Grants
- Rural LISC has committed $170,000 in predevelopment and recoverable grants to CDCs to help repair and rebuild 370 homes and develop 264 new affordable homes, apartments, and a health center.
- Rural LISC, using funds from Robert Wood Johnson, Kellogg Foundation, and US HUD Section 4, has made $1.1 million in grants to six CDCs to hire staff, support volunteer efforts and repair homes and businesses. The groups are Mercy Housing and Human Development (Gulfport, Miss.), Pearl River Valley Opportunity (Columbia, Miss.), Centro Campesino Farmworker Center and Everglades Community Association (Florida City, Fla.), Southern Mutual Help Association (New Iberia, La.), Pineywoods HOME Team (Nacogdoches, Texas).
- LISC has $150,000 in grants to the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative and Operation Comeback for rebuilding efforts in the Central City and Holy Cross neighborhoods.
- With funding from Citizens Bank, LISC programs in the Mid South Delta, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago and Rhode Island are helping local organizations provide relocation and rental assistance, family and employment services and access to benefits for 750 evacuee families.