[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 122 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32448-32449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16025]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4056-N-02]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research; FY 1996 Funding Availability for the Community Outreach 
Partnership Centers (COPC) Program: Notice of Correction of Eligibility

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: FY 1996 funding availability; notice of correction.

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SUMMARY: On May 16, 1996, HUD published a notice that announced the 
availability of $7.4 million for the Community Outreach Partnership 
Centers program. The purpose of this notice is to revise the 
eligibility criteria for first-round COPC grantees applying for 
Institutionalization Grants. The notice also revises the amount set 
aside for these grants.

DATES: The notice does NOT revise the application deadline of July 25, 
1996, set forth in the May 16, 1996 Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Karadbil, Office of University 
Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 
8110, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 
708-1537; (TTY (202) 708-0770, or 1-800-877-8399). Other than the 
``800'' number, these are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 16, 1996, HUD published a notice that 
announced the availability of $7.4 million in funding for the Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) program. The NOFA added a new type 
of grant under the program--Institutionalization Grants--for which only 
first-round (FY 1994) COPC grantees are eligible to compete. The NOFA 
placed two further conditions on eligibility for these grants. First, 
universities awarded Joint Community Development (JCD) grants are not 
eligible for Institutionalization Grants. Second, institutions of 
higher education that received grants as consortia in the first-round 
are required to apply again as consortia, with all current member 
institutions participating in the proposed Institutionalization Grant, 
and with the same lead applicant as the current COPC.
    A problem has arisen with these two criteria, which unfairly 
eliminates a consortium from the competition. A consortium, composed of 
three universities, won a first-round grant.

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One of the institutions, who is the lead applicant on the COPC grant, 
is disqualified from applying for an Institutionalization Grant because 
it was awarded a JCD grant. Unfortunately, because of the consortia 
requirement, the other two universities are also disqualified, because 
they can not apply without the lead applicant. The two schools received 
no benefits from the JCD grant and it is unfair to penalize them for 
lead applicant's success.
    Therefore, in any case where one member of a consortium received a 
JCD grant, but the other institutions in the consortium did not, these 
other institutions are eligible to apply for an Institutionalization 
grant, under the following conditions. First, the remaining consortium 
partners must apply as a consortium. Second, one of these partners must 
be designated the lead applicant. The $100,000 maximum amount for an 
Institutionalization Grant remains unchanged.
    The total amount being set aside for Institutionalization Grants is 
increased to $1.2 million to provide funding for this additional 
potential grantee.

    Dated: June 14, 1996.
Frederick J. Eggers,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 96-16025 Filed 6-19-96; 4:02 pm]
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