Rockland County Gov.: Applications Open For CARES Act Grant Funding

Press release from the County of Rockland:

September 29, 2021

New City, NY,

“We know Rockland is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and this funding is just one of the ways we in county government are working to support local businesses, nonprofits and residents. We are here to help these groups navigate the application process and federal requirements of this program,” said County Executive Ed Day. 

said County Executive Ed Day.

The County of Rockland is funding three separate programs from this grant and due to federal requirements only certain areas of the county are eligible: 

Small Business Grant Relief Program - Maximum of $45,000 per business, based upon need. Minimum request is $5,000: 

Small Business Grant Relief Program - Maximum of $45,000 per business, based upon need. Minimum request is $5,000

The goal of this program is to keep businesses open and retain jobs in those that are at-risk of closing or laying off employees due to social distancing policies and other orders and policies related to COVID-19. 

Financing under this program is available to eligible for-profit businesses registered and located within municipalities that are a part of the 2019 HUD Action Plan Urban Consortium: Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw and Stony Point and Villages of Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, Haverstraw, Hillburn, Kaser, Montebello, New Hempstead, Nyack, Piermont, Pomona, Sloatsburg, South Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, and West Haverstraw. 

Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw and Stony Point and Villages of Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, Haverstraw, Hillburn, Kaser, Montebello, New Hempstead, Nyack, Piermont, Pomona, Sloatsburg, South Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, and West Haverstraw.

Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Public Services Program: 

Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Public Services Program:

Rockland County is allocating funds to qualified non-profit 501(c)(3) agencies serving Rockland County to support a variety of activities that prevent, prepare for, and/or respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Activities are required to provide new or quantifiably increased public services that assist and/or benefit the low- and moderate-income population affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Financing under this program is available to eligible non-profit agencies serving county residents located within municipalities that are a part of the 2019 HUD Action Plan Urban Consortium: Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw, and Stony Point and Villages of Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, Haverstraw, Hillburn, Kaser, Montebello, New Hempstead, Nyack, Piermont, Pomona, Sloatsburg, South Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, and West Haverstraw. 

Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw, and Stony Point and Villages of Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, Haverstraw, Hillburn, Kaser, Montebello, New Hempstead, Nyack, Piermont, Pomona, Sloatsburg, South Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, and West Haverstraw

COVID-19 Rent Relief Grant Program: 

COVID-19 Rent Relief Grant Program: Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw, and Stony Point and Villages of Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Grand View, Haverstraw, Hillburn, Kaser, Montebello, New Hempstead, Nyack, Piermont, Pomona, Sloatsburg, South Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, and West Haverstraw Households must have a lease with an unrelated landlord and may not be residents of public housing buildings or receive Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher assistance. The applications for each program and federal eligibility requirements are available to download here: Follow us on Twitter: @rocklandgov

This press release was produced by the County of Rockland. The views expressed here are the author’s own.