Notice for Public Comment on Administration for Native Americans' Program Policies Relating to the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance-Esther Martinez Immersion Funding Opportunity, 6954-6955 [2020-02319]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[CFDA Number: 93.587]
Notice for Public Comment on
Administration for Native Americans’
Program Policies Relating to the Native
American Language Preservation and
Maintenance—Esther Martinez
Immersion Funding Opportunity
Administration for Native
Americans (ANA), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice for public comment.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 814 of the
Native American Programs Act of 1974
(NAPA), as amended, the ANA is
required to provide members of the
public an opportunity to comment on
proposed changes in interpretive rules
and general statements of policy and to
give notice of the proposed changes no
less than 30 days before such changes
become effective. In accordance with
the notice requirements of NAPA, ANA
herein describes proposed general
statements of policy that relate to the
Native American Language Preservation
and Maintenance—Esther Martinez
Immersion (EMI) funding opportunity
announcement (FOA) in fiscal year (FY)
2020.
DATES: Comments are due by March 9,
2020. If ANA does not receive any
significant comments on the statements
of policy within the 30-day comment
period, ANA will proceed with the
proposed changes in the published
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FOA. The FOA will serve as the final
notice of these proposed changes.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to Carmelia Strickland,
Director of Program Operations,
Administration for Native Americans,
330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201
or via email: ANAComments@
acf.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carmelia Strickland, Director, Division
of Program Operations, Administration
for Native Americans, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201. Telephone:
(877) 922–9262; Email:
ANAComments@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
814 of NAPA, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
2992b–1) incorporates provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act that
require ANA to provide notice of its
proposed interpretive rules and
statements of policy and to seek public
comment on such proposals. ANA
voluntarily provides notices of its rules
of practice and procedure in an effort to
be transparent. ANA published a notice
in the Federal Register on December 27,
2019, located at 84 FR 71428, pages
71428–71430, that lays out changes
ANA intends to implement in its FOAs
for FY 2020. This notice provides
information on additional changes that
will be implemented in the FY 2020
EMI FOA.
ANA’s past FOAs can be accessed at
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/
foa/office/ana or https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/.
Synopses and application forms will be
available on https://www.grants.gov.
1. On December 20, 2019, President
Trump signed into law the Esther
Martinez Native American Languages
Programs Reauthorization Act
(Reauthorization Act). The statute
amended NAPA to allow ANA to set the
project period of EMI grants to up to 60
months. Because of the complexity of
language grants that provide immersion
instruction and because Native
American communities are most
knowledgeable about their language
programs and the length of time
necessary to implement them, ANA has
determined to use this new authority to
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give tribes maximum flexibility on the
length of their grant and allow the
project period for the FY 2020 EMI
grants to be up to 60 months.
Previously, awards were limited to a 36month project period. FY 2020 awards
will be made for a project period of 36
months, 48 months, or 60 months. An
initial award will be for a 12-month
budget period. Non-competing
continuation (NCC) awards will be
awarded on the basis of annual NCC
applications, availability of funds,
satisfactory progress, on-time
completion of grant reporting
requirements, and a determination that
continued funding would be in the best
interest of the government.
2. ANA had intended to accept
applications for the EMI grants for 90
days, in-line with its other grants.
However, because ANA is making
additional changes to the EMI grant to
implement the Reauthorization Act,
ANA will reduce the period for
accepting applications in order to issue
the EMI awards in a timely manner. The
EMI FOA, HHS–2018–ACF–ANA–NB–
1343, will accept applications for 60
days from the date it is published on
Grants.gov.
3. ANA plans to change the order of
the publication of the FOAs. In the
Notice of Public Comment published on
December 27, 2019, 84 FR 71428, pages
71428–71430, Supplementary
Information, ANA stated that it planned
to publish the FOAs for the EMI, Native
American Language Preservation and
Maintenance (P&M), and Environmental
Regulatory Enhancement (ERE) grants
first and then allow a 2-week period
before the Social and Economic
Development Strategies (SEDS) and
Social and Economic Development
Strategies-Alaska (SEDS–AK) FOAs
were published. However, because of
the changes to the EMI grant described
above, ANA will need additional time to
publish the EMI FOA. In order to
continue to stagger the submission
deadlines, ANA has decided it will
publish the P&M, ERE, and SEDS–AK
FOAs first and then allow a 2-week
period before the SEDS and EMI FOAs
are published. As this is a change in
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agency procedure, the change will be
made without reviewing comments.
Statutory Authority: Section 814 of
the Native American Programs Act of
1974, as amended.
Elizabeth Leo,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of
Grants Policy, Office of Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.587]
Notice for Public Comment on Administration for Native Americans'
Program Policies Relating to the Native American Language Preservation
and Maintenance--Esther Martinez Immersion Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Administration for Native Americans (ANA), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS).
ACTION: Notice for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of
1974 (NAPA), as amended, the ANA is required to provide members of the
public an opportunity to comment on proposed changes in interpretive
rules and general statements of policy and to give notice of the
proposed changes no less than 30 days before such changes become
effective. In accordance with the notice requirements of NAPA, ANA
herein describes proposed general statements of policy that relate to
the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance--Esther
Martinez Immersion (EMI) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in
fiscal year (FY) 2020.
DATES: Comments are due by March 9, 2020. If ANA does not receive any
significant comments on the statements of policy within the 30-day
comment period, ANA will proceed with the proposed changes in the
published FOA. The FOA will serve as the final notice of these proposed
changes.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to Carmelia Strickland, Director
of Program Operations, Administration for Native Americans, 330 C
Street SW, Washington, DC 20201 or via email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmelia Strickland, Director,
Division of Program Operations, Administration for Native Americans,
330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: (877) 922-9262;
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 814 of NAPA, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
2992b-1) incorporates provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
that require ANA to provide notice of its proposed interpretive rules
and statements of policy and to seek public comment on such proposals.
ANA voluntarily provides notices of its rules of practice and procedure
in an effort to be transparent. ANA published a notice in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2019, located at 84 FR 71428, pages 71428-
71430, that lays out changes ANA intends to implement in its FOAs for
FY 2020. This notice provides information on additional changes that
will be implemented in the FY 2020 EMI FOA.
ANA's past FOAs can be accessed at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/office/ana or https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/.
Synopses and application forms will be available on https://www.grants.gov.
1. On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Esther
Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act
(Reauthorization Act). The statute amended NAPA to allow ANA to set the
project period of EMI grants to up to 60 months. Because of the
complexity of language grants that provide immersion instruction and
because Native American communities are most knowledgeable about their
language programs and the length of time necessary to implement them,
ANA has determined to use this new authority to give tribes maximum
flexibility on the length of their grant and allow the project period
for the FY 2020 EMI grants to be up to 60 months. Previously, awards
were limited to a 36-month project period. FY 2020 awards will be made
for a project period of 36 months, 48 months, or 60 months. An initial
award will be for a 12-month budget period. Non-competing continuation
(NCC) awards will be awarded on the basis of annual NCC applications,
availability of funds, satisfactory progress, on-time completion of
grant reporting requirements, and a determination that continued
funding would be in the best interest of the government.
2. ANA had intended to accept applications for the EMI grants for
90 days, in-line with its other grants. However, because ANA is making
additional changes to the EMI grant to implement the Reauthorization
Act, ANA will reduce the period for accepting applications in order to
issue the EMI awards in a timely manner. The EMI FOA, HHS-2018-ACF-ANA-
NB-1343, will accept applications for 60 days from the date it is
published on Grants.gov.
3. ANA plans to change the order of the publication of the FOAs. In
the Notice of Public Comment published on December 27, 2019, 84 FR
71428, pages 71428-71430, Supplementary Information, ANA stated that it
planned to publish the FOAs for the EMI, Native American Language
Preservation and Maintenance (P&M), and Environmental Regulatory
Enhancement (ERE) grants first and then allow a 2-week period before
the Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) and Social and
Economic Development Strategies-Alaska (SEDS-AK) FOAs were published.
However, because of the changes to the EMI grant described above, ANA
will need additional time to publish the EMI FOA. In order to continue
to stagger the submission deadlines, ANA has decided it will publish
the P&M, ERE, and SEDS-AK FOAs first and then allow a 2-week period
before the SEDS and EMI FOAs are published. As this is a change in
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agency procedure, the change will be made without reviewing comments.
Statutory Authority: Section 814 of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974, as amended.
Elizabeth Leo,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
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