[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4909-4911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1428]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5030-FA-07]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Youthbuild Program; Fiscal
Year 2006
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 Youthbuild Program. 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. For general information on this and other HUD programs, call
Community Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at
http://www.hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Youthbuild Program was authorized under
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, as added by section 164 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3723, 42 USC.
12899). Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis
of selection criteria contained in the notice.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program
is 14.243. The purpose of the Youthbuild Program is to assist
disadvantaged young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age
in distressed communities to: (1) Complete their high school education;
(2) provide on-site construction training experiences which result in
the rehabilitation or construction of housing for homeless persons and
low- and very low-income families; (3) foster leadership skills; (4)
further opportunities for placement in apprenticeship programs; and (5)
promote economic self-sufficiency for program participants. The funds
made available under this program were awarded competitively, through a
selection process conducted by HUD.
For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, a total of $45.5 million was
awarded to 74 projects nationwide. 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: January 17, 2008.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary.
APPENDIX A
Fiscal Year 2006 Youthbuild Awards
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Recipient City State Award
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Hale Empowerment and Greensboro....... AL...... $400,000
Revitalization Oganization.
City of Texarkana............ Texarkana........ AR...... 400,000
City of Phoenix.............. Phoenix.......... AZ...... 700,000
San Diego Community Housing San Diego........ CA...... 400,000
Corporation.
Watts Labor Community Action Los Angeles...... CA...... 700,000
Committee.
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Black Contractors Association San Diego........ CA...... 700,000
of San Diego.
Fresno County Economic Fresno........... CA...... 700,000
Opportunities Commission.
Community Services & Visalia.......... CA...... 700,000
Employment Training Inc..
Los Angeles Communities Los Angeles...... CA...... 700,000
Advocating for Unity, Social
Justice.
San Joaquin County Office of Stockton......... CA...... 400,000
Education.
Yuba County Office of Marysville....... CA...... 360,000
Education.
Empower New Haven............ New Haven........ CT...... 400,000
Co-Opportunity, Inc.......... Hartford......... CT...... 700,000
ARCH......................... Washington....... DC...... 700,000
Nat'l Assoc. of Former Foster Washington....... DC...... 700,000
Care Children of America,
Inc..
Latin American Youth Center.. Washington....... DC...... 700,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc... Washington....... DC...... 700,000
Greater Miami Services Corps. Miami............ FL...... 400,000
The District Board of Pensacola........ FL...... 400,000
Trustees of Pensacola Junior
College.
Housing Authority of Lakeland Lakeland......... FL...... 700,000
City of Savannah, Georgia.... Savannah......... GA...... 700,000
Southwest Georgia United Vienna........... GA...... 400,000
Empowerment Zone, Inc..
Genesis Housing Development Chicago.......... IL...... 700,000
Corp.
Youthbuild Lake County, Inc.. North Chicago.... IL...... 700,000
Emerson Park Development East St. Louis... IL...... 700,000
Corporation.
YouthBuild McLean County..... Bloomington...... IL...... 700,000
Comprehensive Community Rockford......... IL...... 700,000
Solutions, Inc..
New Life Youth Development Gary............. IN...... 400,000
Corporation.
The Housing Authority of the Evansville....... IN...... 700,000
city of Evansville.
Louisiana Technical College-- Bogalusa......... LA...... 400,000
Sullivan Campus.
Old Colony................... Brockton......... MA...... 700,000
Community Teamwork, Inc...... Lowell........... MA...... 700,000
Lawrence Family Development Lawrence......... MA...... 700,000
and Education Fund, Inc..
YWCA of Western Massachusetts Springfield...... MA...... 700,000
Just a Start Corporation..... Cambridge........ MA...... 700,000
Old Colony Youthbuild........ Brockton......... MA...... 700,000
Training Resources of America Worcester........ MA...... 700,000
Inc..
YouthBuild Boston, Inc....... Roxbury.......... MA...... 700,000
Civic Works, Inc............. Baltimore........ MD...... 700,000
Housing Authority of Baltimore........ MD...... 700,000
Baltimore City.
Coastal Enterprises, Inc..... Wiscasset........ ME...... 400,000
Community Action Agency...... Jackson.......... MI...... 400,000
Manistee Housing Commission.. Manistee......... MI...... 400,000
Michigan Works............... Benton Harbor.... MI...... 700,000
Young Detroit Builders....... Detroit.......... MI...... 700,000
Friedens Neighborhood........ St. Louis........ MO...... 400,000
Housing Authority of St. St. Louis........ MO...... 700,000
Louis County.
West Jackson Community Jackson.......... MS...... 700,000
Development Corporation.
River City Community Elizabeth City... NC...... 400,000
Development Corporation.
Lincoln Action Program....... Lincoln.......... NE...... 700,000
High Plains Community Chadron.......... NE...... 400,000
Development Corporation, Inc..
Youthbuild Newark, Inc....... Newark........... NJ...... 700,000
Housing Authority Of The City Camden........... NJ...... 700,000
Of Camden.
South Bronx Overall Economic Bronx............ NY...... 700,000
Development Corporation.
Buckeye Community Hope Columbia......... OH...... 700,000
Foundation.
Akron Summit Community Action Akron............ OH...... 700,000
Inc..
Future Community Builders.... Columbus......... OH...... 700,000
ISUS Inc..................... Dayton........... OH...... 700,000
Youth Over Us, Inc........... Columbus......... OH...... 700,000
Philadelphia Youth for Change Philadelphia..... PA...... 700,000
The Providence Plan.......... Providence....... RI...... 700,000
The Housing Authority for the Spartanburg...... SC...... 700,000
City Spartanburg.
Benedict-Allen Community Columbia......... SC...... 700,000
Development Corporation.
Chattanooga Housing.......... Chattanooga...... TN...... 700,000
Alliance for Business and Elizabethton..... TN...... 700,000
Training.
La Fe Community Development El Paso.......... TX...... 400,000
Center.
San Antonio Youth Centers, San Antonio...... TX...... 700,000
Inc..
Alameda Heights Outreach Dallas........... TX...... 700,000
Foundation.
American Youthworks.......... Austin........... TX...... 700,000
Community Development Brownsville...... TX...... 400,000
Corporation of Brownsville.
Employment Resources Fredericksburg... VA...... 700,000
Incorporated (ERI).
Nooksack Indian Tribe........ Deming........... WA...... 400,000
Southern Appalachian Labor Kincaid.......... WV...... 700,000
School.
Human Resources Development Morgantown....... WV...... 400,000
and Employment, Inc..
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