The questionnaire will be used by CDFI
Program applicants to apply for additional funding under the
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), a new initiative in the
CDFI Funds FY 2011 proposed Appropriations. The information
collected will be used to select awardees, based on a merit-based
selection process. The requested information is required by the
CDFI Program Regulations (12 CFR Part 1805) and the respective
Notice of Funds Availability.
The CDFI Fund is
requesting emergency clearance for the attached questionnaire for
the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). This initiative is in
collaboration, at the directive of the Obama Administration, with
the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). The CDFI Program has developed the
questionnaire, in collaboration with USDA and HHS, to solicit
information for determining the most appropriate entities for
reaching communities lacking access to healthy fresh foods. The
CDFI Program is the first program, of the other programs in USDA
and HHS, to solicit such information. USDA and HHS will be issuing
their own NOFAs in early spring FY 2011 and need to know which
entities will be receiving funding through the CDFI Program. The
CDFI Fund intends to send the questionnaire to applicants in
December 2010; allow at least 30 days for completing and submitting
the questionnaire; and review and evaluate the submissions in
collaboration with USDA and HHS, all before early spring FY 2011.
In order to meet this deadline, an emergency clearance is being
requested.
US Code:
12 USC 4701 et seq. Name of Law: Community Development Banking
and Financial Institutions
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.