The grants, if awarded, would only cover a portion of project costs. These block grants come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, provided to states to assist in low- and ...

Through a block grant, a state could fund multi-year literacy initiatives with its federal dollars and build system-wide capacity. For example, Mississippi created a statewide literacy program ...

The state’s commerce department recently published an action plan tied to the $1.4 billion in the form of a Community Development Block Grant ... The focus of CDBG-DR grants are to address ...

At its meeting Tuesday, City Council approved administering nearly $1.5 million in block grants to nine organizations, with a 10th to be considered in December, as well as city projects.