[Federal Register: September 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 169)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5200-FA-04]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic
Development Program Fiscal Year 2008
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 Rural Housing and Economic Development 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, PhD, 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 Rural Housing and Economic Development
program was authorized by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Housing
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of
1999. The competition was announced in the NOFA published April 28,
2008 (73 FR 23052). 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 program
is 14.250.
The Rural Housing and Economic Development Program is designed to
build capacity at the State and local level for rural housing and
economic development and to support innovative housing and economic
development activities in rural areas. Eligible applicants are local
rural non-profit organizations, community development corporations,
federally recognized Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, and
State community and/or economic development agencies. The funds made
available under this program were awarded competitively, through a
selection process conducted by HUD. Prior to the rating and ranking of
this year's applications, Southern Financial Partners in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, for the Fiscal year 2008 competition, was awarded a total of
$149,683 as a result of funding errors during the previous year's
funding. For the Fiscal year 2008 competition, a total of $16,889,633
was awarded to 60 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: August 10, 2009.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning Development.
FY 2008 Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Grantees
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Tribal Government of St. Paul Island AK.............. $300,000.00
Organized Village of Kasaan......... AK.............. 300,000.00
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization AL.............. 300,000.00
Organization, Inc.
Collaborative Solutions, Inc........ AL.............. 300,000.00
Crawford-Sebastian Community AR.............. 250,344.00
Development Council, Inc..
Moenkopi Developers Corporation, AZ.............. 298,626.00
Inc..
Comite de Bien Estar, Inc........... AZ.............. 300,000.00
Hopi Tribe.......................... AZ.............. 296,800.00
International Sonoran Desert AZ.............. 300,000.00
Alliance.
White Mountain Apache Housing AZ.............. 300,000.00
Authority.
Nogales Community Development AZ.............. 300,000.00
Corporation (NCD).
Bear River Band of Rohnerville CA.............. 300,000.00
Rancheria.
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe............. CA.............. 124,000.00
Karuk Tribe of California........... CA.............. 300,000.00
Bishop Paiute Tribe................. CA.............. 296,410.00
The Relational Culture Institute.... CA.............. 300,000.00
Big Pine Paiute Tribe............... CA.............. 284,968.00
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Tule River Tribal Council........... CA.............. 300,000.00
Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida, FL.............. 300,000.00
CDC.
Young Adult Development in Action, KY.............. 300,000.00
Inc..
People's Self-Help Housing, Inc..... KY.............. 300,000.00
Low Income Housing Coalition of East KY.............. 300,000.00
Kentucky, Inc..
McCreary County Community Housing KY.............. 300,000.00
Development Corporation.
Frontier Housing, Inc............... KY.............. 300,000.00
Southeast Kentucky Economic KY.............. 300,000.00
Development Corporation.
Louisiana Technical College Tallulah LA.............. 300,000.00
Foundation.
START Corporation................... LA.............. 300,000.00
SEVENTH DISTRICT PAVILION, INC...... LA.............. 300,000.00
Four Directions Development ME.............. 299,367.00
Corporation.
Midwest Minnesota Community MN.............. 200,000.00
Development Corporation.
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior MN.............. 300,000.00
Chippewa.
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation. MN.............. 250,000.00
Community Developers of Beaufort- NC.............. 210,400.00
Hyde, Inc..
Hollister R.E.A.C.H., Inc........... NC.............. 299,850.00
Dawson County Area Economic NE.............. 287,724.00
Development Council.
Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority..... NM.............. 300,000.00
New Mexico Mortgage Finance NM.............. 300,000.00
Authority.
TIERRA DEL SOL HOUSING CORPORATION.. NM.............. 300,000.00
Community Area Resource Enterprise.. NM.............. 300,000.00
Picuris Pueblo...................... NM.............. 300,000.00
Habitat for Humanity of Taos, Inc... NM.............. 300,000.00
Center of Southwest Culture, Inc.... NM.............. 65,714.00
Little Dixie Community Action OK.............. 300,000.00
Agency, INC.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz OR.............. 299,871.00
Indians.
Umatilla Reservation Housing OR.............. 300,000.00
Authority.
Community And Shelter Assistance OR.............. 300,000.00
Corp..
Ceiba Housing and Economic PR.............. 300,000.00
Development Corporation.
Woonsocket Neighborhood Development RI.............. 300,000.00
Corporation d/b/a NWBRV.
The Lakota Funds.................... SD.............. 300,000.00
Thunder Valley CDC.................. SD.............. 299,775.00
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for SD.............. 136,000.00
Housing, Inc..
Volunteer Housing Development TN.............. 289,864.00
Corporation.
Community Development Corporation of TX.............. 300,000.00
Brownsville.
La Fe Community Development TX.............. 300,000.00
Corporation.
Community Development Corporation of UT.............. 300,000.00
Utah.
Aneth Community Development UT.............. 299,920.00
Corporation.
Makah Indian Tribe.................. WA.............. 300,000.00
Southern Puget Sound Inter-tribal WA.............. 300,000.00
Housing Authority.
NiiJii Small Business Loan Fund, WI.............. 300,000.00
Inc..
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of WI.............. 100,000.00
Wisconsin.
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16,889,633.00
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