| HUD No. 03-097 Michael Fluharty (202) 708-0685 |
For Release Tuesday October 7, 2003 |
HUD AWARDS $7.4 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS TO 14 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
SCHOOLS IN AL, FL, LA, NC, SC, TN, TX, DC AND VI EARN GRANTS
Florida A&M University receives $550,000
WASHINGTON - Fourteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive $7.4 million
to revitalize distressed neighborhoods near their campuses by expanding their
role and effectiveness in neighborhood revitalization,
housing, and economic development,
HUD Deputy Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced today.
"I believe our nation's
black colleges and universities should be catalysts in bringing opportunities
to African-
American communities," said Jackson. "With the help of these grants,
HBCU's will continue grooming many African-American youth for careers in business,
law and medicine while revitalizing the communities in which the schools reside."
The HBCU program funds grantees to carry out projects designed primarily
to benefit low- and moderate-income residents or meet urgent community development
needs. The grants can be used for activities such as: acquiring
real estate; demolition;
homeownership assistance to low- and moderate-income persons; special economic
development activities; and rehabilitation of residential, commercial or industrial
buildings to correct code violations.
The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University (FAMU) in Tallahassee is to receive $550,000, and will use
its
HBCU grant to provide community development assistance to Bond/Southside and Greater
Frenchtown areas.
The Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce (the Institute) at
FAMU will expand the role of the University for the
purpose of providing economic
development, housing assistance for the homeless, and family empowerment for low-to-moderate
income residents residing in the Bond/Southside and Greater Frenchtown neighborhoods
revitalization strategy areas. The grants were awarded in a competitive process.
Grant recipients are:
| Alabama Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Tuskegee University - Tuskegee |
$550,000 $550,000 |
| Florida Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - Tallahassee | $550,000 |
| Louisiana Southern University at New Orleans - New Orleans | $550,000 |
| North
Carolina Johnson C. Smith University - Charlotte Winston-Salem State University - Winston-Salem Barber-Scotia College - West Concord |
$531,651 $550,000 $550,000 |
| South
Carolina Claflin University - Orangeburg Voorhees College - Denmark |
$550,000 $500,321 |
| Tennessee
Lane College - Jackson LeMoyne-Owen College - Memphis |
$340,000 $550,000 |
| Texas
Texas Southern University - Houston | $550,000 |
| District
of Columbia Howard University - Washington | $550,000 |
| Virgin
Islands University of the Virgin Islands - St. Thomas | $541,000 |
HUD's HBCU Program is one of several initiatives administered by its Office
of University Partnerships (OUP). Established in 1994, OUP is a catalyst for partnering
colleges and universities with their communities in a shared search for answers
to pressing urban problems. HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing
homeownership, particularly among minorities, creating affordable housing opportunities
for low-income Americans, supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities
and people living with AIDS. The Department also
promotes economic and community
development as well as enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More
information
about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet.
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