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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 63 / Friday, April 3, 2009 / Notices
Re-allotted funds, if any, are available
for expenditure until the end of the
fiscal year following the fiscal year that
the funds became available for re-
allotment. FY 2009 grant funds that are
made available to Tribes and Tribal
organizations through re-allotment must
be expended by the grantee no later than
September 30, 2010.
III. Eligibility
Tribes and Tribal organizations are
eligible for funding under this program
if they meet the definition of "Indian
Tribe" or "Tribal organization" set forth
in section 450B of Title 25 and if they
are able to demonstrate their capacity to
carry out a family violence prevention
and services program. Any Tribe or
Tribal organization that believes it
meets the eligibility criteria and should
be included in the list of eligible Tribes
should provide supportive
documentation and a request for
inclusion in its application. (See
Application Content Requirements
below.) Tribes may apply singularly or
as a consortium. In addition, a non-
profit private organization or Tribal
organization, approved by a Tribe for
the operation of a family violence
shelter or program on a reservation is
eligible for funding.
Additional Information on Eligibility
D-U-N-S Requirement
All applicants must have a D&B Data
Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-
S) number. On June 27, 2003, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
published in the Federal Register a new
Federal policy applicable to all Federal
grant applicants. The policy requires
Federal grant applicants to provide a D-
U-N-S number when applying for
Federal grants or cooperative
agreements on or after October 1, 2003.
The D-U-N-S number will be required
whether an applicant is submitting a
paper application or using the
government-wide electronic portal,
www.Grants.gov. A D-U-N-S number
will be required for every application
for a new award or renewal/
continuation of an award, including
applications or plans under formula,
entitlement, and block grant programs,
submitted on or after October 1, 2003.
Please ensure that your organization
has a D-U-N-S number. You may
acquire a D-U-N-S number at no cost
by calling the dedicated toll-free D-U-
N-S number request line at 1-866-705-
5711 or you may request a number on-line at http://www.dnb.com.
IV. Application Requirements for
Tribes and Tribal Organizations
Content of Application Submission
The application from the Tribe or
Tribal organization must be signed by
the Chief Executive Officer or Tribal
Chairperson of the applicant
organization.
The cover letter of the application
should include the following
information:
(1) The name of the Tribe or Tribal
organization applying for the FVPSA
grant and the mailing address.
(2) The name of the Chief Program
Official designated as responsible for
administering funds under FVPSA, and
the telephone number, fax number, and
if available, an e-mail address.
(3) The name of the program person
designated to administer coordination of
the related programs, and the telephone
number, fax number, and if available, an
e-mail address.
(4) The Employee Identification
Number (EIN) of the applicant
organization submitting the application.
(5) The D-U-N-S number of the
applicant organization submitting the
application. See preceding D-U-N-S
Requirement section for additional
information.
The content of the application should
include the following:
(1) A copy of a current resolution
stating that the designated organization
or agency has the authority to submit an
application on behalf of the individuals
in the Tribe(s) and to administer
programs and activities funded under
this program (42 U.S.C. 10402(b)(2)).
Please Note: New applicants and
Consortia applicants must submit new
resolutions. Ongoing applicants must
submit a copy of active resolutions
covering FY 2009.
(2) A description of the procedures
designed to involve knowledgeable
individuals and interested organizations
in providing services under FVPSA (42
U.S.C. 10402(b)(2)). For example,
knowledgeable individuals and
interested organizations may include:
Tribal officials or social services staff
involved in child abuse or family
violence prevention, Tribal law
enforcement officials, representatives of
State Domestic Violence Coalitions, and
operators of domestic violence shelters
and service programs.
(3) A description of the applicant's
operation of and/or capacity to carry out
a family violence prevention and
services program. This might be
demonstrated in ways such as the(a) The current operation of a shelter,
safe house, or family violence
prevention program;
(b) The establishment of joint or
collaborative service agreements with a
local public agency or a private non-
profit agency for the operation of family
violence prevention activities or
services; or
(c) The operation of social services
programs as evidenced by receipt of
"638" contracts with BIA; Title II Indian
Child Welfare grants from BIA; Child
Welfare Services grants under Title IV-
B of the Social Security Act; or Family
Preservation and Family Support grants
under Title IV-B of the Social Security
Act.
(4) A description of the services to be
provided, how the applicant
organization plans to use the grant
funds to provide the direct services, to
whom the services will be provided,
and the expected results of the services.
(5) Documentation of the policies and
procedures developed and
implemented, including copies of the
policies and procedures to ensure that
individual identifiers of client records
will not be used when providing
statistical data on program activities and
program services and that the
confidentiality of records pertaining to
any individual provided domestic
violence prevention or treatment
services by any FVPSA-supported
program will be strictly maintained (42
U.S.C. 10402(a)(2)(E)).
(6) Documentation of the law or
procedure which has been implemented
for the eviction of an abusing spouse
from a shared household (42 U.S.C.
10402(a)(F)).
(Note: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13,
the public reporting burden for the project
description is estimated to average 10 hours
per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and reviewing
the collection information. The Project
Description information collection is
approved under OMB control number 0970-
0280, which expires on 12/31/2011. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.)
Assurances (See Appendix A): Each
application must provide the assurances
in Appendix A.
Certifications
All applications must submit or
comply with the required certifications
found in Appendices B-D as follows:
Anti-Lobbying Certification and
Disclosure Form (See Appendix B):
Applicants should sign and return thefollowing:
15283
certification with their application.
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