[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 56062-56063] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-27406] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-3889-N-03] Announcement of Funding Awards for Training and Technical Assistance for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Public Housing-- Fiscal Year 1995 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Announcement of funding awards. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 1995 Technical Assistance and Training for Public Housing Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The purpose of this document is to announce the name and address of the award winner and the amount of the award. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Cocke, Drug-Free Neighborhoods Division, Office of Community Relations and Involvement, 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 1995 Funding The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1995, (approved September 28, 1994, Pub. L. 103-327), (95 App. Act) appropriated $290 million for the Drug Elimination Program of which $10 million is to be used for funding technical assistance and training. The funding available under this program is a part of this $10 million. [[Page 56063]] III. Grant Award On June 2, 1995, HUD published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $550,000 in FY 1995 funds for Training and Technical Assistance for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Public (60 FR 29456). 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 recipient of the funding award, as follows: Grant Recipient: Research Triangle Institute Recipient Contact Person: John W. Rintoul Address: 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709 Telephone Number: (919) 541-6452 Amount Awarded: $550,000.00 General Objectives The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Research Triangle Institute (grantee) have entered into a grant agreement for $550,000.00 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 developing and administering a youth violence program, and (2) to provide the TA and training in a variety of formats. This is a cost-reimbursable grant for $550,000.00 for a 2-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: October 31, 1995. Kevin Emanuel Marchman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Distressed and Troubled Housing Recovery . [FR Doc. 95-27406 Filed 11-3-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-33-P