
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)
Gov. Ivey awards Lowndes County with COVID-19 Community Development Block Grant
MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $142,603 grant to help Lowndes County work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The county is using funds to resurface an access road to a testing and vaccination facility and to purchase public safety software. The awards are part of more than $40 million allocated to Alabama […]
Governor awards funds for energy assistance to low-income persons
MONTGOMERY– Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded more than $39.8 million in special grants to help qualified low-income households with the costs of their home energy bills. The grants will enable 20 community service agencies to provide emergency funding to help low-income families remain comfortable in their homes during the hot summer months and cool winter […]
Gov. Ivey awards COVID-19 Community Development Block Grants to three southwest Alabama counties
MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a total of $1 million to help three southwest Alabama counties as they work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington County was awarded $300,000, Wilcox County was awarded $200,000 and Escambia County was awarded $550,000. The awards are part of more than $40 million allocated to Alabama […]
Gov. Ivey awards COVID-19 recovery funds to city of Florence
MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $500,000 to the city of Florence to assist in that city’s continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The award is part of more than $40 million allocated to Alabama under a special Community Development Block Grant program funded from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) […]
Kenneth W. Boswell, Director

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2023 Tornadoes
The CDBG-DR 2023 Tornadoes Plus-up Allocation Public Action Plan may be viewed below. The State will consider the views and comments of citizens in developing and finalizing the CDBG-DR 2023 Tornadoes Plus-Up Allocation Public Action Plan. Public comments will be taken and considered for a 30-day period beginning on October 18, 2025, and ending at the close of business on November 17, 2025. If you would like to provide a comment, have need of further information, or have a disability requiring special materials, services, or assistance, please contact Mr. Trent Williams at the ADECA office in Montgomery at DisasterRecovery@adeca.alabama.gov or at (334) 353-3409.
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