[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5338-5339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2112]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5300-N-12]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program 
Fiscal Year 2009

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding awards.

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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 in a 
competition for funding under the 2009 Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for the Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development 
and Affordable Housing grants program. This announcement contains the 
names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by 
HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen E. Daly, Director, Office of 
Policy Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7240, Washington, DC 20410-
7000; telephone (202) 402-5552 (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: HUD's Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing program is authorized by Section 4 
of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-120, 107 Stat. 1148, 
42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as amended, and the), as amended, and the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 11-8,

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approved February 25, 2009). The Section 4 Capacity Building program 
provides grants to national community development intermediaries to 
enhance the capacity and ability of community development corporations 
and community housing development organizations to carry out community 
development and affordable housing activities that benefit low-income 
families and persons. Capacity Building funds support activities such 
as training, education, support, loans, grants, and development 
assistance.
    The Fiscal Year 2009 competition was announced on http://www.hud.gov on June 15, 2009. The NOFA provided $34 million for Section 
4 Capacity Building grants For the Fiscal Year 2009 competition, HUD 
awarded three competitive Section 4 Capacity Building grants totaling 
$34,000,000.
    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 the amounts 
of the awards in Appendix A to this document.

    Dated: December 18, 2009.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Appendix A

Fiscal Year 2009 Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity Building for 
Community Development and Affordable Housing Program

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              Recipient                      State            Amount
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Enterprise Community Partners, Inc..  MD................     $14,836,263
Local Initiatives Support             NY................      14,836,263
 Corporation.
Habitat for Humanity International..  GA................       4,327,474
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    Total...........................  ..................      34,000,000
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