More than $17 million in coronavirus relief aid has been awarded to 20 state community action agencies, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday.
“COVID-19 has disrupted lives in many ways and in varying degrees,” Gov. Ivey said in a statement. “It is my hope that the services provided by these funds will help people as they work toward a quick and complete economic recovery.”
The Community Service Block grants made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be used by the various local agencies to provide aid to those impacted by the pandemic, including seniors, the disabled and low-income families, according to a press release from Ivey’s office.
“Gov. Ivey is determined to help Alabama and Alabamians emerge from this pandemic as strong if not stronger than ever,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said. “ADECA stands ready to be a part of that process with the funds made available through our programs.”
Agencies, amounts and coverage areas include:
- Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc. – $668,160 (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties)
- Community Action Partnership Huntsville/Madison and Limestone Counties – $1.05 million (Limestone and Madison counties)
- Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama Inc. – $1.35 million (Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall, and St. Clair counties)
- Community Action Partnership of North Alabama – $775,602 (Cullman, Lawrence and Morgan counties)
- Marion-Winston Counties Community Action Committee Inc. – $226,538 (Marion and Winston counties)
- Walker County Community Action Agency Inc. – $273,782 (Walker County)
- Community Action Agency of Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun and Cleburne counties – $1.02 million (Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, and Talladega counties)
- Community Action of Etowah County Inc. – $379,592 (Etowah County)
- Pickens County Community Action Committee and Community Development Corp. Inc. – $117,329 (Pickens County)
- Community Service Programs of West Alabama Inc. – $1.65 million (Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Perry, Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties)
- Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity – $2.19 million (Jefferson County)
- Community Action Committee Inc. of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa – $351,259 (Chambers, Coosa and Tallapoosa counties)
- Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama Inc. – $793,918 (Autauga, Chilton, Elmore and Shelby counties)
- Montgomery Community Action Committee and Community Development Corp. Inc. – $911,887 (Montgomery County)
- Alabama Council on Human Relations Inc. – $550,919 (Lee County)
- Macon-Russell Community Action Agency Inc. – $375,068 (Macon and Russell counties)
- Organized Community Action Program Inc. – $806,165 (Bullock, Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Lowndes and Pike counties)
- Community Action Agency of South Alabama – $1.24 million (Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Monroe, and Wilcox counties)
- Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership Inc. – $827,944 (Barbour, Coffee, Geneva, Henry and Houston counties)
- Mobile Community Action Inc. – $1.77 million (Mobile and Washington counties)
