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Dated: October 1, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–23558 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Public Comment on the Proposed
Adoption of ANA Program Policies and
Procedures
Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment on
the Proposed Adoption of ANA Program
Policies and Procedures.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 814 of the
Native American Programs Act of 1974,
as amended by 42 U.S.C. 2992b–1, the
Administration for Native Americans
(ANA) herein describes its proposed
interpretive rules, general statements of
policy and rules of agency procedure or
practice in relation to the following
Program Announcements: Social and
Economic Development Strategies
(hereinafter referred to as SEDS), Social
and Economic Development Strategies
for Alaska (hereinafter referred to as
SEDS–AK), Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Assessment (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language Assessment), Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Planning (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language Planning), Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Implementation (hereinafter referred to
as Native Language Implementation),
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion (hereinafter
referred to as Native Language
Immersion), Family Preservation—
Improving the Well-Being of Children
Project Planning (hereinafter referred to
as Family Preservation Planning),
Family Preservation—Improving the
Well-Being of Children Project
Implementation (hereinafter referred to
as Family Preservation Implementation)
and Environmental Regulatory
Enhancement (hereinafter referred to as
ERE).
Under the statute, ANA is required to
provide members of the public an
opportunity to comment on proposed
changes in interpretive rules, general
statements of policy and rules of agency
procedure or practice, and to give notice
of the final adoption of such changes at
least 30 days before the changes become
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additional information about ANA’s
plan for administering the programs.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of
comments is 30 days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments in response to
this notice should be addressed to
Christopher Beach, Acting Director of
Program Operations, Administration for
Native Americans, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Mail Stop: Aerospace
2-West, Washington, DC 20447. Delays
may occur in mail delivery to Federal
offices; therefore, a copy of comments
should be faxed to (202) 690–7441.
Comments will be available for
inspection by members of the public at
Administration for Native Americans,
Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Beach at (877) 922–9262.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
814 of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, requires ANA
to provide notice of its proposed
interpretive rules, general statements of
policy and rules of agency organization,
procedure or practice. The proposed
clarifications, modifications and new
text will appear in the nine ANA FY
2009 Program Announcements (PA):
SEDS, SEDS–AK, Native Language
Assessment, Native Language Planning,
Native Language Implementation,
Native Language Immersion, Family
Preservation Planning, Family
Preservation Implementation and ERE.
This notice serves to fulfill this
requirement.
Introduction: This Notice of Public
Comment (NOPC) addresses two groups
of changes:
• Changes made across all program
areas (Part I of NOPC). Changes in Part
I apply to all PAs.
• Changes made to specific program
areas (Part II of NOPC). ANA has made
significant changes to the SEDS, SEDS–
AK, Native Language Assessment,
Native Language Planning, Native
Language Implementation, Native
Language Immersion, Family
Preservation Planning, Family
Preservation Implementation, and ERE.
These changes are outlined in Part II.
Note: The Environmental Mitigation
program area is no longer offered through
ANA. Most funds from the appropriation
under 8094A of Pub. L. 103–335 were
expended. A nominal amount of funding was
returned to the Treasury due to low public
demand for the program area.

I. All PAs will be revised to clarify
program and application submission
requirements for the public. These
changes appear in the following
sections: ANA Administrative Policies

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(Part A of NOPC), Definitions (Part B of
NOPC) and Application Evaluation
Criteria (Part C of NOPC).
(A) ANA Administrative Policies: Two
statements will be revised to clarify
ANA’s policies. The first statement
relates to the CFDA number and
clarifies that grantees cannot be funded
in more than one program area at the
same time. The division of program
announcements from four to nine does
not impact this policy. Furthermore, the
statement clarifies that grantees cannot
have both a SEDS project and a Family
Preservation Planning or a Family
Preservation Implementation grant at
the same time. The second statement
relates to applications from Tribally
authorized divisions.
The revised statements in the FY 2009
PA will be:
An applicant can have only one active
ANA grant per CFDA number operating
at any given time.
ANA will not accept applications
from Tribal components that are
Tribally chartered or authorized
divisions of a Tribe unless the ANA
application includes a Tribal resolution.
(B) ANA Definitions: ANA has added
two new definitions and clarified the
definition of two words. These new and
revised definitions are provided for
areas that applicants have found
difficult to interpret, have previously
prompted numerous questions or have
created application and project
development inconsistencies. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b–3.)
i. New Definitions: The FY 2009 PA
includes definitions for the following
terms: contingency plan and governing
body.
The FY 2009 PAs will include these
new definitions:
Contingency plan: A plan that
identifies specific actions to be taken in
the event a specific challenge arises.
The purpose of a contingency plan is to
reduce the negative impacts on the
project. The contingency plan should
ensure that the project will be
successfully completed within the
proposed funding timeframe. A
contingency plan is not to pre-empt
challenges, but rather to address
challenges if they arise.
Governing Body: A body: (1)
Consisting of duly elected or designated
representatives, (2) appointed by duly
elected officials or (3) selected in
accordance with traditional Tribal
means. The body must have authority to
provide service to, and to enter into
contracts, agreements and grants under
this part on behalf of the organization or

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individuals who elected, designated,
appointed or selected them in
accordance with traditional Tribal
means.
ii. Revised Definitions: The FY 2009
PA clarifies definitions for the following
terms: leveraged resources and
resolution.
The FY 2009 PA revised definitions
will be:
Leveraged Resources: The non-ANA
resources, as expressed as a dollar
figure, acquired during the project
period that support the project and
exceed the 20 percent applicant match
required for ANA grants. Such resources
may include any natural, financial and
physical resources available within the
Tribe, organization or community to
assist in the successful completion of
the project. An example would be an
organization that agrees to provide a
supportive action, product, service,
human or financial contribution that
will add to the potential success of the
project.
Resolution: Applicants are required to
include a current signed and dated
Resolution (a formal decision voted on
by the official governing body) in
support of the project for the entire
project period. Tribally chartered or
authorized divisions must submit a
Resolution from the Tribe’s official
governing body if the division falls
under the jurisdiction of the Tribe. The
Resolution must indicate who is
authorized to sign documents and
negotiate on behalf of the Tribe or
organization. The Resolution must
indicate that the community was
involved in the project planning
process, and indicate the specific dollar
amount of any eligible matching funds
(if applicable).
(C) ANA Application Evaluation
Criteria: In order to clarify for the
applicant specific information requests
in the evaluation criteria, additional
explanation is included for the
following sub-criteria: Community
Involvement in Objectives and Need for
Assistance criterion; Project Strategy,
Project Challenges and Contingency
Planning, and Objective Work Plan in
Approach criterion; and Budget
Justification/Cost Effectiveness in
Budget and Budget Justification
criterion.
i. Community Involvement subcriterion in Objectives and Need for
Assistance criterion. A sentence was
added to identify for applicants what
details are needed for documentation of
community meetings. (Legal authority:
Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the
Native American Programs Act of 1974,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and
2991b–3.)

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The new FY 2009 PA text for
Community Involvement will be:
Community Involvement (6 points):
Describe in detail how the community
to be served was involved in the
planning process and the origins of the
project idea. Describe within the project
proposal how the identified community
participated in the development of the
project. Demonstrate and document
community and/or Tribal government
support for the project. Discuss the
relationship of any non-ANA-funded
activities supportive of the project.
Documented support is a critical
element of this evaluation criterion and
includes, but is not limited to, materials
such as letters of support, testimonials
and community meeting minutes.
Documented support should include
the date and topic of the meeting and a
summary of the meeting outcome.
ii. Project Strategy sub-criterion in
Approach criterion. The description was
expanded to clarify for applicants that
the strategy should be an overview of
the Objective Work Plan and that the
applicants should clearly identify how
the proposed project is different from
similar, previously ANA-funded
projects. (Legal authority: Section 803(a)
and (d) and 803C of the Native
American Programs Act of 1974, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–
3.)
The new FY 2009 PA text for Project
Strategy will be:
Project Strategy (10 points): Present a
narrative on the project strategy and
implementation plan (Objective Work
Plan—see below) for the entire project
period. Be clear and concise. Provide a
clear relationship between the proposed
project goal and the project objectives.
Discuss how the project objectives will
support and assist the achievement of
the project goal. Discuss how the project
goal will support and assist the
achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current
proposed project differs from previously
ANA-funded projects, which may be
similar in nature to the current
proposed project.
iii. Project Challenges and
Contingency Planning in Approach
criterion. The description was expanded
to clarify for applicants what ANA is
requesting in a contingency plan. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b–3.)
The new FY 2009 PA text for Project
Challenges and Contingency Planning
will be:
Project Challenges and Contingency
Planning (5 points): Based on ANA’s
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gathered from project impact
evaluations, ANA has determined that
all projects encounter challenges and
therefore need to have a contingency
plan should a significant challenge
arise. Challenges can arise because
applicants make assumptions about
critical events, conditions and/or
decision outside of the control of project
management. The applicant needs to
identify challenges that may arise
during the project’s initial start up and
throughout the project period. Consider
such challenges as difficulty hiring and
retaining key staff, difficulty recruiting
community members and/or volunteers
for project activities, difficulty
recruiting target audience (e.g., students,
children, elders), difficulty securing
agreed-upon support from partners to
provide services/funding, planning
shortfalls, possible disruption of the
project timeline due to Tribal elections
and difficulty securing permits or
licensing from government entities.
Identify potential challenges and
explain the contingency plans (see
Definitions) that will be implemented to
overcome those challenges. The
contingency plan should ensure that the
project will be successfully completed
within the proposed funding timeframe.
A contingency plan is not to pre-empt
challenges, but rather to address
challenges if they arise.
iv. Objective Work Plan sub-criterion
in Approach criterion. The description
was expanded to clarify for applicants
the instructions for completing the OWP
form (OMB Control No. 0980–0204).
(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d)
and 803C of the Native American
Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3.)
The new FY 2009 PA text for Project
Strategy will be:
Objective Work Plan (20 points): The
ANA Objective Work Plan (OWP) form
is the blueprint for the project. The
OWP provides detailed descriptions of
the project goal, the project objectives,
supporting activities and the results and
benefits to be expected. It provides the
what, how, when, where and by whom
of the project. As such, it is a standalone document that should provide
sufficient information for an application
reviewer, ANA staff or a project
manager to understand the project and
how it will be implemented. The OWP
is the basis for reporting on the project.
A project cannot exceed three
objectives per project period. Complete
an ANA OWP form for each objective
per budget period. If submitting an
electronic application, some objectives
will require more than one form. In
addition, some objectives may last more
than one budget period. Ensure that the

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objective is correctly stated in the OWP,
the project narrative and on the ANA
Abstract form.
The objective statement should
contain the following basic elements:
what will be accomplished during the
project period and when it will be
accomplished. Each objective should be
Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Results-oriented and Time-bound
(SMART).
For each objective, list activities that
provide a road map to achieve the
objective. Each activity is a step in the
logical progression of the project.
Include specific and significant
activities (e.g., hiring staff, developing
first draft), ongoing activities (e.g.,
meetings and classes), the type of
activity (e.g., workshops, retreats and
seminars), the type of audience, the
submission of required ANA reports and
attendance at ANA post-award training.
Especially useful are activities that
show progress and/or results on a
quarterly basis. Explain how the
activities outlined in the OWP will lead
to the successful achievement of the
project objectives and goal.
Identify the position responsible for
the completion of each activity by
identifying the title(s) of the salaried
project staff person(s). Identify time
periods that are realistic to complete
each activity. Use elapsed times from
the start of the project (e.g., month 1,
month 2) rather than absolute dates.
September 30 is the start date for each
budget period. Identify the non-salary
personnel hours, including non-salaried
contributors (paid or in-kind) to the
project. List hours according to who is
providing them (e.g., Committee
person—10 hours; ABC Consultant—5
hours). Provide supporting
documentation for the hours listed in
this column.
The preceding instructions are
recommended for the OWP form found
on the ANA Web site http://
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/, which
can be added as an attachment to an
application on http://www.grants.gov.
This form allows for an unlimited
number of activities and characters so
applicants can adequately communicate
the project plan. For applicants using
the form in http://www.grants.gov, note
that each objective is limited to eight
activities and each section has a
limitation of 180 characters, which may
not allow the applicant enough space to
adequately communicate the project
plan. Furthermore, those applicants that
use http://www.grants.gov must use
absolute dates for timeframe and can
identify the source of the non-salaried
personnel hours in the narrative.
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applicants use the OWP available on the
ANA Web site and attach the completed
OWP to the http://www.grants.gov
submission.
The results and benefits section of the
OWP is used to track the grantee’s
quarterly progress of accomplishing an
individual objective and should be
broken down by quarter. The results and
benefits must directly relate to the
activities that support the
accomplishment of an objective in the
OWP. The results and benefits are used
to monitor the project’s quarterly
progress and must include target
numbers. The criteria for evaluating the
results and benefits expected are of the
applicant’s choosing and need to be
documented and verifiable.
v. Budget Justification/Cost
Effectiveness sub-criterion in Budget
and Budget Justification criterion. The
first paragraph was expanded to clarify
for applicants that a separate
justification is requested for each budget
period. (Legal authority: Section 803(a)
and (d) and 803C of the Native
American Programs Act of 1974, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–
3.)
The new first paragraph text for the
FY 2009 PA Project Strategy will be:
Budget Justification/Cost
Effectiveness (10 points): Submit
justification narratives that support and
align with the Federal and applicant
match requirement. A budget
justification narrative must be submitted
for each budget period. The justification
should identify how the calculations for
each of the line items were developed
and explain how they are important to
the project. Include the necessary
details to facilitate the determination of
allowable costs and the relevance of
these costs to the proposed project.
II. ANA FY 2009 Program Specific
Changes. ANA FY 2009 PAs will be
revised to break down Program
subcategories into a stand-alone PA.
ANA is developing individual PAs to
comply with new guidance established
by the Administration for Children and
Families. Therefore, in FY 2009 ANA
will publish nine PAs. Furthermore, to
support this new requirement for
separate PAs, it is necessary that ANA
make additional programmatic changes
to support and clarify each new PA.
(A) ANA Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance: The
former PA, Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance, included
all four separate program categories
under one PA; namely, Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Assessment (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language Assessment), Native
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Planning (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language Planning), Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Implementation (hereinafter referred to
as Native Language Implementation),
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion (hereinafter
referred to as Native Language
Immersion). Except for where noted in
this notice, these four PAs are the same
as the 2008 Native Languages PA, but in
order to clarify submission requirements
and program areas for the public, ANA
will now release each category as a
separate PA. (Legal authority: Section
803(a) and (d) and 803C of the Native
American Programs Act of 1974, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–
3 and Pub. L. 109–394.)
i. Native Language Assessment. The
Executive Summary and Funding Area
Description were revised to reflect the
separation of priority areas. The Priority
Area Description was revised to include
analysis in language assessment. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109–
394.)
1. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for new community-based
activities under ANA’s Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Assessment program area. Native
Language Assessment grants are used to
conduct the assessments necessary to
identify the current status of the Native
American language(s) to be addressed.
2. Funding Opportunity Description
Paragraphs seven and eight of the
Funding Opportunity Description for
the FY 2009 PA will be:
ANA will release four separate
program announcements for funding
opportunities for the Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance program
area: Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Assessment, Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Planning, Native Language Preservation
and Maintenance Implementation and
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion.
The ANA Native Language program
areas of interest are projects that ANA
considers supportive to Native
American communities. Funding is not
restricted to projects of the type listed
in this program announcement.

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3. Priority Area Description
The Priority Area Description for the
FY 2009 PA will be:
The purpose of a Native Language
Assessment project is to conduct an
assessment of the current status of the
Native language(s) within an established
community. The program area of
interest is:
• A project that compiles, collects,
analyzes and organizes Native language
data in order to have a current
description of the community’s
language status obtained through a
‘‘formal’’ method (e.g., work performed
by a linguist and/or a language survey
conducted by community members) or
an ‘‘informal method’’ (e.g., a
community consensus of the language
status based on elders, Tribal scholars
and/or other community members).
ii. Native Language Planning. The
Executive Summary and Funding Area
Description were revised to reflect the
separation of priority areas. The Priority
Area Description was revised to include
all areas of language program planning.
(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d)
and 803C of the Native American
Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L.
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1. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for new community-based
activities under ANA’s Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance Planning
program area. Native Language Planning
grants are used to plan a language
project.
2. Funding Opportunity Description
Paragraphs seven and eight of the
Funding Opportunity Description for FY
2009 PA will be:
ANA will release four separate
program announcements for funding
opportunities for the Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance program
area: Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Assessment, Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Planning, Native Language Preservation
and Maintenance Implementation and
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion.
The ANA Native Language program
areas of interest are projects that ANA
considers supportive to Native
American communities. Funding is not
restricted to projects of the type listed
in this program announcement.

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3. Priority Area Description
The Priority Area Description for FY
2009 PA will be:
The purpose of a Native Language
Planning project is to encourage Tribes
and Native organizations to plan and
design Native language projects.
Applicants are encouraged to develop a
project that results in a comprehensive
plan to preserve the Native language
that uses current community language
assessment data, reviews innovative
methods that bring older and younger
Native Americans together to teach and
learn the language, and considers all
essential elements needed to sustain
and implement a language project.
Planning projects are for planning and
design only, and do not include
activities that call for direct language
learning or instruction. Testing of any
material and curriculum developed is
limited to a maximum of five students.
Program areas of interest include:
• Projects to plan and design Master/
Apprentice programs;
• Projects to plan and design
comprehensive Native language
immersion programs for a language nest
or survival school;
• Projects that plan, design and test
curriculum for students, parents and
language instructors;
• Projects that plan and design
teaching materials;
• Projects to record, transcribe and
archive oral testimony;
• Projects to plan and design
language resource materials using
recorded oral testimony;
• Projects that plan and design multimedia language learning tools;
• Projects that plan and design
teacher certification programs;
• Projects to train teachers,
interpreters or translators of Native
languages.
iii. Native Language Implementation.
The Executive Summary and Funding
Area Description were revised to reflect
the separation of priority areas. The
Priority Area Description was revised to
identify all areas of language program
implementation. (Legal authority:
Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the
Native American Programs Act of 1974,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and
2991b-3 and Pub. L. 109–394.)
1. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
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activities under ANA’s Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Implementation program area. Native
Language Implementation grants are
used to implement a preservation
language project that will contribute to
the achievement of the community’s
long-range language goal(s).
2. Funding Opportunity Description
Paragraphs seven and eight of the
Funding Opportunity Description for FY
2009 PA will be:
ANA will release four separate
program announcements for funding
opportunities for the Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance program
area: Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Assessment, Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Planning, Native Language Preservation
and Maintenance Implementation and
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion.
The ANA Native Language program
areas of interest are projects that ANA
considers supportive to Native
American communities. Funding is not
restricted to projects of the type listed
in this program announcement.
3. Priority Area Description
The Priority Area Description for FY
2009 PA will be:
The purpose of Native Language
Implementation grants is to provide
support to Tribes and Native
organizations in the implementation of
a Native language project to achieve the
community’s long-range language
goal(s). Program areas of interest
include:
• Projects to produce and disseminate
culturally relevant printed stories for
children using the Native language of
the community;
• Projects to facilitate and encourage
intergenerational teaching of Native
American language skills;
• Projects to disseminate culturally
relevant materials to be used to teach
and enhance the use of Native American
languages;
• Projects to implement an
immersion, mentor or distance learning
model;
• Projects to produce, distribute or
participate in television, radio or other
media forms to broadcast Native
languages;
• Projects to implement an
educational site-based immersion
project.
iv. Native Language Immersion. The
Executive Summary and Funding Area
Description were revised to reflect the
separation of priority areas.
Furthermore, in order to clearly identify
the certification that is required at the

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time of application submission, a
definition of certification was added
and statements about the certification
were included in the following sections:
Forms, Assurances and Certifications,
Program Areas of Interest and
Organizational Profiles evaluation
criterion. In addition, the weighted
scores for the sub-criterion found in the
Organizational Profiles evaluation
criterion were changed to highlight the
importance of the certification. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b-3 and Pub. L. 109–
394.)
1. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for new community-based
activities under ANA’s Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Immersion program area. Native
Language Immersion grants will only be
awarded to applicants that meet the
Statutory requirements for immersion
projects with language nests or language
survival schools in accordance with
Pub. L. 109–394.

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2. Funding Opportunity Description.
To clarify the new PAs for language,
paragraphs seven and eight were
changed.
Paragraphs seven and eight of the
Funding Opportunity Description for FY
2009 PA will be:
ANA will release four separate
program announcements for funding
opportunities for the Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance program
area: Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Assessment, Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Planning, Native Language Preservation
and Maintenance Implementation and
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance Immersion.
For the ANA Native Language
Preservation and Maintenance
Immersion program areas of interest,
applicants must abide by the parameters
established by Pub. L. 109–394.
3. Administrative Policies
An additional Administrative Policy
will be added to FY 2009 PA:
Upon application submission, a
certification is required that the
applicant has not less than three years
of experience in operating and
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language survival school, Native
American language nest, or any other
educational program in which
instruction is conducted in a Native
American language.
4. Definitions
An additional Definition will be
added to FY 2009 PA:
Certification: A document on
letterhead signed by the applicant that
shows the applicant has not less than
three years of experience in operating
and administering a Native American
language survival school, Native
American language nest or any other
educational program in which
instruction is conducted in a Native
American language. This document is
required by statue in order to consider
an applicant eligible for competition in
this program area.
5. Program Area of Interest
An additional instruction will be
included at the end of Program Area of
Interest description in the FY 2009 PA:
A certification needs to be included
by the applicant (please see certification
definition).
6. Forms, Assurances and Certifications
The instruction for the FY 2009 PA on
certification required for Native
Languages—Immersion projects will be:
The applicant must provide a
certification by the applicant that the
applicant has not less than three years
of experience in operating and
administering a Native American
language survival school, Native
American language nest or any other
educational program in which
instruction is conducted in a Native
American language.
7. Evaluation Criteria—Organizational
Profiles
The FY 2009 PA Organizational
Profiles criterion will be:
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILES—17
Points
Organizational Capacity: This
criterion will be evaluated to the extent
the applicant demonstrates their
organizational capacity and ability to
staff and implement the proposed
project.
Organizational Capacity (6 points):
Provide information on the management
structure of the applicant, such as
personnel and financial policies.
Describe the administrative structure of
the applicant and the systems used to
track the funding and progress of the
project. Demonstrate the applicant’s
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scope. Include an organizational chart
that indicates where the ANA project
will fit in the existing administrative
structure.
List all sources of Federal funding the
applicant currently oversees. Include
information on the funding agency,
purpose of the funding and amount.
Provide the most recent certified signed
audit letter for the organization. If the
applicant has audit exceptions, these
issues should be discussed within this
criterion, detailing any steps taken to
overcome the exceptions.
Applicants are required to affirm that
they will credit ANA and reference the
ANA-funded project on any audio,
video and/or printed materials
developed in whole or in part with ANA
funds.
A consortium applicant must identify
the consortium membership and
describe their roles and responsibilities.
One member of the consortium must be
the recipient of the ANA funds. A
consortium applicant must be an
eligible entity as defined by this
program announcement and the ANA
regulations.
Include documentation signed by the
membership supporting the ANA
application. ANA will not fund
activities by a consortium of Tribes that
duplicate activities for which member
Tribes also receive funding from ANA.
Include a copy of the consortia legal
agreement or memorandum of
agreement.
List all of the applicant’s current and
existing partners that will be providing
support to the project’s implementation.
Include information on the current
organizational relationship between the
applicant and partner. The experience
and expertise of these partners must
align with the activities stated in the
OWP that they will be supporting. This
information should state the nature,
amount and conditions under which
another agency, organization or
individual will support a project funded
by ANA.
Certification (6 points): Applicants
applying for a Native Language
Immersion grant must include the
certification at the time the application
is submitted for consideration.
Applications will be reviewed to the
extent that the following area specific
wording is included on their
Certification:
Native American Language Nest
Certification
The (Name of Applicant) is seeking
funding from the Administration for
Native Americans (ANA) under Native
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‘‘Language Nest.’’ In accordance with
Pub. L. 109–394, (Name of Applicant)
certifies that it:
(1) Provides instruction and child care
through the use of a Native American
language for at least 10 children under
the age of 7 for an average of at least 500
hours per year per student; and
(2) Provides classes in a Native
American language for parents (or legal
guardians) of students enrolled in a
Native American language nest
(including Native American languagespeaking parents); and
(3) Ensures that a Native American
language is the dominant medium of
instruction in the Native American
language nest; and
(4) The applicant has not less than
three years of experience in operating
and administering a Native American
language nest.
Certification for a Native American
language nest should include all four
requirements, be on letterhead and be
signed by the applicant.
Native American Language Survival
School Certification
The (Name of Applicant) is seeking
funding from the Administration for
Native Americans (ANA) under Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance
Immersion program for a site-based
survival school. In accordance with Pub.
L. 109–394, (Name of Applicant)
certifies that it:
(1) Provides an average of at least 500
hours of instruction through the use of
one or more Native American languages
for at least 15 students for whom a
Native American survival school is their
principal place of instruction; and
(2) Develops instructional courses and
materials for learning Native American
languages and for instruction through
the use of Native American languages;
and
(3) Provides for teacher training
fluency in a Native American language
and academic proficiency in
mathematics, reading (or language arts)
and science; and
(4) Is located in areas that have high
numbers or percentages of Native
American students; and
(5) The applicant has not less than
three years of experience in operating
and administering a Native American
language survival school.
Certification for a Native American
language survival school should include
all five requirements, be on letterhead
and be signed by the applicant.
Project Staffing Plan (5 points):
Provide staffing and position data that
includes a proposed staffing pattern for
the project. Describe the process and
general timeframe to hire staff (such as

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advertising or recruiting from within the
community). Explain how the current
and future staff will manage the
proposed project. Full project position
descriptions are required to be
submitted as an attachment. Brief
biographies and/or resumes of identified
key positions or individuals will be
included as an attachment. Project
positions discussed in this section must
match the positions identified in the
OWP and in the itemized budget. Note:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to
give preference to qualified Native
Americans, in accordance with
applicable laws, in hiring project staff
and in contracting services under an
approved ANA grant.
(B) Family Preservation—Improving
the Well-Being of Children: In FY 2009,
Family Preservation—Improving the
Well-Being of Children (hereinafter
referred to as Family Preservation)
program area will replace the Native
American Healthy Marriage Initiative
program area. This action was taken to
broaden the ANA Native American
Healthy Marriage Initiative to include
other children and family projects. In
addition, as per the Administration for
Children and Families requirement, two
PAs will be published for FY2009. The
PAs reflect the two types of projects,
project planning and project
implementation. The changes identified
below are to clearly identify the
expanded scope of these program areas
and separate the planning and
implementation project categories.
(Legal authority: Section 803(a) and (d)
and 803C of the Native American
Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–3.)
i. Family Preservation—Project
Planning.
a. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for projects that plan for
approaches to improve child well-being
by removing barriers associated with
strengthening families (including
fatherhood, parenting, foster parenting,
grandparents raising grandchildren and
absentee parent activities), forming and
preserving healthy families,
relationships and marriages (including
Traditional Native American and Pacific
Basin marriages) and sustaining healthy
families, relationships and marriages in
Native American and Pacific Basin
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program areas of interest are focused on
strengthening children, families and
communities through financial
assistance to community-based
organizations including faith-based
organizations, Tribes and Village
governments.
The goals of the ANA Family
Preservation PA is to increase the wellbeing of children through family
preservation activities; increase the
percentage of children who are raised in
a healthy environment free of child
abuse and neglect; increase the
percentage of youth and young adults
who have the skills and knowledge to
make informed decisions about healthy
relationships; increase the percentage of
couples who are equipped with the
skills and knowledge necessary to form
and sustain healthy relationships and
marriages; increase the percentage of
children who are raised by two parents
in a healthy family environment that is
also free of domestic violence; increase
the percentage of involvement by
absentee parents in the lives of their
children, increase public awareness in
communities about the value of healthy
families, relationships, marriages and
responsible fatherhood and encourage
and support research on healthy
families, relationships and marriages
and healthy marriage education.
b. Funding Opportunity Description
The FY 2009 PA Funding
Opportunity Description will be:
This program announcement
specifically promotes planning
culturally competent strategies for
strengthening families, fostering child
well-being, healthy relationships and
marriages and responsible fatherhood to
preserve healthy families within the
Native American and Pacific Basin
Communities.
This program announcement seeks to
fund projects that engage in the
planning of approaches to remove
barriers to forming lasting families,
healthy relationships and healthy
marriages in Native American and
Pacific Basin communities. Projects
funded under this program
announcement will include activities
that design and engage in a community
planning process that identifies barriers
to forming healthy families,
relationships and marriages (including
Traditional Native American and Pacific
Basin marriages); assesses the needs and
interest of the community to participate
in a family strengthening project;
assesses existing absentee parenting
programs, fatherhood programs,
grandparents raising grandchildren
programs, and foster parent programs;
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family strengthening project; plans and
develops curricula for family
strengthening programs; and develops
projects that are designed to reduce or
eliminate the challenges and barriers
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c. Priority Area Description
The FY 2009 PA Priority Area
Description will be:
The purpose of a planning project is
to engage in a community-based
planning process that assesses the
current status of available resources and
barriers to family preservation, healthy
relationships, healthy marriages and
child well-being within an established
Native American or Pacific Basin
community. Applicants are encouraged
to develop a project that results in a
comprehensive plan that includes a
community assessment of the challenges
and barriers that negatively impact
families, child well-being, relationships,
marriages and parenting within Native
American and Pacific Basin
communities; identifies resources and
partnerships; and develops a strategy to
help sustain healthy families,
relationships, marriages and responsible
fatherhood within Native American and
Pacific Basin communities. Eligibility
for funding is restricted to projects of
the type listed in this program
announcement. Project Planning is for
planning and design of projects only.
Applicants may only choose one or
more program areas of interest from the
list below:
Healthy Marriage:
Projects that develop a:
• Curriculum focused on pre-marital
and marital education.
• Plan to provide youth education in
high schools, youth organizations and
community centers on the value of
healthy relationships and marriages.
This can include education on healthy
relationship skills including conflict
resolution, communication and
commitment. Projects should use a premarital education focused on youth.
• Plan to offer marriage education
and marriage skills, which may include
relationship skills, communication
skills, conflict resolution, commitment
and parenting skills to expectant
couples, both married and unmarried,
absentee parents, as well as new
parents, both married and unmarried.
• Plan to offer pre-marital education
and marriage skills training for couples,
individuals or engaged couples
interested in marriage. Training would
include a marital educational course
and couples would learn the knowledge
and skills (communication, conflict
resolution, commitment) necessary to

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choose marriage for themselves if they
so desire.
• Plan to provide marriage
enhancement/enrichment and marriage
skills training programs for married
couples to improve or strengthen their
relationship through a certified marital
education course. The course should
include lessons on communication,
conflict resolution and commitment.
• Plan to use married couples as role
models and mentors in at-risk
communities to teach healthy
relationship and marriage skills.
Projects should include a marital
educational course that emphasizes
communication, commitment and
conflict resolution; weekend retreats;
and mentor groups.
• Plan to conduct research on the
benefits of healthy relationships and
marriages and healthy relationship and
marriage education.
• Plan to provide public advertising
campaigns in Native American and
Pacific Basin communities on the value
of healthy relationships and marriage as
a way to improve relationships and
marriages and strengthen family
relationships.
Family Strengthening/Preservation:
Projects that develop a:
• Curriculum focused on responsible
fatherhood and family preservation
education (including parenting, foster
parenting, grandparents raising
grandchildren and absentee parent
activities).
• Plan to provide youth education in
high schools, youth organizations and
community centers on the value of
responsible fatherhood and family
preservation.
• Plan to offer services to fathers to
help them overcome barriers to positive
involvement in their children’s lives.
• Plan to offer education and
activities focused on Responsible
Fatherhood and Parenting.
• Plan to offer family preservation
activities in a culturally appropriate and
traditional manner within Native
American and Pacific Basin
communities.
• Plan to offer absentee parents
services that help them to overcome
barriers that prevent them from
consistent involvement in their
children’s lives. Services would include
activities that provide the absentee
parents opportunities to interact with
their children and increase parental
involvement and also promote the value
and importance of healthy families.
• Plan to offer education on
communication and conflict resolution
for absentee parents to improve the
custodial and non-custodial parental
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parents’ involvement in their children’s
lives.
• Plan to reduce child/infant abuse
and neglect and family domestic
violence.
• Plan to address the needs of
grandparents raising grandchildren.
• Plan to recruit, train and certify
new Native American foster parents or
promote appropriate extended family
placements or to assist abused,
neglected and abandoned Native
American children, youth and their
families.
• Plan to target family strengthening
services to individuals with substance
abuse issues as a way to support a
strong healthy family environment.
• Plan to provide public advertising
campaigns in Native American and
Pacific Basin communities on the value
of parental involvement, family
preservation and responsible fatherhood
as a way to strengthen family
relationships.
d. Funding Restrictions
The following funding restriction will
be added to the FY 2009 PA:
Counseling or therapeutic activities
that are medically based.
e. Evaluation Criteria. Changes were
made to the Approach evaluation
criterion, specifically Project Strategy
sub-criterion and Objective Work Plan
sub-criterion.
The FY 2009 PA Project Strategy subcriterion will be:
Project Strategy (10 points): Present a
narrative on the project strategy and
implementation plan (Objective Work
Plan—see below*) for the entire project
period. Be clear and concise. Provide a
clear relationship between the proposed
project goal and the project objectives.
Discuss how the project objectives will
support and assist the achievement of
the project goal. Discuss how the project
goal will support and assist the
achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current
proposed project differs from previously
ANA-funded projects which may be
similar in nature to the current
proposed project.
• See section I.C.iv Objective Work
Plan sub-criterion on Approach
Criterion in this Notice Of Public
Comment for the Objective Work Plan
Instructions.
The FY 2009 PA Objective Work Plan
sub-criterion will have the following
text added:
If planning a project focused on
healthy relationships, healthy marriages
or fatherhood, include an activity to
plan and design the Domestic Violence
Protocol (see Definitions) the proposed
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appropriate referral or services for
individuals or couples where violence
may be occurring.
ii. Family Preservation—
Implementation Projects
a. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for projects that implement
approaches to improve child well-being
by removing barriers associated with
strengthening families (including
fatherhood, foster parenting, absentee
parent activities and grandparents
raising grandchildren), forming and
preserving healthy families,
relationships and marriages (including
Traditional Native American and Pacific
Basin marriages). ANA’s FY 2009 goals
and program areas of interest are
focused on strengthening children,
families and communities through
financial assistance to community-based
organizations including faith-based
organizations, Tribes and Village
governments.
The goal of the ANA Family
Preservation PA is to increase the wellbeing of children through family
preservation activities; increase the
percentage of children who are raised in
a healthy environment free of child
abuse and neglect; increase the
percentage of youth and young adults
who have the skills and knowledge to
make informed decisions about healthy
relationships; increase the percentage of
couples who are equipped with the
skills and knowledge necessary to form
and sustain healthy relationships and
marriages; increase the percentage of
children who are raised by two parents
in a healthy family environment that is
also free of domestic violence; increase
the percentage of involvement by
absentee parents in the lives of their
children, increase public awareness in
communities about the value of healthy
families, relationships, marriages and
responsible fatherhood; and encourage
and support research on healthy
families, relationships and marriages
and healthy marriage education.

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b. Funding Opportunity Description
The FY 2009 PA Funding
Opportunity Description will be:
This program announcement
specifically promotes implementing
culturally competent strategies for
strengthening families, fostering child
well-being, healthy relationships and

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marriages, and responsible fatherhood
to preserve healthy families within the
Native American and Pacific Basin
communities.
This program announcement seeks to
fund projects that engage in the
implementation of approaches to
remove barriers to forming lasting
families and healthy relationships and
marriages in Native American and
Pacific Basin communities. Projects
funded under this program
announcement will include activities
that provide community resources such
as family strengthening programs
(fatherhood, parenting, absentee
parental involvement, foster parenting
and grandparents raising
grandchildren); healthy relationships;
healthy marriages (including Traditional
Native American and Pacific Basin
marriages); marriage education/
enrichment training; pre-marital
education; relationship skills education
on communication, conflict resolution
and commitment; and other support
activities such as family outings, family
strengthening groups, and weekend premarital/marital education and family
retreats.
c. Priority Area Description
The FY 2009 PA Priority Area
Description will be:
Family Preservation—Improving the
Well-Being of Children Project
Implementation
The purpose of an implementation
project is to support a community-based
project focused on family preservation,
healthy relationships, marriage,
parenting, foster parenting,
grandparents raising grandchildren,
fatherhood and absentee parent
involvement in Native American and
Pacific Basin communities. ANA will
not fund curriculum development in an
implementation project. Minor text and/
or activity modification to existing
curricula to make the curricula
community-appropriate will be allowed
in the first two months of an
implementation project. Eligibility for
funding is restricted to projects of the
type listed in this program
announcement. Project Implementation
is for implementation of projects only.
Applicants may only choose one or
more program areas of interest from the
list below:
Healthy Marriage:
• Projects that provide youth
education in high schools, youth
organizations and community centers
on the value of healthy relationships
and marriages. This can include
education on healthy relationship skills,
including conflict resolution,

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communication and commitment.
Projects should use a pre-marital
education focused on youth.
• Projects that offer marriage
education and marriage skills, that may
include relationship skills,
communication skills, conflict
resolution, commitment and parenting
skills to expectant couples, both married
and unmarried, absentee parents, as
well as new parents, both married and
unmarried.
• Projects that offer pre-marital
education and marriage skills training
for couples, individuals or engaged
couples interested in marriage. Training
would include a marital educational
course and couples would learn the
knowledge and skills (communication,
conflict resolution, commitment)
necessary to choose marriage for
themselves if they so desire.
• Projects that provide marriage
enhancement/enrichment and marriage
skills training programs for married
couples to improve or strengthen their
relationship through a certified marital
education course. The course should
include lessons on communication,
conflict resolution and commitment.
• Projects that use married couples as
role models and mentors in at-risk
communities to teach healthy
relationship and marriage skills.
Projects should include a marital
educational course that emphasizes
communication, commitment and
conflict resolution; weekend retreats;
and mentor groups.
• Projects that conduct research on
the benefits of healthy relationships and
marriages and healthy relationship and
marriage education.
• Projects that provide public
advertising campaigns in Native
American, and Pacific Basin
communities on the value of healthy
relationships and marriage as a way to
improve relationships and marriages
and strengthen family relationships.
Family Strengthening/Preservation:
• Projects that provide youth
education in high schools, youth
organizations and community centers
on the value of responsible fatherhood
and family preservation.
• Projects that offer services to fathers
to help them overcome the barriers to
positive involvement in their children’s
lives.
• Projects that offer education and
activities focused on Responsible
Fatherhood and Parenting.
• Projects that offer family
preservation activities in a culturally
appropriate and traditional manner
within Native American and Pacific
Basin communities.

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• Projects that offer absentee parents
services that help them to overcome
barriers that prevent them from
consistent involvement in their
children’s lives. Services would include
activities that provide the absentee
parents opportunities to interact with
their children and increase parental
involvement, and also promote the
value and importance of healthy
families.
• Projects that offer education on
communication and conflict resolution
for absentee parents to improve the
custodial and non-custodial parental
relationship and increase absentee
parents’ involvement in their children’s
lives.
• Projects to reduce child/infant
abuse and neglect and family domestic
violence.
• Projects that address the needs of
grandparents raising grandchildren.
• Projects to recruit, train and certify
new Native American foster parents or
promote appropriate extended family
placements or to assist abused,
neglected, and abandoned Native
American children, youth and their
families.
• Projects that target family
strengthening services to individuals
with substance abuse issues as a way to
support a strong healthy family
environment.
• Projects that provide public
advertising campaigns in Native
American, and Pacific Basin
communities on the value of parental
involvement, family preservation and
responsible fatherhood as a way to
strengthen family relationships.

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d. Funding Restrictions
The following funding restriction will
be added to the FY 2009 PA:
Counseling or therapeutic activities
that are medically based.
e. Evaluation Criteria
Changes were made to the Approach
evaluation criterion, Project Strategy
sub-criterion and Organizational
Profiles, Project Staffing sub-criterion.
The FY 2009 PA Project Strategy subcriterion will be:
Project Strategy (10 points): Present a
narrative on the project strategy and
implementation plan (Objective Work
Plan—see below*) for the entire project
period. Be clear and concise. Provide a
clear relationship between the proposed
project goal and the project objectives.
Discuss how the project objectives will
support and assist the achievement of
the project goal. Discuss how the project
goal will support and assist the
achievement of the community’s longrange goals. Discuss how the current

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proposed project differs from previously
ANA funded projects which may be
similar in nature to the current
proposed project.
Applicants should provide
information on the curricula they will
be utilizing within their project and
how it is community appropriate to the
project. ANA will not fund curriculum
development in an implementation
grant. Minor text and/or activity
modification to existing curricula to
make the curricula communityappropriate will be allowed in the first
two months of an implementation
project.
Applicants are required to discuss the
Domestic Violence Protocol (see
Definitions) that the proposed project
will use to identify and provide
appropriate referral or services for
individuals or couples where violence is
occurring if implementing a project
focused on healthy relationships,
healthy marriages or fatherhood.
Applicants should be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the
information and services provided by
domestic violence coalitions within the
community.
* See section I.C.iv Objective Work
Plan sub-criterion on Approach
Criterion in this Notice Of Public
Comment for the Objective Work Plan
Instructions.
The FY 2009 PA Project Staffing Plan
sub-criterion will be:
Project Staffing Plan (5 points):
Provide staffing and position data that
includes a proposed staffing pattern for
the project. Describe the process and
general timeframe to hire staff (such as
advertising or recruiting from within the
community). Explain how the current
and future staff will manage the
proposed project. Full project position
descriptions are required to be
submitted as an attachment. Brief
biographies and/or resumes of identified
key positions or individuals will be
included as an attachment. Project
positions discussed in this section must
match the positions identified in the
OWP and in the itemized budget. Note:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to
give preference to qualified Native
Americans, in accordance with
applicable laws, in hiring project staff
and in contracting services under an
approved ANA grant. Applicants should
state any required training they will
need in order to be certified in a
particular curriculum. Certification
should occur within the first two
months of an implementation project.
(C) ANA SEDS: ANA FY 2009 PAs
were revised from FY 2008 to split
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Families requirements. Therefore, ANA
will publish two PAs, namely Social
and Economic Development Strategies
(hereinafter referred to as SEDS) and
Social and Economic Development
Strategies for Alaska (hereinafter
referred to as SEDS–AK). (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b–3.)
i. SEDS. The Priority Area
Descriptions for social projects were
changed. The priority areas focused on
family preservation have been moved to
the Family Preservation program area,
see previous section. (Legal authority:
Section 803(a) and (d) and 803C of the
Native American Programs Act of 1974,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and
2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109–394.)
Priority Area Description for Social
Development
The FY 2009 PA Priority Area
Description for Social Development
Projects removes the following bullets:
• Projects to reduce child/infant
abuse and neglect and family domestic
violence.
• Projects that address the needs of
grandparents raising grandchildren.
• Projects to recruit, train and certify
new Native American foster parents or
promote appropriate extended family
placements or to assist abused,
neglected and abandoned Native
American children, youth and their
families.
ii. SEDS–AK. The Executive Summary
has been changed to reflect the new PA
for SEDS–AK. A priority area for
economic development projects was
added addressing traditional energy
activities. Three Priority Areas for social
projects were removed to reflect their
movement to the Family Preservation
and Children program area, see previous
section. (Legal authority: Section 803(a)
and (d) and 803C of the Native
American Programs Act of 1974, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b and 2991b–
3 and Pub. L. 109–394.)
1. Executive Summary
The FY 2009 PA Executive Summary
will be:
The Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), within the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), announces the
availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
funds for new community-based
projects under the ANA Social and
Economic Development Strategies for
Alaska (SEDS–AK) program. ANA’s FY
2009 SEDS–AK goals and program areas
of interest are focused on strengthening
children, families and communities

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through community-based
organizations, Tribes and Village
governments. The purpose of ANA is to
promote the goal of economic and social
self-sufficiency for American Indians,
Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives and
other Native American Pacific Islanders,
including American Samoa Natives.

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HUMAN SERVICES

2. Priority Area Description for
Economic Development
The FY2009 PA Priority Area
Description for Economic Development
Projects adds the following bullet:
• Projects to promote traditional
energy activities and practices that
support conservation and help to
mitigate the high costs associated with
the purchase, transportation, and
storage of fuel in remote Alaskan
Villages.

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3. Priority Area Description for Social
Development
The FY 2009 PA Priority Area
Description for Social Development
Projects removes the following bullets:
• Projects to reduce child/infant
abuse and neglect and family domestic
violence.
• Projects that address the needs of
grandparents raising grandchildren.
• Projects to recruit, train and certify
new Native American foster parents or
promote appropriate extended family
placements or to assist abused,
neglected and abandoned Native
American children, youth and their
families.
(D) ANA ERE: The FY 2009 PA
includes an additional instruction in the
Approach evaluation criterion, Project
Strategy sub-criterion. This change
reflects the need for additional
information related to the land area and
natural resources over which the
applicant has jurisdiction. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) and (d) and
803C of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
2991b and 2991b–3 and Pub. L. 109–
394.)
The FY 2009 PA Approach evaluation
criterion, Project Strategy sub-criterion
will have the following statement
added:
Applicants are required to describe a
land base or other resources, e.g., river
or body of water, over which they
exercise jurisdiction to implement
Tribal regulation of environmental
quality. Maps and photos of the area are
encouraged.
Dated: September 30, 2008.
Quanah Crossland Stamps,
Commissioner, Administration for Native
Americans.
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Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2008–F–0518]

Anitox; Filing of Food Additive Petition
(Animal Use); Formaldehyde
Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.
ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that Anitox has filed a petition
proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended to provide for
the safe use of formaldehyde to retard
the growth of Clostridium perfringens in
animal feeds.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the petitioner’s
environmental assessment December 8,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Division of Dockets Management
(HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit
electronic comments to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for Veterinary
Medicine, Food and Drug
Administration, 7519 Standish Pl.,
Rockville, MD 20855, 240–453–6853,
e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)),
notice is given that a food additive
petition (FAP 2259) has been filed by
Anitox, 1055 Progress Circle,
Lawrenceville, GA 30043. The petition
proposes to amend the food additive
regulations in part 573—Food Additives
Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water
of Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide
for the safe use of formaldehyde to
retard the growth of Clostridium
perfringens in animal feeds.
The potential environmental impact
of this action is being reviewed. To
encourage public participation
consistent with regulations issued under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the agency is
placing the environmental assessment
submitted with the petition that is the
subject of this notice on public display
at the Division of Dockets Management
(see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public
review and comment.
Interested persons may submit to the
Division of Dockets Management (see
ADDRESSES) written or electronic
comments regarding this document.

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Submit a single copy of electronic
comments or two paper copies of any
mailed comments, except that
individuals may submit one paper copy.
Comments are to be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document. Received
comments may be seen in the Division
of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FDA will also place on public display
any amendments to, or comments on,
the petitioner’s environmental
assessment without further
announcement in the Federal Register.
If, based on its review, the agency finds
that an environmental impact statement
is not required and this petition results
in a regulation, the notice of availability
of the agency’s finding of no significant
impact and the evidence supporting that
finding will be published with the
regulation in the Federal Register in
accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b).
Please note that on January 15, 2008,
the FDA Division of Dockets
Management Web site transitioned to
the Federal Dockets Management
System (FDMS). FDMS is a
Government-wide, electronic docket
management system. Electronic
comments or submissions will be
accepted by FDA only through FDMS at
http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: September 29, 2008.
Bernadette Dunham,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0038]

Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs
Advisory Committee; Notice of
Meeting; Correction
AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.
ACTION:

Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration is correcting a notice
that appeared in the Federal Register of
September 24, 2008 (73 FR 55114). The
document announced a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). A portion of the meeting will be
closed to the public. This document
corrects the error.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theresa Green, Office of the
Commissioner, Food and Drug

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