U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces Over $37 Million in New Community Development Block Grants for Wisconsin
Baldwin worked to secure federal funds for Wisconsin communities in the bipartisan CARES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today announced $37,286,321 in new federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for Wisconsin communities to rapidly respond to COVID-19 and the economic and housing impacts caused by it. This funding was included in the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law last week.
The CARES Act included $5 billion total in CDBG funding. This initial round of funding is being allocated to states and local governments that received CDBG in Fiscal Year 2020. Additional CDBG allocations are forthcoming, including $1 billion to states to support a coordinated response across entitlement and non-entitlement communities, and $2 billion will be allocated to states and units of local government, cities and counties based on the prevalence and risk of COVID-19 and related economic and housing disruption.
“Local officials and the communities they serve need resources to respond to the public health, economic, and housing challenges we face. This federal support will help local communities quickly respond to this pandemic,” said Senator Baldwin. “I’ve seen firsthand how Community Development Block Grants help people throughout our state. Now more than ever, this funding is needed for local community development initiatives to support our workers, families and neighborhoods. We are all in this together, so we need to continue working together to get through this public health crisis and move our state forward.”
The following cities and counties in Wisconsin will receive this initial CDBG funding from the CARES Act:
· City of Appleton: $348,255
· City of Beloit: $384,288
· City of Eau Claire: $316,591
· City of Fond Du Lac: $335,496
· City of Green Bay: $595,446
· City of Janesville: $286,421
· City of Kenosha: $655,910
· City of La Crosse: $518,988
· City of Madison: $1,160,897
· City of Milwaukee: $9,574,616
· City of Neenah: $128,328
· City of Oshkosh: $494,757
· City of Racine: $1,108,649
· City of Sheboygan: $539,956
· City of Superior: $417,655
· City of Wausau: $371,608
· City of Wauwatosa: $594,265
· City of West Allis: $762,000
· Dane County: $730,767
· Milwaukee County: $992,237
· Waukesha County: $861,236
The State of Wisconsin will also receive $16,107,955 in CDBG funding to support local communities on the frontlines of this pandemic.
For more than 40 years, the CDBG program has invested billions of federal dollars in communities across the country and helped millions of Americans. The CDBG program fosters job development and provides assistance to neighborhood-based organizations, including community development corporations, in support of economic development, housing assistance, or neighborhood revitalization activities in Wisconsin that are vital to getting through this public health emergency. CDBG funding can be used for the expansion of community health facilities, child care centers, food banks and senior services.
An online version of this release is available here.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
More about the Coronavirus Pandemic
- MHD Release: Milwaukee Health Department Launches COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Dashboard - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Jan 23rd, 2024
- Milwaukee County Announces New Policies Related to COVID-19 Pandemic - County Executive David Crowley - May 9th, 2023
- DHS Details End of Emergency COVID-19 Response - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Apr 26th, 2023
- Milwaukee Health Department Announces Upcoming Changes to COVID-19 Services - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Mar 17th, 2023
- Fitzgerald Applauds Passage of COVID-19 Origin Act - U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald - Mar 10th, 2023
- DHS Expands Free COVID-19 Testing Program - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Feb 10th, 2023
- MKE County: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising - Graham Kilmer - Jan 16th, 2023
- Not Enough Getting Bivalent Booster Shots, State Health Officials Warn - Gaby Vinick - Dec 26th, 2022
- Nearly All Wisconsinites Age 6 Months and Older Now Eligible for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Dec 15th, 2022
- City of Milwaukee Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Update - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Dec 9th, 2022
Read more about Coronavirus Pandemic here
Mentioned in This Press Release
Recent Press Releases by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Senator Baldwin Delivers Over $6 Million for Wisconsin Airports to Improve Safety and Efficiency
Aug 12th, 2024 by U.S. Sen. Tammy BaldwinMilwaukee, Green Bay, Marathon County, and La Crosse airports receive Baldwin-backed federal investment
Senator Baldwin Delivers Over $8 Million to Grow Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Workforce
Aug 9th, 2024 by U.S. Sen. Tammy BaldwinInfrastructure funding will train workers for family-supporting careers in clean energy sector
Baldwin Introduces Legislation to Combat Wildlife and Livestock Disease Outbreaks
Aug 8th, 2024 by U.S. Sen. Tammy BaldwinLegislation comes as Wisconsin farmers confront avian flu outbreak in dairy cattle
This is great news and I would love to share it on Facebook, but press releases are not able to be posted. Is that something that can be addressed?
@KFG
I see we need to add the buttons to the PR screen, I will put it on my list. That said, in the short run just copy the url https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-announces-over-37-million-in-new-community-development-block-grants-for-wisconsin/ and paste it into Facebook. It should work just fine.