WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo today awarded $82.4 million to 88 organizations to provide training and advice to help local groups around the country more effectively use HUD assistance for housing and community development activities.

“These grants will help empower people in communities across our nation to find local solutions to local problems,” Cuomo said. “We know that the experts on Detroit are in Detroit, and the experts on Pierre, South Dakota are in Pierre. Instead of trying to come up with one-size-fits-all programs for communities of all shapes and sizes, we want to help groups tailor our programs to meet each community's individual needs.”

The 88 organizations receiving the HUD grants will assist local non-profits, local and state governments and other groups in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories that have received or are seeking HUD funds to develop and implement improved initiatives using the HUD assistance.

The training and advice funded by the new grants - known as technical assistance - will be focused on improving the local performance of four HUD programs: Community Development Block Grants, HOME, Supportive Housing, and Community Housing Development Organizations.

HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development Cardell Cooper and Director of the Center For Community and Interfaith Partnerships Father Joseph Hacala made the announcement of the grants at a news conference today. The news conference was preceded by a dialogue meeting, “Celebrating Successes and Exploring the Future of Capacity Building,” attended by many of the grant recipients.

At the meeting, Hacala challenged technical assistance providers to find ways to ensure their assistance reaches a broader range of grass roots groups.

Cooper said that “the technical assistance program demonstrates HUD's commitment to providing front-end assistance to help grass roots organizations - our partners - successfully access and utilize HUD's programs and resources. Coupled with the best HUD budget in a decade, these resources will enable neighborhoods and communities that have the greatest need obtain access to the wider menu of HUD's programs.”

Non-profits and other groups can contact a Community Builder in their local HUD office to learn about opportunities to receive technical assistance funded by the grants announced today.

LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

ALABAMA $593,709. Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; and Tonya, Inc.

ALASKA $522,250. State of Alaska.

ARIZONA $1,295,000. Center for Community Change; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Enterprise Foundation; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; NAACP-Community Development Resource Center; National Development Council; PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; State of Arizona; and Tonya, Inc.

ARKANSAS $681,995. Development Training Institute; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; Housing Assistance Council; and McAuley Institute.

CALIFORNIA $8,232,559. Center for Community Change; Chinatown Community Development Center; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; Little Tokyo Service Center, Inc.; Local Government Commission; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; NAACP- Community Development Resource Center; National Congress for Community Economic Development; National Development Council; PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; Southern California Association of Governments; and Tonya, Inc.

CARIBBEAN (Including, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) $1,676,376. Carrero and Associates, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Development Training Institute; National Puerto Rican Coalition; and Puerto Rico Community Foundation.

COLORADO $468,293. Center for Community Change; Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

CONNECTICUT $1,011,847. Community Builders, Inc.; Corporation for Supportive Housing Dennison Associates, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; National Puerto Rican Coalition; and Women's Development Corporation.

DELAWARE $380,206. Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; and Diana T. Myers Associates; National Council on Agricultural Life; and Tonya, Inc.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, (Suburban Maryland, Suburban Virginia) $1,075,019. Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; ICF Incorporated; McAuley Institute; National Puerto Rican Coalition; and Tonya, Inc.

FLORIDA $2,510,919. Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; Florida Planning Group, Inc.; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; ICF Incorporated; National Development Council; National Puerto Rican Coalition; and Tonya, Inc.

GEORGIA $1,319,736. Corporation for Supportive Housing; Dennison Associates, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Housing Assistance Council.

HAWAII (Guam, Samoa and Pacific Territories) $482,653. Affordable Housing & Homeless Alliance; Center for Community Change; Coalition for Low-Income Community; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Development Training Institute; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

IDAHO $300,407. Enterprise Foundation and Northwest Regional Facilitators.

ILLINOIS $3,376,467. Chicago Rehabilitation Network; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Illinois Housing Development Authority; National Development Council; National Puerto Rican Coalition; and Tonya, Inc.

INDIANA $1,580,311. Community Builders, Inc.; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; Indiana Association for Community and Economic Development; and Tonya, Inc.

IOWA $439,306. APB Enterprises, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless; and National Development Council.

KANSAS $610,907. Enterprise Foundation; Housing Assistance Council; and ICF Incorporated.

KENTUCKY $845,163. Development Training Institute; Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky; Housing Assistance Council; and Tonya, Inc.

LOUISIANA $1,019,233. Artistic Consultants and Investments, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; Housing Assistance Council; and McAuley Institute.

MAINE $1,040,123. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Maine State Housing Authority; and Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

MARYLAND (except suburban Washington, DC) $694,042. Action for the Homeless; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; ICF Incorporated; and McAuley Institute.

MASSACHUSETTS $1,315,087. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

MICHIGAN $3,202,192. Corporation for Supportive Housing; Dennison Associates, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness; State of Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services; and Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.

MINNESOTA $1,152,098. Center for Community Change; Corporation for Supportive Housing; and Minnesota Housing Partnership.

MISSISSIPPI $898,610. Development Training Institute; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; McAuley Institute; and Mississippi Home Corporation.

MISSOURI $1,296,238. Enterprise Foundation; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; Missouri Association for Community Action, Inc.; Regional Housing and Community Development

MONTANA $420,101. Center for Community Change; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; and State of Montana, Department of Commerce.

NEBRASKA $450,755. APB Enterprises, Inc.; Development Training Institute; National Development Council; and State of Nebraska, Department of Economic Development.

NEVADA $760,509. Center for Community Change; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Enterprise Foundation; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; NAACP-Community Development Resource Center; National Development Council; PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; and Tonya, Inc.

NEW HAMPSHIRE $342,608. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

NEW JERSEY $2,304,223. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Development Training Institute; ICF Incorporated; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; NAACP-Community Development Resource Center; and National Puerto Rican Coalition.

NEW MEXICO $479,967. Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Housing Assistance Council.

NEW YORK $8,597,973. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; BEC Economic Standards, Inc.; Carrero & Associates, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Community Builders, Inc.; Dennison Associates, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; ICF Incorporated; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; NAACP-Community Development Resource Center; Nassau-Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless; National Congress for Community and Economic Development; National Development Council; National Puerto Rican Coalition; New York City Department of Homeless Services; New York State Rural Housing Coalition, Inc.; Pratt Institute; Simple Communications, Inc.; State of New York; and Tonya, Inc.

NORTH CAROLINA $1,624,114. Enterprise Foundation; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; ICF Incorporated; Low Income Housing Development Corporation; and State of North Carolina, Department of Health & Human Services.

NORTH DAKOTA $405,101. Center for Community Change; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

OHIO $3,348,093. Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; ICF Incorporated; National Puerto Rican Coalition; Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing; Ohio CDC Association; and State Of Ohio.

OKLAHOMA $1,066,378. APB Enterprises, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; National Development Council; Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies; and Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency.

OREGON $591,407. Enterprise Foundation and Northwest Regional Facilitators.

PENNSYLVANIA $2,789,000. Coalition for Low-Income and Community Development (Pittsburgh); Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Diana T. Myers and Associates; ICF Incorporated; National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund, Inc.; and Tonya, Inc.

RHODE ISLAND $342,608. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

SOUTH CAROLINA $1,154,176. Development Training Institute; Freeman Consulting, Inc.; Housing Assistance Council; and South Carolina State Housing.

SOUTH DAKOTA $405,101. Center for Community Change; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

UTAH $405,101. Center for Community Change; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

TENNESSEE $1,214,952. Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc.; and Tonya, Inc.

TEXAS $4,117,594. Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; ICF Incorporated; McAuley Institute; National Congress for Community Economic Development; PI Architects & Engineers, Inc.; Texas Development Institute; and Tonya, Inc.

VERMONT $ 436,027. Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Coalition for Low-Income Community Development; Community Builders, Inc.; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; State of Vermont, Agency of Commerce and Community Development; and Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

VIRGINIA (except suburban Washington, DC) $996,024. Corporation for Supportive Housing; Development Training Institute; Housing Assistance Council; ICF Incorporated; and Tonya, Inc.

WASHINGTON $1,882,237. Common Ground; Development Training Institute; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Northwest Regional Facilitators; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; and Tonya, Inc.

WEST VIRGINIA $500,787. Community Builders, Inc.; ICF Incorporated; Tonya, Inc.; and State of West Virginia c/o West Virginia Housing Development.

WISCONSIN $1,508,000. Development Training Institute; National Development Council; National Puerto Rican Coalition; State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration; and Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Inc.

WYOMING $405,101. Center for Community Change; Development Training Institute; Enterprise Foundation; and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Will be working at the direction of HUD Headquarters with specific states to be determined) $7,825.570. Center for Community Change; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Council of State Community Development Agencies; Institute for Community Economics, Inc.; ICF Incorporated; Local Initiatives Support Corporation; McAuley Institute; National Affordable Housing Training Institute; National Coalition For The Homeless; National Congress for Community Economic Development; National Development Council; and Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation.