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Senate backs $5 million competitive grant program for senior centers
Summary
The Montana Senate concurred with House Bill 182 to create a competitive, one-time senior citizen center grant program with a $5 million appropriation and dollar-for-dollar matching requirement; senators debated administrative costs and eligibility limits before the measure passed 30-20.
The Montana Senate on March 21 concurred with House Bill 182, a bill to create a one-time competitive grant program that would provide up to $5 million for capital construction, maintenance, repairs and equipment purchases at senior citizen centers statewide. Senator Steven Novak moved concurrence; the Senate voted 30 in favor and 20 opposed.
Novak, the bill carrier on the Senate floor, said the program would be administered by the Department of Commerce and modeled on a previous one-time program for homeless shelters. “This bill first asks for a $5,000,000 appropriation using a small part of the general…
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