[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60780-60781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24617]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5415-N-05]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2010 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 (HUD) Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 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 community development 
needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, 
housing and economic development, principally for persons of low- and 
moderate-income, 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, Room 
8226, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, Telephone (202) 
402-3852. To provide service for persons who are hearing-or-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 
number, 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 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117 
approved December 16, 2009) 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 July 16, 2010, a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) was 
posted on Grants.gov announcing the availability of $3.23 million in 
FY10. Each eligible campus was permitted to apply individually for 
$800,000, the maximum amount that can be awarded for a period of 36 
months.
    The Department reviewed, evaluated, and scored the applications 
received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded 
the applications below, 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). More information about

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the winners can be found at http://www.oup.org.

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2010 Alaska Native/
Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program Funding 
Competition, by Institution, Address and Grant Amount

Region IX

1. University of Hawaii-Kapiolani Community College, Dr. Robert Franco, 
University of Hawaii-Kapiolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head 
Road, Honolulu, HI 96816. Grant: $800,000.

Region X

2. University of Alaska Fairbanks-Bristol Bay Campus, Dr. Deborah 
McLean, University of Alaska Fairbanks-Bristol Bay Campus, 527 Seward 
Street, Dillingham, AK 99576. Grant: $798,523.
3. University of Alaska Fairbanks-Chukchi Campus, Ms. Pauline Harvey, 
University of Alaska Fairbanks-Chukchi Campus, P.O. Box 297, Kotzebue, 
AK 99752. Grant: $787,191.

    Dated: September 20, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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