MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling nearly $26 million to help low-income households with utility costs during the hot summer months. The grants will enable 18 community service agencies to provide emergency funding to help low-income families cool their homes. “Alabama’s hottest times of the year can hit many low-income residents particularly hard […]
MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has announced grants totaling nearly $1.8 million to improve outdoor recreational facilities in nine Alabama communities. The awards, made through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, support projects to build splash pads, playgrounds, ballfields, trails and to upgrade existing outdoor amenities. Additional LWCF awards are expected to be announced later. […]
MONTGOMERY—Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $4.4 million to assist low-income and elderly Alabama residents with weatherizing their homes to lower energy costs. The grants support Alabama’s Weatherization Assistance Program which provides funds to improve the energy efficiency and safety of qualifying homes. Priority is given to people with disabilities, the elderly and low-income […]
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $149,606 grant for a program that provides treatment to help those who have pled guilty in drug courts in five counties overcome the drug addictions that place them at-risk of reentering the criminal justice system. The grant will help the RCA Foundation continue its Court Connected Drug […]
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $100,000 grant to Auburn University Montgomery for a program that offers crime-prevention training for law enforcement officers and community groups statewide. Grant funds will assist the Alabama Crime Prevention Clearinghouse in identifying and delivering a minimum of 30 one-day training sessions hosted in locations around Alabama. The […]
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Ivey has awarded $276,803 in grant funds to help the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences purchase equipment and supplies to increase its capacity to assist with criminal investigations statewide. The department is the sole provider of forensic testing services to over 450 law enforcement agencies throughout the state. It is using the […]
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $150,000 grant to assist a program that aims to help newly released inmates overcome drug and alcohol addictions. The grant funds will be used for an outpatient program at Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers Inc.’s Zukoski Center. The goal of the program is to reduce substance […]
MONTGOMERY — Homeowners whose houses were damaged by hurricanes Sally or Zeta in 2020 can begin applying today for grant money to help with remaining damage. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the Home Recovery Alabama Program, which assists property owners by providing funds to repair, reconstruct or replace single-family homes […]
MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $66,000 to support programs that aim to prevent youth crime and recidivism in five northwest Alabama counties. The grants will support programs that provide mentoring and counseling to youth and their parents who have been referred through the juvenile justice system with a goal of reducing further […]
MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $166,321 to support programs that aim to prevent youth crime and recidivism in Jefferson, Shelby and St. Clair counties. The grants will support four programs that provide mentoring and counseling to youth and their parents who have been referred through the juvenile justice system with a goal […]
