Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program Notice of Funding AvailabilityFY 1995

SUMMARY: This NOFA announces HUD's FY 1995 funding of $290,000,000

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, April 14, 1995, at 3 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 Field Office with delegated

public housing responsibilities over an applying public housing

authority, or from the Field Offices of Native American Programs

(FONAPs) having jurisdiction over an Indian housing authority making an

application, or by calling HUD's Community Relations and Involvement

(CRI) Clearinghouse, telephone: 1-800-578-3472. The application kit

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 though

each housing authority has its own operating budget. Applications

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

HUD Field Office with responsibilities over the applying public housing

authorities, Attention: Director, Public Housing Division or, in the

case of Indian housing authorities, to the local HUD Field Office of

Native American Programs, Attention: Administrator, Native American

Programs with jurisdiction over the applying Indian housing

authorities, 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 date and hour, Friday, April 14, 1995, at 3

p.m., local time, will not be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG

ELIMINATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC HOUSING, CONTACT: The local HUD Field

Office, Director, Public Housing Division (Appendix ``A'' of this

NOFA), or Malcolm E. Main, Crime Prevention and Security Division

(CPSD), Office of Community Relations and Involvement (OCRI), 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

Field Office Administrator, Office of Native American Programs

(Appendix ``A'' of this NOFA), or Tracy Outlaw, Office of Native

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

Urban Development, Room B133, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20410, telephone (202) 708-0088. 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 6176, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.

Telephone (202) 708-2654. TDD number (202) 708-4594. (These are not

toll-free numbers.)

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,

tribal, 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, Operation Safe Home, and

Operation Pulling America's Communities Together described below.

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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, tribal, 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 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 Crime

Prevention and Security Division, Office of Community Relations and

Involvement, 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.)

Operation Pulling America's Communities Together (PACT) conducted

through the U.S. Department of Justice, is a comprehensive, multi-

agency approach to combatting violent crime in selective metropolitan

areas. The goal is to develop a single, seamless strategy and plan

using a variety of State and Federal sources, reducing the complexity

of applications and program requirements of the variety of agencies and

programs. The PACT cities are Atlanta, Georgia; Aurora/Denver,

Colorado; District of Columbia; and Omaha, Nebraska.

For further information on Operation Pulling America's Communities

Together contact the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20531. Telephone

(202) 307-5966.

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, Pub. L. 101-625, and Section 161 of the

Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Pub. L. 102-

550, approved October 28, 1992).

(b) Allocation Amounts

(1) Federal Fiscal Year 1995 Funding. The amount available, to

remain available until expended, for funding under this NOFA in FY 1995

is $250,391,741. The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1995,

(approved September 28, 1994, Pub. Law 103-327), (95 App. Act)

appropriated $290 million for the Drug Elimination Program. Of the

total $290 million appropriated, $13,925,000 will fund the Youth Sports

Program; $17,406,250 will fund the Assisted Housing Drug Elimination

Program; $10 million will fund drug elimination technical assistance,

contracts and other assistance training, program assessments, and

execution for or on behalf of public housing and resident organizations

(including the cost of necessary travel for participants in such

training); and $1,500,000 will fund drug information clearinghouse

services. The remaining $247,168,750 of FY 1995 funds are being made

available under this NOFA. In addition, $3,222,991 of carryover FY 1994

PHDEP program will be made available under this NOFA for a total amount

of $250,391,741.

(2) Maximum Grant Award Amounts. HUD is distributing grant funds

under this NOFA on a national competition basis. 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 housing

authorities 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 housing authority low-rent operating budget (form

HUD-52564) for the housing authority fiscal year ending June 30,

September 30, December 31, 1994 or March 31, 1995. [[Page 1848]]

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:

(i) For housing authorities with 1-499 units: The maximum grant

award is either a maximum grant award cap of $500.00 per unit, or a

total minimum grant award of $50,000, whichever is greater;

(ii) For housing authorities with 500-1,249 units: The maximum

grant award is either a maximum grant award cap of $300.00 per unit, or

a total minimum grant award of $250,000, whichever is greater;

(iii) For housing authorities with 1,250 or more units: The maximum

grant award is either a maximum grant award cap of $250.00 per unit, or

a total minimum grant award of $375,000 whichever is greater;

Example: A housing authority with 780 units could apply for a

maximum grant award of $250,000, i.e. the minimum grant award of

$250,000 for housing authorities with 500-1,249 units is greater than

the per unit award calculation computed at $300.00 per unit x 780

units = $234,000.

Example: A housing authority with 4,234 units could apply for a

minimum grant award of $1,058,500, i.e. computed at $250.00 per unit

x 4,234 units = $1,058,500.

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, June 30, September 30, December 31, 1994 or March 31,

1995. 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 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

95 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 95

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 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 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 and Indian housing developments

proposed for funding is permitted under this program. Contracting for

security guard personnel services is defined as a competitive process

in which individual companies and/or individuals participate.

(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) Contracted security personnel funded by this program must meet

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

certification, training, bonding, or other similar law enforcement

requirements.

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

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

enter into and [[Page 1849]] 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 will not be

incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field

Office 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

guard 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) Areas that must be covered in the security guard 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 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.

(F) If the security guard 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 housing authority police officers is permitted only by

housing authorities that already have their own housing authority

police departments, which are the following housing authorities:

(1) Baltimore Housing Authority and Community Development,

Baltimore, MD.

(2) Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA.

(3) Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, IL.

(4) Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Cleveland, OH.

(5) Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, LA, CA.

(6) New York City Department of Housing Preservation and

Development, NYC, NY.

(7) Housing Authority of the City of Oakland, Oakland, CA.

(8) Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA.

(9) Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

(10) Waterbury Housing Authority, Waterbury, CT.

(11) Virgin Islands Housing Authority, Virgin Islands.

Housing authorities that have their own housing authority police

departments, but that are not included on this list must contact

Malcolm E. Main, Crime Prevention and Security Division (CPSD), Office

of Community Relations and Involvement (OCRI), 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 telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired

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

telephone numbers.)

(A) If additional housing authority 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/budget narrative

that demonstrates the employment of additional housing authority police

officers is more cost efficient than obtaining the service from the

local law enforcement agency.

(B) Additional housing authority 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 housing

authority 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 housing authority 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) Housing authority police funded by this program must meet all

relevant state, tribal or local government insurance, licensing,

certification, training, bonding, or other similar law enforcement

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 housing authority 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 housing authority police are

expressly prohibited from undertaking.

(F) Housing authority police departments funded under this program

shall be guided by a policy manual (see paragraph (1) 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 public housing police department 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) Areas that must be covered in the public housing police

department manual include but are not limited to: [[Page 1850]] 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 housing authority 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 housing authority police

officers must have car-to-car (or other vehicles) and portable-to-

portable radio communications links between housing authority 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) Housing authority 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) Housing authority 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, from the execution of the

grant agreement, 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 public housing police department

accreditation activities is permitted.

(5) 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; including

cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive

equipment, etc.

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

incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field

Office until the grantee has met all the above requirements.

(L) 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 the

applying housing authority.

(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 housing authority (as required by the

housing authority'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 housing authority.

(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 [[Page 1851]] 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) 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; including

cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive

equipment, etc.

(vi) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be

incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field

Office until the grantee and the local law enforcement agency execute a

contract for the additional law enforcement services.

(vi) 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 and Indian 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 and Indian 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 law enforcement 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) 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 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.

(vi) If an investigator(s) collect 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) 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; including

cars, vans, buses, protective vests, and any other supportive

equipment, etc.

(viii) Expenditures for activities under this section will not be

incurred by the grantee and/or funds released by the local HUD Field

Office 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 public and Indian housing 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 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 [[Page 1852]] 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 housing authority'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 and Indian 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 and Indian 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. 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 and Indian

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 and Indian 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 and Indian

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 and Educational Opportunities for Residents and Youth.

Drug prevention programs must demonstrate a capacity to provide public

and Indian 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 and Indian 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

and Indian 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 and Indian 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 (short and long care aftercare), or the improvement

of, or expansion of such program services for public and Indian housing

residents.

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

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(1) Increase public and Indian resident accessibility to drug

treatment services;

(2) Decrease criminal activity in and around public and Indian

housing developments by reducing illicit drug use among public and

Indian 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 public and

Indian housing 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/prevention program coordination responsibilities to

coordinate, develop and implement the drug treatment proposal.

(F) The Single State Agency or authority with drug/prevention

program coordination responsibilities must certify that the drug/

prevention 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 housing authorities 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, tribal 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.

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) are areas

identified as having the most critical drug trafficking problems that

adversely impact the rest of the country. These areas are designed as

HIDTA by the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy pursuant

to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. As of November 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 Georges

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 Bernardino 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).

--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 Cty, Luna

Cty, 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 Cty, Brewster Cty, Pecos Cty, Terrell Cty,

Crockett Cty, Val Verde Cty, Kinney Cty, Maverick Cty, Zavala Cty,

Dimmit Cty, La Salle Cty, Webb Cty, Zapata Cty, Jim Hogg Cty, Starr

Cty, Hidalgo Cty, Willacy Cty, and Cameron Cty, Texas, and all

municipalities therein).

--U. S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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. [[Page 1854]]

(i) Funding Is Not Permitted for costs incurred before the

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

consultant fees related to the development of an application or the

actual writing of the application.

(ii) Funding Is Not Permitted for the purchase of controlled

substances for any purpose, including law enforcement 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, and

motorcycles.

(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 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 though

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 70 points out of the maximum of 100 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. Awards will be made in ranked order

until all funds are expended. 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: 40) 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 the

application, 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 [[Page 1855]] 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 public and Indian housing

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 are not necessarily 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, tribal, 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, tribal,

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: 15)

(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:

30) 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 [[Page 1856]] services in public and Indian 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 public housing authority

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 and Indian 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 or 24

CFR part 905, subpart I.

(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). Housing authorities 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:

5)

(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: 2)

(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: 3)

(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: 2)

(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: 3)

(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: 2)

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

the success of the plan. (Maximum Points: 3)

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

the Plan. (Maximum Points: 15) 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 [[Page 1857]] 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 Office of 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 housing

authority 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: 2)

(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 part 966, subpart B, 25 CFR 905.340 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: 4)

(iv) The local HUD 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 7 (seven) extra

points. Evidence of an unjustified failure to make adjustments to an

ineffective program will result in a deduction of up to 7 (seven)

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 (+) 7 or Minus (-) 7 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: 15) 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 tribal, 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 applicant's planned

activities. (Maximum Points: 5)

(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 housing authority,

Particularly with regard to current baseline 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: 4)

(iii) The extent to which public and Indian housing 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:

2)

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

has undertaken, participation in local, state, tribal or Federal anti-

drug related crime efforts (such as Operation Weed and Seed, Operation

Safe Home, or Operation PACT) or is successfully coordinating its law

enforcement activities with local, state, tribal or federal law

enforcement agencies. (Maximum Points: 4)

(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

Field Office of Native American Programs (FONAPs), that otherwise meets

the requirements of this NOFA, will be evaluated in accordance with the

selection criteria specified above.

(2) An application must receive a score of at least 70 points out

of the maximum of 100 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.

(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, 24 CFR part

84, applicable statutes, HUD regulations, Notices, Handbooks, OMB

circular, grant [[Page 1858]] 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 part 961, 24 CFR part 85, 24 CFR part 84, 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, 24 CFR part 84, 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 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) Housing authority staff responsible for management/

coordination of PHDEP programs 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 FY 95 grant project 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) are approved by the local HUD 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 24 CFR 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. The

grant agreement (Form HUD-1044) will be effective upon the signature of

the Director, Public Housing Division or Administrator, FONAP.

II. Application Process

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

assistance provided, from the local HUD Field Office with delegated

public housing responsibilities over an applying public housing agency,

or from the Field Office of Native American Programs having

jurisdiction over the Indian housing authority making an application,

or by calling HUD's Community Relations and Involvement Clearinghouse,

telephone 1-800-578-3472. The application kit contains information on

all exhibits and certifications required under this NOFA.

(b) Application Submission: Applications are due on or before

Friday, April 14, 1995, at 3:00 PM, 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 [[Page 1859]] 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 Field Office with delegated public

housing responsibilities Attention: Director, Public Housing Division,

or, in the case of IHAs, to the local HUD Field Office of Native

American Programs Attention: Administrator, Field Office of Native

American Programs, 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 date and hour, Friday, April 14, 1995, at

3:00 PM, local time, 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 form 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 applicant must

complete and sign the form. The form is provided in the application

kit.

(c) Standard Form SF-424A Budget Information (non-construction

programs), with attached budget narrative(s) for budget preparation,

with all supporting justification and documentation. The SF-424A, with

attached budget narrative, must be completed and the applicant must

describe each major activity proposed for funding, e.g., employment of

security personnel (security guards and housing authority 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 budget narrative form(s)/cost analysis

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

application kit.

(d) Applicants must verify their 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 June 30, September 30, December

31, 1994 or March 31, 1995 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) Standard Form SF-424B, Assurances, (non-construction programs)

for pre-award assurances. The applicant must complete and sign the

form. The form is provided in the application kit.

(f) Certifications. Applications must include the following

certifications (certifications 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. Indian housing authorities established by an Indian

tribe as a result of the exercise of their sovereign power are excluded

from coverage, but Indian housing authorities established under state

law are not excluded from coverage.

(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 prevention/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,

tribal 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

[[Page 1860]] 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) Would not 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 1;

(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 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 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 housing authorities to

develop a plan for addressing the problem of drug-related crime, and

makes available grants to housing authorities to help them carry out

their plans. As such, the program would help housing authorities 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

housing authorities 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

24 CFR 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 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 [[Page 1861]] 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: December 21, 1994.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

Appendix A: Listing of Addresses for HUD Field Offices Accepting

Applications for the FY 1995 Public Housing Drug Elimination Program.

HUD--New England Area: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Boston, Massachusetts HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 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 am-5:00 pm local

time.

Hartford, Connecticut HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 330 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut

06106-1860, (203) 240-4522, TDD Number: (203) 240-4665, Office

hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Manchester, New Hampshire HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275

Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487, (603) 666-

7681, TDD Number: (603) 666-7518, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

local time.

Providence, Rhode Island HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 10 Weybosset Street, Sixth Floor,

Providence, Rhode Island 02903-2808, (401) 528-5351, TDD Number:

(401) 528-5364, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--New York, New Jersey Area: New York, New Jersey

New York HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-

0068, (212) 264-6500, TDD Number: (212) 264-0927, Office hours: 8:30

am-5:00 pm local time.

Buffalo, New York HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Lafayette Court, 5th Floor, 465 Main

Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1780, (716) 846-5755, TDD Number:

Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Newark, New Jersey HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, One Newark Center--12th Floor, Newark, New

Jersey 07102-5260, (201) 622-7900, TDD Number: (201) 645-6649,

Office hours: 8:30 am-5:00 pm local time.

HUD--Midatlantic Area: Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland,

Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Liberty Square Building, 105 South 7th

Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3392, (215) 597-2560, TDD

Number: (215) 597-5564, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Washington, D.C. HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 820 First Street N.E., Washington, D.C.

20002-4502, (202) 275-9200, TDD Number: (202) 275-0967, Office

hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Baltimore, Maryland HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 10 South Howard Street, 5th Floor,

Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2505, (401) 962-2520, TDD Number: (410)

962-0106, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Old Post Office Courthouse Building, 700

Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1939, (412) 644-6428,

TDD Number: (412) 644-5747, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local

time.

Richmond, Virginia HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 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: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Charleston, West Virginia HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 405 Capitol Street, Suite 708, Charleston,

West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7000, TDD Number: (304) 347-

5332, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Southeast Area: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Caribbean,

Virgin Islands

Atlanta, Georgia HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75

Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, (404) 331-5136,

TDD Number: (404) 730-2654, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local

time.

Birmingham, Alabama HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 600 Beacon Parkway West, Suite 300,

Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7601, TDD Number: (205)

290-7624, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time. [[Page 1862]]

Louisville, Kentucky HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 601 West Broadway, P.O. Box 1044,

Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-6161, TDD Number: (502)

582-5139,

Jackson, Mississippi HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100

West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, Mississippi 39269-1096,

(601) 975-4746, TDD Number: (601) 975-4717, Office hours: 8:00 am-

4:45 pm local time.

Greensboro, North Carolina HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro,

North Carolina 27407, (919) 547-4000, TDD Number: 919-547-4055,

Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.

Caribbean HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 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: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

local time.

Columbia, South Carolina HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835

Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480, (803) 765-

5592, TDD Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45

pm local time.

Knoxville, Tennessee HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust

Street, S.W., Room 333, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526, (615) 545-

4384, TDD Number: (615) 545-4379, Office hours: 7:30 am-4:15 pm

local time.

Nashville, Tennessee HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200,

Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1803, (615) 736-5213, TDD Number: (615)

736-2886, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:15 pm local time.

Jacksonville, Florida HUD Field Office

Pubic Housing Division, Southern Bell Towers, 301 West Bay Street,

Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-2626, TDD

Number: (904) 232-2357, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Midwest Area: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,

Wisconsin

Chicago, Illinois HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5680, TTD Number:

(312) 353-7143, Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm local time.

Detroit, Michigan HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477

Michigan Avenue, Room 1645, Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592, (313) 226-

6880, TDD Number: (313) 226-7812, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

local time.

Indianapolis, Indiana HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 151 North Delaware Street, Suite 1200,

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-6303, TDD Number:

(317)226-7081, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.

Grand Rapids, Michigan HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 2922 Fuller Avenue, N.E., Grand Rapids,

Michigan 49505-3499, (616) 456-2127, TDD Number: Number not

available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:45 pm local time.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Bridge Place Building, 220 2nd Street

South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2195, (612) 370-3000, TTD

Number: (612) 370-3186, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Cincinnati, Ohio HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 525 Vine Street, Suite 700, Cincinnati,

Ohio 45202-3188, (513) 684-2884, TDD Number: (513) 684-6180, Office

hours: 8:00 am- 4:45 pm local time.

Cleveland, Ohio HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Renaissance Building, 1375 Euclid Avenue,

Fifth Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216) 522-4065, TTD Number:

Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:40 pm local time.

Columbus, Ohio HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio

43215-2499, (614) 469-5737, TDD Number: Number not available, Office

hours: 8:30 am-4:45 pm local time.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 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: 8:00 am-

4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Southwest Area: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,

Texas

Fort Worth, Texas HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 1600 Throckmorton Street, Room 304, P.O.

Box 2905, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905, (817) 885-5934, TDD Number:

(817) 885-5447, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Houston, Texas HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 300,

Houston, Texas 77098-4096, (713) 834-3235, TDD Number: Number not

available, Office hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.

San Antonio, Texas HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street,

Room 206, San Antonio, Texas 78207-4563, (512) 229-6783, TDD Number:

(512) 229-6783, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Little Rock, Arkansas HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Room

900, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5935, TDD Number:

(501) 324-5931, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

New Orleans, Louisiana HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Fisk Federal Building, 1661 Canal Street,

Suite 3100, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2887, (504) 589-7251, TDD

Number: Number not available, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local

time.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, 200 N.W.

5th Street, Room 803, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-3202, (405) 231-

4857, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

local time.

Albuquerque, New Mexico HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 625 Truman Street N.E., Albuquerque, NM

87110-6472, (505) 262-6463, TDD Number: (505) 262-6463, Office

hours: 7:45 am-4:30 pm local time.

Great Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,

Kansas City, Kansas HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Room

400, Kansas City, Kansas 66101-2406, (913) 551-5488, TDD Number:

(913) 551-5815, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Omaha, Nebraska HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, Nebraska

68154-3955, (402) 492-3100, TDD Number: (402) 492-3183, Office

hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

St. Louis, Missouri HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63103-2836, (314) 539-6583, TDD Number: (314) 539-6331, Office

hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Des Moines, Iowa HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room

239, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2155, (515) 284-4512, TDD Number: (515)

284-4728, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Rocky Mountains Area: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South

Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Denver, Colorado HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th

Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607, (303) 672-5248, TDD Number: (303)

672-5248, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Pacific/Hawaii Area: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,

Guam, America Samoa

San Francisco, California HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 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 am-4:45 pm local time.

Honolulu, Hawaii HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana

Boulevard, Room 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808) 541-1323,

TDD Number: (808) 541-1356, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm local

time [[Page 1863]]

Los Angeles, California HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 1615 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles,

California 90015-3801, (213) 251-7122, TDD Number: (213) 251-7038,

Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Sacramento, California HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 777 12th Avenue, Suite 200, P.O. Box 1978,

Sacramento, California 95814-1997, (916) 498-5270, TDD Number: (916)

498-5220, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Phoenix, Arizona HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Two Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street,

Suite 1600, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2361, (602) 261-4434, TDD Number:

(602) 379-4461, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

HUD--Northwest/Alaska Area: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Seattle, Washington HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 First

Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206) 220-5292, TDD

Number: (206) 220-5185, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Portland, Oregon HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, 520 S.W. 6th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97203-1596, (503) 326-2561, TDD Number: (503) 326-3656, Office

hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Anchorage, Alaska HUD Field Office

Public Housing Division, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th

Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4399, (907) 271-4170, TDD

Number: (907) 271-4328.

HUD Offices of Native American Programs

Eastern/Woodlands Area Tribes and IHAs: East of the Mississippi

River, Including All of Minnesota and Iowa

Eastern/Woodlands HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native American Programs, Ralph H.

Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Room 2400,

Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-1282 or (800) 735-3239, TDD Number:

(312) 886-3741 or (800) 927-9275, Office hours: 8:15 am-4:45 pm

local time.

Southern Plains Area--Tribes and IHAs: Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas,

Oklahoma, and Texas, Except for Isleta Del Sur in Texas

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, Alfred P Murrah

Federal Building, 200 N.W. 5th Street, 8th Floor, Oklahoma City, OK

73102-3201, (405) 231-4101, TDD Number: (405) 231-4891 or (405) 231-

4181, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm local time.

Northern Plains Area--Tribes and IHAs: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska,

North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Denver, Colorado HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Northern Plains Office of Native American Programs, First Interstate

Tower North, 633 17th Street, 14th Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607,

(303) 672-5462, TDD Number: (303) 844-6158, Office hours: 8:00 am-

4:30 pm local time.

Southwest Area--Tribes and IHAs: Arizona, California, New Mexico,

Nevada, and Isleta Del Sur in Texas

Phoenix, Arizona HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Southwest 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 am-4:45 pm local time or

Albuquerque, HUD Division of Native American Programs

Albuquerque Division of Native American Programs, Albuquerque Plaza,

201 3rd Street, NW, Suite 1830, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3368,

(505) 766-1372, TDD Number: None available, Office hours: 7:45 am-

4:30 pm local time or

Northern California Division of Native American Programs, 450 Golden

Gate Avenue, 8th Floor, Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448,

(415) 556-9200, TDD Number: (415) 556-8357.

Northwest Area--Tribes and IHAs: Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Seattle, Washington HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Northwest Office of Native American Programs, Seattle Federal Office

Building, 909 First Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, (206)

220-5270, TDD Number: (206) 220-5185, Office hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

local time.

Alaska Area--Tribes and IHAs: Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska HUD Field Office of Native American Programs

Alaska Office of Native American Programs, University Plaza

Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-

4399, (907) 271-4633, TDD Number: (907) 271-4328.

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