Berkshire County Awarded Funds Through ARRA09:09AM / Tuesday, May 05, 2009
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Berkshire County has been awarded federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.
Berkshire County has been chosen to receive $39,298 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county to specifically address the needs of the newly unemployed. These funds have been made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), and are in addition to funds received and distributed earlier this year from the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) be eligible to receive federal funds, 3) have an accounting system, 4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 6) if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board. Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for ARRA Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds must contact the following for an application:
Berkshire United Way
200 South Street, Pittsfield
Phone: 413-442-6948
Fax: 413-442-5050
mmryan@berkshireunitedway.org
The deadline for completed applications to be returned to Berkshire United Way is Thursday, May 21, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. For more information, contact Arlene D. Schiff, Chair of the Berkshire County Local Board, at 413-442-4360 x 12, or at arlene.schiff@verizon.net. |
