95-17812. Public and Indian Housing HOPE in Youth Program: Notice of Demonstration  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
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    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-17812]
    
    
    
    
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    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
    
    
    
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    Public and Indian Housing HOPE in Youth Program: Demonstration; Notice
    
    Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 139 / Thursday, July 20, 1995 / 
    Notices
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
    
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
    [Docket No. FR-3841-N-03]
    
    
    Public and Indian Housing HOPE in Youth Program: Notice of 
    Demonstration
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
    Housing, HUD.
    
    ACTION: Notice of demonstration program.
    
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    SUMMARY: This Notice announces the Department's intention to contribute 
    up to $1 million from the Youth Development Initiative under the Family 
    Investment Centers Program for a HOPE in Youth Demonstration to be 
    administered by the Housing Authorities of the City and County of Los 
    Angeles. The Demonstration is designed to leverage funds, bringing 
    together combined investments through an alliance among the Housing 
    Authorities of the City and County of Los Angeles, the Industrial Areas 
    Foundation, church-related social service providers, and leaders of 
    several major religious denominations. A Coordinating Council of this 
    alliance will develop greater avenues for educational opportunities and 
    supportive services for public housing youth in these communities. In 
    addition, the housing authorities will be working with private sector 
    institutions to provide a variety of services that enhance the 
    supportive services already available to public housing youth. This 
    demonstration will particularly emphasize the provision of educational 
    opportunities and supportive services to attempt to break the cycle of 
    poverty that often leads to crime and violence among youth. A component 
    of the demonstration will be the development of replicable models with 
    wider applicability. This notice provides guidelines for the use of the 
    demonstration funds and invites comments on the proposed demonstration.
    
    DATES: Comment due date: August 21, 1995.
    
    ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
    this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room 
    10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 
    SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should refer to the above 
    docket number and title. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable. A 
    copy of each communication submitted will be available for public 
    inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the 
    above address.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bertha Jones, Office of Community 
    Relations and Involvement, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
    451 Seventh Street SW, Room 4112, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone 
    Number (202) 708-4214 (This is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or 
    speech-impaired persons may use the Telecommunications Devices for the 
    Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal Information Relay Service, on 1-
    800-877-8339, for information on the program.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Authority
    
        Section 22 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
    1437t) provides for the establishment of Family Investment Centers 
    (FIC). The final rule implementing the FIC Program for public housing 
    was published on August 24, 1994 (59 FR 43622), as part 964, subpart D.
        In the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
    Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Pub. L. 
    103-327, approved September 28, 1994), Congress appropriated 
    $26,342,000 for Family Investment Centers. The Department's intention 
    to use the total of $10 million for Youth Development Initiative 
    activities was announced in the NOFA for Public and Indian Housing 
    Family Investment Centers, published on February 15, 1995 (60 FR 8900). 
    On May 30, 1995 (60 FR 28304), the Department published a NOFA for 
    Youth Development Initiative Under Public and Indian Housing Family 
    Investment Centers (Youth Development Initiative), which announced that 
    $10 million was being made available for the Youth Development 
    Initiative. The Youth Development Initiative was amended on July 6, 
    1995 (60 FR 35215), to clarify that $1 million of the funds was being 
    set aside for a HOPE In Youth Demonstration Program, reducing the 
    amount to be awarded under the Youth Development Initiative from $10 
    million to $9 million.
        In accordance with the requirements of section 470(a) of the 
    Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 3542), this 
    notice describes the proposed demonstration and invites public comment. 
    Any changes made in this demonstration as a result of the Department's 
    consideration of public comments, and any extension of time for the 
    commitment of funds that may be necessary because of these changes, 
    also will be published in the Federal Register.
        The Department will not commit funds for the proposed demonstration 
    until after the latest of: (1) The date the Department has considered 
    any comments received in response to this notice; (2) September 18, 
    1995, which is 60 days after today's publication date; and (3) the date 
    the Department has received and approved an application that meets the 
    requirements set forth in this notice and any subsequent notice 
    announcing changes in the demonstration.
    
    Background of Demonstration
    
        The Los Angeles public housing community has a particular need to 
    address a lack of educational opportunities, supportive services and 
    lifestyle choices for its youth. The City of Los Angeles is living with 
    a crisis, a generation of young people doomed to school failure and 
    lack of jobs with no future. Los Angeles County has the distinction of 
    being the gang capital of the world, because of the magnitude of gang-
    related crimes and the sheer number (over 100,000) of gang members 
    within its borders as a result of the lack of proper educational and 
    training opportunities to provide alternatives to crime. Based on 1991 
    statistics, gang activity has accounted for 771 homicides, more than 
    two each day. This demonstration will bring into the public housing 
    communities unique experiences that have proven to be successful in 
    other communities outside of public housing, together with a 
    coordinated team approach for reducing gang membership and preventing 
    new recruitment into gang activity and crime.
        For purposes of this demonstration, the Department will make up to 
    $1 million available to the Housing Authorities (HAs) of the City and 
    County of Los Angeles for use in establishing a HOPE in Youth 
    Demonstration to be administered in accordance with the requirements of 
    the Youth Development Initiative under the Family Investment Centers 
    Program. This demonstration will bring together the skills needed for 
    the successful operation of a program that will build a critical mass 
    of people to develop educational and employment opportunities, provide 
    alternatives to crime and violence and empower public housing youth to 
    become economically self-sufficient. It is designed to empower parents 
    in public housing to positively influence these at-risk youth to 
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    their education and to build coalitions of principled people and train 
    them to rebuild the social fabric of public housing neighborhoods.
        Under the HOPE in Youth Demonstration Program, HUD will make 
    available up to $500,000 each to the Housing Authorities of the City 
    and County of Los Angeles, after the HA meets applicable programmatic 
    and application requirements. The HOPE In Youth Demonstration is unique 
    in a number of ways. It involves an innovative collaboration between 
    two housing authorities whose combined jurisdictions cover a large 
    metropolitan area. In addition, the housing authorities will be working 
    with private sector institutions to provide a variety of services to 
    enhance the supportive services available to public housing residents. 
    The demonstration will also focus on education and supportive services 
    aimed at strengthening families through parenting classes, mentoring, 
    helping parents understand their role in supporting schools and helping 
    parents to know how to communicate with their children.
    
    Applicable Requirements
    
        In order to receive the funding proposed in this notice, the 
    Housing Authorities of the City and County of Los Angeles will be 
    required to meet the applicable programmatic and submission 
    requirements set forth in the NOFA for the Youth Development Initiative 
    under Family Investment Centers Program published on May 30, 1995 (60 
    FR 28304), as well as any subsequent notice that is published after the 
    comment period for this demonstration notice has closed. If either of 
    these HAs cannot fulfill its obligation, the Secretary reserves the 
    right to award the entire grant to the remaining HA in accordance with 
    the programmatic and application requirements.
        When applicable, the certifications, findings, determinations, and 
    requirements listed by the Department under the ``Other Matters'' 
    section of that NOFA also apply to this notice.
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437t and 3535(d).
    
        Dated: July 11, 1995.
    Michael B. Janis,
    General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    [FR Doc. 95-17812 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
07/20/1995
Department:
Housing and Urban Development Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of demonstration program.
Document Number:
95-17812
Pages:
37552-37553 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. FR-3841-N-03
PDF File:
95-17812.pdf