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Panel backs municipal grant assistance program to train local officials and subsidize grant writers
Summary
The committee reported House Bill 1560 to the floor by a 15‑11 vote; the bill would establish a Municipal Grant Assistance Program at the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide grant‑writing services and training to eligible municipalities.
At a meeting of the House Local Government Committee, members voted to report House Bill 1560, sponsored by Representative Salisbury, which would establish the Municipal Grant Assistance Program within the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to provide financial assistance for grant‑writing services and training to municipalities that lack staff capacity or meet other eligibility criteria.
Under the bill, a municipality is eligible for a grant to obtain grant‑writing services if it has no employee whose primary responsibility is grant writing and if…
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