This federal Project Grant award of $1,600,000 was made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) program. The grant recipient is Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a non-profit community development financial institution based in Maine. CEI will use the funding to provide a range of services supporting economic development, job creation, and self-sufficiency initiatives...
This $900,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program, CFDA 21.020, will enable Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a non-profit CDFI, to drive economic revitalization and community development in underserved communities. Over the award period from September 2024 to September 2027, CEI will use the funds to provide financial services, loans, investments, and technical assistance to low-income, Native American, and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $300,000 Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.570) Discretionary Award to Penquis C.A.P., Inc., a non-profit community action agency in Bangor, Maine. The award will fund the Maine Highlands Community Economic Development Strategy project, which aims to create sustainable economic opportunities for low-income and underserved populations in the region through job creation, business development,...
The federal Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award supports the Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund For Children, a non-profit organization located in Rangeley, ME, to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that deliver critical services to rural residents. The funding will be used over a 2-year period from October 2024 to...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,721,000 was issued on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The funding will support a wide range of economic development and community development activities to be carried out by the primary awardee, Community Concepts, Incorporated, a...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.570) Discretionary Awards program. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the South Wasco Alliance/Papalaximisha Job Creation Planning Grant project in Tygh Valley, OR. The project aims to create sustainable economic opportunities for low-income and underserved populations through...
This federal Project Grant award for $1,041,281.00 was issued on June 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Senior Community Service Employment Program (CFDA 17.235). The grant funds the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to provide community service employment and workforce development services for low-income unemployed individuals aged 55 and older. Key activities include part-time community service work assignments at non-profit...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Rural Community Development Resources under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570). The funding will support the organization's provision of legal immigration assistance services from September 2023 to September 2025. As a non-profit community development corporation, Rural Community Development Resources aims to encourage self-employment opportunities for low-income...
The federal Project Grant award for $1,332,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420), will support technical assistance services to very low- and low-income individuals and families in constructing their own homes in rural areas through a self-help construction method. The grant, with a performance period from May 5, 2025 to July 5, 2026, will enable the non-profit organization...
The State of Maine, Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future received a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). This award, dated August 13, 2024, will support a wide range of economic development and community development activities in Maine through August 31, 2032. While the full scope of project activities is not yet known,...