Funding Availabilities:
Federal Register: August 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 168)
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Docket No. FR-5415-N-25
Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for
HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative--Round 1
NOFA
AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria and other requirements for the FY2010 Choice Neighborhoods--Round 1 NOFA.
Approximately $65 million is made available through this NOFA, by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, approved
December 16, 2009). The FY 2010 Choice Neighborhoods competition will be conducted through two rounds. Today's publication announces the posting of the Round 1 NOFA. In Round 1, applicants may submit either a
Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant or a Choice Neighborhood
Implementation Grant application. Upon conclusion of its review of
Planning Grant applications submitted in response to the Round 1 NOFA,
HUD will announce approximately 12-15 Planning Grant awards. Upon conclusion of its review of Implementation Grant applications submitted in response to the Round 1 NOFA, HUD will select approximately 10
Implementation Grant finalists. HUD will then publish a second NOFA
(i.e., the Round 2 NOFA) and provide these
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Implementation Grant finalists an opportunity to assemble and submit a more detailed application.
The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements can be found using the
Department of Housing and Urban Development agency link on the
Grants.gov/Find Web site at http://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A link to Grants.gov is also available on the HUD Web site at http:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Choice Neighborhood
Initiative Program is 14.889. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the agency contact identified in the program NOFA. Questions regarding the 2010 General Section should be directed to the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight at 202-708-0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or the NOFA
Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 (toll-free). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
Dated: August 26, 2010.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants, Management and Oversight,
Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer.
FR Doc. 2010-21734 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am
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