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Audubon Area Community Services receiving over $600K in federal funding By 14 News Staff | May 13, 2021 at 9:36 AM CDT - Updated May 13 at 9:36 AM
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Senator Mitch McConnell announced 27 community service agencies and educational organizations across the Commonwealth will be receiving nearly $4.3 million in federal funding.
Audubon Area Community Services in Owensboro is one of those organizations that will be granted funding. They are set to get over $600,000.
Officials say that funding will provide necessary childcare and learning services during the coronavirus pandemic.
The funding was made available by the Coronavirus Relief and Response Act of 2020.
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âUtilities is the big request right now,â said Angela Settle, the Help Officeâs director.
The Help Office and the Salvation Armyâs Owensboro office both have utility assistance funds available, officials said Tuesday. Audubon Area Community Services is currently out of utility assistance dollars, although more funds are expected in early January.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused multiple hardships for people, even those who havenât become ill. Settle said some Help Office clients are reporting losing income when they learn they have a possible COVID exposure and have to quarantine.
âA lot of people have lost income due to COVID,â Settle said. âOne client said they were exposed and had to quarantine, and ended up getting (the virus). So they were off for several weeks.â