Local residents and businesses will benefit from federal grant funding through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs’ COVID-19 Response Grant Program.
In this round of funding, eligible applicants, including non-entitlement and entitlement local units of government, could apply for up to $250,000. Eligible activities include mental health services, childcare services, public WiFi locations, food pantry or bank services, subsidence payment programs, or grants or loans to businesses to retain low-to-moderate income (LMI) jobs.
Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch said the third phase of grants was another way for the state to help those in need after suffering the effects of COVID-19.
“This grant program has already provided support to more than 600,000 Hoosiers across our state,” Crouch said. “This round we expanded the COVID-19 Response Grant Program so we can continue helping Hoosiers, their families and their businesses recover from the pandemic.”
This funding comes from Indiana’s CARES act allocation.
Starke County was awarded $250,000 to provide grants for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to assist them in retaining jobs and keeping their businesses open. Starke County officials will also distribute food boxes to families.
Pulaski County was awarded $250,000 to provide grants up to $10,000 to assist small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The City of Knox and the Town of North Judson were each awarded $200,000 to manage a grant program for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to assist them in retaining jobs and keeping their businesses open.
The Town of Winamac was awarded $153,840 to provide grants to businesses in the community that have been hard-hit by the pandemic.
