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Fort Smith allocates $335,685 of CARES Act funding to nonprofit groups
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Max Bryan
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August 4, 2021 at 7:01 a.m.
Next Step Day Room is seen Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at 123 N. Sixth St. in Fort Smith. The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday approved $235,000 in CARES Act funding for the construction of transitional housing for the nonprofit.
FORT SMITH The city is approved to allocate $335,682 in CARES Act money among three nonprofit organizations within its boundaries.
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday voted 5-1 to approve the appropriations to Crawford Sebastian Community Development Council, Next Step Day Room and The Arc for the River Valley. The board approved the appropriations after discussion over more than half of Next Step Day Room s money, unprogrammed money in the package and rental assistance in light of the expired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eviction moratorium.