[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55277-55278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26794]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development
[Docket No. FR-3853-N-02]
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program; Announcement
of Funding Awards--Fiscal Year 1995
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this notice announces
the funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for
funding under the Fiscal Year 1995 Housing Opportunities for Persons
with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The notice contains the names of award
winners and the amounts of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Karnas, Jr., Director, Office of
HIV/AIDS Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room
7154, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)
708-1934. The TDD number for the hearing impaired is (202) 708-2565.
(These are not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the competition was to award
grants for housing assistance and supportive services by two types of
projects: (1) Grants for special projects of national significance
which, due to their innovative nature or their potential for
replication, are likely to serve as effective models in addressing the
needs of low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families;
and (2) grants for projects which are part of long-term comprehensive
strategies for providing housing and related services for low-income
persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families in areas that do not
receive HOPWA formula allocations.
The assistance made available in this announcement is authorized by
the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), as amended by the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550,
approved October 28, 1992) and was appropriated by the HUD
Appropriations Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 103-327, approved September 28,
1994) and by the HUD Appropriations Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-124,
approved October 28, 1993), as amended by Pub. L. 104-19, approved July
27, 1995 (the Rescissions Act). The competition was announced in a
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register
on February 16, 1995 (60 FR 9260). Applications were rated and selected
for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained in that
Notice.
A total of $17,673,957 was awarded for 21 applications under two
categories of assistance: $13,406,336 in 16 grants for special projects
of national significance; and $4,267,621 in 5 grants for projects which
are part of long-term comprehensive strategies for providing housing
and related services. In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the
Department of Housing and Urban
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Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, approved December 15,
1989), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of the
awards in Appendix A to this document.
Dated: October 24, 1995.
Andrew Cuomo,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Appendix A.--1995 HOPWA Competitive Grants
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Grant recipient Project location Award amount
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AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Birmingham, $756,992
Inc.. Alabama.
Alaska Housing Finance Corp.... Fairbanks & 716,166 LT
Juneau, Alaska.
Marin County Community San Francisco 1,100,000
Development Agency. metro area,
California.
State of Connecticut Dept. of State-wide, 998,648
Social Services. Connecticut.
Cornerstone Services, Inc...... Joliet, Illinois. 465,991
Travelers & Immigrants Aid of Chicago, Illinois 1,030,000
Chicago.
UNITY for the Homeless......... New Orleans, 1,099,230
Louisiana.
City of Baltimore Department of Baltimore, 1,076,718
Housing and Community Maryland.
Development.
State of Maryland, Department Eastern Shore & 1,000,000 LT
of Health and Mental Hygiene. Western Maryland.
AIDS Housing Corporation....... Boston, 990,534
Massachusetts.
Hospice of Southeastern Detroit metro 572,932
Michigan. area, Michigan.
State of Missouri, Department Areas outside of 888,065 LT
of Health. St. Louis and
Kansas City,
Missouri.
Community Counseling & Brooklyn, New 66,950
Mediation. York.
Episcopal Social Services of Harlem 1,099,999
New York, Episcopal Action. neighborhood of
New York City,
NY.
Greyston Foundation, Inc....... Yonkers, New York 1,100,000
Southside Community Mission.... Brooklyn, New 975,572
York.
Asociacion de Puertorriquenos Philadelphia, 1,030,000
en Marcha. Pennsylvania.
State of Rhode Island, Housing Providence, Rhode 943,440 LT
and Mortgage Finance Island.
Corporation.
State of Vermont, Housing and State-wide, 719,950 LT
Conservation Board. Vermont.
AIDS Housing of Washington (2 National & 1,042,770
projects). Seattle area
projects,
Washington.
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Total HOPWA 1995 Awards.. 21 Grants........ 17,673,957
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LT denotes Long-term projects; others are Special Projects of National
Significance.
[FR Doc. 95-26794 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am]
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