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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4163–N–01]

NOFA for Emergency Shelter Grants

Set-Aside for Indian Tribes and

Alaskan Native Villages

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the

availability of approximately $1,265,000

in funds for emergency shelter grants to

be allocated to Indian tribes and

Alaskan Native villages by competition

for fiscal year (FY) 1997. Assistance

provided to Indian tribes and Alaskan

Native villages under this NOFA will be

used to help improve the quality of

existing emergency shelters for the

homeless, to make available additional

emergency shelters, to meet the costs of

operating emergency shelters and of

providing essential social services to

homeless individuals, and to help

prevent homelessness. This ESG setaside allocation will increase the

availability and expedite receipt of

program funds to Native American

communities. This NOFA contains: (1)

Information concerning eligible

applicants, (2) Information on funding

available within each HUD Indian

program region, and (3) Information on

application requirements and

procedures.

DATES: Applications must be received

by the appropriate HUD Office of Native

American Programs (ONAP) by no later

than 3 p.m. local time (i.e., the time in

the office to which the application is

submitted) on May 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Application packages are

available from the HUD Offices of

Native American Programs (ONAPs)

listed in Appendix 1 to this NOFA. The

Office of Native American Programs

(ONAP) serving the area in which the

applicant’s project is located must

receive an original application and one

copy by the deadline described in the

DATES section of this NOFA.

This NOFA and the application

package are available on the World

Wide Web through HUD’s Home Page at

http://www.hud.gov/indemerg.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Applicants may contact the appropriate

Office of Native American Programs

(ONAPs) for further information.

Appendix 1 to this NOFA contains a

complete list of these offices with their

addresses and telephone numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of Competition

Purpose of Program: To help improve

the quality of existing emergency

shelters for the homeless, make

available additional emergency shelters,

meet the costs of operating emergency

shelters and of providing essential

social services to homeless individuals,

and help prevent homelessness.

Eligible Applicants: Any Indian Tribe,

band, group, or nation, including

Alaskan Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos,

and any Alaskan native village of the

United States, as described further in

section III.B.(1) of this notice.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications:

May 23, 1997, by 3 p.m. local time.

Submission Requirements: See

Appendix 2 to this NOFA.

Available funds: $1,265,000.

II. Authority, Purpose, and Substantive

Description

The Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG)

program was first established in section

101(g) of Public Law 99–500 (approved

October 18, 1986), making

appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 1987,

as provided in H.R. 5313. The program

was reauthorized with amendments in

the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act, as amended (Pub. L.

100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371–11378)

(McKinney Act). Section 832(f) of the

Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

Housing Act (Pub. L. 101–625, approved

November 28, 1990) (NAHA) provided

for the explicit eligibility of Indian

tribes for ESG program assistance.

Regulations governing the ESG program

are in 24 CFR part 576, as amended by

the final rule for the Emergency Shelter

Grant program published in the Federal

Register on October 2, 1996 (61 FR

51546).

Approximately $1,265,000 is available

for the Indian Emergency Shelter Grants

(ESG) program as authorized by subtitle

B, title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act. The preamble

of the proposed rule on Emergency

Shelter Grants Program; Set-Aside

Allocation for Indian Tribes and

Alaskan Native Villages, published in

the Federal Register on April 5, 1993

(58 FR 17764), provides informative

details on the method for allocating

these funds.

Assistance provided to Indian tribes

and Alaskan Native villages under this

notice of funding availability (NOFA)

will be used to help improve the quality

of existing emergency shelters for the

homeless, make available additional

emergency shelters, meet the costs of

operating emergency shelters and of

providing essential social services to

homeless individuals, and help prevent

homelessness. This ESG set-aside

allocation will increase the availability

and expedite receipt of program funds

to Native American communities.

Promoting Comprehensive Approaches

to Housing and Community

Development

HUD is interested in promoting

comprehensive, coordinated approaches

to housing and community

development. Economic development,

community development, public

housing revitalization, homeownership,

assisted housing for special needs

populations, supportive services, and

welfare-to-work initiatives can work

better if linked at the local level.

Toward this end, HUD has in recent

years developed the Consolidated

Planning process designed to help

communities undertake such

approaches.

In this spirit, it may be helpful for

applicants under this NOFA to be aware

of other related HUD NOFAs that have

recently been published or are expected

to be published in the near future. By

reviewing these NOFAs with respect to

their program purposes and the

eligibility of applicants and activities,

applicants may be able to relate the

activities proposed for funding under

this NOFA to the recent and upcoming

NOFAs and to the community’s

Consolidated Plan. While tribes and

Indian housing authorities are not

required to execute a Consolidated Plan,

comprehensive planning by tribes is

encouraged.

Elsewhere in today’s Federal Register,

HUD is publishing the following related

NOFAs: the NOFA for Block Grant

Program for Indian Tribes and Alaskan

Native Villages, and the NOFA for

Indian Applicants under the HOME

program. HUD expects to publish within

the next few weeks the NOFA for Indian

Housing Development.

To foster comprehensive, coordinated

approaches by communities, HUD

intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to

continue to alert applicants to upcoming

and recent NOFAs as each NOFA is

published. In addition, a complete

schedule of NOFAs to be published

during the fiscal year and those already

published appears under the HUD

Homepage on the Internet, which can be

accessed at http://www.hud.gov/

nofas.html. HUD may consider

additional steps on NOFA coordination

for FY 1998.

For help in obtaining a copy of your

community’s Consolidated Plan, please

contact the community development

office of your municipal government.
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III. Application Process

A. Allocation Amounts

This NOFA announces the availability

of approximately $1,265,000 in funding

for FY 1997 to fund competitive grants

to Indian tribes for emergency shelter

grants. Set-aside allocations of the total

amount to each area Office of Native

American Programs (ONAP) are detailed

in the following chart:

ALLOCATION OF ESG SET-ASIDE FOR

INDIAN TRIBES BY HUD AREA

ONAPS FOR FY 1997

Eastern/Woodlands ................... $211,255

Southern Plains ........................ 249,837

Northern Plains ......................... 239,338

Southwest ................................. 337,755

Northwest .................................. 108,790

Alaska ....................................... 118,025

Total: .............................. 1,265,000

HUD reserves the right to negotiate

reductions in the amounts requested by

applicants based on the overall demand

for the funds. HUD further reserves the

right to reallocate these amounts as

provided in section III.F, Ranking and

Selection, of this NOFA. Each Indian

tribe must spend all of the grant

amounts it is awarded within 24 months

of the date of the grant award by HUD.

Any emergency shelter grant amounts

that are not spent within this time

period may be recaptured and added to

the following fiscal year’s ESG set-aside

for Indian tribes.

B. Eligibility and Threshold

Requirements

(1) Eligible applicants. Eligible

applicants are any Indian Tribe, band,

group, or nation, including Alaskan

Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any

Alaskan native village of the United

States that is considered an eligible

recipient under title I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450), or that

had been an eligible recipient under the

State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of

1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221). Eligible

recipients under the State and Local

Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 are those

that have been determined eligible by

the Department of the Treasury, Office

of Revenue Sharing.

Tribal organizations that are eligible

under title I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act may apply on behalf of

any Indian Tribe, band, group, nation,

or Alaskan native village eligible under

that act for funds under this NOFA

when one or more of these entities have

authorized the Tribal organization to do

so through concurring resolutions. Such

resolutions must accompany the

application for funding. Eligible Tribal

organizations under title I of the Indian

Self-Determination and Education

Assistance Act will be determined by

the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Only eligible applicants shall receive

grants. However, eligible applicants may

contract or otherwise agree with

noneligible entities such as States,

cities, counties, or other organizations to

assist in the preparation of applications

and to help implement assisted

activities. For instance, private

nonprofit organizations are not eligible

to apply directly to HUD for a grant, but

may receive funding from a grantee if

the grantee determines that the

nonprofit has the financial and

organizational capacity to carry out the

proposed activities.

(2) Thresholds. The selection process

for the Indian tribe set-aside program

includes a preliminary threshold

review. The applicant must clearly

demonstrate and HUD will review each

application to determine whether:

(a) The application is adequate in

form, time, and completeness;

(b) The applicant is eligible; and

(c) The proposed activities and

persons to be served are eligible for

assistance under the program.

(d) As it relates to new construction,

all proposed buildings are in

compliance with section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The applicant can show this either by

having an architect certify to the fact or

provide design plans for review by

HUD’s Office of Fair Housing & Equal

Opportunity.

C. Obtaining Applications

Application packages are available

from the HUD area Offices of Native

American Programs listed in Appendix

1 to this NOFA. They are also available

on the World Wide Web through HUD’s

Home Page at http://www.hud.gov/

indemerg.html.

D. Submitting Applications

The ONAP serving the area in which

the applicant’s project is located must

receive an original application and one

copy no later than 3 p.m. local time (i.e.,

the time in the office to which the

application is submitted) on the

deadline date of May 23, 1997.

Applications transmitted by FAX will

not be accepted. A determination that

an application was received on time

will be made solely on receipt of the

original application at the appropriate

Office of Native American Programs

serving the applicant’s project.

The deadline is firm as to date and

hour. In the interest of fairness to all

competing applicants, HUD will treat

any application that is received after the

deadline as ineligible for consideration.

Applicants should take this practice

into account and make early submission

of their materials to avoid any risk of

ineligibility brought about by

unanticipated delays or other deliveryrelated problems.

E. Rating Criteria

Applications that fulfill each of the

threshold review requirements

described in section III.B, Eligibility and

Threshold Requirements, will be rated

based on the following criteria, for a

maximum score of 105 points:

(1) Applicant capacity (30 points).

HUD will award up to 30 points to an

applicant that demonstrates the ability

to carry out activities under its proposed

program within a reasonable time, and

in a successful manner, after execution

of the grant agreement by HUD. The

applicant’s description of its previous

experience, such as whether it has

received a grant under this program,

how many grants it has received, and

whether the grants have been closed out

successfully, will weigh heavily in the

scoring. Documented evidence of poor

or slow performance in the ESG

program will enter strongly into that

determination. The applicants that rate

highest on this criterion will show

substantial experience as an

organization and/or staff in past

endeavors that are directly related to the

proposed project.

(2) Need (20 points). HUD will award

up to 20 points to an applicant that

demonstrates the existence of an unmet

need for the proposed project in the area

to be served. The applicants that rate

highest on this criterion will: (a) clearly

define the unmet housing and essential

services needs of the homeless

population proposed to be served in the

area to be served by the project, (b)

demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the

population to be served and its needs,

and (c) set forth an outreach strategy

that assures that the intended

population will be served. In reviewing

applications under this criterion, HUD

will consider demonstrated evidence of

need such as the following: (1) The

existence and length of the waiting list

from the Indian Housing Authority, or

other documentation regarding housing

waiting lists (e.g., for the Indian HOME

Program or the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Housing Improvement Program), and

how long a homeless individual could

expect to remain on such a waiting list;

(2) Data on the degree of housing

overcrowding; (3) A housing survey
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conducted by the Tribe; and (4)

Documentation for type of assistance

needed (e.g., the use of police reports or

other documentation of domestic

violence abuse).

(3) Service to homeless population (20

points). HUD will award up to 20 points

to an applicant that proposes to serve

that part of the Indian homeless

population that is most difficult to reach

and serve, i.e., those persons having a

primary nighttime residence that is a

public or private place not designed for,

or ordinarily used as, sleeping

accommodations for human beings. In

urban areas, this is usually referred to as

living ‘‘on the street.’’ To the extent that

Indians living on reservations live in

such situations (e.g., sleeping in cars,

abandoned structures, out in the open),

they meet the definition of living in

conditions similar to living on the

street.

In reviewing applications under this

criterion, HUD will consider the extent

to which the application identifies the

hard-to-reach Indian homeless

population and describes why this

population is difficult to reach and

serve, e.g., in terms of the population’s

geographic location, specific problems,

or willingness to enter into the program.

HUD will focus upon proposed outreach

and intake plans, and especially the

degree to which such plans would

maximize the likelihood that homeless

persons would be served by the

proposed project. The outreach strategy/

intake procedures to seek out and

evaluate the needs of the population to

be served should be clearly described in

the application.

(4) Appropriateness of essential

services (30 points). HUD will award up

to 30 points to an applicant that

proposes essential services that: (a) are

appropriate to the unmet needs of the

population proposed to be served, as

those needs are described in the

application in accordance with criterion

2 (Need); (b) are used or coordinated

with existing sources of supportive

services and networks of support in the

community; and (c) to the degree

possible, help to move residents to

longer-term housing situations.

Applicants should describe what

services are available and how they will

make those services accessible to the

people they serve. In addition, HUD will

evaluate the means by which the people

to be served will be assisted in moving

to permanent housing that is

appropriate and affordable. Applicants

should describe what resources are

available to assist the population they

serve to find permanent housing.

(5) Place Based Criterion (5 bonus

points). HUD will award between one

and five points for projects for which it

has been demonstrated that

coordination with programs designed

and implemented through other tribal or

regional governmental entities or in

cooperation with nonprofit groups has

reduced the cost of services, maximized

effective use of grant funds, and/or

addressed a broad range of community

based assistance programs. To be

eligible for these points, the applicant

must provide in its application a

narrative that describes its efforts and

success in coordinating community

based programs, and documentation

that supports the cooperation and

coordination of resources.

F. Ranking and Selection

Applications from Indian tribes

within the area served by the applicable

HUD Office of Native American

Programs will be assigned a rating score

and placed in ranked order, based upon

the rating criteria listed in section III.E

of this NOFA. Only those applications

receiving at least 50 total points will be

given funding consideration. In the final

stage of the selection process, qualified

applicants will be selected for funding

in accordance with their ranked order

within each area ONAP, to the extent

that funds are available within that area

ONAP’s jurisdiction.

In the event of a tie between

applicants, the applicant with the

highest total points for rating criterion

(2), Need, in section III.E of this NOFA,

will be selected. In the event of a

procedural error that, when corrected,

would warrant selection of an otherwise

eligible applicant under this NOFA,

HUD may select that applicant when

sufficient funds become available.

Depending on the availability of

funds, HUD may fund qualified

applications in rank order regardless of

location.

IV. Checklist for Application

Submission Requirements

A checklist of submission

requirements is provided in Appendix 2

to this NOFA, to assist the applicant in

preparing a complete application.

V. Corrections to Deficient Applications

HUD will notify the applicant if there

are any curable technical deficiencies in

the application. Curable technical

deficiencies relate to minimum

eligibility requirements (such as

certifications and signatures) that are

necessary for funding approval but that

do not relate to the quality of the

applicant’s program proposal under the

selection criteria. The applicant must

submit corrections in accordance with

the information provided by HUD

within 14 calendar days of the date of

the HUD notification.

In accordance with the provisions of

24 CFR part 4, subpart B, HUD may

contact an applicant to seek clarification

of an item in an applicant’s application,

or to request additional or missing

information. The clarification or the

request for additional or missing

information shall not relate to items that

would improve the substantive quality

of the application pertinent to the

funding decision.

VI. Findings and Certifications

A. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The information collection

requirements contained in this Notice of

Funding Availability (NOFA) have been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) in accordance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and assigned

OMB control number 2577–0205. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

a person is not required to respond to,

a collection of information unless the

collection displays a valid control

number.

B. Environmental Impact

This NOFA provides funding under,

and does not alter the environmental

requirements of, regulations in 24 CFR

part 576, which have been previously

published in the Federal Register.

Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(5),

this NOFA is categorically excluded

from environmental review under the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). For individual

grants, the grantee must comply with

the regulations in part 576, including

the environmental review procedures in

24 CFR 576.57(e).

C. Federalism Impact

The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under section 6(a) of

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has

determined that the policies contained

in this NOFA will not have substantial

direct effects on States or their political

subdivisions, or the relationship

between the Federal Government and

the States, or on the distribution of

power and responsibilities among the

various levels of government. As a

result, this NOFA is not subject to

review under the Order. This NOFA

announces the availability of funds set

aside for Indian tribes for emergency

shelter activities and invites

applications from eligible applicants.

D. Family Impact

The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official for Executive Order

12606, The Family, has determined that
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this NOFA, to the extent the funds

provided under it are directed to

families, has the potential for a

beneficial impact on family formation,

maintenance, and general well-being.

Since any impact on families is

beneficial, no further review is

considered necessary.

E. Economic Opportunities for Low- and

Very Low-Income Persons

All applicants are herein notified that

the provisions of section 3 of the

Housing and Urban Development Act of

1968, as amended (Pub. L. 102–550; 12

U.S.C. 1701u), and the regulations in 24

CFR part 135 are applicable to funding

awards made under this NOFA. One of

the purposes of the assistance is to give,

to the greatest extent feasible and

consistent with existing Federal, State,

and local laws and regulations, job

training, employment, contracting, and

other economic opportunities to section

3 residents and section 3 business

concerns. Tribes that receive HUD

assistance described in this NOFA shall

comply with the procedures and

requirements of this part to the

maximum extent consistent with, but

not in derogation of, compliance with

section 7(b) of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e(b)).

F. Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act:

Documentation and Public Access

Requirements; Applicant/Recipient

Disclosures

Section 102 of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101–235; 42

U.S.C. 3545) (HUD Reform Act) and the

final rule codified at 24 CFR part 4,

subpart A, published on April 1, 1996

(61 FR 1448), contain a number of

provisions that are designed to ensure

greater accountability and integrity in

the provision of certain types of

assistance administered by HUD. On

January 14, 1992, HUD published, at 57

FR 1942, a notice that also provides

information on the implementation of

section 102. The documentation, public

access, and disclosure requirements of

section 102 are applicable to assistance

awarded under this NOFA as follows:

Documentation and Public Access

Requirements

HUD will ensure that documentation

and other information regarding each

application submitted pursuant to this

NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis

upon which assistance was provided or

denied. This material, including any

letters of support, will be made

available for public inspection for a fiveyear period beginning not less than 30

days after the award of the assistance.

Material will be made available in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and

HUD’s implementing regulations in 24

CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will

include the recipients of assistance

pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal

Register notice of all recipients of HUD

assistance awarded on a competitive

basis.

Disclosures

HUD will make available to the public

for 5 years all applicant disclosure

reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in

connection with this NOFA. Update

reports (also Form 2880) will be made

available along with the applicant

disclosure reports, but in no case for a

period less than 3 years. All reports—

both applicant disclosures and

updates—will be made available in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and

HUD’s implementing regulations in 24

CFR part 15.

G. Section 103 of the HUD Reform Act

Section 103 of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101–235; 42

U.S.C. 3537a), and HUD’s regulations

implementing section 103, codified at

subpart B of 24 CFR part 4, apply to this

funding competition. These

requirements continue to apply until the

announcement of the selection of

successful applicants. HUD employees

involved in the review of applications

and in the making of funding decisions

are restrained by these requirements

from providing advance information to

any person (other than an authorized

employee of HUD) concerning funding

decisions, or from otherwise giving any

applicant an unfair competitive

advantage. Persons who apply for

assistance in this competition should

confine their inquiries to the subject

areas permitted under section 103 and

subpart B of 24 CFR part 4.

Applicants or employees who have

ethics related questions should contact

the HUD Ethics Law Division at (202)

708–3815. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

H. Prohibition Against Lobbying

Activities

Applicants for funding under this

NOFA are subject to the provisions of

section 319 of the Department of Interior

and Related Agencies Appropriation Act

for Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. 1352 (the

Byrd Amendment), which prohibits

recipients of Federal contracts, grants,

or loans from using appropriated funds

for lobbying the executive or legislative

branches of the Federal Government in

connection with a specific contract,

grant, or loan. Applicants are required

to certify, using the certification found

at Appendix A to 24 CFR part 87, that

they will not, and have not, used

appropriated funds for any prohibited

lobbying activities. In addition,

applicants must disclose, using

Standard Form LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities,’’ any funds, other

than Federally appropriated funds, that

will be or have been used to influence

Federal employees, members of

Congress, and congressional staff

regarding specific grants or contracts.

I. Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance

The program number is 14.231.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11376; 42 U.S.C.

3535(d).

Dated: April 3, 1997.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing.

Appendix 1—HUD Offices of Native American Programs

Tribes and IHAs location ONAP addresses

East of the Mississippi River (including all of Minnesota) and Iowa:

Elton Jones e-mail: eltonljones@hud.gov ...................................... Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native American Programs, 5P, Metcalfe

Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604–3507, (312) 886–4532 or (800) 735–3239, TTY Numbers: 1–

800–927–9275 or 312–886–3741.
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Tribes and IHAs location ONAP addresses

Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas except for Ysleta

del Sur:

William Melton e-mail: williamld.lmelton@hud.gov ...................... Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs, 6.IPI, 500 W.

Main, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, (405) 553–7525,

TTY Numbers: (405) 231–4181 or (405) 231–4891.

Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and

Wyoming:

Robert Harris e-mail: j.lrobertlharris@hud.gov ............................ Northern Plains Office of Native American Programs, 8P, First Interstate Tower North, 633 17th Street, Denver, Co 80202–3607, (303)

672–5457, TTY Number: (303) 672–5248.

Arizona, California, and Nevada:

Robert Kroll e-mail: robertls.lkroll@hud.gov ................................ Southwest Office of Native American Programs, 9EPID, Two Arizona

Center, 400 North Fifth Street, Suite 1650, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–

2361, (602) 379–4197, TTY Number: (602) 379–4461 or

New Mexico and Ysleta del Sur in Texas:

Johnny Cata e-mail: johnnylj.lcata@hud.gov .............................. Albuquerque Division of Native American Programs, 9EPIDI, Albuquerque Plaza, 201 3rd Street, N.W. Suite 1830, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102–3368, (505) 766–1372, TTY Number: None.

Idaho, Oregon and Washington:

Jeanne McArthur e-mail: jeannelmcarthur@hud.gov ..................... Northwest Office of Native American Programs, 10PI, 909 First Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, Washington 98104–1000, (206) 220–5271,

TTY Number: (206) 220–5185.

Alaska:

Donna Hartley e-mail: donnalhartley@hud.gov .............................. Alaska Office of Native American Programs, 10.1PI, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508–4399, (907) 271–4603,

TTY Number: (907) 271–4328.

Appendix 2—Checklist of Application

Submission Requirements

Applicants must complete and submit

applications in accordance with the

instructions contained in the

application kit. The following is a

checklist of the application contents

that will be specified in the application

kit:

—(1) Applicant Information, including

name, address, contact person, and

telephone number.

—(2) Standard Form 424;

—(3) Certifications of compliance with

the requirements of:

—(a) 24 CFR 576.21(a)(4), concerning

assistance provided for homelessness

prevention activities; § 576.53,

concerning the continued use of

buildings as emergency shelters for

the population to be served; § 576.55,

concerning building standards;

§ 576.56, concerning assistance to the

homeless; and § 576.59, concerning

displacement and relocation;

—(b) The Indian Civil Rights Act (25

U.S.C. 1301), and section 7(b) of the

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.

450e(b));

—(c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794);

—(d) The Age Discrimination Act of

1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101–07);

—(e) Executive Orders 11625, 12432,

and 12138, promoting the use of

minority business enterprises and

women-owned businesses to the

maximum extent consistent with the

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act;

—(f) The requirements of 24 CFR part

24, concerning the Drug-Free

Workplace Act of 1988;

—(g) Section 832(e)(2)(C) of NAHA,

concerning the confidentiality of

records pertaining to any individual

provided family violence prevention

or treatment services;

—(h) Section 832(g) of NAHA,

concerning minimum habitability

standards prescribed by the

Department;

—(i) Section 104(g) of the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1974

and 24 CFR part 58, concerning

assumption of the HUD

environmental review

responsibilities;

—(j) Prohibitions on the use of Federal

funds for lobbying, and the

completion of SF–LLL, Disclosure

Form to Report Lobbying, if

applicable.

—(k) 42 U.S.C. 11375(c)(7), as added by

the Housing and Community

Development Act of 1992, concerning

the involvement through

employment, volunteer services, or

otherwise, to the maximum extent

practicable, of homeless individuals

and families in constructing,

renovating, maintaining, and

operating facilities assisted under the

ESG program, and in providing

services for occupants of these

facilities.

—(l) Section 3 of the Housing and Urban

Development Act of 1968, as

amended, and the regulations in 24

CFR part 135.

—(4) Form HUD–2880, Applicant/

Recipient Disclosure/Update Form, if

applicable.

—(5) Project Summary and Proposed

Budgets.

—(6) Description of the homeless

population to be served.

—(7) Facility Description.

—(8) Narrative addressing the rating

criteria.

—(9) Matching funds certification as

required under § 576.51, and section

415 of the McKinney Act (42 U.S.C.

11375(a)). Each grantee must match

the funding provided by HUD with an

equal amount of funds from sources

other than under part 576. These

funds must be provided after the date

of the grant award to the grantee.

[FR Doc. 97–9305 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

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