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What is the purpose of the AN/NHIAC program?
To assist Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions (AN/NHI) 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 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § et seq.) as amended.

Who is eligible for an AN/NHIAC grant?
Only nonprofit AN/NHIs that meet the definition of AN/NHIs established in Title III, Part A, Section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Pub.L. 105-244; enacted October 7, 1998). Institutions are not required to be on the list of eligible AN/NHIs prepared by the U.S. Department of Education. However, an institution that is not on the list is required to provide a statement in the application that the institution meets the U.S. Department of Education's statutory definition of an AN/NHI. In order to meet the definition of an ANI, at least 20 percent of the undergraduate headcount enrollment must be Alaska Native students. If an applicant is an NHI, at least 10 percent of the undergraduate headcount enrollment must be Native Hawaiian students in order to meet this definition. In addition, all applicants must be a 2- or 4-year institution, fully accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If an applicant is one of several campuses of the same institution, the applicant may apply separately from the other campuses as long as the campus has a separate DUNS number, administrative structure and budget, and meets the enrollment requirements outlined above.

When is the application due date?
August 16, 2010. Applications must be received and validated by Grants.gov by 11:59:59 p.m. eastern time on the deadline date.

What is the funding amount for AN/NHIAC?
Approximately $3.2 million has been made available for FY10.

What is the maximum amount an institution can request?
No more than $800,000 for a 3-year grant performance period.

What are eligible activities?
Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:

• Acquisition of real property.
• Clearance and demolition.
• Rehabilitation of residential structures, including lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction and making accessibility and modifications in accordance with requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794) and the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.). Applicants that propose rehabilitation and/or construction of a building on campus must sustain that facility for the purpose of the activities proposed in this grant for at least 5 years after the end of the grant performance period. Activities related to implementation of the aforementioned policy priorities are also eligible activities within the context of the program regulations.
• Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation of public facilities and improvements, such as water and sewer facilities and streets, and/or activities to achieve or further compliance with accessibility requirements, such as those under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101) et seq.) the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.), and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.§ 4151, et seq; 24 CFR Parts 40 and 41).
• Direct homeownership assistance to low- and moderate-income persons, as provided in section 105(a)(25) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5305 (a) (25)).
• Special economic development activities described at 24 CFR 570.203 and assistance to facilitate economic development by providing technical or financial assistance for the establishment, stabilization, and expansion of microenterprises, including minority enterprises and/or activities that promote the creation of jobs, training, and/or contracts under Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
• Assistance to community-based development organizations (CBDO) to carry out neighborhood revitalization, community economic development, or energy conservation projects, in accordance with 24 CFR 570.204. This could include activities in support of a HUD-approved local entitlement grantee, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) or HUD-approved State CDBG Community Revitalization Strategy (CRS).
• Public service activities such as general support activities that can help to stabilize a neighborhood and contribute to sustainable redevelopment of the area, including but not limited to activities such as those concerned with employment, crime prevention, childcare, healthcare services, drug abuse, education, housing counseling, fair housing and fair lending counseling, energy conservation, homebuyer downpayment assistance, establishing and maintaining Neighborhood Networks centers in federally assisted or insured housing, job training and placement, and recreational needs.
• Fair housing services designed to further the civil rights objectives of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-3619) by making all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and/or disability aware of the range of housing opportunities available to them.
• Up to 20 percent of the grant may be used for payments of reasonable grant administrative costs related to executing the project (for example, preparation/submission of HUD reports and so forth). Detailed explanations of these costs are provided in the OMB circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions that can be accessed at the White House website at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars. Please remember that administrative costs are not the same as indirect costs.