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of this submittal (or the date of contact

if no submittal is required) on the

Standard Form 424, item 16a.

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

60 days from the application deadline 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, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade SW., Washington, DC.

20447; Attn: Mrs. Shirley Parker;

Reference: OPE-HVS–5.

B. Deadline for Submittal of

Applications

The closing date for submittal of

applications under this program

announcement is found at the beginning

of this announcement under the heading

DATES. Applications may be mailed to

the Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 370 L’Enfant Promenade SW.,

MS 6C–62 OFM/DDG, Washington, DC

20447; ATTN: Mrs. Shirley Parker;

Reference: OPE-HVS–5. Hand delivered

applications are accepted during the

normal working hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, on or

prior to the established closing date at:

Administration for Children and

Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 6th Floor, ACF Guard Station,

901 D Street SW., Washington, DC

20447; Reference: OPE-HVS–5.

Applications shall be considered as

meeting the announced deadline if they

are received on or before the deadline

date at the place specified above.

Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria under

Deadline for Submittal of Applications

are considered late applications. ACF

shall notify each late applicant that its

application will not be considered in

the competition under this

announcement.

Extension of Deadlines: ACF reserves

the right to extend the deadline for all

applicants due to acts of God, such as

floods, hurricanes, or earthquakes; or if

there is widespread disruption of the

mail. However, if ACF does not extend

the deadline for all applicants, it may

not waive or extend the deadline for any

applicants.

C. Submitting the Application

Each application package must

include a signed original and two copies

of the complete application. Each copy

should be stapled securely. All pages of

the narrative (including charts, tables,

maps, exhibits, etc.) must be

sequentially numbered. In order to

facilitate handling, please do not use

covers, binders, or tabs.

Applicant should include a selfaddressed, stamped acknowledgment

card. All applicants will be notified

automatically about the receipt of their

application.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Howard Rolston,

Director, Office of Policy and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 95–8757 Filed 4–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

Adoption Opportunities Program

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF),

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF), Department of Health

and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Announcement of the

Availability of Financial Assistance and

Request for Applications to Carry Out

Demonstration Projects Funded Under

the Adoption Opportunities Branch in

the Children’s Bureau, Administration

on Children, Youth and Families.

SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau of the

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families announces the availability of

fiscal year 1995 funds for grants to

public or private nonprofit child welfare

and adoption agencies, organizations

and adoptive parent groups to assist in

supporting programs directed to: (A)

Increasing the placements in adoptive

families of minority children who are in

foster care and have the goal of

adoption, with a special emphasis on

the recruitment of minority families; (B)

providing post-legal adoption services

for families who have adopted special

needs children; and, (C) increasing the

rate of placement of children in foster

care who are legally free for adoption.

Funding for these grants is authorized

under Title II of the Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment and Adoption

Reform Act of 1978 (P.L. 95–266, as

amended).

This announcement contains all

necessary application materials.

DATES: The closing date for submission

of applications is June 9, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed

to the Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,

6th Floor East, OFM/DDG, Washington,

DC. 20447.

Hand delivered applications are

accepted during normal working hours

of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, on or prior to the established

closing date at: Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/

DDG, 901 D Street, SW., Washington,

DC. 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ACYF Operations Program, Telephone:

1 (800) 351–2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families (ACYF) administers national

programs for children and youth, works

with States and local communities to

develop services which support and

strengthen family life, seeks out joint

ventures with the private sector to

enhance the lives of children and their

families, and provides information and

other assistance to parents.

The concerns of ACYF extend to all

children from birth through

adolescence, with particular emphasis

on children who have special needs.

Many of the programs administered by

the agency focus on children from lowincome families; children and youth in

need of foster care, adoption or other

child welfare services; preschool

children, including children with

disabilities; abused and neglected

children; runaway and homeless youth;

and children from Native American

families.

The priority areas identified in this

announcement are derived from

legislative mandates as well as

Departmental goals and initiatives. The

priorities reflect the state of current

knowledge as well as emerging issues

which come to ACYF’s attention by

several means including consultation

with advocates, policymakers, and

practitioners in the field. The priorities

seek to focus attention on and to

encourage demonstration efforts to

obtain new knowledge and

improvements in service delivery for the

solution of particular problems and to

promote the dissemination and

utilization of the knowledge and model

practices developed under these

priorities.

This program announcement consists

of three parts. Part I provides

information on the goals of the

Children’s Bureau (CB), the ACYF office

which is requesting applications, and

the statutory authorities for awarding

grants.
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Part II describes the review process

and the programmatic priorities under

which applications are being solicited.

Part III provides information and

instructions for the development and

submission of applications.

Part I—Introduction

A. Goals of the Children’s Bureau

Within ACYF, Children’s Bureau

coordinates and supports child welfare

services programs. It administers the

Foster Care and Adoption Assistance

Program, the Child Welfare Services

Program, the Child Welfare Research,

Demonstration and Training Program,

the Adoption Opportunities Program,

the Temporary Child Care and Crisis

Nurseries Program, Independent Living

Program and the Abandoned Infants

Assistance Program.

The Bureau’s programs are designed

to promote the welfare of all children,

including disabled, homeless,

dependent or neglected children and

their families. The programs aid in

preventing and remedying the neglect,

abuse and exploitation of children and

the unnecessary separation of children

from families.

B. The Statutory Authority Covering

This Announcement is Title II of the

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment

and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (Pub.

L. 95–266 as Amended)

The Adoption Opportunities Program

provides financial support for

demonstration projects to: Improve

adoption practices; eliminate barriers to

adoption; and find permanent homes for

children, particularly children with

special needs. Authorization: Child

Abuse Prevention and Treatment and

Adoption Reform Act of 1978, Title II,

Section 203, as amended, Public Law

95–266; Pub. L. 98–457, the Child

Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family

Services Act of 1988, as amended, Title

II, Section 201, Pub. L. 100–294; Pub. L.

102–295; 42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.

Part II—Review Process and Priority

Areas

A. Eligible Applicants

Each priority area description

contains information about the types of

agencies and organizations which are

eligible to apply under that priority

area. Because eligibility varies

depending on statutory provisions, it is

critical that the ‘‘Eligible Applicants’’

section of each priority area be reviewed

carefully.

Before review, each application will

be screened for applicant organization

eligibility as specified under the

selected priority area. Applications from

ineligible organizations will not be

considered or reviewed in the

competition, and the applicant will be

so informed.

Only agencies and organizations, not

individuals, are eligible to apply under

this Announcement. All applications

developed jointly by more than one

agency or organization, must identify

only one lead organization and official

applicant. Participating agencies and

organizations can be included as coparticipants, subgrantees or

subcontractors. For-profit organizations

are eligible to participate as subgrantees

or subcontractors with eligible nonprofit organizations under all priority

areas.

Any non-profit agency which has not

previously received Federal support

must submit proof of non-profit status

either by making reference to its listing

in the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS)

most recent list of tax-exempt

organizations or by submitting a copy of

its letter from the IRS under IRS Code

Section 501(c)(3). The ACYF cannot

fund a non-profit applicant without

acceptable proof of its non-profit status.

B. Review Process and Funding

Decisions

Timely applications received by the

deadline date which are from eligible

applicants will be reviewed and scored

competitively. Experts in the field,

generally persons outside the Federal

government, will use the appropriate

evaluation criteria listed later in this

section to review and score the

applications. The results of this review

are a primary factor in making funding

decisions.

The ACYF reserves the option of

discussing applications with, or

referring them to, other Federal or nonFederal funding sources when this is in

the best interest of the Federal

government or the applicants. ACYF

may also solicit comments from ACF

Regional Office staff, other Federal

agencies, interested foundations,

national organizations, specialists,

experts, States and the general public.

These comments, along with those of

the expert reviewers, will be considered

by ACYF in making funding decisions.

In making decisions on awards, ACYF

may give preference to applications

which focus on or feature:

Overrepresented populations; a

substantially innovative strategy with

the potential to improve theory or

practice in the field of human services;

a model practice or set of procedures

that holds the potential for replication

by organizations that administer or

deliver human services; substantial

involvement of volunteers; substantial

involvement (either financial or

programmatic) of the private sector; a

favorable balance between Federal and

non-Federal funds available for the

proposed project; the potential for high

benefit for low Federal investment; a

programmatic focus on those most in

need; and/or substantial involvement in

the proposed project by national or

community foundations.

To the greatest extent possible, efforts

will be made to ensure that funding

decisions reflect an equitable

distribution of assistance among the

States and geographical regions of the

country, rural and urban areas, and

ethnic populations. In making these

decisions, ACYF may also take into

account the need to avoid unnecessary

duplication of effort.

C. Evaluation Criteria

A panel of at least three reviewers

(primarily experts from outside the

Federal government) will review the

applications. To facilitate this review,

applicants should ensure that they

address each minimum requirement in

the priority area description under the

appropriate section of the Program

Narrative Statement.

The reviewers will determine the

strengths and weaknesses of each

application using the evaluation criteria

listed below, provide comments and

assign numerical scores. The point

value following each criterion heading

indicates the maximum numerical

weight.

All applications will be evaluated

against the following criteria.

(1). Objective and Need for Assistance

(20 points). The extent to which the

application pinpoints any relevant

physical, economic, social, financial,

institutional or other problems requiring

a solution; demonstrates the need for

the assistance; states the principal and

subordinate objectives of the project;

provides supporting documentation or

other testimonies from concerned

interests other than the applicant; and

includes and/or footnotes relevant data

based on the results of planning studies.

The application must identify the

precise location of the project and area

to be served by the proposed project.

Maps and other graphic aids may be

attached.

(2). Approach (35 points). The extent

to which the application outlines a

sound and workable plan of action

pertaining to the scope of the project,

and details how the proposed work will

be accomplished; cites factors which

might accelerate or decelerate the work,

giving acceptable reasons for taking this

approach as opposed to others;

describes and supports any unusual
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features of the project, such as design or

technological innovations, reductions in

cost or time, or extraordinary social and

community involvements; and provides

for projections of the accomplishments

to be achieved. It lists the activities to

be carried out in chronological order,

showing a reasonable schedule of

accomplishments and target dates.

The extent to which, when

appropriate, the application identifies

the kinds of data to be collected and

maintained, and discusses the criteria to

be used to evaluate the results and

successes of the project. The extent to

which the application describes the

evaluation methodology that will be

used to determine if the needs identified

and discussed are being met and if the

results and benefits identified are being

achieved. The application also lists each

organization, agency, consultant, or

other key individuals or groups who

will work on the project, along with a

description of the activities and nature

of their effort or contribution.

(3). Results or Benefits Expected (20

points). The extent to which the

application identifies the results and

benefits to be derived, the extent to

which they are consistent with the

objectives of the application, and the

extent to which the application

indicates the anticipated contributions

to policy, practice, theory and/or

research. The extent to which the

proposed project costs are reasonable in

view of the expected results.

(4). Staff Background and

Organization’s Experience (25 points).

The application identifies the

background of the project director/

principal investigator and key project

staff (including name, address, training,

educational background and other

qualifying experience) and the

experience of the organization to

demonstrate the applicant’s ability to

effectively and efficiently administer the

project. The application describes the

relationship between the proposed

project and other work planned,

anticipated or underway by the

applicant with Federal assistance.

D. Structure of Priority Area

Descriptions

Each priority area description is

composed of the following sections:

Eligible Applicants: This section

specifies the type of organization

eligible to apply under the particular

priority area. Specific restrictions are

also noted, where applicable.

Purpose: This section presents the

basic focus and/or broad goal(s) of the

priority area.

Background Information: This section

briefly discusses the legislative

background as well as the current stateof-the-art and/or current state-ofpractice that supports the need for the

particular priority area activity.

Relevant information on projects

previously funded by ACYF and/or

others, and State models are noted,

where applicable.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: This section presents the basic

set of issues that must be addressed in

the application. Typically, they relate to

project design, evaluation, and

community involvement. This section

also asks for specific information on the

proposed project. Inclusion and

discussion of these items is important

since they will be used by the reviewers

in evaluating the applications against

the evaluation criteria. Project products,

continuation of the project effort after

the Federal support ceases, and

dissemination/utilization activities, if

appropriate, are also addressed.

Project Duration: This section

specifies the maximum allowable length

of time for the project period; it refers

to the amount of time for which Federal

funding is available.

Federal Share of Project Cost: This

section specifies the maximum amount

of Federal support for the project for the

first budget year.

Matching Requirement: This section

specifies the minimum non Federal

contribution, either through cash or inkind match, required in relation to the

maximum Federal funds requested for

the project. Grantees must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $200,00 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $100,000 per

budget period) must include a match of

at least $20,000 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be

Funded: This section specifies the

number of projects that ACYF

anticipates it will fund under the

priority area.

Please note that applications that do

not comply with the specific priority

area requirements in the section on

‘‘Eligible Applicants’’ will not be

reviewed. Applicants should also note

that non-responsiveness to the section

‘‘Minimum Requirements for Project

Design’’ will result in a low evaluation

score by the reviewers. Applicants must

clearly identify the specific priority area

under which they wish to have their

applications considered, and tailor their

applications accordingly. Previous

experience has shown that an

application which is broader and more

general in concept than outlined in the

priority area description scores lower

than one more clearly focused on, and

directly responsive to, that specific

priority area.

E. Available Funds

The ACYF intends to award new

grants resulting from this announcement

during the fourth quarter of fiscal year

1995, subject to the availability of funds.

The size of the actual awards will vary.

Each priority area description

includes information on the maximum

Federal share of the project costs and

the anticipated number of projects to be

funded.

The term ‘‘budget period’’ refers to the

interval of time (usually 12 months) into

which a multi-year period of assistance

(project period) is divided for budgetary

and funding purposes. The term

‘‘project period’’ refers to the total time

a project is approved for support,

including any extensions.

Where appropriate, applicants may

propose project periods which are

shorter than the maximums specified in

the various priority areas. Non-Federal

share contributions may exceed the

minimums specified in the various

priority areas when the applicant is able

to do so. However, applicants should

propose only that non-Federal share

they can realistically provide since any

unmatched Federal funds will be

disallowed by ACF.

For multi-year projects, continued

Federal funding beyond the first budget

period is dependent upon satisfactory

performance by the grantee, availability

of funds from future appropriations and

a determination that continued funding

is in the best interest of the Government.

F. Grantee Share of Project Costs

Grantees must provide at least 10

percent of the total approved cost of the

project. The total approved cost of the

project is the sum of the ACF share and

the non-Federal share. The non-Federal

share may be met by cash or in-kind

contributions, although applicants are

encouraged to meet their match

requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $200,000 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $100,000 per

budget period), must include a match of

at least $20,000 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost). If approved for funding,

grantee will be held accountable for

commitments of non-Federal resources

and failure to provide the required
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amount will result in a disallowance of

unmatched Federal funds.

G. Index of Priority Areas

To assist potential applicants in using

this announcement, a priority area

index in numerical order, is presented

below.

1.01 Synthesis of Results of Minority

Adoption Recruitment Projects for

Special Needs Adoption

1.02 Field Initiated Applications to

Improve Adoption Services to

Children With Special Needs

1.03 Improved Permanency Outcomes

of Adolescents

1.04 Service Improvements in Special

Needs Adoption

1.05 Adoptive Placement of Foster

Care Children

1.06 Respite Care as a Service for

Families Who Adopt Children With

Special Needs

H. Priority Areas

1.01 Synthesis of Results of Minority

Adoption Recruitment Projects for

Special Needs Children

Eligible Applicants: State or local

governments, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, or

universities.

Purpose: To collect, analyze,

synthesize, and develop a report on

current knowledge and results of

minority recruitment services projects

funded since 1989 by the Adoption

Opportunities Program.

Background Information: In 1989, the

Adoption Opportunities statute

authorized funds for increased minority

adoption recruitment services for

families to adopt special needs children.

Approximately 81 grants have been

awarded to public and private agencies

to provide adoption services for

minority children and families. These

efforts resulted in some successful

models and products that could be

replicated. These include recruitment

models for One Church-One Child,

Homes for Black Children and Friends

of Black Children; curricula addressing

cultural competence; resource guides;

directories; adaptable public service

announcements; practice manuals; and

handbooks to assist workers in the area

of special needs adoption recruitment.

The ACYF is interested in supporting

an effort to review the body of work in

the field of minority adoption

recruitment services to determine (1)

The number of projects which are now

an ongoing part of the agencies’

programs; (2) the results of the

evaluations of the projects; (3) the

number of families recruited and

children placed; and (4) the

implications for public and private

child welfare agencies and community

based organizations. Information on

funded projects can be obtained from

the National Adoption Information

Clearinghouse, 11426 Rockville Pike,

Suite 410, Rockville, Maryland 20852;

telephone (301) 231–6512.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: In order to successfully compete

under this priority area, the applicant

should:

• Demonstrate an understanding of

the literature and of the issues in

minority recruitment services.

• Describe how the findings from

these projects would be analyzed and

synthesized into a report which would

be useful to the field.

• Provide a plan for disseminating the

report nationally.

• Provide assurances that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the annual child welfare conference in

Washington, D.C. (The Conference is

held for Adoption Opportunities and

other Children’s Bureau grantees to

exchange information and address

current child welfare trends and issues.)

Provide an executive summary and a

final report on the project within 90

days after the project end date.

Project Duration: The length of the

project must not exceed 17 months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The

maximum Federal share of the project is

$85,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $85,000 in Federal funds

must include a match of at least $8,500

(10 percent of the total Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

Funded: It is anticipated that one project

will be funded.

1.02 Field Initiated Applications to

Improve Adoption Services to Children

With Special Needs

Eligible Applicants: State, Regional or

local public child welfare or adoption

agencies and voluntary child welfare or

adoption agencies or organizations.

Purpose: To improve adoption

services for children with special needs

through activities which are not

addressed elsewhere in this

announcement and have not been

previously funded by the Adoption

Opportunities Program. This priority

area provides public and voluntary

agencies and organizations involved in

the adoption process with an

opportunity to present innovative ideas

for improving child welfare and

adoption systems.

Background Information: Public child

welfare workers who provide adoption

services are overburdened because of

the shortage of staff and the increasing

child welfare caseload. In many public

agencies, adoption staff are expected to

provide services not only to foster

children with special needs and their

potential adoptive families, but also to

families requesting services for intercountry and other types of adoption.

There is also a growing need to provide

post-legal adoption services to preserve

adoptive families as well as an

increasing responsibility for search and

reunion services. This places substantial

burdens on limited adoption agency

resources which are needed to serve the

special needs population.

At any given time, approximately

69,000 foster children have a goal of

adoption, 20,000 of which are legally

free for adoption. Minority children

continue to be over-represented among

this group. Older children and sibling

groups also continue to present unique

challenges. Sub-populations, such as

drug-exposed or medically-fragile

infants and foster children with HIV and

AIDS, will be or are currently testing the

capacity of adoption programs. Other

areas for innovation include the

placement of large sibling groups, the

preparation of children for adoption,

open adoption and relative adoption.

Innovative efforts, embodying the spirit

of public-private partnerships, are

needed to provide permanent adoptive

homes to all waiting children.

Because there are so many different

issues that face the public and voluntary

sectors, ACYF is requesting fieldinitiated applications that address the

most problematic areas in serving foster

children with special needs for whom

adoption is the plan. These applications

must be innovative and cannot be

responsive to other priority areas

identified in this announcement.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: In order to compete successfully

under this priority area, the applicant

should:

• Describe the agency’s current

adoption program and the specific

problem(s) that would be addressed.

• Describe the approach that would

be used to alleviate the problem(s).

• Document that this is a new

approach that has not been funded

before, based on a review of the

literature and any other relevant

sources.
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• Provide specific written

commitments from cooperating or

collaborating agencies, if appropriate.

• Provide for an evaluation of the

project and include a discussion of the

proposed evaluation design. The

evaluation should focus on child and

family outcome measures (e.g., number

of families recruited, number of

children placed, disruption rates, etc.).

• Describe how the agency would

incorporate successful strategies of the

project into its ongoing program.

• Provide assurances that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the Child Welfare Conference in

Washington, D.C. (The conference is

held for Adoption Opportunities and

other Children’s Bureau grantees to

exchange information and to address

current child welfare trends and issues.)

• Provide assurances that the project

will be staffed and implemented within

90 days of the notification of the grant

award.

• Describe the reports and/or other

products that would be developed

under the project, including the types of

information that would be presented

and the steps that would be undertaken

to disseminate and promote the

utilization of project products and

findings.

Project Duration: The length of the

project must not exceed 24 months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The

maximum Federal share of the project is

$300,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirement: Grantee must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $300,000 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $150,000 per

budget period) must include a match of

at least $30,000 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

Funded: It is anticipated that seven

projects will be funded.

1.03 Improved Permanency Outcomes

for Adolescents

Eligible Applicants: State and local

public agencies or private child welfare

agencies in collaboration with a State or

local public agency.

Purpose: To increase permanency for

children over the age of thirteen through

adoption or other options which can

include kinship care and legal

guardianship.

Background Information: Ideally,

children in the foster care system

should be reunited with their parents. In

cases where reunification is not possible

or in the best interest of children,

adoption or other permanency

arrangements must be expeditiously

made. Some of the children awaiting

adoptive families are listed on the

National Adoption Exchange. The

Exchange reports that 41 percent of the

children registered on the Exchange are

between the ages of 11 and 17. Fifty-five

percent are African American, 30

percent are white, 8 percent are

Hispanic and 5 percent are bi-racial.

While adoption efforts are being made

for these children, there are still many

older children in the child welfare

system who are not being prepared for

adoption and who are perceived as

being ‘‘unadoptable.’’ In some cases not

enough work has been done toward

locating adoptive families; in other

cases children have not been prepared

for adoption; therefore, they do not

understand what adoption means and

tell workers they do not want to be

adopted. Many of these teens are fearful

of the rejection associated with having

to wait for many years for a family to

call their own.

Child welfare agencies need to review

the case plans of the children served in

this age group, to set new goals and

actively provide the services that will

assure permanency for these

adolescents. There must also be a reexamination of staff’s attitudes with

respect to the adoption of adolescents.

Conversations with the children about

their goals and how they view their

future could lead to more placements

and ones that are suitable and lasting.

This service requires skilled workers

who view adoption as a positive option

and who can work intensively and

effectively in planning with these

adolescents.

In 1993, a teenager named Charlotte

who grew up in the foster care system

was crowned Miss Teen USA at the age

of 16. Charlotte had set the goal of

adoption for herself and although she

had lived with the same foster parents

for 11 years, they did not adopt her. At

her insistence, the State agency found a

couple who adopted her when she was

17 years of age. Many more adolescents,

like Charlotte, are waiting for a family

and would like to have a support system

or role model to help them make the

transition from foster care to

independence. If adoption is not

possible, options such as kinship care,

assisted guardianship, or transition to

independent living should be explored.

The focus of this priority area is to

ensure permanency for adolescents

through adoption, legal guardianship,

planned long term foster care, or

preparation for independent living.

Information on previously funded

projects dealing with the adoption of

older children can be obtained from the

National Adoption Information

Clearinghouse, 11426 Rockville Pike,

Suite 410, Rockville, MD 20852;

telephone (301) 231–6512.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: In order to successfully compete

under this priority area, the applicant

should:

• Describe existing barriers to

permanency for older children in the

area.

• Identify and verify by race, sex and

age at least 25 adolescents to be served

who are legally free for adoption.

• Describe the approach to be used to

work with the adolescents which build

on knowledge of adolescent

development, separation and

attachment issues and permanency

planning.

• Describe a plan for using the

resources of the National Resource

Centers (Youth, Permanency Planning

and Adoption) in implementing this

project.

• Identify the expected outcomes in

terms of the number of adolescents to

benefit by permanency.

• Describe clearly the services to be

provided, e.g. seminars, workshops,

support services to adoptive families

after placement or other services to meet

the special needs of this age group.

• Include a description of how

families will be recruited and prepared

to parent this age group of children.

• Discuss efforts to work with foster

parents to encourage them to adopt the

adolescents in their care, i.e.,

availability of subsidy or other

incentives to meet the needs of the

child.

• Provide information on any

proposed collaboration and agreements

with other organizations that will work

with the project.

• Provide assurance that the staff on

the project are culturally diverse and

competent to work with this population.

• Describe plans to contract with a

third party to conduct an independent

evaluation of the project.

• Provide assurance that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the annual Child Welfare Conference in

Washington, D.C. (The Conference is

held for Adoption Opportunities and

other Children’s Bureau grantees to

exchange information and address

current child welfare trends and issues).

Project Duration: The length of the

project must not exceed 36 months.
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Federal Share of Project of Project

Costs: The maximum Federal share of

the project is $375,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $375,000 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $125,000 per

budget period) must include a match of

at least $37,500 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

Funded: It is anticipated that five

projects will be funded.

1.04 Service Improvements in Special

Needs Adoption

Eligible Applicants: State and local

public or private non-profit child

welfare agencies or agencies having

access to the children in need of this

service. Agencies or States which have

not already demonstrated the models for

replication described in this priority

area will be given priority

consideration.

Purpose: To replicate Federally

funded adoption models in one of the

following categories: (a) termination of

parental rights (TPR); (b) minority

recruitment; (c) staff training or (d) postlegal adoption services.

Background Information: There are

currently over 500,000 children in the

foster care system. A large number of

these children will not be returning to

their families and are in need of

permanency in their lives. Adoption

with a loving family is the plan for a

number of these children. However,

systemic barriers and inadequate service

delivery prevent agencies from attaining

permanency for these children. Service

delivery models and training efforts

have been developed through Federal

adoption grants during the past 14 years

to address some of the barriers. These

models have: facilitated adoption

placements; informed practice and

policy; provided practical solutions to

systemic problems in service delivery;

increased public awareness of the

waiting children; shortened the time

children wait for adoption and provided

needed services to maintain the family

after the adoption has been legalized.

However, dissemination of these models

has been limited, which has reduced the

opportunities for replication, or when

models have been recognized as

potentially useful, funding has not been

available in public agencies to replicate

the projects.

(a) Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)

The Children’s Bureau has funded

demonstration grants in the past on

termination of parental rights and

reducing delays for children who wait.

As early as 1983, a grant was awarded

to the American Bar Association to work

with five States to eliminate or

minimize the legal barriers which

impede the timely movement of

children with special needs into

adoptive families. Some of the States in

the project were very successful in

significantly reducing the time a child

had to wait for TPR. One project in New

Jersey was able to reduce the average

length of time a child remains in the

court process, once the termination

papers were filed, from 34 weeks to six

weeks. In 1988, four projects were

funded to address specific problems or

issues concerning TPR which act as

barriers to adoption. A book entitled

‘‘Children Can’t Wait: Reducing Delays

for Children in Foster Care’’ by Paul

Johnson and Katherine Kahn is based on

the experience of the four projects. This

book provides information to assist

professionals and agencies in addressing

permanency for children in the child

welfare system. The book may be

purchased from the Child Welfare and

agencies in addressing permanency for

children in the child welfare system.

The book may be purchased from the

Child Welfare League of America, 440

First St. N.W., Suite 310, Washington,

D.C. 20001–2085.

(b) Minority Recruitment

Minority children are overrepresented

in the child welfare system and

minority families often face

insurmountable systemic barriers in

their attempts to become adoptive

parents. However, it has been

demonstrated that minority families are

available , and do adopt.

For some agencies recruiting and

maintaining families that are of the

culture and race of the children in their

care has proven to be difficult. There are

excellent models to recruit families for

minority children which utilize a

combination of media, word-of-mouth,

and community-based resources.

Models such as One Church-One Child,

and Friends of Black Children were

developed over 10 years ago and have

been institutionalized in some agencies

and organizations. The One Church-One

Child model has been demonstrated

throughout the country and has proven

to be successful in the recruitment and

placement of minority children. The

Friends of Black Children model has

been limited to specific geographical

areas.

Another tool of recruiting families is

through multi-media presentations such

as: ‘‘Wednesday’s child’’ segments;

posters; radio and television public

service announcements (PSA’s); and

billboards.

(c) Staff Training

ACYF recognizes that curricula are

developed throughout the adoption

field. Often these curricula are

specialized to meet the needs of workers

in providing particular services to their

clients. The National Resource Center

on Special Needs Adoption has

developed two training curricula, one

on Special Needs Adoption and the

other on Cultural Competence. The

special needs adoption curriculum has

been disseminated to State agencies but

has been under-utilized.

(d) Post-Legal Adoption Services

Post-legal adoption services are

critical to the success of special needs

adoptions. There is continuous need of

these services to ensure that families

have the support necessary to sustain

themselves. Over 70 programs across the

country have been funded to provide

post-legal adoption services. These

programs provided: Training for mental

health professionals on adoption issues;

training on how to work with sexually

abused children; services for special

groups such as HIV positive children

and their parents; counselling and

information on adoption search issues;

development of training curricula;

respite care services and training of

respite care providers. In a project of the

Illinois Department of Children and

Family Services, a survey of adoptive

parents was conducted which revealed

that adoptive families could not find the

right services for their adopted children

and that families felt the need for

support groups and the need for more

information on the children being

placed. In addition, the survey found

that professionals needed adoptionsensitive training. A product of this

grant was the publication entitled ‘‘The

Role of the Public Agency Delivering

Post Adoption Services,’’ by Kenneth

Watson.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design:

• Demonstrate an understanding of

the literature and of the issues in the

specific area of service improvement of

this application (TPR, Staff Training,

Post-Legal Services or Recruitment).

• Describe how the project will use

program components to reduce the

caseload of waiting children or improve
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services for children who have been

adopted and their families .

• Describe how the project will use

other agencies and disciplines to

implement its program.

• Describe the model to be replicated

or type of training to be provided.

• Provide assurances that the project

will be staffed and implemented within

90 days of the notification of the grant

award.

• Provide assurances that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the annual Child Welfare Conference in

Washington, D.C. (The Conference is

held for Adoption Opportunities and

other Children’s Bureau grantees to

exchange information and address

current child welfare trends and issues.)

Subject Duration: length of the project

must not exceed 24 months.

Federal Share of Project Cost: The

maximum Federal share of the project is

$150,000 for the Termination of Parental

Rights and Post-Legal Adoption Services

and $100,000 for the minority

recruitment and training.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirements: Grantee must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $150,000 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $75,000 per

budget period) must include a match of

at least $15,000 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

Funded: It is anticipated that five grants

for each model will be funded.

1.05 Adoptive Placement of Foster

Care Children

Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is

limited to State social service agencies.

Given limited funds, and in order to

generate and financially support the

widest possible variety of issues and

approaches, priority will be given to

applicants which have not been funded

under this priority area in previous

fiscal years. However, previously

funded applicants under this priority

area will not be precluded from the

receiving grants.

Purpose: To develop programs which

will assist States in their efforts to

increase the placement of foster care

children legally free for adoption

according to a pre-established plan and

goals for improvement.

Background Information: The

Adoption Opportunities legislation, as

amended by Public Law 100–294,

authorizes the funding of grants to

States to improve adoption services for

the placement of special needs children

who are legally free for adoption.

Children in foster care who are free for

adoption, particularly children with

special needs, do not always move

smoothly through the child welfare

system into placement with a

permanent family.

States have received Federal grants to

make systemic changes in their

adoption programs; to provide computer

hardware, software and fees for

membership in the National Adoption

Exchange’s Network; to develop a

consortium of States with large numbers

of children in care in order to share

knowledge to improve and enhance

their special needs adoption programs;

and to form a national post-legal

adoption consortium of States to focus

on models of post-legal adoption

services. More than half of the States

have received grants in the above stated

areas to improve adoption services.

Increasingly, children entering foster

care have more complex problems

which require more intensive services.

Permanent families must be

continuously recruited and prepared to

parent the growing population of

children who cannot return to their

birth families. Supportive services must

be added or improved so that the

children in foster care who are legally

free for adoption can move into

adoptive placements in a timely

manner. This will require collaborative

efforts with the court system to

terminate parental rights. Further,

agencies must commit resources for the

ongoing support of adoptive families not

only at placement, but also after

legalization of the adoption. Past

projects have demonstrated that greater

improvements in placing these children

are achieved when permanent plans are

made and carried out very early in the

placement; when there are sufficient

numbers of trained and experienced

staff; and when there are available

resources and administrative

commitments to adoption and to

coordinated community-based efforts.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: In order to successfully compete

under this priority area, the applicant

should:

• Identify and verify the number of

foster care children in the area to be

served who are legally free and waiting

for adoptive placements.

• Provide and verify the rate of

placement of foster care children placed

in adoption in the year preceding the

application. (The rate of placement is

the number of children placed divided

by the number of children waiting for

adoption.)

• Describe the methods to be

employed to increase the rate of

placement of foster care children into

adoption and the goals for improvement

to be achieved during the period of the

grant.

• Propose and describe an evaluation

component which would focus on the

innovations to be used to improve the

placement of children who are legally

free for adoption and which would

address the successes and failures of the

initiative.

The evaluation should include the

collection and analysis of data to

determine placement rates and the types

of clients served (e.g., waiting children,

prospective adoptive families). Data

should be collected to determine the

availability of adoptive families during

the program period. The evaluation

should also include descriptive

information on the processes and

procedures to be used in implementing

the project. This information should be

used to assess placement rates and the

success or failure of the innovative

program methodologies used.

• Document how the program would

be continued beyond Federal funding or

as part of the agency’s ongoing program,

if successful, and describe the specific

steps which would be taken to

accomplish this.

• Provide assurances that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the annual Child Welfare Conference in

Washington, D.C. (The Conference is

held for Adoption Opportunities and

other Children’s Bureau grantees to

exchange information and address

current child welfare trends and issues.)

• Describe the report and/or other

products that would be developed

under the project, including the types of

information that would be presented,

and the steps that would be undertaken

to disseminate and promote the

utilization of project products and

findings.

Project Duration: The length of the

project must not exceed 12 months.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The

maximum Federal share of the project is

$100,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $100,00 in Federal funds
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must include a match of at least $10,000

(10 percent of the total Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

Funded: It is anticipated that two

projects will be funded.

1.06 Respite Care as a Service for

Families Who Adopt Children With

Special Needs

Eligible Applicants: States, local

government entities, public or private

non-profit licensed child welfare or

adoption agencies, university affiliated

programs, licensed child care or respite

care providers or incorporated adoptive

parent groups with experience in

working with adoptive populations.

Purpose: To develop or replicate a

variety of affordable respite care models

for adoptive parents of children with

special needs, especially for adoptive

parents of medically fragile or severely

physically or emotionally disabled

children.

Background Information: ACYF

recognizes the need for respite services

for adoptive families in order to

maintain and support the family unit.

Respite may be needed early in the

adoptive placement or later in the

child’s development. Results of research

studies indicate that the majority of care

is requested to relieve the primary

caregiver for vacations, emergencies and

planned circumstances.

There are few specialized respite care

programs for adoptive families that

provide a period of temporary relief or

rest from parental responsibilities

despite the increasing availability of

post-legal adoption services. Such

programs can be especially helpful to

families who adopt children with

special needs by providing support

during emergencies or respite from the

daily demands of a special needs child.

Generally, such respite care is provided

by skilled caregivers or companions;

however, with proper preparation it can

also be provided by friends and relatives

in the family’s home or in another

location.

In some respite programs training and

reimbursement are offered to whomever

the family designates as provider, an

arrangement which is mutually

satisfying because it allows the family to

control the quality of care. Also, this

approach may offer families living in

rural areas the flexibility of locating

their own provider since distance

frequently limits respite resources.

Since 1990, ACYF has awarded grants

to expand and develop respite care

services for adoptive parents of children

with special needs. These projects have

developed services such as: payment to

families to seek their own respite

services in their own homes for short

periods of time and weekends;

recruiting and training individuals to

provide short breaks for adoptive

parents and to provide supportive

services to parents such as tutorial and

recreational activities outside the home

and sponsoring camp programs and

other specialized events for the children

and their families. The programs funded

in 1990 which ended in September 1993

are the University of Kansas, Bureau of

Child Research; La Hacienda Foster

Care, Tucson, Arizona; University of

Alabama at Birmingham; Mercy Respite

Care Corporation, Grand Rapids,

Michigan; Northwest Adoption

Exchange, Seattle, Washington; New

Haven Foster Family Agency, Vista,

California; Department of Human

Services, Trenton, New Jersey; Adoptive

Parent Group of South Wisconsin, Inc.,

Madison, Wisconsin; Kent State

University, Research and Graduate

Studies, Kent, Ohio; Resources for

Adoptive Parents, Minneapolis,

Minnesota; Department of Human

Resources, Reno, Nevada; Department of

Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia; and

Department of Mental Health and

Mental Retardation, Waterbury,

Vermont. Information about these

programs can be secured from the

National Adoption Information

Clearinghouse, ll426 Rockville Pike,

Suite 410, Rockville, Maryland 20852,

telephone: (301) 231–6512.

Minimum Requirements for Project

Design: In order to successfully compete

under this priority area, the applicant

should:

• Describe plans to develop or

replicate respite care models for the

adoptive parents of special needs

children that include, but are not

limited to:

—Facility-based models such as those

located in churches, day care centers,

community-based group homes,

rehabilitation centers, and ‘‘mother’s

day out’’ programs, weekend respite,

evening respite, and overnight respite

programs;

—In-home respite care services offered

in the family’s home and,

—Respite host family services offered in

the provider’s home.

• Describe respite care services that

would be provided for parents of

children who are medically fragile, or

who have severe physical or emotional

problems.

• Describe the preparation, referral,

follow-up, and counselling services that

would be provided to respite service

users.

• Describe the collaboration that

would be established with groups such

as community recreational services,

churches, day care centers, group

homes, residential treatment centers,

adoptive parent groups, and University

Affiliated Programs in the provision of

the respite services.

• Describe the training that would be

provided to service providers and how

specific models of respite care would be

developed or replicated.

• Estimate the number of special

needs children and families that would

be served and document that a sufficient

volume of special needs adoptive

families exists to support a program of

the size proposed.

• Provide for an evaluation of the

project and include a discussion of the

proposed evaluation design.

• Document how the program would

be continued beyond Federal funding as

part of the agency’s ongoing program

and describe the specific steps which

would be taken to accomplish this.

• Provide assurances that at least one

key person from the project will attend

the annual Child Welfare Conference in

Washington, DC. The Conference is held

for Adoption Opportunities and other

Children’s Bureau grantees to exchange

information and address current child

welfare trends and issues.

Project Duration: The length of the

project must not exceed 36 months.

Federal Share of Project Cost: The

maximum Federal share of the project is

$450,000.

Matching or Cost Sharing

Requirement: Grantees must provide at

least 10 percent of the total approved

cost of the project. The total approved

cost of the project is the sum of the ACF

share and the non-Federal share. The

non-Federal share may be met by cash

or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their

match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a project

requesting $450,000 in Federal funds

(based on an award of $150,000 per

budget period) must include a match of

at least $45,000 (10 percent of the total

Federal cost).

Anticipated Number of Projects: It is

anticipated that a minimum of five

projects will be funded.

Part III—Instructions for the

Development and Submission of

Applications

This Part contains information and

instructions for submitting applications

in response to this announcement.

Application forms are provided along

with a checklist for assembling an

application package. Please copy and

use these forms in submitting an

application.

Potential applicants should read this

section carefully in conjunction with
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the information contained within the

specific priority area under which the

application is to be submitted. The

priority area descriptions are in Part II.

A. Required Notification of the State

Single Point of Contact

The Adoption Opportunities Program

is not covered under Executive Order

12372, Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs. When comments are

submitted directly to ACF, they should

be addressed to:

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed

to the Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,

6th Floor East, OFM/DDG, Washington,

DC 20447.

Hand delivered applications are

accepted during normal working hours

of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, on or prior to the established

closing date at: Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/

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

DC 20447.

B. Deadline for Submission of

Applications

Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the announced

deadline if they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date at:

ADDRESSES: Applications may be mailed

to the Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,

6th Floor East, OFM/DDG, Washington,

DC 20447.

Hand delivered applications are

accepted during normal working hours

of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, on or prior to the established

closing date at: Administration for

Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 6th Floor OFM/

DDG, 901 D Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20447.

2. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received by ACF in time for the

independent review. Applicants are

cautioned to request a legibly dated U.S.

Postal Service postmark or to obtain a

legibly dated receipt from a commercial

carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private

Metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.

Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria stated

above are considered late applications.

ACF shall notify each late applicant that

its application will not be considered in

the current competition.

Extension of Deadlines: ACF may

extend the deadline for all applicants

because of acts of God such as floods,

hurricanes, etc., or when there is a

widespread disruption of the mails.

However, if ACF does not extend the

deadline for all applicants, it may not

waive or extend the deadline for any

applicants.

C. Instructions for Preparing the

Application and Completing

Application Forms

The SF 424, 424A, 424B, and

certifications have been reprinted for

your convenience in preparing the

application. See Appendix A. You

should reproduce single-sided copies of

these forms from the reprinted forms in

the announcement, typing your

information onto the copies. Please do

not use forms directly from the Federal

Register announcement, as they are

printed on both sides of the page.

Please prepare your application in

accordance with the following

instructions:

1. SF 424 Page 1, Application Cover

Sheet. Please read the following

instructions before completing the

application cover sheet. An explanation

of each item is included. Complete only

the items specified.

Top of Page. Enter the single priority

area number under which the

application is being submitted. An

application should be submitted under

only one priority area.

Item 1. Type of Submission—

Preprinted on the form.

Item 2. Date Submitted and Applicant

Identifier—Date application is

submitted to ACYF and applicant’s own

internal control number, if applicable.

Item 3. Date Received By State—State

use only (if applicable).

Item 4. Date Received by Federal

Agency—Leave blank.

Item 5. Applicant Information

Legal Name—Enter the legal name of

the applicant organization. For

applications developed jointly, enter the

name of the lead organization only.

There must be a single applicant for

each application.

Organizational Unit—Enter the name

of the primary unit within the applicant

organization which will actually carry

out the project activity. Do not use the

name of an individual as the applicant.

If this is the same as the applicant

organization, leave the organizational

unit blank.

Address—Enter the complete address

that the organization actually uses to

receive mail, since this is the address to

which all correspondence will be sent.

Do not include both street address and

P.O. Box number unless both must be

used in mailing.

Name and telephone number of the

person to be contacted on matters

involving this application (give area

code)—Enter the full name (including

academic degree, if applicable) and

telephone number of a person who can

respond to questions about the

application. This person should be

accessible at the address given here and

will receive all correspondence

regarding the application.

Item 6. Employer Identification

Number (EIN)—Enter the employer

identification number of the applicant

organization, as assigned by the Internal

Revenue Service, including, if known,

the Central Registry System suffix.

Item 7. Type of Applicant—Selfexplanatory.

Item 8. Type of Application—

Preprinted on the form.

Item 9. Name of Federal Agency—

Preprinted on the form.

Item 10. Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number and Title—Enter the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA) number assigned to the program

under which assistance is requested and

its title, as indicated in the relevant

priority area description.

Item 11. Descriptive Title of

Applicant’s Project—Enter the project

title. The title is generally short and is

descriptive of the project, not the

priority area title.

Item 12. Areas Affected by Project—

Enter the governmental unit where

significant and meaningful impact could

be observed. List only the largest unit or

units affected, such as State, county, or

city. If an entire unit is affected, list it

rather than subunits.

Item 13. Proposed Project—Enter the

desired start date for the project and

projected completion date.

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. If statewide, a multi-State effort,

or nationwide, enter 00.

Items 15. Estimated Funding Levels.

In completing 15a through 15f, the

dollar amounts entered should reflect,

for a 17 month or less project period, the

total amount requested. If the proposed

project period exceeds 17 months, enter

only those dollar amounts needed for

the first 12 months of the proposed

project.

Item 15a. Enter the amount of Federal

funds requested in accordance with the

preceding paragraph. This amount

should be no greater than the maximum
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amount specified in the priority area

description.

Items 15b-e. Enter the amount(s) of

funds from non-Federal sources that

will be contributed to the proposed

project. Items b-e are considered costsharing or matching funds. The value of

third party in-kind contributions should

be included on appropriate lines as

applicable. For more information

regarding funding as well as exceptions

to these rules, see Part II, Sections E and

F, and the specific priority area

description.

Item 15f. Enter the estimated amount

of income, if any, expected to be

generated from the proposed project. Do

not add or subtract this amount from the

total project amount entered under item

15g. Describe the nature, source and

anticipated use of this income in the

Project Narrative Statement.

Item 15g. Enter the sum of items 15a15e.

Item 16a. Is Application Subject to

Review By State Executive Order 12372

Process? Yes.—Enter the date the

applicant contacted the SPOC regarding

this application. Select the appropriate

SPOC from the listing provided at the

end of Part III. The review of the

application is at the discretion of the

SPOC. The SPOC will verify the date

noted on the application. If there is a

discrepancy in dates, the SPOC may

request that the Federal agency delay

any proposed funding until September

1995.

Item 16b. Is Application Subject to

Review By State Executive Order 12372

Process? No.—Check the appropriate

box if the application is not covered by

E.O. 12372 or if the program has not

been selected by the State for review.

Item 17. Is the Applicant Delinquent

on any Federal Debt?—Check the

appropriate box. This question applies

to the applicant organization, not the

person who signs as the authorized

representative. Categories of debt

include audit disallowances, loans and

taxes.

Item 18. To the best of my knowledge

and belief, all data in this application/

preapplication are true and correct. The

document has been duly authorized by

the governing body of the applicant and

the applicant will comply with the

attached assurances if the assistance is

awarded.—To be signed by the

authorized representative of the

applicant. A copy of the governing

body’s authorization for signature of this

application by this individual as the

official representative must be on file in

the applicant’s office, and may be

requested from the applicant.

Item 18a–c. Typed Name of

Authorized Representative, Title,

Telephone Number—Enter the name,

title and telephone number of the

authorized representative of the

applicant organization.

Item 18d. Signature of Authorized

Representative—Signature of the

authorized representative named in Item

18a. At least one copy of the application

must have an original signature. Use

colored ink (not black) so that the

original signature is easily identified.

Item 18e. Date Signed—Enter the date

the application was signed by the

authorized representative.

2. SF 424A—Budget Information—

Non-Construction Programs.

This is a form used by many Federal

agencies. For this application, Sections

A, B, C, E and F are to be completed.

Section D does not need to be

completed.

Sections A and B should include the

Federal as well as the non-Federal

funding for the proposed project

covering (1) the total project period of

17 months or less or (2) the first year

budget period, if the proposed project

period exceeds 17 months.

Section A—Budget Summary. This

section includes a summary of the

budget. On line 5, enter total Federal

costs in column (e) and total nonFederal costs, including third party inkind contributions, but not program

income, in column (f). Enter the total of

(e) and (f) in column (g).

Section B—Budget Categories. This

budget, which includes the Federal as

well as non-Federal funding for the

proposed project, covers (1) the total

project period if the proposed project

period is 17 months or less or (2) the

first year budget period if the proposed

project period exceeds 17 months. It

should relate to item 15g, total funding,

on the SF 424. Under column (5), enter

the total requirements for funds (Federal

and non-Federal) by object class

category.

A separate itemized budget

justification for each line item is

required. The types of information to be

included in the justification are

indicated under each category. For

multiple year projects, it is desirable to

provide this information for each year of

the project. The budget justification

should immediately follow the second

page of the SF 424A.

Personnel—Line 6a. Enter the total

costs of salaries and wages of applicant/

grantee staff. Do not include the costs of

consultants, which should be included

on line 6h, Other.

Justification: Identify the principal

investigator or project director, if

known. Specify by title or name the

percentage of time allocated to the

project, the individual annual salaries,

and the cost to the project (both Federal

and non-Federal) of the organization’s

staff who will be working on the project.

Fringe Benefits—Line 6b. Enter the

total cost of fringe benefits, unless

treated as part of an approved indirect

cost rate.

Justification: Provide a break-down of

amounts and percentages that comprise

fringe benefit costs, such as health

insurance, FICA, retirement insurance,

etc.

Travel—6c. Enter total costs of out-oftown travel (travel requiring per diem)

for staff of the project. Do not enter costs

for consultant’s travel or local

transportation, which should be

included on Line 6h, Other.

Justification: Include the name(s) of

traveler(s), total number of trips,

destinations, length of stay,

transportation costs and subsistence

allowances.

Equipment—Line 6d. Enter the total

costs of all equipment to be acquired by

the project. Equipment is tangible, nonexpendable personal property having a

useful life of more than one year and an

acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per

unit. For all other applicants, the

threshold for equipment is $500 or more

per unit. The higher threshold for State

and local governments became effective

October 1, 1988, through the

implementation of 45 CFR Part 92,

Uniform Administrative Requirements

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

to State and Local Governments.

Justification: Equipment to be

purchased with Federal funds must be

justified. The equipment must be

required to conduct the project, and the

applicant organization or its subgrantees

must not have the equipment or a

reasonable facsimile available to the

project. The justification also must

contain plans for future use or disposal

of the equipment after the project ends.

Supplies—Line 6e. Enter the total

costs of all tangible expendable personal

property (supplies) other than those

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)

procurement contracts (except those

which belong on other lines such as

equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2)

contracts with secondary recipient

organizations, including delegate

agencies. Also include any contracts

with organizations for the provision of

technical assistance. Do not include

payments to individuals on this line. If

the name of the contractor, scope of

work, and estimated total costs are not

available or have not been negotiated,

include on Line 6h, Other.
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Justification: Attach a list of

contractors, indicating the names of the

organizations, the purposes of the

contracts, and the estimated dollar

amounts of the awards as part of the

budget justification. Whenever the

applicant/grantee intends to delegate

part or all of the program to another

agency, the applicant/grantee must

complete this section (Section B, Budget

Categories) for each delegate agency by

agency title, along with the supporting

information. The total cost of all such

agencies will be part of the amount

shown on Line 6f. Provide backup

documentation identifying the name of

contractor, purpose of contract, and

major cost elements. Applicants who

anticipate procurements of $25,000 for

non-governmental and governmental

entities and are requesting an award

without competition should include a

sole source justification in the

application which at a minimum should

include the basis for contractor’s

selection, justification for lack of

competition when competitive bids or

offers are not obtained and basis for

award cost or price. (Note: Previous or

past experience with a contractor is not

sufficient justification for sole source.)

Construction—Line 6g. Not

applicable. New construction is not

allowable.

Other—Line 6h. Enter the total of all

other costs. Where applicable, such

costs may include, but are not limited

to: Insurance; medical and dental costs;

noncontractual fees and travel paid

directly to individual consultants; local

transportation (all travel which does not

require per diem is considered local

travel); 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. Note that costs

identified as miscellaneous and

honoraria are not allowable.

Justification: Specify the costs

included.

Total Direct Charges—Line 6i. Enter

the total of Lines 6a through 6h.

Indirect Charges—6j. Enter the total

amount of indirect charges (costs). If no

indirect costs are requested, enter none.

Generally, this line should be used

when the applicant (except local

governments) has a current indirect cost

rate agreement approved by the

Department of Health and Human

Services or another Federal agency.

Local and State governments should

enter the amount of indirect costs

determined in accordance with HHS

requirements. When an indirect cost

rate is requested, these costs are

included in the indirect cost pool and

should not be charged again as direct

costs to the grant. In the case of training

grants to other than State or local

governments (as defined in title 45,

Code of Federal Regulations, part 74),

the Federal reimbursement of indirect

costs will be limited to the lesser of the

negotiated (or actual) indirect cost rate

or 8 percent of the amount allowed for

direct costs, exclusive of any equipment

charges, rental of space, tuition and fees,

post-doctoral training allowances,

contractual items, and alterations and

renovations.

For training grant applications, the

entry under line 6j should be the total

indirect costs being charged to the

project. The Federal share of indirect

costs is calculated as shown above. The

applicant’s share is calculated as

follows:

(a) Calculate total project indirect

costs (a) by applying the applicant’s

approved indirect cost rate to the total

project (Federal and non-Federal) direct

costs.

(b) Calculate the Federal share of

indirect costs (b) at 8 percent of the

amount allowed for total project

(Federal and non-Federal) direct costs

exclusive of any equipment charges,

rental of space, tuition and fees, postdoctoral training allowances,

contractual items, and alterations and

renovations.

(c) Subtract (b) from (a). The

remainder is what the applicant can

claim as part of its matching cost

contribution.

Justification: Enclose a copy of the

indirect cost rate agreement. Applicants

subject to the limitation on the Federal

reimbursement of indirect costs for

training grants should specify this.

Total—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. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount.

Justification: Describe the nature,

source, and anticipated use of program

income in the Program Narrative

Statement.

Section C—Non-Federal Resources.

This section summarizes the amounts of

non-Federal resources that will be

applied to the grant. Enter this

information on line 12 entitled Totals.

In-kind contributions are defined in 45

CFR 74.2, as the value of non-cash

contributions provided by non-Federal

third parties. Their party-in kind

contributions may be in the form of real

property, equipment, supplies and other

expendable property, and the value of

goods and services directly benefiting

and specifically identifiable to the

project or program.

Justification: Describe third party inkind contributions, if included.

Section D—Forecasted Cash Needs.

Not applicable.

Section E—Budget Estimate of Federal

Funds Needed For Balance of the

Project. This section should only be

completed if the total project period

exceeds 17 months.

Totals—Line 20. For projects that will

have more than one budget period, enter

the estimated required Federal funds for

the second budget period (months 13

through 24) under column (b) First. If a

third budget period will be necessary,

enter the Federal funds needed for

months 25 through 36 under (c) Second.

Columns (d) and (e) are not applicable

in most instances, since ACF funding is

almost always limited to a three-year

maximum project period. Columns (d)

and (e) would be used in the case of a

60 month project.

Section F—Other Budget Information.

Direct Charges—Line 21. Not

applicable.

Indirect Charges—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.

Remarks—Line 23. If the total project

period exceeds 17 months, you must

enter your proposed non-Federal share

of the project budget for each of the

remaining years of the project.

3. Project Summary Description.

Clearly mark this separate page with the

applicant name as shown in item 5 of

the SF 424, the priority area number as

shown at the top of the SF 424, and the

title of the project as shown in item 11

of the SF 424. The summary description

should not exceed 300 words. These 300

words become part of the computer

database on each project.

Care should be taken to produce a

summary description which accurately

and concisely reflects the application. It

should describe the objectives of the

project, the approaches to be used and

the outcomes expected. The description

should also include a list of major

products that will result from the

proposed project, such as software

packages, materials, management

procedures, data collection instruments,

training packages, or videos (please note

that audiovisuals should be closed

captioned). The project summary

description, together with the

information on the SF 424, will

constitute the project abstract. It is the

major source of information about the

proposed project and is usually the first
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part of the application that the

reviewers read in evaluating the

application.

At the bottom of the page, following

the summary description, type up to 10

key words which best describe the

proposed project, the service(s) involved

and the target population(s) to be

covered. These key words will be used

for computerized information retrieval

for specific types of funded projects.

4. Program Narrative Statement. The

Program Narrative Statement is a very

important part of an application. It

should be clear, concise, and address

the specific requirements mentioned

under the priority area description in

Part II.

The narrative should provide

information concerning how the

application meets the evaluation criteria

(see Section C, Part II), using the

following headings:

(a) Objectives and Need for

Assistance;

(b) Approach;

(c) Results and Benefits Expected; and

(d) Staff Background and

Organization’s Experience.

The specific information to be

included under each of these headings

is described in Section C of Part II,

Evaluation Criteria.

The narrative should be typed doublespaced on a single side of an 81⁄2′′ × 11′′

plain white paper, with 1′′ margins on

all sides. All pages of the narrative

(including charts, references/footnotes,

tables, maps, exhibits, etc.) must be

sequentially numbered, beginning with

Objectives and Need for Assistance as

page number one. Applicants should

not submit reproductions of larger size

paper, reduced to meet the size

requirement.

The length of the application,

including the application forms and all

attachments, should not exceed 60

pages. A page is a single side of an 81⁄2′′

× 11′′ sheet of paper. Applicants are

requested not to send pamphlets,

brochures or other printed material

along with their application as these

pose xeroxing difficulties. These

materials, if submitted, will not be

included in the review process if they

exceed the 60-page limit. Each page of

the application will be counted to

determine the total length.

5. Organizational Capability

Statement. The Organizational

Capability Statement should consist of a

brief (two to three pages) background

description of how the applicant

organization (or the unit within the

organization that will have

responsibility for the project) is

organized, the types and quantity of

services it provides, and/or the research

and management capabilities it

possesses. This description should

cover capabilities not included in the

Program Narrative Statement. It may

include descriptions of any current or

previous relevant experience, or

describe the competence of the project

team and its demonstrated ability to

produce a final product that is readily

comprehensible and usable. An

organization chart showing the

relationship of the project to the current

organization should be included.

6. Part IV—Assurances/Certifications.

Applicants are required to file an SF

424B, Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs and the Certification

Regarding Lobbying. Both must be

signed and returned with the

application. In addition, applicants

must certify their compliance with: (1)

Drug-Free Workplace Requirements; (2)

Debarment and Other Responsibilities.

Copies of these assurances/certifications

are reprinted at the end of this

announcement and should be

reproduced, as necessary; and

Certification Regarding Environmental

Tobacco Smoke. A duly authorized

representative of the applicant

organization must certify that the

applicant is in compliance with these

assurances/certifications. A signature on

the SF 424 indicates compliance with

the Drug-Free Workplace Requirements,

and Debarment and Other

Responsibilities certifications.

For research projects in which human

subjects may be at risk, a Protection of

Human Subjects Assurance may be

required. If there is a question regarding

the applicability of this assurance,

contact the Office for Research Risks of

the National Institutes of Health at (301)

496–7041.

D. Checklist for a Complete Application

The checklist below is for your use to

ensure that your application package

has been properly prepared.

—One original, signed and dated

application, plus two copies.

Applications for different priority

areas are packaged separately;

—Application is from an organization

which is eligible under the eligibility

requirements defined in the priority

area description (screening

requirement);

—Application length does not exceed 60

pages, unless otherwise specified in

the priority area description.

A complete application consists of the

following items in this order:

—Application for Federal Assistance

(SF 424, REV 4–88);

—Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (SF 424A, REV

4–88);

—Budget justification for Section B—

Budget Categories;

—Table of Contents;

—Letter from the Internal Revenue

Service to prove non-profit status, if

necessary;

—Copy of the applicant’s approved

indirect cost rate agreement, if

appropriate;

—Project summary description and

listing of key words;

—Program Narrative Statement (See Part

II, Section C);

—Organizational capability statement,

including an organization chart;

—Any appendices/attachments;

—Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (Standard Form 424B, REV

4–88); and

—Certification Regarding Lobbying.

E. The Application Package

Each application package must

include an original and two copies of

the complete application. Each copy

should be stapled securely (front and

back if necessary) in the upper left-hand

corner. All pages of the narrative

(including charts, tables, maps, exhibits,

etc.) must be sequentially numbered,

beginning with page one. In order to

facilitate handling, please do not use

covers, binders or tabs. Do not include

extraneous materials as attachments,

such as agency promotion brochures,

slides, tapes, film clips, minutes of

meetings, survey instruments or articles

of incorporation.

Do not include a self-addressed,

stamped acknowledgment card. All

applicants will be notified automatically

about the receipt of their application. If

acknowledgment of receipt of your

application is not received within eight

weeks after the deadline date, please

notify ACYF by telephone at (202) 690–

8243 or 690–6297.

The catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) number assigned to

this announcement is 93.652.

Dated: March 30, 1995.

Olivia A. Golden

Commissioner, Administration on Children,

Youth and Families.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants

as a required facesheet for preapplications

and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies

to obtain applicant certification that States

which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive

Order 12372 and have selected the program

to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the

applicant’s submission.

Item and Entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal

agency (or State if applicable) & applicant’s

control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or

revise an existing award, enter present

Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of

primary organizational unit which will

undertake the assistance activity, complete

address of the applicant, and name and

telephone number of the person to contact on

matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number

(EIN) as assigned by the Internal Revenue

Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space

provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter

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

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

—‘‘Continuation’’ means an extension for an

additional funding/budget period for a

project with a projected completion date.

—‘‘Revision’’ means any change in the

Federal Government’s financial obligation

or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which

assistance is being requested with this

application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number and title of the program

under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the

project. If more than one program is

involved, you should append an explanation

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

construction or real property projects), attach

a map showing project location. For

preapplications, use a separate sheet to

provide a summary description of this

project.

12. List only the largest political entities

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

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant’s Congressional

District and any District(s) affected by the

program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed

during the first funding/budget period by

each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on

appropriate lines as applicable. If the action

will result in a dollar change to an existing

award, indicate only the amount of the

change. For decreases, enclose the amounts

in parentheses. If both basic and

supplemental amounts are included, show

breakdown on an attached sheet. For

multiple program funding, use totals and

show breakdown using same categories as

item 15.

16. Applicants should contact the State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Federal

Executive Order 12372 to determine whether

the application is subject to the State

intergovernmental review process.

17. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the

authorized representative. Categories of debt

include delinquent audit disallowances,

loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized

representative of the applicant. A copy of the

governing body’s authorization for you to

sign this application as official representative

must be on file in the applicant’s office.

(Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the

application.)

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SF–424A

General Instructions

This form is designed so that application

can be made for funds from one or more grant

programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to

any existing Federal grantor agency

guidelines which prescribe how and whether

budgeted amounts should be separately

shown for different functions or activities

within the program. For some programs,

grantor agencies may require budgets to be

separately shown by function or activity. For

other programs, grantor agencies may require

a breakdown by function or activity. Sections

A, B, C, and D should include budget

estimates for the whole project except when

applying for assistance which requires

Federal authorization in annual or other

funding period increments. In the latter case,

Section 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

required the breakdown. Additional sheets

should be used when one form does not

provide adequate space for all breakdown of

data required. However, when more than one

sheet is used, the first page should provide

the summary totals by programs.

Lines 1–4, Columns (c) Through (g.)

For New applications, leave Columns (c)

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

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

the appropriate amounts of funds needed to

support the project for the first funding

period (usually a year).

Lines 1–4, Columns (c) Through (g.)

(continued)

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 shown in Column (a),

Section A. A breakdown by function or

activity is not necessary. For new

applications and continuation grant

applications, enter in the proper columns

amounts of Federal funds which will be

needed to complete the program or project

over the succeeding funding periods (usually

in years). This section need not be completed

for revisions (amendments, changes, or

supplements) to funds for the current year of

existing grants.

If more than four lines are needed to list

the program titles, submit additional

schedules as necessary.

Line 20—Enter the total for each of the

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

are prepared for this Section, annotate

accordingly and show the overall totals on

this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

Line 21—Use this space to explain

amounts for individual direct object-class

cost categories that may appear to be out of

the ordinary or to explain the details as

required by the Federal grantor agency.

Line 22—Enter the type of indirect rate

(provisional, predetermined, final or fixed)

that will be in effect during the funding

period, the estimated amount of the base to

which the rate is applied, and the total

indirect expense.

Line 23—Provide any other explanations or

comments deemed necessary.

ASSURANCES—NON-CONSTRUCTION

PROGRAMS

Notes: 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

nondiscrimination in the sale, rental or

financing of housing; (i) any other

nondiscrimination provisions in the specific

statute(s) under which application for

Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the

requirements of any other nondiscrimination

statute(s) which may apply to the

application.

7. Will comply, or has already complied,

with the requirements of Titles II and III of

the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real

Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970

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

equitable treatment of persons displaced or

whose property is acquired as a result of

Federal or federally assisted programs. These

requirements 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 (Clean 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.) with 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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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

6, 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 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 Transactions’’ 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.

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

require 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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Certification Regarding Environmental

Tobacco Smoke

Public Law 103–227, Part C—

Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also known

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

requires that smoking not be permitted in any

portion of any indoor facility owned or

leased or contracted for by an entity and used

routinely or regularly for the provisions 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 children’s services and that all

subgrantees shall certify accordingly.

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Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Announcement 516]

Public Health Conference Support

Grant Program

Introduction

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR), announces

the availability of funds in fiscal year

(FY) 1995 funds for the Public Health

Conference Support Grant Program.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of ‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ a

PHS-led national activity to reduce

morbidity and mortality and improve

the quality of life. This announcement

is related to the priority area of

Environmental Health. (For ordering a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ see the

Section Where To Obtain Additional

Information.)

Authority

This program is authorized under

Sections 104 (i) (14) and (15) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, [42

U.S.C. 9604 (i)(14) and (15)].

Smoke-Free Workplace

PHS strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the non-use of

all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the official

public health agencies of the States, or

their bona fide agents. This includes the

District of Columbia, American Samoa,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia, Guam, the Northern

Mariana Islands, the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau,

and federally recognized Indian tribal

governments. State organizations,

including State universities, State

colleges, and State research institutions,

must establish that they meet their

respective State’s legislature definition

of a State entity or political subdivision

to be considered an eligible applicant.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $125,000 will be

available in FY 1995 to fund

approximately 6 awards. It is expected

that the average award will be $20,000,

ranging from $10,000 to $30,000.

Applications requesting more than

$30,000 will be given a lesser priority

and will be subject to the availability of

funds. The awards will be made for a

12-month budget and project period.

Funding estimates may vary and are

subject to change.

1. Grant funds may be used for direct

cost expenditures: salaries, speaker fees,

rental of necessary equipment,

registration fees, transportation costs

(not to exceed economy class fare) for

non-Federal employees.

2. Grant funds may not be used for the

purchase of equipment, payments of

honoraria, alterations or renovations,

organizational dues, entertainment/

personal expenses, food or

refreshments, cost of travel and payment

of a full time Federal employee, for per

diem or expenses other than local

mileage for local participants, or

reimbursement of indirect costs.

Although the practice of handing out

novelty items at meetings is often

employed in the private sector to

provide participants with souvenirs,

Federal funds cannot be used for this

purpose.

Recipient Financial Participation

Because this program provides partial

funding only, it is necessary that

organizations seeking these grant funds

be able to show additional support in

the form of finances, services, etc. For

each organization contributing funding,

a letter must be included documenting

that support.

Purpose

This program will provide partial

support for non-Federal conferences on

disease prevention, health promotion,

and information/education projects

related to hazardous substances in the

environment. Applications are being

solicited for conferences on: (1) Health

effects of toxic substances in the

environment; (2) Disease and toxic

substance exposure registries; (3)

Hazardous substance removal and

remediation; (4) Emergency response to

toxic and environmental disasters; (5)

Risk communication; (6) Environmental

disease surveillance; and (7)

Investigation and research on hazardous

substances in the environment. Because

conference support by ATSDR creates

the appearance of ATSDR cosponsorship, there will be active

participation by ATSDR in the

development and approval of those

portions of the agenda supported by

ATSDR funds. In addition, ATSDR will

reserve the right to approve or reject the

content of the full agenda, speaker

selection, and site selection. ATSDR

funds will not be expended for nonapproved portions of meetings.

Contingency awards will be made

allowing usage of only 10% of the total

amount to be awarded until a final full

agenda is approved by ATSDR. This

will provide funds for costs associated

with preparation of the agenda. The

remainder of funds will be released only

upon approval of the final full agenda.

ATSDR reserves the right to terminate

co-sponsorship if it does not concur

with the final agenda.

Program Requirements

Grantees must meet the following

requirements:

A. Manage all activities related to

program content (e.g., objectives, topics,

attendees, session design, workshops,

special exhibits, speakers, fees, agenda

composition and printing). Many of

these items may be developed in

conjunction with assigned ATSDR

project personnel.

B. Provide draft copies of the agenda

and proposed ancillary activities to

ATSDR for approval. Submit copy of

final agenda and proposed ancillary

activities to ATSDR for approval.