[Federal Register: April 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 72)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5147-FA-01]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Section 4 Capacity
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program;
Fiscal Year 2007
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 2007 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 Revised Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Pub. L. 109-289, division B, as
amended by Pub. L. 109-369 and Pub. L. 109-383). 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
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training, education, support, loans, grants, and development
assistance.
The Fiscal Year 2007 competition was announced in the Federal
Register on September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53255). The NOFA allowed for
approximately $29.59 million for section 4 Capacity Building grants.
Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of
selection criteria contained in that Notice. For the Fiscal Year 2007
competition, HUD awarded two competitive section 4 Capacity Building
grants totaling $26,140,000.
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: April 4, 2008.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
Appendix A--Fiscal Year 2007 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 $13,070,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation..... NY 13,070,000
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Total................................. ........ $26,140,000
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[FR Doc. E8-7834 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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