03-8552. Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program; Fiscal Year 2002

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 Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) 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 Williams-Mitchell, Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 7137, 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 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 SuperNOFA published March 26, 2002. 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, 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 (USDA).

For the Fiscal Year 2002 competition, a total of $25,000,000 was awarded to 101 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: March 27, 2003.

Roy A. Bernardi,

Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development.

Appendix A.—Fiscal Year 2002 Funding Awards for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program

Applicant	City	State	Award
Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc	Anchorage	AK	$400,000
Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc	Fairbanks	AK	400,000
The Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization	Greensboro	AL	93,153
Ark of Love Ministries	Hayneville	AL	110,400
South Arkansas Community Development	Arkadelphia	AR	150,000
Southern Financial Partners	Arkadelphia	AR	150,000
Community Development Partnership	Eureka Springs	AR	149,954
Native Resources Developer, Inc	Pago Pago Samoa	AS	145,000
International Sonoran Desert Alliance	Ajo	AZ	150,000
Elfrida Citizens' Alliance, Inc	Elfrida	AZ	150,000
White Mountain Apache CDC	McNary	AZ	400,000
Comite de Bien Estar, Inc	San Luis	AZ	400,000
Catholic Community Services in Southeastern AZ	Sierra Vista	AZ	400,000
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Cor	Tucson	AZ	400,000
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation	Yuma	AZ	400,000
Campesinos Unidos, Inc	Brawley	CA	150,000
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe	Brawley	CA	149,112
Housing Assistance Corporation	Fresno	CA	150,000
Community Advocacy Foundation	Fresno	CA	400,000
South County Housing Corporation	Gilroy	CA	400,000
North Fork Community Development Council, Inc	North Fork	CA	100,000
Walking Shield American Indian Society, Inc	Tustin	CA	400,000
Guidiville Indian Rancheria	Ukiah	CA	150,000
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians of California	Valley Center	CA	150,000
Colorado Housing Inc	Pagosa Springs	CO	148,750
Catholic Charities Housing, Inc	St Petersburg	FL	400,000
Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc	Atlanta	GA	150,000
Lower Chattahoochee Regional Development Center	Columbus	GA	150,000
Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc	Vienna	GA	399,996
Grow Iowa Foundation, Inc	Orient	IA	150,000
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc	Berea	KY	150,000
Hazard Perry County Community Ministries, Inc	Hazard	KY	400,000
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation	London	KY	400,000
Purchase Area Housing Corporation	Mayfield	KY	150,000
Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc	Richmond	KY	150,000
Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corp	Somerset	KY	400,000
Community Housing, Inc	Winchester	KY	134,000
Project 2000, Inc	Hammond	LA	75,000
Four Directions Development Corp	Bangor	ME	399,000
Western Maine Development Association	South Paris	ME	150,000
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	Baraga	MI	145,015
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians	Manistee	MI	400,000
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation	Detroit Lakes	MN	400,000
Three Rivers Community Action, Inc	Zumbrota	MN	150,000
North East Comm. Action Corp	Bowling Green	MO	50,000
Quitman County Development Organization	Marks	MS	400,000
Native American Development Corporation	Billings	MT	149,488
Blackfeet Tribe	Browning	MT	400,000
Ktunaxa Community Development Corporation	Elmo	MT	400,000
Fort Belknap Indian Community	Harlem	MT	333,218
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes	Poplar	MT	400,000
Lake County Community Housing Organization	Ronan	MT	148,460
Community Developers of Beaufort-Hyde, Inc	Belhaven	NC	100,000
Northwestern Housing Enterprises, Inc	Boone	NC	400,000
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	Cherokee	NC	400,000
Native Opportunity Way Community Development Corp	Hollister	NC	99,560
Laurinburg Downtown Revitalization Corporation	Laurinburg	NC	150,000
Design Corps	Raleigh	NC	400,000
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska	Macy	NE	400,000
Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska	Niobrara	NE	400,000
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation	Winnebago	NE	384,500
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority	Albuquerque	NM	400,000
Women's Intercultural Center, Inc	Anthony	NM	150,000
Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation	Clovis	NM	100,000
Rio Grande Valley Housing and Economic Development Corp	Espanola	NM	142,465
Las Cruces Affordable Housing, Inc	Las Cruces	NM	150,000
Dona Ana County Advocates for Children and Families	Las Cruces	NM	400,000
Hidalgo Medical Services	Lordsburg	NM	150,000
Pojoaque Housing Corporation	Santa Fe	NM	100,000
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe	Fallon	NV	400,000
Western Catskills Community Revitalization Council, Inc	Stamford	NY	150,000
Housing Authority of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma	Anadarko	OK	27,075
Housing Authority of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Hugo	OK	100,000
Comanche Nation Housing Authority	Lawton	OK	306,000
Citizen Potawatomi Nation	Shawnee	OK	396,870
Cherokee Nation	Tahlequah	OK	400,000
Burns Paiute Tribe	Burns	OR	150,000
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	Pendleton	OR	297,000
State of Oregon	Salem	OR	400,000
Four Bands Community Fund, Inc	Eagle Butte	SD	150,000
Lakota Fund	Kyle	SD	150,000
Sicangu Enterprise Center	Mission	SD	150,000
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc	Pine Ridge	SD	400,000
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc	Jackson	TN	149,984
Eastern Eight Community Development Corporation	Johnson City	TN	16,000
Sparks Housing Development Corporation	El Paso	TX	150,000
El Paso Collaborative for Community & Economic Develop	El Paso	TX	400,000
Community Empowerment through Education (CETE)	El Paso	TX	400,000
Rural Development and Finance Corporation	San Antonio	TX	75,000
RDFC Housing Development Corporation	San Antonio	TX	75,000
Azteca Community Loan Fund	San Juan	TX	400,000
Center for Economic Opportunities	San Juan	TX	400,000
Proyecto Azteca	San Juan	TX	400,000
Texas Community Credit Opportunities, Inc	Weslaco	TX	400,000
World Vision	Federal Way	WA	150,000
Lopez Community Land Trust	Lopez	WA	150,000
Northwest Regional Facilitators	Spokane	WA	150,000
Sokoagon Chippewa Community	Crandon	WI	150,000
Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc	Superior	WI	100,000
Southern Appalachian Labor School	Kincaid	WV	400,000
Northern Arapaho Housing Development Organization	Ethete	WY	100,000
Total			$25,000,000