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Part III
Department of Health and Human Services
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Administration for Children and Families
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Request for Applications for the Office of Community Services' Fiscal
Years 2000 (Supplementary) and 2001 Discretionary Grants Programs;
Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Program Announcement No. OCS-2001-01]
Request for Applications for the Office of Community Services'
Fiscal Years 2000 (Supplementary) and 2001 Discretionary Grants
Programs
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for applications for the Office of Community Services'
Discretionary Awards.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Community Services (OCS), announces that competing applications will be
accepted for new grants pursuant to the Secretary's discretionary
authority under sections 680(a) of the Community Services Block Grant
Act of 1981, as amended. Included in the Program Announcement are
programs to be funded with FY 2001 discretionary funds (Urban and Rural
Community Economic Development and Rural Community Facilities
Development). Also included are programs to be funded with unobligated
FY 2000 discretionary funds.
Since FY 2000 funds must be obligated by September 30, 2000 and FY
2001 funds (if appropriated) by September 30, 2001, this Program
Announcement includes separate closing dates for applications for each
fiscal year's funds.
Closing Date: The closing date for submission of applications for
Fiscal Year 2000 funds (Sub-Priority Area 1.1A, 1.1B, and 1.3A, and
2.1A) is August 4, 2000. The closing date for submission of
applications for Fiscal Year 2001 funds (Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.2,
1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 2.1) is October 20, 2000. Mailed applications
postmarked after the appropriate closing date will be classified as
late.
Application Submission:
Mailing Address: Discretionary applications must be mailed to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, 4th Floor
West, Aerospace Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20447; Attention: Discretionary Grants Program.
Submission Instructions: Mailed applications shall be considered as
meeting an announced deadline if they are either received on or before
the closing date or postmarked on or before the closing date and
received by ACF in time for the independent review.
Applications mailed must bear a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark or a legibly dated, machine produced postmark of a commercial
mail service affixed to the envelope/package containing the
application(s). To be deemed acceptable as proof of timely mailing, a
postmark from a commercial mail service must include the logo/emblem of
the commercial mail service company and must reflect the date the
package was received by the commercial mail service company from the
applicant. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof
of timely mailing. (Applicants are cautioned that express/overnight
mail services do not always deliver as agreed.)
Applications handcarried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by
other representatives of the applicant shall be considered as meeting
an announced deadline if they are received on or before the closing
date, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., EST, at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children
and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor
Loading Dock, Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC
20024, between Monday and Friday (excluding Federal holidays). The
address must appear on the envelope/package containing the application
with the note Attention: Discretionary Grants Program. (Applicants are
again cautioned that express/overnight mail services do not always
deliver as agreed.)
ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax or
through other electronic media. Therefore, applications transmitted to
ACF electronically will not be accepted regardless of date or time of
submission and time of receipt.
Late applications: Applications that do not meet the criteria 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 application deadlines when
circumstances such as acts of God (floods, hurricanes, etc.) occur, or
when there are widespread disruptions of the mail service.
Determinations to extend or waive deadline requirements rest with ACF's
Chief Grants Management Officer.
Number of Copies Required: One signed original application and four
copies must be submitted at the time of the initial submission. (OMB-
0970-0062, which expires 10/31/2001).
The first page of the SF-424 must contain in the lower right-hand
corner, a designation indicating under which sub-priority area funds
are being requested (for example UR for 1.1, URA for 1.1A, URNA for
1.1B, HB for 1.2, PD for 1.3, HPD for 1.3A, DD for 1.4, AM for 1.5, UT
for 1.6, RF for 2.1, or RFA for 2.1A. See Part G, section 1, item 11
for details. (See Part C for a description of each of the sub-priority
areas.)
For general questions on the announcement, Contact:
Kaaren Turner--(202) 260-5683
David Matthews--(202) 401-5271
Walter Thaxton--(202) 401-5269
Bobby Malone--(202) 401-5270
Calvin Brockington--(202) 401-5273
Debra Brown--(202) 401-3446
Thelma Woodland--(202) 401-5294
Ruth Walston--(202) 401-9340
For a copy of the announcement, Contact: Administration for
Children and Families, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., 5TH Floor West, Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401-9345,
(202) 401-9354, (202) 401-4687 (fax).
In addition, the announcement is accessible on the OCS web site for
reading or downloading at: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/
kits1.htm
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program
is 93.570. The title is Community Services Block Grant--Discretionary
Awards.
Table of Contents
Part A--Preamble
1. Legislative Authority
2. Departmental Goals
3. Definitions of Terms
Part B--Application Prerequisites
1. Eligible Applicants
2. Availability of Funds
3. Project and Budget Periods
4. Mobilization of Resources
5. Program Beneficiaries
6. Number of Projects in Application
7. Multiple Submittals
8. Subawarding Projects
9. Third Party Agreements
10. Funding Considerations
11. Prohibited Activities
Part C--Program Priority Areas
Part D--Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications
1. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Submitted
Under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4
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2. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted
Under Sub-Priority Areas 1.3 and 1.3A
3. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted
Under Sub-Priority Area 1.5
4. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted
Under Sub-Priority Area 1.6
5. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Under Sub-
Priority Areas 2.1 and 2.1A
Part E--Application Procedures
1. Availability of Forms
2. Intergovernmental Review
3. Application Consideration
4. Criteria for Screening Applications
Part F--Contents of Application and Receipt Process
1. Contents of Application
2. Acknowledgment of Receipt
Part G--Instructions for Completing Application Package
1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
2. SF-424A Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
Part H--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements
1. Notification of Grant Award
2. Attendance at OCS Training Conference
3. Reporting Requirements
4. Audit Requirements
5. Lobbying
6. Applicable Federal Regulations
Attachments
A--2000 Poverty Income Guidelines
B--Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance
C--Standard Form 424A, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
D--Standard Form 424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs
E--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
F--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other
Responsibility Matters
G--State Single Point of Contact List
H--Certification Regarding Lobbying; Disclosure of Lobbying
Activities, SF-LLL
I--DHHS Regulations Applying to All Applicants/Grantees Under the
Fiscal Year 2000 (Supplementary) and Fiscal Year 2001 Discretionary
Grants Programs
J--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke
K--Guidelines for a Business Plan
L--Table of Standard Industrial Codes and Occupational
Classifications
M--Applicant's Checklist
Part A--Preamble
1. Legislative Authority
The Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981, as amended,
(Section 680 of the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
Training and Educational Services (COATS) Act of 1998, authorizes the
Secretary to make grants to provide technical and financial assistance
for economic development activities designed to address the economic
needs of low-income individuals and families, conduct rural community
development activities and conduct neighborhood innovation projects.
2. Departmental Goals
This announcement is particularly relevant to the Departmental goal
of strengthening the American family and promoting self-sufficiency.
These programs have objectives of increasing the access of low-income
people to employment and business development opportunities, and
improving the integration, coordination, and continuity of the various
HHS (and other Federal Departments') funded services potentially
available to families living in poverty.
3. Definitions of Terms
For purposes of this Program Announcement, the following
definitions apply:
--Budget period: The interval of time into which a grant period of
assistance is divided for budgetary and funding purposes.
--Building deconstruction: The systematic disassembly of residential
and commercial buildings.
--Cash contributions: The cash outlay that includes the money
contributed to the project or program by the recipient and third
parties.
--Community development corporation (CDC): A private, non-profit
corporation, governed by a board of directors consisting of residents
of the community and business and civic leaders, that has as a
principal purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing
or community development projects.
--Community economic development (CED): A process by which a community
uses resources to attract capital and increase physical, commercial,
and business development and job opportunities for its residents.
--Construction projects: For the purpose of this announcement,
construction projects involve land improvements and development or
major renovation of (new or existing) facilities and buildings,
including their improvements, fixtures and permanent attachments.
--Displaced worker: An individual who is in the labor market but has
been unemployed for six months or longer.
--Distressed community: A geographic urban neighborhood or rural
community of high unemployment and pervasive poverty.
--Eligible applicant: (See appropriate Program Priority Area under Part
C.)
--Employment education and training program: A program that provides
education and/or training to welfare recipients, at-risk youth, public
housing tenants, displaced workers, homeless and low-income individuals
and that has demonstrated organizational experience in education and
training for these populations.
--Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC): Those
communities designated as such by the Secretary of Agriculture or
Housing and Urban Development.
--Equity investment: The provision of capital to a business entity for
some specified purpose in return for a portion of ownership using a
third party agreement as the contractual instrument.
--Indian tribe: A tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians
recognized in the State in which it resides or which is considered by
the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian tribe or an Indian
organization for any purpose. For the purpose of Priority Area 1.0
(Urban and Rural Community Economic Development), an Indian tribe or
Indian organization is ineligible unless the applicant organization is
a private non-profit community economic development corporation.
--Job creation: New jobs, i.e. jobs not in existence prior to the start
of the project, that result from new business startups, business
expansion, development of new services industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical or commercial activities.
--Job placement: Placing a person in an existing vacant job of a
business, service, or commercial activity not related to new
development or expansion activity.
--Letter of commitment: A signed letter or agreement from a third party
to the applicant that pledges financial or other support for the grant
activities only subject to receiving an award of OCS grant funds.
--Loan: Money lent to a borrower under a binding pledge for a given
purpose to be repaid, usually at a stated rate of interest and within a
specified period of time.
--Poverty Income Guidelines: Guidelines published annually by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services that establish the level of
poverty defined as low-income for individuals and their families.
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--Program income: Gross income earned by the grant recipient that is
directly generated by an activity supported with grant funds.
--Project period: The total time for which a project is approved for
OCS support, including any approved extensions.
--Revolving loan fund: A capital fund established to make loans whereby
repayments are re-lent to other borrowers.
--Self-employment: The state of an individual or individuals who engage
in self-directed economic activities.
--Self-sufficiency: The economic state not requiring public assistance
for an individual and his (her) immediate family.
--Subaward: An award of financial assistance in the form of money, or
property in lieu of money, made under an award by a recipient to an
eligible sub-recipient or by a sub-recipient to a lower tier sub-
recipient. The term includes financial assistance when provided by any
legal agreement, even if the agreement is called a contract, but does
not include procurement of goods and services nor does it include any
form of assistance which is excluded from the definition of ``award''
in 45 CFR 74.2.
Note: Subawards do not include equity investments or loan
transactions since they are promulgated under third party
agreements.
--Technical assistance: A problem-solving event generally utilizing the
services of an expert. Such services may be provided on-site, by
telephone, or by other communications. These services address specific
problems and are intended to assist with the immediate resolution of a
given problem or set of problems.
--Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF): Title I of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(P.L. 104-193) creates the TANF program that transforms welfare into a
system that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance. The
law specifically eliminates any individual entitlement to or guarantee
of assistance, repeals the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) program, Emergency Assistance (EA) and Job Opportunities and
Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs, and replaces them with a block
grant entitlement to States under Title IV-A of the Social Security
Act.
--Third party: Any individual, organization, or business entity that is
not the direct recipient of grant funds.
--Third party agreement: A written agreement entered into by the
grantee and an organization, individual or business entity (including a
wholly-owned subsidiary), by which the grantee makes an equity
investment or a loan in support of grant purposes.
--Third party in-kind contributions: The value of non-cash
contributions provided by non-federal third parties which 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.
Part B--Application Prerequistes
1. Eligible Applicants
Priority areas included in this Program Announcement have differing
eligibility requirements. Therefore, eligible applicants are identified
in the narrative descriptions of each sub-priority area found in Part
C. Applicant must submit proof of non-profit status in its application
at the time of submission. The non-profit agency can accomplish this by
providing a copy of the applicant's listing in the Internal Revenue
Service's (IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations described
in Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS tax code. Applications that do not
include proof of this status will be disqualified.
2. Availability of Funds
Appropriation Amounts
Approximately $3,900,000 in funds appropriated for FY 2000 is
available.
Approximately $26,560,000 is expected to be available for FY 2001.
However, all grant awards for FY 2001 are subject to the availability
of appropriated funds.
The grant funding levels or ranges and the approximate number of
grants to be made under each sub-priority area are indicated in the
narrative description of each area in Part C.
3. Project and Budget Periods
For Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4, applicants
with projects involving construction only may request a project period
of up to 60 months and a budget period of up to 36 months. Applicants
for non-construction projects under these priority areas may request
project periods of up to 36 months and budget periods of up to 17
months. Applicants for Sub-Priority Areas 1.5 and 1.6 may request
project and budget periods of up to 17 months. For Sub-Priority Areas
1.3 and 1.3A, applicants may request project and budget periods of up
to 12 months.
For Sub-Priority Areas 2.1 and 2.1A, grantees will be funded for 24
month project periods and 12 month budget periods.
4. Mobilization of Resources
OCS encourages and strongly supports leveraging of resources
through public/private partnerships that can mobilize cash and/or
third-party in-kind contributions.
5. Program Beneficiaries
Projects proposed for funding under this announcement must result
in direct benefits to low-income people as defined in the most recent
annual revision of the Poverty Income Guidelines published by DHHS.
Attachment A to this announcement is an excerpt from the Poverty
Income Guidelines currently in effect. Annual revisions of these
guidelines are normally published in the Federal Register in February
or early March of each year. Grantees will be required to apply the
most recent guidelines throughout the project period. These revised
guidelines may be obtained at public libraries, Congressional offices,
or by writing the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402. Also, see staff members listed
under ``For General Questions On the Announcement, Contact'' at the
beginning of this announcement.
No other government agency or privately-defined poverty guidelines
are applicable for the determination of low-income eligibility for
these OCS programs.
Note, however, that low-income individuals granted lawful temporary
resident status under Sections 245A or 210A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986 (Public law 99-603), may not be eligible for direct or indirect
assistance based on financial need under this program for a period of
five years from the date such status was granted.
6. Number of Projects in Application
All Priority Area 1.0 applications may contain only one project
except for Sub-Priority Areas 1.3, 1.3A, 1.5, and 1.6. Applications
that are not in compliance with this requirement may be disqualified.
7. Multiple Submittals
There is no limit to the number of applications that can be
submitted under a specific program priority area as long as each
application contains a proposal for a different project. However, an
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one grant in each priority area. Also, applicants who receive more than
one grant for a common budget/project period must be mindful that
salaries and wages claimed for the same persons cannot collectively
exceed 100% of total annual salary.
8. Subawarding Projects
OCS does not fund projects where the role of the applicant is
primarily to serve as a conduit for funds through the use of subawards
to other organizations. In cases where the applicant proposes to make
one or more subawards, it must retain a substantive role in the
implementation and operation of the project for which funding is
requested.
9. Third Party Agreements
Any applicant submitting a proposal for funding under Sub-Priority
Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, or 1.4 who proposes to use some or all of
the requested OCS funds to enter into a third party agreement in order
to make an equity investment (such as the purchase of stock) or a loan
to an organization or business entity (including a wholly-owned
subsidiary), must include in the application, along with the business
plan, a copy of the signed third party agreement for approval by OCS.
(See last paragraph of this section in those instances where a signed
third party agreement is not available when the application is
submitted.)
<bullet> A third party agreement coverinig an equity investment
must contain, at a minimum, the following:
1. The type of equity transaction (e.g. stock purchase).
2. Purpose(s) for which the equity investment is being made.
3. Cost per share.
4. Number of shares being purchased.
5. Percentage of ownership of the business.
6. Number of sets on the board, if applicable.
<bullet> A third party agreement covering a loan transaction must
contain, at a minimum, the following information:
1. Purpose(s) for which the loan is being made.
2. Rates of interest and other fees.
3. Terms of loan.
4. Repayment schedules.
5. Collateral security.
6. Default and collection procedures.
<bullet> All third party agreements must include written
commitments as follows:
From the third party (as appropriate):
1. A minimum of 75% of the jobs to be created as a result of the
injection of grant funds will be filled by low-income individuals.
2. The grantee will have the right to screen applicants for jobs to
be filled by low-income individuals and to verify their eligibility.
3. If the grantee's equity investment equals 25% or more of the
business's assets, the grantee will have representation on the board of
directors.
4. Reports will be made to the grantee regarding the use of grant
funds on a quarterly basis or more frequently, if necessary.
5. A procedure will be developed to assure that there are no
duplicate counts of jobs created.
6. Detailed information will be provided on how the grant funds
will be used by the third party by submitting a Source and Use of Funds
Statement. In addition, the agreement must provide details on how the
grantee will provide support and technical assistance to the third
party in areas of recruitment and retention of low-income individuals.
From the grantee:
Detailed information on how the grantee will provide support and
technical assistance to the third party in areas of recruitment and
retention of low-income individuals.
<bullet> All third party agreements should be accompanied by:
(1) A signed statement from a Certified or Licensed Public
Accountant as to the sufficiency of the third party's financial
management system in accordance with 45 CFR 74, to protect adequately
any federal funds awarded under the application.
(2) Financial statements for the third party organization for the
prior three years. (If not available because the organization is a
newly-formed entity, include a statement to this effect.)
(3) The third party agreement will specify how the grantee will
provide oversight of the third party for the life of the agreement.
Also, the agreement will specify that the third party will maintain
documentation related to the grant objectives as specified in the
agreement and will provide the grantee and HHS access to that
documentation.
If a signed third party agreement is not available when the
application is submitted, the applicant must submit as part of the
narrative as much of the above-mentioned information as possible in
order to enable reviewers to evaluate the proposal. It should be noted
that that portion of a grant, which will be used to fund a third party
agreement, will not be released until the agreement has been approved
by OCS.
10. Funding Considerations
In cases where an application ranks highly and is competitive, the
following may apply:
(1) When the applicant is proposing to enter into a third party
agreement for all of the grant's operational funds, OCS will send a
time-limited letter of intent to fund pending receipt of a signed third
party agreement. Once OCS has determined that the agreement is
acceptable, an award will be forwarded to the applicant.
(2) Previous performance of applicants will be considered an
important determining factor in the grant award decisions.
(3) Any applicant that has three or more active OCS grants may only
be funded under exceptional circumstances.
(4) Pre-award site visits may be performed for the purpose of
undertaking assessments of many of these applications prior to OCS
making final determinations on grant awards.
(5) OCS will consider applications that include revolving loan
funds as a grant activity.
11. Prohibited Activities
OCS will not consider applications that propose the establishment
of Small Business Investment Corporations or Minority Enterprise Small
Business Investment Corporations.
Part C--Program Priority Areas
The program priority areas of the Office of Community Services'
Discretionary Grants Program, and funds available for each sub-priority
area, are as follows:
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Sub-priority areas FY 2000 funds FY 2001 funds
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Priority Area 1.0: Urban and Rural Community Economic Development
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1.1 Urban and Rural Community Economic .............. $17,000,000
Development (Operational) (FY 2001)....
1.1A Urban and Rural Community Economic 3,000,000 ..............
Development (Operational) (FY 2000)....
1.1B Urban and Rural Community Economic 300,000 ..............
Development (Native Americans) (FY
2000)..................................
1.2 Urban and Rural Community Economic .............. 2,100,000
Development (HBCU Set-Aside) (FY 2001).
1.3 Urban and Rural Community Economic .............. 750,000
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-
Aside) (FY 2001).......................
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1.3A Urban and Rural Community Economic 300,000 ..............
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-
Aside) (FY 2000).......................
1.4 Urban and Rural Community Economic .............. 2,500,000
Development (Developmental Set-Aside)
(FY 2001)..............................
1.5 Administrative and Management .............. 500,000
Expertise (Set-Aside) (FY 2001)........
1.6 Training and Technical Assistance .............. 210,000
(Set-Aside) (FY 2001)..................
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Priority Area 2.0: Rural Community Development Activities
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2.1 Rural Community Facilities (Water .............. 3,500,000
and Waste Water Treatment Systems
Development) (FY 2001).................
2.1A Rural Community Facilities (Water 300,000
and Waste Water Treatment Systems
Development) (FY 2000).................
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Priority Area 1.0 Urban and Rural Community Economic Development
Eligible applicants are private, non-profit 501(c)(3) community
development corporations (CDCs) governed by a board consisting of
residents of the community and business and civic leaders that has as a
principal purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing
or community development projects.
The purpose of this priority area is to encourage the creation of
projects intended to provide employment and business development
opportunities for low-income people through business, physical or
commercial development. Generally the opportunities must aim to improve
the quality of the economic and social environment of TANF recipients;
low-income residents including displaced workers; at-risk teenagers;
non-custodial parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF
assistance; individuals residing in public housing; individuals who are
homeless; and individuals with developmental disabilities. Grant funds
under this priority area are intended to provide resources to eligible
applicants (CDCs) but also have the broader objectives of arresting
tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and community
deterioration in urban and rural areas.
Sub-Priority Area 1.5 is intended to provide administrative and
management expertise to current Office of Community Services' grantees
who are experiencing problems in the implementation of urban and rural
community economic development projects.
Sub-Priority Area 1.6 makes funds available to provide training and
technical assistance to groups of community development corporations in
developing or implementing projects funded under this section; its aim
is to generally enhance the viability and competence of community
development corporations.
This priority area also seeks to attract additional private capital
into distressed communities, including empowerment zones and enterprise
communities, and to build and/or expand the ability of local
institutions to better serve the economic needs of local residents.
1. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational)
a. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational--FY
2001) (Sub-Priority Area 1.1)
Funds will be provided to a limited number of private, non-profit,
501(c)(3) community development corporations for business development
activities at the local level. Funding will be provided for specific
projects and will require the submission of business plans or work
plans, where applicable, that meet the test of economic feasibility.
Attachment K should be used as a guideline for the business plan.
The applicant should select a project in an industry in its region
that promotes economic sustainability and self-sufficiency for families
in the low-income community.
Projects must further the Departmental goals of strengthening
American families and promoting their self-sufficiency. OCS is
particularly interested in receiving applications that involve public-
private partnerships that are directed toward the development of
economic self-sufficiency in distressed communities through projects
that focus on providing employment and business development
opportunities for low-income people through business startups, business
expansions, development of new services industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical and commercial activities.
Applicants are encouraged to foster partnerships with child support
enforcement agencies to increase the capability of low-income non-
custodial parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF
assistance, to fulfill their parental responsibilities. Such applicants
may request funds for a business development project or a project that
demonstrates innovative ways to create jobs for low-income persons in
the targeted group or community.
See other applicable requirements under 1.d., below.
Eligible organizations located in Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities are urged to submit applications.
For Fiscal Year 2001, it is anticipated that approximately 30
grants up to a maximum of $349,999 will be awarded and approximately 13
grants of $350,000 but not more than $500,000 will be made. Competition
for these funds will be restricted to either the $349,999 and under
category or the $350,000 up to $500,000 category. Applicants will
compete within the category in which they fall.
b. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational--FY
2000) (Sub-Priority Area 1.1A)
Funds will be provided to a limited number of private, non-profit,
501(c)(3), community development corporations under this sub-priority
area for purposes described under section 1.a (Sub-Priority Area 1.1)
above.
In addition, OCS is particularly interested in receiving
applications that propose a realistic plan for development of new and
innovative businesses that offer genuine career and entrepreneurship
opportunities to low-income non-custodial parents as well as for
improving the economic infrastructure and facilities of the community.
For example:
<bullet> One business sector that an applicant could consider
addressing is that of the construction trades and, within it, the new
and growing sub-sector of building deconstruction and materials re-use.
Building deconstruction offers new opportunities for career and new
enterprises and provides an excellent training ground for employment in
the wider construction field where there are serious and growing
shortages of trained workers throughout the United States. It also
offers opportunities for significant, vertically integrated enterprise
development through materials salvage, recycling, re-use and re-
manufacturing.
<bullet> Another new business sector that might be considered is
that of environmental justice/sustainable community development which
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includes businesses developed to address lead abatement in low-income
dwellings; cleanup of toxic wastes or leaking underground storage
tanks; treatment of low-income dwellings that combine lead abatement
with weatherization and mitigation of other hazards such as asbestos or
radon; installation and maintenance of alternative and renewable energy
technologies in the homes of the poor; recycling; forest or watershed
restoration; and urban pesticide programs designed to reduce the use of
toxic pesticides in low-income communities through integrated pest
management and similar techniques.
<bullet> Home health care and housekeeping care for the elderly and
infirm are businesses for which there is a serious need and which can
create higher than minimum wage jobs for low-income workers.
See other applicable requirements under 1.d., below.
Eligible organizations located in Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities are urged to submit applications.
Approximately 7 grants are anticipated to be made up to $500,000
each under this sub-priority area.
c. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Operational-Native
Americans) (Sub-Priority Area 1.1B)
Funds will be provided to three private, non-profit, 501(c)(3),
community development corporations that enter into agreements with
Native American tribes to carry out business development activities,
i.e. business startups, business expansions, development of new
services industries, and/or other newly-undertaken physical and
commercial activities, on reservations.
The Native American Tribes with which the CDCs are partnering will
also be considered for FY 2000 funds from the Department of Health and
Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (ANA).
The applicant should select a project that promotes economic
sustainability and self-sufficiency for families on the Reservation
where the project will be implemented.
An application under this sub-priority area must reflect a
significant partnership role for the tribe. The application also must
contain a written, signed agreement from an authorized tribal official
confirming the tribe's significant involvement in the grant activities
and receipt of FY 2000 funds from ANA. By entering into a partnership
agreement with a tribe, the applicant will be considered to have
fulfilled the goal of mobilizing non-discretionary program dollars
under Criterion V, Public-Private Partnerships, item (1), and will be
granted the maximum number of points (15) in that category.
See other applicable requirements under 1.d., below.
Approximately three (3) grants for $100,000 each are anticipated to
be made under this sub-priority area.
d. Additional Requirements Applicable to Sub-Priority Areas
1.1,1.1A,1.1B,1.2, and 1.4
Applicants must show that the proposed project:
(1) Creates full-time permanent jobs except where an applicant
demonstrates that a permanent part-time job produces actual wages that
exceed the HHS poverty guidelines. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the
jobs created must be filled by low-income residents of the community
and also must provide for career development opportunities. Project
emphasis should be on employment of individuals who are unemployed or
on public assistance, with particular emphasis on those that are at-
risk teenagers, TANF recipients, low-income non-custodial parents
(particularly those of children receiving TANF assistance), individuals
residing in public housing, and individuals who are homeless. While
projected employment in future years may be included in the
application, it is essential that the focus of employment projects
concentrates on those permanent jobs created during the duration of the
OCS project period; and/or
(2) Creates a significant number of business development
opportunities for low-income residents of the community or
significantly aids such residents in maintaining economically viable
businesses; and
(3) Assists low-income participants to become self-sufficient.
In the evaluation process, favorable consideration will be given to
applicants under this priority area that show the lowest cost-per-job
created. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, OCS will not fund
projects where the cost-per-job in OCS funds exceeds $15,000.
In addition, favorable consideration in the evaluation process will
be given to applicants who demonstrate their intention to coordinate
services with the local TANF offices and/or other employment education
and training offices and child support enforcement agencies that serve
the proposed area. The offices and agencies should serve welfare
recipients, at-risk youth, public housing tenants, displaced workers,
homeless and low-income individuals (as defined by the annual revision
to the Poverty Income Guidelines published by DHHS) including non-
custodial parents. Applicants should submit a written agreement from
the applicable office or agency that indicates what actions will be
taken to integrate/coordinate services that relate directly to the
project for which funds are being requested. The agreement should
include the goals and objectives (including target groups) that the
applicant and the employment education and training offices and child
support enforcement agencies expect to reach through their
collaboration. It should describe the cooperative relationship,
including specific activities and/or actions each of these entities
proposes to carry out in support of the project, and the mechanism(s)
to be used in coordinating those activities if the project is funded by
OCS. Documentation that illustrates the organizational experience of
the employment education and training offices should also be included.
OCS encourages applications that will develop linkages or
agreements with local agencies responsible for administering TANF
programs and child support enforcement agreements. OCS would expect
these programs to create new jobs for TANF recipients and low-income
non-custodial parents, particularly those of children receiving TANF
assistance. These initiatives can be accomplished through a variety of
business development projects funded under this priority area, i.e.,
business expansions, new business development and self-employment
activities, etc.
OCS encourages each applicant to describe the project scope that
includes the low-income community served, the business activities
undertaken, and types of jobs to be created. The business activities
should be described by Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) and jobs by
occupational classifications. This information is published by the U.S.
Department of Commerce in the Statistical Abstract of the United
States, 1998, Tables No. 679 and 680. Also, applicant may use the
material included in Attachment L to identify industrial areas and
occupational classifications.
OCS does not fund education and training programs. In projects
where participants must be trained, any funds that are proposed to be
used for training purposes must be limited to providing specific job-
related training to those individuals who have been selected for
employment in the grant supported project which includes new business
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startups, business expansions, development of new service industries,
and/or other newly-undertaken physical and commercial activities.
Projects involving training and placement for existing vacant
positions will be disqualified.
Projects that would result in the relocation of a business from one
geographic area to another with the possible displacement of employees
are discouraged.
Applicants must be aware that projects funded under these sub-
priority areas must be operational by the end of the project period,
i.e., businesses must be in place, and low-income individuals actually
employed in those businesses.
2. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (HBCU Set-Aside)
a. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (HBCU Set-Aside --FY
2001) (Sub-Priority Area 1.2)
Funds will be provided to a limited number of private, non-profit,
501 (c)(3) community development corporations for projects that will be
carried out in conjunction with Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), as defined in Executive Order Number 12876, dated
Nov. 1, 1993, through contract or sub-grant. Such projects must conform
to the purposes, requirements, and prohibitions applicable to those
submitted under Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
These projects should reflect a significant partnership role for
the college or university, and the applicant in doing so will be
considered to have fulfilled the goals of the evaluation criterion for
Public-Private Partnerships and will be granted the maximum number of
points in that category. Applications for these set-aside funds that
are not funded due to the limited amount of funds available may also be
considered competitively within the larger pool of eligible applicants
under Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Any funds that are not used under this
sub-priority area due to the limited number of highly scored
applications will be rolled over into Sub-Priority Area 1.1.
Any funds that are proposed to be used for training purposes must
be limited to providing specific job-related training to those
individuals who have been selected for employment in the grant
supported project which includes new business startups, business
expansions, development of new service industries, and/or other newly-
undertaken physical or commercial activities.
Approximately 6 grants are anticipated to be made at $350,000 each
under this sub-priority area.
3. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-Developmental
Set-Aside)
a. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-Developmental
Set-Aside--FY 2001) (Sub-Priority Area 1.3)
OCS intends in this sub-priority area to provide funds to recently-
established private, non-profit, 501(c)(3), community development
corporations that propose to undertake economic development activities
in distressed communities.
OCS recognizes that there are a number of newly-organized non-
profit community development corporations that have identified needs in
their communities but have not had the staff or other resources to
develop projects to address those needs. This lack of resources also
might be affecting their ability to compete for funds, such as those
provided under Sub-Priority Area 1.1 since their limited resources
would preclude them from developing a comprehensive business plan and/
or mobilizing resources.
OCS has an interest in providing support to these new entities in
order to enable them to become more firmly established in their
communities, thereby bringing technical expertise and new resources to
previously unserved or underserved communities. Therefore, OCS is
setting aside funds for grants to private, non-profit, 501(c)(3),
community development corporations that have never received OCS funding
and have been in existence for no more than three years, or have been
in existence longer than three years but have no record of
participation in economic development type projects. For the latter, a
CDC must state that it has not been active. (The phrase ``no
participation in economic development-type projects'' means an eligible
applicant has not sponsored nor had any significant participation in
projects that have provided employment or business development
opportunities through business startups, business expansions,
development of new service industries, and/or newly-undertaken physical
or commercial activities.)
In addition, applicants with housing experience must not have had
primary responsibility in planning, developing, and managing housing.
With funding received under this sub-priority area, CDCs may incur
costs to: (1) Evaluate the feasibility of potential projects that
address identified needs in the low-income community and that conform
to those projects and activities allowable under Sub-Priority Areas
1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4; (2) develop a business plan related to
one of those projects; and (3) mobilize resources to be contributed to
one of those projects, including the utilization of HBCUs.
Based on the availability of funds in Fiscal Year 2002, OCS will
consider establishing a set-aside in Sub-Priority Area 1.4 to provide
operational funds to those organizations that received pre-
developmental grants. Grants might be for a maximum of $250,000 and
competition for those funds would be restricted to those organizations
that received pre-developmental grants in Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
The business plan developed as a result of the pre-developmental grant
would be submitted as part of the competitive application.
Specifically, each application for funds under this sub-priority
area must include the following as part of the project narrative:
1. Description of the impact area, i.e., a description of the low-
income area it proposes to address;
2. Analysis of need in the distressed community;
3. How the potential projects relate to applicant's organizational
goals and previous experience (if any);
4. Project design and implementation factors including a discussion
of potential projects that might be implemented to address identified
needs, a strategy for conduct of feasibility studies on potential
projects and quarterly work plans with specific task timelines and a
self-evaluation component; and
5. Project objectives and measurable impact, i.e., a discussion of
preparing a business plan on only one selected project based on results
of the feasibility studies and plan for mobilization of non-
discretionary dollars to implement it.
Applications that are not funded within this set-aside due to the
limited amount of funds available may also be considered competitively
within the larger pool of eligible applicants. Any funds that are not
used under this sub-priority area due to the limited number of highly
scored applications will be rolled over into another priority area.
Approximately 10 grants are anticipated to be made at $75,000 each
under this sub-priority area.
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b. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Pre-Developmental
Set-Aside--FY 2000) (Sub-Priority Area 1.3A)
Projects under this sub-priority area must conform to the purposes
and requirements of Sub-Priority Area 1.3. (See 3.a., above.)
OCS is interested particularly in applications from recently-
established private, non-profit, 501 (c) (3), community development
corporations that propose to undertake economic development activities
in distressed communities in partnership with Historically Black
Colleges and Universities. Such applications must reflect a significant
partnership role for the college or university. Each application also
must contain a written, signed agreement from an authorized HBCU
official confirming the school's significant involvement in the grant
activities. By entering into a partnership agreement, the applicant
will be considered to have fulfilled the goal of mobilizing non-
discretionary program dollars under Criterion IV, Significant and
Beneficial Impact, and will be granted the maximum number of points (5)
in that category.
Approximately 4 projects are anticipated to be funded at $75,000
each.
4. Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (Developmental Set-
Aside) (Sub-Priority Area 1.4)
OCS intends in this sub-priority area to provide funds to
organizations that received grants from OCS in Fiscal Years 1998 and
1999 under Sub-Priority Area 1.3, the pre-developmental grant program.
These organizations will compete only among themselves. Such projects
must conform to the purposes, requirements and prohibitions applicable
to those submitted under Sub-Priority Area 1.1 including the additional
requirements delineated in section 1.d., above. Applications that are
not funded within this set-aside due to the limited amount of funds
available may also be considered competitively within the larger pool
of eligible applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Any funds that are
not used under this sub-priority area due to the limited number of
highly scored applications will be rolled over into Sub-Priority Area
1.1.
Approximately 10 grants are anticipated to be made at $250,000 each
under this sub-priority area.
5. Administrative and Management Expertise (Set-Aside) (Sub-Priority
Area 1.5)
OCS believes that one of the most effective means of assuring the
successful operation of a project under the Discretionary Grants
Program area is through the sharing amongst CDCs of their experiences
in dealing with the day-to-day issues and challenges presented in
promoting community economic development. Accordingly, OCS strongly
encourages more experienced private, non-profit CDCs to share their
administrative and management expertise with less experienced CDCs or
with those who have encountered difficulties in operationalizing their
work programs. In order to facilitate this, OCS will provide funds to
one or more private, non-profit, 501(c)(3), community development
corporations to assist with their efforts to enhance the management and
operational capacities of the less experienced CDCs or those having
difficulties.
An applicant in this sub-priority area must document its experience
and capability in several of the following areas:
<bullet> Business/development;
<bullet> Micro-entrepreneurship development;
<bullet> Commercial development;
<bullet> Organizational and staff development;
<bullet> Board training;
<bullet> Business management, including strategic planning and fiscal
management;
<bullet> Finance, including business packaging and financial/accounting
services;
<bullet> Regulatory compliance including zoning and permit compliance;
<bullet> Incubator development;
<bullet> Tax credits and bond financing;
<bullet> Marketing.
The applicant must document staff competence or the accessibility
of third party resources with proven competence. If the work program
requires the significant use of third party (consultant/contractor)
resources, those resources should be identified and resumes of the
individuals or key organizational staff provided.
Resumes of the applicant's staff, who are to be directly involved
in programmatic and administrative expertise sharing, should also be
included. The applicant must document successful experience in the
mobilization of resources (both cash and in-kind) from private and
public sources. The applicant also must clearly state how the
information learned from this project may be disseminated to other
interested grantees.
OCS will share with the grantee information on other grantees
seeking to benefit from such assistance. Such formal requests could
also be initiated by a grantee with the concurrence of OCS. These
contacts may occur on-site, by telephone, or by other methods of
communication. Costs incurred in connection with participation in such
activities will be borne by the recipient(s) of the OCS grant under
this sub-priority area.
A grantee under this sub-priority area will be expected to
disseminate results of the project via a handbook, a progress paper,
evaluation reports, general manual, or seminars/workshops.
Approximately one grant is anticipated to be made at $500,000 under
this sub-priority area.
6. Training and Technical Assistance (Set-Aside) (Sub-Priority Area
1.6)
Funds will be awarded for the purpose of providing training and
technical assistance to strengthen the network of CDCs.
An applicant in this sub-priority area must document its experience
and capability in implementing projects national in scope and have
significant and relevant experiences in working with community
development corporations.
OCS anticipates that the grant will be for $210,000 with a grant
period not to exceed 17 months. Applicant must have the ability to
collect and analyze data nationally that may benefit CDCs and be able
to disseminate information to all OCS-funded grantees; publish a
national directory of funding sources for CDCs (public, corporate,
foundation, religious); publish research papers on specific aspects of
job creation by CDCs; and design and provide information on successful
projects and economic niches that CDCs can target. The applicant also
will be responsible for the development of instructional programs,
national conferences, seminars, and other activities to assist
community development corporations.
Eligible applicants are private, non-profit, 501(c)(3),
organizations. Applicants must be able to operate on a national basis
and have significant and relevant experience in working with community
development corporations.
Approximately one grant is anticipated to be made at $210,000 under
this sub-priority area.
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additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family
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Instructions for the SF-424
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information.
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0043),
Washington, DC 20503.
Please do not return your completed form to the Office of
Management and Budget. Send it to the address provided by the
sponsoring agency.
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) and 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 Employee 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 problem 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, loan 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
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 180 minutes per response, including time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348/004),
Washington, DC 50503.
Please do not return your completed form to the Office of
Management and Budget, send it to the address provided by the
sponsoring agency.
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 which requires Federal
authorization in annual or other funding period increments. In the
latter case, Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for
the first budget period (usually a year) and Section E should
present the need for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget
periods. All applications should contain a breakdown by the object
class categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.
Section A. Budget Summary
Lines 1-4 Columns (a) and (b)
For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a
functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a)
the Catalog program title and the Catalog number in Column (b).
For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget
amounts by multiple functions or activities, enter the name of each
activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the
Catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to
multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by
function or activity, enter the Catalog program title on each line
in Column (a) and the respective Catalog number on each line in
Column (b).
For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or
more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a
separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional
sheets should be used 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 Column (c) and (d) blank. For each
line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and
(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project
for the first funding period (usually a year).
For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms
before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor
agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds
which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period
only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this.
Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in columns (e) and (f)
the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s)
in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).
For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not
use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the
increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the
amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column
(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal)
which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus
or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f).
The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum of amounts in
Columns (e) and (f).
Line 5--Show the totals for all columns used.
Section B. Budget Categories
In the column headings (1) through (4), enter the titles of the
same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column
(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A,
provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program,
function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both
Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.
Line 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 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.
Lines 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When
additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annotate
accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.
Section F. Other Budget Information
Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct
object class cost categories that may appear to be out of the
ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal
grantor agency.
Line 22--Enter the type of indirect rate (provisional,
predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect during the
funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which the rate
is applied, and the total indirect expense.
Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed
necessary.
Attachment D.--Assurances--Non-Construction Programs
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing
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data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send
comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction
Project (0348-0040), Washington, DC 20503.
Please do not return your completed form to the Office of
Management and Budget. Send it to the address provided by the
sponsoring agency.
Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your
project or program. If you have questions, please contact the
awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may
require applicants to certify to additional assurances. If such is
the case, you will be notified.
As the duly authorized representative of the applicant, I
certify that the applicant:
1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance and
the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including
funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project cost) to
ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project
described in this application.
2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the
United States and, if appropriate, the State, through any authorized
representative, access to and the right to examine all records,
books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish
a proper accounting system in accordance with generally accepted
accounting standards or agency directives.
3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using
their positions for a 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. Secs. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for
merit systems for programs funded under one of the 19 statutes or
regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a Merit
System of Personnel Administration (5 CFR 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.
Secs. 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. Sec. 794), which prohibits discrimination on
the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as
amended (42 U.S.C. Secs. 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) Secs. 523 and 527 of the
Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. Secs. 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. Secs. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to
nondiscrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing; (i)
any other nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statute(s)
under which application for Federal assistance is being made; and,
(j) the requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which
may apply to the application.
7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements
of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which
provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or
whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally-
assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real
property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal
participation in purchases.
8. Will comply, as applicable, with provisions of the Hatch Act
(5 U.S.C. Secs. 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.Secs. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40
U.S.C. Sec. 276c and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 874), and the Contract Work
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S. C. Secs. 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 (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
program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal actions to
State (Clean Air) Implementation Plans under Section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. Secs. 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. Secs. 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. Sec. 470), EO 11593 (identification and
protection of historic properties), and the Archaeological and
Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 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. Secs. 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. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead-
based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence
structures.
17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and
compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act Amendments
of 1996 and OMB Circular No. A-133, ``Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.''
18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other
Federal laws, executive orders, regulations, and policies governing
this program.
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Date submitted
Attachment E.--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace
Requirements
This certification is required by the regulations implementing
the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988: 45 CFR Part 76, Subpart, F.
Sections 76.630(c) and (d)(2) and 76.645(a)(1) and (b) provide that
a Federal agency may designate a central receipt point for State-
wide and State Agency-wide certifications, and for notification of
criminal drug convictions. For the Department of Health and Human
Services, the central pint is: Division of Grants Management and
Oversight, Office of Management and Acquisition, Department of
Health and Human Services, Room 517-D 200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201.
Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
(Instructions for Certification)
1. By signing and/or submitting this application or grant
agreement, the grantee is providing the certification set out below.
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2. The certification set out below is a material representation
of fact upon which reliance is placed when the agency awards the
grant. If it is later determined that the grantee knowingly rendered
a false certification, or otherwise violates the requirements of the
Drug-Free Workplace Act, the agency, in addition to any other
remedies available to the Federal Government, may take action
authorized under the Drug-Free Workplace Act.
3. For grantees other than individuals, Alternate I applies.
4. For grantees who are individuals, Alternate II applies.
5. Workplaces under grants, for grantees other than individuals,
need not be identified on the certification. If known, they may be
identified in the grant application. If the grantee does not
identify the workplaces at the time of application, or upon award,
if there is no application, the grantee must keep the identity of
the workplace(s) on file in its office and make the information
available for Federal inspection. Failure to identify all known
workplaces constitutes a violation of the grantee's drug-free
workplace requirements.
6. Workplace indetifications must include the actual address of
buildings (or parts of buildings) or other sites where work under
the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions may be used (e.g.,
all vehicles of a mass transit authority or State highway department
while in operation, State employees in each local unemployment
office, performers in concert halls or radio studios).
7. If the workplace identified to the agency changes during the
performance of the grant, the grantee shall inform the agency of the
change(s), if it previously identified the workplaces in question
(see paragraph five).
8. Definitions of terms in the Nonprocurement Suspension and
Debarment common rule and Drug-Free Workplace common rule apply to
this certification Grantees' attention is called, in particular, to
the following definitions from these rules:
Controlled substance means a controlled substance in Schedules I
through V of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and as
further defined by regulation (21 CFR 1308.11 through 1308.15);
Conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo
contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body
charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the
Federal or State criminal drug statutes;
Criminal drug statute means a Federal or non-Federal criminal
statute involving the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, use, or
possession of any controlled substance;
Employee means the employee of a grantee directly engaged in the
performance of work under a grant, including: (i) All direct charge
employees; (ii) All indirect charge employees unless their impact or
involvement is insignificant to the performance of the grant; and,
(iii) Temporary personnel and consultants who are directly engaged
in the performance of work under the grant and who are on the
grantee's payroll. This definition does not include workers not on
the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, even if used to meet a
matching requirement; consultants or independent contractors not on
the grantee's payroll; or employees of subrecipients or
subcontractors in covered workplaces).
Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
Alternate I. (Grantees Other Than Individuals)
The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to provide a
drug-free workplace by:
(a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful
manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a
controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and
specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for
violation of such prohibition;
(b) Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to
inform employees about--
(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
(2) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;
(3) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee
assistance programs; and
(4) The penalties that may be impose upon employees for drug
abuse violations occurring in the workplace;
(c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in
the performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement
required by paragraph (a);
(d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by
paragraph (a) that, as a condition of employment under the grant,
the employee will--
(1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and
(2) Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for
a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no
later than five calendar days after such conviction;
(e) Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days
after receiving notice undr paragraph (d)(2) from an employee or
otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of
convicted employees must provide notice, including position title,
to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the
convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has
designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice
shall include the identification number(s) of each affected grant;
(f) Taking one of the following actions, with 30 calendar days
of receiving notice under paragraph (d)(2), with respect to any
employee who is so convicted--
(1) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an
employee, up to an including termination, consistent with the
requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or
(2) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a
drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such
purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or
other appropriate agency;
(g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-
free workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e) and (f).
(B) The grantee may insert in the space provided below the
site(s) for the performance of work done in connection with the
specific grant:
Place of Performance (Street address, city, county, state, zip code)
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Check if there are workplaces on file that are not identified
here.
Alternate II. (Grantees Who Are Individuals)
(a) The grantee certifies that, as a conditions of the grant, he
or she will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution,
dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance in
conducting any activity with the grant;
(b) If convicted of a criminal drug offense resulting from a
violation occurring during the conduct of any grant activity, he or
she will report the conviction, in writing, with 10 calendar days of
the conviction, to every grant officer or other designee, unless the
Federal agency designates a central point for the receipt of such
notices. When notice is made to such a central point, it shall
include the identification numbers(s) of each affected grant.
[55 FR 21690, 21702, May 25, 1990]
Attachment F.--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and
Other Responsibility Matters
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other
Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions
Instructions for Certification
1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective
primary participant is providing the certification set out below.
2. The inability of a person to provide the certification
required below will not necessarily result in denial of
participation in this covered transaction. The prospective
participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the
certification set out below. The certification or explanation will
be considered in connection with the department or agency's
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.
3. The certification in this clause is a material representation
of fact upon which reliance was placed when the department or agency
determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later determined
that the prospective primary participant knowingly rendered an
erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to
the Federal Government, the department or agency may terminate this
transaction for cause or default.
4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate
written notice to the department or agency to which this proposal is
submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns
that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become
erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
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5. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended,
ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person,
primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily
excluded, as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the
Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing
Executive Order 12549. You may contact the department or agency to
which this proposal is being submitted for assistance in obtaining a
copy of those regulations.
6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this
proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered
into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered
transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR
part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or
voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction,
unless authorized by the department or agency entering into this
transaction.
7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by
submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled
``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' provided by
the department or agency entering into this covered transaction,
without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in
all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
8. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered
transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part
9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily
excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the
certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and
frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals.
Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of
Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement
Programs.
9. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to
require establishment of a system of records in order to render in
good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge
and information of a participant is not required to exceed that
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary
course of business dealings.
10. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 6 of
these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction
knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person
who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4,
suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies
available to the Federal Government, the department or agency may
terminate this transaction for cause or default.
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other
Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions
(1) The prospective primary participant 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 by any
Federal department or agency;
(b) Have not within a three-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 brain, or preforming 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 indicated for 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 three-year period preceding this
application/proposal had one or more public transaction (Federal,
State or local) terminated for cause or default.
(2) Where the prospective primary participation is unable to
certify to any of the statements in this certification, such
prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this
proposal.
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions
Instructions for Certification
1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective
lower tier participant is providing the certification set out below.
2. The certification in this clause is a material representation
of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was
entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower
tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in
addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government the
department or agency with which this transaction originated may
pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide
immediate written notice to the person to which this proposal is
submitted if at one time the prospective lower tier participant
learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or had
become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
4. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended,
ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant, person,
primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntary
excluded, as used in this clause, have the meaning set our in the
Definitions and Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive
Order 12549. You may contact the person to which this proposal is
submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting
this proposal that, [[Page 33043]] should the proposed covered
transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any
lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for
debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended,
declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in
this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or
agency with which this transaction originated.
6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by
submitting this proposal that it will include this clause titled
``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transaction,'' without
modification, in lower tier covered transactions and in all
solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a
certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered
transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part
9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily
excluded from covered transactions, unless it knows that the
certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and
frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals.
Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of
Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement
Programs.
8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to
require establishment of a system of records in order to render in
good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge
and information of a participant is not required to exceed that
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary
course of business dealings.
9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 5 of these
instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly
enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is
proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended,
debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in
this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the
Federal Government, the department or agency with which this
transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including
suspension and/or debarment.
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions
(1) The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by
submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is
presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this
transaction by any Federal department or agency.
(2) Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to
certify to any of the statements in this certification, such
prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this
proposal.
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Attachment G.--State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs)
It is estimated that in 2001, the Federal Government will outlay
$305.6 billion in grants to State and local governments. Executive
Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,'' was
issued with the desire to foster the intergovernmental partnership
and strengthen federalism by relying on State and local processes
for the coordination and review of proposed Federal financial
assistance and direct Federal development. The Order allows each
State to designate an entity to perform this function. Below is the
official list of those entities. For those States that have a home
page for their designated entity, a direct link has been provided
below. States that are not listed on this page have chosen not to
participate in the intergovernmental review process, and therefore
do not have a SPOC. If you are located within one of these States,
you may still send application materials directly to a Federal
awarding agency.
Arizona: Joni Saad, Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central
Avenue, Fourteenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone: (602)
280-1315, Fax: (602) 280-8144, jo...@ep.state.az.us.
Arkansas: Tracy L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse,
Office of Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and
Administration, 1515 W 7th St., Room 412, Little Rock, Arkansas
72203, Telephone: (501) 682-1074, Fax: (501) 682-5206,
tlcop...@dfa.state.ar.us.
California: Grants Coordination, State Clearinghouse, Office of
Planning and Research, P.O. Box 3044, Room 222, Sacramento,
California 95812-3044, Telephone: (916) 445-0613, Fax: (916) 323-
3018, state.cle...@opr.ca.gov.
Delaware: Charles H. Hopkins, Executive Department, Office of
the Budget, 540 S. Dupont Highway, 3rd Floor, Dover, Delaware 19901,
Telephone: (302) 739-3323, Fax: (302) 739-5661,
chop...@state.de.us.
District of Columbia: Ron Seldon, Office of Grants Management
and Development, 717 14th Street, NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC
20005, Telephone: (202) 727-1705, Fax; (202) 727-1617, ogmd-
og...@dcgov.org.
Florida: Cherie L. Trainor, Florida State Clearinghouse,
Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, Telephone: (850) 922-5438, (850)
414-5495 (direct), Fax: (850) 414-0479,
cherie....@dca.state.fl.us.
Georgia: Georgia State Clearinghouse, 270 Washington Street SW,
Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Telephone: (404) 656-3855, Fax: (404) 656-
7901, ga...@mail.opb.state.ga.us.
Illinois: Virginia Bova, Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs, James R. Thompson Center, 100 West Randolph, Suite 3-400,
Chicago, Illinois 60601, Telephone: (312) 814-6028, Fax (312) 814-
8485, vb...@commerce.state.il.us.
Indiana: Frances Williams, State Budget Agency, 212 State House,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2796, Telephone: (317) 232-2972, Fax:
(317) 233-3323, fwil...@sba.stat.in.us.
Iowa: Steven R. McCann, Division of Community and Rural
Development, Iowa Department of Economic Development, 200 East Grant
Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, Telephone: (515) 242-4719, Fax:
(515) 242-4809, steve....@ided.state.ia.us.
Kentucky: Ron Cook, Department for Local Government, Kentucky
State Clearinghouse, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 340,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Telephone: (502) 573-2382, Fax: (502)
573-0175, ron....@mail.state.ky.us.
Maine: Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, 184 State Street, 38
State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone: (207) 287-
3261, (207) 287-1461 (direct), Fax: (207) 287-6489,
joyce....@state.me.us.
Maryland: Linda Janey, Manager, Clearinghouse and Plan Review
Unit, Maryland Office of Planning, 301 West Preston Street--Room
1104, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2305, Telephone: (410) 767-4490,
Fax: (410) 767-4480, li...@mail.op.state.md.us.
Michigan: Richard Pfaff, Southeast Michigan Council of
Governments, 660 Plaza Drive--Suite 1900, Detroit, Michigan 48226,
Telephone: (313) 961-4266, Fax: (313) 961-4869, pf...@semcog.org.
Mississippi: Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department
of Finance and Administration, 550 High Street, 303 Walters Sillers
Building, Jackson, Mississippi 39201-3087, Telephone: (601) 359-
6762, Fax: (601) 359-6758.
Missouri: Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of
Administration, P.O. Box 809, Jefferson Building, Room 915,
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, Telephone: (573) 751-4834, Fax:
(573) 522-4393, poh...@mail.oa.state.mo.us.
Nevada: Heather Elliott, Department of Administration, State
Clearinghouse, 209 E. Musser Street, Room 200, Carson City, Nevada
89701, Telephone: (775) 684-0209, Fax: (775) 684-0260,
hell...@govmail.state.nv.us.
New Hampshire: Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office
of State Planning, Attn: Intergovernmental Review Process, Mike
Blake, 2\1/2\ Beacon Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301,
Telephone: (603) 271-2155, Fax: (603) 271-1728,
jta...@osp.state.nh.us.
New Mexico: Ken Hughes, Local Government Division, Room 201
Bataan Memorial Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone
(505) 827-4370, Fax: (505) 827-4948, khu...@dfa.state.nm.us.
North Carolina: Jeanette Furney, Department of Administration,
1302 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1302,
Telephone: (919) 807-2323, Fax: (919) 733-9571,
jeanett...@ncmail.net.
North Dakota: Jim Boyd, Division of Community Services, 600 East
Boulevard Ave, Dept 105, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0170,
Telephone: (701) 328-2094, Fax: (701) 328-2308, jb...@state.nd.us.
Rhode Island: Kevin Nelson, Department of Administration,
Statewide Planning Program, One Capitol Hill, Providence, Rhode
Island 02908-5870, Telephone: (401) 222-2093, Fax: (401) 222-2083,
kne...@doa.state.ri.us.
South Carolina: Omeagia Burgess, Budget and Control Board,
Office of State Budget, 1122 Ladies Street--12th Floor, Columbia,
South Carolina 29201, Telephone: (803) 734-0494, Fax: (803) 734-
0645, abur...@budget.state.sc.us.
Texas: Tom Adams, Governors Office, Director, Intergovernmental
Coordination, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone: (512)
463-1771, Fax: (512) 936-2681, tad...@governor.state.tx.us.
Utah: Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse, Governor's
Office of Planning and Budget, State Capitol--Room 114, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84114, Telephone: (801) 538-1535, Fax: (801) 538-1547,
cwr...@gov.state.ut.us.
West Virginia: Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development
Division, West Virginia Development Office, Building #6, Room 553,
Charleston, West Virginia 25305, Telephone: (304) 558-4010, Fax:
(304) 558-3248, fcu...@wvdo.org.
Wisconsin: Jeff Smith, Section Chief, Federal/State Relations,
Wisconsin Department of Administration, 101 East Wilson Street--6th
Floor, P.O. Box 7868, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, Telephone: (608)
266-0267, Fax: (608) 267-6931, jeffre...@doa.state.wi.us.
Wyoming: Sandy Ross, Department of Administration and
Information, 2001 Capitol Avenue, Room 214, Cheyenne, WY 82002,
Telephone: (307) 777-5492, Fax: (307) 777-3696,
sro...@missc.state.wy.us.
Guam: Director, Bureau of Budget and Management Research, Office
of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, Guam 96910, Telephone: 011-
671-472-2285, Fax: 011-472-2825, j...@ns.gov.gu.
Puerto Rico: Norma Burgos/Jose E. Caro, Puerto Rico Planning
Board, Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas Government Center,
P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, Telephone: (809)
727-4444, (809) 723-6190, Fax: (809) 724-3270.
North Mariana Islands: Ms. Jacoba T. Seman, Federal Programs
Coordinator, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the
Governor, Saipan, MP 96950, Telephone: (670) 664-2289, Fax: (670)
664-2272, omb.jseman@saipan. com.
Virgin Islands: Ira Mills, Director, Office of Management and
Budget, #41 Norre Gade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor,
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802, Telephone: (340) 774-0750, Fax:
(340) 776-0069, lrm...@usvi.org.
Changes to this list can be made only after OMB is notified by a
State's officially designated representative. E-mail messages can be
sent to gra...@omb.eop.gov. If you prefer, you may send
correspondence to the following postal address: Attn: Grants
Management, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office
Building, Suite 6025, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Attachment H.--Certification Regarding Lobbying
Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative
Agreements
The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge
and belief, that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be
paid, by or on behalf of
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the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to
influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress,
an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
Congress, an officer or emplyee 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 the 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.
Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance
The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and
belief, that:
If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this
commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a
loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL,
``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its
instructions. Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for
making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352,
title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required
statement shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than
$10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
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BILLING CODE 4184-01-P
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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN20JN00.003
Instructions for Completion of SF-ILL, Disclosure of Lobbying
Activities
This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity,
whether subawardee or prime Federal recipient, as the initiation or
receipt of a covered Federal action, or a material change to a
previous filing, pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The
filing of a form is required for each payment or agreement to make
payment to any lobbying entity 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 a covered Federal action.
Complete all items that apply for both the initial filing and
material change report. Refer to the implementing guidance published
by the Office of Management and Budget for additional information.
1. Identify the type of covered Federal action for which
lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the
outcome of a covered Federal action.
2. Identify the status of the covered Federal action.
3. Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If
this is a followup report caused by a material change to the
information previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which
the change occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted
report by this reporting entity for this covered Federal action.
4. Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the
reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check
the appropriate classification of the reporting entity that
designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward
recipient. Identify the tier of the subawardee, e.g., the first
subawardee of the prime is the 1st tier. Subawards include but are
not limited to subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under
grants.
5. If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks
``Subawardee,'' then enter the full name, address, city, State and
zip code of the prime Federal recipient. Include Congressional
District, if known.
6. Enter the name of the Federal agency making the award or loan
commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency
name, if known. For example, Department of Transportation, United
Staates Coast Guard.
7. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered
Federal action
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(item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative agreements, loans,
and loan commitments.
8. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number
available for the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request
for Proposal (RFP) number; invitation for Bid (IFB) number; grant
announcement number; the contract, grant, or loan award number; the
application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency).
Include prefixes, e.g., ``RFP-DE-90-001.''
9. For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or
loan commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of
the award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4
or 5.
10. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code
of the lobbying registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
engaged by the reporting entity identified in item 4 to influence
the covered Federal action.
(b) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing
services, and include full address if different from 10(a). Enter
Last Name, First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).
11. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print
his/her name, title, and telephone number.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended, no persons
are required to respond to a collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB Control Number. The valid OMB control number
for this information collection is OMB No. 0348-0046. Public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 10 minutes per response, including time for reviewing
instruction, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046),
Washington, DC 20503.
Attachment I.--Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Regulations Applying to All Applicants/Grantees Under the Fiscal
Year 2000/2001 Discretionary Grants Program
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Part
16--DHHS Grant Appeals Process
74--Administration of Grants (non-governmental)
74--Administration of Grants (state and local governments and Indian
Tribal affiliates):
Section
74.26--Non-Federal Audits
74.27--Allowable cost for hospitals and non-profit organizations
among other things
74.32--Real Property
74.34--Equipment
74.35--Supplies
74.24--Program Income
75--Informal Grant Appeal Procedures
76--Debarment and Suspension from Eligibility for Financial
Assistance
Subpart F--Drug Free Workplace Requirements
Part
80--Non-discrimination Under Programs Receiving Federal Assistance
through DHHS Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964
81--Practice and Procedures for Hearings Under Part 80 of this Title
83--Regulation for the Administration and Enforcement of Sections
799A and 845 of the Public Health Service Act
84--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs and
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
85--Enforcement of Non-discrimination on the Basis of Handicap in
Programs or Activities Conducted by DHHS
86--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs and
Activities Receiving or Benefitting from Federal Financial
Assistance
91--Non-discrimination on the Basis of Age in Health and Human
Services Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance
92--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements to States and Local Governments (Federal Register, March
11, 1988)
93--New Restrictions on Lobbying
100--Intergovernmental Review of DHHS Programs and Activities
Attachment J.--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Public Law 103227, Part C Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also
known as the Pro Children Act of 1994, requires that smoking not be
permitted in any portion of any indoor routinely owned or leased or
contracted for by an entity and used routinely or regulatory for
provision of health, day care, education, or library services to
children under the age of 18, if the services are funded by Federal
programs either directly or through State or local governments, by
Federal grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee. The law does not
apply to children's services provided in private residences,
facilities funded solely by Medicare or Medicaid funds, and portions
of facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol treatment. Failure
to comply with the provisions of the law may result in the
imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up to $1000 per day and/or
the imposition of an administrative compliance order on the
responsible entity. By signing and submitting this application the
applicant/grantee certifies that it will comply with the
requirements of the Act.
The applicant/grantee further agrees that it will require the
language of this certification be included in any subawards which
contain provisions for the children's services and that all
subgrantees shall certify accordingly.
Attachment K.--Guidelines for a Business Plan
The application must contain a detailed and specific workplan or
business plan that is both sound and feasible. Generally, a business
plan is required for applications submitted under sub-priority areas
1.1, 1.2 and 1.4. For all business ventures (except for business
development opportunities for self-employed program participants) a
complete business plan will be required using guidelines discussed
in the next several paragraphs. For the remaining sub-priority
areas, a workplan is acceptable in lieu of a business plan.
Please note that OCS does not require the application to contain
business plans for each self-employed program participant. However,
a project that proposes to provide self-employed and other business
opportunities for program participants must include a development
plan that shows how participants will become self-sufficient and how
their technical assistance needs will be met.
Guidelines of a Business Plan
The business plan is one of the major components that will be
evaluated by the OCS to determine the feasibility of a business
venture or an economic development project. It must be well prepared
and address all the relevant elements as follows:
(a) Executive Summary (limit summary to 3 pages)
(b) The business and its industry. This section should describe
the nature and history of the business and provide some background
on its industry.
(i) The Business: as a legal entity the general business
category;
(ii) Description and Discussion of Industry: current status and
prospects for the industry;
(c) Products and Services: This section deals with the
following:
(i) Description: Describe in detail the products or services to
be sold;
(ii) Proprietary Position: Describe proprietary features if any
of the product, e.g., patients, trade secrets;
(iii) Potential: Features of the product or service that may
give it an advantage over the competition;
(d) Market Research and Evaluation: The applicant should
consider businesses in growth industries and occupations with skill
levels accessible to low income persons. Businesses should be
identified by Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) and jobs by
occupational classifications. This information is published by the
U.S. Department of Commerce in the ``Statistical Abstract of the
United States, 1996'', Table No. 646 and 647. Also, you may use the
table included as ``Attachment L'' to identify industrial areas and
occupational classifications. This section should present sufficient
information to show that the product or service has a substantial
market and can achieve sales in the face of competition;
(i) Customers: Describe the actual and potential purchasers for
the product or service by market segment.
(ii) Market Size and Trends: State the site of the current total
market for the product or service offered;
(iii) Competition: An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses
of competitive in the current market;
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Priority Area 2.0 Rural Community Facilities Development
1. Rural Community Facilities (Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems
Development--FY 2001) (Sub-Priority Area 2.1)
FY 2001 funds will be provided under this sub-priority area to help
low-income rural communities develop the capability and expertise to
establish and/or maintain affordable, adequate, and safe water and
waste water treatment facilities.
Funds provided under this priority area may not be used for
construction of water and waste water treatment systems or for
operating subsidies for such systems, but other mobilized funds may be
used for these activities. Therefore, it is suggested that applicants
coordinate projects with the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and
other Federal and state agencies to ensure that funds for hardware for
local community projects are available.
Each applicant must include a full discussion of how the proposed
use of funds will enable low-income rural communities to develop the
capability and experience to establish and maintain affordable,
adequate and safe water and waste water systems. Applicants also must
discuss how they will disseminate information about water and waste
water programs serving rural communities, and how they will better
coordinate Federal, State, and local water and waste water program
financing and development to assure improved service to rural
communities.
Among the benefits that merit discussion under this sub-priority
area are the number of rural communities to be provided with technical
and advisory services; the number of rural poor individuals who are
expected to be directly served by applicant-supported improved water
and waste water systems; the decrease in the number of inadequate water
systems related to applicant activity; the number of newly-established
and applicant-supported treatment systems (all of the above may be
expressed in terms of equivalent connection units); the increase in
local capacity in engineering and other areas of expertise; and the
amount of non-discretionary program dollars expected to be mobilized.
Eligible applicants are multi-state, regional private, non-profit,
501(c)(3), organizations that can provide training and technical
assistance to small, rural communities in meeting their community
facility needs.
Approximately eight (8) grants are anticipated to be made ranging
from $300,000 to $533,000 each under this sub-priority area.
2. Rural Community Facilities (Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems
Development--FY 2000) (Sub-Priority Area 2.1A)
Projects proposed for funding under this sub-priority area must
conform to the requirements, purposes, and prohibitions cited under
Sub-Priority Area 2.1. (See 1., above.)
One grant of approximately $300,000 is anticipated to be made under
this sub-priority area.
Part D--Criteria for Review and Evaluation of all Applications
1. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Submitted
Under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4
a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 5 Points)
The application documents that the project addresses a vital need
in a distressed community. (0-3 points)
Most recent available statistics and other information are provided
in support of its contention. (0-2 points)
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff
Responsibilities (Maximum: 25 Points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 0-15
points). Documentation provided indicates that projects previously
undertaken have been relevant and effective and have provided permanent
benefits to the low-income population. (0-5 points)
The applicant has demonstrated the ability to implement major
activities in such areas as business development, commercial
development, physical development, or financial services; the ability
to mobilize dollars from sources such as the private sector
(corporations, banks, etc.), foundations, the public sector (including
state and local governments) or individuals; that it has a sound
organizational structure and proven organizational capability; and that
it has an ability to develop and maintain a stable program in terms of
business, physical, or community development activities that will
provide needed permanent jobs, services, business development
opportunities, and other benefits to community residents. (0-10 points)
(2) Staff skills, resources and responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10
points). The application describes in brief resume form the experience
and skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but
whose professional capabilities are relevant to the successful
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position
description that indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of
the project. (0-5 points)
The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. space and
equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. (0-2 points)
The assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the
tasks identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff
will be budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective
management of the project. (0-3 points)
c. Criterion III: Project Implementation (Maximum: 25 Points)
The business plan or work plan, where applicable, is both sound and
feasible. The plan describes the key work tasks and shows how the
project objectives will be accomplished including the development of
businesses and creation of jobs for low-income persons during the
allowable OCS project period. The project is responsive to the needs
identified in the Analysis of Need. (0-5 points)
It sets forth realistic quarterly time targets by which the various
work tasks would be completed. (0-5 points)
Critical issues or potential problems that might impact negatively
on the project are defined and the project objectives can be reasonably
attained despite such potential problems. (0-5 points)
The application contains a full and accurate description of the
proposed use of the requested financial assistance.
If the applicant is applying for funding under Sub-Priority Area
1.1A, the work plan describes a new and innovative business project.
If the applicant proposes to make an equity investment or a loan to
an individual, organization, or business entity (including a wholly-
owned subsidiary), the application includes a signed third party
agreement; a signed statement by a Certified or Licensed Public
Accountant, as to the sufficiency of the third party's financial
management system; and financial statements for the third party's prior
three years of operation. (If newly formed and unable to provide the
information regarding the prior three years of operation, a statement
to that effect is included.) If the applicant states that an agreement
is not currently in place, the application contains in the narrative as
much information required
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for third party agreements as is available. (See Part B, item 9.)
Also, if the project proposes the development of a new or expanded
business, service, physical or commercial activity, the application
addresses applicable elements of a business plan. Guidelines for a
Business Plan are included in Attachment K.
The financial plan element, which indicates the project's potential
and timetable for financial self-sufficiency, is included. It includes
for the applicant and the third party, if appropriate, the following
exhibits for the first three years (on a quarterly basis) of the
business' operations: Profit and Loss Forecasts, Cash Flow Projections,
and Proforma Balance Sheets. Based on these documents, the application
also contains an analysis of the financial feasibility of the project.
Also, a Source and Use of Funds statement for all project funding is
included. (0-10 points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 20 Points)
(1) Significant and beneficial impact (sub-rating: 0-5 points). The
proposed project will produce permanent and measurable results that
will reduce the incidence of poverty and TANF assistance in the
community. (0-3 points)
The OCS grant funds, in combination with private and/or other
public resources, are targeted into low-income communities, distressed
communities, and/or designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities. (0-2 points)
(2) Community empowerment consideration and partnership with child
support enforcement agency (sub-rating: 0-5 points). The applicant is
located in an area that is characterized by poverty and other
indicators of socio-economic distress such as a poverty or TANF
assistance rate of at least 20%, designation as an Empowerment Zone or
Enterprise Community (EZ/EC), high levels of unemployment, high levels
of incidences of violence, gang activity, crime, drug use, and low-
income non-custodial parents of children receiving TANF. (0-3 points)
Applicant has documented that it was involved in the preparation
and implementation of a comprehensive community-based strategic plan to
achieve both economic and human development in an integrated manner;
and how the proposed project will support the goals of that plan. Also
applicant documents that it has entered into partnership agreements
with the local TANF and/or other employment education and training
office and/or child support enforcement agency to increase capability
of low-income parents and families to fulfill their parental
responsibilities. (0-2 points)
Note: Applicants who have projects located in EZ/EC target areas
or those who have included signed current agreements with child
support enforcement agencies will automatically receive the maximum
2 points.
(3) Cost-per-job (sub-rating: 0-5 points). During the project
period, the proposed project will create new, permanent jobs or
maintain permanent jobs for low-income residents at a cost-per-job
below $15,000 in OCS funds unless there are extenuating circumstances,
e.g., Alaska where the cost of living is much higher.
Note: The maximum number of points will be given to those
applicants proposing estimated cost-per-job for low-income residents
of $10,000 or less of OCS requested funds. Higher cost-per-job
estimates will receive correspondingly fewer points unless
adequately justified by extenuating circumstances.
(4) Career development opportunities (sub-rating: 0-5 points). The
applicant documents that the jobs to be created for low-income people
have career development opportunities that will promote self-
sufficiency.
e. Criterion V: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 20 Points)
(1) Mobilization of resources: (sub-rating: 15 points). The
application documents that the applicant will mobilize from public and/
or private sources cash and/or in-kind contributions valued at an
amount equal to the OCS funds requested.
Cash resources such as cash or loans contributed from all project
sources (except for those contributed directly by the applicant) are
documented by letters of commitment from third parties making the
contribution. Third party in-kind contributions such as equipment or
real property contributed by the applicant or third parties are
documented by an inventory for equipment and a copy of deed or other
legal document for real property.
Note 1: Applicants documenting that the value of such
contributions will be at least equal to the OCS funds requested will
receive the maximum number of points for this sub-criterion. Lesser
contributions will be given consideration based upon the value
documented.
Note 2: Future or projected program income such as gross or net
profits from the project or business operations will not be
recognized as mobilized or contributed resources.
Note 3: Applicants under Sub-Priority Area 1.1B who have a
signed, written agreement for a significant partnership role with a
Native American tribe or under Sub-Priority Area 1.2 who have a
signed, written agreement for a significant partnership role with
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, are deemed to have
fully met this criterion and will receive the maximum number of
points if they submit the agreement along with the application.
(2) Integration/coordination of services: (sub-rating: 5 points).
The applicant demonstrates a commitment to or agreements with local
agencies responsible for administering child support enforcement,
employment education, and training programs to ensure that welfare
recipients, at-risk youth, displaced workers, public housing tenants,
homeless and low-income individuals, and low-income non-custodial
parents will be trained and placed in the newly created jobs. The
applicant provides written agreements from the local TANF or other
employment education and training offices and child support enforcement
agency indicating what actions will be taken to integrate/coordinate
services that relate directly to the project for which funds are being
requested. (0-2 points)
The agreements include: (1) The goals and objectives that the
applicant and the TANF or other employment education and training
offices and/or child support enforcement agency expect to achieve
through their collaboration; (2) the specific activities/actions that
will be taken to integrate/coordinate services on an on-going basis;
(3) the target population that this collaboration will serve; (4) the
mechanism(s) to be used in integrating/coordinating activities; (5) how
those activities will be significant in relation to the goals and
objectives to be achieved through the collaboration; and (6) how those
activities will be significant in relation to their impact on the
success of the OCS-funded project. (0-2 points)
The applicant also provides documentation that illustrates the
organizational experience related to the employment education and
training program. (Refer to Criterion II for guidelines.) (0-1 point)
f. Criterion VI: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5
Points)
Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. (0-2 points)
The application includes a detailed budget breakdown for each of
the budget categories in the SF-424A. The applicant presents a
reasonable administrative cost. (0-2 points)
The estimated cost to the government of the project also is
reasonable in
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relation to the anticipated results. (0-1 point)
2. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under
Sub-Priority Area 1.3 and 1.3A
a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 15 Points)
The application documents that there are clearly identified needs
in a low-income community not being effectively addressed. (0-10
points)
Most recent available statistics and other information are provided
in support of its contention. (0-5 points)
b. Criterion II: Organizational Capability and Capacity (Maximum: 20
Points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 5
points). The applicant show why its organization can successfully
implement the project for which it is requesting funds. (0-5 points)
(2) Management capacity (sub-rating: 5 points). Applicant fully
details its ability to implement sound and effective management
practices and if it has been a recipient of other Federal or other
governmental grants, it also details that it has consistently complied
with financial and program progress reporting and audit requirements.
(0-3 points)
Applicant has submitted available documentation on its management
practices and progress reporting procedures along with a statement by a
Certified or Licensed Public Accountant as to the sufficiency of the
applicant's financial management system to protect adequately any
Federal funds awarded under the application submitted. (0-2 points)
Note: The documentation of the applicant's management practices,
etc., and statement from the accountant on the financial management
system must address the applicant organization's own internal system
rather than an external system of an affiliate, partner, management
support organization, etc.
(3) Staffing (sub-rating: 5 points). The application fully
describes (e.g., resumes) the experience and skills of key staff
showing that they are not only well qualified but that their
professional capabilities are relevant to the successful implementation
of the project.
(4) Staffing responsibilities (sub-rating: 5 points). The
application describes how the assigned responsibilities of the staff
are appropriate to the tasks identified for the project.
c. Criterion III: Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation
(Maximum: 30 Points)
(1) Project implementation component (sub-rating: 25 points). The
work plan addresses a clearly identified need in the low-income
community as described in Criterion I. The plan must include a
methodology to evaluate the feasibility of potential projects that
conform to the type of projects and activities allowable under Sub-
Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4. (0-8 points)
The work plan discusses the preparation of a business plan on one
selected project based on the results of the feasibility studies and a
plan for mobilization of non-discretionary funds to implement the
business plan. (0-4 points)
It sets forth realistic quarterly time schedules of work tasks by
which the objectives (including the development of a business plan and
mobilization of resources) will be accomplished.
Note: Because quarterly time schedules are used by OCS as a key
instrument to monitor progress, failure to include these time
targets will seriously reduce an applicant's point score in this
criterion.
(0-8 points)
It defines critical issues or potential problems that might impact
negatively on the project and it indicates how the project objectives
will be attained notwithstanding any such potential problems. (0-5
points)
(2) Evaluation component (sub-rating: 5 points). The proposal
includes a self-evaluation component. The evaluation data collection
and analysis procedures are specifically oriented to assess the degree
to which the stated goals and objectives are achieved. (0-3 points)
Qualitative and quantitative measures reflective of the scheduling
and task delineation in (1) above are used to the maximum extent
possible. This component indicates the ways in which the potential
grantee would integrate qualitative and quantitative measures of
accomplishment and specific data into its program progress reports that
are required by OCS from all organizations receiving pre-developmental
grants. (0-2 points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 25 Points)
The proposed project around which the business plan is to be
developed with the use of OCS grant funds is targeted into low-income
communities, and/or designated Empowerment Zones or Enterprise
Communities with the goals of increasing the economic conditions and
social self-sufficiency of residents. Also, the project proposes to
produce permanent and measurable results that will reduce the incidence
of poverty and number of TANF recipients in the low-income area
targeted. (0-20 points)
Note: This sub-priority area permits applicants to conduct
several feasibility studies related to various potential projects.
However, on completion of the studies, one proposed project must be
selected and a business plan prepared for the selected project.
The activity targets mobilization of non-discretionary program
dollars from private sector individuals, public resources,
corporations, and foundations including the utilization of Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, if the proposed project is
implemented. (0-5 points)
Note: An applicant under Sub-Priority Area 1.3A who has
submitted a signed, written agreement for a significant partnership
role with an HBCU is deemed to have fully met this sub-criterion and
should receive the maximum five points.
e. Criterion V: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 10
points)
Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. The estimated
cost to the government of the project also is reasonable in relation to
the anticipated results. (0-5 points)
The application includes a narrative detailed budget breakdown for
each of the budget categories in the SF 424-A. The applicant presents a
reasonable administrative cost. (0-5 points)
3. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under
Sub-Priority Area 1.5
a. Criterion I: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff
Responsibilities (Maximum: 20 Points)
(1) Organizational experience in program area (sub-rating: 0-10
points). Applicant has documented the capability to provide leadership
in solving long-term and immediate problems locally and/or nationally
in such areas as business development, commercial development,
organizational and staff development, board training, and micro-
entrepreneurship development. (0-2 points)
Applicant documents a capability (including access to a network of
skilled individuals and/or organizations) in two or more of the
following areas: Business management, including strategic planning and
fiscal management; finance, including development of
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financial packages and provision of financial/accounting services; and
regulatory compliance, including assistance with zoning and permit
compliance. (0-2 points)
The applicant has the demonstrated ability to mobilize dollars from
sources such as the private sector (corporations, banks, foundations,
etc.) and the public sector, including state and local governments. (0-
2 points)
Applicant also demonstrates that it has a sound organizational
structure and proven organizational capability as well as an ability to
develop and maintain a stable program in terms of business, physical or
community development activities that have provided permanent jobs,
services, business development opportunities, and other benefits to
poverty community residents. (0-2 points)
Applicant indicates why it feels that its successful experiences
would be of assistance to existing grantees that are experiencing
difficulties in implementing their projects. (0-2 points)
(2) Staff skills, resources and responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10
points). The application describes in brief resume form the experience
and skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but
who has professional capabilities relevant to the successful
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position
description that indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of
the project. (0-5 points)
The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e. space and
equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. (0-3 points)
The assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the
tasks identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff
will be budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective
management of the project. (0-2 points)
b. Criterion II: Work Program (Maximum: 30 Points)
The applicant demonstrates in some specificity a thorough
understanding of the problems a grantee may encounter in implementing a
successful project. (0-15 points)
The application includes a strategy for assessing the specific
nature of the problems, outlining a course of action and identifying
the resources required to resolve the problems. (0-15 points)
c. Criterion III: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30
Points)
Project funds under this sub-priority area are to be used for the
purposes of transferring expertise directly, or by a contract with a
third party, to other OCS funded grantees. Applicant describes how the
success or failure of collaboration with these grantees will be
documented. (0-15 points)
Applicant demonstrates an ability to disseminate results on the
kinds of programmatic and administrative expertise transfer efforts in
which it participated and successful strategies that it may have
developed to share expertise with grantees during the grant period. (0-
10 points)
Applicant states whether the results of the project will be
included in a handbook, a progress paper, an evaluation report, a
general manual, or seminars/workshops, and why the particular
methodology chosen would be most effective. (0-5 points)
d. Criterion IV: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 15 Points)
Applicant demonstrates how it will design a comprehensive strategy
that makes use of other available resources to resolve typical and
recurrent grantee problems.
e. Criterion V: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5
Points)
Applicant documents that the funds requested are commensurate with
the level of effort necessary to accomplish the goals and objectives of
the project. The application includes a detailed budget breakdown for
each of the appropriate budget categories in the SF-424A. (0-3 points)
The estimated cost to the government of the project also is
reasonable in relation to the anticipated results. (0-2 points)
4. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of Applications Submitted Under
Sub-Priority Area 1.6
a. Criterion I: Need for Assistance (Maximum: 10 Points)
The application documents that the project addresses a vital,
nationwide need related to the purposes of Priority Area 1.0 and
provides data and information in support of its contention.
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff
Responsibilities (Maximum: 20 Points)
(1) Organizational experience. Applicant has documented the
capability to provide leadership in solving long-term and immediate
problems locally and/or nationally in such areas as business
development, commercial development, organizational and staff
development, board training, and micro-entrepreneurship development.
Applicant documents a capability (including access to a network of
skilled individuals and/or organizations) in two or more of the
following areas: Business management, including strategic planning and
fiscal management; finance, including development of financial packages
and provision of financial/accounting services; and regulatory
compliance, including assistance with zoning and permit compliance. (0-
10 points)
(2) Staff skills. The applicant's proposed project director and
primary staff are well qualified and their professional experiences are
relevant to the successful implementation of the proposed project. (0-
10 points)
c. Criterion III: Work Plan (Maximum: 35 Points)
The applicant has submitted a detailed and specific work plan that
is both sound and feasible. Specifically, the work plan:
(1) Demonstrates that all activities are comprehensive and
nationwide in scope, adequately described, and appropriately related to
the goals of the program. (0-10 points)
(2) Demonstrates in some specificity a thorough understanding of
the kinds of training and technical assistance that can be provided to
the network of community development corporations. (0-10 points)
(3) Delineates the tasks and sub-tasks involved in the areas
necessary to carry out the responsibilities, i.e. training, technical
assistance, research, outreach, seminars, etc. (0-5 points)
(4) States the intermediate and end products to be developed by
task and sub-task. (0-5 points)
(5) Provides realistic time frames and a chronology of key
activities for the goals and objectives. (0-5 points)
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 25 Points)
Project funds will be used for the purpose of providing training
and technical assistance on a national basis to the network of
community development corporations.
The applicant describes how:
(1) The project will assure long-term program and management
improvements for community development corporations. (0-10 points)
(2) The project will impact on a significant number of community
development corporations. (0-10 points)
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(3) The project will leverage or mobilize significant other non-
federal resources for the direct benefit of the project. (0-5 points)
e. Criterion V: Budget Reasonableness (Maximum: 10 Points)
(1) The resources requested are reasonable and adequate to
accomplish the project. (0-5 points)
(2) Total costs are reasonable and consistent with anticipated
results. (0-5 points)
5. Criteria for Review and Evaluation of All Applications Under Sub-
Priority Areas 2.1 and 2.1A
a. Criterion I: Analysis of Need (Maximum: 5 Points)
The application documents that the project addresses a vital need
in a distressed community and provides statistics and other data and
information in support of its contention.
b. Criterion II: Organizational Experience in Program Area and Staff
Responsibilities (Maximum: 15 Points)
(1) Organizational Experience in Program Area (sub-rating: 0-5
points)
Documentation provided indicates that projects previously
undertaken have been relevant and effective and have provided permanent
benefits to the low-income population.
Organizations that propose providing training and technical
assistance have detailed competence in the specific program priority
area and as a deliverer with expertise in the fields of training and
technical assistance. If applicable, information provided by these
applicants also addresses related achievements and competence of each
cooperating or sponsoring organization.
(2) Staff Skills, Resources and Responsibilities (sub-rating 0-10
points). The application describes in brief resume form the experience
and skills of the project director who is not only well qualified, but
whose professional capabilities are relevant to the successful
implementation of the project. If the key staff person has not yet been
identified, the application contains a comprehensive position
description that indicates that the responsibilities to be assigned to
the project director are relevant to the successful implementation of
the project. The applicant has adequate facilities and resources (i.e.
space and equipment) to successfully carry out the work plan. The
assigned responsibilities of the staff are appropriate to the tasks
identified for the project and sufficient time of senior staff will be
budgeted to assure timely implementation and cost effective management
of the project.
c. Criterion III: Project Implementation (Maximum: 25 Points)
The work plan is both sound and feasible. The project is responsive
to the needs identified in the Analysis of Need. It sets forth
realistic quarterly time targets by which the various tasks will be
completed. Critical issues or potential problems that might impact
negatively on the project are defined and the project objectives can be
reasonably attained despite such potential problems.
d. Criterion IV: Significant and Beneficial Impact (Maximum: 30 Points)
The application contains a full and accurate description of the
proposed use of the requested financial assistance. The proposed
project will produce permanent and measurable results that will reduce
the incidence of poverty in the areas targeted and significantly
enhance the self-sufficiency of program participants. Results are
quantifiable in terms of program area expectations, e.g., number of
units of housing rehabilitated, agricultural and non-agricultural job
placements, etc. The OCS grant funds, in combination with private and/
or other public resources, are targeted into low-income and/or
distressed communities and/or designated Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities.
e. Criterion V: Public-Private Partnerships (Maximum: 20 Points)
The application documents that the applicant will mobilize from
public and/or private sources cash and/or in-kind contributions valued
at an amount equal to the OCS funds requested.
Note: Applicants documenting that the value of such
contributions will be at least equal to the OCS funds requested will
receive the maximum number of points for this Criterion. Lesser
contributions will be given consideration based upon the value
documented.
f. Criterion VI: Budget Appropriateness and Reasonableness (Maximum: 5
Points)
Funds requested are commensurate with the level of effort necessary
to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. The application
includes a narrative detailed budget break-down for each of the budget
categories in the SF-424A. The applicant presents a reasonable
administrative cost. The estimated cost to the government of the
project also is reasonable in relation to the anticipated results.
Part E--Application Procedures
1. Availability of Forms
For purposes of this announcement, all applicants will use the
following forms:
SF 424
SF 424A
SF 424B
Applications proposing construction projects will present all
required financial data using SF-424A. Instructions for completing the
SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-424B are found in Attachments B, C, and D.
These forms may be photocopied for this application.
Part F contains instructions for the project abstract and project
narrative. They should be submitted on plain bond paper along with the
SF-424 and related forms.
Attachment M, Applicant's Checklist, provides a checklist to aid
applicants in preparing a complete application package for OCS.
The applicant must be aware that in signing and submitting the
application for this award, it is certifying that it will comply with
the Federal requirements concerning the following regulations: Drug-
free workplace, Attachment E; Debarment, Attachment F; and
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Attachment J.
2. Intergovernmental Review
This program is covered under Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and 45 CFR Part 100,
Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human Services
Programs and Activities. Under the Order, states may design their own
processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed Federal assistance
under covered programs.
As of October 5, 1999 the following jurisdictions have elected NOT
to participate in the Executive Order process. Applicants from these
jurisdictions or for projects administered by Federally-recognized
Indian tribes need take no action in regard to E. O. 12372:
Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, American Samoa and Palau.
Applicants should contact their SPOCs as soon as possible to alert
them of the prospective applications and receive any necessary
instructions. Applicants must submit any required
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material to the SPOCs as soon as possible so that the program office
can obtain and review SPOC comments as part of the award process. It is
imperative that the applicant submit all required materials, if any, to
the SPOC and indicate the date of this submittal (or the date of
contact if no submittal is required) on the Standard Form 424, item
16a, and submit a copy of the letter along with its application to OCS.
Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application
deadline date to comment on proposed new or competing continuation
awards.
The SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate the submission of routine
endorsements as official recommendations. Additionally, SPOCs are
requested to clearly differentiate between mere advisory comments and
those official state process recommendations which they intend to
trigger the ``accommodate or explain'' rule.
When comments are submitted directly to ACF, they should be
addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families, Office of Grants Management/OCSE, 4th Floor
West, Aerospace Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447.
A list of the Single Points of Contact for each state and territory
is included as Attachment G of this announcement.
3. Application Consideration
Applications that meet the screening requirements in sections 4.a
and 4.b below may be reviewed competitively. Such applications will be
referred to reviewers for a numerical score and explanatory comments
based solely on responsiveness to program priority area guidelines and
evaluation criteria published in this announcement.
Applications submitted under all priority areas (with the exception
of Sub-Priority Area 1.6) will be reviewed by persons outside of the
Office of Community Services. The results of these reviews will assist
the Director and OCS program staff in considering competing
applications.
Reviewers' scores will weigh heavily in funding decisions but will
not be the only factors considered. Applications generally will be
considered in order of the average scores assigned by reviewers.
However, highly ranked applications are not guaranteed funding since
the Director may also consider other factors deemed relevant including,
but not limited to, the timely and proper completion of projects funded
with OCS funds granted in the last five (5) years; comments of
reviewers and government officials; staff evaluation and input;
geographic distribution; previous program performance of applicants;
compliance with grant terms under previous DHHS grants; audit reports;
investigative reports; and applicant's progress in resolving any final
audit disallowances on previous OCS or other Federal agency grants.
Applicants with three or more active OCS grants at the time of
review may be denied funding. In addition, for applications received
under 1.0, OCS will consider the geographic distribution of funds among
states and the relative proportion of funding among rural and urban
areas in accordance with Section 680(a)(2)(D) of the CSBG Act.
OCS reserves the right to discuss applications with other Federal
or non-Federal funding sources to ascertain the applicant's performance
record.
4. Criteria for Screening Applications
a. Initial screening. All applications that meet the published
deadline for submission will be screened to determine completeness and
conformity to the requirements of this announcement. Only those
applications meeting the following requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively. Others will be returned to the applicants with
a notation that they were unacceptable.
(1) The application must contain an Application for Federal
Assistance (SF-424), a budget (SF-424A), and signed Assurances (SF-
424B) completed according to instructions published in Parts F and G
and Attachments B, C, and D of this Program Announcement.
(2) A project abstract must also accompany the standard forms.
(3) The SF-424 and the SF-424B must be signed by an official of the
organization applying for the grant who has authority to obligate the
organization legally.
(4) While there is no limit to the number of applications that can
be submitted under a specific program priority area, each application
must be submitted for consideration under one priority area only.
b. Pre-review. Applications that pass the initial screening will be
forwarded to reviewers and/or OCS staff prior to the programmatic
review to verify that the applications comply with this Program
Announcement in the following areas:
(1) Eligibility: Applicant meets the eligibility requirements for
the sub-priority area under which funds are being requested. Proof of
non-profit status, i.e. the IRS determination letter of tax exemption,
must be included in the appendices of the project narrative where
applicable. Applicants that do not submit proof of non-profit status
will be disqualified. Applicants must also be aware that the
applicant's legal name as required in SF-424 (Item 5) must match that
listed as corresponding to the Employer Identification Number (Item 6).
(2) Number of Projects: An application may contain only one project
under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4. However, an
application may contain more than one project under Sub-Priority Areas
1.3, 1.3A, 1.5, and 1.6 where applicants are researching various
opportunities, sharing administrative and management expertise with
current OCS grantees, and providing training and/or technical
assistance to current OCS grantees, including the organization of
seminars and other activities to assist community development
corporations.
(3) Grant amount: The amount of funds requested does not exceed the
limits indicated in the appropriate sub-priority area.
(4) Written Agreement When Applicant Proposes to Make Equity
Investment or Loan: (Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and 1.4):
The application contains a written third party agreement, or a
discussion of a proposed agreement, signed by the applicant and the
third party that includes all of the elements required in Part B, item
9.
An application will be disqualified if it does not conform to one
or more of the above requirements.
c. Panel reviews. Applications that pass the pre-rating review will
be assessed and scored by panels of reviewers. Each reviewer will give
a numerical score for each application reviewed. These numerical scores
will be supported by explanatory statements on a formal rating form
describing major strengths and weaknesses under each applicable
criterion published in the announcement.
The panelists will use the criteria found in Part D along with the
specific requirements contained under each program sub-priority area as
described in Part C.
Part F--Contents of Application and Receipt Process
1. Contents of Application
Each submission should include one signed original and four
additional copies of the application. The application package including
the narrative should not exceed 65 pages for the applications submitted
under Sub-Priority Areas 1.1, 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2, and
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1.4 and 30 pages under the other sub-priority areas. This does not
include appendices listed below. Application pages should be numbered
sequentially throughout the application package, beginning with an
abstract of the proposed project as page number one. Each application
must include all of the following, in the order listed below:
a. Table of Contents.
b. A Project Abstract--A paragraph that succinctly describes the
project in 500 characters or less.
c. Completed Standard Form 424--(Attachment B)--that has been
signed by an official of the organization applying for the grant who
has authority to obligate the organization legally.
d. A Standard Form 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (Attachment C).
e. A narrative budget justification for each object class category
required under Section B, SF-424A (Attachment C).
f. A Project Narrative. The project narrative must address the
specific concerns mentioned under the relevant priority area
description in Part C. The narrative should also provide information on
how the application meets the evaluation criteria in Part D and
Guidelines for a Business Plan (Attachment K) of the Program
Announcement.
g. A Standard Form 424B Assurances--Non-Construction (Attachment
D)--All applicants, whether or not their project involves construction,
must sign and submit the Standard Form 424B with their applications.
h. Certification Regarding Lobbying--(Attachment H)--Applicant must
sign and return an executed copy of the lobbying certification.
i. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, SF-LLL (Attachment H)--Fill
out, sign and date the form.
j. DHHS Regulations Applying to All Applicants/Grantees Under the
Fiscal Year 2000 (Supplementary) and 2001 Discretionary Grants Program
(Attachment I)--By signing and submitting the application, applicant is
certifying that it will comply with these regulations.
k. Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Attachment
J)--Applicant must make the appropriate certification of their
compliance with the Pro-Children Act of 1994. By signing and submitting
the application, applicant is providing the certification regarding
environmental tobacco smoke and need not mail back the certification
with their applications.
l. Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirement
(Attachment E): By signing and submitting the application, applicant is
certifying that it will comply with this regulation.
m. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other
Responsibility Matters: By signing and submitting the application,
applicant is certifying that it will comply with this regulation.
n. Appendices should include: Proof of non-profit status [a copy of
the applicant's listing in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) most
recent list of tax-exempt organizations described in Section 501(c)(3)
of the IRS Code or a copy of the currently valid IRS tax exemption
certificate]; a copy of the Articles of Incorporation bearing the seal
of the State in which the corporation or association is domiciled; a
listing of the current Board of Directors' names, titles and addresses
(Note: If the applicant is proposing an equity transaction, this is
also needed for the third party organization.); resumes of the project
director and other key management team members; written agreements,
i.e., third party agreements, coordination with TANF, etc.; a copy of
the submission to the State Single Point of Contact, if applicable;
Single Point of Contact comments, where applicable; certification
regarding anti-lobbying activities; and a disclosure of lobbying
activities.
2. Acknowledgment of Receipt
All applicants will receive an acknowledgment notice with an
assigned identification number. Applicants are requested to supply a
self-addressed mailing label with their application that can be
attached to this acknowledgment notice. The identification number and
the program priority area letter code must be referred to in all
subsequent communications with OCS concerning the application. If an
acknowledgment is not received within three weeks after the deadline
date, please notify ACF by telephone at (202) 401-5103.
Note: To facilitate receipt of this acknowledgment from ACF,
applicant should include a cover letter with the application
containing an E-mail address and facsimile (FAX) number if these
items are available to applicant.
Part G--Instructions for Completing Application Package
It is suggested that the applicant reproduce the SF-424 and SF-
424A, and type its organization's legal name on the copies. If an item
on the SF-424 cannot be answered or does not appear to be related or
relevant to the assistance requested, write NA for Not Applicable.
Prepare your application in accordance with the standard
instructions given in Attachments B and C corresponding to the forms,
as well as the OCS specific instructions set forth below:
1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
Item 1. For the purposes of this announcement, all proposals are
considered Applications; there are no Pre-Applications. For the purpose
of this announcement, construction projects involve land improvements
and development or major renovation of (new or existing) facilities and
buildings, including their improvements, fixtures and permanent
attachments. All others are considered non-construction. Check the
appropriate box under Application. Whether applications involve
construction or non-construction projects, all applicants are required
to complete the Budget Information--Non-construction Programs sections
of SF-424A.
Items 5 and 6. The legal name of the applicant must match that
listed as corresponding to the Employer Identification Number. Where
the applicant is a previous Department of Health and Human Services
grantee, enter the Central Registry System Employee Identification
Number (EIN) and the Payment Identifying Number (PIN), if one has been
assigned, in the block entitled Federal Identifier located at the top
right hand corner of the form.
Item 7. If the applicant is a non-profit corporation, enter N in
the box and specify non-profit corporation in the space marked Other.
Any non-profit organization submitting an application must submit proof
of its non-profit status in its applications at time of submission.
Item 9. Enter DHHS-ACF/OCS.
Item 10. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for OCS
programs covered under this announcement is 93.570. The title is CSBG
Discretionary Awards.
Item 11. In addition to a brief descriptive title of the project,
indicate one of the following program priority areas for which funds
are being requested.
UR--Sub-Priority Area 1.1. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Operational--FY 2001)
URA--Sub-Priority Area 1.1A. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Operational--FY 2000)
URNA--Sub-Priority Area 1.1B. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Native Americans) (FY 2000)
HB--Sub-Priority Area 1.2. Urban and Rural Community Economic
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Development (HBCU Set-Aside--FY 2001)
PD--Sub-Priority Area 1.3. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-Aside) (FY 2001)
HPD--Sub-Priority Area 1.3A. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Pre-Developmental Set-Aside) (FY 2000)
DD--Sub-Priority Area 1.4. Urban and Rural Community Economic
Development (Developmental Set-Aside) (FY 2001)
AM--Sub-Priority Area 1.5. Administrative and Management (Set-Aside)
(FY 2001)
UT--Sub-Priority Area 1.6. Training and Technical Assistance (Set-
Aside) (FY 2001)
RF--Sub-Priority Area 2.1. Rural Community Facilities (Water and Waste
Water Treatment Systems Development) (FY 2001)
RFA--Sub-Priority Area 2.1A. Rural Community Facilities (Water and
Waste Water Treatment Systems Development) (FY 2000)
2. SF-424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
See instructions accompanying this form as well as the instructions
set forth below:
In completing these sections, the Federal funds budget entries will
relate to the requested OCS discretionary funds only, and Non-Federal
will include mobilized funds from all other sources--applicant, state,
local, and other. Federal funds other than requested OCS Discretionary
funding should be included in Non-Federal entries.
The budget forms in SF-424A are only to be used to present grant
administrative costs and major budget categories. Financial data that
is generated as part of a project Business Plan or other internal
project cost data must be separate and should appear as part of the
project Business Plan or other project implementation data.
Sections A and D of SF-424A must contain entries for both Federal
(OCS) and non-Federal (mobilized) funds. Section B contains entries for
Federal (OCS) funds only. Clearly identified continuation sheets in SF-
424A format should be used as necessary.
Section A--Budget Summary
Lines 1-4
-- Column (a): Line 1--Enter CSBG Discretionary
-- Column (b): Line 1--Enter 93.570
-- Columns (c) and (d): Leave Blank
-- Columns (e) through (g): Line 1, enter the appropriate amounts
needed to support the project for the budget period.
Line 5: Enter the figures from Line 1 for all columns completed as
required, (c), (d), (3), (f), and (g).
Section B--Budget Categories
Allowability of costs is governed by applicable cost principles set
forth in 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92. A budget narrative must be submitted
that includes the appropriate justifications as stated.
This section should contain entries for OCS funds only. For all
projects, this first budget period will be entered in Column (1).
Budget estimates for administrative costs must be supported by
adequate detail for the grants officer to perform a cost analysis and
review. Adequately detailed calculations for each budget object class
are those which reflect estimation methods, quantities, unit costs,
salaries, and other similar quantitative detail sufficient for the
calculation to be duplicated. For any additional object class
categories included under the object class other, identify the
additional object class(es) and provide supporting calculations.
Supporting narratives and justifications are required for each
budget category, with emphasis on unique/special initiatives; large
dollar amounts; local, regional, or other travel; new positions; and
major equipment purchases.
A detailed itemized budget with a separate budget justification for
each major item should be included as indicated below:
Line 6a
Personnel--Enter the total costs of salaries and wages.
Justification--Identify the project director and staff. 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.
Line 6b
Fringe Benefits--Enter the total costs of fringe benefits unless
treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate which is entered on
Line 6j.
Justification--Enter the total costs of fringe benefits, unless
treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate. Provide a breakdown
of amounts and percentages that comprise fringe benefit costs.
Line 6c
Travel--Enter total cost of all travel by employees of the project.
Do not enter costs for consultant's travel.
Justification--Include the name(s) of traveler(s), total number of
trips, destinations, length of stay, mileage rate, transportation costs
and subsistence allowances. Traveler must be a person listed under the
personnel line or employee being paid under non-federal share. (Note:
Local transportation and consultant travel costs are entered on Line
6h.)
Line 6d
Equipment--Enter the total estimated costs for all non-expendable
personal property to be acquired by the project. Equipment means
tangible nonexpendable personal property, including exempt property,
charged directly to the award having a useful life of more than one
year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. However,
consistent with recipient policy, lower limits may be established.
Justification--Provide breakdown of cost per item. Items that cost
less than $5,000 should be included under Supplies.
Line 6e
Supplies--Enter the total estimated costs of all tangible personal
property (supplies) other than that included on line 6d.
Justification--Provide a general description as to what is being
purchased such as type of supplies, office, classroom, medical, etc.
Also property that is not equipment and costs less than $5,000 per
item.
Line 6f
Contractual--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 and specific projects(s) or
businesses to be financed by the applicant.
Justification--Contractual cannot be a person--it must be the name
of an organization, firm, etc. Consultant cost goes in line 6h--Other.
Line 6g
Construction--Enter the estimated costs of renovation, repair, or
new construction. Identify the type of construction activity and costs
associated, i.e., concrete, HVAC, electrical, etc. Provide narrative
justification and breakdown of costs.
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Line 6h
Other--Enter the total of all other costs. Such costs, where
applicable, may include, but are not limited to insurance, 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, computer use training
costs including tuition and stipends, training service costs including
wage payments to individuals and supportive service payments, and staff
development costs.
Justification--Provide as much detail as you can. Some items may
have to be defined more than others.
Line 6j
Indirect Charges--Enter the total amount of indirect costs. This
line should be used only when the applicant currently has an indirect
cost rate approved by DHHS or other Federal agencies.
If the applicant organization is in the process of initially
developing or renegotiating a rate, it should, immediately upon
notification that an award will be made, develop a tentative indirect
cost rate proposal based on its most recently completed fiscal year in
accordance with the principles set forth in the pertinent DHHS Guide
for Establishing Indirect Cost Rates and submit it to the appropriate
DHHS Regional Office. It should be noted that when an indirect cost
rate is requested, those costs included in the indirect cost pool
cannot be also budgeted or charged as direct costs to the grant.
Indirect costs consistent with approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreements
are allowable.
Section C--Non-Federal Resources
This section is to record the amounts of non-Federal resources that
will be used to support the project. Non-Federal resources mean other
than OCS funds for which the applicant is applying. Therefore,
mobilized funds from other Federal programs, such as the Job Training
Partnership Act program, should be entered on these lines. Provide a
brief listing of the non-Federal resources on a separate sheet and
describe whether it is a grantee-incurred cost or a third-party in-kind
contribution. The firm commitment of these resources must be documented
and submitted with the application in order to be given credit in the
Public-Private Partnerships Criterion.
Except in unusual situations, this documentation must be in the
form of letters of commitment from the organization(s)/individuals from
which funds will be received.
Note: Even though there are no matching requirements for the
Discretionary Grants Program, grantees will be held accountable for
any match, cash or in-kind contribution proposed or pledged as part
of an approved application.
Part H--Post Award Information and Reporting Requirements
1. Notification of Grant Award
Following approval of the applications selected for funding, notice
of project approval and authority to draw down project funds will be
made in writing. The official award document is the Financial
Assistance Award that provides the amount of Federal funds approved for
use in the project, the budget period for which support is provided,
the terms and conditions of the award, the total project period for
which support is contemplated, and the total financial participation
from the award recipient.
General Conditions and Special Conditions (where the latter are
warranted) that will be applicable to grants, are subject to the
provisions of 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92.
2. Attendance at OCS Training Conference
The Executive Director and/or Project Director will be required to
attend a two-day national workshop in Washington, D.C. The project
budget must include funds for travel to and attendance at this
conference.
3. Reporting Requirements
Grantees will be required to submit semi-annual progress and
financial reports (SF-269) as well as a final progress and financial
report.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. This program announcement does not contain
information collection requirements beyond those approved for ACF grant
applications under OMB Control Number 0970-0062, which expires 10/31/
2001.
4. Audit Requirements
Grantees are subject to the audit requirements in 45 CFR Parts 74
and 92 and OMB Circular A-133. If an applicant will not be requesting
indirect costs, it should anticipate in its budget request the cost of
having an audit performed at the end of the grant period.
5. Lobbying
Section 319 of Public Law 101-121, signed into law on October 23,
1989, imposes prohibitions and requirements for disclosure and
certification related to lobbying on recipients of Federal contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements, and loans. It provides limited
exemptions for Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Current and
prospective recipients (and their subtier contractors and/or grantees)
are prohibited from using appropriated funds for lobbying Congress or
any Federal agency in connection with the award of a contract, grant,
cooperative agreement or loan. In addition, for each award action in
excess of $100,000 (or $150,000 for loans) the law requires recipients
and their subtier contractors and/or subgrantees: (1) to certify that
they have neither used nor will use any appropriated funds for payment
to lobbyists; (2) to submit a declaration setting forth whether
payments to lobbyists have been or will be made out of nonappropriated
funds and, if so, the name, address, payment details, and purpose of
any agreements with such lobbyists whom recipients or their subtier
contractors or subgrantees will pay with the nonappropriated funds; and
(3) to file quarterly up-dates about the use of lobbyists if an event
occurs that materially affects the accuracy of the information
submitted by way of declaration and certification. The law establishes
civil penalties for noncompliance and is effective with respect to
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and loans entered into or
made on or after December 23, 1989. See Attachment H for certification
and disclosure forms to be submitted with the applications for this
program.
6. Applicable Federal Regulations
Attachment I provides a list of the regulations that apply to all
applicants/grantees under the FY 2000 (Supplementary) and FY 2001
Discretionary Grants Programs.
Dated: June 9, 2000.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
Attachments
A--2000 Poverty Income Guidelines
B--Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance
C--Standard Form 424A, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
D--Standard Form 424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs
E--Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
F--Certification of Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility
Matters
G--State Single Points of Contact Listing
H--Certification Regarding Lobbying and Disclosure of Lobbying
Activities, SF LLL
I--DHHS Regulations Applying to all Applicants/Grantees Under the
Fiscal Year
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2000 (Supplementary) and Fiscal Year 2001 Discretionary Grants
Programs
J--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke
K--Guidelines for a Business Plan
L--Table of Standard Industrial Codes and Occupational
Classifications
M--Applicant's Checklist
Attachment A
2000 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia
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Poverty
Size of family unit guidelines
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1.......................................................... $8,350
2.......................................................... 11,250
3.......................................................... 14,150
4.......................................................... 17,050
5.......................................................... 19,950
6.......................................................... 22,850
7.......................................................... 25,750
8.......................................................... 28,650
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For family units with more than 8 members, add $2,900 for each
additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family
sizes also, as can be seen in the figures above).
2000 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
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Poverty
Size of family unit guidelines
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1.......................................................... $10,430
2.......................................................... 14,060
3.......................................................... 17,690
4.......................................................... 21,320
5.......................................................... 24,950
6.......................................................... 28,580
7.......................................................... 32,210
8.......................................................... 35,840
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For family units with more than 8 members, add $3,630 for each
additional member. (The same increment applies to smaller family
sizes also as can be seen in the figures above).
2000 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
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Poverty
Size of family unit guidelines
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1.......................................................... $9,500
2.......................................................... 12,930
3.......................................................... 16,270
4.......................................................... 19,610
5.......................................................... 22,950
6.......................................................... 26,290
7.......................................................... 29,630
8.......................................................... 32,970