Brother 2 Brother 914, Inc-Groundwork HV – Science Barge-The Afya Foundation-The Police Athletic League of Yonkers-YMCA of Yonkers-YoFi Fest – DMAC-Yonkers Partners in Education-Yonkers South Broadway BID – Rangers-Aisling Irish Community Center-Dominican Cultural Association of Yonkers-
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today announced the City is alerting nearly 100 community-based organizations that they have been chosen to receive grant funding as part of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Yonkers will award local organizations $2.7 million in its efforts to expand economic opportunities to low-to-moderate income Yonkers residents.
“Through our City’s robust CDBG program, with the assistance of our federal partners, Yonkers organizations can better serve its clients,” said Mayor Spano. “This year, a significant amount of the funding will be granted to our youth and neighborhood organizations, supporting academics, recreational facilities and after school services, enriching our residents’ lives and setting them up for greater success. Thank you to our federal delegation for putting Yonkers first.”
The 2023 Yonkers CDBG program will fund:
- 88 unique activities
- Eight workforce development and business assistance activities
- 22 activities in support of neighborhood facilities, upkeep of community gardens and recreational facilities
- 37 youth program including academic support, recreation, after school, summer and day care programs
- 18 activities supporting food pantries, senior programs, cultural, recreational and services for the disabled
This year’s program funds nearly a dozen more programs. For the complete list of Yonkers CDBG grantees, view here.
HUD distributes funds to each State based on a statutory formula which takes into account population, poverty, incidence of overcrowded housing, and age of housing. Each activity must meet one of the following national objectives for the program: benefit low- and moderate-income persons, prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or address community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available. A grantee must develop and follow a detailed plan which provides for, and encourages, citizen participation and which emphasizes participation by persons of low- or moderate-income, particularly residents of predominantly low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, slum or blighted areas, and areas in which the grantee proposes to use CDBG funds.
