Community Development Block Grant Archives

11.19.2021 Government

As demand for food pantries continues to soar, nonprofits make their case for funding

In 2018, the Open Arms Care Center on Northville Turnpike provided food to 1,239 individuals representing 559 households, according to Zona Stroy, who chairs the nonprofit emergency food pantry....

11.12.2020 COVID-19

Faced with challenges from pandemic, local organizations pitch Town Board for federal funds

Like so many organizations, Riverhead Community Awareness Program faced a number of challenges as it tried to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. To focus on its mission of alcohol and...

12.04.2019 Government

Town Board approves CDBG funding, although one group left out

The Town Board on Tuesday voted to approve Community Development Block Grant funds for seven of the eight nonprofit organizations that had requested such funds recently.

10.24.2019 Government

Nonprofits ask the town to help fund critical services and programs

Seven nonprofit organizations are seeking Community Development Block Grant money from Riverhead Town to help their organizations remain in operation.

03.24.2017 Editorials

Editorial: Critical federal funding faces chopping block

It’s become a yearly late autumn tradition that leaders from social service agencies across the North Fork attend Town Board meetings to plead for money, specifically through federal Community...

03.23.2017 Government

Local charities could lose federal funds under Trump’s budget

Organizations across the North Fork and Riverhead dedicated to helping the poorest and neediest may lose federal funding due to cuts proposed in the 2018 federal budget “blueprint” submitted...

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