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Status Reports are submitted 30 days 

after each quarter (3-month intervals) of 

each budget period. The final SF 269 

report shall be due 90 days after the end 

of the project period.

VII. Agency Contacts 

Program Office Contact:

ANA Applicant Help Desk, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Aerospace Building 8th Floor—

West, Washington, DC 20447–0002. 

Phone: 1–877–922–9262. E-mail: 

ana@acf.dhhs.gov. 

Grants Management Office Contact:

Tim Chappelle, ACF, Office of Grants 

Management, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Aerospace 

Building 8th Floor—West, 

Washington, DC 20447–0002. 

Phone: 202–401–2344. E-mail: 

tichappelle@acf.hhs.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

Training and Technical Assistance:

All potential ANA applicants are 

eligible to receive free T&TA in the 

SEDS, Language, or Environmental 

program areas. Prospective applicants 

must check ANA’s web site for training 

and technical assistance dates and 

locations, or contact the ANA Help Desk 

at 1–877–922–9262. ANA strongly 

encourages all prospective applicants to 

participate in free pre-application 

training. For regional T/TA provider 

contact information, please refer to 

Section IV. 

Applicants will not be sent 

acknowledgement of received 

applications.

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Quanah Crossland Stamps, 

Commissioner, Administration for Native 

Americans.

[FR Doc. 05–1899 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN 

SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Administration for Native Americans 

(ANA); FY 2005 for New CommunityBased Projects 

Funding Opportunity Title: Social and 

Economic Development Strategies for 

Native Americans. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS–

2005–ACF–ANA–NA–0003. 

CFDA Number: 93.612. 

Due Date for Applications: April 19, 

2005. 

Executive Summary: The 

Administration for Native Americans 

(ANA), within the Administration for 

Children and Families, announces the 

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2005 

funds for new community-based 

projects under ANA’s Social and 

Economic Development Strategies 

(SEDS) for Native Americans program. 

ANA’s FY 2005 SEDS goals and areas of 

interest are focused on strengthening 

children, families, and communities 

through community-based 

organizations, tribes, and Village 

governments. 

The Program Areas of Interest are 

projects that ANA considers supportive 

to Native American communities. 

Although eligibility for funding is not 

restricted to projects of the type listed 

in this program announcement, these 

Areas of Interest are ones which ANA 

sees as particularly beneficial to the 

development of healthy Native 

American communities. 

Financial assistance under the SEDS 

program is provided utilizing a 

competitive process in accordance with 

the Native American Programs Act of 

1974, as amended. The purpose of this 

Act is to promote the goal of economic 

and social self-sufficiency for American 

Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaskan 

Natives, and other Native American 

Pacific Islanders, including American 

Samoa natives. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

This program announcement 

emphasizes community-based 

partnerships and projects. This 

emphasis will increase the number of 

grants to local community organizations 

and expand the number of partnerships 

among locally based non-profit 

organizations. 

In support of the Presidential 

Executive Orders on Asian American 

and Pacific Islanders, Community-based 

Alternatives for Individuals with 

Disabilities, and Faith-based and 

Community Organizations, ANA 

encourages Native communities to 

address the needs of people with 

disabilities, and invites eligible faithbased and community organizations to 

apply. 

This program announcement will 

emphasize community-based, locally 

designed projects. This emphasis will 

increase the number of grants to local 

community organizations and expand 

the number of partnerships among 

locally based non-profit organizations. 

ANA will accept applications from 

multiple organizations in the same 

geographic area. Although tribes are 

limited to three simultaneous ANA 

grants (one each under SEDS, Language 

and Environmental programs) at any 

one time, this clarification allows other 

community-based organizations to 

apply for ANA funding, provided the 

objectives and activities do not 

duplicate currently funded projects 

serving the same geographic area. 

The ANA SEDS Programs support the 

fundamental principle that economic 

development, social development and 

governance are interrelated, and that 

with effective economic, social and 

governance policies and development 

strategies, Native American people and 

communities can achieve selfsufficiency. In order to move toward 

self-sufficiency, development in one 

area should be balanced with the 

development in the others. Accordingly, 

community-based economic, social and 

governance development programs and 

activities proposed in response to this 

announcement must take into 

consideration the elements necessary to 

build healthy self-sufficient 

communities. 

ANA’s Program Announcements are 

goal-category specific. ANA will release 

separate program announcements for 

funding opportunities under SEDS, for 

Language Preservation and 

Maintenance, Environmental Regulatory 

Enhancement, and for special 

initiatives.

ANA’s policy is based on three 

interrelated goals: (1) Economic 

Development: To foster the 

development of stable diversified local 

economies and economic activities that 

provide jobs, options and opportunities 

that promote economic well-being in 

Native American communities. (2) 

Social Development: To support local 

access to, control of, and coordination 

with, programs and services that 

safeguard the health, well-being, and 

culture of native peoples and (3) 

Governance: To assist Tribes and Alaska 

Native village governments to build 

capacity that results in local control and 

decision-making over their resources. 

The Administration for Children and 

Families through the Administration for 

Native Americans supports and fosters 

strong Native American families and 

healthy communities under three 

initiatives. (1) Projects that support rural 

communities; (2) projects that provide 

prevention and intervention programs 

for youth and families; and (3) projects 

that promote healthy relationships to 

strengthen families in concert with 

ACF’s goals and objectives. Eligible 

community and faith-based 

organizations are invited to submit 

applications that provide services 

directly to Native American people. 

ANA’s FY 2005 program goals and 

areas of interest are focused on 

expanding community-based, culturally 

appropriate economic development, 

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social development and governance 

activities. ANA is interested in projects 

designed to grow Native American 

economies, strengthen Native families, 

and decrease the high rate of social 

challenges caused by the lack of 

community-based business, social, and 

economic infrastructure. In response to 

this announcement, ANA encourages 

Native American tribes and 

organizational leaders to propose, 

coordinate and implement communitybased projects to meet the needs of its 

community and develop options and 

opportunities for future generations. 

ANA Administrative Policies: 

Applicants must comply with the 

following ANA Administrative Policies: 

• An applicant must provide a 20% 

non-Federal match of the approved 

project costs. Applications originating 

from American Samoa, Guam, or the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands are covered under section 501(d) 

of Public Law 95–134, as amended (48 

U.S.C. 1469a), under which HHS waives 

any requirement for matching funds 

under $200,000 (including in-kind 

contributions). 

• An application from a Tribe, Alaska 

Native Village or Native American 

organization must be from the governing 

body. 

• A non-profit organization 

submitting an application must submit 

proof of its non-profit status at the time 

of submission. The non-profit 

organization can accomplish this by 

providing one of the following verifiable 

documents: (i) A reference to the 

applicant organization’s listing in the 

Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) most 

recent list of tax-exempt organizations 

described in the IRS Code; or (ii) a copy 

of the currently valid IRS tax exemption 

certificate; or (iii) a statement from a 

State taxing body, State Attorney 

General, or other appropriate State 

official certifying that the applicant 

organization has a non-profit status and 

none of the net earnings accrue to any 

private shareholders or individuals; or 

(iv) a certified copy of the organization’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document that clearly establishes nonprofit status; or (v) any of the items in 

the subparagraphs immediately above 

for a State or national parent 

organization and a statement signed by 

the parent organization that the 

applicant organization is a local nonprofit affiliate. Organizations 

incorporating in American Samoa are 

cautioned that the Samoan government 

relies exclusively upon IRS 

determination of non-profit status; 

therefore, articles of incorporation 

approved by the Samoan government do 

not establish non-profit status for the 

purpose of ANA eligibility. 

• If the applicant, other than a tribe 

or an Alaska Native Village government, 

is proposing a project benefiting Native 

Americans, Alaska Natives, or both, it 

must provide assurance that its duly 

elected or appointed board of directors 

is representative of the community to be 

served. Applicants must provide 

information that at least a majority of 

the individuals serving on a non-profit 

applicant’s board fall into one or more 

of the following categories: (1) A current 

or past member of the community to be 

served; (2) a prospective participant or 

beneficiary of the project to be funded; 

or (3) have a cultural relationship with 

the community be to served. 

• Applicants must describe how the 

proposed project objectives and 

activities relate to a locally determined 

strategy. 

• ANA will review proposed projects 

to ensure applicants have considered all 

resources available to the community to 

support the project.

• Proposed projects must present a 

strategy to overcome the challenges that 

hinder movement toward selfsufficiency in the community. 

• All funded applications will be 

reviewed to ensure that the applicant 

has provided a positive statement to 

give credit to ANA on all materials 

developed using ANA funds. 

• ANA will not accept applications 

from tribal components that are tribally 

authorized divisions unless the ANA 

application includes a tribal resolution. 

• ANA will only accept one 

application per eligible entity. The first 

application received by ANA shall be 

the application considered for 

competition unless ANA is notified in 

writing which application should be 

considered for competitive review. 

• An applicant can have only one 

active ANA SEDS grant operating at any 

given time. 

• ANA funds short-term projects not 

programs. Projects must have definitive 

goals and objectives that will be 

achieved by the end of the project 

period. All projects funded by ANA 

must be complete, self-sustaining, or 

supported by other than ANA funding at 

the end of the project period. 

• Before funding the second or third 

year of a multi-year grant, ANA will 

require verification and support 

documentation from the grantee that 

objectives and outcomes proposed in 

the preceding year were accomplished, 

and the non-Federal share requirement 

has been met. 

• ANA reviews the quarterly and 

annual reports of grantees to determine 

if the grantee is meeting its goals, 

objectives and activities identified in 

the Objective Work Plan (OWP). 

• Applications from National and 

Regional organizations must clearly 

demonstrate a need for the project, 

explain how the project originated, and 

discuss the community-based delivery 

strategy of the project, identify and 

describe the intended beneficiaries, 

describe and relate the actual project 

benefits to the community and 

organization, and describe a 

community-based delivery system. 

National and Regional organizations 

must describe their membership, define 

how the organization operates, and 

demonstrate native community and/or 

Tribal government support for the 

project. The type of community to be 

served will determine the type of 

documentation necessary to support the 

project. 

• Applicants proposing an Economic 

Development project must address the 

project’s viability. A business plan, if 

applicable, must be included to describe 

the project’s feasibility, cash flow, and 

approach for the implementation and 

marketing of the business. 

Definitions 

Program specific terms and concepts 

are defined and must be used as a guide 

in writing and submitting the proposed 

project. The funding for allowable 

projects in this program announcement 

is based on the following definitions: 

Authorized Representative: The 

person or person(s) authorized by Tribal 

or Organizational resolution to execute 

documents and other actions required 

by outside agencies. 

Budget Period: The interval of time 

into which the project period is divided 

for budgetary or funding purposes, and 

for which a grant is made. A budget 

period usually lasts one year in a multiyear project period. 

Community: A group of people 

residing in the same geographic area 

that can apply their own cultural and 

socio-economic values in implementing 

ANA’s program objectives and goals. In 

discussing the applicant’s community, 

the following information must be 

provided: (1) A description of the 

population segment within the 

community to be served or impacted; (2) 

the size of the community; (3) 

geographic description or location, 

including the boundaries of the 

community; (4) demographic data on 

the target population; and (5) the 

relationship of the community to any 

larger group or tribe. 

Community Involvement: How the 

community participated in the 

development of the proposed project, 

how the community will be involved 

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during the project implementation and 

after the project is completed. Evidence 

of community involvement can include, 

but is not limited to, certified petitions, 

public meeting minutes, surveys, needs 

assessments, newsletters, special 

meetings, public Council meetings, 

public committee meetings, public 

hearings, and annual meetings with 

representatives from the community.

Completed Project: A project funded 

by ANA is finished, self-sustaining, or 

funded by other than ANA funds, and 

the results and outcomes are achieved 

by the end of the project period. 

Consortium-Tribal/Village: A group of 

Tribes or Villages that join together 

either for long-term purposes or for the 

purpose of an ANA project. 

Construction: The initial building of a 

facility. 

Core Administration: Salaries and 

other expenses for those functions that 

support the applicant’s organization as 

a whole or for purposes unrelated to the 

actual management or implementation 

of the ANA project. 

Economic Development: Involves the 

promotion of the physical, commercial, 

technological, industrial, and/or 

agricultural capacities necessary for a 

sustainable local community. Economic 

development includes activities and 

actions that develop sustainable, stable, 

and diversified private sector local 

economies. For example, initiatives that 

support employment options, business 

opportunities, development and 

formation of a community’s economic 

infrastructure, laws and policies that 

result in the creation of businesses and 

employment options, and opportunities 

that provide for the foundation of 

healthy communities and strong 

families. 

Equipment: Tangible, non-expendable 

personal property, including exempt 

property, charged directly to the award 

having a useful life of more than one 

year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or 

more per unit. However, consistent with 

recipient policy, lower limits may be 

established. 

Governance: Involves assistance to 

Tribal and Alaska Native village 

governments to increase their ability to 

exercise local control and decisionmaking over their resources. 

Impact Indicators: Measurement 

descriptions used to identify the 

outcomes or results of the project. 

Outcomes or results must be 

quantifiable, measurable, verifiable and 

related to the outcome of the project to 

determine that the project has achieved 

its desired objective and can be 

independently verified through ANA 

monitoring and evaluation. 

In-kind Contributions: In-kind 

contributions are property or services 

that benefit a federally assisted project 

which are contributed by the grantee, 

non-Federal third parties without charge 

to the grantee, or a cost-type contractor 

under the grant agreement. Any 

proposed in-kind match must meet the 

applicable requirements found in 45 

CFR parts 74 and 92. 

Letter of Commitment: A third party 

statement to document the intent to 

provide specific in-kind contributions 

or cash to support the applicant. The 

Letter of Commitment must state the 

dollar amount (if applicable), the length 

of time the commitment will be 

honored, and the conditions under 

which the organization will support the 

proposed ANA project. If a dollar 

amount is included, the amount must be 

based on market and historical rates 

charged and paid. The resources to be 

committed may be human, natural, 

physical, or financial, and may include 

other Federal and non-Federal 

resources. Statements in an application 

about resources which have been 

committed to or support a proposed 

ANA project, but not supported with 

documentation, will be disregarded. 

Leveraged Resources: The total dollar 

value of all non-ANA resources that are 

committed to a proposed ANA project 

and are supported by documentation 

that exceed the 20% non-Federal match 

required for an ANA grant. Such 

resources may include any natural, 

financial, and physical resources 

available within the tribe, organization, 

or community to assist in the successful 

completion of the project. An example 

would be a letter from an organization 

that agrees to provide a supportive 

action, product, and service, human or 

financial contribution that will add to 

the potential success of the project. 

Minor Renovation or Alteration: Work 

required to change the interior 

arrangements or other physical 

characteristics of an existing facility, or 

install equipment so that it may be more 

effectively used for the project. Minor 

alteration and renovation may include 

work referred to as improvements, 

conversion, rehabilitation, remodeling, 

or modernization, but is distinguished 

from construction and major 

renovations. A minor alteration and or 

renovation must be incidental and 

essential for the project (‘‘incidental’’

meaning the total alteration and 

renovation budget must not exceed the 

lesser of $150,000 or 25 percent of total 

direct costs approved for the entire 

project period).

Multi-purpose Organization: A 

community-based corporation whose 

charter specifies that the community 

designates the Board of Directors and/or 

officers of the organization through an 

elective procedure and that the 

organization functions in several 

different areas of concern to the 

members of the local Native American 

community. These areas are specified in 

the by-laws and/or policies adopted by 

the organization. They may include, but 

need not be limited to, economic, 

artistic, cultural, and recreational 

activities, and the delivery of human 

services such as day care, education, 

and training. 

Multi-year Project: Encompasses a 

single theme and requires more than 12 

or 17 months and up to 24 or 36 months 

to complete. A multi-year project affords 

the applicant an opportunity to develop 

and address more complex and in-depth 

strategies that cannot be completed in 

one year. A multi-year project is a series 

of related objectives with activities 

presented in chronological order over a 

two or three-year period. 

Objective(s): Specific outcomes or 

results to be achieved within the 

proposed project period that are 

specified in the Objective Work Plan. 

Completion of objectives must result in 

specific, measurable outcomes that 

would benefit the community and 

directly contribute to the achievement 

of the stated community goals. 

Applicants should relate their proposed 

project objectives to outcomes that 

support the community’s long-range 

goals. Objectives are an important 

component of Criterion III and are the 

foundation for the Objective Work 

Plans. 

Objective Work Plan (OWP): The 

project plan the applicant will use in 

meeting the results and benefits 

expected for the project. The results and 

benefits are directly related to the 

Impact Indicators. The OWP provides 

detailed descriptions of how, when, 

where, by whom and why activities are 

proposed for the project and is 

complemented and condensed in the 

Objective Work Plan. ANA will require 

separate OWPs for each year of the 

project (Form OMB# 0980–0204 exp 10/

31/2006). 

Partnerships: Agreements between 

two or more parties that will support the 

development and implementation of the 

proposed project. Partnerships include 

other community-based organizations or 

associations, Tribes, Federal and State 

agencies, and private or non-profit 

organizations. 

Real Property: Land, including land 

improvements, structures, and 

appurtenances thereto, excluding 

movable machinery and equipment. 

Resolution: Applicants are required to 

include a current signed and dated 

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Resolution (a formal decision voted on 

by the official governing body) in 

support of the project for the entire 

project period. The Resolution must 

indicate who is authorized to sign 

documents and negotiate on behalf of 

the Tribe or organization. The 

Resolution must indicate that the 

community was involved in the project 

planning process, and indicate the 

specific dollar amount of any eligible 

matching funds (if applicable).

Sustainable Project: A sustainable 

project is an ongoing program or service 

that can be maintained without 

additional ANA funds. 

Self-Sufficiency: The ability to 

generate resources to meet a 

community’s needs in a sustainable 

manner. A community’s progress 

toward self-sufficiency is based on its 

efforts to plan, organize, and direct 

resources in a comprehensive manner 

that is consistent with its established 

long-range goals. For a community to be 

self-sufficient, it must have local access 

to, control of, and coordination of 

services and programs that safeguard the 

health, well-being, and culture of the 

people that reside and work in the 

community. 

Social Development: Investment in 

human and social capital for advancing 

the well-being of members of the Native 

American community served. Social 

development is the action taken to 

support the health, education, culture, 

and employment options that expand an 

individual’s capabilities and 

opportunities, and that promote social 

inclusion and combat social ills. 

Total Approved Project Costs: The 

sum of the Federal request plus the nonFederal share. 

Please note that this announcement is 

divided into two program areas. The 

first program area is Social and 

Economic Development Strategies and 

the second program area is Social and 

Economic Development Strategies—

Alaska. The second program area 

information immediately follows 

Section VIII of program area one. 

Applications from Alaska Native 

entities may be submitted under either 

SEDS or Alaska SEDS but not both 

program areas. The SF 424 must clearly 

indicate the correct program area. 

Priority Area 1 

Social and Economic Development 

Strategies for Native Americans 

Description: To promote the goal of 

social and economic self-sufficiency for 

Native Americans. 

Economic Development: Involves the 

promotion of the physical, commercial, 

technological, industrial, and/or 

agricultural components necessary for a 

sustainable local community. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop 

sustainable projects to support 

sustainable, stable, and diversified 

private sector local economies. Program 

Areas of Interest include: 

• Projects to strengthen an 

organization’s capacity to deliver 

business technical assistance, 

workshops, and financial literacy 

programs that create, expand, and retain 

public and private sector communitybased businesses. 

• Projects to increase cooperative 

enterprise development activities, and 

technical capacity of youth to establish 

and operate cooperative businesses with 

the goal of teaching financial, 

management and long-term employment 

skills. 

• Projects to plan and coordinate 

emergency response services within the 

community and with State and local 

governments to protect against Acts of 

Nature and other catastrophic events 

such as fire, floods, and environmental 

catastrophes. 

• Projects to implement initiatives 

that are based on a feasibility study that 

assessed the economic potential of 

energy resources in their community, 

including renewable energy sources 

such as: Bio-energy, Geothermal, 

Hydrogen, Hydropower, Ocean, Solar, 

Wind, or other methods appropriate to 

the tribe and geographical location. 

• Projects to develop community 

transportation activities that support the 

needs of the elderly, the disabled, and 

the local workforce. 

• Projects to develop organizational 

and management capacity building 

activities that enhance communitybased program delivery systems and 

services. 

• Projects to develop and implement 

community-based activities that 

increase international tourism and trade 

activities for Native American products, 

services, and communities. Business 

sectors of interest include: the export of 

Native American packaged foods; arts 

and crafts; literature and music; 

manufactured products; agricultural and 

organic products; value-added product 

assembly or processing that includes 

agriculture and aquaculture. 

• Projects to develop and enhance 

subsistence activities that retain, or reestablish Native traditional foods and or 

by-products of natural resources for 

local and commercial markets. Develop 

and/or strengthen the local economy 

through enhanced commercial trade in 

areas such as agriculture, aquaculture, 

lumber, and traditional arts and crafts. 

Social Development: The investment 

in human and social capital for 

advancing people’s well-being. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop 

and implement culturally appropriate 

projects to enhance tribal, community, 

and village activities. Social 

development projects under this area 

support families, elders, parents, 

positive youth development, healthy 

marriage, individuals with disabilities, 

and personal commitment. Program 

Areas of Interest include: 

• Healthy Relationships and 

Strengthening Families Projects: The 

goal is to promote healthy family 

environments and strengthen coparenting teamwork, problem-solving, 

and conflict resolution. Applicants 

should consider comprehensive projects 

that are culturally and socially 

appropriate to teach couples 

relationship-building skills, such as 

negotiation-based interpersonal 

communications, collaborative problem 

solving, and preservation of love, 

commitment, and friendship. 

Applicants are encouraged to be creative 

in their efforts to integrate elders into 

these projects to support traditional 

values and methods. Projects could 

address problematic periods in the 

family life cycle such as: Pregnancy, 

postpartum care, first-time parenthood, 

parenting adolescents, and goal setting 

for independent young adults. 

• Projects to strengthen the long-term 

commitment of married couples. 

Projects should consider the 

enhancement of relationship skills 

through premarital counseling, 

mentoring activities, or role model 

activities.

• Projects to support young families 

in order to reduce the challenges and 

stress of child rearing and the risks 

associated with child/infant abuse and 

neglect, and projects to strengthen the 

bonds between parents and children, 

particularly between fathers and 

children, and the fathers’ role in healthy 

families. 

• Projects to develop and implement 

comprehensive culturally and socially 

appropriate projects to help youth 

practice personal responsibility; reach a 

balance in their lives by learning how to 

set and meet short and long-term goals; 

and to practice healthy lifestyles with 

the goal of decreasing gang activity, 

school dropout rates and juvenile 

delinquency. 

• Projects to recruit, train, and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected, and abandoned Native 

American children, youth, and their 

families. 

• Projects to develop, coordinate, and 

implement training for Native 

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Americans with disabilities in order to 

join the workforce, obtain information 

and technical assistance to apply for 

disability benefits, gain access to 

workplace facilities, and receive 

reasonable accommodations necessary 

to perform job functions. 

Governance: Involves assistance to 

federally-recognized tribal and Alaska 

Native Village governments to increase 

their ability to exercise local control and 

decision-making over their resources. 

ANA encourages applications for the 

development of laws and policies that 

support community-based social, 

economic and governance activities. 

Governance projects under this area 

may be used for leadership and 

management training or to assist eligible 

applicants in the development of laws, 

regulations, codes, policies, and 

practices that support and promote 

community-based activities. 

Program Areas of Interest include: 

• Projects to enact laws that support 

and enforce business and investment 

transactions, contracts, and property 

rights. For example, develop and 

implement Uniform Commercial Codes 

(business codes) and Tax Codes. 

• Projects to enact laws, ordinances, 

and policies, to develop, expand, and/

or enhance utility and communications 

infrastructures. 

• Projects to enrich and strengthen 

the management and leadership skills of 

senior tribal government personnel, and 

senior management personnel of tribally 

owned companies. 

• Projects to establish and implement 

technology management information 

systems to assist with the effective and 

efficient administration of tribal 

government programs. 

• Projects to develop or amend tribal 

constitutions, government procedures 

and functions, by-laws or codes, and 

council or executive branch duties in 

order to improve the regulatory, judicial 

and/or administrative infrastructure of 

tribal and village governments. 

• Projects to develop, enact, and 

implement codes and ordinances for 

family welfare. 

II. Award Information 

Funding Instrument Type: Grant. 

Anticipated Total Priority Area 

Funding: $18,000,000. 

Anticipated Number of Awards: 110 

to 120. 

Ceiling on Amount of Individual 

Awards Per Budget Period: $500,000. 

Floor on Amount of Individual 

Awards Per Budget Period: $25,000. 

Applications that exceed the ceiling 

amount will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition. 

Average Projected Award Amount:

$225,000. 

Length of Project Periods:

12 month project and budget period. 

17 month project and budget period. 

24 month project with two 12 month 

budget periods. 

36 month project with three 12 month 

budget periods. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants

Native American tribal governments 

(federally recognized). 

Native American tribal organizations 

(other than federally recognized tribal 

governments). 

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status 

with the IRS, other than institutions of 

higher education. 

Nonprofits that do not have a 

501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than 

institutions of higher education. 

Additional Information on Eligibility 

• Federally recognized Indian tribes; 

• Consortia of Indian tribes; 

• Incorporated non-federally 

recognized tribes. 

• Incorporated non-profit multipurpose community-based Indian 

organizations; 

• Urban Indian Centers; 

• National or regional incorporated 

non-profit Native American 

organizations with Native American 

community-specific objectives; 

• Alaska Native villages, as defined in 

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(ANCSA) and/or non-profit village 

consortia; 

• Incorporated non-profit Alaska 

Native multi-purpose community-based 

organizations; 

• Non-profit Alaska Native Regional 

Corporations/Associations in Alaska 

with village specific projects; 

• Non-profit Native organizations in 

Alaska with village specific projects; 

• Public and non-profit private 

agencies serving Native Hawaiians; 

• Public and non-profit private 

agencies serving native peoples from 

Guam, American Samoa, or the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (the populations served may be 

located on these islands or in the United 

States); 

• Tribally-controlled Community 

Colleges, tribally-controlled PostSecondary Vocational Institutions, and 

colleges and universities located in 

Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa or the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands which serve Native Pacific 

Islanders; and 

• Non-profit Alaska Native 

community entities or Tribal governing 

bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or 

Traditional Councils) as recognized by 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

Please refer to Section I Funding 

Opportunity Description to review 

general ANA Administrative Policies 

and Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions. 

2. Cost Sharing/Matching 

Yes. 

Matching/Cost-Sharing 

Grantees are required to meet a nonFederal share of the project costs, in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

2991(b)(3)(e)(1). Grantees must provide 

at least 20 percent of the total approved 

cost of the project. The total approved 

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF 

share and the non-Federal share. The 

non-Federal share may be met by cash 

or in-kind contributions, although 

applicants are encouraged to meet their 

match requirements through cash 

contributions. Therefore, a project 

requesting $100,000 in Federal funds 

(based on an award of $100,000 per 

budget period) must provide a match of 

at least $25,000 (20% of the total 

approved project costs). Grantees will be 

held accountable for commitments of 

non-Federal resources even if over the 

amount of the required match. Failure to 

provide the amount will result in 

disallowance of Federal dollars. Lack of 

supporting documentation at the time of 

application will not impact the 

responsiveness of the application for 

competitive review. 

3. Other 

All Applicants must have a Dun & 

Bradstreet Number. On June 27, 2003 

the Office of Management and Budget 

published in the Federal Register a new 

Federal policy applicable to all Federal 

grant applicants. The policy requires 

Federal grant applicants to provide a 

Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number 

when applying for Federal grants or 

cooperative agreements on or after 

October 1, 2003. The DUNS number will 

be required whether an applicant is 

submitting a paper application or using 

the government-wide electronic portal 

(http://www.Grants.gov). A DUNS 

number will be required for every 

application for a new award or renewal/

continuation of an award, including 

applications or plans under formula, 

entitlement and block grant programs, 

submitted on or after October 1, 2003. 

Please ensure that your organization 

has a DUNS number. You may acquire 

a DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS number 

request line on 1–866–705–5711 or you 

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may request a number on-line at

http://www.dnb.com.

Non-profit organizations applying for 

funding are required to submit proof of 

their non-profit status. Proof of nonprofit status is any one of the following: 

• A reference to the applicant 

organization’s listing in the Internal 

Revenue Service’s (IRS) most recent list 

of tax-exempt organizations described in 

the IRS Code. 

• A copy of a currently valid IRS tax 

exemption certificate. 

• A statement from a State taxing 

body, State attorney general, or other 

appropriate State official certifying that 

the applicant organization has a nonprofit status and that none of the net 

earning accrue to any private 

shareholders or individuals. 

• A certified copy of the 

organization’s certificate of 

incorporation or similar document that 

clearly establishes non-profit status. 

• Any of the items in the 

subparagraphs immediately above for a 

State or national parent organization 

and a statement signed by the parent 

organization that the applicant 

organization is a local non-profit 

affiliate. 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

Disqualification Factors 

Any application received after 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on the deadline date 

will not be considered for competition. 

Applications that exceed the ceiling 

amount will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition.

Applications that do not include a 

current signed and dated Resolution (a 

formal decision voted on by the official 

governing body) in support of the 

project for the entire project period will 

be considered non-responsive and will 

not be considered for competition. 

If the applicant is not a tribe or Alaska 

Native Village government, applications 

that do not include proof that a majority 

of the governing board of directors is 

representative of the community to be 

served will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition (see Section I. Funding 

Opportunity Description-Definitions, for 

information on resolutions). 

Please see Section III.2 Other, 

concerning requirements for the cost 

matching which do not impact the 

responsiveness of an application for 

competitive review. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

To learn more about ANA and receive 

information about Training and 

Technical Assistance (T/TA) contact:

Region I: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, 

IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, 

ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, 

NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, 

SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, W.VA. 

Native American Management 

Services, Inc., 6858 Old Dominion 

Drive, Suite 302, McLean, VA 

22101. 

Phone: 888–221–9686; Fax: 703–

821.3680. 

E-mail: kking@namsinc.org.

URL: http://www.anaeastern.org.

Region II: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, 

OR, UT, WA, WY. ACKCO, Inc., 

1326 N. Central, Suite 208, Phoenix, 

Arizona 85004. 

Toll Free: 800–525.2859; Direct: 602–

253.9211; Fax: 602–253.9135. 

Theron Wauneka, Project Manager. 

E-mail: theron.wauneka@ackco.com.

URL: http://www.anawestern.org.

Region III: Alaska. 

Native American Management 

Services, Inc., 11723 Old Glenn 

Highway, Suite 201, Eagle River, 

Alaska 99577. 

Toll Free: 877–770.6230; Direct: 907–

694.5711; Fax: 907–694.5775. 

P.J. Bell, Project Manager. 

E-mail: region3@gci.net.

URL: http://www.anaalaska.org.

Region IV: American Samoa (AS), 

Guam, Hawaii (HI), Commonwealth 

of Northern Mariana Islands 

(CNMI). 

Council for Native Hawaiian 

Advancement, 33 South King 

Street, Suite 513, Honolulu, Hawaii 

96813. 

Toll-Free: 800–709.2642; Local: 808–

521.5011; Fax: 808–521.4111. 

Lilia Kapuniai, Vice President, 

Community Development. 

E-mail: info@anapacific.org.

URL: http://www.anapacific.org.

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Please refer to Section I. Funding 

Opportunity Description, to review 

general ANA Administrative Policies 

and Section IV. 5. Funding Restrictions.

Application Submission: Each 

application should include one signed 

original and two additional copies of the 

complete application. The original must 

include all required forms, 

certifications, assurances, and 

appendices, contain an original 

signature by an authorized 

representative, and be submitted 

unbound. The two additional copies of 

the complete application must include 

all required forms, certifications, 

assurances, and appendices and must 

also be submitted unbound. Applicants 

have the option of omitting from the 

application copies (not the original) 

specific salary rates or amounts for 

individuals specified in the application 

budget. A complete application for 

assistance under this Program 

Announcement consists of three parts. 

Part One includes the SF 424, other 

required government forms, and other 

required documentation. Part Two of 

the application is the project narrative. 

This section of the application may not 

exceed 40 pages. The line-item budgets, 

budget justifications and the OWP form 

(OMB Control Number 0980–0204, exp 

10/31/2006) will be exempt from the 

page limitation. Part Three of the 

application is the Appendix. This 

section of the application may not 

exceed 20 pages (the exception to this 

20-page limit applies only to projects 

that require, if relevant to the project, a 

Business Plan or any Third-Party 

Agreements). 

Electronic Submission: While ACF 

does have the capability to receive 

program announcement applications 

electronically through Grants.gov, 

electronic submission of applications 

will not be available for this particular 

announcement. There are required 

application form(s) specific to ANA that 

have not yet received clearance from 

Grants.gov. While electronic submission 

of applications may be available in the 

next fiscal year for this program, no 

electronic submission of applications 

will be accepted for this announcement 

this year as they would be missing those 

required ANA forms and be considered 

incomplete. 

Organization and Preparation of 

Application: Due to the intensity and 

pace of the application review and 

evaluation process, ANA strongly 

recommends applicants organize, label, 

and insert required information in 

accordance with Part One, Part Two and 

Part Three as presented in the table 

below. ANA strongly suggests 

applicants label the application for ease 

of reviewing. The application must 

begin with the information requested in 

Part One of the chart in the prescribed 

order. Utilizing this format will insure 

all information submitted to support an 

applicant’s request for funding is 

thoroughly reviewed. Submitting 

information in this format will assist the 

panel reviewer in locating and 

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evaluating the information. Deviation 

from this suggested format will reduce 

the applicant’s ability to receive 

maximum points, which are directly 

related to ANA’s funding review 

decisions. 

ANA Application Format: ANA 

requires all applications to be labeled in 

compliance with the format provided in 

the program announcement. This format 

applies to all applicants submitting 

applications for funding. All pages 

submitted (including Government 

Forms, certifications and assurances) 

must be numbered consecutively (for 

example, the first page of the 

application is the SF 424 and must be 

labeled as page one). The paper size 

shall be 8.5 x 11 inches, line spacing 

shall be a space and a half (1.5 line 

spacing), printed only on one side, and 

have a half-inch margin on all sides of 

the paper. (Note: the 1.5 line spacing 

does not apply to the Project Abstract 

Form, Appendices, the Table of 

Contents, the Objective Work Plans, and 

the Budget.) The font size shall be 12-

point and the font type shall be Times 

New Roman. 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

Standard Forms and Certifications 

The project description should 

include all the information 

requirements described in the specific 

evaluation criteria outlined in the 

program announcement under Section V 

Application Review Information. In 

addition to the project description, the 

applicant needs to complete all the 

standard forms required for making 

applications for awards under this 

announcement. 

Applicants seeking financial 

assistance under this announcement 

must file the Standard Form (SF) 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance; SF–

424A, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs; SF–424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs. The forms may be reproduced 

for use in submitting applications. 

Applicants must sign and return the 

standard forms with their application. 

Applicants must furnish prior to 

award an executed copy of the Standard 

Form LLL, Certification Regarding 

Lobbying, 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, if applicable, with their 

applications (approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget under control 

number 0348–0046). Applicants must 

sign and return the certification with 

their application. 

Applicants must also understand they 

will be held accountable for the 

smoking prohibition included within 

Pub. L. 103–227, Title XII 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also 

known as the PRO–KIDS Act of 1994). 

A copy of the Federal Register notice 

which implements the smoking 

prohibition is included with forms. By 

signing and submitting the application, 

applicants are providing the 

certification and need not mail back the 

certification with the application. 

Applicants must make the appropriate 

certification of their compliance with all 

Federal statutes relating to 

nondiscrimination. By signing and 

submitting the applications, applicants 

are providing the certification and need 

not mail back the certification form. 

Complete the standard forms and the 

associated certifications and assurances 

based on the instructions on the forms. 

The forms and certifications may be 

found at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

Please see Section V.1. Criteria, for 

instructions on preparing the full 

project description. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Due Date: April 19, 2005. 

Explanation of Due Dates 

The closing time and date for receipt 

of applications is referenced above. 

Applications received after 4:30 p.m. 

eastern time on the closing date will be 

classified as late. 

Deadline: Applications shall be 

considered as meeting an announced 

deadline if they are received on or 

before the deadline time and date 

referenced in Section IV.6. Applicants 

are responsible for ensuring 

applications are mailed or submitted 

electronically well in advance of the 

application due date. 

Applications hand carried by 

applicants, applicant couriers, other 

representatives of the applicant, or by 

overnight/express mail couriers shall be 

considered as meeting an announced 

deadline if they are received on or 

before the deadline date, between the 

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

time, at the address referenced in 

Section IV.6., between Monday and 

Friday (excluding Federal holidays). 

ACF cannot accommodate 

transmission of applications by 

facsimile. Therefore, applications 

transmitted to ACF by fax will not be 

accepted regardless of date or time of 

submission and time of receipt. 

Late Applications: Applications that 

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. 

Any application received after 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on the deadline date 

will not be considered for competition. 

Applicants using express/overnight 

mail services should allow two working 

days prior to the deadline date for 

receipt of applications. Applicants are 

cautioned that express/overnight mail 

services do not always deliver as agreed. 

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, or in other rare cases. A 

determination to extend or waive 

deadline requirements rests with the 

Chief Grants Management Officer. 

Checklist 

You may use the checklist below as a 

guide when preparing your application 

package.

PART ONE.—FEDERAL FORMS AND OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

What to submit Required content Required form or format When to submit 

Table of Contents ............... See Section IV .................. Applicant must include a table of contents that accurately identifies the page number and where the information can be located. Table of Contents does 

not count against application page limit.

By application closing date. 

SF424 ................................. See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

SF424A ............................... See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

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What to submit Required content Required form or format When to submit 

Assurances and Certifications.See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

Grant Application Data 

Summary (GADS) Form 

SEDS.

See Section IV .................. ANA Form: OMB # 0970–0261, Exp. 03/31/2007 http:/

/www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana (Go to Forms link 

to obtain the document).

By application closing date. 

Indirect Cost Agreement ..... See Section V ................... Organizations and Tribes must submit a current indirect cost agreement (if claiming indirect costs) that 

aligns with the approved ANA project period. The 

Indirect Cost Agreement must identify the individual 

components and percentages that make up the indirect cost rate.

By application closing date. 

Proof of Non-Profit Status .. See Section III ................... As described in this announcement under Section III 

‘‘Additional Information on Eligibility’’.

By application closing date. 

Resolution ........................... See Section I ..................... Information for submission can be found in the Program Announcement Section I, ‘‘Definitions’’.By application closing date. 

Board of Directors Documentation.See Section I ..................... As described in this announcement under Section I 

‘‘ANA Administrative Policies’’.

By application closing date. 

Audit Letter ......................... See Section I ..................... A Certified Public Accountant’s ‘‘Independent Auditors’’ Report on Financial Statement.’’ This is usually 

only a two to three page document. (This requirement applies only to applicants with annual expenditures of $500,000 or more of Federal funds). Applicant must also include that portion of the audit document that identifies all other Federal sources of 

funding entitled ‘‘Supplemental Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards’’.

By application closing date. 

Non-Federal Share of Waiver Request, per CFR 

1336.50(b).

See Section I ..................... A request for a waiver of the non-Federal share requirement may be submitted in accordance with 45 

CFR 1336.50(b) (3) of the Native American Program 

regulations. (if applicable).

By application closing date. 

Certification regarding 

Maintenance of Effort.

See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

Certification regarding Lobbying Disclosure of Lobbying Activities—SF LLL.See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

Environmental Tobacco 

Smoke Certification.

See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

PART TWO.—APPLICATION REVIEW CRITERIA

Proposed project: what to 

submit Required content 

Required form or format

ANA application review criteria

This section may not exceed 40 pages 

When to submit 

Criteria One (10 pts) ........... See Section V ................... Introduction and Project Summary/Application Format: 

Include the ANA Project Abstract form (OMB # 

0980–0204 exp. 10/31/2006).

By application closing date. 

Criteria Two (20 pts) ........... See Section V ................... Need for Assistance ...................................................... By application closing date. 

Criteria Three (25 pts) ........ See Section V ................... Project Approach Include an Objective Work Plan 

(OWP) form (OMB # 0980–0204, exp. 10/31/2006) 

for each 12-month budget period. A 17-month 

project period requires only one OWP.

Note: The OWP is not included in the page count for 

this Part. 

By application closing date. 

Criteria Four (15 pts) .......... See Section V ................... Organizational Capacity ................................................ By application closing date. 

Criteria Five (15 pts) ........... See Section V ................... Project Impact/Evaluation .............................................. By application closing date. 

Criteria Six (15 pts) ............ See Section V ................... Budget and Budget Justification/Cost Effectiveness ....

Note: The Budget and Budget Justification is not included in the page count for this Part 

By application closing date. 

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PART THREE.—APPENDIX

Support documentation: 

what to submit Required content Required form or format This section may not exceed 20 pages When to submit 

Appendix ............................. See Section I ..................... Part Three includes only supplemental information or 

required support documentation that addresses the 

applicant’s capacity to carry out and fulfill the proposed project. These items include: letters of agreement with cooperating entities, in-kind commitment 

and support letters, business plans, and a summary 

of the Third Party Agreements. Do not include 

books, videotapes, studies or published reports and 

articles, as they will not be made available to the reviewers or returned to the applicant.

By application closing date. 

Additional Forms 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

What to submit Required content Location When to submit 

Survey for Private, NonProfit Grant Applicants.See form ............................ May be found on http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application due date. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Applications are not subject to 

Executive Order 12372. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

ANA does not fund: 

• Activities in support of any 

foreseeable litigation against the United 

States Government that are unallowable 

under OMB Circulars A–87 and A–122. 

• ANA does not fund duplicative 

projects or allow any one community or 

region to receive a disproportionate 

share of the funds available for award. 

When making decisions on awards of 

grants the Agency will consider whether 

the project is essentially identical or 

similar, in whole or significant part, to 

projects in the same community 

previously funded or being funded 

under the same competition. The 

Agency will also consider whether the 

grantee is already receiving funding for 

a SEDS, Language, or Environmental 

project from ANA. The Agency will also 

take into account in making funding 

decisions whether a proposed project 

would require funding on an indefinite 

or recurring basis. This determination 

will be made after it is determined 

whether the application meets the 

requirements for eligibility as set forth 

in 45 C.F.R. 1336, Subpart C, but before 

funding decisions are complete (see 

Section I. Funding Opportunity 

Description-ANA Administrative 

Policies regarding short-term projects). 

• Projects in which a grantee would 

provide training and/or technical 

assistance (T/TA) to other tribes or 

Native American organizations that are 

otherwise eligible to apply for ANA 

funding. However, ANA will fund T/TA 

requested by a grantee for its own use 

or for its members’ use (as in the case 

of a consortium), when the T/TA is 

necessary to carry out project objectives. 

• The purchase of real property or 

construction because these activities are 

not authorized by the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974, as amended. 

• Core administration (See 

Definitions) functions, or other 

activities, that essentially support only 

the applicant’s ongoing administrative 

functions and are not related to the 

proposed project. Under Alaska SEDS 

projects, ANA will consider funding 

core administrative capacity building 

projects at the village government level 

if the village does not have governing 

systems in place. 

• Costs associated with fundraising, 

including financial campaigns, 

endowment drives, solicitation of gifts 

and bequests, and similar expenses 

incurred solely to raise capital or obtain 

contributions are unallowable under an 

ANA grant award. 

• Projects originated and designed by 

consultants who provide a major role for 

themselves and are not members of the 

applicant organization, Tribe, or village. 

• Projects that do not further the three 

interrelated ANA goals of economic 

development, social development and 

governance or meet the purpose of this 

program announcement. 

• Major renovations or alterations are 

prohibited activities because these 

activities are not authorized under the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974 

as amended. Minor alterations, as 

defined in this announcement, may be 

allowable. 

• Projects that request funds for 

feasibility studies, business plans, 

marketing plans or written materials, 

such as manuals, that are not an 

essential part of the applicant’s SEDS 

long range development plan. 

• The support of ongoing social 

service delivery programs or the 

expansion, or continuation, of existing 

social service delivery programs. 

• ANA will not fund activities by a 

consortium of tribes that duplicate 

activities for which a consortium 

member tribe also receives funding from 

ANA. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Submission by Mail: An applicant 

must provide an original application 

with all attachments, signed by an 

authorized representative and two 

copies. The application must be 

received at the address below by 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on or before the 

closing date. Applications should be 

mailed to: 

Attention: Tim Chappelle, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Office of Grants 

Management, Division of Discretionary 

Grants, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. 

Hand Delivery: An applicant must 

provide an original application with all 

attachments signed by an authorized 

representative and two copies. The 

application must be received at the 

address below by 4:30 p.m. eastern time 

on or before the closing date. 

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Applications that are hand delivered 

will be accepted between the hours of 

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. Applications 

should be delivered to: 

Attention: Tim Chappelle, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Office of Grants 

Management, Division of Discretionary 

Grant, ACF Mail Room, Second Floor 

Loading Dock, Aerospace Center, 901 D 

Street, Washington, DC 20447. 

V. Application Review Information

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13) 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 120 hours per response, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining 

the data needed and reviewing the 

collection information. 

The project description is approved 

under OMB control number 0970–0139 

which expires 4/30/2007. 

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. 

1. Criteria 

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. 

Supporting documents should be 

included where they can present 

information clearly and succinctly. In 

preparing your project description, 

information responsive to each of the 

requested evaluation criteria must 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 in a manner that is clear and 

complete. 

General Instructions 

ACF is particularly interested in 

specific project descriptions that focus 

on outcomes and convey strategies for 

achieving intended performance. Project 

descriptions are evaluated on the basis 

of substance and measurable outcomes, 

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. 

Introduction 

Applicants required to submit a full 

project description shall prepare the 

project description statement in 

accordance with the following 

instructions while being aware of the 

specified evaluation criteria. The text 

options give a broad overview of what 

your project description should include 

while the evaluation criteria identifies 

the measures that will be used to 

evaluate applications. 

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. 

Results or Benefits Expected 

Identify the results and benefits to be 

derived. 

Applicants are encouraged to describe 

the qualitative and quantitative data 

collected, how this data will measure 

progress towards the stated results or 

benefits, and how performance 

indicators under economic and social 

development and governance projects 

can be monitored, evaluated and 

verified. 

Approach 

Outline a plan of action that 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 

that 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. 

Examples of these activities would be 

the number of businesses started or 

expanded, the number of jobs created or 

retained, the number of people trained, 

the number of youth, couples or families 

assisted or the number of elders 

participating in the activity during that 

reporting period. 

Geographic Location 

Describe the precise location of the 

project and boundaries of the area to be 

served by the proposed project. Maps or 

other graphic aids may be attached. 

Staff and Position Data 

Provide a biographical sketch and job 

description for each key person 

appointed. Job descriptions for each 

vacant key position should be included 

as well. As new key staff is appointed, 

biographical sketches will also be 

required. 

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 

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accreditation, information on 

compliance with Federal/State/local 

government standards, documentation 

of experience in the program area, and 

other pertinent information. If the 

applicant is a non-profit organization, 

submit proof of non-profit status in its 

application. 

The non-profit agency can accomplish 

this by providing: (a) A reference to the 

applicant organization’s listing in the 

Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) most 

recent list of tax-exempt organizations 

described in the IRS Code; (b) a copy of 

a currently valid IRS tax exemption 

certificate; (c) a statement from a State 

taxing body, State attorney general, or 

other appropriate State official 

certifying that the applicant 

organization has a non-profit status and 

that none of the net earnings accrue to 

any private shareholders or individuals; 

(d) a certified copy of the organization’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document that clearly establishes nonprofit status; (e) any of the items 

immediately above for a State or 

national parent organization and a 

statement signed by the parent 

organization that the applicant 

organization is a local non-profit 

affiliate. 

Third-Party Agreements 

Provide written and signed 

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. 

Budget and Budget Justification 

Provide a budget with 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. 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 

Use the following guidelines for 

preparing the budget and budget 

justification. Both Federal and nonFederal resources shall be detailed and 

justified in the budget and narrative 

justification. ‘‘Federal resources’’ refers 

only to the ACF grant for which you are 

applying. ‘‘Non Federal 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), nonFederal 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. 

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 that 

belong under other categories such as 

equipment, supplies, construction, etc. 

Include 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. 

Justification: Demonstrate that all 

procurement transactions will 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 U.S.C. 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 

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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, upon notification 

that an award will be made, it should 

immediately develop a tentative indirect 

cost rate proposal based on its most 

recently completed fiscal year, in 

accordance with 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. 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 acknowledgement 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. 

Non-Federal 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 so 

the applicant is given credit in the 

review process. A detailed budget must 

be prepared for each funding source. 

Evaluation Criteria 

The following evaluation criteria 

appear in weighted descending order. 

The corresponding score values indicate 

the relative importance that ACF places 

on each evaluation criterion; however, 

applicants need not develop their 

applications precisely according to the 

order presented. Application 

components may be organized such that 

a reviewer will be able to follow a 

seamless and logical flow of information 

(e.g. from a broad overview of the 

project to more detailed information 

about how it will be conducted). 

In considering how applicants will 

carry out the responsibilities addressed 

under this announcement, competing 

applications for financial assistance will 

be reviewed and evaluated against the 

following criteria: 

Approach 

Project Approach: (25 Points): 

The applicant’s narrative must be 

clear and concise. The narrative must 

include a detailed project description 

with goals and objectives. It must 

discuss the project strategy and 

implementation plan over the project 

period. The applicant must use the 

Objective Work Plan (OWP) form to 

identify the project objectives, time 

frames, proposed activities, results and 

benefits expected and criteria for 

evaluating results and benefits, as well 

as the individuals responsible for 

completing the objectives and 

performing the activities. Within the 

results and benefits section of the OWP, 

the applicant must provide quantitative 

quarterly projections of the 

accomplishments to be achieved for 

each function or activity. In this 

criterion, the applicant must summarize 

how the project description, 

objective(s), approach and strategy are 

inter-related. The applicant must also 

include the names and activities of any 

organizations, consultants, or other key 

individuals who will contribute to the 

project, utilizing the column for NonSalaried Personnel to list the hours 

incurred for these activities. The 

applicant must discuss ‘‘Leveraged 

Resources’’ (see Definitions) used to 

strengthen and broaden the impact of 

the proposed project. The applicant 

must discuss how commitments and 

contributions from other entities will 

enhance the project. Applicants must 

discuss the relationship of non-ANA 

funded activities to those objectives and 

activities that will be funded with ANA 

grant funds. 

Objectives and Need for Assistance

Need for Assistance (20 Points): 

Applicant must show a clear 

relationship between the proposed 

project, the social and economic 

development strategy, and the 

community’s long-range goals. The need 

for assistance must clearly identify the 

physical, economic, social, financial, 

governmental, and institutional 

challenges and problem(s) requiring a 

solution that supports the funding 

request. Describe the community (see 

Definitions) to be affected by the project 

and the community involvement in the 

project. The applicant must describe the 

community’s long-range goals, the 

community planning process, and how 

the project supports the community 

goals. The applicant must describe how 

the proposed goals, objectives, and 

activities reflect either the economic 

and social development or governance 

needs of the local community. Discuss 

the geographic location of the project 

and where the project and grant will be 

administered. Applicant must describe 

how the proposed project objectives and 

activities relate to a locally determined 

strategy. 

The applicant must provide 

documentation of the community’s 

support for the proposed project. 

Applications from National and 

Regional organizations must clearly 

demonstrate a need for the project, 

explain how the project originated, 

identify the intended beneficiaries, 

describe and relate the actual project 

benefits to the community and 

organization, and describe a 

community-based project delivery 

strategy. National and Regional 

organizations must also identify their 

membership and specifically discuss 

how the organization operates and 

impacts Native American people and 

communities. Proposed project 

objectives support the identified need 

and must be measurable. 

Budget and Budget Justification 

Budget and Budget Justification/ Cost 

Effectiveness (15 Points): 

An applicant must submit an itemized 

budget detailing the applicant’s Federal 

and non-Federal share and cite source(s) 

of funding. The applicant must provide 

a detailed line-item Federal and nonFederal share budget by year for each 

year of project funds requested. A 

budget justification narrative to support 

the line-item budget request must be 

included for each year of project funds 

requested. The budget must include a 

line-item justification for each Object 

Class Category listed under Section B—

‘‘Budget Categories’’ of the SF 424 A 

‘‘Budget Information-Non Construction 

Programs’’ form. The line-item budget 

and budget justification narrative must 

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include the necessary details to 

facilitate the determination of allowable 

costs and the relevance of these costs to 

the proposed project. 

The non-Federal budget share must 

identify the source and be supported by 

letters of commitment (see Definitions). 

Letters of commitment are binding 

when they specifically state the nature, 

the amount, and conditions under 

which another agency or organization or 

individual will support a project. These 

resources may be human, natural, or 

financial, and may include other 

Federal and non-Federal resources. 

Statements that additional funding will 

be sought from other specific sources 

are not considered a binding 

commitment of outside resources. 

Letters of Support merely express 

another organization’s endorsement of a 

proposed project. Support letters are not 

binding commitment letters, as they do 

not factually establish the authenticity 

of other resources and do not offer or 

bind specific resources to the project. 

If an applicant plans to charge or 

otherwise seek credit for indirect costs 

in its ANA application, a copy of its 

current Indirect Cost Rate Agreement 

must be included in the application, 

with all costs broken down by category 

so ANA reviewers can be certain that no 

budgeted line items are included in the 

indirect cost pool. Applicants that do 

not submit a current Indirect Cost Rate 

Agreement may not be able to claim the 

allowable cost, may have the grant 

award amount reduced, or may 

experience a delay in grant award. 

For business development projects, 

the proposal must demonstrate that the 

expected return on the ANA funds used 

to develop the project will provide a 

reasonable operating income and 

investment return within a specified 

time period. If a profit-making venture 

is being proposed, profits must be 

reinvested in the business in order to 

decrease or eliminate ANA’s future 

participation. Such revenue must be 

reported as general program income. A 

decision will be made at the time of the 

grant award regarding appropriate use of 

program income. (See 45 CFR part 74 

and part 92). 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

include sufficient funds for principal 

representatives, such as the applicant’s 

chief financial officer or project director 

to travel to one ANA post-award grant 

training and technical assistance 

workshop. This expenditure is 

allowable for new grant recipients and 

optional for grantees that have had 

previous ANA grant awards. Applicants 

may also include costs for two staff 

persons to attend the ACF National 

Native American Conference. 

Cost Effectiveness: This section of the 

criterion reflects ANA’s concern with 

ensuring that the expenditure of its 

limited resources yields the greatest 

benefit possible in achieving economic 

and social self-sufficiency for Native 

American communities. Applicants 

demonstrate this by: summarizing 

partnerships and the efficient use of 

leveraged resources; explaining the 

impact on the identified community 

through measurable project outcomes, 

and presenting a project that is 

completed, self-sustaining or supported 

by other than ANA funds by the end of 

the project period.

Organizational Profiles 

Organizational Capacity (15 Points): 

In this criterion, the application 

provides information on the 

management structure of the applicant 

and the organizational relationships 

with its cooperating partners. Include an 

organizational chart that indicates 

where the proposed project will fit in 

the existing structure. Demonstrate 

experience in the program area. 

Describe the administrative structure, 

and the applicant’s ability to administer 

and implement a project of the proposed 

scope and its capacity to fulfill the 

implementation plan. Applicants are 

required to affirm that they will credit 

the Administration for Native 

Americans, and reference the ANA 

funded project on any audio, video, 

and/or printed materials developed in 

whole or in part with ANA funds. 

Applicants must list all current 

sources of Federal funding, the agency, 

purpose, amount, and provide the most 

recent certified signed audit letter for 

the organization to be included in Part 

One of the application. If the applicant 

has audit exceptions, these issues must 

be discussed in this criterion. 

Applicants must provide ‘‘staffing and 

position data’’ to include a proposed 

staffing pattern for the project where the 

applicant highlights the new project 

staff. Positions discussed in this section 

must match the positions identified in 

the Objective Work Plan and in the 

proposed budget. Applicant must 

provide a paragraph of the duties and 

skills required for the proposed staff and 

a paragraph on qualifications and 

experience of current staff. Full position 

descriptions are required to be 

submitted and included in the 

Appendix. Applicant must explain how 

the current and future staff will manage 

the proposed project. Brief biographies 

of key positions or individuals must be 

included. Note: Applicants are strongly 

encouraged to give preference to 

qualified Native Americans in hiring 

project staff and in contracting services 

under an approved ANA grant. 

If applicable, applicant must identify 

consortium membership. The 

consortium applicant must be the 

recipient of the funds. A consortium 

applicant must be an ‘‘eligible entity’’ as 

defined by this Program Announcement 

and the ANA regulations. Consortium 

applicants must include documentation 

(a resolution adopted pursuant to the 

organization’s established procedures 

and signed by an authorized 

representative) from all consortium 

members supporting the ANA 

application. An application from a 

consortium must have goals and 

objectives that will create positive 

impacts and outcomes in the 

communities of its members. ANA will 

not fund activities by a consortium of 

tribes that duplicate activities for which 

member tribes also receive funding from 

ANA. The consortium application must 

identify the role and responsibility of 

each participating consortia member 

and a copy of the consortia legal 

agreement or Memoranda of Agreement 

to support the proposed project. 

If relevant to the project, applicants 

must provide a Business Plan or any 

Third-Party Agreements in the 

appendices. (Not counted in Appendix 

page limit.) 

Results or Benefits Expected 

Project Impact/Evaluation (15 Points): 

In this criterion, the applicant will 

discuss the ‘‘Impact Indicators’’ (see 

Definitions) and the benefits expected as 

a result of this project. Impact indicators 

identify qualitative and quantitative 

data directly associated with the project. 

Each applicant must submit five impact 

indicators to support the applicant’s 

project. Two of the five are standard and 

required across all ANA programs. For 

each impact indicator submitted the 

applicant must discuss the relevance of 

the impact indicator to the project, the 

method used to track the indicator, and 

the method used to determine project 

success. Impact indicators will be 

reported to ANA in the grantee’s 

quarterly report. The applicant must 

indicate a target number to be achieved 

for the required standard impact 

indicators. In addition to the two 

standard required impact indicators, an 

applicant must also submit three 

additional impact indicators. These 

three impact indicators may be selected 

from the suggested list given below, or 

they may be developed for the specific 

proposed project, or the applicant may 

submit a combination of both the ANA 

suggested indicators and applicant 

project-specific indicators. The two 

standard required impact indicators are: 

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(a) Number of partnerships formed; and 

(b) amount of dollars leveraged beyond 

the required NFS match. The suggested 

ANA impact indicators are: (1) Number 

of infrastructures and administrative 

systems, including policies and 

procedures developed and 

implemented; (2) number of codes or 

ordinances developed and 

implemented; (3) number of people to 

successfully complete a workshop/

training; (4) number of children, youth, 

families or elders assisted or 

participating; (5) number of volunteer 

hours; (6) Number of faith based and 

community-based partnerships; (7) 

number of jobs created; (8) number of 

community-based small businesses 

established or expanded; (9) 

identification of tribal or village 

government business, industry, energy, 

or financial codes or ordinances that 

were adopted or enacted; (10) number of 

micro-businesses started.

The applicant should discuss the 

projects value and long-tem impact to 

the participants and the community and 

explain how the information relates to 

the proposed project goals, objectives 

and outcomes. The applicant should 

discuss how the project will be 

complete, self-sustaining, or supported 

by other than ANA funds at the end of 

the project period. Applicants should 

discuss and present objectives and goals 

to be achieved and evaluated at the end 

of each budget period or quarter (if 

applicable). Project outcomes should 

support the identified need and should 

be measurable and quantifiable. 

Introduction—Project Summary/

Abstract 

Introduction and Project Summary/

Application Format (10 Points): 

Introduction and Project Summary:

Using the ANA Project Abstract form 

(OMB Control Number 0980–0204, Exp. 

10/31/2006), the applicant must 

include: the name of the applicant, the 

project title, the Federal amount 

requested, the amount of matching 

funds to be provided, length of time 

required to accomplish the project, the 

goal of the project, a list of the project 

objectives (not activities), the estimated 

number of people to be served and the 

expected outcomes of the project. 

In addition to the Project Abstract 

form, the applicant will provide an 

introductory summary narrative that 

includes: an overview of the project, a 

description of the community to be 

served, the location of the identified 

community, a declarative statement 

identifying the need for the project, and 

a brief overview of the project’s 

objectives, strategy and community or 

organizational impact. 

Application Format: Applicants are 

required to submit applications in a 

standard format, following the ANA 

requirements on application length, 

font, numbering, line spacing, etc. 

Please refer to Section IV Part 2, 

‘‘Content and Form of Application 

Submission’’ for detailed formatting 

instructions. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

No grant award will be made under 

this announcement on the basis of an 

incomplete application. 

Initial Screening: Each application 

submitted under an ANA program 

announcement will undergo a prereview screening for: (a) Timeliness—

the application was received by 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on the closing date; (b) 

the applicant has submitted a current 

dated and signed resolution from the 

governing body; (c) the Federal request 

does not exceed the upper value of the 

dollar range specified; and, (d) if the 

applicant is not a tribe or Alaska Native 

village government, the applicant has 

submitted proof that a majority of the 

governing board of directors is 

representative of the community to be 

served. An application that does not 

meet one of the above elements will be 

determined to be incomplete and 

excluded from the competitive review 

process. Applicants, with incomplete 

applications, will be notified by mail 

within 30 business days from the 

closing date of this program 

announcement. ANA staff cannot 

respond to requests for information 

regarding funding decisions prior to the 

official applicant notification. After the 

Commissioner has made decisions on 

all applications, unsuccessful applicants 

will be notified in writing within 90 

days. The notification will include the 

reviewer comments. Applicants are not 

ranked based on general financial need. 

Applicants, who are initially excluded 

from competition because of 

ineligibility, may appeal the agency’s 

decision. Applicants may also appeal an 

ANA decision that an applicant’s 

proposed activities are ineligible for 

funding consideration. The appeals 

process is stated in the final rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 19, 1996 (61 FR 42817 and 45 

CFR part 1336, subpart C). 

Competitive Review Process:

Applications that pass the initial ANA 

screening process will be analyzed, 

evaluated and rated by an independent 

review panel on the basis of the 

Evaluation Criteria. The evaluation 

criteria were designed to analyze and 

assess the quality of a proposed 

community-based project, the likelihood 

of its success, and the ability of ANA to 

monitor and evaluate community 

impact and long-term results. The 

evaluation criteria and analysis are 

closely related and are wholly 

considered in judging the overall quality 

of an application. In addition, the 

evaluation criteria standardizes the 

review of each application and 

distributes the number of points more 

equitably. Applications will be 

evaluated in accordance with the 

program announcement criteria and 

ANA’s program areas of interest. A 

determination will be made as to 

whether the project is an effective use 

of Federal funds. 

Application Review Criteria:

Applicants will be reviewed based on 

the following criteria and points: ANA’s 

six criteria categories are Introduction 

and Project Summary/Application 

Format; Need for Assistance; Project 

Approach; Organizational Capacity; 

Project Impact/Evaluation; and Budget 

and Budget Narrative/Cost 

Effectiveness. 

Application Consideration: The 

Commissioner’s funding decision is 

based on an analysis of the application 

by the review panel, panel review scores 

and recommendations; an analysis by 

ANA staff; review of previous ANA 

grantee’s past performance; comments 

from State and Federal agencies having 

contract and grant performance related 

information; and other interested 

parties. The Commissioner makes grant 

awards consistent with the purpose of 

the Native American Programs Act 

(NAPA), all relevant statutory and 

regulatory requirements, this program 

announcement, and the availability of 

appropriated funds. The Commissioner 

reserves the right to award more, or less, 

than the funds described or under such 

circumstances as may be deemed to be 

in the best interest of the Federal 

government. Applicants may be 

required to reduce the scope of projects 

based on the amount of approved 

award. 

Since ACF will be using non-Federal 

reviewers in the review process, 

applicants have the option of omitting 

from the application copies (not the 

original) specific salary rates or amounts 

for individuals specified in the 

application budget. 

Approved but Unfunded Applications 

In cases where more applications are 

approved for funding than ACF can 

fund with the money available, the 

Grants Officer shall fund applications in 

their order of approval until funds run 

out. In this case, ACF has the option of 

carrying over the approved applications 

up to a year for funding consideration 

in a later competition of the same 

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program. These applications need not be 

reviewed and scored again if the 

program’s evaluation criteria have not 

changed. However, they must then be 

placed in rank order along with other 

applications in later competition. 

3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates

Approximately 120 days after the 

application due date, the successful 

applicants will be notified by mail 

through the issuance of a Financial 

Assistance Award document which will 

set forth the amount of funds granted, 

the terms and conditions of the grant, 

the effective date of the grant, the 

budget period for which initial support 

will be given, the non-Federal share to 

be provided and the total project period 

for which support is contemplated. The 

Financial Assistance Award will be 

signed by the Grants Officer and sent to 

the applicants Authorizing Official. 

Applications not funded in this 

competition will be notified in writing. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

The successful applicants will be 

notified through the issuance of a 

Financial Assistance Award document 

which sets forth the amount of funds 

granted, the terms and conditions of the 

grant, the effective date of the grant, the 

budget period for which initial support 

will be given, the non-Federal share to 

be provided, and the total project period 

for which support is contemplated. The 

Financial Assistance Award will be 

signed by the Grants Officer and 

transmitted via postal mail. 

Organizations whose applications will 

not be funded will be notified in 

writing. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

45 CFR part 74. 

45 CFR part 92. 

45 CFR part 1336, subpart C, and 42 

U.S.C. 2991 et seq.—Native American 

Programs Act of 1974. 

3. Reporting Requirements 

Programmatic Reports: Quarterly. 

Financial Reports: Quarterly. 

An original and one copy of each 

performance report and financial status 

report must be submitted to the Grants 

Officer. Failure to submit these reports 

when required will mean the grantee is 

non-compliant with the terms and 

conditions of the grant award and 

subject to administrative action or 

termination. Performance reports are 

submitted 30 days after each quarter (3-

month intervals) of the budget period. 

The final performance report, due 90 

days after the project period end date, 

shall cover grantee performance during 

the entire project period. All grantees 

shall use the SF 269 (Long Form) to 

report the status of funds. Financial 

Status Reports are submitted 30 days 

after each quarter (3-month intervals) of 

the budget period. The final SF 269 

report shall be due 90 days after the end 

of the project period. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Program Office Contact: ANA 

Applicant Help Desk, Aerospace Center, 

8th Floor-West, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447. Phone: 877–922–9262. E-mail: 

ana@acf.hhs.gov.

Grants Management Office Contact:

Tim Chappelle,Administration for 

Children and Families, Grants 

Management Office, Division of 

Discretionary Grants, Aerospace 

Building 8th Floor-West, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447. Phone: 202–401–2344. E-mail: 

tichappelle@acf.hhs.gov.

VIII. Other Information 

Training and Technical Assistance: 

All potential ANA applicants are 

eligible to receive free T&TA in the 

SEDS, Language, or Environmental 

program areas. Prospective applicants 

must check ANA’s Web site for training 

and technical assistance dates and 

locations, or contact the ANA Help Desk 

at 1–877–922–9262. ANA strongly 

encourages all prospective applicants to 

participate in free pre-application 

training. For regional T/TA provider 

information contact information, please 

refer to Section IV.1. Application and 

Submission Information. 

Applicants will not be sent an 

acknowledgement of received 

applications.

Priority Area 2

Social and Economic Development 

Strategies—Alaska 

Description: In fiscal year 1984, ANA 

implemented a special Alaska Social 

and Economic Development initiative to 

support activities at the village level. 

This special effort was designed to 

provide small amounts of project seed 

money for village-specific projects to 

improve and strengthen the capacity of 

village governments, an integral part of 

social and economic self-sufficiency. 

ANA continues to implement this 

special initiative with a renewed 

awareness that economic, social and 

governance development is interrelated. 

ANA believes both the non-profit and 

for-profit corporations in Alaska can 

play an important supportive role in 

assisting individual villages in the 

development and implementation of 

their own locally determined strategies, 

which capitalize on opportunities 

afforded to Alaska Natives under the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(ANCSA). 

Financial Assistance under the SEDSAlaska program is provided utilizing a 

competitive process in accordance with 

the Native American Programs Act of 

1974, as amended. The purpose of the 

Act is to promote the goal of economic 

and social self-sufficiency for American 

Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaskan 

Natives, and other Native American 

Pacific Islanders including American 

Samoa natives. 

Economic Development: Involves the 

promotion of the physical, commercial, 

technological, industrial, and/or 

agricultural components necessary for a 

sustainable local community. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop 

sustainable projects to support 

sustainable, stable, and diversified 

private sector local economies. Program 

Areas of Interest include: 

• Projects to strengthen an 

organization’s capacity to deliver 

business technical assistance, 

workshops and financial literacy 

programs, that create, expand, and 

retain public and private sector 

community-based businesses. 

• Projects to increase cooperative 

enterprise development activities, and 

technical capacity of youth to establish 

and operate cooperative businesses with 

the goal of teaching financial, 

management and long-term employment 

skills. 

• Projects to plan and coordinate 

emergency response services within the 

community and with State and local 

governments to protect against Acts of 

Nature and other catastrophic events 

such as fire, floods, and environmental 

catastrophes. 

• Projects to implement initiatives 

based on a feasibility study that 

assessed the economic potential of 

energy resources in their community, 

including renewable energy sources 

such as: Bio-energy, Geothermal, 

Hydrogen, Hydropower, Ocean, Solar, 

Wind, or other methods appropriate to 

the tribe and geographical location. 

Projects to develop community 

transportation activities that support the 

needs of the elderly, the disabled, and 

the local workforce. 

• Projects to develop organizational 

and management capacity building 

activities that enhance communitybased program delivery systems and 

services. 

• Projects to develop and implement 

community-based activities that 

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increase international tourism and trade 

activities for Native American products, 

services, and communities. Business 

sectors of interest include: the export of 

Native American packaged foods; arts 

and crafts; literature and music; 

manufactured products; agricultural and 

organic products; value-added product 

assembly or processing that includes 

agriculture and aquaculture. 

• Projects to develop and enhance 

subsistence activities that retain, or reestablish Native traditional foods and or 

by-products of natural resources for 

local and commercial markets. Develop 

and/or strengthen the local economy 

through enhanced commercial trade in 

areas such as agriculture, aquaculture, 

lumber, and traditional arts and crafts. 

Social Development: The investment 

in human and social capital for 

advancing people’s well-being. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop 

and implement culturally appropriate 

programs to enhance tribal, community, 

and village activities. Social 

development programs under this area 

support families, elders, parents, 

positive youth development, healthy 

marriage, individuals with disabilities, 

and personal commitment. Program 

Areas of Interest include:

• Healthy Relationships and 

Strengthening Families Projects: The 

goal is to promote healthy family 

environments and strengthen coparenting teamwork, problem-solving, 

and conflict resolution. Applicants 

should consider comprehensive projects 

that are culturally and socially 

appropriate to teach couples 

relationship-building skills, such as 

negotiation-based interpersonal 

communications, collaborative problem 

solving, and preservation of love, 

commitment, and friendship. 

Applicants are encouraged to be creative 

in their efforts to integrate elders into 

these projects to support traditional 

values and methods. Projects could 

address problematic periods in the 

family life cycle such as: pregnancy, 

postpartum care, first-time parenthood, 

parenting adolescents, and goal setting 

for independent young adults. 

• Projects to strengthen the long-term 

commitment of married couples. 

Projects should consider the 

enhancement of relationship skills 

through premarital counseling, 

mentoring activities, or role model 

activities. 

• Projects to support young families 

in order to reduce the challenges and 

stress of child rearing, and the risks 

associated with child/infant abuse and 

neglect, strengthening the bonds 

between parents and children, and 

particularly between fathers and 

children and the fathers’ role in healthy 

families. 

• Projects to develop and implement 

comprehensive culturally and socially 

appropriate projects to help youth 

practice personal responsibility; reach a 

balance in their lives by learning how to 

set and meet short and long-term goals; 

and to practice healthy lifestyles with 

the goal of decreasing gang activity, 

school dropout rates and juvenile 

delinquency. 

• Projects to recruit, train, and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected, and abandoned Native 

American children, youth, and their 

families. 

• Projects to develop, coordinate, and 

implement training for Native 

Americans with disabilities in order to 

join the workforce, obtain information 

and technical assistance to apply for 

disability benefits, gain access to 

workplace facilities, and receive 

reasonable accommodations necessary 

to perform job functions. 

Governance: Involves assistance to 

federally-recognized Tribal and Alaska 

Native Village governments to increase 

their ability to exercise local control and 

decision-making over their resources. 

ANA encourages applications for the 

development of laws and policies that 

support community-based social, 

economic and governance activities. 

Governance projects under this area 

may be used for leadership and 

management training or to assist eligible 

applicants in the development of laws, 

regulations, codes, policies, and 

practices that support and promote 

community-based activities. 

Program Areas of Interest include: 

• Projects to enact laws that support 

and enforce business and investment 

transactions, contracts, and property 

rights. For example, develop and 

implement Uniform Commercial Codes 

(business codes) and Tax Codes. 

• Projects to enact laws, ordinances, 

and policies, to develop, expand, and/

or enhance utility and communications 

infrastructures.

• Projects to enrich and strengthen 

the management and leadership skills of 

senior tribal government personnel, and 

senior management personnel of tribally 

owned companies. 

• Projects to establish and implement 

technology management information 

systems to assist with the effective and 

efficient administration of tribal 

government programs. 

• Projects to develop or amend tribal 

constitutions, government procedures 

and functions, by-laws or codes, and 

council or executive branch duties in 

order to improve the regulatory, judicial 

and/or administrative infrastructure of 

tribal and village governments. 

• Projects to develop, enact, and 

implement codes and ordinances for 

family welfare. 

II. Award Information 

Funding Instrument Type: Grant. 

Anticipated Total Priority Area 

Funding: $2,000,000. 

Anticipated Number of Awards: 10 to 

20. 

Ceiling on Amount of Individual 

Awards Per Budget Period: $175,000. 

Floor on Amount of Individual 

Awards Per Budget Period: $25,000. 

Applications that exceed the ceiling 

amount will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition. 

Average Projected Award Amount:

$75,000. 

Length of Project Periods:

12 month project and budget period. 

17 month project and budget period. 

24 month project with two 12 month 

budget periods. 

36 month project with three 12 month 

budget periods. 

Average Projected Award Amount:

$25,000–$125,000 for Individual 

Village Projects per budget period. 

$25,000–$175,000 for Regional Nonprofit and Village Consortia per budget 

period. 

Ceiling on Amount of Individual 

Awards:

$125,000 for Individual Village 

Projects. 

$175,000 for Regional Non-profit and 

Village Consortia. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants

Native American tribal governments 

(federally recognized). 

Native American tribal organizations 

(other than federally recognized tribal 

governments). 

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status 

with the IRS, other than institutions of 

higher education. 

Others (see Additional Information on 

Eligibility below). 

Additional Information on Eligibility 

• Federally Recognized Indian tribes 

in Alaska; 

• Alaska Native villages, as defined in 

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(ANSCA) and/or non-profit village 

consortia; 

• Incorporated non-profit Alaska 

Native multi-purpose community-based 

organizations; 

• Non-profit Alaska Native Regional 

Corporations/Associations in Alaska 

with village specific projects; and 

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• Non-profit Native organizations in 

Alaska with village specific projects. 

2. Cost Sharing/Matching 

Yes. 

Matching/Cost-Sharing 

Grantees are required to meet a nonFederal share of the project costs, in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

2991(b)(3)(e)(1). Grantees must provide 

at least 20 percent of the total approved 

cost of the project. The total approved 

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF 

share and the non-Federal share. The 

non-Federal share may be met by cash 

or in-kind contributions, although 

applicants are encouraged to meet their 

match requirements through cash 

contributions. Therefore, a project 

requesting $100,000 in Federal funds 

(based on an award of $100,000 per 

budget period) must provide a match of 

at least $25,000 (20% of the total 

approved project costs). Grantees will be 

held accountable for commitments of 

non-Federal resources even if over the 

amount of the required match. Failure to 

provide the amount will result in 

disallowance of Federal dollars. Lack of 

supporting documentation at the time of 

application will not impact the 

responsiveness of the application for 

competitive review. 

3. Other 

Please refer to Section I. Funding 

Opportunity Description to review 

general ANA Administrative Policies 

and Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions. 

All Applicants must have a Dun & 

Bradstreet Number. On June 27, 2003, 

the Office of Management and Budget 

published in the Federal Register a new 

Federal policy applicable to all Federal 

grant applicants. The policy requires 

Federal grant applicants to provide a 

Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number 

when applying for Federal grants or 

cooperative agreements on or after 

October 1, 2003. The DUNS number will 

be required whether an applicant is 

submitting a paper application or using 

the government-wide electronic portal 

(http://www.Grants.gov). A DUNS 

number will be required for every 

application for a new award or renewal/

continuation of an award, including 

applications or plans under formula, 

entitlement and block grant programs, 

submitted on or after October 1, 2003. 

Please ensure that your organization 

has a DUNS number. You may acquire 

a DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS number 

request line on 1–866–705–5711 or you 

may request a number on-line at

http://www.dnb.com. 

Non-profit organizations applying for 

funding are required to submit proof of 

their non-profit status. Proof of nonprofit status is any one of the following: 

• A reference to the applicant 

organization’s listing in the Internal 

Revenue Service’s (IRS) most recent list 

of tax-exempt organizations described in 

the IRS Code. 

• A copy of a currently valid IRS tax 

exemption certificate. 

• A statement from a State taxing 

body, State attorney general, or other 

appropriate State official certifying that 

the applicant organization has a nonprofit status and that none of the net 

earning accrue to any private 

shareholders or individuals. 

• A certified copy of the 

organization’s certificate of 

incorporation or similar document that 

clearly establishes non-profit status. 

• Any of the items in the 

subparagraphs immediately above for a 

State or national parent organization 

and a statement signed by the parent 

organization that the applicant 

organization is a local non-profit 

affiliate. 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm. 

Disqualification Factors 

Any application received after 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on the deadline date 

will not be considered for competition. 

Applications that exceed the ceiling 

amount will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition. 

Applications that do not include a 

current signed and dated Resolution (a 

formal decision voted on by the official 

governing body) in support of the 

project for the entire project period will 

be considered non-responsive and will 

not be considered for competition. 

If the applicant is not a tribe or Alaska 

Native Village government, applications 

that do not include proof that a majority 

of the governing board of directors is 

representative of the community to be 

served will be considered nonresponsive and will not be considered 

for competition (see Section I. Funding 

Opportunity Description-Definitions, for 

information on resolutions). 

Please see Section III.2 Other, 

concerning requirements for the cost 

matching which do not impact the 

responsiveness of an application for 

competitive review. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

To learn more about ANA and receive 

information about Training and 

Technical Assistance (T/TA) contact: 

Region III: Alaska, Native American 

Management Services, Inc., Attn: P.J. 

Bell, Project Manager, 11723 Old Glenn 

Highway, Suite 201, Eagle River, AK 

99577. Phone: 877–770–6230; Fax: 907–

694–5775. 

E-mail: region3@gci.net. 

URL: http://www.anaalaska.org. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Please refer to Section I. Funding 

Opportunity Description, to review 

general ANA Administrative Policies 

and Section IV. 5. Funding Restrictions. 

Application Submission: Each 

application should include one signed 

original and two additional copies of the 

complete application are required. The 

original copy must include all required 

forms, certifications, assurances, and 

appendices, contain an original 

signature by an authorized 

representative, and be submitted 

unbound. The two additional copies of 

the complete application must include 

all required forms, certifications, 

assurances, and appendices and must 

also be submitted unbound. Applicants 

have the option of omitting from the 

application copies (not the original) 

specific salary rates or amounts for 

individuals specified in the application 

budget. A complete application for 

assistance under this Program 

Announcements consists of Three Parts. 

Part One includes the SF 424, other 

required government forms, and other 

required documentation.

Part Two of the application is the 

project narrative. This section of the 

application may not exceed 40 pages. 

The line-item budgets, budget 

justifications and the OWP form (OMB 

Control Number 0980–0204, exp 10/31/

2006) will be exempt from the page 

limitation. Part Three of the application 

is the Appendix. This section of the 

application may not exceed 20 pages 

(the exception to this 20-page limit 

applies only to projects that require, if 

relevant to the project, a Business Plan 

or any Third-Party Agreements). 

Electronic Submission: While ACF 

does have the capability to receive 

program announcement applications 

electronically through Grants.gov, 

electronic submission of applications 

will not be available for this particular 

announcement. There are required 

application form(s) specific to ANA that 

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have not yet received clearance from 

Grants.gov. While electronic submission 

of applications may be available in the 

next fiscal year for this program, no 

electronic submission of applications 

will be accepted for this announcement 

this year as they would be missing those 

required ANA forms and be considered 

incomplete. 

Organization and Preparation of 

Application: Due to the intensity and 

pace of the application review and 

evaluation process, ANA strongly 

recommends applicants organize, label, 

and insert required information in 

accordance with Part One, Part Two and 

Part Three as presented in the table 

below. ANA strongly suggests 

applicants label the application for ease 

of reviewing. The application must 

begin with the information requested in 

Part One of the table in the prescribed 

order (see Section IV ‘‘Application and 

Submission Information’’). Utilizing this 

format will insure all information 

submitted to support an applicant’s 

request for funding is thoroughly 

reviewed. Submitting information in 

this format will assist the panel 

reviewer in locating and evaluating the 

information. Deviation from this 

suggested format will reduce the 

applicant’s ability to receive maximum 

points, which are directly related to 

ANA’s funding review decisions. 

ANA Application Format: ANA 

requires all applications to be labeled in 

compliance with the format provided in 

the program announcement. This format 

applies to all applicants submitting 

applications for funding. All pages 

submitted (including Government 

Forms, certifications and assurances) 

must be numbered consecutively (for 

example, the first page of the 

application is the SF 424 and must be 

labeled as page one). The paper size 

shall be 8.5 × 11 inches, line spacing 

shall be a space and a half (1.5 line 

spacing), printed only on one side, and 

have a half-inch margin on all sides of 

the paper. (Note: The 1.5 line spacing 

does not apply to the Project Abstract 

Form, Appendices, the Table of 

Contents, the Objective Work Plans, and 

the Budget.) The font size shall be 12-

point and the font type shall be Times 

New Roman. 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm. 

Standard Forms and Certifications 

The project description should 

include all the information 

requirements described in the specific 

evaluation criteria outlined in the 

program announcement under Section V 

Application Review Information. In 

addition to the project description, the 

applicant needs to complete all the 

standard forms required for making 

applications for awards under this 

announcement. 

Applicants seeking financial 

assistance under this announcement 

must file the Standard Form (SF) 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance; SF–

424A, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs; SF–424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs. The forms may be reproduced 

for use in submitting applications. 

Applicants must sign and return the 

standard forms with their application. 

Applicants must furnish prior to 

award an executed copy of the Standard 

Form LLL, Certification Regarding 

Lobbying, 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, if applicable, with their 

applications (approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget under control 

number 0348–0046). Applicants must 

sign and return the certification with 

their application. 

Applicants must also understand they 

will be held accountable for the 

smoking prohibition included within 

Pub. L. 103–227, Title XII 

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also 

known as the PRO–KIDS Act of 1994). 

A copy of the Federal Register notice 

which implements the smoking 

prohibition is included with forms. By 

signing and submitting the application, 

applicants are providing the 

certification and need not mail back the 

certification with the application. 

Applicants must make the appropriate 

certification of their compliance with all 

Federal statutes relating to 

nondiscrimination. By signing and 

submitting the applications, applicants 

are providing the certification and need 

not mail back the certification form. 

Complete the standard forms and the 

associated certifications and assurances 

based on the instructions on the forms. 

The forms and certifications may be 

found at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

Please see Section V.1. Criteria, for 

instructions on preparing the full 

project description. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Due Date: April 19, 2005. 

Explanation of Due Dates 

The closing time and date for receipt 

of applications is referenced above. 

Applications received after 4:30 p.m. 

eastern time on the closing date will be 

classified as late. 

Deadline: Applications shall be 

considered as meeting an announced 

deadline if they are received on or 

before the deadline time and date 

referenced in Section IV.6. Applicants 

are responsible for ensuring 

applications are mailed or submitted 

electronically well in advance of the 

application due date. 

Applications hand carried by 

applicants, applicant couriers, other 

representatives of the applicant, or by 

overnight/express mail couriers shall be 

considered as meeting an announced 

deadline if they are received on or 

before the deadline date, between the 

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

time, at the address referenced in 

Section IV.6., between Monday and 

Friday (excluding Federal holidays). 

ACF cannot accommodate 

transmission of applications by 

facsimile. Therefore, applications 

transmitted to ACF by fax will not be 

accepted regardless of date or time of 

submission and time of receipt. 

Late Applications: Applications that 

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. 

Any application received after 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on the deadline date 

will not be considered for competition. 

Applicants using express/overnight 

mail services should allow two working 

days prior to the deadline date for 

receipt of applications. Applicants are 

cautioned that express/overnight mail 

services do not always deliver as agreed. 

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, or in other rare cases. A 

determination to extend or waive 

deadline requirements rests with the 

Chief Grants Management Officer. 

Checklist 

You may use the checklist below as a 

guide when preparing your application 

package.

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PART ONE.—FEDERAL FORMS AND OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

What to submit Required content Required form or format When to submit 

Table of Contents ............... See Section IV .................. Applicant must include a table of contents that accurately identifies the page number and where the information can be located. Table of Contents does 

not count against application page limit.

By application closing date. 

SF424 ................................. See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

SF424A ............................... See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

Assurances and Certifications.See Section IV .................. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/forms.htm ........... By application closing date. 

Grant Application Data 

Summary (GADS) Form 

SEDS.

See Section IV .................. ANA Form: OMB #0970–0261, Exp. 03/31/2007; http://

www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana (Go to Forms link to 

obtain the document).

By application closing date. 

Indirect Cost Agreement ..... See Section V ................... Organizations and Tribes must submit a current indirect cost agreement (if claiming indirect costs) that 

aligns with the approved ANA project period. The 

Indirect Cost Agreement must identify the individual 

components and percentages that make up the indirect cost rate.

By application closing date. 

Proof of Non-Profit Status .. See Section III ................... As described in this announcement under Section III 

‘‘Additional Information on Eligibility’’.

By application closing date. 

Resolution ........................... See Section I ..................... Information for submission can be found in the Program Announcement Section I, ‘‘Definitions’’.By application closing date. 

Board of Directors Documentation.See Section I ..................... As described in this announcement under Section I 

‘‘ANA Administrative Policies’’.

By application closing date. 

Audit Letter ......................... See Section I ..................... A Certified Public Accountant’s ‘‘Independent Auditors’

Report on Financial Statement.’’ This is usually only 

a two to three page document. (This requirement 

applies only to applicants with annual expenditures 

of $500,000 or more of Federal funds). Applicant 

must also include that portion of the audit document 

that identifies all other Federal sources of funding 

entitled ‘‘Supplemental Schedule of Expenditures of 

Federal Awards’’.

By application closing date. 

Non-Federal Share of Waiver Request, per CFR 

1336.50(b).

See Section I ..................... A request for a waiver of the non-Federal share requirement may be submitted in accordance with 45 

CFR 1336.50(b)(3) of the Native American Program 

regulations. (if applicable).

By application closing date. 

Certification regarding 

Maintenance of Effort.

See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

Certification regarding Lobbying Disclosure of Lobbying Activities—SF LLL.See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

Environmental Tobacco 

Smoke Certification.

See Section IV.2 ............... May be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application closing date. 

PART TWO.—APPLICATION REVIEW CRITERIA

What to submit Required content 

Required form or format

ANA application review criteria

This section may not exceed 40 pages 

When to submit 

Criteria One (10 pts) ................. See Section V Introduction and Project Summary/Application Format: Include 

the ANA Project Abstract form (OMB #0980–0204 exp. 10/

31/2006).

By application closing date. 

Criteria Two (20 pts) ................. See Section V Need for Assistance .................................................................... By application closing date. 

Criteria Three (25 pts) .............. See Section V Project Approach Include an Objective Work Plan (OWP) form 

(OMB# 0980–0204, exp. 10/31/2006) for each 12-month 

budget period. A 17-month project period requires only one 

OWP.

Note: The OWP is not included in the page count for this Part. 

By application closing date. 

Criteria Four (15 pts) ................ See Section V Organizational Capacity .............................................................. By application closing date. 

Criteria Five (15 pts) ................. See Section V Project Impact/Evaluation ........................................................... By application closing date. 

Criteria Six (15 pts) .................. See Section V Budget and Budget Justification/Cost Effectiveness ..................

Note: The Budget and Budget Justification are not included in 

the page count for this Part.

By application closing date. 

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PART THREE.—APPENDIX

What to submit Required content Required form or format

This section may not exceed 20 pages When to submit 

Appendix ............................. See Section I ..................... Part Three includes only supplemental information or 

required support documentation that addresses the 

applicant’s capacity to carry out and fulfill the proposed project. These items include: Letters of 

agreement with cooperating entities, in-kind commitment and support letters, business plans, and a 

summary of the Third Party Agreements. Do not include books, videotapes, studies or published reports and articles, as they will not be made available to the reviewers or returned to the applicant.

By application closing date. 

Additional Forms 

Private, non-profit organizations are 

encouraged to submit with their 

applications the survey located under 

‘‘Grant Related Documents and Forms,’’

‘‘Survey for Private, Non-Profit Grant 

Applicants,’’ titled, ‘‘Survey on 

Ensuring Equal Opportunity for 

Applicants,’’ at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

programs/ofs/forms.htm.

What to submit Required content Location When to submit 

Survey for Private, NonProfit Grant Applicants.See form ............................ May be found on http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/

forms.htm.

By application due date. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Applications are not subject to 

Executive Order 12372. 

5. Funding Restrictions

ANA does not fund: 

• Activities in support of any 

foreseeable litigation against the United 

States Government that are unallowable 

under OMB Circulars A–87 and A–122. 

• ANA does not fund duplicative 

projects or allow any one community or 

region to receive a disproportionate 

share of the funds available for award. 

When making decisions on awards of 

grants the Agency will consider whether 

the project is essentially identical or 

similar, in whole or significant part, to 

projects in the same community 

previously funded or being funded 

under the same competition. The 

Agency will also consider whether the 

grantee is already receiving funding for 

a SEDS, Language, or Environmental 

project from ANA. The Agency will also 

take into account in making funding 

decisions whether a proposed project 

would require funding on an indefinite 

or recurring basis. This determination 

will be made after it is determined 

whether the application meets the 

requirements for eligibility as set forth 

in 45 CFR 1336, subpart C, but before 

funding decisions are complete (see

Section I. Funding Opportunity 

Description—ANA Administrative 

Policies, regarding short-term projects). 

• Projects in which a grantee would 

provide training and/or technical 

assistance (T/TA) to other tribes or 

Native American organizations that are 

otherwise eligible to apply for ANA 

funding. However, ANA will fund T/TA 

requested by a grantee for its own use 

or for its members’ use (as in the case 

of a consortium), when the T/TA is 

necessary to carry out project objectives. 

• The purchase of real property or 

construction because these activities are 

not authorized by the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974, as amended. 

• Core administration (see

Definitions) functions, or other 

activities, that essentially support only 

the applicant’s ongoing administrative 

functions and are not related to the 

proposed project. Under Alaska SEDS 

projects, ANA will consider funding 

core administrative capacity building 

projects at the village government level 

if the village does not have governing 

systems in place. 

• Costs associated with fundraising, 

including financial campaigns, 

endowment drives, solicitation of gifts 

and bequests, and similar expenses 

incurred solely to raise capital or obtain 

contributions are unallowable under an 

ANA grant award. 

• Projects originated and designed by 

consultants who provide a major role for 

themselves and are not members of the 

applicant organization, tribe, or village. 

• Projects that do not further the three 

interrelated ANA goals of economic 

development, social development and 

governance or meet the purpose of this 

program announcement. 

• Major renovations or alterations are 

prohibited activities because these 

activities are not authorized under the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974 

as amended. Minor alterations, as 

defined in this announcement, may be 

allowable. 

• Projects that request funds for 

feasibility studies, business plans, 

marketing plans or written materials, 

such as manuals, that are not an 

essential part of the applicant’s SEDS 

long range development plan. 

• The support of ongoing social 

service delivery programs or the 

expansion, or continuation, of existing 

social service delivery programs. 

• ANA will not fund activities by a 

consortium of tribes that duplicate 

activities for which a consortium 

member tribe also receives funding from 

ANA. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Submission by Mail: An applicant 

must provide an original application 

with all attachments, signed by an 

authorized representative and two 

copies. The application must be 

received at the address below by 4:30 

p.m. eastern time on or before the 

closing date. Applications should be 

mailed to: Attention: Tim Chappelle, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Grants Management, 

Division of Discretionary Grants, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447. 

Hand Delivery: An applicant must 

provide an original application with all 

attachments signed by an authorized 

representative and two copies. The 

application must be received at the 

address below by 4:30 p.m. eastern time 

on or before the closing date. 

Applications that are hand delivered 

will be accepted between the hours of 

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8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. Applications 

should be delivered to: Attention: Tim 

Chappelle, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of Grants 

Management, Division of Discretionary 

Grant, 901 D Street, SW., ACF Mail 

Room, Second Floor Loading Dock, 

Washington, DC 20447. 

Electronic Submission: http://

www.Grants.gov. Please see Section IV. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission, for guidelines and 

requirements when submitting 

applications electronically.

V. Application Review Information 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13) 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 120 hours per response, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining 

the data needed and reviewing the 

collection information. 

The project description is approved 

under OMB control number 0970–0139 

which expires 4/30/2007. 

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. 

1. Criteria 

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. 

Supporting documents should be 

included where they can present 

information clearly and succinctly. In 

preparing your project description, 

information responsive to each of the 

requested evaluation criteria must 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 in a manner that is clear and 

complete. 

General Instructions 

ACF is particularly interested in 

specific project descriptions that focus 

on outcomes and convey strategies for 

achieving intended performance. Project 

descriptions are evaluated on the basis 

of substance and measurable outcomes, 

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. 

Introduction 

Applicants required to submit a full 

project description shall prepare the 

project description statement in 

accordance with the following 

instructions while being aware of the 

specified evaluation criteria. The text 

options give a broad overview of what 

your project description should include 

while the evaluation criteria identifies 

the measures that will be used to 

evaluate applications. 

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. 

Results or Benefits Expected 

Identify the results and benefits to be 

derived. 

Applicants are encouraged to describe 

the qualitative and quantitative data 

collected, how this data will measure 

progress towards the stated results or 

benefits, and how performance 

indicators under economic and social 

development and governance projects 

can be monitored, evaluated and 

verified. 

Approach 

Outline a plan of action that 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 

that 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. 

Examples of these activities would be 

the number of businesses started or 

expanded, the number of jobs created or 

retained, the number of people trained, 

the number of youth, couples or families 

assisted or the number of elders 

participating in the activity during that 

reporting period. 

Staff and Position Data 

Provide a biographical sketch and job 

description for each key person 

appointed. Job descriptions for each 

vacant key position should be included 

as well. As new key staff is appointed, 

biographical sketches will also be 

required. 

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 

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compliance with Federal/State/local 

government standards, documentation 

of experience in the program area, and 

other pertinent information. If the 

applicant is a non-profit organization, 

submit proof of non-profit status in its 

application. 

The non-profit agency can accomplish 

this by providing: (a) A reference to the 

applicant organization’s listing in the 

Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) most 

recent list of tax-exempt organizations 

described in the IRS Code; (b) a copy of 

a currently valid IRS tax exemption 

certificate; (c) a statement from a State 

taxing body, State attorney general, or 

other appropriate State official 

certifying that the applicant 

organization has a non-profit status and 

that none of the net earnings accrue to 

any private shareholders or individuals; 

(d) a certified copy of the organization’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document that clearly establishes nonprofit status; (e) any of the items 

immediately above for a State or 

national parent organization and a 

statement signed by the parent 

organization that the applicant 

organization is a local non-profit 

affiliate. 

Third-Party Agreements 

Provide written and signed 

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. 

Budget and Budget Justification 

Provide a budget with 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. 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 

Use the following guidelines for 

preparing the budget and budget 

justification. Both Federal and nonFederal resources shall be detailed and 

justified in the budget and narrative 

justification. ‘‘Federal resources’’ refers 

only to the ACF grant for which you are 

applying. ‘‘Non Federal 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), nonFederal 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. 

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 that 

belong under other categories such as 

equipment, supplies, construction, etc. 

Include 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. 

Justification: Demonstrate that all 

procurement transactions will 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 U.S.C. 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 

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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, upon notification 

that an award will be made, it should 

immediately develop a tentative indirect 

cost rate proposal based on its most 

recently completed fiscal year, in 

accordance with 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. 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 acknowledgement 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 so 

the applicant is given credit in the 

review process. A detailed budget must 

be prepared for each funding source. 

Evaluation Criteria 

The following evaluation criteria 

appear in weighted descending order. 

The corresponding score values indicate 

the relative importance that ACF places 

on each evaluation criterion; however, 

applicants need not develop their 

applications precisely according to the 

order presented. Application 

components may be organized such that 

a reviewer will be able to follow a 

seamless and logical flow of information 

(e.g. from a broad overview of the 

project to more detailed information 

about how it will be conducted).

In considering how applicants will 

carry out the responsibilities addressed 

under this announcement, competing 

applications for financial assistance will 

be reviewed and evaluated against the 

following criteria: 

Approach 

Project Approach (25 Points): 

The Project Approach narrative must 

be clear and concise. The narrative must 

include a detailed project description 

with goals and objectives. It must 

discuss the project strategy and 

implementation plan over the project 

period. The applicant must use the 

Objective Work Plan (OWP) form to 

identify the project objectives, time 

frames, proposed activities, results and 

benefits expected and criteria for 

evaluating results and benefits, as well 

as the individuals responsible for 

completing the objectives and 

performing the activities. Within the 

results and benefits section of the OWP, 

the applicant must provide quantitative 

quarterly projections of the 

accomplishments to be achieved for 

each function or activity. In this 

criterion, the applicant must summarize 

how the project description, 

objective(s), approach and strategy are 

inter-related. The applicant must also 

include the names and activities of any 

organizations, consultants, or other key 

individuals who will contribute to the 

project, utilizing the column for NonSalaried Personnel to list the hours 

incurred for these activities. The 

applicant must discuss ‘‘Leveraged 

Resources’’ (see Definitions) used to 

strengthen and broaden the impact of 

the proposed project. The applicant 

must discuss how commitments and 

contributions from other entities will 

enhance the project. Applicants must 

discuss the relationship of non-ANA 

funded activities to those objectives and 

activities that will be funded with ANA 

grant funds. Applicants must discuss 

the relationship of non-ANA funded 

activities to those objectives and 

activities that will be funded with ANA 

grant funds. 

Objectives and Need for Assistance 

Need For Assistance (20 Points): 

Applicant must show a clear 

relationship between the proposed 

project, the social and economic 

development strategy, and the 

community’s long-range goals. The need 

for assistance must clearly identify the 

physical, economic, social, financial, 

governmental, and institutional 

challenges and problem(s) requiring a 

solution that supports the funding 

request. Describe the community (see 

Definitions) to be affected by the project 

and the community involvement in the 

project. The applicant must describe the 

community’s long-range goals, the 

community planning process, and how 

the project supports the community 

goals. The applicant must describe how 

the proposed goals, objectives, and 

activities reflect either the economic 

and social development or governance 

needs of the local community. Discuss 

the geographic location of the project 

and where the project and grant will be 

administered. Applicant must describe 

how the proposed project objectives and 

activities relate to a locally determined 

strategy. 

The applicant must provide 

documentation of the community’s 

support for the proposed project. 

Applications from National and 

Regional organizations must clearly 

demonstrate a need for the project, 

explain how the project originated, 

identify the intended beneficiaries, 

describe and relate the actual project 

benefits to the community and 

organization, and describe a 

community-based project delivery 

strategy. National and Regional 

organizations must also identify their 

membership and specifically discuss 

how the organization operates and 

impacts Native American people and 

communities. Proposed project 

objectives support the identified need 

and must be measurable.

Budget and Budget Justification 

Budget and Budget Justification/Cost 

Effectiveness (15 Points): 

An applicant must submit an itemized 

budget detailing the applicant’s Federal 

and non-Federal share and cite source(s) 

of funding. The applicant must provide 

a detailed line-item Federal and nonFederal share budget by year for each 

year of project funds requested. A 

budget justification narrative to support 

the line-item budget request must be 

included for each year of project funds 

requested. The budget must include a 

line-item justification for each Object 

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Class Category listed under Section B—

‘‘Budget Categories’’ on the SF 424A 

‘‘Budget Information-Non Construction 

Programs’’ form. The line-item budget 

and budget justification narrative must 

include the necessary details to 

facilitate the determination of allowable 

costs and the relevance of these costs to 

the proposed project. 

The non-Federal budget share must 

identify the source and be supported by 

letters of commitment (see Definitions). 

Letters of commitment are binding 

when they specifically state the nature, 

the amount, and conditions under 

which another agency or organization or 

individual will support a project. These 

resources may be human, natural, or 

financial, and may include other 

Federal and non-Federal resources. 

Statements that additional funding will 

be sought from other specific sources 

are not considered a binding 

commitment of outside resources. 

Letters of Support merely express 

another organization’s endorsement of a 

proposed project. Support letters are not 

binding commitment letters, as they do 

not factually establish the authenticity 

of other resources and do not offer or 

bind specific resources to the project. 

If an applicant plans to charge or 

otherwise seek credit for indirect costs 

in its ANA application, a copy of its 

current Indirect Cost Rate Agreement 

must be included in the application, 

with all costs broken down by category 

so ANA reviewers can be certain that no 

budgeted line items are included in the 

indirect cost pool. Applicants that do 

not submit a current Indirect Cost Rate 

Agreement may not be able to claim the 

allowable cost, may have the grant 

award amount reduced, or may 

experience a delay in grant award. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

include sufficient funds for principal 

representatives, such as the applicant’s 

chief financial officer or project director 

to travel to one ANA post-award grant 

training and technical assistance 

workshop. This expenditure is 

allowable for new grant recipients and 

optional for grantees that have had 

previous ANA grant awards, and will be 

negotiated upon award. Applicants may 

also include costs for two staff to attend 

an ACF National Native American 

Conference. 

For business development projects, 

the proposal must demonstrate that the 

expected return on the ANA funds used 

to develop the project will provide a 

reasonable operating income and 

investment return within a specified 

time period. If a profit-making venture 

is being proposed, profits must be 

reinvested in the business in order to 

decrease or eliminate ANA’s future 

participation. Such revenue must be 

reported as general program income. A 

decision will be made at the time of the 

grant award regarding appropriate use of 

program income. (See 45 CFR part 74 

and part 92). 

Cost Effectiveness: This section of the 

criterion reflects ANA’s concern with 

ensuring that the expenditure of its 

limited resources yields the greatest 

benefit possible in achieving economic 

and social self-sufficiency for Native 

American communities. Applicants 

demonstrate this by: ASummarizing 

partnerships and the efficient use of 

leveraged resources; explaining the 

impact on the identified community 

through measurable project outcomes, 

and presenting a project that is 

complete, self-sustaining or supported 

by other than ANA funds by the end of 

the project period. 

Organizational Profiles 

Organizational Capacity (15 Points): 

In this criterion, the application 

provides information on the 

management structure of the applicant 

and the organizational relationships 

with its cooperating partners. Include an 

organizational chart that indicates 

where the proposed project will fit in 

the existing structure. Demonstrates 

experience in the program area. 

Describe the administrative structure, 

and the applicant’s ability to administer 

and implement a project of the proposed 

scope and its capacity to fulfill the 

implementation plan. Applicants are 

required to affirm that they will credit 

the Administration for Native 

Americans, and reference the ANA 

funded project on any audio, video, 

and/or printed materials developed in 

whole or in part with ANA funds. 

Applicants must list all current 

sources of Federal funding, the agency, 

purpose, amount, and provide the most 

recent certified signed audit letter for 

the organization to be included in Part 

One of the application. If the applicant 

has audit exceptions, these issues must 

be discussed in this criterion. 

Applicants must provide ‘‘staffing and 

position data’’ to include a proposed 

staffing pattern for the project where the 

applicant highlights the new project 

staff. Positions discussed in this section 

must match the positions identified in 

the Objective Work Plan and in the 

proposed budget. Applicant must 

provide a paragraph of the duties and 

skills required for the proposed staff and 

a paragraph on qualifications and 

experience of current staff. Full position 

descriptions are required to be 

submitted and included in the 

Appendix. Applicant must explain how 

the current and future staff will manage 

the proposed project. Brief biographies 

of key positions or individuals must be 

included. (Note: Applicants are strongly 

encouraged to give preference to 

qualified Native Americans in hiring 

project staff and in contracting services 

under an approved ANA grant.) 

If applicable, applicant must identify 

consortium membership. The 

consortium applicant must be the 

recipient of the funds. A consortium 

applicant must be an ‘‘eligible entity’’ as 

defined by this Program Announcement 

and the ANA regulations. Consortium 

applicants must include documentation 

(a resolution adopted pursuant to the 

organization’s established procedures 

and signed by an authorized 

representative) from all consortium 

members supporting the ANA 

application. An application from a 

consortium must have goals and 

objectives that will create positive 

impacts and outcomes in the 

communities of its members. ANA will 

not fund activities by a consortium of 

tribes that duplicate activities for which 

member Tribes also receive funding 

from ANA. The consortium application 

must identify the role and responsibility 

of each participating consortia member 

and a copy of the consortia legal 

agreement or Memoranda of Agreement 

to support the proposed project. 

If relevant to the project, applicants 

must provide a Business Plan or any 

Third-Party Agreements in the 

appendices. (Not counted in Appendix 

page limit).

Results or Benefits Expected 

Project Impact/Evaluation: (15 

Points): 

In this criterion, the applicant will 

discuss the ‘‘Impact Indicators’’ (see 

Definitions) and the benefits expected as 

a result of this project. Impact indicators 

identify qualitative and quantitative 

data directly associated with the project. 

Each applicant must submit five impact 

indicators to support the applicant’s 

project. Two of the five are standard and 

required across all ANA programs. For 

each impact indicator submitted the 

applicant must discuss the relevance of 

the impact indicator to the project, the 

method used to track the indicator and 

the method used to determine project 

success. Impact indicators will be 

reported to ANA in the grantee’s 

quarterly report. The applicant must 

indicate a target number to be achieved 

for the required standard impact 

indicators. In addition to the two 

standard required impact indicators, an 

applicant must also submit three 

additional impact indicators. These 

three impact indicators may be selected 

from the suggested list given below, or 

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they may be developed for the specific 

proposed project, or the applicant may 

submit a combination of both the ANA 

suggested indicators and applicant 

project-specific indicators. The two 

standard required impact indicators are: 

(a) Number of partnerships formed; and 

(b) amount of dollars leveraged beyond 

the required NFS match. The suggested 

ANA impact indicators are: (1) Number 

of infrastructures and administrative 

systems, including policies and 

procedures developed and 

implemented; (2) number of codes or 

ordinances developed and 

implemented; (3) number of people to 

successfully complete a workshop/

training; (4) number of children, youth, 

families or elders assisted or 

participating; (5) number of volunteer 

hours; (6) number of faith-based and 

community-based partnerships; (7) 

number of jobs created; (8) number of 

community-based small businesses 

established or expanded; (9) 

identification of tribal or village 

government business, industry, energy, 

or financial codes or ordinances that 

were adopted or enacted; (10) number of 

micro-businesses started. 

The applicant should discuss the 

value and long-term impact to the 

participants and the community and 

explain how the information relates to 

the project goals, objectives and 

outcomes. The applicant should discuss 

how the project will be complete, selfsustaining, or supported by other than 

ANA funds at the end of the project 

period. Applicants should discuss and 

present objectives and goals to be 

achieved and evaluated at the end of 

each budget period or quarter (if 

applicable). Project outcomes should 

support the identified need and should 

be measurable and quantifiable. 

Introduction—Project Summary/

Abstract 

Introduction and Project Summary/

Application Format: (10 Points) 

Introduction and Project Summary:

Using the ANA Project Abstract form 

(OMB Control Number 0980–0204, Exp. 

10/31/2006), the applicant must 

include: The name of the applicant, the 

project title, the Federal amount 

requested, the amount of matching 

funds to be provided, length of time 

required to accomplish the project, the 

goal of the project, a list of the project 

objectives (not activities), the estimated 

number of people to be served, and the 

expected outcomes of the project. 

In addition to the Project Abstract 

form, the applicant will provide an 

introductory narrative that includes: An 

overview of the project, a description of 

the community to be served, the 

location of the identified community, a 

declarative statement identifying the 

need for the project, and a brief 

overview of the project objectives, 

strategy and community or 

organizational impact. 

Application Format: Applicants are 

required to submit applications in a 

standard format, following the ANA 

requirements on application length, 

font, numbering, line spacing, etc. 

Please refer to Section IV Part 2 

‘‘Content and Form of Application 

Submission’’ for detailed formatting 

instructions. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

No grant award will be made under 

this announcement on the basis of an 

incomplete application. 

Initial Screening: Each application 

submitted under an ANA program 

announcement will undergo a prereview screening to determine: (a) 

Timeliness—the application was 

received by 4:30 p.m. eastern time on 

the closing date; (b) the Federal request 

does not exceed the upper value of the 

dollar range specified; (c) the applicant 

has submitted a current dated and 

signed resolution from the governing 

body; and, (d) if the applicant is not a 

tribe or Alaska Native village 

government, the applicant has 

submitted proof that a majority of the 

governing board of directors is 

representative of the community to be 

served. An application that does not 

meet one of the above elements will be 

determined to be incomplete and 

excluded from the competitive review 

process. Applicants with incomplete 

applications will be notified by mail 

within 30 business days from the 

closing date of this program 

announcement. ANA staff cannot 

respond to requests for information 

regarding funding decisions prior to the 

official applicant notification. After the 

Commissioner has made decisions on 

all applications, unsuccessful applicants 

will be notified in writing within 90 

days. The notification will include the 

reviewer comments. Applicants are not 

ranked based on general financial need. 

Applicants who are initially excluded 

from competition because of 

ineligibility may appeal the agency’s 

decision. Applicants may also appeal an 

ANA decision that an applicant’s 

proposed activities are ineligible for 

funding consideration. The appeals 

process is stated in the final rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 19, 1996 (61 FR 42817 and 45 

CFR part 1336, subpart C). 

Competitive Review Process:

Applications that pass the initial ANA 

screening process will be analyzed, 

evaluated and rated by an independent 

review panel on the basis of the 

Evaluation Criteria. The evaluation 

criteria were designed to analyze and 

assess the quality of a proposed 

community-based project, the likelihood 

of its success, and the ability of ANA to 

monitor and evaluate community 

impact and long-term results. The 

evaluation criteria and analysis are 

closely related and are wholly 

considered in judging the overall quality 

of an application. In addition, the 

evaluation criteria standardizes the 

review of each application and 

distributes the number of points more 

equitably. Applications will be 

evaluated in accordance with the 

program announcement criteria and 

ANA’s program areas of interest. A 

determination will be made as to 

whether the project is an effective use 

of Federal funds. 

Application Review Criteria:

Applicants will be reviewed based on 

the following criteria and points: ANA’s 

six criteria categories are: Introduction 

and Project Summary/Application 

Format; Need for Assistance; Project 

Approach; Organizational Capacity; 

Project Impact/Evaluation; and Budget 

and Budget Narrative/Cost 

Effectiveness.

Application Consideration: The 

Commissioner’s funding decision is 

based on an analysis of the application 

by the review panel, panel review scores 

and recommendations; an analysis by 

ANA staff; review of previous ANA 

grantee’s past performance; comments 

from State and Federal agencies having 

contract and grant performance related 

information; and other interested 

parties. The Commissioner makes grant 

awards consistent with the purpose of 

the Native American Programs Act 

(NAPA), all relevant statutory and 

regulatory requirements, this program 

announcement, and the availability of 

appropriated funds. The Commissioner 

reserves the right to award more, or less, 

than the funds described or under such 

circumstances as may be deemed to be 

in the best interest of the Federal 

government. Applicants may be 

required to reduce the scope of projects 

based on the amount of approved 

award. 

Since ACF will be using non-Federal 

reviewers in the review process, 

applicants have the option of omitting 

from the application copies (not the 

original) specific salary rates or amounts 

for individuals specified in the 

application budget. 

Approved But Unfunded Applications 

In cases where more applications are 

approved for funding than ACF can 

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fund with the money available, the 

Grants Officer shall fund applications in 

their order of approval until funds run 

out. In this case, ACF has the option of 

carrying over the approved applications 

up to a year for funding consideration 

in a later competition of the same 

program. These applications need not be 

reviewed and scored again if the 

program’s evaluation criteria have not 

changed. However, they must then be 

placed in rank order along with other 

applications in later competition. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

The successful applicants will be 

notified through the issuance of a 

Financial Assistance Award document 

which sets forth the amount of funds 

granted, the terms and conditions of the 

grant, the effective date of the grant, the 

budget period for which initial support 

will be given, the non-Federal share to 

be provided, and the total project period 

for which support is contemplated. The 

Financial Assistance Award will be 

signed by the Grants Officer and 

transmitted via postal mail. 

Organizations whose applications will 

not be funded will be notified in 

writing. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

45 CFR part 74. 

45 CFR part 92. 

45 CFR part 1336, subpart C, and 42 

U.S.C. 2991 et seq.—Native American 

Programs Act of 1974. 

3. Reporting Requirements 

Programmatic Reports: Quarterly. 

Financial Reports: Quarterly. 

An original and one copy of each 

performance report and financial status 

report must be submitted to the Grants 

Officer. Failure to submit these reports 

when required will mean the grantee is 

non-compliant with the terms and 

conditions of the grant award and 

subject to administrative action or 

termination. Performance reports are 

submitted 30 days after each quarter (3-

month intervals) of the budget period. 

The final performance report, due 90 

days after the project period end date, 

shall cover grantee performance during 

the entire project period. All grantees 

shall use the SF 269 (Long Form) to 

report the status of funds. Financial 

Status Reports are submitted 30 days 

after each quarter (3-month intervals) of 

the budget period. The final SF 269 

report shall be due 90 days after the end 

of the project period. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Program Office Contact:

ANA Applicant Help Desk, Aerospace 

Center, 8th Floor-West, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447. Phone: 877–922–9262. 

E-mail: ana@acf.hhs.gov. 

Grants Management Office Contact:

Tim Chappelle, Administration for 

Children and Families, Grants 

Management Office, Division of 

Discretionary Grants, Aerospace 

Building, 8th Floor-West, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447. Phone: 202–401–2344. E-mail: 

tichappelle@acf.hhs.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

Training and Technical Assistance: 

All potential ANA applicants are 

eligible to receive free T&TA in the 

SEDS, Language, or Environmental 

program areas. Prospective applicants 

must check ANA’s Web site for training 

and technical assistance dates and 

locations, or contact the ANA Help Desk 

at 1–877–922–9262. ANA strongly 

encourages all prospective applicants to 

participate in free pre-application 

training. For regional T/TA provider 

information contact information, please 

refer to Section IV. 

Applicants will not be sent an 

acknowledgement of received 

applications.

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Quanah Crossland Stamps, 

Commissioner, Administration for Native 

Americans.

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