Announcement of Funding Awards for FY 1999 Public and Indian Housing Economic Development and Supportive Services Carryover

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Announcement for funding awards.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 to housing agencies (HAs), Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) under the Economic Development and Supportive Services (EDSS) Carryover Program. The purpose of this Notice is to publish the names and addresses of the award winners and the amount of the awards made available by HUD to enable these HAs, Tribes/TDHEs to establish and implement programs that increase resident self-sufficiency, and support continued independent living for elderly or disabled residents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Diggs, Director, Grants Management Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 501 School Street, SW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024, telephone (202) 358-0221. For the hearing or speech impaired, these numbers may be accessed via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1 (800) 877-8339. (Other than the “800” TTY number, these telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The EDSS Carryover Program is designed to provide HAs, Tribes, or TDHEs with a range of resources that broaden the number of opportunities for families to overcome barriers to economic self-sufficiency, particularly those affected by welfare reform. EDSS funding also provides resources that address the needs of elderly or disabled persons so that they can continue independent living without institutionalization.

The 1999 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding in a competition announced in a Federal Register Notice published on March 10, 1999 (64 FR 12028). Applications were scored and selected for funding based on the selection criteria in that Notice.

A total of $8,051,660.00 was awarded to 49 EDSS Carryover grantees, who submitted comprehensive implementation plans, to enable them to increase resident self-sufficiency and support continued independent living for elderly or disabled residents.

Approximately $23.5 million in funding was available for eligible HAs, Tribes and TDHES. This amount is comprised of $6,727,034 from the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 104-204, 110 Stat. 2874, approved September 26, 1996), and $16,772,966 from the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, approved October 27, 1997). HUD set aside $1.4 million to fund applications from Tribes/TDHEs; the remaining funds were available to fund eligible applications from HAs.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the EDSS program is 14.863.

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 35445), the Department is publishing the names, addresses, and amounts of those awards as show in Appendix A.