00-22353. Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Fiscal Year 2000

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 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 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 W. Mitchell, Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; 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 Website at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Rural Housing and Economic Development program was authorized by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999. The competition was announced in the NOFA published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2000 (65 FR 7970). 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 activities in rural areas. Eligible applicants are local rural non-profit organizations, community development corporations, Indian tribes, and State housing finance agencies. The funds made available under this program were awarded competitively, through a selection process conducted by HUD in consultation with the United States Department of Agriculture.

A total of $24,749,997 was awarded to 103 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: August 23, 2000.

Cardell Cooper,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Appendix A—FY 2000 Rural Housing and Economic Development Competitive Grants

Applicant	State	City	Grant
United Presbyterians of Wilcox County	AL	Catherine	600,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance	AL	Epes	237,800
Upper Sand Mountain United Methodist Larger Parish, Inc.	AL	Sylvania	600,000
Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation, Inc.	AL	Thomaston	100,000
Calista Corporation, Inc.	AK	Anchorage	50,000
Native Village of Kotzebue	AK	Kotzebue	240,000
Oagan Taygunguin Tribe of Sand Point	AK	Sand Point	97,643
Tatitlek IRA Council	AK	Tatitlek	50,000
Comite De Bein Estar, Inc.	AZ	San Luis	183,483
Housing America Corporation	AZ	Somerton	50,000
Prep Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation	AZ	Tucson	500,000
California State University Foundation at Fresno	CA	Fresno	50,000
Habitat for Humanity Fresno, Inc.	CA	Fresno	200,000
North Fork Community Development Council, Inc.	CA	North Fork	455,800
Walking Shield American Indian Society	CA	Orange	500,000
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians	CA	Thermal	600,000
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians	CA	Thermal	50,000
Self-Help Enterprises	CA	Visalia	100,000
Rural California Housing Corporation	CA	West Sacramento	50,000
Southwest Community Resources, Inc.	CO	Durango	50,000
Region 10 League for Economic Assistance & Planning	CO	Montrose	50,000
National Council on Agriculture Life & Labor Research	DE	Dover	50,000
Immokalee Friendship House	FL	Immokalee	180,500
Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, Inc.	FL	Florida City	500,000
Everglades Community Association, Inc.	FL	Florida City	500,000
Housing and Economic Leadership Partners, Inc.	GA	Athens	438,400
Opportunities Now, Inc. (ACTION)	GA	Athens	100,000
Lower Chattahoochee Regional Development Center	GA	Columbus	50,000
Molokai Community Service Council	HI	Kaunakakai	50,000
Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii	HI	Honolulu	500,000
Idaho Migrant Council, Inc.	ID	Caldwell	50,000
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho	ID	Lapwai	50,000
Shawnee Development Council, Inc.	IL	Karnak	50,000
Southern VI Corporation	IN	Huntingburg	495,000
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises	KY	Berea	502,425
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises	KY	Berea	150,000
Community Ventures Corporation, Inc.	KY	Lexington	100,000
Frontier Housing, Inc.	KY	Morehead	100,000
Enterprise Foundation, Inc.	MD	Columbia	50,000
Maine Department of Economic and Community Development	ME	Augusta	500,000
Maine State Housing Authority	ME	Augusta	600,000
Northern Maine Development Commission	ME	Caribou	50,000
Northern Lakes Economic Alliance	MI	Boyne City	50,000
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians	MI	Manistee	500,000
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation	MN	Detroit Lakes	500,000
Prairie Island Indian Community	MN	Welch	50,000
White Earth Reservation Housing Authority	MN	White Earth	183,483
Three Rivers Community and Economic Development	MS	Itta Bena	50,000
Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc	MT	Bozeman	50,000
Blackfeet Tribe	MT	Browning	500,000
Ktunaza Community Development Corporation	MT	Elmo	50,000
Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana	MT	Havre	100,000
Fort Peck Assinboine & Sioux Tribes	MT	Poplar	200,000
Lake County Community Development Corporation	MT	Ronan	551,875
Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District	NE	Norfolk	500,000
Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District	NE	Norfolk	100,000
Pryamid Lake Paiute Tribe	NV	Nixon	495,291
Monadnock Economic Development Corporation	NH	Keene	50,000
Affordable Housing, Education and Development, Inc	NH	Littleton	240,000
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority	NM	Abiquiu	600,000
Community Action Agency of SNM, Inc.	NM	Las Cruces	200,000
Mesilla Valley Economic Development	NM	Las Cruces	200,000
Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation	NY	Mayville	566,600
Waccamaw-Siouan Development Association, Inc	NC	Bolton	50,000
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	NC	Cherokee	500,000
Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc	NC	Pembroke	50,000
East Tarboro-Princeville CDC	NC	Tarboro	200,000
Fort Berthold Housing Authority	ND	New Town	500,000
Fort Berthold Housing Authority	ND	New Town	50,000
Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development	OH	Athens	105,904
Adams-Brown Counties Economic Opportunities, Inc	OH	Georgetown	73,538
Alabama/Quassarte Tribal Town	OK	Henryetta	50,000
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma	OK	Miami	50,000
Cherokee Nation	OK	Tahlequah	360,000
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc	OR	LaGrande	200,000
Campaign for Equal Justice	OR	Portland	100,000
Umpqua Community Development Corporation	OR	Rosenburg	50,000
Williamsburg Enterprise Community Comm.	SC	Kingstree	50,000
Oti Kaga, Inc.	SD	Eagle Butte	100,000
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc	SD	Pine Ridge	50,000
Rosebud Sioux Tribe	SD	Rosebud	227,000
Creative Compassion, Inc.	TN	Crossville	100,000
Buffalo Valley, Inc.	TN	Hohenwald	50,000
Community Development Corporation of Northeast Tennessee	TN	Johnson City	498,150
Eastern Eight, CDC, Inc.	TN	Johnson City	239,000
Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority	TN	Morristown	459,069
Middle Rio Grande Development Foundation Futuro Communities	TX	Carrizo Springs	199,117
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville	TX	Brownsville	500,000
Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone Corporation	TX	Mercedes	600,000
Community Action Council of South Texas	TX	Rio Grande City	183,483
Community Development Corporation of Utah	UT	Salt Lake City	395,600
Virginia Eastern Shore Economic Empowerment and Housing	VA	Nassawadox	136,000
Crossroads Shelter, Inc.	VA	Wytheville	50,000
Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development	WA	Olympia	183,483
Washington State Housing Finance Commission	WA	Seattle	183,483
Northwest Regional Facilitators	WA	Spokane	187,350
Spokane Indian Housing Authority	WA	Wellpinit	500,000
Wisconsin Business Innovation Corporation	WI	Spooner	510,350
CAP Services, Inc.	WI	Stevens Point	440,000
Mountain Partners in Community Development	WV	Elkins	533,204
The Conservation Fund	WV	Shepherdstown	183,483
The Conservation Fund	WV	Shepherdstown	50,000
STOP Abusive Family Environments, Inc.	WV	Welch	183,483