[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58422-58423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23863]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5415-N-25A]


Notice of Voluntary Request To Indicate Intent To Apply for the 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Choice Neighborhoods Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice requests that eligible applicants intending to 
submit either a Planning or Implementation grant application under 
HUD's FY2010 Round 1 Choice Neighborhoods Grant Program Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA), which was posted on Grants.gov on August 
26, 2010, notify HUD of their intent to apply by October 7, 2010. 
Eligible applicants under this NOFA are public housing authorities, 
local governments, nonprofits, and for profit developers that apply 
jointly with a public entity, as defined in the NOFA. HUD is requesting 
this information in order to effectively plan its application review 
process and to ensure timely decision making. Responding to this 
request is voluntary and not binding. Your not responding to this 
request will not prohibit you from submitting a Planning or 
Implementation grant application under this NOFA and will not affect 
HUD's review of your application.
    If you choose to respond to this voluntary request, please do the 
following:
    1. By October 7, 2010, contact the NOFA Information Center at 1-
800-HUD-8929 (toll-free) in order to indicate your intent to apply for 
either Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants or Choice Neighborhoods 
Implementation Grants. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.
    2. When you contact the NOFA Information Center, please be prepared 
to provide the following information:
    a. The organization name of the Lead Applicant;
    b. Whether you intend to apply for a Choice Neighborhoods Planning 
Grant or Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant;
    c. The city and state where the targeted neighborhood and 
distressed public and/or assisted housing project are located;
    d. The name of the eligible neighborhood targeted by the intended 
application; and
    e. The name of the distressed public and/or assisted housing 
project targeted by the intended application.
    Please note that the October 26, 2010 deadline for Choice 
Neighborhoods applications remains unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To respond to this request, please 
contact the NOFA Information Center as indicated above. For other 
questions concerning this request or questions on the Choice 
Neighborhoods NOFA, please contact Ms. Caroline Clayton, at 
[email protected] or at 202-402-5461 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these 
telephone numbers through a text

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telephone (TTY) by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.

    Dated: September 16, 2010.
Dominique Blom,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Housing Investments.
[FR Doc. 2010-23863 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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