On January 20th, 2023, The Holyoke Office for Community Development released the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Plan Development Calendar for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and HOME funding.

Organizations, and nonprofits are encouraged to submit proposal applications to fund activities in the City of Holyoke to benefit low or moderate income persons, or low and moderate income areas. The first deadline is for CDBG funds, and the last day to submit a proposal is Friday, February 17th at 3:00 PM, Eastern Time.

For ARPA funds, there will be a community hearing session meeting in February, to gather input from the public, to learn more about needs and priorities, and then by March 3, the first allocation of ARPA funds will be announced.

The forms for the proposal application are available at the Office of Community Development online at holyoke.org, and also through the Facebook page of the OCD at facebook.com/HolyokeOCD

In this conversation with Alicia Zoeller, Administrator of the Holyoke Office for Community Development, we learn all the details about the funds, the process for proposal applications, the calendar, and how to get access to all the information related to these funds.