95-28279. Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1995 Community Outreach Partnership Centers

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57589-57590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28279]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
[Docket No. FR-3825-N-03]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1995 Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year 1995 Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers Program. The purpose of this document is 
to announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the amount 
of the awards which are to be used to establish and operate Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers that will: (1) Conduct competent and 
qualified research and investigation on theoretical or practical 
problems in large and small cities; and (2) facilitate partnerships and 
outreach activities between institutions of higher education, local 
communities, and local governments to address urban problems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marcia Marker Feld, Ph.D., Director, Office of University Partnerships, 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 8130, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone [phone]. To 
provide service for persons who are hearing- or speech-impaired, this 
number may be reached via TDD by dialing the Federal Information Relay 
Service on 1-800-877-TDDY, 1-800-877-8339, or 202-708-9300. (Telephone 
numbers, other than ``800'' TDD numbers are not toll free.).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Community Outreach Partnership 

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Centers Program was enacted in the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October 28, 1992) and is 
administered by the Office of University Partnerships under the 
Assistant Secretary for Public Development and Research. In addition to 
this program, the Office of University Partnerships administers HUD's 
ongoing grant programs to institutions of higher education as well as 
creates initiatives through which colleges and universities can bring 
their traditional missions of teaching, research, service, and outreach 
to bear on the pressing local problems in their communities.
    The Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program provides funds 
for: Research activities which have practical application for solving 
specific problems in designated communities and neighborhoods; 
outreach, technical assistance and information exchange activities 
which are designed to address specific problems in designated 
communities and neighborhoods. The specific problems that the local 
program must focus on are problems associated with housing, economic 
development, neighborhood revitalization, infrastructure, health care, 
job training, education, crime prevention, planning, and community 
organizing. On December 22, 1994, HUD published a Notice of Funding 
Availability announcing the availability of $7 million in Fiscal Year 
1995 funds for the Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program (59 
FR 66124). The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the 
applications received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, 
HUD has funded the fourteen applicants identified below, each in the 
amount of $500,000. In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 
101-235, approved December 15, 1989), the Department is publishing 
details concerning the recipients of funding awards, as follows:

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 1995 Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers Funding Competition, by Name and Address

New England

1. University of Massachusetts at Boston, Professor Edwin Melendez, 
University of Massachusetts at Boston, Gaston Institute, 100 
Morrisey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, [phone]

Mid-Atlantic

2. Marshall University, Professor Ron L. Schelling, Marshall 
University, 1050 4th Avenue, Huntington, WV 25755, [phone]
3. George Mason University, Professor Hugh Sockett, George Mason 
University, Institute for Educational Transformation, 7946 Donegan 
Drive, Manassas, VA 22110, [phone]
4. University of Delaware, Professor Timothy Barnekov, University of 
Delaware, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Newark, DE 19716, 
[phone]

Southeast/Caribbean

5. Georgia State University, Professor David A. Sjoquist, Georgia 
State University, Policy Research Center, University Plaza, Atlanta, 
GA 30303, [phone]
6. University of Alabama-Birmingham, Professor Craig Ramey, 
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Civitan International Research 
Center, 1719 Sixth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0021, (205) 
934-8900
7. University of Florida, Professor Marc Smith, University of 
Florida, 219 Grinter, Gainesville, FL 32611, [phone]
8. University of Memphis, Professor David N. Cox, University of 
Memphis, Political Science Department, Clement Hall, Room 427, 
Memphis, TN 38152, [phone]
9. University of Tennessee, Professor John Gaventa, University of 
Tennessee, Community Partnership Center, 1618 Cumberland Avenue, 
Knoxville, TN 37996-3300, [phone]

Midwest

10. DePaul University, Ms. Elizabeth Hollander, DePaul University, 
243 South Wabash, Suite 9100, Chicago, IL 60604, [phone]
11. University of Illinois at Champaign, Professor Kenneth Reardon, 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 907\1/2\ West Nevada, 
Urbana, Illinois 61801, Champaign, IL 61820, [phone]
12. Case Western Reserve University, Professor Arthur Naparstek, 
Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social 
Sciences, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7164, (216) 368-
6947
13. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Professor Robert A. Jones, 
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, The Graduate School, P.O. Box 
340, Milwaukee, WI 53201, [phone]

Southwest

14. University of Texas-Austin, Professor Robert Wilson, University 
of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7726, Austin, TX 78713, [phone]

    Dated: November 3, 1995.
Michael A. Stegman,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 95-28279 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]
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