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B -- HUD SMALL GRANTS TO RESEARCH THE INTERACTIONS OF WELFARE WITH HOUSING PROGRAMS SOL 5162801000 DUE 020908 POC Christine Kronk, 703-934-3594 WEB: HUD Small Grant Competition, www.huduser.org/publications/smallgrants/index.html. E-MAIL: Contact HUD Small Grant, hud.smallgrant@icfkaiser.com. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) invites academic researchers, contract research organizations, and community-based organizations to apply for funding to research the interaction of welfare reform with housing programs and HUD inititatives that support economic self-sufficiency. Research should examine potential policy responses to this interaction. Projects should also focus on the effects of statutory, regulatory, and locally-initiated actions affecting families with children. HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) will fund up to twelve awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000. Applicants should request a complete announcement for further details by letter, telephone or e-mail. Initial abstracts are due February 9, 1998. A copy of the complete announcement can be found at www.huduser.org/publications/smallgrants/index.html. HUD SMALL AWARDS COMPETITION, 11th Floor, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031, 703-218-2685, hud.smallgrant@icfkaiser.com. (0351)

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