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1Eligibility for refugee social services is limited

to persons who meet all requirements of 45 CFR

400.43 (as amended by 65 FR 1540, March 22, 2000)

including: (1) Cuban and Haitian entrants under

section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act

of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–422); (2) certain Amerasians

from Vietnam who are admitted to the U.S. as

immigrants under section 584 of the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing, and Related

Programs Appropriations Act, as included in the FY

1988 Continuing Resolution (Pub. L. 100–202); and

(3) certain Amerasians from Vietnam, including

Continued

e. The extent to which the system

have the capability to identify

demographic groups at high risk, e.g.,

racial/ethnic groups, age, economic

class, etc.

f. The extent to which the applicant

documents utility of a standard protocol

for follow-back studies to aid in the

investigative process to validate or

invalidate undetermined causes of

death. Specifically, can the data

collection and analysis enhance the

follow-back study process to address the

following issues: determine the manner

of death in equivocal or undetermined

deaths, establish the decedent’s intent to

die, and establish motivations for

suicide and pathways toward suicidal

death.

g. The extent to which the applicant

describes the distribution of suicidal

behavior/correlates in a state and region,

and plans to develop and pilot test

suicide questions for future use in state

level surveys.

h. The extent to which the applicant

can identify existing instate and interregion suicide prevention programs, in

existence for a minimum of five years

and have been evaluated, that target a

representative mixture of target groups,

specifically African-American males

and Native American/Alaska Natives,

and young adolescents and the elderly.

The inventory of existing prevention

programs, referenced above, should

represent a diversity of intervention

strategies and settings.

i. The extent to which the applicant

documents how specific activities

address minority populations with

disproportionate burdens of adverse

health outcomes.

j. The degree to which the applicant

will meet the CDC Policy requirements

regarding the inclusion of women,

ethnic, and racial groups in the

proposed research. This includes:

1. The proposed plan for the inclusion

of both sexes and racial and ethnic

minority populations appropriate

representation.

2. The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent.

3. A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted.

4. A statement as to whether the plans

for recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

4. Budget (not scored)

The extent to which the budget is

reasonable, clearly justified, and

consistent with stated objectives and

proposed activities. Soundness of the

proposed budget in terms of adequacy of

resources and their allocation.

5. Human Subjects (Not scored; however

an application can be disapproved if the

research risks are sufficiently serious

and protection against risks is so

inadequate as to make the entire

application unacceptable.) Does the

application adequately address the

requirements of Title 45 CFR 46 for the

protection of human subjects?

Yes l No l

J. Other Requirements

1. Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of

a. progress reports (semiannual);

b. financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period;

c. final financial report and

performance report, no more than 90

days after the end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

2. Additional Requirements

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each see Attachment I of the

announcement.

AR–1 Human Subjects Requirements

AR–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–13 Prohibition of Use of CDC

Funds for Certain Gun Control

Activities

AR–21 Small Minority

AR–22 Research Integrity

K. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under the

Public Health Service Act 301, 317, and

391–394A (42 U.S.C. section 241, 247b

and 280b–280b–3), as amended. The

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

number is 93.136.

L. Where to Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

can be found on the CDC homepage

Internet address—http://www.cdc.gov.

Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements.’’

To receive additional written

information and to request an

application kit, call 1–888–GRANTS4

(1–888–472–6874). You will be asked to

leave your name and address and will

be instructed to identify the

Announcement number of interest.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from: Angie

Nation, Grants Management Specialist,

Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention,

2920 Brandywine Road, Suite 3000,

Atlanta, GA 30341–4146, Telephone:

(770) 488–2719, E-mail address:

aen4@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: M. Joyce McCurdy, Deputy,

Etiology and Surveillance Branch,

National Center for Injury Prevention

and Control, Division of Violence

Prevention, Mailstop K60, 4770 Buford

Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341–3717,

Telephone number: (770) 488–4410,

Email address: jmm6@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. CFDA 93.576]

ORR Standing Announcement for

Services to Recently Arrived

Refugees 1

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR), ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Request for Applications for

projects to support services for recently

arrived refugees. This notice supersedes

the notice published in the Federal

Register on December 9, 1997 (62 FR

64856).

SUMMARY: This ORR standing

announcement invites submission of

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U.S. citizens, under Title II of the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing, and Related

Programs Appropriations Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 100–

461), 1990 (Pub. L. 101–167), and 1991 (Pub. L.

101–513). For convenience, the term ‘‘refugee’’ is

used in this notice to encompass all such eligible

persons.

2The Victims of Trafficking and Violence

Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106–386) was enacted

in October 2000. Section 107(b)(1) of the Act allows

victims, after they have been determined to be

‘‘victims of a severe form of trafficking’’, to become

eligible for any Federal and state assistance and

services funded or administered by a Federal

agency to the same extent as refugees. HHS, in

consultation with the Attorney General (AG), is

responsible for the ‘‘certification’’ of adult victims

before their receipt of benefits. To be eligible to

receive benefits and services, adults must be

certified by HHS as (1) willing to assist in every

reasonable way in the investigation and prosecution

of severe forms of trafficking in persons; and (2)

having made a bona fide application for a visa

under section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act that has not been denied; or (3)

being a person whose continued presence in the

United States the Attorney General is ensuring in

order to effectuate prosecution of traffickers in

persons. Once determined to be victims of a severe

form of trafficking, individuals under the age of 18

are eligible for services and benefits without the

‘‘certification’’ requirement.

grant applications for funding, on a

competitive basis, in four categories:

Category 1—Preferred Communities, to

promote the increase of newly arrived

refugees in preferred communities

where they have ample opportunities

for early employment and sustained

economic independence; Category 2—

Unanticipated Arrivals, to provide

services to unanticipated arrivals, i.e.,

refugees who have been resettled in

unexpected numbers in communities

where linguistically or culturally

appropriate services for these refugees

do not exist; Category 3—Services for

Arriving Refugees with Special

Conditions or Victims of a Severe Form

of Trafficking 2; and Category 4—Ethnic

Community Self-Help to connect

newcomer refugees and their

communities with community

resources.

DATES: This is a Standing

Announcement applicable from the date

of publication until canceled or

modified by the Director of ORR. The

Director will observe June 30, 2001, as

the first closing date for all categories.

Thereafter the Director will observe

February 28, of each year as the closing

date for applications. The Director may

invite applications outside of the

proposed closing dates, if necessary, to

respond to the needs of an imminently

arriving refugee population.

Announcement Availability: The

program announcement and the

application materials are available from

Sue Benjamin and AnnaMary Portz,

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR),

370 L’Enfant Promenade SW.,

Washington, DC 20447 and from the

ORR website at www.acf.dhhs.gov/

programs/orr.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Categories 1, 2 & 3—Sue Benjamin at

(202) 401–4851,

Sbenjamin@commat;ACF.DHHS.GOV

and Category 4 Ethnic Community SelfHelp—AnnaMary Portz 202/401–1196

Aportz@ACF.DHHS.GOV

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

program announcement consists of four

parts:

Part I: Background, legislative authority,

funding availability, CFDA Number, eligible

applicants, project and budget periods, and

for each of the four categories—program

purpose and objectives, allowable activities,

and review criteria.

Part II: The Review Process—

intergovernmental review, initial ACF

screening, and competitive review.

Part III: The Application—application

forms, application submission and deadlines,

certifications, general instructions for

preparing a full project description, and

length of application.

Part IV: Post-award—applicable

regulations, treatment of program income,

and reporting requirements.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.

104–13)

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 16 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, gathering and maintaining

the data needed, and reviewing the

collection of information. The following

information collections are included in

the program announcement for

categories 1–4: OMB Approval No.

0970–0139, ACF UNIFORM PROJECT

DESCRIPTION (UPD) attached as

Appendix A, which expires 12/30/03

and OMB Approval No. 0970–0036,

ORR Quarterly Performance Report

(QPR) and Schedule C which expire 7/

31/02. 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.

Part I: Background

Since 1994, ORR has provided

assistance for social services to meet the

needs of newly arriving refugees

through a standing announcement. This

revision makes slight modifications to

Category 1—Preferred Communities,

Category 2—Unanticipated Arrivals, and

Category 6—Ethnic Community

Organizations grant programs (now

Category 4), from the prior Standing

Grant Announcement published in the

Federal Register on December 9, 1997

(62 FR 64856). This revised

Announcement establishes a new

Category 3—Services for Arriving

Refugees with Special Conditions or

Victims of a Severe Form of Trafficking,

which responds to the specific needs of

arriving refugee populations and victims

of trafficking.

Note that former Category 3—

Orientation, former Category 4—

Technical Assistance to Orientation

Grantees, and Category 5—Mental

Health from the 1997 announcement

have been discontinued. The notice of

cancellation for these categories was

published in the Federal Register on

April 18, 2000 (65 FR 20826).

Orientation and Mental Health have

been incorporated into ORR’s periodic

discretionary announcements.

This announcement supersedes ORR’s

previous Standing Announcement

published in the Federal Register,

December 9, 1997 (62 FR 64856).

Legislative Authority

This program is authorized by section

412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C.

1522(b)(5)), as amended, which

authorizes the Director ‘‘to make grants

to, and enter into contracts with, public

or private nonprofit agencies for projects

specifically designed—(i) to assist

refugees in obtaining the skills which

are necessary for economic selfsufficiency, including projects for job

training, employment services, day care,

professional refresher training, and

other recertification services; (ii) to

provide training in English where

necessary (regardless of whether the

refugees are employed or receiving cash

or other assistance); and (iii) to provide

where specific needs have been shown

and recognized by the Director, health

(including mental health) services,

social services, educational and other

services.’’

Funding Availability

In FY 2001, ORR expects to award a

total of $7.2 million in discretionary

social service funds through

approximately 7 projects under Category

1—Preferred Communities ranging from

$125,000 to $400,000 for a total of

$1,200,000; 3 to 5 projects under

Category 2—Unanticipated Arrivals

ranging from $100,000 to $200,000 for a

total of $500,000; 10 to15 projects under

Category 3—Services for Arriving

Refugees with Special Conditions or

Victims of a Severe Form of Trafficking

ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 for a

total of $3,000,000; and 3 to 6 projects

under Category 4—Ethnic Community

Self-Help ranging from $100,000 to

$300,000 for a total of $500,000.

The Director reserves the right to

award less, or more than the funds

described in this announcement. In the

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absence of worthy applications, the

Director may decide not to make an

award if deemed in the best interest of

the government. Funding availability for

future years is at the Director’s

discretion.

CFDA Number—93.576.

Eligible Applicants

In Category 1, eligible applicants are

agencies that currently resettle refugees

under a Reception and Placement

Cooperative Agreement with the

Department of State or with the

Department of Justice. This

announcement is restricted to these

agencies because placements of new

arrivals occur under the terms of the

cooperative agreements, and no other

agencies place new arrivals or

participate in determining their

resettlement sites.

In Categories 2, 3, and 4 public and

private nonprofit organizations are

eligible to apply. ORR expects that

applicants in these Categories will

coordinate with other local

organizations in considering projects

and proposing services.

Any private nonprofit organization

submitting an application must submit

proof of its nonprofit status at the time

of submission. A nonprofit 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.

An applicant may submit more than

one application under this

announcement, but must apply

separately for each category. Further in

applying for Category 3, applicants are

encouraged to submit separate

applications for each specific

population proposed.

Project and Budget Periods

Under this announcement, ORR

invites applications in Category 1 for

project periods of up to three years.

Awards, on a competitive basis, will be

for a one-year budget period although

project periods may be up to three years.

Applications for continuation grants

funded under these awards, beyond the

one-year budget period but within the

three-year project period, will be

entertained in subsequent years on a

noncompetitive basis, subject to

availability of funds, satisfactory

progress of the grantee and a

determination that continued funding

would be in the best interest of the

Government.

ORR invites applications under

Category 2 for a single 17-month budget

period. Applicants should view these

resources as a temporary solution to an

immediate need created by

unanticipated arrivals.

ORR invites applications under

Category 3 for a single 17-month budget

period. Applicants should view these

resources as a temporary solution to the

immediate needs of arriving refugees

with special conditions or of victims of

trafficking.

ORR invites applications under

Category 4 for project periods of up to

three years. Awards, on a competitive

basis, will be for one-year budget

periods. Applications for continuation

grants, to extend activities beyond the

one-year budget period, will be

entertained on a noncompetitive basis,

subject to availability of funds,

satisfactory progress of the grantee and

a determination that continued funding

would be in the best interest of the

Government.

Category 1—Preferred Communities for

Newly Arriving Refugees

Purpose and Objectives

The objective of Category 1, Preferred

Communities, is to support resettlement

of newly arriving refugees with the best

opportunities for their assimilation into

new communities.

Preferred community sites are those

localities where refugees have excellent

opportunities to achieve early

employment and sustained economic

independence without public

assistance. Preferred communities

should have a history of low welfare

utilization by refugees. In addition,

refugees should have the potential for

earned income at a favorable level

relative to the cost of living and to

public assistance benefits in such

communities. Characteristics of these

communities should include: (1) a

moderate cost of living; (2) good

employment opportunities in a strong,

entry-level labor market; (3) appropriate

housing and transportation accessible

for employment; (4) low secondary outmigration rates for refugees; (5)

appropriate religious communities; (6)

local community support; (7) receptive

school environments; and (8) other

related community features that

contribute to a favorable quality of life

for arriving refugees.

A preferred community should expect

to receive a minimum of 100 new

refugees annually. ORR will consider

exceptions to this standard where the

applicant provides substantial

justification for the request and

documents the community’s history of

arrivals, the period of time needed to

reach a level of 100 new refugees, and

the record of outcomes for achieving

self-sufficiency soon after arrival.

Communities should be selected

where there have not been large

numbers of recent arrivals, but the

prospects for resettlement appear to be

favorable for additional refugees. With

these funds, successful applicants will

consider which services need to be

enhanced or increased in light of

increased numbers to maintain each

proposed community as a preferred

resettlement site. The selected sites may

be those with a history of successful

refugee placement or those where

refugees have not previously been

placed, but which have all the elements

of a successful refugee resettlement

community.

ORR is interested in providing

resources for national voluntary

agencies to cover the costs of changing

community placements so that refugees

are placed where they have the best

chance for integration. As a result,

communities designated as ‘‘preferred’’

may experience an increase in refugees.

ORR formula social service funds are

awarded to States to provide services

proportionate to the number of refugee

arrivals during the previous three years.

It can take a year after refugees have

arrived before they are included in the

count. Planning for the application and

implementation of Preferred

Community Programs should be done in

concert with the State Refugee

Coordinator to assure an orderly

transition and complement of services

until the proportion of new arrivals is

accounted for in the ORR formula.

Applicants should view the Preferred

Community Program as a temporary

solution to cover the costs of increased

refugee placements. Applicants should

describe their coordination and

planning under the Approach review

criteria.

If funding is requested in sites with

alternative ‘‘Fish/Wilson’’ projects,

applicants must demonstrate a strong

rationale as to why additional funds are

needed in this community.

Applicants may wish to consider the

following ‘‘arrival’’ categories of

refugees for preferred community sites:

Free cases: Those refugees who are

determined in the allocation process to

be ‘‘free cases,’’ that is, unrelated or

without family ties to persons already

living in the communities.

New refugee populations: Refugees

who resettle in areas in the United

States that have no or few existing

ethnic communities with similar

refugees from their country.

Other refugees: The applicant may

identify refugees in the reception

process who would accept the

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opportunity for resettlement in a

preferred community: e.g., refugees who

would otherwise be resettled under the

rubric of ‘‘family reunification,’’ but

who in fact are distant relatives and

friends. These refugees may elect

placement in a preferred community

where there are opportunities described

above.

The application must, for the first

budget year, specify one or more sites

with a description of each site and the

rationale for its selection. Applicants are

encouraged to include activities that

assess and plan services for the target

populations to be resettled in the

communities. Such activities would also

assess each specified community’s

appropriateness for other arriving

refugees and, if needed, continue to

search for additional communities for

future preferred placement. Additional

sites may be added by submitting the

revised plan and the site descriptions in

the continuation application.

As part of the application preparation,

it will be incumbent upon the applicant

to: (1) Consult with ORR about

prospective preferred sites and the

appropriateness of those sites for the

refugees; (2) coordinate with their

affiliates and other voluntary agencies

whose local affiliates place refugees in

the same sites; (3) inform and

coordinate with State governments for

site selection, adequate services, and

program strategies to be developed; and

(4) plan and coordinate locally with

community resources, such as schools

and public health agencies. In all

instances, activities must be designed to

supplement, rather than to supplant, the

existing array of refugee services

available in the community.

Allowable Activities

Allowable activities for local affiliates

include social services needed to

achieve increased placements in the

preferred communities. Allowable

activities for the national voluntary

agencies are those that assess the

appropriateness of resettlement

communities for targeted refugees. The

result of the assessment should assure

that the designated preferred

communities provide services that

create excellent opportunities to

assimilate the targeted refugee groups.

Applications under this section

should indicate how the grantee will

ensure that services are appropriate and

accessible in language and culture.

Review Criteria

1. Objectives and Need for

Assistance—The conditions in proposed

resettlement communities are clearly

described. The need for additional

services leading to enhanced

resettlement for arriving populations is

documented. The applicant provides a

national placement plan that documents

understanding of the arriving refugee

groups and their characteristics as well

as local opportunities for their

resettlement. (25 points)

2. Results or Benefits Expected—The

applicant clearly describes the results

and benefits to be achieved. The

applicant proposes an increase in the

actual number of free cases placed in

the specified community. Results or

benefits are described also in terms of

the opportunities provided for refugees.

Proposed outcomes are measurable and

achievable within the grant project

period, and the proposed monitoring

and information collection is adequately

planned. (25 points)

3. Approach—The strategy and plan,

including a description of each

proposed preferred community and an

assessment of appropriateness for

placement, are likely to achieve

increased placement in preferred

communities and excellent

opportunities for assimilation. The

proposed activities and timeframes are

reasonable and feasible. The plan

describes in detail how the proposed

activities will be accomplished as well

as the potential for the project to

achieve economic independence for

arriving refugees. The application

includes a clear and comprehensive

description of the preferred sites

proposed. The application includes a

clear and comprehensive description of

the national voluntary agency

placement planning activities and how

they will be impacted by this project.

Assurance is provided that proposed

services will be delivered in a manner

that is linguistically and culturally

appropriate to the target population. (25

points)

4. Organizational Profiles—The

administrative and management features

of the project, including a plan for fiscal

and programmatic management of each

activity and planning activities, is

described in detail with proposed startup times, ongoing timelines, major

milestones or benchmarks, a

component/project organization chart,

management of affiliates, and a staffing

chart of affiliate network. The

qualifications of project staff, both

national applicant and affiliate agencies,

as well as any volunteers, are

documented. The applicant has

provided a copy of its most recent audit

report. (10 points)

5. Budget and Budget Justification—

The budget and narrative justification

are reasonable, clearly presented, and

cost-effective in relation to the proposed

activities and anticipated results. The

applicant clearly indicates how awarded

funds will complement Reception and

Placement and other social services to

achieve the objectives. (15 points)

Category 2—Unanticipated Arrivals

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose ORR seeks to achieve

through Category 2, Unanticipated

Arrivals, is to provide additional

resources to communities where the

arrival of refugees is not anticipated and

the refugee services are insufficient.

Under these circumstances, resources

are needed to provide additional service

capacity to accommodate the additional

refugees. Through Category 2—

Unanticipated Arrivals—ORR intends to

offer to communities the resources to

respond to the unanticipated arrivals

with adequate and culturally and

linguistically appropriate social

services.

Under Category 2, ORR invites

applications that propose seventeenmonth projects for a minimum of 100

refugees annually. Examples of

situations for which applicants may

request funds for grants under Category

2 are as follows: (1) the existing service

system does not have culturally and

linguistically compatible staff; (2)

refugee services do not presently exist;

or (3) the service capacity is not

sufficient to accommodate significant

increases in arrivals.

This grant program is intended to

provide for services that respond to the

needs of new refugee populations

shortly after arrival into the community.

Grantees should view these resources,

therefore, as a temporary solution to

insufficient services necessitating

program adjustment because of the

unanticipated arrival of a refugee

population in a specific community.

Therefore, planning for the application

and implementation of the program

must be done in concert with the State

Refugee Coordinator to assure an

orderly transition and complement of

services. ORR’s expectation by the end

of the grant project period is that the

State government will have

incorporated services for these new

populations into its refugee services

network funded by ORR formula social

service dollars. The transition of the

services should be described in the last

two quarterly performance reports.

Allowable Activities

Allowable activities in the

unanticipated arrivals program are

social services for refugees that are

appropriate and accessible in language

and culture. Services provided by all

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grantees, whether private or public,

must comply with the regulations at 45

CFR sections 400.147, 400.150(a), and

400.154–156 regarding priorities for

services, eligibility for services, scope of

services, and service requirements.

Applications under this section

should indicate how the grantee will

ensure that services are appropriate and

accessible in language and culture.

Review Criteria

1. Objectives and Need—The

application establishes that the

unanticipated number of at least 100

refugees or more is significant relative to

the resident population. The applicant

documents the most recent 12-month

period of refugee arrivals, both

anticipated and unanticipated. The

application includes a description of the

need for services and how funding

through the Unanticipated Arrivals

program would meet those needs. The

application, supported by a letter from

the relevant voluntary agency

headquarters, documents the planned

projections of refugees for the next 12

months. (25 points)

2. Results or Benefits Expected—The

application clearly describes the project

goals; appropriateness of the

performance measures to the project

activities; appropriateness of the

performance outcomes and the results

and benefits to be achieved. The

application describes how the impact of

the funds will be measured on key

indicators associated with the purpose

of the project. Proposed outcomes are

measurable and achievable within the

grant project period, and the proposed

monitoring and information collection

is adequately planned. (20 points)

3. Approach—The strategy and plan

are likely to achieve the proposed

results; the proposed activities and

timeframes are reasonable and feasible.

The plan describes in detail how the

proposed activities will be

accomplished as well as the potential

for the project to increase the available

services for unanticipated arriving

refugees. Assurance is provided that

proposed services will be delivered in a

manner that is linguistically and

culturally appropriate to the target

population. Where coalition partners are

proposed, the applicant has described

each partner agency’s respective role

and financial responsibilities, and how

the coalition will enhance the

accomplishment of the project goals.

The applicant has described the

planning consultation efforts

undertaken. The State Refugee

Coordinator indicated an interest in

continuing these services to the

Unanticipated Arrivals through their

State formula social service funds. (20

points)

4. Organizational Profiles—Individual

organization staff, including volunteers,

are well qualified. The administrative

and management features of the project,

including a plan for fiscal and

programmatic management of each

activity, is described in detail with

proposed start-up times, ongoing

timelines, major milestones or

benchmarks, a component/project

organization chart, and a staffing chart.

The applicant has provided a copy of its

most recent audit report. Evidence of

commitment of any coalition partners in

implementing the activities is

demonstrated, e.g., by Memorandum of

Understandings (MOUs) among

participants. (20 points)

5. Budget and Budget Justification—

The budget and narrative justification

are reasonable, clearly presented, and

cost-effective in relation to the proposed

activities and anticipated results. (15

points)

Category 3—Services for Arriving

Refugees With Special Conditions or

Victims of Trafficking

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose ORR seeks to fulfill

through Category 3, Services for

Arriving Refugees with Special

Conditions or Victims of a Severe Form

of Trafficking, is to provide resources

that will address the needs of targeted

groups of refugees or victims of

trafficking. We believe that enhanced

case management, education, culturally

and linguistically appropriate linkages

and coordination with other services

providers contributes to the overall

improved well being of refugees with

special needs. Trafficking victims need

similar services and initial assistance

accessing the refugee and or mainstream

services for which they are eligible. The

services funded through Category 3

should enhance the likelihood of

refugees assimilating into their new

communities or trafficking victims

receiving needed support as they work

with the criminal justice system to assist

in the investigation and prosecution of

trafficking crimes.

A community should expect to

receive a minimum of 20 refugees with

special conditions or be the likely home

of a minimum of 10 victims of

trafficking each year. Situations for

which applicants may compete for

grants under Category 3 might include

refugees arriving with: (1) Medical

conditions requiring specialized health

care; (2) youth and young adults who

have undergone significant trauma or

spent an unusually long period under

refugee camp conditions, e.g., the

Kakuma youth; (3) refugees disabled by

the atrocities of warfare, such as those

from Sierra Leone; and (4) grave social

or emotional conditions including

emotional trauma resulting from war,

torture, or coercion into sex trafficking,

involuntary servitude, or debt bondage.

Communities proposing to serve victims

of trafficking will encounter similar

service needs although victims are

mostly women and teen-age children

who may more closely resemble victims

of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

This grant program is intended to

support services that address special

conditions. ORR’s expectation is that

refugees with special conditions or

victims of trafficking will most likely,

after a period of time, access

mainstream services. Therefore, grantees

should view these resources as a

temporary solution.

In the last two Program Performance

Reports, grantees will discuss the

transition of services indicating whether

the services are now supported by the

State, other public or private resources,

or are no longer needed. These reports

must provide supporting information on

the impact of the services provided on

the target population.

Allowable Activities

ORR will accept applications under

this announcement for projects that

propose services appropriate to refugees

with special conditions or victims of

trafficking eligible for benefits and

services. Separate applications should

be submitted for each special condition

and for victims of trafficking.

The services needed for refugees with

special conditions might include:

• special medical care;

• prostheses and related physical

therapies for disabled refugees;

• assistance with transportation;

• temporary housing for young adults

with limited experience living in

families;

• independent living skills, both U.S.

legal standards and social customs,

including social skills for the

unaccompanied youth;

• mental health services, such as

coping with the traumatic experiences

of war; and

• access to appropriate educational

programs and educational advancement.

The services needed for victims of

trafficking might include:

• case management, to include

information and referral to needed

services in the community, either

funded refugee services or mainstream

services as appropriate;

• temporary housing;

• special mental health services, such

as trauma counseling, and

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• other services needed to bridge the

time between the date of the

Department’s letter of certification

establishing eligibility and the receipt of

public benefits and support services

(e.g., orientation).

Applications under this section

should indicate how the grantee will

ensure that services are appropriate and

accessible in language and culture.

Review Criteria

1. Objectives and Need—The

applicant demonstrates a clear

understanding of the population to be

served. If refugees, then a letter from the

national voluntary agency that

documents the number of refugees with

special conditions and the services

needed. The number of refugees or

victims of trafficking projected to be

served (minimum of 10 each) is

reasonable in light of the resettlement

capacity. The application proposes to

address the special condition of one

refugee population or a program of

services for victims of trafficking. (25

points)

2. Results or Benefits Expected—The

application clearly describes how the

specific target population will benefit

from proposed services, e.g., enhanced

case management, special medical care,

referrals and follow-up with culturally

and linguistically appropriate

mainstream providers. The application

describes how the impact of the funds

will be measured on key indicators

associated with the purpose of the

project. Proposed outcomes are tangible

and achievable within the grant project

period and the proposed monitoring and

information collection are adequately

planned. (25 points)

3. Approach—The strategy and plan

is likely to achieve the proposed results;

the proposed activities and timeframes

are reasonable and feasible. The plan

describes in detail how the proposed

activities will be accomplished as well

as the coordination with other services.

Assurance is provided that proposed

services will be delivered in a manner

that is linguistically and culturally

appropriate to the target population.

Where coalition partners are proposed,

the applicant describes each partner

agency’s respective role and financial

responsibilities; and describes how the

coalition will enhance the

accomplishment of the project goals.

The applicant has described the

planning consultation efforts

undertaken. Evidence of commitment of

coalition partners in implementing the

activities is demonstrated, i.e., by

Memorandum of Understandings

(MOUs) among participants. (25 points)

4. Organizational Profiles—Individual

organization staff including volunteers

are well qualified. The administrative

and management features of the project,

including a plan for fiscal and

programmatic management of each

activity, are described in detail with

proposed start-up times, ongoing

timelines, major milestones or

benchmarks, a component/project

organization chart, and a staffing chart.

The applicant has provided a copy of its

most recent audit report. (15 points)

5. Budget and Budget Justification—

The budget and narrative justification

are reasonable, clearly presented, and

cost-effective in relation to the proposed

activities and anticipated results.

Planning for continuation of services

beyond the project period is realistic.

(10 points)

Category 4—Ethnic Community SelfHelp

Purpose and Objectives

This program is to provide assistance

to organized ethnic communities

comprised of and representative of

newly arrived refugee populations.

ORR’s intended purpose is to build

bridges among newcomer refugee

communities and community resources.

ORR is interested in applications from

a national, regional (multi-state), or

local level that address community

building, cultural adjustment

orientation, and mutually supportive

functions such as information exchange,

civic participation, and resource

enhancement.

Respondents to this program category

will be of two general types:

(1) Multi-site or national ethnic

organizations which propose to develop

or strengthen local ethnic groups and/or

a national network of ethnic community

entities for purposes of linking refugees

to community resources; or,

(2) Emerging local ethnic

communities which seek to function as

bridges between newly arrived refugees

and mainstream local resources and

organizations.

A community is self-sufficient when

it has the capacity to generate and

control its own resources, determine its

own goals, set priorities, plan and

mobilize community members,

including the elderly, women and

youth, to work together to achieve these

goals, and to create collaborations with

others from within and outside the

community to further these goals.

ORR recognizes that one key to

strengthening communities is the

development of strong community

based organizations (CBOs). A strong

ethnic organization can tap into the

community’s desire for self-help,

improve services, support leaders,

attract various resources, explore

housing and economic opportunities,

collaborate with mainstream agencies

and groups, and at the same time,

remain accountable to the community.

Strong CBOs can also facilitate

positive interaction between refugees

and established residents in mainstream

communities. The ability to organize

and to voice their concerns collectively

gives refugees a better sense of identity

and hope for their own and their

community’s future. Refugee self-help

groups can be important building blocks

for effective resettlement and can

function as bridges between the refugee

community and local resources.

Many refugees who arrived in this

country during the past century

organized themselves around self-help

in order to assist their own members, to

foster long term community growth, to

preserve their cultural heritage, and to

assist community members in securing

employment and other social services.

Many newly arrived refugees, who have

come to the United States in recent

years, have not yet organized;

consequently, they may be experiencing

barriers to accessing mainstream

resources and full participation in the

economic, social, and civic activities of

the larger community. They are

distinguished in part by a lack of

information about the process of

community organizing for self-help.

ORR has found that effective refugee

self-help groups result in:

• A shared, dynamic vision of the

community’s future which inspires

members to work together to secure that

future;

• A perception of refugees not as

needy recipients but as active partners

in their integration into their

communities;

• A link between individual selfsufficiency and community selfreliance;

• Local communities which apply

their own cultural, civic and socioeconomic values to long term strategies

and programs;

• A role for refugees as decisionmakers on community needs, program

responses, and service delivery systems;

• Local resources (generated through

service delivery or economic

development) that stay within the

community;

• Collaboration among refugee and

mainstream service providers, policy

makers, and public and private

institutions.

In recognition of the special

vulnerability of newly arrived

populations, ORR intends to provide

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3ORR has dedicated earlier resources toward

ethnic populations experiencing 50,000 or more

arrivals through 1999.

4 ‘‘Cost-sharing’’ is used here to refer to any

situation in which the grantee shares in the costs

of a project. The term ‘‘recipient contributions’’

refers to costs borne by the grantee, either through

cash outlay or the provision of services. ‘‘In-kind

contributions’’ means the value of goods and/or

services donated by third parties. Grantees are not

considered as providing in-kind contributions. The

cost-sharing or in-kind contribution costs are

subject to the rules governing allowability in 45

CFR 74.23 or 92.24, including allowability under

the applicable cost principles and conformance

with other terms and conditions of the award that

govern the expenditure of Federal funds.

support to refugee ethnic communities

who have achieved significant

populations in the United States within

the last three years. Target populations

will range from a minimum of 1000 to

a maximum of 50,000 arrivals to the

United States of a single nationality or

ethnicity by FY 1999 3 (the most recent

year for which ORR has documentation

at the time of this publication), and

must have experienced significant new

arrivals since that time.

According to ORR’s data, this

includes the following refugee

nationalities or ethnicities: Afghans,

Kosovar-Albanians, Bosnians, Burmese,

Ethiopians, Haitians, Irani, Iraqi,

Liberians, Nigerians, Sierra Leoneans,

Somali, Sudanese, and any from the

former Yugoslavia. Awards will not be

based solely on population numbers,

but will be based on the applicant’s

justification and documentation,

including such factors as community

service needs and available resources.

ORR expects applicants to match

federal funds and to consider how they

might document proposed receipt of

funds from other (non-ORR) sources

toward cost sharing of the project.4 The

requirement will be not less than 10%

of the requested funding for the first

year award, 15% for the second year

award, and 25% for the third year

award.

Allowable Activities

Successful national organization

applicants to this notice may propose

activities that may include, but are not

limited to, the following:

• Organizing for self-help and civic

participation;

• Inspiring self-determination;

• Linking technical assistance and

resources to local ethnic communities;

• Supporting public education and

agency linkage through an Internet site;

• Facilitating information

dissemination on ethnic-specific issues;

or

• Convening of national or regional

meetings.

Successful local ethnic self-help

applicants to this notice may propose

any of the following activities:

• Public education activities designed

to inform the refugee community about

issues essential to functioning

effectively in the new society;

• Orientation and assistance to

parents in connecting with school

systems and other local public or

private institutions;

• Dissemination of information on

access to community health and mental

health services, including health care

for the uninsured, health insurance,

health maintenance organizations, the

importance of preventive health,

required immunizations, and available

universal coverage;

• Pairing refugee individuals or

families with community volunteers;

• Information and training on the

roles of men and women in the U.S.

culture; such as:

Information on laws regarding child

welfare, child abuse and neglect;

Information on sexual harassment and

coercion, and domestic violence;

Bilingual staff assistance for women’s

shelters, and

Techniques for self-protection;

• Activities designed to improve

relations between refugees and the law

enforcement communities;

• Community training for such

activities as civic organizing, resource

strategies, and non-profit management.

The above are examples of services.

Applicants may propose other relevant

services and may request funds to cover

core or general operating expenses. In

all instances, however, activities must

be designed to supplement, rather than

to supplant, the existing array of refugee

services available in the community.

Applicants must give assurance that

their governing bodies, boards of

directors, or advisory bodies are

knowledgeable and responsive to

refugee concerns. This can be

demonstrated through majority refugee

representation on these bodies or

through some other way. Women should

be included on these representative

bodies, as well.

Planning and coalition-building

should be guided by the overarching

goal of improving the economic

condition of refugee families and of

giving them the information needed to

achieve social and civic integration into

their new country and their new

communities.

Non-Allowable Activities

Funds will not be awarded to

applicants for the purpose of engaging

in activities of a distinctly political

nature, activities designed exclusively

to promote the preservation of a specific

cultural heritage, or activities with an

international objective (i.e., activities

related to events in the refugees’ country

of origin).

Review Criteria

1. Objectives and Need for

Assistance—The applicant clearly

describes the need for ethnic organizing

in the community proposed and

documents an understanding of the

distinguishing characteristics of the

relevant ethnic group. The principal and

subordinate objectives are clearly stated;

supporting documentation, such as

letters of support from concerned

interests are included. The applicant

describes in detail how the ethnic

community has been involved in the

project planning, how project

participants are identified, and provides

evidence of their support for the plan of

action. Planning studies incorporating

demographic data and participant

information are referenced or included

as needed. (15 points)

2. Results or Benefits Expected—The

applicant describes outcomes which are

likely to be reached through community

organizing. Two or more key indicators

associated with ethnic community selfhelp are provided as measures of the

impact of the proposed project.

Proposed outcomes are measurable and

achievable within the grant project

period, and the proposed monitoring,

information collection, and

documentation are adequately planned.

(20 points)

3. Approach—The Strategy and plan

is likely to achieve the proposed results;

the proposed activities and timeframes

are reasonable and feasible. The reason

for taking the proposed approach to

community organizing is adequately

described. Proposed activities are likely

to lead to desired outcomes, and the

project is likely to lead to increased

ethnic community self-help. (25 points)

4. Organizational Profiles—Individual

organization staff, including volunteers,

proposed partners and consultants, if

any, are well qualified. The

administrative and management features

of the project, including a plan for fiscal

and programmatic management of each

activity, is described in detail with

proposed start-up times, ongoing

timeliness, major milestones or

benchmarks, a component/project

organization chart, and a staffing chart.

The applicant has provided a copy of its

most recent audit report or fiscal

management plan. If appropriate,

written agreements between grantees

and sub-grantees or other cooperating

entities, detailing work to be performed,

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remuneration, and other terms and

conditions that structure or define the

relationship to this project, are

provided. (25 points)

5. Budget and Budget Justification—

The budget and narrative justification

are reasonable, clearly presented, and

cost-effective in relation to the proposed

activities and anticipated results. The

cost-sharing plan is likely to be

achieved and is appropriate to the

overall funding request, and the level of

activity—national or local. (15 points)

Part II: The Review Process

Intergovernmental Review

This program is covered under

Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs,’’ and 45 CFR Part 100,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Programs and Activities.’’

Under the Order, States may design

their own processes for reviewing and

commenting on proposed Federal

assistance under covered programs.

Note: All States and Territories except

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,

Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,

Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota,

Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,

Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,

South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia,

Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa and

Palau have elected to participate in the

Executive Order process and have

established Single Points of Contact (SPOCs).

Applicants from these twenty-eight

jurisdictions need take no action regarding

Executive Order 12372. Applicants for

projects to be administered by Federallyrecognized Indian Tribes are also exempt

from the requirements of Executive Order

12372. Otherwise, applicants should contact

their SPOCs as soon as possible to alert them

of the prospective applications and receive

any necessary instructions. Applicants must

submit any required material to the SPOCs as

soon as possible so that the program office

can obtain and review SPOC comments as

part of the award process. It is imperative

that the applicant submit all required

materials, if any, to the SPOC and indicate

the date of this submittal (or indicate ‘‘not

applicable’’ if no submittal is required) on

the Standard Form 424, item 16a.

Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has

60 days from the application deadline to

comment on proposed new or

competing continuation awards.

SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate

the submission of routine endorsements

as official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to

clearly differentiate between mere

advisory comments and those official

State process recommendations which

may trigger the ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ rule.

When comments are submitted

directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to: ORR Grants Officer, U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Office of Refugee

Resettlement, 370 L’Enfant Promenade

SW., 6th floor, Washington DC, 20447.

A list of the Single Points of Contact

for each participating State and

Territory can be found on the web at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

index.html.

Note: Please note that as States and

Territories elect not to participate in

Executive Order 12372, notification is given

to OMB and changes are made in the listing.

It would be beneficial to call a policy

specialist in the Division of Financial and

Grants Policy to obtain the most current

information before submitting a program

announcement through the clearance

process).

Also Note: A program announcement

may provide a longer comment period

than 60 days, but a shorter comment

period is not permitted unless a waiver

has been granted by the Director,

Division of Grants Policy and Oversight,

ASMB before final publication.

Initial ACF Screening

Each application submitted under this

program announcement will undergo a

pre-review to determine that (1) the

application was received by the closing

date and submitted in accordance with

the instructions in this announcement

and (2) the applicant is eligible for

funding.

Competitive Review and Evaluation

Criteria

Applications which pass the initial

ACF screening will be evaluated and

rated by an independent review panel

on the basis of evaluation criteria

specified in Part I. The evaluation

criteria were designed to assess the

quality of a proposed project, and to

determine the likelihood of its success.

The evaluation criteria are closely

related and are considered as a whole in

judging the overall quality of an

application. Points are awarded only to

applications which are responsive to the

evaluation criteria within the context of

this program announcement.

Applications received for each

Category will be scored and ranked only

within the Category designated on the

SF 424, e.g. in one of the four program

areas.

Part III: The Application

In order to be considered for a grant

under this program announcement, an

application must be submitted on the

forms supplied and in the manner

prescribed by ACF. Selected elements of

the ACF Uniform Project Description

(UPD) relevant to this program

announcement are attached as

Appendix A.

Application Forms

Applicants for financial assistance

under this announcement must file the

Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for

Federal Assistance; SF 424A, Budget

Information—Non-construction

Programs; SF 424B, Assurances—NonConstruction Programs. The forms may

be reproduced for use in submitting

applications. Application materials

including forms and instructions are

also available from the Contact named

in the preamble of this announcement.

Application Submission And Deadlines

An application with an original

signature and two clearly identified

copies is required. Applicants must

clearly indicate on the SF 424 the

Category under which the application is

submitted.

The closing date for submission of

applications is June 30, 2001. Thereafter

the Director will observe February 28, of

each year as the closing date for

applications. Mailed applications

postmarked after the closing date will be

classified as late.

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, Office of Refugee

Resettlement, Attention: Grants Officer,

370 L’Enfant Promenade SW, 6th Floor,

Washington, DC 20447.

Applicants must ensure that a legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or a

legibly dated, machine produced

postmark of a commercial mail service

is affixed to the envelope/package

containing the application(s). To be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing, a

postmark from a commercial mail

service must include the logo/emblem

of the commercial mail service company

and must reflect the date the package

was received by the commercial mail

service company from the applicant.

Private Metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.

(Applicants are cautioned that express/

overnight mail services do not always

deliver as agreed.)

Applications hand-carried by

applicants, applicant couriers, or by

other representatives of the applicant

shall be considered as meeting an

announced deadline if they are received

on or before the deadline date, between

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the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., EST,

at the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, the Office of

Refugee Resettlement, 6th Floor,

Aerospace Building, 901 D Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20447 between Monday

and Friday (excluding Federal

holidays). The address must appear on

the envelope/package containing the

application with the note ‘‘Attention:

Grants Officer.’’ (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.

Late applications: Applications which

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.

Extension of deadlines: ACF may

extend application deadlines when

circumstances such as acts of God

(floods, hurricanes, etc.) occur, or when

there are widespread disruptions of mail

service. Determinations to extend or

waive deadline requirements rest with

the Chief Grants Management Officer.

For Further Information on

Application Deadlines Contact: ORR

Grants Officer, Administration for

Children and Families, Office of Refugee

Resettlement, 370 L’Enfant Promenade

SW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20447,

Telephone: (202) 401–4577.

Certifications, Assurances, And

Disclosure Required For Non

Construction Programs

Applicants requesting financial

assistance for non-construction projects

must file the Standard Form 424B,

‘‘Assurances: Non-Construction

Programs.’’ Applicants must sign and

return the Standard Form 424B with

their applications.

Applicants must provide a signed

certification regarding lobbying with

their applications, when applying for an

award in excess of $100,000. Applicants

who have used non-Federal funds for

lobbying activities in connection with

receiving assistance under this

announcement shall complete a

disclosure form to report lobbying.

Applicants must make the appropriate

certification of their compliance with

the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988.

By signing and submitting the

application, the applicant is providing

the certification and need not mail back

the certification with the applications.

Applicants must make the appropriate

certification that they are not presently

debarred, suspended or otherwise

ineligible for an award. By signing and

submitting the application, the

applicant is providing the certification

and need not mail back the certification

with the applications.

General Instructions for Preparing a Full

Project Description

The project description provides a

major means by which an application is

evaluated and ranked to compete with

other applications for available

assistance. The project description

should be concise and complete and

should address the activity for which

Federal funds are being requested.

Supporting documents should be

included where they can present

information clearly and succinctly.

Applicants are encouraged to provide

information on their organizational

structure, staff, related experience, and

other information considered relevant.

Awarding offices use this and other

information to determine whether the

applicant has the capability and

resources necessary to carry out the

proposed project. It is important,

therefore, that this information be

included in the application. However,

in the narrative the applicant must

distinguish between resources directly

related to the proposed project from

those that will not be used in support

of the specific project for which funds

are requested. Please refer to the UPD

sections in the appendix.

Length of Applications

Each application narrative should not

exceed 20 pages in a 12-pitch font.

Attachments and appendices should not

exceed 25 pages and should be used

only to provide supporting

documentation such as administration

charts, position descriptions, resumes,

and letters of intent or partnership

agreements. A table of contents and an

executive summary should be included

but will not count in the page

limitations. Each page should be

numbered sequentially, including the

attachments or appendices. This

limitation of 20 pages per program area

should be considered as a maximum,

and not necessarily a goal. Application

forms are not to be counted in the page

limit.

Please do not include books or

videotapes as they are not easily

reproduced and are, therefore,

inaccessible to the reviewers.

Part IV: Post-Award

Applicable Regulations

Applicable DHHS regulations can be

found in 45 CFR Part 74 or 92.

Treatment of Program Income

Program income from activities

funded under this program may be

retained by the recipient and added to

the funds committed to the project, and

used to further program objectives.

Reporting Requirements

Grantees are required to file the

Financial Status Report (SF–269) semiannually and the Program Performance

Reports submitted quarterly, along with

the Schedule C of the ORR Quarterly

Performance Report. Category Three

grantees should note the additional

requirements for the final two Program

Performance Reports noted under

Category Three Purpose and Objectives

above.

Funds issued under these awards

must be accounted for and reported

under the distinct grant number

ascribed. Although ORR does not expect

the proposed projects to include

evaluation activities, it does expect

grantees to maintain adequate records to

track and report on project outcomes

and expenditures. The official receipt

point for all reports and correspondence

is the ORR Grants Officer,

Administration for Children and

Families/Office of Refugee Resettlement,

370 L’Enfant Promenade SW., 6th Floor,

Washington, DC 20447, Telephone:

(202) 401–4577. An original and one

copy of each report shall be submitted

within 30 days of the end of each

reporting period directly to the Grants

Officer.

A Final Financial and Program Report

shall be due 90 days after the project

expiration date or termination of

Federal budget support.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Carmel Clay-Thompson,

Acting Director, Office of Refugee

Resettlement.

Appendix A—Uniform Project

Description OMB No. 0970–0139

The project description is approved under

OMB control number 0970–0139 which

expires 12/31/03.

Part I: The Project Description Overview

Purpose

The project description provides a major

means by which an application is evaluated

and ranked to compete with other

applications for available assistance. The

project description should be concise and

complete and should address the activity for

which Federal funds are being requested.

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Supporting documents should be included

where they can present information clearly

and succinctly. In preparing your project

description, all information requested

through each specific evaluation criteria

should be provided. Awarding offices use

this and other information in making their

funding recommendations. It is important,

therefore, that this information be included

in the application.

General Instructions

ACF is particularly interested in specific

factual information and statements of

measurable goals in quantitative terms.

Project descriptions are evaluated on the

basis of substance, not length. Extensive

exhibits are not required. Cross referencing

should be used rather than repetition.

Supporting information concerning activities

that will not be directly funded by the grant

or information that does not directly pertain

to an integral part of the grant funded activity

should be placed in an appendix.

Pages should be numbered and a table of

contents should be included for easy

reference.

Part II: General Instructions for Preparing a

Full Project Description

Introduction

Applicants required to submit a full project

description shall prepare the project

description statement in accordance with the

following instructions and the specified

evaluation criteria. The instructions give a

broad overview of what your project

description should include while the

evaluation criteria expands and clarifies

more program-specific information that is

needed.

Project Summary/Abstract

Provide a summary of the project

description (a page or less) with reference to

the funding request.

Objectives and Need for Assistance

Clearly identify the physical, economic,

social, financial, institutional, and/or other

problem(s) requiring a solution. The need for

assistance must be demonstrated and the

principal and subordinate objectives of the

project must be clearly stated; supporting

documentation, such as letters of support and

testimonials from concerned interests other

than the applicant, may be included. Any

relevant data based on planning studies

should be included or referred to in the

endnotes/footnotes. Incorporate demographic

data and participant/beneficiary information,

as needed. In developing the project

description, the applicant may volunteer or

be requested to provide information on the

total range of projects currently being

conducted and supported (or to be initiated),

some of which may be outside the scope of

the program announcement.

Rresults or Benefits Expected

Identify the results and benefits to be

derived.

Approach

Outline a plan of action which describes

the scope and detail of how the proposed

work will be accomplished. Account for all

functions or activities identified in the

application. Cite factors which might

accelerate or decelerate the work and state

your reason for taking the proposed approach

rather than others. Describe any unusual

features of the project such as design or

technological innovations, reductions in cost

or time, or extraordinary social and

community involvement.

Provide quantitative monthly or quarterly

projections of the accomplishments to be

achieved for each function or activity in such

terms as the number of people to be served

and the number of activities accomplished.

When accomplishments cannot be quantified

by activity or function, list them in

chronological order to show the schedule of

accomplishments and their target dates.

If any data is to be collected, maintained,

and/or disseminated, clearance may be

required from the U.S. Office of Management

and Budget (OMB). This clearance pertains to

any ‘‘collection of information that is

conducted or sponsored by ACF.’’

List organizations, cooperating entities,

consultants, or other key individuals who

will work on the project along with a short

description of the nature of their effort or

contribution.

Staff and Position Data

Provide a biographical sketch for each key

person appointed and a job description for

each vacant key position. A biographical

sketch will also be required for new key staff

as appointed.

Organizational Profiles

Provide information on the applicant

organization(s) and cooperating partners such

as organizational charts, financial statements,

audit reports or statements from CPAs/

Licensed Public Accountants, Employer

Identification Numbers, names of bond

carriers, contact persons and telephone

numbers, child care licenses and other

documentation of professional accreditation,

information on compliance with Federal/

State/local government standards,

documentation of experience in the program

area, and other pertinent information. Any

non-profit organization submitting an

application must submit proof of its nonprofit status in its 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.

Third-Party Agreements

Include written agreements between

grantees and subgrantees or subcontractors or

other cooperating entities. These agreements

must detail scope of work to be performed,

work schedules, remuneration, and other

terms and conditions that structure or define

the relationship.

Letters of Support

Provide statements from community,

public and commercial leaders that support

the project proposed for funding. All

submissions should be included in the

application OR by application deadline.

Budget and Budget Justification

Provide line item detail and detailed

calculations for each budget object class

identified on the Budget Information form.

Detailed calculations must include

estimation methods, quantities, unit costs,

and other similar quantitative detail

sufficient for the calculation to be duplicated.

The detailed budget must also include a

breakout by the funding sources identified in

Block 15 of the SF–424.

Provide a narrative budget justification that

describes how the categorical costs are

derived. Discuss the necessity,

reasonableness, and allocability of the

proposed costs.

General

The following guidelines are for preparing

the budget and budget justification. Both

Federal and non-Federal resources shall be

detailed and justified in the budget and

narrative justification. For purposes of

preparing the budget and budget justification,

‘‘Federal resources’’ refers only to the ACF

grant for which you are applying. NonFederal resources are all other Federal and

non-Federal resources. It is suggested that

budget amounts and computations be

presented in a columnar format: first column,

object class categories; second column,

Federal budget; next column(s), non-Federal

budget(s), and last column, total budget. The

budget justification should be a narrative.

Personnel

Description: Costs of employee salaries and

wages.

Justification: Identify the project director or

principal investigator, if known. For each

staff person, provide the title, time

commitment to the project (in months), time

commitment to the project (as a percentage

or full-time equivalent), annual salary, grant

salary, wage rates, etc. Do not include the

costs of consultants or personnel costs of

delegate agencies or of specific project(s) or

businesses to be financed by the applicant.

Fringe Benefits

Description: Costs of employee fringe

benefits unless treated as part of an approved

indirect cost rate.

Justification: Provide a breakdown of the

amounts and percentages that comprise

fringe benefit costs such as health insurance,

FICA, retirement insurance, taxes, etc.

Travel

Description: Costs of project-related travel

by employees of the applicant organization

(does not include costs of consultant travel).

Justification: For each trip, show the total

number of traveler(s), travel destination,

duration of trip, per diem, mileage

allowances, if privately owned vehicles will

be used, and other transportation costs and

subsistence allowances. Travel costs for key

staff to attend ACF-sponsored workshops

should be detailed in the budget.

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Equipment

Description: ‘‘Equipment’’ means an article

of nonexpendable, tangible personal property

having a useful life of more than one year

and an acquisition cost which equals or

exceeds the lesser of (a) the capitalization

level established by the organization for the

financial statement purposes, or (b) $5,000.

(Note: Acquisition cost means the net invoice

unit price of an item of equipment, including

the cost of any modifications, attachments,

accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary

to make it usable for the purpose for which

it is acquired. Ancillary charges, such as

taxes, duty, protective in-transit insurance,

freight, and installation shall be included in

or excluded from acquisition cost in

accordance with the organization’s regular

written accounting practices.)

Justification: For each type of equipment

requested, provide a description of the

equipment, the cost per unit, the number of

units, the total cost, and a plan for use on the

project, as well as use or disposal of the

equipment after the project ends. An

applicant organization that uses its own

definition for equipment should provide a

copy of its policy or section of its policy

which includes the equipment definition.

Supplies

Description: Costs of all tangible personal

property other than that included under the

Equipment category.

Justification: Specify general categories of

supplies and their costs. Show computations

and provide other information which

supports the amount requested.

Contractual

Description: Costs of all contracts for

services and goods except for those which

belong under other categories such as

equipment, supplies, construction, etc.

Third-party evaluation contracts (if

applicable) and contracts with secondary

recipient organizations, including delegate

agencies and specific project(s) or businesses

to be financed by the applicant, should be

included under this category.

Justification: All procurement transactions

shall be conducted in a manner to provide,

to the maximum extent practical, open and

free competition. Recipients and

subrecipients, other than States that are

required to use Part 92 procedures, must

justify any anticipated procurement action

that is expected to be awarded without

competition and exceed the simplified

acquisition threshold fixed at 41 USC 403(11)

currently set at $100,000. Recipients might be

required to make available to ACF pre-award

review and procurement documents, such as

request for proposals or invitations for bids,

independent cost estimates, etc.

Note: Whenever the applicant intends to

delegate part of the project to another agency,

the applicant must provide a detailed budget

and budget narrative for each delegate

agency, by agency title, along with the

required supporting information referred to

in these instructions.

Other

Enter the total of all other costs. Such

costs, where applicable and appropriate, may

include but are not limited to insurance,

food, medical and dental costs

(noncontractual), professional services costs,

space and equipment rentals, printing and

publication, computer use, training costs,

such as tuition and stipends, staff

development costs, and administrative costs.

Justification: Provide computations, a

narrative description and a justification for

each cost under this category.

Indirect Charges

Description: Total amount of indirect costs.

This category should be used only when the

applicant currently has an indirect cost rate

approved by the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) or another cognizant

Federal agency.

Justification: An applicant that will charge

indirect costs to the grant must enclose a

copy of the current rate agreement. If the

applicant organization is in the process of

initially developing or renegotiating a rate, it

should immediately upon notification that an

award will be made, develop a tentative

indirect cost rate proposal based on its most

recently completed fiscal year in accordance

with the principles set forth in the cognizant

agency’s guidelines for establishing indirect

cost rates, and submit it to the cognizant

agency. Applicants awaiting approval of their

indirect cost proposals may also request

indirect costs. It should be noted that when

an indirect cost rate is requested, those costs

included in the indirect cost pool should not

also be charged as direct costs to the grant.

Also, if the applicant is requesting a rate

which is less than what is allowed under the

program, the authorized representative of the

applicant organization must submit a signed

acknowledgment that the applicant is

accepting a lower rate than allowed.

Program Income

Description: The estimated amount of

income, if any, expected to be generated from

this project.

Justification: Describe the nature, source

and anticipated use of program income in the

budget or refer to the pages in the application

which contain this information.

Nonfederal Resources

Description: Amounts of non-Federal

resources that will be used to support the

project as identified in Block 15 of the SF–

424.

Justification: The firm commitment of

these resources must be documented and

submitted with the application in order to be

given credit in the review process. A detailed

budget must be prepared for each funding

source.

Total Direct Charges, Total Indirect Charges,

Total Project Costs.

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 01N–0208]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Voluntary National

Retail Food Regulatory Program

Standards

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the

PRA), Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, and to allow 60 days for

public comment in response to the

notice. This notice solicits comments on

FDA’s collection of information from

local, State, and tribal agencies

concerning their use of or planned use

of all or part of the Voluntary National

Retail Food Regulatory Program

Standards.

DATES: Submit written or electronic

comments on the collection of

information by July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic

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information to http://

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dockets/edockethome.cfm. Submit

written comments on the collection of

information to the Dockets Management

Branch (HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All

comments should be identified with the

docket number found in brackets in the

heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

JonnaLynn P. Capezzuto, Office of

Information Resources Management

(HFA–250), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm.

16B–26, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–

4659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal

agencies must obtain approval from the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for each collection of

information they conduct or sponsor.

Collection of information is defined in

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c)

and includes agency requests or

requirements that members of the public

submit reports, keep records, or provide