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 Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR-5300-FA-04]
 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 (202) 708-2290 (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 
                    **Federal Register**
                     (FR Doc. E9-10186) on May 4, 2009. 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 the Rural Housing and Economic Development 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 
                    ( print page 9589)
                    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. Prior to the rating and ranking of this year's applications, Youthbuild McLean County in Bloomington, Illinois, for the Fiscal year 2009 competition, was awarded a total of $300,000.00 as a result of funding errors during the previous year's funding. For the Fiscal year 2009 competition, a total of $25,030,464.75 was awarded to 86 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: December 17, 2010. Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning Development.
 Appendix A FY 2009 Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Grantees
Grantee
State
Amount
                             awardedOrganized Village of Kasaan
AK
$300,000.00Chilkoot Indian Association
AK
238,000.00Ketchikan Indian Community
AK
300,000.00Collaborative Solutions, Inc
AL
300,000.00Hale Empowerment & Revitalization Organization, Inc
AL
300,000.00Health Services Center, Inc
AL
300,000.00Moenkopi Developers Corporation, Inc
AZ
257,280.00The Primavera Foundation, Inc
AZ
300,000.00Bik'eh Hozho Community Development Corporation
AZ
298,900.00International Sonoran Desert Alliance
AZ
300,000.00Nogales Community Development Corporation
AZ
300,000.00Hopi Tribe
AZ
299,000.00Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc
AZ
300,000.00Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc
AZ
300,000.00Pascua Yaqui Tribe
AZ
300,000.00Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
CA
300,000.00Big Pine Paiute Tribe
CA
300,000.00Community Assistance Network
CA
300,000.00Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development
CA
300,000.00Hoopa Valley Housing Authority
CA
300,000.00Quechan Tribally Designated Housing Authority
CA
300,000.00Walking Shield, Inc
CA
300,000.00Bishop Paiute Tribe
CA
299,640.00Self-Help Enterprises
CA
300,000.00Yurok Tribe
CA
300,000.00Florida Non-Profit Services, Inc
FL
300,000.00DeSoto County Homeless Coalition
FL
300,000.00YouthBuild McLean County (YBMC, Inc.)
IL
300,000.00Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation
KY
300,000.00Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. dba YouthBuild Hazard
KY
300,000.00WestCare Kentucky, Inc
KY
300,000.00Beattyville Housing and Development Corporation, Inc
KY
150,000.00Housing Development Alliance, Inc
KY
300,000.00KCEOC Community Action Partnership
KY
300,000.00Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc
KY
300,000.00Partnership Housing, Inc
KY
300,000.00Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation
LA
300,000.00Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
LA
242,000.00NHA Properties, Inc
MA
300,000.00Global Community Investment Strategies, Inc
MD
300,000.00Four Directions Development Corporation
ME
298,234.00Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Human Resource Authority, Inc
MI
300,000.00Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
MI
293,933.00Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
MI
300,000.00Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
MI
238,349.00Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
MI
300,000.00Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
MN
170,000.00Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
MN
298,073.00Esther Stewart Buford Foundation
MS
180,000.00County Housing, Education & Community Services, Inc
MS
300,000.00Richland Affordable Housing
MT
300,000.00Blackfeet Tribe
MT
300,000.00Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority
MT
200,000.00North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
NC
300,000.00Coalition of Indian Housing Authorities in North Dakota
ND
300,000.00Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation
NE
298,754.00High Plains Community Development Corp., Inc
NE
254,855.00New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority
NM
300,000.00( print page 9590)Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority
NM
300,000.00Community Area Resource Enterprise
NM
300,000.00Mescalero Apache Housing Authority
NM
300,000.00Muscogee (Creek) Nation
OK
300,000.00Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
OK
296,496.00Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Organization
OK
300,000.00Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
OR
190,000.00Allendale County Alive, Inc
SC
300,000.00Catawba Indian Nation
SC
273,608.75The Lakota Fund, Inc
SD
300,000.00Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc
SD
160,000.00Sicangu Wicoti Awayankapi Corporation
SD
300,000.00First Nations Oweesta Corporation
SD
1,000,000.00Buffalo Valley, Inc
TN
300,000.00West Tennessee Legal Service, Inc
TN
300,000.00Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc
TN
214,038.00Neighborhood Housing Services of Dimmit County, Inc
TX
300,000.00Motivation Education & Training, Inc
TX
300,000.00Upper Rio Grande Workforce Development Board
TX
300,000.00Proyecto Azteca, Inc
TX
300,000.00Makah Tribe
WA
300,000.00Lummi Indian Nation
WA
279,304.00Spokane Tribe of Indians
WA
300,000.00Quinault Indian Nation
WA
300,000.00Neighborhood Housing Services of Richland Center
WI
300,000.00Lau Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
WI
300,000.00Southern Appalachian Labor School
WV
300,000.0025,030,464.75


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