Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, April 4, 2025 – The City of Goleta looks forward to helping those in need in our community using funds from the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Mayor Lisa Brown is joining mayors nationwide in urging federal lawmakers to preserve a grant program that provides millions annually for affordable housing and social services in ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Commerce announced changes to its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Community Facilities program to allow a rolling application process, lower ...

The Community Development Block Grant program was developed in 1974 under the idea that local leaders, not Washington bureaucrats, know best what their communities need. Instead of dictating how ...

BENTONVILLE -- The city is changing the way it allocates federal Community Development Block Grant money after it determined a homeownership assistance program was unfeasible with rising home prices.

The Alpena Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution at Monday’s board meeting authorizing an application for $1,275,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - An overhaul of the Community Development Block Grant program in Kansas is expected to expand eligibility and access to funds. The Kansas Department of Commerce announced on ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - City leaders reminded residents at the city Commissioner’s meeting Monday night of a community briefing scheduled for May 21st. The state of South Dakota is getting $15 ...

The Federal Home Loan Bank Board building is seen in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Robyn Stevens Brody / Sipa USA / AP Images) This is your first of three free stories this month.

Niagara Falls lawmakers have approved the city’s 2026-27 Community Development Action Plan, which will serve as its application for almost $2.8 million in grant funding from a trio of programs ...

MARIN COUNTY WILL FUNNEL about $2.3 million in federal funds, and additional state and local funds, to affordable housing ...

Multiple Lowcountry nonprofits and agencies will soon receive new grant funding through Berkeley County’s Community ...