[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76614-76624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31167]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA)
inviting applications for the Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Program FY 2013 Funding Round (FY 2013 Funding
Round).
Announcement Type: Announcement of funding opportunity.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020.
Dates: Applications for Financial Assistance (FA) or Technical
Assistance (TA) awards through the FY 2013 Funding Round of the CDFI
Program must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), February 28,
2013.
Executive Summary: Subject to funding availability, this NOFA is
issued in connection with the FY 2013 Funding Round of the CDFI
Program, administered by the Community
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Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Award Requirements: Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund
provides FA awards and TA grants. FA awards are made to Certified CDFIs
that complete and submit a CDFI Program Application (Application) and
meet the FA requirements set forth in this NOFA, subject to funding
availability. The CDFI Fund requires that in order for an Applicant to
be eligible for an award under this NOFA, they must be a newly
Certified CDFI (certified within the last three calendar years) or
recertified in FY 2013. (For further information, please see Section
III.A.3 of this NOFA.) In addition, in FY 2013, the CDFI Fund will make
FA awards through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI-FA) to
Certified CDFIs that meet the HFFI-FA requirements set forth in this
NOFA. TA grants are made to Certified CDFIs and entities proposing to
become certified that complete and submit the CDFI Program Application
and meet the TA requirements set forth in this NOFA.
B. Program Regulations: The regulations governing the CDFI Program
are found at 12 CFR Parts 1805 and 1815 (the Regulations) and provide
guidance on evaluation criteria and other requirements. Details
regarding Application content requirements are found in the Application
and related materials. Each capitalized term in this NOFA is further
defined in this NOFA, the Regulations, or the Application. The CDFI
Fund encourages Applicants to review the Regulations in addition to
this NOFA.
C. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part,
any, all, or none of the Applications submitted in response to this
NOFA. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to reallocate funds from the
amount that is anticipated to be available through this NOFA to other
CDFI Fund programs, particularly if the CDFI Fund determines that the
number of awards made through this NOFA is fewer than projected.
D. Coordination with Broader Community Development Strategies:
Consistent with Federal efforts to promote community revitalization, it
is important for communities to develop a comprehensive neighborhood
revitalization strategy that addresses neighborhood assets essential to
transforming distressed neighborhoods into healthy and vibrant
communities. Neighborhood transformation can best occur when
comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans embrace the coordinated
use of programs and resources that address the interrelated needs
within a community. Although not a requirement for participating in the
CDFI Program, the Federal government believes that a CDFI will be most
successful when it is part of, and contributes to, an area's broader
neighborhood revitalization strategy.
II. Award Information
A. Funding Availability: 1. FY 2013 Funding Round: Subject to
funding availability, the CDFI Fund expects to award, through this
NOFA, approximately $153 million in the manner indicated in the
following table:
Table 1--FY 2013 Funding Round Awards
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Proposed total
amount to be
Funding categories awarded ($
million)
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Category I/SECA....................................... 15
Category II/Core...................................... 110
TA.................................................... 3
Total................................................. 128
HFFI-FA *............................................. 25
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* Approximately 20 percent of HFFI-FA funding will be targeted to SECA
applicants.
Furthermore, in FY 2012, Congress mandated that at least ten
percent of the CDFI Program's appropriations be directed to counties
that meet certain criteria for ``persistent poverty.'' This requirement
continues under the current Continuing Resolution for FY 2013
appropriations. As a result, the CDFI Fund invites Applicants to
indicate their level of participation in counties of persistent poverty
in their FY 2013 applications. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to
award more or less than the amounts cited above in each category in the
FY 2013 Funding Round, based upon available funding and other
applicable factors.
2. Availability of Funds for the FY 2013 Funding Round: Funds for
the FY 2013 Funding Round have not yet been appropriated. If funds are
not appropriated for the CDFI Program, there will not be a FY 2013
Funding Round. If funds are appropriated, the amount of such funds may
be greater or less than the amounts set forth above. If funds for the
FY 2013 Funding Round for the Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA)
Program are not appropriated, entities eligible to apply for CDFI
Program funds that would have applied for NACA Program funding, are
encouraged to apply for CDFI Program funds through this NOFA.
All awards made through this NOFA must be used to support the
Applicant's activities. Awards cannot be used to support the activities
of, or otherwise be passed through, transferred, or co-awarded to,
third-party entities, whether Affiliates, Subsidiaries, or others. The
entity that is to carry out the responsibilities of the award and
deploy the award funds (the Awardee) must be the entity that applies
for the award. In cases where CDFI bank holding company Applicants
intend to deploy their FA awards through their 100 percent wholly-owned
CDFI subsidiary bank, applications must be made at the CDFI bank
holding company level and reflect consolidated activities and financial
performance. Authorized representatives of both the holding company and
the bank will be required to certify that the information included in
the Application represents that of the CDFI bank and that the award
funds will be used to capitalize the CDFI bank for the activities
outlined in the Application.
B. Types of Awards: An Applicant may submit an Application for a TA
grant or an FA award. FA awards include CDFI Program FA and HFFI-FA:
1. FA Awards: FA awards provide flexible financial support to CDFIs
so they may achieve the strategies outlined in their Applications. FA
awards can be used in the following five categories: (i) Financial
Products; (ii) Financial Services; (iii) Development Services; (iv)
Loan Loss Reserves; and (v) Capital Reserves. For purposes of this
NOFA, the five categories mean:
Table 2--Five Categories of FA
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(i) Financial Products........................................... Loans, grants, equity investments, and
similar financing activities, including the
purchase of loans that the Applicant
originates and the provision of loan
guarantees, in the Applicant's Target
Market, or for related purposes that the
CDFI Fund deems appropriate (including
administrative funds used to carry out
Financial Products).
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(ii) Financial Services.......................................... Checking and savings accounts, certified
checks, automated teller machines services,
deposit taking, remittances, safe deposit
box services, and other similar services
(including administrative funds used to
carry out Financial Services).
(iii) Development Services....................................... Activities that promote community development
and help the Applicant provide its Financial
Products and Financial Services, including
financial or credit counseling, housing and
homeownership counseling (pre- and post-),
self-employment technical assistance,
entrepreneurship training, and financial
management skill-building (including
administrative funds used to carry out
Development Services).
(iv) Loan Loss Reserves.......................................... Funds set aside in the form of cash reserves,
or through accounting-based accrual
reserves, to cover losses on loans,
accounts, and notes receivable made in the
Target Market, or for related purposes that
the CDFI Fund deems appropriate (including
administrative funds used to carry out Loan
Loss Reserves).
(v) Capital Reserves............................................. Funds set aside as reserves to support the
Applicant's ability to leverage other
capital, for such purposes as increasing its
net assets or serving the financing needs of
its Target Market, or for related purposes
that the CDFI Fund deems appropriate
(including administrative funds used to
carry out Capital Reserves).
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The CDFI Fund may provide FA awards in the form of equity
investments (including secondary capital in the case of certain Insured
Credit Unions), grants, loans, deposits, credit union shares, or any
combination thereof. The CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to provide a FA award in a form and amount other than that
which the Applicant requests; however, the award amount will not exceed
the Applicant's award request as stated in its Application.
2. Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) and HFFI-FA awards: (a)
Overview. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the
United States Department of the Treasury are working together to
support projects that increase access to healthy, affordable food in
low-income neighborhoods that lack access to healthy food options. As
part of a coordinated effort called the Healthy Food Financing
Initiative (HFFI), these three agencies aim to expand the availability
of nutritious food through the establishment of healthy food retail
outlets, including developing and equipping grocery stores, small
retailers, corner stores, and farmers markets to help revitalize
neighborhoods that currently lack these options.
In addition to the CDFI and NACA Programs, the HFFI involves: (i)
The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program, also administered by the
CDFI Fund; (ii) the Community and Economic Development (CED) Program,
which HHS administers; and (iii) several programs that USDA administers
including, among others, the Business and Industry (B&I) Program and
the Intermediary Relending Program (IRP). Each of these programs
provides a unique mechanism to support initiatives aimed at increasing
access to healthy food. When these programs are combined, public
dollars can act far more effectively as a market catalyst by providing
the full range of financing to local actors--a key step to addressing
the problem of limited access to affordable and nutritious food.
Instead of approaching this problem through separate agency and program
silos, the HFFI will use a collaborative approach involving the
resources of all three agencies. For more information about this
initiative, please visit the HFFI Web site at http://apps.ams.usda.gov/fooddeserts.
(b) HFFI-FA Awards. The CDFI Fund expects to make HFFI-FA awards of
up to $5 million to Certified CDFIs that submit and complete CDFI/NACA
Program Applications and HFFI-FA Supplemental Questionnaires. The HFFI-
FA Supplemental Questionnaire will only be sent to those Applicants
indicating in their FY 2013 Application that they intend to apply for
an HFFI-FA award. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to make awards less
than or greater than $5 million based upon the questionnaires received
and the funds available. The FY 2013 HFFI-FA supplemental questionnaire
will not likely be made available to Applicants until after the FY 2013
CDFI Program Application deadline. However, a copy of the FY 2012 HFFI-
FA supplemental questionnaire is available for review on the CDFI
Fund's Web site at www.cdfifund.gov.
HFFI-FA awards will be provided as a supplement to FA awards;
therefore, only those Applicants that have been selected to receive a
FA award through the FY 2013 CDFI Program or NACA Program Funding Round
will be eligible to receive an HFFI-FA award. Such Applicants will be
rated and scored separately based upon the HFFI-FA supplemental
questionnaire responses. HFFI-FA Applicants will be rated, among other
elements, on the extent of community need, the quality of their HFFI-FA
strategy, and their capacity to execute that strategy. The CDFI Fund
may, at its discretion, perform additional due diligence on Applicants
for this initiative.
3. TA Grants: (a) The CDFI Fund provides TA as a grant and reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to provide a grant for amounts other
than which the Applicant requests; however, the grant amount will not
exceed the Applicant's request as stated in its Application and the
applicable budget chart.
(b) For purposes of this NOFA, TA eligible uses are: (i) Personnel/
salary; (ii) personnel/fringe; (iii) professional services; (iv)
travel; (v) training; and (vi) equipment. (Please see the Application
Guidance for details on TA uses.) TA grants must be used to support the
Applicant's capacity building activities.
C. Assistance Agreement: Each Awardee under this NOFA must sign an
Assistance Agreement before the CDFI Fund will disburse award funds.
The Assistance Agreement contains the award's terms and conditions. For
further information, see Section VI.A of this NOFA.
III. Eligibility Information
A. Eligible Applicants: The Regulations specify the eligibility
requirements each Applicant must meet in order to be eligible to apply
for assistance under this NOFA. A CDFI Program Applicant may apply as
either an FA Applicant or a TA Applicant, but not both. If an Applicant
applies for both types of awards, it is in the sole discretion of the
CDFI Fund to disqualify the Applicant or to decide to give the
Applicant either an FA award or a TA grant.
1. FA Applicant Categories: FA Applicants must meet the criteria
listed in Table 3. (Applicants requesting FA funds in excess of the
allowable amount for Category I will be classified as Category II
Applicants, regardless of
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their total assets, years in operation, or prior CDFI Fund awards.)
Table 3--FA Applicant Criteria
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Applicant may
FA Applicant category Applicant criteria apply for:
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Category I/Small and/or (1) Is a Certified/ Up to and
Emerging CDFI Assistance Certifiable CDFI AND including
(SECA). EITHER. $600,000 in FA
(2) As of the end of funds and up to
the Applicant's most and including
recent fiscal year $5 million in
end or September 30, FA funds
2012, has total through HFFI-
assets as follows:. FA.
Insured
Depository
Institutions and
Depository
Institution Holding
Companies: up to $250
million
Insured
Credit Unions: up to
$10 million
Venture
capital funds: up to
$10 million
Other CDFIs:
up to $5 million
OR
(3) Began operations*
on or after January
1, 2009..
Category II/Core.............. A Certified/ Up to and
Certifiable CDFI that including $2
meets all other million in FA
eligibility funds; and up
requirements to and
described in this including $5
NOFA. million in FA
funds through
HFFI-FA.
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* The term ``began operations'' is defined as the financing activity
start date indicated in the Applicant's myCDFIFund account.
2. TA Applicants: TA Applicants must meet the following criteria:
Table 4--TA Applicant Criteria
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Applicant can
Applicant type Criteria of applicant apply for:
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TA............................ A Certified CDFI, a Up to $100,000
Certifiable CDFI, or for capacity-
an Emerging CDFI. building
activities.
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3. CDFI Certification Requirements: In FY 2013, the CDFI Fund
requires that in order for an Applicant to be eligible for an award
under this NOFA, they must be a newly Certified CDFI (certified within
the last three calendar years) or recertified in FY 2013. Early in
Calendar Year 2013, the CDFI Fund will announce a new process for
submitting applications for CDFI certification, including the date by
which any Certifiable CDFI or Certified CDFI must submit its
application for certification/recertification in order for a
determination on that application to be made concurrent with the
announcement of awards under this NOFA. Until such time that a
determination on a recertification application from a current Certified
CDFI is made, the Certified CDFI's existing certification remains in
effect, unless the Certified CDFI has taken actions demonstrating that
it has failed to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
certification as a CDFI.
Table 5--CDFI Certification--Requirements
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(a) Certified CDFI............................................... An entity that the CDFI Fund has officially
notified that it meets all CDFI
certification requirements as of the date of
this NOFA and continues to meet
certification requirements throughout the
NOFA application process, leading to the
announcement of awards under this NOFA.
(b) Certifiable CDFI............................................. An entity that has submitted a CDFI
Certification Application to the CDFI Fund
demonstrating that it meets the CDFI
certification requirements but for which the
CDFI Fund has not yet officially certified
the entity. If the CDFI Fund is unable to
certify an Applicant and the Applicant is
selected for a FA award, the CDFI Fund may,
in its sole discretion, terminate the award
commitment. The CDFI Fund will not enter
into an Assistance Agreement or disburse FA
award funds unless and until an Applicant is
certified. A Certifiable CDFI must have
submitted a CDFI Certification Application
as of the date indicated in Section IV.F of
this NOFA to be eligible for FA in the FY
2013 round.
(c) Emerging CDFI;............................................... An entity that demonstrates to the CDFI Fund
it has an acceptable plan to meet
certification requirements by December 31,
2014, or another date selected by the CDFI
Fund. Emerging CDFIs may only apply for TA
grants; they are not eligible to apply for
FA awards. Each Emerging CDFI selected to
receive a TA grant will be required,
pursuant to its Assistance Agreement with
the CDFI Fund, to become certified as a CDFI
by a specified date.
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Table 6--Certification Definition for ``Other Targeted Populations''
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Other Targeted Population as Target Market....................... An Other Targeted Population is defined as an
identifiable group of individuals in the
Applicant's Service Area for which there
exists strong evidence that they lack access
to loans, equity investments, and or/
Financial Services. The CDFI Fund has
determined there is strong evidence that the
following groups of individuals lack access
to such products and services on a national
level or within their recognized ancestral
areas: (i) Native Americans or American
Indians, including Alaska Natives living in
Alaska; (ii) Blacks or African Americans;
(iii) Hispanics or Latinos; (iv) Native
Hawaiians living in Hawaii; and (v) other
Pacific Islanders living in other Pacific
Islands.
To define these populations for the purposes
of this NOFA, the CDFI Fund uses the
following definitions, set forth in the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Notice, Revisions to the Standards for the
Classification of Federal Data on Race and
Ethnicity (October 30, 1997), as amended and
supplemented:
(a) American Indian, Native American, or
Alaska Native: A person having origins in
any of the original peoples of North and
South America (including Central America)
and who maintains tribal affiliation or
community attachment;
(b) Black or African American: A person
having origins in any of the black racial
groups of Africa (terms such as Haitian
or Negro can be used in addition to Black
or African American);
(c) Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central
American, or other Spanish culture or
origin, regardless of race (the term
Spanish origin can be used in addition to
Hispanic or Latino);
(d) Native Hawaiian (living in Hawaii): A
person having origins in any of the
original peoples of Hawaii; and
(e) Other Pacific Islander (living in
other Pacific Islands): A person having
origins in any of the original peoples of
Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands.
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4. Limitation on Awards: An Applicant may receive either an award
through this FY 2013 NOFA or an award through the FY 2013 NACA Program
NOFA, but not both. Although eligible Applicants can apply for the CDFI
Program and the NACA Program, they will receive only one FY 2013 award.
B. Prior Awardees: For purposes of this section, the CDFI Fund will
consider an Affiliate to be any entity that meets the definition of
Affiliate in the Regulations or any entity otherwise identified as an
Affiliate by the Applicant in its Application and/or its myCDFIFund
account. Prior Awardees should note the following:
1. $5 Million Funding Cap: The CDFI Fund is currently prohibited
from obligating more than $5 million in CDFI and NACA Program awards,
in the aggregate, to any one organization and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates during any three-year period. In general, the three-year
period calculated for the cap extends back three years from the
Effective Date of the Assistance Agreement between the Awardee and the
CDFI Fund. However, for purposes of this NOFA, because the funding cap
was waived for FY 2009, FY 2010, and FY 2011, the CDFI Fund will
include awards in the cap calculation that were provided to an
Applicant (or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) beginning with the FY
2012 Funding Round, excluding FY 2012 HFFI-FA awards. The CDFI Fund
will assess the $5 million funding cap applicability during the award
selection phase.
Please see the following table for other prior Awardee requirements
and considerations.
Table 7--Prior Awardee Requirements and Considerations
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Prior awardee situation Requirements and considerations
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Failure to Meet Reporting Requirements........................... The CDFI Fund will not consider an
Application if the Applicant or its
Affiliate is a prior Awardee/Allocatee under
any CDFI Fund program and is not current on
the reporting requirements in a previously
executed assistance, allocation, or award
agreement(s), as of this NOFA's Application
deadline. Please note that the CDFI Fund's
automated systems for receipt of reports
submitted electronically typically
acknowledge only a report's receipt. Such an
acknowledgment does not verify nor otherwise
represent that the report received was
complete and therefore met reporting
requirements.
Pending Resolution of Noncompliance.............................. If an Applicant is a prior Awardee/Allocatee
under any CDFI Fund program and: (i) The
entity has submitted reports demonstrating
noncompliance with a previously executed
agreement with the CDFI Fund, and (ii) the
CDFI Fund has yet to make a final
determination as to whether the entity is in
default of its previously executed
agreement, the CDFI Fund will consider the
Applicant's Application under this NOFA
pending full resolution of the
noncompliance, in the sole determination of
the CDFI Fund.
Default Status................................................... The CDFI Fund will not consider an
Application submitted by an Applicant that
is a prior Awardee/Allocatee under any CDFI
Fund program if, as of the Application due
date: (i) The CDFI Fund has made a
determination that such Applicant is in
default of a previously executed assistance,
allocation or award agreement and (ii) the
CDFI Fund has provided written notification
of such determination to the Applicant
indicating the length of time the default
status is effective.
Undisbursed Award Funds.......................................... The CDFI Fund will not consider an
Application if the Applicant is an Awardee
under any CDFI Fund program and has
undisbursed award funds (as defined below)
as of this NOFA's Application deadline. The
CDFI Fund will include the combined
undisbursed prior awards, as of this NOFA's
Application deadline, of the Applicant and
its affiliates, including those in which the
affiliated entity Controls the Applicant, is
Controlled by the Applicant, or shares
common management officials with the
Applicant as the CDFI Fund determines.
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BEA Program Undisbursed Awards Calculations............. For the BEA Program, undisbursed award funds
will be included in the calculation of
undisbursed awards for the Applicant and any
three to five calendar years prior to the
end of the calendar year of this NOFA's
Application deadline. For purposes of this
NOFA, therefore, undisbursed awards made in
FYs 2007, 2008, and 2009 will be included in
the calculation for the Applicant's
undisbursed award amounts if the funds have
not been disbursed as of this NOFA's
Application deadline.
CDFI Program Undisbursed Awards Calculations............ The CDFI Program undisbursed funds will be
calculated by adding all undisbursed award
amounts made to the Applicant two to five
calendar years prior to the end of the
calendar year of this NOFA. Therefore,
undisbursed CDFI Program awards made in FYs
2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 will be included
in the undisbursed calculation as of this
NOFA's Application deadline.
The CDFI Fund reserves the right to adjust
the award amount issued under this NOFA
based upon the amount of FY 2011 and FY 2012
awards that remain undisbursed.
Undisbursed Award Calculations.......................... Undisbursed awards cannot exceed five percent
of the total includable awards for the
Applicant's BEA/CDFI/NACA awards, as of this
NOFA's Application deadline. (The total
``includable'' award amount is the total
award amount from the relevant CDFI Fund
program.) Please refer to an example of this
calculation on the CDFI Fund's website,
found in the Q&A document for the FY 2013
Funding Round. The ``undisbursed award
funds'' calculation does not include: (i)
Tax credit allocation authority made
available through the NMTC Program; (ii)
award funds that the Awardee has requested
from the CDFI Fund by submitting a full and
complete disbursement request before this
NOFA's Application deadline; (iii) award
funds for an award that the CDFI Fund has
terminated or de-obligated; or (iv) award
funds for an award that does not have a
fully executed assistance or award
agreement.
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2. Contact the CDFI Fund: Applicants that are prior CDFI Fund
Awardees are advised to: (i) Comply with requirements specified in
assistance, allocation, and/or award agreement(s) and (ii) contact the
CDFI Fund at least 10 business days prior to this NOFA's Application
deadline to ensure necessary actions are underway for the disbursement
or de-obligation of any prior outstanding award balance(s) as
referenced above.
C. Matching Funds: 1. Matching Funds Requirements in General:
In FY 2012, the CDFI Fund's appropriations waived the matching
funds requirement for Category 1/SECA and NACA Applicants.
Consequently, the matching funds requirement remains under the current
Continuing Resolution for FY 2013 Congressional appropriations and
pertains to Category II/Core FA Applicants only; matching funds are not
statutorily required for TA Applicants. If matching funds are not
waived in the final appropriation, matching funds will also be required
for Category I/SECA FA Applicants. Matching funds must be comparable in
form and value to the FA award. This means that if an Applicant is
requesting an FA award, the Applicant must show it has obtained
matching funds through commitment(s) from non-Federal sources that are
equal to the amount requested from the CDFI Fund. Applicants cannot use
matching funds from a prior FA award under the CDFI Program or under
another federal grant or award program to satisfy the matching funds
requirement of this NOFA. If an Applicant seeks to use matching funds
from an organization that was a prior Awardee under the CDFI Program,
the CDFI Fund will deem such funds as Federal funds, unless the funding
entity establishes and the CDFI Fund agrees, that such funds do not
consist, in whole or in part, of CDFI Program funds or other Federal
funds. The CDFI Fund reserves the right to contact the matching funds
source to discuss the matching funds and the documentation that the
Applicant has provided. The CDFI Fund encourages Applicants to review
the Regulations at 12 CFR 1805.500 et seq. and matching funds guidance
materials on the CDFI Fund's Web site for further information.
2. The CDFI Fund will not consider any FA Applicant for an award
that has no matching funds in-hand or firmly committed as of this
NOFA's Application deadline. Specifically, FA Applicants must meet the
following matching funds requirements:
(a) Category II/Core Applicants: A Category II/Core Applicant must
demonstrate that it has eligible matching funds equal to no less than
50 percent of the amount of the FA award requested in-hand on or after
January 1, 2011 and on or before the Application deadline. The CDFI
Fund reserves the right to rescind all or a portion of a FA award and
re-allocate the rescinded award amount to other qualified Applicant(s),
if an Applicant fails to obtain in-hand 100 percent of the required
matching funds by January 15, 2014 (with required documentation of such
receipt received by the CDFI Fund not later than January 31, 2014). The
CDFI Fund may grant an extension of such matching funds deadline for
specific Applicants selected to receive FA, if the CDFI Fund deems it
appropriate. (Category I/SECA FA Applicants are not required to submit
matching funds documentation with their Application. In the event that
matching funds are not waived in the final Congressional appropriations
for the CDFI Program, Category I/SECA FA Applicants will be given the
opportunity to submit matching funds documentation at a later time.)
(b) HFFI-FA Applicants: All HFFI-FA Applicants must demonstrate
that they have eligible matching funds equal to no less than 50 percent
of the HFFI-FA amount requested in-hand on or after January 1, 2011,
and on or before the deadline for the submitting the HFFI-FA
Supplemental Questionnaire. (This requirement is not waived for
Category 1/SECA and NACA Applicants.) The CDFI Fund reserves the right
to rescind all or a portion of an HFFI-FA award and re-allocate the
rescinded award amount to other qualified Applicant(s), if an Applicant
fails to obtain in-hand 100 percent of the required matching funds by
January 15, 2014 (with required documentation of such receipt received
by the CDFI Fund not later than January 31, 2014). The CDFI Fund may
grant an extension of such matching funds deadline for specific
Applicants selected to receive HFFI-FA awards, if the CDFI Fund deems
it appropriate.
3. Matching Funds Terms Defined; Required Documentation
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Table 8--Matching Funds Definitions
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Type of matching funds Definition
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Matching funds ``in-hand''....................................... The Applicant has actually received
disbursement of the matching funds and
provides to the CDFI Fund acceptable written
documentation, showing the source, form, and
amount of the matching funds (i.e., grant,
loan, deposit, and equity investment).
Applicants must provide copies of the
following documentation depending on the
type of award being requested: (i) Loans--
the loan agreement and promissory note; (ii)
grant--the grant letter or agreement for all
grants of $50,000 or more; (iii) equity
investment--the stock certificate and any
related shareholder agreement. The Applicant
must also provide acceptable documentation
that demonstrates receipt of the matching
funds, such as a copy of a check or a wire
transfer statement.
Matching funds ``firmly committed''.............................. The Applicant has entered into or received a
legally binding commitment from the matching
funds source showing the match funds will be
disbursed to the Applicant. The Applicant
must also provide acceptable written
documentation showing the source, form, and
amount of the firm commitment (and, in the
case of a loan, the terms thereof), as well
as the anticipated disbursement date of the
committed funds.
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4. Ineligible Matching Funds: If the CDFI Fund determines that any
portion of the Applicant's matching funds is ineligible under this
NOFA, the CDFI Fund, in its sole discretion, may permit the Applicant
to offer alternate matching funds as a substitute for the ineligible
matching funds. In such instances: (i) The Applicant must provide
acceptable alternate matching funds documentation within two business
days of the CDFI Fund's request, and (ii) the alternate matching funds
documentation will not increase the total amount of FA the Applicant
requested.
5. Special Rule for Insured Credit Unions: The Regulations allow an
Insured Credit Union to use retained earnings to serve as matching
funds for a FA award in an amount equal to: (i) The increase in
retained earnings that has occurred over the Applicant's most recent
fiscal year; (ii) the annual average of such increases that has
occurred over the Applicant's three most recent fiscal years; or (iii)
the entire retained earnings that have been accumulated since the
inception of the Applicant, as provided in the Regulations. For
purposes of this NOFA, if option (iii) is used, the Applicant must
increase its member and/or non-member shares or total loans outstanding
by an amount equal to the amount of retained earnings committed as
matching funds. This increase must occur by the end of the Awardee's
second performance period, as set forth in its Assistance Agreement,
and will be based on amounts reported in the Applicant's Audited or
Reviewed Financial Statements or NCUA Form 5300 Call Report. The CDFI
Fund will assess the likelihood of this increase during the Application
review process. An award will not be made to any Applicant that has not
demonstrated in the relevant Financial Statements or NCUA Call Report
that it has increased shares or loans by at least 25 percent of the
requested FA award amount between December 31, 2011, and December 31,
2012.
IV. Application and Submission Information
A. Application Submission: Under this NOFA, Applicants must submit
Applications electronically through Grants.gov. The CDFI Fund will not
accept Applications through myCDFIFund accounts nor will Applications
be accepted via email, mail, facsimile, or other forms of
communication, except in circumstances approved by the CDFI Fund
beforehand.
B. Grants.gov: In compliance with Public Law 106-107 and Section
5(a) of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act,
the CDFI Fund is required to accept Applications submitted through the
Grants.gov electronic system. The CDFI Fund strongly recommends
Applicants start the registration process as soon as possible and visit
www.grants.gov immediately. Applicants that have used Grants.gov in the
past must verify that their registration is current and active. New
Applicants must properly register, which may take several weeks to
complete. Pursuant to OMB guidance (68 FR 38402), each Applicant must
provide, as part of its Application submission, a Dun and Bradstreet
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. In addition, each Application
must include a valid and current Employer Identification Number (EIN).
An electronic Application that does not include either a DUNS number or
an EIN is incomplete and may not be transmitted to the CDFI Fund from
Grants.gov. As a result, Applicants without a DUNS number or EIN should
allow sufficient time for the IRS and/or Dun and Bradstreet to respond
to inquiries and/or requests for identification numbers.
The CDFI Fund will not consider Applicants that fail to properly
register in Grants.gov or to confirm they are properly registered and
as a result, are unable to submit their Applications before the
deadline. Applicants are reminded that the CDFI Fund does not maintain
the Grants.gov registration or submittal process. Thus, Applicants must
contact Grants.gov directly for issues related to that aspect of the
Application submission process. Please see the following link for
information on getting started on Grants.gov: http://grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp.
C. System for Award Management (SAM): On July 30, 2012, the Central
Contractor Registration (CCR) transitioned to the new System for Award
Management, or SAM. All data in the registrant database has been
migrated from CCR into SAM. Applicants that need to create a new
account or update their current registration must register for a user
account in SAM. Registering with SAM is required for organizations to
use Grants.gov. The registration process may take several business days
for Applicants that have an EIN. If an Applicant does not have an EIN,
the Applicant should allow several weeks for obtaining one from the
IRS. The CDFI Fund will not consider Applicants that fail to properly
register in SAM or to confirm they are properly registered and as a
result, are unable to submit their Applications before the deadline.
The CDFI Fund does not maintain the SAM registration process. Thus
Applicants must contact SAM directly for issues related to
registration. The CDFI Fund strongly encourages Applicants to ensure
that their SAM registration is updated and that their accounts are not
expired. For information regarding SAM registration, please visit
https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.
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D. myCDFIFund Accounts: myCDFIFund is the CDFI Fund's primary means
of communication with Applicants. Every Applicant is responsible for
ensuring its myCDFIFund account is up-to-date at all times. All
Applicants must register as an organization and as a user with
myCDFIFund before the Application deadline. An Applicant that fails to
properly register and update its myCDFIFund account may miss important
communications with the CDFI Fund that could impact its Application.
For more information on myCDFIFund, please see the ``Frequently Asked
Questions'' link posted at https://www.cdfifund.gov/myCDFI/Help/Help.asp.
E. Application Content Requirements: The Application and related
documents can be found on the Grants.gov and the CDFI Fund's Web sites.
The CDFI Fund anticipates posting the Application and related documents
to the CDFI Fund's Web site on the same day that the NOFA is released
or shortly thereafter. Once an Application is submitted to Grants.gov,
the Applicant will not be allowed to change any element of the
Application. The CDFI Fund, however, may contact the Applicant to
clarify or confirm Application information.
F. Paperwork Reduction Act: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and an individual is not required to respond to a
collection of information, unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, the CDFI Program
funding Application has been assigned the following control number:
1559-0021.
G. Application Deadlines:
1. Please see the following table for critical deadlines that are
relevant to the FY 2013 Funding Round.
Table 9--FY 2013 Funding Round Application Critical Dates
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Description Date due Time
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Last day to contract Program February 26, 2013.. 5:00 p.m.
staff.
Combined Program Application..... February 28, 2013.. 11:59 p.m.
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2. Late Delivery: The CDFI Fund will not accept an Application
submitted after the Application deadline or any portion of an
Application that is submitted after the Application deadline.
Applicants are responsible for submitting their Applications on time
through Grants.gov. The CDFI Fund will not grant exceptions or waivers.
Any Application that is deemed ineligible or rejected will not be
returned to the Applicant.
H. Intergovernmental Review: Not applicable.
I. Funding Restrictions: For allowable uses of FA proceeds, please
see the Regulations at 12 CFR 1805.301.
V. Application Review Information
A. Format: Applicants must complete, and the CDFI Fund will only
accept, the Application as provided in Grants.gov and the CDFI Fund's
Web site. The FY 2013 Application is a PDF fillable document, with pre-
set text limits and font size restrictions. Applicants must submit
their narrative responses by using the FY 2013 CDFI Program Application
narrative template. The completed narrative document should be
submitted as an attachment to the PDF fillable document. Applicants
should not submit information that has not been specifically requested
in this NOFA or the Application. Applicants should not submit documents
such as strategic plans or market studies unless the CDFI Fund has
specifically requested such documents in the Application.
B. Review and Selection Process:
1. Eligibility and Completeness Review: The CDFI Fund will review
each Application to determine whether it is complete and the Applicant
meets the eligibility requirements described in Section III of this
NOFA. An incomplete Application or one that does not meet eligibility
requirements will be rejected.
2. Substantive Review: If the Applicant has submitted a complete
and eligible Application, the CDFI Fund will conduct a substantive
review in accordance with the criteria and procedures described in the
Regulations, this NOFA, and the Application guidance. The CDFI Fund
reserves the right to contact the Applicant by telephone, email, or
mail for the sole purpose of clarifying or confirming Application
information. If contacted, the Applicant must respond within the CDFI
Fund's time parameters or run the risk of its Application being
rejected.
3. Application Scoring and Award Selection (FA and TA Applicants):
(a) Application Scoring: The CDFI Fund will evaluate each
Application on the criteria categories and the scoring scale described
in the Application. An Applicant must receive a minimum score in each
evaluation criteria in order to be considered for an award. The CDFI
Fund will score each part as indicated in the following table:
Table 10--Application Scoring Criteria
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Comprehensive Business Plan
(CBP) sections FA applicants TA applicants
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Executive Summary........... Not Scored.......... Not Scored.
Historic and High Impact.... 15 points........... Not Applicable.
Technical Assistance Not Applicable...... 30 points.
Proposal (TAP).
Needs & Demand.............. 15 points........... 15 points.
Products, Services, and 30 points........... 25 points.
Marketing.
Management Capacity......... 20 points........... 15 points.
Financial Capacity.......... 20 points........... 15 points.
Performance on Past Awards Not Scored.......... Not Scored.
(If Applicable).
Community Partners (If Not Scored.......... Not Scored.
Applicable).
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Total Point............. 100 points.......... 100 points.
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Applicants whose activities are part of a broader neighborhood
revitalization strategy and/or that target marginalized or isolated
populations will be scored more favorably under the section of the
Application pertaining to Target Market Needs.
(b) Evaluating Prior Award Performance: The CDFI Fund will deduct
points for any Applicant that is a prior Awardee or Allocatee of any
CDFI Fund program if the Applicant: (i) Is noncompliant with any award
by failing to meet performance goals and measures, reporting deadlines,
or other requirements set forth in the CDFI Fund's assistance,
allocation, or award agreement(s) for reports due during the
Applicant's two completed fiscal years prior to this NOFA's Application
deadline; and (ii) failed to make timely loan payments to the CDFI Fund
during the Applicant's two complete fiscal years prior to this NOFA's
Application deadline (if applicable). In addition, the CDFI Fund will
deduct points if a FA Applicant had funds de-obligated for FA awards
issued in FY 2010, 2011 or 2012 if: (i) The amount of de-obligated
funds is at least $200,000 and (ii) the de-obligation occurred within
the 12 months prior to this NOFA's Application deadline. The CDFI Fund
has the sole discretion to deduct points from prior Awardees/Allocatees
if those Applicants have proceedings instituted against them in, by, or
before any court, governmental agency, or administrative body and has
received a final determination within the last three calendar years
indicating the Applicant has discriminated on the basis of race, color,
national origin, disability, age, marital status, receipt of income
from public assistance, religion, or sex.
(c) Award Selection: The CDFI Fund will make its final award
selections based on the Applicants' scores, ranked from highest to
lowest, and the amount of funds available. In the case of tied scores,
Applicants will be ranked first according to each Financial Capacity
score; followed by the Historic and High Impact score. TA Applicants,
Category I, and Category II Applicants will be grouped and ranked
separately. In addition, the CDFI Fund may consider the institutional
and geographic diversity of Applicants when making its funding
decisions.
4. Insured CDFIs: In the case of Insured Depository Institutions
and Insured Credit Unions, the CDFI Fund will consider information
provided by, and views of, the Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies. If
the Applicant is a CDFI bank holding company, the CDFI Fund will
consider information provided by the Appropriate Federal Banking
Agencies of the CDFI bank holding company and the CDFI bank that will
implement the award. Throughout the award review process, the CDFI Fund
will consult with the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency about the
Applicant's financial safety and soundness. If the Appropriate Federal
Banking Agency identifies safety and soundness concerns, the CDFI Fund
will assess whether the concerns cause or will cause the Applicant to
be incapable of undertaking the activities for which funding has been
requested. If it is determined the Applicant is incapable of meeting
its obligations, the CDFI Fund reserves the right to rescind the award
decision. The CDFI Fund also reserves the right to require Insured CDFI
Applicants to improve safety and soundness conditions prior to
receiving an award disbursement. In addition, the CDFI Fund will take
into consideration Community Reinvestment Act assessments of Insured
Depository Institutions and/or their Affiliates.
5. Award Notification: Each Applicant will be informed of the CDFI
Fund's award decision through a notification in the Applicant's
myCDFIFund account. This includes notification to Applicants that have
not been selected for an award if the decision is based on reasons
other than completeness or eligibility. Applicants that have not been
selected for an award will receive a debriefing in their myCDFIFund
account.
6. Application Rejection: The CDFI Fund reserves the right to
reject an Application if information (including administrative errors)
comes to the CDFI Fund's attention that either adversely affects an
Applicant's eligibility for an award, adversely affects the CDFI Fund's
evaluation or scoring of an Application, or indicates fraud or
mismanagement on the Applicant's part. If the CDFI Fund determines any
portion of the Application is incorrect in a material respect, the CDFI
Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject it. The CDFI
Fund reserves the right to change its eligibility and evaluation
criteria and procedures, if the CDFI Fund deems it appropriate. If the
changes materially affect the CDFI Fund's award decisions the CDFI Fund
will provide information about the changes through the CDFI Fund's Web
site. The CDFI Fund's award decisions are final and there is no right
to appeal the decisions.
VI. Award Administration Information
A. Assistance Agreement: Each Applicant selected to receive an
award under this NOFA must enter into an Assistance Agreement with the
CDFI Fund in order to receive disbursement of the award funds. The
Assistance Agreement will set forth the award's terms and conditions,
including but not be limited to the award: (i) Amount; (ii) type; (iii)
uses; (iv) targeted market or activities; (v) performance goals and
measures; and (vi) reporting requirements. FA Assistance Agreements
will usually have three-year performance periods; TA Assistance
Agreements will usually have two-year performance periods. All FA and
TA Awardees that are not Insured CDFIs will be required to provide the
CDFI Fund with a certificate of good standing from the secretary of
state for the Awardee's state of incorporation. This certificate can
often be acquired online on the secretary of state Web site for the
Awardee's state of incorporation and must generally be dated within 270
days of the date the Awardee executes the Assistance Agreement. Due to
potential backlogs in state government offices, Applicants are advised
to submit requests for certificates of good standing at the time that
they submit their Applications. If prior to entering into an Assistance
Agreement with the CDFI Fund, information (including administrative
error) comes to the CDFI Fund's attention that either: (i) Adversely
affects the Awardee's eligibility for an award, (ii) adversely affects
the Awardee's certification as a CDFI (to the extent that the Award is
conditional upon CDFI Certification), (iii) adversely affects the CDFI
Fund's evaluation of the Awardee's Application, or (iv) indicates fraud
or mismanagement on the Awardee's part, the CDFI Fund may, in its
discretion and without advance notice to the Awardee, terminate the
award or take such other actions as it deems appropriate. The CDFI Fund
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to rescind an award if the
Awardee fails to return the Assistance Agreement, signed by the
authorized representative of the Awardee, and/or provide the CDFI Fund
with any other requested documentation, within the CDFI Fund's
deadlines.
1. Failure to Meet Reporting Requirements: If an Awardee is a prior
Awardee/Allocatee under any CDFI Fund program and is not current with
the reporting requirements set forth in the previously executed
agreement(s) with the CDFI Fund, the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to delay entering into an Assistance Agreement
until the Awardee/Allocatee is current with the reporting requirements.
Please note that the automated systems employed by the
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CDFI Fund for receipt of reports submitted electronically typically
acknowledge only a report's receipt; such an acknowledgment does not
warrant that the report received was complete and therefore met
reporting requirements. If the prior Awardee/Allocatee is unable to
meet this requirement within the timeframe the CDFI Fund sets, the CDFI
Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate and
rescind the Assistance Agreement and the award made under this NOFA.
2. Failure to Maintain Certification. If an Awardee had applied for
an award under this NOFA as a Certified CDFI and the certified status
is an ongoing obligation of the award but the Awardee has failed to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its certification as a CDFI,
the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate
and rescind the Assistance Agreement and the award made under this
NOFA.
3. Pending Resolution of Noncompliance: If an Applicant is a prior
Awardee under any CDFI Fund program and if: (i) IT has submitted
reports to the CDFI Fund that demonstrate noncompliance with a previous
executed agreement with the CDFI Fund; and (ii) the CDFI Fund has yet
to make a final determination as to whether the entity is in default of
its agreement, the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to delay entering into an Assistance Agreement, pending
full resolution of the noncompliance issue to the CDFI Fund's
satisfaction. If the said prior Awardee/Allocatee is unable to
satisfactorily resolve the compliance issues, the CDFI Fund reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate and rescind the
Assistance Agreement and the award made under this NOFA.
4. Default Status: If, at any time prior to entering into an
Assistance Agreement through this NOFA, the CDFI Fund has made a final
determination that an Awardee is a prior Awardee/Allocatee under any
CDFI Fund program is in default of a previously executed assistance,
allocation, or award agreement(s) and has provided written notification
of such determination to the Awardee, the CDFI Fund reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to delay entering into an Assistance Agreement,
until said prior Awardee/Allocatee has cured the default by taking
actions necessary as specified by the CDFI Fund and within the
timeframe specified by the CDFI Fund. If said prior Awardee/Allocatee
is unable to meet this requirement and the CDFI Fund has not specified
in writing that the prior Awardee/Allocatee is otherwise eligible to
receive an award under this NOFA, the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to terminate and rescind the Assistance Agreement
and the award made under this NOFA.
5. Termination in Default: If prior to entering into an Assistance
Agreement under this NOFA (i) the CDFI Fund has made a determination
that an Awardee is a prior Awardee/Allocatee under any CDFI Fund
Program for which the award or allocation was terminated in default of
such prior agreement; (ii) the CDFI Fund has provided written
notification of such determination to the Awardee; and (iii) the
anticipated date for entering into the Assistance Agreement under this
NOFA is within a period of time specified in such notification
throughout which any new award, allocation, or assistance is
prohibited, the CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to terminate and rescind the Assistance Agreement and the award made
under this NOFA.
6. Compliance with Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws: If the Awardee
has previously received funding through any CDFI Fund program, and if
at any time prior to entering into an Assistance Agreement through this
NOFA, the CDFI Fund is made aware of a final determination, made within
the last three years, in any proceeding instituted against the Awardee
in, by, or before any court, governmental, or administrative body or
agency, declaring that the Awardee has discriminated on the basis of
race, color, national origin, disability, age, marital status, receipt
of income from public assistance, religion, or sex, the CDFI Fund
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate and rescind
the Assistance Agreement and the award made under this NOFA.
B. Reporting:
1. Reporting requirements: At least on an annual basis, the CDFI
Fund will collect information from each Awardee including, but not
limited to, an Annual Report with the following components: (i)
Financial Reports, (ii) OMB A-133 audit; (iii) A-133 Narrative Report;
(iv) Institution Level Report; (v) Transaction Level Report (for
Awardees receiving FA awards); (vi) Financial Status Report SF-425 (for
Awardees receiving TA grants); (vii) Uses of Financial Assistance (for
Awardees receiving FA awards); (viii) Uses of Technical Assistance (for
Awardees receiving TA grants); (ix) Explanation of Noncompliance (as
applicable); and (x) such other information as the CDFI Fund may
require. Each Awardee is responsible for the timely and complete
submission of the Annual Report, even if all or a portion of the
documents is actually completed by another entity or signatory to the
Assistance Agreement. If such other entities or signatories are
required to provide Institution Level Reports, Transaction Level
Reports, Financial Reports, or other documentation that the CDFI Fund
may require, the Awardee is responsible for ensuring that the
information submitted is timely and complete. The CDFI Fund reserves
the right to contact such additional entities or signatories to the
Assistance Agreement and require that additional information and
documentation be provided. The CDFI Fund will use such information to
monitor each Awardee's compliance with the requirements in the
Assistance Agreement and to assess the impact of the CDFI Program. All
reports with the exception of the Institution Level Report and the
Transaction Level Report must be electronically submitted directly to
the CDFI Fund via the Awardee's myCDFIFund account. The Institution
Level Report and the Transaction Level Report must be submitted through
the CDFI Fund's web-based data collection system, the Community
Investment Impact System (CIIS) accessed through the Awardee's
myCDFIFund account. The CDFI Fund reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to modify these reporting requirements if it determines it
to be appropriate and necessary; however, such reporting requirements
will be modified only after notice to Awardees.
2. Accounting: The CDFI Fund will require Awardee to account for
and track the use of its award. This means that Awardees must track
every dollar and must inform the CDFI Fund of its uses. This will
require Awardees to establish separate administrative and accounting
controls, subject to the applicable OMB Circulars. The CDFI Fund will
provide guidance on the format and content of the annual information to
be provided, outlining and describing how the funds were used. All
Awardees are responsible for ensuring their banking account information
is updated and accurate in the System for Award Management (SAM) as
directed in this NOFA's Section IV. C.
VII. Agency Contacts
A. The CDFI Fund will respond to questions concerning this NOFA and
the Application between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, starting on the date that the NOFA is published through two
business days prior to the Application deadline. During the two
business days prior to the Application deadline, the CDFI
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Fund will not respond to questions for Applicants until after the
Application deadline. Applications and other information regarding the
CDFI Fund and its programs may be obtained from the CDFI Fund's Web
site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. The CDFI Fund will post on its Web
site responses to questions of general applicability regarding the CDFI
Program.
B. Applicants may contact the CDFI Fund as follows:
Table 11--Contact Information
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Fax number for all offices: 202-453-2466
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Telephone number (not toll
Type of question free) Email addresses
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CDFI Program......................... 202-653-0421, option 1....... [email protected].
Native Initiatives/NACA.............. 202-653-0421, option 2....... [email protected].
Certification, Compliance Monitoring, 202-653-0423................. [email protected].
and Evaluation.
Information Technology Support....... 202-653-0300................. [email protected].
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C. Information Technology Support: People who have visual or
mobility impairments that prevent them from creating a Target Market
map using the CDFI Fund's Web site should call (202) 653-0300 for
assistance (this is not a toll free number).
D. Communication with the CDFI Fund: The CDFI Fund will use contact
information in myCDFIFund to communicate with Applicants and Awardees.
It is imperative; therefore, that Applicants, Awardees, Subsidiaries,
Affiliates, and signatories maintain accurate contact information in
their accounts. This includes information like contact names,
especially for the authorized representative; email addresses; fax and
phone numbers; and office locations. For more information about
myCDFIFund, as well as information on the Community Investment Impact
System, please see the following Web site: http://www.cdfifund.gov/ciis/accessingciis.pdf.
VIII. Information Sessions and Outreach
The CDFI Fund may conduct webinars or host information sessions for
organizations that are considering applying to, or are interested in
learning about, the CDFI Fund's programs. For further information,
please visit the CDFI Fund's Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov.
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4701, et seq; 12 CFR parts 1805 and 1815.
Dated: December 21, 2012.
Donna J. Gambrell,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2012-31167 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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