HUDNo.2011-09-07

Reg. VI: 11-170
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FOR RELEASE
Wednesday
September 7, 2011

HUD AWARDS $10 MILLION TO 13 OKLAHOMA NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
Grants provided by HUD's Indian Community Development Block Grant Program

OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $9,940,959 in grants to thirteen tribal communities in Oklahoma to improve or create housing and economic development opportunities for low- to moderate-income families (full list of grantees attached). The competitive grants are provided through HUD's Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program to support a wide variety of community development and affordable housing activities. A list of tribes and funding amounts follows.

"These funds will help American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments create sustainable and community-driven solutions," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "Housing and infrastructure needs in Indian Country are severe and widespread. I'm inspired by the work the tribal communities are taking on to leverage these funds and get their communities on the right track."

The ICDBG program was established in 1977 to help Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages to meet their community development needs. Federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, groups or nations (including Alaska Indian, Aleuts and Eskimos,) or Alaska Native villages compete for this funding. The recipients use the funding to develop viable communities, including rehabilitating housing or building new housing or to buy land to support new housing construction.

The funding can also be used to build infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer facilities, and to create suitable living environments. To spur economic development, recipients have used the grants to establish a wide variety of commercial, industrial and agricultural projects. The grants have been used to build community and health centers, or to start businesses to support the community, such as shopping centers, manufacturing plants, restaurants or convenience stores/gas stations.

FY 2011 Indian Community Development Block Grants for Oklahoma

STATE	RECIPIENT	CITY	AMOUNT
Oklahoma	Chickasaw Nation	Ada	$800,000
	Choctaw Nation	Durant	$800,000
	Citizen Potawatomi Nation	Shawnee	$800,000
	Comanche Nation Housing Authority	Lawton	$800,000
	Delaware Tribe	Bartlesville	$800,000
	Miami Tribe	Miami	$800,000
	Muscogee (Creek) Nation	Okmulgee	$800,000
	Ottawa Tribe	Miami	$800,000
	Pawnee Nation	Pawnee	$800,000
	Quapaw Tribe	Quapaw	$799,894
	Shawnee Tribe	Miami	$341,065
	Tonkawa Tribe	Tonkawa	$800,000
	United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians	Tahlequah	$800,000
		TOTAL:	$9,940,959

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