Availability of Financial Assistance for Projects Funded Under the Adoption, Opportunities Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Availability of Financial Assistance for Projects Funded Under

the Adoption, Opportunities Program

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF),

Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health

and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and

Request for Applications to Carry Out Demonstration Projects Funded

Under the Adoption Opportunities Branch in the Children's Bureau,

Administration on Children, Youth and Families.

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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth

and Families announces the availability of fiscal year 1994 funds for

grants to public or private nonprofit child welfare and adoption

agencies, organizations and adoptive parent groups to assist in

supporting programs directed to: (A) Increasing the placements in

adoptive families of minority children who are in foster care and have

the goal of adoption, with a special emphasis on the recruitment of

minority families; (B) providing post-legal adoption services for

families who have adopted special needs children; and, (C) increasing

the rate of placement of children in foster care who are legally free

for adoption.

Funding for these grants is authorized under Title II of the Child

Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (Pub. L.

95-266, as amended).

This announcement contains all necessary application materials.

DATES: The deadline for submission of applications is July 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed to the Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 6th Floor East, OFM/

DDG, Washington, DC 20447.

Hand delivered applications are accepted during normal working

hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or prior to

the established closing date at: Administration for Children and

Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 901 D

Street SW., Washington, DC 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ACYF Operations Program, Telephone: 1

(800) 351-2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administration on Children, Youth and

Families (ACYF) administers national programs for children and youth,

works with States and local communities to develop services which

support and strengthen family life, seeks out joint ventures with the

private sector to enhance the lives of children and their families, and

provides information and other assistance to parents.

The concerns of ACYF extend to all children from birth through

adolescence, with particular emphasis on children who have special

needs. Many of the programs administered by the agency focus on

children from low-income families; children and youth in need of foster

care, adoption or other child welfare services; preschool children,

including children with disabilities; abused and neglected children;

runaway and homeless youth; and children from Native American families.

The priority areas identified in this announcement are derived from

legislative mandates as well as Departmental goals and initiatives. The

priorities reflect the state of current knowledge as well as emerging

issues which come to ACYF's attention by several means including

consultation with advocates, policymakers, and practitioners in the

field.

The priorities seek to focus attention on and to encourage

demonstration efforts to obtain new knowledge and improvements in

service delivery for the solution of particular problems and to promote

the dissemination and utilization of the knowledge and model practices

developed under these priorities.

This program announcement consists of three parts. Part I provides

information on the goals of the Children's Bureau (CB), the ACYF office

which is requesting applications, and the statutory authorities for

awarding grants.

Part II describes the review process and the programmatic

priorities under which applications are being solicited.

Part III provides information and instructions for the development

and submission of applications.

Part I--Introduction

A. Goals of the Children's Bureau

Within ACYF, Children's Bureau's Division of Child Welfare plans,

manages, coordinates and supports child welfare services programs. It

administers the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program, the Child

Welfare Services Program, the Child Welfare Research, Demonstration and

Training Program, the Adoption Opportunities Program, the Temporary

Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Program, Independent Living Program and

the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program.

The Bureau's programs are designed to promote the welfare of all

children, including disabled, homeless, dependent or neglected children

and their families. The programs aid in preventing and remedying the

neglect, abuse and exploitation of children and the unnecessary

separation of children from families.

B. The Statutory Authority Covering this Announcement

The Adoption Opportunities Program provides financial support for

demonstration projects to: Improve adoption practices; eliminate

barriers to adoption; and find permanent homes for children,

particularly children with special needs. Authorization: Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, Title II,

Section 203, as amended, Public Law 95-266; Public Law 98-457, the

Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1988, as

amended, Title II, Section 201, Public Law 100-294; Public Law 102-295;

42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.

Part II--Review Process and Priority Areas

A. Eligible Applicants

Each priority area description contains information about the types

of agencies and organizations which are eligible to apply under that

priority area. Because eligibility varies depending on statutory

provisions, it is critical that the ``Eligible Applicants'' section of

each priority area be reviewed carefully.

Before review, each application will be screened for applicant

organization eligibility as specified under the selected priority area.

Applications from ineligible organizations will not be considered or

reviewed in the competition, and the applicant will be so informed.

Only agencies and organizations, not individuals, are eligible to

apply under this Announcement. All applications developed jointly by

more than one agency or organization, must identify only one lead

organization and official applicant. Participating agencies and

organizations can be included as co-participants, subgrantees or

subcontractors. For-profit organizations are eligible to participate as

subgrantees or subcontractors with eligible non-profit organizations

under all priority areas.

Any non-profit agency which has not previously received Federal

support must submit proof of non-profit status either by making

reference to its listing in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) most

recent list of tax-exempt organizations or by submitting a copy of its

letter from the IRS under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). The ACYF cannot

fund a non-profit applicant without acceptable proof of its non-profit

status.

B. Review Process and Funding Decisions

Timely applications postmarked by the deadline date which are from

eligible applicants will be reviewed and scored competitively. Experts

in the field, generally persons outside the Federal government, will

use the appropriate evaluation criteria listed later in this section to

review and score the applications. The results of this review are a

primary factor in making funding decisions.

The ACYF reserves the option of discussing applications with, or

referring them to, other Federal or non-Federal funding sources when

this is in the best interest of the Federal government or the

applicants. ACYF may also solicit comments from ACF Regional Office

staff, other Federal agencies, interested foundations, national

organizations, specialists, experts, States and the general public.

These comments, along with those of the expert reviewers, will be

considered by ACYF in making funding decisions.

In making decisions on awards, ACYF may give preference to

applications which focus on or feature: minority populations; a

substantially innovative strategy with the potential to improve theory

or practice in the field of human services; a model practice or set of

procedures that holds the potential for replication by organizations

that administer or deliver human services; substantial involvement of

volunteers; substantial involvement (either financial or programmatic)

of the private sector; a favorable balance between Federal and non-

Federal funds available for the proposed project; the potential for

high benefit for low Federal investment; a programmatic focus on those

most in need; and/or substantial involvement in the proposed project by

national or community foundations.

To the greatest extent possible, efforts will be made to ensure

that funding decisions reflect an equitable distribution of assistance

among the States and geographical regions of the country, rural and

urban areas, and ethnic populations. In making these decisions, ACYF

may also take into account the need to avoid unnecessary duplication of

effort.

C. Evaluation Criteria

A panel of at least three reviewers (primarily experts from outside

the Federal government) will review the applications. To facilitate

this review, applicants should ensure that they address each minimum

requirement in the priority area description under the appropriate

section of the Program Narrative Statement.

The reviewers will determine the strengths and weaknesses of each

proposal using the evaluation criteria listed below, provide comments

and assign numerical scores. The point value following each criterion

heading indicates the maximum numerical weight.

All applications will be evaluated against the following criteria.

A. Objective and Need for Assistance (20 points). The extent to

which the application pinpoints any relevant physical, economic,

social, financial, institutional or other problems requiring a

solution; demonstrates the need for the assistance; states the

principal and subordinate objectives of the project; provides

supporting documentation or other testimonies from concerned interests

other than the applicant; and includes and/or footnotes relevant data

based on the results of planning studies. The application must identify

the precise location of the project and area to be served by the

proposed project. Maps and other graphic aids may be attached.

B. Approach (35 points). The extent to which the application

outlines a sound and workable plan of action pertaining to the scope of

the project, and details how the proposed work will be accomplished;

cites factors which might accelerate or decelerate the work, giving

acceptable reasons for taking this approach as opposed to others;

describes and supports any unusual features of the project, such as

design or technological innovations, reductions in cost or time, or

extraordinary social and community involvements; and provides for

projections of the accomplishments to be achieved. It lists the

activities to be carried out in chronological order, showing a

reasonable schedule of accomplishments and target dates.

The extent to which, when appropriate, the application identifies

the kinds of data to be collected and maintained, and discusses the

criteria to be used to evaluate the results and successes of the

project. The extent to which the application describes the evaluation

methodology that will be used to determine if the needs identified and

discussed are being met and if the results and benefits identified are

being achieved. The application also lists each organization, agency,

consultant, or other key individuals or groups who will work on the

project, along with a description of the activities and nature of their

effort or contribution.

C. Results or Benefits Expected (20 points). The extent to which

the application identifies the results and benefits to be derived, the

extent to which they are consistent with the objectives of the

proposal, and the extent to which the application indicates the

anticipated contributions to policy, practice, theory and/or research.

The extent to which the proposed project costs are reasonable in view

of the expected results.

D. Staff Background and Organization's Experience (25 points). The

application identifies the background of the project director/principal

investigator and key project staff (including name, address, training,

educational background and other qualifying experience) and the

experience of the organization to demonstrate the applicant's ability

to effectively and efficiently administer the project. The application

describes the relationship between the proposed project and other work

planned, anticipated or underway by the applicant with Federal

assistance.

E. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions. Each priority area

description is composed of the following sections:

Eligible Applicants: This section specifies the type of

organization eligible to apply under the particular priority area.

Specific restrictions are also noted, where applicable.

Purpose: This section presents the basic focus and/or broad goal(s)

of the priority area.

Background Information: This section briefly discusses the

legislative background as well as the current state-of-the-art and/or

current state-of-practice that supports the need for the particular

priority area activity. Relevant information on projects previously

funded by ACYF and/or others, and State models are noted, where

applicable.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: This section presents the

basic set of issues that must be addressed in the application.

Typically, they relate to project design, evaluation, and community

involvement. This section also asks for specific information on the

proposed project. Inclusion and discussion of these items is important

since they will be used by the reviewers in evaluating the applications

against the evaluation criteria. Project products, continuation of the

project effort after the Federal support ceases, and dissemination/

utilization activities, if appropriate, are also addressed.

Project Duration: This section specifies the maximum allowable

length of time for the project period; it refers to the amount of time

for which Federal funding is available.

Federal Share of Project Cost: This section specifies the maximum

amount of Federal support for the project.

Matching Requirement: This section specifies the minimum non-

Federal contribution, either through cash or in-kind match, required in

relation to the maximum Federal funds requested for the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: This section specifies

the number of projects that ACYF anticipates it will fund under the

priority area.

CFDA: This section identifies the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) number and title of the program under which

applications in this priority area will be funded. This information is

needed to complete item 10 on the (SF 424) grant application form.

Please note that applications that do not comply with the specific

priority area requirements in the section on Eligible Applicants will

not be reviewed. Applicants should also note that non-responsiveness to

the section Minimum Requirements for Project Design will result in a

low evaluation score by the reviewers. Applicants must clearly identify

the specific priority area under which they wish to have their

applications considered, and tailor their applications accordingly.

Previous experience has shown that an application which is broader and

more general in concept than outlined in the priority area description

scores lower than one more clearly focused on, and directly responsive

to, that specific priority area.

E. Available Funds

The ACYF intends to award new grants resulting from this

announcement during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1994, subject to

the availability of funds. The size of the actual awards will vary.

Each priority area description includes information on the maximum

Federal share of the project costs and the anticipated number of

projects to be funded.

The term budget period refers to the interval of time (usually 12

months) into which a multi-year period of assistance (project period)

is divided for budgetary and funding purposes. The term project period

refers to the total time a project is approved for support, including

any extensions.

Where appropriate, applicants may propose project periods which are

shorter than the maximums specified in the various priority areas. Non-

Federal share contributions may exceed the minimums specified in the

various priority areas when the applicant is able to do so. However,

applicants should propose only that non-Federal share they can

realistically provide since any unmatched Federal funds will be

disallowed by ACF.

For multi-year projects, continued Federal funding beyond the first

budget period is dependent upon satisfactory performance by the

grantee, availability of funds from future appropriations and a

determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the

Government.

F. Grantee Share of Project Costs

Grantees must provide at least 25 percent of the total cost of the

project. The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACYF

share and the non-Federal share. The non-Federal share may be met by

cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to

meet their match requirements through cash contributions. Therefore, a

project requesting $200,000 in Federal funds (based on an award of

$100,000 per budget period), must include a match of at least $33,333

(25% total project cost).

G. Index of Priority Areas

To assist potential applicants in using this announcement, a

priority area index in numerical order, is presented below.

1.01 Adoptive Parent Groups as Partners in the Adoption of Children

with Special Needs

1.02 Increase Adoptive Placements of Minority Children

1.03 Adoptive Placement of Foster Care Children

1.04 Post-Legal Adoption Services

1.05 Respite Care as a Service for Families who Adopt Children with

Special Needs

1.06 Synthesis of Results of Post-Legal Adoption Projects

1.07 Regional Conferences on the Adoption of Minority Children

1.08 Developing Collaborative Efforts between Foster Care and Adoption

Staff to Improve Child Welfare Services From Intake to Permanency

1.09 Field Initiated Projects

H. Priority Areas

1.01 Adoptive Parent Groups as Partners in the Adoption of Special

Needs Children

Eligible Applicants: Voluntary or public social service agencies,

adoption exchanges or other national, regional or statewide adoption-

related organizations.

Purpose: To develop new adoptive parent groups or expand or

strengthen existing adoptive parent groups to assist and support

families adopting children, especially minority parent groups.

Background: Through the years adoptive parents have aggressively

promoted the adoption of children with special needs. As consumers of

adoption services, these parents bring to the adoption field a special

perspective both on the children to be served and the agencies that

serve them. They have advocated effectively for children and challenged

the term ``unadoptable'' by demonstrating that children with special

needs can be placed with families of their own. Often the members of

parent groups have come together out of a common need to help each

other to more effectively access the child welfare system for the

purpose of adoption. Having experienced common problems, the members of

parent groups may share information and insights and provide empathy

and support for one another through regularly scheduled social and

educational activities.

In past years, parent groups have used Federal funds to: Establish

warm-lines as resources for adoptive parents; sponsor adoption fairs

with the participation and cooperation of adoption agencies and other

groups involved in adoption; establish resource libraries; form new

support groups; conduct support group conferences; publish and

distribute newsletters; and provide adoptive parents stipends to attend

conferences.

Currently, there are more than 452,000 children in foster care in

the United States and the numbers are growing. Fifty thousand of these

children have special needs and are waiting to be adopted. Over half of

these waiting children are of minority heritage. Strong parent groups

can play an important role in promoting the adoption of these children

by sponsoring such activities as information and referral services;

recruitment and orientation for prospective adoptive parents; and

respite care and work with social service agencies to support families

following placement and legalization. The ACYF recognizes the need to

support the development of strong, effective parent groups working in

partnership with child welfare/adoption agencies to advocate for needed

services and support; to promote the adoption of children with special

needs; and to support the establishment of new adoptive parent groups

and strengthen existing groups.

Minimum Requirements: In order to compete successfully under this

priority area, the applicant should:

Document its capability to assist local or State adoptive

parent groups to work with child welfare agencies.

Describe the process to be used in developing new adoptive

parent groups, especially minority groups, and specify the number of

new groups to be developed.

Describe a plan for awarding sub-grants, not to exceed

$5,000, to incorporated non-profit local or State adoptive parent

groups to work with child welfare agencies and adoptive families,

including pre- and post-adoption services.

Describe the methods to be used to request proposals from

parent groups which focus on special needs adoption problems or issues.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

D.C. (The Conference provides the opportunity for Adoption

Opportunities and other Children's Bureau grantees to exchange

information and address current child welfare trends and issues.)

Provide assurances that the project will be fully staffed

and implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 17

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share of the

project is not to exceed $85,000 for the 17-month project period.

Matching Requirements: Grantees must provide at least 25 percent of

the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

a minimum of three projects will be funded.

1.02 Increase Adoptive Placements of Minority Children

Eligible Applicants: States, local government entities, public or

private non-profit licensed child welfare or adoption agencies, and

adoption exchanges and community-based organizations with experience in

working with minority populations. Given limited funds, and in order to

generate and financially support the widest possible variety of issues

and approaches, priority will be given to applicants which have not

been funded under this priority area in previous fiscal years. However,

previously funded applicants under this priority area will not be

precluded from receiving grants.

Purpose: To implement programs designed to increase the adoptive

placement of minority children who are in foster care and have the goal

of adoption, with a special emphasis on the recruitment, retention and

utilization of minority families; adoptive placements for minority

children over the age of ten; and adoptive placement of sibling groups.

Background Information: The Adoption Opportunities legislation,

emphasizes the recruitment of minority families and authorizes funds

for demonstration projects for the recruitment of families to adopt

waiting minority children. It is estimated that approximately half of

the 50,000 children currently free for adoption and awaiting placement

are minority children. Many of them are older, some are in siblings

groups, some have disabilities and they may wait long periods of time

before they are placed with adoptive families.

The Packard Foundation reports that the current situation for

children of color is alarming. The proportion of these children in

foster care is three times greater than their proportion in the

population of the United States. The ACYF is aware that there must be a

continuous focus on the adoption of minority children and has funded a

number of programs designed specifically to recruit minority families

and to place minority children.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Identify and describe existing barriers to minority

adoption in the locale where the project would be implemented; the

number of families that would be recruited; and the number of children

that would be placed.

Describe the innovative methods that would be employed to

recruit and prepare minority families (including single applicants) in

a timely manner in order to retain recruited families.

Provide assurances that the program would not require

payment of fees by adoptive families.

Describe how training in cultural competence would be

provided to all relevant staff to increase their effectiveness in

serving minority children and families.

Provide for an assessment of the project's effectiveness

in achieving the desired objectives and its ability to provide services

to prospective adoptive families through the completion of the

adoption.

Document how the program would be continued beyond Federal

funding as part of the agency's ongoing program and describe the

specific steps which would be taken to accomplish this.

Private adoption agencies must provide evidence of

licensure (a copy of the license must be included with the

application).

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.)

Provide assurances and document that the project would be

staffed and implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant

award.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 24

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is not to

exceed $100,000 per 12-month budget period.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

15 projects will be funded.

1.03 Adoptive Placement of Foster Care Children

Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to State social service

agencies. Given limited funds, and in order to generate and financially

support the widest possible variety of issues and approaches, priority

will be given to applicants which have not been funded under this

priority area in previous fiscal years. However, previously funded

applicants under this priority area will not be precluded from the

receiving grants.

Purpose: To develop programs which will assist States in their

efforts to increase the placement of foster care children legally free

for adoption according to a pre-established plan and goals for

improvement.

Background Information: The Adoption Opportunities legislation, as

amended by Public Law 100-294, authorizes the funding of grants to

States to improve adoption services for the placement of special needs

children who are legally free for adoption. Children in foster care who

are free for adoption, particularly children with special needs, do not

always move smoothly through the child welfare system into placement

with a permanent family. States have received Federal grants to make

systemic changes in their adoption programs; to provide computer

hardware, software and fees for membership in the National Adoption

Exchange's Network; and to develop a consortium of nine States with

large numbers of children in care in order to share knowledge to

improve and enhance their special needs adoption programs; and to form

a national post-legal adoption consortium of seven States to focus on

models of post legal adoption services. More than half of the States

have received grants to improve adoption services.

Increasingly, children entering foster care have more complex

problems which require more intensive services. Permanent families must

be continuously recruited and prepared to parent the growing population

of children who cannot return to their birth families. Supportive

services must be added or improved so that the children in foster care

who are legally free for adoption can move into adoptive placements in

a timely manner. This will require collaborative efforts with the court

system to terminate parental rights. Further, agencies must commit

resources for the ongoing support of adoptive families not only at

placement, but also after legalization of the adoption. Past projects

have demonstrated that greater improvements in placing these children

are achieved when permanent plans are made and carried out very early

in the placement; when there are sufficient numbers of trained and

experienced staff; and when there are available resources and

administrative commitments to adoption and to coordinated community-

based efforts.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Identify and verify the number of foster care children in

the area to be served who are legally free and waiting for adoptive

placements.

Provide and verify the rate of placement of foster care

children placed in adoption in the year preceding the application. (The

rate of placement is the number of children placed divided by the

number of children waiting for adoption.)

Describe the methods to be employed to increase the rate

of placement of foster care children into adoption and the goals for

improvement to be achieved during the period of the grant.

Propose and describe an evaluation component which would

focus on the innovations used to improve the placement of children who

are legally free for adoption and which would address the successes and

failures of the initiative.

The evaluation should include the collection and analysis of data

to determine placement rates and the types of clients served (e.g.,

waiting children, prospective adoptive families). Data should be

collected to determine the availability of adoptive families during the

program period. The evaluation should also include descriptive

information on the processes and procedures used in implementing the

project. This information should be used to assess placement rates and

the success or failure of the innovative program methodologies used.

Document how the program would be continued beyond Federal

funding or part of the agency's ongoing program, if successful, and

describe the specific steps which would be taken to accomplish this.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.).

Describe the report and/or other products that would be

developed under the project, including the types of information that

would be presented, and the steps that would be undertaken to

disseminate and promote the utilization of project products and

findings.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 12

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is not to

exceed $100,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

two projects will be funded.

1.04 Post-Legal Adoption Services

Eligible Applicants: States, local government entities, and public

or private nonprofit licensed child welfare or adoption agencies. Given

limited funds, and in order to generate and financially support the

widest possible variety of issues and approaches, priority will be

given to applicants which have not been funded under this priority area

in previous fiscal years. However, applicants previously funded under

this priority area will not be precluded from receiving grants.

Purpose: To develop or replicate post-legal adoption projects which

will provide services to strengthen and preserve families who have

adopted children with special needs. The services provided shall

supplement, not supplant, services supported by any other funds

available to the applicant for the same general services.

Background Information: The Adoption Opportunities legislation

authorizes funds for increased post-legal adoption services.

Recognition of special issues in adoption in the past decade has led

adoption professionals to reconsider the concept that agency services

to adoptive families end with the legal consummation of the adoption.

Historically, once the adoption was legally consummated, the newly-

formed family was to be considered the same as any other family.

However, adoption is a life-long process, and service providers need to

understand the unique interpersonal dynamics of adoption in order to

provide effective post-legal adoption services (those provided after

the legalization of the adoption) to families who seek assistance.

Over the years, ACYF has funded more than 70 programs across the

country to provide post-legal adoption services for families who have

adopted children with special needs. Information on these projects can

be obtained from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, 11426

Rockville Pike, suite 410, Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone: (301)

231-6512.

Funds awarded under this priority area in FY 1994 will support both

the institutionalization of post-legal adoption services in communities

where such services already exist and the development of such services

in communities where they do not yet exist. Support will also be

provided for the development of additional models of service delivery.

Services funded under this priority area shall be provided to families

who have adopted children with special needs.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Propose to provide services such as individual, group and/

or family counseling; case management; training of mental health

professionals and staff of public agencies and of private, nonprofit

child welfare and adoption agencies licensed by the State to provide

adoption services; and provide assistance to adoptive parents, adopted

children and siblings of adopted children.

Describe the models that would be developed or replicated

and the services that would be provided.

Describe the existing post-legal adoption services, if

any; the need for new services; and plans for the development,

implementation, and institutionalization of such services.

Describe how the proposed project would build upon the

existing literature and knowledge base related to post-legal adoption

services.

Provide specific written commitments from collaborating or

cooperating agencies, if any.

Document how the program would be continued beyond Federal

funding as part of the agency's ongoing program and describe the

specific steps which would be taken to accomplish this.

Provide assurances that the project would be staffed and

implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC. (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.)

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 24

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is not to

exceed $100,000 per 12-month budget period.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: It is anticipated that

15 projects will be funded.

1.05 Respite Care as a Service for Families Who Adopt Children With

Special Needs

Eligible Applicants: States, local government entities, public or

private nonprofit licensed child welfare or adoption agencies,

University Affiliated Programs, licensed child care or respite care

providers, and incorporated adoptive parent groups with experience in

working with adoptive populations.

Purpose: To develop or replicate a variety of affordable respite

care models for the adoptive parents of children with special needs,

especially for the adoptive parents of medically fragile or severely

physically or emotionally handicapped children.

Background Information: The ACYF recognizes the need for respite

services for adoptive families in order to maintain and support the

family unit. Respite may be needed early in the adoptive placement or

later in the child's development. Research indicates that the majority

of care is requested to relieve the primary caregiver for vacations,

emergencies or planned circumstances.

There are few specialized respite care programs for adoptive

families that provide temporary relief or rest from parental

responsibilities, despite the increasing availability of post-legal

adoption services. Such programs can be especially helpful to families

who adopt children with special needs by providing support during

emergencies or respite from the daily demands of a special needs child.

Generally, such respite care is provided by skilled caregivers or

companions; however, with proper preparation, it can also be provided

by friends and relatives.

In some respite care programs, training and reimbursement are

offered to whomever the family designates as provider, a mutually

satisfying arrangement that allows the family to control the quality of

care. Also, this approach may offer families living in rural areas the

flexibility of locating their own providers since distance frequently

limits respite resources.

Since 1990, ACYF has awarded grants to expand and develop respite

care services for adoptive parents of children with special needs.

These projects have developed services such as: payment to families to

obtain their own respite services to be provided in their own homes for

short periods of time and on weekends; recruitment and training of

individuals to provide short breaks for adoptive parents as well as

supportive services to parents such as tutorial and recreational

activities outside the home; sponsorship of camp programs and other

specialized events for the children and their families. Programs funded

in 1990 which will end in 1994 include the University of Kansas, Bureau

of Child Research; La Hacienda Foster Care, Tucson, Arizona; the

University of Alabama at Birmingham; the Mercy Respite Care

Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and the Northwest Adoption

Exchange, Seattle, Washington. Information about these programs can be

secured from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, 11426

Rockville Pike, suite 410, Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone: (301)

231-6512.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Describe plans to develop or replicate respite care models

for the adoptive parents of special needs children that include, but

are not limited to:

--Facility-based models such as those located in churches, day care

centers, community-based group homes, rehabilitation centers, as well

as mother's day out programs, weekend respite, evening respite, and

overnight respite programs;

--In-home respite care services offered in the family's home and,

--Respite-host family services offered in the provider's home.

Describe the respite care services that would be provided

for the parents of children who are medically fragile or who have

severe physical or emotional problems.

Describe the preparation, referral, follow-up, and

counseling services that would be provided to respite service users.

Describe the collaboration that would be established with

groups such as community recreational services, churches, day care

centers, group homes, residential treatment centers, adoptive parent

groups, and University Affiliated Programs in providing respite

services.

Describe the training that would be provided to service

providers.

Estimate the number of special needs children and families

that would be served and document that a sufficient volume of special

needs adoptive families exists to support a program of the size

proposed.

Provide for an evaluation of the project and include a

discussion of the proposed evaluation design.

Provide assurances that the project would be staffed and

implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Document how the program would be continued beyond Federal

funding as part of the agency's ongoing program and describe the

specific steps which would be taken to accomplish this.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC. (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.)

Federal Share of Project Cost: The maximum Federal share will not

exceed $150,000 per 12-month budget period.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 36

months.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects: It is anticipated that a minimum of

five projects will be funded.

1.06 Synthesis of Results of Post Legal-Adoption Projects

Eligible Applicants: State or local, public or nonprofit agencies,

organizations, or universities.

Purpose: To collect, analyze, and synthesize current knowledge and

results of projects funded by the Adoption Opportunities Program

focused on post-legal adoption services since 1989.

Background Information: In 1989, the Adoption Opportunities statute

authorized funds for increased post-legal adoption services for

families who adopted special needs children. Approximately 70 grants

have been awarded to public and private agencies and adoptive parent

groups to provide post-legal adoption services. These efforts resulted

in some exemplary products that should be replicated. These include the

provision of post-legal adoption services, respite care, and the

training of mental health professionals; individual group and/or family

counseling; curriculum for adoptive families; resource guides and

directories; parent surveys of post-legal adoption services; adoption

and the sexually abused child; practice manuals for workers and

therapists; handbooks on the adoption of HIV positive children; and

diagnostic and evaluation services for adopted children. In addition, a

post-legal adoption consortium consisting of seven States funded

initially in 1991 is addressing post-legal adoption practices and laws

and is reviewing successful models in an effort to include post-legal

services in the category of services to be provided by child welfare/

adoption agencies. The consortium final report will be available in

late 1994.

The ACYF is interested in supporting efforts to review the body of

work in the field of post-legal adoption services; determining the

number of projects which have continued beyond Federal funding and

which are now an ongoing part of the agencies' programs; and determine

the impact of these programs on preserving and maintaining the adoptive

family unit.

Information on funded projects can be obtained from the National

Adoption Information Clearinghouse, 11426 Rockville Pike, suite 410,

Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone (301) 231-6512.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design. In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Demonstrate an understanding of the literature and of the

issues in post-legal adoption services.

Describe how the findings from these projects would be

analyzed and synthesized into reports which would be useful to the

field.

Describe how this report would be developed and would be

useful to practitioners, policy makers and other related disciplines.

Provide a plan for disseminating the report nationally.

Provide assurances that the project would be staffed and

implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC. (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.)

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 17

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share of the

project is $85,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Grantee must provide at least

25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

one project will be funded.

1.07 Regional Conference on the Adoption of Minority Children

Eligible Applicants: State or local, public or nonprofit agencies,

or organizations with experience in organizing a coordinated effort for

sponsoring and conducting a Conference on the Adoption of Minority

Children in one of the HHS Regions.

Purpose: To support the planning for, and conduct of, a Regional

Conference on the Adoption of Minority Children.

Background Information: For the past two years, the ACYF has

provided funds to its Regional Offices to conduct conferences in each

Region which address issues in the adoption of minority children.

Approximately 3,000 persons participated in the 2-day conferences.

Because of the benefits and effectiveness of these conferences,

participants requested that this effort be continued to build on

established linkages and address issues across the regions. Successful

applicants will work with the Regional Office to jointly plan the

conference, arrange travel for participants and select a site. These

conferences provide opportunities for agency directors, social workers,

adoptive parents, volunteers and a broad range of other professionals

to interact with adoption experts. Past conferences consisted of

plenary and workshop sessions. These sessions focused on a variety of

issues in agency practice and policies which create barriers to the

adoption of minority children.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Describe organization and management plans for planning

the conference. Identify agencies, individuals, and organizations that

would sponsor the conference and participate in its planning and

implementation. Identify contributions expected from organizations in

regard to personnel time and other costs.

Discuss plans for identifying the conference site,

including the availability of hotels, and conference space.

Describe plans for developing the conference theme,

proposed agenda topics and the forums to address critical issues in the

field.

Discuss the materials that would be included in a program

packet/kit for the conference.

Describe the steps to be taken to involve participants

from various disciplines in the conference and the efforts that would

be made to address racial, ethnic and cultural diversity.

Describe plans for exhibits, resource tables, films and

video tape forums.

Propose a plan for evaluating the conference and describe

how it would be conducted.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 17

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is not to

exceed $40,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

ten projects will be funded, one in each HHS region. (These grants will

be managed by the appropriate Regional Offices.)

1.08 Developing Collaborative Efforts between Foster Care and Adoption

Staff to Improve Child Welfare Services From Intake to Permanency

Eligible Applicants: Public State Child Welfare agencies in the

Department of Health and Human Services Regions II (NY, PR, NJ, VI),

III (DE, MD, VA, WV, PA, DC), IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), VII

(MO, IA, NE, KS) and IX (HI, CA, NV and AZ) (Agencies in regions I, V,

VI, VIII, and X were funded in FY 1993.) Only one agency per Federal

Region will be awarded a grant.

Purpose: To establish and improve collaboration and develop

linkages between public child welfare agency foster care and adoption

staff in order to improve practices related to one or more of the

issues addressed in the Background section. The State that receives

funding within its Region will be designated as the lead State. That

State will assume responsibility for bringing together foster care and

adoption staff in participating States within its Region to address

effective intervention approaches to deal with placement issues.

Background: It is the policy of all States to encourage adoption

opportunities for children with special needs who lack permanent

families and who could benefit from adoption. In most agencies,

children enter the child welfare system through protective services

units which determine whether the child is dependent, neglected or

abandoned. Generally, children are placed temporarily in substitute

care pending an assessment of the child's needs and the family's

situation. When children are in substitute care, agencies must develop

a case plan for each child and conduct periodic case reviews and

dispositional hearings to monitor progress under the plan and to

evaluate its appropriateness for attaining a permanent home.

One of the three major issues to be addressed by projects funded

under this priority area is the problem of many initially-temporary

foster care and/or adoptive placements which ultimately become

permanent. Over 60 percent of adopted special needs children have been

adopted by their foster parents. Therefore, workers must consider this

when selecting initial foster care placements. Consideration must be

given to whether the best interests of the child would be served if the

temporary placement becomes a permanent home. Attention must be given

particularly to matters of race, ethnicity and culture. This is

especially true for special needs children who may be older and aware

of their cultural or ethnic histories, their siblings and their

extended families.

Recently, foster parents have resorted to the courts when children

are removed from foster homes to be placed in adoptive homes that are

determined by the social services agency to be more in the child's best

interest. These cases generate a great deal of publicity and are very

damaging to the children, who may be moved to yet another temporary

placement until the court determines where the child is to permanently

reside. The child welfare system must take responsibility for all

placement decisions; therefore, better planning must be conducted to

ensure that both the initial and the permanent placements for these

children are timely and appropriate.

A second issue to be addressed involves adopted children who

require residential placements. These should be considered as interim

placements in the hopes that the child will eventually return to the

adoptive family. However, staff in residential facilities do not have

access to training on adoption issues related to the child and the

adoptive family. Consequently, staff may fail to work with families

toward the reunification of the child with the family. Coordination

needs to be effected among child welfare agencies and residential

facilities to achieve comprehensive services for these children.

A third issue which must be addressed is the organizational

separation of foster care and adoption staff. This practice hinders

communication, case planning and case management for children who move

from foster care status to adoption status. Thus, barriers to

permanency planning are created. The ACYF seeks proposals from States

for projects which address the separation of foster care and adoption

services within State agencies. States in each Federal Region will work

together on issues and strategies to improve coordination of services

to help resolve these issues through meetings, and the exchange of

information and materials. The meetings should include appropriate

agency staff who can plan and implement the necessary changes. The

State agency in each Region which is awarded a grant will assume the

leadership role of locating meeting sites, convening meetings,

developing agendas and reporting on grant requirements. These three-

year grants will result in the development of a model of coordinated

services designed and tested in each Region.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to successfully

compete under this priority area, the applicant should:

Focus on addressing one or more of the issues addressed in

the background section.

Provide letters of support for the project from a minimum

of three States in the Region (which includes the State submitting the

application) that would participate in the project.

Describe the existing organization of foster care/adoption

services in States within the Region and the need to develop and

implement a new approach for these two functions to work together more

effectively.

Identify and describe existing barriers to coordination in

practice and policy in the States that would participate in the

project.

Describe how the agencies would incorporate the results of

the project into their ongoing programs and how these efforts would be

continued beyond the period of Federal support.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the annual Child Welfare Conference in Washington,

DC. (The Conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children's Bureau grantees to exchange information and address current

child welfare trends and issues.)

Provide assurance that the project would be staffed and

implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Provide for an evaluation of the project and include a

discussion of the proposed evaluation design. The evaluation should

focus on child and family outcome measures (e.g., number of families

recruited, number of children placed, disruption rates, etc.).

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 36

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share is not to

exceed $75,000 per 12-month project period.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be funded: It is anticipated that

five projects will be funded, one in each Region of the Department of

Health and Human Services that did not receive funding in FY 1993.

1.09 Field Initiated Proposals to Improve Adoption Services to

Children with Special Needs

Eligible Applicants: State, Regional or local public child welfare

or adoption agencies and voluntary child welfare or adoption agencies

or organizations.

Purpose: To improve adoption services for children with special

needs through activities which are not addressed elsewhere in this

announcement. This priority area provides public and voluntary agencies

and organizations involved in the adoption process with an opportunity

to present innovative ideas for improving child welfare and adoption

systems.

Background Information: Public child welfare workers who provide

adoption services are overburdened because of the shortage of staff and

the increasing child welfare caseload. In many public agencies,

adoption staff are expected to provide services not only to children

with special needs and their potential adoptive families, but also to

families requesting independent, inter-country and other types of

adoption. There is also a growing need to provide post-legal adoption

services to preserve adoptive families as well as an increasing

responsibility for search and reunion services. This places substantial

burdens on limited adoption agency resources which are needed to serve

the special needs population.

At any given time, approximately 50,000 children are legally free

for adoption. Minority children continue to be over-represented among

this group. Older children and sibling groups also continue to present

unique challenges. Other sub-populations, such as drug-exposed infants

and medically-fragile infants, will be or are currently testing the

capacity of adoption programs. Innovative efforts, embodying the spirit

of public-private partnerships, are needed to provide permanent

adoptive homes to all waiting children.

Because there are so many different issues that face the public and

voluntary sectors, ACYF is requesting field-initiated proposals that

address the most problematic areas in serving children with special

needs for whom adoption is the plan. These proposals must be

innovative; they cannot be a replication of a previous project or be

responsive to other priority areas identified in this announcement.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: In order to compete

successfully under this priority area, the applicant should:

Describe the agency's current adoption program and the

specific problem(s) that would be addressed.

Describe the approach that would be used to alleviate the

problem(s).

Document that this is a new approach that has not been

used before, based on a review of the literature and any other relevant

sources.

Provide specific written commitments from cooperating or

collaborating agencies, if appropriate.

Provide for an evaluation of the project and include a

discussion of the proposed evaluation design. The evaluation should

focus on child and family outcome measures (e.g., number of families

recruited, number of children placed, disruption rates, etc.).

Describe how the agency would incorporate successful

results of the project into its ongoing program.

Provide assurances that at least one key person from the

project would attend the Child Welfare Conference in Washington, DC

(The conference is held for Adoption Opportunities and other Children's

Bureau grantees to exchange information and to address current child

welfare trends and issues.).

Provide assurances that the project would be staffed and

implemented within 90 days of the notification of the grant award.

Describe the reports and/or other products that would be

developed under the project, including the types of information that

would be presented and the steps that would be undertaken to

disseminate and promote the utilization of project products and

findings.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 24

months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The maximum Federal share of the

project is not to exceed $150,000 per 12-month budget period.

Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements: Grantees must provide at

least 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

seven projects will be funded.

Part III--Instructions for the Development and Submission of

Applications

This Part contains information and instructions for submitting

applications in response to this announcement. Application forms are

provided along with a checklist for assembling an application package.

Please copy and use these forms in submitting an application.

Potential applicants should read this section carefully in

conjunction with the information contained within the specific priority

area under which the application is to be submitted. The priority area

descriptions are in Part II.

A. Required Notification of the State Single Point of Contact

The Adoption Opportunities Program is covered under Executive Order

12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and 45 CFR part

100, Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human

Services Program and Activities. Under the Order, States may design

their own processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed Federal

assistance under covered programs.

All States and territories, except Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut,

Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,

Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, American Samoa

and Palau, have elected to participate in the Executive Order process

and have established State Single Point of Contact (SPOCs). Applicants

from these seventeen (17) jurisdictions need take no action regarding

E. O. 12372. Applicants for projects to be administered by Federally-

recognized Indian Tribes are also exempt from the requirements of E.O.

12372. Otherwise, applicants should contact their SPOCs as soon as

possible to alert them of the prospective applications and receive any

necessary instructions. Applicants must submit any required material to

the SPOCs as soon as possible so that the program office can obtain and

review SPOC comments as part of the award process. It is imperative

that the applicant submit all required materials, if any, to the SPOC

and indicate the date of this submittal (or the date of contact if no

submittal is required) on the Standard Form 424, item 16a.

Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application

deadline to comment on proposed new or competing continuation awards.

SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate the submission of routine

endorsements as official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to clearly differentiate between

mere advisory comments and those official State process recommendations

which they intend to trigger the accommodate or explain rule.

When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to:

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed to the Department of Health and

Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 6th Floor East, OFM/

DDG, Washington, DC 20447.

Hand delivered applications are accepted during normal working

hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or prior to the

established closing date at: Administration for Children and Families,

Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 901 D Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20447.

A list of the Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory

is included as Appendix B of this announcement.

B. Deadline for Submission of Applications

Deadline: Applications shall be considered as meeting the announced

deadline if they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline date at:

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed to the Department of Health and

Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 6th Floor East, OFM/

DDG, Washington, DC 20447.

Hand delivered applications are accepted during normal working

hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or prior to the

established closing date at: Administration for Children and Families,

Division of Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 901 D Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20447.

2. Sent on or before the deadline date and received by the granting

agency in time for the independent review under DHHS GAM Chapter 1-62.

(Applicants are cautioned to request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or to obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial

carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private Metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)

Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria

stated above are considered late applications. The granting agency

shall notify each late applicant that its application will not be

considered in the current competition.

Extension of Deadlines: The granting agency may extend the deadline

for all applicants because of acts of God such as floods, hurricanes,

etc, or when there is a widespread disruption of the mails. However, if

the granting agency does not extend the deadline for all applicants, it

may not waive or extend the deadline for any applicants.

C. Instructions for Preparing the Application and Completing

Application Forms

The SF 424, 424A, 424B, and certifications have been reprinted for

your convenience in preparing the application. See Appendix A. You

should reproduce single-sided copies of these forms from the reprinted

forms in the announcement, typing your information onto the copies.

Please do not use forms directly from the Federal Register

announcement, as they are printed on both sides of the page.

Please prepare your application in accordance with the following

instructions:

1. SF 424 Page 1, Application Cover Sheet

Please read the following instructions before completing the

application cover sheet. An explanation of each item is included.

Complete only the items specified.

Top of Page. Enter the single priority area number under which the

application is being submitted. An application should be submitted

under only one priority area.

Item 1. Type of Submission--Preprinted on the form.

Item 2. Date Submitted and Applicant Identifier--Date application

is submitted to ACYF and applicant's own internal control number, if

applicable.

Item 3. Date Received By State--State use only (if applicable).

Item 4. Date Received by Federal Agency--Leave blank.

Item 5. Applicant Information

Legal Name--Enter the legal name of the applicant organization. For

applications developed jointly, enter the name of the lead organization

only. There must be a single applicant for each application.

Organizational Unit--Enter the name of the primary unit within the

applicant organization which will actually carry out the project

activity. Do not use the name of an individual as the applicant. If

this is the same as the applicant organization, leave the

organizational unit blank.

Address--Enter the complete address that the organization actually

uses to receive mail, since this is the address to which all

correspondence will be sent. Do not include both street address and

P.O. Box number unless both must be used in mailing.

Name and telephone number of the person to be contacted on matters

involving this application (give area code)--Enter the full name

(including academic degree, if applicable) and telephone number of a

person who can respond to questions about the application. This person

should be accessible at the address given here and will receive all

correspondence regarding the application.

Item 6. Employer Identification Number (EIN)--Enter the employer

identification number of the applicant organization, as assigned by the

Internal Revenue Service, including, if known, the Central Registry

System suffix.

Item 7. Type of Applicant--Self-explanatory.

Item 8. Type of Application--Preprinted on the form.

Item 9. Name of Federal Agency--Preprinted on the form.

Item 10. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number and Title--

Enter the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number assigned

to the program under which assistance is requested and its title, as

indicated in the relevant priority area description.

Item 11. Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project--Enter the

project title. The title is generally short and is descriptive of the

project, not the priority area title.

Item 12. Areas Affected by Project--Enter the governmental unit

where significant and meaningful impact could be observed. List only

the largest unit or units affected, such as State, county, or city. If

an entire unit is affected, list it rather than subunits.

Item 13. Proposed Project--Enter the desired start date for the

project and projected completion date.

Item 14. Congressional District of Applicant/Project--Enter the

number of the Congressional district where the applicant's principal

office is located and the number of the Congressional district(s) where

the project will be located. If statewide, a multi-State effort, or

nationwide, enter 00.

Items 15. Estimated Funding Levels

In completing 15a through 15f, the dollar amounts entered should

reflect, for a 17 month or less project period, the total amount

requested. If the proposed project period exceeds 17 months, enter only

those dollar amounts needed for the first 12 months of the proposed

project.

Item 15a. Enter the amount of Federal funds requested in accordance

with the preceding paragraph. This amount should be no greater than the

maximum amount specified in the priority area description.

Items 15b-e. Enter the amount(s) of funds from non-Federal sources

that will be contributed to the proposed project. Items b-e are

considered cost-sharing or matching funds. The value of third party in-

kind contributions should be included on appropriate lines as

applicable. For more information regarding funding as well as

exceptions to these rules, see Part II, Sections E and F, and the

specific priority area description.

Item 15f. Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected to

be generated from the proposed project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount entered under item 15g. Describe

the nature, source and anticipated use of this income in the Project

Narrative Statement.

Item 15g. Enter the sum of items 15a-15e.

Item 16a. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order

12372 Process? Yes.--Enter the date the applicant contacted the SPOC

regarding this application. Select the appropriate SPOC from the

listing provided at the end of Part III. The review of the application

is at the discretion of the SPOC. The SPOC will verify the date noted

on the application. If there is a discrepancy in dates, the SPOC may

request that the Federal agency delay any proposed funding until

September 1993.

Item 16b. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order

12372 Process? No.--Check the appropriate box if the application is not

covered by E.O. 12372 or if the program has not been selected by the

State for review.

Item 17. Is the Applicant Delinquent on any Federal Debt?--Check

the appropriate box. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the authorized

representative. Categories of debt include audit disallowances, loans

and taxes.

Item 18. To the best of my knowledge and belief, all data in this

application/ preapplication are true and correct. The document has been

duly authorized by the governing body of the applicant and the

applicant will comply with the attached assurances if the assistance is

awarded.

--To be signed by the authorized representative of the applicant. A

copy of the governing body's authorization for signature of this

application by this individual as the official representative must be

on file in the applicant's office, and may be requested from the

applicant.

Item 18a-c. Typed Name of Authorized Representative, Title,

Telephone Number--Enter the name, title and telephone number of the

authorized representative of the applicant organization.

Item 18d. Signature of Authorized Representative--Signature of the

authorized representative named in Item 18a. At least one copy of the

application must have an original signature. Use colored ink (not

black) so that the original signature is easily identified.

Item 18e. Date Signed--Enter the date the application was signed by

the authorized representative.

2. SF 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs

This is a form used by many Federal agencies. For this application,

Sections A, B, C, E and F are to be completed. Section D does not need

to be completed.

Sections A and B should include the Federal as well as the non-

Federal funding for the proposed project covering (1) the total project

period of 17 months or less or (2) the first year budget period, if the

proposed project period exceeds 17 months.

Section A--Budget Summary. This section includes a summary of the

budget. On line 5, enter total Federal costs in column (e) and total

non-Federal costs, including third party in-kind contributions, but not

program income, in column (f). Enter the total of (e) and (f) in column

(g).

Section B--Budget Categories. This budget, which includes the

Federal as well as non-Federal funding for the proposed project, covers

(1) the total project period if the proposed project period is 17

months or less or (2) the first year budget period if the proposed

project period exceeds 17 months. It should relate to item 15g, total

funding, on the SF 424. Under column (5), enter the total requirements

for funds (Federal and non-Federal) by object class category.

A separate itemized budget justification for each line item is

required. The types of information to be included in the justification

are indicated under each category. For multiple year projects, it is

desirable to provide this information for each year of the project. The

budget justification should immediately follow the second page of the

SF 424A.

Personnel--Line 6a. Enter the total costs of salaries and wages of

applicant/grantee staff. Do not include the costs of consultants, which

should be included on line 6h, Other.

Justification: Identify the principal investigator or project

director, if known. Specify by title or name the percentage of time

allocated to the project, the individual annual salaries, and the cost

to the project (both Federal and non-Federal) of the organization's

staff who will be working on the project.

Fringe Benefits--Line 6b. Enter the total cost of fringe benefits,

unless treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate.

Justification: Provide a break-down of amounts and percentages that

comprise fringe benefit costs, such as health insurance, FICA,

retirement insurance, etc.

Travel--6c. Enter total costs of out-of-town travel (travel

requiring per diem) for staff of the project. Do not enter costs for

consultant's travel or local transportation, which should be included

on Line 6h, Other.

Justification: Include the name(s) of traveler(s), total number of

trips, destinations, length of stay, transportation costs and

subsistence allowances.

Equipment--Line 6d. Enter the total costs of all equipment to be

acquired by the project. Equipment is defined as non-expendable

tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year

and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. For all other

applicants, the threshold for equipment is $500 or more per unit. The

higher threshold for State and local governments became effective

October 1, 1988, through the implementation of 45 CFR Part 92, Uniform

Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to

State and Local Governments.

Justification: Equipment to be purchased with Federal funds must be

justified. The equipment must be required to conduct the project, and

the applicant organization or its subgrantees must not have the

equipment or a reasonable facsimile available to the project. The

justification also must contain plans for future use or disposal of the

equipment after the project ends.

Supplies--Line 6e. Enter the total costs of all tangible expendable

personal property (supplies) other than those included on Line 6d.

Justification: Specify general categories of supplies and their

costs.

Contractual--Line 6f. Enter the total costs of all contracts,

including: (1) Procurement contracts (except those which belong on

other lines such as equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with

secondary recipient organizations, including delegate agencies. Also

include any contracts with organizations for the provision of technical

assistance. Do not include payments to individuals on this line. If the

name of the contractor, scope of work, and estimated total costs are

not available or have not been negotiated, include on Line 6h, Other.

Justification: Attach a list of contractors, indicating the names

of the organizations, the purposes of the contracts, and the estimated

dollar amounts of the awards as part of the budget justification.

Whenever the applicant/grantee intends to delegate part or all of the

program to another agency, the applicant/grantee must complete this

section (Section B, Budget Categories) for each delegate agency by

agency title, along with the supporting information. The total cost of

all such agencies will be part of the amount shown on Line 6f. Provide

backup documentation identifying the name of contractor, purpose of

contract, and major cost elements. Applicants who anticipate

procurements that will exceed $5,000 (non-governmental entities) or

$25,000 (governmental entities) and are requesting an award without

competition should include a sole source justification in the proposal

which at a minimum should include the basis for contractor's selection,

justification for lack of competition when competitive bids or offers

are not obtained and basis for award cost or price.

Note: Previous or past experience with a contractor is not

sufficient justification for sole source.)

Construction--Line 6g. Not applicable. New construction is not

allowable.

Other--Line 6h. Enter the total of all other costs. Where

applicable, such costs may include, but are not limited to: insurance;

medical and dental costs; noncontractual fees and travel paid directly

to individual consultants; local transportation (all travel which does

not require per diem is considered local travel); space and equipment

rentals; printing and publication; computer use; training costs,

including tuition and stipends; training service costs, including wage

payments to individuals and supportive service payments; and staff

development costs. Note that costs identified as miscellaneous and

honoraria are not allowable.

Justification: Specify the costs included.

Total Direct Charges--Line 6i. Enter the total of Lines 6a through

6h.

Indirect Charges--6j. Enter the total amount of indirect charges

(costs). If no indirect costs are requested, enter none. Generally,

this line should be used when the applicant (except local governments)

has a current indirect cost rate agreement approved by the Department

of Health and Human Services or another Federal agency.

Local and State governments should enter the amount of indirect

costs determined in accordance with HHS requirements. When an indirect

cost rate is requested, these costs are included in the indirect cost

pool and should not be charged again as direct costs to the grant. In

the case of training grants to other than State or local governments

(as defined in title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, part 74), the

Federal reimbursement of indirect costs will be limited to the lesser

of the negotiated (or actual) indirect cost rate or 8 percent of the

amount allowed for direct costs, exclusive of any equipment charges,

rental of space, tuition and fees, post-doctoral training allowances,

contractual items, and alterations and renovations.

For training grant applications, the entry under line 6j should be

the total indirect costs being charged to the project. The Federal

share of indirect costs is calculated as shown above. The applicant's

share is calculated as follows:

(a) Calculate total project indirect costs (a) by applying the

applicant's approved indirect cost rate to the total project (Federal

and non-Federal) direct costs.

(b) Calculate the Federal share of indirect costs (b) at 8 percent

of the amount allowed for total project (Federal and non-Federal)

direct costs exclusive of any equipment charges, rental of space,

tuition and fees, post-doctoral training allowances, contractual items,

and alterations and renovations.

(c) Subtract (b) from (a). The remainder is what the applicant can

claim as part of its matching cost contribution.

Justification: Enclose a copy of the indirect cost rate agreement.

Applicants subject to the limitation on the Federal reimbursement of

indirect costs for training grants should specify this.

Total--Line 6k. Enter the total amounts of lines 6i and 6j.

Program Income--Line 7. Enter the estimated amount of income, if

any, expected to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract

this amount from the total project amount.

Justification: Describe the nature, source, and anticipated use of

program income in the Program Narrative Statement.

Section C--Non-Federal Resources. This section summarizes the

amounts of non-Federal resources that will be applied to the grant.

Enter this information on line 12 entitled Totals. In-kind

contributions are defined in 45 CFR part 74, as property or services

which benefit a grant-supported project or program and which are

contributed by non-Federal third parties without charge to the grantee,

the subgrantee, or a cost-type contractor under the grant or subgrant.

Justification: Describe third party in-kind contributions, if

included.

Section D--Forecasted Cash Needs. Not applicable.

Section E--Budget Estimate of Federal Funds Needed For Balance of

the Project. This section should only be completed if the total project

period exceeds 17 months.

Totals--Line 20. For projects that will have more than one budget

period, enter the estimated required Federal funds for the second

budget period (months 13 through 24) under column (b) First. If a third

budget period will be necessary, enter the Federal funds needed for

months 25 through 36 under (c) Second. Columns (d) and (e) are not

applicable in most instances, since ACF funding is almost always

limited to a three-year maximum project period. Columns (d) and (e)

would be used in the case of a 60 month project.

Section F--Other Budget Information.

Direct Charges--Line 21. Not applicable.

Indirect Charges--Line 22. Enter the type of indirect rate

(provisional, predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect

during the funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which

the rate is applied, and the total indirect expense.

Remarks--Line 23. If the total project period exceeds 17 months,

you must enter your proposed non-Federal share of the project budget

for each of the remaining years of the project.

3. Project Summary Description

Clearly mark this separate page with the applicant name as shown in

item 5 of the SF 424, the priority area number as shown at the top of

the SF 424, and the title of the project as shown in item 11 of the SF

424. The summary description should not exceed 300 words. These 300

words become part of the computer database on each project.

Care should be taken to produce a summary description which

accurately and concisely reflects the proposal. It should describe the

objectives of the project, the approaches to be used and the outcomes

expected. The description should also include a list of major products

that will result from the proposed project, such as software packages,

materials, management procedures, data collection instruments, training

packages, or videos (please note that audiovisuals should be closed

captioned). The project summary description, together with the

information on the SF 424, will constitute the project abstract. It is

the major source of information about the proposed project and is

usually the first part of the application that the reviewers read in

evaluating the application.

At the bottom of the page, following the summary description, type

up to 10 key words which best describe the proposed project, the

service(s) involved and the target population(s) to be covered. These

key words will be used for computerized information retrieval for

specific types of funded projects.

4. Program Narrative Statement

The Program Narrative Statement is a very important part of an

application. It should be clear, concise, and address the specific

requirements mentioned under the priority area description in Part II.

The narrative should provide information concerning how the

application meets the evaluation criteria (see Section C, Part II),

using the following headings:

(a) Objectives and Need for Assistance;

(b) Approach; and

(c) Results and Benefits Expected;

(d) Staff Background and Organization's Experience.

The specific information to be included under each of these

headings is described in Section C of Part II, Evaluation Criteria.

The narrative should be typed double-spaced on a single-side of an

8\1/2\'' x 11'' plain white paper, with 1'' margins on all sides. All

pages of the narrative (including charts, references/footnotes, tables,

maps, exhibits, etc.) must be sequentially numbered, beginning with

Objectives and Need for Assistance as page number one. Applicants

should not submit reproductions of larger size paper, reduced to meet

the size requirement.

The length of the application, including the application forms and

all attachments, should not exceed 60 pages. A page is a single side of

an 8\1/2\'' x 11'' sheet of paper. Applicants are requested not to send

pamphlets, brochures or other printed material along with their

application as these pose xeroxing difficulties. These materials, if

submitted, will not be included in the review process if they exceed

the 60-page limit. Each page of the application will be counted to

determine the total length.

5. Organizational Capability Statement

The Organizational Capability Statement should consist of a brief

(two to three pages) background description of how the applicant

organization (or the unit within the organization that will have

responsibility for the project) is organized, the types and quantity of

services it provides, and/or the research and management capabilities

it possesses. This description should cover capabilities not included

in the Program Narrative Statement. It may include descriptions of any

current or previous relevant experience, or describe the competence of

the project team and its demonstrated ability to produce a final

product that is readily comprehensible and usable. An organization

chart showing the relationship of the project to the current

organization should be included.

6. Part IV--Assurances/Certifications

Applicants are required to file an SF 424B, Assurances--Non-

Construction Programs and the Certification Regarding Lobbying. Both

must be signed and returned with the application. In addition,

applicants must certify their compliance with: (1) Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements; and (2) Debarment and Other Responsibilities. Copies of

these assurances/certifications are reprinted at the end of this

announcement and should be reproduced, as necessary. A duly authorized

representative of the applicant organization must certify that the

applicant is in compliance with these assurances/certifications. A

signature on the SF 424 indicates compliance with the Drug Free

Workplace Requirements, and Debarment and Other Responsibilities

certifications.

For research projects in which human subjects may be at risk, a

Protection of Human Subjects Assurance may be required. If there is a

question regarding the applicability of this assurance, contact the

Office for Research Risks of the National Institutes of Health at (301)

496-7041.

D. Checklist for a Complete Application

The checklist below is for your use to ensure that your application

package has been properly prepared.

--One original, signed and dated application, plus two copies.

Applications for different priority areas are packaged separately;

--Application is from an organization which is eligible under the

eligibility requirements defined in the priority area description

(screening requirement);

--Application length does not exceed 60 pages, unless otherwise

specified in the priority area description.

A complete application consists of the following items in this

order:

--Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424, REV 4-88);

--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (SF 424A, Rev 4-88);

--Budget justification for Section B--Budget Categories;

--Table of Contents;

--Letter from the Internal Revenue Service to prove non-profit status,

if necessary;

--Copy of the applicant's approved indirect cost rate agreement, if

appropriate;

--Project summary description and listing of key words;

--Program Narrative Statement (See Part II, Section C);

--Organizational capability statement, including an organization chart;

--Any appendices/attachments;

--Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B, REV 4-88);

--Certification Regarding Lobbying; and

--Certification of Protection of Human Subjects, if necessary.

E. The Application Package

Each application package must include an original and two copies of

the complete application. Each copy should be stapled securely (front

and back if necessary) in the upper left-hand corner. All pages of the

narrative (including charts, tables, maps, exhibits, etc.) must be

sequentially numbered, beginning with page one. In order to facilitate

handling, please do not use covers, binders or tabs. Do not include

extraneous materials as attachments, such as agency promotion

brochures, slides, tapes, film clips, minutes of meetings, survey

instruments or articles of incorporation.

Do not include a self-addressed, stamped acknowledgment card. All

applicants will be notified automatically about the receipt of their

application. If acknowledgment of receipt of your application is not

received within eight weeks after the deadline date, please notify ACYF

by telephone at (202) 690-8243 or 690-6297.

Dated: April 18, 1994.

Olivia A. Golden,

Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.

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Instructions for the SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants as a required

facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant

certification that States which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have

selected the program to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.

Item and Entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if

applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing

award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit

which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of

the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to

contact on matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the

Internal Revenue Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the

space(s) provided:

--``New'' means a new assistance award.

--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/

budget period for a project with a projected completion date.

--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's

financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being

requested with this application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and

title of the program under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than

one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a

separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property

projects), attach a map showing project location. For

preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary

description of this project.

12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g.,

State, counties, cities).

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any

District(s) affected by the program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first

funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable.

If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award,

indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the

amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are

included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program

funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item

15.

16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact

(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the

application is subject to the State intergovernmental review

process.

17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the

person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of

debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the

applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for your to

sign this application as official representative must be on file in

the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

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Instructions for the SF-424A

General Instructions

This form is designed so that application can be made for funds

from one or more grant programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to

any existing Federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how

and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for

different functions or activities within the program. For some

programs, grantor agencies may require budgets to be separately

shown by function or activity. For other programs, grantor agencies

may require a breakdown by function or activity. Sections A, B, C,

and D should include budget estimates for the whole project except

when applying for assistance which requires Federal authorization in

annual or other funding period increments. In the latter case,

Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for the first

budget period (usually a year) and Section E should present the need

for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget periods. All

applications should contain a breakdown by the object class

categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary Lines 1-4, Columns (a) and (b)

For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a

functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a)

the catalog program title and the catalog number in Column (b).

For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget

amounts by multiple functions or activities, enter the name of each

activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the

catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to

multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by

function or activity, enter the catalog program title on each line

in Column (a) and the respective catalog number on each line in

Column (b).

For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or

more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a

separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional

sheets should be used when one form doe not provide adequate space

for all breakdown of data required. However, when more than one

sheet is used, the first page should provide the summary totals by

programs.

Lines 1-4, Columns (c) through (g.)

For new applications, leave Columns (c) and (d) blank. For each

line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and

(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project

for the first funding period (usually a year).

For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms

before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor

agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds

which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period

only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this.

Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in columns (e) and (f)

the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s)

in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).

For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not

use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the

increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the

amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column

(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal)

which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus

or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f).

The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum of amounts in

Columns (e) and (f).

Line 5--Show the totals for all columns used.

Section B. Budget Categories

In the column headings (1) through (4), enter the titles of the

same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column

(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A,

provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program,

function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both

Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.

Lines 6a-i--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 6h in each column.

Line 6j--Show the amount of indirect cost.

Line 6k--Enter the total of amounts on Lines 6i and 6j. For all

applications for new grants and continuation grants the total amount

in column (5), Line 6k, should be the same as the total amount shown

in Section A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental grants and

changes to grants, the total amount of the increase or decrease as

shown in Columns (1)-(4), Line 6k should be the same as the sum of

the amounts in Section A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.

Line 7--Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected

to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount. Show under the program

narrative statement the nature and source of income. The estimated

amount of program income may be considered by the federal grantor

agency in determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal-Resources

Lines 8-11--Enter amounts of non-Federal resources that will be

used on the grant. If in-kind contributions are included, provide a

brief explanation on a separate sheet.

Column (a)--Enter the program titles identical to Column (a),

Section A. A breakdown by function or activity is not necessary.

Columb (b)--Enter the contribution to be made by the applicant.

Column (c)--Enter the amount of the State's cash and in-kind

contribution if the applicant is not a State or State agency.

Applicants which are a State or State agencies should leave this

column blank.

Column (d)--Enter the amount of cash and inkind contributions to

be made from all other sources.

Column (e)--Enter totals of Columns (b), (c), and (d).

Line 12--Enter the total for each of Columns (b)-(e). The amount

in Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Line 5, Column (f),

Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

Line 13--Enter the amount of cash needed by quarter from the

grantor agency during the first year.

Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed

by quarter during the first year.

Line 15--Enter the totals of amounts on Line 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of the

Project

Lines 16-19--Enter in Column (a) the same grant program titles

shown in Column (a), Section A. A breakdown by function or activity

is not necessary. For new applications and continuation grant

applications, enter in the proper columns amounts of Federal funds

which will be needed to complete the program or project over the

succeeding funding periods (usually in years). This section need not

be completed for revisions (amendments, changes, or supplements) to

funds for the current year of existing grants.

If more than four lines are needed to list the program titles,

submit additional schedules as necessary.

Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When

additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annotate

accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct

object-class cost categories that may appear to be out of the

ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal

grantor agency.

Line 22--Enter the type of indirect rate (provisional,

predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect during the

funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which the rate

is applied, and the total indirect expense.

Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed

necessary.

Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your

project or program. If you have questions, please contact the

awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may

require applicants to certify to additional assurances. If such is

the case, you will be notified.

As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify

that the applicant:

1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance, and

the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including

funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project costs) to

ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project

described in this application.

2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the

United States, and if appropriate, the State, through any authorized

representative, access to and the right to examine all records,

books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish

a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted

accounting standards or agency directives.

3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using

their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the

appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or

personal gain.

4. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable

time frame after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.

5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970

(42 U.S.C. Secs. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for

merit systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes

or regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a

Merit System of Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900, Subpart F).

6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to

nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: (a) Title

VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits

discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C.

Secs. 1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on

the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794), which prohibits discrimination on

the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as

amended (42 U.S.C. Secs. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination

on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of

1972 (P.L. 92-255), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the

basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970

(P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the

basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) Secs. 523 and 527 of the

Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd-3 and 290 ee-3),

as amended, relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse

patient records; (h) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42

U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination

in the sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) any other

nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statute(s) under which

application for Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the

requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which may

apply to the application.

7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements

of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real

Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which

provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or

whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally

assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real

property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal

participation in purchases.

8. Will comply with the provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C.

Secs. 1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit the political activities

of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in

whole or in part with Federal funds.

9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-

Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40

U.S.C. Sec. 276c and 18 U.S.C. Secs. 874), and the Contract Work

Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 327-333), regarding

labor standards for federally assisted construction subagreements.

10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase

requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act

of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood

hazard area to participate in the program and to purchase flood

insurance if the total cost of insurable construction and

acquisition is $10,000 or more.

11. Will comply with environmental standards which may be

prescribed pursuant to the following: (a) institution of

environmental quality control measures under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order

(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating facilities pursuant to EO

11738; (c) protection of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d)

evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with EO

11988; (e) assurance of project conspiracy with the approved State

management program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act

of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal

actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation Plans under Section

176(c) of the Clear Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401

et seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of drinking water

under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, (P.L. 93-

523); and (h) protection of endangered species under the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended, (P.L. 93-205).

12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16

U.S.C. Secs. 1271 et seq.) related to protecting components or

potential components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

13. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 470), EO 11593 (identification and protection of

historic properties), and the Archaeological and Historic

Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469a-1 et seq.).

14. Will comply with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of

human subjects involved in research, development, and related

activities supported by this award of assistance.

15. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966

(P.L. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to the

care, handling, and treatment of warm blooded animals held for

research, teaching, or other activities supported by this award of

assistance.

16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention

Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead

based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence

structures.

17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and

compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984.

18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other

Federal laws, executive orders, regulations and policies governing

this program.

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Appendix B

Executive Order 12372--State Single Points of Contact

Arizona

Mrs. Janice Dunn, ATTN: Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central

Avenue, 14th Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone (602) 280-1315

Arkansas

Tracie L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse, Office of

Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and

Administration, P.O. Box 3278, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203,

Telephone (501) 682-1074

California

Glenn Stober, Grants Coordinator, Office of Planning and Research,

1400 Tenth Street, Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone (916)

323-7480

Colorado

State Single Point of Contact, State Clearinghouse, Division of

Local Government, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 520, Denver, Colorado

80203, Telephone (303) 866-2156

Delaware

Ms. Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact, Executive

Department, Thomas Collins Building, Dover, Delaware 19903,

Telephone (302) 736-3326

District of Columbia

Rodney T. Hallman, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants

Management and Development, 717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 500,

Washington, D.C. 20005, Telephone (202) 727-6551

Florida

Florida State Clearinghouse, Intergovernmental Affairs Policy Unit,

Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Planning and Budgeting,

The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, Telephone (904) 488-

8441

Georgia

Mr. Charles H. Badger, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse,

254 Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Telephone (404)

656-3855

Illinois

Steve Klokkenga, State Single Point of Contact, Office of the

Governor, 107 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706,

Telephone (217) 782-1671

Indiana

Jean S. Blackwell, Budget Director, State Budget Agency, 212 State

House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, Telephone (317) 232-5610

Iowa

Mr. Steven R. McCann, Division of Community Progress, Iowa

Department of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des

Moines, Iowa 50309, Telephone (515) 281-3725

Kentucky

Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor, Department of Local

Government, 1024 Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601,

Telephone (502) 564-2382

Maine

Ms. Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, State House Station #38,

Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone (207) 289-3261

Maryland

Ms. Mary Abrams, Chief, Maryland State Clearinghouse, Department of

State Planning, 301 West Preston Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-

2365, Telephone (301) 225-4490

Massachusetts

Karen Arone, State Clearinghouse, Executive Office of Communities

and Development, 100 Cambridge Street, Room 1803, Boston,

Massachusetts 02202, Telephone (617) 727-7001

Michigan

Richard S. Pastula, Director, Michigan Department of Commerce,

Lansing, Michigan 48909, Telephone (517) 373-7356

Mississippi

Ms. Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Office of Federal Grant

Management and Reporting, 301 West Pearl Street, Jackson,

Mississippi 39203, Telephone (601) 960-2174

Missouri

Ms. Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of

Administration, P.O. Box 809, Room 430, Truman Building, Jefferson

City, Missouri 65102, Telephone (314) 751-4834

Nevada

Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex,

Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone (702) 687-4065, Attention: Ron

Sparks, Clearinghouse Coordinator

New Hampshire

Mr. Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office of State

Planning, Attn: Intergovernmental Review, Process/James E. Bieber,

2\1/2\ Beacon Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, Telephone (603)

271-2155

New Jersey

Gregory W. Adkins, Acting Director, Division of Community Resources,

N.J. Department of Community Affairs, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-

0803, Telephone (609) 292-6613

Please direct correspondence and questions to: Andrew J.

Jaskolka, State Review Process, Division of Community Resources, CN

814, Room 609, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0803, Telephone (609) 292-

9025.

New Mexico

George Elliott, Deputy Director, State Budget Division, Room 190,

Bataan Memorial Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone

(505) 827-3640, FAX (505) 827-3006

New York

New York State Clearinghouse, Division of the Budget, State Capitol,

Albany, New York 12224, Telephone (518) 474-1605

North Carolina

Mrs. Chrys Baggett, Director, Office of the Secretary of Admin.,

N.C. State Clearinghouse, 116 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, North

Carolina 27603-8003, Telephone (919) 733-7232

North Dakota

N.D. Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental

Assistance, Office of Management and Budget, 600 East Boulevard

Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0170, Telephone (701) 224-2094

Ohio

Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact, State/Federal Funds

Coordinator, State Clearinghouse, Office of Budget and Management,

30 East Broad Street, 34th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43266-0411,

Telephone (614) 466-0698

Rhode Island

Mr. Daniel W. Varin, Associate Director, Statewide Planning Program,

Department of Administration, Division of Planning, 265 Melrose

Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02907, Telephone (401) 277-2656

Please direct correspondence and questions to: Review

Coordinator, Office of Strategic Planning.

South Carolina

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services,

Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, Room 477, Columbia,

South Carolina 29201, Telephone (803) 734-0494

South Dakota

Ms. Susan Comer, State Clearinghouse Coordinator, Office of the

Governor, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota 57501, Telephone

(605) 773-3212

Tennessee

Mr. Charles Brown, State Single Point of Contact, State Planning

Office, 500 Charlotte Avenue, 309 John Sevier Building, Nashville,

Tennessee 37219, Telephone (615) 741-1676

Texas

Mr. Thomas Adams, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, P.O. Box

12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone (512) 463-1778

Utah

Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and Budget, ATTN:

Carolyn Wright, Room 116 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114,

Telephone (801) 538-1535

Vermont

Mr. Bernard D. Johnson, Assistant Director, Office of Policy

Research & Coordination, Pavilion Office Building, 109 State Street,

Montpelier, Vermont 05602, Telephone (802) 828-3326

West Virginia

Mr. Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, West

Virginia Development Office, Building #6, Room 553, Charleston, West

Virginia 25305, Telephone (304) 348-4010

Wisconsin

Mr. William C. Carey, Federal/State Relations, Wisconsin Department

of Administration, 101 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7864, Madison,

Wisconsin 53707, Telephone (608) 266-0267

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact, Herschler Building,

4th Floor, East Wing, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone (307) 777-

7574

Guam

Mr. Michael J. Reidy, Director, Bureau of Budget and Management

Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96910,

Telephone (671) 472-2285

Northern Mariana Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and Budget Office, Office of

the Governor, Saipan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands 96950

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose H. Caro, Chairman/Director, Puerto Rico Planning

Board, Minillas Government Center, P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto

Rico 00940-9985, Telephone (809) 727-4444

Virgin Islands

Jose L. George, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41

Norregade Emanicipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas,

Virgin Islands 00802

Please direct correspondence to: Linda Clarke, Telephone (809)

774-0750

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Appendix D

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions

By signing and submitting this proposal, the applicant, defined

as the primary participant in accordance with 45 CFR Part 76,

certifies to the best of its knowledge and believe that it and its

principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for

debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered

transactions by any Federal Department or agency;

(b) have not within a 3-year period preceding this proposal been

convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for

commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with

obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal,

State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction;

violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of

embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction

of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;

(c) are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or

civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local)

with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)

(b) of this certification; and

(d) have not within a 3-year period preceding this application/

proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or

local) terminated for cause or default.

The inability of a person to provide the certification required

above will not necessarily result in denial of participation in this

covered transaction. If necessary, the prospective participant shall

submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification.

The certification or explanation will be considered in connection

with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination

whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the

prospective primary participant to furnish a certification or an

explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this

transaction.

The prospective primary participant agrees that by submitting

this proposal, it will include the clause entitled ``Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary

Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transaction.'' provided below without

modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and

Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

(To Be Supplied to Lower Tire Participants)

By signing and submitting this lower tier proposal, the

prospective lower tier participant, as defined in 45 CFR Part 76,

certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that it and its

principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for

debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from

participation in this transaction by any federal department or

agency.

(b) where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to

certify to any of the above, such prospective participant shall

attach an explanation to this proposal.

The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by

submitting this proposal that it will include this clause entitled

``certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and

Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions. ``Without

modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

Appendix E--Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative

Agreements

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge

and belief, that:

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be

paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for

influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or

an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding

of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making

of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement,

and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification

of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been

paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to

influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a

Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant,

loan or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and

submit Standard Form-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in

accordance with its instructions.

(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this

certification be included in the award documents for all subawards

at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under

grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all

subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.

This certification is a material representation of fact upon

which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered

into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making

or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not

more than $100,000 for each such failure.

State for Loan Guarantee and Loan Insurance

The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and

belief, that:

If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for

influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or

an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this

commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a

loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL

``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its

instructions.

Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for making or

entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required statement shall

be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more

than $100,000 for each such failure.

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