NOFA for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year 1997

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4229-N-01]

NOFA for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year 1997

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA) for FY 1997.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the continued use of Housing Notice H-

94-99 (extended by H-96-35), captioned ``Processing of Requests for

Section 8 Funds for Service Coordinators in Section 8 (including

Section 515/8 under the Rural Housing Services (RHS) 1), and

Sections 202, 202/8, 221(d)(3) and 236 Projects and Monitoring of

Approved Requests-FY 1995.'' Housing Notice H-96-35 describes the

procedures for applying for service coordinator funds in FY 1997 and

the State or area office's processing of applications and awards for

those funds.

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\1\ Previously the Rural Housing and Community Development

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This notice provides FY 1997 funding to provide service

coordinators for Section 8 projects (including RHS Section 515/8

projects), and 221(d)(3) and 236 projects. All eligible applications

will be approved as they are submitted. The awarding of funds is

subject to availability.

(Carryover funding for pre-1974 Section 202 and Section 202/8 projects

is currently available under the above-referenced program Notice and is

not subject to this NOFA.)

DATES: Effective Date: June 27, 1997.

Requests for service coordinators may be submitted to the HUD State

or area office in whose jurisdiction the project lies at any time,

beginning July 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The local HUD State or area office

which services the project (see Table A). RHS projects must also

contact the HUD State or area office which normally handles the

location in which the project is located. A copy of the program Notice

will be available to all requestors from the HUD State and area offices

or RHS State offices. All program notices referred to in this NOFA are

accessible through HUDCLIPS on HUD's web site. The URL for the HUDCLIPS

Database Selection Screen is http://www.hudclips.org/subscriber/cgi/

legis.cgi. These notices are in the Handbooks and Notices--Housing

Notices database. Enter only the number without the letter prefix (e.g.

94-99) in the ``Document Number'' to retrieve the program notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The information collection requirements contained in this notice

were submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under

the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-

3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0198. An agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,

a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid

control number.

Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community Development

HUD is interested in promoting comprehensive, coordinated

approaches to housing and community development. Economic development,

community development, public housing revitalization, homeownership,

assisted housing for special needs populations, supportive services,

and welfare-to-work initiatives can work better if linked at the local

level. Toward this end, the Department in recent years has developed

the Consolidated Planning process designed to help communities

undertake such approaches.

In this spirit, it may be helpful for applicants under this NOFA to

be aware of other related HUD NOFAs that have recently been published

or are expected to be published in this fiscal year. By reviewing these

NOFAs with respect to their program purposes and the eligibility of

applicants and activities, applicants may be able to relate the

activities proposed for funding under this NOFA to the recent and

upcoming NOFAs and to the community's Consolidated Plan.

The related NOFAs that the Department has published are as follows:

The NOFA for the Continuum of Care Assistance, published on April 8,

1997 (62 FR 17024); the NOFA for the Section 8 Mainstream Housing

Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, published on April 10,

1997 (62 FR 17666); the NOFA for the Rental Assistance for Persons with

Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Allocation Plans,

published on April 10, 1997 (62 FR 17672); Family Unification NOFA,

published on April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19208); the NOFA for Housing

Opportunities for Persons with Aids, published on May 7, 1997 (62 FR

25082); the NOFA for the Supportive Housing for the Elderly published

on May 27, 1997 (62 FR 28762); and the NOFA for Supportive Housing for

Persons with Disabilities published on May 27, 1997 (62 FR 28776).

To foster comprehensive, coordinated approaches by communities, the

Department intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to continue to alert

applicants of HUD's NOFA activity. In addition, a complete schedule of

NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and those already

published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet, which can be

accessed at http://www.hud.gov.nofas.html. Additional steps to better

coordinate HUD's NOFAs are being considered for FY 1998.

For help in obtaining a copy of your community's Consolidated Plan,

please contact the community development office of your municipal

government.

Service Coordinator Funding

Service Coordinators are authorized by sections 671, 674, 676 and

677 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (the Act) (42

U.S.C. 13632). A service coordinator is a social service staff person

hired by the project owner/management company. The coordinator is

responsible for assuring that elderly residents of the project,

especially those who are frail or disabled, and those residents who are

persons with disabilities are linked to the supportive services they

need to continue living independently in that project. The service

coordinator, however, may not require any elderly or disabled family to

accept the supportive services.

This Federal Register Notice makes available a total of $5,000,000

in FY 1997 funding from the $60,000,000 earmark in the Community

Development Block Grants Fund account, 110 Stat. 2887, September 26,

1997. This $5,000,000 is being made available to provide service

coordinators for Section 8, 221(d)(3) and 236 projects. All requests

must be for eligible projects which are housing for the elderly and

persons with disabilities. Eligible projects include any building

within a mixed-use project that was designated for occupancy by elderly

persons or persons with disabilities at its inception, or although not

so designated, for which the eligible owner gives preferences in tenant

selection (with HUD approval) for all units in the eligible project to

eligible elderly persons or persons with disabilities. Additionally,

projects must:

--Have at least 40 rental units (Two or more projects having at least

40 rental units in combination thereof may also apply.);

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--Have frail, disabled or ``at risk'' residents which total at least 25

percent of the tenants;

--Be finally closed;

--Be current in mortgage payments or have a current workout agreement;

--For Section 8 projects, meet housing quality standards and for

Section 221(d)(3) and Section 236 projects, be in good repair; and

--Have no outstanding findings of civil rights violations.

There is no deadline for submission of requests. State and area

offices must process and approve or reject requests within 45 days of

receipt. Requests will be submitted by the State and area offices to

HUD Headquarters for funding. All projects will be funded as they are

submitted and approved, subject to the availability of funds.

When dollars designated in each Section 8 service coordinator

category of grant funds are exhausted, owners may request processing

under Housing Notice H-94-98, extended by H-96-34, ``Funding a Service

Coordinator in Eligible Housing Projects for Elderly, Disabled, or

Families by Using Residual Receipts, Budget-Based Rent Increases or

Special Adjustments'', which allows approval of a coordinator using

residual receipts, the budget-based rent increase process, or contract

rents adjusted by the AAF. Notice H-94-98 will be extended for

continued use.

Other Matters

(a) Environmental Impact. This NOFA does not direct, provide for

assistance or loan and mortgage insurance for, or otherwise govern or

regulate real property acquisition, disposition, leasing,

rehabilitation, alteration, demolition, or new construction, or

establish, revise or provide for standards for construction or

construction materials, manufactured housing, or occupancy.

Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(1), this NOFA is categorically

excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).

(b) Executive Order 12612, Federalism. The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612,

Federalism, has determined that the provisions of this NOFA do not have

``federalism implications'' within the meaning of the Order. The NOFA

makes funds available for project owners to employ or otherwise retain

the services of up to one FSS program coordinator for one year. As

such, there are no direct implications on the relationship between the

national government and the states or on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among various levels of government.

(c) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities. Applicants for funding

under this NOFA are subject to the provisions of Section 319 of the

Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for

Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. Section 1352 (the Byrd Amendment) and to

the provisions of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-65

(December 19, 1995).

The Byrd Amendment, which is implemented in regulations at 24 CFR

Part 87, prohibits applicants for Federal contracts and grants from

using appropriated funds to attempt to influence Federal Executive or

legislative officers or employees in connection with obtaining such

assistance, or with its extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or

modification. The Byrd Amendment applies to the funds that are the

subject of this NOFA. Therefore, applicants must file a certification

stating that they have not made and will not make any prohibited

payments and, if any payments or agreement to make payments of

nonappropriated funds for these purposes have been made, a form SF-LLL

disclosing such payments must be submitted.

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-65 (December 19,

1995), which repealed Section 112 of the HUD Reform Act and resulted in

the elimination of the regulations at 24 CFR part 86, requires all

persons and entities who lobby covered Executive or Legislative Branch

officials to register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of

the House of Representatives and file reports concerning their lobbying

activities.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and title are

14.191, Multifamily Service Coordinator Program.

Dated: June 16, 1997.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

Table A--Multifamily Division Directors

New England

Boston

Jeanne McHallam, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Massachusetts

State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway

street, Room 375, Boston, Massachusetts 02222-1092, (617) 565-5101,

TTY Number: (617) 565-5453

Hartford

Robert S. Donovan, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Connecticut

State Office, 330 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1860,

(860) 240-4524, TTY Number: (860) 240-4665

Manchester

Loren W. Cole, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New

Hampshire State Office, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut

Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487, (603) 666-7755, TTY

Number: (603) 666-7518

Providence

Luisa Osbourne, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Rhode Island State

Office, Sixth Floor, 10 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island

02903-3234, (401) 528-5354, TTY Number: (401) 528-5403

New York/New Jersey

New York

Beryl Niewood, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New York State

Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068, (212) 264-

07777 x3717, TTY Number: (212) 264-0927

Buffalo

Kenneth Lobene, Director Multifamily Housing Division HUD Buffalo

Area Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, Fifth Floor, Buffalo,

New York 14203-1780, (716) 551-5722, TTY Number: (716) 551-5787

Newark

Encarnacion Loukatos, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New Jersey

State Office, One Newark Center, 13th Floor, Newark, New Jersey

07102-5260, (201) 622-7900 x3400, TTY Number: (201) 645-3298

Mid-Atlantic

Philadelphia

Thomas Langston, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Pennsylvania

State Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3380, (215) 656-0503 x3354, TTY

Number: (215) 656-3452

Baltimore

Ina Singer, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Maryland State Office,

City Crescent Building, 10 South Howard Street, Fifth Floor,

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201-2505, (410) 962-2520 x3125, TTY Number:

(410) 962-0106

Charleston

Peter Minter, HUD West Virginia State Office, 405 Capitol Street,

Suite 708, Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7064, TTY

Number: (304) 347-5332

Pittsburgh

Edward Palombizio, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Pennsylvania

State Office, 339 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2515,

(412) 644-6394, TTY Number: (412) 644-5747

Richmond

Charles Famuliner, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Virginia State

Office, The 3600 Center, 3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia

23230-4920, (804) 278-4505, TTY Number: (804) 278-4501

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District of Columbia

Felicia Williams, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD District of

Columbia Office, 820 First Street, NE., Suite 450, Washington, D.C.

20002-4205, (202) 275-4726 x3096, TTY Number: (202) 275-0772

Southeast/Caribbean

Atlanta

Robert W. Reavis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Georgia State

Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring Street, S.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, 404-331-4426, TTY Number: (404) 730-

2654

Birmingham

Herman S. Ransom, Multifamily Housing Director, Alabama State Office

Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Parkway West, Suite 300, Birmingham,

Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7667 x1062, TTY Number: (205) 290-7630

Caribbean

Minerva Bravo-Perez, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Caribbean

Office, New San Juan Office Building, 159 Carlos E. Chardon Avenue,

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1804, (787) 766-5106/5401, TTY Number:

(787) 766-5909

Columbia

Robert Ribenberick, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD South Carolina

State Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street,

Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480, (803) 253-3240, TTY Number:

(803) 253-3071

Greensboro

Daniel McCanless, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD North Carolina

State Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro,

North Carolina 27407-3707, (910) 547-4020, TTY Number: (919) 547-

4055

Jackson

Reba G. Cook, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Mississippi State

Office, Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street,

Room 910, Jackson, Mississippi 39269-1016, (601) 965-4700/01, TTY

Number: (601) 965-4171

Jacksonville

Ferdinand Juluke, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD

Jacksonville Area Office, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street,

Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-3528, TTY

Number: (904) 232-1241

Knoxville

William S. McClister, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Knoxville

Area Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust Street,

Third Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526, (423) 545-4406, TTY

Number: (423) 545-4559

Louisville

R. Brooks Hatcher, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Kentucky

State Office, 601 West Broad Street, Post Office Box 1044,

Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-6163 x260, TTY Number: 1-

800-648-6056

Nashville

Ed M. Phillips, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Tennessee State

Office, 251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee

37228-1803, (615) 736-5365, TTY Number: (615) 736-2886

Mid-West

Chicago

Ed Hinsberger, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Illinois State

Office, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3507, (312) 353-6236 x2152, TTY

Number: (312) 353-5944

Cincinnati

Patricia A. Knight, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Cincinnati

Area Office, 525 Vine Street, 7th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202-

3188, (513) 684-2133, TTY Number: (513) 684-6180

Cleveland

Preston A. Pace, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Cleveland Area

Office, Renaissance Building, 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 500,

Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216) 522-4112, TTY Number: (216) 522-

2261

Columbus

Don Jakob, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Ohio State Office, 200

North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499, (614) 469-2156, TTY

Number: (614) 469-6694

Detroit

Robert Brown, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Michigan State

Office, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue,

Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592, (313) 226-7107, TTY Number: (313) 226-

6899

Grand Rapids

Shirley Bryant, HUD Grand Rapids Area Office, Trade Center Building,

50 Louis Street, NW, Third Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2648,

(616) 456-2146, TTY Number: (616) 456-2159

Indianapolis

Henry Levandowski, HUD Indiana State Office, 151 North Delaware

Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-5575, TTY

Number: (317) 226-7081

Milwaukee

Joseph Bates, HUD Wisconsin State Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal

Plaza, 310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

53203-2289, (414) 297-3156, TTY Number: (414) 297-3123

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Howard Goldman, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Minnesota State

Office, 220 Second Street, South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2195,

(612) 370-3051, TTY Number: (612) 370-3186

Southwest

Fort Worth

Ed Ross Burton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Texas State

Office, 1600 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905,

(817) 978-9295 x3214, TTY Number: (817) 978-9273

Houston

Albert Cason, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Houston Area Office,

Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77098-4096,

(713) 313-2274 x7063, TTY Number: (713) 834-3274

Albuquerque

Robert L. Salazar, Chief, Multifamily Branch, New Mexico State

Office, 625 Truman Street, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110-6463,

(505) 262-6465, TTY Number: (505) 262-6463

Dallas

Bobby W. Cook, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Dallas Area Office,

525 Griffin Street, Room 860, Dallas, Texas 75202-5007, (214) 767-

8372, TTY Number: (214) 767-4140

Little Rock

Elsie Whitson, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Arkansas State

Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 900, Little Rock,

Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5937, TTY Number: (501) 324-5931

New Orleans

Ann Kizzier, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Louisiana State

Office, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor,

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3099, (504) 589-7236 x3106, TTY Number:

(504) 589-7279

Shreveport

Anthony J. Hernandez, Chief, Multifamily Branch, Shreveport Area

Office, 401 Edwards Street, Suite 1510, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101-

3289, (318) 767-3393, TTY Number: (318) 676-3399

Tulsa

Faye O'Connor, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Tulsa Area Office, 50

East 15th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-4030, (918) 581-7456, TTY

Number: (918) 581-7434

Oklahoma City

Kevin J. McNeely, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Oklahoma State

Office, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73102, (405) 553-7440, TTY Number: (405) 553-7480

San Antonio

Elva Castillo, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD San Antonio Area

Office, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, Texas

78207-4563, (210) 472-4914, TTY Number: (210) 472-6885

Great Plains

Kansas City

Joan Knapp, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Kansas/Missouri State

Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue,

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Kansas City, Kansas 66101-5462, (913) 551-5504, TTY Number: (913)

551-6972

Des Moines

Donna Davis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Iowa State Office,

Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, Iowa

50309-2155, (515) 284-4375, TTY Number: (515) 284-4718

Omaha

Steven L. Gage, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Nebraska State

Office, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha,

Nebraska 68154-3955, (402) 492-4114, TTY Number: (402) 492-3183

St. Louis

Paul Dribin, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD St. Louis Area

Office, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street, Third

Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2836, (314) 539-6666, TTY Number:

(314) 539-6331

Rocky Mountains

Denver

Larry C. Sidebottom, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Colorado

State Office, First Interstate Tower North, 633-17th Street, Denver,

Colorado 80202-3607, (303) 672-5343 x1172, TTY Number: (303) 672-

5248

Pacific/Hawaii

Honolulu

Michael Flores, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Hawaii State

Office, Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 500,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808) 522-8185 x246, TTY Number: (808)

522-8193

Los Angeles

Vivian Williams, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Los

Angeles Area Office, 1615 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles,

California 90015-3801, (213) 894-8000 x3802, TTY Number: (213) 894-

8133

Phoenix

Sally Thomas, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Arizona State

Office, Two Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street, Suite 1600,

Phoenix, Arizona 85004, (602) 379-4667 x6236, TTY Number: (602) 379-

4464

Sacramento

William F. Bolton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Sacramento Area

Office, 777--12th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, California 95814-

1997, (916) 498-5220 x322, TTY Number: (916) 498-5959

San Francisco

Janet Browder, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD California State

Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House, 450

Golden Gate Avenue, PO Box 36003, San Francisco, California 94102-

3448, (415) 436-6580, TTY Number: (415) 436-6594

Las Vegas

Dottie Manz, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Nevada State Office,

1500 East Tropicana Avenue, Suite 205, Las Vegas, Nevada 89229-6516,

(702) 388-6247, TTY: (702) 388-6246

San Diego

Sebastian Adame, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD San Diego Area

Office, Mission City Corporate Center, 2365 Northside Drive, Suite

300, San Diego, California 92108-2712, (619) 557-2600, TTY: (619)

557-2604

Northwest/Alaska

Portland

Thomas C. Cusack, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Oregon State

Office, 520 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, Portland, Oregon,

97204-1596, (503) 326-2513, TTY Number: (503) 326-3656

Seattle

Willie Spearmon, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Washington State

Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 1st Avenue, Suite 200,

Seattle, Washington 98104-1000, (206) 220-5207 x3249, TTY Number:

(206) 220-5185

Anchorage

Paul O. Johnson, Director, Multifamily Division, HUD Alaska State

Office, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401,

Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4135, (907) 271-4610, TTY Number: (907) 271-

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