Notice of Funding Availability; Public Housing Drug Elimination Program; Gun Buyback Violence Reduction Initiative

Resumen

The purpose of this notice is to affirm that gun buyback initiatives are an eligible activity under the public housing drug elimination program and to provide funding information and program guidelines for gun buyback programs. PHAs may reprogram a portion of their FY 1999 PHDEP grant dollars in order to devote such resources to gun buyback violence reduction initiatives. To encourage PHAs to devote a nationwide total of up to $10.5 million of their FY99 PHDEP grant funds to gun buyback violence reduction initiatives in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, HUD through this notice is making an additional $4.5 million available for gun buyback violence reduction initiatives. This $4.5 million will be awarded on a first-come, first- served basis to PHAs that submit their reprogramming requests in accordance with this notice to provide approximately an additional $43 dollars for every $100 of FY 1999 PHDEP funds reprogrammed for gun buyback violence reduction initiatives. This notice also provides guidance to PHAs on the use of the additional $4.5 million of Drug Elimination grant funds that the Department is making available to PHAs to increase the amount available for buy