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  2015-32798. Announcement of Funding Awards; Fair Housing Initiatives Program Fiscal Year 2015  

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    AGENCY:

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Department of Housing and Urban 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 under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. This announcement contains the names and addresses of those award recipients Start Printed Page 81347selected for funding based on the rating and ranking of all applications and the amount of the awards.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Myron Newry, Director, FHIP Division, Office of Programs, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 5230,Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number (202) 402-7095 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

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    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3601-19 (the Fair Housing Act) provides the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with responsibility to accept and investigate complaints alleging discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin in the sale, rental, or financing of most housing. In addition, the Fair Housing Act directs the Secretary to coordinate with State and local agencies administering fair housing laws and to cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private entities carrying out programs to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices.

    Section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3616, established FHIP to strengthen the Department's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to further fair housing. This program assists projects and activities designed to enhance compliance with the Fair Housing Act and substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. Implementing regulations are found at 24 CFR part 125.

    On July 22, 2015, the Department published its FY 2015 NOFA, which announced the availability of approximately $39,200,000 to be utilized for FHIP projects and activities. Funding availability for discretionary grants for the FHIP NOFA included: The Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) ($29,275,000), the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI) ($3,500,000), and the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) ($6,425,000). This Notice thereby announces grant awards for the FY 2015 FHIP NOFA.

    For the FY 2015, the Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the FY 2015 NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded the applications announced in Appendix A, and 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 hereby publishing details concerning the recipients of funding awards in Appendix A of this document.

    (The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for currently funded Initiatives under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program is 14.408.)

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    Dated: December 16, 2015.

    Gustavo Velasquez,

    Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

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    APPENDIX A

    FY 2015 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM AWARDS

    Applicant nameContactRegionAward amount
    Education and Outreach/Disability Discrimination Component
    Center for Community and Economic Development, Inc. DBA CCEDU, 3236 Landmark Drive, Suite 100, North Charleston, SC 29418Pasty Gardner, 843-552-72294$100,000.00
    Education and Outreach/National Media Campaign Component
    National Fair Housing Alliance, 1101 Vermont Avenue NW., Suite 710, Washington, DC 20005Catherine Cloud, 202-898-16613999,988.00
    Education and Outreach/National Origin Discrimination Component
    National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, 5404 Wurzbach Rd., San Antonio, TX 78238Jeremy Carter, 210-227-10104500,000.00
    Education and Outreach/Sex/Familial Status Discrimination Component
    Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc., 10 West Cherry Ave., Washington, PA 15301Brian Gorman, 724-225-61703100,000.00
    Education and Outreach/Sex Discrimination Component
    Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, 35 W. Main, Spokane, WA 99201Marley Hochendoner, 509-209-266710500,000.00
    Education and Outreach/Tester Review Training Component
    Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, 600 East Mason Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202William Tisdale, 414-278-12405499,939.00
    Fair Housing Organizations Initiative—Continuing Development General Component
    Queens Legal Services Corporation, 89-00 Sutphin Boulevard, 5th Floor, Jamaica, NY 11435Jennifer Ching2325,000.00
    JCVision and Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 1972, Hinesville, GA 31310Dana Ingram, 912-877-42434163,383.00
    Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council, Inc., 1900 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31401David Dawson, 912-651-31364248,063.00
    North Texas Fair Housing Center, 8625 King George Drive, Suite 130, Dallas, TX 75235Frances Espinoza, 469-941-03756325,000.00
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    High Plains Fair Housing Center, 1201 Belmont Rd., Grand Forks, ND 58201Michelle Rydz, 701-335-92448149,881.00
    CSA San Diego County, 131 Avocado Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020Estela De Los Rios, 619-444-57009288,673.00
    Alaska Legal Services Corporation, 1016 W. 16th Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99501Nikole Nelson, 907-222-450810325,000.00
    Legal Aid Services of Oregon, 520 SW 6th Ave., Suite 1130, Portland, OR 97204Janice Morgan, 503-471-115910325,000.00
    Fair Housing Organizations Initiative/Lending Component
    Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc., 221 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106Erin Kemple, 860-247-44001500,000.00
    Southwest Fair Housing Council, 2030 E Broadway Blvd. Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85719Jay Young, 520-798-15689499,890.00
    Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, 35 W. Main, Suite 250, Spokane, WA 99201Marley Hochendoner, 509-209-266710500,000.00
    Fair Housing Organizations Initiative/Special Emphasis Component
    Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc., 221 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106Erin Kemple, 860-247-44001350,000.00
    Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, 260 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211Gloria Ramon, 718-487-23282350,000.00
    Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc., 5 Hanover Square, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10004Fred Freiberg, 212-400-82012349,999.00
    Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc., 615 N. Alabama Street, Suite 426, Indianapolis, IN 46204Amy Nelson, 317-644-06735174,005.00
    HOPE Fair Housing Center, 245 W. Roosevelt Road, West Chicago, IL 60185Anne Houghtaling, 639-690-65005348,839.00
    Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc., 404 South Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119Marlene Theberge, 504-708-21096305,670.00
    Fair Housing Organizations Initiative/National-Regional Testing Component
    Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc., 404 South Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119Marlene Theberge, 504-708-21096500,000.00
    Southern California Housing Rights Center, 3255 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1150, Los Angeles, CA 90010Chancela Al-Mansour, 213-387-84009467,747.00
    Private Enforcement Initiative/Multi-Year Component
    Community Legal Aid, Inc., 405 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608Faye Rachlin, 508-425-27941324,214.00
    Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc., 221 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106Erin Kemple, 860-247-44001280,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, 262 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111Robert Terrell, 617-399-04911324,673.00
    Housing Discrimination Project Inc., 57 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040Meris Bergquist, 413-530-97961325,000.00
    New Hampshire Legal Assistance, 117 North State Street, Concord, NH 03301Christine Wellington, 603-223-97501266,766.00
    Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., 88 Federal Street, Portland, ME 04112Nan Heald, 207-774-47531325,000.00
    Suffolk University, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108Cindy Vachon, 617-725-41451324,998.00
    Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., 264 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05402Rachel Batterson, 802-863-56201325,000.00
    CNY Fair Housing, Inc., 731 James Street, Suite 200, Syracuse, NY 13203Anne Santangelo, 315-471-04202325,000.00
    Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey, 131 Main Street, Suite 140, Hackensack, NJ 07601Lee Porter, 201-489-35522302,487.00
    Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc., 5 Hanover Square, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10004Fred Freiberg, 212-400-82012324,737.00
    Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc., 1542 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14209Scott Gehl, 716-854-14002325,000.00
    Legal Assistance of Western NY, 1 West Main Street, Suite 400, Rochester, NY 14614Louis Prieto, 585-295-56102298,000.00
    Long Island Housing Services, Inc., 640 Johnson Avenue, Suite 8, Bohemia, NY 11716Michelle Santantonio, 631-567-51112325,000.00
    South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc., 105 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201Meghan Faux, 718-237-55002325,000.00
    Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc., 470 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10605Geoffrey Anderson, 914-428-45072280,000.00
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    Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., 2530 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218Barbara Wilson, 410-243-44683325,000.00
    Center for Independent Living, 601 East Brockway Ave., Morgantown, WV 26501Jan Derry, 304-296-60913324,956.00
    Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 801, Wilmington, DE 19801William Dunne, 302-575-06603322,449.00
    Equal Rights Center, 11 Dupont Circle NW., Washington, DC 20036Melissa Rothstein, 202-370-32023325,000.00
    Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc., 455 Maryland Drive, Suite 190, Fort Washington, PA 19034James Berry,267-419-89183325,000.00
    Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania, 444 N. 3rd Street, Suite 110, Philadelphia, PA 19123Angela McIver, 215-625-07003325,000.00
    Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc., 626 E. Broad Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219Andrew Haugh, 804-237-75423325,000.00
    National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc., 727 15th Street NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005Samira Cook Gaines, 202-628-88663324,365.00
    National Fair Housing Alliance, 1101 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005Catherine Cloud, 202-898-16613324,867.00
    Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc., 10 West Cherry Avenue, Washington, PA 15301G. Clayton Nestler, 724-225-61703325,000.00
    Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., 1302 North 19th Street, Suite 400, Tampa, FL 33603Migdalia Figueroa, 813-232-12224325,000.00
    Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, 2867 Zelda Road, Montgomery, AL 36106Faith Cooper, 334-263-46634279,171.00
    Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc., 128 Orange Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32114Suzanne Edmunds, 386-255-65734325,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc., 1300 W. Lantana Road, Suite 200, Lantana, FL 33462Vince Larkin, 561-533-87174277,896.00
    Fair Housing Continuum, Inc., 4760 N. Hwy. US 1, Suite 203, Melbourne, FL 32935David Baade, 321-757-35324325,000.00
    Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc., 11501 NW. 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33168Keenya Robertson, 305-759-77554325,000.00
    Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., 126 West Adams Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202James Kowalski, 904-356-83714424,979.00
    Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc., 224 S. Dawson Street, Raleigh, NC 27601Jeffrey Dillman, 919-861-18844325,000.00
    Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., 423 Fern Street, Suite200, West Palm Beach, FL 33401Robert Bertisch, 561-655-89444325,000.00
    Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc., 207 E. Reynolds Road, Suite 130, Lexington, KY 40517Arthur Crosby, 859-971-80674324,673.00
    Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc., 215 Lakewood, SW., Atlanta, GA 30315Gail Williams, 404-524-00004280,000.00
    Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc., P.O. Box 161202, Mobile, AL 36616Teresa Bettis, 251-479-15324279,467.00
    South Carolina Fair Housing Center, Inc., 1925 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201Tina Brown, 803-403-8447480,000.00
    Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Inc., 107 Music City Circle, Suite 318, Nashville, TN 37214Tracey McCartney, 615-874-23444270,895.00
    West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc., 210 West Main Street, Jackson, TN 38301Jane Jarvis, 731-426-13114325,000.00
    Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654Jason Gilmore, 312-640-21855325,000.00
    Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., 100 North LaSalle Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60602Jay Readey, 312-630-21855325,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc., 615 N. Alabama Street, Suite 426, Indianapolis, IN 46204Amy Nelson, 317-644-06735325,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 220 Bagley Street, Suite 102, Detroit, MI 48226Margaret Brown, 313-963-12745310,270.00
    Fair Housing Opportunities of NW Ohio, Inc., 432 N. Superior Street, Toledo, OH 43604Michael Fehlen, 419-243-61635280,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan, P.O. Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107Pamela Kisch, 734-994-34265324,944.00
    Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, 405 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI 49007Robert Ells, 269-276-91005325,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, 20 Hall Street SE., Grand Rapids, MI 49507Nancy Haynes, 616-451-29805325,000.00
    Fair Housing Contact Services, Inc., 441 Wolf Ledges Parkway, Suite 200, Akron, OH 44311Tamala Skipper, 330-376-61915325,000.00
    Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc., 1100 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH 44077Patricia Kidd, 440-392-01475325,000.00
    HOPE Fair Housing Center, 245 W. Roosevelt Road, Building 15, Suite 107, West Chicago, IL 60185Anne Houghtaling, 630-690-65005325,000.00
    Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc., 2400 Reading Road, Suite 118, Cincinnati, OH 45202Elizabeth Brown, 513-721-46635324,530.00
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    Housing Research and Advocacy Center, 2728 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, OH 44115Hilary King, 216-361-92405325,000.00
    Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, 436 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 101, Flint, MI 48502Jill Nylander, 810-234-26215322,047.00
    Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc., 600 East Mason Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202William Tisdale, 414-278-12405325,000.00
    Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc., 505 Riverside Drive, Dayton, OH 45405Jim McCarthy, 937-223-60355325,000.00
    Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, 430 First Avenue North, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401Lisa Cohen, 612-746-37705325,000.00
    Open Communities, 614 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL 60093Gail Schechter, 847-501-57605316,389.00
    Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., 303 N. Main Street, Suite 600, Rockford, IL 61101David Wolowitz, 630-580-33095325,000.00
    South Suburban Housing Center, 18220 Harwood Avenue, Suite 1, Homewood, IL 60430John Petruszak, 708-957-46745325,000.00
    The John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604Michael Seng, 312-986-23975279,951.00
    Austin Tenants Council Inc., 1640B E. Second Street, Suite 150, Austin, TX 78702Katherine Starks, 512-474-70076324,742.00
    Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc., P.O. Box 292, 1900 Kane Street, Room 111, Houston, TX 77001Daniel Bustamente, 713-641-32476325,000.00
    Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc., 404 South Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119James Perry, 504-596-21006325,000.00
    Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma, Inc., 1500 NE 4th Street, Suite 204, Oklahoma City, OK 73117Mary Dulan, 405-232-32476324,479.00
    San Antonio Fair Housing Council, Inc., 4414 Centerview Drive, Suite 229, San Antonio, TX 78228Sandra Tamez, 210-733-32476375,000.00
    Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc., 2401 Lake Street, Omaha, NE 68111Joseph Garcia, 402-934-99967325,000.00
    Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council, 1027 S. Vandeventer Avenue, 6th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63110Willie Jordan, 314-448-90637324,996.00
    Denver Metro Fair Housing Center, 3401 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80207Arturo Alvarado, 720-279-42918279,784.00
    Disability Law Center, 205 N. 400 W., Salt Lake City, UT 84103Adina Zahradnikova, 801-363-13478234,297.00
    Montana Fair Housing, Inc., 519 East Front Street, Butte, MT 59701Pamela Bean, 406-782-25738205,838.00
    Arizona Fair Housing Center, 615 N. 5th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003Kanitta Padilla, 602-548-15999320,430.00
    Bay Area Legal Aid, 1735 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612Jaclyn Pinero, 510-250-52299325,000.00
    California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., 2201 Broadway, Suite 815, Oakland, CA 94105Susan Podesta, 530-742-51919280,000.00
    Fair Housing Council of Central California, 333 W. Shaw Avenue, Suite 14, Fresno, CA 93704Marilyn Borelli, 559-244-29509319,892.00
    Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc., 3933 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501Rose Mayes, 951-682-65819270,895.00
    Fair Housing of Marin, 1314 Lincoln Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901Caroline Peattie, 415-457-50259324,998.00
    Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc., 615 California Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93304Estela Casas, 661-334-46609266,015.00
    Greater Napa Valley Fair Housing Center, 1804 Solcol Avenue, Napa, CA 94559Pablo Zatarain, 650-815-61999279,467.00
    Inland Mediation Board, 1500 South Haven Avenue, Suite 101, Ontario, CA 91761Lynne Anderson, 909-984-22549325,000.00
    Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 924 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813Elise Von Dohlen, 808-527-80569350,000.00
    Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., 110 S. Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114Branden Butler, 619-417-26239323,491.00
    Orange County Fair Housing Council, 1516 Brookhollow Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92705David Levy, 714-569-0823928,000.00
    Project Sentinel Inc., 1490 Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050Ann Marquart, 888-324-74689325,000.00
    Silver State Fair Housing Council, 110 West Arroyo Street, Suite A, Reno, NV 89509Katherine Knister, 775-324-09909325,000.00
    Southern California Housing Rights Center, 3255 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010Chancela Al-Mansour, 213-387-84009325,000.00
    Southwest Fair Housing Council, 2030 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85719Jay Young, 520-798-15689280,000.00
    Fair Housing Center of Washington, 1517 South Fawcett, Suite 200, Tacoma, WA 98302Lauren Walker, 253-274-952310325,000.00
    Fair Housing Council of Oregon, 1221 SW Yamhill Street, Suite 305, Portland, OR 97204Pegge McGuire, 503-223-819710325,000.00
    Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc., 5460 W. Franklin Road, Suite M 200, Boise, ID 83702Zoe Olson, 208-383-069510258,755.00
    Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, 35 W. Main, Spokane, WA 99201Marley Hochendoner, 509-209-266710325,000.00
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Published:
12/29/2015
Department:
Housing and Urban Development Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Announcement of funding awards.
Document Number:
2015-32798
Pages:
81346-81351 (6 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. FR-5900-FA-21
PDF File:
2015-32798.pdf