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Stimulus funds to target money smarts, job and business skills
Local agencies will get more than $3 million in federal
stimulus money to offer services that could include training in job skills,
entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
The funds are part of a statewide allocation of $42 million
from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money is being channeled
through the federal Community Services Block Grant program, which provides
funding intended to combat root causes of poverty.
Pennsylvania
will distribute the funds to Community Action Agencies, which provide a range
of anti-poverty services. Agencies must submit plans to the state detailing what
they will do with their allocations.
The Lebanon County Community Action Partnership has not yet
decided how to spend its $450,000 allocation, but may use the money to boost a
program that helps participants search for and prepare for jobs, said Phyllis
Holtry, the agency’s administrator.
Other local agencies to receive funding, according to the
state, include:
- Harrisburg-based
Community Action Commission, $1.2 million - Community
Action Program of Lancaster County, $1 million - York-based
Community Progress Council, $850,000
The state will take public comments through May 28 on its
draft of a plan to disburse the funds. Click here for a PDF of the plan.
