City council to award $121,000 in grants

Local charities stand to benefit from $121,000 in Community Development Block Grants the Coeur d'Alene City Council is expected to award Tuesday.

The council's General Services Committee is recommending the council award grants to the North Idaho Violence Prevention Center, The Children's Village and Trinity Group Homes, Inc.

The North Idaho Violence Prevention Center would receive a $10,203 grant for shelter renovations, The Children's Village would receive $86,154 for the Miller House Expansion Project and Trinity Group Homes would receive $24,643 for rehabilitation to LMI Rentals for Energy Conservation.

The Community Development Block Grant program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds grants related to affordable housing and anti-poverty programs.

For the year 2015, the General Services Committee is recommending $121,000 in grant funding go to the Shepherd's Table - a mobile food bank that takes food to those in need.