Bill > A5504

Introduced Session

This bill would establish the "Municipal Community Center Grant Program" in the Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community Affairs. This program would annually provide grants to municipalities for use towards the construction of new community centers. These centers enable communities to grow and play an important role in the health and well-being of its constituents. The bill provides a priority in the award of grants to municipalities that currently lack community centers or have an insufficient number of such facilities relative to the population of the municipality. The bill requires the Department of Community Affairs to annually request, as part of its annual budget proposal, a minimum of $10,000,000 to fund the grants authorized by the bill. The bill also requires the department and the Division of Housing and Community Resources to pursue and utilize any available federal, State, local, and private funding for the grants.

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Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Anthony Verrelli (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee (on 03/17/2021)