E8-5456. Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program; Fiscal Year 2007

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, PhD, 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 [phone] (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 NOFA published March 13, 2007 (72 RF 11600). 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.

For the Fiscal Year 2007 competition, a total of $16,800,000 was awarded to 58 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: February 29, 2008.

Nelson R. Bregón,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Aleutian Housing Authority	AK	$300,000.00
AVCP Regional Housing Authority	AK	300,000.00
Chilkoot Indian Association	AK	185,851.00
Collaborative Solutions, Inc.	AL	300,000.00
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization	AL	300,000.00
Community Resource Group, Inc.	AR	300,000.00
Universal Housing Development Corporation	AR	300,000.00
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.	AZ	300,000.00
Big Pine Paiute Tribe	CA	300,000.00
Community Assistance Network	CA	300,000.00
Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority	CA	300,000.00
Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians	CA	300,000.00
Walking Shield, Inc.	CA	300,000.00
National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund	DE	300,000.00
Central Florida Community Development Corporation	FL	300,000.00
JCVision and Associates, Inc.	GA	300,000.00
Homeward, Inc.	IA	300,000.00
Community Ventures Corporation	KY	300,000.00
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation	KY	300,000.00
Purchase Area Housing Corporation	KY	300,000.00
Young Adult Development in Action, Inc.	KY	300,000.00
La. Tech. College Foundation Tallulah	LA	300,000.00
Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation	LA	243,800.00
Four Directions Development Corporation	ME	299,992.00
Penobscot Indian Nation	ME	300,000.00
Penquis CAP, Inc.	ME	300,000.00
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.	MI	299,825.00
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	MI	300,000.00
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians	MI	300,000.00
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	MI	300,000.00
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation	MN	180,000.00
Tunica County Community Development Coalition, Inc.	MS	235,520.00
Browning Community Development Corporation	MT	300,000.00
Crow Tribal Housing Authority	MT	300,000.00
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe	NC	289,793.00
The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina, Inc.	NC	300,000.00
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation	NE	300,000.00
Community Area Resource Enterprise (CARE 66)	NM	299,125.00
Dona Ana County Colonias Development Council	NM	203,590.00
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority	NM	300,000.00
Pueblo of Pojoaque	NM	300,000.00
San Juan Pueblo Tribal Council	NM	300,000.00
JobStart Chautauqua	NY	300,000.00
WSOS Community Action Commission	OH	300,000.00
Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation	OK	300,000.00
Corporation De Desarrollo Economico de Ceiba, Cd	PR	300,000.00
Community Development Corporation of Marlboro County	SC	285,000.00
Spartanburg Leased Housing Corporation	SC	300,000.00
Four Bands Community Fund, Inc.	SD	300,000.00
Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc.	SD	266,000.00
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville	TX	300,000.00
El Paso Collaborative for Community and Economic Development	TX	300,000.00
La Gloria Development Corporation	TX	300,000.00
Motivation Education & Training, Inc.	TX	300,000.00
Community Action Center	WA	294,242.00
Diocese of Yakima Housing Services	WA	300,000.00
Skokomish Tribal Nation	WA	300,000.00
Wind River Development Fund	WY	219,983.00
		$16,802,721.00