02-11798. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; Grant to the National Center for Appropriate Technology

AGENCY:

Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION:

Award Announcement.

SUMMARY:

Notice if hereby given that a noncompetitive grant award is being made to the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) to develop a national energy deregulation clearinghouse.

As a Congressional set-aside, this one-year project is being funded noncompetitively. The National Center for Appropriate Technology is uniquely qualified to conduct this project because of their prior experience in analyzing energy-related issues affecting residential consumers with low and moderate incomes. The cost of this one-year project is $150,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charlotte Abney, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC. 20447, telephone: [phone].

Dated: April 26, 2002.

Howard Rolston,

Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.