Sentences with phrase «block grant funds»

The Michigan Strategic Fund approved $ 12.5 m as part of Community Development Block Grant funds for the development of Coldwater.

That the Commonwealth Government, in conjunction with the State and Territory Governments, develop proposals for implementing a system of block grant funding of Aboriginal communities and organisations and also implement a system whereby Aboriginal communities and organisations are provided with a minimum level of funding on a triennial basis.

At 2 p.m., Rep. Claudia Tenney holds a press conference to express her opposition to the elimination of community services block grants funding in Trump's proposed budget, Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, 9882 River Road, Utica.

The loan involved the use of federal block grant funds awarded the city to combat poverty and blight.

The District received $ 86,000 in Community Development Block Grant Funds from the Village to develop the park, which is next to a low - income housing development.

Ensure that charter schools» base categorical block grant funding also received growth for new schools and that new and growing charter schools retained the supplemental block grant of $ 127 per pupil,

The Oneida County Microenterprise Grant program, administered by Mohawk Valley EDGE, utilizes Community Development Block Grant funding through the NYS Office of Community Renewal.

Introduced in the House of Representatives in January 2017, H.R. 610 would replace parts of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act and would, among other changes, establish a voucher program «through which each state shall distribute block grant funds among local educational agencies.»

Charter schools» base categorical block grant funding received growth for new pupils in the 2012 - 13 state budget; a total of $ 53.7 million to accommodate the increasing number of students in California's charter public schools and keep the per pupil funding level from decreasing.

Allow groups to recapture the federal HOME block grant funds paid back to them by assisted households, rather than remit the funds to the state or local HOME agency

«We can't guess what going to happen... (State block grant funding) probably would mean the elimination of national nutrition standards.»

Also see attachments: The Allocation of the New York's TANF Block Grant Funds for 2006 - 07 and Flexible Fund for Family Services allocations by county.

Astorino did not care about the loss of three years» worth of HUD block grant funding, totalling $ 17.4 million until the county submitted a version HUD found acceptable.

His investigation of Buffalo's misuse of block grant funds won Governing Magazine's national reporting award in 2005.

The money, federal Community Development Block Grant funding appropriated after Sandy and Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, is to be dedicated to planning and redesigning communities to be more resilient.

The city can contribute block grant funds, as can the county, and the state can do what Gov. Cuomo has proposed.

Becoming affiliated charters allowed these schools to qualify for charter categorical block grant funds when they were still in effect, helping them to recoup the lost Title 1 revenues.

Education Voters supports putting the increases from Governor Corbett's proposed block grant funding into the Basic Education Funding line.

The federal government should restructure current Title V block grant funds instead as matching grants to states to expand access to high - quality PK programs and aligned PK teacher and curricular standards with elementary grades.

The governor's budget proposal seeks $ 1.1 billion to pay the mandate backlog, the mandate block grant funding remains on par with the previous year, and there's a new test claim filed by the Education Legal Alliance on behalf of several school districts and county offices of education related to Smarter Balanced Assessment testing.

And block grant funding seems absolutely opposite to the approach we've seen lawmakers take on things like class - size limits.»

«Many of our projects were market - rate developments, and some were affordable developments utilizing Community Development Block Grant funds along with historic tax credits,» explained Vogt, who said prices started at $ 95,000; while most have been below $ 250,000.

The budget also proposes using $ 200 million in HOME housing block grant funds to capitalize a downpayment assistance fund.

The district also developed Prairie Park, at Belmont Avenue and Council Trail, with $ 61,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds from the village.

And in a move sure to make the de Blasio administration happy, the Legislature rejected Gov. Cuomo's proposal to require $ 27 million in federal block grant funding be used exclusively on child care programs, a move the city says would have forced the closure of 65 senior day care centers.

The agency — headed by the mayor, who appoints a majority of its board members — has been criticized for poor financial oversight of block grant funds.

The city of Auburn will not see any change in its 2018 - 2019 Community Development Block Grant funding from the federal government, despite struggling to comply with recently revised regulations attached to the grant money.

What's more, New York also stands to lose a big chunk of its federal Medicaid funding if Congress ever manages to get a deal on repeal and replacement of Obamacare, with the most recent proposal — Cassidy - Graham — calling for block granting those funds, in a move that would hurt New York more than any other state, Cuomo said.

At 11:30 a.m., Poloncarz celebrates National Community Development Week by visiting sites funded by Community Development Block Grants funds, Town of Clarence Senior Center, 4600 Thompson Road, Clarence.

Advocates for Low - Income New Yorkers held a press conference today at the Legislative Office Building to urge Governor Pataki to stop playing politics with over $ 1 billion in federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds.

Block Grant funds are usually used to benefit lower - income communities.

The CSS obtained a $ 40,000 grant from the Milwaukee County Community Development Block Grant fund and Barrett said he would not oppose a Common Council decision to award of $ 40,000 from the Development Fund and a low - interest loan for an additional amount of money needed to complete the project.

it will also waive a waiting period for community development block grant funds.

Bill Hammond runs the numbers and finds it's possible that block grant funding of Medicaid won't actually hurt — and perhaps might even help — New York.

The Workforce Development Institute supports the addition of $ 90 million in Child Care Development and Block Grant funding and $ 25 million for the expansion of the Facilitated Enrollment program, which provides subsidies for working families,» said Ed Murphy, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Institute.

We applaud the IDC for recommending the allocation of $ 90 million in Child Care Development and Block Grant funding, $ 100 million in subsidy funding and $ 25 million for the expansion of the Facilitated Enrollment program which provides subsidies for families at slightly higher income levels.

After a stint as The News» computer assisted reporting editor, Heaney joined the paper's newly formed investigative reporting team and produced a series of investigations related to economic development, including the city's squandering of federal block grant funds, and, with colleague Patrick Lakamp, the failings of the state Empire Zone program.

Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Advocates for Low - Income New Yorkers held a press conference today at the Legislative Office Building to urge Governor Pataki to stop playing politics with federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds.

Last September, HUD promised about $ 500,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to several municipalities in Onondaga County to help pay for various infrastructure projects.

The Southold Town Board held a public hearing during its evening session on how to spend an estimated $ 50,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds.

During Tuesday morning's Town Board work session, human services director Karen McLaughlin acknowledged the organization's request and said the it should be considered in the following year's block grant funding.

Our partners at WGRZ have broken a number of stories recently about Buffalo's misuse of block grant funds and the failure of federal regulators to hold city officials accountable.

Federal housing officials have issued yet another critical review of Buffalo's use of Community Development Block Grant funds.

Cuomo noted that Trump's budget includes cuts that would significantly impact New Yorkers, including to low - income housing funds, the food stamp program and community block grant funds.

They approved requesting the Rockland County Consortium to consider several projects for the Community Development Block Grant Funding.

It also comes in the final year of the block grant funding scheme passed when lawmakers scrapped the previous formula, which was popular with most school districts.

In FY2014, as in FY2013, we are showing the block grant funding in its component parts: Early Childhood Education and Truants Alternative Optional Education.

The amendment required $ 30 billion to be distributed through block grant funding, which would go to 4 - year - olds from low - income families, or families who earn $ 48,000 for a family of four.

In contrast to Title I, a portion of Title IV block grant funds may be used on school - wide initiatives.