[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29824-29826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part IV





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Notices of Funding Availability for Community Planning and Development, 
Public and Indian Housing, Housing, and Lead Hazard Control Programs; 
Introduction; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 1998 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4371-N-01]


Notices of Funding Availability for Community Planning and 
Development, Public and Indian Housing, Housing, and Lead Hazard 
Control Programs; Introduction

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notices of Funding Availability for Community Planning and 
Development, Public and Indian Housing, Housing, and Lead Hazard 
Control Programs; Introduction.

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SUMMARY: HUD is publishing in today's Federal Register its remaining 
notices announcing the availability of funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 
1998. These notices announce the availability of approximately 
$188,465,605 in HUD program funds covering seven (7) programs operated 
and managed by the following HUD offices: Community Planning and 
Development (CPD), Housing--Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 
Public and Indian Housing (PIH), and the Office of Lead Hazard Control 
(OLHC). Today's notices are being published separately from the three 
SuperNOFAs published by HUD on March 31, 1998 and April 30, 1998 due to 
the distinctive application selection procedures used by these 
programs. This document introduces the HUD notices being published in 
today's Federal Register, and briefly describes HUD's FY 1998 funding 
process. The individual notices that follow this introduction contain a 
description of the specific programs for which funding is made 
available and the procedures and requirements that are applicable to 
each program.

DUE DATES, ADDRESSES, APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCEDURES, APPLICATION 
KITS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: For the convenience of readers, this 
notice contains a chart that sets forth application due date for each 
program and the address to which applications must be submitted. 
However, applicants should refer to the individual notices published in 
today's Federal Register for specific information regarding due dates, 
addresses, application submission procedures, application kits, and 
technical assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The SuperNOFA Process

    HUD is publishing in today's Federal Register its remaining notices 
announcing the availability of funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. The 
publication of these notices marks the final stage in HUD's dramatic 
reinvention of its competitive funding process. This reinvention, 
conducted under the leadership of Secretary Andrew Cuomo, improves 
customer service and provides the necessary tools for revitalizing 
communities and improving the lives of people within those communities.
    As part of this process, HUD has published three Super Notices of 
Funding Availability (SuperNOFAs) in 1998, which coordinate program 
funding for over forty competitive programs and cut across traditional 
program lines. The first was the SuperNOFA and consolidated application 
process for Housing and Community Development Programs, covering 
nineteen Housing and Community Development programs, published in the 
Federal Register on March 31, 1998 (63 FR 15490). The second SuperNOFA 
and consolidated application process, which covered ten of HUD's 
Economic Development and Empowerment Programs, was published in the 
Federal Register on April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23876). The third SuperNOFA 
and consolidated application process, also published in the Federal 
Register on April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23988), covered six of HUD's Targeted 
Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs.
    HUD believes the SuperNOFAs represent a significant improvement 
over HUD's past approach to the funding process. The SuperNOFA approach 
is designed to simplify the application process; promote effective and 
coordinated use of program funds in communities; reduce duplication in 
the delivery of services and economic development and empowerment 
programs; allow interested applicants to seek to deliver a wider, more 
integrated array of services; and improve the system for potential 
grantees to be aware of, and compete for program funds.
    The three SuperNOFAs together offer a ``menu'' of approximately 40 
programs from which communities can select those that best meet their 
needs. The SuperNOFAs also encourage nonprofits, public housing 
agencies, local and State governments, tribal governments and tribally 
designated housing entities, veterans service organizations and others 
to cooperatively work together to form a comprehensive approach which 
builds on community assets and addresses community needs.
    In addition to the three SuperNOFAs, HUD also published in the 
Federal Register on April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23958) a consolidated NOFA 
and application process for three national competition programs: the 
Fair Housing Initiatives Program National Competition; the National 
Lead Hazard Awareness Campaign; and the Housing Counseling National 
Competition.
    Interested readers should consult the March 31, 1998 and April 30, 
1998 editions of the Federal Register or the HUD website at www://
hud.gov for additional information regarding HUD's SuperNOFAs and the 
SuperNOFA process.

II. HUD's Notices Published in Today's Federal Register

    The remaining HUD notices published in today's Federal Register 
announce the availability of approximately $188,465,605 in HUD program 
funds covering seven (7) programs. These notices include six (6) NOFAs 
and one Request for Expressions of Interest (REI). The seven notices 
being published today are identified in the chart below, along with the 
approximate funding available for each program. The chart also includes 
the application due date for each program and the address to which 
applications must be submitted.

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    HUD determined that the seven notices identified in the chart above 
should be published separately from the SuperNOFAs due to the 
distinctive application selection procedures used in each of these 
programs. The funding under several of these programs is being made 
available on a non-competitive basis. For example, HOPE VI demolition 
projects that meet the specified threshold eligibility criteria will be 
funded on a first-come, first-serve basis within the three priority 
groups established by the NOFA. Other notices (including those for the 
Service Coordinator Program and the Family Unification Program) include 
the use of lotteries to select applications for funding. Therefore, in 
order to avoid confusion on the part of potential applicants between 
the funding procedures used for these programs and the approximately 
forty programs included in the SuperNOFAs, HUD has decided to issue 
these notices independently of the SuperNOFA process.

III. Future HUD Funding Processes

    In FY 1997, Secretary Cuomo took the first step at changing HUD's 
funding process to better promote comprehensive, coordinated approaches 
to housing and community development. In FY 1997, the Department 
published related NOFAs on the same day or within a few days of each 
other. In the individual NOFAs published in FY 1997, HUD advised that 
additional steps on NOFA coordination might be considered for FY 1998. 
The SuperNOFA process represents the additional steps taken by HUD in 
1998 to improve HUD's funding process and assist communities to make 
better use of available resources through a coordinated approach. This 
new funding process was developed based on comments received from HUD 
clients, and the Department believes it represents a significant 
improvement over HUD's approach to the funding process in prior years.
    For FY 1999, HUD may take even further steps to enhance this 
process. HUD welcomes comments from applicants and other members of the 
public on this process and how it may be improved in future years. 
Comments and suggestions may be submitted electronically to the 
SuperNOFA mailbox at www://hud.gov or by regular mail to the following 
address: Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room 10276, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20410.

    Dated: May 22, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
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