[Federal Register: August 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 164)]
[Notices]
[Page 51028-51029]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[SGA-03-15]
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) for Ending Chronic Homelessness Through Employment
and Housing Revision To Extend Application Deadline Date for Eligible
Applicants
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
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ACTION: Extension of Deadline Date.
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SUMMARY: On July 18, 2003, HUD and the Department of Labor (DOL)
jointly announced the availability of approximately $12.5 million to
help address chronic homelessness. This notice advises interested
parties that, as a result of the emergency situation caused by the
power outages that affected much of the Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-West,
HUD and DOL have decided to extend the application submission date for
the Notice of Funding Availability/Solicitation for Grant Applications
(SGA) to Monday, August 25, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Garrity, Director, Office of
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and
Development, Room 7262, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500, (202) 708-4300
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech
impairments access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42818), HUD and DOL
jointly published a Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA)/ Notice
of Funding Availability that announced approximately $12.5 million to
help address chronic homelessness. Of this amount, the Office of
Disability Employment Policy at DOL made available $2.5 million to
award up to four cooperative agreements designed to increase and
improve employment opportunities for persons who are chronically
homeless. HUD announced the availability of approximately $10 million
for permanent housing grants from recaptured McKinney Act monies. The
deadline for applications established by the July 18, 2003, notice was
August 20, 2003.
As a result of the emergency situation caused by the power outages
that affected much of Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-West beginning on August
14, 2003, HUD and DOL have decided to extend the application submission
date for the Notice of Funding Availability/Solicitation for Grant
Applications (SGA) to Monday, August 25, 2003. This notice is
consistent with a similar notice extending the deadline for
applications for this joint Solicitation for Grant Applications/ Notice
of Funding Availability that will be appear in the Federal Register on
Thursday, August 21, 2003.
Other than extension of the application due date, no other changes
are made to the NOFA. All applications must continue to be submitted to
the U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N-5416,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, by the new
application deadline--not later than 4:45 pm e.s.t., August 25, 2003.
Dated: August 20, 2003.
John Garrity,
Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of
Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 03-21716 Filed 8-21-03; 10:57 am]
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