[Federal Register: September 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5100-FA-12]
Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2007; Alaska
Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, 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 document
notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Alaska
Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC)
Program. The purpose of this document is to announce the names,
addresses and the amount awarded to the winners to be used to assist
Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian institutions of higher education to
expand their role and effectiveness in addressing communities in their
localities, consistent with the purpose of Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Brunson, Office of University
Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 8106, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)
402-3852. To provide service for persons who are hearing-or-speech-
impaired, this number may be reached via TTY by Dialing the Federal
Information Relay Service on (800) 877-8339 or (202) 708-1455.
(Telephone number, other than ``800'' TTY numbers are not toll free).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
Institutions Assisting Communities Program was approved by Congress
under the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 and is
administered by the Office of University Partnerships under the Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. In
addition to this program, the Office of University Partnerships
administers HUD's ongoing grant programs to institutions of higher
education as well as creates initiatives through which colleges and
universities can bring their traditional missions of teaching,
research, service, and outreach to bear on the pressing local problems
in their communities.
The AN/NHIAC program provides funds for a wide range of CDBG-
eligible activities including housing rehabilitation and financing,
property demolition or acquisition, public facilities, economic
development, business entrepreneurship, and fair housing programs.
The Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is
14.515.
On March 13, 2007 (721 FR 11487), HUD published a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $2.9 million
appropriated in FY07, plus $810,691 in previously unobligated funds.
Each eligible campus was permitted to apply individually, for $800,000
the maximum amount that can be awarded for a period of 36 months.
The Department reviewed, evaluated, and scored the applications
received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded
the applications below, 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).
List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2007 Alaska Native/
Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program Funding
Competition, by Institution, Address and Grant Amount
Region X
1. University of Alaska Fairbanks/Chukchi Campus, Mr. Lincoln
Saito, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Chukchi Campus, 604 3rd Street,
Kotzebue, AK 99752-0297. Grant: $799,955.
2. University of Alaska Fairbanks/Bristol Bay Campus, Dr. Deborah
McLean, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Bristol Bay Campus, P.O. Box
757880, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7880. Grant: $799,500.
3. Ilisagvik College, Ms. Marilyn Venable, Ilisagvik College, P.O.
Box 749, Barrow, AK 99723. Grant: $799,989.
Region IX
4. University of Hawaii/Leeward Community College, Mr. Mike Pecsok,
University of Hawaii/Leeward Community College, 2530 Dole Street,
Sakamaki D-200, Honolulu, HI, 96822. Grant: $581,325.
5. University of Hawaii/Kapiolani Community College, Dr. Robert
Franco, University of Hawaii/Kapiolani Community College, 2530 Dole
Street, Sakamaki D-200, Honolulu, HI, 96822. Grant: $799,922.
Dated: August 28, 2007.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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