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May 28, 2003

DEADLINES APPROACHING
HUD 2003 SuperNOFA
Agency: HUD Deadline: Imminent Amount: $2.3 billion (Total) Activities: Grants available for housing development, homelessness alleviation, technical assistance, etc. Contact: at 1-800-HUD-8929 Email: hudsupernofa@aspensys.com Visit: www.hud.gov

Rural Housing 2003 NOFA
Agency: Rural Housing Service, USDA Deadline: Various Amount: Various Activities: Supports multi-family and single family rural housing, rural businesses, technical assistance, and infrastructure related costs through loans and grants. Contact: Teresa Sumpter, Loan Specialist, (202) 720-1485, Visit: offices.usda.gov

Multi & Single Family Housing Grants
Agency: Rural Housing Service, USDA Deadline: Various Activities: Support rural multi-family and single housing through loan and grant programs Program: Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans Amount: $37,480,202; Program: Section 515 Rental Housing Loans Amount: $115,052,541 Program: Section 521 Rental Assistance Amount: $721,281,000 Program: Section 516 Grants $17,698,209 Program: Section 525 TA and Supervisory Assist Grants Program: Section 509 Amount: $1,093,978 Program: Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants Amount: 9.9 million Program: Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program Amount: $99,350,000 Program: Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans Amount: >$1billion, etc. Activities: Support rural housing Visit: www.usda.gov

Farm Labor Housing Grants
Agency: Rural Housing Service, USDA Program: Section 514 Amount: $30,480,202 (loans) Program: Section 516 (grants) Amount: $13,198,209 Deadline: August 14, 2003 Activities: Supports new construction and acquisition and rehabilitation of off-farm units for farmworker households Contact: David Layfield, Senior Loan Specialist, (202) 720-1624 Visit: www.usda.gov

Federal Home Loan Bank Loans
Agency: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Program: EDGE Deadline: August 29, 2003 Amount: $4.5 million Activities: Provides subsidized loans to organizations that are improving their communities and creating jobs, emphasis on child-care centers, healthcare facilities, or grocery stores. Contact: Kris Lefever (AL, DC, MD & VA) klefever@fhlbatl.com, Lisa Robinson (FL, GA, NC & SC) lrobinson@fhlbatl.com (800) 536-9650 Visit: www.fhlbatl.com

Community Policing Grants
Agency: Office of Community Policing, DOJ Amount: $50,000-$500,000 Deadline: June 2, 2003 (faxed letter of intent) Activities: Supports community policing efforts through their direct enhancement, the development of products, tools, or applied research that will facilitate their adoption and implementation and/or the development of training and technical assistance. Contact: Angel Winters at (202) 514-9199 (ph), (202) 616-8658 (fax) Visit: www.cops.usdoj.gov

Housing Research Grants
Agency: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Deadline: July 21, 2003 Amount: up to $570,000 Activities: Supports technical studies that will guide public policy to increase affordable lending, reduce down payment constraints, and promote homeownership, especially for low- and moderate-income and minority Contact: Patrick Tewey (202) 708-0614 ext. 4098 Visit: www.hud.gov

Economic Development Research Grants
Agency: Economic Development Administration, Dept. of Commerce Deadline: 2PM EST June 12, 2003 (pre-proposal conference) Amount: $1.5 million Activities: Supports research to measure the economic impact of university research Parks, provide technical assistance to economic practitioners to accelerate transition to technology-led development strategies, and disseminate information to practitioners. Contact: John J. McNamee (202) 482-4085; jmcnamee@eda.doc.gov Visit: www.eda.doc.gov

Rural Business Grants
Agency: Rural Business Cooperative Service, USDA Deadline: June 27, 2003 Program: Rural Business-Cooperative Service Amount: 6.5 million Activities: Supports operation of rural cooperative business development centers Program: Value-Added Research Grants Deadline: July 29, 2003 Amount: $300,000 Activities: Supports research on projects for value-added agricultural commodities or products on agricultural producers and the commodity markets Contact: Marc Warman, Program Leader, (202) 690-1431 or marc.warman@usda.gov Visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rcdg.htm

Health & Social Service Grants
Agency: WHO (Women Helping Others) Foundation Deadline: September 16, 2003 Amount: $2,500 Activities: Supports health, education, and social service programs of underserved women and children. Contact: 1-800-946-4663 Visit: whofoundation.org

Mentoring Grants
Agency: Administration of Children, Youth & Families, HHS Deadline: July 15, 2003 Amount: $9.5 million Activities: Supports programs that mentor children of prisoners Contact: Linda V. Barnett, Youth Services Program Specialist, (202) 205-8102 Visit: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb

Food & HIV Grants
Agency: Altria Group, Inc (Philip Morris parent company) & Association of Nutrition Services. Deadline: May 30, 2003 Amount: $50,000 Activities: Supports programs that feed individuals affected by HIV/AIDS Visit: www.altria.com/responsibility/04_05_12_PositiveHelpings_Main.asp

Smart Growth, Brownfields Grants
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Deadline: July 8,2003 Amount: $400,000 Activities: Supports strategies for promoting smart growth and environmental with an emphasizing the connection between brownfields redevelopment and preservation of open space Contact: Carlton Eley eley.carlton@epa.gov or 202-566-2841 Visit: www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/

Workforce Grants
Ageny: Verizon Foundation Deadline: July 31, 2003 Amount: $50,000 Activities: Supports job retraining, school-to-work programs, teacher preparedness, welfare-to-work programs, and workforce programs for persons with disabilities, in Virginia Visit: www.verizon.com/foundation

Business Plan Competition
Agency: Yale School of Management, Goldman Sachs Foundation & Pew Charitable Trusts Deadline: August 1, 2003 Amount: $100,000 Activities: National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations, to start or expand successful profit-making ventures Amount: $100,000 Visit: www.ventures.yale.edu/aboutcompetition.asp

Website Awards
Agency: PureVisual Deadline: June 6, 2003 Amount: $6,000 (value) Activities: Supports design of a pro bono Web site to recognize the work of direct-service nonprofit organizations in New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, VT, or Rhode Island) Visit: www.purevisual.com/award

Youth Environmental Grants
Agency: Captain Planet Foundation Deadline: June 30, Sept 30 & Dec 31 Amount: $250-$2500 Activities: Supports hands-on environmental projects for youth and children Contact: www.captainplanetfdn.org

Child & Family Safety Grants
Agency: Radio Shack Corporation Deadline: Varies Amount: $500 Activities: Supports programs that help families protect children from abduction, abuse and violence Visit: www.radioshackcorporation.com/cr/contrib_program.shtml

Technology Grants
Agency: IT Resource Center, Community Technology Center Deadline: June 16, 2003 Amount: $40,000 Activities: Supports access to the technologies, networks, and training that allow disadvantage community residents to participate in the digital culture and economy Visit: www.itresourcecenter.org

Affordable Housing Exhibition
Agency: National Building Museum Deadline: June 30, 2003 Activities: Recognizes well-designed housing projects for affordable housing exhibit in Washington, D.C. Contact: Howard Decker, Chief Curator, hdecker@nbm.org

Multifamily Housing Rule
Agency: Office of Sec. of Housing. HUD Deadline: July 14, 2003 Activities: Solicitin comments on rule on proposed collection of information to evaluate proper performance, utility and quality of Multifamily Housing Coordinator Program [OMB Control Number: 2502-0447] Contact: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Wayne_Eddins@hud.gov (202) 708-3000 Visit: www.hud.gov

Housing Drug Elimination Rule
Agency: Office of Sec, HUD Deadline: July 18, 2003 Activities: Soliciting public comment on proposed data collection for Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination Grant Program, to evaluate whether proposed data collection is necessary for proper performance, accuracy, quality and utility of the program [OMB Control Number: 2502-0476.] Contact: Willie Spearmon, Director, (202) 708-3000 Visit: www.hud.gov

Workforce Rule
Agency: Employment & Training, DOL Deadline: July 15, 2003 Activity: Soliciting public comment revisions to the collection of data contained in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grant (NEG) application procedures and project oversight and reporting requirements (OMB approval no. 1205-0439, expiring 5/30/03) Contact: Darrin King on 202-693-4129 or e-mail: king.darrin@doleta.gov Visit: www.doleta.gov

Anti-Flipping Rule
Agency: Office of Secretary of Fed Hsg. Commissioner Deadline: June 2, 2003 Activities: Final rule prohibits flipping the practice whereby a property recently acquired is resold for a considerable profit with an artificially inflated value, often abetted by a lender's collusion with the appraiser Contact: Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of Single Family Programs (202) 708-2121 Visit: www.hud.gov

NMTC Announcement
Agency: CDFI Fund Activities: Currently, releasing NMTC debriefing letters to the 279 NMTC applicants that did not receive an award in Round One of the 2002 New Market Tax Credit Allocation. The letter contains three sections: the first provides additional insight into the scoring process; the second provides specific information to applicants regarding thei application, including their scores in each of the four application criteria, reviewers' comments; and the characteristics of an excellent application. The information will be a valuable tool in understanding the allocation process and for planning for 2003 allocation applications

NCCED NOTICE
Office of Community Services (OCS) will publish its request for proposals on or around JUNE 1st, 2003. Deadlines for proposals will be 45 days from date of announcement.

NCCED's Annual Conference -- Detroit, MI October 8-11th , 2003