Dec-18-07 DCA Awards Over $3 Million In Community Service Block Grants
DCA Awards Over $3 Million In Community Service Block Grants |
Funds to Benefit Low Income Residents Across the State |
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Acting Commissioner Joseph Doria today announced the award of over $3 million in Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) that will go toward assisting low income residents across the state.
“Community Service Block Grants are about helping those in need,” said Commissioner Doria. “These funds will allow Community Action Agencies to continue the excellent work they have done for low income individuals and families throughout the state.”
CSBG are awarded to local agencies to help provide services such as health, education, employment, income management, housing, emergency services, nutrition, and self-sufficiency and other services to low-income residents in New Jersey. Ninety percent of the annual allocation must go toward designated community action agencies. The federally funded program is administered through the Office of Community Action, located within DCA’s Division of Community Resources.
For more information on CSBG Grants, call 609-292-9794, or log on to http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dcr/csbg/index.shtml.
2008 Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Awards |
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Agency |
County |
Award |
Atlantic Human Resources, Inc. |
Atlantic |
$194,970 |
Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation |
Hudson |
$37,901 |
Burlington County Community Action Program |
Burlington |
$106,381 |
Camden County Council on Economic Opportunity |
Camden |
$281,656 |
CATA - Farmworkers Support Committee |
Gloucester |
$18,178 |
Check-Mate, Inc. |
Monmouth |
$178,951 |
Essex County |
Essex |
$214,825 |
HOPES, Inc. |
Hudson |
$55,854 |
Jersey City |
Hudson |
$220,226 |
New Jersey Association on Correction |
Middlesex |
$48,939 |
New Jersey Community Action Association, Inc. |
Mercer |
$23,070 |
Northwest New Jersey |
Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren |
$161,799 |
Ocean Community Economic Action Now, Inc. |
Ocean |
$181,884 |
Paterson Task Force for Community Action, Inc. |
Passaic |
$152,020 |
Plainfield City |
Union |
$50,194 |
Somerset Community Action Program Inc. |
Somerset |
$56,020 |
Tri-County CAP |
Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland |
$224,997 |
Union County |
Union |
$196,700 |
United Community Corporation |
Essex |
$466,483 |
United Progress, Inc. |
Mercer |
$158,725 |
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TOTAL: |
$3,029,773 |