make use of technical assistance providers located in the Field Office jurisdiction receiving services. This draws upon local expertise and persons familiar with the opportunities and resources available in the area to be served while reducing travel and other costs associated with delivering the proposed technical assistance services.

(g) All applicants must meet the applicable threshold requirements of Section II(B) of the General Section of the NOFA.

(2)

McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Programs TA Eligible Applicants.

(a) States, units of general local government, and public housing authorities.

(b) Public and private non-profit or for-profit groups, including educational institutions and area-wide planning organizations, qualified to provide technical assistance on McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance projects.

(3)

HOME TA Eligible Applicants.

(a) A for-profit or non-profit professional and technical services company or firm that has demonstrated capacity to provide technical assistance services;

(b) A HOME participating jurisdiction (PJ) or agency thereof;

(c) A public purpose organization responsible to the chief elected official of a PJ and established pursuant to State or local legislation;

(d) An agency or authority established by two or more PJs to carry out activities consistent with the purposes of the HOME program;

(e) A national or regional non-profit organization that has membership comprised predominantly of entities or officials of entities of PJs or PJs' agencies or established organizations.

(4)

HOPWA TA Eligible Applicants.

(a) Non-profit organizations; and

(b) States and units of general local government.

(D)

Eligible Activities.

Eligible activities as appropriate for each of the three CD-TA programs are listed below:

(1)

HOME Technical Assistance.

HUD will provide assistance to:

(a) Facilitate the exchange of information that would help participating jurisdictions carry out the purposes of the HOME statute, including information on program design and accessibility, housing finance, land use controls, and building construction techniques;

(b) Improve the ability of States and units of local government to design and implement housing strategies, particularly those States and units of local government that are relatively inexperienced in the development of affordable housing;

(c) Encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve the purposes of the HOME statute;

(d) Improve the ability of States and units of local government, community housing development organizations, private lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income housing to incorporate energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, construction and operation of affordable housing;

(e) Facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs, through research, technical assistance, and demonstration projects; and

(f) Facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for use consistent with the purposes of the HOME statute.

(2)

McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Programs Technical Assistance.

Funds are available to provide technical assistance to McKinney-Vento Act funded Homeless Assistance projects. Funds may be used to provide technical assistance to prospective applicants, applicants, recipients or other providers (project sponsors) of McKinney-Vento Act funded housing and supportive services for homeless persons. The assistance may include, but is not limited to, written information such as papers, manuals, guides and brochures; person-to-person exchanges; on-site assessments and provision of technical expertise; and training and related costs.

(3)

HOPWA Technical Assistance.

For the purposes of this CD-TA program section of the SuperNOFA, HOPWA technical assistance shall mean the transfer to HOPWA grantees and project sponsors and potential recipients of program funds, the skills and knowledge needed to develop, operate and support HOPWA-eligible projects and activities.

An applicant for HOPWA TA funds must propose activities on a national basis, a regional basis (e.g. serving a multi-state area) or within a State or community. The application should emphasize how activities will advise and train communities and project sponsors in undertaking program planning, community consultations, housing development and operations, coordination with related health-care and other supportive services, and evaluation and reporting on program performance. The Department has established the following national goal for all HOPWA TA projects:

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National Goal “ Sustainable and Sound Management of HOPWA Programs and Projects.

HOPWA TA funds may be used to help to build the capacity of grantees, project sponsors and potential applicants. The national goal is to enhance (1) the organization's ability to use HUD funds in a manner that upholds the public trust in the operation of the program, and (2) the organization's ability to sustain their projects through financial downturns and beyond the term of the grant. Technical assistance providers should plan programs on financial assessments, developing cost-cutting strategies, long range strategic planning, management and operational efficiency, redirecting resources to essential housing programs, how to identify new financial resources, fund-raising strategies and implementing community-wide planning to avoid duplication of service provision. To achieve this goal, HOPWA TA can be used in the following areas:

(a) Management and operations through such activities as:

(i) Advising on management practices to ensure responsive, efficient and cost effective facility and program operations;

(ii) Advising on fiscal management to ensure accountability in the use of funds and in the development of long-term strategies to assure financial viability including strategic planning, merger and acquisition consideration, financial development programs; and

(iii) Assisting projects in using the Department's information technology, financial systems and information management systems.

(b) State, local, and community planning through such activities as:

(i) Advising on the coordination of housing with health-care and other

related supportive services for eligible persons;

(ii) Assisting in developing collaborations with local, State and Federal agencies that administer HIV/AIDS-related programs, including programs funded under the Ryan White CARE Act;

(iii) Creating or linking to existing needs assessments of the area's housing needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families;

(iv) Creating or linking to comprehensive multiple-year HIV/AIDS housing plans that are undertaken in collaboration with local, State and federal programs including the Ryan White CARE Act programs; and

(v) Creating or linking to existing plans that address specialized needs of clients, including assistance for clients with serious mental illness, chronic alcohol and other drug abuse issues, and homelessness.

(c) Program evaluation through such activities as:

(i) Advising on data collection and program evaluation and dissemination of results; and

(ii) Developing and providing program handbooks, guidance materials, audio/visual products, training, and other activities to promote good management practices.

HOPWA TA applicants should demonstrate that they will assist in the development of Sustainable and Sound Management of HOPWA Programs by serving grantees who assist underserved populations and presenting a plan that describes an outreach and technical assistance program directed to organizations who serve identified underserved populations. The Department has been advised by persons living with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS housing providers, and national organizations, of the continuing disparity in accessing health-care and HIV/AIDS treatment among underserved populations, such as, racial and ethnic minority populations, women, youth, post-incarcerated populations and persons living in rural areas. For the purposes of the HOPWA TA portion of this NOFA, underserved populations are defined as low-income populations living with HIV/AIDS and their families, such as racial or ethnic minority groups, women, persons living in rural areas, youth, post-incarcerated populations, or other underserved groups as determined by your service area, whose housing and related service needs are not currently being met in your service area. To meet this definition of an underserved population, you must present reliable statistics and data sources (i.e. Census, health department statistics, research, scientific studies, Consolidated Plan, and Continuum of Care documentation), showing the unmet need in the provision of housing and supportive services for the identified underserved population under Rating Factor 2 (1). HUD will consider your presentation of statistics and data sources based on soundness and reliability and the specificity of information to the underserved population and the area to be served.

In an effort to meet this continuing need, the highest rated applicants will demonstrate an outreach and assistance program to an identified underserved population as detailed under Rating Factor 3, Soundness of Approach (2) and will support the National HOPWA Goal of Sustainable and Sound Management. Such assistance could include linking HOPWA grantees and project sponsors to other community based organizations that serve an underserved population but have no, or limited, experience with providing housing services. Additionally, HOPWA TA providers could provide assistance to collaborations targeting an underserved population funded under the HOPWA competitive program.

(E)

Sub-Grants Applicants.

Sub-Grant Applications may propose to make sub-grants to achieve the purposes of their proposed CD-TA programs in accordance with program requirements in Section IV of this CD-TA Program section of the SuperNOFA.

IV. Program Requirements

In addition to the program requirements listed in the General Section of this SuperNOFA (please especially note a new requirement regarding Conducting Business in Accordance with Core Values and Ethical Standards found in General Section II(B)(2)), applicants are subject to the following requirements:

(A)

Program Requirements for HOME and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance.

(1)

Profit/Fee.

No increment above cost, no fee or profit, may be paid to any recipient or subrecipient of an award under this CD-TA Program section of the SuperNOFA.

(2)

Demand/Response Delivery System.

(a) As an awardee, you must operate within the structure of the demand/response system described in this section. You must coordinate your plans with, and operate under the direction of, each HUD Field Office within whose jurisdiction you are operating. When so directed by a Field Office, you will coordinate your activities instead through a lead CD-TA provider or other organization designated by the Field Office.

(b) If selected as the lead CD-TA provider in any Field Office jurisdiction, as an awardee you must coordinate the activities of other CD-TA providers selected under this CD-TA Program section of the SuperNOFA under the direction of the HUD Field Office. Joint activities by CD-TA providers may be required.

(c) Under the demand/response system, CD-TA providers will be required to:

(i) When requested by a Field Office or Government Technical Representative (GTR), market the availability of their services to existing and potential clients to include local jurisdictions in which the assistance will be delivered.

(ii) Respond to requests for assistance from the HUD Field Office(s) with oversight of the geographic service area for which the technical assistance will be delivered, including responding to priorities established by the Field Office in its Grants Management System. HOME PJs, and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance grantees may request assistance from the CD-TA provider directly, but such requests must be approved by the local HUD Field Office.

(iii) When requested by a Field Office or GTR, conduct a Needs Assessment to identify the type and nature of the assistance needed by the recipients of the assistance. These needs assessments should typically identify the nature of the problem to be addressed by the technical assistance services; the plan of action to address the need including the type of technical assistance services to be provided, the duration of the service, the staff assigned to provide the assistance, anticipated products and/or outcomes, and the estimated cost for the provision of services; and the relationship of the proposed services to the planned or expected Consolidated Plan submission to HUD and to other technical assistance providers providing service within the locality.

(iv) Obtain approval for the Technical Assistance Delivery Plan (TADP) from the HUD Field Office(s) with oversight for the area in which service will be provided. (See Section 3 below).

(v) Work cooperatively with other CD-TA providers in their geographic areas to ensure that clients are provided with the full range of CD-TA services needed and available. CD-TA providers are expected to be knowledgeable about the range of services available from other providers, make referrals and arrange visits by other CD-TA providers when appropriate, and carry out CD-TA

activities concurrently when it is cost-effective and in the interests of the client to do so. HUD Field Offices may direct CD-TA providers to conduct joint activities.

(3)

Technical Assistance Delivery Plan (TADP).

(a) After selection for funding but prior to award, you must develop a TADP for each Field Office jurisdiction or National Program for which you have been selected, in consultation with the Field office and/or GTR.

(b) In developing the TADP, you must follow the Field Office's management plan determining your priority work activities, location of activities, and organizations to be assisted during the cooperative agreement performance period.

(c) The Field Office management plan should indicate the issues to be addressed by CD-TA, the improved performance expected as a result of CD-TA, and methods for measuring the success of the CD-TA.

(d) The TADP must delineate all the tasks and sub-tasks for each CD program the applicant will undertake in each Field Office jurisdiction. The TADP must show the location of the community/State in which the CD-TA activities will occur, the level of CD-TA funding and proposed activities by location, the improved program performance or other results expected from the CD-TA and the methodology to be used for measuring the success of the CD-TA. A time schedule for delivery of the activities, budget summary, budget-by-task and staffing plan must be included in the TADP.

(4)

Negotiation.

After all applications have been rated and ranked and a selection has been made, HUD requires that all winners participate in negotiations to determine the specific terms of the TADP and the budget. HUD will follow the negotiation procedures described in Section III(D) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA.

(5)

Forms, Certifications and Assurances.

You must submit with your application the forms, certifications and assurances listed in the General Section of this SuperNOFA.

(6)

Financial Management and Audit Information.

After selection for funding but prior to award, you must submit a certification from an Independent Public Accountant or the cognizant government auditor, stating that your financial management system meets prescribed standards for fund control and accountability required by 24 CFR part 84 for Institutions of Higher Education and other Non-Profit Institutions, 24 CFR part 85 for States and local governments, or the Federal Acquisition Regulations (for all other applicants). The information should include the name and telephone number of the independent auditor, cognizant Federal auditor, or other audit agency as applicable.

(7)

Training Sessions.

When conducting training sessions as part of its CD-TA activities, CD-TA providers are required to:

(a) Design the course materials as “step-in” packages (also called “train-the trainer” packages) so that a Field Office or other CD-TA provider may separately give the course on its own;

(b) Arrange for joint delivery of the training with Field Office participation when so requested by the Field Office or by the GTR for national grants; and

(c) When requested by a Field Office and/or GTR, provide for professional videotaping of the workshops/courses and ensure their production in a professional and high-quality manner, suitable for viewing by other CD clients (if this requirement is implemented, additional funds may be requested).

(d) When required by HUD, deliver HUD-approved training courses that have been designed and developed by other HUD contractors or HUD cooperating parties on a “step-in” basis for CD-TA clients, and send trainers to HUD-approved Train-the Trainer sessions.

(8)

Reports to Field Offices and/or GTRs.

CD-TA providers will be required to report to the HUD Field Office(s) with oversight of the geographic area(s) in which CD-TA services are provided or to Headquarters GTRs in the case of national providers. At a minimum, this reporting will be on a quarterly basis unless otherwise specified in the approved TADP.

(9)

Active Participation.

HUD Field Offices will be active participants in the delivery of all technical assistance by funded providers throughout the term of the cooperative agreement.

(10)

HOME TA Program Limitations.

Pursuant to section 243(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, funding to any single eligible HOME TA organization, whether as an independent or joint applicant, is limited to not more than 20% of the operating budget of the recipient organization in any one year and is limited to 20% of the funds available under this CD-TA program section of the SuperNOFA.

(11)

HOME National TA Program Guidance.

With the funds designated for a national TA program, HUD intends to fund applications which propose activities to help HOME participating jurisdictions design and implement HOME programs, including: improving their ability to design and implement housing strategies and incorporate energy efficiency into affordable housing, facilitating the exchange of information to help participating jurisdictions carry out their programs; facilitating the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs; and/or encouraging private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships. Proposals should directly address how the capacity of participating jurisdictions may be improved to ensure that HOME funds are used effectively, efficiently and in compliance with the HOME rules to develop affordable housing. Emphasis should be placed on the basic skills and systems needed to develop, maintain and manage well designed and constructed affordable housing over the long term when using Federal funds.

(12)

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.

Section II(D) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA does not apply to these technical assistance programs.

(B)

Program Requirements for HOPWA Technical Assistance.

(1)

General Requirements.

The items listed below specify the requirements that apply to the HOPWA TA applications as follows: in Section IV(A), Paragraphs: (1) Profit/Fee; (4) Negotiation, except that the TADP reference will apply to a workplan negotiated between the applicant and the GTR for the HOPWA TA grant in HUD Headquarters; (5) Forms, Certifications and Assurances; (6) Financial Management and Audit Information; (7) Training Sessions; (8) Reports to Field Offices and/or GTRs, except that you must report to the HOPWA Headquarters GTR, at a minimum, on a quarterly basis, unless otherwise specified in an approved HOPWA TA workplan and you will be expected to meet the following performance benchmarks: (i) you are required to begin technical assistance activities within one year of your selection (i.e., one year from the date of the signing of your selection letter by HUD); and (ii) you are requested to provide an initial report to the Field Office and the Headquarters GTR on the startup of the planned activities within six months of your selection. Please outline any accomplishments in implementing the funds along with identifying any barriers or issues for which the Department may provide assistance. If a selected project does not meet the appropriate performance benchmark, HUD reserves the right to cancel or withdraw the grant funds.

(2)

Coordination of HOPWA TA Requests.

Except for national meetings, research, information and other activities that are conducted on a program-wide basis in cooperation with HUD Headquarters, as the grantee of HOPWA TA funds, you must work cooperatively with HUD Field Offices. You must notify the applicable HUD Field Office of the planned activities; must consider the views or recommendations of that office, if any; must follow those recommendations, to the degree practicable; and must report to the applicable Field Office on the accomplishments of this assistance.

V. Application Selection Process

(A) Rating and Ranking

(1) HUD will evaluate applications competitively and rank them against all other applicants that have applied for the same CD-TA program (HOME, McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance) within each Field Office or as a National Provider under HOPWA. There will be separate rankings for each CD-TA program, and you will be ranked only against others that have applied for the same CD-TA program.

(2) Once scores are assigned, all applications will be listed in rank order for each CD-TA program for which they applied by Field Office jurisdiction and/or the HOPWA National Program. In each Field Office jurisdiction or National Program area, all applications for the HOME TA program will be listed in rank order on list, all applications for the McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance TA program will be listed in rank order on another list, and all applications for the HOPWA TA national projects will be ranked separately on a third list. Under this system, a single application from one organization for all CD-TA programs could be assigned different scores and different rankings for each program in different Field Offices.

(3) Applications will be funded in rank order for each CD-TA program by Field Office jurisdiction, except for HOPWA TA national providers and others which cannot be ranked by Field Office jurisdiction. National providers and others will be ranked separately and funded in rank order for each CD-TA program. Irrespective of final scores, HUD may apply program policy criteria to select one applicant in each of the two HOME and McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance) CD-TA programs in each Field Office or nationally, to ensure diversity of methods, approaches, or kinds of projects. HUD will apply these program policy criteria to provide coverage of CD-TA services for minorities; women, particularly women in the homebuilding professions under section 233(b)(7) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; persons with disabilities; homeless; persons with special needs; and rural areas.

(4) In addition to the authority in the General Section to adjust funding, HUD reserves the right to adjust funding levels for each applicant for each CD-TA program, as follows:

(a) Adjust funding levels for any provider based upon the size and needs of the provider's service area within each Field Office jurisdiction in which the provider is selected to operate, the funds available for that area, the number of other awardees selected in that area, funds available on a national basis for providers that will be operating nationally, or the scope of the technical assistance to be provided;

(b) To negotiate increased grant awards with applicants approved for funding if HUD requests them to offer coverage to geographic areas for which they did not apply or budget, or if HUD receives an insufficient amount of applications.

(5) If funds remain after all selections have been made, remaining funds may be:

(a) Distributed among all HUD Field Offices (in proportion to their fair-share awards) and/or the National Program, or

(b) Made available for other CD-TA program competitions.

(6) If you apply for HOPWA TA funds, you must propose activities that will be carried out on a national, regional, State or community basis. The Department reserves the right to adjust the amount of requested funds that are awarded to correspond with the size of the intended service area in comparison to the planned national scope of activities to ensure the best use of these limited resources. Additionally, HUD may also modify the service area of a selected application, if practicable.

(B)

Factors for Award Used to Evaluate and Rate Applications.

The factors and maximum points for each factor are provided below. The maximum number of points to be awarded for a CD-TA application is 100. The minimum score for an applicant to be considered in funding range is 70, with a minimum of 15 points in Factor 1. The CD-TA program is not an eligible program for bonus points, as described in Section III(C)(1)-(3) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA.

Rating of the “applicant” or the “applicant's organization and staff”, unless otherwise specified, will include any sub-contractors, consultants, sub-recipients, and members of consortia which are firmly committed to the project.

When addressing the Factors for Award, you should discuss the specific TA projects, activities, tasks, etc. that you suggest be carried out during the term of the cooperative agreement. See Sections IV(A)(2) and (3) of this CD-TA program section for a discussion of the extent to which such activities may be revised at or after the time of award. In responding to the Factors, you should be specific about the type of experience, knowledge, skills and abilities your organization, your staff, and any subcontractors firmly committed to the project have with the CD-TA programs and you should provide relevant examples to support your application. You should also be specific when detailing the communities, populations (HOPWA only) and/or organizations which you propose to serve, especially in response to Factor 3, Subfactor 2 and in detailing the dollar amounts you have leveraged in Factor 4.

Rating Factor 1:

Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Experience (25 points) (Minimum for Funding Eligibility 15 points)

In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which the application demonstrates in relation to CD-TA program funding that is requested:

(1) (10 points) Recent, relevant and successful experience of your organization and staff in providing technical assistance in all eligible activities and to all eligible entities for the CD-TA program(s) applied for, as described in the regulations;

(2) (8 points) The relevant experience, competence, knowledge, skills, and abilities of your key personnel in managing complex, multi-faceted or multi-disciplinary programs that require coordination with other CD-TA entities or multiple, diverse units in an organization;

(3) (7 points) You have sufficient personnel or access to qualified experts or professionals with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver the proposed level of technical assistance in each proposed service area in a timely and effective fashion.

Rating Factor 2:

Potential Effectiveness of the Application in Meeting Needs of Target Groups/Localities and Accomplishing Project Objectives for Each CD-TA Program for which Funds Are Requested (20 Points)

In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which your application:

(1) (8 points) Identifies high priority needs and issues for the CD program in

each community or Field Office jurisdiction for which CD-TA funding is requested, or on a national or regional basis for national HOPWA grants;

(2) (7 points) Outlines a clear and cost-effective plan of suggested TA activities for addressing those needs and aiding a broad diversity of eligible grantees and/or beneficiaries, including those which traditionally have been under-served; and

(3) (5 points) Identifies creative activities to assist eligible grantees in participating in the development of, and improving, local Consolidated Plans and comprehensive strategies.

Rating Factor 3:

Soundness of Approach (35 Points)

In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which your application evidences a sound approach in addressing identified needs and:

(1) (13 points) Provides a cost effective plan for designing, organizing, managing and carrying out the suggested technical assistance activities within the framework of the Demand/Response System or, for HOPWA TA applicants, in addressing the HOPWA TA goal.

(2) (12 points) Demonstrates an effective outreach and assistance program to specifically identified disadvantaged communities, populations (HOPWA only) and/or organizations which previously have been underserved and have the potential to participate in CPD programs.

(3) (5 points) Provides for full geographic coverage, including urban and rural areas, (directly or through a consortium of providers) of a single State or Field Office jurisdiction or is targeted to address the needs of rural areas, minority groups or other under-served groups or for HOPWA TA applicants, addresses other approaches that respond to identified needs.

(4) (5 points) Proposes a feasible, creative plan, which uses state of the art or new promising technology, to transfer models and lessons learned in each of its CD-TA program's activities to grantees and/or program beneficiaries in other CD-TA programs.

Rating Factor 4:

Leveraging Resources (10 Points)

This factor addresses your ability to secure community resources (note: financing is a community resource) that can be combined with HUD's program resources to achieve program purposes. In evaluating this factor HUD will consider: The extent to which you have partnered with other entities to secure additional resources to increase the effectiveness of the proposed program activities.

Resources may include funding or in-kind contributions, such as services or equipment, allocated to the purpose(s) of the award you are seeking. Resources may be provided by governmental entities, public or private nonprofit organizations, for-profit private organizations, or other entities willing to partner with the applicant. You also may partner with other program funding recipients to coordinate the use of resources in the target area.

You must provide evidence of leveraging/partnerships by including in the application letters of firm commitments, memoranda of understanding, or agreements to participate from those entities identified as partners in the application. Each letter of commitment, memorandum of understanding, or agreement to participate should include the organization's name, proposed level of commitment and responsibilities as they relate to the proposed program and preferably be submitted on the organization's letterhead. The commitment must also be signed by an official of the organization legally able to make commitments on behalf of the organization.

Rating Factor 5:

Coordination, Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability (10 Points)

This factor addresses the extent to which you coordinate your activities with other known organizations, participate or promote participation in a community's Consolidated Planning process and Continuum of Care homeless assistance strategy, and are working towards addressing a need identified in your application as high priority in a holistic and comprehensive manner through linkages with other activities in the community.

In evaluating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which you demonstrate you have:

(1) Coordinated your proposed activities with those of other groups or organizations prior to submission in order to best complement, support and coordinate all known activities and if funded, the specific steps you will take to share information on solutions and outcomes with others. Describe any written agreements, memoranda of understanding in place, or that will be in place after award.

(2) Taken or will take specific steps to work with recipients of technical assistance services to become active in the community's Consolidated Planning process (including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice) established to identify and address a need/problem that is related to the activities you propose.

(3) Taken or will take specific steps to develop linkages to coordinate comprehensive solutions through meetings, information networks, planning processes or other mechanisms with:

(a) Other HUD-funded projects/activities outside the scope of those covered by the Consolidated Plan; and

(b) Other Federal, State or locally funded activities, including those proposed or on-going in the community.

(C)

Applicant Debriefing.

As described in the General Section, Introduction to the FY 2002 SuperNOFA, applicant debriefings will be conducted beginning not less than 30 days after the awards for assistance are announced in the

Federal Register

. Refer to the General Section for details.

VI. Application Submission Requirements

In addition to the forms, certifications and assurances listed in Section II(H) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA (collectively referred to as the “standard forms”), your application must, at a minimum, contain the following items (except that the following paragraphs (C), (D), and (E), do not apply to HOPWA TA applicants). The standard forms can be found in Appendix B to the General Section of the SuperNOFA.

(A) Transmittal Letter which identifies the SuperNOFA, the CD-TA programs for which funds are requested and the dollar amount requested for each program, and the applicant or applicants submitting the application. If your organization has never received a CPD technical assistance award, please include a statement to this effect in the transmittal letter. Additionally, HOPWA TA applicants are requested to submit a two-page executive summary outlining the key elements of the proposed TA activities.

(B) Narrative statement addressing the Factors for Award described in Section V(B) of this CD-TA Program section of this SuperNOFA. You should number the narrative response in accordance with each factor for award. This narrative statement will be the basis for evaluating your application. It should include a plan of suggested TA activities as described in Factors 2, 3, and elsewhere. These suggested TA activities may form a starting point for negotiating the TADP described in Section IV(A)(3) of this CD-TA Program section of the SuperNOFA. However, they are used primarily for purposes of rating and evaluation and may be substantially altered and revised during negotiations with the Field Offices on the content of the TADPs (see Section

IV(A)(3)) or Headquarters program office for national projects.

(C) Statement that identifies the Field Office jurisdictions in which you propose to offer services. If you will not offer services throughout the full jurisdictional area of the Field Office, your statement should identify the service areas involved (e.g., States, counties, etc.), as well as the communities in which you propose to offer services.

(D) A matrix that summarizes the amount of funds you are requesting for each CD-TA program in each Field Office jurisdiction. (See the CD-TA application kit for a copy of the matrix to be submitted.)

(E) A statement as to whether you propose to be considered for the role of lead CD-TA provider in one or more specific program areas in a Field Office jurisdiction, and if so, your organization's capabilities and attributes that qualify you for the role.

(F) Budget Summary identifying costs for implementing the plan of suggested TA activities by cost category for each CD-TA program for which funds are requested by Field Office or as a National Provider (in accordance with the following):

(1) Direct Labor by position or individual, indicating the estimated hours per position, the rate per hour, estimated cost per staff position and the total estimated direct labor costs;

(2) Fringe Benefits by staff position identifying the rate, the salary base the rate was computed on, estimated cost per position, and the total estimated fringe benefit cost;

(3) Material Costs indicating the item, quantity, unit cost per item, estimated cost per item, and the total estimated material costs;

(4) Transportation Costs, as applicable.

(5) Equipment charges, if any. Equipment charges should identify the type of equipment, quantity, unit costs and total estimated equipment costs;

(6) Consultant Costs, if applicable. Indicate the type, estimated number of consultant days, rate per day, total estimated consultant costs per consultant and total estimated costs for all consultants;

(7) Subcontract Costs, if applicable. Indicate each individual subcontract and amount;

(8) Other Direct Costs listed by item, quantity, unit cost, total for each item listed, and total other direct costs for the award;

(9) Indirect Costs should identify the type, approved indirect cost rate, base to which the rate applies and total indirect costs.

These line items should total the amount requested for each CD-TA program area. The grand total of all CD-TA program funds requested should reflect the grand total of all funds for which application is made.

VII. Corrections to Deficient Applications

The General Section of the SuperNOFA provides the procedures for corrections to deficient applications.

VIII. Environmental Requirements

In accordance with 24 CFR 50.19(b)(9) and 58.34(a)(9), the assistance provided by these programs relates only to the provision of technical assistance and is categorically excluded from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and not subject to environmental review under the related laws and authorities. This determination is based on the ineligibility of real property acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, conversion, leasing or repair for HUD assistance under these technical assistance programs.

IX. Authority

HOME Technical Assistance. The HOME Technical Assistance Program is authorized by the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12781-12783); 24 CFR part 92.

McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Programs Technical Assistance. The Supportive Housing Program is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 11381

et seq.

; 24 CFR 583.140. The Emergency Shelter Grant, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program and Shelter Plus Care Technical Assistance Programs are authorized by the FY 2002 HUD Appropriations Act.

HOPWA Technical Assistance.

The HOPWA Technical Assistance program is authorized under the FY 2002 HUD Appropriations Act. The HOPWA program is authorized under the AIDS Housing Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 12901) and the HOPWA regulations are found at 24 CFR part 574.

Appendix A to CD-TA Program: “Fair-Share” Amounts Allocated to Each HUD CPD Office

HUD CPD field office

HOME TA

McKinney-Vento Act homeless

assistance TA

HOPWA TA

Alabama State Office

50,000

40,000

Alaska State Office

50,000

40,000

Arkansas State Office

50,000

40,000

California State Office

257,900

242,000

Los Angeles Area Office

224,100

255,000

Caribbean Office

61,400

40,000

Colorado State Office

92,100

40,000

Connecticut State Office

50,000

40,000

District of Columbia Office

50,000

83,000

Florida State Office

50,000

70,000

Jacksonville Area Office

79,800

49,000

Georgia State Office

76,800

40,000

Hawaii State Office

50,000

40,000

Illinois State Office

156,600

145,000

Indiana State Office

61,400

40,000

Kansas/Missouri State Office

64,500

40,000

St. Louis Area Office

50,000

40,000

Kentucky State Office

50,000

40,000

Louisiana State Office

64,500

40,000

Maryland State Office

50,000

40,000

Massachusetts State Office

132,100

182,000

Michigan State Office

119,800

138,000

Minnesota State Office

50,000

52,000

Mississippi State Office

50,000

40,000

Nebraska State Office

50,000

40,000

New Jersey State Office

92,100

52,000

New Mexico State Office

50,000

40,000

New York State Office

267,200

239,000

Buffalo Area Office

55,300

57,000

North Carolina State Office

67,600

40,000

Ohio State Office

144,300

104,000

Oklahoma State Office

50,000

40,000

Oregon State Office

55,300

40,000

Pennsylvania State Office

122,800

106,000

Pittsburgh Area Office

61,400

57,000

South Carolina State Office

50,000

40,000

Tennessee Knoxville Area Office

61,400

40,000

Texas State Office

156,600

88,000

San Antonio Area Office

50,000

40,000

Virginia State Office

55,300

40,000

Washington State Office

58,300

67,000

Wisconsin State Office

61,400

54,000

National Total

1,500,000

2,000,000

Appendix B to CD-TA Program—List of HUD CPD Field Offices

Alabama

Alabama State Office, Medical Forum Building, 950 22nd Street North, Suite 900, Birmingham, AL 35203, CPD Telephone Number 205-631-2630, ext 1051, TTY Number: 205-731-2624, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Alaska

Alaska State Office, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, AK 99508-4399, CPD Telephone Number: 907-271-3669, TTY Number: 907-271-4328, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Arizona

California State Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448, CPD Telephone Number: 415-436-6597, TTY Number: 415-436-6594, Local Hours of Operation: 8:15 am-4:45 pm

Arkansas

Arkansas State Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488, CPD Telephone Number: 501-324-6375, TTY Number: 501-324-5931, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

California

Northern—California State Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448, CPD Telephone Number: 415-436-6597, TTY Number: 415-436-6594, Local Hours of Operation: 8:15 am-4:45 pm

Southern—Los Angeles Area Office, 611 West 6th Street, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90017, CPD Telephone Number: 213-894-8000, TTY Number: 213-894-8133, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Caribbean

Caribbean Office, 171 Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, Suite 301, San Juan, PR 00918-0903, CPD Telephone Number: 787-766-5400, TTY Number 787-766-5909, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Colorado

Colorado State Office, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, CPD Telephone Number: 303-672-5414, TTY Number: 303-672-5248, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Connecticut

Connecticut State Office, One Corporate Center, 19th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103-3220, CPD Telephone Number: 860-240-4800, TTY Number: 860-240-4665, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Delaware

Pennsylvania State Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380, CPD Telephone Number: 215-656-0624, TTY Number: 215-656-3452, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Office, 820 First Street, NE., Suite 450, Washington, DC 20002, CPD Telephone Number: 202-275-0994, TTY Number: 202-275-0772, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Florida

Southern—Florida State Office, 909 Southeast First Avenue, Room 500, Miami, FL 33131, CPD Telephone Number: 305-536-4431, TTY Number: 305-536-4743, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

Northern—Jacksonville Area Office, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121, CPD Telephone Number: 904-232-1777, TTY Number: 904-232-2631, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Georgia

Georgia State Office, Five Points Plaza Building, 40 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30303-2806, CPD Telephone Number: 404-331-5001, TTY Number: 404-730-2654, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Hawaii

Hawaii State Office, Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 3A, Honolulu, HI 96813-4918, CPD Telephone Number: 808-522-8180, TTY Number: 808-522-8193, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4 pm

Idaho

Oregon State Office, 400 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, Portland, OR 97204-1632, CPD Telephone Number: 503-326-7018, TTY Number: 503-326-3656, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Illinois

Illinois State Office, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507, CPD Telephone Number: 312-353-1696, TTY Number: 312-353-5944, Local Hours of Operation: 8:15 am-4:45 pm

Indiana

Indiana State Office, 151 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2526, CPD Telephone Number: 317-226-6790, TTY Number: 317-226-7081, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

Iowa

Nebraska State Office, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955, CPD Telephone Number:

402-492-3181, TTY Number: 402-492-3183, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Kansas

Kansas/Missouri State Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, CPD Telephone Number: 913-551-5485, TTY Number: 913-551-6972, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Kentucky

Kentucky State Office, 601 West Broadway, Post Office Box 1044, Louisville, KY 40201-1044, CPD Telephone Number: 502-582-6163, TTY Number: 1-800-648-6056, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

Louisiana

Louisiana State Office, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130-3099, CPD Telephone Number: 504-589-7212, TTY Number: 504-589-7279, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Maine

Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 531, Boston, MA 02122, CPD Telephone Number: 617-994-8350, TTY Number: 617-565-5453, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

Maryland

Maryland State Office, City Crescent Building, 10 South Howard Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505, CPD Telephone Number: 410-962-2520, TTY Number: 410-962-0106, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 531, Boston, MA 02122, CPD Telephone Number: 617-994-8350, TTY Number: 617-565-5453, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

Michigan

Michigan State Office, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226-2592, CPD Telephone Number: 313-226-7188, TTY Number: 313-226-6899, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Minnesota

Minnesota State Office, 220 Second Street, South, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2195, CPD Telephone Number: 612-370-3019, TTY Number: 612-370-3186, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Mississippi

Mississippi State Office, Doctor A. H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, MS 39269-1096, CPD Telephone Number: 601-965-4700, TTY Number: 601-965-4171, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

Missouri

Eastern—St. Louis Area Office, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street, Third Floor, St. Louis, MO 63103-2836, CPD Telephone Number: 314-539-6524, TTY Number: 314-539-6331, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Western—Kansas/Missouri State Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, CPD Telephone Number: 913-551-5485, TTY Number: 913-551-6972, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Montana

Colorado State Office, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, CPD Telephone Number: 303-672-5414, TTY Number: 303-672-5248, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Nebraska

Nebraska State Office, Executive Tower Centre 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955, CPD Telephone Number: 402-492-3181, TTY Number: 402-492-3183, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Nevada

California State Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448, CPD Telephone Number: 415-436-6597, TTY Number: 415-436-6594, Local Hours of Operation: 8:15 am-4:45 pm

New Hampshire

Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 531, Boston, MA 02122, CPD Telephone Number: 617-994-8350, TTY Number: 617-565-5453, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

New Jersey

New Jersey State Office, One Newark Center, 13th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102-5260, CPD Telephone Number: 973-622-7900, TTY Number: 973-645-3298, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

New Mexico

New Mexico State Office, 625 Silver Avenue S.W., Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87102-3185, CPD Telephone Number: 505-346-7271, TTY Number: (TTY Relay Operator): 1-800-877-8339, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-5 pm

New York

Downstate—New York State Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0068, CPD Telephone Number: 212-264-8000, ext. 3401, TTY Number: 212-264-0927, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Upstate—Buffalo Area Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, Fifth Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203-1780, CPD Telephone Number: 716-551-5755, TTY Number: 716-551-5787, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

North Carolina

North Carolina State Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC 27407-3707, CPD Telephone Number: 336-547-4005, TTY Number: 336-547-4055, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

North Dakota

Colorado State Office, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, CPD Telephone Number: 303-672-5414, TTY Number: 303-672-5248, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Ohio

Ohio State Office, 200 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215-2499, CPD Telephone Number: 614-469-5737, TTY Number: 614-469-6694, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Office, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK 73102-2233, CPD Telephone Number: 405-553-7569, TTY Number: (TTY Relay Operator): 1-800-877-8339, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Oregon

Oregon State Office, 400 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, Portland, OR 97204-1632, CPD Telephone Number: 503-326-7018, TTY Number: 503-326-3656, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Pennsylvania

Eastern—Pennsylvania State Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380, CPD Telephone Number: 215-656-0624, TTY Number: 215-656-3452, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Western—Pittsburgh Area Office, 339 Sixth Avenue, Sixth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2515, CPD Telephone Number: 412-644-2999, TTY Number: 412-644-5747, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Rhode Island

Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 531, Boston, MA 02122, CPD Telephone Number: 617-994-8350, TTY Number: 617-565-5453, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

South Carolina

South Carolina State Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201-2480, CPD Telephone Number: 803-765-5564, TTY Number: 803-253-3071, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:45 pm

South Dakota

Colorado State Office, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, CPD Telephone Number: 303-672-5414, TTY Number: 303-672-5248, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Tennessee

Knoxville Area Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust Street SW, Third Floor, Knoxville, TN 37902-2526, CPD Telephone Number: 423-545-4391, TTY Number: 423-545-4559, Local Hours of Operation: 7:30 am-4:15 pm

Texas

Northern—Texas State Office, 801 Cherry Street, Post Office Box 2905, Fort Worth,

TX 76102, CPD Telephone Number: 817-978-5933, TTY Number: 817-978-9273, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Southern—San Antonio Area Office, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, TX 78207-4563, CPD Telephone Number: 210-475-6820, TTY Number: 210-475-6885, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Utah

Colorado State Office, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, CPD Telephone Number: 303-672-5414, TTY Number: 303-672-5248, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Vermont

Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, Room 531, Boston, MA 02122, CPD Telephone Number: 617-994-8350, TTY Number: 617-565-5453, Local Hours of Operation: 8:30 am-5 pm

Virginia

Virginia State Office, The 3600 Centre, 3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230-4920, CPD Telephone Number: 804-278-4500, TTY Number: 804-278-4501, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

Washington

Washington State Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 1st Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, CPD Telephone Number: 206-220-5150, TTY Number: 206-220-5185, Local Hours of Operation: 8 am-4:30 pm

BILLING CODE 4210-32-P

EN26MR02.056

FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGES

Program Overview

(A) Authority

Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301

et seq.

) and the regulations in 24 CFR part 1003.

(B) Purpose of the Program

The purpose of the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages (ICDBG) is the development of viable Indian and Alaska Native communities, including the creation of decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities primarily for persons with low and moderate incomes as defined in 24 CFR 1003.4.

(C) Available Funds

The FY 2002 appropriation for the ICDBG Program is $70,000,000. In addition, any FY 2001 ICDBG carry-over funding would be available for distribution in FY 2002.

(D) Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are Indian tribes or tribal organizations on behalf of Indian tribes.

(E) Application Deadline

June 6, 2002.

(F) Match

None.

(G) Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for funding under this program, please review carefully the General Section of this SuperNOFA and the following additional information.

Please note:

when used in this NOFA the word “tribe” means an Indian tribe, band, group or nation, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, Eskimos, Alaska Native Villages, ANCSA Village Corporations, and ANCSA Regional Corporations.

I. Application Due Date, Addresses for Submission, Tips for Application Preparation, Application Kits, Further Information, and Technical Assistance

(A) Application Due Date

Your completed application (one original and two copies) must be postmarked on or before 12:00 midnight, on June 6, 2002 and be received by the designated Area Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) on or within 15 days of the application due date.

See the General Section of this SuperNOFA for specific procedures that you must follow for the form of application submission. Please note that for security purposes, applications can

only

be delivered to Area ONAPs via the United States Postal Service. Hand carried applications will not be accepted.

(B) Addresses for Submitting Applications to the Appropriate Area ONAP

Submit original signed application and two copies to the appropriate Area ONAP for your jurisdiction. A list of jurisdictions is given below. Please note that for security purposes, applications can

only

be delivered to Area ONAPs via the

United States Postal Service.

If you are applying from this geographic location then * * *

send your application to this Area ONAP:

All States East of the Mississippi River, Plus Iowa and Minnesota

Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native American Programs Grants Management Division, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Room 2400, Chicago, IL 60604-3507, Telephone: (312) 886-4532, Ext. 2815.

Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, except West Texas

Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, 500 W. Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK 73102-3202, Telephone: (405) 553-7525.

Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming

Northern Plains Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607, Telephone: (303) 672-5465.

Arizona, California, and Nevada

Southwest Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, Two Arizona Center, Suite 1650, 400 N. Fifth Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2361, Telephone: (602) 379-3865.

New Mexico and West Texas

Southwest Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, Albuquerque Plaza, 201 3rd Street N.W., Suite 1830, Albuquerque, NM 87102-3368, Telephone: (505) 346-6923.

Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Northwest Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, Telephone: (206) 220-5271.

Alaska

Alaska Office of Native American Programs, Grants Management Division, 949 E. 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, AK 99508-4399, (907) 271-4603.

(C) General Tips for ICDBG Application Preparation

In order to expedite the review of your application and to ensure that your application is given a thorough and complete review of all responses to each of the components of the selection criteria, please indicate on the first page of each project submission, the type of project(s) being proposed: Economic Development, Homeownership Assistance, Housing Rehabilitation, Land Acquisition to Support New Housing, Microenterprise Programs, New Housing Construction or Public Facilities & Improvements. This will help to ensure that the appropriate project specific thresholds and rating sub-factors will be applied.

In addition, please use separate tabs for each rating factor and rating sub-factor. In order to be rated, make sure the response is beneath the appropriate heading. Keep the responses in the same order as the NOFA. Limit your narrative explanations to 200 words or less and provide the necessary data such as a market analysis, a pro forma, housing survey data, etc., that support the response. Include all relevant material to a response under the same tab. Only include that documentation that will clearly and concisely support your response to the rating criteria.

HUD suggests that you do a preliminary rating for your project, providing a score according to the NOFA point system. This will help to show you how your project might be scored by reviewers. Also, it will help to show you where the strengths and weaknesses of the application are

located. This will help you determine where improvements can be made to your application prior to its submission.

(D) Application Kits

For an application kit and any supplemental material please call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 or the appropriate Area ONAP for your jurisdiction as listed above. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call the Center's TTY number at 1-800-HUD-2209. An application kit also will be available on the Internet through the HUD Web site at

http://www.hud.gov/grants.

When requesting an application kit, please refer to ICDBG and provide your name, address (including zip code), and telephone number (including area code).

(E) Further Information

You should direct general program questions to the Area ONAP serving your area or to Jackie Kruszek, Office of Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO 80202; telephone (800) 561-5913. Persons with speech or hearing impairments may call HUD's TTY number (202) 708-0770, or 1-800-877-8399 (the Federal Information Relay Service TTY). Other than the “800” number, these numbers are not toll-free.

(F) Technical Assistance

Before the application due date, we will be available to provide you with general guidance and technical assistance. We, however, are not permitted to assist in preparing your application. Following selection of applicants, but before awards are made, we are available to assist you in clarifying or confirming information that is required to address a pre-award requirement or condition but will not affect the rating or ranking of your application.

Amount Allocated

(A) Available Funds

The FY 2002 appropriation for the ICDBG Program is $70,000,000. In addition, any FY 2001 ICDBG carry-over funding would be available for distribution in FY 2002.

(B) General

Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 which authorizes CDBG requires grants for Indian tribes be awarded on a competitive basis in accordance with selection criteria contained in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary after notice and public comment. All grant funds awarded in accordance with this NOFA are subject to the requirements of 24 CFR part 1003. Applicants within an Area ONAP's geographic jurisdiction compete only against each other for tha

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