Financial Assistance
The Local Government Financial Assistance section manages a number of grant and loan programs within the Department of Local Affairs specifically designed to address public facility and service needs. Through coordination and outreach with the department's field offices, grant and loan resources are distributed on both a formula and discretionary basis depending upon applicable state statutory provisions, federal requirements and/or program guidelines. The section oversees application, contract and payment distribution processes, develops partnerships with federal funding agency providers and conducts training sessions for local government grantees in project administration activities.