Announcement of Funding Awards for the Border Community Capital Initiative Fiscal Year 2013, 69879 [2014-27790]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5600–FA–38]
Announcement of Funding Awards for
the Border Community Capital
Initiative Fiscal Year 2013
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Awards.
AGENCY:
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 Border Community Capital
Initiative. This announcement contains
the names of the awardees and the
amounts of the awards made available
by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director,
Office of Rural Housing and Economic
Development, Office of Community
Planning and Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Room 7137,
SUMMARY:
Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone
(202) 708–2290 (this is not a toll free
number). Hearing- and speech-impaired
persons may access this number via
TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service toll-free at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds
used for the Border Community Capital
Initiative were appropriated to the
Office of Rural Housing and Economic
Development in Annual Appropriations
between 1999 and 2009 (Public Laws
105–276; 106–74; 106–377; 107–73;
108–7; 108–199; 108–447; 109–115;
110–5; 110–161; and/or 111–8) and
subsequently recaptured from or
surrendered by underperforming or
nonperforming grantees. The
competition was announced in the
Federal Register (FR Doc. FR–5600–N–
38) on Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
Applications were rated and selected for
funding on the basis of selection criteria
contained in that notice.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance number for this Border
Community Capital Initiative program is
14.266. The Border Capital Community
Initiative is designed to support local
rural nonprofits and federally
recognized Indian tribes serving
colonias for lending and investing
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activities in affordable housing, small
businesses, and/or community facilities,
and for securing additional sources of
public and private capital for these
activities. Eligible applicants for the
Border Community Capital Initiative are
local rural nonprofits and federally
recognized Indian Tribes with
demonstrated experience in lending or
investing for affordable housing, small
business development, and/or
community facilities. Such applicants
may be certified CDFIs, but CDFI
certification is not required. The funds
made available under this program were
awarded competitively, through a
selection process conducted by HUD.
In accordance with section
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is
publishing the grantees and amounts of
the awards in Appendix A to this
document.
Dated: November 19, 2014.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
Appendix A
FY 2013 BORDER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INITIATIVE PROGRAM GRANTEES
Grantee
State
Accion Texas, Inc ..........................................................................................................................................................
Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc .........................................................................................................................
Community Resource Group, Inc ..................................................................................................................................
International Sonoran Desert Alliance ...........................................................................................................................
Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation ..............................................................................................................................
TX ............
TX ............
AR ............
AZ ............
NM ...........
Office of the Deputy Secretary,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
Country to raise awareness of the
Program and will host a listening
session on March 19, 2015, in Laveen,
Arizona. We hope to receive feedback
on the Report from tribes and
individuals.
DATES: The listening session will take
place on March 19, 2015, at the Vee
Quiva Hotel, 15091 South Komatke
Lane, Laveen, AZ 85339. Comments
must be received by April 20, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Treci Johnson, Public Relations
Specialist, Land Buy-Back Program for
Tribal Nations, (202) 208–6916.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Land Buy-Back Program
for Tribal Nations has released its 2014
Status Report that details what the
Program has been doing to execute
terms of the Cobell Settlement. The
Program continues to actively engage
tribes and individuals across Indian
I. Background
The Land Buy-Back Program for
Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program or
Program) is the Department of the
Interior’s (Department) collaborative
effort with Indian Country to realize the
historic opportunity afforded by the
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Amount
awarded
$800,000.00
600,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
Cobell Settlement—a $1.9 billion Trust
Land Consolidation Fund—to
compensate individuals who willingly
choose to transfer fractional land
interests to tribal nations for fair market
value. Directly following final approval
of the Settlement in December 2012 and
early consultations in 2011, the
Department established the Buy-Back
Program and published an Initial
Implementation Plan in light of
consultation that occurred in 2011 and
2012. The Department released an
Updated Implementation Plan in
November 2013 after several rounds of
additional government-to-government
consultation with tribes and feedback
on the Initial Implementation Plan.
The Department is currently
implementing the Buy-Back Program at
multiple locations across Indian
Country. Thus far, the Program has
made $754 million in offers to
individual landowners and paid more
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5600-FA-38]
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Border Community Capital
Initiative Fiscal Year 2013
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice 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 Border Community Capital Initiative. This announcement contains
the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available
by HUD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director,
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community
Planning and Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7137,
Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-2290 (this is not a toll
free number). Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-
877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds used for the Border Community Capital
Initiative were appropriated to the Office of Rural Housing and
Economic Development in Annual Appropriations between 1999 and 2009
(Public Laws 105-276; 106-74; 106-377; 107-73; 108-7; 108-199; 108-447;
109-115; 110-5; 110-161; and/or 111-8) and subsequently recaptured from
or surrendered by underperforming or nonperforming grantees. The
competition was announced in the Federal Register (FR Doc. FR-5600-N-
38) on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Applications were rated and selected
for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained in that
notice.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this Border
Community Capital Initiative program is 14.266. The Border Capital
Community Initiative is designed to support local rural nonprofits and
federally recognized Indian tribes serving colonias for lending and
investing activities in affordable housing, small businesses, and/or
community facilities, and for securing additional sources of public and
private capital for these activities. Eligible applicants for the
Border Community Capital Initiative are local rural nonprofits and
federally recognized Indian Tribes with demonstrated experience in
lending or investing for affordable housing, small business
development, and/or community facilities. Such applicants may be
certified CDFIs, but CDFI certification is not required. The funds made
available under this program were awarded competitively, through a
selection process conducted by HUD.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of
the awards in Appendix A to this document.
Dated: November 19, 2014.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
Appendix A
FY 2013 Border Community Capital Initiative Program Grantees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grantee State Amount awarded
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Accion Texas, Inc.................. TX................. $800,000.00
Affordable Homes of South Texas, TX................. 600,000.00
Inc.
Community Resource Group, Inc...... AR................. 200,000.00
International Sonoran Desert AZ................. 200,000.00
Alliance.
Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation. NM................. 200,000.00
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