Federal grants add to hurricane recovery
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on January 26, 2017 12:20 PM
Wayne and four other counties will benefit from nearly $159 million in grant funding to help families and communities recover from Hurricane Matthew.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced this morning that the state will receive more than $198 million with the nearly $159 million earmarked for Wayne, Robeson, Cumberland and Edgecombe counties.
The remaining approximately $39 million will go to address disaster recovery in the other 46 disaster-declared counties in the state.
The recovery funds will help communities hit hard by Hurricane Matthew with housing, economic development, infrastructure and efforts to prevent further damage.
The funding is through Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.