NEW CITY – The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $1 million in funding through the Community Development Block Grant program to Rockland County towns, villages and nonprofit groups.
“These awards to our municipalities and nonprofits illustrate the value and importance of CDBG funding to the people of Rockland,” said County Executive Edwin Day. “It is critical that we fight to make sure our local communities continue to receive assistance with fulfilling basis needs, like economic development and job creation.”
Day said the federal funds allow the towns and villages to pay for necessary improvements.
Local municipalities receiving grants include:
Town of Clarkstown $60,000
Town of Haverstraw $100,000
Town of Ramapo $70,000
Village of Haverstraw $100,000
Village of Hillburn $25,000
Village of Kaser $85,000
Village of Nyack $25,000
Village of Spring Valley $26,000
Village of Suffern $100,000
Village of West Haverstraw $80,000
Local nonprofits receiving grant awards include:
Center for Safety & Change $90,000
Legal Aid Society of Rockland $36,500
Meals on Wheels of Rockland $25,000
Jeevan Jyoti, Inc. $25,000
Helping Hands $20,000
HACSO $20,000
