[Federal Register: September 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5100-FA-11]
Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 Tribal
Colleges and Universities Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, 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 document
notifies the public of funding awards for
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP).
The purpose of this document is to announce the names and addresses of
the award winners and the amount of the awards which are to be used to
enable Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) to build, expand,
renovate, and equip their own facilities, and expand the role of the
TCUs into the community through the provision of needed services such
as health programs, job training, and economic development activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Brunson, Office of University
Partnerships, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 8106, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-3852.
To provide service for persons who are hearing-or-speech-impaired, this
number may be reached via TTY by Dialing the Federal Information Relay
Service on (800) 877-8339 or (202) 708-1455 (Telephone number, other
than ``800'' TTY numbers are not toll free).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
was approved by Congress under the Revised Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2007 and is administered by the Office of University
Partnerships under the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research. In addition to this program, the Office of University
Partnerships administers HUD's ongoing grant programs to institutions
of higher education as well as creates initiatives through which
colleges and universities can bring their traditional missions of
teaching, research, service, and outreach to bear on the pressing local
problems in their communities.
The Tribal Colleges and Universities Program assist tribal colleges
and universities to build, expand, renovate, and equip their own
facilities, and expand the role of the TCUs into the community through
the provision of needed services such as health programs, job training,
and economic development activities.
The Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is
14.519.
On March 13, 2007 (72 FR 11497), HUD published a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $2.57 million in
Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, plus an additional $217,190 that was carried
over from the last year's competition making a total of $2,791,190
available for funding the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program. The
Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received
based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD funded five
applications.
The Department reviewed, evaluated, and scored the applications
received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded
the applications below, 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).
List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2007 Tribal Colleges
and Universities Program Funding Competition, By Institution, Address,
and Grant Amount
Region VI
1. Institute of American Indian Arts, Mrs. Laurie Logan Brayshaw,
Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, NM
87508. Grant: $600,000.
Region VIII
2. Sitting Bull College, Ms. Koreen Ressler, Sitting Bull College,
1341 92nd Street, Fort Yates, ND 58538. Grant: $600,000.
3. Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Mr. Harold McCowan, Candeska
Cikana Community College, P.O. Box 269, Fort Totten, ND 58335. Grant:
$599,309.
4. Fort Berthold Community College, Mr. Keith Smith, Fort Berthold
Community College, 220 8th Avenue, North, P.O. Box, 490, New Town, ND
58763. Grant: $391,881.
5. Oglala Lakota College, Ms. Arlene Quist, Oglala Lakota College,
490 Piya Wiconi Road, Kyle, SD 57752. Grant: $600,000.
Dated: August 28, 2007.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development and Research.
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