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APPLYING FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

Refer to the Agency Index, Functional Index, Subject Index, and/or the Applicant Eligibility Index to locate assistance program(s) suitable to your needs as an applicant.

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Determine a means of approach for making an application:

Program Objectives and Uses

Type of Assistance Needed

Eligibility Requirements

Application Procedure Required

Check for application deadline.

Refer to Information Contacts section located within each program description for addresses and telephone numbers to get further information from the funding agency.

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Types of Assistance

Currently, programs in the Catalog are being classified by GSA into 15 types of assistance. (Cooperative Agreements as a type of assistance is used for programs administered under that mechanism. However, the definition does not appear in this section.) Benefits and services of the programs are provided through seven financial types of assistance and eight nonfinancial types of assistance. The following list defines the types of assistance which are available through the programs. Code letters below (A through O) which identify the type of assistance) will follow program titles in the Agency Index, Applicant Eligibility Index, the Functional Index, Deadlines Index, and in the list of added programs.

А

Formula Grants — Allocations of money to States or their subdivisions in accordance with a distribution formula prescribed by law or administrative regulation, for activities of a continuing nature not confined to a specific project.

B

Project Grants — The funding, for fixed or known periods, of specific projects or the delivery of specific services or products without liability for damages for failure to perform. Project grants include fellowships, scholarships, research grants, training grants, traineeships, experimental and demonstration grants, evaluation grants, planning grants, technical assistance grants, survey grants, construction grants, and unsolicited contractual agreements.

С

Direct Payments for Specified Use – Financial assistance from the Federal government provided directly to individuals, private firms, and other private institutions to encourage or subsidize a particular activity by conditioning the receipt of the assistance on a particular performance by the recipient. This does not include solicited contracts for the procurement of goods and services for the Federal government.

D

Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use – Financial assistance from the Federal government provided directly to beneficiaries who satisfy Federal eligibility requirements with no restrictions being imposed on the recipient as to how the money is spent. Included are payments under retirement, pension, and compensation programs.

E

Direct Loans — Financial assistance provided through the lending of Federal monies for a specific period of time, with a reasonable expectation of repayment. Such loans may or may not require the payment of interest.

F

Guaranteed/Insured Loans – Programs in which the Federal government makes an arrangement to indemnify a lender against part or all of any defaults by those responsible for repayment of loans.

G

Insurance

Financial assistance provided to assure reimbursement for losses sustained under specified conditions. Coverage may be provided directly by the Federal government or through private carriers and may or may not involve the payment of premiums.

H

Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods - Programs which provide for the sale, exchange, or donation of Federal real property, personal property, commodities, and other goods including land, buildings, equipment, food and drugs. This does not include the loan of, use of, or access to Federal facilities or property.

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Use of Property, Facilities, and Equipment - Programs which provide for the loan of, use of, or access to Federal facilities or property wherein the federally-owned facilities or property do not remain in the possessionof the recipient of the assistance.

Provision of Specialized Services - Programs which provide Federal personnel to directly perform certain tasks for the benefit of communities or individuals. These services may be performed in conjunction with nonfederal personnel, but they involve more than consultation, advice, or counseling.

K

Advisory Services and Counseling – Programs which provide Federal specialists to consult, advise, or counsel communities or individuals, to include conferences, workshops, or personal contacts. This may involve the use of published information, but only in a secondary capacity.

L

Dissemination of Technical Information - Programs which provide for the publication and distribution of information or data of a specialized technical nature frequently through clearinghouses or libraries. This does not include conventional public information services designed for general public consumption.

M

Training - Programs which provide instructional activities conducted directly by a Federal agency for individuals not employed by the Federal government.

N Investigation of Complaints Federal administrative agency activities that are initiated in re

sponse to requests, either formal or informal, to examine or investigate claims of violations of Federal statutes, policy, or procedure. The origination of such claims must come from outside the Federal government.

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Federal Employment Programs which reflect the government-wide responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management in the recruitment and hiring of Federal civilian agency personnel.

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Contents of the Catalog

The Catalog contains Federal domestic assistance programs available to: State and local governments (including the District of Columbia and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments); Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

Programs in the Catalog provide information on the:

- Federal agency administering a program;

- Authorization upon which a program is based;

- Objectives and goals of a program;

Types of financial and nonfinancial assistance offered under a program;

Uses and restrictions placed upon a program;

Eligibility requirements;

- Application and award process;

- Amount of obligations for the past, current, and future fiscal years;

– Regulations, guidelines and literature relevant to a program;

- Information contacts at the headquarters, regional, and local offices;

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

– Examples of funded projects;

- Criteria for selecting proposals; and

- Individual agency policies and Federal management policy directives pertaining to a program.

Programs in the Catalog provide a wide range of benefits and services, which have been grouped into 20 basic functional categories, and 176 subcategories which identify specific areas of interest. Listed below are the 20 basic categories in which all programs have been grouped by primary purpose.

- Agriculture

Business and Commerce

Community Development

Consumer Protection

- Cultural Affairs

– Disaster Prevention and Relief

Education

– Employment, Labor, and Training

Energy

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