[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30873-30874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14811]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4182-N-03]
Fiscal Year 1997 Notice of Funding Availability for Continuum of
Care Homeless Assistance; Supportive Housing Program (SHP); Shelter
Plus Care (S+C); Sec. 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy
Program for Homeless Individuals (SRO)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA); Notice of Revision and
Extension of Deadline.
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SUMMARY: On April 8, 1997 (62 FR 17024), HUD published a notice
announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funding for three
of its programs that assist communities in combating homelessness. The
three programs are: (1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus Care; and
(3) Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation for Single Room Occupancy
Dwellings for Homeless Individuals. Since the issuance of the April 8,
1997 NOFA, HUD has realized that the NOFA's limitations placed on the
level of refunding for existing projects are too inflexible. HUD's
policy is to allow communities as much flexibility as possible in the
preparation of their Continuum of Care System and the size and
selection of projects. Therefore, this notice announces that the April
8, 1997 NOFA is revised to allow communities to request full funding
for eligible renewal activities when proposing renewal of existing
projects. This notice also extends the application deadline to August
18, 1997.
DEADLINE DATES: Applications Delivered. Applications are due before
midnight on August 18, 1997.
Before and on the deadline date, and during normal business hours
(up to 6:00 p.m.) completed applications will be accepted at the Office
of Special Needs Assistance Programs (Room 7270) in Washington at the
address below.
On the deadline date and after normal business hours (after 6:00
p.m.), hand-carried applications will be received at the South Lobby of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development at the address below.
HUD will treat as ineligible for consideration delivered applications
that are received after that deadline.
Applications Mailed. Applications will be considered timely filed
if postmarked before midnight on August
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18, 1997, and received by HUD Headquarters within ten (10) days after
that date.
Applications Sent by Overnight Delivery. Overnight delivery items
will be considered timely filed if received before or on August 18,
1997, or upon submission of documentary evidence that they were placed
in transit with the overnight delivery service by no later than August
18, 1997.
No facsimile (FAX). Applications may not be sent by FAX.
Copies of Applications to Field Offices. Two copies of the
application must also be sent to the HUD Field Office serving the State
in which the applicant's projects are located. Field office copies must
be received by the application deadline. All three copies may be used
in reviewing the application.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 8, 1997 (62 FR 17024), HUD published a notice announcing
the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funding for three of its
programs that assist communities in combatting homelessness. The three
programs are: (1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus Care; and (3)
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation for Single Room Occupancy Dwellings
for Homeless Individuals. On May 5, 1997 (62 FR 24501), HUD published a
notice announcing that the application deadline for the April 8, 1997
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance notice of funding availability
(NOFA) was extended to July 31, 1997. HUD extended the deadline since
the FY 1997 Continuum of Care NOFA introduced new procedures for
awarding project renewal funds, which could require, in certain
communities, additional time for reanalyzing the gaps that exist in
continuum of care systems within the communities, and for reformulating
plans and priorities for filling those gaps.
Project Renewals
Following the issuance of the NOFA on April 8, 1997, HUD has heard
from a number of communities that the limitations placed on the level
of refunding for existing projects are too inflexible. They believe
that the local process should have the flexibility to request full
funding for existing well-run projects that have limited ability to
obtain other resources. As it is HUD's policy to allow communities as
much flexibility as possible in the preparation of their continuum of
care system and the size and selection of projects, this notice revises
the FY 1997 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance to provide that
communities can request full funding for eligible renewal activities
when requesting renewal of existing projects.
Extension of Application Deadline
This notice also extends the application deadline to August 18,
1997 in order to allow communities time to revise their continuum of
care priority lists to take into account the change being made to the
NOFA provisions on project renewals, as described above. This change
may require more time for additional meetings and other new activities
at the community level.
Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-9034, the Fiscal Year 1997 Notice of
Funding Availability for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance;
Supportive Housing Program (SHP); Shelter Plus Care (S+C); Sec. 8
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for Homeless
Individuals (SRO), published in the Federal Register on April 8, 1997
(62 FR 17024), is amended on page 17026, column 2, in section I.(e), by
revising the text under the subheading ``Project renewals'' to read as
follows:
I. Substantive Description
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(e) Prioritizing
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Project renewals. In the past, HUD has taken a portion of the funds
available under the current appropriation to fund the renewal of
expiring Supportive Housing grants, Supportive Housing Demonstration
Program grants, and SAFAH grants. However, this policy results in less
funds available for the competition and places the decision on what is
needed in a community in the hands of HUD officials rather than
communities. Consistent with the Continuum of Care approach, the need
for the continuation of previously funded projects should be considered
in the local needs analysis process and a decision should be made
locally on the priority to assign to the continuation of a project.
Therefore, HUD funds needed to continue expiring Supportive Housing
grants, Supportive Housing Demonstration Program grants, SAFAH grants,
and Shelter Plus Care grants, as described below, will only be
available through the competitive process described in this NOFA. In
reviewing a community's continuum of care and determining the points to
assign, HUD will consider whether the community took its renewal needs
into account in preparing its project priority list. The Continuum of
Care score will reflect the extent to which renewal needs are addressed
in the gaps analysis.
For this 1997 competition, communities need to pay particular
attention to the funding needs of current Supportive Housing Program
grants, Supportive Housing Demonstration Program grants and SAFAH
grants whose terms will expire in 1998, and current Shelter Plus Care
grants which will have insufficient funds to continue operating
throughout 1998 if additional funds are not awarded to them in this
competition. To the extent a locality desires to have such projects
renewed, it should give them the top priorities on the priority
projects listing in the application. However, communities should bear
in mind that the funds available under this NOFA are not sufficient to
cover the renewal of projects expiring nationwide in 1998 at 100
percent of their last year's funding for a 3-year period.
For the renewal of a Supportive Housing Program project, Supportive
Housing Demonstration Program project or SAFAH project, you may request
for each of three (3) years up to 100 percent of the amount of HUD
grant funds for leasing, operations, and supportive services approved
for the final year of the expiring grant's term. For the renewal of a
Shelter Plus Care project, you may request up to the amount determined
by multiplying the number of units under lease at the time of
application for renewal funding under this NOFA by the applicable
current Fair Market Rent(s) by 60 months. While full funding of
existing grants may be requested, there is no guarantee that the entire
amount will be awarded.
This NOFA is not applicable to the renewal of funding under the SRO
program.
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Dated: June 3, 1997.
Jacquie Lawing,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-14811 Filed 6-3-97; 12:27 pm]
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