72 FR 52 pgs. 12810-12811 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Fiscal Year 2006
Type: NOTICEVolume: 72Number: 52Pages: 12810 - 12811
Docket number: [Docket No. FR-5030-FA-04]
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-4880 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5030-FA-04]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Fiscal Year 2006
AGENCY:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD.
ACTION:
Notice of funding awards.
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.
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 (800) 877-8339. For general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community Connections at (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 March 8, 2006 (71 FR 11903). 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.
For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, a total of $16,800,000 was awarded to 56 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: February 22, 2007.
Nelson R. Bregón,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Appendix A-Fiscal Year 2006 Funding Awards for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program
| Recipient | City | State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc | Anchorage | AK | 300,000 |
| Chilkot Indian Association | Haines | AK | 300,000 |
| Asa'carsarmiut Tribal Council | Mountain Village | AK | 300,000 |
| Organized Village of Kasaan | Ketchikan | AK | 300,000 |
| Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization | Greensboro, | AL | 300,000 |
| Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc. | Mobile | AL | 300,000 |
| International Sonoran Desert Alliance | Ajo | AZ | 300,000 |
| Elfrida Citizens' Alliance | Elfrida | AZ | 300,000 |
| West Fresno Coalition for Economic Development | Fresno | CA | 300,000 |
| Relational Culture Institute | Fresno | CA | 300,000 |
| Shingle Springs Rancheria | Shingle Springs | CA | 300,000 |
| Better Opportunities Builders, Inc. | Fresno | CA | 300,000 |
| Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria | Loteta | CA | 300,000 |
| Huerfano/Las Aminas Area COG | Trinidad | CO | 300,000 |
| Everglades Community Association | Florida | FL | 300,000 |
| Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc | Vienna | GA | 300,000 |
| Area Committee to Improve Opportunities, NOW | Athens | GA | 300,000 |
| CDC of Southwest Georgia | Colquitt | GA | 300,000 |
| Youthbuild McLean County | Bloomington | IL | 300,000 |
| Shawnee Development Council, Inc. | Karnak | IL | 300,000 |
| Purchase Area Housing Corporation | Mayfield | KY | 300,000 |
| Passamaquoddy Development and Supply, Co | Parry | ME | 300,000 |
| Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan | Battle Creek | MI | 300,000 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | Manistee | MI | 300,000 |
| Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance | Itta Bena | MS | 300,000 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboini and Sioux Tribes | Poplar | MT | 300,000 |
| The Heritage Institute | Glasgow | MT | 300,000 |
| Omaha Tribe of Nebraska | Macy | NE | 300,000 |
| Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska | Niobrara | NE | 300,000 |
| Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation | Walthill | NE | 300,000 |
| Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc. | Gallup | NM | 300,000 |
| Native American Lending Group, Inc. | Albuquerque | NM | 300,000 |
| Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation | Clovis | NM | 300,000 |
| ACCION, New Mexico | Alburquerque | NM | 300,000 |
| The Dona Anna County Colonias Development Council | Las Cruces | NM | 300,000 |
| Pueblo of Picuris | Penasco | NM | 300,000 |
| Pueblo De San Lidefonso | Sante Fe | NM | 300,000 |
| Pueblo of Pojoaque | Sante Fe | NM | 300,000 |
| Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe | Fallon | NV | 300,000 |
| Cortland Housing Assistance Council, Inc. | Cortland | NY | 300,000 |
| Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe | Hollister | NC | 300,000 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | Belcourt | ND | 300,000 |
| Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program | Sisseton | SD | 300,000 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing | Pine Ridge | SD | 300,000 |
| The Lakota Fund | Kyle | SD | 300,000 |
| Buffalo Valley, Inc. | Hohewald | TN | 300,000 |
| Creative Compassion, Inc. | Crossville | TN | 300,000 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | Jackson | TN | 300,000 |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville | Brownsville | TX | 300,000 |
| El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation | El Paso | TX | 300,000 |
| Community Development Corporation Of South Texas | McAllen | TX | 300,000 |
| Organizacion Progresiva de San Elizario | San Elizario | TX | 300,000 |
| Proyecto Azteca | San Juan | TX | 300,000 |
| Willacy County Industrial Foundation, Inc. | Raymondville | TX | 300,000 |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School | Kincaid | WV | 300,000 |
| Stop Abusive Family Environments, Inc. | Welch | WV | 300,000 |
[FR Doc. E7-4880 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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