[Federal Register: December 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 246)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
AGENCY: Administration for Native Americans (ANA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment on the Proposed Adoption of ANA
Program Policies and Procedures; Correction
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of
1974 (the Act) 42 U.S.C. 2992b-1, ANA herein describes its proposed
interpretive rules, statements of general policy and rules of agency
procedure or practice in relation to the Social and Economic
Development Strategies (hereinafter referred to as SEDS), Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language), Environmental Regulatory Enhancement (hereinafter
referred to as Environmental), Environmental Mitigation (hereinafter
referred to as Mitigation), Improving the Well-Being of Children--
Native American Health Marriage Initiative (hereinafter referred to as
Healthy Marriage) programs and any Special Initiatives. Under the
statute, ANA is required to provide members of the public an
opportunity to comment on proposed changes in interpretive rules,
statements of general policy and rules of agency procedure or practice
and to give notice of the final adoption of such changes at least
thirty (30) days before the changes become effective. This Notice also
provides additional information about ANA's plan for administering the
programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila K. Cooper, Director of Program
Operations, toll-free at (877) 922-9262.
In the Federal Register Notice published on November 21, 2006 (Vol.
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71, No. 224), make the following addition under Additional Information:
VI. ANA Administrative Policy
ANA is issuing a policy clarification statement. Currently, ANA has
an administrative policy that states ``An applicant can have only one
active Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) grant
operating at any given time.'' In addition to the regular SEDS
competition, ANA currently conducts two special initiative awards
programs under Section 803(a) of the Native American Programs Act, 42
U.S.C. 2991b(a). The two additional programs funded under the SEDS
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 93.612 are the SEDS-
Alaska and the Improving the Well-Being of Children: Native American
Health Marriage Initiative (NAHMI). By issuing this statement, ANA is
reinforcing the policy that applicants may submit only one application
for SEDS or one application for NAHMI, but not for both. ANA will only
accept for funding competition the first application submitted. If two
applications are received from the same applicant at the same time, the
applicant will be notified, prior to an eligibility determination, that
only one application will be accepted. ANA will continue to enforce its
policy that grantees cannot receive two or more grant awards under the
SEDS category.
Dated: December 9, 2006.
Quanah Crossland Stamps,
Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans.
[FR Doc. 06-9834 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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