[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2723-2725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1098]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4800-FA-03]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Program; Fiscal Year 2003

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice 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 announcement 
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a 
competition for funding under the Super Notice of Funding Availability 
(SuperNOFA) for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program. 
This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of 
the awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director, 
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 7137, Washington, 
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2290 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339. For 
general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community 
Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Housing and Economic Development 
program was authorized by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 
1999. The competition was announced in the SuperNOFA published April 
25, 2003. Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis 
of selection criteria contained in that notice.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 14.250.

    The Rural Housing and Economic Development Program is designed to 
build capacity at the State and local level for rural housing and 
economic development and to support innovative housing and economic 
development activities in rural areas. Eligible applicants are local 
rural non-profit organizations, community development corporations, 
federally recognized Indian tribes, and State housing finance agencies. 
The funds made available under this program were awarded competitively, 
through a selection process conducted by HUD.
    Prior to the rating and ranking of this year's applications, 
Eastern Eight Community Development in Johnson City, Tennessee was 
awarded $134,000, Fort Belknap Indian Community in Harlem, Montana was 
awarded $66,782, and Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe in Hollister, North 
Carolina was awarded $89,421 as a result of funding errors during the 
previous year's funding. For the Fiscal Year 2003 competition, a total 
of $24,590,272 was awarded to 87 projects nationwide.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of 
the awards in Appendix A to this document.

    Dated: December 17, 2003.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development.

   Appendix A.--Fiscal Year 2003 Funding Awards for Rural Housing and
                      Economic Development Program
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          Applicant                 City         State    Award  dollars
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                            Innovative Grants
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Arkansas Human Development    Little Rock....  AR.......         400,000
 Corporation.
Navajo Partnership for        Saint Michaels.  AZ.......         400,000
 Housing, Inc..
PPEP Microbusiness and        Tucson.........  AZ.......         400,000
 Housing Development.

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International Sonoran Desert  Ajo............  AZ.......         400,000
 Alliance.
Nogales Main Street           Tucson.........  AZ.......         389,927
 Association.
Arizona Department of         Phoenix........  AZ.......         400,000
 Housing.
Tule River CDC..............  Porterville....  CA.......         400,000
North Fork CD Council.......  North Fork.....  CA.......         400,000
Westside Housing and          Fresno County..  CA.......         400,000
 Economic Network, Inc.
I-5 Social Services           Fresno.........  CA.......         400,000
 Corporation.
Walking Shield American       Tustin.........  CA.......         400,000
 Indian Society.
SW Georgia United             Vienna.........  GA.......         400,000
 Empowerment Zone.
Homeward, Inc...............  Clarion........  IA.......         400,000
Homestead Affordable          Nortonville....  KS.......         400,000
 Housing, Inc..
HPCHDA, Inc.................  Hazard.........  KY.......         400,000
Kentucky Highlands            London.........  KY.......         400,000
 Investment Corporation.
Frontier Housing, Inc.......  Morehead.......  KY.......         400,000
Macon Ridge CDC.............  Ferriday.......  LA.......         202,400
Four Directions Development   Orono..........  ME.......         400,000
 Corporation.
Midwest MN CDC..............  Detroit Lakes..  MN.......         400,000
Chippewa Cree Housing         Box Elder......  MT.......         400,000
 Authority.
The Heritage Capital Fund...  Wolf Point.....  MT.......         399,848
Lumbee Regional Development   Pembroke.......  NC.......         379,328
 Association.
Hollister R.E.A.C.H.........  Hollister......  NC.......         190,750
Community Developers of       Belhaven.......  NC.......         397,796
 Beaufort-Hyde.
Ho-Chunk CDC................  Walthill.......  NE.......         400,000
Tierra Del Sol Housing        Anthony........  NM.......         399,625
 Corporation.
Rural Opportunities, Inc....  Rochester......  NY.......         400,000
Portage Area Development      Ravenna........  OH.......         400,000
 Corporation.
Appalachian Center for        Athens.........  OH.......         306,964
 Economic Networks.
Little Dixie Community        Hugo...........  OK.......         386,207
 Action Agency.
Community First Fund........  Lancaster......  PA.......         400,000
Ceiba Housing and Economic    Ceiba..........  PR.......         397,900
 Development Corporation.
Oglala Sioux Tribe            Pine Ridge.....  SD.......         400,000
 Partnership, Inc..
Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing.  Pine Ridge.....  SD.......         400,000
Oti Kaga, Inc...............  Eagle Butte....  SD.......         400,000
Carey Counseling Center,      Paris..........  TN.......         400,000
 Inc..
Buffalo Valley, Inc.........  Hobenwald......  TN.......         400,000
Douglas-Cherokee Economic     Morristown.....  TN.......         400,000
 Authority, Inc.
Organizacion Progresiva de    San Elizario...  TX.......         400,000
 San Elizario.
El Paso Empowerment Zone      El Paso........  TX.......         400,000
 Corporation.
Alianza Para El Desarrollo    El Paso........  TX.......         374,321
 Community, Inc..
ACCION Texas................  San Antonio....  TX.......         400,000
Habitat for Humanity of       Laredo.........  TX.......         400,000
 Laredo, Inc..
Community Development         Brownsville....  TX.......         400,000
 Corporation of Brownsville.
Center for Economic           San Juan.......  TX.......         400,000
 Opportunity, Inc..
Telamon Corporation.........  Richmond.......  VA.......         399,659
Washington State Housing      Seattle........  WA.......         387,872
 Finance Commission.
WISC Wisconsin Department of  Madison........  WI.......         400,000
 Commerce.
Southern Appalachian Labor    Kincaid........  WV.......         400,000
 School.
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                        Capacity Building Grants
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Upper Sand Mountain United    Sylvania.......  AL.......         150,000
 Methodist.
Arizona Border Health         Tucson.........  AZ.......         150,000
 Foundation.
Fresno West Coalition for     Fresno.........  CA.......         150,000
 Economic Development.
Region 9 Economic             Durango........  CO.......         148,925
 Development District of SW
 CO.
Empowerment Alliance of SW    Immokalle......  FL.......         147,728
 Florida-CDC.
Housing Partners, Inc.......  Albany.........  GA.......         150,000
Crisp Area Habitat for        Cordele........  GA.......         150,000
 Humanity.
Area Committee to Improve     Athens.........  GA.......          61,275
 Opportunity.
Georgia Legal Services        Atlanta........  GA.......         150,000
 Program, Inc..
Partnership Housing           Bainbridge.....  GA.......         150,000
 Affordable to Society.
Area 12 Council on Aging and  Dillsboro......  IN.......         150,000
 Community.
County Community Housing      Whitley City...  KY.......         150,000
 Development Corporation.
People's Self-Help Housing,   Vanceburg......  KY.......         150,000
 Inc..
Sunrise County Economic       Machias........  ME.......         150,000
 Council.
Genesis Fund................  Damariscotta...  ME.......          39,000
Life Renewal Ministry, Inc..  Starkville.....  MS.......         149,296
Human Resource Development    Bozeman........  MT.......         150,000
 Council of District.
SER De New Mexico, Inc......  Albuquerque....  NM.......         150,000
South Central Council of      Elephant Butte.  NM.......         138,000
 Governments, Inc.
Mexicano Land Education and   Espanola.......  NM.......         128,640
 Conservation Trust.

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Community Unified Today,      Geneva.........  NY.......         150,000
 Inc..
Adams Brown County Economic   Georgetown.....  OH.......         140,572
 Opportunities.
Confederated Tribes of the    Pendleton......  OR.......         150,000
 Umatilla.
Confederated Tribes of Coos.  Coos Bay.......  OR.......         150,000
Options for Southern Oregon,  Grants Pass....  OR.......         108,625
 Inc..
Community Action Southwest..  North Apollo...  PA.......         148,988
Lakota Fund.................  Kyle...........  SD.......         150,000
Four Bands Community Fund,    Eagle Butte....  SD.......         100,000
 Inc..
West Tennessee Legal          Jackson........  TN.......         150,000
 Services.
Amigos Del Valle, Inc.......  Mission........  TX.......         150,000
Texas Rural Legal Aid.......  Austin.........  TX.......         150,000
Rural Housing Development     Provo..........  UT.......         150,000
 Corporation.
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.....  Carnation......  WA.......         140,000
Makah Housing Authority.....  Neah Bay.......  WA.......         150,000
Menominee Indian Tribe of     Keshena........  WI.......         150,000
 Wisconsin.
Ho-Chunk Nation.............  Black River      WI.......         126,626
                               Falls.
Preservation Alliance of      Charleston.....  WV.......         150,000
 West Virginia.
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    Total...................  ...............  .........      24,590,272
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