70021506 - Working Cities Tech Assistance Grants

Account Description FY2016
Spending
FY2017
GAA
7002-1506 Working Cities Tech Assistance Grants
For competitive technical assistance grants to be administered by the executive office of housing and economic development, in coordination with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, to provide multi-year support to initiatives that advance cross-sector collaboration among the public, private and nonprofit sectors; provided, that in order to qualify for funding, a project proposal shall catalyze and accelerate initiatives that create new or stronger working relationships between key institutions, agencies, organizations and businesses within municipalities with: (a) populations of more than 35,000 and less than 250,000 residents; (b) median family incomes that are below the median of similarly-sized municipalities; and (c) median poverty rates that are above the median for similarly-sized municipalities; provided further, that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston shall identify additional program eligibility requirements; and provided further, that the private sector and other institutions shall contribute to this program an amount that is at least equal to the total state appropriation for this program
500,000 500,000