NOFA for the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP)FY-1994

SUMMARY: This NOFA announces HUD's FY 1994 funding of $231,978,631

under the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP)

for use in eliminating drug-related crime. Funded programs must be part

of a comprehensive plan for addressing the problem of drug-related

crime. In the body of this document is information concerning the

purpose of the NOFA, applicant eligibility, available amounts,

selection criteria, financial requirements, management, and application

processing, including how to apply, how selections will be made, and

how applicants will be notified of results. Hereafter, the term housing

authority (HA) shall include public housing agencies (PHAs) and Indian

housing authorities (IHAs).

DATES: Applications must be received at the local HUD Field Office on

or before Friday, July 29, 1994, at 3:30 p.m., local time. This

application deadline is firm as to date and hour. In the interest of

fairness to all competing applicants, the Department will treat as

ineligible for consideration any application that is received after the

deadline. Applicants should take this practice into account and make

early submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss of

eligibility brought about by any unanticipated or delivery-related

problems. A FAX is not acceptable.

ADDRESSES: (a) Application Kit: An application kit may be obtained and

assistance provided, from the local HUD Category A or other Field

Office with delegated public housing responsibilities over an applying

PHA, or from the Offices of Native American Programs (ONAPs) having

jurisdiction over an IHA making an application, or by calling HUD's

Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, telephone: 1-800-578-3472 (DISC).

The application package contains information on all exhibits and

certifications required under this NOFA.

(b) Application Submission: An applicant may submit only one

application per housing authority under each Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under this

program with the following exception: housing authorities (HA) under a

single administration (such as housing authorities managing another

housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing a

common executive director) may submit a single application, even

through each housing authority has its own operating budget.

Applications (original and two copies) must be received by the deadline

at the local HUD Category A or B Field Office other Field Office with

delegated public housing responsibilities over the applying PHA

Attention: Director, Public Housing Division or, in the case of IHAs,

to the local HUD Field Office of Native American Programs, Attention:

Administrator, Native American Programs with jurisdiction over the

applying IHAs, as appropriate. A complete listing of these offices is

provided in appendix ``A'' of this NOFA. It is not sufficient for an

application to bear a postage date within the submission time period.

Applications submitted by facsimile are not acceptable. Applications

received after the deadline will not be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG

ELIMINATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC HOUSING, CONTACT: The local HUD Category A

or B Field Office, Public Housing Division (See appendix ``A'' of this

NOFA), or Malcolm E. Main, Drug-Free Neighborhoods Division, Office of

Resident Initiatives, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197. A telecommunications device for

hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-

0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG

ELIMINATION PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS CONTACT: The local HUD

Category A or B Field Office, Administrator, Office of Native Americans

(See appendix ``A'' of this NOFA), or Dominic Nessi, Director, Office

of Native American Programs, Public and Indian Housing, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, room 4140, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1015. A telecommunications

device for hearing or speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at

(202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING ASSISTED (NON-PUBLIC AND INDIAN)

HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM CONTACT: Lessley Wiles, Office of

Multifamily Housing Management, Department of Housing and Urban

Development, room 6166, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.

Telephone (202) 708-0216. TDD number (202) 708-4594. (These are not

toll-free numbers.) The NOFA for Federally Assisted Low Income Housing

Drug Elimination Grants for FY 1994 was published in the Federal

Register Thursday, January 20, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The information collection requirements contained in this notice

have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review

under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C.

3501-3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0124,

expiration date November 30, 1995.

Environmental Review

Grants under this program are categorically excluded from review

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in

accordance with 24 CFR 50.20(p). However, prior to an award of grant

funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to the extent required

by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50, including the

applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.

Coordination of Anti-Crime Efforts

To coordinate anti-crime related activities across local, State,

and Federal levels for the purpose of maximizing their effectiveness,

applicants are encouraged to contact, and work with, such programs as

Operation Weed and Seed and Operation Safe Home, described below.

Operation Weed and Seed, conducted through the U.S. Department of

Justice, is a comprehensive, multi-agency approach to combatting

violent crime, drug use, and gang activity in high-crime neighborhoods.

The goal is to ``weed out'' crime from targeted neighborhoods and then

to ``seed'' the targeted sites with a wide range of crime and drug

prevention programs, and human services agency resources to prevent

crime from reoccurring. Operation Weed and Seed further emphasizes the

importance of community involvement in combatting drugs and violent

crime. Community residents need to be empowered to assist in solving

crime-related problems in their neighborhoods. In addition, the private

sector needs to get involved in reducing crime. All of these entities,

Federal, State, and local government, the community and the private

sector must work together in partnership to create a safer, drug-free

environment.

The Weed and Seed strategy involves four basic elements:

1. Law enforcement must ``weed out'' the most violent offenders by

coordinating and integrating the efforts of Federal, State, and local

law enforcement agencies in targeted high-crime neighborhoods. No

social program or community activity can flourish in an atmosphere

poisoned by violent crime and drug abuse.

2. Local police departments should implement community policing in

each of the targeted sites. Under community policing, law enforcement

works closely with residents of the community to develop solutions to

the problems of violent and drug-related crime. Community policing

serves as a ``bridge'' between the ``weeding'' (law enforcement) and

``seeding'' (neighborhood revitalization) components.

3. After the ``weeding'' takes place, law enforcement and social

services agencies, the private sector, and the community must work to

prevent crime and violence from reoccurring by concentrating a broad

array of human services--drug and crime prevention programs, drug

treatment, educational opportunities, family services, and recreational

activities--in the targeted sites to create an environment where crime

cannot thrive.

4. Federal, State, local, and private sector resources must focus

on revitalizing distressed neighborhoods through economic development

and must provide economic opportunities for residents.

For further information on Operation Weed and Seed, contact the

Office of Planning Management and Budget, Office of Justice Programs,

U.S. Department of Justice, 366 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC,

20531. Telephone (202) 307-5966.

Operation Safe Home was announced jointly by Vice President Albert

Gore, HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros, Treasury Secretary Lloyd

Bentsen, Attorney General Janet Reno, and ONDCP Director Dr. Lee Brown

at a White House briefing on February 4, 1994. Operation Safe Home will

combat violent crime in public housing through tightly coordinated law

enforcement and crime prevention operations at targeted sites; federal

initiatives and policies to strengthen law enforcement and crime and

drug prevention in public housing; and improved consultation and

coordination between HUD and federal law enforcement agencies and ONDCP

on design and implementation of HUD crime-prevention initiatives. For

more information on Operation Safe Home, contact the Drug-Free

Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 4116,

451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-

1197. A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired

persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free

telephone numbers.)

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

(a) Authority

These grants are authorized under Chapter 2, Subtitle C, Title V of

the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.), as amended

by Section 581 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA),

approved November 28, 1990, Public Law 101-625, and Section 161 of the

Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Public Law

102-550, approved October 28, 1992).

(b) Allocation Amounts

(1) Federal Fiscal Year 1994 Funding

The amount available, to remain available until expended, for

funding under this NOFA in FY 1994 is $231,978,631. The Departments of

Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, (approved October 28, 1993, Pub. L.

103-124), (94 App. Act) appropriated $265 million for the Drug

Elimination Program and made not more than $198,750,000 of the total

Drug Elimination Program appropriation available for grants to housing

authorities with 1,250 public housing units or more, and not more than

$53,000,000 of the total Drug Elimination Program appropriation

available for grants to housing authorities with less than 1,250 public

housing units. Of the total $265 million appropriated, $13,250,000 will

fund the Youth Sports Program; $12,306,000 will fund the Assisted

Housing Drug Elimination Program; $5 million will fund drug elimination

technical assistance and training; and $1,162,000 will fund drug

information clearinghouse services. A total of $249,498 is being

awarded to the Lake County, IL Housing Authority that did not receive

FY 1993 funding because of a computational error and due to statistical

anomaly the Department will allow the funding of the following FY 1993

applications from Greenwich, CT ($127,786); Bristol, CT ($249,843); and

New Haven, CT ($706.600). The remaining $231,948,273 of FY 1994 funds

are being made available under this NOFA. In addition, $30,358 of

recovered FY 1993 program funds are also being made available under

this NOFA for a total of $231,978,631.

HUD is distributing grant funds under this NOFA on a national

competition basis with $178,978,631 available for large housing

authorities (1,250 units and above) and $53,000,000 available for

smaller housing authorities (1,249 units and less).

(2) Maximum Grant Award Amounts

Maximum grant award amounts are computed on a sliding scale, using

an overall maximum cap, depending upon the number of public housing

agency or Indian housing authority units. The unit count includes

rental, Turnkey III Homeownership, Mutual Help Homeownership and

Section 23 leased housing bond-financed projects. Units in the Turnkey

III Homeownership and Mutual Help programs are counted if they have not

been conveyed to the homebuyers prior to the application deadline in

this NOFA. For Section 23 bond-finance projects, units are counted if

they have not been conveyed or will not be conveyed with clear title to

the HA until the end of the bond term.

Eligible projects must be covered by an annual contributions

contract (ACC) or annual operating agreement (AOA) during the period of

the grant award. Unit counts will be taken from the HA low-rent

operating budget (form HUD-52564) for the HA fiscal year ending March

31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, 1993.

Amendments to the Drug Elimination Program made by the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October

28, 1992), permit grants, under certain conditions as given in section

(c)(9) of this NOFA, below, to be used to eliminate drug-related crime

in housing owned by PHAs that is not housing assisted under the United

States Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted.

Where an application is submitted for this category of housing, the

amount of eligible funding will be determined on the same per-unit

basis as for federally assisted housing units, above.

The maximum grant awards are as follows, although, as discussed

below, in section I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and

Special Conditions), the Department may adjust the amount of any grant

award:

Up to $53,000,000 for Drug Elimination grants is available to

housing authorities with less than 1,250 housing units as follows:

For housing authorities with 1-1,249 units: The award will be $300

per unit, with a minimum grant award of $10,000, and a maximum grant

award of $300,000.

To give examples under this scale, a housing authority with 499

units could apply for a maximum grant award of $149,700, i.e., $300.00

per unit X 499 units = $149,700, which is LESS THAN the maximum flat

grant award of $300,000. A housing authority with 1,100 units could

only apply for a maximum grant award of $300,000, i.e., $300.00 per

unit X 1,100 units = $330,000, which is MORE THAN the maximum flat

grant award of $300,000.

Up to $178,978,631 Drug Elimination grants is available to housing

authorities with 1,250 or more housing units as follows:

For housing authorities above 1,250 units: the maximum grant award

that may be requested is $250.00 per unit.

An applicant shall not apply for more funding than is permitted in

accordance with the maximum grant award amount as described above.

Any application requesting funding that exceeds the maximum grant

award amount permitted will be rejected and will not be eligible for

any funding unless a computational error was involved in the funding

request. Section IV of this NOFA provides guidance regarding

application curable and noncurable deficiencies.

Such an error will be considered a curable deficiency in the

application. Section III.(d) (Checklist of Application Requirements) of

this NOFA requires applicants to compute the maximum grant award amount

for which they are eligible, as follows: Eligible dollar amount per

unit x (times) number of units listed in the housing authority low-rent

operating budget (form HUD-52564) for housing authority fiscal year

ending March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, 1993. The

applicant is required to confirm the unit count with the local HUD

Field Office prior to submission of the application.

The amount computed in this way must be compared with the dollar

amount requested in the application to make certain the amount

requested does not exceed the maximum grant award.

(3) Reallocation

All awards will be made to fund fully an application, except as

provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts

and Special Conditions) below.

(4) Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts and Special Conditions

HUD may approve an application for an amount lower than the amount

requested, withhold funds after approval, and/or the grantee will be

required to comply with special conditions added to the grant

agreement, in accordance with 24 CFR part 85.12 (PHAs), and 24 CFR

905.135 (IHAs) as applicable, and the requirements of this NOFA, or

where:

(i) HUD determines the amount requested for one or more eligible

activities is unreasonable or unnecessary;

(ii) The application does not otherwise meet applicable cost

limitations established for the program;

(iii) The applicant has requested an ineligible activity;

(iv) Insufficient amounts remain in that funding round to fund the

full amount requested in the application and HUD determines that

partial funding is a viable option;

(v) The applicant fails to implement the program in its plan and/or

fails to submit required reports;

(vi) The applicant has demonstrated an inability to manage HUD

grants, particularly Drug Elimination Program grants; or

(vii) For any other reason where good cause exists.

(c) Eligibility

Funding under this NOFA is available only for Public Housing

Agencies and Indian Housing Authorities. Although section 161 of the

Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550,

approved October 28, 1992) makes public housing resident management

corporations (RMCs) eligible for Drug Elimination Program funding, the

93 App. Act limited the funds appropriated ``for grants to public

housing agencies''. The authorizing statute includes Indian housing

authorities (IHAs) in the term ``public housing agencies'' and,

therefore, IHAs are eligible for funding. Because RMCs, unlike IHAs,

constitute a separate entity from PHAs under the authorizing statute,

no funds are appropriated for RMCs as direct applicants under the 94

App. Act. However, RMCs may continue to receive funding from housing

authority grantees to develop security and drug abuse prevention

programs involving site residents as they have in the past.

An application for funding under this program may be for one or

more of the following eligible activities. An applicant may submit only

one application under this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint

applications are not permitted under this program with the following

exception: Housing authorities (HA) under a single administration (such

as housing authorities managing other housing authorities under

contract or housing authorities sharing a common executive director)

may submit a single application, even though each housing authority has

its own operating budget. The following is a listing of eligible

activities under this program and guidance as to their parameters:

(1) Employment of Security Personnel

(i) Contracted security guard personnel. Contracting for security

guard personnel services, in public housing developments proposed for

funding is permitted under this program.

(A) Contracted security personnel funded by this program must

perform services not usually performed by local law enforcement

agencies on a routine basis, such as, patrolling inside buildings,

providing guard services at building entrances to check for

identification cards (IDs), or patrolling and checking car parking lots

for appropriate parking decals.

(B) Contract security personnel funded by this program must meet

all relevant tribal, State or local government insurance, licensing,

certification, training, bonding, or other similar requirements.

(C) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,

and the provider (contractor) of the security personnel are required to

enter into and execute a security personnel contract that includes the

following:

(1) The activities to be performed by the security personnel, their

scope of authority, established policies, procedures, and practices

that will govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as described

in section I.(c)(1)(i)(D)) and how they will coordinate their

activities with the local law enforcement agency;

(2) The types of activities that the security personnel are

expressly prohibited from undertaking.

(3) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be

incurred until the grantee has executed a contract for security guard

services.

(D) Security guard personnel funded under this program shall be

guided by a policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and

controls the conduct and activities of its personnel. All security

personnel must be trained at a minimum in the areas described below in

paragraph (2) of this section.

(1) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies,

procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in

detail how jobs are to be performed, must exist or be completed before

a contract for services can be executed.

(2) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include

but are not limited to: Use of force, resident contacts, response

criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and

workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint

procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicles,

authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and

with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling

of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on

every post and assignment.

(E) If the contractor collects officer activity information (which

the Department recommends) for the housing authority, the contractor

must use a housing authority approved activity form for the collection,

analysis and reporting of activities by officers funded under this

section. Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in

support of this housing authority data collection activity.

(ii) Employment of housing authority police. Employment of

additional HA police officers is permitted only by housing authorities

that already have their own housing authority police departments, which

are the following:

Baltimore HA and Community Development, Baltimore, MD

Boston HA, Boston, MA

Chicago HA, Chicago, IL

Cuyahoga Metropolitan HA, Cleveland, OH

HA of the City of Los Angeles, LA, CA

Newark HA, Newark, NJ

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development,

NYC, NY

HA of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA

Philadelphia HA, Philadelphia, PA

HA of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

HAs that have their own housing authority police departments, but

that are not included on this list, must contact the Drug-Free

Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 4116,

451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1197

to request approval before they may apply for funding under this

paragraph.

(A) If additional HA police officers are to be employed for a

service that is also provided by a local law enforcement agency, the

applicant must provide a cost analysis that demonstrates the employment

of additional HA police officers is more cost efficient than obtaining

the service from the local law enforcement agency.

(B) Additional HA police officers to be funded under this program

must be an increase in the number of HA police officers authorized by

the housing authority, although such additional HA police officers

funded under a prior Drug Elimination Program Grant may qualify for

funding as a continuing activity under section I.(c)(8) (Continuation

of Current Program Activities) of this NOFA.

(C) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must describe

the baseline services by describing the current level of services

provided by the local law enforcement agency and then demonstrate to

what extent the additional HA police officers will represent an

increase over these services. For purposes of this NOFA, the current

level of services is defined as ordinary and routine services provided

or required to be provided under a cooperation agreement to the

residents of public housing developments as a part of the overall, city

and county-wide deployment of police resources, to respond to crime and

other public safety incidents. These include the number of officers and

equipment and the actual percent of their time assigned to the

developments proposed for funding, and the kinds of services provided,

e.g., 9-1-1 communications, processing calls for service, and

investigative follow-up of criminal activity.

(D) HA police funded by this program must meet all relevant tribal,

state or local government insurance, licensing, certification,

training, bonding, or other similar requirements.

(E) The applicant and the cooperating local law enforcement agency

are required to enter into and execute a contract that describes the

following:

(1) The activities to be performed by the HA police, their scope of

authority, established policies, procedures, and practices that will

govern their performance (i.e., a Policy Manual as described in section

I.(c)(1)(ii)(F)), and how they will coordinate their activities with

the local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies;

(2) The types of activities that the HA police are expressly

prohibited from undertaking.

(F) HA police departments funded under this program shall be guided

by a policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and controls

the conduct and activities of its personnel. All HA police officers

must be trained at a minimum in the areas described in paragraph (2),

below.

(1) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies,

procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in

detail how jobs are to be performed, must either exist or be completed

within 12 months of the execution of the grant agreement. Applicants

must submit a plan and timetable for the implementation of training

staff.

(2) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include

but are not limited to: Use of force, resident contacts, response

criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, prisoner transport

procedures, reporting of crimes and workload, feedback procedures to

victims, citizens complaint procedures, internal affairs

investigations, towing of vehicle, authorized weapons and other

equipment, radio procedures internally and with local police, training

requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling of meetings with residents,

record keeping and position descriptions on every post and assignment.

(G) If the HA police department collects officer activity

information (which the Department recommends), a housing authority

approved activity form must be used for the collection, analysis and

reporting of activities by officers funded under this section.

Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in support

of this housing authority data collection activity.

(H) Applicants for funding of additional HA police officers must

have car-to-car (or other vehicles) and portable-to-portable radio

communications links between HA police officers and local law

enforcement officers to assure a coordinated and safe response to

crimes or calls for services. The use of scanners (radio monitors) is

not sufficient to meet the requirements of this section. Applicants

that do not have such links must submit a plan and timetable for the

implementation of such communications links.

(I) HA police departments funded under this program that are not

employing a community policing concept must submit a plan and timetable

for the implementation of community policing.

(1) Community policing has a variety of definitions; however, for

the purposes of this program, it is defined as follows: Community

policing is a method of providing law enforcement services that

stresses a partnership among residents, police, government services,

the private sector, and other local, state and Federal law enforcement

agencies to prevent crime by addressing the conditions and problems

that lead to criminal activity and the fear of this type of activity.

(2) This method of policing involves a philosophy of proactive

measures, such as foot patrols, bicycle patrols, and citizen contacts.

This concept empowers police officers at the beat and zone level and

residents in neighborhoods in an effort to: reduce crime and fear of

crime; assure the maintenance of order; provide referrals of residents,

victims, and the homeless to social services and government agencies;

assure feedback of police actions to victims of crime; and promote a

law enforcement value system on the needs and rights of residents.

(J) HA police departments funded under this program that are not

nationally or state accredited must submit a plan and timetable that

may not exceed 24 months for such accreditation. Housing authorities

may use either their state accreditation program, if one exists, or the

Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for

this purpose.

(1) The law enforcement community developed a body of standards in

1981 against which law enforcement agencies could be evaluated. While

some states have their own law enforcement accreditation program, the

nationwide accreditation program is managed by the CALEA, which is

located in Fairfax, VA. The purpose of accreditation is to reduce

liability exposure of agencies and personnel, and to assure that law

enforcement agencies meet a uniform body of standards.

(2) The accreditation concept emphasizes a voluntary, self-

motivated approach by which organizations seek to achieve and maintain

objectively verified high quality operations through periodic

evaluations conducted by an independent, non-governmental body that has

established standards for its ``clientele''. In simple terms, ``to

accredit'' means to recognize or vouch for an agency as conforming to a

body of standards related to a specific discipline--in this instance,

law enforcement.

(3) The process for CALEA consists of formal application, mutual

aid contract, an in-depth self assessment, an on-site assessment by

Commission-selected practitioner assessors from outside the state of

the requesting agency, and final Commission review and decision. Self-

assessment enables an agency to establish proofs of compliance with

standards specific to the agency to review its organization,

management, operations, and administrative activities to determine if

it believes it meets the requirements. Certain standards are mandatory

based on health, life, safety, and importance to the community and the

agency.

(4) Use of grant funds for accreditation activities is permitted.

(K) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be

incurred until the grantee has met all the above requirements. In order

to assist housing authorities to develop and administer relevant, fair,

and productive contracts with local law enforcement agencies for the

delivery of effective services to public housing residents, a sample

contract for law enforcement services is provided with the application

kit.

(2) Reimbursement of Local Law Enforcement Agencies for Additional

Security and Protective Services

(i) Additional security and protective services to be funded under

this program must be over and above the baseline services, as defined

below, that the tribal, State or local government provides to applying

HA.

(A) An applicant seeking funding for this activity must first

establish a baseline by describing the current level of services (in

terms of the kinds of services provided, the number of officers and

equipment and the actual percent of their time assigned to the

developments proposed for funding) and then demonstrate to what extent

the funded activity will represent an increase over this baseline.

Baseline services are defined as those law enforcement services the

locality is contractually obligated to provide under its Cooperation

Agreement with the applying HA (as required by the HA's Annual

Contributions Contract).

(ii) Communications and security equipment to improve the

collection, analysis, and use of information about drug-related

criminal activities in a public housing community, such as surveillance

equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), software, cameras,

monitors, components and supporting equipment), computers accessing

national, tribal, State or local government security networks and

databases, facsimile machines, telephone equipment, bicycles, and motor

scooters may be eligible items if used exclusively in connection with

the establishment of a law enforcement substation on the funded

premises or scattered site developments of the HA.

(iii) If the local law enforcement agency collects officer activity

information (which the Department recommends) for the housing

authority, it must use a housing authority approved activity form for

the collection, analysis and reporting of activities by officers funded

under this section. Computers and software may be included as an

eligible item in support of this housing authority data collection

activity.

(iv) The Department encourages housing authorities that are funded

under this program to promote the implementation of community policing.

For additional background on community policing, see the discussion at

section I.(c)(1)(ii)(I), above.

(v) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be

incurred until the grantee and the local law enforcement agency execute

a contract for the additional law enforcement services. In order to

assist housing authorities to develop and administer relevant, fair,

and productive contracts with local law enforcement agencies for the

delivery of effective services to public and Indian housing residents a

sample contract for law enforcement services is provided with the

application kit.

(3) Physical Improvements to Enhance Security

(i) Physical improvements that are specifically designed to enhance

security are permitted under this program. These improvements may

include (but are not limited to) the installation of barriers, lighting

systems, fences, surveillance equipment (e.g., Closed Circuit

Television (CCTV), software, cameras, monitors, components and

supporting equipment) bolts, locks; the landscaping or reconfiguration

of common areas so as to discourage drug-related crime; and other

physical improvements in public housing developments that are designed

to enhance security and discourage drug-related activities.

(ii) An activity that is funded under any other HUD program, such

as the modernization program at 24 CFR part 968, shall not also be

funded by this program.

(iii) Funding is not permitted for physical improvements that

involve the demolition of any units in a development.

(iv) Funding is not permitted for any physical improvements that

would result in the displacement of persons.

(v) Funding is not permitted for the acquisition of real property.

(vi) All physical improvements must also be accessible to persons

with disabilities. For example, some types of locks, buzzer systems,

doors, etc., are not accessible to persons with limited strength,

mobility, or to persons who are hearing impaired. All physical

improvements must meet the accessibility requirements of 24 CFR part 8.

(4) Employment of Investigators

(i) Employment of one or more individuals is permitted under this

program to:

(A) Investigate drug-related crime in or around the real property

comprising any public housing development; and

(B) Provide evidence relating to any such crime in any

administrative or judicial proceedings.

(ii) Investigators funded by this program must meet all relevant

tribal, State or local government insurance, licensing, certification,

training, bonding, or other similar requirements.

(iii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,

and the investigator(s) are required, before any investigators are

employed, to enter into and execute a written agreement that describes

the following:

(A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the

investigators, their scope of authority, established policies,

procedures, and practices that will govern their performance (i.e., a

Policy Manual as described in section I.(c)(4)(v), below) and how they

will coordinate their activities with the local, state and Federal law

enforcement agencies; and

(B) The types of activities that the investigators are expressly

prohibited from undertaking.

(iv) Under this section, reimbursable costs associated with the

investigation of drug-related crime (e.g., travel directly related to

the investigator's activities, or costs associated with the

investigator's testimony at judicial or administrative proceedings) may

only be those incurred by the investigator.

(v) Investigators funded under this program shall be guided by a

policy manual (see below) that regulates, directs, and controls their

conduct and activities. All investigators must be trained at a minimum

in the areas described below in paragraph (B) of this section''.

(A) An up-to-date policy manual, which contains the policies,

procedures, and general orders that regulate conduct and describe in

detail how jobs are to be performed, must either exist or be completed

within 12 months of the execution of the grant agreement. Applicants

must submit a plan and timetable for the implementation of training

staff.

(B) Examples of areas that must be covered in the manual include

but are not limited to: use of force, resident contacts, response

criteria to calls, pursuits, arrest procedures, reporting of crimes and

workload, feedback procedures to victims, citizens complaint

procedures, internal affairs investigations, towing of vehicles,

authorized weapons and other equipment, radio procedures internally and

with local police, training requirements, patrol procedures, scheduling

of meetings with residents, record keeping and position descriptions on

every post and assignment.

(vi) If an investigator collects investigator activity information

(which the Department recommends) for the housing authority, a housing

authority approved activity form must be used for the collection,

analysis and reporting of activities by investigators funded under this

section. Computers and software may be included as an eligible item in

support of this housing authority data collection activity.

(vii) Expenditures for activities under this section may not be

incurred until the grantee has met all the above requirements.

(5) Voluntary Tenant Patrols

(i) The provision of training, communications equipment, and other

related equipment (including uniforms), for use by voluntary tenant

patrols acting in cooperation with officials of local law enforcement

agencies is permitted under this program. Members must be volunteers

and must be tenants of the development that the tenant (resident)

patrol represents. Patrols established under this program are expected

to patrol for drug-related criminal activity in the developments

proposed for assistance, and to report these activities to the

cooperating local law enforcement agency and relevant tribal, State and

Federal agencies, as appropriate. Grantees are required to obtain

liability insurance to protect themselves and the members of the

voluntary tenant patrol against potential liability for the activities

of the patrol under this program. The cost of this insurance will be

considered an eligible program expense.

(ii) The applicant, the cooperating local law enforcement agency,

and the members of the tenant patrol are required, before putting the

tenant patrol into effect and expending any grant funds, to enter into

and execute a written agreement that describes the following:

(A) The nature of the activities to be performed by the tenant

patrol, the patrol's scope of authority, the established policies,

procedures, and practices that will govern the tenant patrol's

performance and how the patrol will coordinate its activities with the

local law enforcement agency;

(B) The types of activities that a tenant patrol is expressly

prohibited from undertaking, to include but not limited to, the

carrying or use of firearms or other weapons, nightstick, clubs,

handcuffs, or mace in the course of their duties under this program;

(C) Initial tenant patrol training and continuing training the

members receive from the local law enforcement agency (training by the

local law enforcement agency is required before putting the tenant

patrol into effect); and

(D) Tenant patrol members must be advised that they may be subject

to individual or collective liability for any actions undertaken

outside the scope of their authority and that such acts are not covered

under a HA's liability insurance.

(iii) Communication and related equipment eligible for funding

under this program shall be equipment that is reasonable, necessary,

justified and related to the operation of the tenant patrol and that is

otherwise permissible under tribal, State or local law.

(iv) Under this program, bicycles, motor scooters and uniforms

(caps and other all seasonal clothing items that identify voluntary

tenant patrol members, including patrol t-shirts and jackets) to be

used by the members of the tenant patrol are eligible items.

(v) Drug elimination grant funds may not be used for any type of

financial compensation, such as any full-time wages or salaries for

voluntary tenant patrol participants.

(6) Programs To Reduce the Use of Drugs

Programs that reduce the use of drugs in and around the premises of

public housing developments, including drug abuse prevention,

intervention, referral and treatment programs are permitted under this

program. The program should facilitate drug prevention, intervention

and treatment efforts, to include outreach to community resources and

youth activities, and facilitate bringing these resources onto the

premises, or providing resident referrals to treatment programs or

transportation to out-patient treatment programs away from the

premises. Funding is permitted for reasonable, necessary and justified

purchasing or leasing of vehicles (whichever can be documented as the

most cost effective) for resident youth and adult education and

training activities directly related to ``Programs to reduce the use of

drugs'' under this section. Alcohol-related activities/programs are not

eligible for funding under this program.

(i) Drug prevention. Drug prevention programs that will be

considered for funding under this part must provide a comprehensive

drug prevention approach for public housing residents that will address

the individual resident and his or her relationship to family, peers,

and the community. Prevention programs must include activities designed

to identify and change the factors present in public housing that lead

to drug-related problems, and thereby lower the risk of drug usage.

Many components of a comprehensive approach, such as refusal and

restraint skills training programs or drug-related family counseling,

may already be available in the community of the applicant's housing

developments, and the applicant must act to bring those available

program components onto the premises. Funding is permitted for

reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals,

beverages and transportation, incurred only for training and education

activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs''. Activities

that should be included in these programs are:

(A) Drug education opportunities for public housing residents. The

causes and effects of illegal drug usage must be discussed in a formal

setting to provide both young people and adults the working knowledge

and skills they need to make informed decisions to confront the

potential and immediate dangers of illegal drugs. Grantees may contract

(in accordance with 24 CFR 85.36) with professionals to provide

appropriate training or workshops. The professionals contracted to

provide these services shall be required to base their services upon

the needs assessment and program plan of the grantee. These educational

opportunities may be a part of resident meetings, youth activities, or

other gatherings of public housing residents.

(B) Family and other support services. Drug prevention programs

must demonstrate that they will provide directly or otherwise make

available services designed to distribute drug education information,

to foster effective parenting skills, and to provide referrals for

treatment and other available support services in the development or

the community for public housing families.

(C) Youth services. Drug prevention programs must demonstrate that

they have included groups composed of young people as a part of their

prevention programs. These groups must be coordinated by adults with

the active participation of youth to organize youth leadership, sports,

recreational, cultural and other activities involving public housing

youth. The dissemination of drug education information, the development

of peer leadership skills and other drug prevention activities must be

a component of youth services. Activities or services funded under this

program may not also be funded under the Youth Sports Program.

(D) Economic/educational opportunities for residents and youth.

Drug prevention programs must demonstrate a capacity to provide public

housing residents the opportunities for interaction with or referral to

established higher education or vocational institutions with the goal

of developing or building on the residents' skills to pursue

educational, vocational and economic goals. The program must also

demonstrate the ability to provide public housing residents the

opportunity to interact with private sector businesses in their

immediate community for the same desired goals.

(ii) Intervention. The aim of intervention is to identify public

housing resident drug users and assist them in modifying their behavior

and in obtaining early treatment, if necessary. The applicant must

establish a program with the goal of preventing drug problems from

continuing once detected.

(iii) Drug treatment. (A) Treatment funded under this program shall

be in or around the premises of the public housing developments

proposed for funding.

(B) Funds awarded under this program shall be targeted towards the

development and implementation of new drug referral treatment services

and/or aftercare, or the improvement of, or expansion of such program

services for public housing residents.

(C) Each proposed drug program should address the following goals:

(1) Increase resident accessibility to drug treatment services;

(2) Decrease criminal activity in and around public housing

developments by reducing illicit drug use among public housing

residents; and

(3) Provide services designed for youth and/or maternal drug

abusers, e.g., prenatal and postpartum care, specialized counseling in

women's issues, parenting classes, or other drug supportive services.

(D) Approaches that have proven effective with similar populations

will be considered for funding. Programs should meet the following

criteria:

(1) Applicants may provide the service of formal referral

arrangements to other treatment programs not in or around the

developments where the resident is able to obtain treatment costs from

sources other than this program.

(2) Provide family and collateral counseling.

(3) Provide linkages to educational and vocational counseling.

(4) Provide coordination of services to appropriate tribal or local

drug agencies, HIV-related service agencies, and mental health and

public health programs.

(E) Applicants must demonstrate a working partnership with the

Single State Agency or current tribal or State license provider or

authority with drug program coordination responsibilities to

coordinate, develop and implement the drug treatment proposal.

(F) The Single State Agency or authority with drug program

coordination responsibilities must certify that the drug treatment

proposal is consistent with the State treatment plan; and that the

treatment service meets all State licensing requirements.

(G) Funding is not permitted for treatment of residents at any in-

patient medical treatment programs and facilities.

(H) Funding is not permitted for detoxification procedures, short

term or long term, designed to reduce or eliminate the presence of

toxic substances in the body tissues of a patient.

(I) Funding is not permitted for maintenance drug programs.

Maintenance drugs are medications that are prescribed regularly for a

long period of supportive therapy (e.g. methadone maintenance), rather

than for immediate control of a disorder.

(7) Resident Management Corporations (RMCs), Resident Councils (RCs),

and Resident Organizations (ROs)

Funding under this program is permitted for HAs to contract with

RMCs and incorporated RCs and ROs to develop security and drug abuse

prevention programs involving site residents. Such programs may include

(but are not limited to) voluntary tenant patrol activities, drug

education, drug intervention, youth programs, referral, and outreach

efforts.

(8) Continuation of Current Program Activities

An applicant may apply to continue an existing activity funded

under this program. The Department will evaluate an applicant's

performance of the activity that the applicant wants to continue with

additional funding under this NOFA. The Department will review and

evaluate the applicant's conduct of the activity under the previous

grant, including financial and program performance; reporting and

special condition compliance; accomplishment of stated goals and

objectives under the previous grant; and program adjustments made in

response to previous ineffective performance. Since this is a

competitive program, HUD does not guarantee continued funding of any

previously funded Drug Elimination Program Grant.

(9) PHA-Owned Housing

Funding may be used for the activities described in sections I.(c)

(1) through (7) (Eligible activities) of this NOFA, to eliminate drug-

related crime in housing owned by public housing agencies that is not

public housing that is assisted under the United States Housing Act of

1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted (for example, housing that

receives tenant subsidies under Section 8 is federally assisted and

would not qualify, but housing that receives only state or local

assistance would qualify), but only if they meet all of the following:

(i) The housing is located in a high intensity drug trafficking

area designated pursuant to section 1005 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of

1988; and

(ii) The PHA owning the housing demonstrates, on the basis of

information submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections

I.(d)(1), below, of this NOFA, that drug-related activity, and the

problems associated with such activity, at the housing has a

detrimental affect on or about the housing. For the purposes of this

NOFA ``on or about'' means: On the premises or immediately adjacent to

the premises of the real property comprising the public or other

federally-assisted housing.

As of February 1994 the following areas were confirmed by the

Office of National Drug Control Policy Office, as designated high

intensity drug trafficking areas:

--Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD which includes: Washington, DC,

Alexandria, Arlington Cty, Fairfax Cty, Montgomery Cty, Prince George's

Cty, Charles Cty, Anne Arundel Cty, Howard Cty, Baltimore Cty, and

Baltimore, MD.

--New York City (and a surrounding area that includes Nassau Cty,

Suffolk County, and Westchester Cty, New York, and all municipalities

therein; and Union Cty, Hudson Cty, and Essex Cty, New Jersey, and all

municipalities therein);

--Los Angeles (and a surrounding area that includes Los Angeles Cty,

Orange Cty, Riverside Cty, and San Bernadino Cty, and all

municipalities therein);

--Miami (and a surrounding area that includes Broward Cty, Dade County,

and Monroe Cty, and all municipalities therein);

--Houston (and a surrounding area that includes Harris Cty, Galveston

Cty, and all municipalities therein); and

--The Southwest Border (and adjacent areas that include San Diego and

Imperial Cty, California, and all municipalities therein; Yuma Cty,

Maricopa Cty, Pinal Cty, Pima Cty, Santa Cruz Cty, and Cochise Cty,

Arizona, and all municipalities therein; Hidalgo Cty, Grant County,

Luna County, Dona Ana Cty, Eddy Cty, Lea Cty, and Otero Cty, New

Mexico, and all municipalities therein; El Paso Cty, Hudspeth Cty,

Culberson Cty, Jeff Davis Cty, Presidio County, Brewster Cty, Pecos

Cty, Terrell Cty, Crockett Cty, Val Verde Cty, Kinney Cty, Maverick

Cty, Zavala Cty, Dimmit Cty, La Salle Cty, Webb County, Zapata County,

Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Hildago Cty, Willacy Cty, and Cameron

Cty, Texas, and all municipalities therein).

For further information on high intensity drug trafficking areas

contact: Rich Yamamoto, at the Office of National Drug Control Policy,

Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20500. Telephone

number: (202) 395-6755.

(10) Ineligible Activities

Funding is not permitted for any of the activities listed below or

those specified as ineligible elsewhere in this NOFA.

(i) Funding is not permitted for costs incurred before the

effective date of the grant agreement, including, but not limited to,

consultant fees for surveys related to the application or the actual

writing of the application.

(ii) Funding is not permitted for the purchase of controlled

substances for any purpose, including sting operations.

(iii) Funding is not permitted for compensating informants,

including confidential informants.

(iv) Funding is not permitted for the purchase of law enforcement

and/or any other vehicles, including cars, vans, buses, motorcycles,

scooters, or motor bikes, except as specified in this NOFA.

(v) Funding is not permitted to purchase or lease any military or

law enforcement clothing or equipment, such as, vehicles, uniforms,

ammunition, firearms/weapons, military or police vehicles, protective

vests, and any other supportive equipment, etc.

(vi) Drug elimination grant funds may not be used for any full-time

wages or salaries for voluntary tenant patrol participants.

(vii) Funding is not permitted for the costs of leasing, acquiring,

constructing or rehabilitating any facility space in a building or

unit.

(viii) Funding is not permitted for organized fund raising,

advertising, financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of

gifts and bequests, rallies, marches, community celebrations and

similar expenses.

(ix) Funding is not permitted for the costs of entertainment,

amusements, or social activities, and for the expenses of items such as

meals, beverages, lodgings, rentals, transportation, and gratuities

related to these ineligible activities. However, funding is permitted

for reasonable, necessary and justified program costs, such as meals,

beverages and transportation, incurred only for training, and education

activities directly related to ``drug prevention programs.''

(x) Funding is not permitted for the costs (court costs, attorneys

fees, etc.) related to screening or evicting residents for drug-related

crime. However, investigators funded under this program may participate

in judicial and administrative proceedings as provided in paragraph

I.(c)(4)(i)(B) (Employment of Investigators) of this NOFA.

(xi) Although participation in activities with Federal drug

interdiction or drug enforcement agencies is encouraged, the transfer

of Drug Elimination Program funds to any Federal agency is not

permitted.

(xii) Alcohol-related activities and programs are not eligible for

funding under this program.

(xiii) Funding is not permitted under this NOFA for establishing

councils, resident associations, resident organizations, and resident

corporations since HUD funds these activities under a separate NOFA.

(xiv) Indirect costs as defined in OMB Circular A-87 are not

permitted under this program. Only direct costs are permitted.

(xv) Funding is not permitted for any cash awards, such as

scholarships, prizes, etc.

(xvi) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant existing positions

or programs.

(d) Selection Criteria

HUD will review each application that it determines meets the

requirements of this NOFA and assign points in accordance with the

selection criteria. An application for funding under this program may

be for one or more eligible activities.

An applicant may submit only one application under each Notice of

Funding Availability (NOFA). Joint applications are not permitted under

this program with the following exception: housing authorities (HA)

under a single administration (such as housing authorities managing

another housing authority under contract or housing authorities sharing

a common executive director) may submit a single application, even

through each housing authority has its own operating budget.

The number of points that an application receives will depend on

the extent to which the application is responsive to the information

requested in the selection criteria. An application must receive a

score of at least 80 points out of the maximum of 120 points that may

be awarded under this competition to be eligible for funding.

After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the

applications on a national basis according to two categories, either

HAs with up to 1249 units, or HAs with 1250 or more units. Awards will

be made in ranked order until all funds are expended. Any funding that

cannot be awarded in one category will be awarded under the other

category within the statutory limits.

HUD will select the highest ranking applications that can be fully

funded. Applications with tie scores will be selected in accordance

with the procedures in paragraph I. (e) (Ranking Factors). The terms

``housing'' and ``development(s)'' as used in the application selection

criteria and submission requirements may include, as appropriate,

housing described in section I. (c)(9) (PHA-Owned Housing), above, of

this NOFA. Each application submitted for a grant under this NOFA will

be evaluated on the basis of the following selection criteria:

(1) First Criterion: The Extent of the Drug-Related Crime Problem

in the Applicant's Development or Developments Proposed for Assistance.

(Maximum Points: 45) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis

of this criterion, an application must include a description of the

extent of drug-related crime and/or problems associated with it, in the

developments proposed for funding. An applicant must explain in what

way a problem claimed to be associated with drug-related crime is a

result of drug-related crime. The description should provide the

following information:

(i) Objective data. The best available objective data on the

nature, source, and frequency of the problem of drug-related crime and/

or the problems associated with drug-related crime. This data may

include (but not necessarily be limited to):

(A) The nature and frequency of drug-related crime and problems

associated with drug-related crime as reflected by crime statistics and

other data from Federal, tribal, State or local law enforcement

agencies.

(B) Information from records on the types and sources of drug-

related crime in the developments proposed for assistance.

(C) Descriptive data as to the types of offenders committing drug-

related crime in the applicant's developments (e.g., age, residence,

etc.).

(D) The number of lease terminations or evictions for drug-related

criminal activity.

(E) The number of emergency room admissions for drug use or that

result from drug-related crime (such information may not be available

from police departments but only from fire departments or emergency

medical services agencies).

(F) The number of police calls for service (not just drug-related)

such as, officer-initiated calls, domestic violence calls, drug

distribution complaints, found drug paraphernalia, gang activity,

graffiti that reflects drugs or gang-related activity, vandalism, drug

arrests, and abandoned vehicles.

(G) The number of residents placed in treatment for substance

abuse.

(H) The school dropout rate and level of absenteeism for youth that

the applicant can relate to drug-related crime. (If crime or other

statistics are not available at the development or precinct level, the

applicant may use other reliable, objective data including those

derived from its records or those of RMCs, RCs or ROs).

(I) Where appropriate, the statistics should be reported both in

real numbers, and as an annual percentage of the residents in each

development (e.g., 20 arrests in a year for distribution of heroin in a

development with 100 residents reflects a 20% occurrence rate). The

data should cover the most recent one-year period (a one-year period

ending within 3 months of the date of the application). If the data

from the most recent one-year period is not used, an explanation must

be provided. To the extent feasible, the data provided should be

compared with data from a prior one-year period to show whether the

current data reflects a percentage increase or decrease in drug-related

crime and/or its associated problems during that prior period of time.

(J) A reduction in drug-related crime in developments where

previous Drug Elimination grants have been in effect will not be

considered a disadvantage to the applicant.

(K) If funding is being sought for housing owned by public housing

agencies that is not public housing assisted under the United States

Housing Act of 1937 and is not otherwise federally assisted, the

application must demonstrate that the housing is located in a high

intensity drug trafficking area designated pursuant to section 1005 of

the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and the application must demonstrate

that drug-related activity, and the problems associated with it, at the

housing has a detrimental affect on or about the real property

comprising the public or other federally assisted low-income housing.

For the purposes of this NOFA ``on or about'' means: on the premises or

immediately adjacent to the premises of the real property comprising

the public or other federally-assisted housing.

(ii) Other data on the extent of drug-related crime. To the extent

that objective data as described above may not be available, or to

complement that data, the assessment may use data from other sources

that have a direct bearing on drug-related crime and/or the problems

associated with it in the developments proposed for assistance under

this program. However, if other relevant information is to be used in

place of, rather than to complement, objective data, the application

must indicate the reasons why objective data could not be obtained and

what efforts were made to obtain it. Examples of these data include

(but not necessarily be limited to):

(A) Resident and staff surveys on drug-related issues or on-site

reviews to determine drug activity; and local government or scholarly

studies or other research in the past year that analyze drug activity

in the targeted developments.

(B) Vandalism cost and related vacancies attributable to drug-

related crime.

(C) Information from schools, health service providers, residents

and local, state, and Federal law enforcement agencies; and the

opinions and observations of individuals having direct knowledge of

drug-related crime and/or the problems associated with it concerning

the nature and frequency of these problems in the developments proposed

for assistance. (These individuals may include local, state and Federal

law enforcement officials, resident or community leaders, school

officials, community medical officials, drug treatment or counseling

professionals, or other social service providers.)

(iii) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the

applicant has provided the above data that reflects a drug-related

crime problem, both in terms of the frequency and nature of the drug-

related problems associated with drug-related crime in the developments

proposed for funding as reflected by information submitted under

paragraph (1) (i) (objective data), and (ii) (other data) of this

section; and the extent to which such data reflects an increase in

drug-related crime over a period of one year in the developments

proposed for assistance. (Maximum Points Under Paragraphs (i) and (ii)

of this Section: 20)

(iv) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate the extent to which the

applicant has analyzed the data compiled under paragraphs (1) (i) and

(ii) of this section, and has clearly articulated its needs for

reducing drug-related crime in developments proposed for assistance.

(Maximum Points: 5)

(v) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points between

zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of robbery

and homicide in their community relative to their per capita incidence

on a nationwide basis. Data on robbery and homicide incidence were

chosen because of the demonstrated relationship of a substantial

portion of these crimes with drug abuse. The community data will be

taken from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) of the U.S. Department of

Justice (FBI crime data) and will be at the city level, when available,

or at the county level. The crime incidence data and the point values

will be computed by HUD. (Maximum Points: 10)

(vi) In awarding points, HUD will evaluate and assign points

between zero (0) and ten (10) according to the per capita incidence of

drug arrests. In instances where the Department of Justice records do

not contain community submission data, points will be assigned based on

state metropolitan and nonmetropolitan averages relevant to such areas.

(Maximum Points: 10)

(2) Second Criterion: The Quality of the Plan To Address the Crime

Problem in the Public or Indian Housing Developments Proposed for

Assistance, Including the Extent to Which the Plan Includes Initiatives

That Can Be Sustained Over a Period of Several Years. (Maximum Points:

35) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the following

factors:

(i) To permit HUD to make an evaluation on the basis of this

criterion, an application must include the applicant's plan for

addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems. This

means a narrative description of the applicant's activities for

addressing drug-related crime and/or its associated problems in each of

the developments proposed for assistance under this part must be

included in the application. The activities eligible for funding under

this program are listed in section I.(c) of this NOFA, above, although

the applicant's plan must include all of the activities that will be

undertaken to address the problem, whether or not they are funded under

this program. If the same activities are proposed for all of the

developments that will be covered by the plan, the activities do not

need to be described separately for each development. Where different

activities are proposed for different developments, these activities

and the developments where they will take place must be separately

described. The description of the plan in the application must include

(but not necessarily be limited to) the following information:

(A) A narrative describing each activity proposed for Drug

Elimination Program funding in the applicant's plan, any additional

relevant activities being undertaken by the applicant (e.g., a drug

treatment program for residents funded by an agency other than HUD),

and how all of these activities interrelate. The applicant should

specifically address whether it plans to implement a comprehensive drug

elimination strategy that involves management practices, enforcement/

law enforcement techniques (such as community policing), and a

combination of drug abuse prevention, intervention, referral, and

treatment programs. In addition, the applicant should indicate how its

proposed activities will complement, and be coordinated with, current

activities.

(1) If grant amounts are to be used for contracting security guard

personnel services in public housing developments the application must

describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(1)(i) (Employment of

Security Personnel) of this NOFA will be met.

(2) If grant amounts are to be used for HA police officers the

application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(1)(ii)

(HA Police Departments) of this NOFA will be met.

(3) If grant amounts are to be used for reimbursement of local law

enforcement agencies for additional security and protective services

the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(2)

(Reimbursement of Local Law Enforcement Agencies) of this NOFA will be

met.

(4) If grant amounts are to be used for physical improvements in

public housing developments proposed for funding under section I.(c)(3)

(Physical Improvements) of this NOFA the application must discuss how

these improvements will be coordinated with the applicant's

modernization program, if any, under 24 CFR part 968.

(5) If grant amounts are to be used for employment of investigators

the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(4)

(Employment of Investigators) of the NOFA will be met.

(6) If grant amounts are to be used for voluntary tenant patrols

the application must describe how the requirements of section I.(c)(5)

(Voluntary tenant patrol) of this NOFA will be met.

(7) If grant amounts are to be used for a prevention, intervention

or treatment program to reduce the use of drugs in and around the

premises of public and Indian housing developments as provided in

I.(c)(6) (Programs to Reduce the Use of Drugs) of this NOFA, the

application must discuss the nature of the program, how the program

represents a prevention or intervention strategy, and how the program

will further the HA's strategy to eliminate drug-related crime and/or

its associated problems in the developments proposed for assistance.

(B) The anticipated cost of each activity in the plan, a

description of how funding decisions were reached (cost analysis), and

the financial and other resources (including funding under this

program, and from other resources) that may reasonably be expected to

be available to carry out each activity.

(C) An implementation timetable that includes tasks, deadlines,

cost and persons responsible for implementing (beginning, achieving

identified milestones, and completing) each activity in the plan.

(D) The role of tenants, and RMCs, RCs, and ROs (where these

organizations exist) in planning and developing the application for

funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. The application must

provide the name of the RMC or incorporated RC or RO that will develop

any security and drug abuse prevention programs under section I.(c)(7)

(RMCs, RCs, and ROs) of this NOFA involving site residents.

(E) The role of any other entities (e.g., tribal, local and State

governments, community organizations and federal agencies) in planning

and carrying out the plan. This can be shown, for example, by providing

letters of support or commitment from governmental or private entities

of the financial or other resources (e.g., staff or in-kind resources)

that they agree to provide.

(F) The resources that the applicant may reasonably expect to be

available at the end of the grant term to continue the plan, and how

they will be allocated to plan activities that can be sustained over a

period of years.

(G) A discussion of how the applicant's plan will serve to provide

training and employment or business opportunities for lower income

persons and businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons

residing within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined

in 24 CFR part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR

961.29(b)(4). HAs are encouraged to hire qualified residents in all

positions.

(H) Program evaluation. The plan must specifically discuss how the

activities funded under this program will be evaluated by the

applicant, so that the program's progress can be measured. The

evaluation may also be used to modify activities to make them more

successful or to identify unsuccessful strategies. The evaluation must

identify the types of information the applicant will need to measure

the plan's success (e.g., tracking changes in identified crime

statistics); and indicate the method the applicant will use to gather

and analyze this information.

(ii) In assessing this criterion, HUD will consider the quality and

thoroughness of an applicant's plan in terms of the information

requested in section I.(d)(2)(i), ``Quality of the plan,'' of this

NOFA, including the extent to which:

(A) The applicant's plan clearly describes the activities that are

being proposed by the applicant, including those activities to be

funded under this program and those to be funded from other sources,

and indicates how these proposed activities provide for a comprehensive

approach to eliminate drug-related crime and/or its associated problems

(as described under the first criterion, section I.(d)(1), ``The extent

of the drug-related crime problem'' of this NOFA, above) in the

developments proposed for funding. (Maximum Points: 10)

(B) The applicant's plan provides a budget narrative (with cost

analysis) for each activity and describes the financial and other

resources (under this program and other sources) that may reasonably be

expected to be available to carry out each activity. (Maximum Points:

4)

(C) The applicant's plan is realistic in terms of time, personnel,

and other resources, considering the applicant's timetable for

beginning and completing each component of the plan and the amount of

funding requested under this program and other identified resources

available to the applicant. (Maximum Points: 3)

(D) As described in the plan, tenants, and RMCs/RCs/ROs, where they

exist, are involved in planning and developing the application for

funding and in implementing the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 4)

(E) As described in the plan, other entities (e.g., tribal, local

and state governments and community organizations) are involved in

planning and carrying out the applicant's plan. (Maximum Points: 3)

(F) The plan includes activities that can be sustained over a

period of years and identifies resources that the applicant may

reasonably expect to be available for the continuation of the

activities at the end of the grant term. (Maximum Points: 4)

(G) The applicant's plan will serve to provide training and

employment or business opportunities for lower income persons and

businesses located in, or substantially owned by persons residing

within the area of the section 3 covered project (as defined in 24 CFR

part 135) in accordance with 24 CFR 961.26(d) and 24 CFR 961.29(b)(4).

(Maximum Points: 3)

(H) The applicant has developed an evaluation process to measure

the success of the plan. (Maximum Points: 4)

(3) Third Criterion: The Capability of the Applicant To Carry Out

the Plan. (Maximum Points: 20) In assessing this criterion, HUD will

consider the following factors:

(i) The extent of the applicant's administrative capability to

manage its housing developments, as measured by its performance with

respect to operative HUD requirements under the ACC or ACA and the

Public Housing Management Assessment Program at 24 CFR part 901. In

evaluating administrative capability under this factor, HUD will also

consider, and the application must include in the form of a narrative

discussion, the following information:

(A) Whether there are any unresolved findings from prior HUD

reports (e.g. performance or finance), reviews or audits undertaken by

HUD, the Inspector General, the General Accounting Office, or

independent public accountants;

(B) Whether the applicant is operating under court order; and,

(C) If applicable, the progress made by a troubled HA in achieving

goals established under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) executed with

HUD. (Maximum Points under paragraph (3)(i)(A)(B) and (C) of this

section: 3)

(ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the applicant

has implemented effective screening procedures to determine an

individual's suitability for public housing (consistent with the

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3604(f), 24 CFR 100.202, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 24

CFR 8.4 which deal with individuals with disabilities); implemented a

plan to reduce vacancies; implemented eviction procedures in accordance

with 24 CFR 966, subpart B, and section 503 of NAHA; or undertaken

other management actions to eliminate drug-related crime and/or its

associated problems in its developments. (Maximum Points: 2)

(iii) The application must identify the applicant's participation

in HUD grant programs (such as CGP, CIAP, youth sports, child care,

resident management, Drug Elimination Program grants, etc.) within the

preceding three years, and discuss the degree of the applicant's

success in implementing and managing these grant programs. (Maximum

Points: 5)

(iv) The Field Office shall evaluate the extent of the applicant's

success, effort, or failure in implementing and managing an effective

program under previous Drug Elimination grants (preceding three years).

Successful and effective management of previous Drug Elimination grant

program(s), will result in up to 10 extra points. Evidence of an

unjustified failure to make adjustments to an ineffective program will

result in a deduction of up to 10 points. This evaluation will be based

upon HUD's Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS) reports, PHDEP

performance and financial reports, and HUD reviews. (Maximum Points:

Plus (+) 10 or Minus (-) 10 Points)

(4) Fourth Criterion: The Extent to Which Tenants, the Local

Government and the Local Community Support and Participate in the

Design and Implementation of the Activities Proposed To Be Funded Under

the Application. (Maximum Points: 20) In assessing this criterion, HUD

will consider the following factors:

(i) The application must include a discussion of the extent to

which community representatives and local, State and Federal government

officials are actively involved in the design and implementation of the

applicant's plan, as evidenced, by descriptions of planning meetings

held with community representatives and local government officials,

letters of commitment to provide funding, staff, or in-kind resources,

or written comments on the applicants planned activities. (Maximum

Points: 7)

(ii) The application must discuss the extent to which the relevant

governmental jurisdiction has met its law enforcement obligations under

the Cooperation Agreement with the applicant (as required by the

grantee's Annual Contributions Contract with HUD). The application must

also include a certification by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a

State or a unit of general local government in which the developments

proposed for assistance are located that the locality is meeting its

obligations under the Cooperation Agreement with the HA, particularly

with regard to law enforcement services. If the jurisdiction is not

meeting its obligations under the Cooperation Agreement, the CEO should

identify any special circumstances relating to its failure to do so.

Whether or not a locality is meeting its obligations under the

Cooperation Agreement with the applicant, the application must describe

the current level of law enforcement services being provided to the

developments proposed for assistance. (Maximum Points: 5)

(iii) The extent to which development residents (tenants), and an

RMC, RC or RO, where they exist, are involved in the planning and

development of the grant application and plan strategy, and support and

participate in the design and implementation of the activities proposed

to be funded under the application. The application must include a

summary of each written resident and resident organization comment, as

required by 24 CFR 961.18, and the applicant's response to and action

on these comments. If there are no resident or resident organization

comments, the applicant must provide an explanation of the steps taken

to encourage participation, even though they were not successful.

(Maximum Points: 3)

(iv) The extent to which the applicant is already undertaking, or

has undertaken, participation in local, State, or Federal anti-drug

related crime efforts (such as Operation Weed and Seed, coordinated by

the U.S. Department of Justice, or Operation Safe Home) or is

successfully coordinating its law enforcement activities with local,

State or Federal law enforcement agencies. (Maximum points: 5)

(e) Ranking Factors

(1) Each application for a grant award that is submitted in a

timely manner to the local HUD Field Office with delegated public

housing responsibilities or, in the case of IHAs, to the appropriate

Office of Native American Programs, and that otherwise meets the

requirements of this NOFA.

(2) An application must receive a score of at least 80 points out

of the maximum of 120 points that may be awarded under this competition

to be eligible for funding.

(3) After applications have been scored, Headquarters will rank the

applications on a national basis according to two categories, either

HAs with up to 1,249 units, or HAs with 1,250 or more units. Awards

will be made in ranked order until all funds are expended. Any funding

that cannot be awarded in one category will be awarded under the other

category within the statutory limits.

(4) In the event that two eligible applications receive the same

score, and both cannot be funded because of insufficient funds, the

application with the highest score in Selection Criterion 3 ``The

Capability of the Applicant to Carry Out the Plan'' will be selected.

If Selection Criterion 3 is scored identically for both applications,

the scores in Selection Criteria 1, 2, and 4 will be compared in this

order, one at a time, until one application scores higher in one of the

factors and is selected. If the applications score identically in all

factors, the application that requests less funding will be selected.

(5) All awards will be made to fund fully an application, except as

provided in paragraph I.(b)(4) (Reduction of Requested Grant Amounts

and Special Conditions).

(f) General Grant Requirements

The following requirements apply to this program:

(1) Grantees are required to use grant funds under this program in

accordance with this NOFA, 24 CFR part 961, 24 CFR part 85, applicable

statutes, HUD regulations, Notices, Handbooks, OMB circular, grant

agreements/amendments, and the grantee's approved plan, budget (SF-

424A), budget narratives and timetable.

(2) Applicability of OMB Circular and HUD fiscal and audit

controls. The policies, guidelines, and requirements of this NOFA, 24

CFR 961, 24 CFR part 85, and OMB Circular A-87 apply to the acceptance

and use of assistance by grantees under this program; and OMB Circular

Nos. A-110 and A-122 apply to the acceptance and use of assistance by

private nonprofit organizations (including RMCs, RCs and ROs). In

addition, grantees and subgrantees must comply with fiscal and audit

controls and reporting requirements prescribed by HUD, including the

system and audit requirements under the Single Audit Act, OMB Circular

No. A-128 and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 44; and OMB

Circular No. A-133.

(3) Cost Principles. Specific guidance in this NOFA, 24 CFR part

961, 24 CFR part 85, OMB Circular A-87, other applicable OMB cost

principles, HUD program regulations, Notices, HUD Handbooks, and the

terms of grant/special conditions and subgrant agreements will be

followed in determining the reasonableness and allocability of costs.

All costs must be reasonable, necessary and justified with cost

analysis. PHDEP Funds must be disbursed by the grantee within seven

calendar days after receipt of drawdown. Grant funds must be used only

for Drug Elimination Program purposes. Direct costs are those that can

be identified specifically with a particular activity or function in

this NOFA and cost objectives in OMB Circular A-87. Indirect cost are

not permitted in this program. Administrative requirements for Drug

Elimination Program grants will be in accordance with 24 CFR part 85.

Acquisition of property or services shall be in accordance with 24 CFR

85.36. All equipment acquisitions will remain the property of the

grantee in accordance with 24 CFR 85.32. ONAP procurement standards are

in 24 CFR part 905.

(4) Grant Staff Personnel. (i) All persons or entities compensated

by the grantee for services provided under a Drug Elimination Program

grant must meet all applicable personnel or procurement requirements

and shall be required as a condition of employment to meet all relevant

State, local and federally-recognized Indian tribal government,

insurance, training, licensing, or other similar standards and

requirements.

(ii) Compensation for personnel (including supervisory personnel,

such as a grant administrator or drug program coordinator, and support

staff, such as counselors and clerical staff) hired for grant

activities is permitted and may include wages, salaries, and fringe

benefits.

(iii) All grant personnel must be necessary, reasonable and

justified. Job descriptions must be provided for all grant personnel.

Excessive staffing is not permitted.

(iv) PHA-IHA staff employees shall be compensated with grant funds

only for work performed directly for PHDEP grant-related activities and

shall document the time and activity involved in accordance with 24 CFR

85.20.

(5) Term of Grant. The grant project (FY 1994 PHDEP grant) must be

completed within, and shall not exceed, 24 months from the date of

execution of the grant agreement, unless an extension and grant

amendment (HUD Form 1044) is approved by the local Field Office. After

the award of the grant the maximum extension allowable for any project

period is 6 months. Any funds not expended at the end of the grant term

shall be remitted to HUD.

(6) Duplication of Funds. To prevent duplicate funding of any

activity, the grantee must establish controls to assure that an

activity or program that is funded by other HUD programs, such as

modernization or CIAP, or programs of other Federal agencies, shall not

also be funded by the Drug Elimination Grant Program.

The grantee must establish an auditable system to provide adequate

accountability for funds which it has been awarded. The applicant has

the responsibility to ensure there is no duplication of funding

sources.

(7) Sanctions. (i) HUD may impose sanctions if the grantee:

(A) Is not complying with the requirements of 24 CFR part 961 or of

other applicable Federal law;

(B) Fails to make satisfactory progress toward its drug elimination

goals, as specified in its plan and as reflected in its performance and

financial status reports under Sec. 961.28;

(C) Does not establish procedures that will minimize the time

elapsing between drawdowns and disbursements;

(D) Does not adhere to grant agreement requirements or special

conditions;

(E) Proposes substantial plan changes to the extent that, if

originally submitted, would have resulted in the application not being

selected for funding;

(F) Engages in the improper award or administration of grant

subcontracts;

(G) Does not submit reports; or

(H) Files a false certification, for example, those listed under

section I.(d) of this NOFA.

(ii) HUD may impose the following sanctions:

(A) Temporarily withhold cash payments pending correction of the

deficiency by the grantee or subgrantee;

(B) Disallow all or part of the cost of the activity or action not

in compliance;

(C) Wholly or partly suspend or terminate the current award for the

grantee's or subgrantee's program;

(D) Require that some or all of the grant amounts be remitted to

HUD;

(E) Condition a future grant and elect not to provide future grant

funds to the grantee until appropriate actions are taken to ensure

compliance;

(F) Withhold further awards for the program or

(G) Take other remedies that may be legally available.

(8) Notification. After completion of the ranking and environmental

reviews as required by 24 CFR 961.15(d), HUD will send written

notification to all applicants of whether or not they have been

selected.

(9) Grant Agreement. After an application has been approved, HUD

and the applicant shall enter into a grant agreement (Form HUD-1044)

setting forth the amount of the grant and its applicable terms,

conditions, financial controls, payment mechanism/schedule, and special

conditions, including sanctions for violation of the agreement.

II. Application Process

(a) Application Kit

An application kit may be obtained and assistance provided, from

the local HUD Category A or B Field Office or other Field Office with

delegated public housing responsibilities over an applying public

housing agency (PHA), or from the Office of Native American Programs

(ONAP) having jurisdiction over the Indian housing authority (IHA)

making an application, or by calling HUD's Resident Initiatives

Clearinghouse, telephone 1-800-578-3472 (DISC). The application package

contains information on all exhibits and certifications required under

this NOFA.

(b) Application Submission

Applications are due on or before Friday, July 29, 1994, at 3:30

p.m., local time. This application deadline is firm as to date and

hour. In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, the

Department will treat as ineligible for consideration any application

that is received after the deadline. Applicants should take this

practice into account and make early submission of their materials to

avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated

delays or other delivery-related problems. Applications (original and

two copies) must be physically received by the deadline at the local

HUD Category A or B Field Office or other Field Office with delegated

public housing responsibilities over the applying PHA Attention:

Director, Public Housing Division, or, in the case of IHAs, to the

local HUD Field Office Attention: Administrator, Office of Native

American Programs with jurisdiction over the applying IHA, as

appropriate. It is not sufficient for an application to bear a postage

date within the submission time period. Applications submitted by

facsimile are not acceptable. Applications received after the deadline

will not be considered.

III. Checklist of Application Submission Requirements

To qualify for a grant under this program, the application

submitted to HUD shall include, in addition to those requirements

listed under section I.(d) (Selection Criteria) of this NOFA, including

the plan to address the problem of drug-related crime in the

developments proposed for funding, at least the following items:

(a) Applicant Data Form

The applicant must complete the required information for database

entry. The form is provided in the application kit.

(b) Application for Federal Assistance

Standard Form SF-424. The SF-424 is the face sheet for the

application. The form is provided in the application kit. The assurance

form must be attached to the SF-424.

(c) SF-424A (Budget Information)

With budget narrative(s) attached that describes each major

activity proposed for funding, e.g., employment of security personnel

(security guards and HA police officers), reimbursement of local law

enforcement services, physical improvements, employment of

investigators, voluntary tenant (resident) patrols, drug prevention,

intervention, and treatment programs to reduce the use of drugs). The

form(s) must be attached to the SF-424A. The form is provided in the

application kit.

(d) Applicants Must Verify Its Unit Count With the Local HUD Field

Office Prior To Submitting the Application

Applicants must compute the maximum grant award amount for which

they are eligible (eligible dollar amount per unit x (times) number of

units listed in the housing authority low-rent operating budgets (form

HUD-52564) for housing authority fiscal year ending March 31, June 30,

September 30, or December 31, 1993 and compare it with the dollar

amount requested in the application to make certain the amount

requested does not exceed the permitted maximum grant award.

(e) Certifications and Assurances (Assurance Must Be Attached to SF-

424)

Applications must include (forms are provided in the application

kit):

(1) A certification that the applicant will maintain a drug-free

workplace in accordance with the requirements of the Drug-Free

Workplace Act of 1988, 24 CFR Part 24, Subpart F. (Applicants may

submit a copy of their most recent drug-free workplace certification,

which must be dated within the past year.)

(2) A certification and disclosure in accordance with the

requirements of section 319 of the Department of the Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C.

1352) and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These

authorities generally prohibit recipients and subrecipients of Federal

contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans from using

appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative Branches

of the Federal Government in connection with a specific contract,

grant, or loan.

(3) If applying for drug treatment program funding, a certification

by the applicant that the applicant has notified and consulted with the

relevant local tribal commission, Single State Agency or other local

authority with drug program coordination responsibilities concerning

its application; and that the proposed drug treatment program has been

reviewed by the relevant local tribal commission, Single State Agency

or other local authority and is consistent with the tribal or State

treatment plan.

(4) A certification (the certification is provided in the

application kit) by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a State or a

unit of general local government in which the developments proposed for

assistance are located that:

(i) Grant funds provided under this program will not substitute for

activities currently being undertaken on behalf of the applicant by the

jurisdiction to address drug-related crime and/or its associated

problems;

(ii) Any reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies for

additional security and protective services to be provided under

section I.(c)(2) of this NOFA meet the requirements of that section.

(5) A certification from the chief of the local law enforcement

agency:

(i) If the application is for employment of security guard

personnel, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will

enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the provider of the

security personnel in accordance with the requirements of sections

I.(c)(1) (Employment of security guard personnel) of this NOFA;

(ii) If the application is for employment of investigators, that

the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will enter into, an

agreement with the applicant and the investigators, in accordance with

the requirements of sections I.(c)(4) (Employment of investigators) of

this NOFA;

(iii) If the application is for voluntary tenant (resident) patrol

funding, that the law enforcement agency has entered into, or will

enter into, an agreement with the applicant and the voluntary tenant

patrol, in accordance with the requirements of sections I.(c)(5)

(voluntary tenant (resident) patrol) of this NOFA.

(6) A certification by the RMC, RC or RO, or other involved

resident group where an RMC, RC or RO do not exist, that the residents

participated in the preparation of the grant application with the

applicant, and that the applicant's description of the activities that

the resident group will implement under the program is accurate and

complete.

(g) HUD Form 2880, Applicant Disclosures

The form is provided in the application kit.

IV. Corrections to Deficient Applications

(a) HUD will notify an applicant, in writing, of any curable

technical deficiencies in the application. The applicant must submit

corrections in accordance with the information specified in HUD's

letter within 14 calendar days from the date of HUD's letter notifying

the applicant of any such deficiency.

(b) Curable technical deficiencies relate to items that:

(i) Are not necessary for HUD review under selection criteria/

ranking factors; and

(ii) Cannot be submitted after the submission due date (application

deadline) to improve the quality of the applicant's program proposal.

(c) An example of a curable technical deficiency would be the

failure of an applicant to submit a required assurance, budget

narrative, certification, applicant data form, summaries of written

resident comments, incomplete forms such as the SF-424 or lack of

required signatures, appendixes and documentation referenced in the

application or a computational error based on the use of an incorrect

number(s) such as incorrect unit counts. These items are discussed in

the application kit and samples, as appropriate, are provided.

(d) An example of a non-curable defect or deficiency would be a

missing SF-424A (Budget Information).

V. Other Matters

(a) Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity

The following nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements

apply:

(1) The requirements of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,

42 U.S.C. 3600-20 (Fair Housing Act) and implementing regulations

issued at subchapter A of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations,

as amended by 54 FR 3232 (published January 23, 1989); Executive Order

11063 (Equal Opportunity in Housing) and implementing regulations at 24

CFR part 107; and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.

2000d-2000d-4) (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) and

implementing regulations issued at 24 CFR Part 11;

(2) The Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) (Title II of the Civil

Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. 1301-1303) provides, among other things,

that ``no Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall *

* * deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of

its laws or deprive any person of liberty or property without due

process of law.'' The Indian Civil Rights Act applies to any tribe,

band, or other group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States in the exercise of recognized powers of self-government.

The ICRA is applicable in all cases where an IHA has been established

by exercise of tribal powers of self-government.

(3) The prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age

under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-07) and

implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146, and the prohibitions

against discrimination against handicapped individuals under section

504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing

regulations at 24 CFR part 8;

(4) The requirements of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment

Opportunity) and the regulations issued under the Order at 41 CFR

chapter 60;

(5) The requirements of section 3 of the Housing and Urban

Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Employment Opportunities for

Lower Income Persons in Connection with Assisted Projects); and

(6) The requirements of Executive Orders 11625, 12432, and 12138.

Consistent with HUD's responsibilities under these Orders, recipients

must make efforts to encourage the use of minority and women's business

enterprises in connection with funded activities.

(b) Environmental Impact

Grants under this program are categorically excluded from review

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in

accordance with 24 CFR part 50.20(p). However, prior to an award of

grant funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to the extent

required by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50,

including the applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.

(c) Federalism Impact

The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a)

of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies

contained in this rule will not have substantial direct effects on

States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between the

Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various levels of government and, therefore,

the provisions of this rule do not have ``federalism implications''

within the meaning of the Order. The rule implements a program that

encourages HAs to develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-

related crime, and makes available grants to HAs to help them carry out

their plans. As such, the program would help HAs combat serious drug-

related crime problems in their developments, thereby strengthening

their role as instrumentalities of the States. In addition, further

review under the Order is unnecessary, since the rule generally tracks

the statute and involves little implementing discretion.

(d) Family Impact

The General Counsel, as the Designated Official for Executive Order

12606, the Family, has determined that the provisions of this rule have

the potential for a positive, although indirect, impact on family

formation, maintenance and general well-being within the meaning of the

Order. This rule would implement a program that would encourage HAs to

develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-related crime, and to

make available grants to help HAs to carry out this plan. As such, the

program is intended to improve the quality of life of public and Indian

housing development residents, including families, by reducing the

incidence of drug-related crime.

(e) Section 102 HUD Reform Act--Documentation and Public Access

Requirements; Applicant/Recipient Disclosures

Documentation and public access. HUD will ensure that documentation

and other information regarding each application submitted pursuant to

this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis upon which assistance

was provided or denied. This material, including any letters of

support, will be made available for public inspection for a five-year

period beginning not less than 30 days after the award of the

assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing

regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the

recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its quarterly Federal

Register notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a

competitive basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14(a) and 12.16(b), and the notice

published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942), for

further information on these requirements.)

Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years

all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in

connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made

available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case

for a period generally less than three years. All reports--both

applicant disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance

with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's

implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 15. (See 24 CFR subpart C, and

the notice published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR

1942), for further information on these disclosure requirements.)

(f) Section 103 HUD Reform Act

HUD's regulation implementing section 103 of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 was published May 13,

1991 (56 FR 22088) and became effective on June 12, 1991. That

regulation, codified as 24 CFR part 4, applies to the funding

competition announced today. The requirements of the rule continue to

apply until the announcement of the selection of successful applicants.

HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the

making of funding decisions are limited by part 4 from providing

advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of

HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from otherwise giving any

applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for

assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the

subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.

Applicants who have questions should contact the HUD Office of

Ethics (202) 708-3815. (This is not a toll-free number.) The Office of

Ethics can provide information of a general nature to HUD employees, as

well. However, a HUD employee who has specific program questions, such

as whether particular subject matter can be discussed with persons

outside the Department, should contact his or her Regional or Field

Office Counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the

question pertains.

(g) Section 112 HUD Reform Act

Section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act

contains two provisions dealing with efforts to influence HUD's

decisions with respect to financial assistance. The first imposes

disclosure requirements on those who are typically involved in these

efforts--those who pay others to influence the award of assistance or

the taking of a management action by the Department and those who are

paid to provide the influence. The second restricts the payment of fees

to those who are paid to influence the award of HUD assistance, if the

fees are tied to the number of housing units received or are based on

the amount of assistance received, or if they are contingent upon the

receipt of assistance. Section 13 was implemented by final rule

published in the Federal Register on May 17, 1991 (56 FR 22912). If

readers are involved in any efforts to influence the Department in

these ways, they are urged to read the final rule, particularly the

examples contained in Appendix A of the rule.

(h) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

The use of funds awarded under this NOFA is subject to the

disclosure requirements and prohibitions of section 319 of the

Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for

Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 1352) (The ``Byrd Amendment'') and the

implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These authorities prohibit

recipients of federal contracts, grants, or loans from using

appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative branches

of the federal government in connection with a specific contract,

grant, or loan. The prohibition also covers the awarding of contracts,

grants, cooperative agreements, or loans unless the recipient has made

an acceptable certification regarding lobbying.

Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and subrecipients of

assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no federal funds have

been or will be spent on lobbying activities in connection with the

assistance. Indian Housing Authorities (IHAs) established by an Indian

tribe as a result of the exercise of their sovereign power are excluded

from coverage, but IHAs established under State law are not excluded

from coverage.

Authority: Sec. 5127, Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of

1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et seq.); sec. 7(d), Department of Housing and

Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Dated: March 24, 1994.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

Appendix: Listing of HUD Regional Offices, Category A and B Field

Offices, and Other Field Offices With Delegated Public Housing

Responsibilities, and Offices of Indian Programs

Note: The below information was confirmed by local Field Offices

February 18, 1994.

Region I

Jurisdictions: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

Rhode Island, Vermont.

Boston, Massachusetts Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Boston

Regional Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10

Causeway Street, Room 375, Boston, MA 02222-1092, (617) 565-5234,

TDD Number: (617) 565-5453, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. local

time

Hartford, Connecticut Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Hartford Office, 330 Main Street,

Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1860, (203) 240-4522, TDD Number: (203)

240-4665, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Manchester, New Hampshire Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Manchester Office, Norris Cotton Federal

Building, 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487,

(603) 666-7681, TDD Number: (603) 666-7518, Office hours: 8 a.m.-

4:30 p.m local time

Providence, Rhode Island Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Providence Office, 330 John O. Pastore

Federal Building, U.S. Post Office--Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode

Island 02903-1785, (401) 528-5351, TDD Number: (401) 528-5364,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region II

Jurisdictions: New York, New Jersey.

New York RegionaL Office.

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--New York

Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068,

(212) 264-6500, TDD Number: (212) 264-0927, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-

5 p.m. local time

Buffalo, New York Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Buffalo Office, Lafayette Court, 5th

Floor, 465 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1780, (716) 846-

5755, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30

p.m. local time

Newark, New Jersey Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Newark Office, Military Park Building,60

Park Place, Newark, New Jersey 07102-5504,(201) 877-1662, TDD

Number: (201) 645-6649,Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. local time

Region III

Jurisdictions: Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware,

Virginia, West Virginia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Regional Office

Regional Administrator, HUD--Philadelphia Regional Office,

Liberty Square Building, 105 South 7th Street, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19106-3392, (215) 597-2560, TDD Number: (215) 597-5564,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Washington, DC Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Washington Office, 820 First Street N.E.

Washington, DC 20002-4502, (202) 275-9200, TDD Number: (202) 275-

0967, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Baltimore, Maryland Office--Category A Office

Office the Manager, HUD--Baltimore Office, 10 South Howard Street,

5th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2505, (410) 962-2520, TDD

Number: (410) 962-0106, Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local

time,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Pittsburgh Office, Old Post Office

Courthouse Building, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

15219-1939, (412) 644-6428, TDD Number: (412) 644-5747, Office

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time.

Richmond, Virginia Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Richmond Office, The 3600 Centre, 3600

West Broad Street, P.O. Box 90331, Richmond, Virginia 23230--0331,

(804) 278-4507, TDD Number: (804) 278-4501, Office hours: 8 a.m.-

4:30 p.m. local time

Charleston, West Virginia Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Charleston Office, 405 Capitol Street,

Suite 708, Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7000, TDD

Number: (304) 347-5332 Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region IV

Jurisdictions: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Caribbean, Virgin

Islands.

Atlanta, Georgia Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Atlanta

Regional Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring

Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (404) 331-5136, TDD

Number: (404) 730-2654, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Birmingham, Alabama Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Birmingham Office, 600 Beacon Parkway

West, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7617, TDD

Number: (205) 290-7624, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Louisville, Kentucky Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Louisville Office, 601 West Broadway,

P.O. Box 1044, Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-5251, TDD

Number: Number not available

Jackson, Mississippi Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Jackson Office, Doctor A.H. McCoy

Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson,

Mississippi 39269-1096, (601) 965-4773, TDD Number: (901) 601-4171,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Greensboro, North Carolina Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Greensboro Office, 2306 West Meadowview

Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27407 (919) 547-4000 TDD Number:

919-547-4055 Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Caribbean Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Caribbean Office, New San Office

Building, 159 Carlos East Chardon Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico

00918-1804, (809) 766-6121, TDD Number: Number not available, Office

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Columbia, South Carolina Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Columbia Office, Strom Thurmond Federal

Building, 1835 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480,

(803) 765-5592, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8

a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Knoxville, Tennessee Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Knoxville Office, John J. Duncan

Federal Building, 710 Locust Street, S.W., Knoxville, Tennessee

37902-2526, (615) 549-4384, TDD Number: (615) 545-4379, Office

hours: 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local time

Nashville, Tennessee Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Nashville Office, 251 Cumberland Bend

Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1803, (615) 736-5213,

TDD Number: (615) 736-2886, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local

time

Jacksonville, Florida Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Jacksonville Office, 301 West Bay

Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-

2626, TDD Number: (904) 232-1241, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

local time

Region V

Jurisdictions: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,

Wisconsin.

Chicago, Illinois Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, Ralph H.

Metcalfe Federal Building, HUD--Chicago Regional Office, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5680, TTD Number:

(312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Chicago, Illinois--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Chicago Office of Native American Programs, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886-4532, TDD

Number: (312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Detroit, Michigan Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Detroit Office, Patrick V. McNamara

Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592,

(313) 226-7900, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8

a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Indianapolis, Indiana Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Indianapolis Office, 151 North Delaware

Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-6303, TDD

Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local

time

Grand Rapids, Michigan Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Grand Rapids Office, 2922 Fuller Avenue,

N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505-3499, (616) 456-2100, TDD Number:

Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Minneapolis-St. Paul Office, 220 2nd

Street South, Bridge Place Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-

2195, (612) 370-3000, TTD Number: (612) 370-3186, Office hours: 8

a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Cincinnati, Ohio Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Cincinnati Office, Federal Office

Building, Room 9002, 550 Main St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3253,

(513) 684-2884, TDD Number: (513) 684-6180, Office hours: 8 a.m.-

4:45 p.m. local time

Cleveland, Ohio Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Cleveland Office, Renaissance Building,

1375 Euclid Avenue, Fifth Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216)

522-4065, TTD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8 a.m.-

4:40 p.m. local time

Columbus, Ohio Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Columbus Office, 200 North High Street,

Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499, (614) 469-5737, TDD Number: Number not

available, Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Milwaukee Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal

Plaza, 310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

53203-2289, (414) 291-3214, TDD Number: Number not available, Office

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region VI

Jurisdictions: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Fort

Worth Regional Office, 1600 Throckmorton, P.O. Box 2905, Fort Worth,

Texas, 76113-2905, (817) 885-5401, TDD Number: (817) 885-5447,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Houston, Texas Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Houston Office, Norfolk Tower, 2211

Norfolk, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77098-4096, (713) 653-3274, TDD

Number: Number not available, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

local time

San Antonio, Texas Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--San Antonio Office, Washington Square,

800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207-4563, (512) 229-6800,

TDD Number: (512) 229-6885, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local

time

Little Rock, Arkansas--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Little Rock Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West

Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5931,

TDD Number: (501) 324-5931, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local

time

New Orleans, Louisiana Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--New Orleans Office, Fisk Federal

Building, Suite 3100, 1661 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

70112-2887, (504) 589-7200, TDD Number: Number not available, Office

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Oklahoma City Office, Alfred P Murrah

Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73102-3202, (405) 231-4181, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891, Office

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Oklahoma City Office of Native American

Programs, Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street,

Oklahoma City, OK 73102-3201, (405) 231-4102, TDD Number: (405) 231-

4891, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Albuquerque, New Mexico Office--Category C Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Albuquerque Office, 625 Truman Street

N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110-6472, (505) 262-6463, TDD Number: (505)

262-6463, Office hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Region VII

Jurisdictions: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska.

Kansas City, Kansas--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, Kansas City

Regional Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City,

Kansas 66101-2406, (913) 551-5462, TDD Number: (913) 551-6972,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Omaha, Nebraska Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Omaha Office, 10909 Mill Valley Road,

Omaha, Nebraska 68154-3955, (402) 492-3100, TDD Number: (402) 492-

3183, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

St. Louis, Missouri Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--St. Louis Office, 1222 Spruce Street,

St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2836, (314) 539-6583, TDD Number: (314)

539-6331, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Des Moines, Iowa Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Des Moines Office, Federal Building, 210

Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2155, (515) 284-

4512, TDD Number: (515) 284-4728, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

local time

Region VIII

Jurisdictions: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,

Utah, Wyoming.

Denver, Colorado--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Denver

Regional Office, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street,

Denver, CO 80202-3607, (303) 672-5248, TDD Number: (303) 672-5248,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Denver, Colorado--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Denver Office of Native American Programs, First

Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607,

(303) 672-5467, TDD Number: (303) 672-5248, Office hours: 8 a.m.-

4:30 p.m. local time

Region IX

Jurisdictions: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam,

American Samoa.

San Francisco, California--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--San

Francisco Regional Office, Philip Burton Federal Building and U.S.

Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36003, San Francisco,

California 94102-3448, (415) 556-4752, TDD Number: (415) 556-8357,

Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. local time

Honolulu, Hawaii Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Honolulu Office, 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500

Ala Moana Boulevard, room 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808)

541-1323, TDD Number: (808) 541-1356, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

local time

Los Angeles, California Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Los Angeles Office, 1615 West Olympic

Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90015-3801, (213) 251-7122, TDD

Number: (213) 251-7038, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Sacramento, California Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Sacramento Office, 777 12th Avenue,

Suite 200, P.O. Box 1978, Sacramento, California 96814-1997, (916)

551-1351, TDD Number: (916) 561-1367, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

local time

Phoenix, Arizona Office--Category B Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Phoenix Office, Two Arizona Center,

Suite 1600, 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602)

261-4434, TDD Number: (602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

local time

Phoenix, Arizona--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Phoenix Office of Native American Programs, Two

Arizona Center, Suite 1650, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 379-

4156, TDD Number: (602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

local time

Region X

Jurisdictions: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.

Seattle, Washington--Regional Office

Regional Administrator, Regional Housing Commissioner, HUD--Seattle

Regional Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue,

Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5101, TDD Number: (206)

220-5185, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Seattle, Washington--Office of Native American Programs

Administrator, HUD--Seattle Office of Native American Programs,

Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First Avenue, Suite 200,

Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5270, TDD Number: (206) 220-5185,

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Portland, Oregon Office--A

Office of the Manager, HUD--Portland Office, 520 S.W. 6th Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97203-1596, (503) 326-2561, TDD Number: (503) 326-

3656, Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. local time

Anchorage, Alaska Office--Category A Office

Office of the Manager, HUD--Anchorage Office, University Plaza

Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-

4399, (907) 271-4170, TDD Number: (907) 271-4328

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