[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7466-7467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3210]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5196-N-03]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program; 
Fiscal Year 2008

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

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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 2008 Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development 
and Affordable Housing grants program. This announcement contains the 
names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by 
HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen E. Daly, Director, Office of 
Policy Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7240, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone (202) 402-5552 (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 (800) 877-8339. For 
general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community 
Connections at (800) 998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD's Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing program is authorized by Section 4 
of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-120, 107 Stat. 1148, 
42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as amended, and the Revised Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Pub. L. 109-289, division B, as 
amended by Pub. L. 109-369 and 109-383). The Section 4 Capacity 
Building program provides grants to national community development 
intermediaries to enhance the capacity and ability of community 
development corporations and community housing development 
organizations to carry out community development and affordable housing 
activities that benefit low-income families and persons. Capacity 
Building funds support activities such as training, education, support, 
loans, grants, and development assistance.
    The Fiscal Year 2008 competition was announced in the Federal 
Register on April 9, 2008 (73 FR 19380) and amended on June 18, 2008 
(73 FR 34778). The NOFA allowed for approximately $36.95 million for 
Section 4 Capacity Building grants. This amount included $33.5 million 
from the 2008 appropriation and $3.45 million carried over from the 
2007 NOFA competition. However, due to the 2008 Appropriations Act, HUD 
was asked to rescind the $3.45 million of carryover funds. As a result, 
$33.5 million was ultimately available for the competition. 
Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of 
selection criteria contained in that Notice. For the Fiscal Year 2008 
competition, HUD awarded three competitive Section 4 Capacity Building 
grants totaling $33,500,000.
    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 the amounts 
of the awards in Appendix A to this document.

    Dated: January 22, 2009.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Appendix A

Fiscal Year 2008 Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity Building 
for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program

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             Recipient                      State             Amount
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Enterprise Community Partners,      MD..................     $13,440,120
 Inc..
Local Initiatives Support           NY..................      13,677,191
 Corporation.
Habitat for Humanity International  GA..................       6,382,689
    Total:........................  ....................      33,500,000
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