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documents. Please use ‘‘Choice 

Neighborhoods Evaluation PRA 

Comment’’ in the subject line of any 

email. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development will submit the proposed 

extension of information collection to 

OMB for review, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This 

Notice is soliciting comments from 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond; including through the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Choice 

Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: HUD is 

conducting an evaluation of the Choice 

Neighborhoods Initiative, focused on 

the initial round of grants funded in 

August 2011. This evaluation requires 

the collection of information from 

households living in the Choice 

Neighborhoods sites. This proposed 

information collection will support the 

first phase of the evaluation, which is 

focused on studying implementation of 

the grants and establishing a baseline for 

long-term evaluation of program 

outcomes. The information collection is 

necessary to understand the experience 

of the residents in the Choice 

Neighborhood sites. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: This 

information collection request will 

affect residents in assisted and 

unassisted housing in each of the sites. 

We will use a longitudinal resident 

tracking survey to examine resident 

outcomes over time. To monitor 

outcomes for assisted housing residents, 

the research team proposes conducting 

a multi-wave survey that tracks a 

representative sample of the original 

assisted housing residents during 

implementation and revitalization of the 

site. The survey will track outcomes of 

interest, including housing location and 

quality; and resident physical and 

mental health, safety, employment, and 

education. 

To assess the outcomes of assisted 

residents, we will sample from the 

public housing developments at each 

site, including residents at the time of 

the survey as well as residents who 

relocated during 2012. We will 

oversample special populations (e.g., 

disabled, seniors, large families, or 

limited English proficiency households) 

when appropriate. Our research design 

calls for the collection of a random 

sample at the Chicago and New Orleans 

sites, and assumes 250 completed 

surveys. At the Boston site we will 

obtain 100 completed surveys (i.e., as 

complete coverage as possible of the 

occupied units, with no oversampling). 

In the event that funding becomes 

available to support a survey of assisted 

residents at the Seattle and San 

Francisco sites, we will obtain 250 

completed surveys at each site. 

To allow for comparisons between 

assisted-households in units that will be 

transformed by the CNI and those in the 

neighborhood, the content of the 

unassisted resident survey and the 

assisted-resident will be as similar as 

possible. Part of this task will be to 

define the appropriate neighborhood 

boundary for the survey. Our goal is to 

have a minimum of 250 completed 

interviews with unassisted residents, 

with a larger sample in sites with bigger 

neighborhoods. Units will be drawn 

from a random sample of housing units 

in the defined neighborhood. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The following chart 

details the respondent burden: 

Assisted 

households 

Other households Total households Hours per 

response Total hours 

New Orleans ........................................................................ 250 250 500 .75 375 

Chicago ................................................................................ 250 250 500 .75 375 

Boston .................................................................................. 100 250 350 .75 262.5 

Seattle .................................................................................. 250 250 500 .75 375 

San Francisco ...................................................................... 250 250 500 .75 375 

Total .............................................................................. 1,100 1,250 2,350 .75 1,762.5 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 

as amended. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1006 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–FA–35] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

the Rural Innovation Fund Program for 

Fiscal Year 2010 

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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 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: 

Valerie Piper, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Economic Development, 

Office of Community Planning and 

Development, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

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Street SW., Room 7136, Washington, DC 

20410–7000; telephone number (202) 

402–4091 (this is not a toll free number). 

Hearing- and- speech impaired persons 

may access this number via TTY by 

calling the Federal Relay Service tollfree 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 

Innovation Fund program was 

authorized by the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 

111–117. The Rural Innovation Fund 

NOFA was posted on Grants.gov on 

December 22, 2010, and announced in 

the Federal Register on January 4, 2011 

(76 FR 375). Applications were rated 

and selected for funding on the basis of 

selection criteria contained in that 

NOFA. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) number for Rural 

Innovation Fund program is 14.263. The 

purpose of the Rural Innovation Fund is 

to provide support for highly targeted 

and innovative grants dedicated to 

addressing the problems of concentrated 

rural housing distress and community 

poverty for projects that demonstrate a 

great likelihood of substantial impact in 

addressing the housing needs and 

community poverty in the project area. 

Eligible applicants are local rural 

nonprofit organizations, community 

development corporations, federally 

recognized Indian tribes, state housing 

finance agencies (HFAs), and state 

economic development and community 

development agencies (including 

consortia of such entities) with 

demonstrated capacity to undertake 

comprehensive projects that address the 

problems of concentrated rural housing 

distress and community poverty. 

The funds made available under this 

program were awarded competitively, 

through a NOFA selection process 

conducted by HUD. Approximately $25 

million was made available under the 

Consolidated Appropriations, 2010, in 

Rural Innovation grant funds, along 

with unobligated and unused funds 

remaining for the Rural Fund’s 

predecessor program, the Rural Housing 

and Economic Development (RHED) 

program appropriated by the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Appropriations Act, 2009, 

and prior appropriations Acts. For the 

Fiscal Year 2010 competition, a total of 

$31,355,236 was awarded to 51 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 

Notice. A description of the projects, 

activities or undertakings of each award 

is provided in Appendix B to this 

Notice. 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

Valerie Piper, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic 

Development. 

Appendix A 

Number State Award recipient Award 

1 ................................... AK ..... Village of Atmautluak .............................................................................................................. $798,888 

2 ................................... AK ..... Organized Village of Kake ...................................................................................................... 567,908 

3 ................................... AZ ..... Nogales Community Development Corporation ..................................................................... 1,999,177 

4 ................................... AZ ..... Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc ................................................................................................... 300,000 

5 ................................... AZ ..... San Carlos Housing Authority ................................................................................................ 300,000 

6 ................................... AZ ..... International Sonoran Desert Alliance .................................................................................... 300,000 

7 ................................... AZ ..... Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc. .................................................................... 1,557,840 

8 ................................... AR .... Southern Bancorp Capital Partners ........................................................................................ 1,998,621 

9 ................................... CA .... Karuk Tribe ............................................................................................................................. 392,266 

10 ................................. CA .... Habitat for Humanity Lake County ......................................................................................... 300,000 

11 ................................. CA .... All Mission Indian Housing Authority ...................................................................................... 300,000 

12 ................................. CA .... La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians ........................................................................................... 300,000 

13 ................................. CA .... Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians ..................................................................................... 300,000 

14 ................................. CA .... Cahuilla Band of Indians ......................................................................................................... 300,000 

15 ................................. CA .... Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria ............................................................................ 300,000 

16 ................................. CA .... Walking Shield, Inc. of Lake Forest, California ...................................................................... 300,000 

17 ................................. DE .... National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund of Dover, DE ........................ 300,000 

18 ................................. IL ...... Youthbuild McLean County ..................................................................................................... 300,000 

19 ................................. KY ..... Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation ..................................................... 300,000 

20 ................................. KY ..... Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. ............................................................................... 300,000 

21 ................................. KY ..... Purchase Area Housing Corporation ...................................................................................... 300,000 

22 ................................. KY ..... Housing Development Alliance, Inc. ....................................................................................... 300,000 

23 ................................. LA ..... Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation ............................................................. 300,000 

24 ................................. LA ..... Pilgrim Rest Community Development Agency ...................................................................... 300,000 

25 ................................. MI ..... Keweenaw Bay Indian Community ......................................................................................... 800,000 

26 ................................. MI ..... Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing and Community Walking Development Corporation .......... 300,000 

27 ................................. MN .... Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation ................................................... 300,000 

28 ................................. MS .... Community Students Learning Center ................................................................................... 1,974,462 

29 ................................. MT .... Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority ......................................................................... 300,000 

30 ................................. MT .... Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority ...................................................................................... 300,000 

31 ................................. MT .... Chippewa Cree Tribe .............................................................................................................. 2,000,000 

32 ................................. NM .... Northern Pueblos Housing Authority ...................................................................................... 300,000 

33 ................................. NM .... San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority ..................................................................................... 1,660,000 

34 ................................. NM .... Taos Pueblo ............................................................................................................................ 799,997 

35 ................................. NM .... Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority ......................................................................................... 300,000 

36 ................................. NY .... PathStone Corporation of Rochester, NY .............................................................................. 2,000,000 

37 ................................. NC .... Lumbee Regional Development Association .......................................................................... 300,000 

38 ................................. OK .... Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ................................................................................................. 776,294 

39 ................................. OK .... Housing Authority of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ........................................................ 300,000 

40 ................................. OK .... Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. ............................................................................ 300,000 

41 ................................. OR .... St. Joseph’s Shelter ................................................................................................................ 300,000 

42 ................................. PR .... Instituto para el Desarrollo Socioecono ́mico y de Vivienda de Puerto Rico, Inc .................. 300,000 

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Number State Award recipient Award 

43 ................................. SD .... Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc. ................................................................................. 300,000 

44 ................................. SD .... Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing ............................................................................................... 2,000,000 

45 ................................. SD .... Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. ......................................................................................... 300,000 

46 ................................. SD .... Lakota Fund, Inc. .................................................................................................................... 300,000 

47 ................................. TX ..... Motivation Education & Training, Inc. ..................................................................................... 300,000 

48 ................................. WA .... Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation .................................................................... 799,750 

49 ................................. WA .... Kalispel Tribe of Indians ......................................................................................................... 240,970 

50 ................................. WI ..... Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ............................................. 789,063 

51 ................................. WI ..... Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency ................................................... 300,000 

Total ..................... ........... ................................................................................................................................................. 31,355,236 

Appendix B 

Alaska 

The Atmautluak Traditional Council 

in Atmautluak, Alaska will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $798,888 to 

launch the Pikat Housing Development 

Company Project (Pikat Project), which 

will address the need for sustainable, 

permanent jobs by developing energyefficient, culturally-informed, and 

healthy housing for low- and very-low 

income residents in the Village of 

Atmautluak. The Pikat Project will form 

the for-profit business Pikat Housing 

Development Company (PHD 

COMPANY) to construct two prototype 

homes that can then be duplicated in 

Atmautluak and the surrounding 

villages by PHD Company (PHDC). This 

will create more job opportunities as 

PHDC grows. In partnership with the 

Cold Climate Housing Research Center 

(CCHRC), the Pikat Project will use a 

hands-on approach to build the capacity 

of the tribal government staff and local 

construction workforce. The tribe has a 

trained construction workforce with 

experience in conventional construction 

techniques but lacks training in green, 

energy-efficient new construction. 

Leveraging for this project is $507,202 

from CCHRC and Atmautluak Limited. 

Contact Person: Mr. Daniel Waska. 

Grantee Address: Village of 

Atmautluak, PO Box 6568, Atmautluak, 

AK 99559–6568. 

Telephone Number: (907) 553–5610. 

Email Address: 

atmautluaktc@hughes.net. 

The Organized Village of Kake in 

Kake, Alaska will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $567,908 that 

will be used to provide small business 

development assistance to start-up 

oyster and geoduck farmers. Shellfish 

aquaculture shows strong promise to 

provide expanded private sector 

employment and revenue to rural 

Southeast Alaska, which has been 

devastated in recent years with 

outmigration of jobs and residents. The 

Southeast Alaska Mariculture Business 

Development Project will offer business 

development technical assistance and 

capacity building services to existing 

and start-up mariculture businesses in 

the Kake, Naukati, Hoonah and Angoon 

areas. All of these communities are 

located in economically distressed rural 

areas with less than 2,500 inhabitants. 

Services include a shellfish business 

incubator, mariculture small farmer 

apprenticeship program, and a 

mariculture equipment revolving loan 

fund for provision of essential 

equipment to create small shellfish 

farms. Key partners for the project 

include AK Shellfish Growers Assoc.; 

Univ. of Southeast AK Marine Advisory 

Program; Univ. of AK Center for 

Economic Development; AK Oyster 

Cooperative and Rural Community 

Assistance Corp. Leveraging for this 

project is $224,741. 

Contact Person: Mr. Gary Williams. 

Grantee Address: Organized Village of 

Kake, P.O. Box 316, Kake, AK 99830– 

0316. 

Telephone Number: (907) 785–6471. 

Email Address: 

GEWilliams@KakeFirstNations.org. 

Arizona 

Nogales Community Development 

(NCD) in Nogales, Arizona will receive 

a Rural Innovation Fund 

Comprehensive grant in the amount of 

$1,999,177 to revitalize the downtown 

core of the rural colonia while helping 

low-income residents build assets to 

move out of poverty. These goals will be 

achieved through three primary 

activities. First, NCD will develop a 

multi-use training and resource center 

to provide residents with selfsufficiency services and spur 

revitalization of historic downtown 

buildings. Second, NCD will provide 

services including rental housing rehab, 

foreclosure mitigation, housing 

counseling and financial literacy, 

business development, and education, 

including scholarships for higher 

education. Other self sufficiency 

supports include citizenship classes, 

developing community gardens, public 

health education, and access to 

transportation and child care. Third, 

NCD will create a comprehensive 

continuum of services referral system 

that bundles client housing, business, 

public health and education services 

with a program that trains and deploys 

lay community workers to link residents 

with services. This project will create at 

least 100 jobs and rehabilitate 10 

housing units. NCD will partner with 

Mariposa Community Health Center, 

University of Arizona (Santa Cruz 

County), Santa Cruz County Provisional 

Community College Board, Southwest 

Fair Housing Council, Primeria Alta 

Historical Society, Nogales Public 

Housing Authority, and Citi Bank. 

Leveraging for this project is $1,000,743. 

Contact Person: Ms. Yvonne 

Delgadillo. 

Grantee Address: 124 North Terrace 

Avenue, Suite B, Nogales, AZ 85621– 

3248. 

Telephone Number: (520) 287–3631. 

Email Address: bbracker@mchsi.com. 

Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc (ECA) in 

Elfrida, Arizona will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to address 

substandard housing conditions, 

economic distress and lack of access to 

affordable capital by promoting 

sustainable energy-efficient housing, 

businesses, and community facilities. 

ECA will provide technical assistance to 

small businesses and homeowners to 

develop, finance, and build energyefficiency projects or renewable energy 

facilities and leverage funds from utility 

rebates and USDA’s Renewable Energy 

America Program. ECA will construct 14 

commercial projects, replace 3 

substandard homes, and provide 

training in installation of solar 

photovoltaic panels. Permanent 

financing secured by businesses and 

homeowners will repay the RIF 

construction loans, which will 

capitalize a revolving loan fund to 

provide construction financing for small 

businesses to develop and build 

renewable energy facilities or to make 

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energy-efficiency improvements, 

affordable financing for businesses, and 

construction loans to upgrade 

substandard homes. Partners include 

Sulphur Springs Valley Electric 

Cooperative and Southeastern Arizona 

Governments Organization’s Pathways 

Out of Poverty Program. Leveraging for 

this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Jeanne Shaw. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 172, 

Elfrida, AZ 85610–0172. 

Contact Number: (520) 642–6967. 

Email Address: eca_elfrida@vtc.net. 

The San Carlos Housing Authority in 

Peridot, Arizona will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to build and 

rehabilitate 40 single family homes and 

provide quality affordable rental 

housing. Each of the new and 

rehabilitated homes will have costsaving, energy-efficient upgrades, 

including Energy Star advanced 

lighting, energy-efficient hot water 

distribution system, high efficiency 

HVAC system, and Energy Star high 

performance windows, design shading, 

and radiant barriers. Partners for this 

project are Travois, Inc, and Travois 

Asset Management, LLC. Leveraging for 

this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Thomas Pender. 

Grantee Address: Highway 70 and 

Moonbase Road, Peridot, AZ 85542– 

0000. 

Telephone Number: (928) 300–8814. 

Email Address: tomp@penderengineering.com or tom@penderengineer.com. 

The International Sonoran Desert 

Alliance (ISDA) in Ajo, Arizona will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 

to complete the final phase of the Curley 

School renovation project. In 2005, 

ISDA purchased a seven acre, seven 

building campus and renovated the high 

school and junior high school buildings 

into 30 affordable artisan live/work 

spaces. This project will convert an 

elementary school into a conference and 

learning center with bed/bath units to 

augment the available guest rooms and 

generate income to sustain the learning 

center. ISDA will run a construction 

training program for adults and youth 

that will create 15–20 jobs. Leveraging 

for this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Tracy Taft. 

Grantee Address: 401 W Esperanza 

Ave, Ajo, AZ, 85321–2405. 

Telephone Number: (520) 387–3229. 

Email Address: tract@isdanet.org 

The Portable Practical Education 

Preparation Inc (PPEP) in Tucson, AZ, 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Comprehensive grant in the amount of 

$1,557,840 to increase job training and 

work skills for low income residents in 

Southern Yuma County, AZ. The project 

is called Building Houses, Building 

Community and it will provide 66 low 

income youth, the majority farm 

workers, job skills and education to 

positively impact the economy of these 

rural communities in tandem with the 

creation of 9 homes and rehabilitation of 

15 homes for low income people. 

Partners include PPEP’s High School 

Equivalency Program (HEP), OneStop, 

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 

program, WIA Section 167 Migrant and 

Seasonal Farmworker program, and two 

charter schools serving high risk youth 

in Somerton and San Luis, AZ. 

Leveraging for this project is $883,800. 

Contact Person: Ms. Kari Hogan. 

Grantee Address: 802 E. 46th Street, 

Tucson, AZ 85713–5006. 

Telephone Number: (520) 770–2500. 

Email Address: KHOGAN@ppep.org. 

Arkansas 

The Southern Bancorp Capital 

Partners (SBCP) in Arkadelphia, 

Arkansas, will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant 

in the amount of $1,998,621 for an 

economic development and housing 

program that will support existing 

business and entrepreneurs and provide 

supportive services and incentives to 

homeowners. Activities include: a new 

downtown Helena-West Helena mixeduse retail and housing development; a 

loan loss reserve and business loan 

fund; employer incentives for job 

creation; a small business incubator; an 

innovative business plan award 

competition; individual development 

accounts; housing counseling and 

financial education; and housing 

assistance stipends for low-income 

families and those in critical 

professions. The program will create 14 

new businesses, 98 new jobs, and help 

155 homeowners purchase or repair 

their homes. Partners include Southern 

Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund; 

Phillips Community College-University 

of Arkansas, Small Business Incubator; 

the Phillips County Chamber of 

Commerce; Helena-West Helena 

Advertising and Promotions 

Commission; and Main Street Helena. 

Leveraging for this project is $1.1 

million. 

Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Wright. 

Grantee Address: 605 Main Street, 

Suite 602, Arkadelphia, AR 71923– 

6037. 

Telephone Number: (510) 372–4201, 

ext. 33 or 30. 

Email Address: 

twright@banksouthern.com. 

California 

The Karuk Tribe, through its Karuk 

Community Development Corporation 

(KCDC), in Happy Camp, California will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Indian 

Economic Development and 

Entrepreneurship grant in the amount of 

$392,266 to provide job training, small 

business assistance, and financial 

education to residents. KCDC will 

provide vocational and job training 

programs for 90 residents; credit, 

homeownership, and financial 

counseling for 60 residents; and 

entrepreneurship training for 60 

residents or 10 new businesses. A 

computer center will allow residents to 

obtain GEDs, certificates, or Associate 

degrees via distance learning. KCDC 

will partner with Happy Camp School 

District and the Karuk Community Loan 

Fund. Leveraging for this project is 

$114,191. 

Contact Person: Ms. Laura Olivas. 

Grantee Address: Karuk Tribe, 64236 

Second Ave/PO Box 1016, Happy Camp, 

CA 96039–0000. 

Telephone Number: (530) 493–5376. 

Email Address: lolivas@karuk.us. 

Habitat for Humanity Lake County in 

Lower Lake, California will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

Grant in the amount of $300,000 to 

repair and renovate 30 homes as part of 

its Jobs-for-Homes Project. This project 

will hire local displaced workers and 

will train them in energy efficiency, 

sustainability, and home accessibility. 

The home repair and rehabilitation will 

both improve the health and safety of 

the occupants and ensure the home’s 

long-term affordability. The Local 

Workforce Investment Board One Stop 

Career Center will assist in the training 

of the new hires. Leveraging for this 

project is $170,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Richard Birk. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1830, 

Lower Lake, CA 95457–9906. 

Contact Number: (707) 994–1100. 

Email Address: 

richardb@lakehabitat.org. 

All Mission Indian Housing Authority 

(AMIHA) in Temecula, California will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 

to fund construction of four homes on 

the Torres Martinez Indian Reservation. 

This project is an important step in the 

plan to replace all of the 32 dilapidated 

modular homes inhabited by the 

majority of Tribal residents. The four 

new, stick-built, 3–4 bedroom, 2 

bathroom homes will range from 1,200 

to 1,300 square feet and will be of 

quality construction. Each home will 

meet Energy Star standards and meet or 

exceed mandatory items on the ‘‘Green 

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Communities Criteria’’ set forth by 

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. 

AMIHA will partner with Santa Ynex 

Band of Chumash Indians. Leveraging 

for this project is $373,732. 

Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. 

Skallerud. 

Grantee Address: 27740 Jefferson Ave, 

Suite 260, Temecula, CA 92590–2607. 

Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390. 

Email Address: 

dskallerud@amiha.org. 

The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians 

(LJBLI) in Pauma Valley, California will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 

to construct two new healthy design 

homes on the La Jolla Indian 

Reservation. LJBLI will partner with All 

Mission Indian Housing Authority 

(AMIHA) which is a tribally designated 

housing entity. Leveraging for this 

project is $204,880. 

Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. 

Skallerud. 

Grantee Address: 22000 Hwy 76, 

Pauma Valley, CA 92061–9721. 

Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390. 

Email Address: 

dskallerud@amiha.org. 

Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians 

in Hemet, California will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to fund 

construction of two new homes on the 

Santa Rosa Reservation. The two new, 

stick-built, 3–4 bedroom, two bathrooms 

homes will range from 1,600–2,000 

square feet and will incorporate 

visibility features and healthy design. 

All homes will meet Energy Star 

standards and will be constructed to 

meet or exceed mandatory items on the 

‘‘Green Communities Criteria.’’ Partners 

for this project include AMERID Risk 

Management Corporation, The LaJolla 

Band of Luiseno Indians and Pit River 

Construction, Inc. Leveraging for this 

project is $204,880. 

Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. 

Skallerud. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 609, 

Hemet, CA 92546–0609. 

Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390. 

Email Address: dskallerud@

amiha.org. 

The Cahuilla Band of Indians in Anza, 

California, will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to build two 

new affordable homes in partnership 

with All Mission Indian Housing 

Authority (AMIHA). The two stick-built, 

3–4 bedroom, 2 bathroom homes will be 

of quality construction and incorporate 

climate resilient features. The homes 

will incorporate visitability features and 

healthy design. Each home will meet the 

seven principles of universal design 

identified by the Universal Design 

Alliance. All homes will meet Energy 

Star standards and will meet or exceed 

mandatory items on the ‘‘Green 

Communities Criteria’’ set forth by 

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. 

Leveraging for this project is 

$233,880.00. 

Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. 

Skallerud. 

Grantee Address: P. O. Box 391760, 

52701 Hwy 371, Anza, CA 92539–1760. 

Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390. 

Email Address: 

dskallerud@amiha.org. 

The Bear River Band of Rohnerville 

Rancheria in Loeita, California will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Singe 

Purpose Grant in the amount of 

$300,000 to develop infrastructure 

improvements on a 113-acre Tribal 

property in Singley Hill, Humboldt 

County, California. The infrastructure 

improvements include construction of 

roadways, walkways, dry utilities, storm 

water, wastewater, and water supply 

systems to support the multi-family 

housing element of the master-planned 

Tish Non development, a mixed-use 

residential, community, and commercial 

project. The anticipated full 

development at the Tish Non Village 

includes 66 single-family home sites, 12 

multi-family units and a community 

center, recreation center, and assisted 

living center. Leveraging for this project 

is $150,235. 

Contact Person: Mr. Bruce Merson. 

Grantee Address: 27 Bear River Drive, 

Loleta, CA 95551–9646. 

Telephone Number: (707) 407–6617. 

Email Address: bruce.merson@

bearrivercasino.com. 

Walking Shield, Inc. in Lake Forest, 

California will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 for an 

affordable housing and economic 

development project on the Rocky Boy 

Indian reservation in Montana. The 

innovative housing and community 

development project will locate and 

redirect surplus military houses on the 

Malmstrom Air Force Base to this 

underserved, rural American Indian 

community that has a shortage of 

affordable housing. This project also 

includes infrastructure improvements 

and healthcare activities. The project 

will result in the relocation of 75 homes, 

the creation of 15 new jobs, the 

construction of 3 miles of roads and 

healthcare support for approximately 

1,500 individuals. Walking Shield will 

partner with the Chippewa Cree 

Housing Authority and Malmstrom Air 

Force Base. Leveraging for this project is 

approximately $6,750,000. 

Contact Person: Dr. John Castillo. 

Grantee Address: 22622 Lambert 

Street, Ste. 303, Lake Forest, CA 92630– 

1609. 

Telephone Number: (949) 639–0472. 

Email Address: jcastillo@walking

shield.org. 

Illinois 

Youthbuild McLean County (YBMC, 

Inc.) in Normal, Illinois will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

grant in the amount of $300,000 to 

address the need for safe, sustainable, 

affordable housing in the community of 

Carlock, Illinois. The plan includes 

developing a 57-acre, mixed-income 

subdivision through the ‘‘Self-Help’’ 

(sweat equity) method. Eight affordable, 

single-family homes will be constructed 

with Energy Star and LEED certification 

and three dilapidated homes will be 

deconstructed and rebuilt as safe, green 

affordable housing. Partners include 

USDA Rural Development. Leveraging 

for this project is $284,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Suzanne 

Fitzgerald. 

Grantee Address: 360 Wylie Drive, 

Suite #360, Normal, IL 61761–5500. 

Telephone Number: (309) 261–6348. 

Email Address: sfitzgerad@youthbuild

mcleancounty.org. 

Kentucky 

The Southeast Kentucky Economic 

Development Corporation (SKED) in 

Somerset, Kentucky will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to spur job 

creation in Annville, Jackson County, 

Kentucky. SKED will make a third-party 

loan to Highlands Diversified Services 

(HDS) for equipment and working 

capital to expand into a new 

manufacturing facility. This will create 

specialized manufacturing jobs that will 

be filled by low-and-moderate income 

persons who have the required technical 

skills but are unemployed as a result of 

the closure of several companies due to 

offshore outsourcing. Jackson County is 

designated as a Distressed County by the 

Appalachian Regional Commission and 

is located in the Kentucky Highlands 

Empowerment Zone. The Empowerment 

Zone will provide leveraging in the 

amount of $600,000 which will be used 

for equipment, inventory, and working 

capital. 

Contact Person: Mr. Greg Jones. 

Grantee Address: 2292 South 

Highway 27, Suite 340, Somerset, KY 

42501–2905. 

Telephone Number: (606) 677–6100. 

Email Address: 

gjones@centertech.com. 

Young Adult Development in Action, 

Inc. (YADA), d.b.a. YouthBuild Hazard 

in Louisville, Kentucky will receive a 

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Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

grant in the amount $300,000 to support 

a 12-month, intensive job training and 

placement program for a minimum of 10 

low-income, at-risk young people aged 

18 to 24, youth who otherwise face slim 

job prospects and a likelihood of 

requiring on-going public assistance. 

Participants will improve educational 

credentials, learn and apply marketable 

green-building skills through affordable 

housing rehabilitation and construction, 

and obtain life-long leadership skills. 

The new affordable housing built will 

be energy efficient. The program will 

serve eligible low-and very-low income 

young people who live in Breathitt 

County. Partners include more than a 

dozen local, state and national partners. 

Funding will enable YouthBuild Hazard 

to build on the outcomes of previous 

RHED grants. Leveraging for this project 

is $787,956. 

Contact Person: Ms. Della Howard. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 638 

Louisville, KY 40201–0638. 

Telephone Number: (606) 693–9393. 

Email Address: director@

youthbuildhazard.org. 

Purchase Area Housing Corporation 

in Mayfield, Kentucky will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

grant in the amount of $300,000 to 

repair and construct affordable homes in 

Fulton County, Hickman County and 

the cities of Mayfield and Murray. The 

project will rehabilitate nine 

substandard, dilapidated homes that 

house low-income families and will 

train Area Technology Center students 

as part of this effort. The project will 

provide jobs for contractors, suppliers, 

and other workers in the Purchase Area. 

Partners include Area Technology 

Centers and the Kentucky Housing 

Corporation. Leveraging for this project 

is $945,350. 

Contact Person: Mr. David Hargrove. 

Grantee Address: 1002 Medical Dr., 

Mayfield, KY 42066–0588. 

Telephone Number: (270) 251–6158. 

Email Address: david.hargrove@

purchaseadd.org. 

Housing Development Alliance, Inc. 

(HDA) in Hazard, Kentucky will receive 

a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

grant in the amount of $300,000 to build 

upon HDA’s innovative homeownership 

program. The program will construct 25 

homes that are at least 40 percent more 

energy efficient than a standard code 

home as documented by the HERS 

rating. The homes will have a 19 SEER 

heat pump; conditioned crawl spaces; 

Energy Star rated vent fans; a heat pump 

and water heater and will be air-sealed. 

Partners include the Federal Home Loan 

Bank, Kentucky Housing Corporation, 

Federation of Appalachian Housing 

Enterprises, and local banks. Leveraging 

for this project is $3,361,283. 

Contact Person: Mr. Russell Scott. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 7284, 

Hazard, KY 41702–7284. 

Telephone Number: (606) 436–0497. 

Email Address: scott@

housingdevelopmentalliance.org. 

Louisiana 

Macon Ridge Community 

Development Corporation in Ferriday, 

Louisiana will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to encourage 

retail growth and create construction 

jobs as part of the Louisiana Delta Rural 

Innovation Program. The program will 

construct ten new, single-family houses 

in the first 24 months and will stimulate 

entrepreneurship by utilizing 

disadvantaged start-up subcontractors. 

The program will also support a 

revolving loan fund and homebuyer 

education program to increase 

homeownership to low- and moderateincome families in the Lower 

Mississippi Delta Region. Fifty jobs will 

be created and retained through this 

program. Partners include the Louisiana 

Housing and Community Development 

Corporation and LISC. Leveraging for 

this project is $1,415,100. 

Contact Person: Mr. Lloyd S. Spillers 

Jr. 

Grantee Address: 1600 Third Street. 

Ferriday, LA 71334–2281. 

Telephone Number: (318) 757–2361. 

Email Address: bspillers@mrcdc.com. 

The Pilgrim Rest Community 

Development Agency in Belle Chasse, 

Louisiana will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to build a 

rental housing development for low-tomoderate income residents in Port 

Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, 

Louisiana. The development will be a 

triplex rental housing building that is 

environmentally friendly, energy 

efficient, promotes the use of green 

products, and adheres to the Enterprise 

Green Communities ‘‘Healthy Living 

Environment.’’ The project will create 

10 construction jobs. Leveraging for this 

project is $176,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Ronald Singleton. 

Grantee Address: 1112 Engineers 

Road, Belle Chasse, LA 70037–3131. 

Telephone Number: (504) 394–1123. 

Email Address: pilgrimrestcommu@

bellsouth.net. 

Michigan 

The Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing 

and Community Development 

Corporation (KBOHCDC) in Baraga, 

Michigan will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to provide 

business support to Tribal memberowned small businesses through the 

capitalization of a low-interest revolving 

loan fund together with business and 

financial education. The project will 

service 18 businesses with an average 

loan of $17,198 and the maximum loan 

amount of $20,000. KBOHCDC will 

partner with the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa 

Housing Authority. Leveraging for this 

project is $150,068.13. 

Contact Person: Mr. Edward Edwards. 

Grantee Address: 220 Main Avenue, 

Suite 26, Baraga, MI 49908–9618. 

Telephone Number: (906) 353–7117. 

Email Address: eddy@kboha.com. 

The Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community in Baraga, MI, will receive 

a Rural Innovation Fund Indian 

Economic Development and 

Entrepreneurship grant in the amount of 

$800,000 to increase job opportunities 

and business development for the Tribal 

community. The economic development 

project will create jobs through business 

development and expansion to 

demonstrate a measurable improvement 

in the quality of life. Business planning 

and development efforts will focus on 

the creation of for profit entities that 

principally create or retain jobs for tribal 

members, especially unemployed or 

underemployed persons. Partners 

include Tribal Employment Rights 

Office for training of potential 

management and employees, Lance 

Morgan, CEO of HoChunk, Inc., Ojibwa 

Community College, Keweenaw 

Economic Development Alliance, and 

Michigan Tech University. Leveraging 

for this project is $800,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Gregg Nominelli. 

Grantee Address: 16429 Beartown 

Road Baraga, MI 49908–9210. 

Telephone Number: (906) 353–4133. 

Email Address: Gregg@kbic-nsn.gov. 

Minnesota 

Midwest Minnesota Community 

Development Corporation (MMCDC) in 

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

grant in the amount of $300,000 to 

provide business financing to a 

subsidiary limited liability company to 

redevelop an abandoned commercial 

facility for the production of biomass 

heating pellets, capitalizing on the 

area’s supply of wood and logging 

residue. Transportation and workforce 

support programs will link low-skilled 

tribal workers on the White Earth Indian 

Reservation to jobs in the biomass 

energy industry. MMCDC will work 

with the business and White Earth 

Tribal Employment and Training 

program to facilitate employment 

referrals and on-the-job training and 

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support for new production and office 

jobs at the plant. MMCDC will work 

with White Earth Investment Initiative 

on implementing an IDA program for 

car ownership. Finally, MMCDC will 

research the market for biomass pellets 

and document this research in a market 

study to support long-term business 

stability and job growth and 

diversification. Leveraging for this 

project is $303,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Janie Erickson. 

Grantee Address: 119 Graystone Plaza 

Suite 100, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501– 

3034. 

Telephone Number: 218–847–319. 

Email Address: jerickson@mmcdc.

com. 

Mississippi 

The Community Students Learning 

Center (CSLC) in Lexington, Mississippi 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Comprehensive grant in the amount of 

$1,974,462 for the Empowering the 

Delta with a Growing Economy (EDGE) 

project. EDGE will partner with 

community, business and government 

agencies to implement a multifaceted 

approach that generates jobs and 

provides job training, housing 

counseling, housing and 

entrepreneurism. By the end of the third 

year, 100 consumers will participate in 

job training and mentoring, 10 

consumers in business incubation and 

100 consumers in life skills. In the area 

of housing, 100 consumers will receive 

housing counseling, 500 will receive fair 

housing information and 40 will receive 

information with regard to housing. 

CSLC will partner with Jackson State 

University, MS Delta Win Center, Bank 

Plus, Clark & Clark, PLLC, Mississippi 

Valley State University, KSBC 

Transportation, Holmes County USDA 

Service Center and Holmes County 

Board of Supervisors. Leveraging for 

this project is $1,248,340. 

Contact Person: Ms. Kathy Jenkins. 

Grantee Address: 333 Yazoo Street, 

Lexington, MS 39095–3608. 

Telephone Number: (417) 682–6002. 

Email Address: dj@ipa.net. 

Montana 

Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing 

Authority (NCTHA) in Lame Deer, MT 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Single Purpose grant in the amount 

$300,000 to rehabilitate 21 houses, 

bringing them up to NCTHA standards 

for safety, energy efficiency, and 

accessibility. These efforts will result in 

a 10 percent reduction in substandard 

housing for the community. The project 

will create two jobs and provide on-thejob training. In addition to improving 

the safety and comfort of low-income 

tribal members, the rehabilitated homes 

will increase in value, allowing 

homeowners more flexibility to leverage 

equity. Leveraging for this project is 

$465,904. 

Contact Person: Mr. Lafe Haugen. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 327, Lame 

Deer, MT 59043–0327. 

Telephone Number: (406) 477–6419. 

Email Address: lafehaugen@gmail.

com. 

The Salish & Kootenai Housing 

Authority (SKHA) in Pablo, Montana 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Single Purpose grant in the amount of 

$300,000 for a homeownership 

assistance project on the Flathead 

Indian Reservation, home of the 

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes. 

SKHA will purchase foreclosed 

properties that can then be re-sold at 

prices the program participants can 

afford. The project will also provide 

homebuyer education, credit 

counseling, financial assistance and 

affordable housing options. Leveraging 

for this project is $205,471. 

Contact Person: Mr. Jason Adams. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 38, Pablo, 

MT 59855–0038. 

Telephone Number: (406) 675–4491. 

Email Address: jadams@skha.org. 

Chippewa Cree Tribe in Box Elder, 

Montana will receive a Rural Innovation 

Fund Comprehensive grant in the 

amount of $2,000,000 to construct a 

water storage and delivery system 

which will provide potable water and 

fire suppression to the community 

(justice center, health clinic and 

approximately 200 homes). This project 

will result in the creation of 21 jobs. 

Leveraging for this project is $1,349,944. 

Contact Person: Mr. Raymond J. 

Parker. 

Grantee Address: 96 Clinic Road, Box 

Elder, MT 59521–0000. 

Telephone Number: (406) 395–5705. 

Email Address: jake@cct.rockyboy.

org. 

New Mexico 

Northern Pueblos Housing Authority 

(NPHA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose grant in the amount $300,000 to 

reduce the dilapidated housing 

conditions and overcrowding on Picuris 

Pueblo by rehabilitating four homes. 

The rehabilitation of the historic adobe 

homes will include accessibility 

improvements, universal design 

features, and will meet New Mexico 

Mortgage Finance Authority’s Green 

Building standards. NPHA will also 

address the high rate of poverty and lack 

of high-paying employment through job 

training programs that will be 

implemented with the assistance of 

regional entities. In addition to 

construction job opportunities made 

available during the home 

rehabilitation, NPHA will mentor two 

Tribal members in project and 

construction management. NPHA will 

work with the New Mexico Behavioral 

Health Collaborative to improve access 

to behavioral and health services for 

tribal members. Leveraging for this 

project is $160,644. 

Contact Person: Mr. Terry G. Hudson. 

Grantee Address: 5 West Guiterrez St. 

Suite 10, Santa Fe, NM 87506–0956. 

Telephone Number: (505) 455–7973. 

Email Address: h_terryg@hotmail.

com. 

The San Felipe Pueblo Housing 

Authority (SFPHA) in San Felipe 

Pueblo, New Mexico will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive 

grant in the amount of $1,660,000 to 

build 12 affordable units of housing 

while creating 30 jobs. The project will 

increase the quality of life for over 115 

Tribal members living in substandard 

conditions. Partners include the Pueblo 

of San Felipe tribal council, the Tribal 

Administration, Pueblo of San Felipe 

Public Improvement Authority and the 

SFPHA Board of Commissioners and 

Tribal Departments. Leveraging for this 

project is $9 million. 

Contact Person: Mr. Isaac Perez. 

Grantee Address: P. O. Box 4222, San 

Felipe Pueblo, NM 87001–4222. 

Telephone Number: (505) 771–9291. 

Email Address: iperez@sfpha.org. 

Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Indian Economic Development and 

Entrepreneurship grant in the amount 

$799,997. The Taos Pueblo Preservation 

Project (TPPP) will start a nine-year 

mission to rehabilitate 320 housing 

units. Within the spectrum of the Rural 

Innovation Funding, the Taos Pueblo 

will rehabilitate 52 traditional multi-use 

spaces in the Old Village that will be 

used as housing, retail space, and 

traditional cultural activities. These 

efforts will also provide education and 

training for tribe members and facilitate 

branding and marketing of Pueblo 

products. Partners for the project 

include several public and private 

entities, Taos Pueblo War Chief’s Office, 

Taos Pueblo Cultural Preservation 

Office, Red Willows Community Grown 

Cooperative, and the New Mexico Small 

Business Development Center. 

Leveraging for this project is $625,104. 

Contact Person: Mr. Louis Zamora. 

Grantee Address: Taos Pueblo, Post 

Office 1846, Taos, NM 87571–1846. 

Telephone Number: (575) 776–7446. 

Email Address: preservation@

taospueblo.com. 

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The Jicarilla Apache Housing 

Authority in Rio Arriba, New Mexico, 

will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Single Purpose grant in the amount of 

$300,000 to improve the housing 

conditions and utility burden for 

Jicarilla Apache Tribal members in 

Dulce, New Mexico. The project will 

provide housing rehabilitation services 

and Energy$mart resources to 38 lowincome Tribal members and their 

families. By providing these services, 

JAHA will build a long-term capacity, 

through training and education, to 

assess and address the need for energyefficiency measures that will augment 

its increased efforts to preserve the 

Jicarilla Apache Nation’s housing stock 

and keep housing affordable for the lowincome residents of the community of 

Dulce. Partners include the Native 

American Housing Consultants, LLC 

(NAHC), Energy$mart Program of the 

New Mexico Mortgage Finance 

Authority (NMMFA), and the Los 

Amigos Educational Resource Center 

(LAERC). Leveraging for this project is 

$404,900. 

Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa M. 

Manwell. 

Grantee Address: P.O. box 486 Dulce, 

NM 87528–0000. 

Telephone Number: (575) 759–3459. 

Email Address: lgmanwell@hotmail.

com. 

North Carolina 

The Lumbee Regional Development 

Association (LRDA) in Pembroke, North 

Carolina, will receive a Rural Innovation 

Fund Single Purpose grant in the 

amount of $300,000 to improve the 

living and economic conditions for the 

Lumbee Indian Tribe in Robeson, 

Scotland, and Hoke counties in 

Southeastern North Carolina. The 

project will increase energy efficiency 

and decrease utility costs for residents 

while creating 9 jobs, completing 150 

energy audits and rehabilitating 51 

homes. It will also provide housing 

counseling to 80 families. Partners 

include the Lumbee River Electric 

Membership Corporation, Lumbee 

Enterprise Development, the Robeson 

County Community Development 

Corporation, the Lumbee Tribe of North 

Carolina, and the LRDA Workforce 

Investment Act program. Leveraging for 

this project is $497,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. James Hardin. 

Grantee Address: 636 Prospect Road, 

Pembroke, NC 28372–0068. 

Telephone Number: (910) 521–8602. 

Email Address: jhardin@lumbee.org. 

Oklahoma 

The Little Dixie Community Action 

Agency, Inc. (LDCAA), in Hugo, 

Oklahoma will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount $300,000 to improve 

housing and existing economic 

conditions. LDCAA will complete a 

needs assessment in the areas of 

housing and employment to generate 

action plans relative to the needs 

identified. Activities will include credit 

and housing counseling, small business 

training, job-skills training, job fairs, 

links to available resources, computer 

skills training, and education. Staff will 

coordinate with area employers, 

representatives of the educational 

community, and other resource 

providers to schedule and provide 

trainings, seminars, and workshops. 

This project will serve 130 participants. 

Leveraging for this project is $163,200. 

Contact Person: Mrs. Rhonda Teague. 

Grantee Address: 209 North 4th St, 

Hugo, OK 74743–3809. 

Telephone Number: (580) 326–3351. 

Email Address: rteague@littledixie.

org. 

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in 

Durant, Oklahoma will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $776,294 to 

initiate the Choctaw Native American 

Business Resource (NABR) Project, 

which will provide culturally relevant 

economic development services that 

support Native American business 

development, job creation, and ongoing 

entrepreneur activities. The applicant 

will partner with Eastern Oklahoma 

State College (EOSC) and Rural 

Enterprises Inc. (REI). EOSC will assist 

with the outreach and infrastructure 

necessary to implement the project and 

will also provide educational activities. 

REI will ensure collaboration with the 

Native American Small Business Center, 

provide access for Choctaw NABR 

participants to a $500,000 revolving 

loan fund it operates, and provide small 

business resources and educational 

activities. Leveraging for this project is 

$670,976. 

Contact Person: Ms. Dana Bonham. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1210 

Durant, OK 74702–1210. 

Telephone Number: (580) 924–8280. 

Email Address: 

grants@choctawnation.com. 

The Housing Authority of the 

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 

(HASNOK) in Wewoka, Oklahoma will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose Grant in the amount of 

$300,000 to provide energy-efficient 

upgrades in an affordable rental housing 

development under construction in the 

tribal community in Seminole County, 

Oklahoma. HASNOK is building 25 

single-family homes that will be models 

for sustainable, healthy, and energy 

efficient design. All of the newlyconstructed homes will have cost-saving 

energy efficient upgrades including 

Energy Star lighting, appliances, 

windows and doors, water heaters, and 

heating and cooling systems. Leveraging 

for this grant is $150,000; project also 

includes $4,448,958 of other financing. 

Contact Person: Mr. Tom McGeisey. 

Grantee Address: Wewoka, OK 

74884–2424. 

Telephone Number: (405) 257–6604. 

Email Address: 

executivedirector@hasnok.org or 

tmcgeisey@netscape.net. 

Oregon 

The St. Joseph’s Shelter in Mt. Angel, 

OR will receive a Rural Innovation Fund 

Single Purpose grant in the amount of 

$300,000 to increase job opportunities 

and business development for the Tribal 

community. The grant funds will go 

toward the renovation of a two story 

building that will house migrant 

farmworker families in rural Oregon. 

The partner for this project is CASA of 

Oregon. Leveraging for this project is 

$601,445. 

Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa Rogers. 

Grantee Address: 925 S. Main Street, 

Mt. Angel, OR. 

Telephone Number: (503) 537–0319 

x306. 

Email Address: 

lrogers@casaoforegon.com. 

Puerto Rico 

Instituto para el Desarrollo 

Socioecono ́mico y de Vivienda de 

Puerto Rico, Inc. (INDESOVI) in 

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose 

Grant in the amount of $300,000 to 

build a mixed-use development in the 

Municipality of Coamo. The project 

includes construction of eight affordable 

rental units with ground floor 

commercial space. The rental units will 

be occupied by low-income families. 

The project will be energy efficient and 

incorporate Green and Healthy Design 

and will also provide an estimated 4 

permanent jobs and 10 construction 

jobs. The Municipality of Coamo is 

partnering with INDESOVI and will 

donate the land for the project as well 

as contributing to the initial planning. 

Leverage for this project is $94,763. 

Contact Person: Mr. Juan Enrique 

Sabathie. 

Grantee Address: 173 Post Street, P.O. 

Box 7154, Mayaguez, PR 00681– 

7154549. 

Telephone Number: (787) 832–7654. 

Email Address: indesovi@gmil.com or 

sabathie@prtc.net. 

PathStone Corporation in Rochester, 

New York will receive a Rural 

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Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant 

in the amount of $2,000,000 for a project 

in the Castan ̃ er Region of the Cordillera 

Central on the western portion of Puerto 

Rico. The project will provide training 

and employment services for workers, 

training and resources for growers, and 

financial and technical assistance for 

microenterprise and small business 

development. PathStone will work with 

local organizations around the agrotourism industry and promote the 

creation of affordable housing. Partners 

include Pontifical Catholic University 

Puerto Rico, Enterprise Community 

Partners, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Neighbor 

Works America, National Council of 

LaRaza and Popular Mortgage. 

Leveraging for this project is $1,589,759. 

Contact Person: Mr. Lee Beaulac. 

Grantee Address: 400 East Avenue, 

Rochester, NY 14607–1910. 

Telephone Number: (585) 340–3366. 

Email Address: 

lbeaulac@pathstone.org. 

South Dakota 

The Mazaska Owecaso Otipi 

Financial, Inc. in Pine Ridge, South 

Dakota will receive a Rural Innovation 

Fund Grant Single Purpose grant in the 

amount of $300,000 to prepare residents 

for first-time homeownership and to 

replenish loan funds to meet increased 

demand. A full-time homeownership 

counselor will provide group training 

and one-on-one counseling to potential 

homebuyers and applicants. The goals 

for this project are to have 64 families 

that complete homebuyer training and/ 

or individual homeownership 

counseling; 10 families that receive a 

fixed-rate mortgage to purchase their 

first home; and 5 families that make 

energy efficient upgrades to their new 

home at the time of purchase. 

Leveraging for this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Colleen Steele. 

Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1996, Pine 

Ridge, SD 57770–000. 

Telephone Number: (605) 867–1018. 

Email Address: 

cstelle.moof@yahoo.com. 

The Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing in 

Pine Ridge, South Dakota will receive a 

Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive 

grant in the amount of $2,000,000 to 

design and build 16 affordable rental 

and owner-occupied houses on the Pine 

Ridge Indian Reservation in 

southwestern South Dakota. The project 

aims to assist tenants with lower costs 

by building energy-efficient, lowmaintenance, secure homes that use the 

latest technology. The organization will 

train workers and contractors as Energy 

Auditors and Weatherization Installers 

as well as giving them an introduction 

to green building methods. Partners 

include Thunder Valley CDC 

Sustainable Communities Project, 

Indian Health Service, OST Rural Water 

System, Oglala Lakota College, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, OST Partnership for 

Housing, Pine Ridge Area Chamber of 

Commerce, The Lakota Fund, and 

Native Workplace/CleanEdision. 

Leveraging for this project is $1,000,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Doyle Pipe on 

Head. 

Grantee Address: 400 East Main, Pine 

Ridge, SD 57770–0603. 

Telephone Number: (605) 867–5161. 

Email Address: doyle.poh@oslh.org. 

The Four Bands Community Fund, 

Inc. in Eagle Butte, South Dakota will 

receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single 

Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 

to implement a Native American Green 

Business Development program for 

underserved Native entrepreneurs. 

Project activities include a microloan 

fund to help 20 businesses become 

‘‘green,’’ diversify into green products or 

services, and start new green businesses; 

business sustainability estimates and 

action plans for loan recipients; energy 

audits; educational workshops on green 

business and energy efficiency; business 

assistance grants for post-loan business 

management assistance and to subsidize 

technology costs; and a feasibility study 

for a green business incubator. The 

project will be located on the Cheyenne 

River Reservation in rural north-central 

South Dakota. Leveraging for this 

project is $205,000. 

Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Marie 

Fiddler. 

Grantee Address: Box 932, 101 South 

Main Street, Eagle Butte, SD 57625– 

0932. 

Telephone Number: (605) 964–3687. 

Email Address: 

tfiddler@fourbands.org. 

The Lakota Fund, Inc. in Kyle, South 

Dakota will receive a Rural Innovation 

Fund Single Purpose grant in the 

amount of $300,000 to address housing 

and poverty issues for the Oglala Sioux 

Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 

South Dakota. The project will 

accelerate job creation, increase 

employment and income, and promote 

healthy living conditions to facilitate a 

positive cycle toward self-sufficiency for 

families. Activities include small 

business workshops and loans, 

workforce development training, 

financial education and tax preparation 

assistance, and other support services. 

Partners include the Lakota County 

Times, KILI, Oglala Lakota College, 

Consumer Credit Counseling, OST 

Partnership for Housing, Lakota 

Express, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi 

Financial Inc, Security First Bank, Wells 

Fargo Bank, and Attorney David 

Frankel. Leveraging for this project is 

$143,720. 

Contact Person: Ms. Tawney Brunsch. 

Grantee Address: Lakota Trade 

Center, Suite 201, Kyle, SD 57752–0340. 

Telephone Number: (605) 455–2500. 

Email Address: 

tbrunsch@lakotafunds.org. 

Texas 

Motivation Education & Training in 

New Caney, Texas will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount $300,000 to support the 

Rositas Colonias Farmworker Housing 

Rehabilitation and Training Project. The 

project will renovate or replace 10 

homes in Maverick County that are 

owned and occupied by low-income 

farmworkers and located in disinvested 

colonias. The project will use green 

construction techniques and individuals 

may be able to replace units with 

energy-efficient manufactured homes. 

Thirty farmworkers will be trained in 

construction skills. Partners include 

Southwest Texas Junior College and the 

National Farmworker Jobs Program. 

Leveraging for this project is $153,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Francisco L. 

Esparza. 

Grantee Address: 22551 Gene 

Campbell Blvd., New Caney, TX 77357– 

1838. 

Telephone Number: (281) 689–5544. 

Email Address: esparza@metinc.org. 

Virginia 

The National Council on Agriculture 

Life & Labor Research Fund (NCALL) in 

Dover, Delaware will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to facilitate 

development of apartment units and 

homes for first-time homebuyers in 

Accomack and Northampton Counties 

on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The project 

will support the continuation of the 

area’s first homeownership education 

program, which provides pre-purchase, 

financial literacy, and foreclosure 

prevention services. This unique 

approach to both the supply and 

demand side of affordable housing in 

this designated ‘‘difficult to develop’’ 

area will yield practical solutions, 

project momentum, and provide a 

successful transition through predevelopment, financing, construction, 

and sales or rent-up. NCALL will 

partner with the AccomackNorthampton Planning District 

Commission (A–NPDC) and their 

Housing Alliance and Housing 

Authority. Leveraging for this project is 

$550,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Joe Myer. 

Grantee Address: 363 Saulsbury Rd., 

Dover, DE 19904–2722. 

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Telephone Number: (302) 678–9400 

ext 112. 

Email Address: jmyer@ncall.org. 

Washington 

The Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation in Nespleem, 

Washington will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $799,750 to 

support the creation of a new woody 

biomass business entity that will harvest 

woody biomass and deliver it to local 

cogeneration facilities where it will be 

converted into electricity. The new 

business will add 16 new jobs and 

expand business opportunities for 

several contractors. Funds will be used 

to purchase the heavy equipment 

needed for turning woody biomass— 

waste from logging, orchards and 

mills—into fuel for power generation. 

The new business will be developed 

under the guidance of the CCT Energy 

Department as a for-profit business 

called Fuel Enterprises. Leveraging for 

this project is $2,300,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Ernie Clark. 

Grantee Address: P. O. Box 150, 

Nespelem, WA 99155–0150. 

Telephone Number: (509) 422–7755. 

Email Address: 

Emie.clark@colvillletribes.com. 

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians in Usk, 

Washington will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $240,970 to 

construct a nursery to cultivate native 

plants, including over 3,000 trees from 

locally sourced plant stock. The project 

will also restore lost habitat on the 

reservation, fund wetland restoration 

efforts, and link these efforts with the 

initiation/development of a forestry 

apprenticeship. Partners include KNRD, 

EPA, BPA, and KCTC, as well as in-kind 

funds for land acreage. Leveraging for 

this project is $128,456. 

Contact Person: Mr. Ray Entz. 

Grantee Address: PO Box 39 Usk, WA 

99180–0039. 

Telephone Number: (509) 447–7278. 

Email Address: 

rentz@kalispeltribe.com. 

Wisconsin 

The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians in Hayward, 

Wisconsin will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $789,063 to 

enhance the tourism-based economy by 

creating a visitor’s center, museum, and 

gift shop located in former Kinnamon 

School, which will be renovated. The 

visitor’s center will promote tribal 

businesses and will provide a venue for 

the work of local crafts and 

tradespersons. Partners include Sawyer 

County Historian Andrea Wittwer, 

Tribal Spiritual Leader and Historic 

Preservation Officer Jerry Smith, Lac 

Courte Oreilles (LCO) Arts & Crafts 

Assoc. Director Cathy Begay, Tribal 

Governing Board and Tribal Attorney, 

Paul Shagan, LC Dev Corp, NW Regional 

Planning Commission, and A&E 

Consulting Firm. Leveraging for this 

project is $394,908. 

Contact Person: Ms. Lorene Wielgot. 

Grantee Address: 13394 West 

Trepania Rd, Hayward, WI 54843–2186. 

Telephone Number: (715) 634–8934. 

Email Address: weilot@gmail.com. 

The Ho-Chunk Housing and 

Community Development Agency in 

Tomah, Wisconsin will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to rehab 21 

homes in the 40-year old Indian Mission 

community, located in Black River 

Falls, Wisconsin. As part of the Indian 

Mission Green Rehabilitation project, 21 

homes will receive a geothermal heatpump system and new basement 

insulation. The green retrofitting will 

increase energy efficiency and reduce 

energy costs by 63 percent. Leveraging 

for this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Paul Tysse. 

Grantee Address: 1116 E. Monowau 

Street, P.O. Box 730, Tomah, WI 54660– 

2332. 

Telephone Number: (608) 374–1245. 

Email Address: paul.tysse@hochunk.com. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1008 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2010–N252; 

FXES11130100000C2–123–FF01E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Plan for 

Hawaiian Waterbirds, Second Revision 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the final approved 

Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Waterbirds, 

Second Revision. The recovery plan 

addresses four endangered bird species. 

This plan includes recovery objectives 

and criteria, and specific recovery 

actions necessary to achieve 

downlisting and delisting of the species 

and their removal from the Federal List 

of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants. 

ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the 

recovery plan is available at http://www.

fws.gov/endangered/species/recoveryplans.html and 

http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/

endangered/recovery/plans.html. Copies 

of the recovery plan are also available 

by request from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 50088, 

Honolulu, HI 96850 (telephone: (808) 

792–9400). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Marshall, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above Honolulu 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

announce the availability of the 

approved Recovery Plan for Hawaiian 

Waterbirds, Second Revision. The 

recovery plan addresses the following 

four bird species listed as endangered: 

Hawaiian duck or koloa maoli (Anas 

wyvilliana), Hawaiian coot or alae 

keokeo (Fulica alai), Hawaiian common 

moorhen or alae ula (Gallinula 

chloropus sandvicensis), and Hawaiian 

stilt or aeo (Himantopus mexicanus 

knudseni). 

Background 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants is a primary goal of 

the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our endangered 

species program. Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer required under the criteria set 

out in section 4(a)(1) of the Act. 

Recovery plans describe actions 

considered necessary for the 

conservation of listed species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

the measures needed for recovery. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for endangered or 

threatened species unless such a plan 

would not promote the conservation of 

the species. Section 4(f) of the Act 

requires that public notice, and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment, be provided during recovery 

plan development. A recovery plan for 

these four waterbirds was first 

published in 1978, and the first revision 

of the recovery plan was published in 

1985. A draft of the second revision to 

the recovery plan was made available 

for public comment from July 9 through 

September 7, 1999 (64 FR 37148). 

However, that draft was never finalized. 

From August 24 through October 24, 

2005, we made a second draft of the 

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