More than $240,000 in Community Development Block Grant applications were approved Aug. 8 by the Township Council. CDBG grants, as they are known, originate at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and are used to help communities "address a wide range of unique community development needs," according to the program's web site. According to Deborah Mitchell, the township's CDBG coordinator, among the entities receiving grants and the amounts of those grants this round were: Housing rehabilitation: 40,700 Rehabilitation administration: $13,700 ARC of Somerset for bathroom renovations: $35,250 Sisters Network of Central New Jersey: $21,000 for parking lot improvements The Franklin Foodbank: $11,120 for walk-in refrigerator The Center for Great Expectations: $6,600 for commercial refrigeration installation Wilentz Senior Citizen Center: $29,279 for kitchen and bathroom upgrades Family and Community Services: $5,200 Homesharing Network: $5,200 Central Jersey Housing Resource Center: $5,500 Great Expectations Child Care Program: $5,200 Franklin Foodbank Community Farm: $1,500 Summer Camp for Franklin Township: $5,000 Boys and Girls Circle Club: $3,780 Grades 4 Life: $1,000 New Jersey Orators: $2,500 Planning Administration: $48,507
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