Criteria Document June 1999

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1-1
   
2. Purpose 1-1
   
3. Organization of SFC Program Policies 1-1
   

1. SFC Program Mission 2-1
   
2. Overview of SFC Program Delivery Methods 2-3
   
3. SFC Program Organizational Structure 2-5
   
4. SFC Program Services 2-7
   
5. Participation in Program Activities by Tribes and Others 2-11
   

1. Introduction 3-1
   
2. Legislative History of the SFC Program 3-3
   
3. Relationship of Inadequate Sanitation to Disease 3-7
   
4. The SFC Program Today 3-11
   

1. Program Versus Project Budgets 4-1
   
2. Types of SFC Projects 4-5
   
3. IHS Services Using Non-IHS Program or Project Funds 4-7
   

1. Eligible persons for SFC Program services 5-1
   
2. What sanitation facilities can the SFC Program provide? 5-3
   
3. What homes are eligible for SFC Pro gram funded sanitation facilities projects? 5-5
   
4. Homes not eligible for housing support funds 5-7
   
5. Sanitation Facilities for Homes in Non-Indian Communities 5-9
   
6. Special Projects 5-11
   
7. Emergency Projects 5-13
   
8. Other types of projects and related questions 5-15
   
9. Area Specific Eligibility Criteria 5-17
   

1. Funding Methodology 6-1
   
2. Prioritizing Projects For New or Like-New Houses 6-3
   
3. Establishing Area Housing Support Project Priority Lists 6-5
   
4. Headquarters Distribution of Housing Support Funds to Areas 6-7
   
5. Projects For Existing Houses 6-9
   
6. Special Projects and Emergency Projects 6-11
   

1. SFC Resources Requirement Methodology (RRM) 7-3
   
2. Example RRM Calculation for a Specific Geographic Location 7-11
   
   

1. Direct Service 8-1
   
2. Tribal 638 Contracts for Program and/or Project Activities 8-13
   
3. Tribal 638 Compacts (Title III) 8-17
   
4. Compliance With Interagency Agreements, Laws, Regulations 8-21
   
   

1. Obligating Funds 9-1
   
2. Establishing a Project Account 9-5
   
3. Fund Transfers 9-7
   
4. Indirect Costs 9-9
   
5. Contingencies 9-13
   
6. Allowable Program and Project Expenses 9-17
   
   

1. SDS Requirements 10-1
   
2. PDS Requirements 10-5
   
3. OMDS Requirements 10-5
   
4. Other Required Reports 10-7
   
   

1. Minimum Design Standards 11-1
   
2. Minimum Worker Health and Safety Standards 11-3
   
3. Construction Site Safety for the Community 11-7
   
4. Rights of Way 11-9
   
5. Value Engineering 11-11
   
6. Environmental Protection, and Historic and Cultural Preservation Requirements 11-13