[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18125]



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Part IV





Department of Health and Human Services





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Super Notice of Funding Availability for National Competition Programs 
(National SuperNOFA); Notice of Reopening of Application Period for 
FHIP and Housing Counseling; and Technical Correction

Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 130 / Wednesday, July 8, 1998 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4361-N-02]


Super Notice of Funding Availability for National Competition 
Programs (National SuperNOFA); Reopening of Application Period for FHIP 
and Housing Counseling; and Technical Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Reopening of the application periods for the FHIP and Housing 
Counseling Competitions under the National SuperNOFA; and Technical 
Correction to the Housing Counseling Program and TOP/EDSS NOFA.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to reopen the application 
periods for the education/training components of the Fair Housing 
Initiatives Program (FHIP), and the Housing Counseling Program under 
the National SuperNOFA published in the Federal Register on April 30, 
1998. The application period for the National Lead Hazard Awareness 
Campaign Program, also announced under the April 30, 1998 National 
SuperNOFA, is not being reopened. This notice also makes a technical 
correction to the Housing Counseling Program and the TOP/EDSS NOFA 
published on April 30, 1998.

DATES: Application Due Dates: The application due date for the Fair 
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), and the Housing Counseling Program 
announced under the National SuperNOFA is August 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the Fair 
Housing Initiatives Program, National Focus Education and Outreach 
Competition, you may contact Ivy Davis, Director, FHIP/FHAP Support 
Division at 202-708-0800 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who 
use a text telephone (TTY) may call 1-800-290-1617.
    For information concerning the National Housing Counseling Training 
Program you may contact the Marketing and Outreach Division at HUD 
Headquarters at 202-708-0317. Persons who use a text telephone may call 
the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-2209.
    For information concerning the TOP/EDSS NOFA, you may contact the 
Public Housing Information Resource Center at 1-800-955-2232. Persons 
who use a text telephone may call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 
1-800-HUD-2209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 30, 1998 (63 FR 15490), HUD published its National 
SuperNOFA announcing the availability of approximately $5,050,000 in 
HUD National Competition Programs operated and managed by the following 
HUD Offices: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), Housing, and 
Lead Hazard Control [FR-4361-N-01]. The purpose of this notice is to 
reopen the application period for two of the three programs under the 
National SuperNOFA: Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) National 
Focus Education and Outreach, and the Housing Counseling Program. The 
application period is not being reopened for National Lead Hazard 
Awareness Campaign Program announced under the National SuperNOFA.

Reopening of the Application Periods for FHIP and Housing 
Counseling Programs Under National SuperNOFA

    In the National SuperNOFA, HUD announced that the application due 
dates for the national education/training components of the Fair 
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), Housing Counseling Program and 
Hazard Control Program to be July 7, 1998. Due to changes from previous 
years in the requirements for collaborative efforts, the extension of 
the application due date for the FHIP and Housing Counseling Programs, 
announced under SuperNOFA I, published on March 31, 1998 (the extension 
notice was published on May 29, 1998) created a hardship for FHIP and 
Housing Counseling applicants trying to meet the July 7, 1998 deadline 
under the National SuperNOFA. Accordingly, to assist FHIP and Housing 
Counseling program applicants, HUD is reopening the application period 
and the new application due date is August 11, 1998. Applicants under 
both the FHIP and Housing Counseling Programs are not required to 
submit applications by the original July 7, 1998 application due date, 
but those applicants who submitted applications by the July 7, 1998 
application due date are eligible to amend their applications if they 
choose to do so.

Technical Corrections to Housing Counseling Program NOFA and TOP/
EDSS NOFA

    In addition to reopening of the application period for the FHIP and 
Housing Counseling Programs announced under the National SuperNOFA, 
published on April 30, 1998, the following corrections are made:
    1. In the Super Notice of Funding Availability for National 
Competition Programs (National SuperNOFA), published on April 30, 1998 
(63 FR 23958), a correction is made to the Housing Counseling Training 
Program component of the National SuperNOFA. On page 23977, in the 
middle column, under Section I(D)(1), the first sentence of the first 
paragraph of this section is revised to read ``Applicants must be 
public or private non-profit organizations with at least 2 years of 
relevant training experience.''
    2. In the Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for 
Economic Development and Empowerment Programs, published on April 30, 
1998 (63 FR 23876), a correction is made to a typographical error that 
appeared in the Consolidated Economic Development and Supportive 
Services and Tenant Opportunities Program component of this SuperNOFA 
(63 FR 23907). On page 23912, in the third column, under Section 
III((A)(6), the indicator number for the Resident Initiatives indicator 
is Indicator #7, not #8. Accordingly, paragraph (6), titled ``PHMAP 
Score'' is corrected to read as follows: ``An applicant cannot have a 
PHMAP score less than a C for either Indicator #6, Financial 
Management, or Indicator #7, Resident Services/Community Building on 
its most recent PHMAP.

    Dated: July 2, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
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