AGENCY:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD.
ACTION:
Announcement 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 made available by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jackie W. Mitchell, Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW, 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 Website at http://www.hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Rural Housing and Economic Development program was authorized by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999. The competition was announced in the NOFA published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2000 (65 FR 7970). 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 activities in rural areas. Eligible applicants are local rural non-profit organizations, community development corporations, Indian tribes, and State housing finance agencies. The funds made available under this program were awarded competitively, through a selection process conducted by HUD in consultation with the United States Department of Agriculture.
A total of $24,749,997 was awarded to 103 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 23, 2000.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
| Applicant | State | City | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Presbyterians of Wilcox County | AL | Catherine | 600,000 |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance | AL | Epes | 237,800 |
| Upper Sand Mountain United Methodist Larger Parish, Inc. | AL | Sylvania | 600,000 |
| Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation, Inc. | AL | Thomaston | 100,000 |
| Calista Corporation, Inc. | AK | Anchorage | 50,000 |
| Native Village of Kotzebue | AK | Kotzebue | 240,000 |
| Oagan Taygunguin Tribe of Sand Point | AK | Sand Point | 97,643 |
| Tatitlek IRA Council | AK | Tatitlek | 50,000 |
| Comite De Bein Estar, Inc. | AZ | San Luis | 183,483 |
| Housing America Corporation | AZ | Somerton | 50,000 |
| Prep Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation | AZ | Tucson | 500,000 |
| California State University Foundation at Fresno | CA | Fresno | 50,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity Fresno, Inc. | CA | Fresno | 200,000 |
| North Fork Community Development Council, Inc. | CA | North Fork | 455,800 |
| Walking Shield American Indian Society | CA | Orange | 500,000 |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians | CA | Thermal | 600,000 |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians | CA | Thermal | 50,000 |
| Self-Help Enterprises | CA | Visalia | 100,000 |
| Rural California Housing Corporation | CA | West Sacramento | 50,000 |
| Southwest Community Resources, Inc. | CO | Durango | 50,000 |
| Region 10 League for Economic Assistance & Planning | CO | Montrose | 50,000 |
| National Council on Agriculture Life & Labor Research | DE | Dover | 50,000 |
| Immokalee Friendship House | FL | Immokalee | 180,500 |
| Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, Inc. | FL | Florida City | 500,000 |
| Everglades Community Association, Inc. | FL | Florida City | 500,000 |
| Housing and Economic Leadership Partners, Inc. | GA | Athens | 438,400 |
| Opportunities Now, Inc. (ACTION) | GA | Athens | 100,000 |
| Lower Chattahoochee Regional Development Center | GA | Columbus | 50,000 |
| Molokai Community Service Council | HI | Kaunakakai | 50,000 |
| Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii | HI | Honolulu | 500,000 |
| Idaho Migrant Council, Inc. | ID | Caldwell | 50,000 |
| Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho | ID | Lapwai | 50,000 |
| Shawnee Development Council, Inc. | IL | Karnak | 50,000 |
| Southern VI Corporation | IN | Huntingburg | 495,000 |
| Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises | KY | Berea | 502,425 |
| Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises | KY | Berea | 150,000 |
| Community Ventures Corporation, Inc. | KY | Lexington | 100,000 |
| Frontier Housing, Inc. | KY | Morehead | 100,000 |
| Enterprise Foundation, Inc. | MD | Columbia | 50,000 |
| Maine Department of Economic and Community Development | ME | Augusta | 500,000 |
| Maine State Housing Authority | ME | Augusta | 600,000 |
| Northern Maine Development Commission | ME | Caribou | 50,000 |
| Northern Lakes Economic Alliance | MI | Boyne City | 50,000 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | MI | Manistee | 500,000 |
| Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation | MN | Detroit Lakes | 500,000 |
| Prairie Island Indian Community | MN | Welch | 50,000 |
| White Earth Reservation Housing Authority | MN | White Earth | 183,483 |
| Three Rivers Community and Economic Development | MS | Itta Bena | 50,000 |
| Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc | MT | Bozeman | 50,000 |
| Blackfeet Tribe | MT | Browning | 500,000 |
| Ktunaza Community Development Corporation | MT | Elmo | 50,000 |
| Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana | MT | Havre | 100,000 |
| Fort Peck Assinboine & Sioux Tribes | MT | Poplar | 200,000 |
| Lake County Community Development Corporation | MT | Ronan | 551,875 |
| Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District | NE | Norfolk | 500,000 |
| Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District | NE | Norfolk | 100,000 |
| Pryamid Lake Paiute Tribe | NV | Nixon | 495,291 |
| Monadnock Economic Development Corporation | NH | Keene | 50,000 |
| Affordable Housing, Education and Development, Inc | NH | Littleton | 240,000 |
| New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority | NM | Abiquiu | 600,000 |
| Community Action Agency of SNM, Inc. | NM | Las Cruces | 200,000 |
| Mesilla Valley Economic Development | NM | Las Cruces | 200,000 |
| Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation | NY | Mayville | 566,600 |
| Waccamaw-Siouan Development Association, Inc | NC | Bolton | 50,000 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | NC | Cherokee | 500,000 |
| Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc | NC | Pembroke | 50,000 |
| East Tarboro-Princeville CDC | NC | Tarboro | 200,000 |
| Fort Berthold Housing Authority | ND | New Town | 500,000 |
| Fort Berthold Housing Authority | ND | New Town | 50,000 |
| Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development | OH | Athens | 105,904 |
| Adams-Brown Counties Economic Opportunities, Inc | OH | Georgetown | 73,538 |
| Alabama/Quassarte Tribal Town | OK | Henryetta | 50,000 |
| Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma | OK | Miami | 50,000 |
| Cherokee Nation | OK | Tahlequah | 360,000 |
| Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc | OR | LaGrande | 200,000 |
| Campaign for Equal Justice | OR | Portland | 100,000 |
| Umpqua Community Development Corporation | OR | Rosenburg | 50,000 |
| Williamsburg Enterprise Community Comm. | SC | Kingstree | 50,000 |
| Oti Kaga, Inc. | SD | Eagle Butte | 100,000 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc | SD | Pine Ridge | 50,000 |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe | SD | Rosebud | 227,000 |
| Creative Compassion, Inc. | TN | Crossville | 100,000 |
| Buffalo Valley, Inc. | TN | Hohenwald | 50,000 |
| Community Development Corporation of Northeast Tennessee | TN | Johnson City | 498,150 |
| Eastern Eight, CDC, Inc. | TN | Johnson City | 239,000 |
| Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority | TN | Morristown | 459,069 |
| Middle Rio Grande Development Foundation Futuro Communities | TX | Carrizo Springs | 199,117 |
| Community Development Corporation of Brownsville | TX | Brownsville | 500,000 |
| Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone Corporation | TX | Mercedes | 600,000 |
| Community Action Council of South Texas | TX | Rio Grande City | 183,483 |
| Community Development Corporation of Utah | UT | Salt Lake City | 395,600 |
| Virginia Eastern Shore Economic Empowerment and Housing | VA | Nassawadox | 136,000 |
| Crossroads Shelter, Inc. | VA | Wytheville | 50,000 |
| Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development | WA | Olympia | 183,483 |
| Washington State Housing Finance Commission | WA | Seattle | 183,483 |
| Northwest Regional Facilitators | WA | Spokane | 187,350 |
| Spokane Indian Housing Authority | WA | Wellpinit | 500,000 |
| Wisconsin Business Innovation Corporation | WI | Spooner | 510,350 |
| CAP Services, Inc. | WI | Stevens Point | 440,000 |
| Mountain Partners in Community Development | WV | Elkins | 533,204 |
| The Conservation Fund | WV | Shepherdstown | 183,483 |
| The Conservation Fund | WV | Shepherdstown | 50,000 |
| STOP Abusive Family Environments, Inc. | WV | Welch | 183,483 |
[FR Doc. 00-22353 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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