FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2020
City of Kingston
Awarded $440,000 in CDBG Crisis Recovery Funds
Letters of Intent
in Lieu of Applications Due May 6
UPDATE: Deadline has been extended to May 6, 2020
KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble and
the Office of Economic and Community Development are pleased to announce that
the City of Kingston has received over $440,000 in Community Development Block
Grant funding to aid in COVID-19 recovery.
Through the
provisions of the recent Federal CARES Act, the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development has allocated the City of Kingston an additional $440,426 of
CDBG-CV funding to support the needs of residents during and in the wake of
this pandemic. Due to the emergency nature of the current situation, the City
is not required to conduct its traditional application process to allocate
these funds, and instead is asking for proposals for projects, programs or
services that will help our community fight this pandemic and recover
quickly. In order to speed up the process of distributing funds to
documented not-for-profit organizations, the City is calling for letters of
intent. Letters must explain how the funds will be used in direct response to
the COVID-19 health emergency and any damages, injuries or challenges caused by
it. The recovery efforts proposed must take place within the municipal boundary
of the City of Kingston and the beneficiaries of proposed activities must
primarily be low- to moderate-income residents of the City.
“We are fortunate to receive this incredibly needed funding,
and our aim is to identify as many effective and innovative uses as we can,”
said Mayor Noble. “I personally recognize the need for housing and rent
assistance, emergency and long-term food support, job creation, and other
unique programs to help uplift those who are struggling to make ends meet. Our
community has already shown so much ingenuity in the ways they’ve helped each
other and this funding will support and enhance these efforts.”
Letters of intent should be submitted to
Brenna Robinson, Director, Office of Economic & Community Development via
email to [email protected]
no later than 4:30 PM on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. No late submissions will be
accepted.
The City of
Kingston receives an annual Entitlement Grant allocation through the US
Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Program. These funds are used to support projects and
programs that primarily serve low and moderate income residents of the City
through activities that expand economic opportunities and provide for decent
housing and a suitable living environment.
See the CDBG-CV Crisis Recovery Funding FAQ here.
UPDATED FORM: https://kingston-ny.gov/filestorage/8399/8469/8547/2020_CDBG-CV_proposal_form_042320.pdf