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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. N-94-3780; FR-3687-N-02]

 

Announcement of Funding Awards for Technical Assistance and 
Training to Public Housing Authorities for Crime Prevention Through 
Environmental Design

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.

ACTION: Announcement of Funding Awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of the funding award for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 
Technical Assistance and Training to Public Housing Authorities for 
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The purpose of this 
document is to announce the names and addresses of the award winner and 
the amount of the award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Cocke, Drug-Free 
Neighborhoods Division, Office of Resident Initiatives, Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4116, 
451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone (202) 708-
1197. A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired 
persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These are not toll-free 
telephone numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority

    This grant is authorized under Chapter 2, Subtitle C, Title V of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et. seq.), as amended 
by Section 581 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA), 
approved November 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101-625, and Section 161 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA 1992) (Pub. L. 102-
550, approved October 28, 1992).

II. Federal Fiscal Year 1994 Funding

    The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, 
(approved October 28, 1993, Pub. L. 103-124), (94 App. Act) 
appropriated $265 million for the Drug Elimination Program of which $5 
million is to be used for funding technical assistance and training. 
The funding available under this program is a part of this $5 million.

III. Grant Award

    On June 24, 1994 (59 FR 32818), HUD published a Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $200,000 in FY 1994 
funds for Technical Assistance and Training for Public and Indian 
Housing for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The 
Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received 
based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded the 
application announced below, and in accordance with section 
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, approved December 15, 1989), the 
Department is publishing details concerning the recipients of funding 
awards, as follows:

Grant Recipient: SPARTA Consulting Corporation
Recipient Contact Person: Severin Sorensen
Address: P.O. Box 34469, Bethesda, Maryland, 20827
Telephone Number: (301) 656-6600
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
General Objectives:
    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
and the SPARTA Consulting Corporation (grantee) have entered into a 
grant agreement for $200,000.00 of Public and Indian Housing Drug 
Elimination Program Technical Assistance funds to: (1) develop a 
technical assistance (TA) and training program to improve the capacity 
of public housing staff and residents in their plans for physical 
changes to enhance security, and (2) to provide the TA and training in 
a seminar format in at least three venues.
    This is a cost-reimbursable grant for $200,000 for a 1-year base 
period, with possible optional years. Each additional fiscal year award 
will be for comparable amounts based upon an evaluation of grant 
performance and the availability of funds.

    Dated: November 3, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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