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On Thursday, April 16, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Company Board of Administrators (IA Board), which is made up of Metropolis and County Commissioners, activated the Local Emergency Help for Non-profits (LEAN) grant program to assist native non-profits impacted by COVID-19.
In accordance with a press launch from the Blueprint Intergovernmental Company, the LEAN grant program shall be administered by the Workplace of Financial Vitality and can use $1 million in reallocated funds from the Blueprint infrastructure program. This system will award every eligible non-profit $2,500.
“As everyone knows, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted lives in unimaginable methods, particularly for our non-profits,” stated Bryan Desloge, Chairman of the IA Board and the Leon County Fee. “With this program, we’re investing straight into our native financial system and supporting non-profits as they assist our neighborhood by this public well being emergency.”
The OEV initially introduced the COVID-19 Financial Catastrophe Aid (CEDR) grant program, which expended all of its $1 million in funding on April 6. In accordance with the press launch, along with activating the LEAN grant program, the IA Board voted to award grants to 71 native companies that have been eligible for the CEDR program however couldn’t obtain grants after the funding ran out.
The applying course of for the LEAN program opened right this moment at midday, and the deadline to use is Friday, Could 15 or as quickly as the entire program’s funds have been used. The funds shall be dispersed on a first-come, first-served foundation.
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