Funding Availability for FY 1997 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program; Expanding HUD Partnerships for Neighborhood and Community Revitalization

This NOFA announces the availability of $6.5 million in FY 1997 funding for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program, as provided by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 104-204; approved September 26, 1996; 110 Stat. 2874) (the 1997 Appropriations Act), plus any recaptured funds from prior appropriations. (The use of recaptured funds is subject to reprogramming procedures as required by section 218 of the 1997 Appropriations Act (110 Stat. 2905)). In order to ensure that some previously unfunded HBCUs will receive awards in this competition, one- half of the available funds will be awarded to applicants that have not previously been funded under the HUD HBCU program. Thus, of the $6.5 million in FY 1997 funds made available under this NOFA, $3.25 million will be awarded to HBCUs that have not received funding in past HUD HBCU competitions under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, which includes competitions for Fiscal Years 1991 through 1996 <SUP>1</SUP> (``Previously-unfunded HBCUs''). The remaining $3.25 million of FY 1997 funds will be awarded to HBCUs that have received funding under such competitions (``Previously-funded HBCUs''). (Similarly, if recaptured funds are made available, those funds will also be divided evenly between the two types of applicant). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------