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 Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) 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, Ph.D., Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 7137, Washington, DC 20410; 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 SuperNOFA published April 25, 2003. 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, and State housing finance 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, Eastern Eight Community Development in Johnson City, Tennessee was awarded $134,000, Fort Belknap Indian Community in Harlem, Montana was awarded $66,782, and Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe in Hollister, North Carolina was awarded $89,421 as a result of funding errors during the previous year's funding. For the Fiscal Year 2003 competition, a total of $24,590,272 was awarded to 87 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: December 17, 2003.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development.
Appendix A.—Fiscal Year 2003 Funding Awards for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program
| Applicant | City | State | Award dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Grants | |||
| Arkansas Human Development Corporation | Little Rock | AR | 400,000 |
| Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc. | Saint Michaels | AZ | 400,000 |
| PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development | Tucson | AZ | 400,000 |
| International Sonoran Desert Alliance | Ajo | AZ | 400,000 |
| Nogales Main Street Association | Tucson | AZ | 389,927 |
| Arizona Department of Housing | Phoenix | AZ | 400,000 |
| Tule River CDC | Porterville | CA | 400,000 |
| North Fork CD Council | North Fork | CA | 400,000 |
| Westside Housing and Economic Network, Inc | Fresno County | CA | 400,000 |
| I-5 Social Services Corporation | Fresno | CA | 400,000 |
| Walking Shield American Indian Society | Tustin | CA | 400,000 |
| SW Georgia United Empowerment Zone | Vienna | GA | 400,000 |
| Homeward, Inc. | Clarion | IA | 400,000 |
| Homestead Affordable Housing, Inc. | Nortonville | KS | 400,000 |
| HPCHDA, Inc. | Hazard | KY | 400,000 |
| Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation | London | KY | 400,000 |
| Frontier Housing, Inc. | Morehead | KY | 400,000 |
| Macon Ridge CDC | Ferriday | LA | 202,400 |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | Orono | ME | 400,000 |
| Midwest MN CDC | Detroit Lakes | MN | 400,000 |
| Chippewa Cree Housing Authority | Box Elder | MT | 400,000 |
| The Heritage Capital Fund | Wolf Point | MT | 399,848 |
| Lumbee Regional Development Association | Pembroke | NC | 379,328 |
| Hollister R.E.A.C.H | Hollister | NC | 190,750 |
| Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde | Belhaven | NC | 397,796 |
| Ho-Chunk CDC | Walthill | NE | 400,000 |
| Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation | Anthony | NM | 399,625 |
| Rural Opportunities, Inc. | Rochester | NY | 400,000 |
| Portage Area Development Corporation | Ravenna | OH | 400,000 |
| Appalachian Center for Economic Networks | Athens | OH | 306,964 |
| Little Dixie Community Action Agency | Hugo | OK | 386,207 |
| Community First Fund | Lancaster | PA | 400,000 |
| Ceiba Housing and Economic Development Corporation | Ceiba | PR | 397,900 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership, Inc. | Pine Ridge | SD | 400,000 |
| Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing | Pine Ridge | SD | 400,000 |
| Oti Kaga, Inc. | Eagle Butte | SD | 400,000 |
| Carey Counseling Center, Inc. | Paris | TN | 400,000 |
| Buffalo Valley, Inc. | Hobenwald | TN | 400,000 |
| Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc | Morristown | TN | 400,000 |
| Organizacion Progresiva de San Elizario | San Elizario | TX | 400,000 |
| El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation | El Paso | TX | 400,000 |
| Alianza Para El Desarrollo Community, Inc. | El Paso | TX | 374,321 |
| ACCION Texas | San Antonio | TX | 400,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Laredo, Inc. | Laredo | TX | 400,000 |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville | Brownsville | TX | 400,000 |
| Center for Economic Opportunity, Inc. | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Telamon Corporation | Richmond | VA | 399,659 |
| Washington State Housing Finance Commission | Seattle | WA | 387,872 |
| WISC Wisconsin Department of Commerce | Madison | WI | 400,000 |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School | Kincaid | WV | 400,000 |
| Capacity Building Grants | |||
| Upper Sand Mountain United Methodist | Sylvania | AL | 150,000 |
| Arizona Border Health Foundation | Tucson | AZ | 150,000 |
| Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development | Fresno | CA | 150,000 |
| Region 9 Economic Development District of SW CO | Durango | CO | 148,925 |
| Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida-CDC | Immokalle | FL | 147,728 |
| Housing Partners, Inc. | Albany | GA | 150,000 |
| Crisp Area Habitat for Humanity | Cordele | GA | 150,000 |
| Area Committee to Improve Opportunity | Athens | GA | 61,275 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. | Atlanta | GA | 150,000 |
| Partnership Housing Affordable to Society | Bainbridge | GA | 150,000 |
| Area 12 Council on Aging and Community | Dillsboro | IN | 150,000 |
| County Community Housing Development Corporation | Whitley City | KY | 150,000 |
| People's Self-Help Housing, Inc. | Vanceburg | KY | 150,000 |
| Sunrise County Economic Council | Machias | ME | 150,000 |
| Genesis Fund | Damariscotta | ME | 39,000 |
| Life Renewal Ministry, Inc. | Starkville | MS | 149,296 |
| Human Resource Development Council of District | Bozeman | MT | 150,000 |
| SER De New Mexico, Inc. | Albuquerque | NM | 150,000 |
| South Central Council of Governments, Inc | Elephant Butte | NM | 138,000 |
| Mexicano Land Education and Conservation Trust | Espanola | NM | 128,640 |
| Community Unified Today, Inc. | Geneva | NY | 150,000 |
| Adams Brown County Economic Opportunities | Georgetown | OH | 140,572 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla | Pendleton | OR | 150,000 |
| Confederated Tribes of Coos | Coos Bay | OR | 150,000 |
| Options for Southern Oregon, Inc. | Grants Pass | OR | 108,625 |
| Community Action Southwest | North Apollo | PA | 148,988 |
| Lakota Fund | Kyle | SD | 150,000 |
| Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. | Eagle Butte | SD | 100,000 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services | Jackson | TN | 150,000 |
| Amigos Del Valle, Inc. | Mission | TX | 150,000 |
| Texas Rural Legal Aid | Austin | TX | 150,000 |
| Rural Housing Development Corporation | Provo | UT | 150,000 |
| Snoqualmie Indian Tribe | Carnation | WA | 140,000 |
| Makah Housing Authority | Neah Bay | WA | 150,000 |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Keshena | WI | 150,000 |
| Ho-Chunk Nation | Black River Falls | WI | 126,626 |
| Preservation Alliance of West Virginia | Charleston | WV | 150,000 |
| Total | 24,590,272 |
[FR Doc. 04-1098 Filed 1-16-04; 8:45 am]
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