Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, April 4, 2025 – The City of Goleta looks forward to helping those in need in our community using funds from the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Board of Commissioners approved the grant agreement between it and the Ohio Department of ...

The city’s housing and community development department held a public hearing last week on the Community Development Block Grant program for 2026. In addition, community development project manager ...

Calcasieu Parish is giving local organizations the opportunity to request grant funding to improve service delivery around the community. The Calcasieu Parish Human Services Department is providing ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Commerce announced changes to its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Community Facilities program to allow a rolling application process, lower ...

Federal budget reductions, especially in human services, has been well publicized. Maui Economic Opportunity, Maui County’s Community Action Agency fighting poverty in our communities, has not been ...

LAWRENCE — Anti-poverty advocates and a Democratic congresswoman on Thursday accused the Trump administration of “doubling down” on spending cuts that could harm the state’s lowest-income residents.

BENTONVILLE -- The city is changing the way it allocates federal Community Development Block Grant money after it determined a homeownership assistance program was unfeasible with rising home prices.

In 1998, when Bethlehem’s future was anything but certain, community leaders in south Bethlehem worked with the leadership of Community Action Lehigh Valley and the city to create a nonprofit that ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal includes the total elimination ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Mayor William Cogswell announced the first round of mini-grant winners for the Love Your Block program, a resident-led initiative aimed at creating lasting community impact ...

When disaster strikes, Texans help Texans. We saw it after the devastating July 4 storms. Neighbors arrived with chainsaws. Churches opened shelters. Civic groups gave time and resources. Local ...