[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14666]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4560-FA-20]


Announcement of Funding Award--FY 2000 Healthy Homes Initiative

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary--Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control.

ACTION: Announcement of funding award.

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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 as a 
result of the Healthy Homes Initiative Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA). This announcement contains the names and addresses of the 
awardees and the amount of the awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Taylor, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451, Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20410, 
telephone (202) 755-1785, ext. 116. Hearing- or speech-impaired 
individuals may access this number by calling the Federal Information 
Relay Service TTY at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Healthy Homes Initiative Program is 
authorized by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Public 
Law. 106-74, approved October 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1047.
    The Healthy Homes Initiative Program provides funds to develop, 
demonstrate and promote cost effective, preventive measures to correct 
multiple safety and health hazards in the home environment which 
produce serious diseases and injuries in children. On February 24, 2000 
(65 FR 9577), HUD published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
announcing the availability of approximately $6.5 million in Fiscal 
Year 2000 funds for the Healthy Homes Initiative Program. The 
Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received 
based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded eight 
grantees for the Healthy Homes Initiative Program.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.901.

    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 names, addresses, and 
amounts of the awards as follows:

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           Awardee                    Address           Amount of grant
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Esperanza Community Housing    2337 South Figueroa           $999,499.00
 Corporation.                   Street Los Angeles,
                                CA 90007.
Child Abuse Prevention         8795 Folsom Blvd.--          1,500,000.00
 Council of Sacramento, Inc..   Suite 103
                                Sacramento, CA 95826.
Northeast Denver Housing       Healthy Homes                  931,635.00
 Center.                        Initiative 1735
                                Gaylord Street
                                Denver, CO 80206.
President & Fellows of         Harvard School of            1,200,000.00
 Harvard College.               Public Health,
                                Office For Sponsored
                                Research, 677
                                Huntington Avenue,
                                Harvard, MD 02115.
Children's Health              P.O. Box 1540,                 471,480.00
 Environmental Coalition.       Princeton, NJ 08542.
Erie County Department of      Environmental Health           918,752.00
 Health.                        Healthy
                                Neighborhoods
                                Program, 499
                                Franklin Street,
                                Buffalo, NY 14202.
Opportunity Council..........  Housing Services, 314          354,192.00
                                East Holly,
                                Bellingham, WA 98225.
Board of Regents of the        School of Pharmacy,          1,200,847.00
 University of Wisconsin        750 University
 System.                        Avenue, 400 A.W.
                                Peterson Building,
                                Madison, WI 53706.
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    Dated: June 4, 2001.
David E. Jacobs,
Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
[FR Doc. 01-14666 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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