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Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Janean Chambers, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–23558 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Public Comment on the Proposed 

Adoption of ANA Program Policies and 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment on 

the Proposed Adoption of ANA Program 

Policies and Procedures. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 814 of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974, 

as amended by 42 U.S.C. 2992b–1, the 

Administration for Native Americans 

(ANA) herein describes its proposed 

interpretive rules, general statements of 

policy and rules of agency procedure or 

practice in relation to the following 

Program Announcements: Social and 

Economic Development Strategies 

(hereinafter referred to as SEDS), Social 

and Economic Development Strategies 

for Alaska (hereinafter referred to as 

SEDS–AK), Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Assessment (hereinafter referred to as 

Native Language Assessment), Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning (hereinafter referred to as 

Native Language Planning), Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Implementation (hereinafter referred to 

as Native Language Implementation), 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion (hereinafter 

referred to as Native Language 

Immersion), Family Preservation— 

Improving the Well-Being of Children 

Project Planning (hereinafter referred to 

as Family Preservation Planning), 

Family Preservation—Improving the 

Well-Being of Children Project 

Implementation (hereinafter referred to 

as Family Preservation Implementation) 

and Environmental Regulatory 

Enhancement (hereinafter referred to as 

ERE). 

Under the statute, ANA is required to 

provide members of the public an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

changes in interpretive rules, general 

statements of policy and rules of agency 

procedure or practice, and to give notice 

of the final adoption of such changes at 

least 30 days before the changes become 

effective. This notice also provides 

additional information about ANA’s 

plan for administering the programs. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of 

comments is 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments in response to 

this notice should be addressed to 

Christopher Beach, Acting Director of 

Program Operations, Administration for 

Native Americans, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Mail Stop: Aerospace 

2-West, Washington, DC 20447. Delays 

may occur in mail delivery to Federal 

offices; therefore, a copy of comments 

should be faxed to (202) 690–7441. 

Comments will be available for 

inspection by members of the public at 

Administration for Native Americans, 

Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Beach at (877) 922–9262. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

814 of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, requires ANA 

to provide notice of its proposed 

interpretive rules, general statements of 

policy and rules of agency organization, 

procedure or practice. The proposed 

clarifications, modifications and new 

text will appear in the nine ANA FY 

2009 Program Announcements (PA): 

SEDS, SEDS–AK, Native Language 

Assessment, Native Language Planning, 

Native Language Implementation, 

Native Language Immersion, Family 

Preservation Planning, Family 

Preservation Implementation and ERE. 

This notice serves to fulfill this 

requirement. 

Introduction: This Notice of Public 

Comment (NOPC) addresses two groups 

of changes: 

• Changes made across all program 

areas (Part I of NOPC). Changes in Part 

I apply to all PAs. 

• Changes made to specific program 

areas (Part II of NOPC). ANA has made 

significant changes to the SEDS, SEDS– 

AK, Native Language Assessment, 

Native Language Planning, Native 

Language Implementation, Native 

Language Immersion, Family 

Preservation Planning, Family 

Preservation Implementation, and ERE. 

These changes are outlined in Part II. 

Note: The Environmental Mitigation 

program area is no longer offered through 

ANA. Most funds from the appropriation 

under 8094A of Pub. L. 103–335 were 

expended. A nominal amount of funding was 

returned to the Treasury due to low public 

demand for the program area. 

I. All PAs will be revised to clarify 

program and application submission 

requirements for the public. These 

changes appear in the following 

sections: ANA Administrative Policies 

(Part A of NOPC), Definitions (Part B of 

NOPC) and Application Evaluation 

Criteria (Part C of NOPC). 

(A) ANA Administrative Policies: Two 

statements will be revised to clarify 

ANA’s policies. The first statement 

relates to the CFDA number and 

clarifies that grantees cannot be funded 

in more than one program area at the 

same time. The division of program 

announcements from four to nine does 

not impact this policy. Furthermore, the 

statement clarifies that grantees cannot 

have both a SEDS project and a Family 

Preservation Planning or a Family 

Preservation Implementation grant at 

the same time. The second statement 

relates to applications from Tribally 

authorized divisions. 

The revised statements in the FY 2009 

PA will be: 

An applicant can have only one active 

ANA grant per CFDA number operating 

at any given time. 

ANA will not accept applications 

from Tribal components that are 

Tribally chartered or authorized 

divisions of a Tribe unless the ANA 

application includes a Tribal resolution. 

(B) ANA Definitions: ANA has added 

two new definitions and clarified the 

definition of two words. These new and 

revised definitions are provided for 

areas that applicants have found 

difficult to interpret, have previously 

prompted numerous questions or have 

created application and project 

development inconsistencies. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b–3.) 

i. New Definitions: The FY 2009 PA 

includes definitions for the following 

terms: contingency plan and governing 

body. 

The FY 2009 PAs will include these 

new definitions: 

Contingency plan: A plan that 

identifies specific actions to be taken in 

the event a specific challenge arises. 

The purpose of a contingency plan is to 

reduce the negative impacts on the 

project. The contingency plan should 

ensure that the project will be 

successfully completed within the 

proposed funding timeframe. A 

contingency plan is not to pre-empt 

challenges, but rather to address 

challenges if they arise. 

Governing Body: A body: (1) 

Consisting of duly elected or designated 

representatives, (2) appointed by duly 

elected officials or (3) selected in 

accordance with traditional Tribal 

means. The body must have authority to 

provide service to, and to enter into 

contracts, agreements and grants under 

this part on behalf of the organization or 

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individuals who elected, designated, 

appointed or selected them in 

accordance with traditional Tribal 

means. 

ii. Revised Definitions: The FY 2009 

PA clarifies definitions for the following 

terms: leveraged resources and 

resolution. 

The FY 2009 PA revised definitions 

will be: 

Leveraged Resources: The non-ANA 

resources, as expressed as a dollar 

figure, acquired during the project 

period that support the project and 

exceed the 20 percent applicant match 

required for ANA grants. Such resources 

may include any natural, financial and 

physical resources available within the 

Tribe, organization or community to 

assist in the successful completion of 

the project. An example would be an 

organization that agrees to provide a 

supportive action, product, service, 

human or financial contribution that 

will add to the potential success of the 

project. 

Resolution: Applicants are required to 

include a current signed and dated 

Resolution (a formal decision voted on 

by the official governing body) in 

support of the project for the entire 

project period. Tribally chartered or 

authorized divisions must submit a 

Resolution from the Tribe’s official 

governing body if the division falls 

under the jurisdiction of the Tribe. The 

Resolution must indicate who is 

authorized to sign documents and 

negotiate on behalf of the Tribe or 

organization. The Resolution must 

indicate that the community was 

involved in the project planning 

process, and indicate the specific dollar 

amount of any eligible matching funds 

(if applicable). 

(C) ANA Application Evaluation 

Criteria: In order to clarify for the 

applicant specific information requests 

in the evaluation criteria, additional 

explanation is included for the 

following sub-criteria: Community 

Involvement in Objectives and Need for 

Assistance criterion; Project Strategy, 

Project Challenges and Contingency 

Planning, and Objective Work Plan in 

Approach criterion; and Budget 

Justification/Cost Effectiveness in 

Budget and Budget Justification 

criterion. 

i. Community Involvement subcriterion in Objectives and Need for 

Assistance criterion. A sentence was 

added to identify for applicants what 

details are needed for documentation of 

community meetings. (Legal authority: 

Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 

2991b–3.) 

The new FY 2009 PA text for 

Community Involvement will be: 

Community Involvement (6 points): 

Describe in detail how the community 

to be served was involved in the 

planning process and the origins of the 

project idea. Describe within the project 

proposal how the identified community 

participated in the development of the 

project. Demonstrate and document 

community and/or Tribal government 

support for the project. Discuss the 

relationship of any non-ANA-funded 

activities supportive of the project. 

Documented support is a critical 

element of this evaluation criterion and 

includes, but is not limited to, materials 

such as letters of support, testimonials 

and community meeting minutes. 

Documented support should include 

the date and topic of the meeting and a 

summary of the meeting outcome. 

ii. Project Strategy sub-criterion in 

Approach criterion. The description was 

expanded to clarify for applicants that 

the strategy should be an overview of 

the Objective Work Plan and that the 

applicants should clearly identify how 

the proposed project is different from 

similar, previously ANA-funded 

projects. (Legal authority: Section 803(a) 

and (d) and 803C of the Native 

American Programs Act of 1974, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b– 

3.) 

The new FY 2009 PA text for Project 

Strategy will be: 

Project Strategy (10 points): Present a 

narrative on the project strategy and 

implementation plan (Objective Work 

Plan—see below) for the entire project 

period. Be clear and concise. Provide a 

clear relationship between the proposed 

project goal and the project objectives. 

Discuss how the project objectives will 

support and assist the achievement of 

the project goal. Discuss how the project 

goal will support and assist the 

achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current 

proposed project differs from previously 

ANA-funded projects, which may be 

similar in nature to the current 

proposed project. 

iii. Project Challenges and 

Contingency Planning in Approach 

criterion. The description was expanded 

to clarify for applicants what ANA is 

requesting in a contingency plan. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b–3.) 

The new FY 2009 PA text for Project 

Challenges and Contingency Planning 

will be: 

Project Challenges and Contingency 

Planning (5 points): Based on ANA’s 

project funding history and information 

gathered from project impact 

evaluations, ANA has determined that 

all projects encounter challenges and 

therefore need to have a contingency 

plan should a significant challenge 

arise. Challenges can arise because 

applicants make assumptions about 

critical events, conditions and/or 

decision outside of the control of project 

management. The applicant needs to 

identify challenges that may arise 

during the project’s initial start up and 

throughout the project period. Consider 

such challenges as difficulty hiring and 

retaining key staff, difficulty recruiting 

community members and/or volunteers 

for project activities, difficulty 

recruiting target audience (e.g., students, 

children, elders), difficulty securing 

agreed-upon support from partners to 

provide services/funding, planning 

shortfalls, possible disruption of the 

project timeline due to Tribal elections 

and difficulty securing permits or 

licensing from government entities. 

Identify potential challenges and 

explain the contingency plans (see 

Definitions) that will be implemented to 

overcome those challenges. The 

contingency plan should ensure that the 

project will be successfully completed 

within the proposed funding timeframe. 

A contingency plan is not to pre-empt 

challenges, but rather to address 

challenges if they arise. 

iv. Objective Work Plan sub-criterion 

in Approach criterion. The description 

was expanded to clarify for applicants 

the instructions for completing the OWP 

form (OMB Control No. 0980–0204). 

(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d) 

and 803C of the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3.) 

The new FY 2009 PA text for Project 

Strategy will be: 

Objective Work Plan (20 points): The 

ANA Objective Work Plan (OWP) form 

is the blueprint for the project. The 

OWP provides detailed descriptions of 

the project goal, the project objectives, 

supporting activities and the results and 

benefits to be expected. It provides the 

what, how, when, where and by whom 

of the project. As such, it is a standalone document that should provide 

sufficient information for an application 

reviewer, ANA staff or a project 

manager to understand the project and 

how it will be implemented. The OWP 

is the basis for reporting on the project. 

A project cannot exceed three 

objectives per project period. Complete 

an ANA OWP form for each objective 

per budget period. If submitting an 

electronic application, some objectives 

will require more than one form. In 

addition, some objectives may last more 

than one budget period. Ensure that the 

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objective is correctly stated in the OWP, 

the project narrative and on the ANA 

Abstract form. 

The objective statement should 

contain the following basic elements: 

what will be accomplished during the 

project period and when it will be 

accomplished. Each objective should be 

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, 

Results-oriented and Time-bound 

(SMART). 

For each objective, list activities that 

provide a road map to achieve the 

objective. Each activity is a step in the 

logical progression of the project. 

Include specific and significant 

activities (e.g., hiring staff, developing 

first draft), ongoing activities (e.g., 

meetings and classes), the type of 

activity (e.g., workshops, retreats and 

seminars), the type of audience, the 

submission of required ANA reports and 

attendance at ANA post-award training. 

Especially useful are activities that 

show progress and/or results on a 

quarterly basis. Explain how the 

activities outlined in the OWP will lead 

to the successful achievement of the 

project objectives and goal. 

Identify the position responsible for 

the completion of each activity by 

identifying the title(s) of the salaried 

project staff person(s). Identify time 

periods that are realistic to complete 

each activity. Use elapsed times from 

the start of the project (e.g., month 1, 

month 2) rather than absolute dates. 

September 30 is the start date for each 

budget period. Identify the non-salary 

personnel hours, including non-salaried 

contributors (paid or in-kind) to the 

project. List hours according to who is 

providing them (e.g., Committee 

person—10 hours; ABC Consultant—5 

hours). Provide supporting 

documentation for the hours listed in 

this column. 

The preceding instructions are 

recommended for the OWP form found 

on the ANA Web site http:// 

www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/, which 

can be added as an attachment to an 

application on http://www.grants.gov. 

This form allows for an unlimited 

number of activities and characters so 

applicants can adequately communicate 

the project plan. For applicants using 

the form in http://www.grants.gov, note 

that each objective is limited to eight 

activities and each section has a 

limitation of 180 characters, which may 

not allow the applicant enough space to 

adequately communicate the project 

plan. Furthermore, those applicants that 

use http://www.grants.gov must use 

absolute dates for timeframe and can 

identify the source of the non-salaried 

personnel hours in the narrative. 

Therefore, it is recommended that 

applicants use the OWP available on the 

ANA Web site and attach the completed 

OWP to the http://www.grants.gov 

submission. 

The results and benefits section of the 

OWP is used to track the grantee’s 

quarterly progress of accomplishing an 

individual objective and should be 

broken down by quarter. The results and 

benefits must directly relate to the 

activities that support the 

accomplishment of an objective in the 

OWP. The results and benefits are used 

to monitor the project’s quarterly 

progress and must include target 

numbers. The criteria for evaluating the 

results and benefits expected are of the 

applicant’s choosing and need to be 

documented and verifiable. 

v. Budget Justification/Cost 

Effectiveness sub-criterion in Budget 

and Budget Justification criterion. The 

first paragraph was expanded to clarify 

for applicants that a separate 

justification is requested for each budget 

period. (Legal authority: Section 803(a) 

and (d) and 803C of the Native 

American Programs Act of 1974, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b– 

3.) 

The new first paragraph text for the 

FY 2009 PA Project Strategy will be: 

Budget Justification/Cost 

Effectiveness (10 points): Submit 

justification narratives that support and 

align with the Federal and applicant 

match requirement. A budget 

justification narrative must be submitted 

for each budget period. The justification 

should identify how the calculations for 

each of the line items were developed 

and explain how they are important to 

the project. Include the necessary 

details to facilitate the determination of 

allowable costs and the relevance of 

these costs to the proposed project. 

II. ANA FY 2009 Program Specific 

Changes. ANA FY 2009 PAs will be 

revised to break down Program 

subcategories into a stand-alone PA. 

ANA is developing individual PAs to 

comply with new guidance established 

by the Administration for Children and 

Families. Therefore, in FY 2009 ANA 

will publish nine PAs. Furthermore, to 

support this new requirement for 

separate PAs, it is necessary that ANA 

make additional programmatic changes 

to support and clarify each new PA. 

(A) ANA Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance: The 

former PA, Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance, included 

all four separate program categories 

under one PA; namely, Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Assessment (hereinafter referred to as 

Native Language Assessment), Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning (hereinafter referred to as 

Native Language Planning), Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Implementation (hereinafter referred to 

as Native Language Implementation), 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion (hereinafter 

referred to as Native Language 

Immersion). Except for where noted in 

this notice, these four PAs are the same 

as the 2008 Native Languages PA, but in 

order to clarify submission requirements 

and program areas for the public, ANA 

will now release each category as a 

separate PA. (Legal authority: Section 

803(a) and (d) and 803C of the Native 

American Programs Act of 1974, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b– 

3 and Pub. L. 109–394.) 

i. Native Language Assessment. The 

Executive Summary and Funding Area 

Description were revised to reflect the 

separation of priority areas. The Priority 

Area Description was revised to include 

analysis in language assessment. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109– 

394.) 

1. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for new community-based 

activities under ANA’s Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Assessment program area. Native 

Language Assessment grants are used to 

conduct the assessments necessary to 

identify the current status of the Native 

American language(s) to be addressed. 

2. Funding Opportunity Description 

Paragraphs seven and eight of the 

Funding Opportunity Description for 

the FY 2009 PA will be: 

ANA will release four separate 

program announcements for funding 

opportunities for the Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance program 

area: Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Assessment, Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning, Native Language Preservation 

and Maintenance Implementation and 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion. 

The ANA Native Language program 

areas of interest are projects that ANA 

considers supportive to Native 

American communities. Funding is not 

restricted to projects of the type listed 

in this program announcement. 

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3. Priority Area Description 

The Priority Area Description for the 

FY 2009 PA will be: 

The purpose of a Native Language 

Assessment project is to conduct an 

assessment of the current status of the 

Native language(s) within an established 

community. The program area of 

interest is: 

• A project that compiles, collects, 

analyzes and organizes Native language 

data in order to have a current 

description of the community’s 

language status obtained through a 

‘‘formal’’ method (e.g., work performed 

by a linguist and/or a language survey 

conducted by community members) or 

an ‘‘informal method’’ (e.g., a 

community consensus of the language 

status based on elders, Tribal scholars 

and/or other community members). 

ii. Native Language Planning. The 

Executive Summary and Funding Area 

Description were revised to reflect the 

separation of priority areas. The Priority 

Area Description was revised to include 

all areas of language program planning. 

(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d) 

and 803C of the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L. 

109–394.) 

1. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for new community-based 

activities under ANA’s Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance Planning 

program area. Native Language Planning 

grants are used to plan a language 

project. 

2. Funding Opportunity Description 

Paragraphs seven and eight of the 

Funding Opportunity Description for FY 

2009 PA will be: 

ANA will release four separate 

program announcements for funding 

opportunities for the Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance program 

area: Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Assessment, Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning, Native Language Preservation 

and Maintenance Implementation and 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion. 

The ANA Native Language program 

areas of interest are projects that ANA 

considers supportive to Native 

American communities. Funding is not 

restricted to projects of the type listed 

in this program announcement. 

3. Priority Area Description 

The Priority Area Description for FY 

2009 PA will be: 

The purpose of a Native Language 

Planning project is to encourage Tribes 

and Native organizations to plan and 

design Native language projects. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop a 

project that results in a comprehensive 

plan to preserve the Native language 

that uses current community language 

assessment data, reviews innovative 

methods that bring older and younger 

Native Americans together to teach and 

learn the language, and considers all 

essential elements needed to sustain 

and implement a language project. 

Planning projects are for planning and 

design only, and do not include 

activities that call for direct language 

learning or instruction. Testing of any 

material and curriculum developed is 

limited to a maximum of five students. 

Program areas of interest include: 

• Projects to plan and design Master/ 

Apprentice programs; 

• Projects to plan and design 

comprehensive Native language 

immersion programs for a language nest 

or survival school; 

• Projects that plan, design and test 

curriculum for students, parents and 

language instructors; 

• Projects that plan and design 

teaching materials; 

• Projects to record, transcribe and 

archive oral testimony; 

• Projects to plan and design 

language resource materials using 

recorded oral testimony; 

• Projects that plan and design multimedia language learning tools; 

• Projects that plan and design 

teacher certification programs; 

• Projects to train teachers, 

interpreters or translators of Native 

languages. 

iii. Native Language Implementation. 

The Executive Summary and Funding 

Area Description were revised to reflect 

the separation of priority areas. The 

Priority Area Description was revised to 

identify all areas of language program 

implementation. (Legal authority: 

Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 

2991b-3 and Pub. L. 109–394.) 

1. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for new community-based 

activities under ANA’s Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Implementation program area. Native 

Language Implementation grants are 

used to implement a preservation 

language project that will contribute to 

the achievement of the community’s 

long-range language goal(s). 

2. Funding Opportunity Description 

Paragraphs seven and eight of the 

Funding Opportunity Description for FY 

2009 PA will be: 

ANA will release four separate 

program announcements for funding 

opportunities for the Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance program 

area: Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Assessment, Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning, Native Language Preservation 

and Maintenance Implementation and 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion. 

The ANA Native Language program 

areas of interest are projects that ANA 

considers supportive to Native 

American communities. Funding is not 

restricted to projects of the type listed 

in this program announcement. 

3. Priority Area Description 

The Priority Area Description for FY 

2009 PA will be: 

The purpose of Native Language 

Implementation grants is to provide 

support to Tribes and Native 

organizations in the implementation of 

a Native language project to achieve the 

community’s long-range language 

goal(s). Program areas of interest 

include: 

• Projects to produce and disseminate 

culturally relevant printed stories for 

children using the Native language of 

the community; 

• Projects to facilitate and encourage 

intergenerational teaching of Native 

American language skills; 

• Projects to disseminate culturally 

relevant materials to be used to teach 

and enhance the use of Native American 

languages; 

• Projects to implement an 

immersion, mentor or distance learning 

model; 

• Projects to produce, distribute or 

participate in television, radio or other 

media forms to broadcast Native 

languages; 

• Projects to implement an 

educational site-based immersion 

project. 

iv. Native Language Immersion. The 

Executive Summary and Funding Area 

Description were revised to reflect the 

separation of priority areas. 

Furthermore, in order to clearly identify 

the certification that is required at the 

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time of application submission, a 

definition of certification was added 

and statements about the certification 

were included in the following sections: 

Forms, Assurances and Certifications, 

Program Areas of Interest and 

Organizational Profiles evaluation 

criterion. In addition, the weighted 

scores for the sub-criterion found in the 

Organizational Profiles evaluation 

criterion were changed to highlight the 

importance of the certification. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b-3 and Pub. L. 109– 

394.) 

1. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for new community-based 

activities under ANA’s Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Immersion program area. Native 

Language Immersion grants will only be 

awarded to applicants that meet the 

Statutory requirements for immersion 

projects with language nests or language 

survival schools in accordance with 

Pub. L. 109–394. 

2. Funding Opportunity Description. 

To clarify the new PAs for language, 

paragraphs seven and eight were 

changed. 

Paragraphs seven and eight of the 

Funding Opportunity Description for FY 

2009 PA will be: 

ANA will release four separate 

program announcements for funding 

opportunities for the Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance program 

area: Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Assessment, Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Planning, Native Language Preservation 

and Maintenance Implementation and 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance Immersion. 

For the ANA Native Language 

Preservation and Maintenance 

Immersion program areas of interest, 

applicants must abide by the parameters 

established by Pub. L. 109–394. 

3. Administrative Policies 

An additional Administrative Policy 

will be added to FY 2009 PA: 

Upon application submission, a 

certification is required that the 

applicant has not less than three years 

of experience in operating and 

administering a Native American 

language survival school, Native 

American language nest, or any other 

educational program in which 

instruction is conducted in a Native 

American language. 

4. Definitions 

An additional Definition will be 

added to FY 2009 PA: 

Certification: A document on 

letterhead signed by the applicant that 

shows the applicant has not less than 

three years of experience in operating 

and administering a Native American 

language survival school, Native 

American language nest or any other 

educational program in which 

instruction is conducted in a Native 

American language. This document is 

required by statue in order to consider 

an applicant eligible for competition in 

this program area. 

5. Program Area of Interest 

An additional instruction will be 

included at the end of Program Area of 

Interest description in the FY 2009 PA: 

A certification needs to be included 

by the applicant (please see certification 

definition). 

6. Forms, Assurances and Certifications 

The instruction for the FY 2009 PA on 

certification required for Native 

Languages—Immersion projects will be: 

The applicant must provide a 

certification by the applicant that the 

applicant has not less than three years 

of experience in operating and 

administering a Native American 

language survival school, Native 

American language nest or any other 

educational program in which 

instruction is conducted in a Native 

American language. 

7. Evaluation Criteria—Organizational 

Profiles 

The FY 2009 PA Organizational 

Profiles criterion will be: 

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILES—17 

Points 

Organizational Capacity: This 

criterion will be evaluated to the extent 

the applicant demonstrates their 

organizational capacity and ability to 

staff and implement the proposed 

project. 

Organizational Capacity (6 points): 

Provide information on the management 

structure of the applicant, such as 

personnel and financial policies. 

Describe the administrative structure of 

the applicant and the systems used to 

track the funding and progress of the 

project. Demonstrate the applicant’s 

capacity and ability to administer and 

implement a project of the proposed 

scope. Include an organizational chart 

that indicates where the ANA project 

will fit in the existing administrative 

structure. 

List all sources of Federal funding the 

applicant currently oversees. Include 

information on the funding agency, 

purpose of the funding and amount. 

Provide the most recent certified signed 

audit letter for the organization. If the 

applicant has audit exceptions, these 

issues should be discussed within this 

criterion, detailing any steps taken to 

overcome the exceptions. 

Applicants are required to affirm that 

they will credit ANA and reference the 

ANA-funded project on any audio, 

video and/or printed materials 

developed in whole or in part with ANA 

funds. 

A consortium applicant must identify 

the consortium membership and 

describe their roles and responsibilities. 

One member of the consortium must be 

the recipient of the ANA funds. A 

consortium applicant must be an 

eligible entity as defined by this 

program announcement and the ANA 

regulations. 

Include documentation signed by the 

membership supporting the ANA 

application. ANA will not fund 

activities by a consortium of Tribes that 

duplicate activities for which member 

Tribes also receive funding from ANA. 

Include a copy of the consortia legal 

agreement or memorandum of 

agreement. 

List all of the applicant’s current and 

existing partners that will be providing 

support to the project’s implementation. 

Include information on the current 

organizational relationship between the 

applicant and partner. The experience 

and expertise of these partners must 

align with the activities stated in the 

OWP that they will be supporting. This 

information should state the nature, 

amount and conditions under which 

another agency, organization or 

individual will support a project funded 

by ANA. 

Certification (6 points): Applicants 

applying for a Native Language 

Immersion grant must include the 

certification at the time the application 

is submitted for consideration. 

Applications will be reviewed to the 

extent that the following area specific 

wording is included on their 

Certification: 

Native American Language Nest 

Certification 

The (Name of Applicant) is seeking 

funding from the Administration for 

Native Americans (ANA) under Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Immersion program for a site-based 

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‘‘Language Nest.’’ In accordance with 

Pub. L. 109–394, (Name of Applicant) 

certifies that it: 

(1) Provides instruction and child care 

through the use of a Native American 

language for at least 10 children under 

the age of 7 for an average of at least 500 

hours per year per student; and 

(2) Provides classes in a Native 

American language for parents (or legal 

guardians) of students enrolled in a 

Native American language nest 

(including Native American languagespeaking parents); and 

(3) Ensures that a Native American 

language is the dominant medium of 

instruction in the Native American 

language nest; and 

(4) The applicant has not less than 

three years of experience in operating 

and administering a Native American 

language nest. 

Certification for a Native American 

language nest should include all four 

requirements, be on letterhead and be 

signed by the applicant. 

Native American Language Survival 

School Certification 

The (Name of Applicant) is seeking 

funding from the Administration for 

Native Americans (ANA) under Native 

Language Preservation and Maintenance 

Immersion program for a site-based 

survival school. In accordance with Pub. 

L. 109–394, (Name of Applicant) 

certifies that it: 

(1) Provides an average of at least 500 

hours of instruction through the use of 

one or more Native American languages 

for at least 15 students for whom a 

Native American survival school is their 

principal place of instruction; and 

(2) Develops instructional courses and 

materials for learning Native American 

languages and for instruction through 

the use of Native American languages; 

and 

(3) Provides for teacher training 

fluency in a Native American language 

and academic proficiency in 

mathematics, reading (or language arts) 

and science; and 

(4) Is located in areas that have high 

numbers or percentages of Native 

American students; and 

(5) The applicant has not less than 

three years of experience in operating 

and administering a Native American 

language survival school. 

Certification for a Native American 

language survival school should include 

all five requirements, be on letterhead 

and be signed by the applicant. 

Project Staffing Plan (5 points): 

Provide staffing and position data that 

includes a proposed staffing pattern for 

the project. Describe the process and 

general timeframe to hire staff (such as 

advertising or recruiting from within the 

community). Explain how the current 

and future staff will manage the 

proposed project. Full project position 

descriptions are required to be 

submitted as an attachment. Brief 

biographies and/or resumes of identified 

key positions or individuals will be 

included as an attachment. Project 

positions discussed in this section must 

match the positions identified in the 

OWP and in the itemized budget. Note: 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

give preference to qualified Native 

Americans, in accordance with 

applicable laws, in hiring project staff 

and in contracting services under an 

approved ANA grant. 

(B) Family Preservation—Improving 

the Well-Being of Children: In FY 2009, 

Family Preservation—Improving the 

Well-Being of Children (hereinafter 

referred to as Family Preservation) 

program area will replace the Native 

American Healthy Marriage Initiative 

program area. This action was taken to 

broaden the ANA Native American 

Healthy Marriage Initiative to include 

other children and family projects. In 

addition, as per the Administration for 

Children and Families requirement, two 

PAs will be published for FY2009. The 

PAs reflect the two types of projects, 

project planning and project 

implementation. The changes identified 

below are to clearly identify the 

expanded scope of these program areas 

and separate the planning and 

implementation project categories. 

(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d) 

and 803C of the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3.) 

i. Family Preservation—Project 

Planning. 

a. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for projects that plan for 

approaches to improve child well-being 

by removing barriers associated with 

strengthening families (including 

fatherhood, parenting, foster parenting, 

grandparents raising grandchildren and 

absentee parent activities), forming and 

preserving healthy families, 

relationships and marriages (including 

Traditional Native American and Pacific 

Basin marriages) and sustaining healthy 

families, relationships and marriages in 

Native American and Pacific Basin 

communities. ANA’s FY 2009 goals and 

program areas of interest are focused on 

strengthening children, families and 

communities through financial 

assistance to community-based 

organizations including faith-based 

organizations, Tribes and Village 

governments. 

The goals of the ANA Family 

Preservation PA is to increase the wellbeing of children through family 

preservation activities; increase the 

percentage of children who are raised in 

a healthy environment free of child 

abuse and neglect; increase the 

percentage of youth and young adults 

who have the skills and knowledge to 

make informed decisions about healthy 

relationships; increase the percentage of 

couples who are equipped with the 

skills and knowledge necessary to form 

and sustain healthy relationships and 

marriages; increase the percentage of 

children who are raised by two parents 

in a healthy family environment that is 

also free of domestic violence; increase 

the percentage of involvement by 

absentee parents in the lives of their 

children, increase public awareness in 

communities about the value of healthy 

families, relationships, marriages and 

responsible fatherhood and encourage 

and support research on healthy 

families, relationships and marriages 

and healthy marriage education. 

b. Funding Opportunity Description 

The FY 2009 PA Funding 

Opportunity Description will be: 

This program announcement 

specifically promotes planning 

culturally competent strategies for 

strengthening families, fostering child 

well-being, healthy relationships and 

marriages and responsible fatherhood to 

preserve healthy families within the 

Native American and Pacific Basin 

Communities. 

This program announcement seeks to 

fund projects that engage in the 

planning of approaches to remove 

barriers to forming lasting families, 

healthy relationships and healthy 

marriages in Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities. Projects 

funded under this program 

announcement will include activities 

that design and engage in a community 

planning process that identifies barriers 

to forming healthy families, 

relationships and marriages (including 

Traditional Native American and Pacific 

Basin marriages); assesses the needs and 

interest of the community to participate 

in a family strengthening project; 

assesses existing absentee parenting 

programs, fatherhood programs, 

grandparents raising grandchildren 

programs, and foster parent programs; 

identifies strategies to implement a 

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family strengthening project; plans and 

develops curricula for family 

strengthening programs; and develops 

projects that are designed to reduce or 

eliminate the challenges and barriers 

identified by the community. 

c. Priority Area Description 

The FY 2009 PA Priority Area 

Description will be: 

The purpose of a planning project is 

to engage in a community-based 

planning process that assesses the 

current status of available resources and 

barriers to family preservation, healthy 

relationships, healthy marriages and 

child well-being within an established 

Native American or Pacific Basin 

community. Applicants are encouraged 

to develop a project that results in a 

comprehensive plan that includes a 

community assessment of the challenges 

and barriers that negatively impact 

families, child well-being, relationships, 

marriages and parenting within Native 

American and Pacific Basin 

communities; identifies resources and 

partnerships; and develops a strategy to 

help sustain healthy families, 

relationships, marriages and responsible 

fatherhood within Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities. Eligibility 

for funding is restricted to projects of 

the type listed in this program 

announcement. Project Planning is for 

planning and design of projects only. 

Applicants may only choose one or 

more program areas of interest from the 

list below: 

Healthy Marriage: 

Projects that develop a: 

• Curriculum focused on pre-marital 

and marital education. 

• Plan to provide youth education in 

high schools, youth organizations and 

community centers on the value of 

healthy relationships and marriages. 

This can include education on healthy 

relationship skills including conflict 

resolution, communication and 

commitment. Projects should use a premarital education focused on youth. 

• Plan to offer marriage education 

and marriage skills, which may include 

relationship skills, communication 

skills, conflict resolution, commitment 

and parenting skills to expectant 

couples, both married and unmarried, 

absentee parents, as well as new 

parents, both married and unmarried. 

• Plan to offer pre-marital education 

and marriage skills training for couples, 

individuals or engaged couples 

interested in marriage. Training would 

include a marital educational course 

and couples would learn the knowledge 

and skills (communication, conflict 

resolution, commitment) necessary to 

choose marriage for themselves if they 

so desire. 

• Plan to provide marriage 

enhancement/enrichment and marriage 

skills training programs for married 

couples to improve or strengthen their 

relationship through a certified marital 

education course. The course should 

include lessons on communication, 

conflict resolution and commitment. 

• Plan to use married couples as role 

models and mentors in at-risk 

communities to teach healthy 

relationship and marriage skills. 

Projects should include a marital 

educational course that emphasizes 

communication, commitment and 

conflict resolution; weekend retreats; 

and mentor groups. 

• Plan to conduct research on the 

benefits of healthy relationships and 

marriages and healthy relationship and 

marriage education. 

• Plan to provide public advertising 

campaigns in Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities on the value 

of healthy relationships and marriage as 

a way to improve relationships and 

marriages and strengthen family 

relationships. 

Family Strengthening/Preservation: 

Projects that develop a: 

• Curriculum focused on responsible 

fatherhood and family preservation 

education (including parenting, foster 

parenting, grandparents raising 

grandchildren and absentee parent 

activities). 

• Plan to provide youth education in 

high schools, youth organizations and 

community centers on the value of 

responsible fatherhood and family 

preservation. 

• Plan to offer services to fathers to 

help them overcome barriers to positive 

involvement in their children’s lives. 

• Plan to offer education and 

activities focused on Responsible 

Fatherhood and Parenting. 

• Plan to offer family preservation 

activities in a culturally appropriate and 

traditional manner within Native 

American and Pacific Basin 

communities. 

• Plan to offer absentee parents 

services that help them to overcome 

barriers that prevent them from 

consistent involvement in their 

children’s lives. Services would include 

activities that provide the absentee 

parents opportunities to interact with 

their children and increase parental 

involvement and also promote the value 

and importance of healthy families. 

• Plan to offer education on 

communication and conflict resolution 

for absentee parents to improve the 

custodial and non-custodial parental 

relationship and increase absentee 

parents’ involvement in their children’s 

lives. 

• Plan to reduce child/infant abuse 

and neglect and family domestic 

violence. 

• Plan to address the needs of 

grandparents raising grandchildren. 

• Plan to recruit, train and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected and abandoned Native 

American children, youth and their 

families. 

• Plan to target family strengthening 

services to individuals with substance 

abuse issues as a way to support a 

strong healthy family environment. 

• Plan to provide public advertising 

campaigns in Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities on the value 

of parental involvement, family 

preservation and responsible fatherhood 

as a way to strengthen family 

relationships. 

d. Funding Restrictions 

The following funding restriction will 

be added to the FY 2009 PA: 

Counseling or therapeutic activities 

that are medically based. 

e. Evaluation Criteria. Changes were 

made to the Approach evaluation 

criterion, specifically Project Strategy 

sub-criterion and Objective Work Plan 

sub-criterion. 

The FY 2009 PA Project Strategy subcriterion will be: 

Project Strategy (10 points): Present a 

narrative on the project strategy and 

implementation plan (Objective Work 

Plan—see below*) for the entire project 

period. Be clear and concise. Provide a 

clear relationship between the proposed 

project goal and the project objectives. 

Discuss how the project objectives will 

support and assist the achievement of 

the project goal. Discuss how the project 

goal will support and assist the 

achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current 

proposed project differs from previously 

ANA-funded projects which may be 

similar in nature to the current 

proposed project. 

• See section I.C.iv Objective Work 

Plan sub-criterion on Approach 

Criterion in this Notice Of Public 

Comment for the Objective Work Plan 

Instructions. 

The FY 2009 PA Objective Work Plan 

sub-criterion will have the following 

text added: 

If planning a project focused on 

healthy relationships, healthy marriages 

or fatherhood, include an activity to 

plan and design the Domestic Violence 

Protocol (see Definitions) the proposed 

project will use to identify and provide 

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appropriate referral or services for 

individuals or couples where violence 

may be occurring. 

ii. Family Preservation— 

Implementation Projects 

a. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for projects that implement 

approaches to improve child well-being 

by removing barriers associated with 

strengthening families (including 

fatherhood, foster parenting, absentee 

parent activities and grandparents 

raising grandchildren), forming and 

preserving healthy families, 

relationships and marriages (including 

Traditional Native American and Pacific 

Basin marriages). ANA’s FY 2009 goals 

and program areas of interest are 

focused on strengthening children, 

families and communities through 

financial assistance to community-based 

organizations including faith-based 

organizations, Tribes and Village 

governments. 

The goal of the ANA Family 

Preservation PA is to increase the wellbeing of children through family 

preservation activities; increase the 

percentage of children who are raised in 

a healthy environment free of child 

abuse and neglect; increase the 

percentage of youth and young adults 

who have the skills and knowledge to 

make informed decisions about healthy 

relationships; increase the percentage of 

couples who are equipped with the 

skills and knowledge necessary to form 

and sustain healthy relationships and 

marriages; increase the percentage of 

children who are raised by two parents 

in a healthy family environment that is 

also free of domestic violence; increase 

the percentage of involvement by 

absentee parents in the lives of their 

children, increase public awareness in 

communities about the value of healthy 

families, relationships, marriages and 

responsible fatherhood; and encourage 

and support research on healthy 

families, relationships and marriages 

and healthy marriage education. 

b. Funding Opportunity Description 

The FY 2009 PA Funding 

Opportunity Description will be: 

This program announcement 

specifically promotes implementing 

culturally competent strategies for 

strengthening families, fostering child 

well-being, healthy relationships and 

marriages, and responsible fatherhood 

to preserve healthy families within the 

Native American and Pacific Basin 

communities. 

This program announcement seeks to 

fund projects that engage in the 

implementation of approaches to 

remove barriers to forming lasting 

families and healthy relationships and 

marriages in Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities. Projects 

funded under this program 

announcement will include activities 

that provide community resources such 

as family strengthening programs 

(fatherhood, parenting, absentee 

parental involvement, foster parenting 

and grandparents raising 

grandchildren); healthy relationships; 

healthy marriages (including Traditional 

Native American and Pacific Basin 

marriages); marriage education/ 

enrichment training; pre-marital 

education; relationship skills education 

on communication, conflict resolution 

and commitment; and other support 

activities such as family outings, family 

strengthening groups, and weekend premarital/marital education and family 

retreats. 

c. Priority Area Description 

The FY 2009 PA Priority Area 

Description will be: 

Family Preservation—Improving the 

Well-Being of Children Project 

Implementation 

The purpose of an implementation 

project is to support a community-based 

project focused on family preservation, 

healthy relationships, marriage, 

parenting, foster parenting, 

grandparents raising grandchildren, 

fatherhood and absentee parent 

involvement in Native American and 

Pacific Basin communities. ANA will 

not fund curriculum development in an 

implementation project. Minor text and/ 

or activity modification to existing 

curricula to make the curricula 

community-appropriate will be allowed 

in the first two months of an 

implementation project. Eligibility for 

funding is restricted to projects of the 

type listed in this program 

announcement. Project Implementation 

is for implementation of projects only. 

Applicants may only choose one or 

more program areas of interest from the 

list below: 

Healthy Marriage: 

• Projects that provide youth 

education in high schools, youth 

organizations and community centers 

on the value of healthy relationships 

and marriages. This can include 

education on healthy relationship skills, 

including conflict resolution, 

communication and commitment. 

Projects should use a pre-marital 

education focused on youth. 

• Projects that offer marriage 

education and marriage skills, that may 

include relationship skills, 

communication skills, conflict 

resolution, commitment and parenting 

skills to expectant couples, both married 

and unmarried, absentee parents, as 

well as new parents, both married and 

unmarried. 

• Projects that offer pre-marital 

education and marriage skills training 

for couples, individuals or engaged 

couples interested in marriage. Training 

would include a marital educational 

course and couples would learn the 

knowledge and skills (communication, 

conflict resolution, commitment) 

necessary to choose marriage for 

themselves if they so desire. 

• Projects that provide marriage 

enhancement/enrichment and marriage 

skills training programs for married 

couples to improve or strengthen their 

relationship through a certified marital 

education course. The course should 

include lessons on communication, 

conflict resolution and commitment. 

• Projects that use married couples as 

role models and mentors in at-risk 

communities to teach healthy 

relationship and marriage skills. 

Projects should include a marital 

educational course that emphasizes 

communication, commitment and 

conflict resolution; weekend retreats; 

and mentor groups. 

• Projects that conduct research on 

the benefits of healthy relationships and 

marriages and healthy relationship and 

marriage education. 

• Projects that provide public 

advertising campaigns in Native 

American, and Pacific Basin 

communities on the value of healthy 

relationships and marriage as a way to 

improve relationships and marriages 

and strengthen family relationships. 

Family Strengthening/Preservation: 

• Projects that provide youth 

education in high schools, youth 

organizations and community centers 

on the value of responsible fatherhood 

and family preservation. 

• Projects that offer services to fathers 

to help them overcome the barriers to 

positive involvement in their children’s 

lives. 

• Projects that offer education and 

activities focused on Responsible 

Fatherhood and Parenting. 

• Projects that offer family 

preservation activities in a culturally 

appropriate and traditional manner 

within Native American and Pacific 

Basin communities. 

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• Projects that offer absentee parents 

services that help them to overcome 

barriers that prevent them from 

consistent involvement in their 

children’s lives. Services would include 

activities that provide the absentee 

parents opportunities to interact with 

their children and increase parental 

involvement, and also promote the 

value and importance of healthy 

families. 

• Projects that offer education on 

communication and conflict resolution 

for absentee parents to improve the 

custodial and non-custodial parental 

relationship and increase absentee 

parents’ involvement in their children’s 

lives. 

• Projects to reduce child/infant 

abuse and neglect and family domestic 

violence. 

• Projects that address the needs of 

grandparents raising grandchildren. 

• Projects to recruit, train and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected, and abandoned Native 

American children, youth and their 

families. 

• Projects that target family 

strengthening services to individuals 

with substance abuse issues as a way to 

support a strong healthy family 

environment. 

• Projects that provide public 

advertising campaigns in Native 

American, and Pacific Basin 

communities on the value of parental 

involvement, family preservation and 

responsible fatherhood as a way to 

strengthen family relationships. 

d. Funding Restrictions 

The following funding restriction will 

be added to the FY 2009 PA: 

Counseling or therapeutic activities 

that are medically based. 

e. Evaluation Criteria 

Changes were made to the Approach 

evaluation criterion, Project Strategy 

sub-criterion and Organizational 

Profiles, Project Staffing sub-criterion. 

The FY 2009 PA Project Strategy subcriterion will be: 

Project Strategy (10 points): Present a 

narrative on the project strategy and 

implementation plan (Objective Work 

Plan—see below*) for the entire project 

period. Be clear and concise. Provide a 

clear relationship between the proposed 

project goal and the project objectives. 

Discuss how the project objectives will 

support and assist the achievement of 

the project goal. Discuss how the project 

goal will support and assist the 

achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current 

proposed project differs from previously 

ANA funded projects which may be 

similar in nature to the current 

proposed project. 

Applicants should provide 

information on the curricula they will 

be utilizing within their project and 

how it is community appropriate to the 

project. ANA will not fund curriculum 

development in an implementation 

grant. Minor text and/or activity 

modification to existing curricula to 

make the curricula communityappropriate will be allowed in the first 

two months of an implementation 

project. 

Applicants are required to discuss the 

Domestic Violence Protocol (see 

Definitions) that the proposed project 

will use to identify and provide 

appropriate referral or services for 

individuals or couples where violence is 

occurring if implementing a project 

focused on healthy relationships, 

healthy marriages or fatherhood. 

Applicants should be able to 

demonstrate knowledge of the 

information and services provided by 

domestic violence coalitions within the 

community. 

* See section I.C.iv Objective Work 

Plan sub-criterion on Approach 

Criterion in this Notice Of Public 

Comment for the Objective Work Plan 

Instructions. 

The FY 2009 PA Project Staffing Plan 

sub-criterion will be: 

Project Staffing Plan (5 points): 

Provide staffing and position data that 

includes a proposed staffing pattern for 

the project. Describe the process and 

general timeframe to hire staff (such as 

advertising or recruiting from within the 

community). Explain how the current 

and future staff will manage the 

proposed project. Full project position 

descriptions are required to be 

submitted as an attachment. Brief 

biographies and/or resumes of identified 

key positions or individuals will be 

included as an attachment. Project 

positions discussed in this section must 

match the positions identified in the 

OWP and in the itemized budget. Note: 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

give preference to qualified Native 

Americans, in accordance with 

applicable laws, in hiring project staff 

and in contracting services under an 

approved ANA grant. Applicants should 

state any required training they will 

need in order to be certified in a 

particular curriculum. Certification 

should occur within the first two 

months of an implementation project. 

(C) ANA SEDS: ANA FY 2009 PAs 

were revised from FY 2008 to split 

categories into separate PAs, according 

to Administration for Children and 

Families requirements. Therefore, ANA 

will publish two PAs, namely Social 

and Economic Development Strategies 

(hereinafter referred to as SEDS) and 

Social and Economic Development 

Strategies for Alaska (hereinafter 

referred to as SEDS–AK). (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b–3.) 

i. SEDS. The Priority Area 

Descriptions for social projects were 

changed. The priority areas focused on 

family preservation have been moved to 

the Family Preservation program area, 

see previous section. (Legal authority: 

Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the 

Native American Programs Act of 1974, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 

2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109–394.) 

Priority Area Description for Social 

Development 

The FY 2009 PA Priority Area 

Description for Social Development 

Projects removes the following bullets: 

• Projects to reduce child/infant 

abuse and neglect and family domestic 

violence. 

• Projects that address the needs of 

grandparents raising grandchildren. 

• Projects to recruit, train and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected and abandoned Native 

American children, youth and their 

families. 

ii. SEDS–AK. The Executive Summary 

has been changed to reflect the new PA 

for SEDS–AK. A priority area for 

economic development projects was 

added addressing traditional energy 

activities. Three Priority Areas for social 

projects were removed to reflect their 

movement to the Family Preservation 

and Children program area, see previous 

section. (Legal authority: Section 803(a) 

and (d) and 803C of the Native 

American Programs Act of 1974, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b– 

3 and Pub. L. 109–394.) 

1. Executive Summary 

The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary 

will be: 

The Administration for Native 

Americans (ANA), within the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

funds for new community-based 

projects under the ANA Social and 

Economic Development Strategies for 

Alaska (SEDS–AK) program. ANA’s FY 

2009 SEDS–AK goals and program areas 

of interest are focused on strengthening 

children, families and communities 

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through community-based 

organizations, Tribes and Village 

governments. The purpose of ANA is to 

promote the goal of economic and social 

self-sufficiency for American Indians, 

Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives and 

other Native American Pacific Islanders, 

including American Samoa Natives. 

2. Priority Area Description for 

Economic Development 

The FY2009 PA Priority Area 

Description for Economic Development 

Projects adds the following bullet: 

• Projects to promote traditional 

energy activities and practices that 

support conservation and help to 

mitigate the high costs associated with 

the purchase, transportation, and 

storage of fuel in remote Alaskan 

Villages. 

3. Priority Area Description for Social 

Development 

The FY 2009 PA Priority Area 

Description for Social Development 

Projects removes the following bullets: 

• Projects to reduce child/infant 

abuse and neglect and family domestic 

violence. 

• Projects that address the needs of 

grandparents raising grandchildren. 

• Projects to recruit, train and certify 

new Native American foster parents or 

promote appropriate extended family 

placements or to assist abused, 

neglected and abandoned Native 

American children, youth and their 

families. 

(D) ANA ERE: The FY 2009 PA 

includes an additional instruction in the 

Approach evaluation criterion, Project 

Strategy sub-criterion. This change 

reflects the need for additional 

information related to the land area and 

natural resources over which the 

applicant has jurisdiction. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and 

803C of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109– 

394.) 

The FY 2009 PA Approach evaluation 

criterion, Project Strategy sub-criterion 

will have the following statement 

added: 

Applicants are required to describe a 

land base or other resources, e.g., river 

or body of water, over which they 

exercise jurisdiction to implement 

Tribal regulation of environmental 

quality. Maps and photos of the area are 

encouraged. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Quanah Crossland Stamps, 

Commissioner, Administration for Native 

Americans. 

[FR Doc. E8–23662 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2008–F–0518] 

Anitox; Filing of Food Additive Petition 

(Animal Use); Formaldehyde 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that Anitox has filed a petition 

proposing that the food additive 

regulations be amended to provide for 

the safe use of formaldehyde to retard 

the growth of Clostridium perfringens in 

animal feeds. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the petitioner’s 

environmental assessment December 8, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to the Division of Dockets Management 

(HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit 

electronic comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for Veterinary 

Medicine, Food and Drug 

Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 

Rockville, MD 20855, 240–453–6853, 

e-mail: isabel.pocurull@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)), 

notice is given that a food additive 

petition (FAP 2259) has been filed by 

Anitox, 1055 Progress Circle, 

Lawrenceville, GA 30043. The petition 

proposes to amend the food additive 

regulations in part 573—Food Additives 

Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water 

of Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide 

for the safe use of formaldehyde to 

retard the growth of Clostridium 

perfringens in animal feeds. 

The potential environmental impact 

of this action is being reviewed. To 

encourage public participation 

consistent with regulations issued under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the agency is 

placing the environmental assessment 

submitted with the petition that is the 

subject of this notice on public display 

at the Division of Dockets Management 

(see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public 

review and comment. 

Interested persons may submit to the 

Division of Dockets Management (see 

ADDRESSES) written or electronic 

comments regarding this document. 

Submit a single copy of electronic 

comments or two paper copies of any 

mailed comments, except that 

individuals may submit one paper copy. 

Comments are to be identified with the 

docket number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

FDA will also place on public display 

any amendments to, or comments on, 

the petitioner’s environmental 

assessment without further 

announcement in the Federal Register. 

If, based on its review, the agency finds 

that an environmental impact statement 

is not required and this petition results 

in a regulation, the notice of availability 

of the agency’s finding of no significant 

impact and the evidence supporting that 

finding will be published with the 

regulation in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b). 

Please note that on January 15, 2008, 

the FDA Division of Dockets 

Management Web site transitioned to 

the Federal Dockets Management 

System (FDMS). FDMS is a 

Government-wide, electronic docket 

management system. Electronic 

comments or submissions will be 

accepted by FDA only through FDMS at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Bernadette Dunham, 

Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine. 

[FR Doc. E8–23723 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0038] 

Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration is correcting a notice 

that appeared in the Federal Register of 

September 24, 2008 (73 FR 55114). The 

document announced a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA). A portion of the meeting will be 

closed to the public. This document 

corrects the error. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theresa Green, Office of the 

Commissioner, Food and Drug 

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