AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

Through this notice, HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the FY2010 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program NOFA. This NOFA makes approximately $9.7 million available to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) of Higher Education expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income, consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and Community Development ( printed page 43197) Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) as amended. The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements can be found using the Department of Housing and Urban Development agency link on the Grants.gov/Find Web site at www.grants.gov/​search/​agency.do.

A link to Grants.gov is also available on the HUD Web site at www.hud.gov/​offices/​adm/​grants/​fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program is 14.520. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information concerning the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program, please contact Susan Brunson, Office of University Partnerships, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington DC 20410; telephone 202-402-3852 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this telephone number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service during working hours at 800-877-8339.