[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45466-45467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21207]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5200-FA-04]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Program Fiscal Year 2008

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 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
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, PhD, Director, 
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, 
Washington, DC 20410-7000; 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 NOFA published April 28, 
2008 (73 FR 23052). 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, State housing finance agencies, and 
State community and/or economic development 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, Southern Financial Partners in Arkadelphia, 
Arkansas, for the Fiscal year 2008 competition, was awarded a total of 
$149,683 as a result of funding errors during the previous year's 
funding. For the Fiscal year 2008 competition, a total of $16,889,633 
was awarded to 60 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: August 10, 2009.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning Development.

     FY 2008 Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Grantees
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Tribal Government of St. Paul Island  AK..............       $300,000.00
Organized Village of Kasaan.........  AK..............        300,000.00
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization   AL..............        300,000.00
 Organization, Inc.
Collaborative Solutions, Inc........  AL..............        300,000.00
Crawford-Sebastian Community          AR..............        250,344.00
 Development Council, Inc..
Moenkopi Developers Corporation,      AZ..............        298,626.00
 Inc..
Comite de Bien Estar, Inc...........  AZ..............        300,000.00
Hopi Tribe..........................  AZ..............        296,800.00
International Sonoran Desert          AZ..............        300,000.00
 Alliance.
White Mountain Apache Housing         AZ..............        300,000.00
 Authority.
Nogales Community Development         AZ..............        300,000.00
 Corporation (NCD).
Bear River Band of Rohnerville        CA..............        300,000.00
 Rancheria.
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe.............  CA..............        124,000.00
Karuk Tribe of California...........  CA..............        300,000.00
Bishop Paiute Tribe.................  CA..............        296,410.00
The Relational Culture Institute....  CA..............        300,000.00
Big Pine Paiute Tribe...............  CA..............        284,968.00

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Tule River Tribal Council...........  CA..............        300,000.00
Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida,   FL..............        300,000.00
 CDC.
Young Adult Development in Action,    KY..............        300,000.00
 Inc..
People's Self-Help Housing, Inc.....  KY..............        300,000.00
Low Income Housing Coalition of East  KY..............        300,000.00
 Kentucky, Inc..
McCreary County Community Housing     KY..............        300,000.00
 Development Corporation.
Frontier Housing, Inc...............  KY..............        300,000.00
Southeast Kentucky Economic           KY..............        300,000.00
 Development Corporation.
Louisiana Technical College Tallulah  LA..............        300,000.00
 Foundation.
START Corporation...................  LA..............        300,000.00
SEVENTH DISTRICT PAVILION, INC......  LA..............        300,000.00
Four Directions Development           ME..............        299,367.00
 Corporation.
Midwest Minnesota Community           MN..............        200,000.00
 Development Corporation.
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior     MN..............        300,000.00
 Chippewa.
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation.  MN..............        250,000.00
Community Developers of Beaufort-     NC..............        210,400.00
 Hyde, Inc..
Hollister R.E.A.C.H., Inc...........  NC..............        299,850.00
Dawson County Area Economic           NE..............        287,724.00
 Development Council.
Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority.....  NM..............        300,000.00
New Mexico Mortgage Finance           NM..............        300,000.00
 Authority.
TIERRA DEL SOL HOUSING CORPORATION..  NM..............        300,000.00
Community Area Resource Enterprise..  NM..............        300,000.00
Picuris Pueblo......................  NM..............        300,000.00
Habitat for Humanity of Taos, Inc...  NM..............        300,000.00
Center of Southwest Culture, Inc....  NM..............         65,714.00
Little Dixie Community Action         OK..............        300,000.00
 Agency, INC.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz         OR..............        299,871.00
 Indians.
Umatilla Reservation Housing          OR..............        300,000.00
 Authority.
Community And Shelter Assistance      OR..............        300,000.00
 Corp..
Ceiba Housing and Economic            PR..............        300,000.00
 Development Corporation.
Woonsocket Neighborhood Development   RI..............        300,000.00
 Corporation d/b/a NWBRV.
The Lakota Funds....................  SD..............        300,000.00
Thunder Valley CDC..................  SD..............        299,775.00
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for    SD..............        136,000.00
 Housing, Inc..
Volunteer Housing Development         TN..............        289,864.00
 Corporation.
Community Development Corporation of  TX..............        300,000.00
 Brownsville.
La Fe Community Development           TX..............        300,000.00
 Corporation.
Community Development Corporation of  UT..............        300,000.00
 Utah.
Aneth Community Development           UT..............        299,920.00
 Corporation.
Makah Indian Tribe..................  WA..............        300,000.00
Southern Puget Sound Inter-tribal     WA..............        300,000.00
 Housing Authority.
NiiJii Small Business Loan Fund,      WI..............        300,000.00
 Inc..
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of         WI..............        100,000.00
 Wisconsin.
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                                                           16,889,633.00
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