[Federal Register: May 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 102)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Notice of Public Comment on the Proposed Adoption of ANA Program;
Policies and Procedures
AGENCY: Administration for Native Americans (ANA).
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of
1974; as amended, 42 U.S.C., 2991b-1, the Administration for Native
Americans (ANA) herein describes its proposed interpretive rules,
general statement of policy and rules of agency procedure or practice
in relation to the Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS)
project SMART NA Communities (Strengthening Marriages and Relationships
in Tribal and Native American Communities). For FY 2005, ANA reserved
an amount of funding under the SEDS program to fund projects that are
beneficial to the development of healthy Native American communities.
ANA has decided to participate in ACF's Healthy Marriage Initiative,
and intends to use the reserved SEDS funds to support projects that
improve child well-being by removing barriers associated with forming
and retaining healthy families and marriages in Native American
communities. Under the statute, ANA is required to provide members of
the public an opportunity to comment on proposed changes in
interpretive rules, statements of general policy, and rule of agency
procedure or practice and to give notice of the final adoption of such
changes at least 30 days before the changes become effective. The
notice also provides additional information about ANA's plan for
administering the programs.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of comments is 30 days from date of
publication in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments in response to this notice should be addressed to
Sheila Cooper, Director of Programs Operations, Administration for
Native Americans, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Mail Stop: Aerospace 8--
West, Washington, DC 20447. Delays may occur in mail delivery to
Federal offices; therefore, a copy of comments should be faxed to:
(202) 690-7441. Comments will be available for inspection by members of
the public at the Administration for Native Americans, Aerospace
Center, 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila Cooper, toll free at (877) 922-
9262.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 814 of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974 (the Act), as amended, requires ANA to provide notice of
its proposed interpretive rules, statements of policy and rule of
agency organization, procedure or practice. These proposed
clarifications, modifications and new text will appear in the ANA FY
2005 program announcements: SEDS--SMART NA Communities.
Additional Information
1. General
This SEDS SMART NA Communities program area incorporates a majority
of the requirements as contained in the SEDS program announcement.
There are a few instances where ANA has opted to change the request for
information for this program area only. The differences are noted
below.
2. Evaluation Criteria
The Impact Indicators, as established in the FY 2005 SEDS program
announcement under ANA Evaluation Criteria Five, will be used for this
demonstration project except for the following: (2) Number of codes or
ordinances developed and implemented; (3) number of people to
successfully complete a workshop/ training; (8) number of community-
based small businesses established or expanded; (9) identification of
Tribal or Village government business, industry, energy or financial
codes or ordinances that were adopted or enacted; and (10) number of
micro-businesses started. ANA does not believe that the capture of this
data will affect the impact or demonstrate the success of the grants.
The number of suggested ANA Impact Indicators has been reduced to five
indicators. (Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d), 803B and 803C of
the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b,
2991b-2 and 2991b-3).
3. ANA Funding Restrictions
ANA will use the Funding Restrictions established under the FY 2005
SEDS program announcement, except for the following: Core
Administration has been modified to remove the last sentence ``Under
Alaska SEDS projects, ANA will consider funding core administrative
capacity building projects at the village government level if the
village does not have governing systems in place.'' and ``Projects that
do not further the three interrelated ANA goals of economic
development, social development and governance or meet the purpose of
this program announcement.'' This demonstration project is not
associated with the Alaska SEDS program area nor is it intended to
interrelate to the goals of economic development, social development or
governance. (Legal authority: Sections 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the
Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and
2991b-3 and 45 CFR 1336.33)
4. Administrative Policies
ANA will be using the administrative policies as included in the FY
2005 SEDS program announcement except: ``An applicant can have only one
active ANA SEDS grant operating at any given time'' and ``Applicants
proposing an Economic Development project must address the project's
viability. A business plan, if applicable, must be included to describe
the project's feasibility, cash flow and approach for the
implementation and marketing of the business.'' Neither of these
policies apply to this program. Special initiative awards such as this
program will be issued a SEDS grant number and therefore an entity will
be able to administer a regular SEDS award in addition to this project.
Business development and the promotion of economic development are not
components of this demonstration. (Legal authority: Sections 803(a) and
(d) and 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended,
and 45 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b-3).
5. Funding Thresholds
The funding threshold for this demonstration project will be
$50,000.00 (floor amount) to $150,000.00 (ceiling amount) per budget
period. Applications exceeding the $150,000.00 threshold will be
considered non-responsive and will not be considered for funding under
this announcement. (Legal authority: Sections 803(a) and (d) and 803C
of the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b-3.)
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Dated: May 24, 2005.
Kimberly Romine,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans.
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