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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program announcement no. 95–06)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

Request for Applications Under the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

Toxic Substances Control Act and the

Office of Community Services’ Fiscal

Year 1995 Job Opportunities for LowIncome Individuals Program

(Demonstration Projects) and the

Discretionary Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of Community Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, (ACF), DHHS; Office of

Prevention Pesticides, and Toxic

Substances Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

funds and request for applications

under the Environmental Protection

Agency’s Toxic Substances Control Act

and the Office of Community Services’

FY 1995 Job Opportunities for LowIncome Individuals Program and the

Urban and Rural Community Economic

Development Discretionary Grants

Program.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS),

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF), Office of Community

Services (OCS) and the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) are

announcing, with this Notice, the

availability of FY 1995 grant funds for

a pilot program to develop joint projects

between public agencies and non-profit

organizations to form partnerships in

the demonstration of innovative

community-based ventures and to

reduce the disproportionate exposure of

disadvantaged communities to lead

poisoning in their environment and to

provide job and career opportunities to

low-income residents of these

communities. These funds are being

provided as a result of the planning

work of a Federal Project Task Force,

consisting of officials of the Department

of Health and Human Services,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, and Department of Labor,

convened to explore opportunities for

joint lead poisoning prevention and

environmental justice programming.

EPA and ACF/OCS expect the grantees

to use these funds and other available

resources to plan and coordinate a range

of training, business enterprise

development, education, and hazard

abatement activities so as to reduce

significantly the deleterious health

effects of lead poisoning in their lowincome urban and rural communities

and to create new career and economic

development opportunities for lowincome residents of those communities.

In order to underwrite these

initiatives, the funding agencies intend

to fund up to three (3) projects totaling

approximately $3.0 million. Each

project will receive two grants totaling

up to $1 million. Up to $500,000 will be

provided to the project by each of the

two Federal agencies. EPA will award a

grant of up to $500,000 to each of three

(3) urban and/or rural public agency

partners for training and education; OCS

will award a grant of up to $500,000 to

each of three (3) private non-profit

agency partners for job creation and

career development for low-income

residents. The grants will be awarded by

ACF/OCS under the authorities of the

Family Support and Community

Services Block Grant Acts and by EPA

under the authority of the Toxic

Substances Control Act.

CLOSING DATES: The closing date for

submission of applications is May 30,

1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Re:

Lead Training and Education elements

of the application:

James Boles, Chemical Management

Division, Program Development

Branch (7404), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447 (202)

260–3969

Contacts at Regional EPA Offices are

listed under Part VIII, A, of this notice.

Re: Enterprise Development, Job

Creation, and Lead Abatement elements

of the application:

Richard M. Saul, Director, Community

Demonstration Programs Division,

Office of Community Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447 (202)

401–9233

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.

Table of Contents

Part I—Background

Part II—Purpose

Part III—Legislative Authorities and Funding

Part IV—Eligible Applicants

A. Public Agencies—EPA

B. Non-Profit Organizations-ACF/OCS

Part V—Eligible Activities

A. Public Agencies—EPA

B. Non-Profit Organizations—ACF/OCS

Part VI—Project Planning/Application

Requirements

A. Project Planning

1. Project Organization

2. Project Design

B. Application Requirements

1. Project Periods and Budget Periods

2. Cooperative Partnership Agreements

3. Program Participants/Beneficiaries

4. Prohibition and Restrictions on the Use

of Funds

5. Third-Party Project Evaluation

6. Economic Development Strategy

7. Maintenance of Effort

Part VII—Criteria for Review and Evaluation

of Applications

A. Environmental Protection Agency

Criteria

B. Administration for Children and

Families/Office of Community Services

Criteria

Part VIII—Application Procedures and

Instructions

A. Application Kit for EPA Federal

Assistance to States /EPA Regional Lead

Contacts

B. Application Procedures for ACF/OCS

Funding to Private Non-Profit Partners

1. Availability of Forms

2. Application Submission

3. Intergovernmental Review—ACF/OCS

4. Criteria for Screening Applicants

5. Contents of Application

6. Acknowledgement of Receipt

C. Instructions for Completing ACF/OCS

Application Package

Part IX—Post Award Information and

Reporting Requirements

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I—Background

Lead poisoning is one of the worst

environmental threats to children in the

United States. Lead absorbed into the

blood from such sources as gasoline

additives, house paint, drinking water,

and consumer products can and does

have extremely damaging health

consequences on children. As more and

more has been learned about the adverse

effects of lead poisoning, the Centers for

Disease Control and Poisoning

Prevention (CDC) have lowered the

acceptable blood lead level three times

in the past 20 years.

Fortunately, lead poisoning is entirely

preventable. As public officials have

come to realize this, they have begun to

address the problem of exposure to lead

at its several sources. Leaded gasoline

was, for many years, one of the major

sources of lead absorbed into the blood,

but government-mandated changes in

gasoline composition have greatly

reduced the amount of airborne lead.

Initiatives such as this have already

resulted in reduced blood lead levels.

The major remaining source of lead in

the environment is house paint,
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especially types that were commonly

used prior to 1978. Huge amounts of

this peeling lead-based paint and paint

dust exist in older homes throughout

the country, especially among those

inhabited by people without the

financial means or ownership incentive

to maintain and repair them adequately.

Several studies show strong correlations

between lead levels in the blood of

inner city residents and the large

numbers of dilapidated older houses

and apartments in which lower income

people frequently are concentrated. As

an unhappy consequence, the very

people who probably can least afford

the impacts of lead poisoning—lower

income children and families

concentrated in poorer urban

neighborhoods and rural communities—

are the ones most at risk from this

threat.

Several Federal agencies have

undertaken important initiatives to

attack the problem of household

exposure to lead and lead poisoning in

poor, urban communities. The

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) has authorized and

funded several programs under Title X

of the Residential Lead-Based Paint

Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 designed

to stimulate lead abatement activities in

both public housing and privatelyowned housing for lower income

individuals and families. EPA has

worked to ensure that its public

educational efforts are effective in

reaching these audiences and is

searching for low cost methods of

reducing risk. CDC has funded

screening programs to measure lead

levels in blood in both urban and rural

communities which are judged to be at

particularly high risk of lead exposure.

ACF/OCS has supported, and

participated in, a California publicprivate partnership to develop and

implement a model for combining lead

abatement with community-based

weatherization programs.

While these early lead abatement

activities generally have attacked the

problem of environmental lead from a

public health perspective, a number of

public officials with responsibilities for

community and economic development

have noted that such initiatives have the

potential to create work and business

opportunities for adults living in the

very communities most severely

afflicted with the problem. These

officials have reasoned that individuals

with practical knowledge of

neighborhood conditions, a willingness

to undergo necessary training, and a

desire for gainful employment in

community-based ventures have much

to offer to those planning lead and other

hazard abatement initiatives. They have

also come to believe that communitybased ventures involving such

individuals may possess important

advantages in assessing environmental

hazards, building support for abatement

services, and developing community

capabilities over larger businesses based

outside the impacted neighborhoods.

As a consequence, providing a

significant amount of funding to the

economies of these neighborhoods has

come to be seen as both a catalyst for the

creation of, and a resource for the initial

support of, a group of viable new

community-based non-profit agencies

and contracting businesses able to

capitalize on hazard assessment, lead

abatement, and post-abatement

renovation work to create new laborintensive jobs and build employment

skills in their work force. These officials

of Federal, state, tribal, and local

governments have found strong interest,

furthermore, on the part of community

leadership in lead abatement-type

initiatives and have engaged during

recent months in considerable

discussion and planning of collaborative

enterprises such as the one envisioned

with this announcement. As a result, the

agencies funding this initiative have

come to share a vision of numerous

community-based partnerships

throughout the country working

together to educate, involve, and

empower lower income communities to

make their own neighborhoods free

from lead poisoning and safe and

healthy for their children.

Part II—Purpose

The purpose of the grants to be

funded under this announcement is to

demonstrate the potential advantages

that partnerships between communitybased enterprises and state, local, or

tribal governments have for making

beneficial impacts, through lead

abatement activities, on both the

physical health and economic vitality of

the low-income neighborhoods and

citizens that they serve.

Officials of both ACF/OCS and EPA

expect the partners in the project to

work together to organize resources and

develop coordinated programs that are

effective in removing lead-based paint

from their neighborhoods, thereby

improving residents’ health, while

developing new and/or expanded

locally based housing contractor

enterprises with the capacity for job

creation, career development and

growth. Successful applicants will

utilize the funds and visibility of this

initiative to create new public/private

partnerships, strengthen skills and

knowledge of community residents,

create job opportunities and new

business ventures, and impart fresh

momentum to local efforts towards

community revitalization.

Part III—Legislative Authorities and

Funding Sources

In order to accomplish these distinct

but complementary goals, the funded

public agency/non-profit partners must

effectively integrate disparate elements

into a single cohesive project. The

applicants’ projects must blend training

support funding and program guidelines

from the EPA with capacity-building

funding and program guidelines from

ACF/OCS in order to launch and

implement their projects.

Legislative Authorities

EPA is authorized by the Toxic

Substances Control Act to make grants

to States, Federally recognized Native

American tribal governments, and local

governmental bodies to support

research, development and training

activities capable of developing local

capacity to successfully prevent lead

poisoning.

ACF/OCS authority for this joint

initiative is contained in two legislative

enactments—the Job Opportunities for

Low-Income Individuals Program

authorized under Section 505 of the

Family Support Act of 1988, as

amended, and the Office of Community

Services’ Discretionary Grants Program

under section 681(a)(1) of the

Community Services Block Grant Act of

1981, as amended.

Funding

EPA’s funding support is for

community education and technical

hazard abatement training provided

through local public health agencies.

ACF/OCS funding support is for the

organization and/or expansion of

community-based abatement enterprises

and the resulting creation of new jobs

with career potential for low-income

employees in these enterprises or the

development of their own businesses

provided through local private nonprofit organizations.

Each funded project will receive two

grants totalling up to $1 Million, up to

$500,000 from each agency. EPA will

award a grant of up to $500,000 to a

public agency partner for training and

education; OCS will award a grant of up

to $500,000 to a private non-profit

agency partner for job creation and

career development.

EPA requires, furthermore, that

applicants provide either evidence of a

local contribution of 5% of the value of

the EPA grant from State, Foundation or

other Federal sources such as
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Community Development Block Grant

monies, in-kind services, or local cash

or a written justification of its inability

to raise such a match. ACF/OCS does

not require a match for its grants but

does encourage the applicant to review

and describe ways by which it would

plan to mobilize additional public and

private resources to further the purposes

of this announcement if it were to

receive a grant. The funded communitybased environmental lead abatement

ventures are expected to add partners

and obtain resources from other sources

with complementary interests, when

practical.

Part IV—Eligible Applicants

Because of the dual authorities

involved with this program

announcement, eligible applicants for

the grants will consist of local

partnerships, of which each member

must meet the eligibility criteria of the

relevant funding agency:

A. Public Agencies—EPA

Eligible applicants for purposes of the

EPA funding under this notice include

any State (including the District of

Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any

territory or possession of the United

States), Federally recognized Native

American Tribal government, or local

government that has an active, healthbased lead program. For the purposes of

this notice, an active, health-based lead

program is defined as health or

environmental officials collecting and

analyzing environmental lead data with

the assistance of local health care

providers.

Private universities, private non-profit

entities, private businesses, and

individuals are not eligible for EPA

funds. For convenience, the term

‘‘State’’ in this notice refers to all EPA

eligible applicants.

B. Non-Profit Organizations—ACF/OCS

Organizations eligible to apply for

funding under this program are any

non-profit organizations including

community development corporations

that are exempt from taxation under

Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 by reason of paragraph (3)

or (4) of Section 501(c) of such code and

private non-profit community

development corporations governed by

a board consisting of residents of the

community and business and civic

leaders which has as a principal

purpose planning, developing, or

managing low-income housing or

community development projects. At

least one OCS grant under this

Announcement will be made to a nonprofit partner which is a private, nonprofit community development

corporation as defined above.

Applicants must provide documentation

of their tax exempt status. The applicant

can accomplish this by providing a copy

of the applicant’s currently valid IRS tax

exemption certificate. Failure to provide

evidence of non-profit status will result

in rejection of the application.

Public entities and private non-profit

organizations in urban and rural

communities are eligible for funding

under this environmental justice

initiative. For purposes of this

announcement, applicants will be

considered urban if the target area is

within a Metropolitan Statistical Area.

All other applicants will be considered

as rural. Applicants must provide data

adequate for the reviewers to determine

whether the project would be urban or

rural.

Part V—Eligible Activities

In order to accomplish both the health

and economic development goals of this

initiative, grantees will be authorized

and encouraged to undertake a wide

range of complementary programmatic

activities. Both ACF/OCS and EPA

officials envision a range of

organizational partnership models that

could be suitable for the programs

initiated with this announcement. Each

will have in common the eligibility of

individual partners for the EPA and

ACF/OCS enabling grants and a

demonstrated commitment to

successfully achieving the purpose of

the program. Initial activity is likely to

be concentrated on the organization of

the project partnership and the

development, in consultation with the

targeted community, of a project

implementation plan.

As noted below, grants from EPA to

the public partners for community

education and worker training will be of

two years duration, permitting the

training and certification of several

cycles of abatement workers. The ACF/

OCS grants to the non-profit partners for

job creation and support activities will

be for an initial operational period of

three years, to permit the continued

provision of support services beyond

the training period of the EPA grant, to

assist low-income workers to strengthen

their underlying job skills and advance

their career development.

Public Agencies—EPA activities

include:

—Assessing and prioritizing the nature

and extent of the target community’s

environmental lead problems;

—Planning and conducting a hands-on

lead-based paint abatement training

program for community residents who

wish to be employed in abatement

project activity;

—Conducting (using community

residents) a tailored lead poisoning

education campaign for the targeted

community;

—Outreach to other public and private

parties with interests in hazard

removal, housing rehabilitation, and

community revitalization and

leveraging resources that may

complement those provided by EPA

and ACF/OCS;

—Monitoring abatement contractor

performance in reducing the amount

of lead-based paint in the target area,

protecting the safety of abatement

workers and area residents, and

tracking project impacts in terms of

job creation and health improvement.

B. Non-Profit Organizations—ACF/

OCS activities include:

—Jobs and/or business/self employment

opportunities created under this

program that will contribute to the

goal of self-sufficiency. The

employment opportunities should

provide hourly wages that exceed the

minimum wage and also provide

benefits such as health insurance,

transportation, child care, and career

development opportunities;

—Projects that create new jobs and/or

business opportunities for eligible

program participants. Projects funded

under this program must demonstrate

how the proposed project will

enhance the participants’ ability and

skills in their progress toward selfsufficiency;

—The creation of a significant number

of new full-time permanent jobs

through the expansion of a preidentified business or new business

development or by providing

opportunities for self-employment to

eligible participants. While projected

employment in future years may be

included in the application, it is

essential that the focus of

employment opportunities

concentrate on new full-time,

permanent jobs to be created during

the duration of the grant project

period and/or on the creation of new

business development opportunities

for low-income individuals;

—Providing assistance to prospective

community-based abatement

contractors in preparing project plans

and—if necessary—working capital/

financing proposals to support project

activity; and

—Launching and overseeing a

coordinated program to abate the

community’s lead hazards, utilizing

the community-based resources

identified and developed during the

initial phases of the project.
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In keeping with the Federal

Government’s environmental justice

strategies, grantees are encouraged to

undertake a variety of activities that

have proven helpful to the development

and strengthening of community-based

hazard abatement and contracting firms.

In particular, grantees should be

prepared to initiate the technical

training, help with the certification,

business training, and assist with

obtaining the bonding and insurance

coverage that participating contractors

are likely to need to participate fully in

the economic activity stimulated by

these grants.

Part VI—Project Planning/Application

Requirements

A. Project Planning

Successful applications for grants

under this announcement shall describe

the nature of the public agency and

community-based non-profit

partnerships. The individual private,

non-profit partners should have had

successful experience in job creation for

low-income individuals and enterprise

development, and project planning and

management. While each of the partners

will address its portion of the single

joint application to the agency funding

the project activities that it will

undertake, the single combined

application should clearly demonstrate

how the members of the partnership

will work together in the beginning

stages of the project, and with selected

abatement contractors or with

individuals who wish to create new

abatement businesses to accomplish key

project milestones and impacts in a

targeted community over the life of the

project. The partners will show how the

funds to be received—including funding

resources other than those provided by

ACF/OCS and EPA—will be

coordinated and used (1) to establish a

joint project management capacity, (2)

to contract with training and abatement

specialists, (3) to conduct planned

project activities, and (4) to direct and

oversee project activity to a successful

conclusion. While each partner will

concentrate on explaining the elements

of the project design and plan for which

it is primarily responsible, it will also

show how its investments in health

education, abatement training,

community-based business

development/self-employment, and/or

project-related jobs will be integrated

into continuing efforts to improve the

health and economic vitality of the

targeted community.

1. Project Organization

ACF/OCS and EPA officials prescribe

no particular model for the organization

of a project partnership or for the design

of its program. While the grant

recipients must be qualifying public

agencies or locally based non-profit

entities, the abatement ventures

themselves can take a variety of

organizational forms, including but not

limited to community-based non-profit

ventures, for-profit contractors,

subsidiaries of community development

corporations, and worker-owned

cooperatives. Irrespective of

organizational form, applications will be

assessed primarily in terms of the

amount of lead abatement and

enterprise development/job creation

impact that the partners project and the

likelihood that these desirable outcomes

will be realized.

2. Project Design

Because of the sponsoring agencies’

emphasis on innovative proposals with

significant potential value to both target

communities and the community health

and revitalization fields, applicants are

advised to explain their project design

and accompanying plans so that the

logic of their project is clear.

The purpose of this initiative is to

demonstrate the capacity of communitybased public/private partnerships for

reducing the hazard of environmental

lead while providing new jobs and

income opportunities for community

residents. Several of the most important

outcomes associated with this purpose

include—in addition to a significant

verifiable reduction in the number of

dwellings/buildings with lead-based

paint in the target community—

established/strengthened community

contractor businesses with the potential

for viability, financial and management

resources redirected into this lead

hazard abatement field, and community

residents knowledgeable about the

techniques of lead abatement.

It is important to note, that the

outcomes and impacts of the

environmental justice project depend

upon effective joint planning and

coordination among the members of the

project partnership. As a consequence,

project task planning by individual

project partners must take place within

the framework of the overall project

design.

While applicants may choose to use

other project design models to represent

the way that their project will work,

they should ensure that the proposal

makes it clear the way in which project

management and contractors will use

resources to produce results internal to

the project which will, in turn, lead to

beneficial impacts in the targeted

community.

B. Application Requirements

1. Project Periods and Budget Periods

This Environmental Justice Initiative

is for a period of up to six years. The

EPA grant will support community

education and worker training for the

first two years of the project; the ACF/

OCS grant will support job creation and

worker support services which will last

one year beyond the training, with the

possibility of continued tracking and

support for a final three years as noted

below.

EPA: The Environmental Protection

Agency will approve FY 1995 grants for

a project period of two (2) years and a

budget period of two (2) years.

ACF/OCS will approve FY 1995

grants for a project period of six (6)

years and an initial budget period of 36-

months, or three (3) years. The initial

36-month budget period will be

considered the Operational Phase of the

project, during which the Work Plan

described in this announcement is to be

carried out. The second 36 months, or

three years, of the Project Period is to be

considered a period of tracking workers

in the newly created jobs, of providing

them, as needed, with modest support

and assistance, and of continuing

Project evaluation. Applications for

continuation grants funded under these

awards beyond the 36 month budget

period will be entertained in subsequent

years on a non-competitive basis, in a

modest amount commensurate with the

reduced level of effort, and subject to

the availability of funds, satisfactory

progress of the grantee, and

determination that this would be in the

best interest of the government.

2. Cooperative Partnership Agreements

Applicants should document their

commitment through a Cooperative

Partnership Agreement to work together

to successfully achieve the purposes of

this announcement. The agreement

should be signed by the responsible

executive officer of each partner and

should include, as a minimum, a

written description including

organization charts and other graphical

displays as appropriate of the roles and

responsibilities of the officials in the

partnering agencies who are responsible

for the administration/management of

the project.

ACF/OCS—Cooperative Partnership

Agreement with State IV–A Agency

(JOBS Program).

A signed written agreement, or letter

of commitment to sign such an
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agreement within six months of a grant

award, between the ACF/OCS applicant

and the local State IV–A agency (JOBS

Program) must be submitted with the

application in order to be reviewed and

evaluated competitively. The

agreement/letter must describe the

cooperative relationship and include

specific activities and/or responsibilities

that each of the entities proposes to

carry out over the course of the project

period in support of the project. (See

Attachment J for for a list of the State

JOBS agencies)

3. Program Participants/Beneficiaries

Projects proposed for funding under

ACF/OCS must result in direct benefits

to low-income people. Low-income

people are those individuals eligible to

receive AFDC under Part A of Title IV

of the Social Security Act, or

individuals whose income does not

exceed 100% of the poverty line as

defined in the most recent Annual

Revisions of Poverty Income Guidelines

published by DHHS.

Attachment A to this announcement

is an excerpt from the 1995 Poverty

Guidelines now in effect. Annual

revisions of these guidelines are

normally published in the Federal

Register in February or early March of

each year. Grantees will be required to

apply the most recent guidelines

throughout the project period. These

revised guidelines also may be obtained

at public libraries, Congressional offices,

or by writing the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The

revised guidelines are also accessible on

the OCS Electronic Bulletin Board for

downloading through your computer

modem by calling 1–800–627–8886.

4. Prohibition and Restrictions on the

Use of Funds

The use of funds for new construction

or the purchase of real property is

prohibited. Costs incurred for

rearrangement and alteration of facilities

required specifically for the grant

program are allowable when specifically

approved by ACF/OCS in writing.

If the applicant is proposing a project

which will affect a property listed in, or

eligible for inclusion in the National

Register of Historic Places, it must

identify this property in the narrative

and explain how it has complied with

the provisions of section 106 of the

National Historic Preservation Act of

1966 as amended. If there is any

question as to whether the property is

listed in or eligible for inclusion in the

National Register of Historic Places, the

applicant should consult with the State

Historic Preservation Officer. (See

Attachment B: SF–424B, Item 13 for

additional guidelines.) The applicant

should contact OCS early in the

development of its application for

instructions regarding compliance with

the Act and data required to be

submitted to the Department of Health

and Human Services. Failure to comply

with the cited Act will result in the

application being ineligible for funding

consideration.

5. Third-Party Project Evaluation

The sponsoring agencies (EPA and

ACF/OCS) require that a plan for a

methodologically sound independent

evaluation of the project be included in

the application. The evaluative activity

to be undertaken should deal, at a

minimum, with the performance of the

grantees’ management in implementing

the project and other resources to

produce planned outputs, an assessment

of the activities carried out in creating

new jobs and business opportunities,

and with the effectiveness of the project

design in realizing the outcomes and

impacts sought. The evaluation plan

should clearly reflect the project period,

incorporating relatively early

assessments of project activity and

production, intermediate assessments of

the efficiency and effectiveness of

abatement activity, and later

assessments of changes in blood lead

levels and community-based enterprise

vitality/viability.

Applicants should consult with an

independent third-party entity with

credible program evaluation experience

to help develop the evaluation design

and to help prepare the evaluation

section of their applications. Applicants

should ensure, however, that the

evaluation methodology presented is

consistent with the logic of the project

design. The evaluation methodology

should include, but not be limited to,

the key measures of performance and

accomplishment set out elsewhere in

the application. Project managers and

evaluators should address the issues

relating to project data collection and

management, since most process and

outcome measures will be used for both

project management and the evaluation

plan. Finally, applicants should express

a firm commitment to support their

third-party evaluators with project data,

with management’s interpretation of

that data as needed, and with

management and contractor time to

participate in evaluative activities. The

evaluators should include, in their final

report, a characterization of the

organizational and strategy model

represented by the grantee team and of

the replicability of these models in

similar settings elsewhere.

6. Economic Development Strategy

In accordance with the legislative

reference cited in Part II, Section A,

applicants must include in their

proposal an explanation of how the

proposed project is integrated with and

supports a larger economic development

strategy within the target community.

Where appropriate, applicants should

document how they were involved in

the preparation and planned

implementation of a comprehensive

community-based strategic plan to

achieve both economic and human

development in an integrated manner.

7. Maintenance of Effort

The application must include an

assurance that activities funded under

this program announcement are in

addition to, and not in substitution for,

activities previously carried on without

Federal assistance.

Part VII—Criteria for Review and

Evaluation of Applications

EPA and ACF/OCS will jointly review

applications submitted for each of the

combined projects proposed, with each

agency’s staff reviewing the portions of

the joint application bearing on the

suitability of the project partner to

which it would provide grant funds.

Grants will only be made, however, to

project partnerships, each member of

which fully meets the selection criteria

employed by the agency providing its

grant funding.

The criteria to be used by the funding

agencies to review and score

applications are set forth below. The

competitive review of proposals will be

based on the degree to which: (1) each

part of the application incorporates each

of the review criterion and sub-criterion;

(2) the applicants describe convincingly

a project to reach the stated purpose of

the grants; and (3) the applicants will

test and evaluate such approaches so as

to make possible replication of a

successful project.

A. Environmental Protection Agency

Criteria

Criterion I: Analysis of Need

(Maximum: 10 Points)

Applicants should demonstrate, in

this section, their understanding of the

extent and nature of both the

environmental hazard problem and the

underemployment and

underdevelopment problems in the

neighborhoods to be served.

The State partner should primarily

address the need for lead abatement

activity from a demographic

perspective—data about the size, age

structure, ethnicity, and income
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characteristics of the population in the

target area should be assembled, using

maps, along with such information

about the community’s health as is

available.

Criterion II: Partnering Organizations’

Capability for Project (Maximum: 10

Points)

EPA is interested in assessing the

capabilities that the members of the

grantee project team bring to this

initiative. EPA will ascertain whether

the State has demonstrated, through

prior experience with large, complex

environmental and/or public health

projects in disadvantaged communities,

that it has the institutional capacity and

staff knowledge to achieve project goals

within the specified time frame. EPA

will also review the qualifications and

experience of the proposed project

director or manager, looking for

evidence of successful experience

managing interdisciplinary projects

involving public health, housing

rehabilitation, and/or environmental

management in actual neighborhood

settings.

Criterion III: Project Design and

Implementation plans (Maximum: 40

Points)

(a) Project Design and Strategy

(Maximum: 10 Points)

The applicant should state clearly

how its project will work to create the

proposed community outcomes and

impacts sought from this initiative. The

applicant should identify the capacity—

and condition-type outcomes that they

have established as their goals for the

project and should explain their joint

approach, or strategy, for realizing these

outcomes. The State partner should

identify the task elements of the project

for which it will be responsible,

associating them with specific outputs

(deliverables, events, materials, and

other produced results) important to

achieving project goals. Jointly

conducted activity and associated

outputs should be identified and the

approach selected for task

accomplishment explained. In addition

to introducing the intended results of

the project and their relationship to one

another, applicants should stipulate the

key assumptions (factors outside

management’s control/influence) upon

which the project strategy is based.

Applicants should also identify and

define the primary measures of

performance and accomplishment that

they will use for project monitoring and

management.

Workplan should also describe the

nature of the training and abatement

activity that will take place during

project implementation. That

description must use the following job

titles and responsibilities:

Inspector Technicians: Responsible

for conducting inspection of target

housing for lead-based paint;

completing an inspection report; taking

post-abatement soil and dust clearance

samples.

Inspector/Risk Assessor: Responsible

for same as Inspector Technicians and

conducting a risk assessment in target

housing; completing a risk assessment

report; interpreting the results of

inspections and assessments;

identifying hazard control strategies;

conducting post-abatement clearance

sampling and evaluating results.

Workers: Responsible for conducting

abatement activities in accordance with

procedures and requirements of the preabatement plan.

Supervisors: Responsible for ensuring

that abatement activities are conducted

in accordance with regulatory

requirements; maintaining accessibility

at all time during the performance of

abatement activities; ensuring

completion of abatement activities in

accordance to regulations.

Planners/Project Designers:

Responsible for designing abatement

projects; preparing a written preabatement plan for abatement projects.

Please refer to your State certification

standards (or contact EPA) for further

information.

This section need not be long in order

to be effective. Several paragraphs of the

sort suggested above, combined with

suitable graphic display(s) where

appropriate, should be sufficient to

convey the logic of the proposed project.

(b) Project Partnerships and Cooperative

Arrangements (Maximum: 5 Points)

A broad range of community networks

and commitments, in addition to the

applicants, will be required to

accomplish the purposes of this

initiative. Applicants should show proof

they have established these working

relationships, as evidenced by letters of

understanding or other written

commitments signed by responsible

officials, with such additional partners

as:

—Public and private agencies engaged

in environmental health screening,

testing, and education;

—Community development

corporations, community action

agencies, or other community-based

non-profits with both a credible

presence in, and leadership from, the

targeted community;

—Technical resources for such tasks as

abatement training, blood screening,

environmental risk assessment, blood

and lead data quality assurance, and

large-scale survey design;

—Officials of such public agencies as

the Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Department of Labor,

and the Small Business

Administration and/or private

corporations involved in property

development and management who

are willing to collaborate with and

support the project in ways

appropriate to their skills and

resources.

Applicants should show, in their

proposal, that they have thought out the

roles and responsibilities of the partners

selected and have effectively integrated

them into the project organization and

management team.

(c) Project Organization and

Management (Maximum: 10 Points)

While the prior experience of the

organizational partners is important to

project success, the soundness of project

organization and the capabilities of

project management are frequently

crucial. Applicants should identify the

key leaders of the team and introduce

and describe the director/manager or comanagers who will be responsible for

day-to-day supervision of project

resources. Applications should include

resumes/CVs where appropriate, though

applicants should note that relevant and

successful experience may be more

important than education and position

titles in describing the capabilities of at

least some of the project managers. They

should further specify the relationship

of the project manager(s) to the public

officials and private executives who

lead the partnering agencies. The

applications should specify the levels of

effort (percentage of time) that the

project manager and other key officials

will devote to the project. These levelof-effort factors should be correlated to

the project expense budget,

documenting this important resourcesresult relationship. Finally, the

application should describe the roles

and responsibilities of other key project

personnel and show their places in the

project organization.

(d) Project Implementation Plans

(Maximum: 15 Points)

With their relevant experience

explained and the design, organization,

and management of the project

described, the applicant team should

outline its plans for completing the key

tasks and reaching important project

milestones successfully. These

workplans should primarily show how,

and according to what schedule, the

project managers from each of the
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project partners expect to use funding

and engage key resources to conduct the

activity that leads to important project

outputs for each of the major project

elements.

Some of the more important project

elements or tasks for which

implementation plans should be

presented, either separately or in

combination, include:

—Conducting an assessment of

environmental lead hazards in the

target community and a subsequent

prioritization of lead hazards;

—Educating residents of the target

community about lead hazards and

protection from lead poisoning and

involving them in the abatement

project.

Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial

Impact (Maximum: 30 Points)

(a) Potential for Desirable (Significant

and Beneficial) Impact (Maximum: 15

Points)

EPA will review the application with

an eye for the value that is likely to

result from the grant. This value, or

return on the Federal grant investment,

primarily will be a function of:

—The amount of public health impact

that is expected to result from the

abatement activity in the target

community and the likelihood, given

the capability of the grantee project

team and the soundness of their

design and plans, that this impact will

be realized;

—The amount of additional

environment enhancing activity that

is expected to be stimulated by

project-related investment (Federal

grants and other leveraged resources)

and the likelihood, given the

capability of the grantee project team

and the soundness of their design and

plans, that this impact will be

realized;

—The informational and educational

value to the public health that is

likely to result from the project’s

implementation, given the

innovativeness and soundness of the

project design and the capability of

the grantees.

Applicants need not (but may)

prepare a separate section in their

application to demonstrate the potential

for desirable impact of their project, as

long as these elements of value are

persuasively built in to their project

design and plans.

(b) Commitment to Lead (Hazard)

Abatement Mission (Maximum: 5

Points)

With these grants, EPA seeks to

stimulate a growing commitment to lead

hazard abatement activity and the

environmental justice mission

throughout the public health and

development communities. The public

agency partner should seek to show the

strength and level of their commitment

to continuing work in this field,

providing evidence of their relevant past

work and describing their strategies for

using this initiative as a vehicle for

engaging in additional hazard abatement

work to improve public health and

stimulate economic activity and

empowerment in low-income

communities.

(c) Project Evaluation Plan (Maximum:

10 Points)

Applicants should present, with their

application, a project evaluation plan.

The third-party evaluator selected for

participation in the project should

actively assist in the development of

this plan but should not produce it

independently of project management.

Applicants should ensure that the

plan submitted with their application

covers both process and impact

assessments of the project and is fully

compatible with the project described

elsewhere in the application. The types

of results—produced (outputs),

outcome, and impact—most important

to the project team should be identified

and defined with measures appropriate

to the results. The plan should further

identify the cause-effect relationships of

most interest to the project team and

how they will be studied during the

evaluative process. Finally, the

evaluation process and schedule should

be described, with key phases,

milestones, and reports identified.

Criterion V: Budget Presentation and

Justification (Maximum: 10 Points)

The applicant should summarize all

of the financial resources—both Federal

and other on-budget resources—that

they expect to be able to use to carry out

their project. This information should

be presented in the budget forms

required by EPA and should also be

summarized and related to the project

staff, contract, and material assets that

will be used to conduct project activity.

Applicants are encouraged to leverage

other Federal and non-Federal resources

for the project in addition to the 5%

match EPA requires. The applicant

should explain their project budget in

the narrative of their application,

seeking to parallel the description of

their implementation plans with their

analysis of the resources that they will

use to fund them.

B. Administration for Children and

Families/Office of Community Services

Criteria

Criterion I: Analysis of Need

(Maximum: 10 Points)

Applicants should include a brief

description of the geographic area and

population to be served, indicating what

the unemployment rates are and (to the

extent practicable) the jobs available

and skills necessary to fill those

vacancies in such areas, and how the

proposed businesses and subsequent

jobs will impact on the nature and

extent of the problem. Applicants

should also include (with an

identification of the source of the

information) the number and percentage

of individuals receiving AFDC, the

number of low-income individuals and

the total number of individuals which

make up the population in the area

where the project will operate.

Applicants must include an analysis

of the identified personal barriers to

employment and greater self-sufficiency

faced by the population to be targeted

by the project. (These might include

such problems as illiteracy, substance

abuse, family violence, lack of skills

training, health or medical problems,

need for childcare, or poor self-image.)

Application also includes an analysis of

the identified community systemic

barriers which the project will seek to

overcome. These might include lack of

jobs; lack of transportation; lack of

suitable clothing or equipment; lack of

markets; unavailability of financing,

insurance or bonding; inadequate

municipal services (water, sewage

treatment, street lighting, trash

collection, electricity, traffic control);

high incidence of crime; inadequate

health care; or environmental hazards

like toxic dumpsites or leaking

underground tanks.) If the jobs to be

created by the proposed project are

themselves designed to fill one or more

of the needs so identified, this fact

should be included in the discussion.

Criterion II: Partnering Organizations’

Capability for Project (Maximum: 10

Points)

ACF/OCS will assess the capabilities

that the non-profit member of the

partnership has in managing abatementtype and/or housing rehabilitation or

weatherization projects in low-income

disadvantaged communities and in

building the capacity of small

community-based enterprises to

participate in such projects. Applicants

should document such experience,

citing references as appropriate, and

relate it to the purposes of this

initiative. They should relate their
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experience, in particular, to the eligible

activities identified above and to other

key tasks identified in their project

strategy.

Criterion III: Project Design and

Implementation Plans (Maximum: 40

Points)

(a) Project Design and Strategy

(Maximum: 10 Points)

The work plan and business plan(s),

where appropriate, must be both sound

and feasible. If the applicant is

proposing to use project funds to

provide technical and/or financial

assistance for the establishment of an

identified business, or to a third-party

private employer to develop or expand

a pre-identified business, the

application must include a complete

business plan. An application that does

not include a business plan where one

is appropriate may be disqualified and

returned to the applicant.

The project must be responsive to the

needs and problems identified in the

Analysis of Need and Problems to be

Addressed.

The work plan must describe the

proposed project activities, or

interventions, and explain how they are

expected to result in outcomes which

will meet the needs of the program

participants and assist them to

overcome the identified personal and

systemic barriers to employment and

self-sufficiency. In other words, what

will the project staff do with the

resources provided to the project and

how will what they do (interventions)

assist in the creation of employment and

business opportunities for program

participants in the face of the needs and

problems that have been identified. The

application should include a hypothesis

or hypotheses that is(are) significant and

include(s) the key interventions, and

which permit(s) measurement of the

extent to which the target population

can achieve greater self-sufficiency as a

result of its involvement in the project.

The key interventions should include

the types and sources of technical and

financial assistance to be provided the

participants, as well as any education,

training, and support services and the

problems or barriers they are designed

to overcome. If the technical and/or

financial assistance is to be provided to

pre-identified businesses that will be

expanded or franchised, written

commitments from the businesses

specifying their undertakings and levels

of participation must be included with

the application. The work program must

set forth realistic quarterly time targets

by which the various work tasks will be

completed.

Workplan should also describe the

nature of the training and abatement

activity that will take place during

project implementation. That

description must use the following job

titles and responsibilities:

Inspector Technicians: Responsible

for conducting inspection of target

housing for lead-based paint;

completing an inspection report; taking

post-abatement soil and dust clearance

samples.

Inspector/Risk Assessor: Responsible

for same as Inspector Technicians and

conducting a risk assessment in target

housing; completing a risk assessment

report; interpreting the results of

inspections and assessments;

identifying hazard control strategies;

conducting post-abatement clearance

sampling and evaluating results.

Workers: Responsible for conducting

abatement activities in accordance with

procedures and requirements of the preabatement plan.

Supervisors: Responsible for ensuring

that abatement activities are conducted

in accordance with regulatory

requirements; maintaining accessibility

at all time during the performance of

abatement activities; ensuring

completion of abatement activities in

accordance to regulations.

Planners/Project Designers:

Responsible for designing abatement

projects; preparing a written preabatement plan for abatement projects.

Please refer to your State certification

standards (or contact ACF/OCS) for

further information.

The application identifies and defines

critical issues or potential problems that

might impact negatively on the project

and explains how they can be overcome

and the project objectives reasonably

attained despite such potential

problems.

As noted above, a business plan is

required whenever the applicant is

proposing to establish a new, specific

and identified business, or will be

providing assistance to a private thirdparty private employer for the

development or expansion of a preidentified business. In these cases, the

business plan is one of the major

components that will be evaluated by

OCS to determine the feasibility of a

jobs creation project.

Because the following guidelines were

written to cover a variety of

possibilities, rigid adherence to them is

not possible nor even desirable for all

projects. For example, a plan for a

service business would not require a

discussion of manufacturing nor

product design.

With this understanding, the business

plan should be prepared in accordance

with the following guidelines:

1. The business and its industry. This

section should describe the nature and

history of the business and provide

some background on its industry.

a. The Business: as a legal entity; the

general business category;

b. Description and Discussion of

Industry: Current status and prospects

for the industry;

2. Products and Services: This section

deals with the following:

a. Description: Describe in detail the

products or services to be sold;

b. Proprietary Position: Describe

proprietary features, if any, of the

product, e.g. patents, trade secrets;

c. Potential: Features of the product or

service that may give it an advantage

over the competition;

3. Market Research and Evaluation:

This section should present sufficient

information to show that the product or

service has a substantial market and can

achieve sales in the face of competition;

a. Customers: Describe the actual and

potential purchasers for the product or

service by market segment.

b. Market Size and Trends: State the

size of the current total market for the

product or service offered;

c. Competition: An assessment of the

strengths and weaknesses of competitive

products and services;

d. Estimated Market Share and Sales:

Describe the characteristics of the

product or service that will make it

competitive in the current market;

4. Marketing Plan: The marketing plan

should detail the product, pricing,

distribution, and promotion strategies

that will be used to achieve the

estimated market share and sales

projections. The marketing plan must

describe what is to be done, how it will

be done and who will do it. The plan

should address the following topics—

Overall Marketing Strategy, Packaging,

Service and Warranty, Pricing,

Distribution and Promotion.

5. Design and Development Plans: If

the product, process or service of the

proposed venture requires any design

and development before it is ready to be

placed on the market, the nature and

extent and cost of this work should be

fully discussed. The section should

cover items such as Development Status

and Tasks, Difficulties and Risks,

Product Improvement and New

Products, and Costs.

6. Manufacturing and Operations

Plan: A manufacturing and operations

plan should describe the kind of

facilities, plant location, space, capital

equipment and labor force (part and/or

full time and wage structure) that are
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required to provide the company’s

product or service.

7. Management Team: The

management team is the key in starting

and operating a successful business. The

management team should be committed

with a proper balance of technical,

managerial and business skills, and

experience in doing what is proposed.

This section must include a description

of: the key management personnel and

their primary duties; compensation and/

or ownership; the organizational

structure; Board of Directors;

management assistance and training

needs; and supporting professional

services.

8. Overall Schedule: A schedule that

shows the timing and interrelationships

of the major events necessary to launch

the venture and realize its objectives.

Prepare, as part of this section, a monthby-month schedule that shows the

timing of such activities as product

development, market planning, sales

programs, and production and

operations. Sufficient detail should be

included to show the timing of the

primary tasks required to accomplish

each activity.

9. Critical Risks and Assumptions:

The development of a business has risks

and problems and the Business Plan

should contain some explicit

assumptions about them. Accordingly,

identify and discuss the critical

assumptions in the Business Plan and

the major problems that will have to be

solved to develop the venture. This

should include a description of the risks

and critical assumptions relating to the

industry, the venture, its personnel, the

product’s market appeal, and the timing

and financing of the venture.

10. Community Benefits: The

proposed project must contribute to

economic, community and human

development within the project’s target

area.

11. The Financial Plan: The Financial

Plan is basic to the development of a

Business Plan. Its purpose is to indicate

the project’s potential and the timetable

for financial self-sufficiency. In

developing the Financial Plan, the

following exhibits must be prepared for

the first three years of the business’

operation:

a. Profit and Loss Forecasts—quarterly

for each year;

b. Cash Flow Projections—quarterly

for each year;

c. Pro forma balance sheets—quarterly

for each year;

d. Initial sources of project funds;

e. Initial uses of project funds; and

f. Any future capital requirements and

sources.

Facilities

If the rearrangement or alteration of

facilities will be required in

implementing the project, the applicant

has described and justified such

changes.

(b) Project Partnerships and Cooperative

Arrangements (Maximum: 5 Points)

The cooperative partnership

arrangements are fully described and

clearly relate to the objectives of the

proposed project. The cooperative

partnership with the State IV–A agency

must include one or more of the

mandatory or optional components of

the State’s JOBS program.

The application documents that the

applicant will mobilize from public

and/or private sources cash and/or

third-party in-kind contributions.

Applications that document that the

value of such contributions will be at

least equal to the OCS funds requested,

and demonstrate that the cooperative

partnership arrangements clearly relate

to the objectives of the proposed project,

will receive the maximum number of

points for this criterion. Lesser

contributions will be given

consideration based upon the value

documented.

Applicants should note that

partnership relationships are not created

via service delivery contracts; partners

should be responsible for substantive

project components or activities to be

carried out under the project design.

(c) Project Organization and

Management (Maximum: 10 Points)

The application should include

documentation which briefly

summarizes two similar projects

undertaken by the applicant agency and

the extent to which the stated and

achieved performance targets, including

permanent benefits to low-income

populations, have been achieved.

Application notes and justifies the

priority that this project will have

within the agency including the

facilities and resources that it has

available to carry out the project.

(d) Project Implementation Plans

(Maximum: 15 Points)

With their relevant experience

explained and the design, organization,

and management of the project

described, the applicant team should

outline its plans for completing the key

tasks and reaching important project

milestones successfully. These

workplans should primarily show how,

and according to what schedule, the

project managers from each of the

project partners expect to use funding

and engage key resources to conduct the

activity that leads to important project

outputs for each of the major project

elements.

Some of the more important elements

or tasks for which implementation plans

should be presented, either separately or

in combination, include:

—Identifying, screening, and selecting

community-based contractors and

other for-profit or nonprofit entities

for abatement work and for training

their management and employees in

abatement techniques and safety;

—Recruiting, screening and training

low-income and AFDC residents of

the community in project activities in

such a way as to build credible job

skills in abatement-type work,

housing rehabilitation, property

improvement and management, and

business management training; and

—Conducting lead abatement activities

on community dwellings in such a

way—effective targeting, cost-effective

abatement techniques—as to

maximize desired health and

employment outcomes for the Federal

resources being utilized.

Applicants should focus, in their

discussion of implementation plans on

what major challenges are expected and

how they will be overcome by the

project team, key milestones and

contingency plans if they are not met,

and the like. Simple graphic displays

(e.g., Gantt charts) may be useful for

showing task schedules.

Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial

Impact (Maximum: 30 Points

(a) Potential for Significant and

Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 10 Points)

ACF/OCS will review the applications

with an eye for the value that is likely

to result from their grants. This value,

or return on the Federal grant

investments, primarily will be a

function of:

—The amount of public health impact

that is expected to result from the

abatement activity in the target

community and the likelihood, given

the capability of the grantee project

team and the soundness of their

design and plans, that this impact will

be realized;

—The amount of additional communitybased economic activity that is

expected to be stimulated by projectrelated investment (Federal grants and

other leveraged resources)—both for

individuals and enterprises—and the

likelihood, given the capability of the

grantee project team and the

soundness of their design and plans,

that this impact will be realized;

—The informational and educational

value to both the public health and
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the community and economic

development fields that is likely to

result from the project’s

implementation, given the

innovativeness and soundness of the

project design and the capability of

the grantees;

Applicants need not (but may)

prepare a separate section in their

application to demonstrate the potential

for desirable impact of their project, as

long as these elements of value are

persuasively built in to their project

design and plans.

ACF/OCS Quality of Jobs/Business

Opportunities

The proposed project is expected to

produce permanent and measurable

results that will reduce the incidence of

poverty in the community. Expected

results are quantifiable in terms of the

creation of permanent, full-time jobs or

business opportunities developed. In

developing business opportunities and

self-employment for AFDC recipients

and low-income individuals the

applicant proposes, at a minimum, to

provide basic business planning and

management concepts, and assistance in

preparing a business plan and loan

package.

(b) Commitment to Lead (Hazard)

Abatement Mission (Maximum: 5

Points)

The application documents that:

—The business opportunities to be

developed for eligible participants

will contribute significantly to their

progress toward self-sufficiency; and/

or

—Jobs to be created for eligible

participants will contribute

significantly to their progress toward

self-sufficiency; they provide, for

example, wages that exceed the

minimum wage, plus benefits such as

health insurance, transportation, child

care and career development

opportunities.

Cost-per-Job

—During the project period the

proposed project will create new,

permanent jobs through business

opportunities or non-traditional

employment opportunities for lowincome residents at a cost-per-job

below $15,000 in OCS funds, (e.g. cost

per job is calculated by dividing the

total amount of grant funds requested

($420,000) divided by the number of

jobs to be created (60) equals the costper-job ($7,000)). If any other

calculations are used, please include

your methodology in this section.

Note: Except in those instances where

independent reviewers identify extenuating

circumstances related to business

development activities, the maximum

number of points will be given only to those

applicants proposing cost-per-job created

estimates of $5,000 or less of OCS requested

funds. Higher cost-per-job estimates will

receive correspondingly fewer points.

(c) Project Evaluation Plan (Maximum:

10 Points)

The Evaluation Plan

—Includes a specific working definition

of ‘‘self-sufficiency’’ (consistent with

the broad definition contained in Part

I) that permits the measurement of

incremental progress of eligible

individuals and their families from

dependency toward self-sufficiency;

—Clearly defines the changes or benefits

(outcomes) to be produced, the

activities (interventions) that will

produce the changes, and the

measures of client progress toward

self-sufficiency for which information

will be collected (for example:

increases in income, decreases in

public assistance payments);

—Provides for the annual compilation

of community-level data on the

characteristics of the population in

the project area, including percentage

on public assistance, percentage

below the poverty line,

unemployment rate, business starts

and failures, and major employers;

—Provides for the conduct of a

continuing process evaluation. This

should include the periodic

assessment of the following: client

characteristics, pertinent policies and

procedures; staffing; cooperative

partnerships with state and local

agencies; use of other community

resources; client outreach and

recruitment; client service delivery;

cost of services; and, level of technical

and financial assistance to employers.

The types of data and information,

measures and indicators to be used for

the process evaluation, as well as the

methods and timeframe for collecting

and analyzing the required data

should be indicated;

—Provides for the completion of two

interim evaluation reports and a final

report. The final evaluation report

will describe the program design and

any changes from the original

workplan, outreach and recruitment

results, interventions, and

accomplishments. The measurement

instruments, data collection

procedures, and analysis techniques

should be discussed, and the report

should yield conclusions as to how

well the program works and why. It

should also discuss the program’s

potential for replication in other

communities; and

—Includes a realistic plan for

disseminating the project findings to

other interested organizations and

public agencies.

(d) Community Empowerment

Consideration (Maximum: 5 Points)

Special consideration will be given to

applicants who are located in areas

which are characterized by poverty and

other indicators of socio-economic

distress such as a poverty rate of at least

20%, designation as an Empowerment

Zone or Enterprise Community, high

levels of unemployment, and high levels

of incidences of violence, gang activity,

crime, or drug use. Applicants should

document that they were involved in

the preparation and planned

implementation of a comprehensive

community-based strategic plan to

achieve both economic and human

development in an integrated manner.

Criterion V: Budget Presentation and

Justification (Maximum: 10 Points)

ACF/OCS funds requested are

commensurate with the level of effort

necessary to accomplish the goals and

objectives of the project.

The application includes a detailed

budget break-down for each of the

budget categories in the SF–424A. The

applicant presents a reasonable

administrative cost if an indirect cost

rate has not been negotiated with the

cognizant Federal agency (See Part VI,

Section B, Line 6j).

The estimated cost to the government

of the project also is reasonable in

relation to the anticipated results.

Part VIII: Application Procedures and

Instructions

A. Application Kit for EPA Federal

Assistance To States (Public Partners)

To obtain EPA’s Application for

Federal Assistance Kit, please write to:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Grants Operations Branch (3903F),

Grants Administration Division, 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

EPA Regional Lead Contacts

Region 1—Ann Carroll, US EPA, JFK

Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203

(617) 565–3411

Region 2—Louis Bevilacqua, US EPA,

2890 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ

08837–3670, (908) 321–6671

Region 3—Gerallyn Valls, US EPA, 841

Chestnut Bldg., Philadelphia, PA

19107, (215) 597–2450

Region 4—Connie Landers-Roberts, US

EPA, 345 Courtland St., N.E., Atlanta,

GA 30365, (404) 347–1033

Region 5—David Turpin, US EPA, 77 W.

Jackson St., Chicago, IL 60604, (312)

886–6003
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Region 6—Jeff Robinson, US EPA, 12th

Floor, Ste. 2000, 1445 Ross Ave.,

Dallas TX 75202, (214) 655–7577

Region 7—Mazzie Talley, US EPA, 726

Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS

66101, (913) 551–7518

Region 8—David Combs, US EPA, 999—

18th St., Ste. 500, Denver, CO 80202,

(303) 293–1442

Region 9—Larry Biland, US EPA, 75

Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA

94105, (415) 744–1121

Region 10—Barbara Ross, US EPA, 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101,

(206) 553–1985

B. Application Procedures for ACF/OCS

Funding to Private Non-Profit Partners

1. Availability of Forms

Attachments B contains all of the

standard forms necessary for the

application for awards under this OCS

program. This attachment and Parts VI,

VII and VIII of this announcement

contain all of the instructions required

for submittal of applications. These

forms may be photocopied for

submission of the application. Two

signed original applications and three

copies should be submitted. (Approved

by the Office of Management and

Budget under Control Number 0970–

0062.)

Copies of the Federal Register

containing this announcement are

available at most local libraries and

Congressional District Offices for

reproduction. The announcement also is

accessible on the OCS Electronic

Bulletin Board for downloading through

your computer modem by calling 1–

800–627–8886. If copies are not

available at these sources, they may be

obtained by writing or telephoning the

office listed under the section entitled

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION at the

beginning of this announcement.

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 C and D and

environmental tobacco smoke in

Attachment K.

2. Application Submission

The closing date for submission of the

combined EPA/ACF-OCS applications is

the date found under ‘‘Closing Date’’ at

the beginning of this Announcement.

(a) Deadlines

Application shall be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are either:

a. Received on or before the deadline

date at the ACF Office of Financial

Management, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 6th Floor OFM/DDG, 370

L’Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20447, or

b. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received by the granting agency in

time for the independent review.

(Applicants are cautioned to request a

legibly dated U.S. Postal Service

postmark of to obtain a legibly dated

receipt from a commercial carrier or

U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks are not acceptable as proof of

timely mailing.)

(b) Applications Submitted by Other

Means

Applications which are not 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 will be accepted

at the ACF Office of Financial

Management, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 6th Floor ACF Guard Station,

901 D Street, S.W. Washington, D. C.

during the normal working hours of 8:00

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

Friday.

(c) 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.

(d) Extension of Deadline

ACF in consultation with the

Environmental Protection Agency may

extend the deadline for all applicants

due to disasters such as floods,

hurricanes, etc. or when there is a

disruption of the mails. However, if the

Federal agencies do not extend the

deadline for all applicants, they may not

waive or extend the deadline for any

applicant.

3. Intergovernmental Review—ACF/

OCS

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 Program 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. Otherwise, applicants

should contact their SPOCs as soon as

possible to alert them of the prospective

applications and receive any necessary

instructions. Applicants must submit

any required material to the SPOCs as

soon as possible so that the program

office can obtain and review SPOC

comments as part of the award process.

It is imperative that the applicant

submit all required materials, if any, to

the SPOC and indicate the date of this

submittal (or 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

sixty (60) days from the application

deadline to comment on proposed new

or competing continuation awards.

SPOCS are encouraged to eliminate

the submission of routine endorsements

as official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to

clearly differentiate between mere

advisory comments and those official

State process recommendations which

may trigger the ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ rule.

When comments are submitted

directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to: Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor, 370

L’Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington,

DC. 20447. A list of the Single Points of

Contact for each State and Territory is

included as Attachment E of this

announcement.

4. Criteria for Screening Applicants

(a) Initial Screening

All timely applicants will receive an

acknowledgement card with an assigned

identification number. This number,

along with any identification code, must

be referenced in all subsequent

communications concerning the

application. If an acknowledgement is

not received within three weeks after

the deadline date, please notify ACF by

telephone at (202) 401–9234. All

applications that meet the published

deadline for submission will be

screened to determine completeness and

conformity to the requirements of this
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announcement. Only those applications

meeting the following requirements will

be reviewed and evaluated

competitively. Others will be returned

to the applicants with a notation that

they were unacceptable.

(1) The application must contain a

Standard Form 424 Application for

Federal Assistance (SF–424), a budget

(SF–424A), and signed Assurances (SF

424B) completed according to

instructions published in Part VI and

Attachments B, C, and D of this Program

Announcement.

(2) A project narrative must also

accompany the standard forms. OCS

requires that the narrative portion of the

application be limited to 50 pages,

double-spaced, typewritten (type size no

smaller than 12 pitch) on one side of the

paper only. Charts, exhibits, letters of

support and cooperative agreements are

not counted against this page limit. It is

strongly recommended that you follow

the format for the narrative in Part VIII,

B, 5.

(3) The SF–424 and the SF–424B must

be signed by an official of the

organization applying for the grant who

has authority to obligate the

organization legally.

(4) Application must contain

documentation of the applicant’s tax

exempt status.

(b) Pre-Rating Review

Applications which pass the initial

screening will be forwarded to

reviewers and/or OCS staff prior to the

programmatic review to verify that the

applications comply with this Program

Announcement in the following areas:

(1) Eligibility: Applicant meets the

eligibility requirements described in

Part IV. Proof of non-profit status must

be included in the Appendices to the

Project Narrative. 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 applicant’s listing in the Internal

Revenue’s (IRS) most recent list of taxexempt organizations described in

Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code or by

providing a copy of the currently valid

IRS tax exemption certificate. Failure to

provide evidence of non-profit status

will result in rejection of the

application. Applicants must also be

aware that the applicant’s legal name as

required on the SF–424 (Item 5) must

match that listed as corresponding to

the Employer Identification Number

(Item 6).

(2) Target Populations: The

application clearly targets the specific

outcomes and benefits of the project to

low-income participants and

beneficiaries as defined in Part VI,

Section B.3., Program Participants/

Beneficiaries.

(3) Grant Amount: The amount of

funds requested does not exceed the

limits indicated in Part III.

(4) Cooperative Partnership

Agreement. The application contains a

written agreement or letter of

commitment that includes, at a

minimum, the activities cited in Part

VI,B,2. The agreement must be signed

by an official of the State IV–A agency

responsible for administering the JOBS

program in the area to be served.

(5) Third-Party Project Evaluation. A

third-party project evaluation plan is

included.

(6) Business Plan. If a CDC or other

non-profit partner proposes establishing

a business or if the third-party private

employer is part of the proposed project,

a complete business plan is included in

the application.

An application will be disqualified

from the competition and returned if it

does not conform to all of the above

requirements.

5. Contents of Application

Each application submission should

include two signed originals and three

additional copies of the application.

(Approved by the Office of Management

and Budget under Control Number

0970–0062. Each application must

include all of the following, in the order

listed below:

(a) An Abstract of the proposal—very

brief, on one page, not to exceed 250

words, which identifies the type of

project, the target population, the

partner(s), and the major elements of the

work plan, and that would be suitable

for use in an announcement that the

application has been selected for a grant

award;

(b) Table of Contents;

(c) A 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–424 must bear the original signature

of the authorizing representative of the

applicant organization];

(d) Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs (SF–424A);

(e) A narrative budget justification for

each object class category required

under Section B, SF–424A;

(f) Filled out, signed and dated

Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (SF–424B), Attachment B;

(g) Attachment C and D, setting forth

the Federal requirements concerning the

drug-free workplace and debarment

regulations with which the applicant is

certifying that it will comply, by signing

and submitting the SF–424.

(h) Certification Regarding

Environmental Tobacco Smoke—Public

Law 103–227, Part C—Environmental

Tobacco Smoke, also known as the ProChildren Act of 1994 (Act), requires that

smoking not be permitted in any portion

of any indoor facility owned or leased

or contracted for by an entity and used

routinely or regularly for the 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 $1000 per day

and/or the imposition of an

administrative compliance order on the

responsibile 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 children’s

services and that all subgrantees shall

certify accordingly.

(h) Restrictions on Lobbying—

Certification for Contracts, Grants,

Loans, and Cooperative Agreements: fill

out, sign and date form found at

Attachment F;

(i) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities,

SF–LLL: Fill out, sign and date form

found at Attachment F, if appropriate;

(j) A project narrative that will

include all of the following components:

[Specific information/data required

under each component is described in

Part VII, Criteria for Review and

Evaluation of Applications.]

(1) Analysis of Need

(2) Organizational History and

Management Capability

(3) Project Design

(4) Project Partnerships and Cooperative

Arrangements

(5) Project Organization and

Management

(6) Project Implementation Plans

(7) Significant and Beneficial Impact

(8) Third Party Project Evaluation Plan

(9) Budget Appropriateness and Match

and,

(10) Appendices, including

Maintenance of Effort Certification;
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partnership agreements signed by

the partners; statement regarding

the date of incorporation; IRS letter

on non-profit status, where

applicable; Business Plan, if

applicable; Single Point of Contact

comments, if applicable and

available; resumes; Certification

Regarding Lobbying; letters of

match commitment or letters of

intent; a current listing of all

sources of funds and projects

operated in the applicant’s current

operating year

The total number of pages for the

narrative portion of the application

package must not exceed 50 pages,

excluding Appendices. Pages should be

numbered sequentially throughout the

application package, excluding

Appendices, beginning with the

Proposal Abstract as Page #1. The

application may also contain letters that

show collaboration or substantive

commitments to the project by

organizations other than partners with

committed match. Such letters are not

part of the narrative and should be

included in the Appendices. These

letters are, therefore, not counted

against the fifty page limit.

Applications must be uniform in

composition since it may be necessary

to duplicate them for review purposes.

Therefore, applications must be

submitted on white 81⁄2 x 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 proposal. They

will be discarded if included. The

applications should be two-hole

punched at the top center and fastened

separately with a compressor slide

paper fastener, or a binder clip. The

submission of bound applications, or

applications enclosed in binders is

specifically discouraged.

6. Acknowledgement of Receipt

Applicants who meet the initial

screening criteria outlined in Part VIII,

Section E, will receive an

acknowledgement postcard 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 post-card. This

number and the program priority area

letter code (JE) must be referred to in all

subsequent communication concerning

the application. If an acknowledgement

is not received within three weeks after

the deadline date, please notify ACF by

telephone at (202) 401–9234.

C. Instructions for Completing ACF/OCS

Application Package

[Approved by the Office of Management

and Budget under Control Number

0970–0062.]

The standard forms attached to this

announcement shall be used to apply

for funds under this program

announcement.

It is suggested that you reproduce

single-sided copies of the SF–424 and

SF–424A, and type your application on

the copies. Please 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

Top of Page. Please enter the single

priority area number (JE) under which

the application is being submitted.

Item 1. For the purposes of this

announcement, all projects are

considered Applications; there are no

Pre-Applications.

Prepare your application in

accordance with the standard

instructions given in Attachments B and

C corresponding to the forms, as well as

the OCS specific instructions set forth

below:

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.

Items 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. 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 non-profit

status, such as IRS determination,

Articles of Incorporation, or By-laws,

must be included as an appendix to the

project narrative.

Item 8. Type of Application—Please

indicate the type of application.

Item 9. Name of Federal Agency—

Enter DHHS–ACF/OCS.

Item 10. The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance numbers for OCS

programs covered under this

announcement are 93.647, the title is

SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH AND

DEMONSTRATION, and 93.570, the

title is CSBG Discretionary Awards.

Item 11. In addition to a brief

descriptive title of the project, indicate

the priority area for which funds are

being requested. Use the following letter

designation:

JE—OCS/EPA Environmental Justice

Initiative

Item 12. Areas Affected by Project—

List only the largest unit or units

affected, such as State, county or city.

Item 13. Proposed Project—The

ending date should be calculated based

on a 72-month project period.

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 of the Congressional

district(s) where the project will be

located.

Item 15a. This amount should be no

greater than the amount specified under

Part III, Legislative Authorities and

Funding.

Item 15b–e. These items should

reflect both cash and third-party, inkind contributions for the budget period

requested.

Item 15f. N/A.

Item 15g. Enter the sum of Items 15a–

15e.

B. SF–424A—Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs

See instructions accompanying this

form as well as the instructions set forth

below:

In completing these sections, the

Federal Funds budget entries will relate

to the requested OCS funds only, and

Non-Federal will include mobilized

funds from all other sources—applicant,

state, local, and other. Federal funds

other than requested OCS funding

should be included in Non-Federal

entries.

Sections A B, C and D of SF–424A

should reflect budget estimates for the

first budget period (thirty-six months) of

the project.

Section A—Budget Summary

Lines 1–4.

Col. (a):

Line 1—Enter Social Services

Research and Demonstration.

Col. (b):

Line 1—Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.647.

Col. (c) and (d):

Columns (c) and (d) are not relevant

to this program and should not be

completed.

Column (e)—(g):

For line 1, enter in columns (e), (f)

and (g) the appropriate amounts needed
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to support the first 36 months of the

project (the operational phase of the

program. (Maximum $500,000)

Line 5—Enter the figures from Line 1

for all columns completed (e), (f), and

(g).

Section B—Budget Categories

Please Note: This information

supersedes the instructions provided

following SF–424A.

Columns (1)—(5):

Column 1: Enter the first budget

period of 12 months.

Column 2: Enter the second budget

period of 12 months.

Column 3: Enter the third budget

period of 12 months.

Column 4: Leave blank.

Column 5: Enter the total

requirements for Federal funds by the

Object Class Categories of this section.

Allocability of costs are governed by

the cost principles set forth in OMB

Circular A–122 and 45 CFR Part 74.

Budget estimates for national

administrative 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

calculation 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 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

total costs of fringe benefits unless

treated as part of an approved indirect

cost rate which is entered on line 6j.

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. Travel costs to attend two

national workshops in Washington, D.C.

by the project director should be

included.

Equipment-Line 6d. Enter the total

costs of all non-expendable personal

property to be acquired by the project.

Equipment means tangible, nonexpendable personal property having a

useful life of more than one year and an

acquisition cost of $5000 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, including (1) the

estimated cost of the third-party

evaluation contract; travel costs for the

chief evaluator to attend two national

workshops in Washington, D. C. should

be included; (2) procurement contracts

(except those which belong on other

lines such as equipment, supplies, etc.)

and (3) contracts with secondary

recipient organizations including

delegate agencies and specific project(s)

or businesses to be financed by the

applicant.

Justification: 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, the applicant/grantee must

submit Sections A and B of this Form SF–

424A, 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. Provide draft Request for

Proposal in accordance with 45 CFR Part 74.

Free and open competition is encouraged for

any procurement activities planned using

ACF grant funds. Prior approval is required

when applicants anticipate evaluation

procurements that will exceed $25,000 and

are requesting an award without competition.

(Note: Previous or past experience with

contractor is not sufficient justification for

sole source.)

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. Not applicable.

Other-Line 6h. Enter the total of all

other costs. Such costs, where

applicable, may include but are not

limited to insurance, food, medical and

dental costs (noncontractual), fees and

travel paid directly to individual

consultants, space and equipment

rentals, printing and publication,

computer use, training costs, including

tuition and stipends, training service

costs including wage payments to

individuals and supportive service

payments, and staff development costs.

Total Direct Charges-Lines 6i. Show

the total of Lines 6a through 6h.

Indirect Charges-Line 6j. Enter the

total amount of indirect costs. This line

should be used only when the applicant

currently has an indirect cost rate

approved by the Department of Health

and Human Services or another

cognizant Federal agency. With the

exception of local governments,

applicants should enclose a copy of the

current rate agreement if it was

negotiated with a cognizant Federal

agency other than the Department of

Health and Human Services. If the

applicant organization is in the process

of initially developing or renegotiating a

rate, it should immediately upon

notification that an award will be made,

develop a tentative indirect cost rate

proposal based on its most recently

completed fiscal year in accordance

with the principles set forth in the

pertinent DHHS Guide for Establishing

Indirect Cost Rates, and submit it to the

appropriate DHHS Regional Office.

Applicants awaiting approval of their

indirect cost proposals may also request

indirect costs.
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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.

Totals-Line 6k. Enter the 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.

Column 5: Carry totals from Column

1 to Column 5 for all line items.

Section C—Non-Federal Resources

This section is to record the amounts

of non-Federal resources that will be

used to support the project. Non-Federal

resources mean those other than OCS

funds. Therefore, mobilized funds from

other Federal programs should be

entered on these lines. Provide a brief

listing of the non-Federal resources on

a separate sheet and describe whether it

is a grantee-incurred cost or a thirdparty in-kind contribution. The firm

commitment of these resources must be

documented and submitted with the

application in order to be given credit

in the Public-Private Partnerships

criterion.

Except in unusual situations, this

documentation must be in the form of

letters of commitment from the

organization(s)/individuals from which

funds will be received.

Justification: Describe third-party, inkind contributions, if included.

Grant Program-Line 8.

Column (a): Enter the project title.

Column (b): Enter the amount of

contributions to be made by the

applicant to the project.

Column (c): Enter the State

contribution. If the applicant is a State

agency, enter the non-Federal funds to

be contributed by the State other than

the applicant.

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 12

month budget period.

Non Federal-Line 14. Enter the

amount of cash from all other sources

needed by quarter during the first 12-

month budget period.

Totals-Line 15. Enter the total of Lines

13 and 14.

Section E—Budget Estimates of Federal

Funds Needed for Balance of Project(s)

For new 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).

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 cognizant 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–424B Assurances-NonConstruction

All applicants must fill out, sign, date

and return the Assurances with the

application.

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 period for which

support is provided, the terms and

conditions of the award, and the total

project period for which support is

contemplated.

Project directors and chief evaluators

will be required to attend two national

evaluation workshops in Washington,

D.C. A program development and

evaluation workshop will be scheduled

shortly after the effective date of the

grant. They also will be required to

attend, as presenters, the final

evaluation workshop on utilization and

dissemination to be held at the end of

the project period.

Grantees will be required to submit

semi-annual progress and financial

reports (SF–269) as well as a final

progress and financial report within 90

days of the expiration of the grant.

Interim evaluation reports, along with a

written policies and procedures manual

based on the findings of the process

evaluation, will be due 30 days after the

first twelve months, and the second

interim evaluation 30 days after the

second twelve months, and a final

evaluation report will be due 90 days

after the expiration of the grant. This

final report will cover 36 months of

activities related to project participants.

Reporting requirements for the

remaining 36 months of the project

period will be provided during the

solicitation of applications.

Grantees are subject to the audit

requirements in 45 CFR Part 74 (nonprofit organization) and OMB Circular

A–133.

Section 319 of Public Law 101–121,

signed into law on October 23, 1989,

imposes new prohibitions and

requirements for disclosure and
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certification related to lobbying on

recipients of Federal contracts, grants,

cooperative agreements, and loans. It

provides limited exemptions for Indian

tribes and tribal organizations. Current

and prospective recipients (and their

subtier contractors and/or grantees) are

prohibited from using appropriated

funds for lobbying Congress or any

Federal agency in connection with the

award of a contract, grant, cooperative

agreement or loan. In addition, for each

award action in excess of $100,000 (or

$150,000 for loans) the law requires

recipients and their subtier contractors

and/or subgrantees (1) to certify that

they have neither used nor will use any

appropriated funds for payment to

lobbyists, (2) to submit a declaration

setting forth whether payments to

lobbyists have been or will be made out

of non-appropriated funds and, if so, the

name, address, payment details, and

purpose of any agreements with such

lobbyists whom recipients or their

subtier contractors or subgrantees will

pay with the non-appropriated funds

and (3) to file quarterly up-dates about

the use of lobbyists if an event occurs

that materially affects the accuracy of

the information submitted by way of

declaration and certification. The law

establishes civil penalties for

noncompliance and is effective with

respect to contracts, grants, cooperative

agreements and loans entered into or

made on or after December 23, 1989. See

Attachment F for certification and

disclosure forms to be submitted with

the applications for this program and

the Discretionary Grants Program.

Attachment G indicates the

regulations which apply to all

applicants/grantees under the Job

Opportunities for Low-Income

Individuals Program.

Dated: March 29, 1995.

Donald Sykes,

Director, Office of Community Services.

Dated: March 31, 1995.

Lynn R. Goldman,

Assistant Administrator for Prevention,

Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

ATTACHMENT A

Size of family unit Poverty

guideline

1995 Poverty Income Guidelines for All

States (Except Alaska and Hawaii) and

the District of Columbia

1 .................................................... $7,470

2 .................................................... 10,030

3 .................................................... 12,590

4 .................................................... 15,150

5 .................................................... 17,710

6 .................................................... 20,270

7 .................................................... 22,830

8 .................................................... 25,390

For family units with more than 8 members,

add $2,560 for each additional member.

(The same increment applies to smaller

family sizes also, as can be seen in the

figures above.)

ATTACHMENT A—Continued

Size of family unit Poverty

guideline

Poverty Income Guidelines for Alaska

1 .................................................... 9,340

2 .................................................... 12,540

3 .................................................... 15,740

4 .................................................... 18,940

5 .................................................... 22,140

6 .................................................... 25,340

7 .................................................... 28,540

8 .................................................... 31,740

For family units with more than 8 members,

add $3,200 for each additional member.

(The same increment applies to smaller

family sizes also, as can be seen in figures

above.)

Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii

1 .................................................... 8,610

2 .................................................... 11,550

3 .................................................... 14,490

4 .................................................... 17,430

5 .................................................... 20,370

6 .................................................... 23,310

7 .................................................... 26,250

8 .................................................... 29,190

For family units with more than 8 members,

add $2,940 for each additional member.

(The same increment applies to smaller

family sizes also, as can be seen in the

figures 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 questions 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

Lines 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 none

of the programs require a breakdown by

function or activity, enter the catalog

program title on each line in Column (a) and

the respective catalog number on each line 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 where 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

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

grant program titles show 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.

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
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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

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

non-discrimination 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 D—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 Tier 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 E—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, N.W., Suite

500, Washington, D.C. 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, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30334, Telephone (404) 656–3855

Illinois

Steve Klokkenga, State Single Point of

Contact, Office of the Governor, 107

Stratton 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,
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Room 609, Trenton, New Jersey 08625–

0803, Telephone (609) 292–9025

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 and

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 F—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 G—DHHS Regulations Applying

to All Applicants/Grantees Under the Job

Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals

and the Discretionary Grants 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 H—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 I—Checklist for Use in

Submitting OCS Grant Applications Job

Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals

(Optional)

The application should contain:

1. Table of Contents.

2. A completed, signed SF–424,

Application for Federal Assistance. The letter

code for the priority area (JO) should be in

the lower right-hand corner of the page.

3. A completed SF–424A, Budget

Information—Non-Construction.

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 Attachments

E and F. In so doing, the applicant is

certifying that it will comply with the

Federal requirements concerning the drugfree workplace and debarment regulations set

forth in Attachments E.

7. A signed copy of Certification Regarding

Anti-Lobbying Activities.

8. A completed Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities, if applicable.

9. A Executive Summary—not to exceed

300 words;

10. A Project Narrative beginning with a

Table of Contents that describes the project

in the following order:

(i) Eligibility Confirmation

(ii) Organization Experience and Staff

Responsibilities

(iii) Analysis of Need

(iv) Project Design/Work Program

(v) Business Plan (If appropriate)

(vi) Third-Party Evaluation

(vii) Cooperative Partnership Agreement

(viii) Budget Appropriateness and

Reasonableness

11. Appendices, including proof of nonprofit status; proof that the organization is a

community development corporation, if

applying under the CDC Set-aside; a signed

copy of the Cooperative Partnership

Agreement or letter of commitment with

State IV–A agency (JOBS Program);

commitments from officials of businesses

that will be expanded or from franchises,

where applicable; Single Point of Contact

comments, if applicable; Maintenance of

Effort Certification and resumes.

12. A self-addressed mailing label which

can be affixed to a postcard to acknowledge

receipt of application.

Attachment J—Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, Office of Family

Assistance, Washington, DC 20447

Jobs Program Director

February 1994.

Alabama

Claire Ealy, Director, Office of Work and

Training Services, Public Assistance

Division, S. Gordon Persons Building, 50

Ripley Street, Montgomery, Alabama

36130, (205) 242–1950

Alaska

Charles Knittel, Work Programs Coordinator,

Division of Public Assistance, Department

of Health and Social Service, P.O. Box

110640, Juneau, Alaska 99811–0640, (907)

465–3347

Arizona

Gretchen Evans, JOBS Program Director,

Dept. of Economic Security, P.O. Box 6123,

Site Code 8011, Phoenix, Arizona 85005,

(602) 542–6310

Arkansas

Ken Whitlock, Deputy Director, Project

SUCCESS, Department of Human Services,

P.O. Box 1437, Little Rock, Arkansas

72203, (501) 682–8375

California

Bruce Wagstaff, Chief, Employment and

Immigrations Programs Branch,

Department of Social Services, 744 P Street

M/S 6–700, Sacramento, California 95814,

(916) 657–2367

Colorado

Bob Henson, Director, Work Programs,

Department of Social Services, 1575

Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,

(303) 866–2643

Connecticut

Dawn Homer-Bouthiette, Planning

Supervisor, Job Connection, Department of

Social Services, 110 Bartholomew Avenue,

Hartford, Connecticut 06106, (203) 566–

7125

Delaware

Rebecca Varella, Chief Administrator,

Employment and Training, Division of

Social Services, P.O. Box 906, New Castle,

Delaware 19720, (302) 577–4451

District of Columbia

Shari Curtis, Chief, Bureau of Training and

Employment, Department of Human

Services, 33 N Street N.E., Washington,

D.C. 20001, (202) 727–1293

Florida

Reggis Smith, Chief, Benefit Recovery and

Special Programs, Department of Health

and Rehabilitative Services, 1317

Winewood Boulevard, Bldg 6, Tallahassee,

Florida 32399–0700, (904) 487–2966

Georgia

Sylvia Elam, Chief, Employment Services

Unit, Division of Family and Children

Services, Department of Human Resources,

2 Peachtree St., 14th Floor, Room 402,

Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 657–3737

Guam

Diana Calvo, Social Services Supervisor,

Department of Public Health and Social

Services, P.O. Box 2816, Agana, Guam

96910, (011–671) 734–7286

Hawaii

Garry Kemp, Special Assistant to the

Director, Department of Human Services,

P.O. Box 339, Honolulu, Hawaii 96809,

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Idaho

Kathy James, Acting Bureau Chief, Bureau of

Family Self Support, Department of Health

and Welfare, 450 West State Street, Boise,

Idaho 83720, (208) 334–5704

Illinois

Karan Maxson, Administrator, Division of

Planning and Community Services,

Department of Public Aid, 100 S. Grand,

2nd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62762 (217)

785–3300

Indiana

Thomas Reel, Program Manager, IMPACT,

Department of Public Welfare, 402 W.

Washington, W. 363, Indianapolis, Indiana

46204, (317) 232–2002

Iowa

Doug Howard, Coordinator, Employment and

Training Programs, Department of Human

Services, Fifth Floor, Hoover State Office

Building, Des Moine, Iowa 50319, (515)

281–8629

Kansas

Phyllis Lewin, Director, Employment

Preparation Services, Department of Social

and Rehabilitation Services, 300 S.W.

Oakley, West Hall, Topeka, Kansas 66606,

(913) 296–4276

Kentucky

Sharon Perry, Assistant Director, Center for

Program Development, Department of

Social Insurance, Cabinet for Human

Resources, 275 E. Main Street, Frankfurt,

Kentucky 40621, (502) 564–3703

Louisiana

Howard Prejean, Assistant Secretary,

Department of Social Services, Office of

Eligibility Determination, P.O. Box 3776,

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821, (504) 342–

4953

Maine

Barbara Van Burgel, ASPIRE Coordinator,

Bureau of Income Maintenance,

Department of Human Services, Statehouse

Station #11, 32 Winthrop St., Augusta,

Maine 04333, (207) 289–3106

Maryland

Charlene Gallion, Acting Executive Director,

Office of Project Independence

Management, Department of Human

Services, Room 745, 311 W. Saratoga

Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, (410)

333–0837

Massachusetts

John Buonomo, Director, Massachusetts JOBS

Program, Department of Public Welfare,

600 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts

02111, (617) 348–5931

Michigan

Alex D. Hawkins, Director, Job Skills

Development Group, Michigan Jobs

Commission, 201 North Washington

Square, Third floor, Victor Centre, Lansing,

Michigan 48913, (517) 373–7382

Minnesota

Bonnie Baker, Supervisor, Program

Development, Department of Human

Services, 444 Lafayette Road, St. Paul,

Minnesota 55155, (612) 296–2499

Mississippi

Jean Temple, Director, JOBS Branch, Office of

Children and Youth, Department of Human

Services, 421 W. Pascagoula, Jackson,

Mississippi 29302, (601) 359–4855

Missouri

Richard Koon, FUTURES Program Director,

Income Maintenance, Division of Family

Services, 72728 Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 88,

Jefferson City, Missouri 65103, (314) 751–

3124

Montana

Marylis Filipovich, Bureau Chief, Program

and Policy, Department of Social and

Rehabilitation Services, P.O. Box 4210,

Helena, Montana 59604, (406) 444–4540

Nebraska

Margaret Hall, Public Assistance

Administrator, Public Assistance Division,

Department of Social Services, 301

Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 95026,

Lincoln, Nebraska 68509, (402) 471–3121

Nevada

John Alexander, Employment and Training

Coordinator, Nevada State Welfare

Division, Capitol Complex, 2527 North

Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada 89710,

(702) 687–4143

New Hampshire

Arthur Chicaderis, JOBS Administrator,

Employment Support Services, Office of

Economic Services, Division of Human

Services, Department of Health and Human

Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, New

Hampshire 03301–6521, (603) 271–4249

New Jersey

Marion E. Reitz, Director, Division of Family

Development, Department of Human

Services, CN 716, Trenton, New Jersey

08625, (609) 588–2401

New Mexico

Bill Dunbar, Acting Director, Income Support

Division, Department of Human Services,

P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, New Mexico

87500, (505) 827–7252

New York

Jack Ryan, Director, Bureau of Employment

Programs, Department of Social Services,

40 North Pearl Street, Albany, New York

12243, (518) 473–8744

North Carolina

Lucy Burgess, Chief, Employment Programs

Section, Department of Human Resources,

325 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North

Carolina 27611, (919) 733–2873

North Dakota

Gloria House, JOBS Coordinator, Director of

Public Assistance, Department of Human

Services, State Capitol, New Wing, 3rd

Floor, Bismark, North Dakota 58505, (701)

224–4001

Ohio

Mary L. Harris, Deputy Director, Family

Support and JOBS, Department of Human

Services, State Office Tower, 31st Floor, 30

East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43266–

0423, (614) 466–3196

Oklahoma

Raymond Haddock, Division Administrator,

Family Services Division, Department of

Human Services, P.O. Box 25352,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125, (405)

521–3076

Oregon

Debbi White, JOBS Program Manager, Adult

and Family Services Division, Human

Resource Bldg., 2nd Floor, Salem, Oregon

97310–1013, (503) 945–6127

Pennsylvania

David Florey, Director, Bureau of

Employment and Training Program,

Department of Public Welfare, P.O. Box

2675, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105,

(717) 787–8613

Puerto Rico

Migdalia Marrero, Special Asst. to Secretary,

SOSEDF, Isla Grande, Building #10, P.O.

Box 11398, Santurce, Puerto Rico 00910,

(809) 722–2863

Rhode Island

Sherry Campanelli, Associate Director,

Community Services, Department of

Human Services, 600 New London

Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island 02920,

(401) 464–2423

South Carolina

Hiram Spain, Executive Assistant for SelfSufficiency, Department of Social Services,

P.O. Box 1520, Columbia, South Carolina

29202, (803) 737–5937

South Dakota

Julie Osnes, Administrator, Office of Family

Independence, Department of Social

Services, Richard F. Kneip Building,

Pierre, South Dakota 57501, (605) 773–

3493

Tennessee

Wanda Moore, Director of Program Services,

Department of Human Services, 12th Floor,

400 Deadericks, Nashville, Tennessee

37219, (615) 741–6953

Texas

Irma Bermea, Deputy Commissioner,

Department of Human Services, Mail Code

521E, P.O. Box 2960, Austin, Texas 78769,

(512) 450–3011

Utah

Helen Thatcher, Assistant Director, Office of

Family Support, Department of Human

Services, 120 North 200 West, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84145–0500, (801) 538–8231

Vermont

Steve Gold, Director, REACH-UP Program,

Department of Social Welfare, State Office

Building, 103 South Main Street,

Waterbury, Vermont 05676, (802) 241–

2800

Virgin Islands

Ermin Boshulte, Director, Public Assistance

Programs, Department of Human Services,
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Financial Programs Division, Knud Hansen

Complex—Building A, 1303 Hospital

Ground, Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00802, (809)

774–4673

Virginia

David Olds, Program Manager, Employment

Services, Department of Social Services,

730 E. Broad St., 2nd Floor, Richmond,

Virginia 23219–1849, (804) 692–1229

Washington

Lee Todorovich, Acting Assistant Director,

Division of Income Assistance, Department

of Social and Health Services, P.O. Box

45400, Olympia, Washington 98504–5400,

(206) 438–8350

West Virginia

Sharon Paterno, Director, Division of Work

and Training, Department of Health and

Human Services, Building 6, State Office

Complex, Charleston, West Virginia 25305,

(304) 558–3186

Wisconsin

Jean Rogers, Administrator, Division of

Economic Support, Department of Health

and Social Services, P.O. Box 7935, 1 West

Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53707–

7935, (608) 266–3035

Wyoming

Kirk McKinney, JOBS Coordinator, SelfSufficiency Division, Department of Family

Services, Hathaway Building, Rm 347,

2300 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming

82002–0710, (307) 777–6849

Attachment K—Certification Regarding

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Public Law 103–227, Part C—

Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also known

as the Pro-Children Act 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 $1000 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.

[FR Doc. 95–8374 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

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