RHODE ISLAND has been allocated another $7.6 million in Community Development Block Grants to address impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. / AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated an additional $7.6 million in Community Development Block Grants from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the state's congressional delegation announced. This is the third tranche of funding for CDBG under the CARES Act, bringing Rhode Island’s total to $22.1 million. The funds, which will be…