[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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