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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 23 / Monday, February 4, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Request for Proposals: The National
Emergency or Disaster Grants To
Assist Low-Income Migrant and
Seasonal Farmworkers
Announcement Type: Initial Notice of
Funds Available (NOFA) inviting
proposals from qualified applicants.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number (CFDA): 10.405
SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service
(RHS) announces the availability of
funds and the timeframe to submit
applications for grants to provide
emergency services to areas where the
Secretary of Agriculture determines that
a local, state, or national emergency or
disaster has caused low-income migrant
or seasonal farmworkers to lose income,
be unable to work, or to stay at home or
return home in anticipation of work
shortages. For purposes of this NOFA,
emergency services include any service
that can be provided under the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–
288), as amended (Stafford Act), that
also meets the requirements of 42 U.S.C.
5177a. For instance the Stafford Act and
41 U.S.C. 5177a would permit the
following services:
• Activities to support state and local
emergency assistance;
• Coordination of disaster relief
provided by federal and non-federal
organizations;
• Technical and advisory assistance
to state and local governments;
• Emergency assistance through
federal agencies;
• Debris removal through grants to
state and local governments;
• Grants to individuals and
households for temporary housing and
uninsured personal needs; and
• Distribution of medicine, food and
consumables.
Additionally, for this NOFA, the types
of services could include, but are not
limited to, assistance in meeting rent or
mortgage payments, utility bills, child
care, transportation, school supplies,
food, repair or rehabilitation of
farmworker housing, facilities related to
farmworker housing such as an
infirmary for emergency car