[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33499-33500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15989]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4361-FA-04]
National Housing Counseling Training Program Announcement of
Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1998
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, 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 announcement
notifies the public of funding award decisions made by the Department
for the National Housing Counseling Training Program under the National
SuperNOFA for experienced training professionals to provide training
and technical assistance to counselors of HUD-approved housing
counseling agencies. This announcement contains the names and addresses
of the organizations selected for funding and the amounts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty Woodley, Director, Program
Support Division, Room 9166, Office of Single Family Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0317. Hearing-or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-8339 or (202)708-9300. (With the
exception of the ``800'' number, these are not toll free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Housing Counseling Program is authorized
by Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12
U.S.C. 1701x). HUD enters into
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agreement with qualified public or private nonprofit organizations to
provide housing counseling services to low- and moderate-income
individuals and families nationwide. Section 106 further authorizes the
Department to conduct education and training activities to meet the
training needs of HUD-approved counseling agencies to ensure the
currency and accuracy of the information being provided to HUD-related
and other clients.
The purpose of the housing counseling training grant is to provide
training for housing counselors of local HUD-approved counseling
agencies to improve the quality of counseling services being provided.
The training will be made available in several cities beginning the
second quarter of 1999 through year 2000.
The 1998 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding
in competitions announced in a Federal Register Notice published on
April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23977) for the national housing counseling
training program. Applications submitted for each competition were
scored and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria
contained in the Notice. HUD awarded a total of $550,000 in housing
counseling training grants to two (2) non-profit training providers. 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 names, addresses, and award amounts as
follows:
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005, Amount Awarded: $484,019
National Consumer Law Center, Inc. 18 Tremont Street, Suite 400, Boston
MA 02108-2336, Amount Awarded: $65,918
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this
program is 14.169.
Dated: June 17, 1999.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing -Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-15989 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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