68 FR 67 pgs. 17065-17067 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program; Fiscal Year 2002
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 67Pages: 17065 - 17067
Docket number: [Docket No. FR-4723-FA-31]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-8552 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4723-FA-31]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program; Fiscal Year 2002
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 Williams-Mitchell, 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 March 26, 2002. 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, 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 (USDA).
For the Fiscal Year 2002 competition, a total of $25,000,000 was awarded to 101 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: March 27, 2003.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development.
| Applicant | City | State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc | Anchorage | AK | $400,000 |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc | Fairbanks | AK | 400,000 |
| The Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization | Greensboro | AL | 93,153 |
| Ark of Love Ministries | Hayneville | AL | 110,400 |
| South Arkansas Community Development | Arkadelphia | AR | 150,000 |
| Southern Financial Partners | Arkadelphia | AR | 150,000 |
| Community Development Partnership | Eureka Springs | AR | 149,954 |
| Native Resources Developer, Inc | Pago Pago Samoa | AS | 145,000 |
| International Sonoran Desert Alliance | Ajo | AZ | 150,000 |
| Elfrida Citizens' Alliance, Inc | Elfrida | AZ | 150,000 |
| White Mountain Apache CDC | McNary | AZ | 400,000 |
| Comite de Bien Estar, Inc | San Luis | AZ | 400,000 |
| Catholic Community Services in Southeastern AZ | Sierra Vista | AZ | 400,000 |
| PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Cor | Tucson | AZ | 400,000 |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation | Yuma | AZ | 400,000 |
| Campesinos Unidos, Inc | Brawley | CA | 150,000 |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | Brawley | CA | 149,112 |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | Fresno | CA | 150,000 |
| Community Advocacy Foundation | Fresno | CA | 400,000 |
| South County Housing Corporation | Gilroy | CA | 400,000 |
| North Fork Community Development Council, Inc | North Fork | CA | 100,000 |
| Walking Shield American Indian Society, Inc | Tustin | CA | 400,000 |
| Guidiville Indian Rancheria | Ukiah | CA | 150,000 |
| San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians of California | Valley Center | CA | 150,000 |
| Colorado Housing Inc | Pagosa Springs | CO | 148,750 |
| Catholic Charities Housing, Inc | St Petersburg | FL | 400,000 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc | Atlanta | GA | 150,000 |
| Lower Chattahoochee Regional Development Center | Columbus | GA | 150,000 |
| Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc | Vienna | GA | 399,996 |
| Grow Iowa Foundation, Inc | Orient | IA | 150,000 |
| Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc | Berea | KY | 150,000 |
| Hazard Perry County Community Ministries, Inc | Hazard | KY | 400,000 |
| Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation | London | KY | 400,000 |
| Purchase Area Housing Corporation | Mayfield | KY | 150,000 |
| Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc | Richmond | KY | 150,000 |
| Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corp | Somerset | KY | 400,000 |
| Community Housing, Inc | Winchester | KY | 134,000 |
| Project 2000, Inc | Hammond | LA | 75,000 |
| Four Directions Development Corp | Bangor | ME | 399,000 |
| Western Maine Development Association | South Paris | ME | 150,000 |
| Keweenaw Bay Indian Community | Baraga | MI | 145,015 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | Manistee | MI | 400,000 |
| Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation | Detroit Lakes | MN | 400,000 |
| Three Rivers Community Action, Inc | Zumbrota | MN | 150,000 |
| North East Comm. Action Corp | Bowling Green | MO | 50,000 |
| Quitman County Development Organization | Marks | MS | 400,000 |
| Native American Development Corporation | Billings | MT | 149,488 |
| Blackfeet Tribe | Browning | MT | 400,000 |
| Ktunaxa Community Development Corporation | Elmo | MT | 400,000 |
| Fort Belknap Indian Community | Harlem | MT | 333,218 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes | Poplar | MT | 400,000 |
| Lake County Community Housing Organization | Ronan | MT | 148,460 |
| Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc | Belhaven | NC | 100,000 |
| Northwestern Housing Enterprises, Inc | Boone | NC | 400,000 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Cherokee | NC | 400,000 |
| Native Opportunity Way Community Development Corp | Hollister | NC | 99,560 |
| Laurinburg Downtown Revitalization Corporation | Laurinburg | NC | 150,000 |
| Design Corps | Raleigh | NC | 400,000 |
| Omaha Tribe of Nebraska | Macy | NE | 400,000 |
| Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska | Niobrara | NE | 400,000 |
| Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation | Winnebago | NE | 384,500 |
| New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority | Albuquerque | NM | 400,000 |
| Women's Intercultural Center, Inc | Anthony | NM | 150,000 |
| Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation | Clovis | NM | 100,000 |
| Rio Grande Valley Housing and Economic Development Corp | Espanola | NM | 142,465 |
| Las Cruces Affordable Housing, Inc | Las Cruces | NM | 150,000 |
| Dona Ana County Advocates for Children and Families | Las Cruces | NM | 400,000 |
| Hidalgo Medical Services | Lordsburg | NM | 150,000 |
| Pojoaque Housing Corporation | Santa Fe | NM | 100,000 |
| Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe | Fallon | NV | 400,000 |
| Western Catskills Community Revitalization Council, Inc | Stamford | NY | 150,000 |
| Housing Authority of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma | Anadarko | OK | 27,075 |
| Housing Authority of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | Hugo | OK | 100,000 |
| Comanche Nation Housing Authority | Lawton | OK | 306,000 |
| Citizen Potawatomi Nation | Shawnee | OK | 396,870 |
| Cherokee Nation | Tahlequah | OK | 400,000 |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | Burns | OR | 150,000 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | Pendleton | OR | 297,000 |
| State of Oregon | Salem | OR | 400,000 |
| Four Bands Community Fund, Inc | Eagle Butte | SD | 150,000 |
| Lakota Fund | Kyle | SD | 150,000 |
| Sicangu Enterprise Center | Mission | SD | 150,000 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc | Pine Ridge | SD | 400,000 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | Jackson | TN | 149,984 |
| Eastern Eight Community Development Corporation | Johnson City | TN | 16,000 |
| Sparks Housing Development Corporation | El Paso | TX | 150,000 |
| El Paso Collaborative for Community Economic Develop | El Paso | TX | 400,000 |
| Community Empowerment through Education (CETE) | El Paso | TX | 400,000 |
| Rural Development and Finance Corporation | San Antonio | TX | 75,000 |
| RDFC Housing Development Corporation | San Antonio | TX | 75,000 |
| Azteca Community Loan Fund | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Center for Economic Opportunities | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Proyecto Azteca | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Texas Community Credit Opportunities, Inc | Weslaco | TX | 400,000 |
| World Vision | Federal Way | WA | 150,000 |
| Lopez Community Land Trust | Lopez | WA | 150,000 |
| Northwest Regional Facilitators | Spokane | WA | 150,000 |
| Sokoagon Chippewa Community | Crandon | WI | 150,000 |
| Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc | Superior | WI | 100,000 |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School | Kincaid | WV | 400,000 |
| Northern Arapaho Housing Development Organization | Ethete | WY | 100,000 |
| Total | $25,000,000 |
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