County, HCD, to provide funding for children and youth agencies
February 4, 2011 · 0 Comments
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, through Housing and Community Development (HCD), is coordinating with nonprofit agencies to provide assistance for children and youth.
Working in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HCD remains dedicated to working with service providers who seek to help children by using pioneering approaches to solve community problems and revitalize neighborhoods.
Each fiscal year, HCD receives and administers federal Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funds. The following six nonprofit agencies will be receiving a total of $283,722 to provide services to local children and youth:
- Children’s Home Society of Florida, Inc., $76,380
- Children’s Place at Home Safe, Inc., $61,750
- Place of Hope, Inc., $38,000
- Redlands Christian Migrant Association, $35,592
- West Jupiter Community Group, $54,000
- Children’s Case Management Organization d/b/a Families First of PBC, $18,000
These local agencies will be providing emergency residential care and shelter for abused and neglected children, transitional housing and support services for abused and/or neglected children in foster care, a child development center for children of migrant farm workers, after-school services for disadvantaged children and case management services.
It is estimated that nearly 500 children and youth will be helped as a result of these services.
