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Greene County Offers Non-profit Grant Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WAYNESBURG – Greene County Commissioners announce the Greene County CARES Non-profit Grant Program offering financial relief to support non-profit agencies in their community outreach efforts. The source of funding for this grant program is the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal stimulus package. Pennsylvania Act 24 of 2020 provides Greene County with CARES money distributed through the Commonwealth. These funds may be used for non-profit grant programs to support those that have been impacted negatively or services interrupted due to the pandemic.

This grant program is designed to allay non-budgeted expenditures attributed to the public health emergency related to COVID-19 that were (or will be) incurred between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020. Applicants for the grant program must be appropriately licensed and operating in Greene County and comply with several other restrictions presented in the application. 

The printable application is available on the Greene County Government website and the submission deadline is October 2, 2020.  Applications may be mailed or hand delivered to Greene County Commissioners, CARES Non-Profit Grant, 93 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370.

Additional information can be obtained on the Greene County Website, the Greene County Commissioner’s Facebook page or by calling (724) 852-5210.