[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 35060-35063] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-16901] [[Page 35059]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part XI Department of Housing and Urban Development _______________________________________________________________________ NOFA for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year 1997; Notice Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 124 / Friday, June 27, 1997 / Notices [[Page 35060]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4229-N-01] NOFA for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year 1997 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA) for FY 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the continued use of Housing Notice H- 94-99 (extended by H-96-35), captioned ``Processing of Requests for Section 8 Funds for Service Coordinators in Section 8 (including Section 515/8 under the Rural Housing Services (RHS) 1), and Sections 202, 202/8, 221(d)(3) and 236 Projects and Monitoring of Approved Requests-FY 1995.'' Housing Notice H-96-35 describes the procedures for applying for service coordinator funds in FY 1997 and the State or area office's processing of applications and awards for those funds. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Previously the Rural Housing and Community Development Service (RHCDS). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This notice provides FY 1997 funding to provide service coordinators for Section 8 projects (including RHS Section 515/8 projects), and 221(d)(3) and 236 projects. All eligible applications will be approved as they are submitted. The awarding of funds is subject to availability. (Carryover funding for pre-1974 Section 202 and Section 202/8 projects is currently available under the above-referenced program Notice and is not subject to this NOFA.) DATES: Effective Date: June 27, 1997. Requests for service coordinators may be submitted to the HUD State or area office in whose jurisdiction the project lies at any time, beginning July 14, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The local HUD State or area office which services the project (see Table A). RHS projects must also contact the HUD State or area office which normally handles the location in which the project is located. A copy of the program Notice will be available to all requestors from the HUD State and area offices or RHS State offices. All program notices referred to in this NOFA are accessible through HUDCLIPS on HUD's web site. The URL for the HUDCLIPS Database Selection Screen is http://www.hudclips.org/subscriber/cgi/ legis.cgi. These notices are in the Handbooks and Notices--Housing Notices database. Enter only the number without the letter prefix (e.g. 94-99) in the ``Document Number'' to retrieve the program notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Paperwork Reduction Act Statement The information collection requirements contained in this notice were submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501- 3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0198. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number. Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community Development HUD is interested in promoting comprehensive, coordinated approaches to housing and community development. Economic development, community development, public housing revitalization, homeownership, assisted housing for special needs populations, supportive services, and welfare-to-work initiatives can work better if linked at the local level. Toward this end, the Department in recent years has developed the Consolidated Planning process designed to help communities undertake such approaches. In this spirit, it may be helpful for applicants under this NOFA to be aware of other related HUD NOFAs that have recently been published or are expected to be published in this fiscal year. By reviewing these NOFAs with respect to their program purposes and the eligibility of applicants and activities, applicants may be able to relate the activities proposed for funding under this NOFA to the recent and upcoming NOFAs and to the community's Consolidated Plan. The related NOFAs that the Department has published are as follows: The NOFA for the Continuum of Care Assistance, published on April 8, 1997 (62 FR 17024); the NOFA for the Section 8 Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, published on April 10, 1997 (62 FR 17666); the NOFA for the Rental Assistance for Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Allocation Plans, published on April 10, 1997 (62 FR 17672); Family Unification NOFA, published on April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19208); the NOFA for Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids, published on May 7, 1997 (62 FR 25082); the NOFA for the Supportive Housing for the Elderly published on May 27, 1997 (62 FR 28762); and the NOFA for Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities published on May 27, 1997 (62 FR 28776). To foster comprehensive, coordinated approaches by communities, the Department intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to continue to alert applicants of HUD's NOFA activity. In addition, a complete schedule of NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and those already published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet, which can be accessed at http://www.hud.gov.nofas.html. Additional steps to better coordinate HUD's NOFAs are being considered for FY 1998. For help in obtaining a copy of your community's Consolidated Plan, please contact the community development office of your municipal government. Service Coordinator Funding Service Coordinators are authorized by sections 671, 674, 676 and 677 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 13632). A service coordinator is a social service staff person hired by the project owner/management company. The coordinator is responsible for assuring that elderly residents of the project, especially those who are frail or disabled, and those residents who are persons with disabilities are linked to the supportive services they need to continue living independently in that project. The service coordinator, however, may not require any elderly or disabled family to accept the supportive services. This Federal Register Notice makes available a total of $5,000,000 in FY 1997 funding from the $60,000,000 earmark in the Community Development Block Grants Fund account, 110 Stat. 2887, September 26, 1997. This $5,000,000 is being made available to provide service coordinators for Section 8, 221(d)(3) and 236 projects. All requests must be for eligible projects which are housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities. Eligible projects include any building within a mixed-use project that was designated for occupancy by elderly persons or persons with disabilities at its inception, or although not so designated, for which the eligible owner gives preferences in tenant selection (with HUD approval) for all units in the eligible project to eligible elderly persons or persons with disabilities. Additionally, projects must: --Have at least 40 rental units (Two or more projects having at least 40 rental units in combination thereof may also apply.); [[Page 35061]] --Have frail, disabled or ``at risk'' residents which total at least 25 percent of the tenants; --Be finally closed; --Be current in mortgage payments or have a current workout agreement; --For Section 8 projects, meet housing quality standards and for Section 221(d)(3) and Section 236 projects, be in good repair; and --Have no outstanding findings of civil rights violations. There is no deadline for submission of requests. State and area offices must process and approve or reject requests within 45 days of receipt. Requests will be submitted by the State and area offices to HUD Headquarters for funding. All projects will be funded as they are submitted and approved, subject to the availability of funds. When dollars designated in each Section 8 service coordinator category of grant funds are exhausted, owners may request processing under Housing Notice H-94-98, extended by H-96-34, ``Funding a Service Coordinator in Eligible Housing Projects for Elderly, Disabled, or Families by Using Residual Receipts, Budget-Based Rent Increases or Special Adjustments'', which allows approval of a coordinator using residual receipts, the budget-based rent increase process, or contract rents adjusted by the AAF. Notice H-94-98 will be extended for continued use. Other Matters (a) Environmental Impact. This NOFA does not direct, provide for assistance or loan and mortgage insurance for, or otherwise govern or regulate real property acquisition, disposition, leasing, rehabilitation, alteration, demolition, or new construction, or establish, revise or provide for standards for construction or construction materials, manufactured housing, or occupancy. Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(1), this NOFA is categorically excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). (b) Executive Order 12612, Federalism. The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the provisions of this NOFA do not have ``federalism implications'' within the meaning of the Order. The NOFA makes funds available for project owners to employ or otherwise retain the services of up to one FSS program coordinator for one year. As such, there are no direct implications on the relationship between the national government and the states or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among various levels of government. (c) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities. Applicants for funding under this NOFA are subject to the provisions of Section 319 of the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. Section 1352 (the Byrd Amendment) and to the provisions of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-65 (December 19, 1995). The Byrd Amendment, which is implemented in regulations at 24 CFR Part 87, prohibits applicants for Federal contracts and grants from using appropriated funds to attempt to influence Federal Executive or legislative officers or employees in connection with obtaining such assistance, or with its extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification. The Byrd Amendment applies to the funds that are the subject of this NOFA. Therefore, applicants must file a certification stating that they have not made and will not make any prohibited payments and, if any payments or agreement to make payments of nonappropriated funds for these purposes have been made, a form SF-LLL disclosing such payments must be submitted. The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-65 (December 19, 1995), which repealed Section 112 of the HUD Reform Act and resulted in the elimination of the regulations at 24 CFR part 86, requires all persons and entities who lobby covered Executive or Legislative Branch officials to register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and file reports concerning their lobbying activities. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and title are 14.191, Multifamily Service Coordinator Program. Dated: June 16, 1997. Nicolas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner. Table A--Multifamily Division Directors New England Boston Jeanne McHallam, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway street, Room 375, Boston, Massachusetts 02222-1092, (617) 565-5101, TTY Number: (617) 565-5453 Hartford Robert S. Donovan, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Connecticut State Office, 330 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1860, (860) 240-4524, TTY Number: (860) 240-4665 Manchester Loren W. Cole, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New Hampshire State Office, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-2487, (603) 666-7755, TTY Number: (603) 666-7518 Providence Luisa Osbourne, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Rhode Island State Office, Sixth Floor, 10 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903-3234, (401) 528-5354, TTY Number: (401) 528-5403 New York/New Jersey New York Beryl Niewood, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New York State Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0068, (212) 264- 07777 x3717, TTY Number: (212) 264-0927 Buffalo Kenneth Lobene, Director Multifamily Housing Division HUD Buffalo Area Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, Fifth Floor, Buffalo, New York 14203-1780, (716) 551-5722, TTY Number: (716) 551-5787 Newark Encarnacion Loukatos, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD New Jersey State Office, One Newark Center, 13th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-5260, (201) 622-7900 x3400, TTY Number: (201) 645-3298 Mid-Atlantic Philadelphia Thomas Langston, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Pennsylvania State Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3380, (215) 656-0503 x3354, TTY Number: (215) 656-3452 Baltimore Ina Singer, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Maryland State Office, City Crescent Building, 10 South Howard Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201-2505, (410) 962-2520 x3125, TTY Number: (410) 962-0106 Charleston Peter Minter, HUD West Virginia State Office, 405 Capitol Street, Suite 708, Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1795, (304) 347-7064, TTY Number: (304) 347-5332 Pittsburgh Edward Palombizio, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Pennsylvania State Office, 339 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2515, (412) 644-6394, TTY Number: (412) 644-5747 Richmond Charles Famuliner, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Virginia State Office, The 3600 Center, 3600 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230-4920, (804) 278-4505, TTY Number: (804) 278-4501 [[Page 35062]] District of Columbia Felicia Williams, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD District of Columbia Office, 820 First Street, NE., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002-4205, (202) 275-4726 x3096, TTY Number: (202) 275-0772 Southeast/Caribbean Atlanta Robert W. Reavis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Georgia State Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3388, 404-331-4426, TTY Number: (404) 730- 2654 Birmingham Herman S. Ransom, Multifamily Housing Director, Alabama State Office Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Parkway West, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35209-3144, (205) 290-7667 x1062, TTY Number: (205) 290-7630 Caribbean Minerva Bravo-Perez, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD-Caribbean Office, New San Juan Office Building, 159 Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1804, (787) 766-5106/5401, TTY Number: (787) 766-5909 Columbia Robert Ribenberick, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD South Carolina State Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201-2480, (803) 253-3240, TTY Number: (803) 253-3071 Greensboro Daniel McCanless, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD North Carolina State Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road, Greensboro, North Carolina 27407-3707, (910) 547-4020, TTY Number: (919) 547- 4055 Jackson Reba G. Cook, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Mississippi State Office, Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, Mississippi 39269-1016, (601) 965-4700/01, TTY Number: (601) 965-4171 Jacksonville Ferdinand Juluke, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Jacksonville Area Office, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5121, (904) 232-3528, TTY Number: (904) 232-1241 Knoxville William S. McClister, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Knoxville Area Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust Street, Third Floor, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2526, (423) 545-4406, TTY Number: (423) 545-4559 Louisville R. Brooks Hatcher, Jr., Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Kentucky State Office, 601 West Broad Street, Post Office Box 1044, Louisville, Kentucky 40201-1044, (502) 582-6163 x260, TTY Number: 1- 800-648-6056 Nashville Ed M. Phillips, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Tennessee State Office, 251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1803, (615) 736-5365, TTY Number: (615) 736-2886 Mid-West Chicago Ed Hinsberger, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Illinois State Office, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3507, (312) 353-6236 x2152, TTY Number: (312) 353-5944 Cincinnati Patricia A. Knight, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Cincinnati Area Office, 525 Vine Street, 7th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202- 3188, (513) 684-2133, TTY Number: (513) 684-6180 Cleveland Preston A. Pace, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Cleveland Area Office, Renaissance Building, 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 500, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1815, (216) 522-4112, TTY Number: (216) 522- 2261 Columbus Don Jakob, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Ohio State Office, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499, (614) 469-2156, TTY Number: (614) 469-6694 Detroit Robert Brown, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Michigan State Office, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226-2592, (313) 226-7107, TTY Number: (313) 226- 6899 Grand Rapids Shirley Bryant, HUD Grand Rapids Area Office, Trade Center Building, 50 Louis Street, NW, Third Floor, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2648, (616) 456-2146, TTY Number: (616) 456-2159 Indianapolis Henry Levandowski, HUD Indiana State Office, 151 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2526, (317) 226-5575, TTY Number: (317) 226-7081 Milwaukee Joseph Bates, HUD Wisconsin State Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza, 310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-2289, (414) 297-3156, TTY Number: (414) 297-3123 Minneapolis-St. Paul Howard Goldman, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Minnesota State Office, 220 Second Street, South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2195, (612) 370-3051, TTY Number: (612) 370-3186 Southwest Fort Worth Ed Ross Burton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Texas State Office, 1600 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76113-2905, (817) 978-9295 x3214, TTY Number: (817) 978-9273 Houston Albert Cason, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Houston Area Office, Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77098-4096, (713) 313-2274 x7063, TTY Number: (713) 834-3274 Albuquerque Robert L. Salazar, Chief, Multifamily Branch, New Mexico State Office, 625 Truman Street, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110-6463, (505) 262-6465, TTY Number: (505) 262-6463 Dallas Bobby W. Cook, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Dallas Area Office, 525 Griffin Street, Room 860, Dallas, Texas 75202-5007, (214) 767- 8372, TTY Number: (214) 767-4140 Little Rock Elsie Whitson, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Arkansas State Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 900, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3488, (501) 324-5937, TTY Number: (501) 324-5931 New Orleans Ann Kizzier, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Louisiana State Office, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3099, (504) 589-7236 x3106, TTY Number: (504) 589-7279 Shreveport Anthony J. Hernandez, Chief, Multifamily Branch, Shreveport Area Office, 401 Edwards Street, Suite 1510, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101- 3289, (318) 767-3393, TTY Number: (318) 676-3399 Tulsa Faye O'Connor, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Tulsa Area Office, 50 East 15th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-4030, (918) 581-7456, TTY Number: (918) 581-7434 Oklahoma City Kevin J. McNeely, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Oklahoma State Office, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, (405) 553-7440, TTY Number: (405) 553-7480 San Antonio Elva Castillo, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD San Antonio Area Office, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207-4563, (210) 472-4914, TTY Number: (210) 472-6885 Great Plains Kansas City Joan Knapp, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Kansas/Missouri State Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, [[Page 35063]] Kansas City, Kansas 66101-5462, (913) 551-5504, TTY Number: (913) 551-6972 Des Moines Donna Davis, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Iowa State Office, Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2155, (515) 284-4375, TTY Number: (515) 284-4718 Omaha Steven L. Gage, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Nebraska State Office, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68154-3955, (402) 492-4114, TTY Number: (402) 492-3183 St. Louis Paul Dribin, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD St. Louis Area Office, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street, Third Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2836, (314) 539-6666, TTY Number: (314) 539-6331 Rocky Mountains Denver Larry C. Sidebottom, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Colorado State Office, First Interstate Tower North, 633-17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-3607, (303) 672-5343 x1172, TTY Number: (303) 672- 5248 Pacific/Hawaii Honolulu Michael Flores, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Hawaii State Office, Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4918, (808) 522-8185 x246, TTY Number: (808) 522-8193 Los Angeles Vivian Williams, Acting Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Los Angeles Area Office, 1615 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90015-3801, (213) 894-8000 x3802, TTY Number: (213) 894- 8133 Phoenix Sally Thomas, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Arizona State Office, Two Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street, Suite 1600, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, (602) 379-4667 x6236, TTY Number: (602) 379- 4464 Sacramento William F. Bolton, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Sacramento Area Office, 777--12th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, California 95814- 1997, (916) 498-5220 x322, TTY Number: (916) 498-5959 San Francisco Janet Browder, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD California State Office, Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, PO Box 36003, San Francisco, California 94102- 3448, (415) 436-6580, TTY Number: (415) 436-6594 Las Vegas Dottie Manz, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD Nevada State Office, 1500 East Tropicana Avenue, Suite 205, Las Vegas, Nevada 89229-6516, (702) 388-6247, TTY: (702) 388-6246 San Diego Sebastian Adame, Chief, Multifamily Branch, HUD San Diego Area Office, Mission City Corporate Center, 2365 Northside Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92108-2712, (619) 557-2600, TTY: (619) 557-2604 Northwest/Alaska Portland Thomas C. Cusack, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Oregon State Office, 520 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, Portland, Oregon, 97204-1596, (503) 326-2513, TTY Number: (503) 326-3656 Seattle Willie Spearmon, Multifamily Housing Director, HUD Washington State Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 1st Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, Washington 98104-1000, (206) 220-5207 x3249, TTY Number: (206) 220-5185 Anchorage Paul O. Johnson, Director, Multifamily Division, HUD Alaska State Office, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4135, (907) 271-4610, TTY Number: (907) 271- 4328 [FR Doc. 97-16901 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-27-P