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OUP initiated the Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) program in FY00. This funding will help institutions 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 low- and moderate-income persons.

Eligible Applicants. Accredited Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions (ANI/NHIs) of higher education that provide 2- and 4-year degrees. For an institution to qualify as an ANI, at least 20 percent of the undergraduate headcount enrollment must be Alaska Native students. To qualify as a NHI, an institution must have an undergraduate headcount enrollment of at least 10 percent Native Hawaiians.

Eligible Activities. Eligible activities under the AN/NHIAC program include, but are not limited to:

• Economic development activities that facilitate and provide technical or financial assistance to establish, stabilize, and expand microenterprises.
• Activities designed to promote training and employment opportunities.
• Public service activities (for example, employment, crime prevention, childcare, health, drug abuse, education, and so forth) that can help to stabilize a neighborhood.
• Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation of public facilities and improvements.
• Acquisition of real property.
• Clearance and demolition.

Activities carried out by AN/NHIAC grantees must meet at least one Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program national objective. Therefore, programs must benefit low- or moderate-income individuals; aid in the prevention of slums or blight; or meet other community development needs that have a particular urgency, either because they pose a threat to the health and welfare of the community or because other financial resources are not available to address them.

Program Contact

Sherone Ivey
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of University Partnerships
Room 8106
451 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708–3061, ext. 4200
Fax: (202) 708–0309
Email: sherone.e.ivey@hud.gov