Youthbuild Program FY 2006; Announcement of Funding Awards,

[Federal Register: January 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 18)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5030-FA-07]

Announcement of Funding Awards for the Youthbuild Program; Fiscal Year 2006

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding awards.

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 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Youthbuild Program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-2290 (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 1-800- 877-8339. For general information on this and other HUD programs, call Community Connections at 1-800-998-9999 or visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Youthbuild Program was authorized under subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as added by section 164 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3723, 42 USC. 12899). Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained in the notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 14.243. The purpose of the Youthbuild Program is to assist disadvantaged young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age in distressed communities to: (1) Complete their high school education; (2) provide on-site construction training experiences which result in the rehabilitation or construction of housing for homeless persons and low- and very low-income families; (3) foster leadership skills; (4) further opportunities for placement in apprenticeship programs; and (5) promote economic self-sufficiency for program participants. The funds made available under this program were awarded competitively, through a selection process conducted by HUD.

For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, a total of $45.5 million was awarded to 74 projects nationwide. 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 amounts of the awards in Appendix A to this document.

Dated: January 17, 2008. Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n, General Deputy Assistant Secretary.

APPENDIX A

Fiscal Year 2006 Youthbuild Awards

Recipient

City

State Award

Hale Empowerment and

Greensboro....... AL...... $400,000 Revitalization Oganization. City of Texarkana............ Texarkana........ AR...... 400,000 City of Phoenix.............. Phoenix.......... AZ...... 700,000 San Diego Community Housing San Diego........ CA...... 400,000 Corporation. Watts Labor Community Action Los Angeles...... CA...... 700,000 Committee.

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Black Contractors Association San Diego........ CA...... 700,000 of San Diego. Fresno County Economic

Fresno........... CA...... 700,000 Opportunities Commission. Community Services &

Visalia.......... CA...... 700,000 Employment Training Inc.. Los Angeles Communities

Los Angeles...... CA...... 700,000 Advocating for Unity, Social Justice. San Joaquin County Office of Stockton......... CA...... 400,000 Education. Yuba County Office of

Marysville....... CA...... 360,000 Education. Empower New Haven............ New Haven........ CT...... 400,000 Co-Opportunity, Inc.......... Hartford......... CT...... 700,000 ARCH......................... Washington....... DC...... 700,000 Nat'l Assoc. of Former Foster Washington....... DC...... 700,000 Care Children of America, Inc.. Latin American Youth Center.. Washington....... DC...... 700,000 Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc... Washington....... DC...... 700,000 Greater Miami Services Corps. Miami............ FL...... 400,000 The District Board of

Pensacola........ FL...... 400,000 Trustees of Pensacola Junior College. Housing Authority of Lakeland Lakeland......... FL...... 700,000 City of Savannah, Georgia.... Savannah......... GA...... 700,000 Southwest Georgia United Vienna........... GA...... 400,000 Empowerment Zone, Inc.. Genesis Housing Development Chicago.......... IL...... 700,000 Corp. Youthbuild Lake County, Inc.. North Chicago.... IL...... 700,000 Emerson Park Development East St. Louis... IL...... 700,000 Corporation. YouthBuild McLean County..... Bloomington...... IL...... 700,000 Comprehensive Community

Rockford......... IL...... 700,000 Solutions, Inc.. New Life Youth Development Gary............. IN...... 400,000 Corporation. The Housing Authority of the Evansville....... IN...... 700,000 city of Evansville. Louisiana Technical College-- Bogalusa......... LA...... 400,000 Sullivan Campus. Old Colony................... Brockton......... MA...... 700,000 Community Teamwork, Inc...... Lowell........... MA...... 700,000 Lawrence Family Development Lawrence......... MA...... 700,000 and Education Fund, Inc.. YWCA of Western Massachusetts Springfield...... MA...... 700,000 Just a Start Corporation..... Cambridge........ MA...... 700,000 Old Colony Youthbuild........ Brockton......... MA...... 700,000 Training Resources of America Worcester........ MA...... 700,000 Inc.. YouthBuild Boston, Inc....... Roxbury.......... MA...... 700,000 Civic Works, Inc............. Baltimore........ MD...... 700,000 Housing Authority of

Baltimore........ MD...... 700,000 Baltimore City. Coastal Enterprises, Inc..... Wiscasset........ ME...... 400,000 Community Action Agency...... Jackson.......... MI...... 400,000 Manistee Housing Commission.. Manistee......... MI...... 400,000 Michigan Works............... Benton Harbor.... MI...... 700,000 Young Detroit Builders....... Detroit.......... MI...... 700,000 Friedens Neighborhood........ St. Louis........ MO...... 400,000 Housing Authority of St. St. Louis........ MO...... 700,000 Louis County. West Jackson Community

Jackson.......... MS...... 700,000 Development Corporation. River City Community

Elizabeth City... NC...... 400,000 Development Corporation. Lincoln Action Program....... Lincoln.......... NE...... 700,000 High Plains Community

Chadron.......... NE...... 400,000 Development Corporation, Inc.. Youthbuild Newark, Inc....... Newark........... NJ...... 700,000 Housing Authority Of The City Camden........... NJ...... 700,000 Of Camden. South Bronx Overall Economic Bronx............ NY...... 700,000 Development Corporation. Buckeye Community Hope

Columbia......... OH...... 700,000 Foundation. Akron Summit Community Action Akron............ OH...... 700,000 Inc.. Future Community Builders.... Columbus......... OH...... 700,000 ISUS Inc..................... Dayton........... OH...... 700,000 Youth Over Us, Inc........... Columbus......... OH...... 700,000 Philadelphia Youth for Change Philadelphia..... PA...... 700,000 The Providence Plan.......... Providence....... RI...... 700,000 The Housing Authority for the Spartanburg...... SC...... 700,000 City Spartanburg. Benedict-Allen Community Columbia......... SC...... 700,000 Development Corporation. Chattanooga Housing.......... Chattanooga...... TN...... 700,000 Alliance for Business and Elizabethton..... TN...... 700,000 Training. La Fe Community Development El Paso.......... TX...... 400,000 Center. San Antonio Youth Centers, San Antonio...... TX...... 700,000 Inc.. Alameda Heights Outreach Dallas........... TX...... 700,000 Foundation. American Youthworks.......... Austin........... TX...... 700,000 Community Development

Brownsville...... TX...... 400,000 Corporation of Brownsville. Employment Resources

Fredericksburg... VA...... 700,000 Incorporated (ERI). Nooksack Indian Tribe........ Deming........... WA...... 400,000 Southern Appalachian Labor Kincaid.......... WV...... 700,000 School. Human Resources Development Morgantown....... WV...... 400,000 and Employment, Inc..

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