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 Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR-5030-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.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., 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 (800) 877-8339. For general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community Connections at (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 NOFA published March 8, 2006 (71 FR 11903). 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, 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. For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, a total of $16,800,000 was awarded to 56 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: February 22, 2007. Nelson R. Bregón, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
 Appendix A—Fiscal Year 2006 Funding Awards for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program Recipient
City
State
AwardRural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc
Anchorage
AK
300,000Chilkot Indian Association
Haines
AK
300,000Asa'carsarmiut Tribal Council
Mountain Village
AK
300,000Organized Village of Kasaan
Ketchikan
AK
300,000Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization
Greensboro,
AL
300,000Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc.
Mobile
AL
300,000International Sonoran Desert Alliance
Ajo
AZ
300,000Elfrida Citizens' Alliance
Elfrida
AZ
300,000West Fresno Coalition for Economic Development
Fresno
CA
300,000Relational Culture Institute
Fresno
CA
300,000Shingle Springs Rancheria
Shingle Springs
CA
300,000Better Opportunities Builders, Inc.
Fresno
CA
300,000Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
Loteta
CA
300,000Huerfano/Las Aminas Area COG
Trinidad
CO
300,000Everglades Community Association
Florida
FL
300,000Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc
Vienna
GA
300,000Area Committee to Improve Opportunities, NOW
Athens
GA
300,000CDC of Southwest Georgia
Colquitt
GA
300,000Youthbuild McLean County
Bloomington
IL
300,000( print page 12811)Shawnee Development Council, Inc.
Karnak
IL
300,000Purchase Area Housing Corporation
Mayfield
KY
300,000Passamaquoddy Development and Supply, Co
Parry
ME
300,000Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan
Battle Creek
MI
300,000Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Manistee
MI
300,000Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance
Itta Bena
MS
300,000Fort Peck Assiniboini and Sioux Tribes
Poplar
MT
300,000The Heritage Institute
Glasgow
MT
300,000Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Macy
NE
300,000Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska
Niobrara
NE
300,000Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation
Walthill
NE
300,000Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc.
Gallup
NM
300,000Native American Lending Group, Inc.
Albuquerque
NM
300,000Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation
Clovis
NM
300,000ACCION, New Mexico
Alburquerque
NM
300,000The Dona Anna County Colonias Development Council
Las Cruces
NM
300,000Pueblo of Picuris
Penasco
NM
300,000Pueblo De San Lidefonso
Sante Fe
NM
300,000Pueblo of Pojoaque
Sante Fe
NM
300,000Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe
Fallon
NV
300,000Cortland Housing Assistance Council, Inc.
Cortland
NY
300,000Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
Hollister
NC
300,000Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Belcourt
ND
300,000Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program
Sisseton
SD
300,000Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing
Pine Ridge
SD
300,000The Lakota Fund
Kyle
SD
300,000Buffalo Valley, Inc.
Hohewald
TN
300,000Creative Compassion, Inc.
Crossville
TN
300,000West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.
Jackson
TN
300,000Community Development Corporation of Brownsville
Brownsville
TX
300,000El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation
El Paso
TX
300,000Community Development Corporation Of South Texas
McAllen
TX
300,000Organizacion Progresiva de San Elizario
San Elizario
TX
300,000Proyecto Azteca
San Juan
TX
300,000Willacy County Industrial Foundation, Inc.
Raymondville
TX
300,000Southern Appalachian Labor School
Kincaid
WV
300,000Stop Abusive Family Environments, Inc.
Welch
WV
300,000


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