Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[Program Announcement No. 93.608-941]

Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications

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 cooperative agreements under

programs in the Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth

and Families.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)

announces the availability of fiscal year 1994 funds for new

discretionary cooperative agreements in the following program areas:

(1) National Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services Programs; and

(2) National Resource Center for Programs Serving Abandoned Infants and

Infants At Risk of Abandonment and Their Families. Funding for ACYF

cooperative agreements under this announcement is authorized by

legislation governing ACF programs in the Administration on Children,

Youth and Families.

This announcement contains all of the necessary application

material to apply for these cooperative agreements.

DATES: The closing date for the receipt of all applications under this

announcement is August 26, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Application submission point:

Applications can be mailed to: 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, D.C. 20447, Attn: ________________ (Reference

announcement number and priority area.)

Hand delivered applications are accepted during the 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: Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children and Families, Division of

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

Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: ________________ (Reference announcement

number and priority area.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration on Children, Youth and

Families, Children's Bureau, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, D.C. 20013.

Contacts for Priority Areas 1.01A-E are:

Alverna Durham 202-205-8903

Marc Mannes 202-401-7626

Gerri Robinson 202-205-8575

Cecelia Sudia 202-205-8764

Jake Terpstra 202-205-8810

Contact for Priority Area 2.01 is: Patricia Campiglia 202-205-8657.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administration on Children, Youth and

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

families, 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. 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 and

preschool children with disabilities; abused and neglected children;

runaway and homeless youth; youth gangs; and children from American

Indian, Alaskan Native, and migrant families.

ACYF funds research, demonstration, dissemination, utilization and

technical assistance in four basic areas: child welfare, child care,

youth development, and child and family services. The resources

budgeted for these four areas address the needs and problems

confronting some of the most vulnerable children and families in the

country.

Within ACYF, the 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 Independent Living

Program, the Child Welfare Research, Demonstration and Training

Program, the Adoption Opportunities Program, the Temporary Child Care

and Crisis Nurseries Program, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program

and the recently enacted Family Preservation and Family Support

program.

The Children's Bureau's programs are designed to promote the

welfare of all children, including those disabled, homeless, dependent,

abused or neglected children and their families. The programs aid in

preventing and remedying the neglect, abuse and exploitation of

children. The programs also encourage the strengthening of the family

unit to help prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their

families, and reunify families, where possible, when separation has

occurred.

Part I--General Information

A. Background

Federally funded child welfare resource centers have been in

existence for over a decade. In 1982 the Children's Bureau supported

ten Regional Child Welfare Resource Centers as well as several national

specialized centers to operate three year projects. In 1985 the

Children's Bureau funded six National Resource Centers for a three year

period to provide leadership to the field through the identification,

collection, development and utilization of models and promising

practices, systems improvements, training programs, and other resource

materials on effective methods of addressing child welfare service

program needs. Each Resource Center focused on a priority area of child

welfare services: family-based services, foster care, adoption, youth

services, legal resources, and management and administration.

These Centers were directed by the Federal government to move

towards self-sufficiency. Although this criterion of self-sufficiency

was met, certain critical core functions which proved vital to the

States--short-term consultation, information dissemination, and the

development of programs, practices, and resource materials on emerging

issues--could not be provided without ongoing Federal support.

In 1988 and 1989 the six Resource Centers received continuation

funding to insure the ongoing availability of these core services. In

1990, the Children's Bureau employed a competitive process to again

fund National Centers in the same six priority areas to make sure

resources in key areas would continue to be available to the field. In

1993, a National Adoption Resource Center was funded for a five year

project period.

B. Statutory Authorities Covered Under This Announcement

Section 426 of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 626, CFDA: 93.608.

Sections 430-435 of the Social Security Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 629-629e, CFDA:93.556.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 1988, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 5714-1 et. seq., CFDA:93.550.

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption

Reform Act of 1978, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5111-5115, CFDA:93.652.

The Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 670 note, CFDA:93.551.

C. Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility requirements are referenced under each priority area.

D. Available Funds

ACYF intends to award new cooperative agreements for all six

National Resource Centers resulting from this announcement during

fiscal year 1994, subject to the availability of funding.

This announcement is soliciting applications for project periods up

to five years. Awards, on a competitive basis, will be for a one-year

budget period, although project periods may be five years. Applications

for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the one-year

budget period but within the five year project period will be

entertained in subsequent years on a non-competitive basis, subject to

availability of funds, timely and successful completion of the project,

and determination that continued funding would be in the best interest

of the Government.

The Children's Bureau plans to make this determination, in part, by

convening a panel of experts, including customers, to review the

progress of the five National Resource Centers for Child Welfare

Services Programs and the National Resource Center for Programs Serving

Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk of Abandonment and Their Families

during the third budget period and to make recommendations regarding

continued funding on a non-competitive basis.

Successful completion of the review during the third budget period

will result in the five National Resource Centers for Child Welfare

Services Programs being able to submit non-competitive applications for

two additional budget periods and the National Resource Center for

Programs Serving Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk of Abandonment

and Their Families being able to submit a non-competitive application

for one additional budget period subject to the availability of funds.

Part II--Programmatic Priorities for Funding

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 have 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 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.

A. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions

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 in the applicant's application is important since they

will be used by the reviewers in evaluating the application against the

evaluation criteria. Project products, continuation of the project

effort after the Federal support ceases, and dissemination/utilization

activities, if appropriate, should also be addressed.

Eligible Applicants: This section specifies the type of

organization which is eligible to apply under the particular priority

area. Specific restrictions are also noted, where applicable.

Each priority area description contains information about the types

of agencies and organizations which are eligible to apply under that

priority area. Since eligibility varies among priority areas depending

on statutory provisions, it is critical that the ``Eligible

Applicants'' section under each specific priority area be read

carefully.

Purpose: This section presents the basic focus and/or

broad goal(s) of the priority area.

The priority areas identified in this announcement are derived from

legislative mandates as well as Departmental goals and initiatives. As

noted above, the priorities reflect the state of current knowledge and

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 promote the

identification, development, dissemination and utilization of knowledge

and model programs, resources, and practices, as well as to encourage

efforts to obtain new knowledge and develop and deliver resources

responding to particular problems faced by child welfare agencies.

Background: This section briefly discusses 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 other innovations or

exemplary activity is included, 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 in the

applicant's application is important since they will be used by the

reviewers in evaluating the proposal against the evaluation criteria.

Project products, continuation of the project effort after the Federal

support ceases, and dissemination/utilization activities, if

applicable, should also be addressed.

Project Duration: This section specifies the maximum

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

amount of Federal support for the project.

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.

Matching Requirement: This section specifies the minimum

non-Federal contribution, either through cash or in-kind match, that is

required. Applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements

through cash contributions. Grantees must provide at least 10 percent

of the total approved cost of the project. The total approved cost of

the project is the sum of the ACYF share and the non-Federal share.

Therefore, if the required match is 10 percent, a project requesting

$90,000 in Federal funds must include a match of at least $10,000 (10

percent of the total project cost of $100,000).

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: This section

specifies the number of projects that ACYF anticipates it will fund in

the priority area.

B. Priority Areas

1.01--National Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services Programs

1.01A--National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice

1.01B--National Resource Center for Permanency Planning

1.01C--National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement

1.01D--National Resource Center for Youth Development

1.01E--National Resource Center on Legal and Court Issues

2.01--National Resource Center for Programs Serving Abandoned Infants

and Infants at Risk of Abandonment and Their Families

C. Discussion of Priority Areas

1.01 National Resource Centers For Child Welfare Services

Programs.

1. Eligible Applicants: Any State, local, Tribal, public or private

non-profit agency or organization, including accredited colleges and

universities may submit an application under this announcement.

Applications developed jointly by State, local, and community-based

social service agencies, foundations, colleges or universities, and

private organizations that bring complementary expertise to bear on the

resource needs of the child welfare field are encouraged. All

applications, even those developed by two or more organizations, must

identify a single lead agency to be the primary administrator of the

Resource Center and the official recipient of an award. Organizations

interested in applying to administer more than one Resource Center must

submit a separate and distinct application for each. Applications must

clearly indicate whether they are being submitted under Priority Area

1.01 or 2.01. Also, every application submitted under Priority Area

1.01 must clearly indicate by letter which specific National Resource

Center for Child Welfare Services Programs the application addresses.

2. Purpose: To build the capacity of State, local, Tribal, and

other publicly administered or publicly supported child welfare

agencies in the development, expansion, strengthening and/or

improvement of the quality and effectiveness of child welfare services

to children, youth and families in a number of critical areas. The

National Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services Programs will

strengthen agencies' capacity to integrate policy and practice as well

as develop and implement policy frameworks which support quality

practice. The National Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services

Programs will build capacity primarily through delivering on-site

training, technical assistance, and consultation to publicly

administered or publicly supported child welfare agencies. They will

also engage in ancillary activities which support the delivery of

training and technical assistance. Training and technical assistance

needs will be identified in collaboration with ACYF Central and

Regional Office personnel and State agency staff.

3. Background: A period of great promise and significant

opportunity has emerged for child welfare. The Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1993 established a new Subpart 2 of Title IV-B of

the Social Security Act, entitled Family Preservation and Support

Services, which is capable of stimulating meaningful change in child

welfare systems and fostering more effective working relationships

among Federal, State and local governments, other direct service

providers, foundations and advocacy groups around child welfare

matters.

The Federal government is in the process of redefining its

relationship with State and other child welfare agencies. A new

partnership is being forged based upon a vision wherein all concerned

agencies will collaborate and cooperate to provide a continuum of

services to meet the needs of vulnerable children, youth and families.

Even though the capped entitlement funding to States from the

Family Preservation and Support Program is relatively modest, there is

widespread agreement within the child and family policy community that

the funds can be used best in a creative and strategic fashion to

stimulate and encourage broader system reform which is already underway

in many States and communities. Because the multiple needs of

vulnerable children and families cannot be adequately addressed through

categorical programs and fragmented service delivery systems, States

are being encouraged to use the new funds to help establish a continuum

of coordinated and integrated, culturally relevant, family-centered

services for children and families. Specifically, States are being

asked to conduct a broad-based and inclusive planning process with

their FY 1994 Family Preservation and Family Support allocation leading

to the development of a five-year State Plan for child welfare,

including family preservation and support services, beginning in FY

1995.

Additional Federal child welfare initiatives are being implemented

that have enormous potential for the field. The publication of the

final rule for the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting

System (AFCARS), and interim final rules for the Statewide Automated

Child Welfare Information Systems (SACWIS), in the Federal Register on

December 22, 1993, paves the way for the collection, aggregation and

analysis of child welfare data to inform and improve policies,

programs, and practices at the Federal, State and local levels.

Private philanthropy continues to make a major investment in

responding to the needs of the child welfare system. Numerous

foundations are underwriting the costs of major reform efforts at the

State and local levels and funding more targeted demonstration grants

on specific topics to governmental units and private agencies.

This period of promise and opportunity for child welfare comes at a

time when a mix of social, cultural and economic forces are placing

pressures on children and families as well as on child welfare

professionals and agencies. Sweeping transformations in the domestic

labor market, rising rates of child and family poverty, numerous health

care crises, greater numbers of teen pregnancies, the AIDS and

substance abuse epidemics, and increasing levels of interpersonal and

community violence are cumulatively taking a toll on child and family

well-being. Steadily rising caseloads, consisting of much more complex

cases involving more severe presenting problems, are confronting

service programs for children and families at the State and local

level.

Throughout the country child welfare agency administrators,

practitioners, and university-based personnel are demonstrating

resiliency and creativity in response to these circumstances. Skilled

and knowledgeable child welfare professionals are devising innovative

and exemplary solutions to these numerous challenges, more often than

not, in the face of insufficient human, material and financial

resources.

In order to more fully meet the promise and potential the current

period offers, and more fully compensate for and overcome existing

resource deficiencies, State and other publicly supported child welfare

agencies are in need of capacity-building.

National Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services Programs are

vital to making the most of this opportunity for progress and

accomplishment by providing States and other publicly administered or

publicly supported child welfare agencies the quality training,

technical assistance and consultation they need.

In light of the current opportunity to revitalize child welfare,

the role and responsibilities of National Resource Centers assume

strategic importance. The Children's Bureau seeks to fund five National

Resource Centers for Child Welfare Services Programs which individually

and collectively can make a meaningful contribution to the

revitalization effort.

These National Resource Centers are expected to build collaborative

working relationships with relevant programs and other training and

technical assistance providers funded by Federal agencies and

foundations. They are to establish effective linkages and appropriate

coordination with the Community-Based Family Resource Program, the

National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect's (NCCAN) Emergency Services

Technical Services Contractor, and with three statewide Family Resource

and Support model projects funded by the Family and Youth Services

Bureau (FYSB). They will also play major roles in support of the

Training and Technical Assistance Resource Coordination Contract to be

funded by the Children's Bureau in FY 94.

This network of National Resource Centers possessing the expertise,

knowledge and skills to provide quality resources, training, technical

assistance, consultation, and related services is to have a central

role in improving and strengthening child welfare. Support for this

network of National Resource Centers reflects a commitment by the

Children's Bureau to enhance the policy environment and the continuum

of services for the benefit of children, families and agencies.

4. Minimum Requirements for Project Design: Applicants may apply to

administer a National Resource Center for Child Welfare Services

Programs in the following topical areas: (1) family-centered practice;

(2) permanency planning; (3) organizational improvement; (4) youth

development; and (5) legal and court related issues.

Applicants must, at a minimum, describe their capabilities and

plans for building the capacity of publicly administered or publicly

supported agencies delivering child welfare services to vulnerable

children, youth and families. In order to successfully compete under

this priority area, the applicant should:

Demonstrate knowledge of the problems and issues that will

be addressed. Provide documentation of a commitment to improving the

quality of child welfare service programs in the topical area, and

documentation of experience in providing training, technical assistance

and consultation particularly to providers serving economically,

racially and culturally diverse populations.

Describe the Resource Center's orientation to training and

technical assistance and any conceptual frameworks that will be used in

the analysis of needs and in the design and delivery of training and

technical assistance. Describe a plan for identifying the training and

technical assistance needs of States and other publicly supported child

welfare service programs and a plan for delivering services in response

to those needs. Present strategies for obtaining input from the ten

DHHS Regional Offices and the agencies themselves.

Describe a plan for utilizing Federal funds and matching

contributions to meet requests for on-site training, technical

assistance and consultation. Since the Resource Centers will have

considerable, but finite, Federal funds, applicants must present

strategies for prioritizing requests and maximizing available financial

resources including techniques such as, but not limited to, cost-

sharing arrangements.

Describe a plan for continually identifying and/or

developing innovative and exemplary programs; planning, collaboration

and implementation methods; service development strategies; practice

techniques; resources such as training curricula and educational

manuals; and rigorous research and program evaluation approaches.

Discuss strategies for helping agencies perform exemplary and

innovative activities in overcoming the categorical nature of

traditional services, and facilitating critical linkages for children

and families to mental health and substance abuse services. Discuss

strategies for continually disseminating information about innovations

and exemplary efforts and assisting the field in adapting such

resources to meet specific needs. Specify audiences dissemination

efforts will focus on, how these audiences have been identified, and

why they are relevant to dissemination efforts. Describe how ongoing

requests from the general public for information will be handled.

Describe a plan for continually identifying relevant

emerging issues and the needs of new service populations as well as a

plan for preparing and disseminating information and policy papers to

the field which address these emerging issues and new service

populations.

Describe a plan for coordinating activities with other

National Resource and Research Centers and Clearinghouses funded by

DHHS and other sources, to assure effective utilization of resources

and to avoid duplication of efforts. Provide a specific assurance of

establishing close working ties with the Training and Technical

Assistance Resource Coordination Contractor to be funded by the

Children's Bureau in FY 94.

Describe a plan for conducting, in conjunction with the

Children's Bureau, one national conference/meeting on an annual basis

for relevant service providers, professionals, groups and

organizations. The conference/meeting may be an enhancement of an

established national conference/meeting. Describe how the Resource

Center will participate in the planning, promotion and implementation

of the ACYF-sponsored National Child Welfare Conference.

Describe a plan to help agencies improve services to

overrepresented populations, particularly minority group families and

minority children in care. Identify techniques to be used in assessing

factors which impede the delivery of culturally appropriate services

and strategies to assist agencies in reducing those factors.

Describe a plan to ensure that the services and program

activities of the Resource Center are responsive to topically-related

cultural competence issues, activities are provided in a manner that is

racially/culturally sensitive to the population being served, and the

staff of the Resource Center is racially and culturally diverse and

reflective of the populations being served.

Describe a plan for continually developing a national

network of professionals in the field to serve as consultants and for

linking these individuals with persons and agencies requesting

assistance; for ensuring that the network is racially and culturally

diverse; and for ensuring the quality of the consultation provided by

eliciting consumer input.

Describe a plan for fostering and strengthening

communication and coordination activities among client and advocacy

groups, agencies, and professional organizations serving children,

youth and families. Specify key players and entities that need to be

connected, identify issues around which relationships need to be built,

and propose methods for establishing linkages and partnerships.

Describe a plan for continually evaluating the overall

operation of the Resource Center with particular emphasis on eliciting

consumer input in assessing the quality of the training, technical

assistance and consultation services provided.

Provide an assurance that at least one key staff member

would attend an annual 4 day meeting of Children's Bureau grantees in

Washington, D.C.

Provide an assurance that at least one key staff member

would attend two 1 to 2 day meetings convened annually for the Project

Directors of the Resource and Research Centers.

Provide an assurance that key Resource Center staff will

meet with their Federal project officer and other ACYF staff in

Washington D.C. within 60 days of receiving the award.

Provide an assurance that in situations where the

applicant's organizational position on a particular child welfare

policy and/or practice might differ from the Federal position, the

Federal position will be used to guide Resource Center activity and

will be reflected in all public statements and publications of the

Resource Center.

Agree to enter into a Cooperative Agreement which will

require the grantee to submit to the Children's Bureau for review and

approval: workplans, including as appropriate, activities involving

Headquarters and Regional Office staff; lists of topics to be covered

in technical assistance resources, syntheses, summaries and literature

reviews; topics, times and places for conferences; topics for any

collection of original data; and draft reports, conference agendas and

other materials prior to their finalization and dissemination by the

grantee. (A cooperative agreement is Federal Assistance in which

substantial Federal involvement is anticipated. The respective

responsibilities of Federal staff and the awardee are negotiated prior

to award.)

The grantee shall also cooperate, to the extent that its budget

will allow, with the Children's Bureau in meetings, briefings, or other

forums to disseminate knowledge gained from its work with States and

local communities around child welfare issues.

In cases where an application involves the collaboration

of two or more organizations, the application must not only identify a

single lead agency to be the primary administrator of the Resource

Center and the official recipient of the award, but also present a plan

delineating methods for coordinating activities and each organization's

responsibilities and contributions to completing Resource Center tasks.

5. Priority Area 1.01A National Resource Center for Family-Centered

Practice. As increasing social, economic and personal stresses place

greater numbers of families and children potentially at-risk and as the

numbers of actual at-risk children and families have continued to

expand, many State, local and Tribal governments have implemented or

are actively planning to initiate family preservation and support

programs as a way to strengthen vulnerable families. There is also

widespread hope that these family-centered services will reduce foster

care caseloads and out-of-home care costs.

Family-centered services are responsive to certain legislative

mandates of Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child

Welfare Act of 1980, and are central to the legislative intent of the

new Subpart 2 of title IV-B of the Social Security Act, Family

Preservation and Support Services.

The term ``family-centered'' encompasses both family preservation

and family support activities. Family support entails community-based

preventive services designed to: alleviate stress and promote parental

competencies and behaviors that will increase the ability of families

to successfully nurture their children; enable families to use other

resources and opportunities available in the community; create

supportive networks to enhance child-rearing abilities of parents; and

help compensate for the increased social isolation, economic

deficiencies and vulnerability of families.

Family preservation involves helping families maintain the safety

of children in their own homes; alleviate crises that might lead to the

out-of-home care of children; avoid the unnecessary out-of-home

placement of children; reunify with their children and youth already in

out-of-home care; deal with issues that arise in both pre and post-

adoption periods; and obtain services and other supports responsive to

their multiple needs in a culturally appropriate manner.

Child welfare agencies need to develop and/or enhance their

capacity to plan, manage, operate and monitor family-centered services,

and build collaborative working relationships with community-based

organizations providing family support programs. The National Resource

Center for Family-Centered Practice will help child and family service

agencies develop expertise in all phases and aspects of administering

family-centered services by providing training and technical assistance

itself or by providing a referral to an appropriate alternative

resource. The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice

will focus most of its activity on the preventive end (i.e., prevention

of family dysfunction/foster care) of the continuum of services for

children and families. In addition to meeting the minimum requirements

detailed previously, applicants need to:

Demonstrate the capacity to articulate a family-centered

approach, encompassing family preservation and family support, and

integrate family-centered concepts into the field of child welfare.

Describe a plan for collecting, reviewing and

disseminating analyses of existing research and other appropriate

information on the relative merits of different program approaches.

Describe a plan for providing techniques and strategies

that will assist child welfare decisionmakers in assessing numerous

options for the development and implementation of family-centered

programs and services. This plan should also consider the planning and

developmental needs for post-legal adoption family support and family

preservation program services.

Demonstrate knowledge of community-based family support

programs and describe a plan for fostering effective linkages between

these family support programs and public child welfare agencies.

CFDA: 93.556 Family Preservation and Support: Sections 430-435 of

the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 629-629e.

6. Priority Area 1.01B National Resource Center for Permanency

Planning. During a brief period of time in the late 1970's and early

1980's the number of children placed in foster care was decreasing.

Many child welfare experts attribute this decline to attention and

activities addressing permanency planning which occurred in the period

around the passage of Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and

Child Welfare Act of 1980. Since the mid-1980's, the number of children

in foster care has shown continuous growth. These children and their

biological and foster families constitute a large and costly segment of

the population served by child welfare agencies.

Agencies are faced with the challenge of responding to the

increasing demand for services with quality and cost-effective

programs. They are expected to plan and achieve permanence for children

in foster care and conform to the procedures and safeguards spelled out

in both State and Federal statutes.

At the same time, the emergence of new and more severe child and

family problems has put additional pressure on agencies to develop and

deliver more complex services and has made the planning for and

attainment of permanency more complicated. Agencies are often hard

pressed to offer the specialized and therapeutic foster family

environments more children entering foster care appear to need.

Providing services to the families of children in care and attending to

the legal and service issues related to permanency planning have been

especially problematic. Finally, the declassification of many public

child welfare positions and the loosening of strong ties between public

agencies and social work education is believed to have contributed to

an erosion of practice quality and compromised achieving permanency.

While there is an emphasis on providing familial settings for

children and youth, large numbers of young people still are placed in

residential care facilities. Although quality residential care can be a

useful temporary resource for certain children and youth, a lack of

suitable alternatives means that far too often a residential placement

is used to care for young people when it may not be appropriate.

Establishing permanence for this segment of the foster care population

is often more challenging than with children in family foster care.

The National Resource Center for Permanency Planning will help

children and family services agencies improve their capacity to

accomplish permanence through the development and implementation of

high quality foster family and residential care for children who must

be removed from their homes. In addition to addressing the minimum

requirements detailed previously, applicants need to:

Describe a strategy for promoting agencies'

reconceptualizing foster care as a family-focused, community-based

service incorporating policies and practices consistent with a family-

centered orientation. Present a plan for helping agencies become more

effective in planning for permanency by being responsive to the

individualized needs of families who have their children in placement,

and operating from the perspective of family strengths.

Describe a strategy for assisting agencies with critical

issues such as improving ongoing services to birth parents; analyzing

the use of relative foster care; developing and implementing plans for

returning children home; improving after-care; establishing day

treatment programs; facilitating termination of parental rights;

improving group homes and family shelter care programs with particular

emphasis on case assessment; improving care provided in residential

facilities with particular emphasis on permanency planning; utilizing

family shelter for infants and young children; and reducing the time

actually spent in shelter care.

Describe a plan for assisting agencies with relevant

facets of cultural competence including the ability of workers to serve

all families effectively, making culturally appropriate placements,

recruiting minority adoptive and foster families, delivering culturally

relevant respite care, assessing the factors contributing to the

overrepresentation of minority children in the foster care system, and

developing strategies to improve outcomes for minority families and

children.

Describe a plan for analyzing existing training materials

on key topics such as case assessment, permanency planning and cultural

diversity emphasizing who will be doing the analysis and detailing

analytic procedures.

Describe a strategy for conveying how model approaches to

recruiting, providing pre-service and in-service training for, and

retaining foster parents will be collected and communicated.

Describe a plan for conveying how effective program

approaches that serve the medical, dental, mental health, special

educational and vocational needs of children in foster care and their

families will be identified and disseminated for replication.

Describe a plan for linking with the National Resource

Center for Organizational Improvement in the area of licensing, and the

National Resource Center on Legal and Court Issues on safeguards to

permanency and termination of parental rights.

CFDA: 93.608 Child Welfare Research and Demonstration: Section 426

of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 626.

7. Priority Area 1.01C National Resource Center for Organizational

Improvement. Child welfare agencies confront demanding management and

human resource development issues. In regard to management issues,

agencies are faced with the formidable task of developing, implementing

and evaluating an expanding range of programs and services for more

varied and challenging families and children. These programs and

services are often funded under broad and complex legislation and

accompanying regulations which delineate appropriate agency practices

and behaviors. Often embedded in child welfare statutes and regulations

are criteria to which agencies are held accountable. Agencies find it

challenging to simultaneously establish a broader repertoire of service

programs and meet mounting accountability and regulatory requirements.

Agencies' ability to blend funding streams and link programs to provide

more holistic services to families and children is daunting but doable.

In regard to human resources, the idiosyncracies of State civil

service systems, pressures for professional licensure of social service

agency staff, the inherent rigidity of bureaucratic systems, and high

turnover rates at all levels complicate and often compromise the

ability of agencies to attend and respond to staffing needs. This

subsequently impairs the ability of staff to meet the needs of families

and children.

A number of efforts are responding to human resource deficiencies

with the intent of increasing the professionalization of child welfare

staff. The rebuilding of partnerships between social work education

programs and public agencies, and States' increasing access to Federal

financial participation in the form of title IV-E training

reimbursements are examples.

The National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement will

help develop the capacity of child and family service agencies to

design, implement and evaluate management improvement and human

resource development practices to improve outcomes for families and

children. In addition to meeting the minimum requirements detailed

previously, applicants need to:

Describe how the Resource Center will employ an

Organizational Development perspective in rendering services.

Organizational Development is comprised of behavioral science and

system based procedures and practices supporting organizational

renewal. Organizational Development fosters agencies' capacity to gain

insight regarding their own operational processes as well as develop

and implement organizational change strategies.

Describe a plan for dealing with management improvement

issues emphasizing administrative strategies and operational procedures

such as managing systems change, redesigning case flow procedures to

overcome fragmentation and revitalize case management, streamlining

record-keeping practices, formulating strategic and operational

planning processes, and monitoring purchase-of-service agreements.

Describe a plan for dealing with human resource

development issues emphasizing effective staffing and workplace

improvement initiatives such as, modifying decision-making practices to

overcome staff isolation and promote their meaningful participation in

issues affecting their work; developing career ladders and promotional

opportunities; designing responses to worker safety; strengthening

supervisory in-service training; and promoting methods for minimizing

stress and burnout.

Describe a plan for addressing licensing issues related to

child placement and child care services, emphasizing the collection and

analysis of licensing related data for the purposes of identifying and

responding to the needs of States, and conducting meetings and/or

conferences on licensing.

Describe a plan for promoting interagency and intersystem

collaboration and exchange of information around blending funding

streams, planning practices, and policy and program innovations, making

sure to link with the Child and Adolescent Service System Program

(CAASP) Training and Technical Assistance Center funded by the Center

for Mental Health Services, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and

the Children's Bureau.

Describe strategies for helping States, local and Tribal

agencies become adept at using information system technology for

strategic and operational decision-making.

Describe a plan for helping States and other publicly

administered or publicly supported agencies develop outcome measures at

the child, family and system levels.

CFDA: 93.608 Child Welfare Research and Demonstration: Section 426

of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 626.

8. Priority Area 1.01D National Resource Center for Youth

Development. The pressures on and dissolution of greater numbers of

families coupled with negative social forces and peer pressure has

resulted in higher levels of family conflict and increasing numbers of

youth struggling with the problems of maintaining effective school

performance, homelessness, substance abuse/addiction, prostitution,

delinquency, pregnancy and suicide.

Continuing difficulties in attaining permanency means many youth

remain in foster care without returning to their biological family or

becoming and remaining part of an adoptive family. This sizeable

population of youth needs to be prepared for self-sufficiency,

independence, and effective community living. These youth need

assistance in seeking additional education or training, and help in

securing employment, finding housing/living arrangements, learning

about parenting as they form their own families, and linking with

family/social/community supports.

There is also growing societal concern regarding the problem of

anti-social violent youth. While the juvenile justice and adult

correctional systems are dealing with the most severe adolescent

actions, the child welfare foster care system is also having to respond

to the needs of youth whose behavior makes it impossible for them to

remain with their families or in their communities.

Youth in the child welfare system are too often only marginally

served by existing agencies and the service delivery system. Most child

welfare agencies are hard pressed to develop quality programs and

services for this growing population of older adolescents who have more

complex challenges, and who are not as likely to be in residential care

due to the deinstitutionalization movement, the decriminalization of

status offenders, and budgetary cutbacks targeting group care

institutions.

The National Resource Center for Youth Development will help

agencies develop the capacity to effectively meet the needs of youth.

This category of youth includes primarily individuals from the age of

puberty through age 21. However, this definition does not exclude

consideration of the service needs of individuals who may be slightly

younger or older than the primary target population. In addition to

meeting the minimum requirements detailed previously, applicants need

to:

Describe a plan for collecting and disseminating

educational and occupational related resource materials and information

on issues including, but not limited to, special education, post-

secondary education including vocational and two and four-year academic

programs, school drop-out prevention, establishing and maintaining

family connections, illiteracy, job readiness, and effective parenting.

Describe a plan for addressing adolescent access to health

care, including substance abuse treatment and prevention issues,

specialized services for seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) youths,

and related mental health initiatives with particular attention paid to

the psychological trauma related to witnessing and experiencing

violence.

Describe strategies for dealing with youth sexuality

issues with an emphasis on teen pregnancy and AIDS, and propose how

those techniques will be communicated to adolescents and to the staff

of agencies serving youth.

Describe a plan for showcasing innovative and successful

transitional and independent living programs and practices dealing with

issues such as effective parenting and adolescent input into the design

of such programs through the sponsorship of national conferences.

Describe how the Resource Center will go about communicating

information about exemplary transitional and independent living

programs to public and private providers with an emphasis on adaptation

and replication.

CFDA: 93.608 Child Welfare Research and Demonstration: Section 426

of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 626.

9. Priority Area 1.01E National Resource Center on Legal and Court

Issues. Child welfare agencies administer child welfare programs within

a framework of law. The passage of major pieces of child welfare

legislation has prompted continuous reassessment and redefinition of

the relationship between State child welfare agencies and the

judiciary. Appropriate responses to confirmed cases of abuse and

neglect, termination of parental rights, and adoption proceedings are

eventually settled in the courts. Periodic judicial review of foster

care cases is a Federal statutory requirement. It is not unheard of for

judges in some jurisdictions to actually develop case plans for

individual clients, and give casework directives to agency staff.

Legislatively mandated judicial involvement in the details of case

practice has often forced agencies to analyze and interpret legal

issues, court decisions, and judicial pronouncements; determine their

implications for programs and practices; and review and revise their

policies and procedures accordingly. Faced with an expanding statutory

and regulatory base, the legal staff of public child welfare agencies

have gradually assumed a greater responsibility for maintaining legal

and regulatory compliance and consequently have acquired greater

influence in shaping agency activity. In addition, liability concerns

are substantially influencing agency practice.

The courts have become increasingly involved in the operations of

public child welfare agencies as a result of class action suits

intended to promote system reform. The courts have demonstrated a

willingness to oversee system change through court orders and consent

decrees.

The recognition of how intertwined courts and child welfare are is

reflected in a set-aside component of the Family Preservation and

Support Services program providing grants to State courts to assess and

improve their proceedings relating to foster care and adoption

beginning in FY 1995.

The National Resource Center on Legal and Court Issues will help

build the capacity of children and family service agencies to deal with

a range of legal and court related concerns. In addition to meeting the

minimum requirements detailed previously, applicants need to:

Describe a plan highlighting methods and techniques that

can be employed to improve coordination and communication between the

judicial system and the public child welfare system.

Describe a plan for assisting agencies to become more

adept at understanding and more efficient at responding to law-related

concerns.

Describe a plan for maintaining legal research and

analysis capabilities and ongoing information dissemination functions

on complex issues such as HIV/AIDS, custodial issues for medically

fragile children, rights of addicted parents, parental rights to

treatment, confidentiality, and others that may emerge.

Describe strategies for designing, delivering and/or

collaborating with others on the training of judges and other

significant court personnel to implement key provisions and

requirements of federal child welfare legislation.

Describe a plan for reviewing and analyzing class action

suits, court orders and consent decrees, and maintaining a database on

litigation within the child welfare system.

Describe a plan for working with State court systems and/

or with other organizations on assisting States regarding the grants

for State court assessment and improvement from the Family Preservation

and Support Services legislation.

CFDA: 93.608 Child Welfare Research and Demonstration: Section 426

of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 626.

10. Project Duration: The length of each National Resource Center

for Child Welfare Services Programs project shall not exceed 60 months.

11. Federal Share of Project Costs: The Federal share of the

projects varies from Center to Center for the first 12 month budget

period as follows:

National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice--$950,000

National Resource Center for Permanency Planning--$750,000

National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement--$550,000

National Resource Center for Youth Development--$550,000

National Resource Center on Legal and Court Issues--$400,000.

Funding for subsequent years of the project may exceed the amount

specified above for the first budget period based on a comprehensive

needs assessment submitted by the grantee and the availability of

funds.

12. Matching Requirements: The applicant must provide at least 10

percent of the total approved cost of the project. The total approved

cost 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 $90,000 in Federal funds

for the first 12 month budget period, must include a match of $10,000

(10 percent of total project costs, i.e., $100,000 for the first budget

period).

13. Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated

that five (5) National Resource Centers will be funded as Cooperative

Agreements--one each in Priority Area 1.01A, 1.01B, 1.01C, 1.01D, and

1.01E.

14. Length of Application: There is no page limitation on

applications submitted under this priority area, but applicants are

encouraged to submit as concise a package as possible.

D. Discussion of Priority Area

2.01 National Resource Center for Programs Serving Abandoned Infants

and Infants at Risk of Abandonment and Their Families

1. Eligible Applicants: Any State, local, public or private

nonprofit agency or organization, including accredited colleges and

universities.

2. Purpose: To assist in the coordination of services, exchange of

information and the continuing development, expansion and strengthening

and improvement in the quality and effectiveness of programs described

in Public Law 102-236, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, as

amended (Act) whether or not the service providers receive funds

authorized under the Act. The Act provides financial support for

demonstration projects to prevent the abandonment of infants and young

children, particularly those with the human immunodeficiency virus

(HIV) or who have been perinatally exposed to the virus or who have

been perinatally exposed to a dangerous drug; to identify and address

the needs of those infants and young children who are, or are at risk

of being abandoned; to develop a program of comprehensive services for

those children and their families which will strengthen family

functioning and prevent abandonment, including family foster care, case

management, family support, respite care and crisis intervention,

counseling and group residential care services; and to recruit and

train health and social services personnel, foster care families and

residential providers to meet the needs of infants and young children

who are at risk of abandonment.

3. Background Information: Since 1990, ACYF has awarded a total of

42 grants under the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program (AIA) to a

variety of agencies, including State and local departments of social

and health services; hospitals; universities; and private, nonprofit,

child-serving agencies. These projects include comprehensive service

demonstration programs, training projects and resource coordination

efforts. Currently, there are 32 comprehensive service demonstration

programs in operation. In addition, the Maternal and Child Health

Bureau and the Center for Substance Abuse Programs fund related

activities. These programs are designed to meet the immediate social

service and health care needs of infants and young children and their

families impacted by HIV infection and drug exposure; to address issues

of community coordination; to improve utilization of scarce resources;

and to develop systems which will meet the long-term needs of the

children and their families. Also, many local jurisdictions nationwide

are implementing programs, with or without federal assistance, that

provide services to the same target populations.

The current National Abandoned Infant Assistance Resource Center

for Drug-, HIV, and Medically Involved Children, funded from September,

1991 through September, 1994, provides training, technical assistance

and consultation to the AIA programs and related activities in order to

improve service delivery to drug and HIV-exposed infants, young

children and their families; provides training to social service,

health and other workers in order to educate them about program and

services for families who are at risk of abandoning their children.

Although a substantial number of abandoned infants and related

projects have been established, knowledge about effective strategies

and services continues to evolve and develop. Existing programs vary

considerably in terms of quality, experience and intervention

strategies. However, the demand for such services is increasing as

substance abuse and HIV infection impact on greater number of infants

and young children and their families. ACF intends to continue to

support a National Resource Center to assist in identifying, developing

and utilizing effective program practices, information and materials in

order to meet this service demand; and to continue to provide training

and technical assistance as needed.

4. Minimum Requirements for Project Design: The National Resource

Center should provide State and local private nonprofit agencies and

organizations with broad access to information, methods, techniques and

strategies for developing, expanding, improving social and health care

services to infants and young children and their families impacted by

substance abuse and/or HIV infection. Applicants must describe their

capabilities and plans for assisting these organizations. The

application should:

Demonstrate knowledge about the problems and issues

involved in planning and providing services for infants and young

children who are drug- and/or HIV-exposed and are at risk of

abandonment and their families.

Provide documentation of the commitment to improve the

quality of programs and services for infants and young children who are

abandoned or in danger of abandonment and their families.

Describe a plan for continually identifying emerging

issues from the fields of child welfare, developmental disabilities,

maternal and child health, and substance abuse/addiction, particularly

as they relate to perinatal drug exposure and pediatric HIV-infection

and the impact these issues have on family functioning and stability.

Describe a plan for preparing and disseminating

information and policy papers to the field which addresses these

emerging issues.

Describe a plan for coordinating activities with other

National Resource Centers, Research Centers and clearinghouses, funded

by DHHS and other sources, to assure effective utilization of resources

and to avoid duplication of efforts.

Describe a plan for conducting, in conjunction with the

Children's Bureau, one national conference a year for relevant service

providers.

Describe a strategy for continually identifying innovative

and/or exemplary programs and for disseminating information about these

programs, with a particular emphasis on innovative collaborative models

involving child welfare, mental health and developmental disabilities.

Also, discuss strategies to promote programmatic linkages among the

three areas.

Describe a strategy for continually identifying,

documenting and developing innovative and/or exemplary resources such

as training curricula/manuals and for assisting the field in adapting

such resources to meet specific needs.

Describe a plan for providing technical assistance,

training and consultation to service providers and to State agencies to

improve professional competency; to insure service coordination and

integration; and to promote the utilization of resources and best

practices related to management and administration, primarily to

projects funded under the AIA program and, secondarily, to related

activities.

Describe a plan for providing technical assistance to AIA

grantees on their required third-party evaluation efforts. The plan

should describe the types of assistance needed by programs whose third-

party evaluation efforts range from a simple, basic approach to those

with more sophisticated evaluation designs.

Describe the applicant's experience in providing training

and technical assistance on a variety of program models serving

economically, racially and culturally diverse populations, and describe

a plan for ongoing work in this area.

Describe a plan for ensuring that the services, program

activities, and staff of the Resource Center are provided in a manner

that is racially/culturally sensitive to the population being served.

Describe a plan for continually developing a national

network of professionals in the field to serve as consultants and for

linking these individuals with persons and agencies requesting

assistance; for ensuring that the network is racially and culturally

diverse; and for following-up on the types and quality of consultation

provided.

Provide an assurance that at least one key staff member

would attend an annual 4 day meeting of Children's Bureau grantees in

Washington, D.C.

Provide an assurance that at least one key staff member

would attend two one to two day meetings convened annually for the

Project Directors of the Resource and Research Centers.

Provide an assurance that key Resource Center staff will

meet with their Federal project officer and other ACYF staff in

Washington D.C. within sixty days of receiving the award.

Describe a plan to establish an advisory board that will

provide overall program direction and guidance to the activities of the

Center. The plan should include two meetings of the Board per year both

of which must be held in Washington, D.C. One meeting will be held in

conjunction with the annual Abandoned Infants Assistance grantees'

meeting usually convened in the Spring of each year and the second

meeting to be held in conjunction with the Fall meeting of the Project

Directors of the Resource and Research Centers.

Describe a plan to develop and disseminate Fact Sheets on

topical issues related to the AIA programs.

Describe a plan for collecting summary evaluation data

from the funded programs and submitting an annual report to the

Children's Bureau that provides information on the number of clients

served, their characteristics and the services provided. This plan

shall further include a process for developing outcome indicators

across program sites that reflect the intent of the legislation and the

successes/achievements of the AIA service demonstration programs.

Additionally, the plan shall include the provision of technical

assistance to the projects, as needed, to develop the outcome

indicators and a process to collect the data and prepare a report on

the program outcomes. The timetable to prepare the report on program

outcomes must be included in the applicant's workplan.

Outline a plan for interaction with ACF for implementation

under a cooperative agreement including, as appropriate, Headquarters

and Regional Office staff. (A cooperative agreement is Federal

Assistance in which substantial Federal involvement is anticipated. The

respective responsibilities of Federal staff and the awardee are

negotiated prior to award.)

5. Project Duration: The length of the project shall not exceed 48

months.

6. Federal Share of Project Costs: The Federal share of the project

is $600,000 for each of the three initial 12 month budget periods, or

$1,800,000 for the initial 3 years of the project. Funding for Year 4

may exceed $600,000 but will not be greater than $675,000 for the

fourth 12 month budget period based on a needs assessment submitted by

the grantee and approved by appropriate Children's Bureau staff.

7. Matching Requirements: The applicant must provide at least 10

percent of the total approved cost of the project. The total approved

cost is the sum of the ACYF share and the non-Federal share. The non-

Federal share may be cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants

are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project requesting $2,475,000 in Federal

funds must include a match of at least $275,000 (10 percent of the

total project cost of $2,750,000).

8. Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated

that one project will be funded as a cooperative agreement.

9. Length of Applications: The maximum length of the application

shall not exceed 75 pages excluding appendices.

CFDA: 93.551 The Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 670 note.

Part III--Review Process

A. Eligible Applicants

Before applications are reviewed, each application will be screened

to determine that the applicant organization is an eligible applicant

as specified under the selected priority area. Applications from

organizations which do not meet the eligibility requirements for the

priority area will not be considered or reviewed in the competition,

and the applicant will be so informed.

B. Review Process and Funding Decisions

Timely applications from eligible applicants will be reviewed and

scored competitively. Experts in the field, generally persons from

outside of the Federal government, will use the evaluation criteria

listed in Section C, Evaluation Criteria, to review and score the

applications. The results of this review are a primary factor in making

funding decisions.

ACYF reserves the option of discussing applications with, or

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

this is determined to be in the best interest of the Federal government

or the applicant. It may also solicit comments from ACYF 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 demonstrate or feature: Experience in providing

complex training and technical assistance in child welfare and/or

related fields; an eclectic approach to the substantive content of each

topical area; a favorable balance between Federal and non-Federal funds

available for the proposed project; and the potential for high benefit

for the level of Federal investment.

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

that funding decisions reflect an equitable distribution of assistance

across geographic regions of the country.

C. Evaluation Criteria

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

the Federal government) will review the applications. Applicants should

ensure that they address each minimum requirement in the priority area

description under the appropriate section of the Program Narrative

Statement.

Reviewers will determine the strengths and weaknesses of each

application in terms of the evaluation criteria listed below, provide

comments and assign numerical scores. The point value following each

criterion heading indicates the maximum numerical weight that each

section may be given in the review process.

Applications under all priority areas will be evaluated against the

following criteria.

1. 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 references relevant data.

2. 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.

3. 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 the proposed 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; provides for

projections of the accomplishments to be achieved; and lists the

activities to be carried out in chronological order, showing a

reasonable schedule of accomplishments and target dates.

The extent to which, when applicable, 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 extent to which the application identifies each

organization, agency, consultant, or other key individuals or groups

who will work on the project, along with a description of the

activities each will undertake and the nature of their effort or

contribution.

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

extent to which 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 demonstrate the applicant's ability to

effectively and efficiently administer the project. The extent to which

the application describes the relationship between the proposed project

and other relevant work planned, anticipated or underway by the

applicant.

Part IV--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 Abandoned Infants 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, South Dakota, 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 18 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.

For this particular announcement a waiver of the 60 day period has been

approved and SPOC's are asked to provide comments within 30 days of the

application deadline. The 30 day SPOC comment period provides all

potential applicants with a full 60 days for application preparation

and submission. This will allow for the greatest number of applicants,

and also not give an advantage to applicants who have received similar

awards in the past. The 30 day SPOC comment period ensures that all

applications can be thoroughly developed and reviewed, and that awards

can be made in FY 1994.

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 may trigger the accommodate or explain rule.

When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to: 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, D.C. 20047.

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:

Submitted 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.)

Applications may be mailed to: 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, D.C. 20047.

Hand delivered applications are accepted during the 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 East, OFM/DDG,

901 D Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20047.

Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria

stated above are considered late applications. Each late applicant will

be notified that its application will not be considered in the current

competition.

Extension of Deadlines: The deadline may be extended 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 12 month budget

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.

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, for applications seeking to operate the National

Resource Center for Programs Serving Abandoned Infants and Infants At

Risk of Abandonment and Their Families.--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 1994.

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 the first year budget

period.

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

the first year budget period if the proposed project period exceeds 12

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 a acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit.

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 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 DHHS 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.

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

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 74.51 and 45 CFR Part 92.3,

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 12 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) 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 12 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 application. 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 III),

using the following headings:

(a) Objectives and Need for Assistance;

(b) Results and Benefits Expected;

(c) Approach; and

(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 III, 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 meet criteria set forth in each Priority Area.

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 page limit criteria. 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 in Appendix A 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.

A signature on the application constitutes an assurance that the

applicant will comply with the pertinent Departmental regulations

contained in 45 CFR Part 74.

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 meets criteria 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 III, 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) 690-7016.

Dated: June 20, 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 you 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 does 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.

Column (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 in-kind 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 Lines 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; OMB Approval No. 0348-0040

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 consistency 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 Walfare 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. Sec. 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 NW., 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 SW., 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, 660 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,

Officer of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, Room 477, Columbia,

South Carolina 29201, Telephone (803) 734-0494

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 Emancipation 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 of 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 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 Tier 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.

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 require 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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