FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
January 18, 2005
Contact:  Adrienne Elrod
(202) 225-3772
 

Arkansas Delegation Announces $556,560 for Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Bus Program
 
(Washington, D.C.) Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln and Congressmen Marion Berry, Vic Snyder, John Boozman, and Mike Ross today announced $556,560 in federal funding to supplement the elderly and persons with disabilities statewide buses and vans program.  

Members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation said the funding, part of a $10 million earmark the delegation secured in the Fiscal Year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Act, will supplement the procurement of vans and small buses for Arkansas' community service organizations serving the elderly and persons with disabilities.

 

The following non-profit agencies are recipients: 

1st District
Abilities Unlimited of Jonesboro, Inc., Jonesboro, AR                                       $25,200

Northeast Arkansas Community Mental Health Center, Inc., Jonesboro, AR     $30,400

Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches, Inc., Batesville, AR                                     $16,480

Woodruff County Nursing Home, McCrory, AR                                                           $13,600

2nd District
Community Living, Inc., North Little Rock, AR                                                 $33,600

Housing Authority of the City of Conway, AR                                                   $33,600

North Hills Services, Inc., Sherwood, AR                                                                     $25,200

The Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock, AR                                        $16,480

Baptist Health Foundation, Little Rock, AR                                                                   $25,600

Independent Living Services, Greenbrier, AR                                                    $14,240

3rd District
Area Agency on Agining of Western Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR                         $25,200

The Office of Human Concern, Inc., Rogers, AR                                                           $20,480

Archway, Inc., Russellville, AR                                                                         $20,480

Franklin County Learning Center, Ozark, AR                                                    $33,600

Boone County Independent Living, Inc., Harrison, AR                                      $27,360

Harbor House, Fort Smith, AR                                                                         $14,240

 
4th District
Rainbow of Challenges, Inc. – School of Hope, Hope, AR                                            $38,000

C.B. King Memorial School, Inc, McGehee, AR                                                           $27,360

Community Services Office, Inc., Hot Springs, AR                                                        $13,600

Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center, Inc., Texarkana, AR           $20,480

Garland County Council on Aging, Hot Springs, AR                                                      $13,600

Howard County Children’s Center, Nashville, AR                                                         $20,480

Association of Rehabilitation, Hot Springs, AR                                                  $15,280
 


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