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Union County would like your participation in the review of the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan. This annual document is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive federal assistance to address housing, economic development, and community development issues. The 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan is a planning document Union County submits each year to HUD detailing how the County proposes to spend its Community Development Block Grant funds during the specific program year.

Every year Congress must pass spending legislation to fund the government. This is handled by the 12 subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee that are in charge of deciding how federal funding will be distributed among all programs within all federal agencies. The process officially starts with the Administration submitting to Congress the President’s budget for that fiscal year. The President’s budget details a vision for spending, but Congress decides where the money will flow.

Centralina’s Community Economic Development (CED) Department seeks a COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (CD) COORDINATOR to provide support to the department to help ensure housing and infrastructure development activities meet federal, state and local building regulations and grant program requirements and to work with local governments to implement effective and efficient infrastructure that support public health and economic resilience.

AN AGING PROGRAM SPECIALIST is needed to support the program and services provided by the Centralina Area Agency on Aging. Must be well-organized, customer-service oriented and have a strong human services background.  The Centralina Area Agency on Aging department identifies needs and delivers critical services to support older and disabled adults. Centralina Area Agency on Aging is a division within the Centralina Regional Council.

Centralina Regional Council seeks an economic development professional for the position of COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CED) SPECIALIST to provide technical planning and grants management work in support of the Centralina Economic Development District (CEDD) and departmental activities. The CED Specialist works closely with the Assistant Director for CED to coordinate federal grant programs from the US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration; these grants fund Centralina activities including the planning and implementation of the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.

On Monday, April 4th, congressional lawmakers unveiled a $10 billion agreement for emergency Covid-19 funding to help with costs like vaccines, tests, therapeutics and other supplies. Thankfully the bill does not rescind billions in state funding under American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to pay for the new spending package, after an earlier proposal called for taking back about $7 billion from 30 states, including North Carolina, to do so. Congressional negotiators had initially looked to take back funds promised to states to help pay for the emergency Covid funding while working on the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill for the current fiscal year. Instead, House leadership removed the Covid funding measure from the larger fiscal bill and began negotiations over passing it as separate legislation.