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Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux

Tribe of the Santee Reservation of

Nebraska; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of

South Dakota.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the University

of Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

six individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these Native American

human remains and the Arapahoe Tribe

of the Wind River Reservation,

Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,

Montana; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of

Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

of the Cheyenne River Reservation,

South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

of the Crow Creek Reservation, South

Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of

South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

of the Lower Brule Reservation, South

Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community

of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux

Indians of the Lower Sioux; Oglala

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Pawnee

Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Island

Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota;

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud

Indian Reservation, South Dakota;

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation of Nebraska; Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of

Minnesota (Prior Lake); SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota

(formerly known as the Devils Lake

Sioux Tribe); Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

of North and South Dakota; Upper Sioux

Indian Community of the Upper Sioux

Reservation, Minnesota; and Yankton

Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation, Montana; CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Cheyenne

River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek

Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower

Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower

Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Lower Sioux; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the

Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie

Island Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota;

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud

Indian Reservation, South Dakota;

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation of Nebraska; Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of

Minnesota (Prior Lake); SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota

(formerly known as the Devils Lake

Sioux Tribe); Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

of North and South Dakota; Upper Sioux

Indian Community of the Upper Sioux

Reservation, Minnesota; and Yankton

Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains

should contact Jan I. Bernstein,

Collections Manager and NAGPRA

Coordinator, University of Denver

Department of Anthropology and

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury,

Sturm Hall S–146, Denver, CO 80208–

2406, e-mail jbernste@du.edu, telephone

(303) 871–2543, before June 13, 2001.

Repatriation of the human remains to

the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation, Montana; CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Cheyenne

River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek

Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower

Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower

Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Lower Sioux; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the

Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie

Island Indian Community of Minnesota

Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the

Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota;

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud

Indian Reservation, South Dakota;

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation of Nebraska; Shakopee

Mdewakanton Sioux Community of

Minnesota (Prior Lake); SissetonWahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake

Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota

(formerly known as the Devils Lake

Sioux Tribe); Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

of North and South Dakota; Upper Sioux

Indian Community of the Upper Sioux

Reservation, Minnesota; and Yankton

Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Section 167, Workforce Investment

Act: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker

Housing Programs

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds

and solicitation for grant applications.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Labor, Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), announces the

availability of $3,666,667 to award

competitive grants for projects that

assist farmworkers in seeking and

securing temporary or permanent

housing. This program is supported by

funds made available pursuant to

Section 167, of the Workforce

Investment Act (WIA).

DATES: Applications for grant awards

will be accepted commencing May 15,

2001. The closing date for receipt of

applications shall be June 15, 2001 at 2

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) at the

address below.

ADDRESSES: Submit an original and four

copies of the application to: U.S.

Department of Labor, Employment and

Training Administration, Office of

Grants and Contract Management,

Division of Federal Assistance, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S–

4203, Washington, DC 20210. ATTN:

Ms. Serena Boyd, Reference SGA/DAA

01–108

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Serena Boyd, telephone (202) 693–

3338 (this is not a toll-free number) or

email SBoyd@doleta.gov). This

solicitation will be published on the

internet on the Employment and

Training Administration’s Home Page at

http://doleta.gov. Award notifications

will also be published on this Home

Page.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA) consists of five parts. Part I

provides the background, objectives and

allowable activities of the Farmworker

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Housing Assistance program. Part II

describes the content of the technical

proposal and the selection criteria used

in reviewing proposals. Part III

describes the financial proposal and

other required documents of the

proposal. Part IV sets forth the

application process. Part V describes the

reporting requirements. This notice

contains all information required to

submit a grant application.

Part I—Background

To meet the problems of agriculturerelated unemployment and

underemployment, the Congress has

directed the Secretary of Labor to

establish employment and training

programs specifically for migrant and

seasonal farmworkers. Under section

167 of WIA, the Department of Labor

(DOL) provides employment, training

and supportive services to eligible

migrant and seasonal farmworkers in

the conterminous forty-eight (48) States,

the State of Hawaii, and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Housing needs are a primary barrier to

employment and job retention for many

farmworkers. Farmworker housing

assistance has been an authorized

activity under the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA) and continues to

be under WIA section 167. To further

support this needed service, the DOL

has long invested in strategic efforts to

increase farmworker access to rental

housing and home ownership

opportunities. The DOL awarded a total

of $3,000,000 in farmworker housing

assistance grants for Program Year (PY)

2000 in support of this effort. DOL also

awarded $333,333 for support of the

staff who operated the Hope Migrant

Rest Center in PY 2000.

In the past year, working in

coordination with current Migrant and

Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) housing

assistance grantees, DOL has reviewed

the farmworker housing program

allowable activities to ensure continued

appropriateness under WIA section 167.

The activities acceptable for

implementation in PY 2001 fall in two

categories: (1) activities which serve to

leverage funds leading to increased

farmworker housing stock, and (2)

farmworker housing activities directly

delivered to farmworkers.

Applications must show how

proposed activities promote and expand

housing to migrant and seasonal

farmworkers. Proposed activities are

limited to the two categories of direct

housing activities and leveraging. The

farmworkers eligible for housing

assistance are those who are employed

in agricultural labor that is

characterized by chronic unemployment

and underemployment.

In Program Year 2001, the DOL will

award up to nine grants for a total of

$3,666,667. DOL will consider

applications from regional consortia or

applications that feature sub-grant

arrangements to facilitate services

within a proposed service delivery area.

Inasmuch as some grant applications

may contain proposed service areas

which geographically overlap the

service areas of other prospective

grantees, the Department reserves the

right to determine the service area for

each prospective grantee.

Overall Objectives

As this farmworker housing grant

program continues into a new program

year there will be increased emphasis

on efficiency and reliance on

quantifiable (hence measurable) results.

Part II—Technical Proposal and Rating

Criteria

The technical proposal shall consists

of four (4) sections. The rating criteria

and points are described immediately

following each respective section.

1. Statement of Need

The Statement of Need sets forth the

objectives, general specification and

conditions for providing farmworker

housing assistance during Program Year

2001 grant period.

The applicant must describe the

proposed geographic service delivery

area and the demographics of the

farmworker population in the proposed

service delivery area. The description of

demographics must include (but is not

limited to) the number and type

(migrant or seasonal) of farmworkers;

family status (single or families), income

range, type of work and approximate

length of time the farmworkers are

generally engaged in. The statement of

need must clearly describe the housing

needs of the farmworker population in

the specific service delivery area and,

the housing needs which are the most

critical for the population in this area.

Rating Criteria for Statement of

Need—20 Points: Clear and descriptive

response to each of the above identified

categories of information.

2. Program Design

The applicant’s program design must

include:

A. The service or activities to be

provided and rationale for the selection

of the proposed activities/services

proposed, relative to the identified

needs.

B. The services/activities proposed

must be within the following categories

of activities:

(1) Direct assistance to farmworkers

leading to access and maintenance of

affordable rental homes or home

ownership;

(2) Leveraging of resources

• Leading to increased farmworker

housing stock, and/or

• Maintenance of current farmworker

housing stock.

C. The applicant must set measurable

(quantitative) goals by category, for each

activity identified, for each quarter of

the program year (funding period).

D. Budget Narrative: The applicant

must include in this section an

itemized, line item annual budget with

a narrative description of the costs

supporting each line item. Proposed

expenditures must be consistent with

and fully support the proposed housing

activities. Total budget costs shall be

equal to the total Federal Assistance

requested in the applicant’s financial

proposal.

Rating Criteria for Program Design—

50 Points: Rating will be based on the

completeness, applicability, and

appropriateness of the applicant

response to the elements in items A

through D.

3. Technical and Organizational

Capacity

The applicant must demonstrate

technical capacity to provide proposed

services by providing a descriptive

narrative of:

(a) The specific types of farmworker

housing activities and services it has

provided for no less than the past five

years; and

(b) The outcomes achieved through

the above activities.

If the applicant constitutes a

consortium of agencies/organizations

where the expertise lies with the

consortium members, items (a) and (b)

above must also apply to the consortium

members who will be the deliverers of

the service, a descriptive narrative

demonstrating this must be included as

an addendum to this application

package.

Applicants must demonstrate

organizational capacity in the delivery

of services by providing a listing of all

federal grants it has administered in the

past five years. The list must include:

project name, objectives, grant number

and amount, grant period, and grant

funding source. Each applicant must

also include in this section the

applicant’s organizational chart and a

list of names of key agency officials and

all staff to be specifically funded with

this proposed project. For each agency

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official and staff to be specifically

funded (in whole or in part) by this

proposal, please include a resume and

the position description. For any

position to be funded by this proposal

but for which a staff person has not yet

been identified, please include a

position description.

Rating Criteria for Technical and

Organizational Capacity—20 Points:

Rating will be based on the

completeness of the applicant’s

response to each of the specific items of

information requested in this section.

Secondly, the application will also be

rated on the technical and

organizational experience which is

directly related to farmworker housing

services and activities documented by

the applicant.

4. Linkages and Coordination

The applicant should identify and

demonstrate (including letters of

support) linkages with farmworker

organizations and specifically with

NFJP grantees. Additionally, the

applicant should fully describe the

direct connection between the identified

linkages and services the applicant will

provide to farmworkers. For purposes of

the application, simply listing the

services the linkage provides will not

suffice. Linkages and coordinative

efforts relevant to this application and

considered for rating purposes must

directly correspond to the proposed

services and needs of the population to

be served, and must directly enhance

the applicant’s capacity to provide such

services.

Rating Criteria for Linkages and

Coordination—10 Points: Rating will be

based on the completeness of the

applicant’s response, and the relevancy

of the linkages to meeting the needs

identified in the application.

Part III—Financial Proposal

The financial proposal must include a

completed ‘‘Application for Federal

Assistance’’ (SF–424), and Budget

Information Sheet. Both required forms

are attached to this SGA. For purposes

of this application, the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance Number is

17.255.

Rating Criteria for Part III—0 points:

No points are allocated to the Financial

Proposal however, incomplete

information to this part will render the

application non-responsive and thereby

it will not be considered for funding. A

budget narrative is required as specified

in the Technical Proposal of this

application under the Program Design

discussion.

Part IV—Application Process

A. Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants for grant funds

under this SGA include public

organizations and private nonprofit

organizations authorized by their

charters or articles of incorporation to

provide housing assistance services to

the migrant and seasonal farmworker

community. Entities described in

Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal

Revenue Code that engage in lobbying

activities are not eligible to receive

funds under this SGA. The Lobbying

Disclosure Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1601 et,

prohibits the award of federal funds to

501(c)(4) entities.

B. Application Procedures

(1) Submission of Proposal

All instructions and information

required for submission of this

application are included in this

announcement.

The application package shall consist

of two (2) separate and distinct parts.

Part I, The Financial Proposal and Part

II the Technical Proposal. The Financial

Proposal must contain the SF–424,

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance’’

(Attachment No. 1) and Budget

(Attachment No. 2). The Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance Number is

17.255. The budget must include on

separate page(s) a cost analysis of the

budget, identifying in detail the amount

of each budget line item attributable to

each cost category. The technical

proposal as described in Part II, must

demonstrate the applicant’s capability

to provide the services described in this

SGA.

The Technical Proposal is limited to

forty (40) doubled spaced, single-sided,

8.5 inch x 11 inch pages with 1 inch

margins and 12-point text type.

Appendices, which are separately

numbered, must not exceed twenty (20)

pages.

Applications not meeting these

requirements will be considered nonresponsive. Final decisions on the

awards will be based on what is most

advantageous to the Federal

Government as determined by the Grant

Officer.

(2) Hand-Delivered Proposals

Proposals may be mailed or delivered

by hand. Hand delivered proposals will

be accepted if they are received by 2

p.m., Eastern Standard Time on June 15,

2001. All overnight 9 mail will be

considered to be hand-delivered and

must be received at the designated place

by the specified time on the closing

date. Applications transmitted by

electronic mail, telegraph, facsimile

and/or faxed will not be honored.

Except as provided in paragraph 3

below, failure to adhere to these

instructions will render a proposal nonresponsive.

(3) Late Proposals

An application not received by the

specified time and date and reaching the

designated place, will not be

considered, unless it is received before

funds are awarded and was either:

(a) Sent by U. S. Postal Service

registered or Certified mail no later than

the fifth (5th) calendar day before the

date specified for receipt of application;

or

(b) Was sent by U.S. Postal Express

Mail Next Day Service through a U.S.

Post Office to the addressee, no later

than 5 p.m. at the place of mailing two

working days (excludes week-ends and

U.S. Federal holidays) prior to the

closing date for receipt of proposals.

The only acceptable evidence for

establishing the date of mailing by the

U.S. Postal Service for applications

received after the closing date and time

is the U.S. Postmark. The U.S. Postmark

must be on the envelope or wrapper and

on the original receipt from the U.S.

Postal Service with a clearly legible

date. ‘‘Postmark’’ means a printed,

stamped, or otherwise placed

impression (exclusive of postage meter

machine impression) that is readily

identifiable without further action as

having been supplied and affixed by

employees of the U.S. Postal Service on

the date of mailing. Therefore,

applicants should request the postal

clerk to place a legible hand 10

cancellation ‘‘bull’s eye’’ postmark on

both the receipt and the envelope.

(4) Period of Performance

The period of performance will be 12

months beginning July 1, 2001, and

continuing through June 30, 2002.

(5) Option To Extend

The Department reserves the right to

extend this grant for an additional one

year, based on the availability of funds,

a grantee’s success in completing work

under this SGA, and the needs of the

Department.

Part V—Reporting Requirements

Recipients of grant funds under this

SGA will be required to submit reports,

as determined by the Division of

Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork

Programs, Office of National Programs,

Employment and Training

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Administration, U. S. Department of

Labor.

Lorraine H. Saunders,

Grant Officer, Division of Federal Assistance.

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