70 FR 26 pgs. 6900-6902 - Announcement of Funding Awards For the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Fiscal Year 2004
Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 26Pages: 6900 - 6902
Docket number: [Docket No. FR-4932-FA-03]
FR document: [FR Doc. E5-527 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4932-FA-03]
Announcement of Funding Awards For the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Fiscal Year 2004
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 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 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 April 23, 2004 (69 FR 22320). 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.
Prior to the rating and ranking of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 applications, Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. in Durant, Oklahoma, was awarded $150,000, and Eastern Shore of Virginia, Habitat for Humanity, in Exmore, Virginia, was awarded $149,683 as a result of funding errors during the previous year's funding. For the FY2004 competition, a total of $24,619,153 was awarded to 105 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 5, 2004.
Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Appendix A Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program
| Recipient | City | State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc | Anchorage | AK | $150,000 |
| Collaborative Solutions, Inc | Birmingham | AL | 400,000 |
| The Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERO) | Greensboro | AL | 138,168 |
| Ark of Love Ministries, Inc | Hayneville | AL | 146,150 |
| Health Services Center, Inc | Anniston | AL | 50,000 |
| Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation, Inc | Thomaston | AL | 150,000 |
| Mississippi County Arkansas E.O.C. | Blytheville | AR | 101,087 |
| Chicot Housing Assistance Corporation | Lake Village | AR | 125,000 |
| Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc | Fort Smith | AR | 150,000 |
| South Arkansas Community Development | Arkadelphia | AR | 150,000 |
| Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc | Saint Michaels | AZ | 400,000 |
| Arizona Department of Housing | Phoenix | AZ | 400,000 |
| Moenkopi Developers Corporation | Tuba City | AZ | 121,900 |
| Hualapal Indian Tribe | Peach Springs | AZ | 150,000 |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe | Whiteriver | AZ | 150,000 |
| Housing Assistance Corporation | Fresno | CA | 400,000 |
| Self-Help Enterprises | Visalia | CA | 400,000 |
| Imperial Valley Habitat For Humanity | El Centro | CA | 400,000 |
| Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians | Santa Ysabel | CA | 400,000 |
| Cultural Marketing Center | Fresno | CA | 150,000 |
| Relational Culture Institute | Fresno | CA | 150,000 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | Bishop | CA | 142,212 |
| Yolo Housing Foundation | Woodland | CA | 69,872 |
| Intertribal Economic Alliance | Boulder | CO | 400,000 |
| Everglades Community Association, Inc | Florida City | FL | 400,000 |
| Clay County Habitat for Humanity/Middleburg | Middleburg | FL | 73,186 |
| Florence Villa Community Development Corporation | Winter Haven | FL | 150,000 |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida | Hollywood | FL | 150,000 |
| Southwest United Empowerment Zone, Inc | Vienna | GA | 400,000 |
| JCVISION and Associates, Inc | Hinesville | GA | 398,028 |
| Crisp Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc | Cordele | GA | 21,826 |
| Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc | Wailuku | HI | 150,000 |
| Shoshone-Bannock Tribes | Fort Hall | ID | 380,310 |
| Coeru d'Alene Tribe | Plummer | ID | 150,000 |
| Original Town of Liberal Revitalization, Incorporated (OTLR), Inc | Liberal | KS | 150,000 |
| Frontier Housing, Inc | Morehead | KY | 400,000 |
| Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED) | Somerset | KY | 400,000 |
| Kentucky Housing Corporation | Frankfort | KY | 400,000 |
| Hazard Perry County Housing Development Alliance, Inc | Hazard | KY | 150,000 |
| Purchase Area Housing Corporation | Mayfield | KY | 150,000 |
| Owsley County Action Team | Booneville | KY | 150,000 |
| Low Income Housing Coalition East Kentucky, Inc | Prestonsburg | KY | 84,000 |
| Louisiana Technical College Tallulah Foundation | Tallulah | LA | 150,000 |
| Seventh District Pavilion, Inc | Crowley | LA | 150,000 |
| Growth Council of Oxford Hills | South Paris | ME | 150,000 |
| Penobscot Indian Nation | Old Town | ME | 87,350 |
| Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians | Dowagiac | MI | 150,000 |
| Choctaw Housing Authority | Choctaw | MS | 400,000 |
| Life Renewal Ministries, Inc | Starkville | MS | 400,000 |
| Mississippi Homebuyer Education Center-Mississippi Housing Initiative | Jackson | MS | 150,000 |
| Action for Eastern Montana, Inc | Glendive | MT | 393,033 |
| Kootenai River Development Council, Inc | Libby | MT | 150,000 |
| Native American Development Corporation | Billings | MT | 150,000 |
| Anaconda Local Development Corporation | Anaconda | MT | 145,418 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Cherokee | NC | 400,000 |
| Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Inc | Hollister | NC | 399,580 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa | Abercrombie | ND | 150,000 |
| Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation | Walthill | NE | 350,000 |
| West Central Nebraska Development District, Inc | Ogallala | NE | 150,000 |
| Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network-WREN | Bethlehem | NH | 400,000 |
| Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation | Clovis | NM | 400,000 |
| Dona Ana County Colonias Development Council | Las Cruces | NM | 400,000 |
| Pueblo of San Juan | San Juan Pueblo | NM | 400,000 |
| Las Cruces Affordable Housing, Inc | Las Cruces | NM | 150,000 |
| Centro Fuerza y Unidad, Dona Ana County, NM (CFU) | Mesquite | NM | 139,920 |
| Pueblo de Cochiti | Cochiti Pueblo | NM | 150,000 |
| Sandoval County Economic Development Corporation | Bernalillo | NM | 150,000 |
| Housing Economic Rural Opportunity, Inc | Las Cruces | NM | 150,000 |
| Akwesasne Indian Housing Authority | Hogansburg | NY | 395,034 |
| Albany County Rural Housing Alliance, Inc | Voorheesville | NY | 150,000 |
| Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc | Rochester | NY | 100,000 |
| WSOS Community Action Commission, Inc | Fremont | OH | 150,000 |
| Jackson-Vinton Community Action, Inc | Wellston | OH | 150,000 |
| Citizen Potawatomi Nation | Shawnee | OK | 400,000 |
| Rural Enterprise of Oklahoma, Inc | Durant | OK | 400,000 |
| Umpqua Community Development Corporation | Roseburg | OR | 65,000 |
| Mennonite Economic Development Associates | Lancaster | PA | 150,000 |
| Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments | Georgetown | SC | 150,000 |
| South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families | Columbia | SC | 150,000 |
| Central South Dakota Enhancement District | Pierre | SD | 146,423 |
| Miner County Community Revitalization | Howard | SD | 150,000 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | Jackson | TN | 400,000 |
| LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corporation | Memphis | TN | 149,955 |
| Douglass-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc | Morristown | TN | 149,237 |
| Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Inc. (ADFAC) | Oak Ridge | TN | 65,665 |
| Proyecto Azteca | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Azteca Community Loan Fund | San Juan | TX | 400,000 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Dimmit County, Inc | Carrizo Springs | TX | 400,000 |
| Community Development Corporation of South Texas, Inc. (CDCST) | McAllen | TX | 400,000 |
| El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation | El Paso | TX | 400,000 |
| ACCION Texas, Inc | San Antonio | TX | 150,000 |
| Statewide Consolidated CDC | Beaumont | TX | 149,717 |
| Community Development Corporation of Utah | Salt Lake City | UT | 400,000 |
| Northwestern Band of Shoshone | Brigham City | UT | 150,000 |
| Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation | Logan | UT | 150,000 |
| Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc | Roanoke | VA | 150,000 |
| Southern Puget Sound Inter-Tribal Housing Authority | Shelton | WA | 395,012 |
| World Vision, Inc | Federal Way | WA | 400,000 |
| The Alesek Institute | Fife | WA | 136,070 |
| Spokane Tribe of Indians | Wellpinit | WA | 150,000 |
| Red Cliff ABND of Lake Superior Chippewas | Bayfield | WI | 400,000 |
| West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc. (West CAP) | Glenwood City | WI | 250,000 |
| Northwoods Niijii Enterprise Community, Inc | Crandon | WI | 150,000 |
| Southern Appalachian Labor School | Kincaid | WV | 400,000 |
| Kanawha Institute for Social Research Action, Inc. (KISRA) | Dunbar | WV | 150,000 |
| Total | 24,619,153. |
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