[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61990-61991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17610]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5030-FA-20]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2006; Alaska 
Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, 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 document 
notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year 2006 Alaska 
Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) 
Program. The purpose of this document is to announce the names, 
addresses and the amount awarded to the winners to be used to assist 
Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian institutions of higher education to 
expand their role and effectiveness in addressing communities in their 
localities, consistent with the purpose of Title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Brunson, Office of University 
Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 8106, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-3061, extension 3852. To provide service for persons who are 
hearing-or-

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speech-impaired, this number may be reached via TTY by Dialing the 
Federal Information Relay Service on (800) 877-8339 or (202) 708-1455. 
(Telephone numbers, other than ``800'' TTY numbers, are not toll free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian 
Institutions Assisting Communities Program was approved by Congress 
under section 107 of the Community Development Block Grant 
appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2006, and is administered by the 
Office of University Partnerships under the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Policy Development and Research. In addition to this 
program, the Office of University Partnerships administers HUD's 
ongoing grant programs to institutions of higher education as well as 
creates initiatives through which colleges and universities can bring 
their traditional missions of teaching, research, service, and outreach 
to bear on the pressing local problems in their communities.
    The AN/NHIAC program provides funds for a wide range of CDBG-
eligible activities including housing rehabilitation and financing, 
property demolition or acquisition, public facilities, economic 
development, business entrepreneurship, and fair housing programs.
    The Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 
14.515.
    On March 8, 2006 (71 FR 11766), HUD published a Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $2.97 million 
appropriated in FY 06, plus $238,000 in previously unobligated funds. 
Each eligible campus was permitted to apply individually, for $800,000 
the maximum amount that can be awarded for a period of 36 months.
    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 reviewed, evaluated, and scored the 
applications received based on the criteria in the NOFA and is 
publishing the names, addresses, and amounts.

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2006 Alaska Native/
Native Hawaiian Institituions Assisting Communities Program Funding 
Competition, by Institution, Address and Grant Amount

Region X

    1. University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Kuskokwim Campus, Ms. Mary Pete, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Kuskokwim Campus, 201 Akiak Drive, 
Bethel, AK 99559. Grant: $799,867.
    2. University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Interior Aleutians Campus, Ms. 
Clara Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Interior Aleutians 
Campus, 4280 Geist Road, Fairbanks, AK 99707. Grant: $799,995.
    3. University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Northwest Campus, Dr. Lee 
Haugen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks/Northwest Campus, Pouch 400, 
Nome, AK 99762. Grant: $797,690.

Region IX

    4. University of Hawaii/Windward Community College, Dr. Angela 
Meixell, University of Hawaii/Windward Community College, 45-720 
Kea'ahala Road, Kane'ohe, HI 96744. Grant: $774,643.

    Dated: September 19, 2006.
Harold L. Bunce,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
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