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Total households
Hours per
response
Total hours
New Orleans ........................................................................
Chicago ................................................................................
Boston ..................................................................................
Seattle ..................................................................................
San Francisco ......................................................................
250
250
100
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
500
500
350
500
500
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
375
375
262.5
375
375
Total ..............................................................................
1,100
1,250
2,350
.75
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Announcement of Funding Awards for
the Rural Innovation Fund Program for
Fiscal Year 2010
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding
awards.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
SUMMARY:
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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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Rural
Housing and Economic Development
Program. This announcement contains
the names of the awardees and the
amounts of the awards made available
by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Piper, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Economic Development,
Office of Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
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Street SW., Room 7136, Washington, DC
20410–7000; telephone number (202)
402–4091 (this is not a toll free number).
Hearing- and- speech impaired persons
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calling the Federal Relay Service tollfree 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 https://www.hud.gov.
The Rural
Innovation Fund program was
authorized by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law
111–117. The Rural Innovation Fund
NOFA was posted on Grants.gov on
December 22, 2010, and announced in
the Federal Register on January 4, 2011
(76 FR 375). Applications were rated
and selected for funding on the basis of
selection criteria contained in that
NOFA.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number for Rural
Innovation Fund program is 14.263. The
purpose of the Rural Innovation Fund is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
to provide support for highly targeted
and innovative grants dedicated to
addressing the problems of concentrated
rural housing distress and community
poverty for projects that demonstrate a
great likelihood of substantial impact in
addressing the housing needs and
community poverty in the project area.
Eligible applicants are local rural
nonprofit organizations, community
development corporations, federally
recognized Indian tribes, state housing
finance agencies (HFAs), and state
economic development and community
development agencies (including
consortia of such entities) with
demonstrated capacity to undertake
comprehensive projects that address the
problems of concentrated rural housing
distress and community poverty.
The funds made available under this
program were awarded competitively,
through a NOFA selection process
conducted by HUD. Approximately $25
million was made available under the
Consolidated Appropriations, 2010, in
Rural Innovation grant funds, along
with unobligated and unused funds
remaining for the Rural Fund’s
predecessor program, the Rural Housing
and Economic Development (RHED)
program appropriated by the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2009,
and prior appropriations Acts. For the
Fiscal Year 2010 competition, a total of
$31,355,236 was awarded to 51 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
Notice. A description of the projects,
activities or undertakings of each award
is provided in Appendix B to this
Notice.
Dated: January 11, 2012.
Valerie Piper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic
Development.
Appendix A
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Number
State
Award recipient
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Village of Atmautluak ..............................................................................................................
Organized Village of Kake ......................................................................................................
Nogales Community Development Corporation .....................................................................
Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc ...................................................................................................
San Carlos Housing Authority ................................................................................................
International Sonoran Desert Alliance ....................................................................................
Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc. ....................................................................
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners ........................................................................................
Karuk Tribe .............................................................................................................................
Habitat for Humanity Lake County .........................................................................................
All Mission Indian Housing Authority ......................................................................................
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians ...........................................................................................
Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians .....................................................................................
Cahuilla Band of Indians .........................................................................................................
Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria ............................................................................
Walking Shield, Inc. of Lake Forest, California ......................................................................
National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund of Dover, DE ........................
Youthbuild McLean County .....................................................................................................
Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation .....................................................
Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. ...............................................................................
Purchase Area Housing Corporation ......................................................................................
Housing Development Alliance, Inc. .......................................................................................
Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation .............................................................
Pilgrim Rest Community Development Agency ......................................................................
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community .........................................................................................
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing and Community Walking Development Corporation ..........
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation ...................................................
Community Students Learning Center ...................................................................................
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority .........................................................................
Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority ......................................................................................
Chippewa Cree Tribe ..............................................................................................................
Northern Pueblos Housing Authority ......................................................................................
San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority .....................................................................................
Taos Pueblo ............................................................................................................................
Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority .........................................................................................
PathStone Corporation of Rochester, NY ..............................................................................
Lumbee Regional Development Association ..........................................................................
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma .................................................................................................
Housing Authority of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ........................................................
Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. ............................................................................
St. Joseph’s Shelter ................................................................................................................
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$798,888
567,908
1,999,177
300,000
300,000
300,000
1,557,840
1,998,621
392,266
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
800,000
300,000
300,000
1,974,462
300,000
300,000
2,000,000
300,000
1,660,000
799,997
300,000
2,000,000
300,000
776,294
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
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Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc. .................................................................................
Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing ...............................................................................................
Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. .........................................................................................
Lakota Fund, Inc. ....................................................................................................................
Motivation Education & Training, Inc. .....................................................................................
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ....................................................................
Kalispel Tribe of Indians .........................................................................................................
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians .............................................
Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency ...................................................
300,000
2,000,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
799,750
240,970
789,063
300,000
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Appendix B
Alaska
The Atmautluak Traditional Council
in Atmautluak, Alaska will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $798,888 to
launch the Pikat Housing Development
Company Project (Pikat Project), which
will address the need for sustainable,
permanent jobs by developing energyefficient, culturally-informed, and
healthy housing for low- and very-low
income residents in the Village of
Atmautluak. The Pikat Project will form
the for-profit business Pikat Housing
Development Company (PHD
COMPANY) to construct two prototype
homes that can then be duplicated in
Atmautluak and the surrounding
villages by PHD Company (PHDC). This
will create more job opportunities as
PHDC grows. In partnership with the
Cold Climate Housing Research Center
(CCHRC), the Pikat Project will use a
hands-on approach to build the capacity
of the tribal government staff and local
construction workforce. The tribe has a
trained construction workforce with
experience in conventional construction
techniques but lacks training in green,
energy-efficient new construction.
Leveraging for this project is $507,202
from CCHRC and Atmautluak Limited.
Contact Person: Mr. Daniel Waska.
Grantee Address: Village of
Atmautluak, PO Box 6568, Atmautluak,
AK 99559–6568.
Telephone Number: (907) 553–5610.
Email Address:
atmautluaktc@hughes.net.
The Organized Village of Kake in
Kake, Alaska will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $567,908 that
will be used to provide small business
development assistance to start-up
oyster and geoduck farmers. Shellfish
aquaculture shows strong promise to
provide expanded private sector
employment and revenue to rural
Southeast Alaska, which has been
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outmigration of jobs and residents. The
Southeast Alaska Mariculture Business
Development Project will offer business
development technical assistance and
capacity building services to existing
and start-up mariculture businesses in
the Kake, Naukati, Hoonah and Angoon
areas. All of these communities are
located in economically distressed rural
areas with less than 2,500 inhabitants.
Services include a shellfish business
incubator, mariculture small farmer
apprenticeship program, and a
mariculture equipment revolving loan
fund for provision of essential
equipment to create small shellfish
farms. Key partners for the project
include AK Shellfish Growers Assoc.;
Univ. of Southeast AK Marine Advisory
Program; Univ. of AK Center for
Economic Development; AK Oyster
Cooperative and Rural Community
Assistance Corp. Leveraging for this
project is $224,741.
Contact Person: Mr. Gary Williams.
Grantee Address: Organized Village of
Kake, P.O. Box 316, Kake, AK 99830–
0316.
Telephone Number: (907) 785–6471.
Email Address:
GEWilliams@KakeFirstNations.org.
Arizona
Nogales Community Development
(NCD) in Nogales, Arizona will receive
a Rural Innovation Fund
Comprehensive grant in the amount of
$1,999,177 to revitalize the downtown
core of the rural colonia while helping
low-income residents build assets to
move out of poverty. These goals will be
achieved through three primary
activities. First, NCD will develop a
multi-use training and resource center
to provide residents with selfsufficiency services and spur
revitalization of historic downtown
buildings. Second, NCD will provide
services including rental housing rehab,
foreclosure mitigation, housing
counseling and financial literacy,
business development, and education,
including scholarships for higher
education. Other self sufficiency
supports include citizenship classes,
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developing community gardens, public
health education, and access to
transportation and child care. Third,
NCD will create a comprehensive
continuum of services referral system
that bundles client housing, business,
public health and education services
with a program that trains and deploys
lay community workers to link residents
with services. This project will create at
least 100 jobs and rehabilitate 10
housing units. NCD will partner with
Mariposa Community Health Center,
University of Arizona (Santa Cruz
County), Santa Cruz County Provisional
Community College Board, Southwest
Fair Housing Council, Primeria Alta
Historical Society, Nogales Public
Housing Authority, and Citi Bank.
Leveraging for this project is $1,000,743.
Contact Person: Ms. Yvonne
Delgadillo.
Grantee Address: 124 North Terrace
Avenue, Suite B, Nogales, AZ 85621–
3248.
Telephone Number: (520) 287–3631.
Email Address: bbracker@mchsi.com.
Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc (ECA) in
Elfrida, Arizona will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to address
substandard housing conditions,
economic distress and lack of access to
affordable capital by promoting
sustainable energy-efficient housing,
businesses, and community facilities.
ECA will provide technical assistance to
small businesses and homeowners to
develop, finance, and build energyefficiency projects or renewable energy
facilities and leverage funds from utility
rebates and USDA’s Renewable Energy
America Program. ECA will construct 14
commercial projects, replace 3
substandard homes, and provide
training in installation of solar
photovoltaic panels. Permanent
financing secured by businesses and
homeowners will repay the RIF
construction loans, which will
capitalize a revolving loan fund to
provide construction financing for small
businesses to develop and build
renewable energy facilities or to make
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energy-efficiency improvements,
affordable financing for businesses, and
construction loans to upgrade
substandard homes. Partners include
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric
Cooperative and Southeastern Arizona
Governments Organization’s Pathways
Out of Poverty Program. Leveraging for
this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Jeanne Shaw.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 172,
Elfrida, AZ 85610–0172.
Contact Number: (520) 642–6967.
Email Address: eca_elfrida@vtc.net.
The San Carlos Housing Authority in
Peridot, Arizona will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to build and
rehabilitate 40 single family homes and
provide quality affordable rental
housing. Each of the new and
rehabilitated homes will have costsaving, energy-efficient upgrades,
including Energy Star advanced
lighting, energy-efficient hot water
distribution system, high efficiency
HVAC system, and Energy Star high
performance windows, design shading,
and radiant barriers. Partners for this
project are Travois, Inc, and Travois
Asset Management, LLC. Leveraging for
this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Thomas Pender.
Grantee Address: Highway 70 and
Moonbase Road, Peridot, AZ 85542–
0000.
Telephone Number: (928) 300–8814.
Email Address: tomp@penderengineering.com or tom@penderengineer.com.
The International Sonoran Desert
Alliance (ISDA) in Ajo, Arizona will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000
to complete the final phase of the Curley
School renovation project. In 2005,
ISDA purchased a seven acre, seven
building campus and renovated the high
school and junior high school buildings
into 30 affordable artisan live/work
spaces. This project will convert an
elementary school into a conference and
learning center with bed/bath units to
augment the available guest rooms and
generate income to sustain the learning
center. ISDA will run a construction
training program for adults and youth
that will create 15–20 jobs. Leveraging
for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Tracy Taft.
Grantee Address: 401 W Esperanza
Ave, Ajo, AZ, 85321–2405.
Telephone Number: (520) 387–3229.
Email Address: tract@isdanet.org
The Portable Practical Education
Preparation Inc (PPEP) in Tucson, AZ,
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Comprehensive grant in the amount of
$1,557,840 to increase job training and
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work skills for low income residents in
Southern Yuma County, AZ. The project
is called Building Houses, Building
Community and it will provide 66 low
income youth, the majority farm
workers, job skills and education to
positively impact the economy of these
rural communities in tandem with the
creation of 9 homes and rehabilitation of
15 homes for low income people.
Partners include PPEP’s High School
Equivalency Program (HEP), OneStop,
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
program, WIA Section 167 Migrant and
Seasonal Farmworker program, and two
charter schools serving high risk youth
in Somerton and San Luis, AZ.
Leveraging for this project is $883,800.
Contact Person: Ms. Kari Hogan.
Grantee Address: 802 E. 46th Street,
Tucson, AZ 85713–5006.
Telephone Number: (520) 770–2500.
Email Address: KHOGAN@ppep.org.
Arkansas
The Southern Bancorp Capital
Partners (SBCP) in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant
in the amount of $1,998,621 for an
economic development and housing
program that will support existing
business and entrepreneurs and provide
supportive services and incentives to
homeowners. Activities include: a new
downtown Helena-West Helena mixeduse retail and housing development; a
loan loss reserve and business loan
fund; employer incentives for job
creation; a small business incubator; an
innovative business plan award
competition; individual development
accounts; housing counseling and
financial education; and housing
assistance stipends for low-income
families and those in critical
professions. The program will create 14
new businesses, 98 new jobs, and help
155 homeowners purchase or repair
their homes. Partners include Southern
Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund;
Phillips Community College-University
of Arkansas, Small Business Incubator;
the Phillips County Chamber of
Commerce; Helena-West Helena
Advertising and Promotions
Commission; and Main Street Helena.
Leveraging for this project is $1.1
million.
Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Wright.
Grantee Address: 605 Main Street,
Suite 602, Arkadelphia, AR 71923–
6037.
Telephone Number: (510) 372–4201,
ext. 33 or 30.
Email Address:
twright@banksouthern.com.
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California
The Karuk Tribe, through its Karuk
Community Development Corporation
(KCDC), in Happy Camp, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Indian
Economic Development and
Entrepreneurship grant in the amount of
$392,266 to provide job training, small
business assistance, and financial
education to residents. KCDC will
provide vocational and job training
programs for 90 residents; credit,
homeownership, and financial
counseling for 60 residents; and
entrepreneurship training for 60
residents or 10 new businesses. A
computer center will allow residents to
obtain GEDs, certificates, or Associate
degrees via distance learning. KCDC
will partner with Happy Camp School
District and the Karuk Community Loan
Fund. Leveraging for this project is
$114,191.
Contact Person: Ms. Laura Olivas.
Grantee Address: Karuk Tribe, 64236
Second Ave/PO Box 1016, Happy Camp,
CA 96039–0000.
Telephone Number: (530) 493–5376.
Email Address: lolivas@karuk.us.
Habitat for Humanity Lake County in
Lower Lake, California will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
Grant in the amount of $300,000 to
repair and renovate 30 homes as part of
its Jobs-for-Homes Project. This project
will hire local displaced workers and
will train them in energy efficiency,
sustainability, and home accessibility.
The home repair and rehabilitation will
both improve the health and safety of
the occupants and ensure the home’s
long-term affordability. The Local
Workforce Investment Board One Stop
Career Center will assist in the training
of the new hires. Leveraging for this
project is $170,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Richard Birk.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1830,
Lower Lake, CA 95457–9906.
Contact Number: (707) 994–1100.
Email Address:
richardb@lakehabitat.org.
All Mission Indian Housing Authority
(AMIHA) in Temecula, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000
to fund construction of four homes on
the Torres Martinez Indian Reservation.
This project is an important step in the
plan to replace all of the 32 dilapidated
modular homes inhabited by the
majority of Tribal residents. The four
new, stick-built, 3–4 bedroom, 2
bathroom homes will range from 1,200
to 1,300 square feet and will be of
quality construction. Each home will
meet Energy Star standards and meet or
exceed mandatory items on the ‘‘Green
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Communities Criteria’’ set forth by
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
AMIHA will partner with Santa Ynex
Band of Chumash Indians. Leveraging
for this project is $373,732.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M.
Skallerud.
Grantee Address: 27740 Jefferson Ave,
Suite 260, Temecula, CA 92590–2607.
Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390.
Email Address:
dskallerud@amiha.org.
The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
(LJBLI) in Pauma Valley, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000
to construct two new healthy design
homes on the La Jolla Indian
Reservation. LJBLI will partner with All
Mission Indian Housing Authority
(AMIHA) which is a tribally designated
housing entity. Leveraging for this
project is $204,880.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M.
Skallerud.
Grantee Address: 22000 Hwy 76,
Pauma Valley, CA 92061–9721.
Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390.
Email Address:
dskallerud@amiha.org.
Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians
in Hemet, California will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to fund
construction of two new homes on the
Santa Rosa Reservation. The two new,
stick-built, 3–4 bedroom, two bathrooms
homes will range from 1,600–2,000
square feet and will incorporate
visibility features and healthy design.
All homes will meet Energy Star
standards and will be constructed to
meet or exceed mandatory items on the
‘‘Green Communities Criteria.’’ Partners
for this project include AMERID Risk
Management Corporation, The LaJolla
Band of Luiseno Indians and Pit River
Construction, Inc. Leveraging for this
project is $204,880.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M.
Skallerud.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 609,
Hemet, CA 92546–0609.
Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390.
Email Address: dskallerud@
amiha.org.
The Cahuilla Band of Indians in Anza,
California, will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to build two
new affordable homes in partnership
with All Mission Indian Housing
Authority (AMIHA). The two stick-built,
3–4 bedroom, 2 bathroom homes will be
of quality construction and incorporate
climate resilient features. The homes
will incorporate visitability features and
healthy design. Each home will meet the
seven principles of universal design
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identified by the Universal Design
Alliance. All homes will meet Energy
Star standards and will meet or exceed
mandatory items on the ‘‘Green
Communities Criteria’’ set forth by
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Leveraging for this project is
$233,880.00.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M.
Skallerud.
Grantee Address: P. O. Box 391760,
52701 Hwy 371, Anza, CA 92539–1760.
Telephone Number: (951) 760–7390.
Email Address:
dskallerud@amiha.org.
The Bear River Band of Rohnerville
Rancheria in Loeita, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Singe
Purpose Grant in the amount of
$300,000 to develop infrastructure
improvements on a 113-acre Tribal
property in Singley Hill, Humboldt
County, California. The infrastructure
improvements include construction of
roadways, walkways, dry utilities, storm
water, wastewater, and water supply
systems to support the multi-family
housing element of the master-planned
Tish Non development, a mixed-use
residential, community, and commercial
project. The anticipated full
development at the Tish Non Village
includes 66 single-family home sites, 12
multi-family units and a community
center, recreation center, and assisted
living center. Leveraging for this project
is $150,235.
Contact Person: Mr. Bruce Merson.
Grantee Address: 27 Bear River Drive,
Loleta, CA 95551–9646.
Telephone Number: (707) 407–6617.
Email Address: bruce.merson@
bearrivercasino.com.
Walking Shield, Inc. in Lake Forest,
California will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 for an
affordable housing and economic
development project on the Rocky Boy
Indian reservation in Montana. The
innovative housing and community
development project will locate and
redirect surplus military houses on the
Malmstrom Air Force Base to this
underserved, rural American Indian
community that has a shortage of
affordable housing. This project also
includes infrastructure improvements
and healthcare activities. The project
will result in the relocation of 75 homes,
the creation of 15 new jobs, the
construction of 3 miles of roads and
healthcare support for approximately
1,500 individuals. Walking Shield will
partner with the Chippewa Cree
Housing Authority and Malmstrom Air
Force Base. Leveraging for this project is
approximately $6,750,000.
Contact Person: Dr. John Castillo.
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Street, Ste. 303, Lake Forest, CA 92630–
1609.
Telephone Number: (949) 639–0472.
Email Address: jcastillo@walking
shield.org.
Illinois
Youthbuild McLean County (YBMC,
Inc.) in Normal, Illinois will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
grant in the amount of $300,000 to
address the need for safe, sustainable,
affordable housing in the community of
Carlock, Illinois. The plan includes
developing a 57-acre, mixed-income
subdivision through the ‘‘Self-Help’’
(sweat equity) method. Eight affordable,
single-family homes will be constructed
with Energy Star and LEED certification
and three dilapidated homes will be
deconstructed and rebuilt as safe, green
affordable housing. Partners include
USDA Rural Development. Leveraging
for this project is $284,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Suzanne
Fitzgerald.
Grantee Address: 360 Wylie Drive,
Suite #360, Normal, IL 61761–5500.
Telephone Number: (309) 261–6348.
Email Address: sfitzgerad@youthbuild
mcleancounty.org.
Kentucky
The Southeast Kentucky Economic
Development Corporation (SKED) in
Somerset, Kentucky will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant
in the amount of $300,000 to spur job
creation in Annville, Jackson County,
Kentucky. SKED will make a third-party
loan to Highlands Diversified Services
(HDS) for equipment and working
capital to expand into a new
manufacturing facility. This will create
specialized manufacturing jobs that will
be filled by low-and-moderate income
persons who have the required technical
skills but are unemployed as a result of
the closure of several companies due to
offshore outsourcing. Jackson County is
designated as a Distressed County by the
Appalachian Regional Commission and
is located in the Kentucky Highlands
Empowerment Zone. The Empowerment
Zone will provide leveraging in the
amount of $600,000 which will be used
for equipment, inventory, and working
capital.
Contact Person: Mr. Greg Jones.
Grantee Address: 2292 South
Highway 27, Suite 340, Somerset, KY
42501–2905.
Telephone Number: (606) 677–6100.
Email Address:
gjones@centertech.com.
Young Adult Development in Action,
Inc. (YADA), d.b.a. YouthBuild Hazard
in Louisville, Kentucky will receive a
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grant in the amount $300,000 to support
a 12-month, intensive job training and
placement program for a minimum of 10
low-income, at-risk young people aged
18 to 24, youth who otherwise face slim
job prospects and a likelihood of
requiring on-going public assistance.
Participants will improve educational
credentials, learn and apply marketable
green-building skills through affordable
housing rehabilitation and construction,
and obtain life-long leadership skills.
The new affordable housing built will
be energy efficient. The program will
serve eligible low-and very-low income
young people who live in Breathitt
County. Partners include more than a
dozen local, state and national partners.
Funding will enable YouthBuild Hazard
to build on the outcomes of previous
RHED grants. Leveraging for this project
is $787,956.
Contact Person: Ms. Della Howard.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 638
Louisville, KY 40201–0638.
Telephone Number: (606) 693–9393.
Email Address: director@
youthbuildhazard.org.
Purchase Area Housing Corporation
in Mayfield, Kentucky will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
grant in the amount of $300,000 to
repair and construct affordable homes in
Fulton County, Hickman County and
the cities of Mayfield and Murray. The
project will rehabilitate nine
substandard, dilapidated homes that
house low-income families and will
train Area Technology Center students
as part of this effort. The project will
provide jobs for contractors, suppliers,
and other workers in the Purchase Area.
Partners include Area Technology
Centers and the Kentucky Housing
Corporation. Leveraging for this project
is $945,350.
Contact Person: Mr. David Hargrove.
Grantee Address: 1002 Medical Dr.,
Mayfield, KY 42066–0588.
Telephone Number: (270) 251–6158.
Email Address: david.hargrove@
purchaseadd.org.
Housing Development Alliance, Inc.
(HDA) in Hazard, Kentucky will receive
a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
grant in the amount of $300,000 to build
upon HDA’s innovative homeownership
program. The program will construct 25
homes that are at least 40 percent more
energy efficient than a standard code
home as documented by the HERS
rating. The homes will have a 19 SEER
heat pump; conditioned crawl spaces;
Energy Star rated vent fans; a heat pump
and water heater and will be air-sealed.
Partners include the Federal Home Loan
Bank, Kentucky Housing Corporation,
Federation of Appalachian Housing
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Enterprises, and local banks. Leveraging
for this project is $3,361,283.
Contact Person: Mr. Russell Scott.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 7284,
Hazard, KY 41702–7284.
Telephone Number: (606) 436–0497.
Email Address: scott@
housingdevelopmentalliance.org.
Louisiana
Macon Ridge Community
Development Corporation in Ferriday,
Louisiana will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to encourage
retail growth and create construction
jobs as part of the Louisiana Delta Rural
Innovation Program. The program will
construct ten new, single-family houses
in the first 24 months and will stimulate
entrepreneurship by utilizing
disadvantaged start-up subcontractors.
The program will also support a
revolving loan fund and homebuyer
education program to increase
homeownership to low- and moderateincome families in the Lower
Mississippi Delta Region. Fifty jobs will
be created and retained through this
program. Partners include the Louisiana
Housing and Community Development
Corporation and LISC. Leveraging for
this project is $1,415,100.
Contact Person: Mr. Lloyd S. Spillers
Jr.
Grantee Address: 1600 Third Street.
Ferriday, LA 71334–2281.
Telephone Number: (318) 757–2361.
Email Address: bspillers@mrcdc.com.
The Pilgrim Rest Community
Development Agency in Belle Chasse,
Louisiana will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant
in the amount of $300,000 to build a
rental housing development for low-tomoderate income residents in Port
Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish,
Louisiana. The development will be a
triplex rental housing building that is
environmentally friendly, energy
efficient, promotes the use of green
products, and adheres to the Enterprise
Green Communities ‘‘Healthy Living
Environment.’’ The project will create
10 construction jobs. Leveraging for this
project is $176,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Ronald Singleton.
Grantee Address: 1112 Engineers
Road, Belle Chasse, LA 70037–3131.
Telephone Number: (504) 394–1123.
Email Address: pilgrimrestcommu@
bellsouth.net.
Michigan
The Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing
and Community Development
Corporation (KBOHCDC) in Baraga,
Michigan will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
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in the amount of $300,000 to provide
business support to Tribal memberowned small businesses through the
capitalization of a low-interest revolving
loan fund together with business and
financial education. The project will
service 18 businesses with an average
loan of $17,198 and the maximum loan
amount of $20,000. KBOHCDC will
partner with the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa
Housing Authority. Leveraging for this
project is $150,068.13.
Contact Person: Mr. Edward Edwards.
Grantee Address: 220 Main Avenue,
Suite 26, Baraga, MI 49908–9618.
Telephone Number: (906) 353–7117.
Email Address: eddy@kboha.com.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community in Baraga, MI, will receive
a Rural Innovation Fund Indian
Economic Development and
Entrepreneurship grant in the amount of
$800,000 to increase job opportunities
and business development for the Tribal
community. The economic development
project will create jobs through business
development and expansion to
demonstrate a measurable improvement
in the quality of life. Business planning
and development efforts will focus on
the creation of for profit entities that
principally create or retain jobs for tribal
members, especially unemployed or
underemployed persons. Partners
include Tribal Employment Rights
Office for training of potential
management and employees, Lance
Morgan, CEO of HoChunk, Inc., Ojibwa
Community College, Keweenaw
Economic Development Alliance, and
Michigan Tech University. Leveraging
for this project is $800,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Gregg Nominelli.
Grantee Address: 16429 Beartown
Road Baraga, MI 49908–9210.
Telephone Number: (906) 353–4133.
Email Address: Gregg@kbic-nsn.gov.
Minnesota
Midwest Minnesota Community
Development Corporation (MMCDC) in
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
grant in the amount of $300,000 to
provide business financing to a
subsidiary limited liability company to
redevelop an abandoned commercial
facility for the production of biomass
heating pellets, capitalizing on the
area’s supply of wood and logging
residue. Transportation and workforce
support programs will link low-skilled
tribal workers on the White Earth Indian
Reservation to jobs in the biomass
energy industry. MMCDC will work
with the business and White Earth
Tribal Employment and Training
program to facilitate employment
referrals and on-the-job training and
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support for new production and office
jobs at the plant. MMCDC will work
with White Earth Investment Initiative
on implementing an IDA program for
car ownership. Finally, MMCDC will
research the market for biomass pellets
and document this research in a market
study to support long-term business
stability and job growth and
diversification. Leveraging for this
project is $303,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Janie Erickson.
Grantee Address: 119 Graystone Plaza
Suite 100, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501–
3034.
Telephone Number: 218–847–319.
Email Address: jerickson@mmcdc.
com.
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Mississippi
The Community Students Learning
Center (CSLC) in Lexington, Mississippi
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Comprehensive grant in the amount of
$1,974,462 for the Empowering the
Delta with a Growing Economy (EDGE)
project. EDGE will partner with
community, business and government
agencies to implement a multifaceted
approach that generates jobs and
provides job training, housing
counseling, housing and
entrepreneurism. By the end of the third
year, 100 consumers will participate in
job training and mentoring, 10
consumers in business incubation and
100 consumers in life skills. In the area
of housing, 100 consumers will receive
housing counseling, 500 will receive fair
housing information and 40 will receive
information with regard to housing.
CSLC will partner with Jackson State
University, MS Delta Win Center, Bank
Plus, Clark & Clark, PLLC, Mississippi
Valley State University, KSBC
Transportation, Holmes County USDA
Service Center and Holmes County
Board of Supervisors. Leveraging for
this project is $1,248,340.
Contact Person: Ms. Kathy Jenkins.
Grantee Address: 333 Yazoo Street,
Lexington, MS 39095–3608.
Telephone Number: (417) 682–6002.
Email Address: dj@ipa.net.
Montana
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing
Authority (NCTHA) in Lame Deer, MT
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Single Purpose grant in the amount
$300,000 to rehabilitate 21 houses,
bringing them up to NCTHA standards
for safety, energy efficiency, and
accessibility. These efforts will result in
a 10 percent reduction in substandard
housing for the community. The project
will create two jobs and provide on-thejob training. In addition to improving
the safety and comfort of low-income
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tribal members, the rehabilitated homes
will increase in value, allowing
homeowners more flexibility to leverage
equity. Leveraging for this project is
$465,904.
Contact Person: Mr. Lafe Haugen.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 327, Lame
Deer, MT 59043–0327.
Telephone Number: (406) 477–6419.
Email Address: lafehaugen@gmail.
com.
The Salish & Kootenai Housing
Authority (SKHA) in Pablo, Montana
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 for a homeownership
assistance project on the Flathead
Indian Reservation, home of the
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.
SKHA will purchase foreclosed
properties that can then be re-sold at
prices the program participants can
afford. The project will also provide
homebuyer education, credit
counseling, financial assistance and
affordable housing options. Leveraging
for this project is $205,471.
Contact Person: Mr. Jason Adams.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 38, Pablo,
MT 59855–0038.
Telephone Number: (406) 675–4491.
Email Address: jadams@skha.org.
Chippewa Cree Tribe in Box Elder,
Montana will receive a Rural Innovation
Fund Comprehensive grant in the
amount of $2,000,000 to construct a
water storage and delivery system
which will provide potable water and
fire suppression to the community
(justice center, health clinic and
approximately 200 homes). This project
will result in the creation of 21 jobs.
Leveraging for this project is $1,349,944.
Contact Person: Mr. Raymond J.
Parker.
Grantee Address: 96 Clinic Road, Box
Elder, MT 59521–0000.
Telephone Number: (406) 395–5705.
Email Address: jake@cct.rockyboy.
org.
New Mexico
Northern Pueblos Housing Authority
(NPHA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount $300,000 to
reduce the dilapidated housing
conditions and overcrowding on Picuris
Pueblo by rehabilitating four homes.
The rehabilitation of the historic adobe
homes will include accessibility
improvements, universal design
features, and will meet New Mexico
Mortgage Finance Authority’s Green
Building standards. NPHA will also
address the high rate of poverty and lack
of high-paying employment through job
training programs that will be
implemented with the assistance of
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regional entities. In addition to
construction job opportunities made
available during the home
rehabilitation, NPHA will mentor two
Tribal members in project and
construction management. NPHA will
work with the New Mexico Behavioral
Health Collaborative to improve access
to behavioral and health services for
tribal members. Leveraging for this
project is $160,644.
Contact Person: Mr. Terry G. Hudson.
Grantee Address: 5 West Guiterrez St.
Suite 10, Santa Fe, NM 87506–0956.
Telephone Number: (505) 455–7973.
Email Address: h_terryg@hotmail.
com.
The San Felipe Pueblo Housing
Authority (SFPHA) in San Felipe
Pueblo, New Mexico will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive
grant in the amount of $1,660,000 to
build 12 affordable units of housing
while creating 30 jobs. The project will
increase the quality of life for over 115
Tribal members living in substandard
conditions. Partners include the Pueblo
of San Felipe tribal council, the Tribal
Administration, Pueblo of San Felipe
Public Improvement Authority and the
SFPHA Board of Commissioners and
Tribal Departments. Leveraging for this
project is $9 million.
Contact Person: Mr. Isaac Perez.
Grantee Address: P. O. Box 4222, San
Felipe Pueblo, NM 87001–4222.
Telephone Number: (505) 771–9291.
Email Address: iperez@sfpha.org.
Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Indian Economic Development and
Entrepreneurship grant in the amount
$799,997. The Taos Pueblo Preservation
Project (TPPP) will start a nine-year
mission to rehabilitate 320 housing
units. Within the spectrum of the Rural
Innovation Funding, the Taos Pueblo
will rehabilitate 52 traditional multi-use
spaces in the Old Village that will be
used as housing, retail space, and
traditional cultural activities. These
efforts will also provide education and
training for tribe members and facilitate
branding and marketing of Pueblo
products. Partners for the project
include several public and private
entities, Taos Pueblo War Chief’s Office,
Taos Pueblo Cultural Preservation
Office, Red Willows Community Grown
Cooperative, and the New Mexico Small
Business Development Center.
Leveraging for this project is $625,104.
Contact Person: Mr. Louis Zamora.
Grantee Address: Taos Pueblo, Post
Office 1846, Taos, NM 87571–1846.
Telephone Number: (575) 776–7446.
Email Address: preservation@
taospueblo.com.
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The Jicarilla Apache Housing
Authority in Rio Arriba, New Mexico,
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to improve the housing
conditions and utility burden for
Jicarilla Apache Tribal members in
Dulce, New Mexico. The project will
provide housing rehabilitation services
and Energy$mart resources to 38 lowincome Tribal members and their
families. By providing these services,
JAHA will build a long-term capacity,
through training and education, to
assess and address the need for energyefficiency measures that will augment
its increased efforts to preserve the
Jicarilla Apache Nation’s housing stock
and keep housing affordable for the lowincome residents of the community of
Dulce. Partners include the Native
American Housing Consultants, LLC
(NAHC), Energy$mart Program of the
New Mexico Mortgage Finance
Authority (NMMFA), and the Los
Amigos Educational Resource Center
(LAERC). Leveraging for this project is
$404,900.
Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa M.
Manwell.
Grantee Address: P.O. box 486 Dulce,
NM 87528–0000.
Telephone Number: (575) 759–3459.
Email Address: lgmanwell@hotmail.
com.
North Carolina
The Lumbee Regional Development
Association (LRDA) in Pembroke, North
Carolina, will receive a Rural Innovation
Fund Single Purpose grant in the
amount of $300,000 to improve the
living and economic conditions for the
Lumbee Indian Tribe in Robeson,
Scotland, and Hoke counties in
Southeastern North Carolina. The
project will increase energy efficiency
and decrease utility costs for residents
while creating 9 jobs, completing 150
energy audits and rehabilitating 51
homes. It will also provide housing
counseling to 80 families. Partners
include the Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation, Lumbee
Enterprise Development, the Robeson
County Community Development
Corporation, the Lumbee Tribe of North
Carolina, and the LRDA Workforce
Investment Act program. Leveraging for
this project is $497,000.
Contact Person: Mr. James Hardin.
Grantee Address: 636 Prospect Road,
Pembroke, NC 28372–0068.
Telephone Number: (910) 521–8602.
Email Address: jhardin@lumbee.org.
Oklahoma
The Little Dixie Community Action
Agency, Inc. (LDCAA), in Hugo,
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Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount $300,000 to improve
housing and existing economic
conditions. LDCAA will complete a
needs assessment in the areas of
housing and employment to generate
action plans relative to the needs
identified. Activities will include credit
and housing counseling, small business
training, job-skills training, job fairs,
links to available resources, computer
skills training, and education. Staff will
coordinate with area employers,
representatives of the educational
community, and other resource
providers to schedule and provide
trainings, seminars, and workshops.
This project will serve 130 participants.
Leveraging for this project is $163,200.
Contact Person: Mrs. Rhonda Teague.
Grantee Address: 209 North 4th St,
Hugo, OK 74743–3809.
Telephone Number: (580) 326–3351.
Email Address: rteague@littledixie.
org.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in
Durant, Oklahoma will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $776,294 to
initiate the Choctaw Native American
Business Resource (NABR) Project,
which will provide culturally relevant
economic development services that
support Native American business
development, job creation, and ongoing
entrepreneur activities. The applicant
will partner with Eastern Oklahoma
State College (EOSC) and Rural
Enterprises Inc. (REI). EOSC will assist
with the outreach and infrastructure
necessary to implement the project and
will also provide educational activities.
REI will ensure collaboration with the
Native American Small Business Center,
provide access for Choctaw NABR
participants to a $500,000 revolving
loan fund it operates, and provide small
business resources and educational
activities. Leveraging for this project is
$670,976.
Contact Person: Ms. Dana Bonham.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1210
Durant, OK 74702–1210.
Telephone Number: (580) 924–8280.
Email Address:
grants@choctawnation.com.
The Housing Authority of the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
(HASNOK) in Wewoka, Oklahoma will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose Grant in the amount of
$300,000 to provide energy-efficient
upgrades in an affordable rental housing
development under construction in the
tribal community in Seminole County,
Oklahoma. HASNOK is building 25
single-family homes that will be models
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for sustainable, healthy, and energy
efficient design. All of the newlyconstructed homes will have cost-saving
energy efficient upgrades including
Energy Star lighting, appliances,
windows and doors, water heaters, and
heating and cooling systems. Leveraging
for this grant is $150,000; project also
includes $4,448,958 of other financing.
Contact Person: Mr. Tom McGeisey.
Grantee Address: Wewoka, OK
74884–2424.
Telephone Number: (405) 257–6604.
Email Address:
executivedirector@hasnok.org or
tmcgeisey@netscape.net.
Oregon
The St. Joseph’s Shelter in Mt. Angel,
OR will receive a Rural Innovation Fund
Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to increase job opportunities
and business development for the Tribal
community. The grant funds will go
toward the renovation of a two story
building that will house migrant
farmworker families in rural Oregon.
The partner for this project is CASA of
Oregon. Leveraging for this project is
$601,445.
Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa Rogers.
Grantee Address: 925 S. Main Street,
Mt. Angel, OR.
Telephone Number: (503) 537–0319
x306.
Email Address:
lrogers@casaoforegon.com.
Puerto Rico
Instituto para el Desarrollo
´
Socioeconomico y de Vivienda de
Puerto Rico, Inc. (INDESOVI) in
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
Grant in the amount of $300,000 to
build a mixed-use development in the
Municipality of Coamo. The project
includes construction of eight affordable
rental units with ground floor
commercial space. The rental units will
be occupied by low-income families.
The project will be energy efficient and
incorporate Green and Healthy Design
and will also provide an estimated 4
permanent jobs and 10 construction
jobs. The Municipality of Coamo is
partnering with INDESOVI and will
donate the land for the project as well
as contributing to the initial planning.
Leverage for this project is $94,763.
Contact Person: Mr. Juan Enrique
Sabathie.
Grantee Address: 173 Post Street, P.O.
Box 7154, Mayaguez, PR 00681–
7154549.
Telephone Number: (787) 832–7654.
Email Address: indesovi@gmil.com or
sabathie@prtc.net.
PathStone Corporation in Rochester,
New York will receive a Rural
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Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant
in the amount of $2,000,000 for a project
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in the Castaner Region of the Cordillera
Central on the western portion of Puerto
Rico. The project will provide training
and employment services for workers,
training and resources for growers, and
financial and technical assistance for
microenterprise and small business
development. PathStone will work with
local organizations around the agrotourism industry and promote the
creation of affordable housing. Partners
include Pontifical Catholic University
Puerto Rico, Enterprise Community
Partners, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Neighbor
Works America, National Council of
LaRaza and Popular Mortgage.
Leveraging for this project is $1,589,759.
Contact Person: Mr. Lee Beaulac.
Grantee Address: 400 East Avenue,
Rochester, NY 14607–1910.
Telephone Number: (585) 340–3366.
Email Address:
lbeaulac@pathstone.org.
South Dakota
The Mazaska Owecaso Otipi
Financial, Inc. in Pine Ridge, South
Dakota will receive a Rural Innovation
Fund Grant Single Purpose grant in the
amount of $300,000 to prepare residents
for first-time homeownership and to
replenish loan funds to meet increased
demand. A full-time homeownership
counselor will provide group training
and one-on-one counseling to potential
homebuyers and applicants. The goals
for this project are to have 64 families
that complete homebuyer training and/
or individual homeownership
counseling; 10 families that receive a
fixed-rate mortgage to purchase their
first home; and 5 families that make
energy efficient upgrades to their new
home at the time of purchase.
Leveraging for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Colleen Steele.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1996, Pine
Ridge, SD 57770–000.
Telephone Number: (605) 867–1018.
Email Address:
cstelle.moof@yahoo.com.
The Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing in
Pine Ridge, South Dakota will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive
grant in the amount of $2,000,000 to
design and build 16 affordable rental
and owner-occupied houses on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation in
southwestern South Dakota. The project
aims to assist tenants with lower costs
by building energy-efficient, lowmaintenance, secure homes that use the
latest technology. The organization will
train workers and contractors as Energy
Auditors and Weatherization Installers
as well as giving them an introduction
to green building methods. Partners
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include Thunder Valley CDC
Sustainable Communities Project,
Indian Health Service, OST Rural Water
System, Oglala Lakota College, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, OST Partnership for
Housing, Pine Ridge Area Chamber of
Commerce, The Lakota Fund, and
Native Workplace/CleanEdision.
Leveraging for this project is $1,000,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Doyle Pipe on
Head.
Grantee Address: 400 East Main, Pine
Ridge, SD 57770–0603.
Telephone Number: (605) 867–5161.
Email Address: doyle.poh@oslh.org.
The Four Bands Community Fund,
Inc. in Eagle Butte, South Dakota will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000
to implement a Native American Green
Business Development program for
underserved Native entrepreneurs.
Project activities include a microloan
fund to help 20 businesses become
‘‘green,’’ diversify into green products or
services, and start new green businesses;
business sustainability estimates and
action plans for loan recipients; energy
audits; educational workshops on green
business and energy efficiency; business
assistance grants for post-loan business
management assistance and to subsidize
technology costs; and a feasibility study
for a green business incubator. The
project will be located on the Cheyenne
River Reservation in rural north-central
South Dakota. Leveraging for this
project is $205,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Marie
Fiddler.
Grantee Address: Box 932, 101 South
Main Street, Eagle Butte, SD 57625–
0932.
Telephone Number: (605) 964–3687.
Email Address:
tfiddler@fourbands.org.
The Lakota Fund, Inc. in Kyle, South
Dakota will receive a Rural Innovation
Fund Single Purpose grant in the
amount of $300,000 to address housing
and poverty issues for the Oglala Sioux
Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
South Dakota. The project will
accelerate job creation, increase
employment and income, and promote
healthy living conditions to facilitate a
positive cycle toward self-sufficiency for
families. Activities include small
business workshops and loans,
workforce development training,
financial education and tax preparation
assistance, and other support services.
Partners include the Lakota County
Times, KILI, Oglala Lakota College,
Consumer Credit Counseling, OST
Partnership for Housing, Lakota
Express, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi
Financial Inc, Security First Bank, Wells
Fargo Bank, and Attorney David
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$143,720.
Contact Person: Ms. Tawney Brunsch.
Grantee Address: Lakota Trade
Center, Suite 201, Kyle, SD 57752–0340.
Telephone Number: (605) 455–2500.
Email Address:
tbrunsch@lakotafunds.org.
Texas
Motivation Education & Training in
New Caney, Texas will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount $300,000 to support the
Rositas Colonias Farmworker Housing
Rehabilitation and Training Project. The
project will renovate or replace 10
homes in Maverick County that are
owned and occupied by low-income
farmworkers and located in disinvested
colonias. The project will use green
construction techniques and individuals
may be able to replace units with
energy-efficient manufactured homes.
Thirty farmworkers will be trained in
construction skills. Partners include
Southwest Texas Junior College and the
National Farmworker Jobs Program.
Leveraging for this project is $153,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Francisco L.
Esparza.
Grantee Address: 22551 Gene
Campbell Blvd., New Caney, TX 77357–
1838.
Telephone Number: (281) 689–5544.
Email Address: esparza@metinc.org.
Virginia
The National Council on Agriculture
Life & Labor Research Fund (NCALL) in
Dover, Delaware will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to facilitate
development of apartment units and
homes for first-time homebuyers in
Accomack and Northampton Counties
on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The project
will support the continuation of the
area’s first homeownership education
program, which provides pre-purchase,
financial literacy, and foreclosure
prevention services. This unique
approach to both the supply and
demand side of affordable housing in
this designated ‘‘difficult to develop’’
area will yield practical solutions,
project momentum, and provide a
successful transition through predevelopment, financing, construction,
and sales or rent-up. NCALL will
partner with the AccomackNorthampton Planning District
Commission (A–NPDC) and their
Housing Alliance and Housing
Authority. Leveraging for this project is
$550,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Joe Myer.
Grantee Address: 363 Saulsbury Rd.,
Dover, DE 19904–2722.
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Email Address: jmyer@ncall.org.
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Washington
The Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation in Nespleem,
Washington will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $799,750 to
support the creation of a new woody
biomass business entity that will harvest
woody biomass and deliver it to local
cogeneration facilities where it will be
converted into electricity. The new
business will add 16 new jobs and
expand business opportunities for
several contractors. Funds will be used
to purchase the heavy equipment
needed for turning woody biomass—
waste from logging, orchards and
mills—into fuel for power generation.
The new business will be developed
under the guidance of the CCT Energy
Department as a for-profit business
called Fuel Enterprises. Leveraging for
this project is $2,300,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Ernie Clark.
Grantee Address: P. O. Box 150,
Nespelem, WA 99155–0150.
Telephone Number: (509) 422–7755.
Email Address:
Emie.clark@colvillletribes.com.
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians in Usk,
Washington will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $240,970 to
construct a nursery to cultivate native
plants, including over 3,000 trees from
locally sourced plant stock. The project
will also restore lost habitat on the
reservation, fund wetland restoration
efforts, and link these efforts with the
initiation/development of a forestry
apprenticeship. Partners include KNRD,
EPA, BPA, and KCTC, as well as in-kind
funds for land acreage. Leveraging for
this project is $128,456.
Contact Person: Mr. Ray Entz.
Grantee Address: PO Box 39 Usk, WA
99180–0039.
Telephone Number: (509) 447–7278.
Email Address:
rentz@kalispeltribe.com.
Wisconsin
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians in Hayward,
Wisconsin will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic
Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $789,063 to
enhance the tourism-based economy by
creating a visitor’s center, museum, and
gift shop located in former Kinnamon
School, which will be renovated. The
visitor’s center will promote tribal
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businesses and will provide a venue for
the work of local crafts and
tradespersons. Partners include Sawyer
County Historian Andrea Wittwer,
Tribal Spiritual Leader and Historic
Preservation Officer Jerry Smith, Lac
Courte Oreilles (LCO) Arts & Crafts
Assoc. Director Cathy Begay, Tribal
Governing Board and Tribal Attorney,
Paul Shagan, LC Dev Corp, NW Regional
Planning Commission, and A&E
Consulting Firm. Leveraging for this
project is $394,908.
Contact Person: Ms. Lorene Wielgot.
Grantee Address: 13394 West
Trepania Rd, Hayward, WI 54843–2186.
Telephone Number: (715) 634–8934.
Email Address: weilot@gmail.com.
The Ho-Chunk Housing and
Community Development Agency in
Tomah, Wisconsin will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to rehab 21
homes in the 40-year old Indian Mission
community, located in Black River
Falls, Wisconsin. As part of the Indian
Mission Green Rehabilitation project, 21
homes will receive a geothermal heatpump system and new basement
insulation. The green retrofitting will
increase energy efficiency and reduce
energy costs by 63 percent. Leveraging
for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Paul Tysse.
Grantee Address: 1116 E. Monowau
Street, P.O. Box 730, Tomah, WI 54660–
2332.
Telephone Number: (608) 374–1245.
Email Address: paul.tysse@hochunk.com.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Recovery Plan for
Hawaiian Waterbirds, Second Revision
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of the final approved
Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Waterbirds,
Second Revision. The recovery plan
addresses four endangered bird species.
This plan includes recovery objectives
and criteria, and specific recovery
actions necessary to achieve
downlisting and delisting of the species
and their removal from the Federal List
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and Plants.
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the
recovery plan is available at https://www.
fws.gov/endangered/species/recoveryplans.html and
https://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/
endangered/recovery/plans.html. Copies
of the recovery plan are also available
by request from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish
and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 50088,
Honolulu, HI 96850 (telephone: (808)
792–9400).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annie Marshall, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above Honolulu
address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
announce the availability of the
approved Recovery Plan for Hawaiian
Waterbirds, Second Revision. The
recovery plan addresses the following
four bird species listed as endangered:
Hawaiian duck or koloa maoli (Anas
wyvilliana), Hawaiian coot or alae
keokeo (Fulica alai), Hawaiian common
moorhen or alae ula (Gallinula
chloropus sandvicensis), and Hawaiian
stilt or aeo (Himantopus mexicanus
knudseni).
Background
Recovery of endangered or threatened
animals and plants is a primary goal of
the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our endangered
species program. Recovery means
improvement of the status of listed
species to the point at which listing is
no longer required under the criteria set
out in section 4(a)(1) of the Act.
Recovery plans describe actions
considered necessary for the
conservation of listed species, establish
criteria for downlisting or delisting, and
estimate time and cost for implementing
the measures needed for recovery.
The Act requires the development of
recovery plans for endangered or
threatened species unless such a plan
would not promote the conservation of
the species. Section 4(f) of the Act
requires that public notice, and an
opportunity for public review and
comment, be provided during recovery
plan development. A recovery plan for
these four waterbirds was first
published in 1978, and the first revision
of the recovery plan was published in
1985. A draft of the second revision to
the recovery plan was made available
for public comment from July 9 through
September 7, 1999 (64 FR 37148).
However, that draft was never finalized.
From August 24 through October 24,
2005, we made a second draft of the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5415-FA-35]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Innovation Fund
Program for Fiscal Year 2010
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, 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 decisions made by the Department in a
competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Rural Housing and Economic Development
Program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the
amounts of the awards made available by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Piper, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
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Street SW., Room 7136, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone number
(202) 402-4091 (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 https://www.hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Innovation Fund program was
authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law
111-117. The Rural Innovation Fund NOFA was posted on Grants.gov on
December 22, 2010, and announced in the Federal Register on January 4,
2011 (76 FR 375). Applications were rated and selected for funding on
the basis of selection criteria contained in that NOFA.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for Rural
Innovation Fund program is 14.263. The purpose of the Rural Innovation
Fund is to provide support for highly targeted and innovative grants
dedicated to addressing the problems of concentrated rural housing
distress and community poverty for projects that demonstrate a great
likelihood of substantial impact in addressing the housing needs and
community poverty in the project area. Eligible applicants are local
rural nonprofit organizations, community development corporations,
federally recognized Indian tribes, state housing finance agencies
(HFAs), and state economic development and community development
agencies (including consortia of such entities) with demonstrated
capacity to undertake comprehensive projects that address the problems
of concentrated rural housing distress and community poverty.
The funds made available under this program were awarded
competitively, through a NOFA selection process conducted by HUD.
Approximately $25 million was made available under the Consolidated
Appropriations, 2010, in Rural Innovation grant funds, along with
unobligated and unused funds remaining for the Rural Fund's predecessor
program, the Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) program
appropriated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2009, and prior appropriations Acts. For the Fiscal
Year 2010 competition, a total of $31,355,236 was awarded to 51
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 Notice. A description of the projects,
activities or undertakings of each award is provided in Appendix B to
this Notice.
Dated: January 11, 2012.
Valerie Piper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.
Appendix A
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Number State Award recipient Award
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1........................................ AK................... Village of Atmautluak....... $798,888
2........................................ AK................... Organized Village of Kake... 567,908
3........................................ AZ................... Nogales Community 1,999,177
Development Corporation.
4........................................ AZ................... Elfrida Citizens Alliance, 300,000
Inc.
5........................................ AZ................... San Carlos Housing Authority 300,000
6........................................ AZ................... International Sonoran Desert 300,000
Alliance.
7........................................ AZ................... Portable Practical 1,557,840
Educational Preparation,
Inc..
8........................................ AR................... Southern Bancorp Capital 1,998,621
Partners.
9........................................ CA................... Karuk Tribe................. 392,266
10....................................... CA................... Habitat for Humanity Lake 300,000
County.
11....................................... CA................... All Mission Indian Housing 300,000
Authority.
12....................................... CA................... La Jolla Band of Luiseno 300,000
Indians.
13....................................... CA................... Santa Rosa Band of Mission 300,000
Indians.
14....................................... CA................... Cahuilla Band of Indians.... 300,000
15....................................... CA................... Bear River Band of 300,000
Rohnerville Rancheria.
16....................................... CA................... Walking Shield, Inc. of Lake 300,000
Forest, California.
17....................................... DE................... National Council on 300,000
Agricultural Life & Labor
Research Fund of Dover, DE.
18....................................... IL................... Youthbuild McLean County.... 300,000
19....................................... KY................... Southeast Kentucky Economic 300,000
Development Corporation.
20....................................... KY................... Young Adult Development in 300,000
Action, Inc..
21....................................... KY................... Purchase Area Housing 300,000
Corporation.
22....................................... KY................... Housing Development 300,000
Alliance, Inc..
23....................................... LA................... Macon Ridge Community 300,000
Development Corporation.
24....................................... LA................... Pilgrim Rest Community 300,000
Development Agency.
25....................................... MI................... Keweenaw Bay Indian 800,000
Community.
26....................................... MI................... Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing 300,000
and Community Walking
Development Corporation.
27....................................... MN................... Midwest Minnesota Community 300,000
Development Corporation.
28....................................... MS................... Community Students Learning 1,974,462
Center.
29....................................... MT................... Northern Cheyenne Tribal 300,000
Housing Authority.
30....................................... MT................... Salish & Kootenai Housing 300,000
Authority.
31....................................... MT................... Chippewa Cree Tribe......... 2,000,000
32....................................... NM................... Northern Pueblos Housing 300,000
Authority.
33....................................... NM................... San Felipe Pueblo Housing 1,660,000
Authority.
34....................................... NM................... Taos Pueblo................. 799,997
35....................................... NM................... Jicarilla Apache Housing 300,000
Authority.
36....................................... NY................... PathStone Corporation of 2,000,000
Rochester, NY.
37....................................... NC................... Lumbee Regional Development 300,000
Association.
38....................................... OK................... Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.. 776,294
39....................................... OK................... Housing Authority of the 300,000
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
40....................................... OK................... Little Dixie Community 300,000
Action Agency, Inc..
41....................................... OR................... St. Joseph's Shelter........ 300,000
42....................................... PR................... Instituto para el Desarrollo 300,000
Socioecon[oacute]mico y de
Vivienda de Puerto Rico,
Inc.
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43....................................... SD................... Mazaska Owecaso Otipi 300,000
Financial, Inc..
44....................................... SD................... Oglala Sioux (Lakota) 2,000,000
Housing.
45....................................... SD................... Four Bands Community Fund, 300,000
Inc..
46....................................... SD................... Lakota Fund, Inc............ 300,000
47....................................... TX................... Motivation Education & 300,000
Training, Inc..
48....................................... WA................... Confederated Tribes of the 799,750
Colville Reservation.
49....................................... WA................... Kalispel Tribe of Indians... 240,970
50....................................... WI................... Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 789,063
Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians.
51....................................... WI................... Ho-Chunk Housing and 300,000
Community Development
Agency.
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Total................................ ..................... ............................ 31,355,236
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Appendix B
Alaska
The Atmautluak Traditional Council in Atmautluak, Alaska will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and
Entrepreneurship grant in the amount of $798,888 to launch the Pikat
Housing Development Company Project (Pikat Project), which will address
the need for sustainable, permanent jobs by developing energy-
efficient, culturally-informed, and healthy housing for low- and very-
low income residents in the Village of Atmautluak. The Pikat Project
will form the for-profit business Pikat Housing Development Company
(PHD COMPANY) to construct two prototype homes that can then be
duplicated in Atmautluak and the surrounding villages by PHD Company
(PHDC). This will create more job opportunities as PHDC grows. In
partnership with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC), the
Pikat Project will use a hands-on approach to build the capacity of the
tribal government staff and local construction workforce. The tribe has
a trained construction workforce with experience in conventional
construction techniques but lacks training in green, energy-efficient
new construction. Leveraging for this project is $507,202 from CCHRC
and Atmautluak Limited.
Contact Person: Mr. Daniel Waska.
Grantee Address: Village of Atmautluak, PO Box 6568, Atmautluak, AK
99559-6568.
Telephone Number: (907) 553-5610.
Email Address: atmautluaktc@hughes.net.
The Organized Village of Kake in Kake, Alaska will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship grant
in the amount of $567,908 that will be used to provide small business
development assistance to start-up oyster and geoduck farmers.
Shellfish aquaculture shows strong promise to provide expanded private
sector employment and revenue to rural Southeast Alaska, which has been
devastated in recent years with outmigration of jobs and residents. The
Southeast Alaska Mariculture Business Development Project will offer
business development technical assistance and capacity building
services to existing and start-up mariculture businesses in the Kake,
Naukati, Hoonah and Angoon areas. All of these communities are located
in economically distressed rural areas with less than 2,500
inhabitants. Services include a shellfish business incubator,
mariculture small farmer apprenticeship program, and a mariculture
equipment revolving loan fund for provision of essential equipment to
create small shellfish farms. Key partners for the project include AK
Shellfish Growers Assoc.; Univ. of Southeast AK Marine Advisory
Program; Univ. of AK Center for Economic Development; AK Oyster
Cooperative and Rural Community Assistance Corp. Leveraging for this
project is $224,741.
Contact Person: Mr. Gary Williams.
Grantee Address: Organized Village of Kake, P.O. Box 316, Kake, AK
99830-0316.
Telephone Number: (907) 785-6471.
Email Address: GEWilliams@KakeFirstNations.org.
Arizona
Nogales Community Development (NCD) in Nogales, Arizona will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in the amount of
$1,999,177 to revitalize the downtown core of the rural colonia while
helping low-income residents build assets to move out of poverty. These
goals will be achieved through three primary activities. First, NCD
will develop a multi-use training and resource center to provide
residents with self-sufficiency services and spur revitalization of
historic downtown buildings. Second, NCD will provide services
including rental housing rehab, foreclosure mitigation, housing
counseling and financial literacy, business development, and education,
including scholarships for higher education. Other self sufficiency
supports include citizenship classes, developing community gardens,
public health education, and access to transportation and child care.
Third, NCD will create a comprehensive continuum of services referral
system that bundles client housing, business, public health and
education services with a program that trains and deploys lay community
workers to link residents with services. This project will create at
least 100 jobs and rehabilitate 10 housing units. NCD will partner with
Mariposa Community Health Center, University of Arizona (Santa Cruz
County), Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College Board,
Southwest Fair Housing Council, Primeria Alta Historical Society,
Nogales Public Housing Authority, and Citi Bank. Leveraging for this
project is $1,000,743.
Contact Person: Ms. Yvonne Delgadillo.
Grantee Address: 124 North Terrace Avenue, Suite B, Nogales, AZ
85621-3248.
Telephone Number: (520) 287-3631.
Email Address: bbracker@mchsi.com.
Elfrida Citizens Alliance, Inc (ECA) in Elfrida, Arizona will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to address substandard housing conditions, economic distress
and lack of access to affordable capital by promoting sustainable
energy-efficient housing, businesses, and community facilities. ECA
will provide technical assistance to small businesses and homeowners to
develop, finance, and build energy-efficiency projects or renewable
energy facilities and leverage funds from utility rebates and USDA's
Renewable Energy America Program. ECA will construct 14 commercial
projects, replace 3 substandard homes, and provide training in
installation of solar photovoltaic panels. Permanent financing secured
by businesses and homeowners will repay the RIF construction loans,
which will capitalize a revolving loan fund to provide construction
financing for small businesses to develop and build renewable energy
facilities or to make
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energy-efficiency improvements, affordable financing for businesses,
and construction loans to upgrade substandard homes. Partners include
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative and Southeastern Arizona
Governments Organization's Pathways Out of Poverty Program. Leveraging
for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Jeanne Shaw.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 172, Elfrida, AZ 85610-0172.
Contact Number: (520) 642-6967.
Email Address: eca_elfrida@vtc.net.
The San Carlos Housing Authority in Peridot, Arizona will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to
build and rehabilitate 40 single family homes and provide quality
affordable rental housing. Each of the new and rehabilitated homes will
have cost-saving, energy-efficient upgrades, including Energy Star
advanced lighting, energy-efficient hot water distribution system, high
efficiency HVAC system, and Energy Star high performance windows,
design shading, and radiant barriers. Partners for this project are
Travois, Inc, and Travois Asset Management, LLC. Leveraging for this
project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Thomas Pender.
Grantee Address: Highway 70 and Moonbase Road, Peridot, AZ 85542-
0000.
Telephone Number: (928) 300-8814.
Email Address: engineering.com">tomp@pender-engineering.com or engineer.com">tom@pender-engineer.com.
The International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) in Ajo, Arizona
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
of $300,000 to complete the final phase of the Curley School renovation
project. In 2005, ISDA purchased a seven acre, seven building campus
and renovated the high school and junior high school buildings into 30
affordable artisan live/work spaces. This project will convert an
elementary school into a conference and learning center with bed/bath
units to augment the available guest rooms and generate income to
sustain the learning center. ISDA will run a construction training
program for adults and youth that will create 15-20 jobs. Leveraging
for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Tracy Taft.
Grantee Address: 401 W Esperanza Ave, Ajo, AZ, 85321-2405.
Telephone Number: (520) 387-3229.
Email Address: tract@isdanet.org
The Portable Practical Education Preparation Inc (PPEP) in Tucson,
AZ, will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in the
amount of $1,557,840 to increase job training and work skills for low
income residents in Southern Yuma County, AZ. The project is called
Building Houses, Building Community and it will provide 66 low income
youth, the majority farm workers, job skills and education to
positively impact the economy of these rural communities in tandem with
the creation of 9 homes and rehabilitation of 15 homes for low income
people. Partners include PPEP's High School Equivalency Program (HEP),
OneStop, Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program, WIA Section 167
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker program, and two charter schools
serving high risk youth in Somerton and San Luis, AZ. Leveraging for
this project is $883,800.
Contact Person: Ms. Kari Hogan.
Grantee Address: 802 E. 46th Street, Tucson, AZ 85713-5006.
Telephone Number: (520) 770-2500.
Email Address: KHOGAN@ppep.org.
Arkansas
The Southern Bancorp Capital Partners (SBCP) in Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in
the amount of $1,998,621 for an economic development and housing
program that will support existing business and entrepreneurs and
provide supportive services and incentives to homeowners. Activities
include: a new downtown Helena-West Helena mixed-use retail and housing
development; a loan loss reserve and business loan fund; employer
incentives for job creation; a small business incubator; an innovative
business plan award competition; individual development accounts;
housing counseling and financial education; and housing assistance
stipends for low-income families and those in critical professions. The
program will create 14 new businesses, 98 new jobs, and help 155
homeowners purchase or repair their homes. Partners include Southern
Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund; Phillips Community College-
University of Arkansas, Small Business Incubator; the Phillips County
Chamber of Commerce; Helena-West Helena Advertising and Promotions
Commission; and Main Street Helena. Leveraging for this project is $1.1
million.
Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Wright.
Grantee Address: 605 Main Street, Suite 602, Arkadelphia, AR 71923-
6037.
Telephone Number: (510) 372-4201, ext. 33 or 30.
Email Address: twright@banksouthern.com.
California
The Karuk Tribe, through its Karuk Community Development
Corporation (KCDC), in Happy Camp, California will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship grant
in the amount of $392,266 to provide job training, small business
assistance, and financial education to residents. KCDC will provide
vocational and job training programs for 90 residents; credit,
homeownership, and financial counseling for 60 residents; and
entrepreneurship training for 60 residents or 10 new businesses. A
computer center will allow residents to obtain GEDs, certificates, or
Associate degrees via distance learning. KCDC will partner with Happy
Camp School District and the Karuk Community Loan Fund. Leveraging for
this project is $114,191.
Contact Person: Ms. Laura Olivas.
Grantee Address: Karuk Tribe, 64236 Second Ave/PO Box 1016, Happy
Camp, CA 96039-0000.
Telephone Number: (530) 493-5376.
Email Address: lolivas@karuk.us.
Habitat for Humanity Lake County in Lower Lake, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant in the amount of
$300,000 to repair and renovate 30 homes as part of its Jobs-for-Homes
Project. This project will hire local displaced workers and will train
them in energy efficiency, sustainability, and home accessibility. The
home repair and rehabilitation will both improve the health and safety
of the occupants and ensure the home's long-term affordability. The
Local Workforce Investment Board One Stop Career Center will assist in
the training of the new hires. Leveraging for this project is $170,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Richard Birk.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1830, Lower Lake, CA 95457-9906.
Contact Number: (707) 994-1100.
Email Address: richardb@lakehabitat.org.
All Mission Indian Housing Authority (AMIHA) in Temecula,
California will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in
the amount of $300,000 to fund construction of four homes on the Torres
Martinez Indian Reservation. This project is an important step in the
plan to replace all of the 32 dilapidated modular homes inhabited by
the majority of Tribal residents. The four new, stick-built, 3-4
bedroom, 2 bathroom homes will range from 1,200 to 1,300 square feet
and will be of quality construction. Each home will meet Energy Star
standards and meet or exceed mandatory items on the ``Green
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Communities Criteria'' set forth by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
AMIHA will partner with Santa Ynex Band of Chumash Indians. Leveraging
for this project is $373,732.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. Skallerud.
Grantee Address: 27740 Jefferson Ave, Suite 260, Temecula, CA
92590-2607.
Telephone Number: (951) 760-7390.
Email Address: dskallerud@amiha.org.
The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians (LJBLI) in Pauma Valley,
California will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in
the amount of $300,000 to construct two new healthy design homes on the
La Jolla Indian Reservation. LJBLI will partner with All Mission Indian
Housing Authority (AMIHA) which is a tribally designated housing
entity. Leveraging for this project is $204,880.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. Skallerud.
Grantee Address: 22000 Hwy 76, Pauma Valley, CA 92061-9721.
Telephone Number: (951) 760-7390.
Email Address: dskallerud@amiha.org.
Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians in Hemet, California will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to fund construction of two new homes on the Santa Rosa
Reservation. The two new, stick-built, 3-4 bedroom, two bathrooms homes
will range from 1,600-2,000 square feet and will incorporate visibility
features and healthy design. All homes will meet Energy Star standards
and will be constructed to meet or exceed mandatory items on the
``Green Communities Criteria.'' Partners for this project include
AMERID Risk Management Corporation, The LaJolla Band of Luiseno Indians
and Pit River Construction, Inc. Leveraging for this project is
$204,880.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. Skallerud.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 609, Hemet, CA 92546-0609.
Telephone Number: (951) 760-7390.
Email Address: dskallerud@amiha.org.
The Cahuilla Band of Indians in Anza, California, will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to
build two new affordable homes in partnership with All Mission Indian
Housing Authority (AMIHA). The two stick-built, 3-4 bedroom, 2 bathroom
homes will be of quality construction and incorporate climate resilient
features. The homes will incorporate visitability features and healthy
design. Each home will meet the seven principles of universal design
identified by the Universal Design Alliance. All homes will meet Energy
Star standards and will meet or exceed mandatory items on the ``Green
Communities Criteria'' set forth by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Leveraging for this project is $233,880.00.
Contact Person: Ms. Debra M. Skallerud.
Grantee Address: P. O. Box 391760, 52701 Hwy 371, Anza, CA 92539-
1760.
Telephone Number: (951) 760-7390.
Email Address: dskallerud@amiha.org.
The Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria in Loeita, California
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Singe Purpose Grant in the amount
of $300,000 to develop infrastructure improvements on a 113-acre Tribal
property in Singley Hill, Humboldt County, California. The
infrastructure improvements include construction of roadways, walkways,
dry utilities, storm water, wastewater, and water supply systems to
support the multi-family housing element of the master-planned Tish Non
development, a mixed-use residential, community, and commercial
project. The anticipated full development at the Tish Non Village
includes 66 single-family home sites, 12 multi-family units and a
community center, recreation center, and assisted living center.
Leveraging for this project is $150,235.
Contact Person: Mr. Bruce Merson.
Grantee Address: 27 Bear River Drive, Loleta, CA 95551-9646.
Telephone Number: (707) 407-6617.
Email Address: bruce.merson@bearrivercasino.com.
Walking Shield, Inc. in Lake Forest, California will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000
for an affordable housing and economic development project on the Rocky
Boy Indian reservation in Montana. The innovative housing and community
development project will locate and redirect surplus military houses on
the Malmstrom Air Force Base to this underserved, rural American Indian
community that has a shortage of affordable housing. This project also
includes infrastructure improvements and healthcare activities. The
project will result in the relocation of 75 homes, the creation of 15
new jobs, the construction of 3 miles of roads and healthcare support
for approximately 1,500 individuals. Walking Shield will partner with
the Chippewa Cree Housing Authority and Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Leveraging for this project is approximately $6,750,000.
Contact Person: Dr. John Castillo.
Grantee Address: 22622 Lambert Street, Ste. 303, Lake Forest, CA
92630-1609.
Telephone Number: (949) 639-0472.
Email Address: jcastillo@walkingshield.org.
Illinois
Youthbuild McLean County (YBMC, Inc.) in Normal, Illinois will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to address the need for safe, sustainable, affordable housing
in the community of Carlock, Illinois. The plan includes developing a
57-acre, mixed-income subdivision through the ``Self-Help'' (sweat
equity) method. Eight affordable, single-family homes will be
constructed with Energy Star and LEED certification and three
dilapidated homes will be deconstructed and rebuilt as safe, green
affordable housing. Partners include USDA Rural Development. Leveraging
for this project is $284,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Suzanne Fitzgerald.
Grantee Address: 360 Wylie Drive, Suite 360, Normal, IL
61761-5500.
Telephone Number: (309) 261-6348.
Email Address: sfitzgerad@youthbuildmcleancounty.org.
Kentucky
The Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED) in
Somerset, Kentucky will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
Grant in the amount of $300,000 to spur job creation in Annville,
Jackson County, Kentucky. SKED will make a third-party loan to
Highlands Diversified Services (HDS) for equipment and working capital
to expand into a new manufacturing facility. This will create
specialized manufacturing jobs that will be filled by low-and-moderate
income persons who have the required technical skills but are
unemployed as a result of the closure of several companies due to
offshore outsourcing. Jackson County is designated as a Distressed
County by the Appalachian Regional Commission and is located in the
Kentucky Highlands Empowerment Zone. The Empowerment Zone will provide
leveraging in the amount of $600,000 which will be used for equipment,
inventory, and working capital.
Contact Person: Mr. Greg Jones.
Grantee Address: 2292 South Highway 27, Suite 340, Somerset, KY
42501-2905.
Telephone Number: (606) 677-6100.
Email Address: gjones@centertech.com.
Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. (YADA), d.b.a. YouthBuild
Hazard in Louisville, Kentucky will receive a
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Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount $300,000 to
support a 12-month, intensive job training and placement program for a
minimum of 10 low-income, at-risk young people aged 18 to 24, youth who
otherwise face slim job prospects and a likelihood of requiring on-
going public assistance. Participants will improve educational
credentials, learn and apply marketable green-building skills through
affordable housing rehabilitation and construction, and obtain life-
long leadership skills. The new affordable housing built will be energy
efficient. The program will serve eligible low-and very-low income
young people who live in Breathitt County. Partners include more than a
dozen local, state and national partners. Funding will enable
YouthBuild Hazard to build on the outcomes of previous RHED grants.
Leveraging for this project is $787,956.
Contact Person: Ms. Della Howard.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 638 Louisville, KY 40201-0638.
Telephone Number: (606) 693-9393.
Email Address: director@youthbuildhazard.org.
Purchase Area Housing Corporation in Mayfield, Kentucky will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to repair and construct affordable homes in Fulton County,
Hickman County and the cities of Mayfield and Murray. The project will
rehabilitate nine substandard, dilapidated homes that house low-income
families and will train Area Technology Center students as part of this
effort. The project will provide jobs for contractors, suppliers, and
other workers in the Purchase Area. Partners include Area Technology
Centers and the Kentucky Housing Corporation. Leveraging for this
project is $945,350.
Contact Person: Mr. David Hargrove.
Grantee Address: 1002 Medical Dr., Mayfield, KY 42066-0588.
Telephone Number: (270) 251-6158.
Email Address: david.hargrove@purchaseadd.org.
Housing Development Alliance, Inc. (HDA) in Hazard, Kentucky will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of
$300,000 to build upon HDA's innovative homeownership program. The
program will construct 25 homes that are at least 40 percent more
energy efficient than a standard code home as documented by the HERS
rating. The homes will have a 19 SEER heat pump; conditioned crawl
spaces; Energy Star rated vent fans; a heat pump and water heater and
will be air-sealed. Partners include the Federal Home Loan Bank,
Kentucky Housing Corporation, Federation of Appalachian Housing
Enterprises, and local banks. Leveraging for this project is
$3,361,283.
Contact Person: Mr. Russell Scott.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 7284, Hazard, KY 41702-7284.
Telephone Number: (606) 436-0497.
Email Address: scott@housingdevelopmentalliance.org.
Louisiana
Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation in Ferriday,
Louisiana will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in
the amount of $300,000 to encourage retail growth and create
construction jobs as part of the Louisiana Delta Rural Innovation
Program. The program will construct ten new, single-family houses in
the first 24 months and will stimulate entrepreneurship by utilizing
disadvantaged start-up subcontractors. The program will also support a
revolving loan fund and homebuyer education program to increase
homeownership to low- and moderate-income families in the Lower
Mississippi Delta Region. Fifty jobs will be created and retained
through this program. Partners include the Louisiana Housing and
Community Development Corporation and LISC. Leveraging for this project
is $1,415,100.
Contact Person: Mr. Lloyd S. Spillers Jr.
Grantee Address: 1600 Third Street. Ferriday, LA 71334-2281.
Telephone Number: (318) 757-2361.
Email Address: bspillers@mrcdc.com.
The Pilgrim Rest Community Development Agency in Belle Chasse,
Louisiana will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant in
the amount of $300,000 to build a rental housing development for low-
to-moderate income residents in Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish,
Louisiana. The development will be a triplex rental housing building
that is environmentally friendly, energy efficient, promotes the use of
green products, and adheres to the Enterprise Green Communities
``Healthy Living Environment.'' The project will create 10 construction
jobs. Leveraging for this project is $176,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Ronald Singleton.
Grantee Address: 1112 Engineers Road, Belle Chasse, LA 70037-3131.
Telephone Number: (504) 394-1123.
Email Address: pilgrimrestcommu@bellsouth.net.
Michigan
The Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing and Community Development
Corporation (KBOHCDC) in Baraga, Michigan will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to
provide business support to Tribal member-owned small businesses
through the capitalization of a low-interest revolving loan fund
together with business and financial education. The project will
service 18 businesses with an average loan of $17,198 and the maximum
loan amount of $20,000. KBOHCDC will partner with the Keweenaw Bay
Ojibwa Housing Authority. Leveraging for this project is $150,068.13.
Contact Person: Mr. Edward Edwards.
Grantee Address: 220 Main Avenue, Suite 26, Baraga, MI 49908-9618.
Telephone Number: (906) 353-7117.
Email Address: eddy@kboha.com.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Baraga, MI, will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $800,000 to increase job opportunities and
business development for the Tribal community. The economic development
project will create jobs through business development and expansion to
demonstrate a measurable improvement in the quality of life. Business
planning and development efforts will focus on the creation of for
profit entities that principally create or retain jobs for tribal
members, especially unemployed or underemployed persons. Partners
include Tribal Employment Rights Office for training of potential
management and employees, Lance Morgan, CEO of HoChunk, Inc., Ojibwa
Community College, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance, and Michigan
Tech University. Leveraging for this project is $800,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Gregg Nominelli.
Grantee Address: 16429 Beartown Road Baraga, MI 49908-9210.
Telephone Number: (906) 353-4133.
Email Address: nsn.gov">Gregg@kbic-nsn.gov.
Minnesota
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation (MMCDC) in
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to provide business financing
to a subsidiary limited liability company to redevelop an abandoned
commercial facility for the production of biomass heating pellets,
capitalizing on the area's supply of wood and logging residue.
Transportation and workforce support programs will link low-skilled
tribal workers on the White Earth Indian Reservation to jobs in the
biomass energy industry. MMCDC will work with the business and White
Earth Tribal Employment and Training program to facilitate employment
referrals and on-the-job training and
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support for new production and office jobs at the plant. MMCDC will
work with White Earth Investment Initiative on implementing an IDA
program for car ownership. Finally, MMCDC will research the market for
biomass pellets and document this research in a market study to support
long-term business stability and job growth and diversification.
Leveraging for this project is $303,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Janie Erickson.
Grantee Address: 119 Graystone Plaza Suite 100, Detroit Lakes, MN
56501-3034.
Telephone Number: 218-847-319.
Email Address: jerickson@mmcdc.com.
Mississippi
The Community Students Learning Center (CSLC) in Lexington,
Mississippi will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in
the amount of $1,974,462 for the Empowering the Delta with a Growing
Economy (EDGE) project. EDGE will partner with community, business and
government agencies to implement a multifaceted approach that generates
jobs and provides job training, housing counseling, housing and
entrepreneurism. By the end of the third year, 100 consumers will
participate in job training and mentoring, 10 consumers in business
incubation and 100 consumers in life skills. In the area of housing,
100 consumers will receive housing counseling, 500 will receive fair
housing information and 40 will receive information with regard to
housing. CSLC will partner with Jackson State University, MS Delta Win
Center, Bank Plus, Clark & Clark, PLLC, Mississippi Valley State
University, KSBC Transportation, Holmes County USDA Service Center and
Holmes County Board of Supervisors. Leveraging for this project is
$1,248,340.
Contact Person: Ms. Kathy Jenkins.
Grantee Address: 333 Yazoo Street, Lexington, MS 39095-3608.
Telephone Number: (417) 682-6002.
Email Address: dj@ipa.net.
Montana
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority (NCTHA) in Lame Deer, MT
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
$300,000 to rehabilitate 21 houses, bringing them up to NCTHA standards
for safety, energy efficiency, and accessibility. These efforts will
result in a 10 percent reduction in substandard housing for the
community. The project will create two jobs and provide on-the-job
training. In addition to improving the safety and comfort of low-income
tribal members, the rehabilitated homes will increase in value,
allowing homeowners more flexibility to leverage equity. Leveraging for
this project is $465,904.
Contact Person: Mr. Lafe Haugen.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 327, Lame Deer, MT 59043-0327.
Telephone Number: (406) 477-6419.
Email Address: lafehaugen@gmail.com.
The Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority (SKHA) in Pablo, Montana
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
of $300,000 for a homeownership assistance project on the Flathead
Indian Reservation, home of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.
SKHA will purchase foreclosed properties that can then be re-sold at
prices the program participants can afford. The project will also
provide homebuyer education, credit counseling, financial assistance
and affordable housing options. Leveraging for this project is
$205,471.
Contact Person: Mr. Jason Adams.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 38, Pablo, MT 59855-0038.
Telephone Number: (406) 675-4491.
Email Address: jadams@skha.org.
Chippewa Cree Tribe in Box Elder, Montana will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in the amount of $2,000,000 to
construct a water storage and delivery system which will provide
potable water and fire suppression to the community (justice center,
health clinic and approximately 200 homes). This project will result in
the creation of 21 jobs. Leveraging for this project is $1,349,944.
Contact Person: Mr. Raymond J. Parker.
Grantee Address: 96 Clinic Road, Box Elder, MT 59521-0000.
Telephone Number: (406) 395-5705.
Email Address: jake@cct.rockyboy.org.
New Mexico
Northern Pueblos Housing Authority (NPHA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
$300,000 to reduce the dilapidated housing conditions and overcrowding
on Picuris Pueblo by rehabilitating four homes. The rehabilitation of
the historic adobe homes will include accessibility improvements,
universal design features, and will meet New Mexico Mortgage Finance
Authority's Green Building standards. NPHA will also address the high
rate of poverty and lack of high-paying employment through job training
programs that will be implemented with the assistance of regional
entities. In addition to construction job opportunities made available
during the home rehabilitation, NPHA will mentor two Tribal members in
project and construction management. NPHA will work with the New Mexico
Behavioral Health Collaborative to improve access to behavioral and
health services for tribal members. Leveraging for this project is
$160,644.
Contact Person: Mr. Terry G. Hudson.
Grantee Address: 5 West Guiterrez St. Suite 10, Santa Fe, NM 87506-
0956.
Telephone Number: (505) 455-7973.
Email Address: h_terryg@hotmail.com.
The San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority (SFPHA) in San Felipe
Pueblo, New Mexico will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive
grant in the amount of $1,660,000 to build 12 affordable units of
housing while creating 30 jobs. The project will increase the quality
of life for over 115 Tribal members living in substandard conditions.
Partners include the Pueblo of San Felipe tribal council, the Tribal
Administration, Pueblo of San Felipe Public Improvement Authority and
the SFPHA Board of Commissioners and Tribal Departments. Leveraging for
this project is $9 million.
Contact Person: Mr. Isaac Perez.
Grantee Address: P. O. Box 4222, San Felipe Pueblo, NM 87001-4222.
Telephone Number: (505) 771-9291.
Email Address: iperez@sfpha.org.
Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico will receive a Rural Innovation
Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship grant in the
amount $799,997. The Taos Pueblo Preservation Project (TPPP) will start
a nine-year mission to rehabilitate 320 housing units. Within the
spectrum of the Rural Innovation Funding, the Taos Pueblo will
rehabilitate 52 traditional multi-use spaces in the Old Village that
will be used as housing, retail space, and traditional cultural
activities. These efforts will also provide education and training for
tribe members and facilitate branding and marketing of Pueblo products.
Partners for the project include several public and private entities,
Taos Pueblo War Chief's Office, Taos Pueblo Cultural Preservation
Office, Red Willows Community Grown Cooperative, and the New Mexico
Small Business Development Center. Leveraging for this project is
$625,104.
Contact Person: Mr. Louis Zamora.
Grantee Address: Taos Pueblo, Post Office 1846, Taos, NM 87571-
1846.
Telephone Number: (575) 776-7446.
Email Address: preservation@taospueblo.com.
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The Jicarilla Apache Housing Authority in Rio Arriba, New Mexico,
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
of $300,000 to improve the housing conditions and utility burden for
Jicarilla Apache Tribal members in Dulce, New Mexico. The project will
provide housing rehabilitation services and Energy$mart resources to 38
low-income Tribal members and their families. By providing these
services, JAHA will build a long-term capacity, through training and
education, to assess and address the need for energy-efficiency
measures that will augment its increased efforts to preserve the
Jicarilla Apache Nation's housing stock and keep housing affordable for
the low-income residents of the community of Dulce. Partners include
the Native American Housing Consultants, LLC (NAHC), Energy$mart
Program of the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (NMMFA), and the
Los Amigos Educational Resource Center (LAERC). Leveraging for this
project is $404,900.
Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa M. Manwell.
Grantee Address: P.O. box 486 Dulce, NM 87528-0000.
Telephone Number: (575) 759-3459.
Email Address: lgmanwell@hotmail.com.
North Carolina
The Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA) in Pembroke,
North Carolina, will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
grant in the amount of $300,000 to improve the living and economic
conditions for the Lumbee Indian Tribe in Robeson, Scotland, and Hoke
counties in Southeastern North Carolina. The project will increase
energy efficiency and decrease utility costs for residents while
creating 9 jobs, completing 150 energy audits and rehabilitating 51
homes. It will also provide housing counseling to 80 families. Partners
include the Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation, Lumbee
Enterprise Development, the Robeson County Community Development
Corporation, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and the LRDA Workforce
Investment Act program. Leveraging for this project is $497,000.
Contact Person: Mr. James Hardin.
Grantee Address: 636 Prospect Road, Pembroke, NC 28372-0068.
Telephone Number: (910) 521-8602.
Email Address: jhardin@lumbee.org.
Oklahoma
The Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA), in Hugo,
Oklahoma will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in
the amount $300,000 to improve housing and existing economic
conditions. LDCAA will complete a needs assessment in the areas of
housing and employment to generate action plans relative to the needs
identified. Activities will include credit and housing counseling,
small business training, job-skills training, job fairs, links to
available resources, computer skills training, and education. Staff
will coordinate with area employers, representatives of the educational
community, and other resource providers to schedule and provide
trainings, seminars, and workshops. This project will serve 130
participants. Leveraging for this project is $163,200.
Contact Person: Mrs. Rhonda Teague.
Grantee Address: 209 North 4th St, Hugo, OK 74743-3809.
Telephone Number: (580) 326-3351.
Email Address: rteague@littledixie.org.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in Durant, Oklahoma will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
grant in the amount of $776,294 to initiate the Choctaw Native American
Business Resource (NABR) Project, which will provide culturally
relevant economic development services that support Native American
business development, job creation, and ongoing entrepreneur
activities. The applicant will partner with Eastern Oklahoma State
College (EOSC) and Rural Enterprises Inc. (REI). EOSC will assist with
the outreach and infrastructure necessary to implement the project and
will also provide educational activities. REI will ensure collaboration
with the Native American Small Business Center, provide access for
Choctaw NABR participants to a $500,000 revolving loan fund it
operates, and provide small business resources and educational
activities. Leveraging for this project is $670,976.
Contact Person: Ms. Dana Bonham.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1210 Durant, OK 74702-1210.
Telephone Number: (580) 924-8280.
Email Address: grants@choctawnation.com.
The Housing Authority of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (HASNOK)
in Wewoka, Oklahoma will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose
Grant in the amount of $300,000 to provide energy-efficient upgrades in
an affordable rental housing development under construction in the
tribal community in Seminole County, Oklahoma. HASNOK is building 25
single-family homes that will be models for sustainable, healthy, and
energy efficient design. All of the newly-constructed homes will have
cost-saving energy efficient upgrades including Energy Star lighting,
appliances, windows and doors, water heaters, and heating and cooling
systems. Leveraging for this grant is $150,000; project also includes
$4,448,958 of other financing.
Contact Person: Mr. Tom McGeisey.
Grantee Address: Wewoka, OK 74884-2424.
Telephone Number: (405) 257-6604.
Email Address: executivedirector@hasnok.org or
tmcgeisey@netscape.net.
Oregon
The St. Joseph's Shelter in Mt. Angel, OR will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to
increase job opportunities and business development for the Tribal
community. The grant funds will go toward the renovation of a two story
building that will house migrant farmworker families in rural Oregon.
The partner for this project is CASA of Oregon. Leveraging for this
project is $601,445.
Contact Person: Mrs. Lisa Rogers.
Grantee Address: 925 S. Main Street, Mt. Angel, OR.
Telephone Number: (503) 537-0319 x306.
Email Address: lrogers@casaoforegon.com.
Puerto Rico
Instituto para el Desarrollo Socioecon[oacute]mico y de Vivienda de
Puerto Rico, Inc. (INDESOVI) in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose Grant in the amount of $300,000 to
build a mixed-use development in the Municipality of Coamo. The project
includes construction of eight affordable rental units with ground
floor commercial space. The rental units will be occupied by low-income
families. The project will be energy efficient and incorporate Green
and Healthy Design and will also provide an estimated 4 permanent jobs
and 10 construction jobs. The Municipality of Coamo is partnering with
INDESOVI and will donate the land for the project as well as
contributing to the initial planning. Leverage for this project is
$94,763.
Contact Person: Mr. Juan Enrique Sabathie.
Grantee Address: 173 Post Street, P.O. Box 7154, Mayaguez, PR
00681-7154549.
Telephone Number: (787) 832-7654.
Email Address: indesovi@gmil.com or sabathie@prtc.net.
PathStone Corporation in Rochester, New York will receive a Rural
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Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in the amount of $2,000,000 for a
project in the Casta[ntilde]er Region of the Cordillera Central on the
western portion of Puerto Rico. The project will provide training and
employment services for workers, training and resources for growers,
and financial and technical assistance for microenterprise and small
business development. PathStone will work with local organizations
around the agro-tourism industry and promote the creation of affordable
housing. Partners include Pontifical Catholic University Puerto Rico,
Enterprise Community Partners, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Neighbor Works
America, National Council of LaRaza and Popular Mortgage. Leveraging
for this project is $1,589,759.
Contact Person: Mr. Lee Beaulac.
Grantee Address: 400 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607-1910.
Telephone Number: (585) 340-3366.
Email Address: lbeaulac@pathstone.org.
South Dakota
The Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc. in Pine Ridge, South
Dakota will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Grant Single Purpose grant
in the amount of $300,000 to prepare residents for first-time
homeownership and to replenish loan funds to meet increased demand. A
full-time homeownership counselor will provide group training and one-
on-one counseling to potential homebuyers and applicants. The goals for
this project are to have 64 families that complete homebuyer training
and/or individual homeownership counseling; 10 families that receive a
fixed-rate mortgage to purchase their first home; and 5 families that
make energy efficient upgrades to their new home at the time of
purchase. Leveraging for this project is $150,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Colleen Steele.
Grantee Address: P.O. Box 1996, Pine Ridge, SD 57770-000.
Telephone Number: (605) 867-1018.
Email Address: cstelle.moof@yahoo.com.
The Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing in Pine Ridge, South Dakota will
receive a Rural Innovation Fund Comprehensive grant in the amount of
$2,000,000 to design and build 16 affordable rental and owner-occupied
houses on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South
Dakota. The project aims to assist tenants with lower costs by building
energy-efficient, low-maintenance, secure homes that use the latest
technology. The organization will train workers and contractors as
Energy Auditors and Weatherization Installers as well as giving them an
introduction to green building methods. Partners include Thunder Valley
CDC Sustainable Communities Project, Indian Health Service, OST Rural
Water System, Oglala Lakota College, Bureau of Indian Affairs, OST
Partnership for Housing, Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce, The
Lakota Fund, and Native Workplace/CleanEdision. Leveraging for this
project is $1,000,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Doyle Pipe on Head.
Grantee Address: 400 East Main, Pine Ridge, SD 57770-0603.
Telephone Number: (605) 867-5161.
Email Address: doyle.poh@oslh.org.
The Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. in Eagle Butte, South Dakota
will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount
of $300,000 to implement a Native American Green Business Development
program for underserved Native entrepreneurs. Project activities
include a microloan fund to help 20 businesses become ``green,''
diversify into green products or services, and start new green
businesses; business sustainability estimates and action plans for loan
recipients; energy audits; educational workshops on green business and
energy efficiency; business assistance grants for post-loan business
management assistance and to subsidize technology costs; and a
feasibility study for a green business incubator. The project will be
located on the Cheyenne River Reservation in rural north-central South
Dakota. Leveraging for this project is $205,000.
Contact Person: Ms. Tanya Marie Fiddler.
Grantee Address: Box 932, 101 South Main Street, Eagle Butte, SD
57625-0932.
Telephone Number: (605) 964-3687.
Email Address: tfiddler@fourbands.org.
The Lakota Fund, Inc. in Kyle, South Dakota will receive a Rural
Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to
address housing and poverty issues for the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the
Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The project will accelerate job
creation, increase employment and income, and promote healthy living
conditions to facilitate a positive cycle toward self-sufficiency for
families. Activities include small business workshops and loans,
workforce development training, financial education and tax preparation
assistance, and other support services. Partners include the Lakota
County Times, KILI, Oglala Lakota College, Consumer Credit Counseling,
OST Partnership for Housing, Lakota Express, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi
Financial Inc, Security First Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, and Attorney
David Frankel. Leveraging for this project is $143,720.
Contact Person: Ms. Tawney Brunsch.
Grantee Address: Lakota Trade Center, Suite 201, Kyle, SD 57752-
0340.
Telephone Number: (605) 455-2500.
Email Address: tbrunsch@lakotafunds.org.
Texas
Motivation Education & Training in New Caney, Texas will receive a
Rural Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant in the amount $300,000 to
support the Rositas Colonias Farmworker Housing Rehabilitation and
Training Project. The project will renovate or replace 10 homes in
Maverick County that are owned and occupied by low-income farmworkers
and located in disinvested colonias. The project will use green
construction techniques and individuals may be able to replace units
with energy-efficient manufactured homes. Thirty farmworkers will be
trained in construction skills. Partners include Southwest Texas Junior
College and the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Leveraging for this
project is $153,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Francisco L. Esparza.
Grantee Address: 22551 Gene Campbell Blvd., New Caney, TX 77357-
1838.
Telephone Number: (281) 689-5544.
Email Address: esparza@metinc.org.
Virginia
The National Council on Agriculture Life & Labor Research Fund
(NCALL) in Dover, Delaware will receive a Rural Innovation Fund Single
Purpose grant in the amount of $300,000 to facilitate development of
apartment units and homes for first-time homebuyers in Accomack and
Northampton Counties on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The project will
support the continuation of the area's first homeownership education
program, which provides pre-purchase, financial literacy, and
foreclosure prevention services. This unique approach to both the
supply and demand side of affordable housing in this designated
``difficult to develop'' area will yield practical solutions, project
momentum, and provide a successful transition through pre-development,
financing, construction, and sales or rent-up. NCALL will partner with
the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission (A-NPDC) and
their Housing Alliance and Housing Authority. Leveraging for this
project is $550,000.
Contact Person: Mr. Joe Myer.
Grantee Address: 363 Saulsbu
