Federal Funding Sources
for Rural Areas
L
m
FMPCFN15
0
L
.SM Al,
5
*
(A
'%/NG*0^
HelpW» Amcrica *• small co«>rounities «ieet theirneeds
-------
Federal Funding Sources
for Rural Areas
FMPCFN15
US EPA
NSFC
May 1995
This Product is funded by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency. The contents of this product do not
necessarily reflect the views and policies of the
Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the mention of
trade names or commercial products constitute
endorsement or recommendation for use.
-------
Rural ^
Information
Center
National Agricultural Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture
BeltsvilK, Maryland 20705
National Agricultural Library jttBEBJy jKBgr *
U.S. Department of Agriculture ji^SSBr
BeltsvilK, Maryland 20705 jkwBKBr JmmBSBr jSSBSm
The Rural Information Center (RIC) is a joint project of the Extension Service and the National
Agricultural Library (NAL). RIC provides information and referral services to local government
officials, community organizations, health professionals and organizations, cooperatives, libraries,
businesses, and rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas. TTie Center
combines the technical, subject-matter expertise of Extension's nationwide educational network with
the information specialists and resources of the world's foremost agricultural library.
The Office of Rural Health Policy in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and
the NAL jointly created a Rural Information Center Health Service (RICHS) as part of the RIC.
RICHS collects and disseminates information on rural health issues, research findings related to
rural health, and innovative approaches to the delivery of rural health care services.
SERVICES:
Provide customized information products to specific inquiries including assistance in economic
revitalization issues; local government planning projects; rural health issues; funding sources; and
other related issues for the purpose of monitoring the quality of rural life.
Process a broad array of general and funding information requests on such topics as:
• Successful strategies, models, and case studies of community development projects
• Small business attraction, retention, and expansion
• Tourism promotion and development
• Recycling programs
• Community water quality
• Technology transfer to rural areas
• Closures, restructuring and diversification of rural hospital and clinks
• Agricultural health and safety
• Health programs, services, personnel issues
• State initiatives concerning rural health delivery issues
Refer users to organizations or experts in the field who can provide additional information.
Perforin brief database searches of requested topics on a complimentary basis.
Furnish bibliographies and Rural Information Center Publication Series titles.
Identify current USDA and DHHS research and Cooperative Extension Systems programs.
ACCESS:
"Telephone
•Mail
1-800-633-7701 (nationwide) or 1-301-504-5547
Rural Information Center
National Agricultural Library, Room 304
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
•Electronic Mail through INTERNET (RIC@NALUSDA.GOV)
*NAL Bulletin Board (RIC7RICHS Conference) 1-301-504-6510
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
iv
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION xv
FUNDING PROGRAMS BY DEPARTMENT 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
10.068 Rural Clean Water Program (RWCP) 1
10.167 Transportation Services . 1
10.212 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR Program) 1
10.240 Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Program (AARC) 2
10.405 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants (Labor Housing) 2
10.406 Farm Operating Loans 2
10.407 Farm Ownership Loans 3
10.410 Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans (Section 502 Rural Housing Loans) 4
10.411 Rural Housing Site Loans (Section 523 and 524 Site Loans) 4
10.415 Rural Rental Housing Loans 5
10.416 Soil and Water Loans (SW Loans) 5
10.417 Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants (Section 504 Rural
Housing Loans and Grants) 5
10.420 Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance (Section 523 Technical Assistance) 6
10.421 Indian Tribes and Tribal Corporation Loans 6
10.427 Rural Rental Assistance Payments (Rental Assistance) 6
10.433 Rural Housing Preservation Grants 1
10.443 Outreach and Assistance Grants for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers 7
10.551 Food Stamps 8
10.553 School Breakfast Program 8
10.555 National School Lunch Program (School Lunch Program) 8
10.556 Special Milk Program for Children 9
10.557 Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program) 9
10.567 Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations 9
10.570 Nutrition Program for the Elderly (Commodities) (NPE) 10
10.571 Food Commodities for Soup Kitchens 10
v
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
10.664 Cooperative Forestry Assistance 10
10.665 Schools and Roads Grants to States (25 Percent Payments to States) 11
10.666 Schools and Roads Grants to Counties (Payments to Counties) 11
10.670 National Forest Dependent Rural Communities (Economic Recovery) 11
10.760 Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities 12
10.761 Technical Assistance and Training Grants 12
10.762 Solid Waste Management Grants 13
10.763 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants 13
10.764 Resource Conservation and Development Loans 13
10.765 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans 14
10.766 Community Facilities Loans 14
10.767 Intermediary Relending Program 14
10.768 Business and Industrial Loans 15
10.769 Rural Development Grants (RBEG) (TDG) 15
10.770 Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants (Section 306C) 16
10.850 Rural Electrification Loans and Loan Guarantees (REA) 16
10.851 Rural Telephone Loans and Loan Guarantees (REA) 16
10.852 Rural Telephone Bank Loans (Rural Telephone Bank) 16
10.854 Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants 17
10.855 Distance Learning and Medical Link Grants 17
10.901 Resource Conservation and Development 17
10.910 Rural Abandoned Mine Program (RAMP) 18
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
23.001 Appalachian Regional Development (Appalachian Program) 20
23.002 Appalachian Supplements to Federal Grant-in-Aid (Community Development)
(supplemental Grants) 21
23.003 Appalachian Development Highway System (Appalachian Corridors) 21
23X104 Appalachian Health Programs (Appalachian 202 Health Programs) 21
23.005 Appalachian Housing Project Planning Loan, Technical Assistance Grant and
Site Development ana Off-Site Improvement Grant: State Appalachian Housing Programs
(Appalachian Housing Assistance; 21
23.008 Appalachian Local Access Roads 22
23.009 Appalachian Local Development District Assistance (LDD) 22
vi
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
23.010 Appalachian Mine Area Restoration 22
23.011 Appalachian State Research, Technical Assistance, and Demonstration Projects
(State Research) . 23
23.012 Appalachian Vocational and Other Education Facilities and Operations 23
23.013 Appalachian Child Development 23
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
11.300 Economic Development Grants for Public Works and Development Facilities 24
11.302 Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations (Economic Development
District Program; Redevelopment Area Program; and Indian Program) 24
11.303 Economic Development Technical Assistance 24
11.304 Economic Development Public Works Impact Program 25
11.307 Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program Sudden and
Severe Economic Dislocation and Long-Term Economic Deterioration (SSED and LTED) . . .25
11.550 Public Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction (PTFP) 25
11.552 Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program 26
11.801 Native American Program (NAP) 26
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
12.600 Community Economic Adjustment 27
12.607 Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance
(Community Planning Assistance) 27
12.611 Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance for Reductions in Defense
Industry Employment 28
12.612 Community Base Reuse Plans 28
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
84.002 Adult Education State-Administered Basic Grant Program 29
84.010 Chapter 1 Programs Local Educational Agencies (Chapter 1 Basic and Concentration Grants) . 29
84.011 Migrant Education Basic State Formula Grant Program 29
84.014 Follow Through 29
84.034 Public Library Services (LSCA Title I) 30
84.048 Vocational Education Basic Grants to States 30
84.060 Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
(Indian Education Act Subpart 1) 31
84.061 Indian Education Special Programs and Projects (Indian Education Act Subpart 2) 31
84.062 Indian Education Adult Education (Indian Education Act-Subpart 3) 31
vii
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
84/072 Indian Education Grants to Indian-Controlled Schools
(Indian Education Act, Subpart 1, Non-LEAs) 32
84.087 Indian Education Fellowships for Indian Students (Indian Education Act,
Section 5323 Fellowships) 32 .
84.101V ocational Education Indians 32
84.141 Migrant Education High School Equivalency Program (HEP) 33
84.144 Migrant Education Coordination Program 33
84.149 Migrant Education College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) 33
84.151 Federal, State, and Local Partnerships for Educational Improvement
(Chapter 2, State Block Grants) 33
84.154 Public Library Construction and Technology Enhancement (LSCA - Tide II) 34
84.163 Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives 34
84.184 Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Programs 34
84.191 National Adult Education Discretionary Program 35
84.192 Adult Education for the Homeless -. 35
84.203 Star Schools Program (Star Schools) 35
84.211 FIRST Schools and Teachers 36
84.213 Even Start State Educational Agencies 36
84.214 Even Start Migrant Education . 37
84.215 The Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education (FIE) 37
84.216 Capital Expenses (Chapter 1 - Capital Expenses) 37
84.218 State Program Improvement Grants (Chapter 1) 37
84.228 Educational Partnerships 38
84.250 Rehabilitation Services American Indians with Disabilities (Indians/Native Americans) 38
84.253 Supplementary State Grants for Facilities, Equipment, and Other Program
Improvement Activities (Supplementary State Grants) 39
84.258 Even Start Indian Tribes and Tribal O-^aiuzations 39
84.259 Native Hawaiian Vocational Education 39
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
81.036 Energy-Related Inventions 40
81.042 Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons 40
81.052 Energy Conservation for Institutional Buildings 40
viii
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
66.458 Capitalization Grants for State Revolving Funds (State Revolving Fund) 41
66.604 Environmental Justice Grants to Small Community Groups 41
66.806 Superfund Technical Assistance Grants for Citizen Groups at Priority Sites
(Superfund Technical Assistance Grants) 41
66.808 Solid Waste Management Assistance 42
66.926 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program 42
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
83.008 Community-Based Anti-Arson Program 43
83.503 Civil Defense State and Local Emergency Management Assistance
(Emergency Management Assistance) 43
83316 Disaster Assistance 43
83.523 Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program (Emergency Food and Shelter) . . 44
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
93.047 Special Programs for the Aging Title VI, Part A, Indian Programs Grants to
Indian Tribes and Part B, Grants to Native Hawaiians 45
93.109 Linking Community-Based Primary Care, Substance Abuse, HTV/AIDS,
and Mental Health Treatment Services 45
93.119 Grants for Technical Assistance Activities Related to the Block Grant for Community
Mental Health Services - Technical Assistance Centers for Evaluation 46
93.122 Cooperative Agreements for Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery Systems for
Rural, Remote, and Culturally Distinct Populations 46
93.123 Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarship Program for Indians 47
93.127 Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMS for Children) 47 -
93.129 Technical and Non-Financial Assistance to Community and Migrant Health Centers 47
93.141 Special State Grant Program for Increasing the Availability of the 9-1-1
Emergency Telephone Number 48
93.151 Project Grants for Health Services to the Homeless (Homeless Assistance Program) 48
93.155 Rural Health Research Centers . . . 49
93.158 Adolescent Health Centers for American Indians/Alaska Natives 49
93.162 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (NHSC Loan Repayment Program) . 50
93.164 Indian Health Service Educational Loan Repayment (IHS Loan Repayment Program) 50
93.191 Allied Health Project Grants 51
93.192 Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care for Rural Areas (Interdisciplinary
Training for Health Care for Rural Areas) 51
ix
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
93.194 Community Partnership Demonstration Grant 51
93.210 Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Program: Planning and
Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS Compacts 52
93.211 Rural Telemedicine Grants 52
93.224 Community Health Centers 53
93.226 Health Services Research and Development Grants 53
93.228 Indian Health Service Health Management Development Program (Indian Health) 53
93.242 Mental Health Research Grants 54
93.246 Migrant Health Centers Grants 54
93.258 National Health Service Corps . 55
93.262 Occupational Safety and Health Research Grants 55
93.268 Childhood Immunization Grants (Section 317, Public Health Service Act;
Immunization Program) 56
93.273 Alcohol Research Programs 57
93.279 Drug Abuse Research Programs 57
93.288 National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program (NHSC Scholarship Program) 58
93.298 Nurse Practitioner and Nurse-Midwifery Education Programs 59
93.561 Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) 59
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 59
93.569 Community Services Block Grant 60
93.570 Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards 60
93.573 Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards Demonstration Partnerships 61
93.600 Head Start (Head Start) 61
93.612 Native American Programs 61
93.667 Social Services Block Grant (Social Services) . 62
93.866 Aging Research 62
93.905 Indian Health Service Research 63
93.906 Rural Health Medical Education Demonstration Projects 64
93.908 Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program for Registered Nurses Entering
Employment at Eligible Health Facilities (Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program) ... .64
93.912 Rural Health Services Outreach 65
93.913 Grants to States for Operation of Offices of Rural Health 65
93.917 HIV Care Formula Grants 65
93.932 Native Hawaiian Health Systems 66
x
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
93.933 Research and Demonstration Projects for Indian Health 66
93.952 Improving EMS/Trauma Care in Rural Areas (Rural EMS/Trauma Care) 66
93.953 Modification of Trauma Care Component of State EMS Plan
(State Trauma Care Plan Modification) 67
93.954 Tribal Recruitment and Retention of Health Professionals into Indian Health Programs
(Tribal Recruitment) 67
93.970 Health Professions Recruitment Program for Indians (Recruitment Program) 68
93.971 Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians . . . 68
93.972 Health Professions Scholarship Program 68
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHS Block Grants) 69
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States 69
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
14.110 Manufactured Home Loan Insurance Financing Purchase of Manufactured Homes
as Principal Residences of Borrowers (Title I)- 70
14.121 Mortgage Insurance Homes in Outlying Areas (203(i)) 70
14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly (202) 70
14.179 Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grant Program (Nehemiah Housing) 70
14.182 Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 New Construction/ Substantial
Rehabilitation (Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for Very Low Income
Families New Construction/Substantial Rehabilitation) 71
14.185 Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE 2) 71
14.187 Preservation of Affordable Housing (title II (ELIHPA), Title III, Title VI (LIHPRHA)) 71
14.219 Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program (Small Cities) 72
14.227 Community Development Block Grants/Special Purpose Grants/Technical Assistance Program 72
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/State's Program 73
14.234 Community Development Work-Study Program 73
14.239 HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME Program) 74
14.240 HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes (Hope 3) 74
14.244 Empowerment Zones Program 74
14.850 Public and Indian Housing 75
14.851 Low Income Housing Homeownership Opportunities for Low Income Families
(Turnkey III; Mutual-Help Housing for Indian Areas) 75
14.852 Public and Indian Housing Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program
(Public and Indian Housing Modernization) 76
14.854 Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program 76
xi
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
14.856 Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
(Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for Very Low Income
Families-Moderate Rehabilitation) 77
14.858 HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership
(HOPE for Public and Indian Housing (HOPE 1)) 77
14.859 Public and Indian Housing-Comprehensive Grant Program 77
14.861 Public and Indian Housing Family Investment Centers Program 78
14.862 Indian Community Development Block Grant Program 78
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
15.103 Indian Social Services Child Welfare Assistance 79
15.108 Indian Employment Assistance 79
15.113 Indian Social Services General Assistance 79
15.114 Indian Education Higher Education Grant Program (Higher Education) 79
15.124 Indian Loans Economic Development (Indian Credit Program) 80
15.130 Indian Education Assistance to Schools (Education Contracts Under Johnson-O'Malley Act) . . 80
15.141 Indian Housing Assistance 80
15.142 Self Determination Grants Indian Tribal Governments 81
15.143 Training and Technical Assistance Indian Tribal Governments (Self-Determination
Training and Technical Assistance) 81
15.144 Indian Child Welfare Act Tide II Grants 81
15.145 Indian Grants Economic Development (Indian Grant Program)
(Indian Business Development Program) 82
15.503 Small Reclamation Projects (Small Project Loans) 82
15.850 Indian Arts and Crafts Development 83
15.875 Economic and Political Development of the Territories and the Trwt Territory
of the Pacific Islands 83
15.904 Historic Preservation Ftind Grants-In-Aid 83
fc •;
15.916 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning (Land and Water
Conservation Fund Grants) 84
15.918 Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property for Parks, Recreation, and
Historic Monuments (Surplus Property Program) 84
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
16.544 Part D Juvenile Gangs and Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking • 85
16.574 Criminal Justice Discretionary Grant Program 85
16.579 Drug Control and System Improvement Formula Grant (Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988) 85
xii
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
16.580 Drug Control and System Improvement Discretionary Grant (Discretionary Drug Program) . . 86
16.583 Children's Justice Act Discretionary Grants for Native American Indian Tribes
(Children's Justice Act for Native American Indian Tribes) 86
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
17.201 Apprenticeship Training 87
17.235 Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) (Older Worker Program) 87
17.246 Employment and Training Assistance Dislocated Workers 87
17.247 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (Migrant and Other Seasonally Employed
Farmworker Programs) , 88
17.250 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 88
17.251 Native American Employment and Training Programs . 88
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
44.002 Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions (CDCU) 90
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
45.015 Promotion of the Arts Folk Arts 91
45.023 Promotion of the Arts Local Arts Agencies Program 91
45.125 Promotion of the Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations 91
45.301 Institute of Museum Services 92
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
59.002 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) 93
59.003 Loans for Small Businesses (Direct Loan Program, Low-Income/High-Unemployed Areas) . . .93
59.007 Management and Technical Assistance for Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Businesses (7(J) Development Assistance Program) 93
59.011 Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC; SSBICC) 93
59.012 Small Business Loans (Regular Business Loans 7(a) Loans) 94
59.013 Local Development Company Loans (502 Loans) 94
59.021 Handicapped Assistance Loans (Handicapped Assistance Loans; HAL-1 and HAL-2) 94
59.041 Certified Development Company Loans (504 Loans) 95
59.042 Business Loans for 8(a) Program Participants (8(a) Program Loans) 95
59.045 Natural Resource Development (Tree Planting Program) 95
59.046 Microloan Demonstration Program 96
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
62.004 Tennessee Valley Region Rural Development
62.005 Tennessee Valley Region Water and Land Resources
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
20.106 Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
20.219 National Recreational Trails Program
20308 Local Rail Freight Assistance (National Rail Service Continuation Grants)
20.500 Federal Transit Capital Improvement Grants (Capital Grants, Section 3)
20.509 Public Transportation for Nonurbanized Areas (Nonurbanized Formula Grants, Section 18) . .
20.513 Capital Assistance Program for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities
(Elderly and Disabled, Section 16)
20.514 Transit Planning and Research (Transit Planning and Research Projects, Section 26)
20.515 State Planning and Research
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety (Section 402 Grants)
20.901 Payments for Essential Air Services
SUBJECT INDEX
xiv
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
INTRODUCTION
The federal funding programs available to rural areas included in this document were selected
from the Catalog Of Federal Domestic Assistance 1994.
This information was obtained from the online system known as FAPRS (Federal Assistance
Programs Retrieval System) and the print version of this database known as the Catalog Of
Federal Domestic Assistance, which was compiled and edited for the Executive Office of the
President by the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration.
Both of these services are provided by the Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Staff of the
General Services Administration.
The catalog is an annual that provides extensive listings of federal assistance programs;
national, regional, and local office contacts; and grant application procedures. For further
information on how to access the FAPRS database write the Federal Domestic Assistance
Catalog Staff (WKU), General Services Administration, 300 7th Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20407 or call 1-800-669-8331. For obtaining copies of the Catalog Of Federal Domestic
Assistance, write the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office SSOM,
Washington, D.C. 20402. The approximate price is $46.00.
Local governments should check with their state or regional offices about programs in this
document. Many federal programs that are developed to provide assistance to local govern-
ments, are distributed through state or regional offices. State, local or regional office informa-
tion is not provided in this document, but can be obtained in your local telephone directory,
in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or by contacting the Rural Information Center
at 1-800-633-7701. If you have any specific questions about any of these programs, use the
"Information Contact" section of the listed program for the appropriate office. This publica-
tion supersedes all previous issues.
XV
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
xvi
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
DEPARTMENT OF
10.068 Rural Clean Water Program (RWCP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION
AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: (1) To achieve improved water quality in the most
cost-effective manner possible in keeping with the provisions of
adequate supplies of food, Tiber, and a quality environment, and
(2) to develop and test programs, policies, and procedures for the
control of agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The experimental RCWP
provides financial and technical assistance to private landowners
and operators in approved project areas. The assistance is
provided through long-term contracts of 3 to 10 years to install
best management practices to solve critical water quality
problems resulting from agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
The project area must reflect the water quality priority concerns
developed through the established water quality management
process. Participation is voluntary.
Applicant Eligibility: RCWP is only applicable to privately owned
agricultural lands in approved project areas. Any landowner or
operator in an approved project area whose land or activity
contributes to the area's water quality problems and who has an
approved water quality plan may enter into an RCWP contract.
An individual partnership, corporation (except corporations
whose stock is publicly traded), Indian tribe, irrigation district, or
other entities are eligible. Federal, State, or local governments, or
subdivisions thereof, except irrigation districts, are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult the local telephone directoiy
for location of the county ASCS office.
Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2415,
Washington, DC 20013. Commercial Telephone: (202) 720-6221.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The RCWP provided
technical and cost-share funds for the installation of Best
Management Practices to reduce bacterial count, control sedi-
ment, nutrients, pesticides, animal waste and similar pollutants.
Examples of selected projects are: Westport River Watershed,
Massachusetts, $658,055 to treat 473 critical acres; Rock Creek
Project, Idaho, SS,367,913 to treat 28,159 critical acres; and High-
land Silver Lake, Illinois Project, $3,965,661 to treat 6,525 critical
acres which contribute to pollute the 600 acre lake.
10.167 Tranaportation Services
FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SER-
VICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: The Transportation Services program develops
and promotes efficient agriculture transportation systems to help
improve farm income, expand exports and meet the needs of rural
America. The program provides technical and administrative
direction, coordination, and leadeisbip in the development and
execution of agricultural transportation policies. Transportation
Services provides a basis for Federal-State decision-makeis in
regulatory, policy and legislative matteis in order to assure the
transportation needs of rural communities and agriculture.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling;
Project Grants.
AGRICULTURE
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Assistance provided where it
is determined that there is a significant regional impact at stake
or a significant policy at issue with potentially broad implications.
Services provided at the request of State or local governments,
collective groups, or associations representing rural areas or
agricultural producers.
Applicant Eligibility: Any State government, public and private
organization and institution, business and industry, or individual
may apply for technical assistance or service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Director, Transportation and Marketing
Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, Washington,
DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 690-1300.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.212 Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To stimulate technological innovation in the
private sector, strengthen the rote of small businesses in meeting
Federal research and development needs, increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from USDA supported
research and development efforts, and foster and encourage
minority and disadvantaged participation in technological innova-
tion.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The selected areas for re-
search are forests and related resources; plant production and
protection; animal production and protection; air, water and soils;
food science and nutrition; rural and community development;
aquaculture; and industrial applications. The Small Business
Innovation Research Program will be carried out in three separate
phases: Phase I, USDA anticipates making awards during fiscal
year 1994 to small businesses in amounts ranging up to 555,000
over periods normally not to exceed six months each. Phase I is, to
determine, if possible, the scientific or technical feasibility of ideas
submitted by proposers on the selected research areas; Phase II,
awards will be made during fiscal year 1994 to firms with ap-
proaches that appear sufficiently promising as a result of phase I
studies. Only those small businesses previously receiving phase I
awards in either fiscal years 1992 or 1993 are eligible to submit
phase II proposals in fiscal year 1994. Phase II projects are limited
to $250,000 with the average award being about $200,000, for a
period not to exceed 24 months; phase HI, to be conducted by the
small business firm (including joint ventures or research and
development partnerships), will be non-fedemlly funded through
the exercising of a follow-on funding commitment. The purpose
of the phase III is to stimulate technological innovation and the
national return on investment from research through the pursuit
of commercial objectives resulting from the USDA supported
work carried out in phases I and II.
Applicant Eligibility: Small businesses which: (a) Are organized
for profit, independently owned or operated, are not dominant in
the proposed research field, have their principal places of business
located in the United States, have a number of employees not
exceeding500in all affiliated firms owned or controlled by a single
parent firm, and meet the other regulatoiy requirements outlined
in 13 CFR Part 121, as amended; (b) are at least 51 percent owned,
or in the case a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of its
1
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
voting slock is owned, by U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted per-
manent resident aliens; (c) are the primary source of employment
for the principal investigator of the proposed effort at the time of
award and during the actual proposed research; (d) are the
primary performer of the proposed research effort. Because this
program is intended to increase the use of small business firms in
Federal research or research and development, the term "primaiy
performer" means that a minimum of two-thirds of the research
or analytical work must be performed by the proposing organiza-
tion under phase I grants. For phase II awards, a minimum of
one-half of the research or analytical effort must be conducted by
the proposing/irm.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: SBIR Coordinator, Office of Grants and
Program Systems, Cooperative State Research Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Ag Box 2243,14th and Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-2243. Telephone: (202) 401-6852.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Integration of Forest
Growth and Yield Prediction with Geographic Information Sys-
tems; Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumonia of Swine;
Electrochemical Process for Destroying Pesticide Waste; Rural
Integrated Technology Centers for Community Development;
and Oat Oil Refining and Applications.
10.240 Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Program (AARC)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RE-
SEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION (AARC) CENTER,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To search for new non-food, non-feed products
that may be produced from agricultural commodities and for
processes to produce such products. To conduct product and
co-product/process development and demonstration projects, as
well as provide commercialization assistance for industrial
products from agricultural and forestry materials. To encourage
cooperative development and marketingefforts among manufac-
turers, private and government laboratories, universities, and
financiers to assist in bridging the gap between research results
and marketable, competitive products and processes. To collect
and disseminate information about commercialization projects
that use agricultural or forestry materials and industrial products
derived therefrom.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Pre-proposals/proposals
should focus on products/processes from the following material
categories: Starches/carbohydrates, fats and oils, fiber*, forest
materials, animal product*, other plant materials uses u phar-
maceuticals, fine chemicals, encapsulation agents, rubber, etc.
Primary interest is in providing assistance to technology develop-
ment projects that will commercialize new non-food, non-feed
uses from new and existing agricultural and forestry materials.
Special emphasis will be given to these pre- proposaWproposals
whose products are closest to commercialization. Pre-
proposals/proposals that request funds for research maybe con-
sidered; however, such requests must include an overall
development plan that contains potential markets, development
costs, and industry participation. No grant or cooperative agree-
ment may be entered into for the acquisition or construction of a
building or facility. Not more than 25 percent of the funds
obligated each fiscal year shall be awarded only for projects
concerning new non-food, non-feed products derived from animal
sources.
AppUcsml Eligibility: Public and private educational and research
institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, and individuals.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Director, Alternative Agricultural Re-
search and Commercialization (AARC) Center, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 401-4860.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: None. This is a new
program, no awards have been made.
10.405 Farm Labor Housing Loans and
Grants (Labor Housing)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide decent, safe, and sanitary low-rent
housing and related facilities for domestic farm laborers.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The loans and grants may be
used for construction, repair, or purchase of year around or
seasonal housing; acquiring the necessary land and making im-
provements on land for housing; and developing related support
facilitiea including central cooking and dining facilities, small
infirmaries, laundry facilities, day cart centers, other essential
equipment and facilities or recreation areaa. Funds may also be
used to pay certain fees and interest incidental to the project.
Restrictions on the use of funds are: The housing must be of a
practical type and must be constructed in an economical manner
and not of elaborate material or extravagant design. Housing
financed with labor housing loan or grant funds must be occupied
by domestic farm laborers and their families.
Applicant Eligibility: Loans are available to farmers, family farm
partnership, family farm corporation, or an association of
farmers. Loans and grants are available to States, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, political subdivisions of States, broad-
based public or private nonprofit organizations, federally recog-
nized Indian Tribes and nonprofit corporations of farm workers.
Grants art available to eligible applicants only when there is a
pressing need and when it is doubtfiil that such facilities could be
provided unless grant assistance is available.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA District Office number.
Headquarters Office: Multi-Family Housing Processing Division,
Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1604.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Examples of funded
projects are the projects sponsored by the Homestead Housing
Authority in Homestead, Florida, or The Boulder County Hous-
ing Authority, Boulder, Colorado.
10.406 Farm Operating Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To enable operators of not larger than family
farms through the extension of credit and supervisor/ assistance,
to make efficient use of their land, labor, and other r - sources.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
2
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan funds may be used to:
(1) Purchase livestock, poultry, fur bearing and other farm
animals, fish, and bees; (2) purchase farm, forestry, recreation, or
nonfarm enterprise equipment; (3) provide operating expenses
for farm, forestry, recreation, or nonfarm enterprise; (4) meet
family subsistence needs and purchase essential home equipment;
(5) make minor real estate improvements; (6) refinance secured
and unsecured debts; (7) pay property taxes; (8) pay insurance
premiums on real estate and personal property; (9) finance youth
projects; (10) plant softwood timber on marginal land; (11) make
annual operating (OL) loans to delinquent borrowers for produc-
tion purposes, or subordinations to delinquent borrowers to
enable them to obtain annual operating credit from another
lending source; and (12) support other miscellaneous purposes.
Use restrictions are shown under Applicant Eligibility.
Applicant Eligibility: Except for youth loans, individual ap-
plicants must: 1) Have farm experience or training (1 year's
complete productionand marketing cycle within the last 5 years)
and possess the character (emphasizing credit history, past record
of debt repayment andreliability), industry and managerial ability
to carry out the proposed operation; 2) possess the legal capacity
to incur the obligations of the loan; 3) be unable to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere at reasonable rates and terms; 4) realis-
tically project the ability to repay the loan; S) be a citizen of the
United States; 6) after the loan is closed, be an owner/tenant
operator of a family farm; 7) comply with the highly erodible land
and wetland conservation provisions of Public Law 99-198 of the
Food Security Act of 198S (PSA); and 8) honestly endeavor to
cany out the terms and conditions of the loan. Certain corpora-
tions, cooperatives, partnerships and joint operations ("entities')
operating family-sized farms are also eligible for farm operating
loans. In brief, entity applicants must meet some of the same
eligibility requirements as individual applicants. In addition, if
members, stockholders or shareholders of the entity are related
by blood or marriage, at least one stockholder, shareholder
partner or joint operator must operate the family-sized farm. In
the case when members are not related by blood or marriage, the
majority interest holders in the entity must actually operate the
family-sized farm to be eligible. The entity must be authorized to
operate a farm in the State in which it is located. Limited resource
applicants must meet the above requirements. In addition, they
must have a low income and show a need for increased farm
income. In the case of limited resource entities, all the partners,
joint operators, members, or stockholders must be citizens and
the entity must be the owner-operator of the family farqt with at
least one partner, joint operator, member or stockholder operat-
ing the farm. Assistance is authorized for eligible applicants in the
SO States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands
of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and to the extent the
Secretary determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Trust
Territories of the Pacific Islands. To be eligible to obtain a direct
or guaranteed loan, a borrower must have or obtain appropriate
training in Financial and Farm Management Concepts associated
with commercial farming.
INFORMATION CONTACTS*
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county office number, listed under United State*
Government, Department of Agriculture.
Headquarters Office: Director, Fanner Programs Loan Making
Division, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1632.
EXAMPLES OP FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.407 Farm Ownership Loam
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist eligible farmers, ranchers, and aquacul-
ture operators, including farming cooperatives, corporations,
partnerships, and joint operations, through the extension of credit
and supervisory assistance to: Become owner-operators of not
larger than family farms; make efficient use of the land, labor, and
other resources; cany on sound and successful farming opera-
tions; and enable farm families to have a reasonable standard of
living.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan runds may be used to:
(1) Enlarge, improve, and buy family farms; (2) refinance and
restructure debts to reestablish the farming operation on a sound
financial base; (3) provide necessary water and water facilities; (4)
provide basic soil treatment and land conservation measures; (5)
construct, repair, and improve essential buildings needed in the
operation of a family farm; (6) construct or repair farm dwellings;
(7) improve, establish, or buy a farm-forest enterprise; (8) provide
facilities to produce fish under controlled conditions; (9) finance
nonfarm enterprises; (10) develop energy conserving measures;
and (11) acquire farmland by socially disadvantaged individuals
who will be provided the technical assistance necessary in applying
for an insured farm ownership (FO) loan.
Applicant Eligibility: An applicant must: (1) Be unable to obtain
suitable credit from other sources at reasonable rates and terms;
(2) be a U.S. citizen and possess the legal capacity to incur the
obligations of the loan; (3) be of good character as related solely
to debt repayment ability and reliability, managerial ability and
industry; (4) have the necessary experience, training, and
managerial ability (1 year's complete production and marketing
cycle within the last 5 years) to operate a family farm or a nonfarm
enterprise; (5) realistically project the ability to repay the loan and
honestly try to carry out the conditions and terms of the loan; (6)
be the owner-operator of a not larger than family farm after the
loan is closed; and (7) if an individual, the applicant must not have
a combined farm ownership, soil and water, and recreation loan
indebtedness to FmHA of more than $200,000, for insured loans;
and $300,000 for a guaranteed loan(s), or a combination of in-
sured and guaranteed indebtedness; or a total indebtedness
apiast the property securing the loan(s) of more than the market
value of the security, whichever is the lesser amount. If a coopera-
tive, corporation, joint operation or partnership, the entity must
be controlled by farmers or ranchers engaged primarily and
directly in farming in the U.S., after the loan is made, and must
consist of members, stockholders, partners, or joint operators.
Assistance is authorized for eligible applicants in the SO States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the
United State*, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and, to the extent the Secretary
determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Trust Territories
of the Pacific Islands. Applicants must also comply with the highly
erodible land and wetland conservation provisions of Public Law
99-198 of the Fbod Security Act of 1983 (FSA). To be eligible to
obtain a direct or guaranteed loan, a borrower must have or obtain
appropriate educational training in financial and farm manage-
ment concept* associated with commercial farming.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county office number, listed under United States
Government, Department of Agriculture.
Headqaartera Office: Administrator, Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC20250.
Telephone: (202) 720-163Z
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
3
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
10.410 Very Low to Moderate Income
Housing Loans (Section 502 Rural Housing
Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist lower-income rural families through
direct loans to buy, build, rehabilitate, or improve decent, safe,
and sanitary dwellings and related facilities for use by the ap-
plicant as a permanent residence. Subsidized funds are available
only on direct loans for low and very low-income applicants.
Nonsubsidized Funds (loan making) are available for very low-
and low-income applicants who are otherwise eligible for assis-
tance, but based on the amount of the loan requested, the interest
credit assistance formula results in no interest credit. Nonsub-
sidized funds (loan servicing) are available to very low-, low- and
moderate-income applicants/borrowers who do not qualify for
interest credit assistance for (1) Subsequent loans for repair and
rehabilitation; and (2) subsequent loan part only (repair or
rehabilitation or the payment of equity) in connection with trans-
fers by assumption or credit sales. Loan guarantees are also
available to assist moderate income rural families in home ac-
quisition.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Direct loans may be used for
construction, repair or purchase of housing; to provide adequate
sewage disposal facilities and/or safe water supply for the
applicant's household; for weatherization; to purchase or install
essential equipment if the equipment is normally sold with dwell-
ing* in the area; to buy a minimum adequate site on which to place
a dwelling for the applicant's own use; and under certain condi-
tions to finance a manufactured home and its site. Housing debts
may under certain circumstances be refinanced with direct loans.
Dwellings financed must be modest in cost and located in a place
that is rural in character and does not exceed 10,000 population
or in certain cases a place whose population exceeds 10,000 but is
not in excess of 25,000, provided the place has a serious lack of
mortgage credit for low- and moderate-income families as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. Assistance is available in the States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern
Marianas, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands. Loans
are made at the interest xate(s) specified in FmHA Instruction
440.1, Exhibit B (available in any FmHA county office) for the
type of assistance involved, and are repaid over an amortization
period of up to 33 yean for regular loans and 38 years for loans
to applicants whose adjusted annual income do not exceed 60
percent of the area median income, if necessary to show repay-
ment ability. Interest credits are granted annually which would
reduce the monthly installment on the note to an amount equal
to what it would be if the note were amortized to as low as one
percent, depending on the loan amount, the size and income of
the family. Interest credit is subject to recapture by the govern-
ment upon liquidation of the account The Deferred Mortgage
Demonstration Program was available during fiscal year 1991 and
will continue through fiscal year 1992. Deferred mortgage pay-
ment assistance is available to make home ownership affordable
for a greater number of very low-income families who lack repay*
ment for the mortgage when amortized at 1 percent for a 38 year
period, or 30 years for a manufactured home. The guaranteed
program is an acquisition only program. Guaranteed loans are
amortized over 30 years. The interest rate is negotiated with the
lender.
Applicant Eligibility: Applicants must be without adequate
resources to obtain housing, or related facilities. The applicants
must be unable to secure the necessary credit from other sources
at prevailing terms and conditions for residential type financing;
be a natural person (individual) who resides as a citizen in the
United States or itsTerritories after having been legally admitted
for permanent residence or on indefinite parole; have adequate
and dependable available income to meet family living expenses,
including taxes, insurance and maintenance, and repayments on
debts including the proposed loan. For direct loans, applicants
must be eligible for interest credit and income may not exceed the
low-income limits set forth in FMHA Instructions. The income
limits are according to the size of household as is established by
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for
the county or MSA where the property is or will be located. For a
guaranteed loan the applicant's income may not exceed the
moderate income limit.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
under United States Department of Agriculture for FmHA coun-
ty office number.
Headquarters Office: Administrator, Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone: (202) 720-7967.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.411 Rural Housing Site Loans (Section
523 and 524 Site Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions interested in providing sites for housing, to acquire and
develop land in rural areas to be subdivided as adequate building
sites and sold on a cost development basis to families eligible for
low and very low income loans, cooperatives, and broadly based
nonprofit rural rental housing applicants.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For the purchase and
development of adequate sites, including necessary equipment
which becomes a permanent part of the development; for water
and sewer facilities if not available; payment of necessary en-
gineering, legal fees, and closingcocts; for needed landscaping and
other necessary facilities related to buildings such as walks,.park-
ing areas, and driveways. Restrictions: loan limitation of $200,000
without national office approval; loan funds may not be used for
refinancing of debts, payment of any fee, or commission to any
broker, negotiator, or other person for the referral of a prospec-
tive applicant or solicitation of a loan; no loan funds will be used
to pay operating costs or expenses of administration other than
actual cash cost of incidental administrative expenses if funds to
pay those expenses are not otherwise available. Repayment of
loan is expected within two years.
Applicant Eligibility: A private or public nonprofit organization
that will provide the developed sites to qualified borrowers on a
cost of development basis in open country and towns of 10,000
population or leu and places up to 25,000 population under
certain conditions. Applicants from towns of 10,000 to 25,000
population should check with local FmHA office to determine if
agency can serve them. Assistance is available to eligible ap-
plicants in States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the
Northern Marianas.
INFORMATION CONTACtS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA District Office number.
Headquarters Oflke: Director, Single-Family Housing Process-
ing Division, Fanners Home Administration, Department of
4
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1474.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Rural California Hous-
ing Corporation, Sacramento, CA and Caver County Housing &
Redevelopment Agency, Chanhassen, MN.
10.415 Rural Rental Housing Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide economically designed and con-
structed rental and cooperative housing and related facilities
suited for rural residents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE; Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans can be used to con-
struct, purchase and substantially rehabilitate rental or coopera-
tive housing or to develop manufactured housing projects.
Housing as a general rule will consist of multi-units with two or
more family units and any appropriately related facilities. Funds
may also be used to provide approved recreational and service
facilities appropriate for use in connection with the housing and
to buy and improve the land on which the buildings are to be
located. Loans may not be made for nursing, special care, or
institutional-type homes.
Applicant Eligibility: Applicants may be individuals, coopera-
tives, nonprofit organizations, State or local public agencies or
profit corporations, trusts, partnership, limited partnership*, and
with the exception of State or local public agencies, be unable to
finance the housing either with their own resources or with credit
obtained from private sources. However, applicants must be able
to assume the obligations of the loan, furnish adequate security,
and have sufficient income for repayment. They must also have
the ability and intention of maintaining and operating the housing
for purposes for which the loan is made. Loans may be made in
communities up to 10,000 people in MSA areas and some com-
munities up to 25,000 population in non-MSA areas. Applicants
in towns of 10,000 to 25,000 should check with local FmHA office
to determine if agency can serve them. Assistance is available to
eligible applicants in States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and the Trust
Territoiy of the Pacific Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllcc: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county or district office number.
Headquarter* Office: Director, Multi-Family Housing Process-
ing Division, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 382-1604.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.416 Soil and Water Loans (SW Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To facilitate improvement, protection, and
proper use of farmland by providing adequate financing and
supervisory assistance for soil conservation, water resource
development, conservation and use, foreststion, drainage of
farmland, the establishment and improvement of permanent pas-
ture, the development of pollution abatement and control
facilities on farms, development of energy conserving measures
and other related conservation measures.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan funds may be used to:
Level land; cany out basic land treatment practices, including
liming, fertilizing, and seeding; establish permanent pastures and
farm forests; establish forestiy practices; improve irrigation;
develop water supplies for home use and livestock; develop energy
conserving measures; purchase pumps, sprinkler irrigation sys-
tems and other irrigation equipment; acquire water rights; restore
and repair ponds, tanks, ditches, and canals for irrigation; dig
ditches and install tile to drain farmland; develop ponds and water
control structures for the production of fish, under controlled
conditions; and carry out pollution control and abatement on
farms.
Applicant Eligibility: Loans may be made to eligible farming
partnerships, joint operations, cooperatives, or corporations, as
well as individual farm owners or tenants. Applicant must: (1) Be
unable to obtain credit from other sources under reasonable
terms and conditions; (2) be a citizen and possess the legal
capacity to incur the obligations of the loan. If a partnership, joint
operation, cooperative or corporation, the entity must be control-
led by individuals engaged primarily and directly in farming; (3)
be of good character as related solely to debt repayment ability,
reliability, managerial ability and industry; (4) have the necessaiy
experience, training (1 year's complete production and marketing
cycle within the last 5 years) and managerial ability to cany out
the proposed operation; (5) have a combined soil and water,
recreation, and farm ownership loan indebtedness to FmHA of
no more than $200,000 for insured loans and 5300,000 for guaran-
teed loan(s), or a combination of insured and guaranteed indeb-
tedness, or a total indebtedness against the property securing the
loan(s) of not more than the market value of the security,
whichever is the lesser amount. Assistance is authorized for
eligible applicants in the 50 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and, to the extent the Secretaiy determines it to be feasible and
appropriate, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands. Ap-
plicants must also comply with the highly credible land and wet-
land conservation provisions of Public Law 99-198 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (FSA). Section 1802 of the Food, Agriculture;
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 limits the amount of an
individual loan to $50,000. To be eligible to obtain a direct or
guaranteed loan, a borrower must have or obtain appropriate
training in Financial and Farm Management concepts associated
with commercial farming.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directoiy
for FmHA county office number, listed under United States
Government, Department of Agriculture.
Headquarters Office: Administrator, Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone; (202) 720-1632.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.417 Vary Low-Income Housing Repair
Loans and Grants (Section 504 Rural Hous-
ing Loans and Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES] To give very low-income rural homeowners an
opportunity to make essential repairs to their homes to make
them safe and to remove health hazards to the family or the
community.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Project Grants.
5
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist very low-income
owner-occupants in rural areas to repair or improve their dwell-
ings Grant funds may only be used to make such dwellings safe
and sanitary and to remove health and safety hazards. TTiit in-
cludes repairs to the foundation, roof or basic structure as well as
water and waste disposal systems, and weatherization. Loans bear
an interest rate of one percent and are repaid over a period of up
to 20 years. In addition to the above purpose, loan funds may be
used to modernize the dwelling. Maximum outstanding loan as-
sistance is $15,000 to any eligible person and maximum lifetime
grant assistance is $5,000 to any eligible person 62 years of age or
older for home improvement. The house must be located in a
place which is pjral in character and does not exceed 10,000
population. Some places with population between 10,000 and
25,000 maybe eligible if not within a Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA) and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for low and
moderate-income families as determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. Assistance is available in States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, and the Trust Ter-
ritories of the Pacific Islands.
Applicant Eligibility. Applicants must own and occupy a home in
a rural area; and be a citizen of the United States or reside in the
United States after having been legally admitted for permanent
residence or on indefinite parole. Loan recipients must have
sufficient income to repay the loan. Grant recipients must be 62
years of age or older and be unable to repay a loan for that part
of the assistance received as a grant. Applicant's income may not
exceed the very low-income limit set forth in FmHA Instructions.
Very low-income limits range from $8,000 to $19,000 for a
household, depending on an area's median income.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Single-Family Housing Process-
ing Division, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1474.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.420 Rural Self-Help Housing Technical
Assistance (Section 523 Technical Assis-
tance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial support for programs of
technical and supervisory assistance that will aid needy very low
and low-income individuals and their families in carrying out
mutual self-help housing efforts in rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Not-for-profit organizations
may use technical assistance funds to hire the personnel to carry
out a program of technical aaaistance for self-help bousing in rural
areas; to pay necessary and reasonable office and administrative
expenses; to purchase or rent equipment such as power tools for
use by families participating in self-help housingconstruction; and
to pay fees for training self-help group members in construction
techniques or for other professional services needed. Funds will
not be used to hire personnel to perform any construction work,
tobuy real estate or building materials, or pay any debts, expenses
or costs other than previously outlined for participating families
in self-help projects.
Applicant Eligibility: Must be a State or political subdivision,
public nonprofit corporation or a private nonprofit corporation.
Assistance is authorized for eligible applicants in the United
States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern
Marianas.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FMHA District Office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Single-Family Housing Process-
ing Division, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1474.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: An example of a funded
project is Latimer County Self Help Housing, Wilburton, OK; the
City of Casa Grande, Casa Grande, AZ and Self-Help
Enterprises, Vialia, CA.
10.421 Indian Tribes and Tribal Corporation
Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To enable federally recognized Indian tribes and
tribal corporations to acquire land within tribal reservations and
Alaskan communities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan funds may be used to
acquire land for the use of the tribe or its members. For example:
Lease to tribal members, lease to cooperative grazing units, or for
use for recreational and commercial purposes, for rounding out
grazing units, for elimination of fractional heirships or other
purposes approved in advance by the National FmHA office.
Funds may also be used for incidental costs connected with land
purchase. Loan funds cannot be used for any improvement or
development purposes, acquisition or repair of buildings or per-
sonal property, payment of operating costs, refinancing of debts,
payment of finder's fees, or similar costs.
Applicant Eligibility: Limited to any Indian tribe recognized by
the Secietaty of the Interior or tribal corporation established
pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act which does not have
adequate uncommitted funds to acquire lands within the tribe's
reservation or in a community in Alaska incorporated by the
Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Indian Reorganization
Act. Must be unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere at
reasonable rates and terms and must be able to show reasonable
prospects of success as determined by an acceptable repayment
plan and a satisfactory management plan for the land being
acquired.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA District office number.
Heedqearters Office: Director, Farmer Programs Loan Making
Division, Community Facilities Division, Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone: (202)720-1632.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.427 Rural Rental Assistance Payments
(Rental Assistance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
6
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
OBJECTIVES: To reduce the rents paid by low-income families
occupying eligible Rural Rental Housing (RRH), Rural Coopera-
tive Housing (RCH), and Farm Labor Housing (LH) projects
financed by the Farmers Home Administration through its Sec-
tions 51S, 514 and 516 loans and grants.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Rental assistance may be
used to reduce the rents paid by low-income senior citizens or
families and domestic farm laborers and families whose rents
exceed 30 percent of an adjusted annual income which does not
exceed the limit established for the State as indicated in 7 CFR
Exhibit C to Part 1944, Subpart A (FmHA Instruction 1944-A,
Exhibit C). Tenants who may be eligible must occupy units in
eligible RRH, RCH and LH projects financed by FmHA.
Applicant Eligibility: To be eligible to participate in the rental
assistance program, borrowers must have an eligible project. All
projects must convert to Interest Credit Plan II before they are
eligible, except direct RRH and insured RRH loans approved
prior to August 1,1968, and LH loans and grants. For a borrower
to have an eligible project, the loan must be an RRH insured or
direct loan made to a broad-based nonprofit organization, or
State or local agency or; an RRH insured loan made to an in-
dividual or organization who has or will agree to operate the
housing on a limited profit basis as defined in 7 CFR 1944.215(1)
or, an RCH insured or direct loan or; an LH loan, or an LH loan
and grant combination made to a broad-based nonprofit or-
ganization or nonprofit organization of farmworkers or a State or
local public agency. New construction and/or rehabilitation
projects, utilizing the Section 8 program from HUD will not be
considered eligible projects, although it may be used for eligible
families in existing projects utilizing Section 8 for part of the units.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oflke: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county office or district office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Multi-family Housing Services
and Property Management Division, Farmers Home Administra:
tion, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone: (202) 720-1599.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.433 Rural Housing Preservation Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist very low- and low-income rural residents
individual homeowners, rental property owners (single/multi-
unit) or by providing the consumer cooperative housing projects
(co-ops) the necessary assistance to repair or rehabilitate their
dwellings. These objectives will be accomplished through the
establishment of repair/rehabilitation, projects run by eligible
applicants. This program is intended to make use of and leverage
any other available houaing programs which provide resources to
very low and low-income rural residents to bring their dwellings
up to development standards.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Organizations may use less
than 20 percent of the Housing Preservation Giant fund* for
program administration purposes, such as to hire the personnel
to carry out a project of housing rehabilitation to meet the needs
of very low and low-income persons in rural areas; to pay neces-
sary and reasonable office and administrative expenses; and to pay
reasonable fees for training of organization personnel. Eighty
percent or more of funds must be used for loans, grants or
other assistance on individual homes, homeowners, rental
properties or co-ops to pay any part of the cost for repair or
rehabilitation of structures; funds may not be used to hire person-
nel to perform construction or to pay any debts, expenses or costs
other than previously outlined and approved in the project ap-
plication.
Applicant Eligibility: Must be a State or political subdivision,
public nonprofit corporation, Indian tribal corporations,
authorized to receive and administer housing preservation grants,
private nonprofit corporation, or a consortium of such eligible
entities. Applicants must provide assistance under this program
to persons residing in open country and communities with a
population of 10,000 that are rural in character and places with a
population of up to 25,000 under certain conditions. Applicants
in towns with
population of 10,000 to 25,000 should check with local FmHA
office to determine if the Agency can serve them. Assistance is
authorized for eligible applicants in the United States, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands, and the territories and possessions of the
United States.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA District Office number.
Headquarters Office: Multiple Family Housing Processing
Division, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1606.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects
generally provide financial assistance to very low-income persons
for bringing their dwellings up to local code standards through an
HPO grant combined with other Federal funding, such as HUD's
community development block grants or HHS's weatherization
program. Other variations funded includes using HPG funds to
establish a revolving loan fund that provides homeowners a long
term, interest subsidized loan; "lending homeowners the money
and "forgiving" 20 percent peryear until the loan becomes a grant
after five years; using the grantee's own employees to perform the
rehabilitation work to reduce the costs; and, in a few instances,
leveraging State resources for repair loans or grants. In most
cases, grantees that are currently active in home repair and
rehabilitation were selected and were able to leverage their exist-
ing programs with the new HPG funds.
10.443 Outreach and Assistance
Grants for Socially Disadvantaged
Farmers and Ranchers
FEDERAL AGENCY:FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES! To revets* the decline of socially disadvantaged
farmers and ranchers. The intended outcome is to encourage and
assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and
operate farms, participate in agricultural programs, and become
an integral part of the agricultural community.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To provide educational,
technical assistance, research and counseling services to socially
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
Applicant Eligibility: 1890 Land-Grant College, including Tus-
kegee University, Indian tribal community colleges and Alaska
native cooperative colleges, Hispanic serving poct-secondaiy
educational institutions or other post-secondary educational in-
stitutions and community-based organizations that: (1) Has
demonstrated experience in providing agricultural education or
other agriculturally related services to socially disadvantaged
7
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
farmers and ranchers; (2)provides documentary evidence of its
past experience in working with socially disadvantaged farmers
and ranchers during the 2 years preceding its application for
assistance; and (3)does not engage in activities prohibited under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA District Office number.
Headquarters Office: Special Programs Unit, Farmers Home
Administration, Room 4929-S, Ag-Box 0762, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-
1636. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Under the cur-
rently funded projects, the grantees propose to provide a five year
plan for outreach and technical assistance to encourage and assist
socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and operate
farms and ranches and to participate in agricultural programs.
10.551 Food Stamps
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To improve diets of low-income households by
increasing their food purchasing ability.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Households receive a coupon -
allotment which varies according to household size and income.
The standard allotment is reduced by 30 percent of the net
income. Coupons maybe used in participating retail stores to buy
food for human consumption and garden seeds and plants to
produce food for personal consumption. In certain remote areas
of Alaska, recipients may use food coupons to purchase hunting
and fishing equipment (excluding equipment for transportation,
clothing and shelter, firearms, ammunition and other explosives),
for procurement of food. Food coupons may be used by certain
elderly and handicapped persons and their spouses who cannot
prepare their own meals to have meals delivered to them in their
homes by authorized meal delivery services. Elderly persons and
their spouses may also use food coupons to purchase meals in
establishments providing communal dining for the elderly. Drug
addicts and alcoholics who are participating in approved
rehabilitation programs may use food coupons to purchase meals
prepared by the program. Disabled or blind persons receiving
benefits under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security
Act may use coupons to purchase meals prepared and served
under certain group living arrangements. Residents of shelters for
battered women and children may use food coupons to purchase
meals prepared by shelters. Homeless persons eligible for food
stamps may purchase prepared meals from an authorized estab-
lishment approved to feed them.
Applicant Eligibility: The State or U.S. Territory agency respon-
sible for federally aided public assistance programs submits re-
quests for funding to USDA's Food and Nutrition Service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllcr. See the Food and Nutrition Service
Regional Offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarter* Office: Deputy Administrator, Food Stamp Pro-
gram, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Telephone:(703) 305-2026.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.553 School Breakfast Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist States in providing a nutritious non-
profit breakfast service for school students, through cash grants
and food donations.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federally appropriated
School Breakfast Program funds are available to reimburse par-
ticipating public and nonprofit private schools, of high school
grade or under, for breakfasts, meeting the nutritional require-
ments prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, served to
eligible children. The rates of reimbursement are adjusted on an
annual basis to reflect changes in the food away from home series
of the Consumer Price Index. For the school year ending June 30,
1994, the rates of reimbursement are 19.00 cents for paid break-
fasts, 66.00 cents for each reduced price breakfast, and 96.00 cen ts
for each free breakfast. The maximum reduced price charged for
breakfast is 30 cents. Schools serving 40 percent or more free and
reduced price lunches in the second preceding school year, and
where breakfast per meal costs exceed the regular reimbursement
rate, get84.2S cents and 114.25 cents for each breakfast served to
students qualifying, respectively, for a reduced price and a free
breakfast. All participating schools must agree to supply free and
reduced price meals to eligible students, and to operate the
program on a nonprofit basis for all children without regard to
race, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, or the ability to pay.
Applicant Eligibility: State and U.S. Territory agencies; public
and nonprofit private schools of high school grade and under;
public and nonprofit private residential child care institutions,
except Job Corps Centers; residential summer camps that par-
ticipate in the Summer Food Service Program for Children; and
private foster homes. Schools desiring to participate must agree
to operate a nonprofit breakfast program that is available to all
children regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or
disability.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food
and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2590.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.555 National School Lunch Program
(School Lunch Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist States, through cash grants and food
donations, in making the school lunch program available to school
students and to encourage the domestic consumption of
nutritious agricultural commodities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federally appropriated Na-
tional School Lunch Program funds are available to each State
agency to reimburse participating public and nonprofit private
schools, of high school grade or under, including residential child
care institutions, for lunches meeting the nutritional require-
ments prescribed by the Secretaiy of Agriculture, served to
eligible students. Beginning with school year 1993-94, schools
meeting eligibility criteria may be reimbursed for meal supple-
ments served to children enrolled in afterschool hour care
programs. Participating schools are reimbursed at rates
prescribed by States. The National Average Payment (NAP) rates
are adjusted on an annual basis to reflect changes in the food away
from home series of the Consumer Price Index. For the period
July 1,1993, through June 30,1994, the rates of reimbursement
are 16.50 cents general cash assistance for all lunches, plus an
8
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
additional 116.00 cents special cash assistance for each reduced
price lunch and 1S6.00 for each free lunch. The maximum reduced
price charge for lunch is 40 cents. Schools that served 60 percent
or more free or reduced price lunches in the second preceding
school year receive an additional 2 cents general cash assistance
for all lunches served. In addition to cash reimbursement, the
national average value of donated commodities for each lunch is
14.00 cents, for the period July 1,1993, through June 30,1994, and
is adjusted annually to reflect changes in the Consumer Price
Index for food used in schools and institutions. All participating
schools must agree to serve free and reduced price meals to
eligible children.
Applicant Eligibility: State and U.S. Territory agencies, public
and nonprofit private schools of high school grade and under;
public and nonprofit private residential child care institutions,
except Job Corps Centers, residential summer camps that par-
ticipate in the Summer Food Service Program for children and
private foster homes. Schools and residential child care institu-
tions desiring to participate must agree to operate a nonprofit
food service that is available to all children regardless of race, sex,
color, national origin, age, or disability.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy.
Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food
and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2590.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.556 Special Milk Program for Children
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide subsidies to schools and institutions
to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by children.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are made available to
State agencies to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by
students in public and private nonprofit schools of high school
grade and under and public and private nonprofit nursery schools,
child-care centers, settlement house*, summer camps, and similar
nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children,
except Job Corps Centers, provided that these schools and institu-
tions do not participate in a meal service program authorized
under the National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966. The Child Nutrition Amendments of 1986 expanded
eligibility in the program to include students in split session
kindergarten and prelcindergarten programs in nonprofit schools
and institutions who do not have access to the Federal meal
service program operating in schools the students attend. Disbur-
sement to States is made on the basis of the number of half pints
of milk served to non-needy students, using a reimbursement rate
specified by law. Milk served free to eligible needy students is
reimbursed at actual coat.
Applicant Eligibility. Any State or U.S. Territory (except ter-
ritories subject to the requirements of the Compact of Free
Association). Any public and nonprofit private school or child
care institution of high school grade or under, except Job Corps
Centers, may participate in the Special Milk Program upon re-
quest if it does not participate in a meal service program
authorized under the National School Lunch Act or the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966. This generally includes nonprofit nursery
schools, child-care centers, settlement houses and summer
camps. Nonprofit schools with split session kindergarten and
pre-kindergarten programs can receive subsidies for milk served
to students in the split session kindergartens and pre-lcindergar-
tens who do not have access to the meal service program operating
in the school. All schools and child care institutions which par-
ticipate must agree to operate the program on a nonprofit basis
for all students without regard to race, sex, color or national
origin, age or disability.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food
and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2590.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.557 Special Supplemental Food Program
for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide, at no cost, supplemental nutritious
foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care to low-in-
come pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants,
and children to age five determined to be at nutritional risk.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are made to State
health departments or comparable agencies, Indian tribes, bands,
or intertribal councils, or groups recognized by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, or the Indian
Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. These agencies distribute funds to participating local
public or nonprofit private health or welfare agencies. Funds are
expended to pay for supplemental foods for participants and
specified administrative costs, including nutrition services. Addi-
tional nutrition services and administration support may be avail-
able to a State which increases its participation through use of
acceptable measures, above the level estimated by FNS. State
agencies are provided Federal funds according to formulas deter-
mined by FNS. Only local agencies qualifying under State agency
applications may operate WIC programs.
Applicant Eligibility: A local agency is eligible to apply to par-
ticipate in the WIC program provided: 1) it serves a population
of low-income women, infants, and children at nutritional risk; 2)
it is a public or private nonprofit health or human service agency.
All local agencies must apply through the responsible State or
U.S. Territory agency.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See Food and Nutrition Service
regional offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Supplemental Food Programs Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2746.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.567 Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservationa
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To improve the diets of needy persons in
households on or near Indian reservations and to increase the
market for domestically produced foods acquired under surplus
removal or price support operations.
9
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Giants; Sale, Exchange, or
Donation of Property and Goods.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Indian Tribal Organizations
and State Distributing Agencies make food made available for
distribution to qualifying households. Households may not be
charged. Donated foods may not be sold, exchanged, or otherwise
disposed of (authorized distribution excepted) without prior,
specific approval of the Department. FNS administrative funds
must be expended to meet expenses incurred in operating the
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. These funds
may not be used to purchase real property (land or buildings).
Applicant Eligibility: Authorized Indian Tribal Organizations
and State agencies designated by the Governor, legislature, or
other authority may receive and distribute donated foods. State
agencies that administer the program are eligible to receive
Federal cash assistance (administrative funds) to assist in meeting
operating expenses incurred in administering the program. Indian
tribal organizations may be their own State agency for the ad-
ministration of the program on reservations if determined
capable by FNS.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See Food and Nutrition Service
Regional Offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Director, Food Distribution Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2680.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.570 Nutrition Program for the Elderly
(Commodities) (NPE)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To improve the diets of the elderly and to increase
the market for domestically produced foods acquired under
surplus removal or price support operations.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Food is made available for
use in the preparation of congregate or home-delivered meals by
nutrition programs for the elderly. Bach provider of meals sug-
gests appropriate contributions based on local economic condi-
tions. However, each individual participant decides what he or she
will contribute toward the cost of the meal; meal* are free to
eligible persons who do not make any contribution. Donated
foods may not be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of
(authorized distribution excepted) without prior, specific ap-
proval of the Department
Applicant Eligibility: Such State, Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (Patau) and Federal agencies that an designated as dis-
tributing agencies by tte Governor, legislature, or other authority
may receive and distribute donated foods. Elderly nutrition
programs that are funded under Title III of the Older American!
Act of 1965 must apply to their State Agency on Aging for
commodities or cash in lieu thereof elderly nutrition programs
for Indians on reservations that are funded under Title VI of the
Older Americans Act must apply to FNS Regional Offices for
food assistance after receiving approval from the Department of
Health and Human Services.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See Food and Nutrition Service
Regional Offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office Food Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA
22302. Telephone: (703) 305-2680.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Programs 93.045 and
93.047 Special Programs for the Aging relating to nutrition ser-
vices and Indian programs respectively are examples of projects
that have been funded under this program. Both of these
programs supply supportive services including nutrition services
to older Americans.
10.571 Food Commodities for Soup Kitchens
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To improve the diets of the homeless.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: State distributing agencies
may make food available for distribution to qualifying nonprofit
institutions. Individuals may not be charged. Donated foods may
not be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of (authorized
distribution excepted) without prior, specific approval of the
Department.
Applicant Eligibility: States, Trust Territoiy of the Pacific Islands
(Palau), and Federal agencies that are designated as distributing
agencies by the Governors, legislatures, or other authorities may
receive and distribute donated foods.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See Food and Nutrition Service
Regional Offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Food Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA
22302. Telephone: (703) 303-2680.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.664 Cooperative Forestry Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: With respect to nonfederal forest and other rural
lands to assist in the advancement of forest resources manage-
ment; the encouragement of the production of timber; the control
of insects and diseases affecting trees snd forests; the control of
rural fires; the efficient utilization of wood and wood residues,
including the recycling of wood fiber; the improvement and main-
tenance of fish and wildlife habitat; and the planning and conduct
of urban and community forestiy programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants; Use
of Property, Facilities, and Equipment
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist State Forester or
equivalent agencies in forest stewardship programs on private,
State, local, and other nonfederal forest and rural lands. Programs
may include production of timber and efficient processing and use
of wood products; developing genetically improved tree seeds;
producing and distributing tree seeds and seedlings reforesta-
tion; timber stand improvement; improving wildlife habitat; as-
sisting private woodland owners in harvesting, processing, and
marke t ing activi ties; conversion of wood to energy; protection and
improvement of forest soil fertility, forest insect and disease
management; urban and community forestry, Development and
transfer of new and improved fire control technologies; organiza-
tion of shared fire suppression resources, and achievement of
more efficient State fire protection; provision of financial, tech-
nical and related assistance to local rural fire fighting forces;
10
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
acquisition and loan of Federal excess property, organizational
improvement; forestry resources planning; and technology trans-
fer.
Applicant Eligibility: State Forestry or equivalent State agencies
are eligible. Ail States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands, and the territories and possessions of the
United States are eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone directory
for Regional and Area State and Private Forestiy offices of the
Forest Service.
Headquarters Office: Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestiy,
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96090,
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 20S-1657.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funding is for State
Forestry Agency programs as set forth in Section 070.
10.665 Schools and Roads Grants to States
(25 Percent Payments to States)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To share receipts from the National Forests with
the States in which the National Forests are situated.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To be used for the benefit of
public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which
the National Forest is situated.
Applicant Eligibility: Grant recipients must be States (including
commonwealths) or territories of the United States containing
National Forest land.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Fiscal branch of appropriate Forest
Service Regional Office listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarter* Office: A! Smith, Director of Procurement and
Property, Forest Service, USDA, Room 706 RPE, P.O. Box 96090,
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (703) 235-8007. Con-
tact: Doug Lee, (703) 235-8168.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.666 Schools and Roads Grants to
Counties (Payments to Counties)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To share receipts from National Grasslands and
Land Utilization Projects with the counties In which the National
Grasslands and Land Utilization Projects are situated.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To be used for school or road
purposes or both.
Applicant Eligibility: Counties within the States of the United
States containing National Grasslands or Land Utilization
Projects.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Fiscal Branch of appropriate Forest
Service Regional Office listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Of!Ice:Director of Procurement and Property,
Forest Service, USDA, Room 706 RPE, P.O. Box 96090,
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (703) 235-8007 or (703)
235-8168.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.670 National Forest Dependent Rural
Communities (Economic Recovery)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: Provide accelerated assistance to communities
faced with acute economic problems associated with Federal or
private sector land management decisions and policies or that are
located in or near a national forest and are economically depend-
ent upon forest resources. Aid is extended to these communities
to help them to diversify their economic base and to improve the
economic, social, and environmental well-being of rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Loans; Use of
Property, Facilities, and Equipment; Training.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Economically disadvantaged
rural communities may request assistance in identifying oppor-
tunities that will promote economic improvement, diversification
and revitalization. Eligibility assistance is coordinated through a
community action team and plan. Programs may include upgrade
of existing industries, development of new economic activity in
non-forest related industries, technical assistance, training and
education directed towards meeting the community's planned
goals. Assistance requested will be coordinated with other USDA
agencies and targeted to provide immediate help to those rural
communities in greatest need. Grants, loans and assistance are
available to those communities meeting the eligibility require-
ments. Loans may be made available to economically disad-
vantaged communities for the purpose of securing technical
assistance and service to aid in the development and implemen-
tation of community action plans.
Applicant Eligibility: Applicant must be a general purpose local
government having a population of not more than 10,000 in-
dividuals or any county having a population of not more than
22^00 individuals that is located within the boundary or within
100 miles of the boundaiy of a national forest proprietor income
is derived from forestry wood-products and forest related in-
dustries such as recreation and tourism. Any town, township,
municipality or other similar unit of general purpose local govern-
ment that meets the geographical and population conditions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone directory
for Regional and Area State and Private Forestiy offices of the
Forest Service.
HcadqBarters Office: Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestiy,
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96090,
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1657.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Restore an abandoned,
environmentally-damaging 22 acre landfill site along the Bitter-
root River, ID. The site is being developed as a part of the
community's tourism development strategy. Trinity County CA,
the community conducted an inventoiy of the wild/indigenous
plant species occurring on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest to
determine the feasibility of managing these species on a commer-
cial basis. Adams County, ID is working on the development of a
Visitors Center/Museum. Magee, MS is completing leadership
workshops with emerging community leaders. Polk County, TN is
building stronger community identity by developing and market-
ing their cultural, natural and historic resources. Freemont Coun-
ty, WY is developing a Bighorn Sheep Center to promote the
11
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
community's asset of being the world's largest wintering con-
centration of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.
10.760 Water and Waste Disposal Systems
(or Rural Communities
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide basic human amenities, alleviate
health hazards and promote the orderly growth of the rural areas
of the nation by meeting the need for new and improved rural
water and waste disposal facilities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for the
installation, repair, improvement, or expansion of a rural water
facility including distribution lines, well pumping facilities and
costs related thereto, and the installation, repair, improvement,
or expansion of a rural waste disposal facility including the collec-
tion, and treatment of sanitary, storm, and solid wastes. Grant
funds may not be used to pay: Interest on loans, operation and
maintenance costs, or to acquire or refinance an existing system.
No maximum loan amount is established by statute. The maxi-
mum term on all loans is 40 years. However, no repayment period
will exceed any statutoiy limitation on the organization's borrow-
ing authority nor the useful life of the improvement or facility to
be financed. There are currently three interest rates for direct .
loans: A S percent rate when the loan is required to meet health
or sanitary standards and the median household income of the
service area is below the poverty line; the intermediate rate,
halfway between 5 percent and market rate, if the median
household income of the service area is not more than 100 percent
of the nonmetropolitan median household income of the State;
and market rate for those applicants that do not qualify for S
percent or intermediate rate. The interest rate on guaranteed
loans is negotiable between the applicant and the lender.
Applicant Eligibility: Municipalities, counties, and other political
subdivisions of a State, such as districts and authorities, associa-
tions, cooperatives, corporations operated on a not-for-profit
basis, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations and other
Federally recognized Indian tribes. Facilities shall primarily serve
rural residents and rural businesses. The service area shall not
include any area in any city or town having a population in excess
of 10,000 inhabitants according to the latest decennial census of
the United States. The applicant must: (1) Be unable to finance
the proposed project from its own resources or through commer-
cial credit at reasonable rates and term*; and (2) have the lepl
authority necessary for constructing, operating, and maintaining
the proposed facility or service, and for obtaining, giving: security
for, and repaying the proposed loan. Plana and specification* must
be developed to comply with State and local health and pollution
regulations and other requirements. Grants are made only when
necessary to reduce the average annual benefitted user charges to
a reasonable level. Normally, grants are considered only when the
debt service portion of thecost to grant eligible user* exceeds the
following percentages of median household incomes (MHI) for
the applicant service area; 0 S percent when the MHI of the service
area is below the poverty line or below 80 percent (whichever is
higher) of the State's non-metropolitan household income
(NMHI); 1.0 percent when the NHI of the service area exceeds
the 0 J percent requirement but is not more than 100 percent of
the State's non-metropolitan household income (NMHI); no
FmHA grant funds wilt be used in any project when the MHI of
the service area is above the poverty line and more than 100
percent of the State's NMHI. The FmHA grant may not exceed
75 percent of the eligible project development cost when the
MHI of the service area is below the poverty line or below 80
percent (whichever is higher) of the State's NMHI; 55 percent
when the MHI of the service area exceeds the 75 percent require-
ments, but is not more than 100 percent of the State's NMHI.
Assistance is authorized for eligible applicants in rural areas of
the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guanv Com-
monwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and
to the extent the Secretary determines feasible and appropriate,
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county or District office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Water and Waste Disposal
Division, Rural Development Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone:(202) 720-9583.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The following areas
received funds for specified projects: Construct new water system
consisting of water lines, pumping stations, wells and storage
tanks; water system improvements consisting of additional water
lines, new water treatment facility and booster pump; renovation
of existing water system which includes new distribution lines,
wells and pressure tanks; construct new waste water collection and
treatment systems; replace waste water treatment plant and im-
prove waste water collection lines; rehabilitate waste water collec-
tion lines and construct lift station; purchase site for landfill; and
purchase trucks and equipment for solid waste disposal.
10.761 Technical Assistance and Training
Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To identify and evaluate solutions to water and
waste disposal problems in rural areas; to assist applicants in
preparing applications made in accordance with Subparts A and
H of 1942; to improve operation and maintenance of water and
waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to pay
expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or
training (TAT) to identify and evaluate solutions to water
problems relating to source, storage, treatment, and distribution,
and to waste disposal problems relating to collection, treatment,
and disposal; assist applicants that have filed a preapplication with
FmHA in the preparation of water and/or waste disposal loan
and/or grant applications; and to provide training that will im-
prove the management, operation and maintenance of water and
waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to recruit
applications, duplicate current services such as those performed
by a consultant in developing a project, fund political activities,
pay for capital assets, purchase real estate or vehicles, improve
and renovate office space or repair and maintain privately owned
property, pay construction or O&M costs, and pay costs incurred
prior to the effective date of grants made.
Applicant Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations that have
been granted tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service
of the U. S. Applicants must have proven ability, background,
experience, legal authority and actual capacity to provide technical
assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS;
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directoty
for FmHA county or district.office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Water and Waste Disposal
Division, Rural Development Administration. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-9583.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Recipients of this pro-
gram received funds to administer technical assistance and train-
12
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
ing to small communities experiencing water and waste disposal
problems.
10.762 Solid Waste Management Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD.
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To reduce or eliminate pollution of water resour-
ces and improve planning and management of solid waste disposal
facilities in rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to:
Evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water
resources in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or train>
ing to enhance operator skills in the maintenance and operation
of active landfills in rural areas; provide technical assistance
and/or training to help associations reduce the solid waste stream;
and provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of
landfills in rural areas which are closed or will be closed in the
near future with the development/implementation of closure
plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and
closure scheduling within permit requirements. Grant funds may
not be used to: Recruit preapplications/applications for any loan
and/or grant program including RDA's Water and Waste Dis-
posal Loan and/or Grant Program; duplication of current ser-
vices, replacement or substitution of support previously provided
such as those performed by an association's consultant in develop-
ing a project; fund political activities; pay for capital assets, the
purchase of real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office
space, or repair and maintain privately-owned property; pay for
construction or operation and maintenance costs of water and
waste facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to the effective date
of grants made under this subpart.
Applicant Eligibility: Entities eligible for grants are nonprofit
organizations, including: Private nonprofit organizations that
have been granted tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS); and public bodies including local governmental-
based multijurisdictional organizations. Applicants must have the
proven ability, background, experience, legal authority, and actual
capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a
regional basis to associations as provided in 4284.807 of this
subpart.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA district office number.
Headquarters Office: Rural Development Administration,
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone:
(202) 720-4730.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Recipients of this pro-
gram received funds to administer technical aasisunce in areas of
solid waste management to small communities.
10.763 Emergency Community Water Assis-
tance Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: Through the Emergency Community Water As-
sistance Grant Program, the Rural Development Administration
(RD A) is authorized to help rural residents who have experienced
a significant decline in quantity or quality of water to obtain
adequate quantities of water that meet the standards of the Safe
Drinking Water Act.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used to
extend water lines on existing systems; to construct new water
lines; to repair existing systems; to perform significant main-
tenance on existing systems; to construct new wells, reservoirs,
transmission lines, treatment plants, storage tanks, etc.; to replace
equipment; to provide connection and/or tap fees; to pay costs
incurred within six months of the date an application was filed with
FmHA to correct an emergency situation that would have been
eligible for funding under this program; to provide funds for any
other appropriate related purposes, such as, legal fees; engineer-
ing fees; recording costs; environmental impact analyses; ar-
chaeological surveys; possible salvage or other mitigation
measures; planning, establishing, or acquiring rights associated
with developing sources of treating, storing, or distributing water;
and to assist rural water systems in complying with the require-
ments of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Safe
Drinking Water Act, when failure to comply is directly related to
a recent decline in quality of potable water. Grants provided
under Section 306A of this program shall not be used to assist a
rural area or community with a population in excess of 15,000 and
under Section 306B not in excess of 5,000; to assist a rural area
that has a median household income in excess of the statewide
nonmetropolitan median household income according to the
most recent decennial census of the U.S.; to finance facilities
which are not modest in size, design, and cost; to pay loan or grant
finder's fees; to pay any annual recurring costs considered to be
operational expenses; to pay rental for the use of equipment or
machinery owned by the rural community; to purchase existing
systems; to refinance existing indebtedness; and to make reimbur-
sement for projects developed with other grant funds. Grants
made to alleviate a significant decline in quantity or quality of
water available from the water supplies in rural areas that oc-
curred within two years of filing an application with FmHA cannot
exceed $500,000. Grants for repairs, partial replacement, or sig-
nificant maintenance on an established system cannot exceed
$75,000.
Applicant Eligibility: Rural Development Administration may
make grants to public bodies, private nonprofit corporations, and
political subdivisions of a State, as well as Indian tribes.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
under United States Government, Department of Agriculture for
FmHA District office number or RDA Regional Office.
Headqaarters Office: Director, Water and Waste Disposal
Division, Rural Development Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone; (202) 720-9583.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Rural communities can
use these funds to correct drinking water problems that have been
created by a significant decline in quantity or quality of their water
supply. The communities use the funds for new systems, waterline
extensions, construction of water sources and treatment facilities,
storage tanks, and repairs or renovation of existing systems.
10.764 Resource Conservation and
Development Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide loan assistance to local sponsoring
agencies in authorized areas where acceleration of program of
resource conservation, development, and utilization will increase
economic opportunities for local people through conservation of
water and natural resources.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
13
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan funds may be used for
(1) Rural community public outdoor-oriented water based recrea-
tional facilities; (2) soil and water development, conservation,
control and use facilities; (3) shift-in-land use facilities; (4) com-
munity water storage facilities; and (5) special purpose equipment
to carry out the above purpo«es. Project must be located in an
authorized RC&D area. A loan for a single RC&D measure
cannot exceed $500,000. Terms, 30 years.
Applicant Eligibility: City, county, State agencies and local non-
profit corporations in authorized Resource Conservation and
Development (RC&D) areas may be eligible for loan assistance
provided they: (1) Are a sponsor of the RC&D measure forwhich
a loan is requested and which is included in the RC&D project
plan; (2) have authority to borrow funds, repay the loan, and
pledge securityfor the loan and to operate the facilities or services
provided; and (3) are financially sound, organized, and managed
to provide efficient service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county or district office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Community Facilities Division,
Rural Development Administration, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1490.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Loans were made for
irrigation of farmland and drainage of farmland.
10.765 Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To provide loan assistance to sponsoring local
organizations in authorized watershed areas for share of cost for
works of improvement.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loan funds may be used to
help local sponsors provide the loca I share of the coct of watershed
works of improvement for flood prevention, irrigation, drainage,
water quality management, sedimentation control, fish and
wildlife development, public water based recreation, and water
storage and related coats. The total amount of WS loan* outstand-
ing in any one watershed cannot exceed $10,000,000.
Applicant Eligibility: To be eligible for a watershed loan an
applicant must: (1) Be a sponsoring local organization, such as
municipal corporation, soil and water conservation district, or
other organization not operated for profit in the approved water-
shed project; and (2) haw authority under State law to obtain,
give security for, and raise revenues to repay the loan and to
operate and maintain the facilities to be financed with the loan..
INFORMATION CONTACTSi
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county or District office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Community Facilities Diviaion,
Rural Development Administration, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1490.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Loans were made to: 1)
Install or improve facilities to store and convey irrigation water to
farms; treat and distribute water for term use, and drain farm
areas; 2) install structures and equipment for flood prevention; 3)
install or improve « municipal water supply reservoir with recrea-
tion, fish and wild life improvement; 4) establish recreational
developments in or adjacent to reservoirs, lakes, streams, or
shorelines; and S) provide fish and wildlife developments.
10.766 Community Facilities Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise im-
prove community facilities providing essential services to rural
residents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Community facilities include
but are not limited to those providing or supporting overall
community development such as fire and rescue services,
transportation, community, social, cultural, and health benefits:
industrial park sitea, access ways, and utility extensions. All
facilities financed in whole or in part with FmHA funds shall be
for public use.
Applicant Eligibility: City, county, and State agencies, political
and quasi-political subdivisions of States and associations includ-
ing corporations, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations
and other Federally Recognized Indian tribes and existing private
corporations which: (1) Are operated on a not-for-profit basis;
(2) have or will have the legal authority necessary for constructing,
operating, and maintaining the proposed facility or service and for
obtaining, giving security for, and repaying the loan; and (3) are
unable to finance the proposed project from its own resources or
through commercial credit at reasonable rates and terms. Assis-
tance is authorized for eligible applicants in rural areas of the
States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA County or District office numbers.
Headquarters Office: Director, Community Facilities Division,
Rural Development Administration, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1490.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Loans were made to: (1)
Establish rural health clinics in medically undeserved areas; (2)
purchase fire fighting equipment for rural towns; (3) construct
new municipal buildings; (4) build new schools to serve rural
counties; and (5) renovate hospitals to meet current life/safety
codes.
10.767 Intermediary Relending Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To finance business facilities and community
development.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: An entity that receives an
Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) loan from the Rural
Development Administration (RDA) is referred to as an inter-
mediary. Intermediaries must re lend all of the loan funds received
from the IRP loan, for buainess facilities or community develop-
ment in rural areas. An entity that receives a loan from an inter-
mediary is referred to as an ultimate recipient. The maximum loan
to any one intermediary is $2 million. The maximum term is 30
years and the intereat rate is one percent per annum. Inter-
mediaries may not use IRP funds to finance more than 75 percent
of the coat of an ultimate recipient's project or for a loan of more
than $150,000 to one ultimate recipient.
14
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible intermediaries may include:
Private nonprofit organizations, State or local government!, and
Federally recognized Indian tribe* and cooperatives.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: FmHA State Office listed in your local
telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Rural Development Administration,
Room 6321, South Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250-
0700. Telephone: (202) 6904100.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) $1,560,000 loan to a
nonprofit corporation to relend to businesses within a State; (2)
Si ,300,000 loan to a nonprofit corporation to relend to businesses
within six counties in two States; (3) $2,120,000 loan to a nonprofit
corporation with a nationwide service area, for relending to rural
transportation facilities; and (4) $510,000 loan to a nonprofit
corporation serving an eight-county area for relending to busi-
nesses.
10.768 Business and Industrial Loans
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assist public, private, or cooperative organiza-
tions (profit or nonprofit), Indian tribes or individuals in rural
areas to obtain quality loans for the purpose of improving,
developing or financing business, industry, and employment and
improving the economic and environmental climate in rural com-
munities including pollution abatement and control.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Financial assistance may be
extended for: (a) Business and industrial acquisition, construc-
tion, conversion, enlargement, repair, modernization, develop-
ment costs; (b) purchasing and development of land, easement!^
rights-of-way, buildings, facilities, leases or materials; (c) purchas-
ing equipment, leasehold/improvements, machinery and supplies;
and (d) pollution control and abatement. Maximum loan size is
$10,000,000 and maximum time allowable for final maturity is
limited to 30 yean for land and buildinp, the usable- life of
machinery and equipment purchased with loan funds, not to
exceed IS years, and 7 yean for working capital. Interest rates on
guaranteed loans are negotiated between the lender and the
borrower. For loans of $2 million or less, the maximum percent-
age of guarantee is 90 percent. For loans over $2 million but not
over $5 million, the maximum percentage of guarantee it 80
percent. For loans in excess of $5 million, the maximum percent-
age of guarantee is 70 percent. Losses on principal advanced,
including protective advances, and accrued interest, may be
guaranteed to the lender. Loans may not be made or guaranteed
(a) to pay off a creditor in excess of the value of the collateral,
(b) for distribution or payment to the owner, partners,
shareholders, or beneficiaries of the applicant or memben of
their families when suck persons shall retain any portion of their
equity in the business, (c) for projects involving agricultural
production, (d) for transfer of ownership of a business unless the
loan will keep the business from dosing, or prevent the ton of
employment opportunities in the area, or provide expanded job
opportunities, (e) for the guarantee of lease payments, (0 for
financing community antenna television services or facilities, (g)
for charitable and educational institutions, churches, fraternal
organizations, hotels, motels, tourist homes, convention centers,
tourist, recreation or amusement facilities, lending and invest-
ment institutions and insurance companies, (h) for any legitimate
business activity where more than 10 percent of the annual gross
income is derived from legalized gambling, (i) for guarantee of
loans made by other Federal agencies except those made by Banks
for Co-ops, Federal Land Bank or Production Credit Associa-
tions, and (j) for any project which is likely to result in transfer of
business or employment from one area to another or cause
production which exceeds demand. Interested parties should
contact the Rural Development Administration (RDA) or
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) State Office nearest
them. The B&I program was formerly operated by FmHA.
FmHA will continue to administer the program at the local level.
Applicant Eligibility: An applicant may be a cooperative, cor-
poration, partnership, trust or other legal entity organized and
operated on a profit or nonprofit basis; an Indian Tribe; a
municipality, county, or other political subdivision of a State; or
individuals in rural areas. Applicants must be located in one of
the fifty States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
in rural areas other than cities having a population of 50,000 or
more and immediately adjacent to urbanized and urbanizing areas
with a population density of more than 100 persons per square
mile. Preference is given to loans in open country, rural com-
munities and towns of 25,000 or less, and, on applications of equal
priority, to veterans. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or reside in
the United States after being legally admitted for permanent
residence and, if corporations, at least 51 percent ownership must
be held by U.S. citizens.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directory
for FmHA county office number.
Headquarter* Office: Administrator, Rural Development Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-
0700. Telephone: (202) 690-1730.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Loans made by lending
institutions have been guaranteed in order to assist the raising of
capital by a wide variety of manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and
service businesses. Some recent guarantees have assisted an
agribusiness expand its service area, helped a radio station begin
operations, provided access to capital for a catfish farm, assisted
a textile firm modernize and expand, and provided working capital
and financing for machinery and equipment for a printing com-
pany.
10.769 Rural Development Grants (RBEG)
(TOG)
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To facilitate the development of small and emerg-
ing private business, industry, and related employment for im-
proving the economy in rural communities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Rural business enterprise
grant (RBEG) funds maybe industrial sites in rural areas includ-
ing the acquisition and development of land and construction,
conversion, enlargement, repair or modernization of buildings,
plants, machinery, equipment, access streets and roads, parking
areas, transportation serving the site, utility extensions, necessary
water supply and waste disposal facilities, pollution control and
abatement incidental to site development, provide technical as-
sistance, pay fees, and refinancing. Television demonstration
grant (TOG) funds may be used for television programming to
demonstrate the effectiveness of providing information on
agriculture and other issues of importance to farmen and other
rural residents.
Applicant Eligibility: Applicants eligible for RBE grants are
public bodies and nonprofit corporations serving rural areas such
as States, counties, cities, townships, and incorporated towns and
villages, boroughs, authorities, districts and Indian tribes on
Federal and State reservations which will serve rural areas. Ap-
15
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
plicants eligible for TD grants are statewide, private, nonprofit,
public television systems whose coverage is predominantly rural.
Rural area for this program is defined as all Territories of a State,
that is not within the outer boundary of any city having a popula-
tion of 50,000 or more, according to the latest decennial census of
the United States. Priority for such grants will be given to areas
having a population of not more than 25,000.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone directoiy
for FmHA county or district office number.
Headquarters Office: Director, Community Facilities Loan
Division, Rural Development Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-1490.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Grant funds were used
to assist rural communities in developing small industrial parks
or sites by acquiring land, the purchase of necessaiy equipment,
construction of buildings, to provide water and waste disposal
facilities, and to pay for costs of streets, parking areas and access
roads.
10.770 Water and Waste Disposal Loans and
Grants (Section 306C)
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: Provide water and waste disposal facilities and
services to low income rural communities whose residents face
significant health risks.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for 100
percent of costs to: Construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise im-
prove a community water orsewersystem; extend service lines and
connect individual residences to a system. Allow applicant to
make grants directly to individuals to: Extend service lines, con-
nect resident's plumbing to system, pay reasonable charges and
fees for connecting to system, installation of plumbing and related
fixtures, and construction in dwelling of a bathroom.
Applicant Eligibility: Local level governments, federally recog-
nized Indian tribes, U.S. Territories and possessions, and non-
profit associations can receive assistance under this program.
Except for rural areas known as "Colonial" along the U.S./Mexico
border, the projects funded under thia program must primarily
provide water and/or waste disposal services to residents of a
county where the per capita income of the residents is not more
than 70 percent of the most recent national average per capita
income, as determined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and
unemployment rate of the residents is not less than 125 percent
of t he most recent national average unemployment rate, as deter-
mined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Also the residents must
face significant health risks due to not having access to an affor>
dable community water and/or waste disposal system.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: Consult local telephone directoiy
under U nited States Government, Department of Agriculture for
RDA or FmHA.
Headquarters Office: Director, Water and Waste Disposal
Division, Rural Development Administration, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-3200. Telephone: (202) 720-
9583.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: None.
10.850 Rural Electrification Loans and Loan
Guarantees (REA)
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assure that people in eligible rural areas have
access to electric services comparable in reliability and quality to
the rest of the Nation.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Long-term, direct loans to
qualified organizations for the purpose of supplying central sta-
tion electric services on a continuing basis in rural areas. REA also
makes direct loans primarily for generation and transmission
projects.
Applicant Eligibility: Rural electric cooperatives, public utility
districts, power companies, municipalities, and other qualified
power suppliers including those located in the U.S. Territories.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Administrator, Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-
1500. Telephone: (202) 720-9S40.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.851 Rural Telephone Loans and Loan
Guarantees (REA)
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To assure that people in eligible rural areas have
access to telephone service comparable in reliability and quality
to the rest of the Nation.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Long-term direct loans to
qualified organizations for the purpose of financing the improve-
ment, expansion, construction, acquisition, and operation of
telephone lines, facilities, or systems to furnish and improve
telephone service in rural areas. "Rural area" is defined as any
area of the United States, its territories and possessions not
included within the boundaries of any city, village, or borough
having a population in excess of 1,500 inhabitants. Rural areas
include both farm and nonfarm populations.
Applicant Eligibility: Telephone companies or cooperatives,
nonprofit associations, limited dividend associations, mutual as-
sociations or public bodies including those located in the U.S.
Territories.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofltc*: None.
Headquarters Office: Administrator, Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Telephone: (202) 720-9540.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.852 Rural Telephone Bank Loans (Rural
Telephone Bank)
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
16
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
OBJECTIVES: To provide supplemental financing to extend and
improve telephone service in rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Long-term loans to qualified
organizations for the purpose of supplying and improving
telephone service in rural areas.
Applicant Eligibility: Borrowers, including thoae located in the
U.S. Territories, or possessions which have received a loan or loan
commitment under Section 201 of Rural Electrification Act or
which have been certified by the Administrator as qualified to
receive such a loan, are eligible to borrow from the Rural
Telephone Bank.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office None.
Headquarters Office: Governor, Rural Telephone Bank, Depart*
ment of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202)
720-9540
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
10.854 Rural Economic Development Loans
and Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To promote rural economic development and job
creation projects, including funding for project feasibility studies,
start-up costs, incubator projects, and other reasonable expense*
for the purpose of fostering rural development.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects which promote rural
economic development and job creation. Maximum amount of
grant or loan is M00,000. Maximum term of loan is ten years at
zero interest rate.
Applicant Eligibility; Electric and telephone utilities that have
current REA or Rural Telephone Bank loans or guarantee* out-
standing and are not delinquent on any Federal debt or in
bankruptcy proceedings.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarter* Office: Administrator, Rural Electrification Ad*
ministration, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC20290.
Telephone: (202) 720-9552.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Business incubator*,
establishment or expansion of factorie* or bu*ine**e*, industrial
development parkk, facilities and for rural economic development
activities and other job creation projects.
10.855 Distance Learning and Medical Link
Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AD.
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To encourage and improve the use of telecom-
munications, computer network*, and related advanced tech-
nologies to provide educational and medical benefits to people
living in jural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grant*.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Telecommunications, com-
puter networks and projects that provide educational and/or
medical benefits to rural residents. Grants are limited to 80
percent of the eligible cocts of a project. No funding will be
provided for the following: Telecommunication transmission
facilities if the local telephone company will provide service
through the use of expedited REA loans; or other means for
medical or other equipment, except that required for encoding
data for telecommunication; for salaries of medical or educational
personnel providing medical or educational service*; for salaries
or administrative expenses of the applicant; to purchase equip-
ment to be owned by the local telephone carrier or other telecom-
munications service providers that would create * conflict of
interest; to provide duplicate current services, to refinance indeb-
tedness prior to receipt of the completed application; or for
projects in areas covered by the Coastal Barrier Resources Act,
or projects that would adversely affect the environment.
Applicant Eligibility: Organizations such as schools, libraries,
hospitals, medical centers, or similar organizations that will be
users of a telecommunications, computer network, or related
advanced technology system to provide educational and/or medi-
cal benefits to rural residents. The applicant must not be delin-
quent on any Federal debt.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarter* Office: Assistant Administrator, Economic
Development and Technical Services, Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration, Room 4025, South Building, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 202500-1500. Telephone: (202) 720-9552.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Interactive rural educa-
tion networks, remote health care units linkups, computer ter-
minal* video and audio equipment, and other medical link or
distant learning project*.
10.901 Resource Conservation and Develop-
ment
FEDERAL AGENCY: SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To encourage and improve the capability of State
and local unit* of government and local nonprofit organizations
in rural areas to plan, develop and carry out programs for resource
conservation and development.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Advisory Services and
Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Technical and limited finan-
cial assistance is available only to RC&D sponsors within area*
authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture for assistance. Grants
are not available to individuals. Technical and limited financial
assistance is available for the planning and installation of ap-
proved project* specified in RC&D area plan*, for land conserva-
tion, water management, community development and
environmental enhancement elements. Financial assistance
funds are available for 25 percent (not to exceed $50,000) of the
total coat of project*.
Applicant Eligibility: State and local government* and nonprofit
organization* with authority to plan or cany out activities relating
to reaource uee and development in multijurtadictional areas. This
program is available in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam
and Mariana Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: State and field offices of the Soil
Conservation Service are listed in your local telephone directrojr.
Por loans, contacts should be made with the Farmer* Home
17
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Administration office serving the county in which the RC&D
measure is located.
Headquarters Office: Deputy Chief for Programs, Soil Conserva-
tion Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890,
Washington, DC 20013. Telephone: (202) 720-4527.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Selected Examples or
Progress: (1) Tennessee Valley RC&D Area, Alabama -
Numerous overflowing animal waste lagoons throughout North-
ern Alabama were contaminating surface and ground water, thus
threatening to restrict the growth of the poultry and livestock
industiy in the.region. The RC&D area council organized a tour
and a task force involving the Extension Service, Tennessee Valley
Authority, Alabama Department of Environmental Manage-
ment, Soil Conservation Service, local soil and water conservation
districts, and key land owners to determine the extent of the
problem and possible solutions. The task force decided there was
an immediate need to implement an information/education pro-
gram and to provide equipment to demonstrate the feasibility of
pumping out lagoons and the safe application of the contents on
adjacent cropland and pasture land. The task force, assisted by the
council, acquired an Alabama Department of Economic and
Community Affairs financial assistance grant, necessary technical
assistance, and equipment to conduct four major field days and
educational programs throughout the region. As a result of the
coordinated efforts of many entities, some of the problems result-
ing from managing large volumes of animal waste are being
alleviated. Equipment and technical assistance are now available
to all livestock growers in Northern Alabama. With the ability to
effectively manage the animal waste, producers will be able to
expand their operations. (2) Top of the Ozarks, Big Springs,
Southwest Missouri RC&D Areas, Missouri - To help create a
new market for the timber business in the Ozarks as well as
alleviate sawdust storage problems for local sawmills and wood
products manufacturers, three Missouri RC&D areas sponsored
an incentive program for using wood pellets made from com-
pressed sawdust to heat homes. It is estimated that 6,000 tons of
sawdust are produced weekly in southern Missouri. The use of
wood pellets made from this sawdust has helped use an under-
utilized by-product, and also has cut heating costs in many homes
in the area. Wood pellets are a cleaner burning product, by
creating less ash and smoke, and there is no creosote buildup. To
build a market in the area, rebates were given to purchasers of
approved wood pellet burning stoves. This was a cooperative
effort of the Department of Energy, Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, and the Tennessee Valley Authority's
Southeast Regional Bio mass Energy Program. So far 100 people
have purchased these stoves and been given rebates. The short-
term goal is to increase this number to400. Hopefully, the creation
of a market for wood pellets will entice a wood pellet production
company to open a plant in the region. (3) Region H RC&D Area,
North Carolina - To protect the water quality and provide an
inexpensive form of fertilizer for reuse on farms in North
Carolina, the RC&D area council built, operated, and evaluated
a composting facility for dead poultry. Approximately 5-10 per-
cent of the birds die during the rearing process. The composting
system provides an economical method of disposing of dead
poultry. The composting method uses layers of chicken manure,
straw and the dead birds. No water is used in the process. The
material is allowed to sit while the composition process works.
Reaching 160 degree temperatures, the process kills viruses and
diseases and the composted material is reduced about 60 percent
in volume. The nutrient value of the composed material is richer
than that of manure. The North Carolina Department of Agricul-
ture Division of Veterinary Medicine, Horseshoe Farms, and
several other organizations provided assistance in building and
operating the facility, obtaining permits, and evaluating the health
aspecttof the demonstration project. The Region H RC&D Area
Council will be producing an educational video program to edu-
cate the public about the composting system and to encourage use
of the system. (3) Eastern Connecticut RC&D Area, Connecticut
•The Long River Village Community Garden Project was success-
fully started to improve the environment in and around a small
subsidized residential apartment complex located on state land.
The project was to establish a community garden which residents
in the apartment complex could use to grow vegetables. The
Middlesex County Soil and Water Conservation District, Mid-
dletown Housing Authority, Connecticut Valley Hospital, and the
Cooperative Extension Service sponsored this project with the
Eastern Connecticut RC&D Area. Educational workshops on
skills needed by participants were held and hands-on guidance was
provided. This community garden project has already expanded
to a nearby private apartment complex. The benefits received
from these projects include improved nutrition from the fresh
home-grown vegetables, economic savings from garden produce,
better management of soil and water resources through landscap-
ing of yards and common areas, and positive alternatives for use
of free time and an introduction to career opportunities in agricul-
ture-oriented jobs.
10.910 Rural Abandoned Mine Program
(RAMP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OBJECTIVES: To protect people and the environment from the
adverse effects of past coal mining practices, and to promote the
development of soil and water resources of unreclaimed mined
lands.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use;
Advisory Services and Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Cost-share funds are avail-
able only for conservation practices determined to be needed for
the reclamation, conservation, and development of up to 320 acres
per owner of rural abandoned coal mine land or lands and waters
affected by coal mining activities. Practices must be applied in
accordance with a reclamation plan and contract provisions. Prac-
tices are limited to those that will provide land stabilization,
erosion and sediment control, and development of soil, water
(excludingstream channelization), woodland, wildlife, recreation
resources, and the agricultural productivity of such lands.
Applicant Eligibility: Individuals, group*, or units of government
who own or control the surface or water rights of abandoned coal
land or lands, and water affected by coal mining practices before
August 3, 1977. These areas are not eligible if: (1) There is
continuing reclamation responsibility on the part of the mine
operator or the State; (2) the lands ate in Federal ownerships; and
(3) the surface rights are under easement or leaae to be remined.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Ragtoonl or Local Office: See Soil Conservation Service State
office listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Deputy Chief for Programs, Soil Conserva-
tion Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890,
Washington, DC 20013. Telephone: (202) 720-2847.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A 70 acre site near a
small community expoaed approximately 12S residents to health
and safety hazards. Reclamation includes eliminating subsidence
holes through filling and grading to eliminate dangerous water
pits and illegal trash dumps; surface water control; wildlife plant-
ings; firebreaks; fencing for exclusion of grazing animals; and
stabilizing the site by planting pine seedlings. A 40 acre site near
a small borough presented a constant hazard to life and property.
Reclamation consists of shaping and stabilization of eroding and
unsightly "refuse" piles; dispoial of "red dog" boulders; removal
of a hazardous tipple; filling open mine shafts; back filling to
reduce height of "highwalls"; removal of acid debris and soil
deposition in streams; establishment of diversions, rock and grass
18
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
waterways; establishing permanent vegetation on the site; and
stabilization of stream banks. A two acre site near a small school
exposed all the school children to playing in an open mine. The
mine opening was closed and the area disturbed was stabilized
with grass and trees. Filled a ten acre open pit, installed guard rails
and stabilized the road shoulder on a highway turn where cars
have missed the road and ended up in the water. The reclamation
eliminated a hazard on a high-way which is also a school bus route.
19
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
23.001 Appalachian Regional Development
(Appalachian Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To stimulate substantial public investments in
public services and facilities that will attract private sector invest-
ments and start the region on its way toward accelerated social
and economic development; to help establish a set of institutions
in Appalachia capable of permanently directing the long-term
development of the region; and on a joint Federal-State-local
basis, to develop comprehensive plans and programs to help
accomplish the overall objectives of Appalachian development,
including meeting the special demands created by the nation's
energy needs and policies.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Appalachian funds enable
the States and local areas to develop networks of facilities and
services. The individual programs following this description il-
lustrate the types of investments that can be made. In considering
programs and projects to be given assistance under this Act, and
in establishing a priority ranking of the requests for assistance
presented to the Commission, the Commission follows proce-
dures insuring consideration of the following factors: (1) the
relationship of the project or class of projects to overall regional
development, including its location in an area determined by the
State as having a significant potential for growth; (2) the popula-
tion and area to be served by the project or class of projects
including the relative per capita income and the unemployment
rates in the area; (3) the relative financial resources available to
the State or political subdivision or instrumentalities thereof
which seek to undertake the project; (4) the importance of the
project or class of projects in relation to other projects or classes
of projects which may be in competition for the same funds; (5)
the prospects that the project for which assistance is sought will
improve, on a continuing rather than a temporary basis, the
opportunities for employment, the average level of income, or the
economic and social development of the area served by the
project; and (6) the degree and manner of private sector involve-
ment. No financial assistance can be used (a) to assist estab-
lishments relocating from one area to another; (b) to finance the
cost of facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy; (c) to finance the cost of facilities for the
production, transmission, distribution of gas (natural, manufac-
tured, or mixed); or (d) to finance non-capital projects with no
prior year obligations. Each State is required by the Commission
to file a State Appalachian development plan, appraising
prospects for development in its Appalachian area and relating to
them alt projects for which Appalachian funding is requested in
that year. All projects proposed for funding must be included in
an annual Implementing Investment Program. Once an applica-
tion is submitted for the individual projects and given final ap-
proval, the grant is administered by the basic Federal agency
involved in that type of program except for State research, tech-
nical assistance, and demons! rations (23.011); LDD assistance
(23.009); State housing technical assistance (23.006); special
transportation related planning, research, and demonstrations
(23.017); and enterprise development, which are administered by
ARC. The counties (including any political subdivision located
within such area) in which investment under the Appalachian Act
(40 App. U.S.C. A. 403) can be made are: in Alabama, the counties
of Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay,
Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah,
Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale,
Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Pick-
ens, Randolph, Saint Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tus-
caloosa, Walker, and Winston; in Georgia, the counties of Banks,
Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade,
Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Forsjrth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gor-
don, Gwinnet, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Jackson,
Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun,
Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield; in Ken-
tucky, the counties of Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter,
Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Estill, Fleming,
Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson,
Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lin-
coln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Monroe,
Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski,
Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe; ip
Maryland, the counties of Allegany, Garrett, and Washington; in
Mississippi, the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall,
Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah,
Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston; in New York, the
counties of Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqa,
Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie,
Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins; in North Carolina, the
counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe,
Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Davie, Forsyth, Graham,
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison,
Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Stokes, Suny, Swain, Transylvania,
Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey; in Ohio, the counties of
Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Colum-
biana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hock-
ing, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe,
Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Rocs, Scioto, Tuscarawas,
Vinton, and Washington; in Pennsylvania, the counties of Al-
legheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler,
Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clin-
ton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton,
Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna,
Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Mon-
roe, Montour, Northumberland, Peny, Pike, Potter, Schuykill,
Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venan-
go, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, and Wyoming;
in South Carolina, the counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Green-
ville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg; in Tennessee, the coun-
ties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon,
Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, De Kalb,
Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamil-
ton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox,
Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan,
Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putman, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie,
Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren,
Washington, and White; in Virginia, the counties of Alleghany,
Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson,
Floyd, Giles, Garyson, Highland, Lee, Pulaski, Russell, Scott,
Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe; all the counties
of West Virginia.
Applicant Eligibility: (a) States, and through the States, public
bodies and private nonprofit organizations; and (b) limited
dividend organizations are eligible for the Appalachian housing
fund. All proposed projects must meet the requirements of the
State Appalachian plan and the annual State investment program,
both of which must be approved annually by the Commission.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarter* Office: Inquiries and proposals for project* should
be submitted to the Appalachian State office designated by the
Governor. See address appendix. Address other inquiries to:
Executive Director, Appalachian Regional Commission, 1666
Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20235 Telephone:
(202)673-7874. r
20
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.002 Appalachian Supplements to Federal
Grant-in-Ald (Community Development)
(Supplemental Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To meet the basic needs of local areas and assist
in improving creation of jobs and private sector involvement and
investment by funding development facilities such as water and
sewer systems, sewage treatment plants, industrial sites and by
providing basic water and sewer facilities in designated "dis-
tressed" counties. Grants may supplement other Federal grants
or, when sufficient Federal funds are unavailable funds may be
provided entirely by this program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The grants may be used for
providing supplemental funds under any Federal grant-in-aid
programs authorized on or before December 31, 1980. To be
eligible for special basic grants, projects must be of high priority
in the State's Appalachian development plan and either of critical
importance to a phased investment and development program for
a multicounty area, or of unusual economic benefit to such area.
Refer to "Policies for Appalachian Area Development Programs''
of the Appalachian Regional Commission Code for additional use
restrictions.
Applicant Eligibility: States, and through the States, their sub-
divisions and instrumentalities and private nonprofit agencies.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy.
Headquarter* Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. See Appendix IV of the Catalog. Other inquiries
may be addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.003 Appalachian Development Highway
System (Appalachian Corridors)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To provide a highway system which, in conjunc-
tion with other federally-aided highways, will open up areas with
development potential within the Appalachian region where com-
merce and communication have been inhibited by lack of ade-
quate access.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The grants may be used for
preliminary engineering, right-of-way, and construction of high-
ways meeting the objectives stated above. Total highway construc-
tion may not exceed 3,025 miles for the 13-State system. The
highways must be accepted and maintained as a Federal-aid high-
way. Refer to general use restrictions stated in the Appalachian
Regional Development program (23.001).
Applicant Eligibility: State governments only are eligible for
development highways within their Appalachian portions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor (Refer to Catalog address Appendix). Other in-
quiries may be addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian
Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC 20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.004 Appalachian Health Programs
(Appalachian 202 Health Programs)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To assist in the reorganization of health care
delivery, reduce infant mortality and recruit needed health man-
power in designated "health-shortage" areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Equipment and operation of
infant mortality reduction initiatives, and technical assistance in
recruiting health manpower. Grants are limited to nonprofit in-
stitutions or units of government. Refer to use restrictions stated
in the Appalachian Regional Development Program (23.001).
Applicant Eligibility: States, and through the States, local govern-
ments and nonprofit organizations within health-shortage areas.
Construction and operating grants are available only for publicly
owned facilities or for facilities owned by public or private non-
profit organizations and not themselves operated for profit.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Rational or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarter! Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog). Other inquiries
may be addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1. Infant mortality
reduction; 2. Health manpower recruitment; 3. Health Planning,
Technical Assistance.
23.006 Appalachian Housing Project Plan-
ning Loan, Technical Assistance Grant and
Site Development and Off-Site Improvement
Grant: State Appalachian Housing Programs
(Appalachian Housing Assistance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To stimulate the creation of jobs and private
sector investment through low and moderate income housing
construction and rehabilitation, and to assist in developing site
and off-site improvements for low and moderate income housing
in the Appalachian Region.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Project Planning Loans may
be used for costs of planning Federal (HUD and FmHA) and/or
State and moderate income housing projects and obtaining
project financing. Included may be preliminaiy surveys of market
21
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
needs, preliminary site engineering and architectural fee*, con-
sultant fees, site options, Federal and/or State agency fees, con-
struction loan fees and discounts, etc. Site Development and
Off-Site Improvement Giants and advances may be used only for
reasonable site development costs and necessary off-site improve-
ment costs when used in conjunction with Federal (HUD and
FmHA) and/or State low and moderate income housing
programs. The grants must be essential to the economic feasibility
of housing constructed or rehabilitated for low and moderate
income families and individuals. The Commission may provide or
contract to provide, technical assistance for construction,
rehabilitation and operation of low and moderate income hous-
ing. Use restrictions are Federal (HUD and FmHA) and/or State
and local low and moderate income housing programs and the
restrictions stated in Appalachian Regional Development pro-
gram (23.001).
Applicant Eligibility: States and through the States, their sub-
divisions, private nonprofit organizations, limited profit organiza-
tions, cooperative organizations, or public bodies.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarter* Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted Tint to the Appalachian State Office designated by
the Governor (see Appendix IV of the Catalog). Other inquiriea
may be addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.008 Appalachian Local Accaaa Road*
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To provide access to industrial, commercial,
educational, recreational, residential, and related transportation
facilities which directly or indirectly relate to the improvement of
the areas determined by the States to have significant develop-
ment potential, and to meet the objectives stated under the
program entitled Appalachian Regional Development (23.001).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! The grant may be used for
engineering, right-of-way, relocation, and construction of project*
relating to the objectives stated above, and those identified in the
State Appalachian Development Plan as submitted to, and ac-
cepted by the Commission. Total access road construction may
not exceed 1,400 miles and the roads mutt be accepted by the
Federal Highway Administration and the State. The State is
responsible to see that they are property maintained. Refer to the
Appalachian Regional Development Program (23.001).
Applicant EUgMMtyi States and, through the States, public
bodies and private groups within Appalachia.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Rtfioml or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the State Member. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog). Other
inquiries may be addreaaed to: Executive Director, Appalachian
Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USB
RESTRICTIONS.
23.009 Appalachian Local Development
District Assistance (LDD)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To provide planning and development resources
in multicounty areas; to help develop the technical competence
essential to sound development assistance; and to meet the objec-
tives stated under the program entitled Appalachian Regional
Development (23.001).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For administrative expenses,
including technical services of certified local development dis-
tricts; in addition to the uses and use restrictions detailed in the
Appalachian Development Program (23.001), the local develop-
ment district may use grant funds for the purchase of real estate
and vehicles; and for spare improvement and construction only
with the express approval of ARC. Funds may be used only in the
performance of grantees program and in accord with the budget,
and amendments thereto, as approved by the Commission.
Applicant Eligibility: Multicounty organizations certified by the
State.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Offlee: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. See Appendix IV of the Catalog. Other inquiries
maybe addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.010 Appalachian Mine Area Restoration
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To further the creation of jobs by rehabilitating
areas presently damaged by deleterious mining practices and by
controlling or abating mine drainage pollution; objectives stated
uirierthe program entitled Appalachian Regional Development
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Seal and fill voids in aban-
doned coal mines and abandoned oil and gaa wells; reclaim and
rehabilitate lands affected by strip and surface mining and by
processing of coal and other minerals including land afTected by
waste piles, extinguish underground and outcrop mine fires, and
control or abate mine drainage pollution and planning and en-
gineering for the above; activities to reclaim strip-mined areas an
limited to lands owned by Federal, State, or local bodies of
Government or by private nonprofit entities organized under
State law to be uaed for public recreation, conservation, com-
munity facilities or public housing, otherwise meeting the restric-
tions stated under program entitled Appalachian Regional
Development (23.001). In addition to actual construction costs,
grants may be awarded separately for planning and engineering
of potential mining area restoration projects.
Applicant Eligibility: States and through the States, public bodies
or by private nonprofit entities organized under State law to be
used for public recreation, conservation, community facilities or
public housing owningstrip-mined land in need of restoration are
eligible. The States ate eligible to apply for assistance to sesl and
22
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
All voids in abandoned coal mine*, plan and execute projects for
the extinguishment and control of underground and outcrop mine
Tires, seal abandoned oil and gas wells, and control or abate mine
drainage pollution.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone diiectoiy.
Headquarters Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog). Other inquiries
maybe addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.011 Appalachian State Research, Techni-
cal Assistance, and Demonstration Projects
(State Research)
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES! To expand the knowledge of the region to the
fullest extent possible by means of State-sponsored research (in-
eluding investigations, studies, technical assistance and
demonstration projects) in order to assist the Commission in
accomplishing the objectives of the Act.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To research or demonstrate
the feasibility of plans and programs for concerted economic and
social development. Priority will be given to technical assists nee
related to job creation projects. States can cany out investiga-
tions, research, studies, evaluations, and assessments of needs,
potentials, or attainments of the people of the region, technical
assistance, training programs, demonstrations and the construc-
tion of necessaiy facilities incident to such activities. All develop-
ments resulting from such research, and demonstration projects
must be made freely available to the general public. Existing
research by other agencies is to be utilized as much as possible.
State research projects are also subject to the uses and use restric-
tions described under the Appalachian Regional Development
program (23.001).
Applicant Eligibility; Appalachian States, alone or in combina-
tion with other Appalachian States, local public bodies and State
instrumentalities.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoty.
Headquarters Office Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. See Appendix IV of the Catalog. Other inquiries
may be addressed to: Executive Director, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.012 Appalachian Vocational and Other
Education Facilities and Operations
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To increase the productivity, proficiency and
skills of the workforce or promote the development of
entrepreneurial and management skills for business in the Region
to make them more competitive, and to meet the objectives stated
under the program entitled Appalachian Regional Development
(23.001).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be utilized for
equipment and renovation including supplemental grants and
operation of publicly owned vocational education facilities and
education demonstrations meeting the objectives stated above
and the USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS detailed in the Ap-
palachian Regional Development program (23.001).
Applicant Eligibility: States, and through the States public educa-
tional institutions and private post- secondary institutions. Most
of the proposals are for regional vocational-technical centers
serving multicounty areas as well as several school districts.
Education demonstration projects must be administered through
a public body and be a res wide in scope.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted first to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. Other inquiries may be addressed to: Executive
Director, Appalachian Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: See USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS.
23.013 Appalachian Child Development
FEDERAL AGENCY: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMIS-
SION
OBJECTIVES: To provide child care services throughout the
region which meet the needs of industry and its employees.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Technical assistance, operat-
ing, construction, renovation and equipment grants are awarded.
Section 202 specifically provides that ARC funds may be used as
the local matching share with Social Security Act XX (A) (Aid to
Families with Dependent Children) and (B) (Child Welfare Ser-
vices) funds, notwithstanding the lack of State-wide coverage of
the ARC program.
Applicant Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit organizations
are eligible, if the projects are consistent with the ARDA, the
ARC Code and State Plan and priorities.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Ofllca: Inquiries and proposals for projects should
be submitted fint to the Appalachian State office designated by
the Governor. Other inquiries may be addressed to: Executive
Director, Appalachian Regional Commission, 1666 Connecticut
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC20235. Telephone: (202) 673-7874.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Employment assisted
day care; technical assistance.
23
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
DEPARTMENT
11.300 Economic Development Grants for
Public Works and Development Facilities
FEDERAL AGENCY: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To promote long-term economic development
and assist in the construction of public works and development
facilities needed to initiate and encourage the creation or reten-
tion of permanent jobs in the private sector in areas experiencing
severe economic distress.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants for such public
facilities as water and sewer systems, industrial access roads to
industrial parks, port facilities, railroad sidings and spurs, tourism
facilities, vocational schools, business incubator facilities, and
infrastructure improvements for industrial parks. Qualified
projects must fulfill a pressing need of the area and must: (1) Tend
to improve the opportunities for the successful establishment or
expansion of industrial or commercial plants or facilities; (2) assist
in the creation of additional long-term employment oppor-
tunities; or (3) benefit the long-term unemployed/underemployed
and members of low-income families. In addition, proposed
projects must be consistent with the currently approved Overs!!
Economic Development Program for the area, and for the
Economic Development District, if any, in which it will be located,
and must have adequate local share of funds with evidence of firm
commitment and availability. Projects must be capable of being
started and completed in a timely manner.
Applicant Eligibility: States, cities, counties, and other political
subdivisions, Indian tribes, the Federated States of Micronesia,
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealths and ter-
ritories of the U.S. flag, and private or public nonprofit organiza-
tions or associations representing a redevelopment area or a
designated Economic Development Center are eligible to receive
giants. Corporations and associations organized for profit are not
eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone directory
for EDA Regional Office in your area.
Headquarters Office: David L. Mcllwain, Director, Public Works
Division, Economic Development Administration, Room H7326,
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-5265. (Use same
7-digit number for FTS.)
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1) Infrastructure for
industrial park development; 2) port development and e-™- - -ision;
3) infrastructure necessary for economic development (e.g.
water/seweT facilities); 4) tenovation and recycling of old in-
dustrial buildinp; 5) construction of vocational-technical
facilities and skill centen; and 6) construction of incubator
facilities.
11.302 Economic Development Support for
Planning Organizations (Economic Develop*
ment District Program; Redevelopment Area
Program; and Indian Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To assist in providing administrative aid to multi-
county districts, redevelopment areas and Indian tribes to estab-
OF COMMERCE
lish and maintain economic development planning and implemen-
tation capability and thereby promote effective utilization of
resources in the creation of full-time permanent jobs for the
unemployed and the underemployed in areas of high distress.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are used for staff
salaries and other planning and administrative expenses of the
funded economic development organization.
Applicant Eligibility. (1) Public bodies and other nonprofit or-
ganizations representing groups of State-delineated and EDA-
approved adjoining counties, which include at least one area
designated as a redevelopment area by the Secretary of Com-
merce and one or more growth centen not over 250,000 popula-
tion; (2) Indian Tribes; and (3) counties designated as
redevelopment areas or nonprofit organizations representing
redevelopment areas or parts of such areas.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone di rectory
for EDA Regional Office in your area.
Headquarter* Office: Luis F. Bueso, Director Planning Division,
Economic Development Administration, Room H7319, Herbert
C Hoover Building, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202)
482-2873. (Use same 7-digit number for FTS.)
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Support to hire profes-
sional staff or the following types of areas; a 10-county rural
organization; a 6-county rural/urban organization; a 5-county
rural organization that includes an Indian reservation; a 500,000-
acre Indian reservation; and a 30,000-acre Indian reservation.
11.303 Economic Development Technical As-
sistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To promote economic development a nd alleviate
underemployment and unemployment in distressed areas, EDA
operates a technical assistance program. The program provides
funds to: (1) Enlist the resources of designated university centers
in promoting in economic development; (2) support demonstra-
tion projects; (3) disseminate information and studies of
economic development issues of national significance; and (4)
finance feasibility studies and other projects leading to local
economic development.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Technical assistance is used
to provide information, data, and know-how in evaluating, shap-
ing and implementing specific projects and programs that
promote economic development in economically depressed areas.
Applicant Eligibility: While there are no specific applicant
eligibility requirements, most technical assistance recipients are
private nonprofit groups, educational institutions. Federally
Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, municipal, county or
State governments and U.S. Territories or entities thereof.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone directoiy
for EDA Regional Office in your area.
Headquarters Office: Initial contact should be with Economic
Development Representatives except for projects that are nation -
al in scope, in this case initial contact should be with Headquarters
24
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Office, Richard E. Hage, Technical Assistance and Research
Division, Economic Development Administration, Room H731S,
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-2127.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Support for various
activities of: (1) University Center program-projects through
which selected universities provide management and technical
assistance services to communities, counties, districts, nonprofit
development groups, and technology transfer assistance to firms;
(2) demonstration projects; (3) funding for national organizations
to carry out activities aimed at increasing the economic develop-
ment capabilities of their member or other appropriate entities
or individuals; (4) studies to determine the economic feasibility
of various local development projects involving industrial, com-
mercial, and other activities; (5) state-of-the-art reports; (6)
workshops; and (7) information dissemination.
11.304 Economic Development Public Works
Impact Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To promote long-term economic development
and assist in providing immediate useful work (i.e. construction
jobs) to unemployed and underemployed persons in designated
project areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Renovation or construction
of public works and development facilities to provide immediate
jobs to the unemployed and underemployed in the project area.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligibility is based on designation of the
county or city as a redevelopment area according to the criteria
under Section 401(a)(6) of the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965, as amended (P.L. 89-136).
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
the office in your area.
Headquarters Office: David L. Mcltwain, Director, Public Works
Division, Economic Development Administration, Room H7326,
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone:
(202) 482-S26S. (Use same 7-digit number for FTS.)
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1) Renovation of build-
ings, including historic preservation; 2) repairing industrial
streets and roads; 3) construction of needed community facilities;
4) rehabilitation of transportation facilities; and 3) construction
of water/sewer systems.
11.307 Special Economic Development and
Adjustment Assistance Program Sudden and
Severe Economic Dislocation and Long-Term
Economic Deterioration (SSED and LTED)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To assist State and local areas develop and/or
implement strategies designed to address adjustment problems
resulting from sudden and severe economic dislocation such at
plant closings, military base closures and defense contract cut-
backs (SSED), or from long-term economic deterioration in the
area's eoonomy (LTED).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants may be made to
develop an economic adjustment strategy (Adjustment Strategy
Grant), or to implement such strategies (Adjustment Implemen-
tation Grants). Implementation grants may be made for the con-
struction of public facilities, business development and financing
(including revolving loan funds (RLFs)), technical assistance,
training or any other activity that addresses the economic adjust-
ment problem.
Applicant Eligibility: States, cities, counties or other political
subdivisions of a State, consortia of such political subdivisions,
public or private nonprofit organizations representing redevelop-
ment areas designated under the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965, Economic Development Districts es-
tablished under Title IV of the Act, Indian tribes.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Refer to your local telephone directoiy
for EDA regional officfe in your area.
Headquarters Office: David F. Witschi, Director, Economic Ad-
justment Division, Economic Development Administration,
Room H7327, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Department of Com-
merce, Washington DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-2659.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Grants received under
the SSED Program: (1) Develop strategy for recovery from plant
closure and major permanent job loss; (2) rehabilitate vacant
industrial facility for multi-tenant use or as an incubator, and (3)
finance employee buy-out to prevent plant closing. Grants
received under the LTED Program: (1) Establishment of revolv-
ing loan funds; and/or (2) recapitalization of revolving loan funds.
11.580 Public Telecommunications Facilities
Planning and Construction
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To assist in the planning, acquisition, installation
and modernization of public telecommunications facilities,
through planning grants and matching construction grants, in
order to: a) Extend delivery of public telecommunications services
to as many citizens of the U.S. and territories as possible by the
most efficient and economical means, including the use of broad-
cast and nonbroadcast technologies; b) increase public telecom-
munications services and facilities available to, operated by and
owned by minorities and women; and c) strengthen the capability
of existing public television and radio stations to provide public
telecommunications service to the public.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Provides for grants for the
planningand construction of public telecommunications facilities.
Matching grants are given for apparatus necessaty for production,
dissemination, interconnection, and reception of noncommercial
educational, cultural radio and television programs, and related
noncommercial instructional or informational material. Coats
associated with filling for Federal assistance, installation costs,
and other preoperational coats are eligible to be included in
requests for matching funds. Building* and renovations of build-
ings, land, operational expenses, and indirect coats are ineligible.
Applicant Eligibility: a) A public or noncommercial educational
broadcast station; b) A noncommercial telecommunications en-
tity, c) A system of public telecommunications entities; d) A
public or private nonprofit foundation, corporation, institution or
association organized primarily for educational or cultural pur-
poses; e) A public or private nonprofit foundation, corporation,
institution or association organized for any purpose except
primarily religious to plan for the provision of public telecom-
25
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
munication services; and f) A State or local government or agency,
including U.S. territories and Federally Recognized Indian Tribal
Governments or a political or special purpose subdivision of a
State. "Special consideration" is given to applications which would
increase minority and women's ownership of, operation of , and
participation in, public telecommunications entities.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Dennis R. Connors, Associate Ad-
ministrator, Office of Telecommunications Applications/NTIA,
Room 4889, Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-
5802.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Construction of a new
non-commercial radio station in Greenville, Ohio, to provide the
area's only public radio service. Replacement of the transmission
system, the remote control, and associated dissemination equip-
ment for a public television station in Austin, Texas. The estab-
lishment of an island-wide Instructional Television Fixed Service
(ITFS) system that will interconnect colleges and universities with
numerous business and industrial site* in Puerto Rico. Planning
for a broad band telecommunications network for education and
research that would interconnect universities nationwide using
fiber optic cable and other technologies.
11.552 Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To promote the goals of development and
widespread availability of advanced telecommunications tech-
nologies; to enhance the delivery of social services and generally
serve the public interest; to promote access to government infor-
mation and increase civic participation; and to support the advan-
cement of an advanced nationwide telecommunications and
information infrastructure.
TYPES F ASSISTANCE: ProjectGiants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funding under the TIIAP
will be awarded to support projects that moat effectively enhance
economic opportunity, the provision of education, culture, health
care, public information, library, public safety, social services, or
other efforts to meet public needs; and that support the furtbeT
infrastructure, incorporating the widest variety of information
technologies. The agency provides for grants for the efforts of
all eligible applicants to develop their information infrastructures
through demonstration projects and planning efforta that
project a statewide, multi-state, national, local or intrastate im-
pact. The number of proposals that will receive funding in each
of the two categories will depend, in large measure, on the total
number of applications that NTIA receives. Because the ag-
gregate funding level at individual grants cannot be determined
in advance, applicants must justify the amounts requested.
Applicant Ellgfeility: State and local government*, nonprofit
health care providers, school districts, libraries, universities and
colleges, public safety services, and other nonprofit entities. IN*
FORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllee: Not Applicable.
Headquarters Ofllee: Dr. Charles M. Rus , „ Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Telecommunicate s and Information
Applications/NTIA, Room 4889, Department of Commerce, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Telephone: (202) 482-2048.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not available. First
awards under this program will be issued in the Fall of 1994.
11.801 Native American Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOP-
MENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OBJECTIVES: To provide business development service to Na-
tive Americans interested in entering, expanding or improving
their efforts in the marketplace. To help Native American busi-
ness development centers and Native American business consult-
ants to provide a wide range of services to Native American
clients, from initial consultation to the identification and resolu-
tion of specific business problems.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grant*.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Minority Business
Development Agency (MBDA) competitively selects and funds
six Native American Buainess Development Centers (NABDC's)
and one Native American Business Consultant (NABC) recipient
to provide management and technical assistance to Native
Americans located throughout the country. Recipients of NAP
funds provide clients with advice and counseling in such areas as
preparing financial packages, business counseling, business in-
formation and management, accounting guidance, marketing,
business/industrial site analysis, production, engineering, con-
struction assistance, procurement and identification of potential
business opportunities. MBDA does not have the authority to
make loans to Native American firms. Program funds are
restricted to providing management and technical assistance.
Applicant Eligibility: There are no eligibility restrictions for this
program. Eligible applicants may include individuala, nonprofit
organizations, for-profit firms, local and State governments, Na-
tive American Tribes, and educational institutions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact the nearest Minority Business
Development Agency Regional Office listed in your local
telephone directoiy.
Headquarters Office: Assistant Director, Office of Operations,
Room 5063, Minority Business Development Agency, Depart-
ment of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-1015.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: An NABDC located in
New Mexico received a $197,825 award to provide management
and technical assistance to eligible Native American clients to
faster the development and operation of businesses.
26
-------
Fedral Funding Sources For Rural Areas
12.600 Community Economic Adjustment
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUST-
MENT, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (FORCE
MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL), DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
OBJECTIVES: To help communities, region* and States alleviate
serious economic impacts that result from Defense program
changes, e.g., base openings, expansions and closings, contract
changes and personnel reductions and increases.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Provision of Specialized Services;
Advisory Services and Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Economic Adjustment
Program helps alleviate serious community economic impacts
that result from changes in Defense activities. The Executive
Order designates the heads of 23 Federal Executive agencies as
members of the Economic Adjustment Committee (EAQ with
the responsibility to support, to the extent permitted by law, the
economic adjustment activities of the Secretary of Defense. The
following agencies are members of the EAC Departments of
Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health
and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Interior,
Labor; State; Transportation; Treasury, Veterans Affairs; Jus-
tice; Office of Management and Budget; Council of Economic
Advisors; Office of Personnel Management; Environmental
Protection Agency; Federal Emergency Management Agency;
General Services Administration; Small Business Administra-
tion; Postal Service; and the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency. Economic Adjustment assistance consists of assessment
of the impact, evaluation of specific needs, identification of alter-
native courses of action, identification of resource requirements
and possible sources, and the preparation of the development
strategy and action plan. The resources of Federal agencies (tech-
nical expertise and assistance programs) are utilized to augment
State, local, and private-sector resources to develop and imple-
ment a consensus plan. Federal agency participation is governed
by local requirements and needs for assistance (e.g., DOED
assists on educational projects, DOT on transportation projects,
etc.)
Applicant Eligibility: States and political subdivisions, other
public organizations, and responsible community leadership
groups.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (FM&P), Western Region, 7500 Sand Point Way N&,
Seattle, WA 98115. Telephone: (206) 524-1845; Office of
Economic Adjustment, Sacramento Regional Office, 132S J
Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone: (916) 557-
7365; Office of Economic Adjustment, 400 Army Navy Drive,
Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Telephone: (703) 695-1806.
Headquarters Office: Director, Economic Adjustment, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (FMAP), Pentagon, Room
4c767, Washington, DC 20301-4000. Telephone: (703) 697-9155.
(Use same 7-digit number for FTS.)
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS! Not applicable.
OF DEFENSE
12.607 Community Economic Adjustment
Planning Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUST-
MENT, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(FORCE MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL), DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE
OBJECTIVES: To assist State and local governments conduct
militaiy base reuse studies and resolve serious community
economic problems resulting from: Military base closures, open-
ings, and realignments. To conduct community impact planning
that will be beneficial to the Department of Defense and the
affected jurisdiction^).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: DoD funding may be
provided for military base reuse studies required for reuse of
former military property. DoD may provide community planning
assistance funding through a cooperative agreement or grant for
planning activities considered beneficial to DoD and the affected
community. Activities include, but are not limited to: Staffing,
operating and administrative coats; travel; public information;
and general or specialized community impact studies conducted
by contractors, State, or local government employees.
Applicant Eligibility. applicant may be eligible for DoD
funding for military base reuse studies if the Secretary of Defense
has announced that the local militaiy installation is a candidate
for closure or that a final decision has been made to close the
installation; and, if one of the following actions is proposed or has
actually occurred: 1) Increased activity: (a) the assignment of
more than 2,000 miliuuy, civilian and DoD contractor personnel
to a new or expanded installation; or (b) the assignment of more
military, civilian, and contractor DoD personnel than the number
equal to 10 percent of employment in counties or independent
municipalities within 15 miles of the installation, whichever is less;
or 2) decreased activity from the realignment or closure of a
military installation. Additionally, the Secretaiy of Defense must
make a determination that the action is likely to impose » sig-
nificant impact. DoD funds maybe provided only if other Federal,
State or local resources are not adequate. State or local govern-
ments, regional organizations composed of State and local or-
ganizations, and Federally recognized Indian tribes located within
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and Guam are eligible if the above statutory criteria
are met
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (FMAP), Western Region, 7500 Sand Point Way, NE,
Seattle, WA 98115. Telephone: (206) 524-1845; Office of
Economic Adjustment, Sacramento Regional Office, 1325 "J"
Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone: (916) 557-
7365; Office of Economic Adjustment, OASD (FM&P), 400
Army Navy Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884.
Telephone: (703) 695-1800.
Headquarters Office: Director, Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (FMAP), Pentagon, Room 4C767, Washington, DC
20301-4000. Telephone: (703) 697-9155.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funds were provided
for reuse planning of closing bases.
27
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
12.611 Community Economic Adjustment
Planning Assistance for Reductions in
Defense Industry Employment
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUST-
MENT, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (FORCE
MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL), DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
OBJECTIVES: To assist State and local governments resolve
serious community economic problems resulting from the cancel-
lation, termination or failure to proceed with a major DoD ac-
quisition.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: DoD funding may be
provided for Defense industiy adjustment planning to com-
munities facing substantial and serious impact in the case of
publicly-announced planned reduction in DoD spending, the can-
cellation or termination of a DoD contract, or the failure to
proceed with a previously approved major Defense acquisition
program. Planning assistance funding may be provided through a
cooperative agreement or grant. Activities include, but are not
limited to staffing, operating and administrative costs, travel,
public information, general, State or local employees.
Applicant Eligibility: An applicant may be eligible for DoD
funding for Defense industry adjusting planning if the cancella-
tion, termination, or failure to proceed with a major weapons
system involves the loss of: a) 2,500 or more fult-time contractor
employee positions in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA); b)
1,000 or more jobs in a labor market area outside an MSA; or c)
one percent of the total number of civilian jobs in that area.
Additionally, the Secretary of Defense must make a determina-
tion that the action is likely to impose a direct and significant
impact. DoD funds may be provided only if other Federal, State
or local resources are not adequate. State or local organizations,
and Federally recognized Indian tribes located within the SO
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico and Guam are eligible if the above statutory criteria are met.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (FM&P), Western Region, 7500 Sand Point Way, NE,
Seattle, WA 98115. Telephone: (206) 524-1845; Office of
Economic Adjustment, Sacramento Regional Office, 132S "J"
Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone: (916) 557-
7365; Office of Economic Adjustment, OASD (FM&P), 400
Army Navy Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884.
Telephone: (703) 695-1800.
Headquarters Office: Director, Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (FM&P), Pentagon, Room 4C767, Washington, DC
20301-4000. Telephone: 697-915S.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funds were provided to
communities for impact mitiption planning related to the lots of
mote than 2,500 DoD contractor job*.
12.612 Community Base Reuse Plans
(Community Planning Assistance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUST-
MENT. OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(ECONOMIC SECURITY), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OBJECTIVES: To assist local governments or States, on behalf
of local governments, to conduct community base reuse plans at
closing or realigning military installations.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES.AND USE RESTRICTIONS: DoD funding may be
provided for development of the community base reuse plan that
is required as part of the Environmental Impact Statement for
disposal and reuse of military installations.
Applicant Eligibility. An applicant may be eligible for DoD
funding if the Secretary of Defense announced in 1988, 1991, or
1993 or will announce in 1995 that the local military installation is
a candidate for closure or realignment or that a final decision has
been made that the installation will be closed or realigned; and
that a community reuse plan is required for the DoD Environ-
mental Impact Statement. State or local governments, regional
organizations composed, of State and local organizations, and
federally recognized Indian tribes located within the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
Guam are eligible if the above criteria are met.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Office of Economic Adjustment,
Western Regional Office, 1325 J Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento,
CA 95814. Telephone; (916) 557-7365.
Headquarters Offke:Director, Office of Economic Adjustment,
OASD (ES), 400 Army Nave Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA
22202-2884. Telephone:(703) 604-6020.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funds were provided
for community reuse plans for Pueblo Army Depot and Ricken-
backer AFRB.
28
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
S4.002 Adult Education State-Administered
Basic Grant Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To improve educational opportunities for adults
and to encourage the establishment of adult education programs
that will enable all adults to acquire basic educational skills neces-
sary to function in a literate society, enable adults who so desire
to complete secondary school, and enable adults to benefit from
job training and retraining programs and obtain productive
employment to more fully enjoy the benefits and responsibilities
of citizenship.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS; Special emphasis is given to
programs of instruction in computational skills and in speaking,
reading, or writing English for those adults who are educationally
disadvantaged. Not less than 10 percent of the State allocation
must be used for corrections education and education for other
institutionalized adults. Not less than IS percent of the State
allocation must be used for special experimental demonstration
projects and teacher training projects; at least 10 percent must
be spent for teacher training. From its allotment, States must use
an amount of funds (determined by the State) for competitive
two-year grants to public housing authorities for literacy
programs and related activities. State advisory councils may be
established and represent eligible expenditures under the Act.
Not more than 20 percent of the State allocation can be used for
programs of equivalency for a certificate of graduation from a
secondary school.
Applicant Eligibility: Grants are made to designated State educa-
tional agencies. Local educational agencies, public or private non-
profit agencies, correctional education agencies, community-
based organizations, postsecondary educational institutions; In-
stitutions that serve educationally disadvantaged adults and any
other institution that have the ability to provide literacy services
to adulu and families, are eligible for subgrants. A public or
private nonprofit entity may apply on behalf of a consortium that
includes a for profit agency, organization or institution.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local OfTIc*: See your local telephone directory for
the Department of Education's regional office serving your area.
Headquarter* Office: Division of Adult Education and Literacy,
Office of Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education,
Department of Education, Washington, DC20202-7320. Contact;
Ronald S. Pugsley. Telephone: (202) 205-9872.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
84.010 Chapter i Programs Local Education-
al Agendas (Chapter 1 Basic snd Concentra-
tion Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To improve the educational opportunities of
educationally deprived children by helping them succeed in the
regular school program, attain grade level proficiency, and im-
prove achievement in basic and more advanced skills.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
EDUCATION
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Primarily for provision of
compensatory instructional activities to educationally deprived
children that reside in low-income areas and have been selected
on the basis of a needs assessment. Services must supplement, not
supplant, those normally provided by State and local educational
agencies.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs) and the
Secretary of the Interior may apply. Local educational agencies
(LEAs) and Indian tribal Schools are subgrantees.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Compensatory Education Programs, Of-
fice of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education,400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2043, Washington,
DC 20202-6132. Contact: Mary Jean LeTendre. Telephone: (202)
401-1682.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
84.011 Migrant Education Basic State
Formula Grant Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES To establish or improve programs to meet the
sperial educational needs of migratory children of migratory
agricultural workers or migratory fishers.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Program funds are used for
compensatory education programs for migratory children.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Office of Migrant Education, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., FOB 6, Room 2149, Washington, DC
20202-613S. Contact: William L. Stormer. Telephone: (202) 401-
0742.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Program funds are used
to establish or improve programs to meet the special educational
needs of migratory children in such areas as academic instruction;
remedial and compensatory instruction; bilingual and multicul-
tural instruction; vocational instruction and career education ser-
vices; special guidance, counseling, and testing services; health
services; and preschool services.
84.014 Follow Through
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To sustain and augment in primary grades the
gains that children from low-income families make in Head Start
and other quality preschool programs. Follow Through provides
special programs of instruction as well as health, nutrition, and
other related service* that will aid in the continued development
of children to their full potential. Active participation of parents
is stressed. Emphasis is placed on the demonstration and dissemi-
nation of effective approaches specifically designed to improve
29
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
the Khool performance of children from low-income families and
the provision of comprehensive services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are used for (1) Dis-
cretionary grants made primarily to local educational agencies
(LEAs), affiliated with a sponsor, for the operation of Follow
Through projects; and (2) discretionary grants to sponsors,
primarily to institutions of higher education, educational regional
laboratories, or public or private nonprofit agencies, for the
development of the instructional approaches used in LEA
projects affiliated with the sponsors and for the provision of
technical assistance. Federal funds made available to LEAs under
this title will be used to supplement, not supplant, existing funds.
Competitive advantage goes to local projects operating in school
wide projects. Special emphasis is placed on coordination with
Head Start or similar preschool programs.
Applicant Eligibility: Discretionary project grants are made to
specified local educational agencies and public and private institu-
tions of higher education or educational regional laboratories or
other appropriate public or private nonprofit agencies, organiza-
tions, or institutions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Compensatory Education Programs, Of-
fice of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Rm. 2043, Washington,
DC 20202-6132. Contact: Robert Alexander. Telephone: (202)
401-1692.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Grants for carrying out
local Follow Through projects: Follow Through local grantees are
responsible for a total program of effort in kindergarten through
third grade with the educational effort making up only one of the
program components. In addition to recognizing a variety of
instructional strategies, Follow Through recognizes the relation-
ship between educational development and the physical, social,
and emotional well being of the child by providing comprehensive
services and special activities in the areas of physical and mental
health, social services, nutrition, and such other areas that supple-
ment basic services already within the school system.
V
84.034 Public Library Service* (LSCA Title I)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To assist in: (1) Extending public library services
to areas without service or with inadequate service; (2) making
library services more accessible to individuals who, by reason of
distance, residence, handicap, age, literacy level, or other disad-
vantage, are unable to receive the benefits of public libnuy ser-
vices; (3) adapting public library services to meet particular needs
of individuate within the States, including those with limited
English speaking ability; (4) assisting libraries to serve as com-
munity information referral centers; (5) assisting libraries in
providing literacy programs for adults and school dropouts in
cooperation with other agencies and organizations, if ap-
propriate; (6) establishing library literacy centers; (7) strengthen-
ing State library administrative agencies for meeting the needs of
the people of the States; (8) strengthening major urban resource
libraries; (9) establishing; expending, and operating Ubnuy ser-
vice projects for residents in State institutions, for the physically
handicapped, for the disadvantaged in urban and rural areas, for
the elderly, and for childcarc providers; (10) increasing public
library services or access to these services through effective use of
technology; (11) strengthening metropolitan public libraries
which serve as national or regional resource centers; (12) develop-
ing intcrgenerstionsl library services; and (13) providing drug
abuse prevention services in cooperation with local education
agencies or other agencies or organization, if appropriate.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for books
and other library materials, library equipment, salaries, and other
operating expenses, for administration of State Plans, and for
strengthening the capacity of State library administrative agencies
for meeting the needs of the people of the States. Funds may not
be used for libraries organized to serve a special clientele such as
law, medical, school, and academic libraries. However, a State may
make subgrants to library systems or networks including libraries
other than public libraries, if the purpose is to improve services
for public library patrons. The major urban resource libraries
program is activated when the Title I annual appropriation ex-
ceeds 560,000,000.
Applicant Eligibility: State library administrative agencies which
have authority to administer Federal funds, supervise public
library service within a State, and together with participating
libraries, have financial resources sufficient to match Federal
funds on a percentage basis according to per capital wealth may
apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Formula Library Programs Division,
Library Programs, Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment, Department of Education, Washington, DC 20208-5571.
Contact: Robert Klassen. Telephone: (202) 219-1303.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
84.048 Vocational Education Basic Grants to
States
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To make the United States more competitive in
the world economy by developing more fully the academic and
occupational skills of all segments of the population, principal^
through concentrating resources on improving educational
programs leading to academic and occupational skills needed to
work in a technologically advanced society.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Formula Grants; Project G tints (Coo-
tracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Each State must allocate its
bask giant in the following manner Up to five percent of the
allotment or $250,000, whichever is greater, for State Administra-
tion, including at least 160,000 for sex equity leadership; and the
remaining balance as follows: (1) An amount equal to at least 75
percent of the allotment to be distributed to eligible recipients;
(2) an amount equal to 10 .5 percent for the program for single
parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women, and
for individuals participating in programs to eliminate sex bias and
stereotyping; (3) an amount not more than 8i percent for State
programs and State leadership; and (4) an amount equal to one
percent for programs for criminal offenders in correctional in-
stitutions.
A ppUcant Eligibility: State Boards for Vocational Education.
Eligible recipients for subgrants are local educational agencies
and poatsecondary institutions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the Department of Education's regional office in your area.
30
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Headquarter* Office: Division of Vocational-Technical Educa-
tion, Office of Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult
Education, Department of Education, 400 Matyiand Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-7323. Contact: Winifred I. Warnat.
Telephone: (202) 2QS-9441.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS; Not applicable.
84.060 Indian Education Formula Grants to
Local Educational Agencies (Indian
Education ActSubpart 1)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To develop and cany out supplementaiy elemen-
tary and secondaiy school programs designed to meet the special
educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian
children, for example to: 1) Improve academic performance, 2)
reduce school dropout rates and improve attendance, and 3)
integrate the value of cultural education into the school cur-
riculum for Indian children.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grantees may use funds for
the establishment, maintenance, and operation of supplementary
projects specifically designed to meet the special educational or
culturally related academic needs, or both, of Indian children.'
Projects must be designed in response to a locally conducted
needs assessment and with the full cooperation and involvement
of an elected committee representing puents of the Indian stu-
dents to be served. Permissible activities include, but are not
limited to: (1) Tutorial services in academic skills; (2) instruction
of Indian history and tribal cultural hittoiy, aits, music, language,
etc.; and (3) home-school liaison services.
Applicant Eligibility: Local educational agencies (LEAs) that
enroll at least 10 Indian children or in which Indians constitute at
least 50 percent of the total enrollment. These requirements do
not apply to LEAs serving Indian children in Alaska, California,
and Oklahoma or located on, or in proximity to, an Indian reser-
vation. An Indian tribe that operates a school in accordance witn
standards established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under
Section 1121 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.G
2001) or under contract with the Bureau of Indian Affain accord-
ing to Public Law 93-638 is deemed to be an LEA for the purposes
of this program. Schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affain
(BIA), Department of the Interior, an eligible only if funds are
available in accordance with Section 5312(bX3) of the Act
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Office of Indian Education, Office of
Elementary and Secondaiy Education, Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2177, Washington, DC 20202.
Contact: Cathie Martin, Branch Chief, Grants Administration
Branch. Telephone: (202) 401-1902.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Instruction in reading
and mathematics; counseling and guidance; native language and
cultural education instruction; tutoring; home-school liaison ser-
vices.
84.061 Indian Education Special Programs
and Project* (Indian Education Act Subpart 2)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To plan, develop, and implement programs and
projects for the improvement of educational opportunities for
Indian children, programs that serve gifted and talented Indian
students, prepare and improve qualifications of persons serving
Indian students in educational personnel positions, encourage
Indian students to acquire a higher education, and reduce the
incidence of dropping out of school among elementaiy and secon -
dary school students.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants may be used: 1) To
support projects that are designed to plan, test, and demonstrate
the effectiveness of programs for improving, educational oppor-
tunities for Indian children; 2) to provide educational services for
Indian children that are not otherwise available in sufficient
quantity or quality; (3) to support programs that train persons to
enter educational careers serving Indian children and adults; and
(4) to support projects that are designed to develop, improve, and
implement programs to encourage Indian students to acquire a
higher education, and to reduce the incidence of school dropouts
among Indian elementary and secondaiy school students.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants include: State and local
educational agencies, federally supported elementary and secon-
daiy schools for Indian children, Indian tribes, Indian organiza-
tions, Indian institutions, and institutions of higher education.
Priority is given to Indian tribes, Indian organizations, Indian
institutions, and consortia of higher education institutions, LEAs,
SEAs, Indian tribes and Indian organizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
¦ Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Office of Indian Education, Department of
Education,400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2177, Washington,
DC 20202. Contact: Cathie Martin, Branch Chief, Grants Ad-
ministration Branch. Telephone: (202) 401-1902.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Supplementaiy educa-
tion services such as: planning, pilot projects, demonstrations,
exemplaiy projects, curriculum development, alternative schools,
early childhood programs, educational personnel training, and
dropout prevention.
84.062 Indian Education Adult Education
(Indian Education Act-Subpart 3)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To plan, develop, and implement programs for
Indian adults to decrease the rate of illiteracy, increase the
masteiy of basic skills, increase the number who earn high school
equivalency diplomas, and encourage the development of
programs using cultured instruction for Indian adults.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants ate used for the
establishment and operation of programs designed to stimulate
the provision of bask literacy and high school equivalency oppor-
tunities for Indian adults. Funds may be used to encourage dis-
semination of information and materials relating to evaluation
strategies that show effectiveness of programs and improved
educational opportunities for Indian adults.
Applicant Eligibility. Indian tribes, Indian institutions, and In-
dian organizations may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
31
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Headquarters Office: Indian Education Programs, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2177, Washington, DC 20202.
Contact: Cathie Martin, Branch Chief, Grants Administration
Branch. Telephone: (202) 401-1902.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Service projects offer-
ing instruction in basic and secondary education.
84.072 Indian Education Grants to Indian-
Controlled Schools (Indian Education Act,
Subpart 1, Non-LEAs)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES To provide financial assistance to Indian-control-
led schools to develop and implement cultural enrichment
programs for elementary and secondary schools that are designed
to meet the special educational needs of Indian children. The
schools must be located on or near a reservation and must be
governed by an Indian tribe or tribally sanctioned organization.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants may be used to plan
for and establish Indian-controlled schools, for example, estab-
lishing and operating an LEA or assuming control over a school
previously operated by the Federal or State government. Grants
may also be used to develop and support special enrichment
projects for students attending Indian-controlled schools.
Applicant Eligibility: An Indian tribe or Indian organization, or
an LEA that will have been an LEA for not more than three yean
at the beginning of the proposed project period is eligible if it
operates a school for Indian children that is located on or near a
reservation. However, the requirement that a school be located
on or near a reservation does not apply to any school serving
Indian children in Alaska, California, or Oklahoma.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Indian Education, Department of
Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2177, Washington, DC 20202.
Contact: Cathie Martin, Branch Chief, Grants Administration
Branch. Telephone: (202) 401-1902.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Tutoring in academic
skills, language and cultural education instruction; planning
grants.
84.087 Indian Education Fellowships for In*
dian Students (Indian Education Act, Section
8323 Fellowships)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide an opportunity for Indian students to
pursue a course of study leading to a postbaccalaureate degree in
medicine, psychology, clinical psychology, law, education, and
related fields; or an undergraduate or graduate degree in natural
resources, business administration, engineering and related
fields.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Fellowships).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Fellowships include stipends,
dependent allowances, tuition and fees, book allowances, and, in
some cases, research and travel expenses. Recipients of fellowship
awards must be admitted to a full-time program of study at an
accredited college or university.
Applicant Eligibility: An Indian. Indian means any individual
who: (1) is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group
of Indians, including those tribes, bands, or groups terminated
since 1940 and those recognized by the State in which they reside;
(2) is a descendant in the first or second degree of any individual
described above, or (3) is considered by the Secretary of the
Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or (4) is an Eskimo,
Aleut, or other Alaska Native; United States citizen; and, is in
attendance, orwho has been accepted for admission, as a full-time
graduate or undergraduate student in an eligible field of study at
an accredited institution of higher education and recognized by
that institution as a degree candidate may apply. An applicant
must not have obtained a terminal graduate or postbaccalaureate
degree.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Indian Education, Elementary
and Secondary Education, Department of Education. Contact:
Indian Fellowship Program, Room 2177, Mail Stop 6139, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
(202)401-1890.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fellowships are
awarded to individual American Indian and Alaskan Native stu-
dents.
84.101 Vocational Education Indiana
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To make grants and contracts with Indian Tribes
or tribal organizations and Bureau funded schools to plan, con-
duct, and administer programs or portions of programs
authorized by and consistent with the Carl D.Perkins Vocational
Education Act.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE; Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments); Project Grants (Contracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To provide vocational and
technical education opportunities for Indians and Alaskan Na-
tives.
Applicant EHgMlttjr: Eligible to contract with the Secretary of
the Interior for the administration of programs under the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 or
under the Act of April 16,1934, and Bureau funded schools.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
an addresses of the Department of Education's regional office.
Hiadqiarters Office: Division of National Programs, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education,
Washington, DC 20202-7242. Contact: Harvey G. Thiel.
Telephone: (202) 205-5680.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indiana is conducting a three year program for basic
skills, tribal manufacturing, tribal and local business, and tribal
enterprises. The project is housed and operated out of Choctaw
Vocational Center, Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Salish
Kootenai Collep is conducting a three year program in building
trades secretarial science, computer science, forest technology
and basic skills. The College also conducts a State licensed as-
32
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
sociate degree nursing program. The project is located at Pablo,
Montana.
84.141 Migrant Education High School
Equivalency Program (HEP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist students who are engaged, or whose
parents are engaged, in migrant and other seasonal farm work to
obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma and sub-
sequently to gain employment or be placed in an institution of
higher education or other postsecondaiy education or training.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Project funds may be used to
recruit and provide academic and support services (including
counseling, health services, stipend*, and placement) to migrant
students to obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma
and to subsequently gain employment or be placed in an institu-
tion of higher education or other poctsecondaiy education or
training.
Applicant Eligibility: Institutions of higher education or private
nonprofit agencies in cooperation with institutions of higher
education may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Migrant Education, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., (FOB-6, Room 2145), Washington,
DC 20202. Contact: William L Stormer. Telephone: (202) 401-
0742.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Project funds are used
for recruitment, instruction designed to help participants pass an
examination and obtain a high school equivalency certificate,
counseling, health services, housing for on-campus residential
programs, exposure to academic programs, cultural events, and
other activities not usually available to migrant youth, and ap-
propriate in-service training activities for project staff members.
84.144 Migrant Education Coordination
Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To cany out activities to improve the interstate
and intrastate coordination of migrant education between State
and local educational agencies.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Project Grants (Con-
tracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Funds are used for activities
to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant
education among State and local educational agencies, including
operation of a Migrant Student Record Transfer System
(MSRTS)
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Migrant Education, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 2145, Washington, DC 20202.
Contact: Ann Weinheimer. Telephone: (202) 4014)744.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects include
a migrant student record transfer system, a secondary credit and
accrual project three program coordination centers, and a migrant
stopover site project.
84.149 Migrant Education College Assistance
Migrant Program (CAMP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To assist students that are engaged, or whose
parents are engaged in migrant and otherseasonal farmwort,and
are enrolled or are admitted for enrollment on a full-time basis
in the first academic year at an institution of higher education.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Project funds maybe used to
provide supportive and instructional services, including tutoring
and counseling services and assistance in obtaining student finan-
cial aid (including stipends, tuition, and room and board) to
Rat-year college students, assist those students in obtaining
financial aid for their remaining undergraduate years, and provide
follow-up services, such as monitoringand reportingstudents first
year and subsequent year academic progress, and referrals to
counseling services, academic assistance or financial aid.
Applicant Eligibility: Institutions of higher education or private
nonprofit agencies in cooperation with institutions of higher
education may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Migrant Education, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education,
400Maryland Avenue, SW., FOB-6, Room 2145, Washington, DC
20202. Contact: William L. Stormer. Telephone: (202) 401-0742.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Project funds are used
to recruit potential participants and to provide services to stu-
dents in such areas as: tutoring; academic, career, and personal
counseling; health services; housing support; exposure to
academic programs, cultural events, and other activities not usual-
ly available to migrant youth; and appropriate in-service training
activities for project staff members.
84.151 Federal, State, and Local Partnershipa
for Educational Improvement (Chapter 2,
State Block Granta)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist State and local educational agencies to
improve elementary and secondary education.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants ate swarded to State
educational agencies (SEAs) for State and local educational
programs for students at risk of failure in school; instructional and
educational materials; school-wide improvements and effective
school program*; training and professional development; early
childhood education programs, personal excellence of students
and student achievement; and innovative enhancement projects
to the educational program and climate of the school. The specific
33
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
information about programs and activities may be found in the
statute.
Applicant Eligibility: All States including the District of Colum-
bia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas, including American
Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau,
and the Virgin Islands are eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: School Improvement programs, School Ef-
fectiveness Division, State and Local Educational Programs
Branch, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Depart-
ment of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-6439. Contact: Zulla Toney. Telephone: (202) 401-1154.
EXAMPLES OP FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
84.154 Public Library Construction and Tech-
nology Enhancement (LSCA • Title II)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist in the construction of new buildings and
the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing
buildings for use as public libraries; to acquire technological.
equipment, whether or not it is part of the construction of a
library; and to follow policies and procedures in the construction
of public libraries that will provide for the preservation of resour-
ces in the facilities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for the
construction of new buildings and acquiring, expanding, remodel-
ing, altering existing buildings, and the purchase, lease, and instal-
lation of equipment of any such buildings, (including architects'
fees and the cost of acquiring land). The term "remodeling?
includes providing access for the handicapped, ensuring safe
working environments and conserving energy, renovating or
remodeling to accommodate new technologies, and the purchase
of existing historic buildings for conversion to public libraries. The
term "equipment" includes information and building tech-
nologies, video and telecommunications equipment, machinery,
utilities, and built-in equipment and any necessary enclosures or
structures to house them, and all other Items necessary for the
functioning of a particular facility for the provision of library
services. Funds may not be used for the purchase of books and
other library materials or for library services programs.
Applicant Eligibility: State library administrative agencies having
authority to administer Federal funds, supervise public library
service within a State and together with participating libraries,
have financial resources sufficient to match Federal funds on a
percentage basis according to per capita wealth may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Offices Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Formula Library Programs Division,
Library Programs, Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment, Department of Education, Washington, DC 20208^5571.
Contact: Robert Klassen. Telephone: (202) 219-1303.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
84.163 Library Services for Indian Tribes and
Hawaiian Natives
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To promote the extension of public library ser-
vices to Indians living on or near reservations; for Indian tribes
and Indians in Oklahoma, California, Alaska, and for Hawaiian
Natives to provide incentives for the establishment and expansion
of tribal library programs; and to improve the administration and
implementation of public library services for Indians, by providing
funds to establish and support ongoing libraiy programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Discretionaiy).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Two types of a warts are
made: Basic grants and special projects grants. Grant funds may
be used for (1) Inservice or preservice training of Indians or
Hawaiian Natives as libraiy personnel; (2) purchase of library
materials; (3) conduct of special libraiy programs for Indians or
Hawaiian Natives; (4) salaries of library personnel; (S) construc-
tion, purchase, renovation or remodeling of library buildings and
facilities; (6) transportation to enable Indians or Hawaiian Na-
tives to have access to libraiy seivices; (7) dissemination of infor-
mstion about libraiy services; (8) assessment of tribal or Hawaiian
native libraiy needs; and (9) contracts to provide public library
services to Indians living on or near reservations, to Indians or
Indian tribea in OK, CA, and AK, or to Hawaiian natives to
accomplish any of the activities in items (1) through (8). Under
special projects awards, no funds shall be allocated to an Indian
tribe unless they are administered by a librarian.
Applicant Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes and or-
ganizations that primarily serve Hawaiian Natives that are recog-
nized by the Gcwemor of the State of Hawaii may apply. Only
Indian tribes that have received a basic grant in the same fiscal
year as the year of application are eligible to apply for special
projects awards.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Discretionaiy Libraiy Programs Division,
Libraiy Programs, Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment, Department of Education, Washington, DC 20208-5571.
Contact: Beth Fine, Program Officer. Telephone (202) 219-1323.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Under basic grants,
funds will be used to purchase relevant cultural and historical
libraiy materials and pay salaries of libraiy personnel. Under
special projects, construction of new facilities, purchase of libraiy
resources and training of libraiy personnel are some of the project
objectives.
84.184 Drug-Free Schools and Communities
National Programs Drug Free Schools
Demonstration Grants Program to IHEs and
Federal Activities Qrants Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist in drug and alcohol abuse education and
prevention activities at authorized by the Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act of 1966, as amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Contracts, Coopera-
tive Agreements, and Discretionaiy).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects funded under this
program assist drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention,
curriculum development, and model demonstration activities
which address a national concern to reduce the use of drugs
34
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
throughout the Nation. The Secretary may fund applications that
address specific priorities published in 34 CFR 234 and 235.
Applicant Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. SEAs,
LEAs, and nonprofits are eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Director, Division of Drug-Free Schools
and Communities, Department of Education, Office of Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-6439. Contact: Seledia Shephard and Gail
Beaumont. Telephone: (202) 401-1258.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Projects that
demonstrate the effectiveness of drug and alcohol Prevention
Strategies; involve integration of research into drug and alcohol
abuse education and prevention Programs; intervene and prevent
through counseling, community outreach services, parent educa-
tion and student assistance programs, the use of alcohol by youth
grades K-12, programs for elementary and secondary school
teachers and students in the implementation of alcohol and drug
education projects; and projects that involve parents, community
representatives and school personnel in preventing drug and
alcohol use by students.
84.191 National Adult Education
Discretionary Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OFVOCATIONAL AND ADULT
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To support applied research, development,
demonstration, dissemination, evaluation, and related activities
that contribute to the improvement and expansion of adult bask
education.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Contracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To support projects for the
improvement and expansion of adult basic education.
Applicant Eligibility: Any public or private institution, agency, or
organization, and individuals may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquartera Office: Division of National Programs, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education, 400
Maiyland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-7242. Contact:
Howard F. Hjelm. Telephone: (202) 205-9650.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS) Funds were provided
for (1) Continuing the adult basic education/English as a second
language project; (2) conducting an evaluation of Section 353
State set-aside program; (3) continuing the national evaluation of
adult education programs; (4) carrying out the assessment of the
adult education for the homeless program; and (5) continuing the
National Adult Literacy Survey, to addition, funds supported a
contract to provide technical assistance to State and local officials
for operating and improving their JOBS programs.
84.192 Adult Education for the Homeless
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide literacy training and basic skills
remediation for adult homeless individuals, including a program
of outreach activities. Literacy programs must be coordinated
with existing resources such as community-based organizations,
VISTA recipients, adult basic education program recipients, and
nonprofit literacy action organizations.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Programs of instruction that
provide literacy training and basic skills remediation for homeless
adults. The terms "homeless" and "homeless individual" include
those lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence as
well as those who have a primary nighttime residence that is: 1) A
supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to pro-
vide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels,
congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill);
2) an institution that provides a temporary residence for in-
dividuals intended to be institutionalized; or 3) a public or private
place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
accommodation for human beings. The terms "homeless" and
"homeless individual" do not include persons imprisoned or
otherwise detained pursuant to an Act of Congress or a State law.
Applicant Eligibility: Grants are made only to State educational
agencies. SEAs may operate programs directly or provide grants
or contracts for services to other public or private entities such as
(but not limited to) schools and community-based organizations.
The term "State" means each State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
regional office information.
Headquarters Office: Division of National Programs, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-7242. Contact:
Jim Parker. Telephone: (202) 205-5499.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A shelter-based pro-
gram providing basic skills training to homeless adults incor-
porated an integrated package of support services through
coordination with other programs and agencies was funded.
84.203 Star Schools Program (Star Schools)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide grants to eligible telecommunications
partnerships to develop, construct and acquire audio and visual
facilities and equipment, to develop and acquire instructional
programming, and to obtain technical assistance for the use of
such facilities and instructional programming, in order to en-
courage improved instruction in mathematics, science, literacy
skills and foreign language as well as other subjects such as
vocational education. To serve underserved populations includ-
ing the disadvantaged, illiterate, limited-English proficient, and
disabled.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Restrictions and priorities
include: Eligible telecommunications partnerships must be or-
ganized on a statewide or multi-state basis. Partnerships must
assure that a significant portion of the facilities and equipment,
technical assistance and programming for which assistance is
sought will be made available to elementary and secondary
schools of local education agencies that have a high percentage of
children counted for purposes of Chapter 1 of title I of the
Blementaiy and Secondary Education Act. Priority will be given
to those partnerships that provide services to meet the needs of
traditionally underserved populations, individuals traditionally
35
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
excluded from careers in mathematics and science because of
discrimination or economicallydisadvantaged backgrounds, areas
with scarce resources, and areas with limited access to courses in
mathematics, science and foreign languages. Funds through this
grant may not supplant funds otherwise available for these pur-
poses. Not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated during
any fiscal year shall be used for the cost of instructional program-
ming. Not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated during
any fiscal year shall be used for the cost of facilities, equipment,
teacher training or retraining, technical assistance or program-
ming for school districts which are eligible to receive assistance
under Chapter 1. No grant may exceed $10,000,000 in any single
fiscal year.
Applicant Eligibility. Eligible partnerships may take the form of
either (1) A public agency or corporation established for the
purpose of developing and operating telecommunications net-
works to enhance educational opportunities, or (2) a partnership
that includes three or more of the following, at least one of which
must be an agency as described in (a) or (b): (a) A local education
agency with a significant number of elementary and secondary
schools that are eligible for assistance under Chapter 1 funds or
elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children
by the Department of the Interior; (b) a State education agency;
(c) an institution of higher education or State higher education
agency; (d) a teacher training center; (e) a public or private agency
with experience or expertise in the planning or operation of
telecommunications networks or academy or a public broadcast-
ing entity; or (f) a public or private elementary or secondary
school.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Office of Educational Research and Im-
provement, Department of Education, Washington, DC 20206-
5644. Cheryl Garnette. Telephone: (202) 219-2267 or Joseph
Wilkes. Telephone: (202) 219-2186.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: TEAMS (Telecom-
munications Education for Advances in Mathematics and Science
Education) is the project operated by the Lot Angeles County
Office of Education. This was the first Star Schools Program to
specifically address the needs of large urban districts. The
partners in the projects were the Los Angeles County Educational
Telecommunications Network, the Los Angeles Unified School
District, District of Columbia Public Schools, Boston Public
Schools, Detroit Public Schools and Salt Lake City public schools.
Science and technology experiences were developed for grades
four and five, multicultural mathematics and problem solving
were the focus for grades seven through ten, and student-to-stu-
dent teleconferences and career exploration were emphasized for
grades seven through twelve. Special programs were also
developed for students with limited English proficiency. A patent
education component and staff development teleconference were
key to enriching the educational opportunities of students in these
major cities.
84.211 FIRST School* and Teachera
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To support projects to improve educational op-
portunities for and the performance of elementary and secondary
school students and teachers.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may support such
activities as helping educationally disadvantaged or at-risk stu-
dents meet higher educational standards; providing incentives for
improved performance; strengthening school leadership and
teaching, increasing the number and quality of minority teachers;
and improving the teacher certification process. Priority is given
to projects that will: (1) benefit students or schools with below
average academic performance; (2) lead to increased access of all
students toa high quality education; and (3) develop or implement
systems for providing incentives to make measurable progress
toward specific goals of improved educational performance.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies, local education-
al agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organiza-
tions, individual public or private schools and consortia of
individual schools and institutions may apply. At least twenty-five
percent of the total FIRST Program appropriation each year must
be awarded to school-level projects under the direction of full-
time teacher or administrator, with a local educational agency
acting as the fiscal agent.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Department of Education, FIRST, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, DC
20208-5524. Telephone: (202) 219-1496.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Several projects deal
with improving the teacher certification process including one
that will develop a television network to deliver teacher certifica-
tion courses in mathematics and science while other projects will
explore the licensingof teachers based on classroom performance
or on outstanding knowledge of the subject the teacher will teach
rather than on college transcripts. Two projects utilize a close
collaboration between elementary and secondary schools and an
institution of higher education to develop a K-16 plus curriculum
in American history and history education and to improve the
math curriculum and develop resources to improve teacher train-
ing opportunities. Other projects address issues such as expand-
ing teacher-parent activities, developing curriculum, and
restructuring the school day.
84.213 Even Start State Educational Agencies
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To provide family-centered education projects to
help parents become full partners in the education of their
children, to assist children in reaching their full potential as
learners, and to provide literacy training for their parents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are used primarily for
such activities ss recruitment and screening of children and
parents, design of programs, instruction of children and parents,
staff training, and coordination with other programs.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEA). The
subjprantees are local educational agencies (LEAs) applying to
their SEAs in collaboration with community-based organizations,
public agencies, institutions of higher education or other non-
profit organizations. Any of the latter, with demonstrated quality,
may apply in collaboration with a LEA.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Department of Education, Compensatory
Education Programs, Office of Elementaiy and Secondary Educa-
tion, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-6131
Telephone: (202) 401-1692.
36
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Project Even Start in
Brooklyn, New York, is a family-centered education program to
assist children in reaching their potential as learners, to provide
literacy training for their parents, and to help parents become
partners with the schools in the education of the children. The
project includes pre-kindergarten programs and mother-child
home. The Waterville Even Start Project, in Waterville, Maine,
provides instructional services that are home-based, with sup-
plemental activities provided at an Even Start Center. The adult
element of the program provides literacy education in the context
of parenting. Early childhood and primaiy education specialists
work with families using a curriculum developed in conjunction
with the Head Start program. At a monthly meeting adults attend
parenting workshops while children participate in educational
programs.
84.214 Even Start Migrant Education
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To provide family centered education projects to
help parents of migratoiy children become full partners in the
education of their children, to assist migratory children in reach-
ing their full potential as learners, and to provide literacy training
for their parents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are used for such
activities as recruitment and screening of children and parents,
design of programs, instruction of children and parents, staff
training, and coordination with other programs.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Migrant Education, Department of Education, 400
Maiytand Avenue, SW., FOB-6, Room 2145, Washington, DC
20202. Contact: William L. Stormer. Telephone: (202) 401-0742.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects in-
tegrate early childhood education with adult education for
parents.
84.215 The Secretary's Fund for Innovation in
Education (FIE)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To conduct programs and projects that show
promise of identifying and disseminating innovative educational
approaches.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to nip-
port a wide range of projects under the FIE general authority for
programs: innovation in education; technology education; com-
puter-based instruction; and comprehensive school health educa-
tion programs.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies, local education-
al agencies, institutions of higher education, public and private
organizations and institutions may apply. Under the comprehen-
«h* school health education program only State educational agen-
cies (SEAs) local education agencies (LEAs), or SEAs or LEAs
in collaboration with other entities of their choice may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Department of Education, FIRST, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, DC
20208-5524. Telephone: (202) 219-1496.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Under the general com-
petition, projects provided a variety of innovative approaches to
help students in elementary or secondary school reach high stand -
ards of academic achievement in one or more of the core subjects
of mathematics, science, history, the arts, civics, geography,
foreign languages, and English. Under the State curriculum
frameworks competition, awards were given to two projects for
English, two for geography, three for the arts and seven awards
for projects that were multidisciplinaiy. Under the Computer-
Based Instruction Competition most projects were to train
teachers to utilize and integrate state-of-the-art computer tech-
nology in the teaching of mathematics, science, history, and
foreign language.
84.216 Capital Expenses (Chapter 1 - Capital
Expenses)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To help local educational agencies pay for the
additional capital costs, incurred since July 1,1985, associated with
providing equitable Chapter 1 services to eligible private school
children, in compliance with the decision in Aguilar vs. Felton.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are used for such costs
as the purchase, lease, and renovation of real and personal
property (including but not limited to mobile educational units
and leasing of neutral sites or spaces), insurance, maintenance
costs, transportation, and comparable goods and services.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs) may
apply. LEAs are subgrantees.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Department of Education, Compensatoiy
Education Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Educa-
tion, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 2043, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Contact: Mary Jean
LeTendra. Telephone: (202) 401-1682.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funds are used for such
costs as rental of classroom space in neutral sites; rental or
purchase of mobile vans; and transportation of private school
students to public schools or neutral sites.
84.218 State Program improvement Grants
(Chapter 1)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES! To support the efforts of State educational agen-
cies to help school district correct problems with ineffective Chap-
ter li
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds must be used for direct
educational services in schools implementing Chapter 1 program
37
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
improvement plans. No fundi may be used for administrative
functions.
Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs) are
grantees. Local educational agencies (LEAs) may apply for sub-
grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Department of Education, Compensatory
Education Programs, Office of Elementaiyand Secondary Educa-
tion, 400 Matyland Avenue, Room 2043, SW., Washington, DC
20202-6132. Contact: Maiy Jean LeTendre. Telephone: (202)
401-1682.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: No examples are avail-
able at this time.
84.228 Educational Partnerships
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To encourage the creation of alliances between
public elementary and secondary schools or institutions of higher
education and the private sector in order to: (1) Apply the resour-
ces of the private and nonprofit sectors of the community to the
needs of elementary and secondary schools or institutions of
higher education in that community to encourage excellence in
education; (2) encourage businesses to work with educationally
disadvantaged students and with gifted students; (3) apply the
resources of communities for the improvement of elementaiyand
secondary education or higher education; and (4) enrich the
career awareness of secondary or postsecondaiy school students
and provide exposures to the work of the private sector.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: An eligible partnership may
use funds received under this program for one or more of the
following activities: (1) Model cooperative projects designed to
apply the resources of the private and nonprofit sectors of the
community to improve the education of students in the publk
elementary and secondary schools of the local educational agency
or institutions of higher education in that community, (2) projects
designed to encourage business concerns and other j>articipants
in the eligible partnership to work with educationally disad-
vantaged students and with gifted students in the elementary and
secondary schools of local educational agencies or institutions of
higher education; (3) projects designed to encourage business
concerns and other participants from the private sector to address
the special educational needs of disadvantaged students or gifted
and talented students, or both, in publk elementary and secon-
dary schools or institutions of higher education; (4) projects
designed to enrich the career awareness of publk secondary
students or postsecondaiy students through exposure to officers
and employees of buainees concerns and other agencies and or-
ganization* participating in the eligible partnership; (5) projects
for statewide activities designed to cany out the purpose of this
program including the development of model State statutes for
the support of cooperative arrangements between the private and
nonprofit sectors and the local educational agencies or institu-
tions of higher education within the State; (6) special training
projects for staff designed to develop the skills necessary to
facilitate cooperative arrangements between the private and non-
profit sectors and the publk elementary and secondsty schools of
local educational agencies or institutions of higher education; (7)
academic internship programs for students or teachers, including
if possible the opportunity to earn academic credit, involving
activities designed to cany out the purpose of this program; and
(8) projects encouraging tutorial and volunteer work in publk
elementaty and secondary schools or institutions of higher educa-
tion by personnel employed by business concerns and other par-
ticipants in the eligible partnership.
Applicant Eligibility: To apply for a grant an applicant must be
an eligible partnership. An eligible partnership must include one
or more local educational agencies or institutions of higher educa-
tion, or both, and one or more of the following (1) A business
concern; (2) A community-based organization; (3) A nonprofit
private organization; (4) A museum; (5) A library; (6) An educa-
tional television or radio station; and (7) an appropriate State
agency.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Educational Networks Division, Room 502,
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20208-5644.
Telephone: (202) 219-2116.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: First year funding has
ranged from $62,407 to $325,000. Project activities include the
development of career awareness programs for gifted students •
a number of rural school districts and districts with significant
numbers of disadvantaged students' improving classroom instruc-
tion in math, science, and technology; developing a "drop-in"
center alternative school at a shopping mall for at-risk students
or youth who have dropped out of school that will include health
services and other support along with an academic program
during both the academic school year and summer; expanding a
statewide visiting scientists program for grades K-12 to enrich
teaching and benefit students; and establishing a community-wide
partnership in one urban and 20 suburban school districts, along
with four institutions of higher education, business organizations,
and social service agencies throughout the county to develop and
implement a strategic plan for systemic school improvement.
84.250 Rehabilitation Services American
Indians with Disabilities (Indians/Native
Americans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SER-
VICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide vocational rehabilitation services to
American Indians with disabilities that reside on Federal or State
reservation in order to prepare them for suitable employment.
Projects must hold promise of expanding and improving services
to individuals over and above those provided by the Bask Support
Program administered by the Statea.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects provide financial
assistance for the establishment and operation of tribal vocational
rehabilitation service projects.
Applicant Eligibility; Governing bodies of Indian tribes or con-
sortia of those governing bodies on Federal and State reservations
may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: State Vocational Rehabilitation Agen-
cies or the RSA Regional Offices. See your local telephone direc-
tory for a RSA Regional Office.
Hndqurlin Office: Rehabilitation Services Administration,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington,
DC 20202. Contact: Dr. Thomas E Finch. Telephone: (202)
205-9796.
38
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Projects provide an op-
portunity to plan, develop, and implement ieveral needs. Ex-
amples include: increased efforts to develop and implement
cooperative interagency activities; increased knowledge of the
rehabilitation needs of young American Indians with disabilities;
demonstrated effective transition from school to work and
developed employment opportunities on or near the reservation.
84.253 Supplementary Slate Grants for
Facilities, Equipment, and Other Program Im-
provement Activities (Supplementary State
Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To improve vocational education program ac-
tivities in economically depressed areas primarily through the
improvement of facilities, and acquisition or leasing of equip-
ment, curriculum development, and teacher training.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The State must distribute the
entire amount received to eligible local educational agencies or
consortia of such agencies. Each local educational agency or
consortium must give first priority to using funds to improve
facilities and acquire or lease equipment to carry out vocational
education programs that receive assistance under the Perkins Act.
With any remaining funds, other program improvement activities,
such as curriculum development or teacher training may be sup-
ported.
Applicant Eligibility*. State boards for vocational eduction may
apply. Eligible recipients for subgrants are local educational agen-
cies or a consortia of local educational agencies.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Refkmal or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the Department of Education's regional office information.
Headquarters Office: Division of Vocational-Technical' Educa-
tion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult
Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20202-7241. Contact: Winifred I. Wsnut.
Telephone: (202)205-9441.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: This is a new program,
no examples are available.
84.258 Even Start Indian Tribes and Tribal Or-
ganizations
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ^EMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA-
TION
OBJECTIVES: To provide family-centered education projects to
help parents become full partners in the education of their
children, to assist children in reaching their full potential as
learners, and to provide literacy training for their parents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Discretionary).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds ate used primarily for
such activities as recruitment and screening of children and
parents, designing of program instructions for children and
parents, training staff, and coordinating with other programs.
Applicant Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes, and
tribal organizations as defined in the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act, Section 4, may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqnartera Office: Department of Education, Compensatory
Education Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Educa -
tion, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-6132.
Contact: Donna Conforti. Telephone: (202) 401-1692.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Covelo Indian Com-
munity Council, Covelo, California. The Mendocino County Na-
tive American Even Start involves three federally recognized
tribes. A center-based approach to family literacy serves all Even
Start participants. The learning centers support the three core
components and related services. Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah,
Oklahoma. Through this project, Cherokee Even Start families
receive parent education, early childhood education, and family
literacy training. Its support components, transportation,
chiidcare, and home-based instruction, provide assistance in over-
coming the barriers to the achievement of literate, educated
families who are able to compete in a global economy.
84.259 Native Hawaiian Vocational Education
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES: To make grants to organizations primarily serving
and representing Native Hawaiians for programs or portions of
programs authorized by, and consistent with, the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Education Act.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To provide vocational educa-
tion opportunities for Native Hawaiians.
Applicant Eligibility: Any organization primarily serving and
representing Native Hawaiians and recognized by the Governor
of Hawaii may apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the Department's regional office information.
Headqaaiteia Office: Division of National Programs, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education. Con-
tact: Kate Hoimberg. Telephone: (202) 205-5563.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Computer training
centers, small business ownership, community college guidance
and counselling, and tech-prep projects have been funded with
one grant award to Alu Like, Inc.
39
-------
Federal Funding For Rural Areas
81.036 Energy-Related Inventions
FEDERAL AGENCY: CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OBJECTIVES: To encourage innovation in developing non-
nuclear energy technology by providing assistance to individual
and small business companies in the development of promising
energy-related inventions.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Use of Property,
Facilities, and Equipment; Advisory Services and Counseling;
Dissemination of Technical Information.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The assistance provided in-
cludes evaluation of energy-related inventions, limited funding
assistance, where appropriate, advice concerning engineering,
marketing, business planning. Grantee may petition forwaiverof
government patent rights. No equity capital is provided. Thirty
grants were made to inventor* in fiscal year 1992. Funds are
available in fiscal year 1993 for grants.
Applicant Eligibility: There are no restrictions. Small businesses,
individual inventors, and entrepreneurs are especially invited to
participate, although other entities, including universities are also
eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Director, Office of Technology Evaluation
and Assessment, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Telephone: (301) 975-5500; or Inven-
tions and Innovation Division, Energy-Related Inventions
Programs (EE-521), Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) S86-1479.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Recent successes in-
clude a heat-pipe dehumidification unit for air-conditioners; a
method for cleaning condenser tubes at utility plants; an electros-
tatic agglomerator to remove fly ash; a molded pulp products
dryer; and electronic control of thermostatic expansion values for
refrigeration cases.
81.042 Weatherization Assistance for
Low-Income Parsons
FEDERAL AGENCY: CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OBJECTIVES: To insulate the dwelling* of low-income persons,
particularly the elderly and handicapped low-income, in order to
conserve needed.energy and to aid those persons luui able to
afford higher utility com.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE) Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Improvement of the thermal
efficiency of dwellings by the installation of weatherization
materials such as attic insulation, caulking, weatherstripping and
storm windows, furnace efficiency modifications certain mechani-
cal measures to heating and cooling systems, and replacement
furnaces and boilers. States may average expenditures per dwell-
ing unit for materials, program support and labor costs not to
exceed $1,697 adjusted annually for inflation. Up to 10 percent of
each giant may be spent by a State and its subgrantees for ad-
ministrative expenses (s State may not use more than five percent
of the total State grant for such purposes).
ENERGY
Applicant Eligibility. States, including the District of Columbia,
and in certain instances, Native American tribal organizations. In
the event a State does not apply, a unit of general purpose local
government, or community action agencies and/or other non-
profit agencies within that State becomes eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Region I: Christine Rinefelds.
Telephone:(617) 565-7712. Region II: Maiv Albert. Telephone:
(212) 264-0012. Region III: Ed Boyle. Telephone: (215) 597-2206.
Region IV: Linda Wallace. Telephone: (404) 347-2697. Region V:
Sharon Donaldson. Telephone: (312) 972-2197. Region VI: John
Harper. Telephone: (214) 767-7137. Region VII: Pat Lana.
Telephone: (816) 374-3813. Region VIII: Bill Ives. Telephone:
(303) 236-2000. Region IX: Mike Fulton. Telephone: (415) 273-
6409. Region X: Paul Johnson. Telephone: (206) 5S8-2079. See
Appendix IV of the Catalog for Field Office addresses.
Headquarters Office: Jeanne Van Viandren, Director,
Weatherization Assistance Programs Division, Mail Stop CE-532,
Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy,
Fonestal Building, Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202)
586-2204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: State funded local ac-
tion agencies install energy conservation measures in the homes
of low-income persons.
81.052 Energy Conservation for Institutional
Buildings
FEDERAL AGENCY: CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OBJECTIVES: To provide grants to public and private nonprofit
schools, public and private nonprofit hospitals for technical assis-
tance analyses and to acquire energy conservation measures to
reduce consumption.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Assistance may be use.
conduct technical assistance analyses and to acquire and in
energy conservation measures. Assistance may not be used ->r
buildings constructed after May 1,1989, and generally must be
matched by the grantee on an equal share basis.
Applicant EllglbUlty: Schools and hospitals are eligible for tech-
nical assistance analyses and energy conservation measures
grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Support Office, Department of Energy.
See local telephone directory for a regional office in your area.
H»adqaart*ra Office: Institutional Conservation Programs
Division, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, CE-531,
50-063, Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Contact
Robert K. Volk, Jr., Director. Telephone: (202) 586-8034.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Engineering studies,
installation of storm windows, heating plant modernization, in-
stallation of solar hot water systems, conversion to wood chip
fired, other renewable resource heating systems, and automated
energy management systems, roof/ceiling insulation, temperature
reset devices.
40
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
66.458 Capitalization Grants for Stata
Revolving Funds (Stata Revolving Fund)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF WATER, ENVIRONMEN-
TAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OBJECTIVES: To create State Revolving Funds (SRFs) through
a program of capitalization grants to States which will provide a
long term source of State Financing for construction of wastewater
treatment facilities and implementation of other water quality
management activities (see 66.418).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Capitalization grants are
available to each State for the purpose of establishing a clean
water State revolving fund for providing assistance (1) for con-
struction of publicly owned wastewater treatment works, (2) for
' implementing nonpoint source management activities included in
State Plans developed pursuant to Section 319 and (3) for
developing and implementing an estuary conservation and
management plan under Section 320. The capitalization grant is
deposited in the SRF, which is used to provide loans and other
types of financial assistance, but not grants, to local communities
and intermunicipal and interstate agencies. Assistance may be
provided to persons for implementing nonprofit source estuary
management activities if provided for in State Plans developed
under Sections 319 and 320. Up to four percent of the grant
amounts may be used for the cost of administering the SRF.
Applicant Eligibility: States, territories and possessions of the
U.S., including the District of Columbia; Indian tribes are not
eligible to receive capitalization grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: EPA Regional Offices listed in your
local telephone directoiy.
Headquarters Offlce:State Revolving Fund Branch, Municipal
Support Division, (4204), Office of Wastewater Enforcement and
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
20460. Telephone: (202)260-7366.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Revolving loan fund.
66.604 Environmantal Justice Grants to
Small Community Groups (EJGSC)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUS-
TICE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance to small com-
munity groups to support projects to design, demonstrate or
disseminate practices, methods or techniques related to environ-
mental equity. EPA will grant funding assistance to be used for
1. environmental justice education and awareness programs; 2.
local clean-up and reforestation efforts; 3. technical assistance in
interpreting existing justice survey and assessment data, and; 4.
technical assistance to access available public information.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Grant funds shall be used to
establish an education and training program which shall include,
at a minimum: 1. design, demonstration, or dissemination of
environmental justice curricula, including development of educa-
tion tools and materials; 2. design and demonstration of field
methods, practices, and techniques, including assessment of en-
vironmental and ecological conditions and analysis of environ-
mental and pollution problems; 3. projects to undentand, assess
or improve a specific local environmental issue or a specific
environmental problem; 4. provision of training or related
education for teachers, faculty, or related personnel in a specific
geographic area or region. Priority will be given to those projects
which will develop: 1. an environmental education practice,
method, or technique which may have wide application; 2. an
environmental education practice, method, or technique which
addresses skill or scientific field in environmental Justice areas;
an environmental education practice, method, or technique which
addresses an environmental issue. No funds made available for
this program shall be used for the acquisition of real property
(including building) or the construction or substantial modifica-
tion of any building. Likewise, Federal funds may not be used to
develop new information, such as conducting independent testing
and monitoring activities in a community. Grant funds also are
not available for use in underwriting legal actions, including the
preparation of court testimony and hiring of expert witnesses.
Applicant Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, community
groups, institutions and tribal governments are eligible. In-
dividuals may have their organizations, institutions, government
or association apply. Organizations must be incorporated to
receive funds.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact the appropriate EPA
Regional Office listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Director, OfTice of Environmental Justice
(3103), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401M Street SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (202) 260-6357. Environ-
mental Juatlce Hotline: 1-400-962-6215.
66.606 Superfund Technical Assistance
Grants for Citizen Groups at Priority Sites
(Superfund Technical Assistance Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-
TION AGENCY
OBJECTIVES: To provide resources under CERCLA, Section
117(e) for community groups to hire technical advisors who can
assist them in interpreting technical information concerning the
assessment of potential hazards and the selection and design of
appropriate remedies at sites eligible for cleanup under the Su-
perfund program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (a) Activities for which
Federal funds may be used: Federal funds may be used at sites
listed or proposed for listing on the NPL to obtain technical
assistance in interpreting information with regard to the nature
of the hazard, remedial investigation and feasibility study, record
of decision, selection and construction of remedial action, opera-
tion and maintenance, or removal action, (b) Limitations on the
use of Federal Funds: Federal funds may not be used to develop
new information, such as conducting independent testing and
monitoring activities at a site. Under CERCLA, as amended,
grant funds also are not available for use in underwriting legal
actions, including the preparation of court testimony and hiring
of expert witnesses.
Applicant Eligibility: EPA is authorized to make technical assis-
tance grants (TAG) available to any qualified group of individuate
which may be affected by a release or threatened release at any
Superfund facility. "Affected" individuals are those who can
demonstrate direct effects from the site, such as actual or poten-
tial health or economic injury. The recipient group must incor-
porate to receive funds.
41
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofiler. EPA Regional office information is
found in your local telephone directoiy.
Headquarters Office: State and Local Coordination Branch, Of-
fice of Emergency and Remedial Response, Mail code: 5203G,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460.
Telephone: (703) 603-8775.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Each project provides
funds to local groups of citizens active at Superfund clean-up sites
to hire independent technical advisors.
66.808 Solid Watte Management Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE, ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OBJECTIVES: To promote use of integrated solid waste manage-
ment systems to solve municipal solid waste generation and
management problems at the local, regional and national levels.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Coop. Agreements).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Available for the allowable
direct cost expenditures incident to program performance plus
allocable portions of allowable indirect costs of the institution, in
accordance with established EPA policies. Projects can include
the following types of activities: training, surveys, education
materials and programs, studies, and demonstrations; but assis-
tance to such projects shall not include any element of construc-
tion, or any acquisition of land or interest in land, or any subsidy
forthe price of recovered resources. Financial assistance to States,
local, regional, and interstate authorities for the development and
implementation of plans approved by the Administrator under
subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is not allowed.
Applicant Eligibility: These funds can be awarded to the follow-
ing types of nonprofit entities: public authorities (Federal, State,
interstate, intrastate and local), public agencies and institutions;
private agencies, institutions and individuals; and Indian Tribes.
Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: EPA Regional Office listed in your
local telephone directoiy.
Headquaters Office: For information concerning grant applica-
tions and procedures, contact the Environmental Protection
Agency, Grants Administration Division, PM-216, Washington,
DC 20460. Telephone: (202) 260-9266.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) National Solid
Waste Information Clearinghouse: Provides information to the
nation on solid waste management alternatives. (2) Targeted
Media Recycling Outreach: Funded television and radio commer-
cials that received over $80,000,000in free airplay. (3) Peer Match
Program: Provides technical assistance to local government by
matching local government experts with local governments re-
questing assistance. (4) Report on Scrap-Based Manufacturing;
funded production of a report to wsist communities in attracting
scrap-based manufacturing. (3) Symposium on Recycled Glam;
sponsored the First National symposium on Recycled Glass.
66.926 Indian Environmental General
Assistance Program (General Assistance
Program for Tribes)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES,
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-
TION AGENCY
OBJECTIVES: To provide general assistance grants to Indian
tribal governments and intertribal consortia to build capacity to
administer environmental regulatory programs on Indian lands;
and provide technical assistance from EPA to Indian tribal
governments and intertribal consortia in the development of
multimedia programs to address issues on Indian lands.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Coop. Agreements).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Activities eligible for fund-
ing under this program are those for planning, developing, and
establishing capability to implement environmental protection
programs including development and implementation of solid
and hazardous waste programs. General assistance agreements
offer the opportunity for a tribe to develop an integrated environ-
mental program, develop the capability to manage specific
programs and establish a core program for environmental protec-
tion. These assistance agreements provide the opportunity for
the tribes to define and develop administrative and legal in-
frastructures, and to conduct assessments, monitoring, planning,
and other actions and to undertake additional activities within a
simplified administrative framework. The primary purpose of
these assistance agreements is to support the development of
elements of a core environmental program, such as: providing for
tribal capacity-building to assure an environmental presence for
identifying programs and projects, including developing
proposals for environmental program grants and managing en-
vironmental work; fostering compliance with Federal environ-
mental statutes by developing appropriate tribal environmental
programs, ordinances and services; and seeking to establish a
communications capability to work with Federal, State, and local
environmental officials. Restrictions: The principal focus of this
program is on the development of general tribal environmental
capability. Assistance will be provided under this program only
for activities which the agency determines are appropriate to cany
out the purposes of the Act. No single grant awarded under this
program may be for an amount exceeding ten percent of the total
annual funds appropriated under Section (h) of the Act.
Applicant Eligibility: The following are eligible to receive finan-
cial assistance: (a) an Indian tribal government; and (b) an inter-
tribal consortium or consortia. An Indian tribal government is
any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community,
including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corpora-
tion (as defined in 43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), which is recognized by
the U.S.Dept. of the Interior as eligible for the special services
provided by the U. S. to Indians because of their status as Indians.
A consortium i> a partnership between two or more Indian tribal
governments authorized by the governing bodies of those tribes
to apply for and receive assistance under this program.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: EPA Regional Indian Program Coor-
dinator listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Offices National Indian Program Coordinator, Of-
fice of Federal Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M Street, S.W., MC-2252, Washington, DC 20460.
Telephone: (202) 260-5053.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Purpose: The general
assistance program is intended to provide general assistance
grants for planning, developing and establishing the capability to
implement programs administered by EPA on Indian lands. Ex-
amples of pest funded projects include: establishment of a water
quality assessment program; an environmental assessment inven-
tory; establishment of an environmental code; establishment of a
multi-media program to address water quality, air quality, safe
drinking water, solid waste, hazardous waste and pesticides; es-
tablishment of a management plan with emphasis on wastewater
sludge reclamation and tire recovery; establishment of a program
to address underground storage tanks, SARA Title III and radon.
42
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
FEDERAL EMERGEN
83.008 Community-Based Anti-Arson Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRA-
TION, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
OBJECTIVES: To assist local community-based anti-arson or-
ganizations increase and intensify anon mitigation efforts.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Within the program
budgetary allotment, design and implement a program strategy
that will show a positive reduction in the community's previously
established arson problems.
Applicant Eligibility: Community-based, nonprofit organiza-
tions that cany out anti-arson efforts.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: All inquiries should be directed to the
Headquarters Office.
Headquarter* Office: U.S. Fire Administration, Office of Fire
Prevention and Arson Control, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Em-
mitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: (301) 447-1181.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Preservation of
neighborhood housing and building stock; (2) Expanding public
awareness of the community's anon problem; and (3) Developing
solutions to involving community and local fire service in neigh-
borhood anti-anon projects.
83.503 Civil Defense State and Local Emer-
gency Management Assistance (Emergency
Management Assistance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AND
SUPPORT, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY
OBJECTIVES; To develop effective civil defense organizations
in the States and their political subdivisions in order to plan for
and coordinate emergency activities in the event of catastrophic
disaster or national security emergency.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Payment of salaries and
benefits of State and local civil defense employees, along with
essential administrative expenses. Funds must be used to support
development and maintenance of an emergency management
capability for dealing with larfe-scale disasten caused by any and
all hazards.
Applicant Eligibility: Sates (includes U.S. territories and inter-
state civil defense authorities and Indian Tribes). Local govern-
ments and Indian Tribes participate under the State's application.
There must be a civil defense organization established pursuant
to law, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ap-
proved State Administrative Plan, and an emergency operations
plan (local plans are approved as put of the State Plan). Person-
nel administering the civil defense program must be under an
approved merit system.
MANAGEMENT AGENCY
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone diiectoiy for
FEMA regional office in your area. Persons are encouraged to
communicate with their local or State Emergency Management
Offices.
Headquarters Office: C. Dwight Poe, Office of Emergency
Management, State and Local Programs and Support Direc-
torate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington,
DC 20472. Telephone: (202) 646-3492. (FTS: 876-3492).
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Salaries and wages
of civil defense employees; (2) Payment for annual, sick leave, etc;
(3) Employee benefits, e.g., social security, health insurance, etc.;
(4) Transportation and per diem allowances for official travel; (5)
Coat of day-to-day administrative services, supplies and equip-
ment for the civil defense program including rent, repair and
alteration of administrative space.
83.516 Disaster Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AND
SUPPORT, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY
OBJECTIVES: To provide supplemental assistance to States,
local governments, certain private nonprofit organizations and
individuals in alleviating suffering and hardship resulting from
major disasten or emergencies declared by the President.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments with
Unrestricted Use; Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and
Goods; Uae of Property, Facilities, and Equipment; Provision of
Specialized Services.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Public Assistance in the form
of cost-sharing grants to States, local governments, federally
recognized Indian tribal governments, U.S. territories and posses-
sions, and eligible private nonprofit organizations as follow*: (1)
Following a Presidential declaration of an emergency, assistance
may include (a) removal of wreckage and debris and (b) perfor-
mance of emergency protective measures on private and public
lands; (c) emergency transportation assistance; (d) emergency
communications; (e) restoration of eligible facilities; and (f) loans
to local governments suffering substantial lass of tax and other
revenue. (2) Hazard mitigation grants are cost shared with States,
local governments and eligible private, non-profit organizations,
with the Federal share limited to 10 percent of the eligible Public
Assistance Permanent Restoration Grants. The hazard mitiga-
tion gnuiti are used to fund State and local post-disaster mitiga-
tion measures. Without a Presidential declaration, grants may be
made to State* for the suppression of forest and grassland fires
which threaten to become major disasters. Individual Assistance
for individuals and families adversely affected by declared dis-
asten or emergencies may be provided as follows.' (1) Temporary
housing; (2) Assistance to the unemployed; (3) Crisis counseling;
(4) Individual and Family Grants for disaster-related necessary
expenses, and (5) Legal services.
43
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Applicant Eligibility: Applicant Eligibility for Public Assistance:
State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal
governments, U.S. territories and possessions, and certain private
nonprofit organizations in designated emergency or major dis-
aster areas. Only States are eligible for Fire Suppression grants.
Applicant Eligibility for Individual Assistance: Individuals or
families displaced whose primary residences are unavailable for
temporary housing, disaster unemployment assistance for in-
dividuals unemployed as a result of the disaster, families and
individuals with serious needs and necessaiy expenses not met by
other means or programs, crisis counseling grants to States to
meet the needs of individuals adversely affected by the disaster.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
FEMA Regional Office in your area.
Headquarters Office: Patricia Stahlschmidt, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Office of Disaster Assistance Programs,
Washington, DC 20472. Telephone: (202) 646-4066.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
83.523 Federal Emergency Management
Food and Shelter Program (Emergency
Food and Shelter)
FEDERAL AGENCY: STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AND
SUPPORT, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY
OBJECTIVES: To supplement and expand ongoing efforts to
provide shelter, food, and supportive service* for needy families
and individuals. To strengthen efforts to create more effective and
innovative local programs by providing funding for them. To
conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass
feed ing facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities
safe, sanitary and bring them into compliance with local building
codes.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS; Food and feeding related
expenses such as transport of the food and food preparation and
serving equipment. Mass shelter (a per diem rate of SS/S10 per
night can be used - the rate decision is made locally), other shelter
such as hotels and motels and rent and/or mortgage assistance for
one month only. Utility assistance and limited repairs to feeding
and sheltering facilities. Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS)
Program funds cannot be used for rental security, deposit* of any
kind, cash payments of any kind, lobbying efforts, salaries (except
as administrative allowance and limited to that total allowance of
2 percent of total award), purchases or improvements of an
individual's private property, telephone cost*, repairs to govern-
ment-owned or profit-making facilities and any payment* for
services not incurred. For a complete listing on eligible and
ineligible costs under this program, refer to Phase XI: Respon-
sibilities and Requirements, issued by the Emergency Food and
Shelter Program National Board.
Applicant Eligibility: Since funds are initially distributed to juris-
dictions based on either a National Board formula or recommen-
dations from State Set-Aside Committees, there is no application
process for jurisdictions. All jurisdictions are considered within
the National Board formula and all jurisdictions in an individual
State may be considered by the State Set-Aside Board for either
initial or additional (if the jurisdiction had previously been
selected by the National Board) funding.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
FEMA Regional Office in your area.
Headquarter* Office: Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Office of Disaster Assistance Programs, Washington, DC 20472.
Telephone: (202) 646-3652. Emergency Food and Shelter Pro-
gram, 701 North Fairfax Street, Suite 310, Alexandria, Virginia
22314. Telephone: (703) 706-9660.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Some local providers
have used EFS Program funds in the followingways: (1) A drop-in
center, available for homeless individuals during daytime hours
when shelters are closed, used EFS funds to begin a lunch pro-
gram. (2) A family shelter used EFS funds to increase the quality
of the diet available to mothers and children and added a morning
meal. (3) A shelter used funds to purchase additional cots and
beddings, and thus increase shelter capacity. (4) A food bank used
EFS funds to increase the amount of food and the protein quality
it distributed to its pantry system. (S) A shelter organization used
EFS funds to make one-month mortgage and rent payments to
prevent evictions which kept families in their own homes and
lightened the shelter population.
44
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
93.047 Special Program* for the Aging Title
VI, Part A, Indian Programs Grants to Indian
Tribes and Part B, Grants to Native Hawaiiana
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION ON AGING, OF-
FICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To promote the deliveiy of supportive service*,
including nutrition services, to older Indian*, Alaskan Natives,
and Native Hawaiian*. Services are comparable to services
provided under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, a*
amended.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are available through
grants to eligible Indian tribal organizations for services com-
parable to those provided under Title III. Services must include
nutrition services and information and referral, and may include
transportation and other services authorized under Title III.
Funds may also be used for the alteration, lease or renovation of
a facility to be used as a multipurpose Indian senior center and
for staffing the center. Indian Tribes receive funds based on a
formula that considers the number of eligible elder Indians rep-
resented by the tribal organizations with population ranges from
50-100; 101-200; 201-300; 301-400; 401-500; and 501 and over. One
grant is given to a private or nonprofit organization having the
capacity to provide services to older Native Hawaiian*.
Applicant Eligibility: Tribal organizations of Indian tribes
eligible for assistance under Section 4 of the Indian Self-deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b) and
public or nonprofit private organizations which serve Native
Hawaiian Elders, which represent at least 50 Indians or Hawaiians
60 yean of age or older. Applicants must document that they have
or will have the ability to deliver social and nutrition services.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Regional Program Directors, Ad-
ministration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices Regional Offices (see your local telephone directoiy).
HeadquaUrs Office: Office of American Indian, Alaskan Native,
and Native Hawaiian Programs, Administration on Aging,
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
20201. Telephone: (202) 619-2957.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Supportive and
Nutrition Services for Older Indian Persons • Passamaquoddy
Tribe, Peny, Maine; (2) Supportive and Nutrition Services to
Older Indian Persons • San Carlos Apache Tribe; (3) Supportive
and Nutrition Services to Older Indian Persons - Yakima Indian
Nation; (4) Supportive and Nutrition Services to Older Indian
Persons - St. Croix Tribal Council, Wisconsin; (5) Supportive and
Nutrition Services to Older Indians - Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
93.109 Unking Community-Based Primary
Care, Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Men-
tal Health Treatment Services (Linkage of
Community-Based Health Care Services)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SER-
VICES
OBJECTIVES: To support projects designed to link community-
based service providers to deliver integrated substance abuse,
primary care, HIV/AIDS and mental health treatment services,
in an effort to improve early detection and the outcomes of
treatment. The objectives for the linked systems of care include:
(1) Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Goals: (a) Reduce
alcohol and drug use; (b) Reduce patient/client morbidity/mor-
tality, especially incidence of HIV infection, TB, and STDs; (c)
Improve overall psychiatric, psychological, and emotional well-
being; (d) Enhance socio-economic well being as measured by
improved family functioning, enhanced vocational aptitude and
educational performance, increased employment and stable living
situations; (e) Decrease criminal involvement; and (f) Maximize
rates of retention in treatment. (2) Primary Health Care Out-
comes: (a) Increase early identification and treatment for
HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB;(b) Reduce patient/client mor-
bidity/mortality, especially incidence of HIV infection, TB, and
STDs; (c) Reduce incidence of primary care health problems such
as endocarditis, septicemia and other disorders;(d) Improve over-
all patient/client health performance; (e) More rapidly identify
individuals with alcohol and drug abuse problems, and obtain
multi-program service delivery for addiction treatment and
primaiy care services; (f) Assess individual bio-psycho-social
needs and increase provision of health and allied health services
to those who require such intervention; (g) Increase knowledge
and communication between primaiy health care professionals,
allied health care professionals and substance abuse professionals
in an effort to address the needs of substance abusers in a com-
prehensive manner; (h) Improve the efficiency of intra-program
and inter-program coordination; and (j) Facilitate patient/client
receipt of health and allied health services, as well as housing,
transportation and other necessary facilitation and support.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Demonstration projects are
designed to build linkages among community-based providers of
primaiy health care, alcohol, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and
mental health treatment services to deliver integrated services to
more effectively address the health needs of injecting drug users
(IDUs), other high risk substance abusers, their sex partners, and
particularly substance abusers who are members of critical
populations. Funded projects will be those that demonstrate the
most promising organizational models that have multiple links
with community service networks and county, city and State
delivery systems, enhancing their ability to access resources and
deliver to clients an integrated package of primaiy health care,
alcohol, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and mental health treat-
ment services. Grant funds may be used only for expenses clearly
related and necessaiy to carry out approved activities, including
both direct cost* which can be specifically identified with the
project and allowable indirect costs. Funds may not be used to
supplant current funding for existing activities. Funds may not be
used for the construction and/or purchase of a facility to house
any portion of the proposed program. Any lease arrangements in
association with the proposed program utilizing these funds may
not extend beyond the project period or cover non-programmatic
activities.
Applicant Eligibility: Any public or private nonprofit entity
located in a community-based setting, including: addiction treat-
ment programs; community migrant health centen; State and
local health departments; homeless or public housing primaiy
care programs; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs.
Applicants must have provided health or allied health services to
the target population(s) for at least 2 yean.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local OfTlct: Not applicable.
Headquarters OKI*: HIV/Linkage Branch, Center for Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services, Rockwall II Building, Suite 740,5600
45
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-
8160. HIV and Substance Abuse Branch, Division of Programs
for Special Populations, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services, 9th Floor, 4350
East-West Highway, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone:
(301) 594-4444. Grants Management Contact: Center for Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Public Health Service, HHS, Rockwall
II Building, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857. Telephone:(301) 443-9665.
EXAMPLES OF-FUNDED PROJECTS: Awards were issued to
entities in 18 cities: San Rafael, CA; Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR;
Oakland, CA; Washington, DC; New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY;
Fall River, MA; Seattle, WA; Phoenix, AZ; Clarkston, WA;
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Holyoke, MA; Boston, MA; Mil*
waukee, Wl; South Bend, In; and Gresham, OR.
93.119 Grants for Technical Assistance Ac-
tivities Related to the Block Grant for Com-
munity Mental Health Services - Technical
Assistance Centere for Evaluetion
FEDERAL AGENCY: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SER-
VICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SER-
VICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE
OBJECTIVES: To provide technical aeaiatance to Slates, or to
any public or nonprofit private entity within Slates, with reepact
to the planning, development, and operation of any program or
service carried out pursuant to the Block Grant for Community
Mental Health Services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used
only for expenses clearly related and necessary to cany out ap-
proved activities, including both direct costs which can be specifi-
cally identified with the project and allowable indirect costs.
Applicant Eligibility: Any public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion as well as for-profit organizations are eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Office of Evaluation, Extramural Policy,
and Review, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Public Health Ser-
vice, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 18C-07,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857. Telephone: (301)443-7883. Grants Management Contact
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, Public Health Service, Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, Room 15-87, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Luc, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-4456.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED FROJECTSc Of the two Technical
Assistance Centers, funded in fiscal year 1993, one provides tech-
nical assistance with the evaluation of changes in the adult mental
health system; and the other focuaea on the children's mental
health system.
93.122 Cooperative Agreements for Sub-
stance Abuee Treatment and Recovery Sys-
tems for Rural, Remote and Culturally
Dlatlnct Populations (RRCD)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SER-
VICES
OBJECTIVES: To support cooperative agreement projects
which design model systems of substance abuse and/or depend-
ence intervention, treatment and recovery services for rural,
remote and culturally distinct populations. Specific objectives
are: (1) Enhance access to assessment and treatment for in-
dividuals who have alcohol and other drug problems and who live
in rural or geographically remote areas; (2) Increase the effective-
ness of treatment and recovery services in these areas; (3) Foster
coordination among assessment, treatment and recovery
programs and related health, housing, welfare, training, criminal
justice and other social programs and institutions (as a means of
involving both alcohol and drug- involved individuals in treatment
and achieving improved treatment outcomes); and (4) Develop
self-evaluation and management methoda by which rural health
and human service delivery systems can continually improve treat-
ment outcomes.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used
only for expenses clearly related and necessary to carry out ap-
proved activities, including both direct which can be specifically
identified with project and allowable indirect costs. Activities are
designed to improve the availability, accessibility and effective-
ness of services for individuals with culturally distinct charac-
teristics (e.g., Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native
Hawaiians, recent immigrants and farm workers) and who reside
in areas that are rural, remote or geographically isolated. Funds
may be utilized to support health and allied health care workers
to staff the Intake Unit(s), to staff discrete SDUs, to conduct
clinical case review and case management activities, or for evalua-
tion expertise, quality assurance oversight and technical assis-
tance. Capacity expansion projects will only be considered in
cases where the applicant can document significant unmet
demand for treatment on the part of the target population. Funds
will be awarded to serve the needs of residents livingin rural areas
and State*. A rural area is defined as an area where a significant
number of the population lives in the country, or in small towns
of less than 5,000. Exceptions could include a large rural county
with a major city (greater than 10,000), but where at least 30 to 40
percent of population live in the country. The populations which
are the focus of these programs must meet the following criteria:
1) live or reside in a rural or geographically remote area; 2) have
alcohol and/or drug problems; 3) are unemployed or under-
employed, and for whom treatment must be subsidized through
public means; and 4) are members of one or more of the following
groups: American Indians or Alaskan Natives residing in the
United States, including, but not limited to, all Federally recog-
nized Indian tribes; Native Hawaiians who reside in Hawaii; First
and second generation immigrants who reside in migrant farm
worker communities. Funds may not be used for routine support
of the costs of primary or preventive medical care in primary
health care settings.
Applicant EHgMMyt Eligibility for this program is limited
depending upon the system of governance for the target
geographic area, as follows: In areas that fall under the jurisdic-
tion of a Federally-recognized Indian Tribal Authority, only the
Tribal Authority is eligible to apply; (2) In areas that fall under
the jurisdiction o< State governments, only the Single State Agen-
cy(ies) for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (SSA) is (are) eligible to
apply. The appropriate governing body, as defined above, must
apply on behalf of a consortium of relevant State, Tribal and local
officials and public and not-for-profit private entities who provide
or have jurisdiction over, treatment and recovery services;
primary health care; mental health services; social services; hous-
ing; job training; interdiction, and legal case processing, for each
applicant jurisdiction.
INFORMATION CONTACT:
46
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter! Office: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Rockwall II, Suite 740, 5600 Fishers Lane, Roclcville,
Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-8802. Grants Manage-
ment Contact: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockwall II,
10th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 208S7.
Telephone: (301)443-9665.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Five projects have been
funded through cooperative agreements with two State and three
Tribal Authorities (Alaska, Texas, Navajo Nation, Inter-Tribal
Council of Michigan and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
Texas). The awards are for the planning and implementation of
treatment programs and networks that include assessment,
evaluation, and automated Management Information Systems.
93.123 Health Professions Pregraduate
Scholarship Program for Indians
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide scholarships to American Indians and
Alaska Natives for the purpose of completing pre-graduate
education leading to a baccalaureate degree only in the following
areas: (1) Pre-Medicine: priority as follows: senior, junior,
sophomore, freshman; (2) Pre-Dentistry: priority as follows:
senior, junior, sophomore, freshman.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Scholarship awards are
limited to persons of American Indian or Alaska Native descent.
Support is limited to 4 years.
Applicant Eligibility: Individuals of American Indian or Alaska
Native descent, who have successfully completed high school
education or high school equivalency, and have been accepted for
enrollment or are enrolled in an accredited pre-graduate program
in a pre-medicine or pre-dentistiy curriculum.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqualara Office: IHS Scholarship Program, Indian Health
Service, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Twinbrook Metro Plaza, Suite 100,12300 Twinbrook
Parkway, Rockville, MD 20652. Telephone: (301) 443-6197.
Grants Management Contact: Grants Management Branch;
Division of Acquisition and Grants Operations, Indian Health
Service, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Twinbrook Metro Building, 12300Twinbrook Parkway,
Suite 100, Roclcville, MD 208S2. Telephone: (301) 4434)243.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Scholarshipe may be
awarded for any of the following career categories (or the
equivalent): (1) premedidne; (2)preoptometiy; (3)predentistiy,
or (4) pre osteopathy. The priority categories for fiscal year 1993
are premedicine (priority at follows: senior, junior, sophomore,
freshman) and pre-dentistiy (priority as follows: senior, junior,
soph more, freshman).
93.127 Emergency Medical Services for
Children (EMS for Children)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support demonstration projects for the expan -
sion and improvement of emergency medical services for children
who need treatment for trauma or critical care. It is expected that
maximum distribution of projects among the States will be made
and that priority will be given to projects targeted toward popula-
tions with special needs, including Native Americans, minorities,
and the disabled.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: All funds granted should be
expended solely for carrying out the approved project in accord-
ance with Section 1910 of the Public Health Service Act.
Applicant Eligibility: State governments and schools of medicine.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquatars Office: Central Office Contacts: Maternal and
Qiild Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Room 18A-39,5600 Fishers Lane, Roclcville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-4026 or Office of Emergency Enforcement
Service!, Traffic Safety Program, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, NTS-42, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-5440. Grants Management Contact:
Grants Management Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health
Service, HHS, Room 1812, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-1440.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The project funded at
the Utah Department of Health is designed to expand and im-
prove a state-wide system of emergency medical services for
children. The project is regional in scope, working closely with the
Idaho, Oregon, and Washington EMSC projects. Components
include development of a comprehensive intermountain pediatric
EMS database, reducing the morbidity and mortality of Native
American children living in the region, educating emergency care
providers within the region about the capability, availability and
response times of existing intermountain regional air transport,
and establishing regional protocols and educational programs for
the EMS systems through the region.
93.129 Technical and Non-Financial
Assistance to Community and Migrant Health
Centers
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART.
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide assistance to community health
center* (CHGs) in the following areas: (1) collaborative activities
on State or regional issues; (2) promotion of support and invol-
vement of State agenciea in primary care; (3) provision of, or
arrangement for, training and technical assistance; and (4)
development of aha red services and joint purchasing arrange-
menta — for purposes including, but not limited to, primary care
provider retention and recruitment, clinical development, assess-
ment of community health needs, expertise in dealing with mater-
nal and child health and other special populations, and
management and maximization of nonfederal resources.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
47
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Recipients will be expected
to provide certain technical and non-financial assistance to CHCs.
Applicant Eligibility; Eligible applicants are private nonprofit
entities, including previously existing and newly established State
and regional primary care associations. No new applications will
be accepted in fiscal year 1994.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: Contact the Regional Health Ad-
ministrator, Grants Management Officer, or Director, Division
of Primary Care Services of the appropriate DHHS Regional
Office. (See your local telephone directory.)
Headquaterm Ofllce: Program Implementation and Coordination
Branch, Division of Community and Migrant Health and
Development Branch, Division of Primary Care Services, Bureau
of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Service* Ad-
ministration, Public Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, 7th Floor, Rockville,
MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-4310. Grants Management
Contact: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, 11th
Floor, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-4235.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A grant to either a State
or regional primary care association for any or all of the following
activities: (1) promoting the use of State resources (including
Medicaid, Maternal and Child Health and Special Population
funding) for primary care purposes; (2) assisting Community and
Migrant Health Center* (C/MHCs) in preparing their applica-
tions for Federal, State and local funding; (3) providing training
and technical assistance in management and governance; (4)
developing shared services and joint purchasing agreements; (5)
assisting CVMHCs and other similar provider* in retaining and
recniitingprimary care providers; (6) promoting partnerships and
affiliations with State and local health departments, Area Health
Education Centers, hospitals, specialty and social service
providers and residency programs; (7) coordinating activities with
Public Health Service and National Health Service Corps State
loan repayment activities, and other State health profession loan
repayment/ scholarship programs and encouraging students to
pursue careers in primary care; and (8) planning and developing
resources for activities in support of pregnant women and
children as well as activities targeted towards special needs
populations such as the homeless, substance abusers, HIV-in-
fected individuals, the elderly and migrant/seasonal
farmworkers.
93.141 Special State Grant Program for
Increasing the Availability of the 9-1-1
Emergency Telephone Number
(State Grants to Increaae 9-1-1)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF HEALTH RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide funds to States for conducting ac-
tivities which will increase the availability of the 9-1-1 universal
telephone number in areas where it is currently not available and
to enhance access to the 9-1-1 number for special populations.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may not be used for
the following: (1) any purpose other than activities to increase
access to 9-1-1 services; (2) purchase or improvement of real
property; or to make cash payment to intended recipients of
services; (4) to satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of
nonfederal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds;
and (5) to provide financial assistance to any entity other than a
public or nonprofit private entity.
Applicant Eligibility: States and Territories.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Program Contact: Division of Trauma and
Emergency Medical Systems, Bureau of Health Resources
Development, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Parklawn Building, Room 7-18,5600 Fishers Lane, Rock-
ville, Maryland 20857. Telephone:(301) 443-3401. Grants
Management Contact: Bureau of Health Resources Develop-
ment, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
Parklawn Building, Room 7-15, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-2280.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects in-
clude the following activities related to increasing access to, and
the availability of, the 9-1-1 telephone number development of
a database of unique road names for all areas in a rural State and
development of an accurate set of maps; implementation of basic
9-1-1 services through public education, technical training for
9-1-1 coordinators and dispatches, and assistance in implement-
ing the 9-1-1 system; and development of a 9-1-1 planning and
implementation guide.
93.151 Project Grants for Health Services
to the Homeless (Homeless
Assistance Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES AD-
MINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To award grants for the purpose of enabling
grantees, directly or through contracts, to provide for the deliveiy
of primary health services and substance abuse (alcohol and/or
illicit drugy) services to homeless individuals including homeless
children. The grants may be used to continue to provide the
services listed above for up to 12 months to individuals who have
obtained permanent housing if services were provided to these
individuals when they were homeless. For the purpose of this
program, the term "homeless individual" means an individual who
lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a
member of a family), including an individual whose primary
residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility
that provides temporary living accommodations or an individual
who is a resident in transitional housing.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds must be used to
provide the following service*, directly or through contract: (1)
primary health care and substance abuse service* at locations
accessible to homeless individuals; (2) 24-hour emergency
primaiy health and substance abuse services; (3) referral, as
appropriate to medical facilities, for necessary hospital services;
(4) referral of home leu individuals who are mentally ill to entities
that provide mental health services, unless the applicant will
provide such services directly; (5) outreach services to inform
homeless individuals of the availability of primary health and
substance abuse services; and (6) aid in establishing eligibility for
assistance, and in obtaining services under entitlement programs.
Podiatiy, dental (including dentures), and vision services are
supplemental services and may be provided where medically
necessary, to the extent that the level or delivery of the required
services is not diminished. Grant funds may not be expended for
(1) inpatient care, except for treatment of substance abuse
48
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
provided in settings other than hospitals; (2) cash payments to
recipients; (3) purchase or improvement of real property (other
than minor remodeling); or (4) purchase of major medical equip-
ment (except if waived by the Secretaiy for Health and Human
Services under the provisions of the statute). Federal funds may
not supplant existing public orprivate resources that are currently
allocated to assist homeless populations. Not more than 10 per-
cent of the approved grant funds may be expended for administra-
tive costs. Separate grants will be awarded to a limited number of
organizations to provide outreach, primary care services, and
referral exclusively to homeless children. These grants wilt be
limited to the same restrictions as the other grants.
Applicant Eligibility: Nonprofit private organizations and public
entities, including State and local governmental agencies. Gran-
tees and other organizations with whom they may contract for
services under this program must have an agreement with a State
under its Medicaid program, Title XIX of the Social Security Act
(if they provide services that are covered under the Title XIX plan
for the State), and be qualified to receive payments under the
agreement.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Regional Grants Management Officers
of the appropriate DHHS Regional Offices. (See your local
telephone directory for Regional Office information.)
Hcadquaters Office: Division of Programs for Special Popula-
tions, Bureau of Primaiy Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services,4350 East-West Hwy,9th Floor,
Rockville, MD 10857. Telephone: (301) 443-8134. Grants
Management Contact: Bureau of Primaiy Health Care, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
HHS, 4350 East-West Hwy, 11 Floor, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-»235.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A Health Care for the
Homeless Program formed a coalition of community repre-
sentatives and providers for the provision of primaiy health,
substance abuse, and mental health services to homeless in-
dividuals. Health care provider teams will travel to areas with
heavy concentrations of homeless individuals. Homeless persons
will be provided with primaiy care outpatient services either at a
community health center or in off-site locations, such as shelters
for the homeless or welfare hotels. The program will refer for
inpatient hospitalization services if necesaaiy. Substance abuse
services and mental health services will be provided through
existing facilities within the community. The community coalition
represents organizations responsible for the provision of other
services for homeless individuals such as food, clothing and shel-
ter. Through a system of case management, the program will serve
to guide homeless persons to these service*. Arrangements for
24-hour emergency services have been made through a com-
munity hospital.
93.155 Rural Health Research Centers
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support the development and operation of
rural health research center* to provide an information base and
policy analysis capacity on the full range of rural health services
issues, including reimbursement, recruitment and retention of
health professionals, access to care, and alternative delivery sys-
tems.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: All funds awarded should be
expended solely for carrying out the approved projects in accord-
ance with the provisions of Public Law 102-170.
Applicant Eligibility: All public and private entities, nonprofit
and for-profit, are eligible to apply. Eligible entities may include,
but are not limited to, public and private institutions for higher
education, public or private health research organizations, and
foundations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oflke: Not applicable.
Headquaten Office: Office of Rural Health Policy, Office of the
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Parklawn Building, Room 9-QS, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rock-
ville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-0835. Grants Management
Contact: Grant Award Operations Section, Grants Management
Office, Bureau of Primaiy Health Care, Public Health Service,
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS, 4350 East-
West Highway, 11th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. Telephone:(301) 594-4260.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) The University of
North Dakota Rural Health Research Center, which primarily
focuses on issues in health professions supply; (2) The Florida
Rural Health Research Center focuses on issues of health care
access for the rural poor and rural minorities. Current projects
include an examination of the Intrastate Funding Formula used
by state governments to distribute Federal funds under the Older
Americana Act; health insurance status of rural residents; and
analysis of the health status of residents of persistent low income
counties. (3) University of North Carolina Rural Health Re-
search Program is a multidisciplinaiy research, policy analysis,
technical assistance, and information unit in the Health Services
Research Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, "Hiis program addresses problems of the recruitment and
retention of health care professionals, and medical care outcomes
for rural residents. Illustrative of their current research projects
are: the study of rural-urban variations in the secondary and
tertiary prevention of low back pain; rural-urban variations in the
secondary and tertiaiy prevention of stroke; and retention of
primaiy care physicians in rural communities. (4) WAMI R»ral
Health Research Center is based in the Department of Family
Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. It
has close working relationships with the other health science
schools at the university as well as the other major universities in
the four WAMI States (Washington, Alaska, Montansr, and
Idaho). The Center's current studies include: the process and
quality of rural perinatal care: a national study; provision of
anesthesia services in rural hospitals; and attrition versus reten-
tion: the impact of rural physician shortages. (5) The Maine Rural
Health Research Center is based in the Muskie Institute of Public
Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. This center's re-
search focuses on issues in rural menu) health services, physician
payment policies, health insurance coverage for rural residents,
and health and long-term care for the rural elderly. (6) The
Univeisity of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center is con-
ducting research on networks of rural providers, the impact of
insurance reform on rural providers and consumer*, and the
diffusion of technology to rural hospitals. (7) The New York
Rural Health Research Center is located in the Department of
Family Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
This center's current research includes studies of rural counties'
development of Medicaid managed care systems and the rural
practices of nurse practitioners.
93.158 Adolescent Health Centers for
American Indians/Alaska Natives (Adolescent
Health Centers)
49
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make financial assistance awards to Indian
tribes and tribal and urban Indian organizations to establish
innovative school related and community based adolescent health
centers capable of providing health promotion and disease
prevention services to adolescents.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants may be used in estab-
lishing and operating programs designed to provide health
promotion and disease prevention services to adolescents.
Applicant Eligibility: Any federally recognized Indian Tribe,
Indian tribal organization of federally recognized urban Indian
organization. Those tribes or tribal organizations which have
previously received Public Law 93-638 grants to fund Indian
Health Service (IHS) Adolescent Health Centers may not apply.
Preference is given to applicants within the following IHS
Areas: Aberdeen IHS, Alaska Native Health Service, Billings IHS,
California IHS, and Navajo IHS.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Grants Management Contract: Grants
Management Branch, Division of Acquisition and Grants Opera-
tions, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service, Department
of Health and Human Services, TWinbrook Metro Plaza, 12300
Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone:
(301) 443-S204. Program Contact: Special Initiatives Branch,
Office of Health Programs, Indian Health Service, PHS, DHHS,
Parklawn Building, Room 5A-41,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20657. Telephone: (301) 443-4646.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: New program.
93.162 National Health Service Corps
Loan Repayment Program
(NHSC Loan Repayment Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To help assure an adequate supply of trained
health professionals for the National Health Service Corps
(NHSC) by providing for the repayment of educational loans for
participants who agree (by written con timet) to serve an applicable
period of time in a health manpower shortage area.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Awards provide payments of
up to $25,000 a year towards participants1 qualified government
and commercial health professions education loans during the
first two yean of practice at a selected NHSC Loan Repayment
Service Site (2-year service minimum and up to $35,000in the third
and fourth years and beyond), under a written agreement with this
program. Health professions given priority for selection are those
determined by the manpower needs of the NHSC For fiscal year
1994, priority for selection is given to: (1) primary care physicians;
(2) dentists; (3) certified nurse midwives; (4) certified nurse
practitioners; and (5) physicians assistants. Priority was given to
those who were available for service in 1992.
Applicant Eligibility: Individuals are eligible to apply who are: (1)
U.S. citizens; (2) enrolled as full-time students in the final year of
study in an accredited health profession education institution; or
(3) possess a health professions degree and are either enrolled in
post-graduate health professions training or are in professional
practice. They must hold an unrestricted health professions
license in a State and be eligible for. or hold, an appointment as
a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the
United States Public Health Service or be eligible for selection for
a Federal civil service appointment.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquatcn Office: Program Contact: Loan Repayment
Programs Branch, Diviaion of Scholarships and Loan Repay-
ments, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Public Health Service, HHS, Room 4350
East-West Highway, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-
4400. Public Information Phone: I-*00-435-6464.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: During fiscal year 1992,
the program matched a total of 326 contracts for a total of 742
years of service.
93.164 Indian Health Service
Educational Loan Repayment
(IHS Loan Repayment Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To help insure an adequate supply of trained
health professionals for Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities by
providing for the repayment of educational loans for participants
who agree (by written contract) to serve an applicable period of
time at a facility IHS has designated as a Priority Site or in a
designated specialty at a site with an appropriate position.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: This program will provide
repayment of loans incurred for health professions educational
expenses in exchange for service in a designated Priority Site.
Recipients must agree by written contract to serve an applicable
period of time in such a site; individuals who have conflicting
service obligations may not participate in this program until those
obligations are satisfied. The minimum period of participation is
2 years. Maximum payment to a program participant is $30,000
per year and up to 31 per cent of the $30,000 for tax liability.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible individuals must be enrolled: (1) in
a course of study or program in an accredited institution, as
determined by the Secretary, within any State and be scheduled
to complete such course of study in the same year such as in-
dividual applies to participate in such program; (2) in an approved
graduate training program in a health profession; (3) have a
degree in health profession and a license to practice a health
profession; (4) be eligible for, or hold, an appointment as a
commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the
Public Health Service (PHS); (5) be eligible for selection for
civilian service in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the PHS; (6)
meet the professional standards for civil service employment in
the Indian Health Service (IHS); (7) be employed with an Indian
health program funded under Public Law 93438, Indian Self-
Determination, Title V of Public Law94-437 and its amendments
or the Buy Indian Act (25 U AC 47); (8) submit an application to
participate in the IHS Loan Repayment Program; and (9) sign and
submit to the Secretaiy for Health and Human Setvicesat the time
of such application, a written contract agreeing to accept repay-
ment of health professions educational loans and to serve for an
applicable period of service in loan repayment priority site as
determined by the Secretaiy. The term "State" is defined in
Section 331 (iX4) of the PHS Act
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional of Local Office: See your local telephone directoty.
50
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Headquatcn Office: Loan Repayment Program, Indian Health
Service, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, Rockville, MD
20852. Telephone: (301) 443-3369.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Physicians, nurses and
other health professionals who have agreed to provide full-time
clinical services at an appropriate site for an applicable period of
time (2 to 3 yean) in return for repayment of their health profes-
sion education loans.
93.191 Allied Health Project Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBUC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To improve and strengthen allied health training,
expand enrollments in professions in greatest demand, strengthen
curriculum in areas of special need, expand or establish interdis-
ciplinaiy training programs, community based allied health train-
ing programs, linking academic centers to rural clinical setting*.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used for
personnel, equipment, supplies, domestic travel, consultants and
guest lectures, rental of space, renovation and other costs directly
related to the project as described in the approved application.
Grant funds may not be used for construction of facilities, acquisi-
tion of land, foreign travel or support of students, including
fellowships, stipends, tuition, fees, or travel allowances.
Applicant Eligibility: Schools, universities, or other educational
entities including public or nonprofit private entities which pro-
vide for allied health personnel education and training and lo-
cated in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territoiy of the
Pacific Islands (the Republic of Palau), the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Hcadquaters Office: Program Contact: Division of Associated,
Dental and Public Health Profession!, Bureau of Health Profes-
sions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Service, Room 8C-02, Parfclcwn Building, 5600 Piahen
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 44W763. Grants
Management Contact: Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
Room 8C-26, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-6857.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS) Multi-Tiered Geriatric
Education and Training Projects; Recruitment and Development
of Allied Health Professionals; Enhancement and Expansion of
Existing Allied Health Training Programs; Enhancement of
Faculty, Curriculum and Student Recruitment; Interdisciplinary
Training Programs; Video Disc and Computer-Based Instruc-
tional Technologies Development; Development of auto-tutorial
teaching materials; outcomes assessment and offsite training
models; and Model geriatric clinical education in Allied Health,
Rural Health Education Projects.
93.192 Interdisciplinary Training for Health
Care for Rural Areas (Interdisciplinary
Training for Health Cars for Rural Areas)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBUC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To promote recruitment to and retention of
health professionals in rural America through interdisciplinary
team training in rural health care settings.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds are awarded to
eligible applicants to cany out their interdisciplinary training
projects using various methods, including student stipends, post-
doctoral felkwships, faculty training, and the purchase or rental
of (transportation) and (telecommunication) equipment where
appropriate to the rural area.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants include local health
departments, nonprofit organizations and public or private non-
profit colleges, universities or schools of, or programs that spe-
cialize in, nursing, mental health practice, optometry, public
health, dentistiy, osteopathy, physician's assistants, pharmacy,
podiatry, medicine, chiropractic, and allied health professions.
Profit-making entities are not eligible to obtain funds, either
directly or through a subcontract or subgrant as per the law. Each
application must be jointly submitted by at least two eligible
applicants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Htadq oaten Office: Division of Associated, Dental and Public
Health Professions, Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
Room 8CQ2, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-6763. Grants Management Con-
tact: Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Ser-
vices Administration, Public Health Service, Room 8C26,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301)443-6880.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded programs were
jointly sponsored, usually by academic and rural health care en-
tities; several programs had health department sponsors. There
was no preference as to whether academia took the lead and
worked with rural health care entity or vice versa. Funded
programs involved three or more of the eligible health care
disciplines. Emphasis was on opportunities for providing clinical
services in rural area* and efforts to promote rural practice
options.
93.194 Community Partnerehlp
Demonstration Grant
FEDERAL AGENCY: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBUC HEALTH
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SER-
VICES
OBJECTIVES: To study models for partnership development
that encourage community leaden, diverse organizations and/or
interest groups in local communities to more effectively coor-
dinate prevention programs and to develop prevention initiatives;
and to demonstrate that the development of broad-based support
within the community can substantially contribute to the elimina-
tion of alcohol and other drug abuae; and the encouragement and
stimulation in the target community of self-sustaining multi-
faceted prevention and early intervention programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant resources are used to
promote and evaluate the development of long-range, com-
prehensive, multi-disciplinary community-wide alcohol and other
51
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
drug abuse coordinating and program models through the forma-
tion and support of coalitions or partnerships of both public and
private organizations, agencies and institutions, consortia and
partnerships within local communities. The partnership should be
designed and structured as a community development services
coordinating body and to enhance, promote and improve effective
prevention program implementation at the local level. Sub-task
groups comprised of representatives from different disciplines,
community sub-sets (ethnic or geographic) or organizations are
encouraged to be included as a part of the partnership. Grant
funds are not intended to supplant existing positions, programs
or services. Rather, funds are to be used to identify the needs and
service gaps for the target community, establish priorities and to
leverage public and private resources to fill those service gaps, and
enhance prevention programs. These funds are intended to aug-
ment or supplement in a coordinated fashion the alcohol and
other drug abuse prevention and early intervention needs of the
community.
Applicant Eligibility: Local governments and/or local private
nonprofit organizations/agencies designated to act on behalf of
the larger coalition. A coalition or partnership is expected to
consist of at least seven organizations or agencies. The community
must demonstrate need for prevention services by documenting
greater prevalence of alcohol and other drug abuse problems than
national averages. A comparison community must be designated
for evaluation purposes.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquatcra OfTkt-.Division of Community Prevention and
Training, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Public Health
Service, Rockwall Building No. II, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-0369. Grants Management Con-
tact: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Public Health Ser-
vice, Rockwell II, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301)443-3958.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Implemented and sys-
tematically studied approaches to prevent and reduce alcohol and
other drug abuse through the development of partnerships of
multiple organizations and agencies using comparison com-
munities for evaluation.
93.210 Tribal Self-Governance
Demonstration Program: Planning and
Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS
Compacts (Tribal Self-Governance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make financial assistance awards to Indian
tribes to enable them to assume programs services, and functions
of the Indian Health Service (IHS), Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS), and of the Department of Interior that
are otherwise available to Indian tribes or Indian*. Such assump-
tions will be by compacts. The planning cooperative agreement
allows a tribe to gather information to determine the current types
and extent of programs, service, and funding available within its
service area and to plan for the types and extent of programs,
services, and funding to be made available to the tribe under a
compact. Negotiation cooperative agreements provide tribes
with funds to help cover expenses involved in preparing for and
actually negotiating with the IHS to enter a compact under the
Self-Governance Demonstration Program (SGDP).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Coop. Agreements).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Establishing and operating
programs to provide planning and negotiation resources to tribes
interested in participating in the SGDP. These cooperative
agreements will be awarded on a one-time basis. Compacts
awarded as the result of the negotiation cooperative agreements
will be multi-year up to 3 years for the demonstration phase.
Applicant Eligibility: Any federally-recognized tribe which (1)
formally requests, through a governing body action, a planning or
negotiation cooperative agreement for the purpose of participa-
tion in the Self-Governance Demonstration Project; (2) has
operated two or more mature contracts; snd (3) has furnished
organization-wide single audit reports as prescribed by Public
Law 96-502, the Single Audit Act of 1984, for the previous 3 yean
that contain no significant or material audit exceptions.
Geographical representation of tribes in the project will be a
factor in the selection process as well as size and circumstances of
the tribes.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Program Contact: Director, Office of
Tribal Self-Governance, Indian Health Service, Parklawn Build-
ing, Room 5A-35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-7821. Grants Management Contact:
Grants Management Branch, Div. of Acquisition and Grants
Operations, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service, DHHS,
Twinbrook Metro Plaza, Suite 100, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,
Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone:(301) 443-5204.
93.211 Rural Telemedicine Grants
(Rural Telemedicine Grant Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH POLICY,
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH RESOURCES
AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SER-
VICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate and collect information on the
feasibility, costs, appropriateness, and acceptability (to prac-
titioners and patients) of telemedicine for improving access to
health services for rural residents and reducing the isolation of
rural practitioners and to demonstrate how telemedicine can be
used as an effective tool for the development of integrated systems
of health care for rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USESANDUSERESTRICTIONS: Implementing and operating
telemedicine networks that provide consultative services to rural
areas. Not more than 40 percent of grant funds may be expended
for equipment. Not more than 20 percent of grant runds may be
expended for indirect costs. Grant funds may not be used for
purchasing and installing telecommunications transmission
equipment. Construction costs are allowable only for minor
renovations related to the installation of equipment.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants are nonprofit public
(nonfederal) or private entities that can provide a wide range of
medical specialty consultation services on a 24-hour basis to rural
sites using telecommunications.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not Applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Rural Health Policy, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-05, Rockville, MD, 20857. Telephone:
(301) 4434835. Grants Management Contact: Awards Branch,
Office of Grants Management, Bureau of Primary Health Care,
Health Resources and Services Administration. PHS, East-West
52
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Building, 11th Floor, 4350 East-West Highway, Roclcville, MO
20857. Telephone:(301) 594-4260.
EXAMPLES OP FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.224 Community Health Centers
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBUC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support the development and operation of
community health centers which provide preventive and primaiy
health care services, supplemental health and enabling services
and environmental health services to medically underterved
areas/populations. Priorities will be focused on providing ser-
vices in the most medically underseived areas and maintaining
existing centers which are serving high priority populations.
Centers must have demonstrated sound capacities in the follow-
ing areas: fiscal and management capabilities; monitoring and
assessment of project performance; development and implemen-
tation of mechanisms for improvingquality of care; and maximiza-
tion of third-party reimbursement levels, through improved
project administration and management.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Applications should be
designed to improve t he availability, accessibility and organization
of health care within medically underserved communities. Funds
may also be used for acquiring, constructing and modernizing
existing buildings, including amortizing the principal of and
paying the interest on loans, and for related equipment in excess
of $100,000.
Applicant Eligibility: Public or nonprofit private agency, institu-
tion, or organization and a limited number of State and local
governments. Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Olflcc: Contact the Regional Health Ad-
ministrator or Grants Management Officer of the appropriate
DHHS Regional Office.
Headqualera Office: Program Contact: Division of Community
and Migrant Health Care Services, Bureau of Primaiy Health
Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
Room 7A-55, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Roclcville,
MD 20657. Telephone: (301)443-2260. Grants Management Con-
tact: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services, 12100 Parklawn Drive, Roclcville,
MD. 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-5901
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Community health
centers; (2) health networks to support systems of care; (3) a
community health program; and (4) planning grants.
93.228 Health Services Reeeerch and
Development Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY
AND RESEARCH, PUBUC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support health services research to create new
knowledge and better understanding of the process by which
health services are made available, and how they may be provided
more efficiently and effectively. The Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research (AHCPR) has a broad legislative mandate
to support general health services research on problems related
to health care coat, quality and access to health services. Major
categories of research issues include delivery of health care,
primary care, health promotion and disease prevention, and State
and local health problems. Current emphasis is on analysis of
medical practice variations, and the study of the epidemiological
and economical characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) and other human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)-related illnesses.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The research should con-
tribute to the health services knowledge base from which empiri-
cally based information can be derived by policymakers, both
immediately and over the coming decades. Grants include funds
for direct costs (such as personnel, travel, equipment, or supplies)
necessary to carry out an approved project as well as funds for the
reimbunement of applicable indirect costs. Unallowable costs, as
well as those for which prior written approval is required, are
indicated in the PHS Grants Policy Statement. Discretionary
funds are available. The HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
ACCELERATED SMALL GRAVT is under this funding pro-
gram.
Applicant Eligibility: Federal, State or local government agen-
cies, federally-recognized Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Ter-
ritories, sponsored organizations, non-government
orpnizations, minority groups, specialized groups, public or
private institutions of higher education, and other public or non-
profit private agencies, institutions, or organizations. Research
project grants may also be awarded to individuals. Profit-making
organizations are not eligible for these grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Hcadqoatcrs Office: Agency for Health Care Policy and Re-
search, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Suite 601, Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson
Street, Roclcville, MD 20652. Program and Grants Management
Contact: Telephone:(301) 227-1447.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Studies have been con-
ducted for the following purposes: (1) to obtain better estimates
of the marginal cost of empty beds and hospital admissions; (2)
to develop an analytic planning model for primary care provider
syitemi in a geographic region; (3) to estimate the extent to which
changes in the costs of illnesses are due to price changes as
opposed to changes attributable to medical technology; (4) to
determine elderly persons' needs for services, access to m.edical
transportation, and selected social service; and (5) to examine the
effectiveness of alternative methods of improving compliance by
patients in health promotion and disease prevention within a
prepaid group practice health maintenance organization.
93.228 Indian Health Service Health
Management Development Program
(Indian Health)
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBUC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To improve the quality of the health of American
Indians and Alaska Natives by providing a full range of curative,
preventive and rehabilitative health services; and to increase the
capability of American Indians and Alaska Natives to manage
their own health programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The assistance is used for the
purpose of building the tribes' capability to man and manage their
health program. TWs assistance ia available to federally-recog-
nized tribes and tribal organizations.
53
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Applicant Eligibility: Federally-recognized tribes and tribal or-
ganizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headqualers Office: For Tribal Management Program: Division
of Community Services, Office of Tribal Activities, Indian Health
Service, Public Health Service, Room 6A-QS, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-6840. Grants
Management Branch, Division of Acquisitions and Grants
Operations, Twinbroolc Building, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,
Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-5204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The development of: (1)
a Mental Health Day Care Project; (2) a Tribal Health Care
Improvement Plan; (3) an Emergency Medical Program; (4) a
Feasibility Study and Comprehensive Health Plan; (5) a Manage-
ment Information System; (6) an Alcoholism Treatment Project;
(7) Development of financial/management systems for P L. 93-
638 programs; (8) Adolescent Health Centers; and (9) Indian
Child Protection and Child Abuse Prevention.
93.242 Mental Health Research Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To increase knowledge and improve research
methods on mental and behavioral disorders; to generate infor-
mation regarding basic biological and behavioral disorders; to
generate information regarding basic biological and behavioral
processes underlying these disorders and the maintenance of
mental health; and to improve mental health services. Research
supported by the National Institute of Mental Health may employ
theoretical, laboratory, clinical, methodological and field studies,
any of which may involve clinical, subclinical and normal subjects
and populations of all age ranges, as well as animal models
appropriate to the system being investigated and the state of the
field. Areas eligible for support are: neurocciences, behavioral
sciences, epidemiology, clinical assessment and etiological
studies, treatment, prevention, and services research. Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: To stimulate tech-
nological innovation; to use small business to meet Federal
research and development needs; to increase private sector com-
mercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and
development; and to faster and encourage participation by
minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation.
Small Instrumentation Grant* Program: To support thepuichase
of relatively low-cost pieces of research equipment that generally
are not funded in research project grants and that do not quality
for support under the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) larger
shared instrumentation program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE! Project Grants (Cooperative Agree*
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (1) Research project grants
provide support for dearly defined projects or a small group of
related research activities, and when appropriate, support of
research conferences; (2) Program Project and Center (Tints
support large-scale, broad-based programs of research, usually
interdisciplinary consisting of several projects with a common
focus; and (3) Small grants support small-scale exploratory and
pilot studies or exploration of an unusual research opportunity.
Small grants are limited to $50,000 direct costs for a period of 2
yean or less. SBIR Phase I grants (of spprtadmstely 6-month's
duration) are to establish the technical merit and feasibility of a
proposed research effort that may lead to a commercial product
or process. Phase II grants are for the continuation of the research
initiated in Phase I and that are likely to result in commercial
products or processes. Only Phase I awaidees are eligible to apply
for Phase II support. Small Instrumentation Grants Program:
Funds are awarded as institutions) formula grants for the pur-
chase of research equipment costing not leu than $5,000 or more
than $60,000 per piece. The RESEARCH ON MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES IN THE GENERAL HEALTH CARE
SETTING and the RESEARCH ON MENTAL DISORDERS
IN RURAL POPULATIONS grants are both under this pro-
gram.
Applicant Eligibility: Public, private, profit, or nonprofit agencies
(including State and local government agencies), eligible Federal
agencies, universities, colleges, hospitals, and academic or re-
search institutions may apply for research grants. SBIR grants can
be awarded only to domestic small businesses (entities that are
independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant
in the field in which research is proposed, and have no more than
500 employees). Primary employment (more than one-half time)
of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the
time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. In
both Phase I and Phase II, the research must be performed in the
U.S. and its possessions. To be eligible for funding, a grant
application must be approved for scientific merit and program
relevance by a scientific review group and a national advisory
council. Small Instrumentation Grants Program: Eligible institu-
tions or institutional components are those domestic, nonprofit
organizations that: (1) received at least three NIH research grants
totaling at least $200,000 but not exceeding $2,924,000 in the
previous fiscal year, and (2) have active NIH research grant
support Only those organizations or organizational components
receiving a letter of invitation to apply from the NIH are eligible
for this program. Only one application may be submitted by each
eligible organization or organizational component.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqoalers Office: Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral
Science (Basic Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences; Cognitive and
Behavioral Neurosciences; Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience;
Neuroimagjngand Applied Neuroscience; Personslity and Social
Processes; Psychopharmacology). Telephone: (301) 443-3563.
Division of Clinical and Treatment Research (Schizophrenia;
Mood, Anxiety, and Personality Disorders; Mental Disorders of
the Aging; Child and Adolescent Disorders; Clinical Treatment;
Research Publication and Operations). Telephone: (301) 443-
5047. Division of Epidemiology and Services Research (Basic
Prevention and Behavioral Medicine; Prevention; Services;
Epidemiology and Piychopathology, Violence and Traumatic
Stress). Telephone: (301) 443-3648. SBIR and Small Instrumen-
tation: Telephone: (301) 443-4885. Director, Office of AIDs.
Telephone: (301) 443-7281. Grants Management Contact: Na-
tional Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services, Room 7C-15,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-3065.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Genetic studies of
depressive disorders; (2) prospective study of children of
schizophrenic parents; (3) neurological basis of major psychiatric
disorders; (4) neuroregulators and behavior, (5) basic social
psychological interventions in senile dementia; (6) legal impact on
mental health practice; and (7) processes in learning and be-
havioral change.
93.246 Migrant Health Center* Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES; To support the development and operation of
migrant health centers and projects which provide primary health
54
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
care services, supplemental health seivices and environmental
health service* which are accessible to migrant and seasonal
agricultural farm worker* and their families as they move and
work.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Migrant health program
funds may be used for the planning, development, and operation
of clearly defined migrant health centers, and for the planning,
development, and operation of migrant health programs that
must meet specific requirements of services available to migratory
and seasonal agricultural worker*. Funds may be used for the
acquisition and modernization of existing buildings and for train-
ing related to the management of programs assisted through
grants and contracts. Migrant Health Centers Programs include
the defined primary and supplemental services as specified in the
legislation, including hospitalization limited benefits. Funds may
also be used to assist in the implementation of acceptable environ-
mental health programs. In addition, program funds may be used
to conduct projects and studies to assist States and entities which
have received grants or contracts under Section 329 in the assess-
ment of problems related to camp and field sanitation, pesticide
hazards, and other environmental health hazards to which
migratory agricultural workers, seasonal agricultural workers,
and members of their families are exposed. The Secretaty may
provide all necessary technical and other non-financial assistance
to any migrant health center or to any public or private nonprofit
entity to assist it in developing plans and operating a migrant
health center.
Applicant Eligibility: Any public or nonprofit private entity.
Priority will be given to applications submitted by community-
based organizations which are representative of the populations
to be served. Profit-making organizations are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact the Regional Health Ad-
ministrator or Grants Management Officer of the appropriate
HHS Regional Offices.
HeadquaUrs Office: Program Contact: Migrant Health Branch,
Bureau of Primaiy Health Care, Health Resources and Seivices
Administration, Public Health Service, Department of Health
and Human Services, 4350 East-West Hwy, 7th Floor, Rockville,
MO 20857. Telephone: (301)594-4310. Grants Management Con-
tact: Bureau of Primaiy Health Cue, Health Resources and
Seivices Administration, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Hwy, 11th Floor,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-4235.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Primaiy or comprehen-
sive ambulatory health care projects include: outreach, transpor-
tation, 1ab pharmacy, x-ray services, occupational hazards and
environmental studies.
93.258 National Health Service Corpa
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To improve the delivery of health care services to
residents in areas critically short of health personnel by the assign- -
ment of primaiy care providers in designated health professional
shortage areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Health personnel are as-
signed to areas designated as having shortages of such personnel.
Emphasis is placed on health personnel who provide primaiy
medical or dental care, such as osteopathic general practitioners,
internists, pediatricians, family practitioners, nurse practitioners,
certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, or dentists. Persons
receiving seivices shall be charged to recover the value of services
provided. No charge or a reduced charge may be made for a
person who is determined unable to pay the regular charge. Scope
of services provided by the National Health Service Corps (Corps)
will depend on the nature of shortages in that area; not all Corps
field projects will offer all services. Communities may apply for
designation as a health professional shortage area and assignment
of Corps personnel. Designation and assignment, however, are at
the discretion of the Secretary. Assignment of personnel will be
based in part on availability of service personnel to provide re-
quested services.
Applicant Eligibility: Applications for assignment of Corps per-
sonnel maybe made by any public or nonprofit private health or
health-related organization in designated areas. The potential
beneficiaiy community must be closely involved with such an
application.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Regional Health Administrator, or
National Health Service Corps Regional Program Consultant of
the appropriate HHS Regional Offices.
HeadquaUr* Office: Program Contact: National Health Service
Corps, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Seivices, 4350
East-West Hwy, 8th Floor, Rockville, MD 20657. Telephone:
(301)594-4130. Grants Management Contact: Bureau of Primaiy
Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, 4350 East-West Hwy, 11th Floor, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 594-4272.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Assignments are made
to community/migrant health centen, NHSC free-standing sites
and other systems of community-based primary care.
93.262 Occupational Safety and Health
Reeearch Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION, PUBUC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To understand the underlying characteristics of
occupational safety and health problems in industry and effective
solutions in dealing with them; to eliminate or control factors in
the work environment which are harmful to the health and/or
safety of worker*; and to demonstrate technical feasibility or
application of a new or improved occupational safety and health
procedure, method, technique, or system. Small Business Innova-
tion Research (SBIR) objectives are: to stimulate technological
innovation; use small business to meet Federal research and
development needs; increase private sector commercialization of
innovations derived from Federal research and development; and
foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged
persons in technological innovation.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Giants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are available for costs
directly attributed to the performance of the research plus certain
indirect costs of the institution or agency in accordance with
established policies of the Public Health Service. SBIR Phase I
grants (of approodmately 6-month's duration) are to establish the
technical merit and feasibility of a proposed research effort that
may lead to a commercial product or process. Phase II grants are
for the continuation of the research initiated in Phase 1 and which
are likely to result in commercial products or processes. Only
Phase I awardees are eligible to apply for Phase II support. The
RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS RELAT-
55
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
ING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH are
under this program.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants include profit and non-
profit organizations. Thus, universities, colleges, research institu-
tions, and other public and private organizations, including State
and local governments, and small, minority and/or women-owned
businesses are eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquatere Office: National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, MS-D30, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone:
(404) 639-3343. Grants Management Contact: Grants Manage-
ment Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department
of Health and Human Services, 255 E. Paces Perry Road, NE.,
MS-E13, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone: (404) 842-6798.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) "Influence of Par-
ticulates on Occupational Lung Disease" • A study to investigate
the mechanisms associated with particulate-modified
benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) metabolism and the involvement of al-
veolar macrophages in the development of lung disease; (2)
"Development of Models to Predict Optimal Lifting Motion" •
Development of an optimization model for lifting motion which _
explicitly considers the minimization of the sum of the squares of
the active state of the musculoskeletal system along with the
minimization of the rate of change of acceleration; (3) "Biologic
Monitoring/Risk Assessment in an Exposed Cohort" - A study to
screen a previously defined cohort of benzidine-expoced Chinese
workers in order to identify confirmed and presumptive cases of
bladder cancer and to conduct a risk analysis; (4) "Explosion
Hazards Related to Combustible Dusts" - An experimental and
theoretical evaluation of the fundamental aspects of ignition,
combustion, and explosion of dusts to develop knowledge on how
to prevent dust explosions or minimize damage; (5) "Vascular
Effects of Chelation in Lead • Exposed Workers" - A study to
determine if a reduction in soft tissue lead burden by EDTA
chelation reduces the vascular responsiveness of subjects with
occupational lead exposures; (6) "Occupational Risks of Pesticide
Exposure for Females" - An assessment of ovarian toxicity of
Kepone in the adult female mouse by examining alterations either
in ovarian steroid hormones or in the cell membranes of the
different cellular components of the ovaiy, (7) "Neurological
Effects of Solvents in Older Adults" -To test the hypothesis that
age-related processes may interact with the effects of past ex-
posure to solvents to cause neurological dysfunction which is
clinically significant and disproportionally greater than that which
might result from either variable alone; (8) "Functional Corre-
lates of Cochlear Injury" • To determine how the magnitude,
pattern and growth of hearing loss and structural ' mge are
altered by the physical characteristics of noise (frequency, inten-
sity, duration, and scheduling); (9) "Biological Monitoring for
Exposure to Coal Tar" - A study to investigate the development
and use of immunological and other biological techniques for
monitoring human exposure to crude coal tar preparations; (10)
"Stress in One Occupational Group: Teachers" • A study to assess
the extent to which work-related stressors and social and
psychological resources contribute to depressive and
psychosomatic symptoms, poor health behaviors, and low morale
in beginning teachers; (11) "Computer Simulation of Push-Pull
Systems" • To develop computer modeling and numerical analysis
techniques to improve the design of local exhaust ventilation
systems that are augmented by push or jet flows; and (12) "Per-
formance of Surgical Masks" - A study of the performance of
surgical masks which have historically been used only as barriers
to prevent inhaled particlea from infecting a patient in surgery,
but are increasingly used today in medical and dental care environ-
ments to protect the health care worker form airborne and
aerosolized blood borne pathogens.
93.268 Childhood Immunization Grants
(Section 317, Public Health Service Act;
Immunization Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To assist States and communities in establishing
and maintaining preventive health service programs to immunize
individuals against vaccine-preventable diseases (including meas-
les, rubella, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis
b, mumps, hemophilus influenza type b and hepatitis b).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used for
costs associated with planning, organizing, and conducting im-
munization programs directed toward vaccine preventable dis-
eases and for the purchase of vaccine; and for the implementation
of other program elements, such as assessment of the problem;
surveillance and outbreak control; information and education;
adequate notification of the risks and benefits of immunization;
compliance with compulsory school immunization laws; vaccine
storage, supply, and delivery, citizen participation; and use of
volunteers. Vaccine will be available "in lieu of cash" if requested
by the applicants. Requests for personnel and other items "in lieu
of cash" will also be considered. Vaccine purchased with grant
funds may be provided to private practitioners who agree not to
charge forvaccine. Grant funds maybe used to supplement (not
substitute for) existing immunization services and operations
provided by a State or locality.
Applicant Eligibility; Any State, and in consultation with State
health authorities, political subdivisions of States and other public
entities. Private individuals and private nonprofit agencies are not
eligible for immunization grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqualers Office: Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone:
(404) 639-8208. Grants Management Contact: Grants Manage-
ment Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department
of Health and Human Services, Room 300, 25S E. Paces Ferry
Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30305. Telephone: (404) 842-6643.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The majority of official
State Health Departments (such as California, Michigan, and
Texas) and many large local health departments (such as New
York and Chicago) have ongoing disease control programs utiliz-
ing these grants. Immunization Projects. The national program
goals for immunization are to reduce morbidity and mortality due
to vaccine-preventable diseases; maintain interruption of in-
digenous measles transmission; eliminate indigenous rubella
transmission; prevent perinatal transmission of hepatitis b; main-
tain 90 percent immunization levels for children under age IS
against measles, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, and rubella;
maintain 93 percent immunization levels for school enters rs, and
90 percent immunization levels for children enrolled in licensed
day-care centers against measles, poliomyelitis, diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis, rubella, mumps, and Hemophilus influenza
type b (HIB); develop, test, and implement systems for use in the
States to ensure that 90 percent or more oif children complete
basic immunizations by age 2; and promote appropriate im-
munization programs for adults. In order to ensure an effective
comprehensive program, include the following elements: (1) con-
56
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
sistent enforcement of compulsory school immunization laws; (2)
assessment of immunization status, public clinics, special
programs, (K-l, K-12, licensed daycare centers, Head Start); (3)
development and implementation of specific plans to raise im-
munization levels within pre-school age high-risk groups; (4)
surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases; (5) public informa-
tion and education programs; and (6) participation of citizens
groups and volunteers.
93.273 Alcohol Research Programs
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To develop a sound fundamental knowledge base
which can be applied to the development of improved methods of
treatment and more effective strategies for preventing alcoholism
and alcohol-related problems. The National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports research in a broad
range of discipline and subject areas related to biomedical and
genetic factors, psychological and environmental factors, and al-
cohol-related problems and medical disorders. Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: To stimulate technologi-
cal innovation; to use small business to meet Federal research and
development needs; to increase private sector commercialization
of innovations derived from Federal research and development;
and to foster and encourage participation by minority and disad-
vantaged persons in technological innovation. Small Instrumen-
tation Grants Program: To support the purchase of relatively
low-cost pieces of research equipment that generally are not
funded in research project grants and that do not qualify for
support under the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) larger
shared instrumentation program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (1) Research Project Grants
provide support for clearly defined projects or a small group of
related activities, and when appropriate, support of conferences;
(2) Program Project Grants are for large-scale, broad-based
programs of research, usually interdisciplinary, consisting of
several projects with a common focus; (3) Small Grants are for
small-scale exploratoiy and pilot studies or exploration of an
unusual research opportunity; Small Giants are limited to $50,000
direct coats for a period of 1 to 2 yean; (4) First Independent
Research Support and Transition (FIRST) Awards are for highly
promising newly independent research investigators who have not
received a regular research grant; and (J) Expksratoiy/Develop-
mental Grants are for alcoholism treatment, assessment research
or for research on the etiology of alcoholism an limited to up to
2years and a maximum of $70,000 tor direct costs per year. Funds
may be used only for cxpensre directly related to the approved
research project. SBIR Phase I grants (of approoomatety 6-
months' duration) are to establish the technical merit and
feasibility of a proposed research effort that may lead to a com-
mercial product or processes. Phase II grants are for the continua-
tion of the research initiated in Phase I and that are likely to result
in commercial products or processes. Only Phase I amidees are
eligible to apply for Phase II support. Small Instrumentation
Grants Program: Funds are awarded a* institutional formula
grants for the purchase of research equipment costing not leas
than $5,000 or more than J60.000 per piece. The PREVENTING
ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS AMONG ETHNIC
MINORITIES grant is under this program.
Applicant Eligibility: Public or private profit and nonprofit agen-
cies, including State, local, or regional government agencies,
universities, colleges, hospitals, academic or research institutions
may apply for research grants. Small grants are primarily intended
for the newer, less experienced investigator, and others who do
not have regular research support or resources available from
their institution. SBIR grants can be awarded only to domestic
small businesses (entities that are independently owned and
operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in which research
is proposed, and have no more than 500 employees). Primary
employment (more than one-half time) of the principal inves-
tigator must be with the small business at the time of award and
during the conduct of the proposed project. In both Phase I and
Phase II, the research must be performed in the U.S. and its
possessions. To be eligible for funding, a grant application must
be approved for scientific merit and program relevance by a
scientific review group and a national advisory council. Small
Instrumentation Grants Program: Eligible institutions or institu-
tional components are those domestic, nonprofit organizations
that: (1) received at least three NIH research grants totaling at
least $200,000 but not exceeding $2,924,000 in the previous fiscal
year, and (2) have active NIH research grant support. Only those
organizations or organizational components receiving a letter of
invitation to apply from the NIH are eligible for this program.
Only one application may be submitted by each eligible organiza-
tion or organizational component.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local ORtca: The Headquarters Office is respon-
sible for the administration of these programs.
Headqualers Office: Division of Basic Research. Telephone:
(301) 443-2530. Director, Division of Prevention and Clinical
Research. Telephone: (301) 443-1206. Epidemiology Branch,
Division of Biometty and Epidemiology. Telephone: (301) 443-
4897. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Na-
tional Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services, 5600 Fisher* Lane, RoclcviUe, MD
20657. Grants Management Contact: National Institute on Al-
cohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vicea, Room 16-86, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rock-
ville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-4703. SBIR: National
Inatitute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Parklawn Building,
Room 16C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Telephone:(301) 443-4223.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Alcohol use during
pregnancy and pregnancy outcome; (2) studies of alcoholic
hepatitis; (3) physical dependence on ethanol; and (4) alcohol and
alcohol-drug interactions.
93.279 Drug Abuse Research Programs
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support epidemiologic, basic, clinical, and
applied research to develop new knowledge and approaches re-
lated to the prevention, treatment, etiology, and consequences of
drug addiction, including HIV/AIDS. Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program: to stimulate technological innovation;
to use small business to meet Federal research and development
needs; to increase private sector commercialization of innova-
tions derived from Federal research and development; and to
faster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged
persons in technological innovation. Small Instrumentation
Grants Ptognm: To support the purchase of relatively low-cost
pieces of research equipment that generally are not funded in
research project grants and that do not quality for support under
the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) larger shared in-
strumentation program.
TYPES Of ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments); Project Grants.
57
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (1) Research project grants
provide support for clearly defined projects or a small group of
related research activities, and when appropriate, support of
research conferences; (2) program project and center grants sup-
port large-scale, broad-based programs of research, usually inter-
disciplinaiy, consisting of several projects with a common focus;
(3) small grants support newer, less experienced investigators;
investigators at institutions without a well developed research
tradition and resources; the testing of new methods or techniques;
small-scale exploratory and pilot studies, or exploration of an
unusual research opportunity, small grants provide research sup-
port of up to £50,000 direct costs per year for a period of up to 2
years; (4) investigator awards (First Independent Research Sup-
port and Transition (FIRST) Awards) support physicians,
clinician-scientists, and researchers in order to develop and en-
courage their interest in research careers in drug abuse areas; (S)
research demonstration grants provide support to develop, test,
and evaluate drug abuse service and treatment activities; compet-
ing awards are no longer being presided; (6) SBIR Phase I grants
(of approximately 6-months' duration) are to establish the tech-
nical merit and feasibility of a proposed research effort that may
lead to a commercial product or process. Phase II grants are for
the continuation of the research initiated in Phase I and that
are likely to result in commercial products or processes. Only
Phase I awardees are eligible to apply for Phase II support; 5 ilk
Phase I grants (normally of 1-year duration) are to determine the
scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of the
proposed cooperative effort that has potential for commercial
application. Phase II funding is based on results of research
initiated in Phase I and scientific and technical merit and commer-
cial potential of Phase II application; and (7) Small Instrumenta-
tion Grants Program: Funda are awarded as institutional formula
grants for the purchase of research equipment costing not less
than $5,000 or more than $60,000 per piece.
Applicant Eligibility: Public or private profit and nonprofit agen -
cies, including State, local or regional government agencies,
universities, colleges, hospitals, and academic or research institu-
tions may apply for research grants. SBIR grants can be awarded
only to domestic small businesses (entities that are independently
owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in
which research is proposed, and have no more than 500
employees). Primary employment (more than one-half time) of
the principal investigator must be with the small business at the
time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. In
both Phase I and Phase II, the research must be performed in
grant application must be approved for scientific merit and na-
tional advisory council. Small Instrumentation Grants Program:
Eligible institutions or institutional components are those domes-
tic, nonprofit organizations that: (1) received at least three NIH
research grants totaling at least $200/100 but not exceeding
$2,924,000 in the previous fiscal year, and (2) have active NIH
research grant support. Only those organizations or organization-
al components receiving a tetter of imitation to apply from the
NIH are eligible for this program. Only one application may be
submitted by each eligible organization or organizational com-
ponent.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional «r Local Office! Nona.
Headqnaters Office: Division of Basic Research (Basic Biomedi-
cal and Preclinical Research). Telephone: (301) 443-1887.
Division of Clinical Research (Research on Treatment, Health
Services, Behavior, AIDS and Tuberculosis). Telephone: (301)
443-6697. Medications Development Division (Medication
Development, Drug Delivery Systems and Clinical Trial Re-
search). Telephone: (301) 4434270. Division of Epidemiology
and Prevention Research (Incidence, Prevalence, Ethnographic,
Survey Research, and Longitudinal Studies on Prevention, Vul-
nerability and Etiology). Telephone: (301) 443-6304. Coordinator
for Research Training Special Populations Research. Telephone:
(301)443-6071. SBIR: Parklawn Building, Room 10A-55. Grants
Management Contact: Telephone: (301) 443- 6710. National In-
stitute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Kinetics of Mor-
phine and its Derivatives; (2) Epidemiology of drug abuse among
minority populations; (3) Studies of AIDS among IV Drug
Abusers; (4) Studies of Narcotic-Induced Respiratory Depres-
sion; (S) Endorphins: Metabolism, Release, and Tolerance; (6)
Biological and Behavior Mechanisms of Addictive and Compul-
sive Behavior; and (7) Maternal/Paternal Effects of Drugs of
Abuse.
93.288 National Health Service Corpe
Scholarship Program
(NHSC Scholarship Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide service-conditioned scholarships to
health professions students to assure an adequate supply of
physicians, certified nurse midwives, certified nurse practitioners,
and physician assistants in Health Professional Shortage Areas of
the U.S.A.; and, if needed by the National Health Service Corps,
an adequate supply of other health professionals.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Service-conditioned scholar-
ships for full-time students of allopathic (M.D.) and osteopathic
(D.O.) medicine, nurse practitioner, nurse midwifery, and
primary care physician assistants. Other health disciplines maybe
included after 1994 if needed by National Health Service Corps.
Scholarship pays funds to school for tuition and required fees for
the year, pays monthly stipend to student ($796 for 12 months of
the 1993-1994 school year) and a single annual payment to cover
cost of all other reasonable educational expenses (books, sup-
plies, equipment, uniforms, clinical travel, etc.) based on average
costs by school and class year. Awards limited to U.S. citizens due
to potential for Federal employment during service. Must be
enrolled in U.S. accredited school. Each year of support incurs 1
year of service. Two-year minimum service obligation is required.
Service may be as Federal or salaried nonfederal employee
providing full-time primary health services. Service sites are
selected from those listed by National Health Service Corps 1 year
prior to service in federally-designated Health Professional
Shortage Areas. Service sites are limited to the United States,
territories, and successor States to the Trust Territories, the
Republic of Marshall Islanda, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and the Republic of Patau. Deferments of service granted
physicians to complete residencies in family practice, internal
medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and psychiatry.
Applicant Eligibility. At the time of award, the applicant must be
U S. citizen or national At the time of award, the applicant must
be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in accredited school in U .S.
The applicant must submit application and signed contract to the
Public Health Service (PHS) by the announced deadline, agreeing
to accept payment of scholarship and provide full-time primary
health service* in a Health Professional Shortage Area.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Htadqnatera OBlee! Scholarship Branch, Division of Scholar-
ships and Loen .Repayments, Bureau of Primary Health Care,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Setvices, 4350 East-
West Highway, 10th Floor, Rockville, MD 20857. Public Infer-
58
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
¦nation Phone: (301) 594-4410. For 24-boor toll-free calk from
outside MD: 1-M043S-0824, w for requesting application.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Scholarship* covering
tuition, monthly stipends and payments for other reasonable
education expenses made to medical and dental school students,
as well as for students of nurse practitioner, nurse midwifery and
physician assistant programs.
93.298 Nur«« Practitioner and
Nurse-Midwifery Education Programs
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To educate registered nurses who will be qualified
to provide primary health care.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Educational programs
funded under this authority must meet the guidelines prescribed
by the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) in accord-
ance with Section 822 of the Public Health Service Act, and
included in the regulations issued for these grants.
Applicant Eligibility: Public or nonprofit private schools of nurs-
ing, or other public and nonprofit private entities.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqoaterm Office: Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Room 9-36, 5600 Fishers Lane, Roclcville. MD 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-6333. Grants Management Contact:
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Public Health Service, Department of Health
and Human Services, Park lawn Building, Room 8C26, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-6880.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Family, pediatric,
geriatric, and adult nurse practitioner programs; and (2) nurse-
midwifery programs.
93.561 Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training (JOB8)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILD1UN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OBJECTIVES?'To assure that needy families with children obtain
the education, training, and employment that will help them avoid
long-term welfare dependency. In addition, to enable needy in-
dividuals to participate in the program under Part F of the Social
Security Act, each State agency must provide payment or reim-
bursement for such transportation and other work-related expen-
ses as is necessary to enable such participation. Child care must
be guaranteed if necessary to enable participation in Job Oppor-
tunity and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) or work activity.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE) Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funding to States, federally-
recognized Indian Tribes, and Alaska Native organizations to
establish and operate JOBS programs and to provide payment or
reimbursement for such transportation and other work-related
expenses as is necessary to enable such participation. Child care
for JOBS participants, participants in other approved activities,
and for eligible former AFDC recipients who meet eligibility
criteria is funded out of the Title IV-A program.
Applicant Eligibility: The United States, the Territories, includ-
ing the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
and the federally-recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native
organizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: States and Indian Tribal Governments
and Alaska Native Organizations should contact OFA/ACF
Regional Offices.
Headquaten Office: Office of the Director, Office of Family
Assistance, Administration for Children and Families, 5th Floor,
Aerospace Building, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447. Telephone: (202) 401-9275.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: None.
93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: Energy Assistance Block Grants: To make grants
available to States and other jurisdictions to assist eligible
households to meet the costs of home energy. Supplemental
Leveraging Incentive Funds may be awarded to reward States and
other jurisdictions that provide additional benefits and services
to LIHEAP-eligible households beyond what could be provided
with Federal funds. Training and Technical Assistance: To pro-
vide training and technical assistance to States and other jurisdic-
tions administering the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) block grant program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants;
Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Energy Assistance Block
Grants: Funds are awarded to States and other jurisdictions,
which then make payments directly to an eligible low-income
household or, on behalf of such household, to an energy supplier
to assist in meeting the cost of home energy. Up to 10 percent of
theae funds may be used for State and local planning and ad-
ministration. Up to 10 percent may be transferred to other block
grants administered by the department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). The authority to transfer LIHEAP funds is
terminated effective beginning in fiscal year 1994. Up to 15 per-
cent may be used for lew-cost residential weatherization. (After
March 31st of each year beginning in fiscal year 1991, grantees may
request that DHHS grant a waiver for the fiscal year that increases
from 15 percent to 25 percent .funds that can be allotted for
residential weatherization). Beginning in fiscal year 1992 and
depending upon specific appropriations, DHHS may allocate
supplemental LIHEAP leveraging incentive funds to grantees
that have acquired nonfederal leveraged resources for their
LIHEAP programs. Training and Technical Assistance: The
Secretary hasauthority to set aside up to $500,000 from each year's
appropriation for training and technical assistance relating to the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
These activities are accomplished through grants, contracts, or
jointly financed cooperative agreements with States, Indian tribes,
tribal organizations, public agencies, or private nonprofit or-
ganizations. The nature of and amount awarded for training and
technical assistance varies from year to year.
Applicant Eligibility: Energy Assistance Block Grants: All
State*, the District of Columbia, federally- and State-recognized
Indian Tribal governments which request direct funding, and
specified Territories may receive direct grants. The prospective
grantee must submit an annual application. Grantees desiring
leveraging incentive funds must submit a special report each year.
59
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Training and Technical Assistance: States, Indian tribes or tribal
organizations, public agencies, and private nonprofit organiza-
tions may apply. Nothing in the statute precludes a business
concern that applies jointly with a private nonprofit organization
from receiving a training and technical assistance grant.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquaters Office: Division of Energy Assistance, Office of
Community Services, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: (202) 401-
9351.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Roundtable workshops,
clearinghouses and conferences have been conducted.
93.569 Community Services Block Grant
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: (1) To provide services and activities having a
measurable and potential major impact on causes of poverty in
the community or those areas of the community where poverty is
a particularly acute problem; (2) to provide activities designed to
assist low-income participants, including the elderly poor, to: (a)
secure and retain meaningful employment; attain an adequate
education; (b) make better use of available income; (c) obtain and
maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment; (d)
obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants to meet
immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including
health services, nutritious food, housing, and emplcyment-related
assistance; (e) remove obstacles and solve problems which Mock
the achievement of self-sufficiency, (0 achieve greater participa-
tion in the affairs of the community; and (g) make more effective
use of other related programs; (3) to provide on an emergency
basis for the provision of such supplies and services, nutritious
foodstuffs, and related services, as may be necessary to counteract
conditions of starvation and malnutrition among the poor; (4) to
coordinate and establish linkages between governmental and
other social services programs to assure the effective delivety of
such services to low-income individuals; and (5) to encourage the
use of entities in the private sector of the community in efforts to
ameliorate poverty in the community.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (1) States receive block
grants to ameliorate the causes of poverty in communities. The
block grant approach gives the States flexibility to tailor their
programs to the particular services needs in their communities.
(2) States are requited to use at least 90 percent of their alloca-
tions for grants to "eligMe entities" as defined in the Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act, as amended; this includes
primarily locally-based community action agencies and/or or-
ganizations that serve seasonal or migrant farmworkers. States
are allowed to grant up to7peicent of the funds available under
Section 675 (aX2XAX9 of the CSBG Act to organizations which
were not eligible entities in the previous fiscal year. (3) No more
than the greater of $53,000or 5 percent of each State's allocation
may be used for administrative expenses at the State level. (4)
States may transfer up to 5 percent of their allocation for services
under the Older Americans Act, the Head Start program, the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or the Tem-
porary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983.
Applicant Eligibility. The Secretary is authorized to make grants
to States. This means each of the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Republic of Patau. The Secretary also provides
assistance directly to the governing body of an Indian Tribe or
Tribal organization upon application by the tribe. Only State-
recognized tribes, as evidenced by a statement to that effect by the
Governor, or tribes formally recognized by the Secretary of the
Interior under the procedure for such recognition in 25 CFR, Part
54 are eligible to receive direct grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquaters Office: Division of State Assistance, Office of Com-
munity Services, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: (202) 401-
9343.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.570 Community Service* Block Grant
Discretionary Awards
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To support program activities of national or
regional significance to alleviate the causes of poverty in dis-
tressed communities which promote: (1) full-time permanent jobs
for poverty level project area residents; (2) income and/or owner-
ship opportunities for low-income community members; (3) a
better standard of living for rural low-income individuals in terms
of housing orwater and waste-water treatment; (4) the implemen-
tation of projects, including projects proposing new and innova-
tive strategies for addressing the special needs of migrants and
seasonal farmworkers; and (5) national or regional programs
designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federal funds awarded under
the Secretary's Discretionaiy Authority maybe used for activities
that: improve the quality of the economic and social environment
of law-income residents by providing resources to eligible ap-
plicants, by arresting tendencies toward dependency, chronic un-
employment and community deterioration in urban and rural
areas; address the two major needs of housing, repair and
rehabilitation, and water and waste-water treatment; focus on the
special needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve
their quality of life and advance self-sufficiency, provide national
or regional instructional programs for tow-income youth; and
involve significant new combinations of resources, (l) Projects
must result in direct benefits targeted toward low-income people
as defined in the most recent Department of Health and Human
Services Annual Revision of Poverty Income Guidelines, which
are published in the Federal Register. (2) Generally, the project
must be capable of being completed within 12 to 36 months of the
award of the grant. Each project will have an expiration date. (3)
OCS will give favorable consideration to projects which document
public/private partnership which mobilize cash and/or in-kind
contributions.
Appltont Eligibility: Por economic development projects,
eligibility is restricted to private, locally initiated, nonprofit com-
munity development corporations (or affiliates of such corpora-
tions) governed by a board consisting of residents of the
community and business and civic leaden. For all other projects,
the Secretary is authorized to make direct grants to States, cities,
counties, and private nonprofit organizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
60
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Headquaters Office: Division of Community Discretionary
Programs, Office of Community Services, Administration for
Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: (202) 401-9345.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.573 Community Service# Block Grant
Discretionary Awards Demonstration
Partnerships
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE
OBJECTIVES: To: (1) stimulate eligible entities to develop new
approaches to provide lor greater self-sufficiency of the poor; (2)
test and evaluate the new approaches', (3) disseminate project
results and evaluation finding? so that the new approaches can be
replicated; and (4) strengthen the ability of eligible entities to
integrate, coordinate and redirect activities to promote maximum
self-sufficiency among the poor.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Project* must: (1) involve
activities which can be incorporated into, or be closely coor-
dinated with, eligible entities' ongoing programs; (2) involve sig-
nificant new combinations of resources or new and innovative
approaches involving partnership agreements; and (3) be struc-
tured in a way that will, within the limits of the type of assistance
or activities contemplated, most fully and effectively promote the
purposes of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as
amended. Projects may also demonstrate new and innovative
approaches directed toward disadvantaged persons between the
ages of 14 and 23. Partneishipc between the applicant and one or
more other organizations is a requirement for funding Projects
must have a measurable and potentially major impact on the
causes of poverty, should be applicable to other localities with
similar problems and should haw the potential for widespread
replication by eligible entities. Applicants are required to obtain
a commitment of at least one private or public sector dollar for
each dollar awarded by the Office of Community Services. Ap-
plications must contain a rigorous evaluation component. Grant
awards will not exceed 80% funding of their original grant. The
total will not exceed 17 months. The remaining funds will be used
to fund the second budget period of the 1992 DPP grantees.
Applicant Eligibility: eligibility is restricted to entities defined as
"eligible entities" in Section 673(1) of the Community Services
Block Grant Act as amended. All "eligible entities" are current
recipients of Community Services Block Grant funds. The
majority of "eligible entities" ate organizations which wen offi-
cially designated as community action agencies. In those cases
where "eligible entity" status is unclear, final determination will
be made by the Office of Community Services/Administration for
Children and Families. An organization which is not an "eligible
entity" may participate in this program as a puttier if it is accepted
by an "eligible entity", e.g., a community action agency, applying
for a Demonstration Partnership grant.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquaters Office: Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: (202) 401-
2333.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: In fiscal year 1992, 23
projects were funded. Fourteen grants were for general projects,
four were for high risk youth, and five were continuations of
projects funded in prior years.
93.600 Head Start (Head Start)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide comprehensive health, educational,
nutritional, social and other services primarily to economically
disadvantaged preschool children, including Indian children on
federally-recognized reservations, and children of migratory
workers and their families; and to involve parents in activities with
their children so that the children will attain overall social com-
petence.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: At least 90 percent of the
enrollees in a program must come from families whose income is
at or below the poverty guidelines as established by the Office of
Management and Budget or from families receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent Children. Training and technical assis-
tance grants are available to Head Start programs and to agencies
which provide services to Head Start programs.
Applicant Eligibility. Any local government, federally-recog-
nized Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit agency which
meets the requirements may apply for a grant. However, applica-
tion will be considered only when submitted in response to a
specific announcement, published in the Federal Register, which
solicits proposals to establish new Head Start Programs. Grantee
agencies may subcontract with other child-serving agencies to
provide services to Head Start children.
INFORMATION CONTACTS;
Regional or Local Ofllct: Regional Administrator, Administra-
tion on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS Regional Offices. (See your local
telephone directory for Regional Office information.)
Headqnaters Office: Administration for Children and
Families/Head Start, DHHS, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, DC
20013. Telephone: (202) 205-8569.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Full-Year and Full-
DayHead Start Programs; (2) Full-Year and Part-Day Head Start
Programs; and (3) Parent and Child Center Programs.
•3.612 Native American Programs
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide finahcial assistance, training and tech-
nical assistance, and research, demonstration and evaluation ac-
tivities to public and private nonprofit organizations including
Indian Tribes, urban Indian centers, Alaskan Native villages.
Native Hawaiian organizations, rural off-reservation groups, and
Native American Pacific bland groups for the development and
implementation of social and economic development strategies
that promote self-sufficiency. These projects are expected to
result in improved social and economic conditions of Native
Americans within their communities and to increase the effective-
ness of Indian Tribes and Native American organizations in meet-
ing their economic and social goals.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE) Project Giants; Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS) Grant* may be used for such
purposes as, but not limited to: (1) Governance Projects which
assist tribal and village governments. Native American institu-
tions, and local leadership to exercise local control and decision-
makingwer their resources; (2)Economk Development Projects,
which promote the long term mobilization and management of
61
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
economic resources necessary to achieve a diversified economy;
and (3) Social Development Project* which support local access
to, control of, and coordination of services and programs for the
social benefit of community members. Funds may be used for
Financial Assistance Grants; Training and Technical Assistance;
and Research, Demonstration and Evaluation.
Applicant Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit agencies, in-
cluding but not limited to, governing bodies of Indian tribes on
Federal and State reservations, Alaska Native villages and
regional corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, such public and nonprofit private agencies «erv-
ing Native Hawaiians, Indian and Alaska Native organizations in
urban or rural nonreservation areas, and Native American Pacific
Islanders (American Samoan Natives, and indigenous peoples of
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana and the
Republic of Palau).
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: Not Applicable.
Headquaters Office: Administration for Native Americans,
Department of Health and Human Services, Room 348-F, 200
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. Director,
Planning and Support Division. Telephone: (202) 690-5780.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:(l) Improved Gover-
nance Capabilities; (2) Native American social development
projects; and (3) Native American economic development
projects.
93.667 Social Services Block Grant
(Social Services)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To enable each State to furnish social services
best suited to the needs of the individuals residing in the State.
Federal block grant funds maybe used to provide services directed
toward one of the following five goals specified in the law: (1) to
prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency; (2) to achieve or main-
tain self-sufficiency; (3) to prevent neglect, abuse, or exploitation
of children and adults; (4) to prevent or reduce inappropriate
institutional care; and (S) to secure admission or referral for
institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federal funds may be uaed
by States for the proper and efficient operation of social service
programs. Except for items (1) and (4) below, for which a waiver
from the Secretary may be requested. Federal funds cannot be
used for the following; (1) the purchaae or improvement of land,
or the purchase; construction, or permanent improvement of any
building or other facility; (2) the provision of cash payments for
coats of subsistence or the provMon of room and board (other
than costs of subsistence daring rehabilitation, room and board
provided for a short term as an integral but subordinate part of a
tocial service, or temporary shelter provided as a protective ser-
vice); (3) the payment of wages to any individual as a social service
(other than payment of wages to welfare recipients employed in
the provision of child day care servicea); (4)the provision at
medical care (other than family planning services, rehabilitation
services or initial detoxification of an alcoholic or drug dependent
individual) unless it is an integral but subordinate part of a social
service for which grants may be used; (S) social services (except
services to an alcoholic or drug dependent individual or
rehabilitation services) provided in and by employees of any
hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or
prison, to any individual living in such institution; (6) the provision
of any educational service which the State makea generally avail-
able to its residents without cost and without regard to their
income; (7) any child day care service unless such service meets
applicable standards of State and local law, (8) the provision of
cash payments as a service; or (9) for payment for any item or
service (other than an emergency item or service) furnished by an
individual or entity during the period when such individual or
entity is excluded pursuant to Section 1128 or Section 1128(A)of
the Social Security Act from participation in this program; or at
the medical direction or on the prescription of a physician during
the period when the physician is excluded based on Section 1128
or 1128(A) from participation in the program and when the
person fumishingsuch item or service knew or had reason to know
of the exclusion (after a reasonable time period after reasonable
notice has been furnished to the person). A State may transfer up
to 10 percent of its allotment for any fiscal year to the preven-
tive health and health services, alcohol and drug abuse, mental
health services, maternal and child health services, and low-in-
come home energy assistance block grants.
Applicant Eligibility: The 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Haadquateis Office: Director, Office of Community Services,
Division of State Assistance, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Telephone; (202) 401-9363.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: States and other eligible
juriadictions determine their own social services programs. Ex-
amples of funded services include child day care, protective and
emergency services for children and adults, homemaker and chore
services, information and referral, adoption, foster care, counsel-
ing, and transportation.
93.866 Aging Research
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To encourage biomedical, social, and behavioral
research and research training directed toward greater under-
standing of the aging process and the diseases, special problems,
and needs of people as they age. The National Institute on Aging
has established programs to pursue these goals. The biology of
aging program emphasizes understanding the basic biological
proceaaea of aging. The geriatrics program supports research to
improve the abilities of health care practitioners to respond to the
diseases and other clinical problems of older people. The be-
havioral and social research program support! research that will
lead to greater understanding of the social, cultural, economic and
psychological factors that affect both the process of growing old
and the place of older people in society. The neurosdence and
neuropsychology of aging program fosters research concerned
with the aye-related changes in the nervous system aa well as the
related sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processes associated
with aging. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
objectives are to: stimulate technological innovation; use small
business to meet Federal research and development needs; in-
crease private sector commercialization of innovations derived
from Federal research and development; and foster and en-
courage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in
technological innovation. Small Instrumentation Program: To
support the purchase of relatively low-cost pieces of research
equipment that generally ere not funded in research project grants
and slso do not qualify for support under the National Institutes
of Health's (N1H) larger shared instrumentation program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
62
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Research grants are intended
to support the direct costs of a project in accordance with an
approved budget, plus an appropriate amount for indirect costs.
Grantees must agree to administer the grant in accordance with
the regulations and policies governing the research grants pro-
gram of the Public Health Service. National Research Service
Awards (NRSA) (Individual) are made directly to approved ap-
plicants for research training in specified biomedical shortage
areas. In addition, National Research Service Awards (Institu-
tional) may be made to institutions to enable them to make
.VRSAs to individuals selected by them. Each individual who
receives a NRSA is obligated, upon termination of the award, to
comply with certain service and payback provisions. Regulations
are published in the Code of Federal Regulations and 42 CFR,
Part 66. SBIR Phase I grants (of approximately 6 months' dura-
tion) are to establish the technical merit and feasibility of a
proposed research effort that may lead to a commercial product
or process. SBIR Phase II grants are for the continuation of the
research initiated in Phase I and that are likely to result in com-
mercial products or processes. Only Phase I awardees are eligible
to apply for Phase II support. Small Instrumentation Program:
Funds are awarded as institutional formula grants for the pur-
chase of research equipment costing not less than 55,000 or more
that $60,000 per piece. Indirect costs are not provided. The
HEALTH AND EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF OLDER
RURAL POPULATIONS grant is under this program.
Applicant Eligibility: Grants: Universities, colleges, medical,
dental and nursing schools, schools of public health, laboratories,
hospitals, State and local health departments, other public or
private institutions (both for-profit and nonprofit), and in-
dividuals. National Research Service Award: Individual NRSAs
may be made for postdoctoral training to applicants who hold a
professional or scientific degree (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O.,
D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree).
Institutional NRSAs may be made for both predoctoral and
postdoctoral research training. Predoctoral awardees must have
a baccalaureate degree. Applicants must be citizens of the
United States or admitted for permanent residency. Individual
NRSA awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or
private nonprofit institution having tuff and facilities suitable to
the proposed research training. Nonprofit domestic organiza-
tions may apply for the Institutional NRSA. SBIR grants can be
awarded only to domestic small businesses (entities that are
independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant
in the field in which research is proposed, and have no more than
500 employees). Primaiy employment (more than one-half time)
of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the
time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. In
both Phase I and Phase II, the research must be performed in the
U.S. or its possessions. STTR grants can be awarded only to
domestic small business concerns (entities that are independently
owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in
which research is proposed and have no more that500 employees)
which "partner" with a research institution in cooperative re-
search and development At least 40 percent of the project is to
be performed by the small business concern and at least 30 percent
by the research institution. In both Phase I and Phase II, the
research must be performed in the U.S. and its possessions. To
be eligible for funding, a grant application must be approved for
scientific merit and program relevance by a scientific review group
and a national advisory council. To be eligible for funding, a grant
application that exceeds $50,000 in direct costs must be approved
for scientific merit and program relevance by a scientific review
group and a national advisoty council. If the direct cost of a grant
approved by a scientific review group does not exceed $50,000, it
may be funded without approval by a national advisoiy council.
Small Instrumentation Grants Program: Eligible institutions or
institutional component! are those domestic, nonprofit organiza-
tions that: (1) received at least three NIH research grants totaling
at least $200,000 but not exceeding $2,924,000in the previous fiscal
year, and (2) have active NIH research grant support. Only those
organizations or organizational components receiving a letter of
invitation to apply from the NIH are eligible for this program.
Only one application may be submitted by each eligible organiza-
tion or organizational component.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headqualers Office: For information on the biology of aging,
contact: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of
Health, Public Health Service, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Telephone: (301) 496-4996. For information on geriatrics and
clinical research, (same address). Telephone: (301) 496-6761. For
information on behavioral and social research, contact: (same
address). Telephone: (301) 496-3136. For information on neuros-
cience and neuropsychology of aging research, contact: (same
addreas). Telephone: (301) 496-9350. For information on Small
Business Innovation Research Program, contact: (iame address).
Telephone: (301)496-9322. Grants Management Contact: Office
of Extramural Aifairs, National Institute of Aging, National In-
stitutes of Health, Public Health Service, DHHS, Bethesda, MD
20692. Telephone: (301) 496-1472.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Claude D. Pepper
Geriatric Research and Training Centers to support geriatric
research and the training of academic geriatricians in an environ-
ment having model teachers and vigorous basic and clinical re-
search; (2) studies of caloric restriction in rodents that
demonstrate reduced incidence of disease and extended lifespan
in these animals; (3) studies to identity "longevity assurance"
genes in various animal models; (4) a study showing that disor-
dered circadian rhythms can be corrected by light treatment; (5)
a major multi-center clinical trial to test the efficacy of a potential
drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; (6) a study that is
developing improved diagnostic methods for the detection of
Alzheimer's disease; (7) projects showing that appropriate inter-
ventions improve older adults' intellectual functioning; (8) re-
search on community-dwelling oldest old (aged 85 + ) showing
that a significant minority are robust and physically active; (9)
studies forecasting morbidity and mortality rates in the older
population; (10) work showing that perceived social support and
personal efficacy affect adjustment to bereavement; (11) studies
suggesting that formal health care services for older people do not
substitute for informal care; and (12) analyses of national data to
identify patterns of health care use by minority elderly.
93.905 Indian Health Service Research
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To conduct research and developmental activities
in areas of Indian health care which further the performance of
health responsibilities of the Indian Health Service.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Recipient organizations must
be Indian tribes or tribal organizations contracting with the Indian
Health Service under the authority of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, Public Law 93-638,25 U.S.C.
450. In accordance with the authorizing legislation, applications
from tribes and tribal organizations will be given an equal oppor-
tunity to compete with those from Indian Health Service com-
ponents. Grants under this program are limited to research and
development activities in areas of health care which impact the
health of the American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and
which an within the health services responsibilities of the Indian
Health Service. Areas of consideration for funding are studies
related to: (I) basic epidemiology, risk factors andJor preventive
strategiea involving chronic diseases; (2) understanding of be-
havioral changes and their acceptance in Indian communities,
63
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
regarding health promotion/disease prevention strategies which
rely on individual, family, or community acceptance of respon-
sibility for improving health status; (3) etiology, morbidity, ad-
junctive treatment alternatives or preventive strategies for
dealing with alcohol or substance abuse, mental health problems
and their impact on non-afflicted family members; (4) functional
status, burden of illness or social support systems for health care
of the elderly, and estimates of demand for extended care services;
(5) involvement of professional nursing in reproductive health
care, infant care, patient education, compliance with self-care, and
the influence of social support systems on the behavior of preg-
nant women, as well as questions of job-satisfaction in nursing;
(6) intervention alternatives for family dysfunction problems such
as interpersonal violence, alcohol or drag abuse, poor school or
work performance, mental health problems and inappropriate
utilization of health services; (7) alternative configurations for the
delivery of health care services, including innovative approaches
to provide staffing, funding mechanisms, flexible benefits pack-
ages and/or more effective use of health care facilities; (8) preven-
tion, treatment and prioritization of oral health problems among
the AI/AN people, with particular interest in consumer attitudes
and behavioral variables; and (9) other areas of concern within
the functional health care responsibilities of the 1HS.
Applicant Eligibility. There ate two groups of eligible applicants:
(1) Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations
which are contracting with the Indian Health Service under the
authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assis-
tance Act, Public Law93-638,25 U.S.C. 450; and (2) Indian Health
Service components, including Service units and area offices.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqaaters Office: IHS Research ProgramVOHPRD, 7900
South J. Stock Road, Tucson, AZ 85746-9352. Telephone: (602)
295-2503. Grants Management Contact: Grants Management
Branch, Division of Acquisition and Grants Operations, Indian
Health Service, Public Health Service, TWinbrooks Building,
12300 Twinbrooks Parkway, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20652.
Telephone: (301) 443-5204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.906 Rural Health Medical Education
Demonstration Projects
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART'
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To assist physicians to develop clinical experience
in rural areas by providing reimbursements for graduate medical
education.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For the purpose of payments
for the indirect coats of graduate medical education, pursuant to
Section 1886(d)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act, a resident par-
ticipating in this project who works for any part of a year at a small
rural hospital, shall be treated as if the resident wen working at
the sponsoring hospital on September 1 of that year and shall not
be treated as if the resident was working in the small rural hoepital.
Medicare's share of the direct graduate medical education costs
of the sponsoring hospital will be increased for the duration of the
project to meet any reasonable additional direct costs incurred for
the education and training of reaident physicians at the rural site.
Medicare will pay the sponsoring hospital for Medicare's share of
the additional costs the hospital incurs in connection with the
project computed pursuant to the reasonable cost authority in
Section 1861(v) of the Act. Payment for these costs will be in
addition to the payments otherwise due the hospital under Section
1886(h). Direct project costs may be claimed only once and will
not be paid under both Sections 1886(h) and 1861(v).
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible hospitals may be public or private,
nonprofit, or for-profit entities which currently receive payments
for direct and indirect graduate medical education costs as
defined under Medicare.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headqaaters Office: Financial Contact: Health Care Financing
Administration. Telephone: (301) 966-5400. Program Contact:
Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
DHHS, Room 4C-04, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-6820.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The teaching hospital
affiliate of Oregon Health Science University established a re-
quired rural rotation at Wallowa Memorial Hospital, Wallowa
County, Oregon. This will rotation exposed their family medicine
residents to a rural hospital experience and to preceptonship by a
family physician or group of family physicians practicing in the
community. The one-month rotation thus provided several resi-
dents with an opportunity to share in this experience. The Univer-
sity of Arkansas, the University of Cincinnati, the University of
Washington and McKenman and Sioux Valley Hospitals were
approved in fiscal year 1993. The University of Illinois, Urbana-
Carle Foundation, University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas,
Washoe Medical Center, Reno Nevada/University Medical Cen-
ter, Las Vegas, Nevada and West Virginia University Hospital
were approved in fiscal year 1994.
93.908 Nursing Education Loan
Repayment Program for Registered Nurses
Entering Employment at Eligible Health
Facilities (Nursing Education Loan
Repayment Agreements)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To address the serious shortage of nurses at
health facilities in certain areas of the U. S. As an incentive for
registered nurses to enter into full-time employment at these
health facilities, the program will assist in the repayment of their
nursing education loans. The intent of this program is to increase
the number of registered nurses serving designated nurse
shortage areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Agreements are made for not
less than 2 consecutive years of service and will provide: (1) upon
completion by the nurse of the first of the 2 consecutive yean of
service at an eligible health facility, an amount to be paid which
will bring the total payments for the year to 30 percent of the
principal and interest which was unpaid for each qualified loan at
the beginningof the period of agreed service; (2) upon completion
by the nurse of a second consecutive year of service, an amount to
be paid which will bring the amounts paid during the 2 years to 60
percent of the principal and interest which was unpaid for each
loan at the beginning of the period of agreed service; (3) if the
tem of service is extended to 3 years of service, an amount to be
paid at the end of the third year of service which will bring the
total payments for the 3 yean of service to 85 percent of the
principal and interest which was unpaid for each loan at the
beginning of the original period of service. Eligible health
facilities are Indian Health Service health centers. Native
Hawaiian health centen, nuning facilities, and rural health
64
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
clinics, or public or nonprofit health facilities determined by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to have a critical
shortage of nurses.
Applicant Eligibility; Individuals who satisfy all of the following
criteria are eligible to apply; (1) expect to receive (or have already
received) a diploma or academic degree in nursing prior to Oc-
tober 1 of the current fiscal year; (2) plan to begin employment
for 2 or 3 yean at a eligible health facility in the United States;
and (3) on the date employment begins, have unpaid educational
loans they obtained for their nursing education. Applicants must
be currently licensed, or are eligible to be licensed and plan to take
their board examinations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquaters Offlct: Loan Repayment Programs Branch,
Division of Scholarships and Loan Repayments, Bureau of
Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, 4350 East-West Hwy., Rockville, MD 20657. Telephone:
(301) 594-4400.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Loan Repayment* for
education costs made to registered clinical nurses in designated
health facilities.
93.912 Rural Health Service* Outreach
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH POLICY,
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH RESOURCES
AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To enable services to be provided to rural popula-
tions that are not receiving them; to enhance service capacity or
expand service area(s), thus, increasing the number of individuals
and families receiving services; to facilitate integration and coor-
dination of services in or among rural communities; and to en-
hance linkages, integration and cooperation among rural
providers of health services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: All funds awarded are to be
expended solely for carrying out the approved projects. The ap-
plicant must apply in conjunction with tan or mote other entities
as part of a consortium.
Applicant EUgfelllty: Not-for-profit, public or private entities
located in a non-Metropolitan Statistical Ana or a rural area
within selected targe MSAa are eligible to apply for grant funds.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllee: Not applicable.
Headquatcrs Oflfcet Office of Rural Health Policy, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
Room 9-05, Parklawn Building, 3600 Fisheis Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-0835. Grants Manage-
ment Contact: Award and Operations Section, Grants Manage-
ment Office, Bureau of Primary Health Can, Primary Health
Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, Publk
Health Service, East-West Towere, 11th Floor, 4350 East-West
Highway, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-
4260.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects include
efforts to provide primary care services in rural areas, including
mental health services, emergency services, prenatal care, free
clinical services, and health prevention services.
93.913 Grant* to States for Operation of
Office* of Rural Health
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH POLICY,
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH RESOURCES
AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SER-
VICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To improve health care in rural areas through the
establishment of State Offices of Rural Health.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grant*.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: This is a matching grant
program with States to support the establishment snd ongoing
operation of Offices of Rural Health. Each State may determine
the appropriate location for the office. While a wide range of
activities can be conducted to address unique State needs, each
State Office of Rural Health must (1) establish an information
clearinghouse, (2) coordinate State and Federal rural health
programs throughout the State, and (3) provide TA that will
improve participation in State and Federal programs.
Applicant Eligibility: The 50 States.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquatera Office: Office of Rural Health Policy, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service,
Parklawn Building, Room 9-05,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. Telephone: (301) 443-0835. Grants Management Contact:
Grant Award Operations Section, Bureau of Primary Health
Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Service, 4350 East-West Hwy.,llth Floor, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-4260.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: This program estab-
lishes State Offices of Rural Health in each State. A few of the
projects in State Offices of Rural Health include: 1) providing
technical assistance to rural communities seeking to develop or
improve primary health care; 2) training community leaders and
providers of health services so that they may better respond to the
needs of their rural clientele; and 3) taking lead roles in drafting,
obtaining, and implementing the rural physician loan repayment
program to increase the likelihood of recruiting physiciana to
remote rural area. In general, these projects tend to address
problems and issues unique to their particular State, therefore,
projects cover a broad range of activities.
93.917 HIV Care Formula Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF HEALTH RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To enable States to improve the quality,
availability and organization of health care and support services
for individuals and families with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) diseaae.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds received under a grant
may be used to establish and operate HIV care consortia within
areas moat affected by HIV disease that shall be designed to
provide a comprehensive continuum of care to individuals and
families with HIV disease; provide home and community-baaed
care services for individuate with HIV diaaaar, provide assistance
to sasure the continuity of health insurance coverage for in-
dividuals with HIV diseaae; and provide treatments, that have
been determined to prolong life or prevent serious deterioration
of health,»individuals with HIV diseaae. A State shall use not
teas than IS percent of funds allocated to prwide health and
support services to infants, children, women, and fsmilies with
HIV disease. Funds may not be used to purchase or improve land,
or to purchase, construct or make permanent improvement to any
65
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
building except for minor remodeling. Funds may not be used to
make payments to recipients of services. No more than 5 percent
of funds awarded under a grant maybe used for administration,
accounting, reporting, and program oversight functions. No more
than S percent of funds can be used for planning and evaluation.
After the first year of grant support, 75 per cent of grant funds
must be obligated within 120 days of the budget period start date.
Applicant Eligibility: All SO States of the United States, and the
District of Columbia and U.S. Territories (and possessions) of the
United States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquatera Office: Division of HIV Services, Bureau of Health
Resources Development, Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-QS, Parldawn Building,
5600 Fishers Lane, Roclcville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-
6745. Grants Management Contact: Grants Management Branch,
Office of Program Support, Bureau of Health Resources and
Services Administration, Room 13A-38, Parldawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Roclcville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-2280.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Programs were funded
to establish and operate HIV care consortia to provide a con-
tinuum of care to individuals and families with HIV disease;
provide home and community-based care services; provide drug-
treatment; and provide assistance to assure the community of
health insurance coverage.
93.932 Native Hawaiian Health Systems
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To raise the health status of Native Hawaiian!
living in Hawaii to the highest possible level through the provision
of comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention ser-
vices, as well as primary health services, and to provide existing
Native Hawaiian health care programs with all resources neces-
sary to effectuate this policy.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The services of this program
will be developed around outreach and referral components and
will attempt to integrate traditional health concepts with western
medicine so that existing barriers to health care can be removed.
It is anticipated that the primary care and the health promotion
and disease prevention components will be integrated into one
system of care and that the existing health resources of the com-
munity will be used to the greatest extent possible.
Applicant Eligibility: An entity qualifies to apply if it is a "Native
Hawaiian health care system." The term Native Hawaiian health
care system is defined as an entity (1) which is organized under
the laws of the State of Hawaii; (2) which provides to arranges for
health care services through practitioners licensed by the State of
Hawaii, where licensure requirements are applicable; (3) which la
a public or nonprofit private entity; (4) in which Native Hawaiian
health practitioners significantly participate in the planning,
management, monitoring, and evaluation of health care services;
(5) which may be composed of as many Native Hawaiian health
centers as necessary to meet the health care needs of each island's
Native Hawaiians; and (6) which is recognized by Papa Ola Lokahi
(a consortium of Hawaiian and Native Hawaiian organizations)
for the purpose of planning conducting, or administering
programs or portions of programs, authorized by this act for the
benefit of Native Hawaiiana, and is certified by Papa Ola Lokahi
as having the qualifications and the capacity to provide the ser-
vices and meet the requirements of this Act.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: U.S. Public Health Service, Region IX,
50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102. Telephone:
(415)556-3586.
Headqnatera Office: Division of Programs for Special Popula-
tions, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, PHS, 4350 East-West Hwy., 9th Floor,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-4354. Grants
Management Contact: Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health
Resources and Services Administration, PHS, 4350 East-West
Hwy., 11th Floor, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 594-
4235.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Five Native Hawaiian
health systems are currently entering their second year of funding.
In their first year of funding, the five health systems began aggres-
sive outreach efforts to enroll Native Hawaiians in the health
systems, assess their health status, and link them to needed ser-
vices. Health promotion activities, such as nutrition education and
diabetes education, have been initiated.
93.933 Research and Demonstration
Projects for Indian Health
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To promote improved health care among
American Indians and Alaska Natives through research studies,
and demonstration projects.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Federal assistance is to be
used for the following purposes: (1) research, snalysis, and inves-
tigation of a broad range of iuues affecting the health of
American Indians and Alaska Natives; and (2) demonstration
projects and studies that provide American Indians/Alaska Na-
tives with impetus and involvement in their health care and that
promote improved health care to Indian people.
Applicant Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes; tribal
organizations; nonprofit intertribal organizations; nonprofit
urban Indian organizations contracting with the Indian Health
Service under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act; public or private nonprofit health and education entities; and
State and local government health agencies.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
lUgtMial or Local Oflleet Not applicable.
Headqaalera Office: Office of Tribal Activities, Indian Health
Service, Parldawn Building, Room 6A-05, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-1104. Grants
Management Contact: Grants Management Branch, Division of
Acquisition and Giants Operations, Indian Health Service 12300
Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone:
(301) 443-5204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Salish-Kootenial Col-
lege, Pablo, MT is developing computer based instructional
modules for dental assistants.
93.982 Improving EMS/Trauma Care in Rural
Areas (Rural EMS/Trauma Care)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF HEALTH RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
66
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make grants to public and private nonprofit
entities for the purpose of carrying out research and demonstra-
tion projects with respect to improving the availability and quality
of emergency medical services in rural areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS; Funds received under a grant
are to be used for the following purposes: (1) developing innova-
tive uses of communications technologies and the use of new
communications technology; (2) developing model curricula for
training emergency medical services personnel, including first
responders, emergency medical technicians, emergency nurses
and physicians, and paramedics; (a) in the assessment, stabiliza-
tion, treatment preparation for transport, and resuscitation of
seriously injured patients, with special attention to problems that
arise during long transport and to methods of minimizing delays
in transport to the appropriate facititjr, and (b) in the management
of the operation of the emergency medical services system; (3)
making training for original certification, and continuing educa-
tion, in the provision and management of emergency medical
services more accessible to emergency medical personnel in run!
areas through telecommunications, home studies, providing
teachers and training at locations accessible to such personnel,
and other methods; (4) developing innovative protocols and
agreements to increase access to pie-hospital c*re and equipment
necessary for the transportation of seriously injured patients to
the appropriate facilities; and (5) evaluating the effectiveness of
protocols with respect to emergency medical services and systems.
Applicant Eligibility. Any public or private nonprofit entity which
has as its primaiy objective improving the availability and quality
of Emergency Medical Services in rural areas.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Hcadquaters Office: Trauma Implementation Activities, Bureau
of Health Resources Development, Parklawn Building; Room
11A-22, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443- 7577. Grants Management Contact:
Bureau of Health Resources Development, Parklawn Building,
Room 13A-38, 5600 Fishen Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Telephone: (301)443-2280.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects in-
cluded research and demonstration activities in the following
areas: evaluation of the impact of triage and transport protocols
in several rural counties, creating and implementing specialized
trauma training programs for prehospital providers or nursing
staff in rural trauma mortality in • rural area.
93.9S3 Modification of Trauma Care
Component of State EMS Plan
(State Trauma Care Plan Modification)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF HEALTH RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make grants to States and Territories for the
purpose of developing, implementing, and monitoring modifica-
tions to the trauma care component of the State plan for the
provision of emergency medical services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may not be used for
the following; (1) any purpose other than developing, implement-
ing, and monitoring the modifications required by section 1211(b)
to be made to the State plan for the provision of Emergency
Medical Services; (2) purchase or improvement of real property;
or to purchase major medical or communication equipment, am-
bulance, or aircraft; (3) to make cash payments to intended
recipients of services; (4) to satisfy any requirement for the expen-
diture of nonfederal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal
funds; or (5) to provide financial assistance to any entity other
than a public or nonprofit private entity.
Applicant Eligibility: States and Territories.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local OMIee: Not applicable.
Headqwateta Office: Trauma Implementation Activities, Bureau
of Health Resources Development, Health Resources and Ser-
vices Administration, Public Health Service, Parklawn Building,
Room 11A-22, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Telephone: (301) 443-7577. Grants Management Contact:
Bureau of Health Resources Development, Health Resources
and Services Administration, Public Health Service, Parklawn
Building, Room 13A-38,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857. Telephone: (301) 443-2280.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Funded projects in-
cluded one or more of the following activities related to develop-
ing or modifying the trauma care component of the State
Emergency Medical Services Plan: performing a needs assess-
ment of current trauma care activities in the State, drafting legis-
lation to establish authority for trauma system development,
establishing a State Trauma Systems Advisory Committee, desig-
nating trauma centers, developing standards for triage or
transport and supporting professional education for trauma care
providers in rural areas of the State. States in the advanced stages
of trauma system development received funds for refining a com-
ponent of the existing system such as implementing public infor-
mation and prevention programs, developing quality assurance
programs, evaluating the effectiveness of current triage protocols,
and establishing linkages between several trauma related
databases at the State level.
93.084 Tribal Recruitment and Retention of
Health Profeealonale into Indian Health
Programs (Tribal Recruitment)
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make financial assistance awards to Indian
tribes and tribal and Indian health organizations to enable them
to recruit, place, and retain health professionals to fill critical
vacancies and to meet the staffing needs of Indian health
programs and facilities including those administered by the Indian
Health Seivice (IHS).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE* Project Orants; Project Grants
(Cooperative Agreements).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Establishing and operating
programs designed to recruit and retain health professionals into
Indian health programs and facilities.
Applicant Eligibility. Any federally-rccojpiized Indian tribe or
tribal or Indian health orpnization is eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headqwlen ORfcet Health Professions Support Branch,
Division of Health Professions Recruitment and Training, Indian
Health Service, 12300 TVinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-4242. For grants manage-
67
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
ment information, Grants Management Branch, Division of Ac-
quisition and Grants Operations, Indian Health Service, 12300
Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 300, Rockviile, Maryland 20852.
Telephone: (301) 443-5204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.970 Health Profession* Recruitment
Program for Indians (Recruitment Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: (1) To identify American Indians and Alaska
Natives with a potential for education or training in the health
professions, and to encourage and assist them to enroll in health
or allied health professional schools; (2) to increase the number
of nurses, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and nurse anes-
thetists who deliver health care services to American Indians and
Alaska Natives; and (3) to place health professional residents for
short-term assignments at Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities
as a recruitment aid.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Project Grants
(Cooperative Agreements).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Establishing and operating
programs designed to recruit American Indians and Alaska Nat
tives into health and allied health professional schools.
Applicant Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit health or educa-
tional entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations as specifi-
cally provided in legislative authority.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquaters Office: For Health Professions Recruitment and
Health Resident Recruitment Contact: Division of Health Profes-
sions Recruitment and Training, Indian Health Service, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
Twinbrook Metro Plaza, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100,
Rockviile, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-4197. For Nursing
Recruitment Contact: Division of Nuising, Indian Health Service,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Room 6A-44, Parfclawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rock-
viile, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-1840. Grants
Management Contact: Grants Management Branch, Division of
Acquisitions and Grants Operations, Indian Health Service,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices, Twinbrook Metro PUza, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite
100, Rockviile, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-5204.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) The University of
North Dakota recruited Indians into it* medical and health care
programs; (2) the University of Oklahoma Public Health Careen
Recruitment Program for American Indiana recruited Indian
applicants and provided retention services for MPH program
students; (3) Salish-Kootenai College recruited students for nurs-
ing careers, and provided scholarship support through the grant;
and (4) University of South Dakota places medical residents at
IHS facilities as recruitment aid.
93.971 Health Professions Preparatory
Scholarship Program for Indians
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; PUBUC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To make scholatships to American Indians and
Alaska Natives for the purpose of completing compensatory pre-
professional education to enable the recipient to qualify for en-
rollment or re-enrollment in a health professions school or cur-
riculum.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Scholarship awards are
limited to persons of American Indian or Alaska Native descent.
Awards are limited to a maximum of 2 years of scholarship
support under this section of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act.
Applicant Eligibility: Scholarship awards are made to individuals
of American Indian or Alaska Native descent, who have success-
fully completed high school education or high school equivalency
and who have been accepted for enrollment in a compensatory,
pre-professional general education course or curriculum.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headq oaten Office: IHS Scholarship Program, Indian Health
Service, Public Health Service, DHHS, Twinbrook Metro Plaza,
Suite 100, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockviile, MD 20852.
Telephone: (301) 443-6197. Grants Contact: Grants Management
Branch; Division of Acquisitions and Grants Operations, Indian
Health Setvice, Public Health Service, DHHS,Twinbrook Metro
Plaza, 123Q0Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, Rockviile, MD 20852.
Telephone: (301)443-0243.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: In fiscal year 1993, new
scholarship recipients will be funded in the pre-professional
categories of pre-nursing, pre-medical technology, pie-physical
therapy, pre-engineering, pre-sanitation, p re-pharmacy and pre-
accounting only.
93.972 Health Professions Scholarship
Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide scholarships to American Indians and
Alaska Nativea at health professions schools in order to obtain
health professionals to serve Indians. Upon completion, scholar-
ship recipients are obligated to serve in the Indian Health Service
or an Indian health organization for each year of support with a
minimum of 2 years.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Scholarships support stu-
dents who pursue full-time courses of study in health professions
needed by the Indian Health Service (IHS). Disciplines have
included allopathic and osteopathic medicine, dentistiy, nuising
(baccalaureate and graduate), public health nutrition (graduate),
medical social work (graduate), speech pathology/audiology
(graduate), optometry, pharmacology and health care administra-
tion. Not all disciplines participate each year. Scholarship* may
not be awarded to student* who have conflicting service obliga-
tions after graduation or who are not U.S. citizens at the time of
application. Recipients are required to. perform 1 year of
obligated setvice for each year of scholarship support, with a
minimum obligation of 2 years in the Indian Health Service, or in
a program conducted under a contract entered into under the
Indian Self-Determinatkm Act; or in an Indian health organiza-
tion assisted under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act; or in private practice in a Health Manpower Shortage
Area which addresses the health care needs of a substantial
number of Indians. Deferment for internship, residency, or other
advanced clinical training for medical, osteopathy, and dental
students is generally not to exceed 3 yean, consistent with the
68
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
specialty needs of the IHS. Currently, 4-year deferments may be
granted for obstetrics-gyn ecology and psychiatry residencies.
Applicant Eligibility: Individuals of American Indian or Alaska
Native descent are eligible. Applicants for new awards: (1) must
be accepted by an accredited U.S. educational institution for a
full-time or part-time course of study leading to a degree in
medicine, osteopathy, dentistiy, or other participating health
profession which is deemed necesaaty by the Indian Health Ser-
vice; (2) be eligible for or hold an appointment as a Commissioned
Officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health
Service; or (3) be eligible for civilian service in the Indian Health
Service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
Indian Health Service Area Program Office information.
Headqoaltrs Ofllee: IHS Scholarship Program, Indian Health
Setvice, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Twinbrook Metro Plaza, Suite 100, 12300 Twinbrook
Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 443-6197.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: In fiscal year 1992, there
were 422 scholarships awarded to students in the following
categories: nursing, medicine, medical technology, health ad-
ministration, x-ray technology, optometry, dentistiy, pharmacy,
dental hygiene, dietetics, masters of public health, health educa-
tion, chemical dependency counseling, speech pathology, health
records, engineering, physician assistant, sanitation, and physical
therapy.
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Service*
Block Grant (PHHS Block Grante)
FEDERAL AGENCY: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To provide States with the resources to improve
the health status of the population of each grantee through: (A)
activities Leading to the accomplishment of the year 2000 objec-
tives for the nation; (B) rodent control and community-school
fluoridation activities; (Q specified emergency medical services
excluding moat equipment purchases; (D) services for sex offense
victims including prevention activities; and (E) for related ad-
ministration, education, monitoring and evaluation activities re-
lated to A-D above.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Except as described below,
Block Grant funds may be used for preventive health service
programs for (A) activities to achieve improvements in the health
status of populations through achievement of the year 2000 health
objectives for the nation; (B) preventive health service programs
for the control of rodents and for community and school-baaed
fluoridation programs; (Q feasibility studies and planning for
emergency medical services systems and the establishment, ex-
pansion, and improvement of such systems; (D) providing ser-
vices to victims of sex offenses and prevention of sex offenses; and
(E) related planning, administration, and educational activities
described in "OBJECTIVES" above. Funds may not be used to
operate emergency medical services systems or to purchase more
than SO percent of the cost of communications equipment for such
systems.
Applicant Eligibility: State and territorial governments and, in
certain cases, Tribes or Tribal organizations within the States are
eligible for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Hrack)aatcrs Office: National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (K30), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Public Health Setvice, Department of
Health and Human Services, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE., Atlanta, GA
30333-3742. Telephone; (404) 488-5299. Grants Management
Contact: Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public
Health Setvice, Department of Health and Human Services, 255
E Paces Ferry Road, NE., Atlanta, GA 30303. Telephone: (404)
842-6508.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services
Block Grant to the States
FEDERAL AGENCY: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OBJECTIVES: To enable States to maintain and strengthen their
leadership in planning, promoting, coordinating and evaluating
health care for ptegnant women, mothers, infants, and children
and children with special health care needs in providing health
services for mothers and children who do not have access to
adequate health care.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: States may use funds to
develop systems of care for the provision of health services and
related activities, including planning, administration, education
and evaluation consistent with the State's annual application.
Funds may not be used for (1) inpatient services other than those
provided to children with special health care needs or to high-risk
pregnant women and infants and such other inpatient services as
the Secretary may approve; (2) cash payments to intended
recipienta for health services; (3) purchase and improvement of
land, construction or permanent improvement of buildings or
purchase of major medical equipment; (4) matching other
Federal grants; or (5) providing funds for research or training to
any entity other than a public or private nonprofit entity. Begin-
ning in FY 1991, States must use at least 30 percent of their
Federal allotment for preventive and primary care services for
children, and at least 30 percent for services for children with
special health care needs. In addition, each State must establish
and maintain a toll-free information number for parents on
maternal and child health (MCH) and Medicaid providers. No
more than 10 percent of each State's allotment may be used for
administration.
Applicant Eligibility: Maternal and Child Health Block Grants
are limited to Statea and insular areas.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllee: Not applicable.
Headqmlara Ofllee: Central Office Contacts: Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion,.Public Health Service, DHHS, Room 18-0S, 5600 Ftsheis
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-2170. Grants
Management Contact: Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health
Service, Room 18-12, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-1440.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Bach of the 59 States
and jurisdictions determines its individual program priorities
under its Block grant.
69
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
14.110 Manufactured Homa Loan Insurance
Financing Purchase of Manufactured Hornet
at Principal Residences of Borrowers (Title I)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To make possible reasonable financing of
manufactured home purchases.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HUD insures lenders against
loss on loans. Insured loans may be used to purchase manufac-
tured home units by buyers intending to use them as their prin-
cipal places of residence. The maximum amount of the loan k
$48,600, whether single or multiple modules. The borrower must
give assurance that the unit will be placed on a site which complies
with local zoning and land development requirements.
Applicant Eligibility: All persons are eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact HUD Headquarters for pro-
gram information.
Headq oaten Office: Director, Title I Insurance Division, Depart-.
ment of Housing and Urban Development, Room B-133,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 753-7400.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.121 Mortgage Ineurance Homes in
Outlying Areas (203(1))
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To help people purchase homes in outlying areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HUD insures leaden sgainst
loss on mortgage loans. These loans maybe used to finance the
purchase of proposed, under construction, or existing one-famiJy
nonfarm housing, or new farm housing on two and one-half or
more acres adjacent to an all-weather public road. He maximum
insurable loan for an occupant mortgagor on a one-family home
is 75 percent of the Section 203(b) limit
Applicant Eligibility: All families are eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Persons ase encouraged to communi-
cate with the nearest local HUD Field Office listed in your local
telephone directory.
Headqaatera Oflleai Director, Single Family Development
Division, Office of Insured Single Pamily Housing, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC 2M10.
Telephone: (202) 708-2700.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS! Not applicable.
14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly
(202)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To expand the supply of housing with supportive
services for the elderly.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Capital advances shall be
used to finance the construction or rehabilitation of a structure
or portion thereof or the acquisition of a structure from the
Resolution Trust Corporation to provide supportive housing for
the elderly, may include the cost of real property acquisition, site
improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation and other ex-
penses of supportive housing for the elderly. Project rental assis-
tance is used to cover the difference between the HUD-approved
operating coat per unit and the amount the tenant pays.
Applicant Eligibility. Private nonprofit corporations and con-
sumer cooperatives. Public bodies and their instrumentalities sre
not eligible Section 202 applicants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact the appropriate HUD field
office listed in your local telephone directoiy.
Headqualers Office: Housing for the Elderly and Handicapped
People Division, Office of Elderly and Assisted Housing, Hous-
ing, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-2730.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.179 Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grant
Program (Nehemiah Housing)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide an opportunity for those families who
otherwise would not be financially able to realize their dream of
owning a home, to increase the employment opportunities of the
residents in neighborhoods where the housing is proposed and to
create sound and attractive neighborhoods.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Recipients must be private,
nonprofit organizations. Assistance is limited to programs involv-
ing the construction or substantia) rehabilitation of homes, in-
cluding detached dwellings, townhouses and condominium
projects that consist of not more than four units. Programs must
be of sufficient size to create a major impact on the distressed
neighborhood; withstand the forces of deterioration that would
surround the redeveloped neighborhood; and to obtain other
advantages such as economies of scale in the building process,
reduced coat of compliance with local regulations and reduced
per-unit construction and other costs, such ss legal, architectural,
engineering and selling costs.
- FMglMMr Recipient must be a private, nonprofit
orpafaatioa that (I) ia not controlled by or under the direction
of parsons or firm seeking to derive profit or gain from the
orpnixation, (2) has a voluntary board, and (3) has a tax exempt
ruling from the Internal Revenue Service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact the appropriate HUD Field
Office listed in your local telephone directoiy,
Hiidinilw Office: Morris E. Carter, Director, Single Pamily
Development Division, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410.
Telephone: (202) 708-2700.
70
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.182 Lower Income Housing Assistance
Program Section 8 New Construction/
Substantial Rehabilitation
(Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments
Program for Very Low Income Families New
Construction/ Substantial Rehabilitation)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To aid very lour income families in obtaining
decent, safe and unitaiy rental housing.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Provides housing assistance
payments to participating owner* on behalf of eligible tenants to
provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for very low income
families st rents they can afford. Housing assistance payments are
used to make up the difference between the approved rent due to
the owner for the dwelling unit and the occupant family's required
contribution towards rent. Assisted families must pay the highest
of 30 percent of their monthly adjusted family income, 10 percent
of gross family income, or the portion of welfare assistance desig-
nated for housing toward rent
Applicant Eligibility: The Section 8 program is active for projects
under contract, but funding for development of new construction
projects or for new contracts for substantial rehabilitation
projects is no longer available.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Rtglonal or Local Office: HUD Office listed in your local
telephone directory that has jurisdiction over the area in which
the dwellings are located.
Headquatera Office: For program information: Inactive. For
management information: Director, Office of Multifamily Hous-
ing Management, Housing, HUD, Washington, DC 20410!
Telephone: (202) 708-3730.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.188 Homeownershlp and Opportunity for
People Everywhere (HOPE 2)
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To empower low income residents to become
homeowners.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HUD provides grants to
resident management corporations, resident councils, coopera-
tive associations or mutual housing associations, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and public agencies (including PHAs and IHAs) to
help residents achieve homeownenhip opportunities in purchas-
ing and maintaining their multifamily properties. Assistance is
provided through a national competition for implementation
grants. Eligible implementation grant activities include architec-
tural /engineering work, acquisition, rehabilitation, homcbuyer
assistance, counseling and training, economic development ac-
tivities, capital reserves, and operating expenses and reserves.
Implementation grants cannot exceed 10 years' worth of Section
8 existing fair market rents. Applicants are required to provide
matching funds from nonfederal sources of at least 33 percent of
the implementation grant funds, except for funding for operating
expenses. The match maybe provided through: cash; administra-
tive costs; taxes, fees or other charges waived for the develop-
ment; the donation of real property or infrastructure improve-
ments; debt forgiveness on the property; and other in-kind
contributions, including sweat equity by the purchasers. Multi-
family properties that are financed or have mortgages insured by
HUD, including those that are in serious physical or financial
distress; and properties that are owned by HUD, or properties
owned or held by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Transportation, the General Services Administration, the
Resolution Trust Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, any other Federal agency, or a State or local govern-
ment (including an agency or instrumentality) can be purchased
under this program. Multifamily projects can be sold as con-
dominiums, cooperatives, or other 2S percent of their adjusted
income and no more than 35 percent of their adjusted income at
the time of initial sale to purchase a residence, including utilities
and other monthly housing cost. HOPE 2 requires that unless a
grantee already owns the property,it must be acquired within one
year of the implementation grant; units must be sold to eligible
families within fouryears of the date of the grant. No one may be
involuntarily displaced as a result of a homeownership program
under HOPE 2. Any family that chooses to move rather than
purchase will be provided with relocation assistance, including, to
the extent that appropriate funds are available, Section 8 assis-
tance for eligible families. Eligible nonpurchssers may use Sec-
tion 8 assistance to remain as renters.
Applicant Eligibility: An eligible applicant is one of the following
entities that represents the residents of the eligible property, an
RC (resident council); an RMC (resident management corpora-
tion); a cooperative association; a public or private nonprofit
organization; a public body, including an agency or instrumen-
tality thereof; a PHA (public bousing agency); sn I HA (Indian
housing authority); or a mutual housing association. Two or more
eligible applicants may submit a joint application for a single
program.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Persons are encouraged to communi-
cate with the RJS (Resident Initiative Specialist) in the Housing
Management Division in the nearest local HUD Field Office
listed in your local telephone directory.
Headqualers Office: Director, Office of Resident Initiatives,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 6130,
451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC20410. Telephone: (202)
7084542. To provide service for persons who are hearing or
speech-impaired, this number may be reached via TDD by dialing
the Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-TDDY, 1-
800-877-8339, or 202-708-9300. (Telephone numbers, other than
"800" TDD numbers, are not toll-free).
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.187 Preservation of Affordable Housing
(Title II (EUHPA), Title III, Title VI (UHPRHA))
FEDERAL AGENCY: HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To permit preservation of the low income housing
stock where owners otherwise could have prepaid the mortgage
and dissolved the low income affordability restrictions.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HUD insures 241(f) loans
that enable a current or new owner to continue the low income
rental use or new owner to acquire project as rental or Resident
Homeownership program. Grants are given to help with technical
assistance.
71
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
Applicant Eligibility: Current Limited Dividend owners retain-
ing project. Nonprofit resident council or community organiza-
tions wanting to acquire project. Other nonprofits, and qualified
purchasers (profit motivated) willing to maintain affordability.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headqnalers Office: Kevin J. East, Director, Preservation
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-2300.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Edmonds' House,
Boston, MA was allocated $5,397,200 for a total of 190 Section 8
units; (2) Spiritwood Apartments, Seattle, WA was allocated
$4,664,820 for a total of 130 Section 8 units; and (3) San Diego
Leisure Village, San Francisco, CAwas allocated $4,663,360 for a
total of 248 Section 8 units.
14.219 Community Development Block
Grants/Small Cities Program (Small Cities)
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this program is the
development of viable urban communities by providing decent
housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic
opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate in-
come.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Giants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Small Cities develop their
own programs and funding priorities. Generally, as in the case of
entitlement grants, most activities previously eligible under the
categorical program consolidated under the Act, and defined by
the statute and regulations may be carried out, i.e., acquisition,
rehabilitation or construction of certain public works facilities and
improvements, clearance, housing rehabilitation, code enforce-
ment, direct assistance to facilitate and expand homeownership
among persons of low and moderate income, relocation payments
and assistance, administrative expenses, economic development,
completing existing urban renewal projects, and certain public
services within certain limits. Neighborhood-based nonprofit or-
ganizations, local development corporations, Small Business In-
vestment Companies, or other nonprofit organizations serving
the development needs on nonentitlement areas may act as sub-
grantee* to cany out neighborhood rcvitaUzation or community
economic development projects in furtherance of block grant
objectives. Recipients may provide assistance to for-profit entities
when the recipient determines that the provision of such assis-
tance is appropriate to cany out an economic development
project. Communitiea are restricted from constructing or
rehabilitating public facilities for the general conduct of govern-
ment and from making housing allowances or other income main-
tenance-type payments. The projected use of funds must be
developed to give maximum feasible priority to activities which
benefit low and moderate income persons or aid in the prevention
or elimination ofslums or blight. The projected use of funds may
also include activities which the applicant certifies are designed to
meet other community development needs having a particular
urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate
threat to the health or welfare of the community where other
financial resources are not available to meet such needs. At least
70 percent of each grant made available to a unit of general local
government must benefit low and moderate income persons.
Applicant Eligibility: HUD continues to administer the Small
Cities Program only for the nonentitlement communities within
the jurisdictions of the States of New York and Hawaii. Eligible
applicants are units of general local government (including coun-
ties), except metropolitan cities, urban counties or units par-
ticipating in an uiban county's CDBG program, and Indian tribes
eligible for assistance under Section 106(a) of the Act, as
amended. Under the CDBG Program/State Program (14.228)
each State may now elect to administer all aspects of the Small
Cities Program for the nonentitlement communities within its
jurisdiction. All other states have elected to administer the Small
Cities Program.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headqnalers Office: State and Small Cities Division, Office of
Block Grant Assistance Community Planning and Development,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 4517th Street,
S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-1322.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Neighborhood
revitalization projects emphasizing rehabilitation of private
homes, and including appropriate improvements of public
facilities; economic development projects for expanded employ-
ment opportunities; and projects to address serious deficiencies
in public facilities such as water and sewer.
14.227 Community Development Block
Grants/Special Purpose Grants/Technical
Assistance Program
FEDERAL AGiENCY; COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To help Statea, units of general local government,
Indian tribes and areawide planning organizations to plan,
develop and administer local Community Development Block
Grant snd Urban Development Action Grant programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments); Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Assistance may be used to
transfer skills and knowledge in planning, developing and ad-
ministering the Community Development Block Grant and Sec-
tion 810 Urban Homeateading programs from those individuals
and institutions which possess them to eligible block grant entities
and affiliated CDBG and Urban Homeateading participants
which need them. Must show how it will increase the effectiveness
with which eligible block grant communities can use CDBG funds
to meet community development national and local program
objectives. May take several forms, such as the provision of writ-
ten information, person-to-person exchange, seminars,
workshops or training sessions.
Applicant EUgAUlly: States, units of general local government,
Indian tribes, areawide planning organizations, groups designated
by such governmental units to assist them in carrying out assis-
tance under Title I of Public Law 93-383 and qualified groups
assisting more than one governmental unit may submit un-
solicited proposals. Specifications for respondents to competitive
request for proposals ate stated in the request documents.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Headqaaleie Office: Office of Technical Assistance, Community
Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th St., S.W., Washington, DC 20410.
Telephone: (202) 708-2090.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
72
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
14.228 Community Development Block
Grants/State's Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this program is the
development of viable uitoan communities by providing decent
housing, a suitable living
environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally
for persons of low and moderate income.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: States develop their own
programs and funding priorities. Each State may elect to ad-
minister Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fund*
for areas which do not receive CDBG entitlement grants (14.218).
If, after a State decides to administer the CDBG program, it
' decides not to, the funds that would have been allocated to the
State will be reallocated among the other States. In States which
elect to administer the nonentitlement funds, HUD awards the
formula grants to the States under the CDBG/State's Program.
In States which do not elect to administer the nonentitlement
funds, HUD awards competitive grants to unite of general local
government under the CDBG/Small Cities Program (14.219).
Each State may use up to S100.000 plus two percent of its grant to
administer the program and must match each Federal dollar in
excess of $100,000 used for administration with a dollar of its own.
Each State may use up to one percent of its grant to provide
technical assistance to local governments and nonprofit program
recipients. Units of general local government funded by the State
may undertake a wide range of activities directed toward neigh-
borhood revitalization, economic development, or provision of
improved community facilities and services. Specific activities
that can be carried out with block grant funds include acquisition
of real property, relocation and demolition, rehabilitation of
residential and nonresidential structures, direct assistance to
facilitate and expand homeowneiship among penons of low and
moderate income, and provision of public facilities and improve-
ments, such as water and sewer facilities, streets, and neighbor-
hood centers. In addition, block grant funds may be used to pay
for certain public services within certain limits. Neighborhood-
based nonprofit organizations, local development corporations,
Small Business Investment Companies, or other nonprofit or-
ganizations serving the development need* on nonentitlement
areas may act as subgrantees to cany out neighborhood revitaliza-
tion or community economic development projects in furtherance
of block grant objectives. Recipients may provide assistance to
for-profit entities when the recipient determines that the
provision of such assistance is appropriate to cany out an
economic development project. The projected uae of funds must
be developed to give maximum feasible priority to activities which
benefit low and moderate income penons or aid in the prevention
or elimination of slums or blight and the projected uae of funds
may also include activities which the applicant certifies are
designed to meet other community development needs having a
particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and
immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where
other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.
The aggregate use of funds over a period specified by the State,
but not exceeding three yean, must ensure that not less than 10
percent of the funds received benefit low and moderate income
penons.
Applicant Eligibility; State governments. States must distribute
the funds to units of general local government in nonentitlement
areas.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oflke: See your local telephone directoty.
Headquaten Office: State and Small Cities Division, Office of
Block Grant Assistance, Community Planning and Development,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 4517th Street,
S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-1322.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Projects are selected by
States.
14.234 Community Development Work-Study
Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: Under the Community Development Work-
Study Program (CDWSP), HUD will make grants to institutions
of higher education, either directly or through aieawide planning
organizations or States, for the purpose of providing assistance to
economically disadvantaged and minority students who par-
ticipate in community development work-study programs and are
enrolled in full-time graduate or undergraduate programs in
community and economic development, community planning or
community management. The primaiy objectives of the program
are to attract minority and economically disadvantaged students
to careers in community and economic development, community
planning, and community management, and to provide a cadre oil
well qualified professionals to plan, implement, and administer
local community development programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Institutions of higher educa-
tion, areawide planning organizations or States may apply for
grants to assist economically disadvantaged and minority students
who participate in CDWSP's and are enrolled in full-time
graduate or undergraduate programs in community and economic
development, community planning or community management,
or other related fields of study. Related fields include public
administration, urban management, urban planning, and exclude
social and humanistic fields such as law, economics (except urban
economics) psychology, education and histoiy.
Applicant Eligibility: Institutions of higher education offering
graduate degrees in a community development academic program
are eligible if the institution is located in a metropolitan area and
no institution of higher education located in the metropolitan area
offers graduate degrees in a community development academic
program, or if the institution is located in a non-metropolitan area
of a Sate and no institution of higher education located in the
non-metropolitan area offers graduate degrees in a community
development academic program. An areawide planning organiza-
tion or a State may apply for assistance for a program that will be
conducted by two or mote institutions of higher education. In-
stitutions of higher education participating in an APO program
must be located within the metropolitan or non-metropolitan
area served by the APO. Institutions of higher education par-
ticipating in a State program must be located within the State.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oflke: None.
Headqaaten Office: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Community Planning and Development, Office of
Technical Assistance 451 7th St, S.W., Washington, DC 20410.
Telephone: (302) 708-3176.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
73
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
14.239 HOME Investment Partnership Pro-
gram (HOME Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT Of HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: (1) To expand the supply of decent and affordable
housing, particularly rental housing, for low-and very low-income
Americans; (2) To strengthen the abilities of State and local
governments to design and implement strategies for achieving
adequate supplier of decent, affordable housing; (3) To provide
both financial and technical assistance to participating jurisdic-
tions, including the development of model programs for develop-
ing affordable low-income housing and; (4) To extend and
strengthen partnership* among all levels of government and the
private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations,
in the production and operation of affordable housing.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For use by pa rticipatinfjuris-
dictions or Indian tribes for housing rehabilitation, tenant-based
assistance, assistance to first-time homebuyers, acquisition of
housing and new construction of housing. Finding may also be
used for other necessary and reasonable activities related to the
development of non-luxury housing, such as site acquisition, site
improvements, demolition and relocation. Ten percent of a par-
ticipating jurisdiction's allocation maybe used for administrative
costs. Funds may not be used for public housing modernization,
matching funds for other Federal programs, operating subsidies
for rental housing, Annual Contributions Contracts, or activities
under the Low Income Housing Preservation Act.
Applicant Eligibility: States, cities, urban counties and consortia
(of contiguous units of general local governments with a binding
agreement) are eligible to receive formula allocations; Indian
tribes are eligible to receive competitive grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoty.
Headquaters Office:Director, Office of Affordable Housing
Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-2683.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.240 HOPE (or Homeownershlp of Single
Family Homes (Hope 3)
FEDERAL AGENCY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COM-
MUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide homeowners hip opportunities to
lower-income families and individuals by providing grantees with
Federal assistance to acquire and rehabilitate eligible single-fani-
ty properties and to finance sn eligfcle bomebvyer's direct pur-
chase of the properties at affordable prices.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Oraats.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Eligible activities: IM-
PLEMENTATION GRANTS: (1) architectural and engineering
work; (2) acquisition of eligible publicly owned or held properties;
(3) financial assistance to homebuyers; (4) rehabilitation at
eligible properties; (3) administrative costs; (6) counseling and
training; (7) relocation and temporary relocation; (8) property
management and holding costs; (9) replacement reserves; i:')
legal fees; (11) ongoing training needs; (12) job training a id
retraining; and (13) other activities proposed by the applicant, to
the extent the applicant justifies them as necessary for the
proposed homeownership program and HUD approves them.
Applicant Eligibility-. Eligible applicants are private nonprofit
organizations, public agencies in cooperation with a private non-
profit organization, and cooperative associations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoty.
Headqualers Office: Office of Affordable Housing Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 71S8,
451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202)
708-0324.
EXAMPLE8 OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Implementation
Grants: Denver Habitat for Humanity, Denver, CO; Cleveland.
Housing Network, Cleveland, OH.
14.244 Empowerment Zones Program
(Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities)
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this program is to provide for the
establishment of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Com-
munities in urban areas, to stimulate the creation of new jobs,
particularly for the disadvantaged and long-term unemployed,
and to promote revitalizetion of economically distressed areas.
The Empowerment Zone snd Enterprise Community (EZ/EC)
program is the first step in rebuilding communities in America's
poverty-stricken inner-cities and rural heartlands. It is designed
to empower people and communities all across this nation by
inspiring Americans to work together to create jobs and oppor-
tunity. Under this program, the Federal government will desig-
nate up to 104 areas that meet certain poverty and distress criteria
and prepare creative strategic plans for revitalization. The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will designate up
to six urban Empowerment Zones and 65 Enterprise Com-
munities, and the Secretary of Agriculture will designate up to
three runt Empowerment Zones and 30 Enterprise Com-
munities. All designations will be made in consultation with the
Community Enterprise Board, which the President established on
September 9,1993. Designated areas will receive Federal grant
funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, Social
Services Block Grant (Title XX). In addition they will receive
special tax benefits and will have access to priority funding or
special coosiderstioe under other Federal programs.
TYPESOFAS8I8TANCE: ProjectOrants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: DESIGNATION AS AN
ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY: Enterprise Communities are
eligible for new Tax-Exempt Facility Bonds for private business
activities. States with designated communities will receive ap-
proximately $2^95,000 in Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Com-
munity-Social Service Block Grant (EZ/EC SSBG) funds to pass
through to each designated area for approved activities identified
in their strategic plaa. Enterprise Communities receive special
consideration in competition for funding under numerous
Federal programs, including the new Community Policing and
National Service initiatives. The Federal government will focus
special attention on working cooperatively with designated
Enterprise Communities to overcome regulatory impediments, to
permit flexible use of existing Federal funds, and to assist these
communities in meeting essential mandates. DESIGNATION AS
AN EMPOWERMENT ZONE: Empowerment Zones receive all
of the benefits provided to Enterprise Communities and other
communities with innovative visions for change. Empowerment
Zones ate awarded substantial E2JEC SSBG funds: up to
74
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
$40,000,000 for each run! zone and up to $100,000,000 for each
urban zone. An Employer Wage Credit for zone residents is
extended to qualified empioyen enpged in trade, or business, in
Empowerment Zones. Businesses are afforded an increased Sec-
tion 179 Deduction for qualified properties.
Applicant Eligibility (Note: This eligibility is for the "urban
zone" applicants. See the Department of Agriculture section for
"rural zone" applicant eligibility.) A nominated urban area may
be eligible for designation if the area: (a) Has a maximum popula-
tion which is the lesser of (1) 200,000 or (2) the greater of 50,000
or ten percent of the population of the most populous city located
within the nominated area; (b) b one of pervasive poverty, un-
employment and general distress; (c) Does not exceed twenty
square miles in total land area; (d) Demonstrates a poverty rate
which is not leu than: (1) 20 percent in each census tract; (2) 25
percent in 90 percent of the population census tracts within the
nominated area; (3) 35 percent for at least 50 percent of the
population census tracts within the nominated area; and adjust-
ment of poverty rates for Enterprise Communities. Where re-
quested by a Community, the Secretary may reduce one of the
thresholds by 5 percentage points (for not more than 10 percent
of the census tracts) provided that, the Secretary may in the
alternative reduce the 35 percent threshold by 10 percentage
points for three population census tracts, (e) Has a continuous
boundary, or consists of not more than three non contiguous
parcels (if parcels are non contiguous, each parcel must meet the
poverty rate criteria listed above.)
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Consult your local telephone diretoiy
for HUD Regional office.
Headquarters Office: Office of Community Planning and
Development, HUD (202) 708-2035. A dedicated 1-800-998-9999
n amber haa been established to answer questions and make
referrals for Information concerning eligibility criteria, the ap-
plication process, technical asstatanca and workshops.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Examples of previous
projects are available form the Headquarters Office.
14.850 Public and Indian Housing
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP.
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide and operate coat-effective, decent,
safe and sanitary dwelling* for lower income families through an
authorized local Public Housing Agancy (PHA) or Indian Hous-
ing Authority (IHA).
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist PHAs/IHAs
developing lower-income housing by (1) acquiring existing bous-
ing from the private market (acquisition); (2) obtaining construc-
tion or rehabilitation contracts by competitive bidding where the
PHA/IHA acts as the developer (conventional); or (3) executing
new construction or rehabilitation Contracts of Sale with private
developers (turnkey). Annual contributions are made to
PHAs/IHA* for debt service payments for commitments ap-
proved on or prior to September 30,1986, or direct funding of
capital costs (grants) is provided to PHAs/IHAs for commitments
approved after September30,1966; In addition, operating subsidy
funds are available to achieve and maintain adequate operating
and maintenance service and reserve funds. Emphasis on housing
type (i.e., acquisition with or without rehabilitation versus new
construction and household type (i.e., large family). Funds may
also be used for the major reconstruction of obsolete existing
public housing projects. The statue requires that priority in
development be given to housing larger families requiring 3 or
more bedrooms.
Applicant Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies and Indian Hous-
ing Authorities established in accordance with State or Tribal law
are eligible. The proposed program must be approved by the local
governing body.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory. (For
Indian Housing, note especially the Offices of Indian Programs in
Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, and Seattle, the Indian Programs
Division in the Oklahoma City Office and the Indian Housing
Division in the Anchorage Office.
Headquaters Office: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-0950.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.851 Low Income Housing Homeownership
Opportunities for Low Income Families
(Turnkey III; Mutual-Help
Housing for Indian Areas)
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide, through local Public Housing Agen-
cies (PHAs), and Indian Housing Authorities (IH As), low income
families with the opportunity of purchasing their own homes.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use;
Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist Public Housing
Agencies (PHA) and Indian Housing Authorities (IHA) in
providing opportunities for low income families to purchase
Homes. Originally the units are owned by the PHA/IHA. During
the period of tenancy, the family makes "mortgage" payments
based on its current income and maintains its own property.
Turnkey III homes ire amortized over a 30 year period; Mutual
Help homes are amortized over a 25 year period. In Turnkey III,
the PHA compensates the family by crediting certain amounts
budgeted for maintenance to family equity accounts. When the
family's income and equity accounts increase to the point where
it can obtain permanent financing for the unit, or when the equity
account equals the unamortized debt and cloeing costs, ownership
passes to the family. In the Mutual Help program, monthly pay-
ments are based on current income, but shall not be leu than the
required Administrative charge. In addition, the family is re-
quired to contribute $1,500 in labor, materials, cash or the
homesite (or a combination thereof) in the construction of the
home and the homes are amortized over a period of 25 years. The
Indian Housing Act of 1988 established a self-help component to
the Mutual-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (cur-
rently operated under 24 CFR Part 905, Subpart D) to allow lower
income Indian families to contribute the major portion of labor
necessary to build their homes in a cooperative effort supervised
by someone with technical expertise in construction, to reduce the
overall development costs and the eventual price for the
homebuyer.
Applicant EUgfbllityi Public Housing Agencies and Indian Hous-
ing Authorities. The proposed program must be approved by the
local governing body. Note: Development of additional Turnkey
III units is not presently authorized.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: For Public Housing, HUD Field Office
listed in your local telephone directory. For Indian Housing, note
75
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
the Offices of Indian Programs in Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and
Seattle, the Indian Programs Division in the Oklahoma City
Office, and the Indian Housing Division in the Anchorage Office.
Headquaten Office: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 7S5-O9S0.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.852 Public and Indian Housing
Comprehensive Improvement Assistance
Program (Public and Indian Housing
Modernization)
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide capital funds to improve the physical
condition and upgrade the management and operation of existing
Public and Indian Housing projects to assure that they continue
to be available to serve low-income families.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Comprehensive Improve-
ment Assistance Program (CIAP) funding may be used to fund
capital improvements, as well as major repairs, management im-
provements, and planning costs. CIAP funding for homeowner-
ship projects is limited to certain health and safety, energy
conservation, physical accessibility, lead-based paint testing and
abatement, and development related to design and construction
deficiencies.
Applicant Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and In-
dian Housing Authorities (IHAs) operating PHA/IHA-owned
low income housing projects under an existing Annual Contribu-
tions Contract (ACC).
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Inquiries should be addressed to the
Manager of the appropriate HUD Field Office in your local
telephone directory.
Headqualers Office: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, DC 20413. Telephone: (202) 706-0950.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.854 Public and Indian Housing Drug
Elimination Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: The purposes of the Public Housing Drug
Elimination Program are to: (a) Eliminate drug-related crime in
andaround the real property comprisingpublic housing projects;
(b) Encourage public houcingagencies (PHAs) and Indian Hous-
ing Authorities (IHAs) to develop a plan that includes initiatives
that can be sustained over a period of several yean for addressing
the problem of drug-related crime in and around the premises of
the public and Indian housing projects proposed for funding
under this part, and; (c) Make available Federal grants to help
PHAs and IHAs cany out their plans.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments for
Specified Use; Training.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds may be used for
the following activities designed to reduce drug-related crime: (1)
employment of security personnel; (2) reimbursement of local taw
enforcement agencies for additional security and protective ser-
vices (e.g., over and above the level of services the locality is
already obligated to provide under its Cooperation Agreement
with the PHA); (3) physical improvements designed to enhance
security, (4)the employment of one or more individuals to inves-
tigate drug-related crime on or about the real property comprising
any public or Indian housing project and to provide evidence
relating to such crime in any administrative or judicial proceeding;
(5) the provision of training, communications equipment, and
other related equipment for use byvoluntary tenant patrols acting
in cooperation with local law enforcement officials; (6) programs
designed to reduce use of drugs in and around public and Indian
housing projects, including drug prevention, intervention, refer-
ral, and treatment programs, and; (7) providing funding to non-
profit public housing resident management corporations and
resident councils to develop security and drug abuse prevention
programs involving site residents.
Applicant Eligibility: The program authorizes HUD to make
grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and Indian Housing
Authorities (IHAs), for use in eliminating drug-related crime. To
receive funding under the Drug Elimination Program, applicants
are required to develop a plan for addressing drug-related crime,
and to indicate how assisted activities will further the plan. The
elimination of drug-related crime in public and Indian housing
projects requires the active involvement and commitment of
puMic and Indian housing residents and their organizations. To
enhance the ability of PHAs and IHAs to combat drug-related
criminal activity in their projects, Resident Councils (RCs) and
Resident Management Corporations (RMCs) will be permitted
to undertake management functions specified in this program,
notwithstandingthc otherwise applicable requirements of 24 CFR
Part964 and 24 CFR Part 90S. The Department encourages PHAs
and IHAs to make Resident Management Corporations (RMCs)
and Resident Councils (RCs) full partners in this effort. The
Department requires PHAs and IHAs to work with RMCs and
RCs, where they exist, and residents in the development of the
grant application and the implementation of the program. Areas
in which this partnership can be particularly significant include
(but are not limited to) the planning and execution of strategies
and activities to eliminate drug-related crime in public and Indian
housing developments (projects), the institution of voluntaiy
tenant patrols, and the development by RMCs and incorporated
RCs of security and drug-abuse prevention programs involving
site residents. To emphasize the importance that the Department
attaches to full resident participation in activities assigned under
this program, it requires applicants to: (1) Give residents, as well
as RMCs and RCs in the projects, a reasonable opportunity to
comment on the application, participate in the development of
the application and the implementation of funded programs; and
(2) Give serious consideration to these comments in developing
the application.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office Regional or local HUD Field Office or
other Field Office with delegated public housing responsibilities
over an applying public housing agency (PHA), or from the Office
of Indian Programs (OIP) having jurisdiction over the Indian
housing authority (IHA).
HcadquaUrs Office: Drug-Free Neighborhoods Division, Office
of Resident Initiatives, Public and Indian Housing, Department
of Housing and Uttoan Development, Room 4116,4S1 Seventh
Street, S.W., Washington; DC 20410; Telephone: (202) 706-1197.
A telecommunications device for hearing or speech impaired
persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Assistance on funded
programs may be provided, from the local HUD Category A or B
Field Office or other Field Office with delegated public housing
76
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
responsibilities over an applying public housing agency (PHA), or
from the Office of Indian Programs (OIP) having jurisdiction over
the Indian housing authority (IHA) making an application, or by
calling HUD's Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, telephone 1-
800-955-2232.
14.856 Lower Income Housing Assistance
Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
(Section 8 Housing Assistance
Paymenta Program for Very Low Income
Families-Moderate Rehabilitation)
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To aid very tow income families and homeless
individuals in obtaining decent, safe and sanitary rental housing.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Provides housing assistance
payments to participating owners on behalf of eligible tenants to
provide decent, safe and sanitaiy housing for very low income
families at rents they can afford. Housing assistance payments are
used to make up the difference between the approved rent due to
the owner for the dwelling unit and the occupant family's required
contribution towards rent. Assisted families must pay the highest
of 30 percent of their monthly adjusted family income, 10 percent
of gross family income, or the portion of welfare assistance desig-
nated for housing toward rent.
Applicant Eligibility: An authorized Public Housing Agency (any
State, county, municipality or other governmental entity or public
body (or agency or instrumentality thereof).
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: HUD Office listed in your local
telephone directoiy that has jurisdiction over the area in which
the dwellings are to be located.
Hcadquatcrs Office: Office of Assisted Housing, Rental Assis-
tance Division, Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone:(202) 708-
7424.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
14.858 HOPE for Public and Indian Housing
Homeownership (HOPE for Public and
Indian Housing (HOPE 1))
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide homeownership programs for eligible
public and Indian housing residents and other low income families
through the sale of eligible public and Indian housing.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE! Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HOPE 1 Planning grants and
mini-planning grants ate provided to develop homeownetship
programs, including: develop Resident Management Councils
and Resident Councils, training and technical assistance,
homeownership feasibility studies, preiiminaiy architectural and
engineering work, housing counseling and training, economic
development activities, security plane and other homeownership
related activities acceptable to HUD. HOPE 1 Implementation
grants are provided to cany out homeownership programs, in-
cluding: develop resident management corporations and resident
councils, training and technical assistance, implementation of the
homeownership program, architectural and engineering work,
ongoing counseling and training, economic development ac-
tivities, rehabilitation, resident relocation, funding of operating
expenses and replacement reserves, legal fees, administrative
costs, and other homeownership related activities acceptable to
HUD. A homeownership program under this title shall provide
for acquisition by eligible families of ownership interests in.or
shares representing, at least two thirds of the units in a public
housing project under any arrangement determined by the
Secretaty to be appropriate, such as cooperative ownership (in-
cluding limited equity cooperative ownership) and fee simple
ownenhip (including condominium ownership), for occupancy by
the eligible families. The HOPE Grant recipient/sponsor receives
proceeds from the sale of dwellings under the program. The
sponsor can use the sales proceeds in a wide variety of ways
provided that they support low-income housing. Replacement
units are provided for each dwelling sold through: the develop-
ment of additional public or Indian housing, the provision of
Section S assistance, the rehabilitation of vacant public or Indian
housing, or the provision of similar assistance through a locally
operated program. Non-purchasing residents are protected from
eviction and continue to have the rights of public housing resi-
dents. Windfall profit restrictions apply: for the initial 6 yean -
limited equity only allowed (contribution to equity, improve-
ments, and inflation); from years 6 through 20, windfall profit
(difference between market price at sale and amount paid) is
secured by silent second mortgage to be repaid on declining
balance, lite homeownership plan shall include a plan ensuring
that the unit will be free from any defects that pose a danger to
health or safety before transfer of an ownership; and will, not later
than 2 yean after the transfer to an eligible family, meet local
housing codes or other minimum housing standards if there is no
local code.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligibility includes a public housing agency
(including an Indian housing authority), a resident management
coiporation, established in accordance with requirements of the
Secretaiyunder HUD Section 20, a resident council, a cooperative
association, a public or private nonprofit organization, and a
public body, including an agency or instrumentality thereof. All
public or Indian housing is eligible for sate under HOPE 1.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoty.
Headqualen Office: Gary Van Buskirk, Homeownership
Division for Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone:
(202) 708-4233, TDD 202-708-9300.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: New program, not ap-
plicable.
14.859 Public and Indian Housing
Comprehensive Grant Program
(Public and Indian Houelng Modernization)
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBUC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide funds to improve the physical condi-
tion and upgrade the management and operation of existing
Public and Indian Housing projects to assure that they continue
to be available to serve low income families.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Comprehensive Grant Pro-
gram (COP) funding may be used to fend capital improvements,
as well as major repairs, management improvements, and plan-
ningcosts. COP funding forTumkey III homeownership projects
77
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
i* limited to certain health and safety, energy conservation, physi-
cal accessibility, lead-based paint testing and abatement, and
development related to design and construction deficiencies
Applicant Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and In-
dian Housing Authorities (IHAs) operating P HA/1 HA-owned
low income housing projects undeT an existing Annual Contribu-
tions Contract (ACQ with 250 or more units.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Inquiries should be addressed to the
Manager of the appropriate HUD Field Office. For Indian Hous-
ing, note especially the Offices of Indian Programs in Chicago,
Denver, Phoenix,.and Seattle, the Indian Programs Division in the
Oklahoma City Office, and the Indian Housing Division in the
Anchorage Office.
Headquarters Office: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-0950.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS; Not applicable.
14.861 Public and Indian Housing Family
Investment Centers Program (FIC)
FEDERAL AGENCY: PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP.
MENT
OBJECTIVES: The Family Investment Program is designed to
provide families living in public and Indian housing with better
access to educational and employment opportunities by develop-
ing facilities in or near public housing for training and support
services; mobilizing public and private resources to expand and
improve the delivety of such services; providing funding for es-
sential training and support services that cannot otherwise be
funded; and improving the capacity of management to access the
training and service needs of families, coordinate the provision of
training and services that meet such needs, and ensure the long
term provision of such training and services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Residents of a public or
Indian housing authority. Public Housing FSS and Section 8 FSS
families are eligible if the public/Indian bousing authority is com-
bining FIC with the Family Self-Suffiaency (FSS) program.
Applicant Eligibility: Public Housing Agencies and Indian Hous-
ing Authorities are eligible applicants under the FIC Program.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Designated persons in the Public
Housing Division and Indian Programs Division.
Headquarters Ofllc« Director, Office of Resident Initiatives,
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Room 4102,451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,
DC 20410.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: New program.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Indian Tribes and Alaskan
Native Villages may use block grants to improve the housing
stock, provide community facilities, make infrastructure improve-
ments, and expand job opportunities by supporting the economic
development of their communities. Activities which are eligible
for funding include housing rehabilitation programs, scquisition
of land for housing, direct assistance to facilitate homeownership
among low- and moderate-income persons, construction of tribal
and other facilities for single or multi-use, streets and other public
facilities, and economic development project* particularly those
by nonprofit tribal organizations or local development corpora-
tions when the recipient determines that the provision of such
assistance is appropriate to carry out an economic development
project Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages are restricted from
using block grants for construction and improvement of
governmental facilities, the purchase of equipment, general
government expenses, operating and maintenance expenses,
political activities, new housing construction (except through sub-
recipients), and income payments.
Applicant Eligibility: Any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation,
including Alaskan Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimo*, and any Alaskan
Native Village which is eligible for assistance under the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act or which had
been eligible under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of
1972.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory.
Htadquater* Office: Office of Block Grant Assistance, Com-
munity Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 4517th St, S.W., Washington, DC 20410.
Telephone: (202) 708-1015.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fire station; housing
rehabilitation gnnt program; cooperative store development;
water lines and storage facility.
14.862 Indian Community Development
Block Grant Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT. DEPARTMENT OP HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES: To provide assistance to Indian Tribes and Alas-
kan Native Villages in the development of viable Indian com-
munities.
78
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
15.103 Indian Social Services Child Welfare
Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide foster home care and appropriate
institutional (non-medical) care for dependent, neglected, and
handicapped Indian children in need of protection residing on or
near reservations, including those children living in Bureau of
Indian Affairs service area jurisdictions in Alaska and Oklahoma,
when these services are not available from State or local public
agencies.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To pay for foster home care
or institutional (non-medical) care or certain other special needs
relating to care and maintenance of children.
Applicant Eligibility: Dependent, neglected, and handicapped
Indian children in need of protection whose families live on or
near Indian reservations or in Bureau of Indian Affairs service
area jurisdictions in Alaska and Oklahoma, and who are not
eligible for similar Federal, State or county funded programs.
Written application may be made by a parent, guardian or person
having custody of the child, or by court referral.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Information can be secured from the
Agency Superintendents, and from Area Directors. See your local
telephone directory. Applications for child welfare assistance are
made at the local agency or tribal level
Headquatere Office: Division of Social Seivices, Office of Tribal
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-310 SIB, 1849 C Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20245. Telephone: (202) 208-2721.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Individual payment for
foster care on behalf of child requiring temporaiy care away from
his or her home: Specialized institutional (non-medical) care for
handicapped children; protective services to abused, dependent
or neglected children.
15.108 Indian Employment Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide eligible American Indians vocational
training and employment opportunities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! Financial assistance is used
to assist individual Indiana to obtain a marketable skill through
vocational training and to assist those who haw a job skill with
permanent employment Vocational and employment counseling
are provided by the program. Eligible American Indians may
receive vocational training or job placement on or near the reser-
vation or in an uiban area. Restricted to American Indian people
who are determined eligible for these services.
Applicant Eligibility: Each individual American Indian applicant
must be a member of a Federally recognized tribe, bud, or group
of Indians, whose residence is on or near an Indian reservation
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The ap-
plicant must also be in need of financial assistance.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
OF INTERIOR
Regional or Local Office: The Bureau has 12 Area Offices, some
25 Agency Offices and some 150 Tribal Contractor Offices. Con-
tact Dean Poleahla at (202) 208-2570 for location and phone
numbers.
Headquatere Office: Office of Economic Development, Division
of Job Placement and Training, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C
Street NW, MS.-2528/B-SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone:
(202)208-2570.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Each individual
American Indian submits application for vocational training pro-
gram. After Financial Need Analysis, testing and career counsel-
ing, vocational choice is made. Individual selects training location.
The amount of funds is determined by Financial Need Analysis,
funds may be provided as determined by applicant's family size
(single, married couple, married couple plus children, etc.),
transportation to training location, tuition and related training
costs. Weekly subsistence is determined by family size and length
of training. Emergency needs are considered. Each individual
American Indian submits application for job placement assis-
tance. After Financial Needs Analysis, funds may be provided for
transportation to job location, purchase of tools, emergency, and
subsistence determined by family size up until the first full
paycheck is received.
15.113 Indian Social Services General
Aasistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance for basic needs of
needy eligible Indians who reside on or near reservations, includ-
ing those Indians living under Bureau of Indian Affairs service
area jurisdictions, when such assistance is not available from State
or local public agencies.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments with Unrestricted
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Provides cash payments to
eligible Indian individuals and families to meet basic needs (i.e.,
food, clothing, shelter, etc.).
Applicant Eligibility: Member of a federally recognized Indian
Tribe.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Rational or Local Office: Information can be secured from the
Agency Superintendents and from Area Directors (see local
telephone directory). Applications for general assistance are
made at the local agency or tribal level.
HeadqaaUre Office Division of Social Services, Office of Tribal
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS:310-SIB, 1849 C St., NW,
Washington, DC 20245. Contact: David L. Hickman. Telephone:
(202)208-2649.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Individual financial as-
sistance (welfare) grant to a single person or to a family of eight
based upon public assistance standards of State where recipients
reside.
15.114 Indian Education Higher Education
Grant Program (Higher Education)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
79
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial aid to eligible Indian stu-
dents to enable them to attend accredited institutions of higher
education.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grant funds are to supple-
ment the total financial aid package prepared by the college
financial aid officer. Funds are intended to assist students in
pursuing their undergraduate baccalaureate degree.
Applicant Eligibility. Must be a member of an Indian tribe, be
enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited college, have
financial need as determined by the institution's financial aid
office.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See area offices or agencies in your local
telephone directory.
Headquatm Office: Office of Indian Education Programs, Code
522, Room MS 3530-MIB, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC
20245. Contact: Mr. Reginald Rodriguez. Telephone: (202) 208-
4871.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Undergraduate ap-
plicant (typical): Student, single, freshmen; 41/64 Oglala Sioux;
Black Hills State College, South Dakota; major/minor, Un-
decided; degree objective: BS; total budget $5740. Student Con-
tribution $700, Pell $2200; BIA $2800. Married or advanced
degree applicant (typical): Student, married with three family -
members; 1/2 Sioux Tribe; University of North Dakota; major-
medicine/minor. Biology; degree objective: MD; total budget
$12,245; Pell $1625, CWS $1200, NDSL $1200, SEOG $400, Stu-
dent Contribution $700, BIA $5,900.
15.124 Indian Loans Economic Development
(Indian Credit Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide assistance to Indians, Alaska Natives,
tribes,
and Indian organizations to obtain financing from private and
governmental sources which serve other citizens. When otherwise
unavailable, financial assistance through the Bureau is provided
eligible applicants for any purpose that will promote the economic
development of a Federal Indian Reservation.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans; Provision of Specialized Services.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans may be used for busi-
ness, industry, agriculture, rehabilitation, housing, education, and
for relending by tribes and Indian organizations to members of
such organizations. Funds must be unavailable from otber sources
on reasonable terras and conditions. Funds may not be used for
speculation. Except for educational purposes, Bureau financial
assistance must be uaed on or near a Federal Indian Reservation.
Applicant EUgflMlity: Indians, Alaska Natives, tribes, and Indian
organizations. Individual applicants must be a member of a
federally recognized tribe. Organizational applicants must have a
form of organization satisfactory to the Assistant Secretary for
Indian Affairs.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofller. Indian organizations and individuals
interested in applying should contact the appropriate Bureau
Office (see your local telephone directroy).
Htnlqualers Office: Director, Office of Economic Development,
Bureau of Indian Affaire, 1849 and C Street, NW, Rm. 2528,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 206-5324.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A direct loan of
$1,300,000 was made to the Colville Tribe. The funds were used
to purchase houseboats for rental operation under the Roosevelt
Recreational Enterprises. This enterprise will provide employ-
ment opportunities to the Tribe and improve the Tribe's
economy. A loan was guaranteed by the Bureau for an individual
Indian for $24,000 to purchase equipment of a logging business.
A tribal loan was guaranteed for $1,350,000 to renovate a power
plant.
15.130 Indian Education Assistance to
Schools (Education Contracts Under
Johnson-O'Malley Act)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide supplemental education programs for
eligible Indian students attending public schools.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for sup-
plemental programs to meet the special educationally related
needs of eligible Indian students. Funds under this program may
not be used for capital expenditures.
Applicant Eligibility: Tribal organizations, Indian Corporations,
school districts or State which have eligible Indian children at-
tending public school districts and have established Indian Educa-
tion Committees to approve supplementaiy programs beneficial
to Indian students.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See area offices and agencies in your
local telephone directory.
Headi|uatei« Office: Division of Education Programs, Office of
Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affaire, 1849 C
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 208-4190.
Contact: Dr. Dennis Fox.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Home school coor-
dinators; remedial tutoring, educational field trips; and cultural
programs.
15.141 Indian Housing Assistance
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To use the Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
resources of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to substantially
eliminate substandard Indian housing. This effort is assisted by
the Indian Health Service (Department of Health and Human
Services) which provides water and sanitary systems for houses
repaired or built with HIP funds.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Contracts); Dissemi-
nation of Technical Information.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The program is mainly
devoted to housing improvement. The Bureau does build an
entire house in situations where no other program will meet the
need, i.e., extremely isolated areas or reservations where only a
veiy small number of homes are needed. Assistance is provided
to Indian tribes to establish housing plans and determine the
extent and use of BIA Housing Improvement Program; technical
80
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
assistance is also provided to tribes in obtaining other federally
funded Indian housing projects.
Applicant Eligibility: Indians in need of financial assistance who
meet the eligibility criteria of the HIP regulations (23 CFR,
Subchapter £ Part 256).
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Nearest Bureau of Indian Affairs Agen-
cy or Area Office. See your local telephone directoiy.
Headquaten Office: For HIP, Division of Housing Assistance,
Office of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C St.,
NW, Washington, DC20240. Telephone: (202) 208-5427. Contact:
Chief, Division of Housing Assistance, Room 4640 Main Interior
Building.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The HIP does not fund
multi-unit projects as such, the assistance is granted to repair
individual houses with each house considered to be a project.
Occasionally, several individual projects may be constructed
simultaneously in close proximity giving the appearance of a
multi-unit project. One such occurrence was the eighteen units
in Little Diamede, Alaska. Prior to HIP undertaking there was no
housing in this area. No other federally-assisted housing program
was able to meet this need. The impact of this housing in the area
has been significant. Not only have the Natives been able to live
in decent housing, but the effort proved decent housing could be
a reality in remote Alaska Villages.
15.142 Self Determination Grants Indian
Tribal Governments
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance to tribal govern-
ments so that they can improve their capacity to: (1) plan, conduct
and administer Federal programs with special emphasis on im-
proving their ability to contract; and (2) put special emphasis on
strengthening and improving tribal governments with respect to
their fiscal and managerial capabilities. This special program
emphasis is intended to complement the Aid to Tribal Govern-
mentProgram.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Strengthen and improve ad-
ministration of tribal government, planning, Mining, evaluation
or other activities designed to improve the capacity of a tribe to
enter into contracts; acquisition of land for these purposes; plan-
ning, designing, monitoring; and evaluating Federal programs
serving the Indian tribe*. Projects primarily for tribal economic
development or enterprises or tribal profit making activities are
not considered consistent with Section 103(a) of the Act (i.e., a
grant for the purpose of determining the feasibility or subsidizing
a tribally owned construction company). Projects involving the
funding of Tribal Scholarships or charitable programs are nor-
mally not consistent with the purposes for which grants are
authorized.
Applicant Eligibility: Only governing bodies of federally recog-
nized Indian tribes are eligible to apply for self-determination
grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact Superintendent at nearest BIA
Agency Office.
Hcadquatcrs Office: Division Chief, Office of Indian Services,
Code 480, Division of Se I f-De termination Services, 1849 C Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 2084727.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: A tribe commences a
youth counseling service to reduce delinquency and improve its
law and other programs. A tribe revises its constitution and
by-laws to improve its government structure. A tribe updates its
membenhip rules as basis for service. A tribe conducts service
and evaluation of BIA programs in order to prepare program
modifications.
15.143 Training and Technical Assistance
Indian Tribal Governments (Self-Determina-
tion Training and Technical Assistance)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To aid Indian Tribes to exercise self-determina-
tion in accord with Public Law 93-638.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Contracts); Advisory
Services and Counseling; Provision of Specialized Services; Train-
ing.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Use is restricted to activities
which further Indian Self-Determination according to Public Law
93-638 and implementing regulations: Provide training and tech-
nical aasistance options; enhance tribes' understanding of the Act;
help develop skills needed to utilize options; enhance capability
to contract for Bureau and other Federal programs; strengthen
tribal government; utilize personnel use options; and improve
capabilities to direct Bureau and other Federal programs. The
Bureau is obligated to offer a tribe training and technical assis-
tance to overcome grounds for declining to contract with a tribe.
Also, regulations mandate other instances in the contracting and
giant process where technical assistance is offered to tribes. In all
instances, tribes are free to accept or reject such offers. Counsel-
ing and advisory services are dependent upon availability of
Bureau/Federal personnel. Financial assistance is dependent
upon funds available within each Area and establishment of tribal
priority needs within the Area.
Applicant Eligibility: Governing body of any federally recognized
Indian tribe.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact Agency or Area Office for
information and assistance in application.
Headqualers Office*. Division Chief, Office of Indian Services,
Code480, Division of Self-Determination Services, 1849 C Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 208-5727.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Tribe requests and
receives training in financial management and control systems.
Tribe requests workshop for imprwing knowledge of BIA pro-
gram regulations. Tribe conducts survey and evaluation of Bureau
programs in order to propose program modification.
15.144 Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To promote the stability and security of Indian
tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal
standards for the removal of Indian children bom their families
and the placement of such children in foster or adoptive homes
and providing assistance to Indian tribes in the operation of child
and family service programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Operation and maintenance
of counseling facilities, family assistance (homemaker and home
81
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
counselor*),protective daycare, and after school care, recreation-
al activities, respite care, employment of professionals to assist
tribal courts personnel, education and training, foster care sub-
sidy programs, legal advice and representation, home improve-
ment programs with the primary emphasis of upgrading unsafe
home environments, preparation and implementation of child
welfare codes, and providing matching share for other Federal
programs.
Applicant Eligibility: The governing body of any tribe or tribes,
or any off-resetvation Indian organization, may apply individually
or as a consortium for a grant.
INFORMATION CONTACTS}
Regional or Local Ofllet: Information can be secured from the
Agency Superintendents and from Area Directors.
Hendqoaters Office: Division of Social Services, Office of Tribal
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS:310-SIB 1849 C Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20245. Telephone: (202) 206-2721. Code
450.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Eastern Cherokee
(North Carolina) Comprehensive Child Welfare Program.
15.145 Indian Grants Economic Development
(Indian Grant Program)
(Indian Business Development Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY; BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide seed money to attract financing from
other sources for developing Indian owned businesses; to improve
Indian reservation economies by providing employment and
goods and services where they are now deficient.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments for
Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants must be used for
development of profit oriented businesses which will have a posi-
tive economic impact on Indian reservations. Grants will provide
no more than 2S percent of project costs. Grants are limited to
$100,000 for individuals and 1250,000 to Indian tribes.
Applicant Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes and their
members are eligible for grants when the business enterprise
receiving the grant benefits a Federal Indian reservation.
INFORMATION CONTACT*
Regional or Local Office: Indian organizations and individuals
interested in applying should contact the appropriate Bureau
Office listed in your local telephone directory.
Hendqmtera Office: Director, Office of Economic Development,
Bureau of Indian Affaire, 1849 C Street, NW, Room 2528,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202)206-3324.
EXAMPLESOF FUNDED PROJECTS! Crows Inc. was awarded
an IBDP grant in the amount of $100,000 with a bank loan of
$400,000. The project was for a Recreational Vehicle Park,
Teepee Village, gas station, oomwience store, and amphitheater
(Indian dances, etc.). This project employ* 3 permanent tribal
members and 24 studeat/nmmer employees. Their financial
statement indicates a positive cash flow. They are located near
Custer National Battlefield.
15.503 Small Reclamation Projects (Small
Project Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF RECLAMATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide Federal assistance and encourage
State and local participation in the development of projects under
Federal reclamation laws, in the 17 western-most States and
Hawaii. Objectives include significant conservation of water,
energy, and the environment, and for purposes of water quality
control. The current emphasis is on rehabilitation and better-
ment of existing projects and on those multipurpose projects that
achieve more contemporary natural resource and public value
objectives.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans and grants for calen-
dar year 1993 up to $33,300,000 for individual projects whose total
cost cannot exceed $50,000,000. Projects can be single-purpose
irrigation or drainage, or multipurpose, including municipal and
industrial water supplies, flood control, fish and wildlife, recrea-
tion development, and hydroelectric power provided they con-
tribute to the above stated objectives. Construction grants can be
made for up to 50 percent of the costs allocated to fish and wildlife
enhancement and recreation development, and a proper portion
of coats associated with functions which are nonreimbursable
under general provisions of law and if such development is of
general public benefit. In recent years the scope of the program
has expanded to include Indian water development, groundwater
recharge, waste water reclamation and reuse, and environmental
enhancement developments. All planning studies, the loan ap-
plication documents, water rights, and rights-of-way costs must be
contributed by applicant. The loan costs allocated to irrigation
and irrigation drainage are interest-free. The costs allocated to
municipal and industrial water, hydroelectric power, the loan
portion of coats allocated to flood control, fish and wildlife and
recreation, and costs associated with serving excess landholding
are reimbursable with interest.
Applicant Eligibility: City, county, irrigation or water district,
Indian nations and tribes or other entities organized under State
law and eligible to contract with the Federal government, and who
can demonstrate engineering and financial feasibility of project
proposal. Private individuals are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oldest Regional Director, Bureau of Reclama-
tion. See your local telephone directory.
Headqaalm Office: Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation,
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240. Contact
Dick L. Porter, Chief, Contracts and Repayment Division.
Telephone: (202) 208-3014. Assistant Commissioner, Resources
Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Inte-
rior, Denver, CO 90225. Contact: Ron Willhite, Loan Program
Coordinator. Telephone: (303) 236-8410.
EXAMPLES Of FUNDED PROJECTS: Constructing and
rehabilitating dams, small hydroelectric power plants, reservoir*,
canals, and distribution systems. Replacing open canals and
laterals with pipeline. Drilling irription wells, constructing
pumps and distribution systems. Rehabilitating pumping plants,
canals, laterals, and drains for irrigation and municipal uses.
Constructing groundwater recharge and recovery systems, waste
water reclamation and reuse projects, wetlands and related en-
vironmental features.
82
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
15.850 Indian Arts and Crafts Development
FEDERAL AGENCY: INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS BOARD,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To encourage and promote the development of
American Indian arts and crafts.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Use of Property, Facilities, and Equip-
ment; Advisory Services and Counseling; Investigation of Com-
plaints.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Program planning assistance,
such as the development of innovative educational, production,
promotion, and economic concepts related to Native culture.
Complaints about imitation American Indian arts and crafts that
are misrepresented as genuine handcrafts are referred to ap-
propriate Federal or local authorities for action. The three
museums operated by the Board serve Indians and the general
public: the Sioux Indian Museum, in Rapid City, South Dakota;
the Museum of the Plains Indian, in Browning, Montana; and the
Southern Plains Indian Museum, in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Applicant Eligibility: Native Americans, Indian, Eskimo, and
Aleut individuals and organizations, federally recognized Indian
tribal governments, State and local governments, and nonprofit
organizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Locad Office: None.
HtadquaUra Office: General Manager, Indian Arts and Crafts
Board, Room 4004-Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
20240. Telephone: (202) 208-3773.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (Note: Advisory assis-
tance only; no grants or other direct financial assistance is of-
fered.) Assistance to an Indian craftsmen's cooperative to plan a
series of exhibitions to recognize and promote outstanding work
by its members; assistance to an Indian tribe to plan fund-raising
to operate a new museum facility; assistance to an Indian
craftsman to locate a grant to set aside time for creative ex-
perimentation; assistance to an Indian artist to organize,
publicize, and professionally install a one- person sales exhibition
at an Indian Am and Crafts Board museum; assistance to an
Indian nonprofit organization to develop a comprehensive plan
for a multi-facility cultural center.
15.875 Economic and Political Development
of the Territories and the Truet Territory of
the Pacific lalande
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF TERRITORIAL AND IN*
TERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INT*.
RIOR
OBJECTIVES: To promote the economic, social, and political
development of the territories, leading toward greater self-
government for each of then.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! The baae program provides
Federal funding for support of the operations of the American
Samoa Government, including the Judiciary, the Northern
Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and
the freely associated States of the Federated States of Micronesia
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. In addition, Federal
funding is provided for capital improvement programs and
economic development in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Treat Territory of the Pacific Islands and the
Virgin Islands.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants are the U.S. territories
of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands; and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
and the freely associated States of the Federated States of
Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headqnaters Office: Assistant Secretary, Office of Territorial
and International Affairs, Department of the Interior,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 343-4822.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Operational support
grants to territories and grants for construction of basic in-
frastructure including roads, water systems, power, sewer,
schools, and hocpital facilities.
15.904 Hletorlc Preservation Fund
Granta-ln-Ald
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: (1) To provide matching grants to States to ex-
pand the National Register of Historic Places, the Nation's listing
of districts, sites, building*, structures, and objects significant in
American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and cul-
ture at the National, State and local levels. (2) To provide match-
ing grants-in-aid for the identification, evaluation, and protection
of historic properties by such means as survey, planning technical
assistance, acquisition, development and certain tax incentives
available for historic properties. (3) Matching grants are also
authorized to the National Trust or Historic Preservation for its
congressionally-chartered responsibilities, 63 Stat. 927; 16
U.S.C.468, to preserve historic resources.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Matching grants can directly
finance State staff salaries, equipment, and materials, and travel
necessary to accomplish program purposes. States may transfer
funds to third parties for architectural plans and specifications,
historic structures reports, and engineering studies necessary to
restore properties listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, and at their discretion, for limited acquisition or develop-
ment of these properties. Projects must comprise one or more of
the seven allowable treatments defined in the Secretary of the
Interior's "Standards for Historic Preservation Projects" (36 CFR
78). These treatments are acquisition, protection, stabilization,
preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.
Major reconstruction is not eligible. In fiscal year 1990, Congress
for the first time appropriated funds for $500,000 in direct giants
for Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives to preserve their cultural
heritage. In 1994, the amount appropriated under Public Law
103-138 from the Historic Preservation Fund for financial assis-
tance to the States, Territories, the Freely Associated States of
Micronesia, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation is
$36.6 million.
Applicant EHgMIMy: Eligible applicants are the National Trust
for Historic Preservation and States and Territories as defined in
the National Historic Preservation Act operating programs ad-
ministered by a State Historic Preservation Officer appointed by
the Governor or according to State law, and which are otherwise
in compliance with the requirements of the Act. According to
their own priorities and plans, States and the National Trust may
subgnnt to public and private parties, including local govern-
ments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, nonprofit
and for-profit organizations, and/or individuals to accomplish
program objectives. At least ten percent of each year's appropria-
tion must be subgranted to local governments certified as eligible
to cany out preservation functions according to 36 CFR 61.
83
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Por financial aid information, ap-
plicants should refer to your local telephone directory for State
Historic Preservation Office, and contact the appropriate State
agency for subgrant eligibility information. Information on Na-
tional Trust subgrants: National Trust for Historic Preservation,
Office of Financial Services, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20036.
Headquaters Office: Associate Director, Cultural Resources, Na-
tional Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
20240. Telephone: (202) 208-7625.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1) Missouri Tax Pro-
gram: Technical assistance provided and rehabilitation work
reviewed resulting in $34,784,000 in private sector preservation
tax benefit related rehabilitation. (2) New Mexico Historic Build-
ing Inventory Manual and Prehistoric New Mexico: Background
for Survey: Documents provide an updated report on the current
knowledge of archeological and architectural/historical resources
in New Mexico. Documents disseminated to Federal, State, and
local agencies; corporations, organizations and individuals. (3)
North Carolina Survey Data Computerization Program: Allows
for more efficient review of geographic areas for environmental
review, comparative analysis of properties of significance in ar-
chitecture, history and archaeology. (4) Maryland Coal Basin
Survey: Intensive survey of 778 square miles of surface mining
areas to identify all standing structures of historic merit in order
to expedite process of issuing permits for coal mining activities.
(5) TTie Dalles, Oregon Civic Auditorium was rehabilitated with
roof and electrical work for use as a community center with a
$16,000 HPF grant. (6) Osage Nation awarded 550,000 for the
Osage Language Maintenance and Oral History Retention
Project.
15.916 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition,
Development and Planning
(Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance to the States and
their political subdivisions for the preparation of Statewide Com-
prehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans (SCORPs) and acquisition
and development of outdoor recreation areas and facilities for the
general public, to meet current and future needs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS Acquisition and develop-
ment grants may be used for a wide range of outdoor recreation
projects, such as picnic areas, inner city parks, campgrounds,
tennis courts, boat launching ramps, bike trails, outdoor swim-
ming pools, and support facilities such as roads, water supply, etc.
Facilities must be open to the general public and not limited to
special groups. Development of bask rather than elaborate
facilities is favored. Fund monies are not available for the opera-
tion and maintenance of facilities. Grants are also available to
States only for revising and updating existing SCORPs prepara-
tion of new plans and for statewide surveys, technical studies, data
collection and analysis and other planning purpoaes which are
clearly related to SCORP refinement and improvement plan.
Applicant Eligibility: For planning giants, only the State agency
formally designated by the Governor or Sate law as responsible
for the preparation and maintenance of the Statewide Com-
prehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan is eligible to apply. (Treated
as States in this regard are the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and Guam.) For acquisition and development grants, the
above designated agency may apply for assistance for itself, or on
behalf of other State agencies or political subdivisions, such as
cities, counties, and park districts. Additionally, Indian tribes
which are organized to govern themselves and perform the func-
tion of a general purpose unit of government quality for assistance
under the program. Individuals and private organizations are not
eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy.
Headquaters Office: Chief, Recreation Grants Division, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 37127,
Washington, DC 20013-7127. Telephone: (202) 343-3700. Con-
tact: Sam L. Hall.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Acquisition and
development grants may be used for a wide range of outdoor
recreation projects, such as picnic areas, inner city parks,
campgrounds, tennis courts, boat launching ramps, bike trails,
outdoor swimming pools, and support facilities such as roads,
water supply, etc. Facilities must be open to the general public and
not limited to special groups. Development of basic rather that
elaborate facilities is favored. Fund monies are not available for
the operation and maintenance of facilities.
15.918 Disposal of Federal Surplus Real
Property for Parks, Recreation, and Historic
Monuments (Surplus Property Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
OBJECTIVES: To transfer sutplus Federal real property for
public park and recreation use, or for historic monument use.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Use of Property, Facilities, and Equip-
ment.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Surplus real property may be
conveyed for public park and recreation use at discounts up to 100
percent of fair market value and for historic monument purposes
without monetary consideration. Property conveyed for park and
recreation use or historic monument purposes must be used for
these purposes in perpetuity or be reverted to Federal ownership.
Applicant Eligibility: Only State or local units of government are
eligible to apply for surplus real property for public park and
recreation and historic monument purposes, and, must agree to
manage the property in the public interest and for public use.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllce: Applicants are requested to communi-
cate with National Park Service Regional Directors.
Headqaalerm Ofllce: National Park Service, Recreation Resource
Assistance Division, Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 37127,
Washington, DC 20013-7127. Contacts: Wendy E. Ormont (Park
and Recreation Program). Telephone: (202) 343-3759. Tom
Jester (Historic Monument Program). Telephone: (202) 343-
9587.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Nature Study Areas -
Wildlife Conservation Areas; Intensively Developed Play Areas;
State and Regional Parts; Arts/Crafts Youth and Senior Citizen
Areas; Historic Monuments (Buildinp) and/or Archeological
Areas.
84
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
DEPARTMENT
16.544 Part D Juvenile Gangs
and Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, OFFICE OF JUSTICE
PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OBJECTIVES: To establish and support programs and activities
that involve families and communities that are designed to: (1)
reduce the participation of juveniles in drug-related crimes, par-
ticularly in elementary and secondary schools; (2) develop within
the juvenile adjudicatory and correctional systems new and in-
novative means to address the problems of juveniles convicted of
serious drug-related and gang-related offenses; (3) reduce
juvenile involvement in gang-related activity, particularly ac-
tivities that involve the distribution of drug* by or to juveniles;
(4) promote the involvement of juveniles in lawful activities in
geographical areas in which gang* commit crimes; (S) provide
treatment to juveniles who are member* of such pngs, including
members who are accused of committing a serious crime and
members who have been adjudicated as being delinquent; (6)
support activities to inform juveniles of the availability of treat-
ment and services for which financial assistance is provided under
this program; (7) facilitate Federal and State cooperation with
local officials to assist juveniles who are likely to participate in
the activities of gang* that commit crimes and to establish and
support programs that facilitate coordination and cooperation
among local education, juvenile justice, employment and sodal
services agencies, for the purpose of preventing or reducing the
participation of juveniles in activities of gang* that commit
crimes; (8) provide personnel, personnel training, equipment and
supplies in conjunction with programs and activities designed to
prevent or reduce the participation of juveniles in unlawful gang
activities or unlawful drug activities, to assist in improving the
adjudicative and correctional components of the juvenile justice
system; (9) provide pre- and post-trial drug abuse treatment to
juveniles in the juvenile justice tystem; and (10) provide abuse
education, prevention and treatment involving police and
juvenile officials in demand reduction programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments or Contracts).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! To be eligible for an awud
or contract, an applicant must: (1) respond to legislative require-
ments contained in Section 281 and 283 of the JJDP Act, as
amended as well as specific program guidelines issued by the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP);
(2) be consistent with the objectives and priorities of OJJDP; (3)
provide for adequate program administration, evaluation and
fiscal reporting; (4) demonstrate, in the overall qualify of the
proposal, that the program is technically sound and will achieve
the required program objectives at the highest possible level; and
(5) respond to clear and docu men table needs.
Applicant Eligibility: Part D funds are available under the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, aa
amended, to public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations
or individuals.
INFORMATION CONTACTSi
Regional or Local Oflleat None.
Headq Barters Office: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice,
Washington, DC 20531. Telephone: (202) 307-0751.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Projects funded during
fiscal year 1992, include programs to prevent high school students
from dropping out of school and joining pngs; to reduce teen
victimization; and to provide training and technical assistance to
OF JUSTICE
key policy makers, and to foster improved public and private
Agency gang and drug prevention, intervention and suppression
strategies.
16.574 Criminal Justice Discretionary
Grant Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance to public agencies
and private organizations for criminal justice education and
training, technical assistance, undertaking projects that are na-
tional or multi-state in scope demonstration programs that are
likely to be successful. Programs are announced in the Federal
Register each year.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Discretionary Grant
Program is intended to complement and enhance the Criminal
Justice Block and Formula Grants.
Applicant Eligibility: Public agencies and private nonprofit or-
ganizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Oftlc*: None.
Headquarters Office: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of
Justice Programs, Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20531. Telephone: (202) 514-5947.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Treatment Alternatives
to Street Crime (TASC), Court Delay Reduction, Structured
Sentencing Program, and Technical Assistance in Corrections.
16.579 Drug Control and System
Improvement Formula Grant
(Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS,
BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance to States and units
of local government, for the purpose of increasing the appreben-
sion, prosecution, adjudication, detention, rehabilitation,
eradication and treatment of persons who violate State and local
law* relating to the production, possession and transfer of con-
trolled substances, and to improve the criminal justice system.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to provide
additional personnel, equipment, facilities (including upgraded
and additional Law Enforcement Crime Laboratories), person-
nel training and equipment for more widespread apprehension,
prosecution snd adjudication of persons who violate Sate and
local laws relating to the production, possession and transferor
Controlled Substances and to improve the Criminal Justice Sys-
tem. Outlined in the Act are other specific purposes for which
funds can be used. The Act restricts the use of these funds for
supplanting of State and local funds and land acquisition.
Applicant EUgMlityt All States, the District of Columbia, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands and Northern Mariana Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTSi
Regional or Local Offices None.
85
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Headquarters Office: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20531.
Telephone: (202) 514-6638.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Multi-Jurisdictions
Drug Enforcement Task Forces, Education, Training and Tech-
nical Assistance Projects.
16.580 Drug Control and System
Improvement Discretionary Grant
(Discretionary Drug Program)
FEDERAL AGfcNCY: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS,
BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE
OBJECTIVES: To provide leadership and direction in controlling
the use and availability of illegal drugs and to improve the
functioning of the criminal justice system, with emphasis on
violent crime and serious offenders. Programs are announced in
the Federal Register each year. In 1993, $150,000,000 for the hiring
of sworn law enforcement personnel and to expand community
policing, was awarded to jurisdictions throughout the Nation,
Programs for 1994 will demonstrate innovative, comprehensive,
and integrated multi-agency approaches to violent crime control
and community mobilization programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Discretionaiy Grant funds
provide Federal financial assistance to public or private agencies
and private nonprofit organizations for the purposes of: under-
taking education and training programs for criminal justice per-
sonnel; providing technical assistance to State and local units of
government; undertaking projects that are national or multi-juris-
dictional in scope and that address the purpose areas authorized
by the Act; and providing financial assistance to public agencies
and private nonprofit organizations for demonstration programs
that in view of previous research or experience, are likely to be a
success in more that one jurisdiction. The Act restricts the use of
these funds for supplanting of State and local funds, land acquisi-
tion or construction projects. Also includes $130,000,000 for the
hiring of sworn law enforcement personnel and to expand com-
munity policing which will be awarded in fiscal year 1994.
Applicant Eligibility: State and local government agencies as well
as public and private nonprofit organizations and federally recog-
nized Indian Tribal governments.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance, Department of Justice,633Indiana Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20531. Telephone: (202) 514-5947.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Intermediate Sane-
tions/Dmg User Accountability; Urban Street Gang Drug Traf-
ficking Enforcement; Criminal History Information Systems
Evaluation; 'Drug Abuae Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
Regional Training Centers; Stats Department of Corrections
v Drug Treatment Strategies; Organized Crime Narcotics Task
Forces; Financial Investigation/Money Laundering Programs;
Asset Forfeiture Case Management Demonstration; Local Com-
munity Based Policing Projects; Improve Computerized Infor-
mation Systems; "Weed and Seed" projects; and police hiring
supplements.
16.583 Children's Justice Act Discretionary
Grants for Native American Indian Tribes
(Children's Justice Act for
Native American Indian Tribes)
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS OF-
FICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE
OBJECTIVES: Fifteen percent of the first $4.5 million of funds
from the Crime Victims Fund that are transferred to the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services as part of the Children's
Justice Act are to be statutorily reserved by the Office for Victims
of Crime (OVQ to make grants for the purpose of assisting
Native American Indian tribes in developing, establishing, and
operating programs designed to improve the handling of child
abuse cases, particularly cases of child sexual abuse, in a manner
which limits additional trauma to the child victim and improves
the investigation and prosecution of cases of child abuse.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments for
Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are available specifi-
cally for the purpose of designed to improve (a) the handling of
child abuse cases, particularly cases of child sexual abuse, in a
manner which limits additional trauma to the victim and (b) the
investigation and prosecution of cases of child abuse, particularly
child sexual abuse.
Applicant Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribal govern-
ments and nonprofit organizations that provide services to Native
Americans. Specific criteria will vary depending on the grant.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Offlce:Federal Crime Victims Division, Office for
Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, Department of
Justice, 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20531.
Telephone: (202) 514-6445.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Tribes will implement a
variety of programs to improve the way in which child sexual
abuse cases are handled in Indian country. Examples of some of
the activities are: development of written protocols between
agencies to minimize the number of child interviews and improve
management; provision of child advocacy in the court
process; reduction in the amount of time required to investigate
cases of child sexual abuse; revision of tribal codes to include child
abuse; establishment of special multidisciplinary child interview-
ing teams; provision of specialized training for investigator! and
judicial personnel; and increase the numbers of child sexual abuse
cases prosecuted in tribal, State, and Federal courts. Training and
technical assistance for tribes in implementing the grants
86
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
17.201 Apprenticeship Training
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OBJECTIVES: To stimulate and assist industry in the develop-
ment, expansion, and improvement of apprenticeship and training
programs designed to provide the skilled workers required by the
employers in the U.S. To ensure equal employment opportunities
in apprenticeship and other training programs. To ensure quality
of all new and existing training and apprenticeship programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Bureau of Appren-
ticeship and Training (BAT) registeis apprentices and appren-
ticeship training programs in 23 States and Guam and other
Pacific bland*. It also provides technical assistance in and works
closely with State Apprenticeship Councils (SACs) in the remain-
ing 27 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands, which register apprentices and programs in ac-
cordance with Federal standards. The wage rates of apprentices
in registered programs (Federal and State) are exempt from the
prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act and the
Service Contract Act. BAT encourages the application of its
training standards in apprenticeship agreements. It also bringi
employers and labor organizations together for the formulation
of apprenticeship training programs which meet these standards
and cooperates with the Department of Education on the related
(theoretical) instruction aspects of apprenticeship programs.
BAT provides information on existing and recommended stand-
ards of training in apprenticeship as well as on other types of
industrial skill improvement programs. Special efforts are being
made to increase the number of women and minority apprentices
and to introduce the apprenticeship concept of training into new
industries and occupations. The Federal Committee on Appren-
ticeship, representing employers, tabor, vocational education, and
others with an interest in skill training, advises the Secretaiy of
Labor on apprenticeship and training issues.
Applicant Eligibility: Employers. A group of employers, or an
association of employers, or individual employers with Or without
in each case the participation of a labor union.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office Persons are encouraged to communi-
cate with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Regional
Director.
Headquarter* Offka: Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,
Employment and Training Administration, Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone: (202)219-5921.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
17.238 Senior Community Service
Employment Program
(SCSEP) (Older Worker Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide, foster, and promote part-time work
opportunities (usually 20 hours per week) in community service
activities for low income persons who are 55 years of age and
older. To the extent feasible, the program assists and promotes
OF LABOR
the transition of program enrollees into unsubsidized employ-
ment.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Organizations which receive
project pants may use the funds to create and pay for part-time
community service job positions for persons age 55 and above
whose income is at or below 125 percent of the poverty level. The
individuals who are employed may be placed in work assignments
at local service agencies (e.g., schools, hospitals, daycare centers,
park systems, etc.), or may be given work assignments in connec-
tion with community service projects. A portion of project funds
may be used to provide participants with training, counseling, and
other supportive services. No more than 13.5 percent of the
Federal share of the project costs may be spent for administration.
Participants may not be employed in projects involving political
activities, sectarian activities, or involving work which would or-
dinarily be performed by the private sector; nor may participants
displace any employed worker or perform work which impairs
existing contracts for service.
Applicant Eligibility: The following types of organizations are
eligible to receive project grants: (1) States, (2) national public
and private nonprofit agencies and organizations other than
political parties, (3) U.S. Territories.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Special Targeted Programs,
Employment and Training Administration, Department of
Labor, Room N4641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC20210. Telephone: (202)219-5500. Contact: Paul
A.Mayrand.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: The Employment and
Training Administration awards grants to 43 States, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, Guam and Virgin Islands along with nine na-
tional nonprofit organizations and the U.S. Forest Service. A
variety of organizational arrangements are used to administer the
SCSEP projects. Most of the sponsors have contractual relation-
ship* and agreements with local service organizations. In many
cases the SCSEP program is operated by a unit within the State
agingagency and within sub-State areas ty area agencies on aging.
Some of the national sponsoring organizations administer the
SCSEP local projects directly through their affiliates, while other
subgrant funds to local agencies. Each local project is required to
coordinate its activities with local Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) projects, the State employment service, and the State
Office of the Aging. All of the projects operated under the
auspices of the Senior Community Service Employment Program
are basically the same in that seivices are provided through host
agencies to the community at large or to the elderly community.
Some of the activities have included transportation for the elderly,
housing programs that have included winterization as well as
weatherization, serving the community as librarians, teachers
aides, nutritional aides, etc. Transition to unsubsidized employ-
ment of participants is another aspect of the SCSEP.
17.246 Employment and Training
Assistance Dislocated Workers
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
87
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
OBJECTIVES: To uiiit dislocated worker* obtain unsubcidized
employment through training and related employment service*
using primarily a decentralized system of State and Local
programs.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments); Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Formula funds and discre-
tionary funds are used to provide training, including classroom
and on-the-job training; and related employment services such as
job search assistance, job development, placement assistance,
supportive services, needs-related payments, and relocation assis-
tance. Applicant Eligibility: States and others as authorized by
the Act.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact appropriate Regional Employ-
ment and Training Office listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Employment andTnining Administration,
Department of Labor, Room N5426, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-5577.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: During program year
1991, projects funded under the Secretaiy*s 20 percent National
Reserve Account included $12,500,000 for programs to serve
dislocated airline industry workers; $5,100,000 for projects to
assist dislocated timber and wood products worker*; over $2.7
million to serve worker* dislocated due to the effects of natural
disasters and over $3.4 million to assist dislocated defense in-
dustry workers.
17.247 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker*
(Migrant and Other Seasonally
Employed Farmworker Programs)
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OBJECTIVES: To provide job training, job search assistance, and
other supportive services for those individuals who suffer chronic
seasonal unemployment and underemployment in the agricul-
tural industry. To enable farmworkers and their dependents to
obtain or retain employment.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Under Section 402,
farmworkers and their dependents may be offered services such
as classroom training, on-the-job training, work experience, job
development, job placement and resettlement assistance, educa-
tion assistance, health services, and other supportive services.
Applicant Eligibility: Section 402; (1) public agencies and units
of government are eligible to receive funds under Section402, (2)
private nonprofit orpntaatkms authorized by their charters or
articles of incorporation to operata empkyment and training
programs.
INFORMATION CONTACTSi
Regional or Local Office: Department of Labor Employment and
Training Administration regional offices listed in your local
telephone directory. Contact Headquarters Office below for
detailed information.
Headquarter* Office: Office of Special Targeted Program*,
Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs, Employment and
Training Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-4641,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone: (202) 219-5500. Contact: Paul Maynnd.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
17.280 Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA)
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OBJECTIVES: To establish programs to prepare youth and adult
facing serious barrier* to employment for participation in labor
force by providing job training and other services that will result
in increased employment and earnings, increased educational and
occupational skills, and decreased welfare dependency.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Title I of the Job Training
Partnership Act establishes the structure for the local service
delivery system and planning requirements. Title I also sets forth
additional State responsibilities. It provides policies and proce-
dures for the development and implementation of performance
standards and defines basic program and administrative require-
ments under the Act. Title II-A was divided into two separate
programs (II-A and 1I-C) under the JTPA Amendments of 1992
with an effective date of July 1,1993. The revised Title II-A is the
Adult Training Program, and the new Title II-C is the Youth
Training Program. Title II-A • Adult Training Program and Title
II-C - Youth Training Program — authorize and set out require-
ments for adult training programs to be administered by the State
and planned and carried out through a partnership between the
private sector and government at the State and local level. Services
under Title II are targeted to the economically disadvantaged, but
up to 10 percent of a service delivery area's participants can be
non-economically disadvantaged individuals who face employ-
ment barrier*. Title II-B contains a separate authorization for a
summer youth employment and training program. Title II-C con-
tains a separate authorization for a year-round youth training
program.
Applicant Eligibility: States. Sections 202, Z52 and 262 of JTPA
identify the Governor as the recipient of basic Title 1! training
program funds. Under Sections 101 and 105 of the Act.govemois
ate responsible for designation of service delivery areas (SDAs)
and approval of local job training plans.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Contact appropriate Regional Employ-
ment and Training Office listed in your local telephone diiectoiy.
Headquarters Office: Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Contact: Hugh Davies. Telephone: (202)
219-5580.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
17.281 Native American Employment
and Training Programs
FEDERAL AGENCY: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AD*
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OBJECTIVES: To afford job training to Native Americans facing
serious barriers to employment, who are in special need of such
training to obtain productive employment. To reduce the
economic diaadvantagea among Indiana and others of Native
American descent and to advance the economic and social
development of such people.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
88
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Fundi may be utilized for
employment and training program* and service*, including clan-
room training, on-the-job training, tiyout employment, training
assistance, community service employment, work experience,
youth employment programs, day care, health care, job search,
relocation and transportation allowances designed to assist
eligible participants to obtain employment. There are specified
restrictions on the amount of giant funds which can be used for
administrative costs.
Applicant Eligibility: Indian tribes, bands or groups, Alaska
Native villages or groups (as defined in the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act of 1971,85 Stat. 688), and Hawaiian Native com-
munities meeting the eligibility criteria, public bodies or private
nonprofit agencies selected by the Secretary. Tribes, bands and
groups may also form consortia in order to qualify for designation
as a grantee. An independently eligible grantee shall be an Indian
or Native American entity which has: (1) A governing body as
defined in 20 UPk632.4, an identifiable Native American resident
population of at least 1,000 individuals (for new grantees) within
its designated service area, and (3) the capability to administer
Indian and Native American employment and training programs.
Detailed requirements for consortium grantee applicants are set
forth in 20 CFR 632.10(d)(S).
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Division of Indian and Native American
Programs, Employment and Training Administration, Depart-
ment of Labor, Room N4641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-5500. Contact: Paul
Mayrand.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS! All funded projects
have in common the provision of a comprehensive set of job
training services. Examples of these services are training, referral
to employment, counseling, work experience, child care, testing,
job orientation, and follow-up on terminated participants.
89
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
NATIONAL CREDIT I
44.002 Community Development Revolving
Loan Program for Credit Unione (CDCU)
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL CREDIT UNION AD-
MINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To support community bated credit unions in
their efforts to: (1) stimulate economic deuejopment activities (in
the community they service), which result in increased income,
ownership, and employment opportunities for low-income resi-
dents; and (2) to provide basic financial and related services to
residents of their communities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: In order to meet the objec-
tives of the Community Development Revolving Loan Program
for Credit Unions, an applicant approved for participation must
provide a variety of financial and related services designed to meet
the particular needs of the low-income community served.
Federal funds loaned under the Revolving Loan Program may be
used for services that include activities aimed towards: (1) sup-
porting and stimulating economic development and revitalization
efforts within the low-income community, such as: (a) improving
housing, conditions and increasing home ownership through a
variety of mechanisms including self-help and co-op housing
development projects, assistance in securing and leveraging
mortgages, site development and construction financing; and (b)
increasing employment opportunities by aiding existing busi-
nesses and promoting the establishment of new businesses.
Recipients are encouraged to use funds available through the
Revolving Loan Program to serve as a catalyst to attract and
stimulate the investment of capital from other private and public
sources to promote economic development activities within the
ADMINISTRATION
community, (2) providing member services such as financial coun-
seling; and (3) increasing the membership and the capitalization
base such as: (a) membership drives; (b) campaigns to encourage
members to increase their share deposits through systematic
savings, utilizing such methods as payroll deductions allotments;
and (c) businesses and other organizations serving the community
to maintain share deposits or contribute financially in other ways
to projects supported by the credit union. Loans up to $300,000,
will be made to credit unions. All loans must be repaid to the
Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for Credit
Unions within the shortest time compatible with sound business
practice and with the objectives of the program, but in no case will
the term exceed 5 years. Loans made under this program shall
bear interest at a rate of not less than 1 or greater than 3 percent
per annum. Semi-annual interest and principal payments are
required by the Revolving Loan Program.
Applicant Eligibility: All State and federally chartered credit
unions serving low income communities are eligible. The program
is neither a start-up program nor a remedial program for problem
credit unions. Rather, it is for established, financially sound credit
unions that wish to increase member services in their com-
munities. Credit unions in the territories and the possessions are
eligible to apply.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Rtffcmal or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqaarlers Office: Community Development Revolving Loan
Program for Credit Unions, National Credit Union Administra-
tion, 1773 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3428. Telephone:
(703)518-6490.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
90
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON
45.015 Promotion of the Arts Folk Arte
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
ARTS, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
OBJECTIVES: To provide giant* to assist, focter, and make
publicly available the diverse traditional American folk arts
throughout the countiy.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grantt.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are available for the
presentation of the traditional aits, including festivals, concerts,
tours, workshops, residencies, and exhibits; for media documen-
tation and dissemination of The Traditional Arts, including local
and regional programming on television, radio, sound recordings,
film and videotape; and services to the field through training
programs, conferences, surveys, and assistance to local, regional
or State-based programs staffed by full-time professional folk aits
experts.
Applicant Eligibility: Grants may be made to: 1) Nonprofit or-
ganizations, including State and local governments and State arts
agencies, if donations to such organizations qualify as a charitable
deduction under Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
and 2) individuals (U.S. citizens only) who, according to Public
Law 89-209, Section 5(c) possess exceptional talent.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofllca: Not applicable.
Headquarter* Office: Director, Polk Arts Program, National
Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20506: Telephone: (202) 682-5449.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Support for the
development of a "Blues Mobile" which will travel to public
schools and community venues in the Mississippi delta; (2) sup-
port to present, teach, and discuss old-time fiddling and the
kindred traditions of Ozark square dancing, accompaniment, jig
dancing, and violin building at a combined festival, youth camp,
and conference; (3) support for a series of presentations of tradi-
tional music at the Bams at the Wolf Trap; (4) support for artista'
demonstrations and a statewide travelling exhibit of Textile
Diaries", an exhibit of quilten from throughout Kansas; (S) sup-
port for "Juke Joints and Jubilee;" a tour of traditional African-
American musicians to midwestem and eastern States; and (6)
support for the California Indian basketweaver* gathering.
45.023 Promotion of the Arts Local Art*
Agencies Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
ARTS, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
OBJECTIVES: To enhance the quality and availability of the arts
by fostering expansion of public support of the arts at the local
level, to strengthen the local arts agency a* a catalyst for cultural
development, and to encourafe joint planning for the aits by
Federal, State, and local am agencies, community leaden, public
officials, arts organizations, and artists.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Giants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are awarded to
promote increased public and private funding of local art agen-
cies, expand planning, allocation, and development of resources
for the arts within communities, and improve the professional,
planning, and administrative capabilities of local art agencies.
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Funds are also available to State arts agencies to develop projects
that assist or support local arts agencies and/or statewide as-
semblies serving underserved areas and communities through
technical assistance, salary support, local cultural development
planning, arts programs, and services designed at the local level.
Funds may not be used to support new construction, regranting
activities must incorporate peer panel review.
Applicant Eligibility: Grantt may be made to State and local arts
agencies, national service organizations, statewide assemblies of
local arts agencies, regional arts organizations, colleges and
universities, if donations to such organizations qualify as
charitable deductions under Section 170(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Individuals and organizations such as symphonies,
theaters, and museums are generally not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Local Arts Agencies Program, National
Endowment for
the Arts, Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, DC 20506. Telephone: (202) 682-5431.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Local Grants - im-
plementation of a cultural action plan; (2) State-Local grants - to
support local arts agencies with a community arts development
initiative. The project includes improving the quality of and access
to cultural facilities, increasing the quality and diversity of aits
programming, and broadening access to arts activities for under-
served constituents; (3) Leadership Training and Services • sup-
port for a regional leadership institute benefitting local art
agencies' personnel; (4) Planning and Stabilization grants • sup-
port for new permanent professional staff and/or to conduct
community and agency-wide planning; (5) Support to Local Arts
Agencies Serving Underserved Areas and Communities - support
for consultant fees, technical assistance workshops, conference
costs, local cultural development planning, or arts programs and
services designed at the local level.
45.125 Promotion of the Humanities
Humanities Projects In Museums and
Historical Organizatlona
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS
AND THE HUMANITIES
OBJECTIVES: To assist museums, historical organizations, and
other similar cultural institutions to plan and implement effective
and imaginative programs that convey and interpret the
humanities to the general public.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE! Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Support is available in the
following categories: (a) Humanities Self-study grants, which
allow an institution to assess its potential for public humanities
programmingusiiig its collections, print materials, and education-
al services; (b) planning exhibitions and related interpretive
materials and programming; temporary and long-term exhibi-
tions an eligible; (c) implementing the final development and
production of tempomy or long term exhibitions and related
inteipretive materials and programming; and (d) projects for
professional development that improve the ability of museums
and similar institutions to present successful programs for the
public; including regional and national seminars, symposia, con-
ferences, publications, and other collaborative projects.
91
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Applicant Eligibility: State and local governments, sponsored
organizations, public and private nonprofit institutions/organiza-
tions, other public institutions/organizations, Federally recog-
nized Indian tribal governments, Native American organizations,
U.S. Territories, non-government-general, minority organiza-
tions, other specialized groups, and quasi-public nonprofit institu -
tions.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local 0(llc«: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Humanities Projects in Museums and His-
torical Organizations, Division of Public Programs, Room 420,
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20S06. Telephone: (202) 606-
8284.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) A midwestem his-
torical society received funds to support implementation of a long
term exhibition which explores the funding of the Republic and
the roles played by both ordinary and famous people in the
American Revolution, the establishment of democratic institu-
tions, and the extension of the government into the West; (2) a
southwestern arts foundation received funds for an exhibition,
publication, and a variety of public programs to examine the
historical and cultural significance of the mask and its costume
from the period of Spanish conquest to the present; (3) the
implementation of an exhibition that examines Spanish efforts to
explore and colonize the southeastern United States and the
Native American responses to those efforts from 1492 to 1570; (4)
a university museum received funds to mount a traveling exhibi-
tion that used recent scholarship and archeological material to
examine the origins of ancient Egyptian civilization and explain
how archaeology contributes to our knowledge of the ancient
world; (5) a small maritime museum in New England received
funds to support a self-study designed to explore potential cultural
and historical approaches to life on a vital waterway from colonial
times to the present; and (6) a statewide historical association
received funds to support seminars to teach staff of small histori-
cal societies and sites about State history in the 1790a. (7) a
museum of African-American histoiy received funds for a project
on slaves in eighteen-century Alexandria, Virginia.
45.301 Institute of Museum Services
FEDERAL AGENCY: INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES,
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES
OBJECTIVES: To support the efforts of museums to conserve
the Nation's historic, scientific, and cultural heritage; to maintain
and expand their educational role; and to ease the financial
burden borne by museum* as a mult of their increasing use by
the public.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments for
Specified Use (Cooperative Agreements); Direct Payments with
Unrestricted Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To make grants to museums
in two programs, and fund cooperative agreements with profes-
sional museum service organizations. Awards are made under the
following categories: (1) General Operating Support (GOS); (2)
Museum Assessment Program (MAP 0; (3) Museum Assess-
ment Program II (MAP II); (4) Museum Assessment Program III
(MAP III); (5) Conservation Project support (CP); (6) Conserva-
tion Assessment Program (CAP); (7) Professional Services Pro-
gram (PSP); and (8) Museum Leadership Initiatives. GOS granta
are two-year competitive awards made on an annual basis to
maintain or improve the operations of museums; successful ap-
plicants are not eligible for the subsequent year's competition.
Museum Assessment Program grants are one-time awards made
on a first come, first served basis providing $1,975 for an inde-
pendent professional assessment of the institution's programs
and operations. MAP II grants of $1,975 provide for an inde-
pendent professional assessment of the institutions'! collection
care and maintenance. MAP HI grants of $3,300 provide assess-
ments of the public dimension of museum operations. To par-
ticipate in MAP, MAP II, or MAP III the institution must
complete a self-study questionnaire provided by the American
Association of Museums. CP grants are annual competitive
awards for projects of up to two years. CP grants fund a variety of
projects related to the conservation of living and nonliving collec-
tions including; surveys of collections and environmental condi-
tions; treatment of collections; and research and training. CAP
funds an overall assessment of the conditions of a museum's
environment and collections to identify conservation needs and
priorities. Through PSP, IMS enters into contracts and coopera-
tive agreements with professional museum organizations to
enable them to undertake projects designed to strengthen
museum services. Projects may not exceed one year. Through
Museum Leadership Initiatives, IMS will support projects
designed to develop and implement mentoring relationships be-
tween museums that may be replicated in other regions or nation-
wide.
Applicant Eligibility'. A museum located in the 50 States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territories of
the Pacific Islands, Guam, or the District of Columbia may apply
for a giant under the Act. No museum is eligible to apply for
General Operating Support or Conservation Project Support
funding under the Act unless it has provided museum services
including exhibitihgobjects to the general public on a regular basis
for at least two years prior to application. A public or private
nonprofit organization, such as a municipality, college, or univer-
sity which is responsible for the operation of a museum may, if
necessary, apply on behalf of the museum. A museum operated
by a department or agency of the Federal government is not
eligible to apply. Under the IMS definition, a museum is a public
orprivate nonprofit institution which is organized on a permanent
basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes and which,
using a professional staff: (1) Owns or uses tangible objects,
whether animate or inanimate; (2) cares for these objects; and (3)
exhibits them to the general public on a regular basis. A museum
must have at leaat one staff member, paid or unpaid, who devotes
his or her time primarily to the acquisition, care or exhibition of
objects. The definition makes clear that the term "museum"
includes aquariums and zoological parks; botanical gardens and
arboretum; nature centers; art, hiatory, (including historic build-
ing* and sites), natural histoiy, children's, general and specialized
museums, science and technology centers and planetarium*. For
the profeaaional services program, applicants must be private
nonprofit professional museum services organizations, institu-
tions, or associations which engage in activities designed to ad-
vance the well-being of museum*. For the Museum Leadership
Initiatives Program, applicants may include museums, museum
organizations, individuals, universities, consortia of museums, or
other organizations, depending on the specifications of the
proposal
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Rafieaal or Local Office Not applicable.
Hfrtqeartm Office* Institute of Muaeum Services, 1100 Pen-
nsylvania Avenue, Room 510, NW., Washington, DC 20202. Con-
tact: Mamie Bittter. Telephone: (202) 606-8536.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: General OperatingSup-
port for an exploratorium, a planetarium, and an art museum; a
Museum Assessment Grant for a historic house museum; and CP
grants were for general conditions surveys of museum collections
and environments, surveys of environmental and collection con-
ditions and species survival activities; PSP cooperative agree-
ments for data collection and synthesis of research.
92
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
SMALL BUSINESS
59.002 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist business concerns suffering economic
injury as a result of certain Presidential, SBA, and/or Secretary of
Agriculture declared disasters.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans (including Immediate Participation Loans).
USES ANDUSE RESTRICTIONS: Upto30yean for repayment.
$1,500,000 limit on amount: economic injury governs, Funds can
be provided to pay current liabilities which the small concern
could have paid if the disaster had not occurred. Working capital
for limited period can be provided to continue the business in
operation until conditions return to normal. No funds available
for realty, equipment repair or acquisition: the interest rate is not
to exceed 4 percent.
Applicant Eligibility: Must be a small business concern, small
agricultural cooperative or a nursery victim of drought as defined
in SBA rules and regulations. Must furnish evidence of the cause
and extent of economic injury claimed. Must be unable to obtain
credit elsewhere. Must be located within declared disaster area.
INFORMATION CONTACTS)
Regional or Local Office: For reference to the Disaster Area
Office, see your local telephone directoty.
HeadqnaUrs Office: Office of Disaster Assistance, Small Busi-
ness Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 2041&
Telephone: (202) 2054734.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.003 Loans (or Small Businesses
(Direct Loan Program, Low-Income/
High- Unemployed Areas)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide direct loans to small businesses owned
by low-income persons or located in any ana having a Ugh
percentage of unemployment, or having a high percentage of low
income individuals. (Guaranteed Loans, including Immediate
Participation Loans are provided under program 59.012.)
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Advisory Services and
Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! To assfct in
preserving, and strengthening small builnnsaes owned by low-in -
come persons or located in areas of high unsn^ioymenL Badudes
publishing media, radio and television, nonprofit enterprises,
speculators in property, lending or investment enterprises, gam-
bling enterprises, and financing real property held for investment
Funds must not otherwise be available on reasonable terms.
Applicant Eligibility Creditworthy individuals with income
below basic needs or businesses located in anas of high un-
employment or businesses located in areas with a high percentagt
of low income individuals, which hava been denied the oppor-
tunity to acquire adequate business financing through normal
lending channels on reasonable terns. The business must be
independently owned and operated, and not dominant in its field
and must meet SBA business sfa* standards. Oeneially, for
manufacturers, the range is from500to 1,500employees, depend-
ing on the industry; for wholesalers, up to 500 employees is
allowed; retailers and service concerns having revenues up to
$17-5 million for retailers and $14.5 million for services; agricul-
tural enterprises having gross sales not exceeding gross sales of
$0.5 million to $3.5 million.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the Small Business Administration field office in your area.
Hendqnatws Office: Director, Loan Policy and Procedures
Branch, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6570.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.007 Management and Technical
Assistance for Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Businesses
(7(J) Development Assistance Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide management and technical assistance
through qualified individuals, public or private organizations to
8(a) certified firms and other existing or potential businesses
which are economically and socially disadvantaged; business
operating in areas of high unemployment or low income; firms
owned by low-income persons; or. participants in activities
authorized by Sections 7(i), 7(j) and 8(a) of the Small Business
Act
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Financial assistance under
this section may be given for projects which respond to needs as
outlined in each respective program solicitation announcement.
Such assistance must provide a special level of effort or service in
the delivery of management and technical assistance to socially
and economically disadvantaged small businesses in order to
overcome historic flaws in the free enterprise system and provide
the opportunity for successful and full participation in that system.
Types of management and technical assistance may include ac-
counting, marketing, proposal preparation workshops, and in-
dustry specific technical assistance.
Applicant Eligibility: State and local governments, education
institutions, public or private organizations and businesses, In-
dian tribes and individuals that have the capability to provide the
necessary assistance, as described in each program solicitation
announcement
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: SBA field offices listed in your local
telephone directory.
Headqaalaia Office: Associate Administrator For Minority
Small Business and Capital Ownership Development, 409 3rd
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6423.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.011 Small Business Investment
Companies (SBIC; 3SBICC)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To establish privately owned and managed invest-
ment companies, which are licensed and regulated by the U.S.
Small Business Administration; to provide equity capital and long
term loan funds to small businesses; and to provide advisory
services to small businesses.
93
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans; Advisory Service* and Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The investment companies
provide management and financial assistance on a continuing
basis to eligible small business concerns. Financial assistance is
provided by making long-term loans to these small concerns,
and/or by the purchase of debt or equity type securities issued by
these firms. Emphasis is on providing assistance to the pioneering,
innovating-type concerns developing new products, processes,
and markets. Specialized investment companies or-
ganized/licensed under Section 301(d) of the authorizing statute
(SSBICs) must .restrict eligibility of small concerns financed by
such investment companies to those owned and operated by
individuals whose participation in the free enterprise system has
been hampered by social or economic disadvantages. Debentures
and/or participating securities are issued by the SBIC and guaran-
teed by SBA for a term not to exceed 10 yean. Section 301(d)
licensees (SSBICs) may also apply for the sale of a limited amount
of their preferred stock to SBA. All investment companies
generally may not self-deal, take control, finance "big business,"
or invest over 20 percent (30 percent for SSBICs) of private capital
in any single small concern.
Applicant Eligibility: Any chartered small business investment
company having a combined paid-in capital and paid-in surplus of
not less than $2,500,000 ($1,500,000 for SSBICs), having qualified
management, and giving evidence of sound operation, and estab-
lishing the need for SBIC financing in the geographic area in which
the applicant proposes to operate.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Ofltc*: See your local telephone directory for
a listing of the Small Business Administration office in your area.
Headquaters Office: Director, Office of Investments, Investment
Division, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6510.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.012 Small Business Loans
(Regular Business Loans 7(a) Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide guaranteed loans to small businesses
which are unable to obtain financing In the private credit
marketplace, but can demonstrate an ability to repay loans
granted. Guaranteed loans to low-income business owners or
businesses located in areas of high unemployment, nonprofit
sheltered workshops and other similar organizations which
produce goods or services; tosmattbmlnssaes being established,
acquired or owned by handicapped individuals; and to enable
small businesses to manufacture, design, market, install, or ser-
vice specific energy measures.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Guaranteed/Insured Loans (includ-
ing Immediate Participation Loans),
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To construct, expand, or
convert facilities; to purchase building equipment or materials;
for working capital. Excludes gambling establishments, publish*
ing media, nonprofit enterprises, speculators in property, lending
or investment enterprise*, and financing of real property held for
investment; also excludes funds to indiscriminately relocate the
business. Funds must not otherwise be available on reasonable
terms, nor used to pay off a loan ton unsecured creditor who is
in a position to sustain loss.
Applicant Eligibility: A small business which is independently
owned and operated and not dominant in its field. Generally, SBA
size standards for manufacturers range from 500 to 1,500
employees, depending on the industry, for wholesalers up to 500
employees is allowed, retailers and service concerns having
revenues of $3,500,000 and in certain cases up to $17,500,000, may
be considered small; and depending upon the type of industry,
agricultural enterprises have size standards from S500,000 to
$3,500,000 in annual receipts.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Ragtonal or Local Office: Initial contact should be with the
district offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Htadqaaters Ofltc*: Director, Loan Policy and Procedures
Branch, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20*16. Telephone; (202) 2054570.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.013 Local Development Company Loans
(502 Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To make Federal loans to local development
companies to provide long-term financing to small business con-
cerns located in their areas. Local development companies ate
corporations chartered for the purpose of promoting economic
growth within specific areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans to local development
companies are for the purchase of land, buildings, machinery, and
equipment, or for constructing, expanding, or modernizing build-
ings. Loans are not available to local development companies to
provide small businesses with working capital or for refinancing
purposes. Loans may not exceed 25 years.
Applicant Eligibility: Loans are available to local development
companies which ate incorporated under general State corpora-
tion statute, either on a profit, or nonprofit basis, for the purpose
of promoting economic growth in a particular community within
the Stat*.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Rffrnal «r Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
a listing of the Small Business Administration office in your area.
Haadqaatsrs Oflke: Office of Rural Affairs and Economic
Development, Snail Business Administration, 409 3rd Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6485.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.021 Handicapped Assistance Loans
(Handicapped Assistance Losns;
HAL-1 and HAL-2)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide direct loans for nonprofit sheltered
workshops and otter similar organizations that produce goods
and services; and to assist in the establishment, acquisition, or
operation of a small business owned by handicapped individuals.
(Guaranteed Loans, including Immediate Participation Loans,
are provided under program 59.012.)
94
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Louis.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: HAL-1 (nonprofit organiza-
tion*) loan proceeds may be used for working capital and con-
struction of facilities if a construction grant is not available from
other Government sources. No loan may be used for training,
education, housing or other supportive services for handicapped
employees. HAL-2 (small business concerns): To be used for
construction, expansion, or conversion of facilities; to purchase
building, equipment, or materials; and for working capital. Ex-
cludes speculation, publishing media, radio and television, non-
profit enterprises, speculators in property, lending or investment
enterprises, and financing of real property held for sale or invest-
ment. For both HAL-1 and HAL-2, loans must be of such sound
value or so secured as reasonably to assure repayment.
Applicant Eligibility: For nonprofit organizations (HAL-1),
must be organized under the laws of the State, or of the United
States, as an organization operating in the interests of hand-
icapped individuals and must employ handicapped individuals for
not teas than 75 percent of the work-hours required for the direct
production of commodities or in the provision of services which
it rendeis. For HAL-2 (small business concerns), must be inde-
pendently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, meet
SBA size standards, and be 100 percent owned by handicapped
individuals. Handicap must be oif such a nature as to limit the
individual in engaging in normal competitive business practices
without SBA assistance.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office Initial contact should be with the
district office listed in your local telephone directoiy.
Hcadqoaters Office: Director, Loan Policy and Procedures
Branch, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6570.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.041 Certified Development Company
Loans (504 Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist small business concerns by providing
long-term fixed rate financing for fixed assets through the'sale of
debentures to private investors.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans are to assist small
businesses in the acquisition of land and buildings, construction,
expansion, renovation and modernization, machinery and equip-
ment. Loans may have either a 10 or 20 year term.
Applicant Eligibility: Certified Development Companies must be
incorporated under general State corporation statute, on a non-
profit basis, for the purpose of promoting economic growth in a
particular area.
INFORMATION CONTACTS!
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
a listing of the Small Business Administration office in your area.
Headqmters Office Office of Rural Affairs and Economic
Development, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SW., Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6483.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.042 Business Loans for
8(a) Program Participants
(8(a) Program Loans)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide direct and guaranteed loans to small
business contractors receiving assistance under the subsection
7(j) 10 and section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (IS U.S.C. 636
(a)), who are unable to obtain financing on reasonable terms in
the private credit marketplace, but can demonstrate an ability to
repay loans granted. Terms not to exceed 25 years.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans; Guaranteed/Insured
Loans (including Immediate Participation Loans).
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To construct, expand or con-
vert facilities, to acquire machinery, buildings, equipment, sup-
plies or materials. Loans for working capital are limited to
manufacturers. Funds must not otherwise be available in the
private credit marketplace on reasonable terms, nor must they be
used to pay off a loan to an unsecured creditor who is in a position
to sustain a loss.
Applicant Eligibility: A small business concern owned by socially
and economically disadvantaged person(s) eligible for assistance
under the SBA Programs 59.006 and 59.009.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Initial contact should be with the SBA
district offices listed in your local telephone directory.
Headquatars Office: Director, Loan Policy and Procedures
Branch, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6570.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
59.045 Natural Resource Development
(Tree Planting Program)
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To make grants to States to contract with small
business concerns to plant trees on State or local government
owned land.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Assistance can be used for
tree planting on
State or local government owned land. Funds cannot be used to
pay for land or land charges. Requires performance to be con-
tracted with small business.
Applicant Eligibility: State governments. State means any State,
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern
Mariana Islands or any agency or instrumentality of a State desig-
nated by such State to apply for a grant under this program
exclusive of local governments. For any fiscal year, each State may
submit only one application for a grant under this program.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional er Local Office: None.
Haadquaten Office: Small Business Administration, Office of
Procurement Assistance, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC
20416. Telephone: (202) 205-6470.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: New program.
95
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
59.046 Microloan Demonstration Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist women, low-income, and minority
entrepreneurs, business owners, and other individuals possessing
the capability to operate successful business concerns and busi-
ness concerns in areas suffering from lack of credit due to
economic downturn through the establishment of the Microloan
Demonstration Program. Under the Program the SBA will make
loans to private, nonprofit and quasi- governmental organizations
(intermediaries) which will, in turn, make loans in amounts up to
$25,000 to start up, newly established, or growing concerns for the
provision of working capital or the acquisition of materials, sup-
plies, or equipment.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants;
Direct Loans.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Loans to intermediaries with
terms and restrictions as provided in Public Law 102-366 and
subsequent regulations as published in the Federal Register.
Applicant Eligibility: An applicant is considered eligible to apply
if it meets the definition of an intermediaiy lender as published
in the program announcement Number OFA-930001, and meets
minimum experience and capability requirements as published.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headqualers Office: SBA Central Office, Office of Financial
Assistance. Telephone (202) 205-6370 or by writing to the Small
Business Administration, Office of Financing, Loan Policy and
Procedures Branch, 409 Third Street SW., Eighth Floor,
Washington, DC 20416.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1. Organization in Mid-
South operating in thirty-two counties in the State, all but one
classified as rural. Established in 1967, this organization has
approved approximately 88 microtoans and provided the much
needed technical assistance to small businesses and
entrepreneurs. 2. Urban organization founded in 1976, estab-
lished a loan pool in 1982. Through a program of financial assis-
tance and other aid to business concerns, including small
businesses, that are not able to obtain funds from conventional
commercial sources, the organization has been able to assist in
the relief of poverty, lessening of neighborhood tensions and
assist in combating community deterioration in certain economi-
cally depressed areas. 3. Rural organization founded in 1976, has
provided services that have included economic development,
planning, grant writing and administration, small business in-
cubator operations, business counseling services and loans to
small businesses. Approximately 12.4 percent of the service
population is below poverty level
96
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rami Amis
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
62.004 Tennessee Valley Region
Rural Development
FEDERAL AGENCY: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
OBJECTIVES: To promote the development of human and
economic resource* in the Tennessee Valley.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling;
Dissemination of Technical Information.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Development of local
economies through commercial business assistance, naviption
and industrial development; advanced technology commercializa-
tion; regional development planning; and industrial skills
development. In limited special situations, financial assistance is
available to help cover administrative coats of local development
programs.
Applicant Eligibility: Within the Tennessee Valley, officers and
agencies of State, county, and municipal governments; quasi-
public agencies; snd private organisations, individuals, and busi-
ness firms and associations may seek technical advice and
assistance in community resource development.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Norman A Zigroasi, President, Resource
Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Telephone: (615)632-4765.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
82.005 Tennessee Valley Region Water
and Land Resources
FEDERAL AGENCY: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
OBJECTIVES: To promote the use, conservation, and develop-
ment of the natural resources of the Tennessee Valley Region; to
analyze and report findings relating to environmental quality,
water quality management, forestiy, recreation development, and
fish snd wildlife development for the social, economic, and en-
vironmental benefits of the region and in the national interest.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling;
Dissemination of Technical Information.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Develop and conserve
natural resources including rivers, water resources, fisheries,
forests, wildlife, recreation areas and natural areas in a manner
respectful of TVA's stewardship responsibilities and further pro-
vide environmental education, mapping and analyses services
throughout the Tennessee V alley Region as well as on The Land
Between the Lakes.
Applicant Eligibility: Officials and agencies of State, county, and
municipal governments within the Tennessee Vslley region;
quasi-public agencies; and private organizations, individuals, and
business firms and associations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Norman A. Zigrossi, President, Resource
Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Telephone: (615) 632-4765.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable.
97
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
20.106 Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist sponsors, owners, or operators of
public-use airports in the development of a nationwide system of
airports adequateto meet the needs of civil aeronautics.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Advisory Services and
Counseling.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants can be made for
planning, construction, or rehabilitation at a public-use airport or
portion thereof. Eligible work consists of: (1) airport master
plans; (2)airport system plans; (3) airport noise compatibility
plans; (4) land acquisition; (5) site preparation; (6) construction,
alteration, and rehabilitation of runways, taxiways, aprons, and
certain roads within airport boundaries; (7) construction and
installation of airfield lighting, navigational aids, and certain of-
fsite work; (8) safety equipment required for certification of
airport facility; (9) security equipment required of the sponsor by
the Secretary of Transportation by rule or regulation for the safety
and security of persons and property on the airport; (10) snow-
removal equipment; (11) terminal development; (12) aviation-re-
lated weather reporting equipment; (13) equipment to measure,
runway surface friction; (14) bum area training structures and
land for that purpose, on or off airport; (15) agency-approved
noise compatibility projects; (16) relocation of air traffic control
towersand navigational aids (including radar) if they impede
other projects funded under AIP; (17) land, paving drainage,
aircraft deicing equipment and structure* for centralized deidng
areas; and (18) projects to comply with the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990, Clean Air Act .and Federal Water Pollution
Control. Grants may not be made for the construction of hangars,
most automobile parking facilities, buildings not related to the
safety of persons on the airport, decorative landscaping or
artwork, or routine maintenance and repair. Technical advisory
services are also provided. Formula funds are available to primary
commercial service airports (defined as a public airport which
enplanes annually more than 10,000 passengers and receives
scheduled passenger service of aircraft) and to cargo service
airports (defined asan airport which is served by aircraft providing
air transportation of only property (including mail) with annual
landed weight in excess of 100,000,000 pounds). Discretionary
funds may be used at any eligible facility.
Applicant Eligibility: States, counties, municipalities, U.S. Ter-
ritories and possessions, and other public agencies including an
Indian tribe or pueblo are eligible for airport development grants
if the airport on which the development is required is listed in the
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Certain
units of local government may be eligible for grants to implement
noise compatibility projects. Private owners of public-use reliever
airports or airports enplaning over 2^00 passengers annually are
eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Offlcs: Persons are encouraged to contact the
Federal Aviation Administration Regional Office listed in your
local telephone directory.
Headquarters Office: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of
Airport Planning and Programming, Airports Financial Assis-
tance Division, APP-500, 800 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: (202) 267-3831.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Construct new public
airports; improve and rehabilitate existing public airports; extend
runways at existing public airports; purchase fire fighting, rescue,
security, snow removal and noise suppressing equipment; acquire
land; and install navigation aids. Planning at individual airports
includes demand/capacity analysis, airport noise control and land
use compatibility analysis, environmental studies, and system
plans for states, regions, and metropolitan areas.
20.219 National Recreational Trails Program
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide enabling funds to the States for the
purposes of providing and maintaining recreational trails.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds from this program
may be used to develop urban trail linkages near homes and
workplaces; to maintain existing recreational trails, including
grooming and maintenance of trails across snow, to restore areas
damaged by usage of recreational trails and back country terrain;
to develop trail-side and trail-head facilities; to provide features
which facilitate the access and use of trails by people with dis-
abilities; to acquire easements for trails or for trail corridors
identified in a State's trail plan; to acquire fee-simple title to
property from a willing seller; to construct new trails on State,
county, municipal, or private lands; and to construct new trails
crossing Federal lands. States may use up to 7 percent of their
allocated funds for administrative costs of the State, and up to 5
percent of their allocated funds for the operation of environmen-
tal protection and safety education programs relating to the use
of recreational trails. Funds cannot be used to condemn property,
or to upgrade, expand, or otherwise facilitate motorized use or
access to trails predominantly used by non-motorized trail users.
There are restrictions on construction of trails for motorized
vehicular usage on Federal lands.
Applicant Eligibility: The Governor of each State must desig-
nate the State agency that will be responsible for administering
this program. The State agency may accept project proposals
from private individuals, organizations, city and county govern-
ments, and other government entities, including Federal agencies.
The projects must satisfy one or more of the permissible uses. By
December18,1994, the State must have a State Recreational Trail
Advisory Board on which both motorized and non-motorized
recreational trail users are represented, and the State must, by
law, reserve an estimated portion of revenue received from Hixm
on fuel used for off-road recreational purposes for use in provid-
ing and maintaining recreational trails.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
RagioiMl or Local Office: Regional or State-level offices of the
Federal Highway Administration or the State agency designated
by the Governor to administer this program.
HeadqsarWn Office: Director, Office of Environment and Plan-
ning, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-2951.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal year 1993was the
first year for this program. The first projects were authorized in
April 1993. Examples of projects include, (A) Trail projects for
motorized, non-motorized, and diversified trail use, (B) trail-side
and trail-head facilities, and (C) administrative expenses for State
agencies.
20.308 Local Rail Freight Assistance
(National Rail Service Continuation Grants)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
98
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
OBJECTIVES: To maintain efficient local rail freight services.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Project grants and limited
discretionary grants may be used by States to assist in acquiring a
line of railroad or other rail properties for existing or future rail
freight service; grants may also be used for rehabilitation and
improvement on lines certified by the railroad as having carried
five million gross ton miles per mile or less during the prior year
but more than 20 carloads per mile, and for State rail planning,
rail facility construction and substitute service projects; such as-
sistance to be available in accordance with provisions of Section
5, Department of Transportation Act, as amended, and 49 CFR
Part 266.
Applicant Eligibility: A State agency designated by the Governor
is eligible for assistance if it meets requirements contained in 49
CFR Part 266.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Office of Railroad Development Services,
Federal Railroad Administration,400 Seventh Street, SW., Room
5410, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-1677.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Purchase of an
eligible line of railroad or other rail properties. (2) Rehabilitation
and improvement of rail lines. (3) Rail facility constriction: con-
struction of connections between rail lines and intermodal ter-
minals. Projects are approved if the ratio of their benefits to costs
is greater than one as determined in accordance with a standard
benefit/cost methodology and the project is analyzed in the State
Rail Plan.
20.500 Federal Transit Capital Improvement
Grant* (Capital Grants, Section 3)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist in financing the acquisition, construc-
tion, reconstruction, and improvement of facilities, rolling stock
and equipment for use, by operation, lease, or otherwise, in mass
transportation service in urban areas and in coordinating service
with highway and other transportation in such areas.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants; Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Eligible facilities and equip-
ment include land, buses, other rolling stock, and other real and
personal property needed for an efficient and coordinated mass
transportation system. Annual funding is allocated in three
categories: 40 percent for fixed guideway modernization; 40 per-
cent for construction of new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to fixed guideway systems; and 20 percent for replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and
the construction of bus-related facilities. Adequate public notice
must be given of intent; social, economic and environmental
impact must be considered; project must be consistent with offi-
cial plans for comprehensive development of urban areas.
Applicant Eligibility: Public agencies, including States;
municipalities and other subdivisions of States; public agencies
and instrumentalities of one or more States; and public corpora-
tions, boards, and commissions established under State law. Ap-
plicant must have legal, financial, and technical capacity to cany
out proposed project and maintain facilities and equipment pur-
chased with Federal assistance.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directoiy for
a listing of the Federal Transit regional office in your area.
Headquarters Office: Federal Transit Administration, Depart-
ment of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not available.
20.509 Public Transportation for
Nonurbanized Areas (Nonurbanized
Formula Grants, Section 18)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To improve, initiate, or continue public transpor-
tation service in nonurbanized areas by providing financial assis-
tance for the acquisition, construction, and improvement of
facilities and equipment and the payment of operating expenses
by operating contract, lease, or otherwise. Also to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural transportation.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS; Section 18 funding may be
used for eligible capital expenses, project administration, and
operating expenses needed to provide efficient and coordinated
public transportation service in nonurbanized areas. Funds may
also be used for user side subsidies for nonurbanized public
transportation and for rural segments of intercity bus service.
Projects must provide for the maximum feasible coordination of
public transportation sources assisted under this Section with
other transportation services, and must provide for the maximum
feasible participation of private operators. A set percentage of the
State's annual apportionment, 10 percent in fiscal year 1993, and
15 percent in fiscal year 1994 and thereafter) must be spent to
cany out a program for the development and support of intercity
bus transportation, unless the governor certifies that such needs
are adequately met. Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
funds may be used for technical assistance, training, research, and
related support services.
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible recipient may include State agen-
cies, local public bodies and agencies thereof, nonprofit organiza-
tions, Indian tribes, and operators of public transportation
services, including intercity bus service, in rural and small urban
areas. Private for-profit operatots of transit or paretransit ser-
vices may participate in the program only through contracts with
eligible recipients. Urbanized areas, as defined by the Bureau of
the Census, are not eligible.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the address of Federal Transit Administration Regional Office in
your area. State Designated Agency: The Governor in each State
has designated a State agency to administer the Section 18 pro-
grain. This should be the first contact point. Regional Offices: A
person from each Federal Transit Administration Regional Of-
fice is available to answer questions about Federal regulations
related to the Section 18 program.
Headqpariai* Ofllca: Federal Transit Administration, Office of
Grants Management, Office of Capital and Formula Assistance,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202)366-2051
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Available from the
State Administering Agency.
99
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
20.513 Capital Assistance Program for
Elderly Persona and Persona with DisabllHIea
(Elderly and Diaabled, Section 16)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide financial assistance in meeting the
transportation needs of elderly persons and person* with dis-
abilities where public transportation services are unavailable,
insufficient or inappropriate.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Section 16 funding may be
used for eligible capital expenses needed to provide efficient and
coordinated specialized transportation service for elderly persons
and persons with disabilities. Projects must provide for the max-
imum feasible coordination of transportation services assisted
under this Section and with transportation assisted by other
Federal sources and must provide for the maximum feasible
participation of private-for-profit operators.
Applicant Eligibility; Private nonprofit organizations. Public
bodies approved by the State to coordinate services for elderly
persons and persons with disabilities and public bodies which
certify to governor that no nonprofit corporation or association
are readily available in an area to provide the service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telephone directory for
the address of Federal Transit Administration's Regional ORice
in your area. State-Designated Agency; The Governor in each
State has designated a State agency to administer the Section 16
program.
Headquarters Office: Federal Transit Administration, Office of
Grants Management, Office of Capital and Formula Assistance,
400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202)
366-2053.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Purchase of specialized
vehicles for the transportation of elderly persons and persons with
disabilities.
20.514 Tranett Planning and Reaearch(TranaK
Planning and Reaearch Projecta, Section 26)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To improve mass transit service, to contribute
toward meeting total transit needs at minimum cost, and to assist
in the reduction of transit needs by improving the ability of transit
industry operating officials to plan, manage, and operate their
systems more effectively and safely, to provide fellowship for
training of managerial, technical, and professional personnel
emplojcd in the transit field.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE Project Grants (Cooperative Agree-
ments); Dissemination of Technical Information; Training.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS! FTA funds projects which
develop, test, and demonstrate innovative or service concepts,
techniques, and analytical tools for operating and managing tran-
sit enterprises and improving mobility.
Applicant EHglMIMy: Grants and cooperative agreements: Public
bodies, nonprofit institutions, State and local agencies, univer-
sities, and legally constituted public agencies and operators of
public transportation services.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarter* Office: Associate Administrator for Technical As-
sistance and Safety, (TTS-1), Federal Transit Administration,
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room
6431, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-4052.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Clean air program
data collection and evaluation support. (2) Reduced particulate
emissions on older buses. (3) Evaluations of alternative fueled
engines. (4) Community college brokerage demonstration. (5)
Develop a transit management institute program. (6) Develop-
ment and implementation of a national electronic information
resource center. (7) Development and implementation of a transit
subsidy voucher program. (8) Implementation of a guaranteed
ride program. (9) A demonstration of peak hour pricing
strategies. (10) An automated paratransit billing demonstration.
(11) A study of bus traffic signal and automatic vehicle location.
(12) Provide funding for a statewide ridesharing program for low
income and elderly residents in isolated rural areas. (13) Sup-
ported the efforts of the Chickasaw Indian Nation in developing
a volunteer van transportation system to service elderly and low
income Native Americans living on and off the reservation. (14)
Through the Transportation Safety Institute in Oklahoma City,
conducted courses on man transit security, bus and rail system
safety, and accident investigation. (15) Provided funding for kits
to assist rural transportation providers and others in implement-
ing drug testing procedures. (16) Provided funds to the Law
Enforcement Training Network to prepare training videos for
transit law officers. (17) Conducted a safety investigation of the
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (18) Inves-
tigated the nature and extent of transit related crime, counter-
measures, and updated security guideline*. (19) Developed and
implemented a transportation demand management plan for a
network of transportation management associations. (20)
Developed a national center for suburban mobility. (21) Con-
ducted a studied to access the potential for joint commercial and
retail development with parking in a severely congested area. (22)
Developed and evaluated a test of advanced card technology for
transit or parking lot use. (23) Conducted planning studies for a
proposed magnetic levitation demonstration. (24) Conducted a
teleconference on the Americans with Disabilities Act. (25)
Developed a maintenance training program for small buses, with
special focus on accessibility equipment.
20.515 State Planning and Reaearch (State
Planning and Reaearch Program, Section
26(a)(2)
FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRA-
TION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To assist in the development of cost effective
multimodal transportation improvement programs which include
the planning, engineering, and designing or Federal Transit
products, and other technical studies in a program for a
or officially coordinated Federal Transportation system.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONSi This is a consolidated pro-
gram which is apportioned to the States for purposes of Sections
6,8,10,11, and 20 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, which
includes such activities as planning, technical studies and assis-
tance, innovative demonstrations, management training, and
cooperative research. Inaddition, a State may authorize a portion
of these funds to be used to supplement Section 8 Metropolitan
Planning funds allocated by the State to its urbanized areas, as the
State deems appropriate.
100
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Applicant Eligibility: Apportionment* ire made to the States.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See local telephone directory for a
listing of your Federal Transit regional office.
Headquarters Office: Office of Planning (TGM-20), Office of
Grants Management, Federal Transit Administration, Depart-
ment of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-2360.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: New program.
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety
(Section 402 Granta)
FEDERAL AGENCY: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION/FEDERAL HIGHWAY AD-
MINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To provide a coordinated national highway safety
program to reduce traffic accidents, deaths, injuries, and property
damage.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Formula grant funds maybe
used for problems identified within the eight national priority
program areas of Alcohol and other Drug Countermeasures,
Police Traffic Services, Occupant Protection, Traffic Records,
Emergency Medical Services, Motorcycle Safety,
Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety and Roadway Safety. Other program
areas identified by a State as constituting a highway safety prob-
lem in that State, e.g., pupil transportation safety programs, may
be eligible for Federal funding, subject to a more detailed review
than that required for the eight national priority program areas.
The law provides that at least 40 percent of these federal funds
apportioned to a State for any fiscal year will be expended by the
political subdivisions of such State.
Applicant Eligibility: States, federally recognized Indian tribes,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Marianas, and the Virgin Islands.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: See your local telepjne directory for a
listing of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
regional office addresse in your area.
Headquarters Office: Adele Derby, Associate Administrator for
Regional Operations, National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202)366-2121.
Mila Plosky, Transportation Specialist, Safety Technology
Division, Office of Highway Safety, Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Washington, DC 2QS90. Telephone: (202) 366-6902.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Selective traffic enfor-
cement programs, both at the State and local level - Funds were
used for equipment (police vehicles, communications, speed
detection devices, breath testing devices, etc.), training of police
personnel, and overtime salaries. Upending of Emergency Medi-
cal Services (EMS) at the local level-Funds were used for training
of ambulance attendants and driven, improved ambulance medi-
cal equipment, survey of EMS needs, and salaries for statewide
EMS coordinators. Programs to reduce alcohol-related accidents
• Funds were used for studies to identify the magnitude of the
problem, personnel services (police, investigators, and court per-
sonnel), equipment (breath testing devices, radar equipment),
and training of involved personnel to detect the drinking driver
and to use testing equipment. Traffic records system improve-
ment projects -Funds were used for survey of needs and require-
ments, syitem designs, system implementation, ADP equipment
and supplies, traffic records, personnel, and training. Occupant
Protection programs - funds were used to develop and distribute
public information and education materials relating to the use of
safety belts and infant/child safety seats, and the implementation
of infant/child safety seat loaner programs. Networks of public
and private agencies and groups were developed and assisted
regarding programs to increase awareness of the benefits of
occupant protection, and to increase overall use. Activities that
directly support the identification of highway hazards and the
scheduling and implementation of roadway improvements (con-
struction, operational or otherwise) to improve their safety.
Funds were used for personal services, training and equipment to
establish accident data systems, conduct engineering studies and
analyses of high accident locations, conduct workshops in street
design and capacity and work zone safety, inventory skid resis-
tance of payment surfaces and provide traffic engineering assis-
tance to local jurisdictions.
20.901 Paymenta for Essential Air Services
FEDERAL AGENCY: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES: To assure that air transportation is provided to
eligible communities by subsidizing air carriers when nccessaiy to
provide service.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: When necessary subsidy pay-
ments are made to air carriers providing air services at certain
points. Subsidy is paid to cover the carrier's operating loss, plus a
profit element.
Applicant Eligibility: Aircarrier must be found fit and be selected
by the Department to perform the subsidized service.
INFORMATION CONTACTS;
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, P-50,
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20S90. Telephone: (202) 366-1030.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: (1) Air Midwest/Mesa
Airlines-Essential Air Service to Dodge City, Garden City, Good-
land, Great Bend, Hays, and Liberal, Kansas, and Lamar,
Colorado. (2) Big Sky Airlines-Essential Air Service to Glasgow,
Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, and Wolf Point,
Montana, and Williston, North Dakota. (3) Alaska Airlines-Es-
sential Air Service to Cordava, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell,
and Yakutat, Alaska. (4) CCAir-Essential Air Service at Danville,
Virginia, and Beckley and Princeton/Bluefield, West Virginia. (5)
Lone Star Airlines-Essential Air Service at El Dorado/Camden,
Harrison, Hot Springs, and Jonesboro, Arkansas, Enid and Ponca
City, Oklahoma, and Paris and Brownwood, Texas.
101
-------
Federal Funding Sources For Rural Areas
SUBJECT INDEX
Department Prefix Page
USD A 10.XXX 1
ARC 23.XXX ' ' 20
USDC 11.XXX 24
DOD . . 12.XXX 27
DOED 84.XXX 29
DOE 81 .XXX 40
EPA 66.XXX 41
FEMA 83.XXX 43
DHHS 93.XXX 45
HUD 14.XXX 70
DOI 15.XXX 79
DOJ 16.XXX .85
DOL 17.XXX 87
NCUA 44.XXX go
NFAH 45.XXX gi
SBA 59.XXX 93
TVA 62.XXX 97
DOT 2Q.XXX 98
Adult education 84.002,84.191,84.192
see also, Education
Affordable housing 14.187
see also, housing
Aging
see Elderly
Air transportation 20.106,20.901
see also, Transportation
Alcoholism 93.273
Alternative agriculture 10.240
Appalachian region 23.001-23.013
Arts A Humanities 15.850,45.015,45.023,45.125
B
Business 10.768^ 10.769,14.244
See also, Small Bustaesa
Child 23.013,15.103,15.144,16344,16383,99370
Head Start 93.600
WIC 10.557
See also, Education, Food/Nutrition program*, Health
Community facilities 10.766,14.228
Community health 93.129,93.569,93.570,93.573
Community planning11.302,1X607,12.611,12.612,83303,83323,
14.227,14.228,14.234
Anti-Anon Program 83.008
Conservation 10.406,10.407,10.416,10.764,10.765,10.901,10.910,
15.916
Cooperative Forestry 10.664
Crime 16344,16374,
D
Disaster assistance 10.763,83316,59.002
Drug treatment, prevention and control 93.279, 16344 16379
16380
Drug-Free Schools 84.184
Housing Drug Elimination 14.854
See Alio, Substance Abuse
E
Economic/community development 23.001,11303,11307,11600.
12.612,14.219,14.228,15.124,15.145,15.875,44.002,93370
See also, Rural development, community planning
Education 84.010, 84.014, 84.151, 84.184, 84.211, 84.213 84.215,
84.216,84.218,84.228,
Equipment ft Facilities 84.253
See also, Adult, Vocational, Telecommunications
Elderly 10370,17.233,20313
Health 93.047,93.866
Housing 14.157
Emergency Medical Services or EMS 93.127, 93.952, 93.953,
93.141 Employment 15.108,17.235 *
Empowerment Zones 14.244
Energy 81.036,81.052,93368
Environment 66.604,66.926
Equipment 10.766,59.012,59.042,
102
-------
Rural Information Center Publication Series
Farm 10.167,10.40S, 10.406,10.407,10.416,10.443,10.764,10.765,
10.901
Food/Nutrition programs 10551,10.553,10555,10-556, 10557,
10567,10570,10571,83.523,93.600
H
Health 23.004, 93.191, 93.194, 93.224, 93569, 93570, 93.573,
93.667,93.906,93.912,93.913,93.991,93.994
Child 93.127,93.268,93.994,20.513,93.600
Education and training 93.123,93.164, 93.192,93.298,93.561,
93.908
National Health Service Corp* 93.162,93.258,93.288
Planning 93.228
Research 93.155, 93.226, 93.262, 93.273, 93.279, 93.866, 93.905,
93.933
See also, Alcoholism, Community health, Drug treatment...,
Elderly, EMS, HIV care, Indian, Mental health, Migrant, Nuning,
Occupational Safety A Health
Historic 15.904,15.918
HIV care 93.917
Homeless 93.151,
see also, Housing
Housing 10.405, 10.410, 10.411, 10.415, 10.420, 10.427, 23.005,
14.110,14.121,14.179,14.850,14.852,14.854,15.141
HOME 14.239
HOPE A HOPE214.185,14.240,14.838
Low-income 10.410,14.182,14.851,14.856
Repairs 10.417,10.433,14.182,14.228,14.856,93.570
See also, Affordable, Elderly, Homeless, Indian, Migrant
I
Infrastructure 11.300,11.304,14.219,14.228
Indian (includes Native Hawaiian and Eskimos) 10.421,11.801,
15.103, 15.108, 15.113, 15.124, 15.142, 15.144, 15.145, 15.850,
15.875,16.583,93.210
Education A Training 84.060, 84.061, 84.062, 84.072, 84.087,
84.101, 84.250, 84.258, 84.259, 93.123, 93.164, 15.114, 15.130,
15.143,17.251
Health 93.047, 93.158, 93.210, 93.228, 93.612, 93.905, 93.932,
93.933,93.954,93.970,93.971,93.972
Housing, 14.850,14.852,14.854,14.858,14.859,14.861,14.862,
15.141
J
Job Opportunities 93-561
Job training 17.201,17.246,17.250,17051
L
Libraries 84.034,84.154,84.163
M
Mental health 93.109,93.119,932*2,
Migrant
Education A training 84.011, 84.141, 84.144, 84.149, 84.214,
17.247
Health 93.129,93.246
Housing 93.570
Military and community planning 12.600,12.607,11611,11612
Mining 10.910,23.010
Museums 45.125,45.301
N
Nursing 93.298,93.908
O
Occupational Safety and Health 93.262
R
Railroads 20.308
See also, Transportation
Recreation 10.765,15.916,15.918,20.219
Roads/Highways 10.665,10.666,23.003, 23.008,20.600
See also, Transportation
Rural development 10.670,10.769,10.854,23.002,14.219,62.004
See also, Economic/community development
Rural Electrification 10.850
Rural Telephone 10.851,10.852
See also, Telecommunications
S
Schools 10.665, 10.666, 84.010, 84.151, 84.216, 84.218, 84.253,
66.702
FIRST Schools A Teachers 84.211
Star Schools 84.203
See also, Education
Small Business 15.145, 59.003, 59.007, 59.011, 59.012, 59.013,
59.021,59.041,59.042,59.046
See alto, Business, SBIR
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) 10.212
Solid waste 10.762,66.806
Substance Abuse 93.109,93.121 93.273,
Superfund 66.806
Surplus property 15.918
T
Telecommunications 10.855,11550,11.552
Tetcmedidne 93.211
Tennessee Valley Region 61004,62.005
Trails 20.219
Transportation 10.167,20.500,20.509,20.513,20514
V
Vocational education 23.01184.048,84.101,84.259
See also. Education
W
Waste water/sewer 10.411,10.760,10.761,14.228,66.458,93570
Water 10.068,10.21110.407,10.410,10.411,10.416,10.417,10.760,
10.761, 10.763, 10.764, 10.765, 10.769, 10.770, 10.901, 10.910,
14.228,15.916,61005,93570
Weathcrization assistance 81.042
See also, Energy, Housing-Repairs
103
------- |