73 FR 18 pgs. 4909-4911 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Youthbuild Program; Fiscal Year 2006
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 18Pages: 4909 - 4911
Docket number: [Docket No. FR-5030-FA-07]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-1428 Filed 1-25-08; 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-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.
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. Bregón,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary.
APPENDIX A
| Recipient | City | State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Oganization | Greensboro | AL | $400,000 |
| City of Texarkana | Texarkana | AR | 400,000 |
| City of Phoenix | Phoenix | AZ | 700,000 |
| San Diego Community Housing Corporation | San Diego | CA | 400,000 |
| Watts Labor Community Action Committee | Los Angeles | CA | 700,000 |
| Black Contractors Association of San Diego | San Diego | CA | 700,000 |
| Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission | Fresno | CA | 700,000 |
| Community Services Employment Training Inc. | Visalia | CA | 700,000 |
| Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice | Los Angeles | CA | 700,000 |
| San Joaquin County Office of Education | Stockton | CA | 400,000 |
| Yuba County Office of Education | Marysville | CA | 360,000 |
| 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 Care Children of America, Inc. | Washington | DC | 700,000 |
| 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 Trustees of Pensacola Junior College | Pensacola | FL | 400,000 |
| Housing Authority of Lakeland | Lakeland | FL | 700,000 |
| City of Savannah, Georgia | Savannah | GA | 700,000 |
| Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc. | Vienna | GA | 400,000 |
| Genesis Housing Development Corp | Chicago | IL | 700,000 |
| Youthbuild Lake County, Inc. | North Chicago | IL | 700,000 |
| Emerson Park Development Corporation | East St. Louis | IL | 700,000 |
| YouthBuild McLean County | Bloomington | IL | 700,000 |
| Comprehensive Community Solutions, Inc. | Rockford | IL | 700,000 |
| New Life Youth Development Corporation | Gary | IN | 400,000 |
| The Housing Authority of the city of Evansville | Evansville | IN | 700,000 |
| Louisiana Technical College-Sullivan Campus | Bogalusa | LA | 400,000 |
| Old Colony | Brockton | MA | 700,000 |
| Community Teamwork, Inc. | Lowell | MA | 700,000 |
| Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund, Inc. | Lawrence | MA | 700,000 |
| 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 Inc. | Worcester | MA | 700,000 |
| YouthBuild Boston, Inc. | Roxbury | MA | 700,000 |
| Civic Works, Inc. | Baltimore | MD | 700,000 |
| Housing Authority of Baltimore City | Baltimore | MD | 700,000 |
| 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. Louis County | St. Louis | MO | 700,000 |
| West Jackson Community Development Corporation | Jackson | MS | 700,000 |
| River City Community Development Corporation | Elizabeth City | NC | 400,000 |
| Lincoln Action Program | Lincoln | NE | 700,000 |
| High Plains Community Development Corporation, Inc. | Chadron | NE | 400,000 |
| Youthbuild Newark, Inc | Newark | NJ | 700,000 |
| Housing Authority Of The City Of Camden | Camden | NJ | 700,000 |
| South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation | Bronx | NY | 700,000 |
| Buckeye Community Hope Foundation | Columbia | OH | 700,000 |
| Akron Summit Community Action Inc. | Akron | OH | 700,000 |
| 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 City Spartanburg | Spartanburg | SC | 700,000 |
| Benedict-Allen Community Development Corporation | Columbia | SC | 700,000 |
| Chattanooga Housing | Chattanooga | TN | 700,000 |
| Alliance for Business and Training | Elizabethton | TN | 700,000 |
| La Fe Community Development Center | El Paso | TX | 400,000 |
| San Antonio Youth Centers, Inc. | San Antonio | TX | 700,000 |
| Alameda Heights Outreach Foundation | Dallas | TX | 700,000 |
| American Youthworks | Austin | TX | 700,000 |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville | Brownsville | TX | 400,000 |
| Employment Resources Incorporated (ERI) | Fredericksburg | VA | 700,000 |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | Deming | WA | 400,000 |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School | Kincaid | WV | 700,000 |
| Human Resources Development and Employment, Inc. | Morgantown | WV | 400,000 |
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