[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 27249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11032]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5600-FA-39]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2012/2013; Strong 
Cities, Strong Communities National Resource Network

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding award.

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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 the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 
Strong Cities, Strong Communities National Resource Network (SC2 
Network). The purpose of this document is to announce the name and 
address of the award winner and the amount of the award to be used to 
provide comprehensive technical assistance to distressed communities 
across the country.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kheng Mei Tan, Office of Policy, 
Development and Research (PD&R), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 8116, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
Telephone (202) 402-4986. 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 numbers, other than ``800'' TTY numbers, are 
not toll free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: One of four key components to the White 
House Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative (SC2), the SC2 
Network is a capacity building program targeted to assisting the 
nation's most distressed communities. The SC2 Network will function as 
a central portal to connect distressed places to a wide-array of 
national and local experts who would help communities address their 
broad economic challenges. As described in the Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for the SC2 Network, HUD will make one award of 
approximately $10 million to an entity or consortium to execute the SC2 
Network. The grant will be awarded as a cooperative agreement for a 
three-year period.
    The White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities and 
PD&R administers this program. In addition to this program, PD&R 
administers another key component of the White House SC2 initiative--
the SC2 Fellowship Placement Pilot Program that places early-to-mid 
career professionals into distressed communities to work on a broad 
range of strategic projects.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.534.
    On November 28, 2012, a SC2 Network NOFA was posted on Grants.gov 
announcing the availability of approximately $10 million in FY 2012 to 
administer the program. The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored 
the applications received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a 
result, HUD has funded the application announced below, and in 
accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, U.S.C. 3545).

    Dated: May 1, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development and 
Research.

List of Awardee for Grant Assistance Under the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 
Strong Cities, Strong Communities National Resource Network 
Competition, by Institution, Address, and Grant Amount

    1. Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (lead applicant), 10227 
Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044 Grant: $9,879,360.

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