[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 69879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27790]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5600-FA-38]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Border Community Capital 
Initiative Fiscal Year 2013

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 Border Community Capital Initiative. 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, Ph.D., 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds used for the Border Community Capital 
Initiative were appropriated to the Office of Rural Housing and 
Economic Development in Annual Appropriations between 1999 and 2009 
(Public Laws 105-276; 106-74; 106-377; 107-73; 108-7; 108-199; 108-447; 
109-115; 110-5; 110-161; and/or 111-8) and subsequently recaptured from 
or surrendered by underperforming or nonperforming grantees. The 
competition was announced in the Federal Register (FR Doc. FR-5600-N-
38) on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. 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 Border 
Community Capital Initiative program is 14.266. The Border Capital 
Community Initiative is designed to support local rural nonprofits and 
federally recognized Indian tribes serving colonias for lending and 
investing activities in affordable housing, small businesses, and/or 
community facilities, and for securing additional sources of public and 
private capital for these activities. Eligible applicants for the 
Border Community Capital Initiative are local rural nonprofits and 
federally recognized Indian Tribes with demonstrated experience in 
lending or investing for affordable housing, small business 
development, and/or community facilities. Such applicants may be 
certified CDFIs, but CDFI certification is not required. The funds made 
available under this program were awarded competitively, through a 
selection process conducted by HUD.
    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: November 19, 2014.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Appendix A

      FY 2013 Border Community Capital Initiative Program Grantees
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              Grantee                       State         Amount awarded
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Accion Texas, Inc..................  TX.................     $800,000.00
Affordable Homes of South Texas,     TX.................      600,000.00
 Inc.
Community Resource Group, Inc......  AR.................      200,000.00
International Sonoran Desert         AZ.................      200,000.00
 Alliance.
Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation.  NM.................      200,000.00
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[FR Doc. 2014-27790 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 am]
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