The City of LaPorte Community Development Block Grant Program is offering grant applications for not-for-profit agencies to request funds for the provision of social services to low- and moderate-income families within the City of LaPorte. Applications are available online at www.cityoflaporte.com or can be picked up between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Office of Community Development and Planning, located on the second floor of City Hall, 801 Michigan Ave., LaPorte. The deadline for submitting a completed grant application is 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Applicants who are new to the grant application process are encouraged to attend a meeting on Wednesday, June 12, at 11 a.m. in the City Council Chambers to obtain more information.
The Community Development Block Grant Program began in 2004 in LaPorte. Funded projects must meet one of the national objectives established by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. These objectives are: benefiting low- and moderate-income persons, preventing or eliminating slums or blight, or meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to health or welfare of the community and other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.
For more information, contact the CDBG Program Manager at 219/362-6280 or cdbgprogram@cityoflaporte.com.