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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4358–N–01]

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

for Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)

Program Coordinators for the Section

8 Rental Certificate and Rental

Voucher Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability

for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 for Section 8

Family Self-Sufficiency Program

Coordinators.

SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the

availability of up to $25.2 million in

Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 to fund Section 8

Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program

coordinators. The Section 8 FSS

program is intended to promote the

development of local strategies to

coordinate the use of assistance under

the Section 8 rental certificate and

rental voucher programs with public

and private resources to enable

participating families to achieve

economic independence and selfsufficiency. An FSS program

coordinator assures that program

participants are linked to the supportive

services they need to achieve selfsufficiency.

Public housing agencies (HAs) eligible

to receive funding under this NOFA are

only those which administer FSS

programs of at least 25 FSS slots. Under

this NOFA, both the voluntary FSS slots

reflected in the HA’s HUD-approved

FSS Action Plan and its mandatory FSS

slots are counted in determining the

HA’s FSS program size. HAs with FSS

programs of fewer than 25 slots also

may receive funding under this NOFA,

if they previously applied jointly and

were awarded FSS coordinator funding

with other eligible HAs, so that between

or among the HAs they administer at

least 25 slots or if they are now applying

jointly with one or more HAs, so that

between or among the HAs they

administer at least 25 slots.

DATES: The application deadline for the

FSS Programs Coordinators is July 24,

1998, at the time described in the

Applications Procedures section of this

NOFA.

The application deadline is firm as to

date and hour. In the interest of fairness

to all competing HAs, HUD will treat as

ineligible for consideration any

application that is not received before

the application deadline. Applicants

should take this practice into account

and make early submission of their

materials to avoid any risk of loss of

eligibility brought about by

unanticipated delays or other deliveryrelated problems. HUD will not accept,

at any time during the NOFA

competition, application materials sent

via facsimile (FAX) transmission.

Addresses and Application Submission

Procedures

The original completed application

should be submitted to the HA’s local

HUD Field Office HUB (Attention: HUB,

Director of Public Housing) or local

HUD Field Office Program Center

(Attention: Program Center

Coordinator). Throughout this NOFA,

the Field Office HUBs and Program

Centers will be referred to as the local

HUD Field offices. Applicants should

not submit any copies of their

applications to HUD Headquarters.

Applications Procedures. Mailed

Applications. Applications will be

considered timely filed if postmarked

on or before 6:00 pm on the application

due date and received by the HA’s local

HUD Field Office on or within ten (10)

days of the application due date.

Applications Sent by Overnight/

Express Mail Delivery. Applications sent

by overnight delivery or express mail

will be considered timely filed if

received by the appropriate local HUD

Field Office before or on the application

due date, or upon submission of

documentary evidence that they were

placed in transit with the overnight

delivery service by no later than the

specified application due date.

Hand Carried Applications.

Applications must be delivered to the

appropriate local HUD Field Office by

6:00 pm local time on the due date.

Hand carried applications will be

accepted during normal business hours

before the application due date. On the

application due date, business hours

will be extended to 6:00 pm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE:

For Further Information: For answers

to your questions, you may contact the

Public and Indian Housing Resource

Center at 1–800–955–2232 or the

Director of Public Housing or the

Program Center Coordinator in the local

HUD Field Office. You may also contact

Kathryn Greenspan, Housing Programs

Specialist, Office of Public and Assisted

Housing Delivery, Office of Public and

Indian Housing, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, room 4216,

451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington DC

20410–8000; telephone number (202)

708–3887. Hearing- or speech-impaired

individuals may call HUD’s TTY

number (202) 708–0770 or 1–800–877–

8339 (the Federal Information Relay

Service TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’

number, these numbers are not tollfree.) Information can be accessed via

the Internet at http://www.hud.gov.

For Technical Assistance. Prior to the

application deadline, staff at the

numbers given above will be available

to provide general guidance, but not

guidance in actually preparing the

application. Following selection, but

prior to award, HUD staff will be

available to assist in clarifying or

confirming information that is a

prerequisite to the offer of an award by

HUD.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The Section 8 information collection

requirements contained in this notice

were submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review

under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–

3520) and have been assigned OMB

control number 2577–0198. An agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless the

collection displays a valid control

number.

Promoting Comprehensive Approaches

to Housing and Community

Development

HUD is interested in promoting

comprehensive, coordinated approaches

to housing and community

development. Economic development,

community development, public

housing revitalization, homeownership,

assisted housing for special needs

populations, supportive services, and

welfare-to-work initiatives can work

better if linked at the local level.

Toward this end, the Department in

recent years has developed the

Consolidated Planning process designed

to help communities undertake such

approaches.

In this spirit, it may be helpful for

applicants under this NOFA to be aware

of other related HUD NOFAs that have

recently been published or are expected

to be published in 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.

Applicants should see the

SuperNOFA for Housing and

Community Development Programs

published on March 31, 1998, the

SuperNOFA for Economic Development

and Empowerment Programs and the

SuperNOFA for Targeted Housing and
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Homeless Assistance Programs that

were published on April 30 1998.

To foster comprehensive, coordinated

approaches to communities, the

Department intends for the remainder of

FY 1998 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 appears under the HUD

Homepage on the Internet, which can be

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

For help in obtaining a copy of your

community’s Consolidated Plan, please

contact the community development

office of your municipal government.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

I. Background, Authority, Amount

Allocated, Purpose, Eligibility of HAs

and Eligible Activity, Exceptions to

Minimum Program Size and Other

Requirements

(A) Background

In recent years, HUD provided

funding for FSS program coordinators to

HAs with Section 8 programs of fewer

than 1,000 units. The FY 1994 and FY

1995 funds were awarded to these HAs

based on a request for funding and all

complete applications were funded. The

FY 1996 funds were awarded based on

a competitive NOFA. In FY 1996, state

and regional HAs that administered

more than 1,000 rental vouchers and

certificates, but fewer than 1,000

mandatory FSS slots, were also eligible

to apply and some received funding. In

FY 1997, HUD allocated funds for FSS

program coordinators to allow HAs that

were previously funded to continue to

pay an FSS coordinator. Since funding

for FSS service coordinators was

limited, HUD did not accept

applications from HAs that were not

previously funded. In FY 1998 HUD has

allocated funds to allow HAs that were

previously funded for FSS program

coordinators to continue to pay for an

FSS coordinator for another year. In FY

1998, the Department will also accept

applications to fund additional small

HAs and state and regional HAs meeting

the requirements of this NOFA that did

not receive FSS service coordinator

funding in previous years.

(B) Authority and Amount Allocated

The Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development

and Independent Agencies

Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105–

65, approved October 27, 1997) allows

funding for program coordinators under

the Section 8 FSS program. As a result,

the Department determined to make a

sufficient amount available under this

NOFA, under part 984, in accordance

with § 984.302(b), to enable smaller HAs

to hire up to one FSS program

coordinator for one year at a reasonable

cost as determined by the HA and HUD,

based on salaries for similar positions in

the locality.

For FY 1998, $25.2 million is

available for HA administrative fees for

Section 8 FSS program coordinators.

This amount includes approximately

$1.2 million in FY 97 carryover

authority from the Departments of

Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

Development, and Independent

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997

(Pub. L. 104–204) for funding for

program coordinators under the Section

8 FSS program. Of the $25.2 million

being made available in FY 1998,

approximately $15 million will be

provided to those HAs that received

funds in response to the FY 97 NOFA.

This is the fifth fiscal year of funding for

FSS program coordinators.

(C) Purpose

HUD determined to make a sufficient

amount available under this NOFA to

enable smaller HAs (i.e, those with

programs of less than 1,500 total rental

vouchers and certificates with FSS

programs of at least 25 slots) and state

and regional HAs with FSS programs of

at least 25 but fewer than 1,500 FSS

slots, to hire up to one FSS program

coordinator for one year at a reasonable

cost, as determined by the HA and HUD

based on salaries for similar positions in

the locality. Each eligible HA is limited

to an award of $45,000 under this

NOFA.

(D) Eligibility of HAs

All HAs that received funding under

the FY 97 NOFA for FSS program

coordinators will be funded in FY 1998,

except those HAs submitting

applications that are ineligible under

Section IV.(C) of this NOFA, provided

the HA certifies on the required

Attachment A certification of this

NOFA, subject to HUD verification, that

it has hired an FSS program coordinator

with funding previously awarded for

that purpose and has made progress in

implementing the FSS program

demonstrated by progress by completing

activities in each of the categories in

section 2 of the required Attachment A

certification. The HAs funded in FY 97

will receive 103 percent of FY 97

funding (not to exceed $45,000) unless

the HA submits a request for a different

amount. HUD will not provide FY 98

funding to any HA that received FSS

Program Coordinator funding in FY 97

that does not comply with all of the

above requirements.

All HAs that did not receive FSS

coordinator funding in FY 97 and that

currently administer a rental voucher

and certificate program of less than

1,500 total rental vouchers and

certificates and administer FSS

programs of at least 25 FSS slots and

state and regional HAs with programs of

at least 25 but fewer than 1,500 FSS

slots are also eligible to apply under this

NOFA. HAs with less than 1,500 total

rental vouchers and certificates and

with FSS programs of fewer than 25

slots may also apply if they apply

jointly with one or more eligible HA so

that between or among the HAs they

administer at least 25 FSS slots. If

eligible applicants apply jointly, their

combined total program size may

exceed 1,500 total rental vouchers and

certificates, but the $45,000 maximum

amount that may be requested still

applies. Joint applicants must specify a

lead co-applicant which will receive

and administer the FSS program

coordinator funding. A state or regional

(i.e., multi-county jurisdiction) HA that

administers a program of more than

1,500 rental vouchers and certificates

may apply if it administers an FSS

program of at least 25 but fewer than

1,500 slots.

HUD has limited eligibility under this

NOFA to HAs with less than 1,500 total

Section 8 rental vouchers and

certificates and to state and multicounty regional HAs that administer

FSS programs of at least 25 but fewer

than 1,500 FSS slots, because the $25.2

million available for FSS program

coordinators is insufficient to fund all

HAs administering FSS programs. HUD

determined that HAs administering

large Section 8 programs are more likely

than smaller HAs to have access to other

resources for FSS program

administration. HUD has also decided to

allow a state or multi-county regional

HA that administers an FSS program in

more than one location to submit an

application if the state or multi-county

regional HA administers an FSS

program of at least 25 but fewer than

1,500 slots.

HUD is requiring that applicants

under this NOFA administer FSS

programs of at least 25 FSS slots to

ensure that the limited program

coordinator funds are used in a costeffective manner. The Department

expects that FSS programs of less than

25 FSS slots can be managed within HA

resources.

(E) Eligible Activity

Funds are available under this NOFA

to employ or otherwise retain the

services of up to one FSS program

coordinator for one year. A part-time
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FSS program coordinator may be

retained where appropriate. Under the

FSS program, HAs are required to use

Section 8 rental assistance together with

public and private resources to provide

supportive services to enable

participating families to achieve

economic independence and selfsufficiency. Effective delivery of

supportive services is a critical element

in a successful program.

(1) Program Coordinator Role

HAs administering the FSS program

use program coordinating committees

(PCCs) to assist them to secure resources

for and implement the FSS program.

The PCC is made up of representatives

of local government, job training and

employment agencies, local welfare

agencies, educational institutions, child

care providers, nonprofit service

providers, and businesses.

An FSS program coordinator works

with the PCC and with local service

providers to assure that program

participants are linked to the supportive

services they need to achieve selfsufficiency. The FSS program

coordinator may ensure, through case

management, that the services included

in participants’ contracts of

participation are provided on a regular,

ongoing and satisfactory basis, and that

participants are fulfilling their

responsibilities under the contracts.

(2) Staffing Guidelines

Under normal circumstances, a fulltime FSS program coordinator should be

able to serve approximately 50 FSS

participants, depending on the

coordinator’s case management

functions.

(F) Eligible Applicants With HUDApproved Exceptions to Mandatory

Minimum Program Size

If HUD has approved either a full or

partial exception to implementing an

FSS program of the mandatory

minimum size for an eligible HA, solely

because of lack of funds for reasonable

administrative costs, the approval of the

exception is hereby rescinded after

funding for an FSS program coordinator

is awarded under this NOFA.

(G.) Other Requirements

(1) Multifamily Tenant Characteristics

System (MTCS) Reporting

To qualify for funding under this

NOFA, HAs must have adequately

reported on their FSS participants

through the MTCS system. Adequate

reporting means that the MTCS system

shows tenant records for at least 75

percent of currently enrolled FSS

families.

(2) Compliance With Fair Housing and

Civil Rights Laws

All applicants, with the exception of

Federally recognized Indian tribes, must

comply with all Fair Housing and civil

rights laws, statutes, regulations and

executive orders as enumerated in 24

CFR 5.105(a). Federally recognized

Indian tribes must comply with the Age

Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 504

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and

the Indian Civil Rights Act. If an

applicant: (1) Has been charged with a

violation of the Fair Housing Act by the

Secretary; (2) is the defendant in a Fair

Housing Act lawsuit filed by the

Department of Justice; or (3) has

received a letter of noncompliance

findings under Title VI of the Civil

Rights Act, Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act, or Section 109 of the

Housing and Community Development

Act, the applicant is not eligible to

apply for funding under this NOFA

until the applicant resolves such charge,

lawsuit, or letter of findings to the

satisfaction of the Department.

(3) Additional Nondiscrimination

Requirements

Applicants must comply with the

Americans with Disabilities Act, and

Title IX of the Education Amendments

Act of 1972. In addition to compliance

with the civil rights requirements listed

at 24 CFR 5.105, each successful

applicant must comply with the

nondiscrimination in employment

requirements of Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, U.S.C. sections

2000e et seq.; the Equal Pay Act, 29

U.S.C. section 206(d); the Age

Discrimination in Employment Act of

1967, 29 U.S.C. sections 621 et seq., and

Titles I and V of the Americans with

Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. sections

12101 et seq.

(4) Affirmatively Furthering Fair

Housing

Each successful applicant will have a

duty to affirmatively further fair

housing. After the application is

approved, applicants will be required to

identify the specific steps that they will

take to (1) address the elimination of

impediments to fair housing that were

identified in the jurisdiction’s Analysis

of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing

Choice; (2) remedy discrimination in

housing; or (3) promote fair housing

rights and fair housing choice. Further,

applicants have a duty to carry out the

specific activities cited in their

responses in a manner which will

affirmatively further fair housing.

II. Application Selection Process for

FSS Program Coordinator Funding

The funds available under this NOFA

are not being awarded on a competitive

basis. The Department anticipates that

there may be sufficient funds available

under the NOFA to fund all applications

that meet the NOFA requirements.

Applications will be reviewed by the

local HUD Field Office to determine

whether or not they are technically

adequate based on the NOFA

requirements.

Upon completion of its review, each

local HUD field office will prepare a

listing of all technically adequate letters

and certifications, which includes each

applicant’s total program size and FSS

program size, and the amount approved

for each applicant. This listing will be

forwarded to the Office of Public and

Assisted Housing Delivery in HUD

Headquarters which will then allocate

the available funding among approvable

applications. For new applicants, the

listing should be in rank order by

program size from the smallest HA to

the largest. All technically adequate

applications will be funded to the extent

funds are available. If HUD receives

applications for funding greater than the

amount made available under this

NOFA, HUD will first fund applications

from the HAs that received FSS program

coordinator funding under the FY 97

NOFA. If funding remains, HUD will

then fund new applicants in size order

from the smallest HAs first (i.e., those

HAs with the smallest combined rental

voucher and certificate programs, or, in

the case of state and multi-county

regional HAs, smallest FSS program

size). The size of a State or multi-county

regional HA’s program will be

determined based on the number of FSS

slots it plans to administer with the

funds for the FSS Coordinator.

III. FSS Program Coordinators

Application Submission Requirements

(A) Application Requirement for HAs

That Received FY 97 FSS Program

Coordinator Funding

(1) Applications for Funding at 103

Percent of FY 97 Funding

All HAs that received funding for FSS

program coordinators under the FY 97

NOFA and that wish to receive funding

under this NOFA at 103 percent of the

FY 97 funding, must complete a

certification in the format shown as

‘‘Attachment A’’ of this NOFA and

submit it to the appropriate local HUD

field office by the due date. The

completed Attachment A certification

along with the Fair Housing

Certification (Attachment C of this
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NOFA) constitute the entire HA

application for funding under this

section.

(2) Application for Funding Other than

103 Percent of FY 97 Funding

HAs that received FSS Program

Coordinator funding in FY 97 that wish

to receive funding for FY 98 at an

amount other than 103 percent of the FY

97 funding must submit the completed

Attachment A certification, the

Attachment C Fair Housing

Certification, and the Attachment B

letter required under III. (B) of this

NOFA.

(B) Request for FSS Program

Coordinator Funds by Eligible HAs That

Were Not Funded in FY 97

The applications of all HAs that have

not received funding under the FY 97

NOFA must contain the following

information stated in a letter from the

Executive Director of the HA to the

HUB, Director of Public Housing or the

Program Center Coordinator in the local

HUD field office (see sample letter

format, Attachment B). That letter plus

the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

certification which is Attachment C of

this NOFA constitute the entire HA

application for funding under this

section. The HA letter must state:

(1) The total number of budgeted

Section 8 rental certificates and rental

vouchers from the most recent HUDapproved form HUD–52672.

(2) The total number of currently

enrolled FSS families.

(3) The total number of FSS slots in

the HUD approved FSS Action Plan of

the HA.

(4) The annual salary proposed for the

FSS program coordinator, plus any

fringe benefits. Do not include costs of

training, transportation, clerical

support, equipment, supplies, or other

administrative costs or overhead. The

program coordinator salary should be

set as follows:

(a) Determine the salary level, taking

into consideration salaries for

comparable jobs, modified by the hours

worked.

(b) Set the annual salary, including

any fringe benefits that pertain to the

job.

(5) Evidence that demonstrates salary

comparability with similar positions in

the local jurisdiction.

(6) Joint applicants must indicate

which HA will be the lead applicant

and will receive and administer the FSS

program coordinator funding.

(C) Fair Housing Certification

All HAs must submit the Certification

Regarding Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity which is included as

Attachment C of this NOFA.

IV. Corrections to Deficient FSS

Program Coordinators Applications

(A) Acceptable Applications

To be eligible for processing, an

application must be received by the

appropriate local HUD field office no

later than the date and time specified in

this NOFA. The local HUD field office

will initially screen all applications and

notify HAs of technical deficiencies by

letter.

(B) Correction of Deficient Applications.

After the application due date, HUD

may not, consistent with 24 CFR part 4,

subpart B, consider unsolicited

information from an applicant. HUD

may contact an applicant, however, to

clarify an item in the application or to

correct technical deficiencies.

Applicants should note, however, that

HUD may not seek clarification of items

or responses that improve the

substantive quality of the applicant’s

response to any eligibility or selection

criterion. Examples of curable technical

deficiencies include failure to submit

the proper certifications or failure to

submit an application containing an

original signature by an authorized

official. In each case, HUD will notify

the applicant in writing by describing

the clarification or technical deficiency.

HUD will notify applicants by facsimile

or by return receipt requested.

Applicants must submit clarifications or

corrections of technical deficiencies in

accordance with the information

provided by HUD within 14 calendar

days of the date of receipt of the HUD

notification. If the deficiency is not

corrected within this time period, HUD

will reject the application as

incomplete.

(C) Unacceptable Applications

(1) After the 14-calendar day technical

deficiency correction period, the local

HUD field office will disapprove HA

applications that it determines are not

acceptable for processing. The HUD

notification of rejection letter must state

the basis for the decision.

(2) Applications from HAs that fall

into any of the following categories will

not be processed:

(a) An HA application submitted after

the deadline date for this NOFA will be

rejected from processing.

(b) An HA application that does not

comply with the requirements of III.(A)

and (B) of this NOFA.

(c) Applications from HAs that do not

meet the requirements of I.G.(2) of this

NOFA, Compliance with Fair Housing

and Civil Rights Laws.

(d) The HA has serious unaddressed,

outstanding Inspector General audit

findings, or HUD Office management

review findings for one or more of its

Rental Voucher, Rental Certificate or

Moderate Rehabilitation Program.

(e) An HA that has not adequately

reported on its FSS participants through

the MTCS system. Adequate reporting

means that the MTCS system shows

tenant records for at least 75 percent of

currently enrolled FSS families.

V. Other Matters

(A) Environmental Requirements

This NOFA provides funding under

24 CFR Part 984, which does not

contain environmental review

provisions because it concerns activities

that are listed in 24 CFR 50.19(b) as

categorically excluded from

environmental review under the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (42 C.F.R. 4321) (‘‘NEPA’’).

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

this NOFA is categorically excluded

from environmental review under

NEPA. No environmental review is

required in connection with the award

of assistance under this NOFA, because

the NOFA only provides funds for

employing a coordinator that provides

public and supportive services, which

are categorically excluded under 24 CFR

50.19(c)(4) and (12).

(B) Executive Order 12612, Federalism

The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under section 6(a) of

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has

determined that the provisions of this

NOFA do not have ‘‘federalism

implications’’ within the meaning of the

Order. The NOFA makes funds available

for HAs to employ or otherwise retain

the services of up to one FSS program

coordinator for one year. As such, there

are no direct implications on the

relationship between the national

government and the states or on the

distribution of power and

responsibilities among various levels of

government.

(C) Accountability in the Provision of

HUD Assistance

Section 102 of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (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
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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 that basis upon which

assistance was provided or denied. This

material, including any letters of

support, will be made available for

public inspection for a five-year 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 at 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 five 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 of less than three 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 at 24

CFR part 15.

(D) Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers

The catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number for the Section 8

rental certificate program is 14.855. The

number for the Section 8 rental voucher

program is 14.857.

Dated: May 20, 1998.

Deborah Vincent,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Public and Indian Housing

Attachment A—Required Certification

Format for HAs That Received FY 97 FSS

Program Coordinator Funding*

Dear HUD Field Office HUB Director of

Public Housing or Field Office Program

Center Coordinator:

In connection with the FY 98 NOFA for

FSS program coordinators, I hereby certify

for the llllllll (enter name) HA

that:

(1) The HA has hired an FSS program

coordinator using HUD funds provided for

that purpose on llllll (enter the ACC

effective date of FY 97 FSS program

coordinator funding increment), and

(2) The HA has (check all that apply):

(a) Formed and convened an FSS program

coordinating committee llllll,

(b) Developed an FSS action plan and

submitted it to HUD for approval

llllll,

(c) Executed contracts of participation with

FSS participants llllll.

(3) The HA has an FSS program size of

llll (enter number) in its approved FSS

action plan. The HA has llll (enter

number) Section 8 families currently enrolled

in the FSS program.

Sincerely,

Executive Director

*Note: To qualify for funding under this

NOFA, HAs that received Section 8 FSS

Program Coordinator funding in FY 97 must

have hired an FSS program coordinator and

demonstrate activities in each of the

categories in section 2.(a), 2.(b) and 2(c) of

this Attachment A certification.

Attachment B—New Requests for FSS

Program Coordinator Funds Sample Letter

Format

Dear HUD Field Office HUB Director of

Public Housing or Field Office Program

Center Coordinator:

This is to request funds to pay the salary

of a Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program

coordinator for one year, for the

llllllll housing agency (HA) FSS

program.

1. Total number of budgeted Section 8

rental certificates and rental vouchers from

the most recent HUD-approved form HUD–

52672:llll.

2. Total number of currently enrolled FSS

families: llll

3. Total number of FSS program slots

(based on number identified in the HA’s

HUD-approved Action Plan or, when HAs are

applying jointly, the combined total of FSS

program slots approved for the HAs) oR for

State or multi-county regional HAs state the

number of FSS slots that will be

administered with funding under this

NOFA:llll.

4. Service Coordinator Salary:

a. Salary level, based on salaries for

comparable jobs (modified by number of

hours worked) llllll

b. Annual Salary plus Fringe Benefits:

llll Hours/Week; llll $/Hour;

llll Fringe Rate(%)

Annual Salary llllllllllllll

5. Attachment: Evidence demonstrating

salary comparability to similar positions in

the local jurisdiction.

6. For joint applications: The lead

applicant HA that will receive and

administer the FSS program coordinator

funding is:llllllll.

If there are any questions, please contact

llllllll at llllllll.

Sincerely,

Executive Director

Attachments

Attachment C—Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity Certifications

The housing agency (HA) certifies that in

administering the funding for the Family

Self-Sufficiency program coordinators it will

comply with the requirements of the Fair

Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of

1975, and will affirmatively further fair

housing. CDBG recipients also must certify to

compliance with section 109 of the Housing

and Community Development Act. Federally

recognized Indian tribes must certify that

they will comply with the requirements of

the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, section

504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the

Indian Civil Rights Act.

lllllllllllllllllllll

Name of HA

lllllllllllllllllllll

Signature and Title of HA Representative

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date

[FR Doc. 98–14361 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

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