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C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. Whitney Holding Corporation, New

Orleans, Louisiana; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of American

Bank, Houston, Texas.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. First Banks, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri, through its subsidiary, First

Banks America, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of The San Francisco

Company, San Francisco, California,

and thereby indirectly acquire voting

shares of Bank of San Francisco, San

Francisco, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 25, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS)

announces the following advisory

committee meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS), National Health

Information Infrastructure Workgroup,

Health Statistics for the 21st Century

Workgroup.

Time and Date: November 20, 2000, 9

a.m.–5 p.m.

Place: National Center for Health Statistics

(New Facility), 4105 Hopson Road, Research

Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, (919)

541–0171.

Status: Open.

Purpose: Two Workgroups of the NCVHS,

the National Health Information

Infrastructure Workgroup and the Health

Statistics for the 21st Century Workgroup, are

conducting a joint public hearing to solicit

opinions from the public, including oral and

written testimony, about the issues raised in

two interim reports: ‘‘Toward a National

Health Information Infrastructure’’ and

‘‘Shaping a Vision for 21st Century Health

Statistics.’’ The interim reports may be

downloaded from the NCVHS homepage at:

http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ and all

participants are encouraged to review them

before the meeting.

The hearing will explore challenges to the

development and implementation of a

National Health Information Infrastructure

(NHII). As envisioned in the interim report,

the NHII is the set of technologies, standards,

applications, systems, values, and laws that

support all facets of individual health, health

care, and public health. The broad goal of the

NHII is to deliver information to

individuals—consumers, patients, and

professionals—when and where they need it,

so they can use this information to make

informed decisions about health and health

care. Speakers invited by the NHII workgroup

will discuss barriers to accomplishing the

objectives described in the report, including

financial and technical barriers to the NHII,

along with recommendations for actions

which could be taken by the Federal

government and others to overcome

constraints.

The hearing will also seek comments about

major trends and issues in population health

and their implications for future information

needs described in the report, ‘‘Shaping a

Vision for 21st Century Health Statistics.’’

The report outlines themes that have

emerged from national consultations

involving health statistics users, public

health providers, advocacy groups and health

care providers at local, state, and Federal

levels. Speakers invited by the 21st Century

Workgroup will be asked to discuss specific

local and state health statistics needs,

specific means for generating private and

public cooperation in defining health

statistics needs and generating health

statistics collaborations. Invited speakers will

also be asked to provide specific comments

and suggestions on the interim report,

particularly as it relates to local and state

health statistics needs and private and public

cooperation.

The November hearing is the third of a

series of joint public hearings to be

conducted in several regions of the country

through the fall of 2000 to solicit testimony

on the reports. Information from the hearings

will be incorporated in the final reports

expected to be completed in early 2001.

Persons who would like to make a brief

oral comment (3–5 minutes) during the

November hearing will be placed on the

agenda as time permits. To be included on

the agenda, please submit testimony by

November 8, 2000, to Patrice Upchurch at

(301) 458–4540, by e-mail at

pupchurch@cdc.gov, or postal address at

NCHS, Presidential Building, Room 1100,

6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland

20782. Persons wishing to submit written

testimony only (no more than 2–3

typewritten pages) should also adhere to the

due date of November 8, 2000. Testimony

will also be accepted on-site as time permits.

Please consult Ms. Upchurch for further

information about these arrangements.

Additional information about the meeting

will be provided on the NCVHS homepage at:

http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ shortly before the

meeting date.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

summaries of meetings and a roster of

committee members may be obtained from

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary,

NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525

Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782,

telephone (301) 458–4245. Information also

is available on the NCVHS home page of the

HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. 93612–2002]

Administration for Native Americans:

Availability of Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Administration for Native

Americans (ANA), ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

competitive financial assistance to assist

eligible applicants in assuring the

survival and continuing vitality of their

Native American languages.

SUMMARY: The Administration for

Native Americans (ANA) announces the

availability of Fiscal Year 2001 funds

and other available funds for Native

American language projects. Financial

assistance provided by ANA is designed

to assist applicants in designing projects

which will promote the survival and

continuing vitality of Native American

languages. The Administration for

Native Americans advises all applicants

that grant awards made under this

announcement will have a September

30, 2001 project Start Date. Applicants

should, therefore develop projects that

begin no earlier than this date.

Application Kit: Application kits,

approved by the OMB under control

number 0980–0204, which expires April

30, 2003, containing the necessary forms

and instructions to apply for a grant

under this program announcement, may

be obtained by calling toll free: The

Applicant Help Desk, Administration

for Native Americans, 1–877–922–9262.

Or, copies of this program

announcement and many of the

required forms may also be obtained

electronically at the ANA World Wide

Web Page:

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ana

Application kits may also be obtained

from ANA training and technical

assistance providers. ANA employs

contractors to provide short-term

training and technical assistance (T/TA)

to eligible applicants. T/TA is available

under these contracts for a wide range

of grant application needs; however, the

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contractors are not authorized to write

applications. The Training and

Technical Assistance (T/TA) is provided

at no cost. The ANA Providers serve six

areas divided as follows:

Area I—Eastern serves federally

recognized Tribes in AL AR CT DC DE

FL GA IL IN KY LA MA MD ME MI MN

MS NC NH NJ NY OH PA RI SC TN VA

VT WI and WV.

Area II—Central serves federally

recognized Tribes in AZ CO IA KS ND

NE NM MO MT OK SD UT WY NV ID

and TX.

Area III—Western serves federally

recognized Tribes in CA OR and WA.

Area IV—Alaska serves all eligible

applicants in AK.

Area V—Pacific serves all eligible

applicants in Hawaii (HI) and the

Pacific Islands of American Samoa (AS),

Guam (GU), Northern Mariana Islands

(MP), and Palau (PW).

Area VI—National serves all eligible

applicants on the mainland United

States not served by providers for areas

1 through 5. This includes non-federally

recognized Tribes, Urban Indians, offreservation rural Indian communities,

Native Americans served through nonfederally recognized urban and

consortia arrangements and

organizations serving Native Hawaiians

and Pacific Island Natives living on the

Mainland.

ANA employs contracting firms to

provide short-term training and

technical assistance (T/TA) to clients in

the six identified, geographical regions

which are served by ANA. The ANA

training and technical assistance (T/TA)

contractors and their Geographic Areas

are:

Geographic Area I

Eastern

Native American Management Services,

Inc., Tonya Parker, Project Director,

6858 Old Dominion Drive, Suite 302,

McLean, Va. 22101, (703) 821–2226,

Fax (703) 821–3680 or (703) 821–

8626, 1 (800) 388–7670 (Toll Free), Email: nams@namsinc.org

Geographic Area II

Central

RJS & Associates, Inc., Dr. Robert J.

Swan, C.E.O., RR1, Box 694, Box

Elder, Mt. 59521, (406) 395–4727, Fax

(406) 395–4759, 1 (888) 838–4757

(Toll Free), Website: http://

www.rjsinc.org/region2.html E-mail:

rjsinc@rjsinc.org

Geographic Area III

Western

Development Associates, Inc., E. Robles,

Project Director, 1475 North

Broadway, Suite 200, Walnut Creek,

Ca. 94596, (925) 935–9711, 1 (800)

666–9711 (Toll Free), Fax (925) 935–

0413, Website: http://

www.devassoc.com/ana/index.htm Email: ana3@devassoc.com

Geographic Area IV

Alaska

Native American Management Services,

Inc., P.J. Wilkins-Bell, Project

Director, 1515 Tudor Road, Suite No.

#4, Anchorage, Alaska 99519, (907)

770–6230, Fax (907) 770–6232, 1–

877–770–6230, E-mail:

pjbell@gci.com

Geographic Area V

Pacific

Development Associates, Inc., Tom

Torres, Project Director

*Office will be located in Hawaii. The

address and telephone numbers were

not available for this printing. Please

contact their California office at 1–800–

666–9711 or (925) 935–9711 and ask for

Dr. Elidoro Robles. Their fax number in

California is (925) 935–9711. The e-mail

address for their California office is

ana3@devassoc.com. Check the ANA

website (www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/

ana) for Region V’s address and

telephone number or call ANA at 1–

877–922–9262.

Geographic Area VI

National

RJS & Associates, Inc., Dr. Robert J.

Swan, C.E.O., RR 1, Box 694, Box

Elder, Mt. 59521, (406) 395–4757, Fax

(406) 395–4759, 1 (888) 838–4757

(Toll Free), Website: http://

www.rjsinc.org/region6.html E-mail:

rjsinc@rjsinc.org

The printed Federal Register notice is

the only official program

announcement. Although reasonable

efforts are taken to assure that the files

on the ANA World Wide Web Page

containing electronic copies of this

Program Announcement is accurate and

complete; they are provided for

information only. The applicant bears

sole responsibility to assure that the

copy downloaded and/or printed from

any other source is accurate and

complete.

DATES: The closing date for submission

of applications is March 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheila Cooper, Native American

Program Specialist, Department of

Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, Administration for Native

Americans, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

Mail Stop HHH 348F, Washington, DC

20447, telephone: (202) 690–5787 or 1–

877–922–9262, telefax: (202) 690–7441,

or e-mail: scooper@acf.dhhs.gov

Part I: Supplementary Information

A. Purpose and Availability of Funds

The purpose of this notice is to

announce the availability of fiscal year

2001 financial assistance to eligible

applicants for the purpose of assisting

Native Americans in assuring the

survival and continuing vitality of their

languages. Financial assistance awards

made under this program

announcement will be on a competitive

basis and the proposals will be reviewed

against the evaluation criteria in this

announcement. Approximately

$2,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2001 has been

allocated for category I and II grants. For

Category I, Planning Grants (project

length: 12 months), the funding level for

a budget period of 12 months will be up

to $50,000. For Category II, Design and/

or Implementation Grants (project

length: up to 36 months), the funding

level for a budget period of 12 months

will be up to $125,000. In accordance

with current agency policies, ANA may

fund additional highly ranked

applications if additional funds become

available prior to the next competition.

ANA continues a variety of

requirements directed towards enforcing

its policy that an eligible grant recipient

may only have one active ANA grant

awarded from a competitive area at any

time. Therefore, while eligible

applicants may compete for a Native

American language grant in either of the

two categories, an applicant may only

submit one application and no applicant

may receive more than one Native

American language grant. All applicants

are strongly encouraged to provide a

retirement plan fringe benefit for grantfunded employees’ salaries up to five (5)

percent. Applicants must include

sufficient funds for principal

representatives, for example; the chief

financial officer or project director, from

the applicant organization to travel to

one post-award grant training and

technical assistance conference. This

expenditure is mandatory for new grant

recipients and optional for grantees that

have had ANA grants in the past.

Continuing for fiscal year 2001, under

the goals of the Executive Order on

Tribally Controlled Colleges and

Universities (TCU’s), TCU’s may now

independently apply for an ANA Grant

without impacting the eligibility of the

Tribe to apply. Previously, only one

application was accepted, either from

the Tribe or the TCU. Now both the

Tribe and the TCU may compete for and

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receive ANA grants at the same time, in

the same program(s).

New for fiscal year 2001, are two

White House Initiatives relating to

Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and

People with Disabilities. In accordance

with the Executive Order on Asian

American and Pacific Islanders, ANA

encourages greater participation from

Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

communities. The Executive Order on

People with Disabilities encourages all

communities to address the needs of

people with disabilities in all programs

in accordance with the Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA). ANA encourages

all Native communities to address the

needs of People with Disabilities in all

aspects of their programs. ANA also

encourages greater participation from

Native organizations serving People

with Disabilities

B. Background

The Congress has recognized that the

history of past policies of the United

States toward Indian and other Native

American languages has resulted in a

dramatic decrease in the number of

Native American languages that have

survived over the past 500 years.

Consequently, the Native American

Languages Act (Title 1, P.L. 101–477)

was enacted to address this decline.

This legislation invested the United

States government with the

responsibility to work together with

Native Americans to ensure the survival

of cultures and languages unique to

Native America. This law declared that

it is the policy of the United States to

‘‘preserve, protect and promote the

rights and freedom of Native Americans

to use, practice and develop Native

American languages.’’ While the

Congress made a significant first step in

passing this legislation in 1990, it

served only as a declaration of policy.

No program initiatives were proposed,

nor any funds authorized to enact any

significant programs in furtherance of

this policy.

In 1992, Congressional testimony

provided estimates that of the several

hundred languages that once existed,

about 150 are still spoken or

remembered today. However, only 20

are spoken by persons of all ages, 30 are

spoken by adults of all ages, about 60

are spoken by middle-aged adults, and

45 are spoken by the most elderly.

In response to this testimony, the

Congress passed the Native American

Languages Act of 1992 (the Act), P.L.

102–524, to assist Native Americans in

assuring the survival and continuing

vitality of their languages. Passage of the

Act was an important second step in

attempting to ensure the survival and

continuation of Native languages, as it

provides the basic foundation upon

which the tribal nations can rebuild

their economic strength and rich

cultural diversity.

While the Federal government

recognizes that substantial loss of Native

American languages over the past

several hundred years, the nature and

magnitude of the status of Native

American languages will be better

defined when eligible applicants under

the Act have completed language

assessments.

The Administration for Native

Americans (ANA) believes that the

responsibility for achieving selfsufficiency rests with the governing

bodies of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native

villages, and in the leadership of Native

American groups. This belief supports

the ANA principle that the local

community and its leadership are

responsible for determining goals,

setting priorities, and planning and

implementing programs that support the

community’s long-range goals.

Therefore, since preserving a language

and ensuring its continuation is

generally one of the first steps taken

toward strengthening a group’s identity,

activities proposed under this program

announcement will contribute to the

social development of Native

communities and significantly

contribute to their efforts toward selfsufficiency.

The Administration for Native

Americans recognizes that eligible

applicants must have the opportunity to

develop their own language plans,

technical capabilities, and access to the

necessary financial and technical

resources in order to assess, plan,

develop and implement programs to

assure the survival and continuing

vitality of their languages. ANA also

recognizes that potential applicants may

have specialized knowledge and

capabilities to address specific language

concerns at various levels. This program

announcement reflects these special

needs and circumstances.

C. ANA Program and Administrative

Policies

Applicants must comply with the

following programmatic policies:

• Funds will not be awarded for

projects addressing dead languages. For

purposes of this announcement, dead

languages are those languages that are

no longer spoken by any tribal member

or community member.

• The Commissioner shall determine

the repository for copies of products

from Native American language grants

funded under this program

announcement. At the end of the project

period, products or project models of

Native American languages grants

funded by this program announcement

should be sent to the designated

repository. Federally recognized Indian

Tribes are not required to comply with

this condition.

Applicants must comply with the

following administrative policies:

• Current Native American language

grantees whose grant project period

extends beyond September 30, 2001, or

who have requested an extension of the

grant project beyond that date, are not

eligible to apply for a grant under the

same program area. Current Native

American language grantees with

project periods beyond September 30,

2001, may not compete for additional

Native American language grants.

• Applicants for Category I may

propose 12- to 17-month projects;

applicants for Category II may propose

up to 36-month projects.

• Applicants must describe a locally

determined strategy to carry out a

proposed project with fundable

objectives and activities.

• An application from a federally

recognized Tribe, Alaska Native Village

or Native American organization must

be from the governing body of the Tribe

or organization.

• ANA will not accept applications

from tribal components which are

tribally-authorized divisions of a larger

Tribe, unless the application includes a

tribal resolution which clearly

demonstrates the Tribe’s support of the

project and the Tribe’s understanding

that the other applicant’s project

supplants the Tribe’s authority to

submit an application under the Native

American languages program both for

the current competition and for the

duration of the approved grant period,

should the application be funded.

• If a federally recognized Tribe or

Alaska Native village chooses not to

apply, it may support another

applicant’s project (e.g., a tribal

organization) which serves or impacts

their reservation. In this case, the

applicant must include a tribal

resolution that clearly demonstrates the

Tribe’s approval of the project and the

Tribe’s understanding that the other

applicant’s project supplants the Tribe’s

authority to submit an application

under the Native American languages

program both for the current

competition and for the duration of the

approved grant period, should the

application be funded.

• ANA will only accept one

application that serves or impacts a

reservation, Tribe, or Native American

community.

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• Any non-profit organization

submitting an application must submit

proof of its non-profit status in the

application at the time of submission.

The non-profit agency can accomplish

this by providing a copy of the

applicant’s listing in the Internal

Revenue Service’s (IRS) most recent list

of tax exempt organizations described in

Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code or by

providing a copy of the currently valid

IRS tax exemption certificate, or by

providing a copy of the articles of

incorporation bearing the seal of the

State in which the corporation or

association is domiciled.

• If the applicant, other than a Tribe

or an Alaska Native Village government,

is proposing a project benefiting Native

Americans or Native Alaskans, or both,

it must provide assurance that its duly

elected or appointed board of directors

is representative of the community, to

be served. To establish compliance with

the requirement in the regulations for a

Board representative of the community,

applicants should provide information

establishing that at least ninety (90)

percent of the individuals serving on a

non-profit applicant’s board fall into

one or more of the following categories:

(1) a current or past member of the

community to be served; (2) a

prospective participant or beneficiary of

the project to be funded; or (3) have a

cultural relationship with the

community to be served.

• Organizations incorporating in

American Samoa are cautioned that the

Samoan government relies exclusively

upon IRS determinations of non-profit

status; therefore, articles of

incorporation approved by the Samoan

government do not establish non-profit

status for these organizations for the

purpose of eligibility for ANA funds.

• Grantees must provide at least 20

percent of the total approved cost of the

project. The total approved cost of the

project is the sum of the ACF share and

the non-Federal share. The non-Federal

share may be met by cash or in-kind

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $100,000 in Federal funds

must provide a match of at least $25,000

(20% of the total approved $125,000

project cost). Failure to provide the

amount will result in disallowance of

Federal match.

As per 45 CFR part 74.2, In-Kind

contributions are defined as ‘‘the value

of non-cash contributions provided by

non-Federal third parties. Third party

in-kind contributions may be in the

form of real property, equipment,

supplies and other expendable property,

and the value of goods and services

directly benefiting and specifically

identifiable to the project or program.’’

In addition it may include other

Federal funding sources where

legislation or regulations authorize

using specific types of funds for match;

examples follow:

Indian Child Welfare funds, through the

Department of Interior;

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance funds, through

the Department of Interior and the

Department of Health and Human

Services; and

Community Development Block Grant

funds, through the Department of

Housing and Urban Development.

An itemized budget detailing the

applicant’s non-Federal share, and its

source(s), must be included in an

application.

If an applicant plans to charge or

otherwise seek credit for indirect costs

in its ANA application, a current copy

of its Indirect Cost Agreement must be

included in the application.

A request for a waiver of the nonFederal share requirement may be

submitted in accordance with 45 CFR

1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American

Program Regulations.

Applications originating from

American Samoa, Guam, or the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands are covered under Section

501(d) of Public Law 95–134, as

amended (48 U.S.C. 1469a) under which

HHS waives any requirement for

matching funds under $200,000

(including in-kind contributions).

Therefore, for the grants under this

Native American language program, no

match is required for grants to these

insular areas.

D. Proposed Projects To Be Funded

Category I—Planning Grants

The purpose of a Planning Grant is to

conduct an assessment and to develop

the plan needed to describe the current

status of the language(s) to be addressed

and to establish community long-range

goal(s) to ensure its survival. Project

activities may include, but are not

limited to:

• Data collection, compilation,

organization and description of current

language status through a ‘‘formal’’

method (e.g. work performed by a

linguist, and/or a language survey

conducted by community members) or

an ‘‘informal’’ method (e.g. a

community consensus of the language

status based on elders, tribal scholars,

and/or other community members);

• Establishment of community longrange language goals; and

• Acquisition of necessary training

and technical assistance to administer

the project and achieve project goal(s).

Category II—Design and/or

Implementation Grants

The purposes of Design and/or

Implementation Grants are (1) so Tribes

or communities may design and/or

implement a language program to

achieve their long-range goal(s); and (2)

to accommodate where the Tribe or

community is in reaching their longterm language goal(s).

Applicants under Category II must be

able to document that:

(a) Language information has been

collected and analyzed, and that it is

current (compiled within 36 months

prior to the grant application);

(b) The community has established

long-range language goals; and

(c) Community representatives are

adequately trained so that the proposed

project goals can be achieved.

Category II applications may include

purchasing specialized equipment

(including audio and video recording

equipment, computers, and software)

necessary to achieve the project

objectives. The applicant must fully

justify the need for this equipment and

explain how it will be used to achieve

the project objectives. The types of

projects ANA may fund under Category

II include, but are not limited to:

• Establishment and support of a

community Native American language

project to bring older and younger

Native Americans together to facilitate

and encourage the teaching of Native

American language skills from one

generation to another;

• Establishment of a project to train

Native Americans to teach Native

American languages to others or to

enable them to serve as interpreters or

translators of such languages;

• Development, printing, and

dissemination of materials to be used for

the teaching and enhancement of Native

American languages;

• Establishment or support of a

project to train Native Americans to

produce or participate in television or

radio programs to be broadcast in Native

American languages; and

• Compilation, transcription and

analysis of oral testimony to record and

preserve Native American languages

E. Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are

eligible to apply under this competitive

area:

• Federally recognized Indian Tribes;

• Consortia of Indian Tribes;

• Incorporated non-federally

recognized Tribes;

• Incorporated nonprofit multipurpose community-based Indian

organizations;

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• Urban Indian Centers;

• National or regional incorporated

nonprofit Native American

organizations with Native American

community-specific objectives;

• Alaska Native villages as defined in

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

(ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village

consortia;

• Incorporated nonprofit Alaska

Native multi-purpose community-based

organizations;

• Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional

Corporations/Associations in Alaska

with village specific projects;

• Nonprofit Native organizations in

Alaska with village specific projects;

• Public and nonprofit private

agencies serving Native Hawaiians (The

populations served may be located on

these islands or on the continental

United States);

• Public and nonprofit private

agencies serving native peoples from

Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands. The populations served may be

located on these islands or in the United

States; and

• Tribally controlled community

colleges, tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions; and,

• Native controlled colleges and

universities located in Hawaii, Guam,

American Samoa, Palau, or the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands which serve Native American

Pacific Islanders.

• Non-profit Alaska Native

community entities or tribal governing

bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or

traditional Councils) as recognized by

the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Further information on eligibility

requirements is presented in Part I–C.

ANA Program and Administrative

Policy. Some important policies found

in Part I are highlighted as follows:

Current ANA Native American

language grantees whose grant project

period ends on or before September 30,

2001 are eligible to apply for a grant

award under this program

announcement. The Project Period is

noted in Block 9 of the ‘‘Financial

Assistance Award’’ document.

Applicants for new grants may not have

a pending request to extend their

existing grant beyond September 30,

2001.

Any non-profit organization

submitting an application must submit

proof of its non-profit status in the

application at the time of submission.

The non-profit agency can accomplish

this by providing a copy of the

applicant’s listing in the Internal

Revenue Service’s (IRS) most recent list

of tax exempt organizations described in

Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code or by

providing a copy of the currently valid

IRS tax exemption certificate, or by

providing a copy of the articles of

incorporation bearing the seal of the

State or Tribe in which the corporation

or association is domiciled.

If the applicant, other than a Tribe or

an Alaska Native Village government, is

proposing a project benefiting Native

Americans or Alaska Natives, or both, it

must provide assurance that its duly

elected or appointed board of directors

is representative of the community, to

be served. To establish compliance with

the requirement in the regulations for a

Board representative of the community

applicants should provide information

establishing that at least ninety (90)

percent of the individuals serving on a

non-profit applicant’s board fall into

one or more of the following categories:

(1) A current or past member of the

community to be served; (2) a

prospective participant or beneficiary of

the project to be funded; or (3) have a

cultural relationship with the

community to be served. A list of board

members with this information

including tribal or Village affiliation, is

one of the most suitable approaches for

demonstrating compliance with this

requirement.

Under each competitive area, ANA

will only accept one application that

serves or impacts a reservation, Tribe, or

Native American community. If a

federally recognized Tribe or Alaska

Native village chooses not to apply, it

may support another applicant’s project

(e.g., a tribal organization) which serves

or impacts their reservation. In this case,

the applicant must include a tribal

resolution which clearly demonstrates

the Tribe’s approval of the project and

the Tribe’s understanding that the other

applicant’s project supplants the Tribe’s

authority to submit an application

under that specific competitive area

both for the current competition and for

the duration of the approved grant

period.

Participating Organizations: If a tribal

organization, or other eligible applicant,

decides that the objective of its

proposed Native American language

project would be accomplished more

effectively through a partnership

arrangement with a tribal school,

college, or university, the applicant

shall identify such school, college or

university as a participating

organization in its application. Under a

partnership agreement, the applicant

will be responsible for the fiscal,

administrative and programmatic

management of the grant.

F. Grantee Share of the Project

Grantees must provide at least 20

percent of the total approved cost of the

project. The total approved cost of the

project is the sum of the Federal share

and the non-Federal share. Further

information on this requirement is

presented in Part I–C. ANA Program and

Administrative Policy.

Applications originating from

American Samoa, Guam, or the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands are covered under Section

501(d) of Public Law 95–134, as

amended (78 U.S.C. 1469a) under which

HHS waives any requirement for

matching funds under $200,000

(including in-kind contributions).

Therefore, for the ANA grants under

these announced programs, no match is

required for grants to these insular

areas.

G. Review Criteria

The proposed project should address

the purposes of the Native American

languages stated and described in the

section I.B, ‘‘Background’’ of this

announcement.

The evaluation criteria below are

closely inter-related. Points are awarded

only to applications which respond to

these criteria. Proposed projects will be

reviewed on a competitive basis using

the following separate sets of evaluation

criteria; one set for planning grant

applications, the other for design and/or

implementation grant applications:

H. Planning Grants

(1) Current Status of Native American

Language(s) (15 points)

The application fully describes the

current status of Native American

language(s) in the community. Since

obtaining this data may be part of the

planning grant application being

reviewed, applicants can meet this

requirement by explaining their current

language status and providing a detailed

description of any circumstances or

barriers which have prevented the

collection of community language data.

If documentation exists, describe it in

terms of current language status.

(2) Goals and Available Resources (25

points)

The application describes the

proposed project’s long-range goals and

strategies, including:

• How the specific Native American

long-range community goal(s) relate to

the proposed project; and

• How the goal(s) fit within the

context of the current language status.

(b) The application explains how the

community and the tribal government

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(where one exists) intends to achieve

these goals. The type of community

served will determine the type of

documentation necessary to

demonstrate participation. All Tribes

and communities, however, must

indicate in their application how they

intend to involve elders and other

community members in their projects

and include them in development of

language goals and strategies and in

evaluation of project outcomes. Ways to

demonstrate community and tribal

government support for the project

include: • A resolution from Tribes or tribal

organizations stating that community

involvement has occurred in project

planning; • Community surveys and

questionnaires, including those

developed to determine the level of

community support for tribal

resolutions; and • Minutes of community meetings,

tribal presentations and discussion

forums;

Applications from National Indian

and Native organizations must clearly

demonstrate a need for the project,

explain how the project was originated,

state who the intended beneficiaries

will be, and describe how the recipients

will actually benefit from the project.

National Indian and Native

organizations should describe their

membership and define how the

organization operates. (c) Available resources (other than

ANA and the non-federal share) which

will assist and be coordinated with the

project are described. These resources

should be documented by letters of

commitment of resources, and not

‘‘letters of support’’. • ‘‘Letters of support’’ merely express

another organization’s endorsement of a

proposed project. Such support letters

and related documentation do not

indicate a binding commitment, do not

establish the authenticity of other

resources, and do not offer or bind

specific resources to the project. • ‘‘Letters of commitment’’ are

binding and specify the nature, amount

and conditions under which another

agency or organization will support a

project funded with ANA funds. These

resources may be human, natural or

financial, and may include other

Federal and non-Federal resources.

Applicant statements that additional

funding will be sought from other

specific sources are not considered a

binding commitment of outside

resources. • Non-ANA resources should be

leveraged to strengthen and broaden the

impact of the proposed project in the

community. Project designs should

explain how those parts of projects

which ANA does not fund will be

financed through other sources. For

example, ANA does not fund

construction. Applicants must show the

relationship of non-ANA funded

activities to those objectives and

activities that are funded with ANA

grant funds.

If the applicant proposes to enter into

a partnership arrangement with a

school, college or university,

documentation of this commitment

must be included in the application.

(3) Project Objectives, Approach and

Activities (30 points)

The proposed objectives in the

Objective Work Plan(s) relate to the goal

to ensure the survival and continuing

vitality of Native American language(s).

More specifically, together they will

achieve for the Tribe or community’s

language goals for the proposed project.

Each Objective Work Plan clearly

describes:

• The tribal government’s and

community’s active involvement in the

continuing participation of Native

American language speakers;

• Measurable or quantifiable results

or outcomes;

• How the results or outcomes relate

to the community’s long-range goals or

the establishment of those goals;

• How the project can be

accomplished with the available or

expected resources during the project

period;

• How the main activities will be

accomplished;

• Who specifically will conduct the

activities under each objective; and

• What the next steps may be after the

Planning project is completed.

(4) Organizational capabilities/

Qualifications (20 points)

(a) The management and

administrative structure of the applicant

is explained. Evidence of the applicant’s

ability to manage a project of the

proposed scope is well defined. The

application clearly demonstrates the

successful management of projects of

similar scope by the organization and or

by the individual designated to manage

the project.

(b) Position descriptions and/or

resumes of key personnel, including

those of consultants, are presented. The

position descriptions and/or resumes

relate specifically to the staff proposed

in the Approach Page and in the

proposed budget of the application.

Position descriptions very clearly

describe the position and its duties and

clearly relate to the personnel staffing

required to achieve the project

objectives. Resumes demonstrate that

the proposed staff are qualified to carry

out the proposed activities. Either the

position descriptions or the resumes

contain the qualifications, and/or

specialized skills, necessary for overall

quality management of the project.

Resumes must be included if

individuals have been identified for

positions in the application.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to give

preference to Native Americans in hiring staff

and contracting services under an approved

ANA grant.

(5) Budget (10 points)

A detailed and fully explained budget

is provided for each budget period

requested which:

• Identifies and explains each line

item, with a well-written justification,

in the budget categories in Section B of

the Budget Information of the

application, including the applicant’s

non-Federal share and its source.

Applicants from American Samoa,

Guam, and the Northern Mariana

Islands are not required to provide a

20% match for the non-Federal share

since the level of funding available for

the grants would not invoke a required

match for grants to these insular areas.

Therefore, applicants from these insular

areas may not have points reduced for

the lack of matching funds. They are,

however, expected to coordinate and

organize the delivery of any non-ANA

resources they propose for the project,

as are all ANA applicants.

• Includes and justifies sufficient cost

and other necessary details to facilitate

the determination of cost allowability

and the relevance of these costs to the

proposed project; and

• Requests funds which are

appropriate and necessary for the scope

of the proposed project.

• Includes sufficient funds for

principal representatives from the

applicant organization to travel to one

post-award grant training and technical

assistance conference. This expenditure

is mandatory for new grantees and

optional for grantees that have had an

ANA grant in the past. This travel and

training should occur as soon as

practical.

• Where implemented, includes an

employee fringe benefit budget that

provides grant-funded employees with a

retirement plan in addition to Social

Security. The applicant is strongly

encouraged to provide a retirement plan

fringe benefit for grant-funded

employees’ salaries up to five (5)

percent.

ANA supports a retirement plan to be

a necessary, reasonable and allowable

cost in accordance with OMB rules.

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Minimum standards for an acceptable

retirement fringe benefit plan are:

• The plan exists for the exclusive

benefit of the participants; funds are to

be used for retirement and certain other

pre-retirement needs, not for the

organization’s needs.

• The plan must have a vesting

schedule that does not exceed the initial

budget period of the ANA grant.

• An alternate proposal may be

submitted for review and approval

during grant award negotiations.

Alternate proposals may include the use

of Individual Retirement Accounts,

Money Purchase Pension Plans, Defined

Benefit Pension Plans, Combination

Plans, etc.

II. Design and/or Implementation

Grants

(1) Current Status of Native American

language(s) (10 points)

(a) The application fully describes the

current status of the Native American

language to be addressed; current status

is defined as data compiled within the

previous 48 months. The description of

the current status minimally includes

the following information:

• Number of speakers.

• Age of speakers.

• Gender of speakers.

• Level(s) of fluency.

• Number of first language speakers

(Native language as the first language

acquired).

• Number of second language

speakers (Native language as the second

language acquired).

• Where Native language is used (e.g.

home, court system, religious

ceremonies; church, media, school,

governance and cultural activities).

• Source of data (formal and/or

informal).

• Rate of language loss or gain.

(b) The application fully describes

existing community language or

language training programs and projects,

if any, in support of the Native

American language to be addressed by

the proposed project. Existing programs

and projects may be formal (e.g., work

by a linguist, and/or language survey

conducted by community members) or

‘‘informal’’ (e.g., a community

consensus of the language status based

on elders, tribal scholars, and/or other

community members).

The description should answer the

following: (1) Has applicant had a

community language or language

training program within the last 48

months? (2) Within the last 10 years? If

so, fully describe the program(s), and

include the following:

• Program goals.

• Number of program participants.

• Number of speakers.

• Age range of participants (e.g., 0–5,

6–10, 11–18, etc.).

• Number of language teachers.

• Criteria used to acknowledge

competency of language teachers.

• Resources available to the applicant

(e.g. valid grammars, dictionaries, and

orthographies or describe other suitable

resources).

• Program achievements.

If applicant has never had a language

program, a detailed explanation of what

barriers or circumstances prevented the

establishment of a community language

program should be included.

(2) Goals and Available Resources (20

points)

(a) The application describes the

proposed project’s long-range goals and

strategies, including:

• How the specific Native American

long-range community goal(s) relate to

the proposed project; and

• How the goal(s) fit within the

context of the current language status;

• A clearly delineated strategy to

assist in assuring the survival and

continued vitality of the Native

American languages addressed in the

community.

(b) The application explains how the

community and the tribal government

(where one exists) intend to achieve

these goals. The type of community

served will determine the type of

documentation necessary to

demonstrate participation. All Tribes

and communities, however, must

indicate in their application how they

intend to involve elders and other

community members in their projects

and include them in development of

language goals and strategies and in

evaluation of project outcomes. Ways to

demonstrate community and tribal

government support for the project

include:

• A resolution from Tribes or tribal

organizations stating that community

involvement has occurred in project

planning;

• Community surveys and

questionnaires, including those

developed to determine the level of

community support for tribal

resolutions; and

• Minutes of community meetings,

tribal presentations and discussion

forums.

Applications from National Indian

and Native organizations must clearly

demonstrate a need for the project,

explain how the project was originated,

state who the intended beneficiaries

will be, and describe how the recipients

will actually benefit from the project.

National Indian and Native

organizations should describe their

membership and define how the

organization operates.

(c) Available resources (other than

ANA and the non-federal share) which

will assist and be coordinated with the

project are described. These resources

should be documented by letters of

commitment of resources, and not

‘‘letters of support’’.

• ‘‘Letters of support’’ merely express

another organization’s endorsement of a

proposed project. Such support letters

and related documentation do not

indicate a binding commitment, do not

establish the authenticity of other

resources, and do not offer or bind

specific resources to the project.

• ‘‘Letters of commitment’’ are

binding and specify the nature, amount

and conditions under which another

agency or organization will support a

project funded with ANA funds. These

resources may be human, natural or

financial, and may include other

Federal and non-Federal resources.

Applicant statements that additional

funding will be sought from other

specific sources are not considered a

binding commitment of outside

resources.

• Non-ANA resources should be

leveraged to strengthen and broaden the

impact of the proposed project in the

community. Project designs should

explain how those parts of projects

which ANA does not fund will be

financed through other sources. For

example, ANA does not fund

construction. Applicants must show the

relationship of non-ANA funded

activities to those objectives and

activities that are funded with ANA

grant funds.

If the applicant proposes to enter into

a partnership arrangement with a

school, college or university,

documentation of this commitment

must be included in the application.

(3) Project Objectives, Approach and

Activities (30 points)

The proposed objectives in the

Objective Work Plan(s) relate to the goal

to ensure the survival and continuing

vitality of Native American language(s).

More specifically, together they will

achieve for the Tribe or community’s

language goals for the proposed project.

If the project is for more than one year,

the application includes Objective Work

Plans for each year (budget period)

proposed. Each Objective Work Plan

clearly describes:

• The tribal government’s and

community’s active involvement in the

continuing participation of Native

American language speakers;

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• Measurable or quantifiable results

or outcomes; • How they relate to the community’s

long-range goals or the establishment of

those goals; • How the project can be

accomplished with the available or

expected resources during the project

period; • How the main activities will be

accomplished; • Who specifically will conduct the

activities under each objective; and • How the project will be completed,

become self-sustaining, or be financed

by other than ANA funds at the end of

the project period.

(4) Organizational capabilities/

Qualifications (15 points)

The management and administrative

structure of the applicant is explained.

Evidence of the applicant’s ability to

manage a project of the proposed scope

is well defined. The application clearly

demonstrates the successful

management of projects of similar scope

by the organization and or by the

individual designated to manage the

project.

Position descriptions and/or resumes

of key personnel, including those of

consultants, are presented. The position

descriptions and/or resumes relate

specifically to the staff proposed in the

Approach Page and in the proposed

budget of the application. Position

descriptions very clearly describe the

position and it’s duties and clearly

relate to the personnel staffing required

to achieve the project objectives.

Resumes demonstrate that the proposed

staff are qualified to carry out the

proposed activities. Either the position

descriptions or the resumes contain the

qualifications, and/or specialized skills,

necessary for overall quality

management of the project. Resumes

must be included if individuals have

been identified for positions in the

application.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to give

preference to Native Americans in hiring staff

and contracting services under an approved

ANA grant.

(5) Budget (10 points)

A detailed and fully explained budget

is provided for each budget period

requested which:

Identifies and explains each line item,

with a well-written justification, in the

budget categories in Section B of the

Budget Information of the application,

including the applicant’s non-Federal

share and its source. Applicants from

American Samoa, Guam, and the

Northern Mariana Islands are not

required to provide a 20% match for the

non-Federal share since the level of

funding available for the grants would

not invoke a required match for grants

to these insular areas. Therefore,

applicants from these insular areas may

not have points reduced for the lack of

matching funds. They are, however,

expected to coordinate and organize the

delivery of any non-ANA resources they

propose for the project, as are all ANA

applicants. Includes and justifies sufficient cost

and other necessary details to facilitate

the determination of cost allowability

and the relevance of these costs to the

proposed project. Requests funds that are appropriate

and necessary for the scope of the

proposed project. Includes sufficient funds for principal

representatives from the applicant

organization to travel to one post-award

grant training and technical assistance

conference. This expenditure is

mandatory for new grant recipients and

optional for grantees that have had ANA

grants in the past. This travel and

training should occur as soon as

practical. Where implemented, includes an

employee fringe benefit budget that

provides grant-funded employees with a

retirement plan in addition to Social

Security. The applicant is strongly

encouraged to provide a retirement plan

fringe benefit for grant-funded

employees’ salaries up to five (5)

percent. ANA supports a retirement plan to be

a necessary, reasonable and allowable

cost in accordance with OMB rules.

Minimum standards for an acceptable

retirement fringe benefit plan are: • The plan exists for the exclusive

benefit of the participants; funds are to

be used for retirement and certain other

pre-retirement needs, not for the

organization’s needs. • The plan must have a vesting

schedule that does not exceed the initial

budget period of the ANA grant. • An alternate proposal may be

submitted for review and approval

during grant award negotiations.

Alternate proposals may include the use

of Individual Retirement Accounts,

Money Purchase Pension Plans, Defined

Benefit Pension Plans, Combination

Plans, etc..

(6) Evaluation, Sharing and Preservation

Plans (15 points)

The application should include the

following three plans: • An ‘‘evaluation plan’’ with a

baseline to measure project outcomes,

including, but not limited to, describing

effective language growth in the

community (e.g., an increase of Native

American language use). This plan will

be the basis for evaluating the

community’s progress in achieving its

language goals and objectives.

• A ‘‘sharing plan’’ that identifies

how the project’s methodology, research

data, outcomes or other products can be

shared and modified for use by other

Tribes or communities. If this is not

feasible or culturally appropriate,

provide the reasons. The goal is to

provide opportunities to ensure the

survival and the continuing vitality of

Native languages.

• A ‘‘plan to preserve project

products’’ describes how the products of

the project will be preserved through

archival or other culturally appropriate

methods, for the benefit of future

generations.

I. Application Due Date

The closing date for submission of

applications under this program

announcement is March 16, 2001.

J. For Further Information Contact

Sheila Cooper, Native American

Program Specialist, Department of

Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, Administration for Native

Americans, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

Mail Stop HHH 348F, Washington, D.C.

20447, telephone: (202) 690–5787 or 1–

877–922–9262; telefax: 202–690–7441;

e-mail: scooper@acf.dhhs.gov.

Part II: General Guidance to Applicants

The following is provided to assist

applicants to develop a competitive

application.

A. Definitions

• ‘‘Language preservation’’ is the

maintenance of a language so that it will

not decline into non-use.

• ‘‘Language vitality’’ is the active use

of a language in a wide range of

domains of human life.

• ‘‘Language replication’’ is the

application of a language program

model developed in one community to

other linguistically similar

communities.

• ‘‘Language survival’’ is the

maintenance and continuation of

language from one generation to another

in a wide range of aspects of community

life.

• ‘‘Multi-purpose community-based

Native American organization’’ is an

association and/or corporation whose

charter specifies that the community

designates the Board of Directors and/or

officers of the organization through an

elective procedure and that the

organization functions in several

different areas of concern to the

members of the local Native American

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community. These areas are specified in

the by-laws and/or policies adopted by

the organization. They may include, but

need not be limited to, economic,

artistic, cultural, and recreational

activities, and the delivery of human

services such as health care, day care,

counseling, education, and training.

• ‘‘Multi-year project’’ is a project on

a single theme that requires more than

12 months to complete and affords the

applicant an opportunity to develop and

address more complex and in-depth

strategies than can be completed in one

year. A multi-year project cannot be a

series of unrelated objectives with

activities presented in chronological

order over a two or three year period.

• ‘‘Budget Period’’ is the interval of

time (usually 12 months) into which the

project period is divided for budgetary

and funding purposes.

• ‘‘Core administration’’ is funding

for staff salaries for those functions that

support the organization as a whole, or

for purposes unrelated to the actual

management or implementation of work

conducted under an ANA approved

project. However, functions and

activities that are clearly project related

are eligible for grant funding. For

example, the management and

administrative functions necessary to

carry out an ANA approved project are

not considered ‘‘core administration’’

and are, therefore, eligible costs.

Additionally, ANA will fund the

salaries of approved staff for time

actually and reasonably spent to

implement a funded ANA project.

• ‘‘Real Property’’ means land,

including land improvements,

structures and appurtenances thereto,

excluding movable machinery and

equipment.

• ‘‘Construction’’ is the term that

specifies a project supported through a

discretionary grant or cooperative

agreement, to support the initial

building of a facility.

B. Activities That Cannot Be Funded

The Administration for Native

Americans does not fund:

• Projects that operate indefinitely or

require ANA funding on a recurring

basis.

• Projects in which a grantee would

provide training and/or technical

assistance (T/TA) to other Tribes or

Native American organizations which

are otherwise eligible to apply to ANA

(‘‘third party T/TA’’). However, the

purchase of T/TA by a grantee for its

own use or for its members’ use (as in

the case of a consortium), where T/TA

is necessary to carry out project

objectives is acceptable.

• The support of on-going social

service delivery programs or the

expansion, or continuation, of existing

social service delivery programs.

• ANA will not fund the purchase of

real property.

• ANA will not fund construction.

• ANA will not fund objectives or

activities for the support of core

administration of an organization.

• Costs of fundraising, including

financial campaigns, endowment drives,

solicitation of gifts and bequests, and

similar expenses incurred solely to raise

capital or obtain contributions are

unallowable under a grant award.

However, even though these costs are

unallowable for purposes of computing

charges to Federal awards, they must be

treated as direct costs for purposes of

determining indirect cost rates. They

must also be allocated their share of the

organization’s indirect costs if they

represent activities which: (1) Include

the salaries of personnel; (2) occupy

space; and (3) benefit from the

organization’s indirect costs.

Projects or activities that generally

will not meet the purposes of this

announcement are discussed further in

Section H, ‘‘General Guidance to

Applicants’’, below.

C. Multi-Year Projects

Only Category II ‘‘Design and/or

Implementation’’ projects may be

developed as multi-year projects, i.e. for

up to three years. The information in

this section is not applicable to Category

I, planning projects.

A multi-year project is a project on a

single theme that requires more than 12

to 17 months to complete. It affords the

applicant an opportunity to develop and

address more complex and in-depth

strategies. A multi-year project cannot

be a series of unrelated objectives with

activities presented in chronological

order over a two or three year period.

Initial awards, on a competitive basis,

will be for a one-year budget period (up

to 17 months), although project periods

may be for three years.

Awards, on a competitive basis, will

be for a one-year budget period,

although project periods may be for

three years. Applications for

continuation grants funded under these

awards beyond the one-year budget

period, but within a two-to-three year

project period, will be funded in

subsequent years on a non-competitive

basis. Continuation grants are subject to

the availability of funds, satisfactory

progress of the grantee and

determination that continued funding

would be in the best interest of the

Government. Therefore, this program

announcement does not apply to current

ANA grantees with multi-year projects

that apply for continuation funding for

their second or third year budget

periods.

D. Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs

Executive Order 12372 or 45 CFR Part

100 does not cover this program.

E. The Application Process

1. Application Submission by Mail

One signed original, and two copies,

of the grant application, including all

attachments, must be mailed on or

before the closing date to: U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, ACYF/Office of Grants

Management, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

SW, Mail Stop HHH 326–F,

Washington, DC 20447–0002, Attention:

Lois B. Hodge, ANA No. 93612–992.

2. Application Submission by Courier

Applications hand-carried by

applicants, applicant couriers, or by

overnight express mail couriers shall be

considered as meeting an announced

deadline if they are received on or

before the deadline date, between the

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at: U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, ACYF/Office of Grants

Management, ACF Mail Room, Second

Floor Loading Dock, Aerospace Center,

901 D Street, SW, Washington, DC

20024, Attention: Lois B. Hodge, ANA

No. 93612–992.

3. Application Consideration

The ANA Commissioner determines

the final action to be taken on each grant

application received under this program

announcement.

All applicants should take the

following points into consideration:

• Incomplete applications and

applications that do not conform to this

announcement will not be accepted for

review. Applicants will be notified in

writing of any such determination by

ACF. An incomplete application is one

that is:

• Missing Form SF 424.

• Does not have a signature on Form

SF 424.

• Does not include proof of non-profit

status, if applicable.

• The application (Form 424) must be

signed by an individual authorized (1)

to act for the applicant Tribe or

organization, and (2) to assume the

applicant’s obligations under the terms

and conditions of the grant award,

including Native American Program

statutory and regulatory requirements.

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• Complete applications that conform

to all the requirements of this program

announcement are subjected to a

competitive review and evaluation

process. Independent review panels

consisting of reviewers familiar with

American Indian Tribes and Native

American communities and

organizations, and Native American

languages evaluate each application

using the published criteria in this

announcement. As a result of the

review, a normalized numerical score

will be assigned to each application.

• Each Tribe, Native American

organization, or other eligible applicant

may compete for one grant award under

this program announcement.

• The Administration for Native

Americans will accept only one

application for this program

announcement from any one applicant.

If an eligible applicant sends in two

applications for this program

announcement, the one with the earlier

postmark will be accepted for review

unless the applicant withdraws the

earlier application.

• The Commissioner’s funding

decision is based on the review panel’s

analysis of the application,

recommendation and comments of ANA

staff, State and Federal agencies having

contract and grant performance related

information, and other interested

parties.

• The Commissioner makes grant

awards consistent with the purpose of

the Act, all relevant statutory and

requires this program announcement,

and the availability of funds.

• Successful applicants are notified

through an official Financial Assistance

Award (FAA) document. The FAA will

state the amount of Federal funds

awarded, the purpose of the grant, the

terms and conditions of the grant award,

the effective date of the award, the

project period, the budget period, and

the amount of the non-ACF matching

share requirement.

F. The Review Process

1. Initial Application Review

Applications submitted by the closing

date and verified by the postmark under

this program announcement will

undergo a pre-review to determine that:

• The applicant is eligible in

accordance with the Eligible Applicants

Section of this announcement; and,

• the application is signed and

submitted by the deadline; and,

• the application narrative, forms and

materials submitted are adequate to

allow the review panel to undertake an

in depth evaluation and the project

described is an allowable type. (All

required materials and forms are listed

in the Grant Application Checklist in

the Application Kit).

Applications subjected to the prereview described above which fail to

satisfy one or more of the listed

requirements will be ineligible or

otherwise excluded from competitive

evaluation.

2. Competitive Review of Accepted

Applications

Applications which pass the prereview will be evaluated and rated by an

independent review panel on the basis

of the specific evaluation criteria listed

in Part II. These criteria are used to

evaluate the quality of a proposed

project, and to determine the likelihood

of its success.

• ANA staff cannot respond to

requests for information regarding

funding decisions prior to the official

notification to the applicants.

• After the Commissioner has made

decisions on all applications funded

with fiscal year 2000 funds,

unsuccessful applicants are notified in

writing within 30 days. The notification

will be accompanied by a critique

including recommendations for

improving the application.

3. Appeal of Ineligibility

Applicants, who are initially

excluded from competitive evaluation

because of ineligibility, may appeal the

ANA decision of their ineligibility.

Likewise, applicants may also appeal an

ANA decision that their proposed

activities are ineligible for funding

consideration. The appeals process is

stated in the final rule published in the

Federal Register on August 19, 1996 (61

FR 42817).

G. General Guidance to Applicants

The following information is provided

to assist applicants in developing a

competitive application.

1. Program Guidance

• The Administration for Native

Americans funds projects that

demonstrate the strongest prospects for

addressing the stated purposes of this

program announcement.

• Projects will not be ranked on the

basis of general financial need.

• In discussing the goals, strategy,

and problems being addressed in the

application, include sufficient

background and/or history of the

community concerning these issues

and/or progress to date, as well as the

size of the population to be served. This

material will assist the reviewers in

determining the appropriateness and

potential benefits of the proposed

project.

• In the discussion of communitybased, long-range goals, non-Federally

recognized and off-reservation groups

are encouraged to include a description

of what constitutes their specific

‘‘community.’’

• Applicants must document the

community’s support for the proposed

project and explain the role of the

community in the planning process and

implementation of the proposed project.

For Tribes, a current signed resolution

from the governing body of the Tribe

supporting the project proposal stating

that there has been community

involvement in the planning of this

project will suffice as evidence of

community support/involvement. For

all other eligible applicants, the type of

community you serve will determine

the type of documentation necessary.

For example, a tribal organization may

submit resolutions supporting the

project proposal from each of its

members Tribes, as well as a resolution

from the applicant organization. Other

examples of documentation include:

community surveys; minutes of

community meetings; questionnaires;

tribal presentations; and/or discussion/

position papers.

• Applications from National Indian

and Native American organizations

must demonstrate a need for the project,

explain how the project was originated,

state who the intended beneficiaries

will be, and describe how the recipients

will actually benefit from the project.

• An application should describe a

clear relationship between the proposed

project, language goals, and the

community’s long-range goals or plan.

• The project application, including

the Objective Work Plans, must clearly

identify in measurable terms the

expected results, benefits or outcomes of

the proposed project, and the positive or

continuing impact that the project will

have on the community.

• Supporting documentation,

including letters of support, if available,

or other testimonies from concerned

interests other than the applicant should

be included to demonstrate support for

the feasibility of the project and the

commitment of other resources to the

proposed project.

• In the ANA Project Narrative,

Section A of the application package,

‘‘Resources Available to the Proposed

Project,’’ the applicant should describe

any specific financial circumstances

that may impact on the project. Include

such circumstances as any monetary or

land settlements made to the applicant

and any restrictions on the use of those

settlements. When the applicant appears

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to have other resources to support the

proposed project and chooses not to use

them, the applicant should explain why

it is seeking ANA funds and not

utilizing these resources for the project.

• Applications that were not funded

under a previous years-closing date may

be resubmitted. However, for

resubmission applicants should make a

reference to the changes or reasons for

not making changes in their current

ANA application which are based on

the ANA panel review comments.

2. Technical Guidance

It is strongly suggested that the

applicant follow the Supplemental

Guide included in the ANA application

kit to develop an application. The Guide

provides practical information and

helpful suggestions, and is an aid to

help applicants prepare ANA

applications.

• Applicants are encouraged to have

someone other than the author apply the

evaluation criteria in the program

announcement and score the

application prior to its submission, in

order to gain a better sense of the

application’s quality and potential

competitiveness in the ANA review

process.

• For purposes of developing an

application, applicants should plan for

a project start date approximately 120

days after the closing date under which

the application is submitted.

• The Administration for Native

Americans will not fund essentially

identical projects serving the same

constituency.

• If a project could be supported by

other Federal funding sources, the

applicant should fully explain its

reasons for not pursuing other Federal

funds for the project.

• For purposes of this announcement,

ANA is using the Bureau of Indian

Affairs’ list of federally recognized

Indian Tribes which includes nonprofit

Alaska Native community entities or

tribal governing bodies (IRA or

traditional councils). Other federally

recognized Indian Tribes, which are not

included on this list (e.g., those Tribes

that have been recently recognized or

restored by the United States Congress),

are also eligible to apply for ANA funds.

• The Objective Work Plan proposed

should be of sufficient detail to become

a monthly staff guide for project

responsibilities if the applicant is

funded.

• Applicants proposing multi-year

projects under Category II must fully

describe each year’s project objectives

and activities. Separate Objective Work

Plans (OWPs) must be presented for

each project year and a separate

itemized budget of the Federal and nonFederal costs of the project for each

budget period must be included.

• Applicants for multi-year projects

under Category II must justify the entire

time-frame of the project (i.e., why the

project needs funding for more than one

year) and clearly describe the results to

be achieved for each objective by the

end of each budget period of the total

project period.

• The Administration for Native

Americans will critically evaluate

applications in which the acquisition of

equipment is a major component of the

Federal share of the budget. ‘‘Equipment

is tangible, non-expendable personal

property having a useful life of more

than one year and an acquisition cost of

$5,000 or month per ‘‘unit.’’ During

negotiation, ANA may delete such

expenditures from the budget of an

otherwise approved application, if not

fully justified by the applicant and

deemed not appropriate to the needs of

the project.

• Applicants are encouraged to

request a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service as proof of timely mailing.

3. Grant Administrative Guidance

• The application’s Form 424 must be

signed by the applicant’s representative

authorized to act with full authority on

behalf of the applicant.

• The Administration for Native

Americans recommends that the pages

of the application be numbered

sequentially and that a table of contents

and tabbing of the sections is provided.

• An application with an original

signature and two additional copies are

required.

• The Cover Page (included in the

Kit) should be the first page of an

application, followed by the one-page

abstract.

• The applicant should specify the

entire project period length on the first

page of the Form 424, Block 13, not the

length of the first budget period. Should

the application propose one length of

project period and the Form 424 specify

a conflicting length of project period,

ANA will consider the project period

specified on the Form 424 as the

request. ANA may negotiate a reduction

of the project period. The approved

project period is shown on block 9 of a

Financial Assistance Award.

• Line 15a of the Form 424 must

specify the Federal funds requested for

the first Budget Period, not the entire

project period.

• Applicants may propose up to a 17-

month project period under Category I

and up to a 36-month project period

under Category II.

4. Projects or Activities that Generally

Will Not Meet the Purposes of this

Announcement

• Core administration functions, or

other activities, which essentially

support only the applicant’s ongoing

administrative functions.

• Project goals which are not

responsive to this program

announcement.

• Proposals from consortia of Tribes

that are not specific with regard to

support from, and roles of, member

Tribes. ANA expects an application

from a consortium to have goals and

objectives that will create positive

impacts and outcomes in the

communities of its members. Proposals

from consortia of Tribes should have

individual objectives that are related to

the larger goal of the proposed project.

Project objectives may be tailored to

each consortia member, but within the

context of a common goal for the

consortia. In situations where both tribal

consortia and a Tribe who belongs to the

consortia receives ANA funding, ANA

expects that consortia groups will not

seek funding that duplicates activities

being conducted by their member

Tribes.

• Projects that will not be completed,

self-sustaining, or supported by other

than ANA funds, at the end of the

project period. All projects funded by

ANA must be completed, or selfsustaining or supported with other than

ANA funds at the end of the project

period. ‘‘Completed’’ means that the

project ANA funded is finished, and the

desired result(s) have been attained.

‘‘Self-sustaining’’ means that a project

will continue without outside resources.

‘‘Supported by other than ANA funds’’

means that the project will continue

beyond the ANA project period, but will

be supported by funds other than

ANA’s.

• Renovation or alteration unless it is

essential for the project. Renovation or

alteration costs may not exceed the

lesser of $150,000 or 25 percent of the

total direct costs approved for the entire

budget period.

• Projects originated and designed by

consultants who provide a major role for

themselves in the proposed project and

are not members of the applicant

organization, Tribe or village.

H. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 10413)

The Program Narrative information

collection with this Program

Announcement is approved under

0980–0204, Expiration Date 04/30/2003.

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

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average 29.5 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, gathering and maintaining

the data needed, and reviewing the

collection of information.

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.

I. Receipt of Applications

Applications must either be hand

delivered or mailed to the address in

Section E, The Application Process. The

Administration for Native Americans

cannot accommodate transmission of

applications by fax or through other

electronic media. Therefore,

applications transmitted to ANA

electronically will not be accepted

regardless of date or time of submission

and time of receipt. Videotapes and

cassette tapes may not be included as

part of a grant application for panel

review.

Applications and related materials

postmarked after the closing date will be

classified as late.

1. Deadlines

• Mailed applications shall be

considered as meeting an announced

deadline if they are either received on

or before the deadline date or sent on or

before the deadline date and received by

ACF in time for the independent review

to: U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, ACYF/Office of

Grants Management, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Mail Stop HHH 326–F,

Washington, D.C. 20447–0002.

Attention: Lois B. Hodge ANA No.

93612–992.

• Applicants are cautioned to request

a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service

postmark or to obtain a legibly dated

receipt from a commercial carrier or the

U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks shall not be acceptable as

proof of timely mailing.

• Applications hand carried by

applicants, applicant couriers, or by

overnight/express mail couriers shall be

considered as meeting an announced

deadline if they are received on or

before the deadline date or postmarked

on or before the deadline date, Monday

through Friday (excluding Federal

holidays), between the hours of 8:00 am

and 4:30 p.m. at: U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, ACYF/Office of Grants

Management, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor

Loading Dock, Aerospace Center, 901 D

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024.

(Applicants are cautioned that express/

overnight mail services do not always

deliver as agreed.)

• ACF cannot accommodate

transmission of applications by fax or

through other electronic media.

Therefore, applications transmitted to

ACF electronically will not be accepted

regardless of date or time of submission

and time of receipt.

• No additional material will be

accepted, or added to an application,

unless it is postmarked by the deadline

date.

2. Late applications

Applications that do not meet the

criteria above are considered late

applications. ACF shall notify each late

applicant that its application will not be

considered in the current competition.

3. Extension of deadlines

The Administration for Children and

Families may extend an application

deadline for applicants affected by acts

of God such as floods and hurricanes, or

when there is a widespread disruption

of the mails. A determination to extend

or waive deadline requirements rests

with the Chief Grants Management

Officer.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers: 93.612 Native American

Programs; and 93.587 Promoting the Survival

and Continuing Vitality of Native American

languages)

Dated: October 3, 2001.

Gary Mounts,

Acting Commissioner, Administration for

Native Americans.

[FR Doc. 00–27708 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00N–1426]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Emergency Health Surveys

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that the proposed collection of

information listed below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

clearance under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit written comments on the

collection of information by November

29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office

Bldg., 725 17th St. NW., rm. 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Wendy

Taylor, Desk Officer for FDA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peggy Schlosburg, Office of Information

Resources Management (HFA–250),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

301–827–1223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA

has submitted the following proposed

collection of information to OMB for

review and clearance.

Emergency Health Surveys

Under section 519 of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act)

(21 U.S.C. 360(i)), FDA is authorized to

require: (1) Manufacturers to report

medical-device-related deaths, serious

injuries, and malfunctions; and (2) user

facilities to report device-related deaths

directly to FDA and to manufacturers,

and to report serious injuries to the

manufacturer. Section 522 of the act (21

U.S.C. 360(l)) authorizes FDA to require

manufacturers to conduct postmarket

surveillance of medical devices. Section

705(b) of the act (21 U.S.C. 375(b))

authorizes FDA to collect and

disseminate information regarding

medical products or cosmetics in

situations involving imminent danger to

health or gross deception of the

consumer. Section 903(b)(2) of the act

(21 U.S.C. 393(b)(2)) authorizes the

Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the

Commissioner) to implement general

powers (including conducting research)

to effectively carry out the mission of

FDA. These sections of the act enable

FDA to enhance consumer protection

from risks associated with medical

device usage that are not foreseen or

apparent during the premarket

notification and review process.

Currently FDA monitors medical

product related postmarket adverse

events via both the mandatory and

voluntary MedWatch Reporting Systems

using FDA Forms 3500 and 3500A

(OMB Control No. 0910–0281).

FDA is seeking OMB clearance to

collect information via a series of

surveys, thus implementing section

705(b) of the act and the

Commissioner’s authority as specified

in section 903(b)(2) of the act.

Participation in these surveys will be

voluntary. This request covers