Harlem revitalization loan fund - albany community together (act) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a below-market-rate loan to the harlem legacy wellness center (center), a newly created…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Act! (Albany Community Together!), Inc., $800,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570), Community Economic Development funding opportunity.

Act! will provide a below-market-rate loan to the Harlem Legacy Wellness Center, a newly created integrated healthcare facility in Albany, Georgia, to finance the purchase of medical equipment. The Center will house a healthcare clinic, dental clinic, physical therapy and chiropractic center, and mental health clinic, serving the uninsured and underinsured population and filling healthcare gaps in Albany's Harlem district. The loan will enable the Center to open and create 29 jobs, with 22 positions filled by individuals with low incomes. The project includes wraparound services through Albany Technical College's healthcare training programs and the Health Hub Business Accelerator, and supports a multi-phased revitalization plan encompassing food business space, housing, recreational space, and business loan capital. Albany, located in southwest Georgia, has a poverty rate of 29.26%, more than double the state and national rates.

The award runs through September 29, 2028, with place of performance in Georgia. The Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program provides competitive awards to community development corporations for technical and financial assistance in creating sustainable business development and employment opportunities for low-income individuals and families.

Harlem revitalization loan fund - albany community together (act) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a below-market-rate loan to the harlem legacy wellness center (center), a newly created "one-stop" health and wellness center that will house a healthcare clinic, dental clinic, physical therapy and chiropractic center, and a mental health clinic in albany, georgia. Albany, located within southwest georgia, is one of the most significantly impoverished areas of the country, with a poverty rate of 29.26%, more than double the state (13.48%) and national (12.44%) rates. The loan will allow for the purchase of medical equipment, which is vital to opening of the center and the creation of jobs. The center will revitalize albany's economically distressed harlem district, by repurposing existing infrastructure and through planning a multi-phased development which will include food business space, housing, recreational space, and new business loan capital. The center will also increase access to quality healthcare, improving the health of the low-income community by filling healthcare gaps and providing care for the uninsured and underinsured. Additionally, the center and its partners will provide wraparound services through programs including albany technical college's healthcare training programs and the health hub business accelerator. This project will create 29 jobs, 22 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.