Dooly County wins CDBG, CHIP and USDA grants for housing and animal-shelter equipment
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Summary
The county secured $488,047 in CDBG funds and $300,000 in CHIP funds for housing repairs and awarded a $50,000 USDA grant for equipment to the Flint Humane Society; Grant Specialists of Georgia will administer housing grants.
State and federal grant awards were a recurring theme in Dooly County’s 2009 meetings. The county was notified that it had been selected for a $488,047 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and a $300,000 Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) allocation, both earmarked for housing-improvement projects. The board accepted the grants, approved grant-administration contracts with Grant Specialists of Georgia, Inc., and authorized the associated bank accounts and drawdown authorizations.
Separately, USDA Rural Development approved a $50,000 grant to reimburse equipment costs for the Flint Humane Society; the board accepted the award at a special meeting and authorized required signatures. The board also dealt with prior CDBG matters: the Middle Flint RDC’s administration invoices for several grants (OneGeorgia and EIP administrative invoices) were approved as part of routine grant administration.
Why it matters: the housing grants will allow low-income housing rehabilitation in Dooly County; the CHIP and CDBG awards together represent nearly $800,000 in housing funds. The USDA award helps a local animal-shelter operator qualify for equipment funding the agency had previously denied because the shelter did not own its facility.
What’s next: the board approved contracts, policies and bank-authority changes required to receive and manage the funds and directed staff to have grant-administering agreements executed and accounts opened so drawdowns can be processed.