[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 35461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15032]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5509-N-01]


Notice of Web Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
for HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Capacity Building for Sustainable 
Communities Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its website and Grants.gov, 
applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and 
other requirements for HUD's FY2011 Capacity Building for Sustainable 
Communities Program NOFA. Specifically, this NOFA announces the 
availability of approximately $5.65 million made available under the 
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2011, Public Law 112-10, enacted April 15, 2011.
    Program Purpose: The purpose of the Capacity Building for 
Sustainable Communities program is twofold. The first purpose is to 
assemble a collection of capacity building service providers to work 
directly with the FY2010 and FY2011 HUD Sustainable Communities 
Regional Planning and Community Challenge grant recipients, HUD 
Preferred Sustainability Status Communities, and EPA Sustainable 
Community Technical Assistance recipients and Brownfield Area Wide 
Planning grant recipients (collectively --Sustainable Communities 
Grantees), to enable them to fulfill their anticipated outcomes. HUD 
and other Partnership agencies will work regularly with all selected 
intermediary service providers to maintain a coordinated and leveraged 
delivery approach that ensures the maximum benefit to local 
governments, regions, and planning entities and partners engaged in the 
prescribed activities.
    The second purpose of the Program is to build a national coalition 
and leadership network of the Sustainable Communities grantees. The 
purpose of the network is to facilitate the exchange of successful 
strategies, lessons learned, emerging tools and public engagement 
strategies, and approaches for avoiding or minimizing pitfalls. HUD 
will work with the selected intermediaries to develop a robust 
evaluation component for the network.
    The notice providing information regarding the application process, 
funding criteria and eligibility requirements, application and 
instructions can be found using the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development agency link on the Grants.gov/Find Web site at http://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A link to the funding opportunity is 
also available on the HUD Web site at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail.
    The link from the funds available page will take you to the agency 
link on Grants.gov. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
number for this program is 14.705. Applications must be submitted 
electronically through Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding specific program 
requirements should be directed to the agency contact identified in the 
program NOFA. Program staff will not be available to provide guidance 
on how to prepare the application. Questions regarding the 2011 General 
Section should be directed to the Office of Grants Management and 
Oversight at (202) 708-0667 or the NOFA Information Center at 800-HUD-
8929 (toll free). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access 
these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service 
at 800-877-8339.

    Dated: June 10, 2011.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants, Management, and Oversight, 
Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-15032 Filed 6-16-11; 8:45 am]
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