[Federal Register: June 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 120)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4361-FA-04]

 
National Housing Counseling Training Program Announcement of 
Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1998

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement 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 award decisions made by the Department 
for the National Housing Counseling Training Program under the National 
SuperNOFA for experienced training professionals to provide training 
and technical assistance to counselors of HUD-approved housing 
counseling agencies. This announcement contains the names and addresses 
of the organizations selected for funding and the amounts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty Woodley, Director, Program 
Support Division, Room 9166, Office of Single Family Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0317. Hearing-or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-8339 or (202)708-9300. (With the 
exception of the ``800'' number, these are not toll free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Housing Counseling Program is authorized 
by Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701x). HUD enters into

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agreement with qualified public or private nonprofit organizations to 
provide housing counseling services to low- and moderate-income 
individuals and families nationwide. Section 106 further authorizes the 
Department to conduct education and training activities to meet the 
training needs of HUD-approved counseling agencies to ensure the 
currency and accuracy of the information being provided to HUD-related 
and other clients.
    The purpose of the housing counseling training grant is to provide 
training for housing counselors of local HUD-approved counseling 
agencies to improve the quality of counseling services being provided. 
The training will be made available in several cities beginning the 
second quarter of 1999 through year 2000.
    The 1998 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding 
in competitions announced in a Federal Register Notice published on 
April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23977) for the national housing counseling 
training program. Applications submitted for each competition were 
scored and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria 
contained in the Notice. HUD awarded a total of $550,000 in housing 
counseling training grants to two (2) non-profit training providers. 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 award amounts as 
follows:

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 800 
Washington, DC 20005, Amount Awarded: $484,019
National Consumer Law Center, Inc. 18 Tremont Street, Suite 400, Boston 
MA 02108-2336, Amount Awarded: $65,918

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 14.169.

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing -Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-15989 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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