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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Community Services

[Program Announcement No. OCS–95–07]

Request for Applications Under the

Office of Community Services’ FY 1995

Family Support Center and Gateway

Demonstration Programs

AGENCY: Administration for Children

and Families (ACF) DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

funds and request for applications

under the Office of Community

Services’ FY 1995 Family Support

Center and Gateway Demonstration

Programs.

SUMMARY: The Office of Community

Services (OCS) announces that

competing applications will be accepted

for Family Support Center and Gateway

Demonstration projects authorized by

the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act, as amended (P.L. 103–

382). (See 42 U.S.C. 11481–11489.)

CLOSING DATE: The closing date for

submission of applications is April 20,

1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheldon Shalit, Program Officer,

Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Community

Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade

SW., Washington, DC 20447, (202)

401–4807.

This Announcement is accessible on

the OCS Electronic Bulletin Board for

downloading through your computer

modem by calling 1–800–627–8886. For

assistance in accessing the Bulletin

Board, A Guide to Accessing and

Downloading is available from Ms.

Minnie Landry at (202) 401–5309.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Family Support Center Program, the

Office of Community Services will make

grants to eligible entities to pay for the

cost of demonstration programs

designed to prevent family

homelessness through the provision of

intensive and comprehensive

supportive services to previously

homeless individuals and families

residing in subsidized public housing or

those at risk of homelessness. Services

to infants, children and youths shall be

designed to enhance their physical,

social and educational development and

include an array of appropriate services

that address the causes and deleterious

effects of homelessness. Services to

parents and other family members shall

be designed to contribute to their

child(ren)’s healthy development and to

the acquisition of skills and resources

that can prevent homelessness and

move the family toward self-sufficiency.

All services provided shall be

coordinated through the auspices of an

organized case management program

and include necessary and appropriate

services that address the economic and

housing needs of the ‘‘low-income and

very low-income’’ client families.

Under the Gateway Demonstration

Program, grants will be provided to

local education agencies to provide onsite education, training and necessary

support services to economically

disadvantaged residents of public

housing. Applicants, in consultation

with the local public housing

authorities and private industry

councils, will design such

demonstration programs to increase

literacy levels and basic employment

skills among residents of public housing

developments.

Eligible applicant entities for the

Family Support Center Demonstration

Program are limited to State and local

government agencies, Head Start

agencies and any community-based

organization of demonstrated

effectiveness such as a Community

Action Agency designated under section

210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of

1984 (42 U.S.C. 2790), public housing

agencies as defined in section 3(b)(6) of

the United States Housing Act of 1937

(42 U.S.C. 1437a(6)), State Housing

Finance Agencies, local education

agencies, an institution of higher

education, a public hospital, a

community development corporation, a

private industry council as defined

under section 102(a) of the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA)(29 U.S.C.

1512(a)), a community health center,

and any other public or private

nonprofit organizations specializing in

the provision of social services.

Eligible applicant entities for the

Gateway Demonstration Program are

limited to local education agencies in

consultation with public housing

authorities and private industry

councils. Such programs will provide

required services as outlined in Part III,

Section B.

Availability of Funds and Grant

Amounts

1. OCS is statutorily limited to

funding no more than 25 Family

Support Center Demonstration grants for

a period not to exceed three years.

Approximately $7 million is available to

support grant awards under this

program announcement.

Under the Family Support Center

Demonstration Program legislation,

grants must be for a minimum amount

of $200,000 per year for a total of at least

$600,000 for the maximum project

period of three years, and the maximum

grant support allowable for a three-year

project period is $2,000,000.

Pursuant to this Announcement, OCS

plans to make up to approximately $4.3

available to fund up to 14 new grants

with three year project periods and

budget periods of 17-months for not less

than $283,000 each and averaging

approximately $310,000 per grantee.

Applications for continuation grants

funded under these awards beyond the

17-month budget period but within the

three year project period will be

entertained in subsequent years on a

non-competitive basis, subject to the

availability of funds, satisfactory

progress of the grantee, and

determination that this would be in the

best interest of the government.

OCS expects to make $2,000,000

available to fund 10 competitive 12-

month renewal grants. Current grantees

completing their second year of Family

Support Center Demonstration Programs

are eligible to compete for renewal

grants for a maximum of twelve

additional months of support. This will

allow these projects to complete a full

three year program as a demonstration

project.

2. OCS plans to fund 5 three-year

Gateway Demonstration projects for a

first-year budget period of up to

$125,000 each.

Part I: General Information—Family

Support Center Demonstrations

A. Program Purpose

The Family Support Center

Demonstration Program is an integral

part of an HHS/HUD, White House and

Interagency Council for the Homeless

initiative to encourage and test

integrated services delivery approaches

to reducing homelessness among

families with children. The purpose of

this demonstration is to develop and

operate Family Support Centers which

can intervene to prevent family

homelessness. The program supports

the Family Support Center’s efforts to

coordinate and integrate its activities

with State and local public and private

agencies in providing improved

assistance to this at-risk population.

Using a coordinated case management

approach, Family Support Centers

should provide a comprehensive array

of family oriented services to prevent

initial occurrences of homelessness and

to combat the effects of previous

homelessness and to prevent its

recurrence.

Family Support Centers, through the

provision of a comprehensive array of

supportive social services using
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coordinated case management, should

strive to enhance the physical, social,

and educational development of lowand very low-income families, thereby

increasing their chances of becoming

self-sufficient. The intended

beneficiaries of these services are

families who are living in governmentsubsidized housing who were homeless

or who are at risk of becoming

homeless. (Families at risk of

homelessness include those living in

precarious housing situations, e.g.,

doubled up with another family; in

unstable or inadequate housing; or those

facing eviction or loss of housing.)

B. Program Services

The project awards will primarily

allow for the development and

establishment of a family support center

that can arrange for and/or provide an

array of comprehensive and intensive

case-managed social services to those

individuals and families who are living

in government subsidized housing who

were previously homeless or who are at

risk of homelessness. Services to

infants, children and youths shall be

designed to enhance their physical,

social and educational development and

include an array of appropriate services

that address the causes and deleterious

effects of homelessness. Services to

parents and other family members shall

be designed to contribute to their

child(ren)’s healthy development and to

the achievement of skills and objectives

that move the family toward selfsufficiency. All services provided shall

be coordinated through the auspices of

a family case management program and

include necessary and appropriate

services that address the economic and

housing needs of the ‘‘low-income and

very low-income’’ client families.

In the case of services provided to

infants, children and youth, such

services shall include, where

appropriate, the following:

— Nutritional services

— Screening and referral services

— Child care services

— Early childhood development

programs

— Early intervention services for

children with, or at risk of

developmental delays

— Dropout prevention services

— After school activities

— Job readiness and job training

services

— Education (including basic skills and

literacy services)

— Emergency services including special

outreach services targeted to homeless

and runaway youth

— Crisis intervention and counseling

services

— Other services as necessary and

appropriate

In the case of services provided to

parents and other family members,

services shall be designed to better

enable parents and other family

members to contribute to their child’s

healthy development and to the

acquisition of skills and resources that

can prevent homelessness and move the

family toward self-sufficiency and shall

include, where appropriate, the

following:

—Substance abuse education

—Counseling

—Referral for treatment

—Crisis intervention

—Employment counseling and training

—Life-skills training, including personal

financial counseling

—Education, including basic skills and

literacy services

—Parenting classes

—Consumer homemaking

—Other services as necessary and

appropriate

Family case management shall

include the following:

—Needs assessment

—Support in accessing and maintaining

appropriate public assistance and

social services

—Referral and followup for substance

abuse counseling and treatment

—Counseling and crisis intervention

—Family advocacy services

—Housing assistance activities

—Housing counseling

—Eviction or foreclosure prevention

assistance

—Referral to sources of emergency

rental or mortgage assistance payment

—Support in accessing home energy

assistance

—Other services as appropriate

Centers may be part of an existing

family oriented program for low and

very low income, at risk families or a

center organized specifically to provide

services targeted at serving the

previously homeless and/or at risk

families in an identified community.

Approaches are sought that emphasize a

coordinated effort by a range of

community-oriented entities that

consolidate resources to the targeted

population and which seek to replace a

goal of maintenance with a goal of

progression and transformation.

C. Program Beneficiaries

Projects proposed for funding under

this announcement must directly benefit

low-income and very low-income

families with children residing in

governmentally subsidized housing who

were previously homeless or who are atrisk of becoming homeless. The term

‘‘low-income’’ when applied to families

means one whose income does not

exceed 80% of the median income for

a family in the area, as determined by

the Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, subject to his discretion

to establish different ceilings based on

area variations. The term ‘‘very lowincome’’ when applied to families

means one whose income does not

exceed 50% of the median income for

a family in the area, as determined by

the Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, subject to his discretion

to establish different ceilings based on

area variations. (See Attachment A.)

D. Eligible Applicants

Eligible entities are State and local

government agencies, Head Start

agencies and any community-based

organization of demonstrated

effectiveness such as a Community

Action Agency designated under section

210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of

1984 (42 U.S.C. 2790), public housing

agencies as defined in section 3(b)(6) of

the United States Housing Act of 1937

(42 U.S.C. 1437a(6)), State Housing

Finance Agencies, local education

agencies, an institution of higher

education, a public hospital, a

community development corporation, a

private industry council as defined

under section 102(a) of the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA)(29 U.S.C.

1512(a)), a community health center,

and any other public or private

nonprofit organizations specializing in

the provision of social services.

More than one eligible entity in a

State may apply, but separate

applications must be submitted.

Any non-profit organization

submitting an application must submit

proof of its non-profit status in its

application at the time of submission.

The non-profit agency can accomplish

this by providing a copy of the currently

valid IRS tax exemption certificate or by

providing a copy of the applicant’s

Articles of Incorporation bearing the

seal of the State in which the

corporation or association is domiciled.

E. Project Period

This announcement is soliciting

applications for project periods of up to

three years. Awards, on a competitive

basis, will be for an initial seventeen

(17) month budget period, although

project periods may be for three years.

Applications for continuation grants

funded under these awards beyond the

initial 17-month budget period, but

within the three-year project period,

will be entertained in subsequent years

on a non-competitive basis, subject to

the availability of funds, satisfactory
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progress of the grantee and

determination that continued funding

would be in the best interest of the

government.

Part II: Guidelines for Family Support

Center Demonstration Project Plans and

Applications

A. Grant Objectives

The objectives of the grants funded

under the Family Support Center

Demonstration Program are: the

enhancement of the living conditions of

low and very low income families; the

improvement of the physical, social and

educational development of low and

very low income children and families

served by the program; the achievement

of progress towards increased potential

for independence and self-sufficiency

among families served; the reduction in

the rate of repeated incidences of

homelessness among center clientele;

and a decrease in the incidence of first

time homelessness among community

participants.

B. Project Design

The Family Support Center

Demonstration Program is intended to

prevent the occurrence or recurrence of

family homelessness by providing an

intensive and comprehensive array of

supportive and other services. This

announcement prescribes no single

model, however, for designing, staffing,

or delivering the services of such a

program. Its purpose is to stimulate

eligible entities to demonstrate the

effectiveness of innovative models or

approaches which will offer value to

both the client population selected and

the social services providers in the

community. It invites applicants to

propose structures and mechanisms for

delivering services that are unique to

the community and the clientele that

they serve, and to propose a program

and an approach that replace the goal of

client maintenance with one of

transformation of families to a position

of self-sufficiency.

The center should create a centralized

point for the provision of these services

and facilitate access to various service

providers in the community. The center

should provide active family case

management and assist clients in

maintaining a stable household and

assist them in achieving self-sufficiency.

Further, the center should assist in

joining the case management functions

offered by other service providers to

render coordinated family case

management. The center should tie

together service providers in the

community and organize a means to

reduce duplication of effort in response

to their potentially or previously

homeless clientele; and, to reduce the

administrative and programmatic

burdens that often are placed upon the

client population.

To accomplish these goals, applicants

are expected to have, in addition to the

ability to provide a core of essential

services, the capacity to coordinate, link

and otherwise organize a cadre of

existing providers and to propose a

program and an approach that replace

the goal of client maintenance with one

of transformation to self-sufficiency. A

Family Support Center Demonstration

program should also include

coordination and linkage with existing

Federal, State and locally sponsored

social services and housing programs

such as the Community Services Block

Grant (CSBG), AFDC/JOBS program and

the varied programs of the Departments

of Housing and Urban Development,

Labor, and Education.

Each Family Support Center

Demonstration Program applicant is

required to exhibit the following:

—the capacity to administer a

comprehensive support services

program directed toward an identified

target population;

—the geographic proximity of the

facility to the families to be served or

the ability to provide mobile or offsite

services;

—the ability to coordinate and integrate

its activities with State and local

public agencies (such as agencies

responsible for education,

employment and training, health and

mental health services, substance

abuse services, social services, child

care, nutrition, income assistance,

housing and energy assistance, and

other relevant services), with public

or private non-profit agencies and

organizations that have a

demonstrated record of effectiveness

in providing assistance to homeless

and at risk families, and with

appropriate non-profit private

organizations involved in the delivery

of eligible support services;

—the fiscal and administrative

capacities to conduct a complex,

comprehensive and intensive service

delivery program;

—the involvement of project

participants and community

representatives in the planning and

operation of the program;

—the utilization and proximity of

available comparable Community

Action Agency services, unless the

applicant is the CAA and intends to

expand its existing services;

—the provision of coordinated family

case management services which

direct all respective case management

activities through a team approach;

—use of not more than 7 percent of their

grant award to improve the retention

and effectiveness of staff and

volunteers;

—the participation in an ongoing

evaluation mechanism to address

process and outcome issues as they

relate to the efficacy and efficiency of

the demonstration program; and

—the establishment and provision of

necessary staff to support an advisory

body representing the community,

providers and target population. The

advisory council must include a

participant of the program as an active

member.

The operating and organizational

structure of the program should include

a range of agreements with community

services providers that responds to the

assessed needs of the client populations.

These agreements are essential to the

success of the project. The program

seeks to attract prospective grantees

with written agreements either in place

at the time of application or able to be

in place within 60 days of the grant

award. This is to assure an accelerated

provision of services to the clients. In

those cases where additional services

are to be added to existing service

patterns, the grantee will provide

timetables for the inclusion of these

added services. Prospective grantees

will have a combination of existing and

potential agreements and affiliations for

services. It is recommended that the

program include affiliations with

entities that support and enlarge its

service providing role. This may include

affiliations with the academic

community, such as schools of social

work, that may provide a source of staff

resources, student/intern placements

and a site for scholastic investigation,

evaluation and research.

Most importantly, applicants must be

closely identified with and located

within circumscribed geographical

boundaries that coincide with the

location and residences of the target

population. This catchment area

concept should be reflected in the

physical location of the project which

should be readily accessible to the target

population. This in no way limits the

possible configurations for project locus.

Instead, it permits a range of

possibilities that is consistent with the

residential pattern of the target

population. While the project is most

likely to be physically located in or near

the place(s) where its target population

lives, it is conceivable that its

administrative functions may be off-site

or co-located with parent agencies.
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The activities funded under this

program announcement must be in

addition to, and not in substitution for,

activities previously carried on without

Federal assistance. Also, funds or other

resources currently devoted to activities

designed to meet the needs of the poor

within a community, area, or State must

not be reduced.

A percentage of non-Federal share,

either in cash and/or in-kind

contributions, secured from non-Federal

sources is not required. The lack of a

requirement is not intended in any way

to discourage the use of applicant or

third party financial and resource

support. Although there is not a specific

non-Federal percentage requirement for

grants awarded under this

announcement, the amount pledged will

be given additional weight during the

evaluation process. Therefore, the

applicant should ensure any amount

proposed as match prior to inclusion in

its budget. If approved for funding,

grantees will be held accountable for

commitments of non-Federal resources

and failure to provide the required

amount will result in a disallowance of

unmatched Federal Funds. Further, it

should be noted that as the project

matures over the project life, there is an

implicit encouragement of the

assumption of costs of the project by the

applicant and the constituent

community participants.

C. Grantee Assurances

The applicant is required by statute to

provide within its application the

following:

1. Assurances that grant funds will be

used to create new services only to the

extent that no other funds can be

obtained to fulfill the purpose, as

required by 42 U.S.C. 11482(e)(2)(F);

2. A description of the program’s

relationship to various State and local

agencies, as required by 42 U.S.C.

11482(e)(2)(G);

3. An explanation of the methods

which the grantee will employ to ensure

that no more than 7% of the grant funds

awarded will be used to improve the

retention and effectiveness of staff and

volunteers, as required by 42 U.S.C.

11482(e)(2)(I);

4. Assurances that the grantee will

establish an advisory council group of

not more than 15 members to provide

policy and programming guidance

which will meet the representational

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11482(e)(2)(J).

Representation includes the following:

—participants in the programs,

including parents;

—representatives of local private

industry;

—individuals with expertise in the

services the program intends to offer;

—representatives of the community in

which the program will be located;

—representatives of local government

social service providers;

—representatives of local law

enforcement agencies;

—representatives of the local public

housing agency, where appropriate;

and

—representatives of local education

providers.

5. Assurances that any fees assessed

by the grantee for program services will

be nominal in relation to the financial

situation of the recipient of such

services, as required by 42 U.S.C.

11482(e)(2)(M); and

6. Assurance that grant funds will not

be used to supplant Federal, State and

local funds currently expended to

provide program services, as required by

42 U.S.C. 11482(e)(2)(N).

D. Project Evaluation

The Department expects to contract

for an independent evaluation of the

programs and entities that receive

assistance under this announcement.

The anticipated evaluation shall

examine, at a minimum, the fulfillment

of program objectives. Additionally, for

children and families served, the project

evaluation will also include the

following:

1. The enhancement of the living

conditions of low and very low income

families in housing and in

neighborhoods;

2. The improvement of physical,

social and educational development;

3. The achievement of progress

towards increased potential for

independence and self-sufficiency; and,

4. The degree to which the provision

of services is affected by caseload size.

Grantees are expected to cooperate

with Federal evaluation contractor(s)

that will be funded by the Department.

Evaluation contractors will conduct

assessments of program and service

delivery models. Such cooperation will

involve initially, reaching agreement

with the contractors on the collection

and retention of data which will be

needed for the evaluation, and thereafter

periodically furnishing needed process

and outcome oriented data as required

and allowing them access to information

that has not otherwise been provided by

the grantee.

Grantees are expected to maintain

sufficient resources to fulfill required

data obligations and to respond to

demands for information that is to be

compiled for national evaluation and

reporting purposes.

E. Grant Applications

Applicants should develop their

applications so as to address the

following factors and elements:

Responsiveness to Community Need

Applicants should identify the

population to be served by the project

and should describe how previously

homeless and at-risk families within

this community will be chosen for

enrollment. They should provide

demographic data to show that there are

sufficient numbers of eligible low- and

very low-income families residing in the

designated area. The application should

include a credible plan for enrolling a

sufficient number of these families in

the project to warrant project

investment. Applicants should also

demonstrate that the services they

intend to provide are responsive both to

the assessed needs of the population to

be served and the purposes of this

announcement.

Project Strategy

Applicants should persuasively

explain their project strategy—how it

will achieve the homelessness

prevention goals of this program with

the community to be served. The

distinctive features of the service

approach to be demonstrated should be

emphasized, rather than an exhaustive

description of all the individual service

activities to be undertaken. As an

integral part of this discussion, they

should define the meaning of success

for their project and describe the

conditions that they expect to see exist

at the conclusion of the project period.

Applicants should also identify and

briefly describe the kinds of results they

will be seeking and the key measures of

performance and accomplishment that

management will be using to monitor

and manage the initiative to a successful

conclusion, using time-based graphics if

appropriate.

Project Services and Delivery

Arrangements

Applicants should identify the

different services they will offer to

achieve project goals and should

describe where and how they will be

provided. They should also describe the

role and contribution of project

partners, such as referral sources and

agencies with which services will be

coordinated. Both on-budget and nocost partners should be identified and

explained; the applicant should

differentiate between those services to

be provided with Federal funds and

those [to be] committed to the project

from other funding sources. Partnering

applicants should furnish relevant
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agreements, letters of commitment, and

information about prior experience with

these partners with their applications,

indicating which services will be

affected and the levels of service

(availability and cost) that will be

provided to project participants from

these provider organizations.

Applicant Capabilities and Management

Qualifications

Applicants should present, through

relevant information about their

personnel and their experience, their

qualifications for undertaking a

demonstration program of the type

proposed. They should identify

proposed project leadership, submit the

resumes of relevant education and

experience, and describe the previous

success of the team or of its key

members with strengthening families

and their housing arrangements through

the delivery and coordination of quality

family support services. They should

also address the experience of project

leadership—especially the individual

accountable for effective service

delivery to the selected clientele—in

coordinating other agencies and project

participants over whom he/she has

influence but not control. The roles and

commitments of the key people in the

project should be defined.

Project Plans (Budgets) and Schedules

Applicants should detail the

implementation plan and schedule for

the project, using time-based displays as

appropriate. The early months of the

schedule should detail service-building

and/or service redirecting activities,

with major project milestones such as

training capacities established,

cooperative services open for use, and

apprenticeship relationships created.

Later entries should indicate when

various kinds of project outcomes will

begin to be realized in the lives of the

community being served. The budget for

the project should be correlated with

this timeline, showing approximately

when budget resources (including nonFederal) will be available and how they

will be used to conduct project activity.

Project Reporting

Provide in descriptive terms, the

manner in which required reports are to

be assembled along with the

identification of data sources. The

application should identify and describe

the mechanisms that will be instituted

and the commitment of specific

resources that will address the requisite

evaluation activities, including

commitment to meet information

requirements. This would necessarily

include the reliance on a useful

information management system that is

capable of producing program outcome

data and responding to needs of a

national evaluation study.

Renewal applications should, with

regard to future program operations,

include the basic information required

above. In addition, renewal applications

should also include a description of the

program’s previous 12 months of

operation in sufficient detail that it can

be reviewed against the project

evaluation criteria found in Part IV of

this document.

Part III: Description of the Gateway

Demonstration Program

A. Program Purpose

This demonstration program will

provide grant funds to local education

agencies, in consultation with the local

public housing authority and private

industry council, to provide on-site

education, training and necessary

support services to economically

disadvantaged residents of public

housing who have encountered barriers

to employment because of basic skills

deficiencies.

B. Program Services and Requirements

The project awards will primarily

allow for the development,

establishment and operation of an

education, training and support services

program, at a minimum, consisting of

the following mandatory services:

—Outreach and information services

designed to make eligible individuals

aware of available services;

—Literacy and bilingual education

services, where appropriate and

necessary;

—Remedial education and basic skills

training;

—Employment training and personal

management skill development or

referrals for such services; and

—Child care or dependent care for

dependents of eligible individuals

during those times, including

afternoons and evenings, when

training services are being provided.

(To the extent practicable, child care

services shall be designed to employ

public housing residents after

appropriate training.)

Program may provide the following

optional services:

—Pre-employment skills training;

—Employment counseling and

application assistance;

—Job development services;

—Federal employment-related activity

services;

—Completion of high school or GED

program services;

—Transitional assistance, including

child care for up to 6 months to

enable such individual to successfully

secure unsubsidized employment;

—Substance abuse prevention and

education; and,

—Other appropriate support services.

C. Program Beneficiaries

Projects proposed for funding under

this portion of the announcement must

directly target training and services to

individuals who reside in public

housing; are economically

disadvantaged; and have encountered

barriers to employment because of basic

skills deficiency including not having a

high school diploma, GED, or the

equivalent. The grantee shall give

priority to single heads of households

with young dependent children.

D. Evaluation

The Department expects to contract

for an independent evaluation of the

programs and entities that receive

assistance under this program. The

anticipated evaluation shall examine, at

a minimum, with respect to the

fulfillment of program objectives for

families with children residing in public

housing, the ability of the Gateway

Program to promote increases in literacy

levels and basic employment skills and

the securing of jobs.

Grantees are expected to cooperate

with Federal evaluation contractor(s)

that will be funded by the Department.

Evaluation contractors will conduct

assessments of program and service

delivery models. Such cooperation will

involve periodically furnishing needed

process and outcome oriented data as

required by the contractors and allowing

them access to information that has not

otherwise been provided by the grantee.

Grantees are expected to maintain

sufficient resources to fulfill required

data obligations and to respond to

requests for information that is to be

compiled for national evaluation and

reporting.

E. Eligible Applicants

Eligible entities are local education

agencies.

F. Project Period

This announcement is soliciting

applications for project periods up to

three years. Awards, on a competitive

basis, will be for a seventeen (17) month

budget period, although project periods

may be for three years. Applications for

continuation grants funded under these

awards beyond the 17-month budget

period, but within the three year project

period, will be entertained in

subsequent years on a non-competitive

basis, subject to the availability of

funds, satisfactory progress of the
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grantee and determination that this

would be in the best interest of the

government.

G. Requirements

The applicant shall demonstrate that

training and ancillary support services

will be accessed through existing

program providers to the extent that

they are located in the immediate

vicinity of the public housing

development, or they will contract with

such providers for on-site service

delivery. The applicant shall warrant

that funds provided under this program

will be utilized to purchase such

services only to the extent that no other

funds can be obtained to fulfill the

purpose of this demonstration.

The local public housing agency shall

agree to make available suitable

facilities in the public housing

development for the provision of

education, training and support

services.

The applicant shall detail the process

by which the recipients of services will

be recruited with the assistance of the

public housing authority and how they

will be determined to be eligible

individuals.

The applicant shall demonstrate the

ability to coordinate the services

provided with other services provided,

with the public housing development

and private industry council as well as

with other public and private agencies

and organizations of demonstrated

effectiveness providing similar and

ancillary services to the target

population.

The applicant, to the fullest extent

practicable, shall set forth the manner in

which it will attempt to employ

residents of the public housing

development whenever qualified

residents are available.

Part IV: Criteria for Review and

Evaluation of Applications for New

Family Support Center and Gateway

Demonstration Programs

Applications for both programs will

be reviewed and evaluated to assess the

applicant’s ability to carry out the

projects described under Part II and III

of this announcement, using the

following criteria and weights:

A. Understanding of Program Purposes

and Community Needs (10 points)

1. Understanding of Program Purposes

(0–5 points)

The extent to which the application

reflects a good understanding of the

purpose(s) of the program, including the

problems, barriers and impediments

that prevent the efficient and effective

delivery of an array of intensive and

comprehensive services. For the Family

Support Center Program, the purpose is

to stabilize previously homeless and atrisk families and prevent them

experiencing initial or recurring

episodes of homelessness. For the

Gateway Program, the purpose is to

provide education, training and

necessary support services to

economically disadvantaged residents of

public housing who have encountered

barriers to employment because of basic

skills deficiencies.

2. Understanding of Client, Community,

and Service System Needs (0–5 points)

The degree to which the application

presents the appropriate and pertinent

demographic, social and personal data

describing the needs of the client

populations to be served. Specifically,

the Family Support Center application

should identify the extent of family

homelessness and the numbers of

families in the project’s community who

are at risk of becoming homeless. For

both programs, community data should

reflect the resources and the lack of

services or programs to address the

target population needs. Service system

needs should reveal the extent to which

there is potential for short to

intermediate range solutions to

organizational and systemic problems

that affect the target populations.

B. Quality of Project Plan (40 points)

1. Degree of Innovativeness (0–10

points)

Application should articulate creative

and otherwise original approaches and

ways to achieve project objectives;

application describes unique features of

the project, such as design or

technological innovations, reductions in

cost or time, or extraordinary client and

community involvements. The

application uses original and

enterprising means to identify, target,

reach and serve children and families

using creative and innovative

configurations of mainstream and other

programs in the community.

2. Soundness and Clarity of Project

Approach/Strategy (0–15 points)

The soundness and feasibility of the

project approach to achieve specified

goals and objectives and response to

client, community and system needs.

The extent to which the application

outlines a sound and workable plan of

action and details how the proposed

work will be accomplished and gives

acceptable reasons for taking one

approach as opposed to others. The

inclusion of plans and actions to

accomplish service coordination and

delivery.

3. Appropriateness and Specificity of

Project Goals (0–5 points)

The enumeration of clearly articulated

goals and corresponding objectives

addressing the problems. These should

be listed in a sequential and integrated

fashion tied to program purposes and

client needs. For the Family Support

Center, this must include the reduction

of family homelessness through

prevention measures. For Gateway, this

must include education and training to

prepare participants for employment.

4. Appropriateness of Performance and

Impact Measures Selected (0–5 points)

Application lists the activities along

with anticipated steps to be carried out

in a programmatic and chronological

order. Application includes a feasible

schedule of target dates and

accomplishments, in sufficient detail,

for the first seventeen months and more

generally for the remaining project

period up to 36 months.

Application identifies measurable

expected results for participating

children and families.

5. Cost Effectiveness (0–5 points)

The extent to which the project’s

financial costs are reasonable in view of

the activities to be carried out and their

forecasted outcomes. Applications

should address cost expenditures vis a

vis anticipated project related benefits.

C. Capacity (20 points)

1. Staff Background and Experience (0–

10 points)

The extent to which the re ́sume ́s of

the program director and key project

staff (including names, addresses,

training, background and other

qualifying experience) demonstrate the

ability to effectively and efficiently

administer and/or operate within a

project of this size, complexity and

scope. Staff background and experience

should also exhibit clearly the ability of

proposed staff to use and coordinate

activities with other agencies for the

delivery of intensive and

comprehensive support services. In the

event that new hires or positions are

involved, application should include

position descriptions and demonstrate

the ability to bring available human

resources quickly on line with the

project.

2. Organization (0–10 points)

Organizational resources that can be

utilized within this project, including

applicant facilities and physical

resources such as existing office and
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client services space. The resources

capacity of the organization may also

include the attributes of the applicant

entity to attract cooperating community

and other agency resources such as

outside means, properties and assets to

participate in the program. Application

also includes information confirming

the organization’s administrative and

management capabilities and its

appropriate location within the

organizational structure to support the

successful operation of this project.

D. Coordination (15 points)

1. Consortia or Project Partnerships (0–

5 points)

Application demonstrates breadth and

depth in the strength of the consortia

involved in the project. Application

describes project coordination and

linkages with organizations, agencies,

and key groups as well as the activities

and nature of their effort or

contribution. Partnerships established

with various private (e.g. foundations,

volunteer efforts) and key public

programs are included.

2. Committed Resources (0–5 points)

Application identifies current and/or

anticipated commitments indicating

kinds of service along with specific

level of efforts from cooperating serviceproviding organizations or agencies.

3. Linkages (0–5 points)

Confirmation of linkages established

with other local systems-oriented or

integration initiatives.

E. Monitoring and Evaluation (15

points)

1. Reports and Monitoring (0–5 points)

Application should include

information reflecting the entity’s ability

to conform to required schedule of

program and administrative reports and

to maintain controls through an

organized monitoring effort.

2. Evaluation Activities (0–10 points)

Application should contain

information outlining the entity’s ability

and willingness to participate in

ongoing evaluation mechanisms and the

capacity to provide required process

and outcome oriented data. For the

Family Support Center program, these

data requirements will support

identification and evaluation of grantee

objectives, namely, the enhancement of

the living conditions of low and very

low income families; the improvement

of the physical, social and educational

development of low and very low

income children and families served by

the program; the achievement of

progress towards increased potential for

independence and self-sufficiency

among families served; the reduction in

the rate of repeated incidences of

homelessness among center clientele

and a decrease in the incidence of first

time homelessness among community

participants.

For Gateway programs, these data

requirements will support identification

and evaluation of grantee objectives,

namely, the removal of barriers to

employment because of basic skills

deficiencies and the preparation for

employment and securing of jobs.

Part V: Criteria for Review and

Evaluation of Applications for Family

Support Center Demonstration Renewal

Projects—Only

Applications for renewals will be

reviewed and evaluated to assess the

applicant’s ability to carry out the

projects described under Part II of this

announcement, using the following

criteria and weights:

A. Understanding of Program Purposes

and Community Needs (0–25 points)

The application has briefly restated

the key elements of the initial grant’s

approved work plan, including the

problems, barriers and impediments

that have prevented the effective

delivery of intensive and

comprehensive services to homeless and

at risk families. In describing the initial

plan the applicant has included

pertinent demographic, social and

personal data describing the needs of

the client population to be served, and

the ability of the community to respond

to such needs.

B. Quality of Project Plan (0–40 points)

The application provides sufficient

evidence of positive outcomes

demonstrating that initial project

design, approach and implementation

strategies are effective in responding to

client and community homeless

prevention needs. The information is

sufficient to identify and evaluate

grantee accomplishments, namely, the

enhancement of the living conditions of

low and very low income families; the

improvement of the physical, social and

educational development of low and

very low income children and families

served by the program; the achievement

of progress towards increased potential

for independence and self-sufficiency

among families served; the degree to

which the provision of services is

affected by caseload size; the reduction

in the rate of repeated incidences of

homelessness among center clientele;

and a decrease in the incidences of first

time homelessness among community

participants.

C. Institutional and Community

Coordination (0–15 points)

The applicant shows that there has

been a continuing involvement among

the community service partners and an

increased coordination in service

delivery programs as a result of its

initial grant. Partnerships established

with various private (e.g. foundations,

volunteer efforts) and key public

programs are included.

The application reflects how the

initial period of the grant has had a

positive impact toward strengthening

the community socio-economic

infrastructure, and toward achieving

greater access to community resources

and/or greater integration of available

social service delivery systems while

preventing family homelessness.

D. Cost Effectiveness (0–10 points)

The extent to which the project’s

financial costs are reasonable in view of

accomplishments and forecasted

outcomes. Application should address

cost expenditures vis a vis project

benefits to date and anticipate project

related benefits.

E. Evaluation Significance (0–10 points)

—The applicant has demonstrated that

a longer project operational period is

needed to assure program results that

will have greater significance.

—The applicant has documented that

the renewal of its project will result

in more substantial progress toward

self-sufficiency of the targeted client

population.

—The applicant has demonstrated that

a renewal of the grant will result in a

more valid and useful project

including what the anticipated

contributions to policy, practice, and

program evaluation will be.

Part VI: Application Procedures

A. Availability of Forms

This announcement with attachments

contains standard forms necessary to

apply for awards under this program.

The forms may be reproduced for use in

submitting applications. Copies of the

Federal Register containing this

Announcement are available at most

local libraries and Congressional District

Offices for reproduction. If copies are

not available at these sources, they may

be obtained by writing or telephoning

the office listed in the section entitled

‘‘For Further Information’’ at the

beginning of this Announcement or

through the OCS Electronic Bulletin

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Agencies and organizations interested

in applying for demonstration grant

funds should submit an application on

the Standard Form 424, 424A and 424B

included in this announcement.

Each Form 424 must be signed by an

individual authorized to act on behalf of

the applicant agency and to assume

responsibility for the obligations

imposed by the terms and conditions of

the grant award. Applications must be

prepared in accordance with the

guidance provided in this

announcement and the instructions in

the attached applications package.

The applicant must be aware that in

signing and submitting the application

for this award, it is certifying that it will

comply with the Federal requirements

concerning the drug-free workplace and

debarment regulations set forth in

Attachments E and F.

B. Application Submission

1. Deadlines. Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

a. Received on or before the deadline

date at the Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., 6th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20447, or

b. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received by ACF in time for the

independent review. (Applicants are

cautioned to request a legibly dated U.S.

Postal Service postmark or to obtain a

legibly dated receipt from a commercial

carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private

metered postmarks are not accepted as

proof of timely mailing.)

2. Applications submitted by other

means. Applications which are

submitted in accordance with the above

criteria shall be considered as meeting

the deadline only if they are physically

received before the close of business on

or before the deadline date. Hand

delivered applications are accepted

during the normal working hours of 8:00

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, on or prior to the established

closing date at: The Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor, ACF

Guard Station, 901 D Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20447.

3. Late Applications. Applications

which do not meet one of these criteria

are considered late applications. The

ACF Division of Discretionary Grants

will notify each late applicant that its

application will not be considered in

this competition.

4. Extension of Deadline. The ACF

may extend the deadline for all

applicants because of acts of God such

as floods, hurricanes, etc. or when there

is a disruption of the mails. However, if

the granting agency does not extend the

deadline for all applicants, it may not

waive or extend the deadline for any

applicant. Applications once submitted

are considered final and no additional

materials will be accepted.

One signed original application and

two copies are required.

Note: Applicants should note that the U.S.

Postal Service does not uniformly provide a

dated post mark. Before relying on this

method, applicants should check with their

local post office. In some instances packages

presented for mailing after a pre-determined

time are postmarked with the next day’s date.

In other cases, postmarks are not routinely

placed on packages. Applicants are cautioned

to verify that there is a date on the package,

and that it is the correct date of mailing,

before accepting a receipt. Private metered

postmarks are not acceptable as proof of

timely mailing.

Applications which have a postmark later

than the closing date, or which are handdelivered after the closing date, will be

returned to the sender without consideration

in the competition.

C. Application Consideration

All applications that meet the

published deadline for submission will

be screened to determine completeness

and conformity to the requirements of

this announcement. Applications

meeting the above screening

requirements will be reviewed

competitively and scored against the

criteria outlined in Part IV or Part V of

this announcement. The review will be

conducted in Washington, D.C. Such

applications will be referred to

reviewers knowledgeable about

programs dealing with housing,

homelessness, education, community

action and supportive services.

Reviewers will provide a numerical

score and explanatory comments based

solely on responsiveness to the specific

criteria published in this

announcement. Reviewers’ scores will

weigh heavily in funding decisions but

may not be the only factor considered.

Applications generally will be

considered in order of the average

scores assigned by reviewers. However,

highly ranked applications are not

guaranteed funding as other factors are

considered, including: comments of

reviewers and government officials; staff

evaluation and input; geographic

distribution; previous program

performance of applicants; compliance

with grant terms under previous DHHS

grants; audit reports; investigative

reports; and applicant’s progress in

resolving any final audit disallowances

on previous OCS or other Federal

agency grants.

OCS reserves the right to discuss

applications with other Federal or nonFederal funding sources to ascertain the

applicant’s performance record.

The results of the competitive review

will assist the Director of the Office of

Community Services, in considering

competing applications. Consideration

will be given to ensuring that a variety

of geographic areas are served, that

projects with different auspices are

selected and that various project designs

and models are represented.

D. Intergovernmental Review

This program is covered under

Executive Order 12372,

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs, and 45 CFR Part 100,

Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Programs and Activities. Under

the Order, States may design their own

processes for reviewing and

commenting on proposed Federal

assistance under covered programs.

All States and Territories except

Alabama, Alaska, Colorado,

Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas,

Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana,

Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon,

Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia,

Washington, American Samoa and

Palau have elected to participate in the

Executive Order process and have

established Single Points of Contact

(SPOCs). Applicants from these

nineteen jurisdictions need take no

action regarding E.O. 12372. Applicants

for projects to be administered by

Federally-recognized Indian Tribes are

also exempt from the requirements of

E.O. 12372. Applicants must submit any

required material to the SPOCs as soon

as possible so that the program office

can obtain and review SPOC comments

as part of the award process. It is

imperative that the applicant submit all

required materials, if any, to the SPOC

and indicate the date of this submittal

(or the date of contact if no submittal is

required) on the Standard Form 424,

item 16a.

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

60 days from the application deadline

date to comment on proposed new or

competing continuation awards.

SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate

the submission of routine endorsements

as official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to

clearly differentiate between mere

advisory comments and those official

State process recommendations which

they intend to trigger the ‘‘accommodate

or explain’’ rule.

When comments are submitted

directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to: Department of Health and
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Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., 6th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20447.

A list of the Single Points of Contact

for each State and Territory is included

as Attachment G of this announcement.

Part VII: Instructions for Completing

Applications

(Approved by the Office of Management

and Budget under Control Number

0970–0062)

The standard forms attached to this

announcement shall be used when

submitting applications for all funds

under this announcement. It is

suggested that you reproduce singlesided copies of the SF–424 and SF–

424A, and type your application on the

copies. If an item on the SF–424 cannot

be answered or does not appear to be

related or relevant to the assistance

requested, write ‘‘NA’’ for ‘‘Not

Applicable’’. If your submission on an

item needs further explanation or is not

directly responsive to the item

requested, please explain or provide

commentary in Item Number 23. This

item may be extended by use of an

additional sheet of paper, appropriately

identified.

Prepare your application in

accordance with instructions provided

on the forms as well as with the OCS

specific instructions set forth below:

A. SF–424—‘‘Application for Federal

Assistance’’ (see Attachment B)

Item 1. For the purposes of this

announcement, all projects are

considered ‘‘Applications’’; there are no

‘‘Pre-Applications’’ and no Construction

projects. Accordingly, check the ‘‘NonConstruction’’ box.

Item 2. ‘‘Date Submitted’’ and

‘‘Applicant Identifier’’—Date

application is submitted to ACF and

applicant’s own internal control

number, if applicable.

Item 3. ‘‘Date received by State’’—N/

A.

Item 4. ‘‘Date received by Federal

Agency’’—Leave blank.

Item 5 and 6. The legal name of the

applicant must match that listed as

corresponding to the Employer

Identification Number. Where the

applicant is a previous Department of

Health and Human Services grantee,

enter the Central Registry System

Employee Identification Number (CRS/

EIN) and the Payment Identifying

Number, if one has been assigned, in the

Block entitled ‘‘Federal Identifier’’

located at the top right hand corner of

the form.

Item 7. Mark the appropriate box. If

the applicant is a non-profit

corporation, enter ‘‘N’’ in the box and

specify ‘‘non-profit corporation’’ in the

space marked ‘‘other’’. Proof of nonprofit status, such as IRS determination

or Articles of Incorporation, must be

included as an appendix to the project

narrative.

Item 8. ‘‘Type of Application’’—

Please indicate the type of application

(New or New-Renewal).

Item 9. ‘‘Name of Federal Agency’’—

Enter DHHS–ACF/OCS.

Item 10. The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number for OCS

programs covered under this

announcement is 93.578. The title is

‘‘Family Support Center and Gateway

Demonstration Program’’.

Item 11. ‘‘Descriptive Title of

Applicant’s Project’’—Enter the project

title (a brief descriptive title) and the

following letter designations must be

used:

ZC—Family Support Center

ZR—Family Support Center Renewals

ZG—Gateway Demonstration

Item 12. ‘‘Areas Affected by

Project’’—List only the largest unit or

units affected, such as State, county or

city.

Item 13. ‘‘Proposed Project’’—Enter

the desirable starting date for the project

and the proposed completion date.

Projects may not exceed the maximum

duration specified.

Item 14. ‘‘Congressional District of

Applicant/Project’’ —Enter the number

of the Congressional District where the

applicant’s principal office is located

and the number(s) of the Congressional

district(s) where the project will be

located.

Item 15a. This amount should be no

greater than the amount specified under

the Section on Availability of Funds and

Grant Amounts.

B. SF–424A—‘‘Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs’’

(See Attachment C)

See Instructions accompanying this

form as well as the instructions set forth

below:

Sections A, B, C, and D should reflect

budget estimates for the first year of the

project. Section E should present the

estimates for Federal assistance for the

second year of the project. Grant

awardees will be required to submit a

‘‘continuation application’’ for the

second year of the project.

In completing these sections, the

‘‘Federal Funds’’ budget entries should

separately identify all Federal funds

involved in the project, ‘‘Non-Federal’’

will include mobilized funds from all

other sources—applicant, State, and

other.

Section A—Budget Summary

Line 1: Column (a): Enter ‘‘Family

Support Center/Gateway Demonstration

Program’’; Column (b): Enter 93.578

Columns (c) and (d): Not Applicable for

new applications. Columns (e), (f) and

(g): enter the appropriate amounts

needed to support the project for the

first budget period.

Lines 2–4: Enter same information as

above for any other Federal funds

proposed to be used in the project.

(Please explain status of funds; e.g.,

approved or requested, etc.)

Section B—Budget Categories

Allocability of costs are governed by

applicable cost principles set forth in

OMB Circular A–122 and 45 CFR Part

74 (non-governmental) and OMB

Circular A–7 and 45 CFR Part 92

(governmental). Budget estimates for all

costs must be supported by adequate

detail for the grants officer to perform a

cost analysis and review. Adequately

detailed calculations for each budget

object class are those which reflect

estimation methods, quantities, unit

costs, salaries, and other similar

quantitative detail sufficient for the

calculations to be duplicated. For any

additional object class categories

included under the object class ‘‘other’’

identify the additional object class(es)

and provide supporting calculations.

Supporting narratives and

justifications are required for each

budget category, with emphasis on

unique/special initiatives; large dollar

amounts; local, regional, or other

travels; new positions; major equipment

purchases and training programs.

A detailed itemized budget with a

separate budget justification for each

major item should be included, as

indicated below.

Personnel-Line 6a. Enter the

estimated total costs of salaries and

wages.

Justification: Identify the principal

investigator or project director, if

known. Specify by title or name the

percentage of time allocated the project,

the individual annual salaries, and the

cost to the project of the organization’s

staff who will be working on the project.

Do not include costs of consultants or

personnel costs of delegate agencies or

of specific project(s) or businesses to be

financed by the applicant.

Fringe Benefits-Line 6b: Enter the

estimated total costs of fringe benefits

unless treated as part of an approved

indirect cost rate which is entered on

line 6j.
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Justification: Provide a breakdown of

amounts and percentages that comprise

fringe benefit costs, such as health

insurance, FICA, retirement insurance,

taxes, etc.

Travel-Line 6c: Enter total costs of all

travel by employees of the project. Do

not enter costs for consultant’s travel.

Justification: Include the total number

of traveler(s), total number of trips,

destinations, number of days,

transportation costs and subsistence

allowances. Except for Family Support

Center renewal applications, travel costs

to attend one national workshop in

Washington, D.C. by the project director

should be included.

Equipment-Line 6d: Enter the

estimated total costs of all tangible, nonexpendable personal property to be

acquired by the project. Tangible, nonexpendable personal property is that

which has a useful life of more than one

year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or

more per unit.

Justification: Only equipment

required to conduct the project may be

purchased with Federal funds. The

applicant organization or its subgrantees

must not have such equipment, or a

reasonable facsimile, available for use in

the project. The justification also must

contain plans for future use or disposal

of the equipment after the project ends.

An applicant may use its own definition

of non-expendable personal property,

provided that such a definition would at

least include all tangible personal

property as defined above. (See Line 21

for additional requirements).

Supplies-Line 6e: Enter the total costs

of all tangible personal property

(supplies) other than that included on

line 6d.

Justification: Specify general

categories of supplies and their costs.

Contractual-Line 6f: Enter the total

costs of all contracts: (1) procurement

contracts (except those which belong on

other lemires such as equipment,

supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with

secondary recipient organizations

including delegate agencies and specific

project(s) or businesses to be financed

by the applicant.

Justification: If available at the time of

application, attach a list of contractors,

indicating the names of the

organizations, the purposes of the

contracts, the estimated dollar amounts,

and selection process of the awards as

part of the budget justification. Also

provide back-up documentation

identifying the name of contractor,

purpose of contract, and major cost

elements.

Note: Whenever the applicant/grantee

intends to delegate part of the program to

another agency, thus entering into an

interagency agreement, the applicant/grantee

must submit Sections A and B of this Form

SF–24A, completed for each delegate agency

by agency title, along with the required

supporting information referenced in the

applicable instructions. The total costs of all

such agencies will be part of the amount

shown on Line 6f. Free and open competition

is encouraged for any procurement activities

planned using ACF grant funds. Prior

approval is required when applicants

anticipate procurements that will exceed

$25,000 are requesting an award without

competition.

The applicant’s procurement

procedures should outline the type of

advertisement appropriate to the nature

and anticipated value of the contract to

be awarded. Advertisements are

typically made in city, regional and

local newspapers; trade journals; and/or

through announcements by professional

associations.

Construction-Line 6g: New

construction costs are not permitted

under this program. This line may be

used for renovation costs.

Other-Line 6h: Enter the estimated

total of all other costs. Such costs,

where applicable, may include, but are

not limited to, insurance, food, medical

and dental costs (noncontractual), space

and equipment rentals, printing and

publication, computer use, training

costs including tuition, training service

costs including wage payments to

individuals and supportive service

payments, and staff development costs.

Indirect Charges-Line 6j: Enter the

total amount of indirect costs. This line

generally should be used only when the

applicant currently has an indirect cost

rate approved by the Department of

Health and Human Services or other

Federal agency. With the exception of

local governments, applicants should

enclose a copy of a current rate

agreement negotiated with a Federal

agency other than the Department of

Health and Human Services. If the

applicant organization is renegotiating a

rate, it should immediately upon

notification that an award will be made,

develop a tentative indirect cost rate

proposal based on its most recently

completed fiscal year in accordance

with the principles set forth in the

pertinent DHHS Guide for Establishing

Indirect Cost Rates, and submit it to the

appropriate DHHS Regional Office.

It should be noted that when an

indirect cost rate is requested, those

costs included in the indirect cost pool

should not be also charged as direct

costs to the grant.

Total-Line 6k: Enter total amounts of

lines 6i and 6j.

Program Income-Line 7: Enter the

estimated amount of income, if any,

expected to be generated from this

project. Separately show expected

program income generated from OCS

support and income generated from

other mobilized funds. Do not add or

subtract this amount from the budget

total. Show the nature and source of

income in the program narrative

statement.

Justification: Describe the nature,

source and anticipated use of program

income in the Program Narrative

Statement.

Section C—Non-Federal Resources

This section is to record the amounts

of ‘‘non-Federal’’ resources that will be

used to support the project. Provide a

brief explanation, on a separate sheet,

showing the type of contribution,

broken out by Object Class Category,

and whether it is cash or third-party inkind. The firm commitment of these

funds should be documented and

submitted with the application in order

to be given full credit in the review

criteria.

Justification: Describe all non-Federal

resources including third-party, cash

and/or in-kind contributions. Except in

unusual situations, this documentation

should be in the form of letters of

commitment from the organization(s)/

individuals from which funds will be

received.

Grant Program-Line 8. Grant Program.

Column (a): Enter the project title.

Column (b): Enter the amount of cash

or donations to be made by the

applicant.

Column (c): Enter the other

contribution.

Column (d): Enter the amount of cash

and third-party, in kind contributions to

be made from all other sources.

Column (e): Enter the total of columns

(b), (c), and (d).

Grant Program-Lines 9, 10, and 11

should be left blank.

Grant Program-Line 12. Carry the total

of each column of Line 8, (b) through

(e). The amount in Column (e) should be

equal to the amount on Section A, Line

5, column (f).

Section D—Forecasted Cash Needs

Federal-Line 13. Enter the amount of

Federal (OCS) cash needed for this

grant, by quarter, during the first 17-

month budget period for Family

Support Center Demonstration

applications. For Gateway

Demonstration grants, enter the amount

of Federal (OCS) cash needed for this

grant, by quarter, during the first 12-

month budget period.

Non-Federal-Line 14. Enter the

amount of cash from all other sources

needed by quarter during the first year.
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Total-Line 15. Enter the total of Lines

13 and 14.

Section E—Budget Estimates of Federal

Funds Needed for Balance of Project

Applicants for two year projects will

complete line 16, (a), (b) and (c).

Column (a) refers respectively to the

second year of the project.

Section F— Other Budget Information

Direct Charges-Line 21. Use this space

and continuation sheets as necessary to

fully explain and justify the major items

included in the budget categories shown

in Section B. Include sufficient detail to

facilitate determination of allowability,

relevance to the project, and cost

benefits. Particular attention must be

given to the explanation of any

requested direct cost budget item which

requires explicit approval by the Federal

agency. Budget items which require

identification and justification shall

include, but not be limited to, the

following:

A. Salary amounts and percentage of

time worked for those key individuals

who are identified in the project

narrative;

B. Any foreign travel;

C. A list of all equipment and

estimated cost of each item to be

purchased wholly or in part with grant

funds which meet the definition of

nonexpendable personal property

provided on Line 6d, Section B. Need

for equipment must be supported in

program narrative;

D. Contractual: major items or groups

of smaller items; and

E. Other: group into major categories

all costs for consultants, local

transportation, space, rental, training

allowances, staff training, computer

equipment, etc. Provide a complete

breakdown of all costs that make up this

category.

Indirect Charges-Line 22. Enter the

type of HHS or other Federal agency

approved indirect cost rate (provisional,

predetermined, final or fixed) that will

be in effect during the funding period,

the estimated amount of the base to

which the rate is applied and the total

indirect expense. Also, enter the date

the rate was approved and attach a copy

of the rate agreement.

Remarks-Line 23. Provide any other

explanations and continuation sheets

required or deemed necessary to justify

or explain the budget information.

C. SF–24B—‘‘Assurances-NonConstruction’’

All applicants must fill out, sign, date

and return the ‘‘Assurances’’ (see

Attachment D) with the application.

Part VIII: Contents of Application and

Receipt Process

A. Contents of Application

Each application submission should

include a signed original and two

additional copies of the application.

Each application should include the

following in the order presented:

1. Table of Contents;

2. Completed Standard Form 424

which has been signed by an Official of

the organization applying for the grant

who has authority to obligate the

organization legally.

[Note: The original SF–24 must bear the

original signature of the authorizing

representative of the applicant organization]

3. ‘‘Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs’’ (SF-424A);

4. A narrative budget justification for

each object class category required

under Section B, SF–424A;

5. Filled out, signed, and dated

‘‘Assurances-Non-Construction

Programs’’ (SF–424B);

6. The applicant should sign

Attachment E. In so doing, the applicant

is certifying that it will comply with the

Federal requirements concerning the

drug-free workplace and debarment

regulations set forth in Attachments E

and F.

7. Restrictions on Lobbying,

Certification for Contracts, Grants,

Loans, and Cooperative Agreements: fill

out, sign and date form found at

Attachment H.

8. A project abstract (a paragraph

which succinctly describes the project

in 200 characters or less).

9. An Executive Summary—not to

exceed one page;

10. Appendices, including (where

applicable) proof of non-profit status;

proof that the organization is a

community development corporation,

commitments from service providing

organizations, where applicable; Single

Point of Contact comments, if

applicable; Maintenance of Effort

Certification and resumes.

11. A self-addressed mailing label

which can be affixed to a notice to

acknowledge receipt of application.

The total number of pages for the

entire application package, excluding

Appendices, should not exceed 50

pages. Pages should be numbered

sequentially throughout, excluding

Appendices, beginning with the SF–424

as Page #1.

Applications must be uniform in

composition since OCS may find it

necessary to duplicate them for review

purposes. Therefore, applications must

be submitted on white 81⁄2×11 inch

paper only. They must not include

colored, oversized or folded materials.

Do not include organizational brochures

or other promotional materials, slides,

films, clips, etc. in the application. They

will be discarded if included. The

applications should be two-holed

punched at the top center and fastened

separately with a compressor slide

paper fastener, such as an ACCO clip, or

a binder clip. The submission of bound

applications, or applications enclosed in

binders, is specifically discouraged.

B. Acknowledgement of Receipt

All applicants who meet the initial

screening criteria outlines in Part V,

Section C will receive an

acknowledgement notice with an

assigned identification number.

Applicants are requested to supply a

self-addressed mailing label with their

application which can be attached to

this acknowledgement postcard. This

number and the program priority area

letter code must be referred to in all

subsequent communications with OCS

concerning the application. If an

acknowledgement is not received within

three weeks after the deadline date,

please notify ACF by telephone (202)

401–9365.

Part IX: Post-Award Information and

Reporting Requirements

Following approval of the

applications selected for funding, notice

of project approval and authority to

draw down project funds will be made

in writing. The official award document

is the Financial Assistance Award

which provides the amount of Federal

funds approved for use in the project,

the project and budget periods for

which support is provided, the terms

and conditions of the award, and the

total project period for which support is

contemplated.

In addition to the General Conditions

and Special Conditions (where the latter

are warranted) which will be applicable

to grants, grantees will be subject to the

provisions of 45 CFR parts 74 (nongovernmental) and 92 (governmental).

Grantees will be required to submit

quarterly progress and financial reports

(SF 269) throughout the project period,

as well as a final progress and financial

report within 90 days of the termination

of the project. These reports will be

submitted in accordance with

instructions to be provided by OCS, and

will be the basis for any dissemination

effort conducted by the Office of

Community Services.

Grantees are subject to the audit

requirements in 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92

and OMB Circular A–133 and OMB

Circular A–128, Audits of States and

Local Governments.
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Attachment I indicates the regulations

which apply to all applicants/grantees

under the Family Support Center and

Gateway Demonstration Programs.

Dated: February 23, 1995.

Donald Sykes,

Director, Office of Community Services.

Attachment A

FY 1995 Median Family Income as

Determined by the Secretary of Housing

and Urban Development

HUD Field Offices with assisted

housing program functions are

responsible for maintaining records of

income limits established for areas

within their jurisdiction. Field Offices

are prepared to make income limits

available to the public upon request.

Requests from the public for

individual area limits, sets of national or

regional income limits may be secured

by calling 1–800–245–2691 (301–251–

5154 in the Washington, DC area).

The Office of Community Services,

Division of Community Demonstration

Programs maintains a current set of

income information. You may contact

Mr. Sheldon Shalit at 202–401–4807 if

you are not able to access the

appropriate information from the toll

free number listed above.

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Instructions for the SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants

as a required facesheet for preapplications

and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies

to obtain applicant certification that States

which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive

Order 12372 and have selected the program

to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the

applicant’s submission.

Item and entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal

agency (or State if applicable) & applicant’s

control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or

revise an existing award, enter present

Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of

primary organizational unit which will

undertake the assistance activity, complete

address of the applicant, and name and

telephone number of the person to contact on

matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number

(EIN) as assigned by the Internal Revenue

Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space

provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter

appropriate letter(s) in the space(s) provided:

—‘‘New’’ means a new assistance award.

—‘‘Continuation’’ means an extension for an

additional funding/budget period for a

project with a projected completion date.

—‘‘Revision’’ means any change in the

Federal Government’s financial obligation

or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which

assistance is being requested with this

application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number and title of the program

under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the

project. If more than one program is

involved, you should append an explanation

on a separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g.,

construction or real property projects), attach

a map showing project location. For

preapplications, use a separate sheet to

provide a summary description of this

project.

12. List only the largest political entities

affected (e.g., State, counties, cities).

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant’s Congressional

District and any District(s) affected by the

program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed

during the first funding/budget period by

each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on

appropriate lines as applicable. If the action

will result in a dollar change to an existing

award, indicate only the amount of the

change. For decreases, enclose the amounts

in parentheses. If both basic and

supplemental amounts are included, show

breakdown on an attached sheet. For

multiple program funding, use totals and

show breakdown using same categories as

item 15.

16. Applicants should contact the State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Federal

Executive Order 12372 to determine whether

the application is subject to the State

intergovernmental review process.

17. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the

authorized representative. Categories of debt

include delinquent audit disallowances,

loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized

representative of the applicant. A copy of the

governing body’s authorization for you to

sign this application as official representative

must be on file in the applicant’s office.

(Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the

application.)

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Instructions for the SF–424A

General Instructions

This form is designed so that application

can be made for funds from one or more grant

programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to

any existing Federal grantor agency

guidelines which prescribe how and whether

budgeted amounts should be separately

shown for different functions or activities

within the program. For some programs,

grantor agencies may require budgets to be

separately shown by function or activity. For

other programs, grantor agencies may require

a breakdown by function or activity. Sections

A, B, C, and D should include budget

estimates for the whole project except when

applying for assistance which requires

Federal authorization in annual or other

funding period increments. In the latter case,

Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the

budget for the first budget period (usually a

year) and Section E should present the need

for Federal assistance in the subsequent

budget periods. All applications should

contain a breakdown by the object class

categories shown in Lines a–k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary

Line 1–4, Columns (a) and (b)

For applications pertaining to a single

Federal grant program (Federal Domestic

Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring

a functional or activity breakdown, enter on

Line 1 under Column (a) the catalog program

title and the catalog number in Column (b).

For applications pertaining to a single

program requiring budget amounts by

multiple functions or activities, enter the

name of each activity or function on each

line in Column (a), and enter the catalog

number in Column (b).

For applications pertaining to multiple

programs where one or more programs

require a breakdown by function or activity,

prepare a separate sheet for each program

requiring the breakdown. Additional sheets

should be used when one form does not

provide adequate space for all breakdown of

data required. However, when more than one

sheet is used, the first page should provide

the summary totals by programs.

Lines 1–4, Columns (c) through (g.)

For new applications, leave Columns (c)

and (d) blank. For each line entry in Columns

(a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and (g)

the appropriate amounts of funds needed to

support the project for the first funding

period (usually a year).

For continuing grant program applications,

submit these forms before the end of each

funding period as required by the grantor

agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the

estimated amounts of funds which will

remain unobligated at the end of the grant

funding period only if the Federal grantor

agency instructions provide for this.

Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter

in columns (e) and (f) the amounts of funds

needed for the upcoming period. The

amount(s) in Column (g) should be the sum

of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).

For supplemental grants and changes to

existing grants, do not use Columns (c) and

(d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the

increase or decrease of Federal funds and

enter in Column (f) the amount of the

increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In

Column (g) enter the new total budgeted

amount (Federal and non-Federal) which

includes the total previous authorized

budgeted amounts plus or minus, as

appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns

(e) and (f). The amount(s) in Column (g)

should not equal the sum of amounts in

Columns (e) and (f).

Line 5—Show the totals for all columns used.

Section B Budget Categories

In the column headings (1) through (4),

enter the titles of the same programs,

functions, and activities shown on Lines 1–

4, Column (a), Section A. When additional

sheets are prepared for Section A, provide

similar column headings on each sheet. For

each program, function or activity, fill in the

total requirements for funds (both Federal

and non-Federal) by object class categories

Lines 6a–i—Show the totals of Lines 6a to

6h in each column.

Line 6j—Show the amount of indirect cost.

Line 6k—Enter the total of amounts on

Lines 6i and 6j. For all applications for new

grants and continuation grants the total

amount in column (5), Line 6k, should be the

same as the total amount shown in Section

A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental

grants and changes to grants, the total

amount of the increase or decrease as shown

in Columns (1)–(4), Line 6k should be the

same as the sum of the amounts in Section

A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.

Line 7—Enter the estimated amount of

income, if any, expected to be generated from

this project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount. Show

under the program narrative statement the

nature and source of income. The estimated

amount of program income may be

considered by the federal grantor agency in

determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal Resources

Lines 8–11—Enter amounts of non-Federal

resources that will be used on the grant. If

in-kind contributions are included, provide a

brief explanation on a separate sheet.

Column (a)—Enter the program titles

identical to Column (a), Section A. A

breakdown by function or activity is not

necessary.

Column (b)—Enter the contribution to be

made by the applicant.

Column (c)—Enter the amount of the

State’s cash and in-kind contribution if the

applicant is not a State or State agency.

Applicants which are a State or State

agencies should leave this column blank.

Column (d)—Enter the amount of cash and

in-kind contributions to be made from all

other sources.

Column (e)—Enter totals of Columns (b),

(c), and (d).

Line 12—Enter the total for each of

Columns (b)–(e). The amount in Column (e)

should be equal to the amount on Line 5,

Column (f), Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

Line 13—Enter the amount of cash needed

by quarter from the grantor agency during the

first year.

Line 14—Enter the amount of cash from all

other sources needed by quarter during the

first year.

Line 15—Enter the totals of amounts on

Lines 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds

Needed for Balance of the Project

Line 16–19—Enter in Column (a) the same

grant program titles shown in Column (a),

Section A. A breakdown by function or

activity is not necessary. For new

applications and continuation grant

applications, enter in the proper columns

amounts of Federal funds which will be

needed to complete the program or project

over the succeeding funding periods (usually

in years). This section need not be completed

for revisions (amendments, changes, or

supplements) to funds for the current year of

existing grants.

If more than four lines are needed to list

the program titles, submit additional

schedules as necessary.

Line 20—Enter the total for each of the

Columns (b)–(e). When additional schedules

are prepared for this Section, annotate

accordingly and show the overall totals on

this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

Line 21—Use this space to explain

amounts for individual direct object-class

cost categories that may appear to be out of

the ordinary or to explain the details as

required by the Federal grantor agency.

Line 22—Enter the type of indirect rate

(provisional, predetermined, final or fixed)

that will be in effect during the funding

period, the estimated amount of the base to

which the rate is applied, and the total

indirect expense.

Line 23—Provide any other explanations or

comments deemed necessary.

Attachment D

[OMB Approval No. 0348–0040]

Assurances—Non-Construction Programs

Note: Certain of these assurances may not

be applicable to your project or program. If

you have questions, please contact the

awarding agency. Further, certain Federal

awarding agencies may require applicants to

certify to additional assurances. If such is the

case, you will be notified.

As the duly authorized representative of

the applicant I certify that the applicant:

1. Has the legal authority to apply for

Federal assistance, and the institutional,

managerial and financial capability

(including funds sufficient to pay the nonFederal share of project costs) to ensure

proper planning, management and

completion of the project described in this

application.

2. Will give the awarding agency, the

Comptroller General of the United States, and

if appropriate, the State, through any

authorized representative, access to and the

right to examine all records, books, papers,

or documents related to the award; and will

establish a proper accounting system in

accordance with generally accepted

accounting standards or agency directives.

3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit

employees from using their positions for a
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purpose that constitutes or presents the

appearance of personal or organizational

conflict of interest, or personal gain.

4. Will initiate and complete the work

within the applicable time frame after receipt

of approval of the awarding agency.

5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental

Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4728–4763)

relating to prescribed standards for merit

systems for programs funded under one of

the nineteen statutes or regulations specified

in Appendix A of OPM’s Standards for a

Merit System of Personnel Administration (5

C.F.R. 900, Subpart F).

6. Will comply with all Federal statutes

relating to nondiscrimination. These include

but are not limited to: (a) Title VI of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88–352) which

prohibits discrimination on the basis of race,

color or national origin; (b) Title IX of the

Education Amendments of 1972, as amended

(20 U.S.C. 1681–1683, and 1685–1686),

which prohibits discrimination on the basis

of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794),

which prohibits discrimination on the basis

of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act

of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6101–6107),

which prohibits discrimination on the basis

of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and

Treatment Act of 1972 (P.L. 92–255), as

amended, relating to nondiscrimination on

the basis of drug abuse; (f) the

Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and

Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (P.L. 91–616), as

amended, relating to nondiscrimination on

the basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g)

523 and 527 of the Public Health Service Act

of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd-3 and 290 ee-3),

as amended, relating to confidentiality of

alcohol and drug abuse patient records; (h)

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42

U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to

nondiscrimination in the sale, rental or

financing of housing; (i) any other

nondiscrimination provisions in the specific

statute(s) under which application for

Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the

requirements of any other nondiscrimination

statute(s) which may apply to the

application.

7. Will comply, or has already complied,

with the requirements of Titles II and III of

the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real

Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970

(P.L. 91–646) which provide for fair and

equitable treatment of persons displaced or

whose property is acquired as a result of

Federal or federally assisted programs. These

requirements apply to all interests in real

property acquired for project purposes

regardless of Federal participation in

purchases.

8. Will comply with the provisions of the

Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. 1501–1508 and 7324–

7328) which limit the political activities of

employees whose principal employment

activities are funded in whole or in part with

Federal funds.

9. Will comply, as applicable, with the

provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C.

276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40 U.S.C.

276c and 18 U.S.C. 874), and the Contract

Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40

U.S.C. 327–333), regarding labor standards

for federally assisted construction

subagreements.

10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood

insurance purchase requirements of Section

102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of

1973 (P.L. 93–234) which requires recipients

in a special flood hazard area to participate

in the program and to purchase flood

insurance if the total cost of insurable

construction and acquisition is $10,000 or

more.

11. Will comply with environmental

standards which may be prescribed pursuant

to the following: (a) institution of

environmental quality control measures

under the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 (P.L. 91–190) and Executive Order

(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating

facilities pursuant to EO 11738; (c) protection

of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d)

evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in

accordance with EO 11988; (e) assurance of

project consistency with the approved State

management program developed under the

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16

U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal

actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation

Plans under Section 176(c) of the Clear Air

Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et

seq.); (g) protection of underground sources

of drinking water under the Safe Drinking

Water Act of 1974, as amended, (P.L. 93–

523); and (h) protection of endangered

species under the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended, (P.L. 93–205).

12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic

Rivers Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.)

related to protecting components or potential

components of the national wild and scenic

rivers system.

13. Will assist the awarding agency in

assuring compliance with Section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 470), EO 11593

(identification and protection of historic

properties), and the Archaeological and

Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C.

469a-1 et seq.).

14. Will comply with P.L. 93–348

regarding the protection of human subjects

involved in research, development, and

related activities supported by this award of

assistance.

15. Will comply with the Laboratory

Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (P.L. 89–544), as

amended (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to

the care, handling, and treatment of warm

blooded animals held for research, teaching,

or other activities supported by this award of

assistance.

16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint

Poisoning Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 4801 et

seq.) which prohibits the use of lead based

paint in construction or rehabilitation of

residence structures.

17. Will cause to be performed the required

financial and compliance audits in

accordance with the Single Audit Act of

1984.

18. Will comply with all applicable

requirements of all other Federal laws,

executive orders, regulations and policies

governing this program.

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Attachment F

Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters—Primary Covered Transactions

By signing and submitting this proposal,

the applicant, defined as the primary

participant in accordance with 45 CFR part

76, certifies to the best of its knowledge and

believe that it and its principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended,

proposed for debarment, declared ineligible,

or voluntarily excluded from covered

transactions by any Federal Department or

agency;

(b) have not within a 3-year period

preceding this proposal been convicted of or

had a civil judgment rendered against them

for commission of fraud or a criminal offense

in connection with obtaining, attempting to

obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State,

or local) transaction or contract under a

public transaction; violation of Federal or

State antitrust statutes or commission of

embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery,

falsification or destruction of records, making

false statements, or receiving stolen property;

(c) are not presently indicted or otherwise

criminally or civilly charged by a

governmental entity (Federal, State or local)

with commission of any of the offenses

enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of this

certification; and

(d) have not within a 3-year period

preceding this application/proposal had one

or more public transactions (Federal, State, or

local) terminated for cause or default.

The inability of a person to provide the

certification required above will not

necessarily result in denial of participation in

this covered transaction. If necessary, the

prospective participant shall submit an

explanation of why it cannot provide the

certification. The certification or explanation

will be considered in connection with the

Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS) determination whether to enter into

this transaction. However, failure of the

prospective primary participant to furnish a

certification or an explanation shall

disqualify such person from participation in

this transaction.

The prospective primary participant agrees

that by submitting this proposal, it will

include the clause entitled ‘‘Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension,

Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion—

Lower Tier Covered Transaction.’’ Provided

below without modification in all lower tier

covered transactions and in all solicitations

for lower tier covered transactions.

Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered Transactions

(To be Supplied to Lower Tire Participants)

By signing and submitting this lower tier

proposal, the prospective lower tier

participant, as defined in 45 CFR part 76,

certifies to the best of its knowledge and

belief that it and its principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended,

proposed for debarment, declared ineligible,

or voluntarily excluded from participation in

this transaction by any federal department or

agency.

(b) where the prospective lower tier

participant is unable to certify to any of the

above, such prospective participant shall

attach an explanation to this proposal.

The prospective lower tier participant

further agrees by submitting this proposal

that it will include this clause entitled

‘‘Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered

Transactions.’’ Without modification in all

lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered

transactions.

Attachment G

Executive Order 12372—State Single Points

of Contact

Arizona

Mrs. Janice Dunn, ATTN: Arizona State

Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central Avenue,

14th Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012,

Telephone (602) 280–1315

Arkansas

Tracie L. Copeland, Manager, State

Clearinghouse, Office of Intergovernmental

Services, Department of Finance and

Administration, P.O. Box 3278, Little Rock,

Arkansas 72203, Telephone (501) 682–

1074

California

Glenn Stober, Grants Coordinator, Office of

Planning and Research, 1400 Tenth Street,

Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone

(916) 323–7480

Delaware

Ms. Francine Booth, State Single Point of

Contact, Executive Department, Thomas

Collins Building, Dover, Delaware 19903,

Telephone (302) 736–3326

District of Columbia

Rodney T. Hallman, State Single Point of

Contact, Office of Grants Management and

Development, 717 14th Street, NW., Suite

500, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone

(202) 727–6551

Florida

Florida State Clearinghouse,

Intergovernmental Affairs Policy Unit,

Executive Office of the Governor, Office of

Planning and Budgeting, The Capitol,

Tallahassee, Florida 32399–0001,

Telephone (904) 488–8441

Georgia

Mr. Charles H. Badger, Administrator,

Georgia State Clearinghouse, 254

Washington Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia

30334, Telephone (404) 656–3855

Illinois

Steve Klokkenga, State Single Point of

Contact, Office of the Governor, 107

Straton Building, Springfield, Illinois

62706, Telephone (217) 782–1671

Indiana

Jean S. Blackwell, Budget Director, State

Budget Agency, 212 State House,

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, Telephone

(317) 232–5610

Iowa

Mr. Steven R. McCann, Division of

Community Progress, Iowa Department of

Economic Development, 200 East Grand

Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309,

Telephone (515) 281–3725

Kentucky

Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor,

Department of Local Government, 1024

Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky

40601, Telephone (502) 564–2382

Maine

Ms. Joyce Benson, State Planning Office,

State House Station #38, Augusta, Maine

04333, Telephone (207) 289–3261

Maryland

Ms. Mary Abrams, Chief, Maryland State

Clearinghouse, Department of State

Planning, 301 West Preston Street,

Baltimore, Maryland 21201–2365,

Telephone (301) 225–4490

Massachusetts

Karen Arone, State Clearinghouse, Executive

Office of Communities and Development,

100 Cambridge Street, Room 1803, Boston,

Massachusetts 02202, Telephone (617)

727–7001

Michigan

Richard S. Pastula, Director, Michigan

Department of Commerce, Lansing,

Michigan 48909, Telephone (517) 373–

7356

Mississippi

Ms. Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer,

Office of Federal Grant Management and

Reporting, 301 West Pearl Street, Jackson,

Mississippi 39203, Telephone (601) 960–

2174

Missouri

Ms. Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance

Clearinghouse, Office of Administration,

P.O. Box 809, Room 430, Truman Building,

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, Telephone

(314) 751–4834

Nevada

Department of Administration, State

Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex, Carson

City, Nevada 89710, Telephone (702) 687–

4065, Attention: Ron Sparks,

Clearinghouse Coordinator

New Hampshire

Mr. Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New

Hampshire Office of State Planning, Attn:

Intergovernmental Review, Process/James

E. Bieber, 21⁄2 Beacon Street, Concord, New

Hampshire 03301, Telephone (603) 271–

2155

New Jersey

Gregory W. Adkins, Acting Director, Division

of Community Resources, N.J. Department

of Community Affairs, Trenton, New Jersey

08625–0803, Telephone (609) 292–6613

Please direct correspondence and questions

to: Andrew J. Jaskolka, State Review

Process Division of Community Resources,

CN 814, Room 609, Trenton, New Jersey

08625–0803, Telephone (609) 292–9025
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New Mexico

George Elliott, Deputy Director, State Budget

Division, Room 190, Bataan Memorial

Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503,

Telephone (505) 827–3640, FAX (505) 827–

3006

New York

New York State Clearinghouse, Division of

the Budget, State Capitol, Albany, New

York 12224, Telephone (518) 474–1605

North Carolina

Mrs. Chrys Baggett, Director, Office of the

Secretary of Admin. N.C. State

Clearinghouse, 116 W. Jones Street,

Raleigh, North Carolina 27603–8003,

Telephone (919) 733–7232

North Dakota

N.D. Single Point of Contact, Office of

Intergovernmental Assistance, Office of

Management and Budget, 600 East

Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North

Dakota 58505–0170, Telephone (701) 224–

2094

Ohio

Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact,

State/Federal Funds Coordinator, State

Clearinghouse, Office of Budget and

Management, 30 East Broad Street, 34th

Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43266–0411,

Telephone (614) 466–0698

Rhode Island

Mr. Daniel W. Varin, Associate Director,

Statewide Planning Program, Department

of Administration, Division of Planning,

265 Melrose Street, Providence, Rhode

Island 02907, Telephone (401) 277–2656.

Please direct correspondence and

questions to: Review Coordinator, Office of

Strategic Planning

South Carolina

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of

Contact, Grant Services, Office of the

Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, Room

477, Columbia, South Carolina 29201,

Telephone (803) 734–0494

Tennessee

Mr. Charles Brown, State Single Point of

Contact, State Planning Office, 500

Charlotte Avenue, 309 John Sevier

Building, Nashville, Tennessee 37219,

Telephone (615) 741–1676

Texas

Mr. Thomas Adams, Governor’s Office of

Budget and Planning, P.O. Box 12428,

Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone (512) 463–

1778

Utah

Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning

and Budget, ATTN: Carolyn Wright, Room

116 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah

84114, Telephone (801) 538–1535

Vermont

Mr. Bernard D. Johnson, Assistant Director,

Office of Policy Research & Coordination,

Pavilion Office Building, 109 State Street,

Montpelier, Vermont 05602, Telephone

(802) 828–3326

West Virginia

Mr. Fred Cutlip, Director, Community

Development Division, West Virginia

Development Office, Building #6, Room

553, Charleston, West Virginia 25305,

Telephone (304) 348–4010

Wisconsin

Mr. William C. Carey, Federal/State

Relations, Wisconsin Department of

Administration, 101 South Webster Street,

P.O. Box 7864, Madison, Wisconsin 53707,

Telephone (608) 266–0267

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact,

Herschler Building, 4th Floor, East Wing,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone

(307) 777–7574

Guam

Mr. Michael J. Reidy, Director, Bureau of

Budget and Management Research, Office

of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana,

Guam 96910, Telephone (671) 472–2285

Northern Mariana Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and

Budget Office, Office of the Governor,

Saipan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands

96950

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose H. Caro, Chairman/

Director, Puerto Rico Planning Board,

Minillas Government Center, P.O. Box

41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940–9985,

Telephone (809) 727–4444

Virgin Islands

Jose L. George, Director, Office of

Management and Budget, #41 Norregade

Emancipation Garden Station, Second

Floor, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802.

Please direct correspondence to: Linda

Clarke, Telephone (809) 774–0750

Attachment H

Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans,

and Cooperative Agreements

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his

or her knowledge and belief, that:

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have

been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of

the undersigned, to any person for

influencing or attempting to influence an

officer or employee of any agency, a Member

of Congress, an officer or employee of

Congress, or an employee of a Member of

Congress in connection with the awarding of

any Federal contract, the making of any

Federal grant, the making of any Federal

loan, the entering into of any cooperative

agreement, and the extension, continuation,

renewal, amendment, or modification of any

Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative

agreement.

(2) If any funds other than Federal

appropriated funds have been paid or will be

paid to any person for influencing or

attempting to influence an officer or

employee of any agency, a Member of

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,

or an employee of a Member of Congress in

connection with this Federal contract, grant,

loan or cooperative agreement, the

undersigned shall complete and submit

Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its

instructions.

(3) The undersigned shall require that the

language of this certification be included in

the award documents for all subawards at all

tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and

contracts under grants, loans, and

cooperative agreements) and that all

subrecipients shall certify and disclose

accordingly.

This certification is a material

representation of fact upon which reliance

was placed when this transaction was made

or entered into. Submission of this

certification is a prerequisite for making or

entering into this transaction imposed by

section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person

who fails to file the required certification

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less

than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for

each such failure.

State for Loan Guarantee and Loan Insurance

The undersigned states, to the best of his

or her knowledge and belief, that:

If any funds have been paid or will be paid

to any person for influencing or attempting

to influence an officer or employee of any

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or

employee of Congress, or an employee of a

Member of Congress in connection with this

commitment providing for the United States

to insure or guarantee a loan, the

undersigned shall complete and submit

Standard Form-LLL ‘‘Disclosure Form to

Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its

instructions.

Submission of this statement is a

prerequisite for making or entering into this

transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the

required statement shall be subject to a civil

penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more

than $100,000 for each such failure.

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Attachment I—DHHS Regulations Applying

to All Applicants/Grantees Under the Family

Support Center and Gateway Demonstration

Programs

Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

Part 16—Department of Grant Appeals

Process

Part 74—Administration of Grants (nongovernmental)

Part 74—Administration of Grants (state and

local governments and Indian Tribal

affiliates):

Sections

74.62(a) Non-Federal Audits

74.173 Hospitals

74.174(b) Other Nonprofit Organizations

74.304 Final Decisions in Disputes

74.710 Real Property, Equipment and

Supplies

74.715 General Program Income

Part 75—Informal Grant Appeal Procedures

Part 76—Debarment and Suspension from

Eligibility for Financial Assistance

Subpart F—Drug Free Workplace

Requirements

Part 80—Non-Discrimination Under

Programs Receiving Federal Assistance

through the Department of Health and

Human Services Effectuation of Title VI

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Part 81—Practice and Procedures for

Hearings Under Part 80 of this Title

Part 83—Non-discrimination on the basis of

sex in the admission of individuals to

training programs

Part 84—Non-discrimination on the Basis of

Handicap in Programs

Part 91—Non-discrimination on the Basis of

Age in Health and Human Services

Programs or Activities Receiving Federal

Financial Assistance

Part 92—Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and Cooperative

Agreements to States and Local

Governments (Federal Register, March

11, 1988)

Part 93—New Restrictions on Lobbying

Part 100—Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Programs and Activities

Attachment J

Certification Regarding Maintenance of

Effort

The undersigned certifies that:

(1) activities funded under this program

announcement are in addition to, and not in

substitution for, activities previously carried

on without Federal assistance.

(2) funds or other resources currently

devoted to activities designed to meet the

needs of the poor within a community, area,

or State have not been reduced in order to

provide the required matching contributions.

When legislation for a particular block

grant permits the use of its funds as match,

the applicant must show that it has received

a real increase in its block grant allotment

and must certify that other anti-poverty

programs will not be scaled back to provide

the match required for this project.

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Attachment K

Certification Regarding Environmental

Tobacco Smoke

Public Law 103–227, Part C—

Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also known

as the Pro-Children Act of 1994 (Act),

requires that smoking not be permitted in any

portion of any indoor routinely owned or

leased or contracted for by an entity and used

routinely or regularly for provision of health,

day care, education, or library services to

children under the age of 18, if the services

are funded by Federal programs either

directly or through State or local

governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan,

or loan guarantee. The law does not apply to

children’s services provided in private

residences, facilities funded solely by

Medicare or Medicaid funds, and portions of

facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol

treatment. Failure to comply with the

provisions of the law may result in the

imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up

to $1,000 per day and/or the imposition of an

administrative compliance order on the

responsible entity.

By signing and submitting this application

the applicant/grantee certifies that it will

comply with the requirements of the Act. The

applicant/grantee further agrees that it will

require the language of this certification be

included in any subawards which contain

provisions for the children’s services and that

all subgrantees shall certify accordingly.

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