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R -- ESTABLISH A FAIR HOUSING SERVICES CENTER IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COURT ORDER. POC Gerald Benoit, (202) 708-0477 x4069. See related NOFA to be published in the Federal Register 9-25-96. This is not a procurement action. HUD will award a grant to a non-profit organization to establish a Fair Housing Services Center (FHSC) in Beaumont, Texas, as required by the final judgment and decree in Young v. Cisneros, CA No. P-80-8-CA, (E.D. Tex.; Dated March 30, 1995). HUD has been ordered to provide $500,000 a year for at least five years to fund the FHSC, which must have branch offices within the 36 county area that constitutes East Texas and must have one mobile office unit to provide services to remote locations throughout East Texas. A related NOFA is published in the Federal Register of 9-25-96. Appendix A to the NOFA contains the application kit for the grant competition and the program guidelines as approved by the court. Interested parties must read the NOFA and respond to the application kit to be considered for the grant award. The competition is limited to non-profit organizations. There is no separate solicitation or application kit available except through the Federal Register NOFA. (0267)

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