The Arlington Heights Village Board decided Wednesday night not to use village money to assist organizations disappointed by this year’s distribution of federal Community Development Block Grant funds.
Northwest Action Against Rape and Resource Center for the Elderly had to be content with the $8,000 and $1,550, respectively, parceled out by the Village Board earlier this month. The groups originally had sought $25,000 and $6,000.
Northwest Suburban PADS and Horizons Children’s Center, which had sought a total of $25,000, came away with no money at all.
Siobhan White, case manager for HOPE Center, an organization for the homeless denied block grant funds earlier this month, said, “We’re obviously sorely disappointed.”
Most village trustees said they had a problem giving tax money to organizations normally supported by private sources.
