[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56061-56062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27407]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. FR-3921-N-02]


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

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

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) 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.

III. Grant Award

    On July 25, 1995, HUD published a Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) announcing the availability of $500,000 in FY 1995 funds for 
Technical Assistance and Training for Public and Indian Housing Crime 
Prevention Through Environmental Design (60 FR 38214). 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: SPARTA Consulting Corporation Recipient contact 
Person: Severin Sorensen Address: P.O. Box 34469, Bethesda, Maryland, 
20827. Telephone Number: (301) 656-6600 Amount Awarded: $500,000.00

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 $500,000.00 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 variety of formats.
    This is a cost-reimbursable grant for $500,000.00 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. 95-27407 Filed 11-3-95; 8:45 am]

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