BUSH ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $24.5 MILLION TO BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB GROWTH IN RURAL AMERICA
Funds will help produce affordable housing in 36 states

WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today announced $24.5 million in grants to help more than one hundred rural communities in 36 states stimulate local economies, produce more affordable housing and boost job growth. The funding is provided through HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see attached list).

In addition, these grants are expected to generate nearly $48 million from other public and private sources to further promote economic development and employment.

"This investment in rural America demonstrates that this Administration's commitment to our nation's heartland is strong," said Jackson. "These grants will help rural communities across the country produce affordable housing and jobs where they're needed most."

Rural Housing and Economic Development grants help pay for land acquisition, new home construction, housing demolition, infrastructure improvements and construction training. Other possible uses include homeownership and financial counseling; financial assistance to homeowners, businesses and developers; creating microenterprises and small business incubators; and, establishing lines of credit or revolving loan pools to benefit the local business community.

Rural non-profit organizations, federally recognized Native American tribes, community development corporations and state agencies will administer these grants. The funding will help 105 rural communities to build and improve affordable housing, create jobs and generate community and economic development (see attached list).

Rural communities will use this funding as seed money to pay the start-up costs for housing or economic development projects. These grants will also help organizations to hire and train their staffs, develop strategic plans and acquire office space and other needed facilities.

HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and 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 and espanol.hud.gov.

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Rural Housing and Economic Development Awards
State	Recipient	Amount
Alaska	Rural Alaska Community Program, Inc.	$150,000
Alabama	Collaborative Solutions, Inc.	$400,000
	The Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERO)	$138,168
	ARK of Love Ministries, Inc.	$146,150
	Health Services Center, Inc.	$50,000
	Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation, Inc.	$150,000
Arkansas	Mississippi County Arkansas E.O.C	$101,087
	Chicot Housing Assistance Corp.	$125,000
	Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc.	$150,000
	South Arkansas Community Development	$150,000
Arizona	Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc.	$400,000
	Arizona Department of Housing	$400,000
	Moenkopi Developers Corp.	$121,900
	Hualapal Indian Tribe	$150,000
	White Mountain Apache Tribe	$150,000
California	Housing Assistance Corporation	$400,000
	Self-Help Enterprises	$400,000
	Imperial Valley Habitat For Humanity	$400,000
	Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians	$400,000
	Cultural Marketing Center	$150,000
	Relational Culture Institute	$150,000
	Bishop Paiute Tribe	$142,212
	Yolo Housing Foundation	$69,872
Colorado	Intertribal Economic Alliance	$400,000
Florida	Everglades Community Association, Inc.	$400,000
	Clay County Habitat for Humanity/Middleburg	$73,186
	Florence Villa Community Development Corporation	$150,000
	Seminole Tribe of Florida	$150,000
Georgia	Southwest United Empowerment Zone, Inc.	$400,000
	JCVISION and Associates, Inc.	$398,028
	Crisp Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc.	$21,826
Hawaii	Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.	$50,000
Idaho	Shoshone-Bannock Tribes	$380,310
	Coeru d'Alene Tribe	$150,000
Kansas	Original Town of Liberal Revitalization, Incorporated (OTLR), Inc.	$150,000
Kentucky	Frontier Housing, Inc.	$400,000
	Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED)	$400,000
	Kentucky Housing Corporation	$400,000
	Hazard Perry County Housing Development Alliance, Inc.	$150,000
	Purchase Area Housing Corp.	$150,000
	Owsley County Action Team	$150,000
	Low Income Housing Coalition East Kentucky, Inc.	$84,000
Lousiana	Louisiana Technical College Tallulah Foundation	$150,000
	Seventh District Pavilion, Inc.	$150,000
Maine	Growth Council of Oxford Hills	$150,000
	Penobscot Indian Nation	$87,350
Michigan	Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians	$150,000
Mississippi	Choctaw Housing Authority	$400,000
	Life Renewal Ministries, Inc.	$400,000
	Mississippi Homebuyer Education Center - Mississippi Housing Initiative	$150,000
Montana	Action for Eastern Montana, Inc.	$393,033
	Kootenai River Development Council, Inc.	$150,000
	Native American Development Corporation	$150,000
	Anaconda Local Development Corporation	$145,418
North Carolina	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	$400,000
	Hallwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Inc.	$399,580
North Dakota	Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa	$150,000
Nebraska	Ho-Chuck Community Development Corporation	$350,000
	West Central Nebraska Development District, Inc.	$150,000
New Hampshire	Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network-WREN	$400,000
New Mexico	Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation	$400,000
	Dona Ana County Colonias Development Council	$400,000
	Pueblo of San Juan	$400,000
	Las Cruces Affordable Housing, Inc.	$150,000
	Centro Fuerza y Unidad, Dona Ana County, NM (CFU)	$139,920
	Pueblo de Cochiti	$150,000
	Sandoval County Economic Development Corporation	$150,000
	Housing & Economic Rural Opportunity, Inc.	$150,000
New York	Akwesasne Indian Housing Authority	$395,034
	Albany County Rural Housing Alliance, Inc.	$150,000
	Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc.	$100,000
Ohio	WSOS Community Action Commission, INC.	$150,000
	Jackson-Vinton Community Action, Inc.	$150,000
Oklahoma	Citizen Potawatomi Nation	$400,000
	Rural Enterprise of Oklahoma, INC.	$400,000
Oregon	Umpqua Community Development Corporation	$65,000
Pennsylvania	Mennonite Economic Development Associates	$150,000
South Carolina	Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments	$150,000
	South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families	$150,000
South Dakota	Central South Dakota Enhancement District	$146,423
	Miner County Community Revitalization	$150,000
Tennessee	West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.	$400,000
	LeMoyne-Owen College Community Dev. Corp.	$149,955
	Douglass-Cherokee Economic Authority, INC.	$149,237
	Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC, Inc,)	$65,665
Texas	Proyecto Azteca	$400,000
	Azteca Community Loan Fund	$400,000
	Neighborhood Housing Services of Dimmit County, Inc.	$400,000
	Community Development Corporation of South Texas, Inc. (CDCST)	$400,000
	El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation	$400,000
	ACCION Texas, Inc.	$150,000
	Statewide Consolidated CDC	$149,717
Utah	Community Development Corporation of Utah	$400,000
	Northwestern Band of Shoshone	$150,000
	Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation	$150,000
Virginia	Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, INC.	$150,000
Washington	Southern Puget Sound Inter-Tribal Housing Authority	$395,012
	World Vision, Inc.	$400,000
	The Alesek Institute	$136,070
	Spokane Tribe of Indians	$150,000
Wisconsin	Red Cliff ABND of Lake Superior Chippewas	$400,000
	West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc. (West CAP)	$250,000
	Northwoods Niijii Enterprise Community, Inc.	$150,000
West Virginia	Southern Appalachian Labor School	$400,000
	Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. (KISRA)	$150,000
Total Funding		$24,519,153

  

EDITORS NOTE: For a more complete summary of the local projects, visit /news/2004/rural.pdf