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A NEW YEAR – A NEW WAY OF WORKING...

*** To improve communication and respond better to our customers' needs, FHA started new FAQ service on 12/08/08 - new primary email address for FHA or use the "Contact FHA" tab on faq.fha.gov *** HUD issues final RESPA rule - Some changes in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act regulations take effect in January 2009, others on January 1, 2010. See Federal Register, 11/17/08, pp. 68203-88 Contact Ivy Jackson, HUD, (202) 708-0502 ***

A NEW YEAR – A NEW WAY OF LIVING...

*** HUD launches My Money, My Home, My Future website to improve financial literacy, sustain healthy homeownership & achieve financial security ***

GET READY, GET SET...GENERAL SECTION OF SUPERNOFA 2009 PUBLISHED...

*** The General Section of HUD's 2009 SuperNOFA was published in the Federal Register on December 29. It has also been posted to www.grants.gov ***

BRIEF BRIEFS...

*** Norfolk Foundation & Virginia Beach Foundation merging in '09 to form Hampton Roads Community Foundation - will be largest grant & scholarship provider in Hampton Roads *** Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations released by U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice and Council of State Governments Justice Center, www.dol.gov/cfbci ***

PRESERVING AMERICA...

*** Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission working with Rappahannock County and the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation to restore & transform former historic school building. Scrabble School, built in 1921 as a Rosenwald school for African American students, was abandoned in 1968 & is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It will be adaptively re-used as the County's senior center & will display materials telling the story of the school and community. Contact Terry Snead. *** Governor announces $500,000 in grants to Albemarle, Clark, Cumberland, Fauquier, Goochland, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Rappa-hannock & Spotsylvania Counties, and City of VA Beach to preserve farmland through local Purchase of Development Rights ***

BRIEF BRIEFS TO CHEER FOR...

*** USDA Rural Development awards $14 million loan/grant combo for water treatment facility for Town of Strasburg - will serve over 2400 people and 85 businesses *** USDA Rural Development awards $1.6 million for Family Maternity Center of Northern Neck (serving Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula) *** Governor announces grants totaling $4,317,551 to enhance public safety services statewide ***

BRIEF BRIEFS TO LOOK INTO...

*** Application deadline date for Section 202 Demonstration Pre-Development Grant Program extended to February 18, 2009. For info contact Althea Warren at HUD Richmond (804) 822-4879 or Denise Taylor-Parker at HUD HQ – (202) 402-2892, *** Office of Violence Against Women sets 1/8/09 deadline for grant applications up to $250,000 for transitional housing to victims of domestic & dating violence, stalking or sexual assault *** Department of Labor sets 1/15/09 deadline to apply for $47 million in YouthBuild grants *** USDA sets February 16th as deadline to apply for $1 million in 2008 Urban Forestry Challenge Grant program *** DOJ announces grants for Domestic Violence programs: Enhanced Training and Services to End Domestic Violence Against and Abuse of Women Later in Life Grant Program discretionary grant to address elder abuse - letter of intent due 1/7/09, application due 1/28/09; Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program for civil and criminal legal assistance to victims of abuse or violence – letter of intent due 1/7/09, application due 1/28/09. See http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci/fundopp_current.html *** USDA designates 13 VA counties primary natural disaster areas, gives contiguous disaster status to adjacent counties & cities due to drought and excessive heat in 2008. These designations make farmers eligible for low-interest loans and future supplemental relief if provided by Congress ***