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The 1979 edition is sold on a subscription basis by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. It consists of the basic manual and changes as issued for one year. The order for the Catalog must be accompanied by a check or money order made payable to the Superintendent of Documents. Although the Catalog is published by the Office of Management and Budget, subscriptions for the catalog are only available through the Government Printing Office (see Subscription Form in back of Catalog).

Service adjustments: For change of address, non-receipt, or discrepancies, send full details with latest mailing label to the address in the upper left corner of label.

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Catalog Highlights

The 1979 Catalog contains 1,078 programs administered by 57 Federal agencies. The objectives of some of the new programs follow:

ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH EDUCATION

LAW ENFORCEMENT

NOISE POLLUTION

RURAL HOUSING

SMALL BUSINESS

Program designed to provide financial support for demonstration projects to improve adoption practices; gather information on adoptions; and provide training and technical assistance (13.652).

Formula grant programs set up to strengthen the leadership resources of State educational agencies in several areas and particularly in the fields of guidance, counseling and testing in elementary and secondary schools (13.486 and 13.577).

Project grant program to provide, foster, and promote training and other employment related services to groups with particular disadvan tages in the labor market; carry out special Federal responsibilities under CETA (17.243).

Grant programs to identify, recruit, and select individuals from disad vantaged backgrounds for education/training in a health profession; support eligible students in health administration, and hospital ad ministration (13.822, 13.962, 13.964, 13.970, 13.971, and 13.972).

Program designed to provide assistance to criminal justice agencies in achieving compliance with Federal and State Privacy and Security requirements and to further the administration of criminal justice through assistance in the specific area of computer crimes (16.522).

Program set up to promote the development of effective State and local noise control programs by identifying noise problems and establishing or augmenting a noise control capability in such jurisdictions (66.031). Loan program set up to assist above-moderate income families in obtain ing adequate but modest, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings and related facilities for their own use in rural areas (10.429).

Loan programs to assist small business concerns alter plants to meet regulation requirements; assist small businesses acquire equipment facilities, machinery, supplies or materials to enable such concerns to manufacture, design, market, install or service specific energy measures (59.028, 59.030, and 59.031).

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Introduction

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a Government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains over ome of t 1,000 financial and nonfinancial programs administered by departments and establishments in the Executive Branch of the Government.

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adoptin The Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95-220) enacted December 28, 1977, provides for publishing information on Federal assistance programs through the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), and the Federal Assistance Programs Retrieval System (FAPRS), a computerized means of identifying Federresoun al programs. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) maintains a Federal assistance information data rly int base from which program information for the Catalog and FAPRS is obtained.

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As the basic reference source of Federal programs, the primary purpose of the Catalog is to assist users in identifying programs which meet the specific objective of the potential applicant and to obtain general inforning mation on Federal assistance programs and other resources available from the Federal Government. In addidisadm tion, the intent of the Catalog is to improve coordination and communication between the Federal Governnsibilitment and State and local governments.

The Catalog is published annually, using the most current data available (as submitted by Federal grantor m di agencies) on the status of programs at the time the Catalog or the Update to the Catalog is compiled. The ofessi basic edition of the Catalog, usually published in May, reflects completed congressional action on program pital legislation. This year, the Office of Management and Budget will attempt to publish two updates reflecting completed congressional action on the President's budget proposals and on substantive legislation as of the date of compilation, and include information on Federal programs that was not available at the time the cies basic edition was compiled.

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just The Catalog is also available on machine readable magnetic tape. It can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151. The magnetic tape reflects all textual material published in the program descriptions section of the Catalog. ad l In addition, a 'characteristics record' is included for each program. This file contains information extracted lish and coded from the textual material, for use with the accompanying documentation.

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THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

nd As a part of the implementation of the Federal Program Information Act, FAPRS has been transferred from the Department of Agriculture to OMB. This system, as developed by the Department of Agriculture in March 1976, was designed to aid small, rural, isolated communities unfamilar with Federal assistance programs or unable to locate Federal aid programs that had the greatest funding potential. However, FAPRS is now being accessed by urban areas as well.

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FAPRS, a computerized system, assists applicants and users in the identification of Federal programs which meet the developmental needs of State and local governments, Indian tribal governments, public and private nonprofit organizations, profit-making groups as well as individuals.

The information provided by a FAPRS search is obtained from the input supplied by the requestor. This input includes the State and county; population size of the city or town, whether an area is multijurisdictional; type of applicant (e.g., State or local government, Indian tribe, etc.); and the specific functional categories and subcategories of interest of the requestor. The specific categories and subcategories contained in the FAPRS data base are identical to those published in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The information provided by a FAPRS search consists of a list of applicable programs from the Catalog. For detailed information on each program, the requestor may refer to the Catalog or obtain a printout of the program description from FAPRS.

States have designated access points where FAPRS searches may be made. In addition, bulletins on FAPRS are available to inform users of the enhancements or changes made to the system. For further information

on FAPRS, the location of the nearest State access point, or a list of the timesharing companies that provide direct access to FAPRS, write to the Office of Management and Budget, Budget Review Division, Federal Pro gram Information Branch, Washington, D.C. 20503.

THE CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE

Programs selected for inclusion in the Federal assistance data base are defined as any activity, service, proj ect or process of a Federal agency (as defined by Section 551(1) of Title 5, United States Code) to include a commission, council, administration, Government-owned corporation, or any instrumentality of the Executive Branch of the Government which provides assistance or benefits to the American public. The term 'assist ance' refers to the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value: the principal purpose of which is to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by Federal statute. Programs are iden tified in terms of the authorizing statute, budget authority to enter into obligations resulting in outlays of Federal funds, the administering office, the purpose, benefits and beneficiaries of a program.

Contents Of The Catalog

The Catalog contains Federal domestic assistance programs, which must be requested or applied for by: State and local governments (including the District of Columbia and federally recognized Indian Tribal Govern ments); territories and possessions of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

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- Programs that are related based upon program objectives and uses; and

- Individual agency policies and Federal circular policies pertaining to a program.

Programs in the Catalog have been grouped into the following functional categories providing a wide range of

benefits and services in the area of:

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