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information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. all 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–109 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services/Grants for Battered Women’s 

Shelters and Related Assistance/ 

Grants to Indian Tribal Organizations 

(Including Alaska Native Villages) 

Program Office: Administration on 

Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), 

Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). 

Program Announcement Number: HHS–

2007–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0124. 

Announcement Title: Family Violence 

Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered 

Women’s Shelters and Related Assistance/ 

Grants to Indian Tribal Organizations 

(including Alaska Native Villages). 

CFDA Number: 93.671. 

Due Date for Applications: February 15, 

2007. 

Executive Summary: This 

announcement governs the proposed 

award of formula grants under the 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Act (FVPSA) to Indian Tribes 

(including Alaska Native Villages) and 

Tribal organizations. The purpose of 

these grants is to assist Tribes in 

establishing, maintaining, and 

expanding programs and projects to 

prevent family violence and to provide 

immediate shelter and related assistance 

for victims of family violence and their 

dependents. 

This announcement sets forth the 

application requirements, the 

application process, and other 

administrative and fiscal requirements 

for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. 

Grantees are to be mindful that although 

the expenditure period for grants is a 

two-year period, an application is 

required every year to provide 

continuity in the provision of services. 

(See Section II. Award Information, 

Expenditure Periods.) 

I. Description 

Legislative Authority: Title III of the 

Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 

(Public Law (Pub. L.) 98–457, 42 United 

States Code (U.S.C.) 10401 et seq.) is 

entitled the ‘‘Family Violence 

Prevention and Services Act’’ (FVPSA). 

FVPSA was first implemented in FY 

1986. The statute was subsequently 

amended by P.L. 100–294, the ‘‘Child 

Abuse Prevention, Adoptions, and 

Family Services Act of 1988;’’ further 

amended in 1992 by P.L. 102–295; and 

then amended in 1994 by P.L. 103–322, 

the ‘‘Violent Crime Control and Law 

Enforcement Act.’’ FVPSA was 

amended again in 1996 by P.L. 104–235, 

the ‘‘Child Abuse Prevention and 

Treatment Act’’ (CAPTA) of 1996; in 

2000 by P.L. 106–386, the ‘‘Victims of 

Trafficking and Violence Protection 

Act,’’ and amended further by P.L. 108–

36, the ‘‘Keeping Children and Families 

Safe Act of 2003.’’ FVPSA was most 

recently amended by P.L. 109–162, the 

‘‘Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2005’’ and by 

P.L. 109–271, which was enacted on 

August 17, 2006. 

FVPSA may be found at 42 U.S.C. 

10401 et. seq. 

Background 

The purpose of this legislation is to 

assist States and Tribes or Tribal 

organizations in supporting the 

establishment, maintenance, and 

expansion of programs and projects to 

prevent incidents of family violence and 

to provide immediate shelter and 

related assistance for victims of family 

violence and their dependents. 

During FY 2006, the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) 

made 241 grants to States and Tribes or 

Tribal organizations. HHS also made 53 

family violence prevention grant awards 

to non-profit State domestic violence 

coalitions. 

In addition, HHS supports the 

Domestic Violence Resource Center 

Network (DVRN). DVRN consists of the 

National Resource Center for Domestic 

Violence (NRC) and four Special Issue 

Resource Centers (SIRCs). The four 

SIRCs are: The Battered Women’s 

Justice Project, the Resource Center on 

Child Custody and Protection, the 

Resource Center for the Elimination of 

Domestic Violence Against Native 

Women (Sacred Circle), and the Health 

Resource Center on Domestic Violence. 

The purpose of NRC and the SIRCs is to 

provide resource information, training, 

and technical assistance to Federal, 

State, and Indian Tribal agencies; local 

domestic violence prevention programs; 

and other professionals who provide 

services to victims of domestic violence. 

In February, 1996, HHS funded the 

National Domestic Violence Hotline 

(Hotline) to ensure that every woman 

and man has access to information and 

emergency assistance wherever and 

whenever it is needed. The Hotline is a 

24-hour, toll-free service that provides 

crisis assistance, counseling, and local 

shelter referrals to women across the 

country. Hotline counselors also are 

available for non-English speaking 

persons and for people who are hearingimpaired. The Hotline number is 1–

800–799–SAFE (7233); the TTY number 

for the hearing impaired is 

1–800–787–3224. 

General Grant Program Requirements 

For Tribes or Tribal Organizations 

Definitions 

Tribes and Tribal organizations 

should use the following definitions in 

carrying out their programs. The 

definitions are found in section 320 of 

FVPSA. 

Family Violence: Any act, or 

threatened act, of violence, including 

any forceful detention of an individual, 

which: (a) Results or threatens to result 

in physical injury; and (b) is committed 

by a person against another individual 

(including an elderly person) to whom 

such person is, or was, related by blood 

or marriage, or otherwise legally related, 

or with whom such person is, or was, 

lawfully residing. 

Indian Tribe and Tribal organization: 

Have the same meanings given such 

terms in section 450b of Title 25. 

Shelter: The provision of temporary 

refuge and related assistance in 

compliance with applicable State law 

and regulation governing the provision, 

on a regular basis, of shelter, safe 

homes, meals, and related assistance to 

victims of family violence and their 

dependents. 

Related assistance: The provision of 

direct assistance to victims of family 

violence and their dependents for the 

purpose of preventing further violence, 

helping such victims to gain access to 

civil and criminal courts and other 

community services, facilitating the 

efforts of such victims to make decisions 

concerning their lives in the interest of 

safety, and assisting such victims in 

healing from the effects of the violence. 

Related assistance includes: 

(a) Prevention services such as 

outreach and prevention services for 

victims and their children, assistance to 

children who witness domestic 

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parenting, and other educational 

services for victims and their children, 

preventive health services within 

domestic violence programs (including 

services promoting nutrition, disease 

prevention, exercise, and prevention of 

substance abuse), domestic violence 

prevention programs for school-age 

children, family violence public 

awareness campaigns, and violence 

prevention counseling services to 

abusers; 

(b) Counseling with respect to family 

violence, counseling or other supportive 

services provided by peers individually 

or in groups, and referral to community 

social services; 

(c) Transportation, technical 

assistance with respect to obtaining 

financial assistance under Federal and 

State programs, and referrals for 

appropriate health-care services 

(including alcohol and drug abuse 

treatment), but shall not include 

reimbursement for any health-care 

services; 

(d) Legal advocacy to provide victims 

with information and assistance through 

the civil and criminal courts, and legal 

assistance; or 

(e) Children’s counseling and support 

services, child care services for children 

who are victims of family violence or 

the dependents of such victims, and 

children who witness domestic 

violence. 

The Importance of Coordination of 

Services 

The affect of domestic violence 

includes physical injury and death of 

primary or secondary victims, 

psychological trauma, isolation from 

family and friends, harm to children 

witnessing or experiencing violence in 

homes in which the violence occurs, 

increased fear, reduced mobility and 

employability, homelessness, substance 

abuse, and a host of other health and 

related mental health consequences. 

The physical and cultural obstacles 

existing in much of Indian country 

compound the basic dynamics of 

domestic violence. Barriers such as the 

isolation of vast rural areas, the concern 

for safety in isolated settings, and the 

transportation requirements over long 

distances, heighten the need for the 

coordination of the services through an 

often limited delivery system. 

In a project intended to broaden the 

reach of the Indian Tribal domestic 

violence communities, the Indian 

Health Service (IHS) and FVPSA-funded 

programs have collaborated to oversee 

the development of domestic violence 

community projects. These projects are 

designed to develop improved health 

care responses to domestic violence and 

to facilitate collaboration between the 

local health care system and local 

Indian Tribal domestic violence 

advocacy programs (including Alaskan 

Village programs). In this effort, IHS 

also is collaborating with 

representatives of Mending the Sacred 

Hoop, Cangleska, Inc., and the Family 

Violence Prevention Fund to provide 

training, technical assistance, and 

oversight to the pilot projects. 

To help bring about a more effective 

response to the problem of domestic 

violence, HHS urges Tribes and Tribal 

organizations receiving funds under this 

grant announcement to coordinate 

activities under this grant with other 

new and existing resources for the 

prevention of domestic violence. 

Annual Tribal Grantee Conference 

FVPSA administrators should plan to 

attend the annual Tribal Grantee 

Conference. A subsequent Program 

Instruction and/or Information 

Memorandum will advise the Tribal 

FVPSA Administrators of the date, time, 

and location of the grantee conference. 

Client Confidentiality 

FVPSA programs must establish or 

implement policies and protocols for 

maintaining the safety and 

confidentiality of the victims of 

domestic violence, sexual assault, and 

stalking. It is essential that the 

confidentiality of adult victims and 

their children receiving FVPSA services 

be protected. Consequently, when 

providing statistical data on program 

activities, individual identifiers of client 

records will not be used (section 

303(a)(2)(E)). 

II. Funds Available 

For FY 2007, HHS will make available 

for grants to designated State agencies 

70 percent of the amount appropriated 

under section 310(a)(1) of the FVPSA, 

which is not reserved under section 

310(a)(2). In this separate 

announcement, HHS will allocate 10 

percent of the foregoing appropriation to 

Tribes and Tribal organizations for the 

establishment and operation of shelters, 

safe houses, and the provision of related 

services. HHS also plans to make 10 

percent of the foregoing appropriation 

available to State domestic violence 

coalitions to continue their work within 

the domestic violence community by 

providing technical assistance and 

training and advocacy services, among 

other activities, to local domestic 

violence programs to encourage 

appropriate responses to domestic 

violence within the States. 

Five percent of the amount 

appropriated under section 310(a)(1) of 

the FVPSA, which is not reserved under 

section 310(a)(2), will be available in FY 

2007 to continue the support for the 

NRC and the four SIRCs. Additional 

funds appropriated under FVPSA will 

be used to support other activities, 

including training and technical 

assistance, collaborative projects with 

advocacy organizations and service 

providers, data collection efforts, public 

education activities, research and other 

demonstration projects, as well as the 

ongoing operation of the Hotline. 

Native American Tribal Allocations 

Native American Tribes and Tribal 

organizations are eligible for funding 

under this program if they meet the 

definition of ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ or ‘‘Tribal 

organization’’ at 25 U.S.C. 450b, and if 

they are able to demonstrate their 

capacity to carry out family violence 

prevention and services programs. 

Any Tribe that believes it meets the 

eligibility criteria should provide 

supportive documentation in its 

application and a request for inclusion 

on the list of eligible Tribes. (See 

Section IV. Application Requirements 

for Tribes or Tribal Organizations.) 

In computing Tribal allocations, ACF 

will use the latest available population 

figures from the Census Bureau. If 

Census Bureau data are unavailable, 

ACF will use figures from the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs’ (BIA’s) Indian 

Population and Labor Force Report. 

Because section 304 of FVPSA 

specifies a minimum base amount for 

State allocations, ACF has set a base 

amount for Tribal allocations. Since FY 

1986, it has been, in practice, that the 

establishment of a base amount has 

facilitated ACF’s efforts to make a fair 

and equitable distribution of limited 

grant funds. 

Due to the expanded interest in the 

prevention of domestic violence and in 

the provision of services to victims of 

family violence and their dependents, 

an increasing number of Tribal 

applications have been received over 

the past several years. In order to ensure 

the continuance of an equitable 

distribution of family violence 

prevention and services funding in 

response to the increased number of 

Tribes that apply, the funding formula 

for the allocation of family violence 

funds has been adjusted. 

Tribes that meet the application 

requirements and whose reservation and 

surrounding Tribal Trust Lands’

population is: 

• Less than or equal to 1,500 will 

receive a minimum base amount of 

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• Between 1,501 and 3,000 will 

receive a minimum base amount of 

$3,000; 

• Between 3,001 and 4,000 will 

receive a minimum base amount of 

$4,000; and, 

• Between 4,001 and 5,000 will 

receive a minimum base amount of 

$5,000. 

The minimum base amounts are 

computed in relation to the Tribe’s 

population and the progression of an 

additional $1,000 per 1,000 persons if 

the population range continues until the 

Tribe’s population reaches 50,000. 

Tribes with a population of 50,000 to 

l00,000 will receive a minimum of 

$50,000, and Tribes with a population 

of 100,001 to 150,000 will receive a 

minimum of $100,000. 

Once the base amounts have been 

distributed to the Tribes that have 

applied for FVPSA funding, the ratio of 

the Tribe’s population to the total 

population of all the applicant Tribes is 

then considered in allocating the 

remainder of the funds. ACF has 

accounted for the variance in actual 

population and scope of the FVPSA 

programs with the distribution of a 

proportional amount plus a base amount 

to the Tribes. Under the previous 

allocation plan, ACF did not have a 

method by which to consider the 

variance in Tribal census counts. As in 

previous years, Tribes are encouraged to 

apply as consortia for the FVPSA 

funding. 

Expenditure Periods 

FVPSA funds may be used for 

expenditures on and after October 1 of 

each fiscal year for which they are 

granted, and will be available for 

expenditure through September 30 of 

the following fiscal year, i.e., FY 2007 

funds may be used for expenditures 

from October 1, 2006 through 

September 30, 2008. Funds are available 

for obligation through September 30, 

2008 and must be liquidated by 

September 30, 2009. 

Re-allotted funds, if any, are available 

for expenditure until the end of the 

fiscal year following the fiscal year that 

the funds became available for reallotment. FY 2007 grant funds that are 

made available to Tribes and Tribal 

organizations through reallotment must 

be expended by the grantee no later than 

September 30, 2008. 

III. Eligibility 

Tribes and Tribal organizations are 

eligible for funding under this program 

if they meet the definition of ‘‘Indian 

Tribe’’ or ‘‘Tribal organization’’ set forth 

in section 450B of Title 25 and if they 

are able to demonstrate their capacity to 

carry out a family violence prevention 

and services program. 

Any Tribe or Tribal organization that 

believes it meets the eligibility criteria 

and should be included in the list of 

eligible Tribes should provide 

supportive documentation and a request 

for inclusion in its application. (See 

Application Content Requirements 

below.) 

As in previous years, Tribes may 

apply singularly or as a consortium. In 

addition, a non-profit private 

organization, approved by a Tribe for 

the operation of a family violence 

shelter or program on a reservation is 

eligible for funding. 

Additional Information on Eligibility 

D–U–N–S Requirement 

All applicants must have a D&B Data 

Universal Numbering System 

(D–U–N–S) number. On June 27, 2003, 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) published in the Federal 

Register a new Federal policy 

applicable to all Federal grant 

applicants. The policy requires Federal 

grant applicants to provide a D–U–N–S 

number when applying for Federal 

grants or cooperative agreements on or 

after October 1, 2003. The D–U–N–S 

number will be required whether an 

applicant is submitting a paper 

application or using the governmentwide electronic portal, Grants.gov. A D–

U–N–S number will be required for 

every application for a new award or 

renewal/continuation of an award, 

including applications or plans under 

formula, entitlement, and block grant 

programs, submitted on or after October 

1, 2003. Please ensure that the applicant 

has a D–U–N–S number. To acquire a 

D–U–N–S number at no cost, call the 

dedicated toll-free D–U–N–S number 

request line at 1–866–705–5711 or 

request a number online at http:// 

www.dnb.com. 

IV. Application Requirements for 

Tribes and Tribal Organizations 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13) 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average six hours per response, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining 

the data needed, and reviewing the 

collection information. The project 

description is approved under the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number 0970–0280, which 

expires October 31, 2008. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Form and Content of Application 

Submission 

The application from the Tribe or 

Tribal organization must be signed by 

the Chief Executive Officer or Tribal 

Chairperson of the applicant 

organization. 

Each application must contain the 

following information or 

documentation: 

1. The name of the organization or 

agency and the Chief Program Official 

designated as responsible for 

administering funds under FVPSA and 

coordinating related programs, and the 

name, telephone number, and fax 

number, if available, of a contact person 

in the designated organization or 

agency. 

2. A copy of a current resolution 

stating that the designated organization 

or agency has the authority to submit an 

application on behalf of the individuals 

in the Tribe(s) and to administer 

programs and activities funded under 

this program (section 303(b)(2)). 

3. A description of the procedures 

designed to involve knowledgeable 

individuals and interested organizations 

in providing services under FVPSA 

(section 303(b)(2)). For example, 

knowledgeable individuals and 

interested organizations may include: 

Tribal officials or social services staff 

involved in child abuse or family 

violence prevention, Tribal law 

enforcement officials, representatives of 

State coalitions against domestic 

violence, and operators of family 

violence shelters and service programs. 

4. A description of the applicant’s 

operation of, and/or capacity to carry 

out, a family violence prevention and 

services program. This might be 

demonstrated in ways such as the 

following: 

(a) The current operation of a shelter, 

safe house, or family violence 

prevention program; 

(b) The establishment of joint or 

collaborative service agreements with a 

local public agency or a private nonprofit agency for the operation of family 

violence prevention activities or 

services; or 

(c) The operation of social services 

programs as evidenced by receipt of 

‘‘638’’ contracts with BIA; Title II Indian 

Child Welfare grants from BIA; Child 

Welfare Services grants under Title IV–

B of the Social Security Act; or Family 

Preservation and Family Support grants 

under title IV–B of the Social Security 

Act. 

5. A description of the services to be 

provided, how the applicant 


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organization plans to use the grant 

funds to provide the direct services, to 

whom the services will be provided, 

and the expected results of the services. 

6. Documentation of the procedures 

that assure the confidentiality of records 

pertaining to any individual who has 

been provided family violence 

prevention or treatment services by any 

program assisted under FVPSA (section 

303(b)(2)). 

7. The Employee Identification 

Number (EIN) of the applicant 

organization submitting the application. 

Assurances 

Each application must contain the 

following assurances: 

(a) That not less than 70 percent of the 

funds shall be used for immediate 

shelter and related assistance for victims 

of family violence and their dependents 

and not less than 25 percent of the 

funds distributed shall be used to 

provide related assistance (section 

303(g)). 

(b) That any grants made to an entity 

other than a State or Tribe will meet the 

matching requirements in section 303(f), 

i.e., not less than 20 percent of the total 

funds provided for a project under 

Chapter 110 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code 

with respect to an existing program, and 

with respect to an entity intending to 

operate a new program under this title, 

not less than 35 percent. The local share 

will be cash or in-kind; and the local 

share will not include any Federal funds 

provided under any authority other than 

this chapter (section 303(f)). 

(c) That grant funds made available 

under FVPSA will not be used as direct 

payment to any victim or dependent of 

a victim of family violence (section 

303(d)). 

(d) That no income eligibility 

standard will be imposed on individuals 

receiving assistance or services 

supported with funds appropriated to 

carry out FVPSA (section 303(e)). 

(e) That the address or location of any 

shelter or facility assisted under FVPSA 

will not be made public, except with the 

written authorization of the person or 

persons responsible for the operations of 

such shelter (section 303(a)(2)(E)). 

(f) That a law or procedure has been 

implemented for the eviction of an 

abusing spouse from a shared household 

(section 303(a)(2)(F)). 

(g) That all grants, programs or other 

activities funded by the State in whole 

or in part with funds made available 

under FVPSA will prohibit 

discrimination on the basis of age, 

handicap, sex, race, color, national 

origin or religion (section 307). 

(h) That the applicant will comply 

with the applicable Departmental 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements and general requirements 

for the administration of grants under 45 

CFR Part 92. 

Certifications 

All applications must submit or 

comply with the required certifications 

found in the Appendices as follows: 

Anti-Lobbying Certification and 

Disclosure Form (See Appendix A): 

Applicants who have used non-Federal 

funds for lobbying activities in 

connection with receiving assistance 

under this announcement shall 

complete a disclosure form, if 

applicable, with their applications 

(approved by OMB under control 

number 0348–0046). Applicants should 

sign and return the certification with 

their application. 

Certification Regarding 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (See 

Appendix B): Applicants must also 

understand they will be held 

accountable for the smoking prohibition 

included within P.L. 103–227, Title XII 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also 

known as the Pro-Children Act of 1994). 

A copy of the Federal Register notice, 

which implements the smoking 

prohibition is included with the forms. 

By signing and submitting the 

application, applicants are providing 

the certification and need not mail back 

the certification with the application. 

Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements (See Appendix 

C): The signature on the application by 

the chief program official attests to the 

applicant’s intent to comply with the 

Drug-Free Workplace requirements and 

compliance with the Debarment 

Certification. The Drug-Free Workplace 

certification does not have to be 

returned with the application. 

These certifications also may be found 

at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/ 

forms.htm. 

Notification Under Executive Order 

12372 

The review and comment provisions 

of the Executive Order (E.O.) and Part 

100 do not apply. Federally recognized 

Tribes are exempt from all provisions 

and requirements of E.O. 12372. 

Applications should be sent to: 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Program, Family and Youth 

Services Bureau, Administration on 

Children, Youth, and Families, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Attention: William D. Riley, 

1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 

8402, Washington, DC 20024. 

V. Approval/Disapproval of a Tribal or 

Tribal Organization Application 

The Secretary of HHS will approve 

any application that meets the 

requirements of FVPSA and this 

announcement. The Secretary will not 

disapprove an application except after 

reasonable notice of the Secretary’s 

intention to disapprove has been 

provided to the applicant and after a 

six-month period providing an 

opportunity for the applicant to correct 

any deficiencies. 

The notice of intention to disapprove 

will be provided to the applicant within 

45 days of the date of the application. 

VI. Reporting Requirements 

Performance Reports 

A performance report must be filed 

with HHS describing the activities 

carried out, and including an 

assessment of the effectiveness of those 

activities in achieving the purposes of 

the grant. A section of this performance 

report must be completed by each 

grantee or sub-grantee that performed 

the direct services contemplated in the 

application certifying performance of 

such services. Consortia grantees should 

compile performance reports into a 

comprehensive report for submission. 

The Performance Report should 

include the following data elements: 

Funding—The total amount of the 

FVPSA grant funds awarded; the 

percentage of funding used for shelters, 

and the percentage of funding used for 

related assistance and services. 

Shelters—The number of shelters and 

shelter programs (safe homes/motels, 

etc.) assisted by FVPSA program 

funding. Data elements should include: 

• The number of shelters 

• The number of women sheltered 

• The number of young children 

sheltered (birth-12 years of age) 

• The number of teenagers and young 

adults sheltered (13–17 years of age) 

• The number of men sheltered 

• The average length of stay 

• The number of women, children, 

teens, and others who were turned away 

because shelter was unavailable 

• The number of women, children, 

teens, and others who were referred to 

other shelters due to lack of space 

Types of individuals served—Record 

information by numbers and 

percentages of the total population 

served. Individuals and special 

populations served should include: 

• The elderly 

• Individuals with physical 

challenges 

Related assistance and services—List 

the types of related assistance and 

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family members by indicating the 

number of women, children, and men 

who have received services. Services 

and assistance may include, but are not 

limited to, the following: 

• Individual counseling 

• Services to children 

• Crisis intervention hotline 

• Information and referral 

• Batterers’ support services 

• Legal advocacy services 

• Transportation 

• Services to teenagers 

• Emergency child care 

• Training and technical assistance 

• Housing advocacy 

Volunteers—List the total number of 

volunteers and hours worked. 

Service referrals—List the number of 

women, children, and men referred for 

the following services: 

• Physical abuse 

• Alcohol abuse 

• Drug abuse 

• Batterer intervention services 

• Child abuse 

• Witnessed abuse 

• Emergency medical intervention 

• Law enforcement intervention 

The performance report should 

include narratives of success stories 

about services provided and the positive 

impact on the lives of children and 

families. Examples may include the 

following: 

• An explanation of the activities 

carried out, including an assessment of 

the major activities supported by the 

family violence funds; what particular 

priorities within the Tribe or Tribal 

organization were addressed; and what 

special emphases were placed on these 

activities; A description of the specific 

services and facilities that the applicant 

program funded, contracted with, or 

otherwise used in the implementation of 

its program, e.g., shelters, safe houses, 

related assistance, programs for 

batterers; 

• An assessment of the effectiveness 

of the direct service activities 

contemplated in the application; 

• A description of how the needs of 

under-served populations, including 

those persons geographically isolated, 

were addressed; and 

• A description and assessment of the 

prevention activities supported during 

the program year, e.g., community 

education events, and public awareness 

efforts. 

Performance reports for Tribes and 

Tribal organizations are due at the end 

of every calendar year (December 29). 

Performance reports should be sent to: 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Program, Family and Youth 

Services Bureau, Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Attn: William Riley, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 8402, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Financial Status Reports 

Grantees must submit annual 

Financial Status Reports. The first SF–

269A is due December 29, 2007. It 

covers expenditures from date of award 

through September 30, 2007. The 

interim SF–269A is due December 29, 

2008. The final SF–269A is due 

December 29, 2009. SF–269A can be 

found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/grants/grantsforms.html. 

Completed reports may be mailed to: 

Rachel Hickson, Division of Mandatory 

Grants, Office of Grants Management, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. 

Grantees have the option of 

submitting their reports online through 

the Online Data Collection (OLDC) 

system at the following address: 

https://extranet.acf.hhs.gov/ssi/. The 

Division of Mandatory Grants can assist 

grantees with access to OLDC. 

Failure to submit reports on time may 

be a basis for withholding grant funds, 

suspension, or termination of the grant. 

In addition, all funds reported after the 

obligation period will be recouped. 

VII. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Tribes and Tribal Organizations will 

comply with the applicable 

Departmental recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements and general 

requirements for the administration of 

grants under 45 CFR part 92. 

Direct Federal grants, sub-award 

funds, or contracts under this ACF 

program shall not be used to support 

inherently religious activities such as 

religious instruction, worship, or 

proselytization. Therefore, organizations 

must take steps to separate, in time or 

location, their inherently religious 

activities from the services funded 

under this program. Regulations 

pertaining to Equal Treatment for FaithBased Organizations, which includes 

the prohibition against Federal funding 

of inherently religious activities, can be 

found at the HHS Web site at http:// 

www.hhs.gov/fbci/regs.html. 

Faith-based and community 

organizations may reference the 

‘‘Guidance to Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations on Partnering 

with the Federal Government’’ at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

government/fbci/guidance/index.html. 

VIII. Other Information 

For Further Information Contact: 

Shena Williams at (202) 205–9532 or email at swilliams1@acf.hhs.gov; William 

D. Riley at (202) 401–5529 or e-mail at 

wriley@acf.hhs.gov; or Millicent 

Crawford at (202) 205–7746 or e-mail at 

mcrawford@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

Joan E. Ohl, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth, and Families. 

Appendices: Required Certifications 

A. Certification Regarding Lobbying 

B. Certification Regarding Environmental 

Tobacco Smoke 

C. Drug-Free Workplace Requirements 

Appendix A—Certification Regarding 

Lobbying 

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, 

and Cooperative Agreements 

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his 

or her knowledge and belief, that: 

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have 

been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of 

the undersigned, to any person for 

influencing or attempting to influence an 

officer or employee of an agency, a Member 

of Congress, an officer or employee of 

Congress, or an employee of a Member of 

Congress in connection with the awarding of 

any Federal contract, the making of any 

Federal grant, the making of any Federal 

loan, the entering into of any cooperative 

agreement, and the extension, continuation, 

renewal, amendment, or modification of any 

Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative 

agreement. 

(2) If any funds other than Federal 

appropriated funds have been paid or will be 

paid to any person for influencing or 

attempting to influence an officer or 

employee of any agency, a Member of 

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, 

or an employee of a Member of Congress in 

connection with this Federal contract, grant, 

loan, or cooperative agreement, the 

undersigned shall complete and submit 

Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to 

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its 

instructions. 

(3) The undersigned shall require that the 

language of this certification be included in 

the award documents for all subawards at all 

tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and 

contracts under grants, loans, and 

cooperative agreements) and that all 

subrecipients shall certify and disclose 

accordingly. This certification is a material 

representation of fact upon which reliance 

was placed when this transaction was made 

or entered into. Submission of this 

certification is a prerequisite for making or 

entering into this transaction imposed by 

section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person 

who fails to file the required certification 

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less 

than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for 

each such failure. 


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Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan 

Insurance 

The undersigned states, to the best of his 

or her knowledge and belief, that: 

If any funds have been paid or will be paid 

to any person for influencing or attempting 

to influence an officer or employee of any 

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or 

employee of Congress, or an employee of a 

Member of Congress in connection with this 

commitment providing for the United States 

to insure or guarantee a loan, the 

undersigned shall complete and submit 

Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to 

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its 

instructions. Submission of this statement is 

a prerequisite for making or entering into this 

transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, 

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the 

required statement shall be subject to a civil 

penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more 

than $100,000 for each such failure. 

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Appendix B—Certification Regarding 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke 

Public Law 103–227, Part C Environmental 

Tobacco Smoke, also known as the Pro 

Children Act of 1994 (Act), requires that 

smoking not be permitted in any portion of 

any indoor routinely owned or leased or 

contracted for by an entity and used 

routinely or regularly for provision of health, 

day care, education, or library services to 

children under the age of 18, if the services 

are funded by Federal programs either 

directly or through State or local 

governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan, 

or loan guarantee. The law does not apply to 

children’s services provided in private 

residences, facilities funded solely by 

Medicare or Medicaid funds, and portions of 

facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol 

treatment. Failure to comply with the 

provisions of the law may result in the 

imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up 

to $1000 per day and/or the imposition of an 

administrative compliance order on the 

responsible entity. By signing and submitting 

this application the applicant/grantee 

certifies that it will comply with the 

requirements of the Act. 

The applicant/grantee further agrees that it 

will require the language of this certification 

be included in any subawards which contain 

provisions for the children’s services and that 

all subgrantees shall certify accordingly. 

Appendix C—Certification Regarding 

Drug-Free Workplace Requirements 

This certification is required by the 

regulations implementing the Drug-Free 

Workplace Act of 1988: 45 CFR Part 76, 

Subpart, F. Sections 76.630(c) and (d)(2) and 

76.645(a)(1) and (b) provide that a Federal 

agency may designate a central receipt point 

for STATE-WIDE AND STATE AGENCYWIDE certifications, and for notification of 

criminal drug convictions. For the 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

the central point is: Division of Grants 

Management and Oversight, Office of 

Management and Acquisition, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Room 517–D, 

200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements (Instructions for 

Certification) 

1. By signing and/or submitting this 

application or grant agreement, the grantee is 

providing the certification set out below. 

2. The certification set out below is a 

material representation of fact upon which 

reliance is placed when the agency awards 

the grant. If it is later determined that the 

grantee knowingly rendered a false 

certification, or otherwise violates the 

requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace 

Act, the agency, in addition to any other 

remedies available to the Federal 

Government, may take action authorized 

under the Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

3. For grantees other than individuals, 

Alternate I applies. 

4. For grantees who are individuals, 

Alternate II applies. 

5. Workplaces under grants, for grantees 

other than individuals, need not be identified 

on the certification. If known, they may be 

identified in the grant application. If the 

grantee does not identify the workplaces at 

the time of application, or upon award, if 

there is no application, the grantee must keep 

the identity of the workplace(s) on file in its 

office and make the information available for 

Federal inspection. Failure to identify all 

known workplaces constitutes a violation of 

the grantee’s drug-free workplace 

requirements. 

6. Workplace identifications must include 

the actual address of buildings (or parts of 

buildings) or other sites where work under 

the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions 

may be used (e.g., all vehicles of a mass 

transit authority or State highway department 

while in operation, State employees in each 

local unemployment office, performers in 

concert halls or radio studios). 

7. If the workplace identified to the agency 

changes during the performance of the grant, 

the grantee shall inform the agency of the 

change(s), if it previously identified the 

workplaces in question (see paragraph five). 

8. Definitions of terms in the 

Nonprocurement Suspension and Debarment 

common rule and Drug-Free Workplace 

common rule apply to this certification. 

Grantees’ attention is called, in particular, to 

the following definitions from these rules: 

Controlled substance means a controlled 

substance in Schedules I through V of the 

Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) 

and as further defined by regulation (21 CFR 

1308.11 through 1308.15); 

Conviction means a finding of guilt 

(including a plea of nolo contendere) or 

imposition of sentence, or both, by any 

judicial body charged with the responsibility 

to determine violations of the Federal or 

State criminal drug statutes; 

Criminal drug statute means a Federal or 

non-Federal criminal statute involving the 

manufacture, distribution, dispensing, use, or 

possession of any controlled substance; 

Employee means the employee of a grantee 

directly engaged in the performance of work 

under a grant, including: (i) All direct charge 

employees; (ii) All indirect charge employees 

unless their impact or involvement is 

insignificant to the performance of the grant; 

and, (iii) Temporary personnel and 

consultants who are directly engaged in the 

performance of work under the grant and 

who are on the grantee’s payroll. This 

definition does not include workers not on 

the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, 

even if used to meet a matching requirement; 

consultants or independent contractors not 

on the grantee’s payroll; or employees of 

subrecipients or subcontractors in covered 

workplaces). 

Certification Regarding Drug-Free 

Workplace Requirements 

Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than 

Individuals) 

The grantee certifies that it will or will 

continue to provide a drug-free workplace by: 

(a) Publishing a statement notifying 

employees that the unlawful manufacture, 

distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of 

a controlled substance is prohibited in the 

grantee’s workplace and specifying the 

actions that will be taken against employees 

for violation of such prohibition; 

(b) Establishing an ongoing drug-free 

awareness program to inform employees 

about—

(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the 

workplace; 

(2) The grantee’s policy of maintaining a 

drug-free workplace; 

(3) Any available drug counseling, 

rehabilitation, and employee assistance 

programs; and 

(4) The penalties that may be imposed 

upon employees for drug abuse violations 

occurring in the workplace; 

(c) Making it a requirement that each 

employee to be engaged in the performance 

of the grant be given a copy of the statement 

required by paragraph (a); 

(d) Notifying the employee in the statement 

required by paragraph (a) that, as a condition 

of employment under the grant, the employee 

will—

(1) Abide by the terms of the statement; 

and 

(2) Notify the employer in writing of his or 

her conviction for a violation of a criminal 

drug statute occurring in the workplace no 

later than five calendar days after such 

conviction; 

(e) Notifying the agency in writing, within 

10 calendar days after receiving notice under 

paragraph (d)(2) from an employee or 

otherwise receiving actual notice of such 

conviction. Employers of convicted 

employees must provide notice, including 

position title, to every grant officer or other 

designee on whose grant activity the 

convicted employee was working, unless the 

Federal agency has designated a central point 

for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall 

include the identification number(s) of each 

affected grant; 

(f) Taking one of the following actions, 

within 30 calendar days of receiving notice 

under paragraph (d)(2), with respect to any 

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(1) Taking appropriate personnel action 

against such an employee, up to and 

including termination, consistent with the 

requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended; or 

(2) Requiring such employee to participate 

satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or 

rehabilitation program approved for such 

purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, 

law enforcement, or other appropriate 

agency; 

(g) Making a good faith effort to continue 

to maintain a drug-free workplace through 

implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), 

(e) and (f). 

(B) The grantee may insert in the space 

provided below the site(s) for the 

performance of work done in connection 

with the specific grant: 

Place of Performance (Street address, city, 

county, state, zip code) 

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Check if there are workplaces on file that 

are not identified here. 

Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals) 

(a) The grantee certifies that, as a condition 

of the grant, he or she will not engage in the 

unlawful manufacture, distribution, 

dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled 

substance in conducting any activity with the 

grant; 

(b) If convicted of a criminal drug offense 

resulting from a violation occurring during 

the conduct of any grant activity, he or she 

will report the conviction, in writing, within 

10 calendar days of the conviction, to every 

grant officer or other designee, unless the 

Federal agency designates a central point for 

the receipt of such notices. When notice is 

made to such a central point, it shall include 

the identification number(s) of each affected 

grant. 

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services/Grants for Battered Women’s 

Shelters/Grants to States 

Program Office: Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 

Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). 

Program Announcement Number: HHS–

2007–ACF–ACYF–FVPS–0123. 

Announcement Title: Family Violence 

Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered 

Women’s Shelters/Grants to States. 

CFDA Number: 93.671. 

Due Date for Applications: February 15, 

2007. 

Executive Summary: This 

announcement governs the proposed 

award of mandatory grants under the 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Act (FVPSA) to States 

(including Territories and Insular 

Areas). The purpose of these grants is to 

assist States in establishing, 

maintaining, and expanding programs 

and projects to prevent family violence 

and to provide immediate shelter and 

related assistance for victims of family 

violence and their dependents. 

This announcement sets forth the 

application requirements, the 

application process, and other 

administrative and fiscal requirements 

for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. 

I. Description 

Legislative Authority: Title III of the 

Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 

(Public Law (Pub. L.) 98–457, 42 United 

States Code (U.S.C.) 10401 et seq.) is 

entitled the ‘‘Family Violence 

Prevention and Services Act’’ (FVPSA). 

FVPSA was first implemented in FY 

1986. The statute was subsequently 

amended by Pub. L. 100–294, the ‘‘Child 

Abuse Prevention, Adoptions, and 

Family Services Act of 1988;’’ further 

amended in 1992 by Pub. L. 102–295; 

and then amended in 1994 by Pub. L. 

103–322, the ‘‘Violent Crime Control 

and Law Enforcement Act.’’ FVPSA was 

amended again in 1996 by Pub. L. 104–

235, the ‘‘Child Abuse Prevention and 

Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1996;’’ in 

2000 by Pub. L. 106–386, the ‘‘Victims 

of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

Act,’’ and amended further by Pub. L. 

108–36, the ‘‘Keeping Children and 

Families Safe Act of 2003.’’ FVPSA was 

most recently amended by Pub. L. 109–

162, the ‘‘Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2005’’ and by 

Pub. L. 109–271, which was enacted on 

August 17, 2006.’’ FVPSA may be found 

at 42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq. 

Background 

The purpose of this legislation is to 

assist States and Indian Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and non-profit private 

organizations approved by an Indian 

Tribe in supporting the establishment, 

maintenance, and expansion of 

programs and projects to prevent 

incidents of family violence and to 

provide immediate shelter and related 

assistance for victims of family violence 

and their dependents. 

During FY 2006, 241 grants were 

made to States and Indian Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and non-profit private 

organizations approved by Indian 

Tribes. The U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) also made 

53 family violence prevention grant U.S. 

awards to non-profit State domestic 

violence coalitions. 

In addition, HHS supports the 

National Resource Center for Domestic 

Violence (NRC) and four Special Issue 

Resource Centers (SIRCs). The four 

SIRCs are the Battered Women’s Justice 

Project, the Resource Center on Child 

Custody and Protection, Sacred Circle 

Resource Center for the Elimination of 

Domestic Violence Against Native 

Women, and the Health Resource Center 

on Domestic Violence. The purpose of 

NRC and SIRCs is to provide resource 

information, training, and technical 

assistance to Federal, State, and Native 

American agencies, local domestic 

violence prevention programs, and other 

professionals who provide services to 

victims of domestic violence. In 

February 1996, HHS funded the 

National Domestic Violence Hotline 

(Hotline) to ensure that every woman 

and man has access to information and 

emergency assistance wherever and 

whenever it is needed. The Hotline is a 

24-hour, toll-free service that provides 

crisis assistance, counseling, and local 

shelter referrals to women across the 

country. Hotline counselors also are 

available for non-English speaking 

persons and for people who are hearingimpaired. The Hotline number is 1–

800–799–SAFE (7233); the TTY number 

for the hearing-impaired is 1–800–787–

3224. 

General Grant Program Requirements 

Applicable to States 

Definitions 

States should use the following 

definitions in carrying out their 

programs. The definitions are found in 

section 320 of FVPSA. 

Family Violence: Any act or 

threatened act of violence, including 

any forceful detention of an individual, 

which: (a) Results or threatens to result 

in physical injury; and (b) is committed 

by a person against another individual 

(including an elderly person) to whom 

such person is or was related by blood 

or marriage or otherwise legally related 

or with whom such person is or was 

lawfully residing. 

Shelter: The provision of temporary 

refuge and related assistance in 

compliance with applicable State law 

and regulation governing the provision, 

on a regular basis, of shelter, safe 

homes, meals, and related assistance to 

victims of family violence and their 

dependents. 

Related assistance: The provision of 

direct assistance to victims of family 

violence and their dependents for the 

purpose of preventing further violence, 

helping such victims to gain access to 

civil and criminal courts and other 

community services, facilitating the 

efforts of such victims to make decisions 

concerning their lives in the interest of 

safety, and assisting such victims in 


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