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Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Office of Native American Programs Training and

Technical Assistance

A. Federal Agency Name: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

B. Funding Opportunity Title: Office of Native American Programs Training and Technical

Assistance (ONAP T&TA).

C. Announcement Type: Initial Announcement.

D. Funding Opportunity Number: The funding opportunity number is FR-5600-N-37. The

OMB Approval Number for this NOFA is 2577-0277.

E. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: The Catalog of Federal

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers are 14.893 for Categories One and Two (Indian Housing Block

Grant (IHBG)) and 14.894 for Category Three (Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant

(NHHBG)).

F. Dates: The application deadline date is October 16, 2012. Applications must be received by

Grants.gov by 11:59:59 p.m. eastern time on the deadline date. Applicants may download the application and instructions from the Grants.gov website at:

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. Please carefully read HUD’s Fiscal

Year (FY) 2012 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General

Section for Discretionary Programs (General Section), published on Grants.gov on September

19, 2011. All information required to complete the application is in the FY2012 General

Section and this NOFA. Applicants need to be aware that following receipt by Grants.gov, applications go through a validation process in which the application may be accepted or rejected. Please allow sufficient time for this process by submitting early to ensure that you meet the timely submission requirements.

G. Additional Overview Information:

1. Available Funds. The total amount of funding available for the ONAP T&TA program is approximately $7,350,000. The application submission information is contained in this ONAP

T&TA NOFA at Section IV.B. Awards will be administered under cooperative agreements with significant HUD involvement (see Section II.B of this NOFA). This NOFA has three categories.

a. Category One. Up to $2 million is available to national and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native American housing interests to provide T&TA to Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) (and subrecipients) eligible to receive an Indian Housing

Block Grant (IHBG) pursuant to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-

Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.)(Category One). “Representing

Native American housing interests” requires an applicant to demonstrate that the organization’s primary objective is to serve Native Americans.

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b. Category Two. Up to $5 million is available to national and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native American housing interests as well as for-profit entities to provide T&TA to tribes/TDHEs (and subrecipients) eligible to receive an IHBG (Category Two).

c. Category Three. Up to $350,000 is available to national and regional nonprofit organizations, as well as for-profit entities to provide T&TA to the Department of Hawaiian

Homelands (DHHL) and subrecipients of Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant (NHHBG) funds pursuant to Title VIII of NAHASDA (Category Three). Tribes/TDHEs and their subrecipients and DHHL and its subrecipients eligible to receive assistance provided by T&TA providers under this NOFA are collectively referred to as “T&TA beneficiaries” throughout the

NOFA. The following chart details each T&TA category and the approximate funding available.

Category Applicant Eligibility Available

Funds

Maximum Award Minimum Award

1 National and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native

American housing interests

$2 million $1 million $350,000

2 National and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native

American housing interests and for-profit entities

$5 million $1 million $350,000

3 National and regional nonprofit organizations, as well as for-profit entities.

$350,000 $350,000 $350,000

Applicants should submit an application for each T&TA Category that they want to be funded under.

A. Definition of Technical Assistance. Technical assistance under this NOFA is an activity whereby a subject matter expert provides assistance, advice and guidance in order to increase or transfer knowledge, skills, and abilities on topics related to native housing program operations.

Technical assistance typically results in an increase in knowledge, skills, and abilities and improved program outcomes.

B. Areas of Technical Assistance Experience.

Applicants experienced in and successful in providing any of the items listed below are encouraged to apply and must specify which of the three Categories they are applying for:

NAHASDA;

NHHBG;

Low-income housing development, inspection, maintenance, modernization, and operation;

Admissions and occupancy;

Procurement;

Financial and fiscal management;

Program income;

Governance and organizational development;

Leveraged financing including Low Income Housing Tax Credits and Title VI;

Healthy home environments including mold and air quality issues;

Homebuyer education;

Crime prevention;

Youth activities, including but not limited to Boys and Girls Clubs;

Other topics responsive to low-income housing issues in native communities; and

Consultation Facilitation.

recipients (collectively “T&TA beneficiaries”).

This ONAP T&TA will be centrally managed by HUD Headquarters with extensive involvement of the Area ONAPs.

Awards under this NOFA will be made to T&TA providers with a broad range of skills and expertise as well as T providers with more focused or targeted skills and expertise.

Selected ONAP T&TA providers will work collaboratively in teams and will be deployed as

HUD deems necessary across the country to achieve the objectives. HUD is interested in funding a mix of the type of providers that will provide T&TA in a cost effective manner. This

ONAP T&TA will be centrally managed by HUD headquarters with extensive involvement of the Area ONAPs.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law 112-55, Approved: Nov. 18, 2011; the

Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Public Law 112-10, approved April 15, 2011; the Transportation/HUD Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 111-117, approved December 16, 2009; the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 111-8, approved March 11, 2009; and the Consolidated Appropriations At, 2008, Public Law 110-161, approved December 26, 2007.

national and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native American housing interests as well as for-profit entities to provide ONAP

T&TA to T&TA beneficiaries eligible to receive IHBG assistance. Up to $350,000 is available for national and regional nonprofit organizations as well as for-profit entities to provide ONAP

T&TA to T&TA beneficiaries eligible to receive NHHBG assistance under Title VIII of

NAHASDA.

The following chart details each T&TA category and the approximate funding available.

Category Applicant Eligibility Available

Funds

Maximum Award Minimum Award

1 National and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native

American housing interests

$2 million $1 million $350,000

2 National and regional nonprofit organizations representing Native

American housing interests and for-profit entities

$5 million $1 million $350,000

3 National and regional nonprofit organizations, as well as for-profit entities.

$350,000 $350,000 $350,000

“Representing Native American housing interests” requires an applicant to demonstrate that the organization’s primary objective is to serve Native Americans. Tribes and TDHEs are also eligible.

Tribes and TDHEs are also eligible..

may expand their expertise by partnering with other organizations that bring additional subject matter expertise to the application by including subcontractors and/or consultants in the application.

B. Eligible Activities. There are four eligible activities or methods for delivery of T&TA under this program: (1) needs assessment; (2) direct TA; (3) materials/tools development on the eligible subjects described in Section 1.A.2.; and (4) group learning delivery. T&TA may be provided through consultation, demonstration, training, conferences, educational tools and techniques, on- and off-site assistance, via computers, Internet, telephone or written communication depending on the needs of the T&TA beneficiary.

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b. Central Contractor Registration Requirement. Applicants must register or update a current registration in the Central Contractor Registration and must have an active registration to receive funding from HUD. As of the end of July 2012, CCR registration is now found under the portal system for System for Award Management (SAM). Active registrations in CCR will be transferred automatically to the new SAM site. If an applicant has not been previously registered in CCR or has an inactive registration, they will have to go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to update/ renew their registration.

’ for T&TA from T&TA beneficiaries.

A tribe or TDHE may not provide T&TA to itself but may provide T&TA to another tribe/TDHE.

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b. Needs Assessments. Needs assessments

c. Direct TA. Engagements of direct technical assistance

d. Materials, tools, and courses. All materials, tools, and courses

e. Group Learning. Delivery of group learning

f. Effective Communication.

g. Accessibility of Training Facilities.

See the FY2012 General Section for specific procedures concerning the electronic application submission and timely receipt requirements.

Copies of the published NOFAs and application forms for HUD programs announced through

NOFAs may be downloaded from the grants.gov website at http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. Customer support is available from

Grants.gov by calling its Support Desk at 800-518-GRANTS, or by sending an email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov help desk is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, except federal holidays.

The applicant must submit all of the forms required in this section along with other data listed below.

b. Narrative to all four of the rating factors listed in Section V.B. of this NOFA.

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During negotiations, administrative costs associated with the management of the award will be capped by HUD based on the size of the award.

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Rating Factor Title Points

1 Experience and Personnel 50 (minimum of 42 points required)

Subfactor 1 Recent Experience and Performance 24

Subfactor 2 Key Personnel 24

Subfactor 3 Tribally Owned Entities 2

2 Soundness of Approach 35

Subfactor 1 Management and Capacity 15

Subfactor 2 Budget 8

Subfactor 3 Quality Control 10

Subfactor 4 Regional Priority 2

3 Leveraging 5

4 Program Evaluation 10

Total Possible 100 (minimum of 75) whereby Indian ownership of the entity constitutes not less than 51 percent.

to make the facilities accessible for a person with disabilities.

Costs shall be segregated in a separate cost center within the awardees’ accounting system.

3. Quality Control

4.

HUD will award points based on the percentage of non-ONAP T&TA resources provided relative to project costs as follows. Leveraged funds can include staff time and resources donated to the grant.

Non-ONAP-TA Resources to Award Costs Points

Less than 4 percent 0

At least 4 percent but less than 11 percent 1

At least 11 percent but less than 18 percent 2

At least 18 percent but less than 25 percent 3

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Funds under this NOFA are subject to Section 7(b) of the Indian Self-

Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e(b)). Preference in the award of grants, subgrants, contracts and subcontracts given by ONAP T&TA providers shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be given to Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises as defined in section 3 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1452). In section 3 of the

Indian Financing Act of 1974 “economic enterprise” is defined as any Indian owned commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of profit, except that

Indian ownership must constitute not less than 51 percent of the enterprise. This act defines

“Indian organization” to mean the governing body of any Indian tribe or entity established or recognized by such governing body. This requirement does not apply to funds awarded under

Category Three.

2. Compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

(Pub. L. 109-282) Transparency Act) as amended.

(a) Prime Grant Awardee Reporting. Prime recipients of HUD financial assistance are required to report certain subawards in the federal government-wide website www.fsrs.gov or its successor system.

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Starting with awards made October 1, 2010, prime financial assistance awardees receiving funds directly from HUD are required to report subawards and executive compensation information both for the prime award and subaward recipients, including awards made as pass-through awards or awards to vendors, if (1) the initial prime grant award is $25,000 or greater, or the cumulative prime grant award will be $25,000 or greater if funded incrementally as directed by

HUD in accordance with OMB guidance; and (2) the sub-award is $25,000 or greater, or the cumulative subaward will be $25,000 or greater. For reportable subawards, if executive compensation reporting is required and subaward recipients’ executive compensation is reported through the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system/System for Award Management

(SAM), the prime recipient is not required to report this information. The reporting of award and subaward information is in accordance with the requirements of Federal Financial Assistance

Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by section 6202 of Public Law 110-

252, hereafter referred to as the “Transparency Act” and OMB Guidance issued to the Federal agencies on September 14, 2010 (75 FR 55669) and in OMB Policy guidance. The prime awardee will have until the end of the month plus one additional month after a subaward or pass-through award is obligated to fulfill the reporting requirement. Prime recipients are required to report the following information for applicable subawards. This information will be displayed on a public government website pursuant to the Transparency Act.

(i) Name of entity receiving award;

(ii) Amount of award;

(iii) Funding agency;

(iv) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for contracts/CFDA program for financial assistance awards;

(v) Program source;

(vi) Award title descriptive of the purpose of the funding action;

(vii) Location of the entity (including Congressional district);

(viii) Place of Performance (including Congressional district);

(ix) Unique identifier of the entity and its parent; and

(x) Total compensation and names of top five executives.

For the purposes of reporting into the FFATA Sub-award Reporting System (FSRS) reporting site, the unique identifier is the DUN and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number the entity has obtained from Dun and Bradstreet, and for Prime awardees the DUNS number registered in the CCR/SAM as required by HUD regulation 24 CFR 5.1004.

(b) Prime Grant

Awardee Executive Compensation Reporting. Prime awardees must also report in the government-wide website the total compensation and names of the top five executives in the prime awardee organization if:

(i) More than 80% of the annual gross revenues are from the Federal government, and those revenues are greater than $25 million annually; and

(ii) Compensation information is not readily available through reporting to the Securities

Exchange Commission (SEC.)

(c) Subaward Executive Compensation Reporting. Prime grant awardees must also report in the government-wide website the total compensation and names of the top five executives in the subawardees if:

(i) More than 80% of the annual gross revenues are from the Federal government, and those revenues are greater than $25 million annually; and

(ii) This required compensation information is not readily available through reporting to the

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC.) For applicable subawards, if executive compensation reporting is required and subaward recipients’ executive compensation is reported through the

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system, the prime recipient is not required to report this information.

(d) Transparency Act Reporting Exemptions. The Transparency Act exempts any sub-awards less than $25,000 made to individuals and any sub-awards less than $25,000 made to an entity whose annual expenditures are less than $300,000. Subawards with a cumulative total of

$25,000 or greater are subject to subaward reporting beginning the date the subaward total award amount reaches $25,000. The Transparency Act also prohibits reporting of any classified information. Any other exemptions to the requirements must be approved by the Office of

Management and Budget.

3. Compliance with Section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417), hereafter referred to as “Section 872”. Section 872 requires the establishment of a government-wide data system – the Federal Awardee

Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) - to contain information related to the integrity and performance of entities awarded federal financial assistance and making use of the information by federal officials in making awards. OMB is in the process of issuing regulations regarding federal agency implementation of section 872 requirements. HUD anticipates that the terms and conditions to its FY2012 awards will contain requirements related to meeting FFATA and Section 872 requirements.

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