| The City of Torrington is now accepting applications for Community Impact Grants. This program is intended to make transformative investment, over a wide range of uses, that address the negative impacts caused or exacerbated by the Pandemic, while also strengthening the fabric of the community.
This program is intended to make transformative investment, over a wide range of uses, that address the negative impacts caused or exacerbated by the Pandemic, while also strengthening the fabric of the community. Successful applications will address one or more of the goals of this grant program. The goals of this grant are as follows:
- Re-engage Torrington’s youth
- Increase childcare capacity
- Provide mental health support
- Support the travel and tourism industries
- Support Torrington’s creative economies
- Support workforce development or job training
- Address drug and alcohol addiction or domestic violence within the community
- Increased capacity to address human needs such as food insecurity, housing insecurity and homelessness.
Minimum grant request is $10,000. There is no cap to funding request. Larger grants may be awarded; however, average grant is anticipated to be between $25,000- $50,000. Funding is provided by the City of Torrington’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Available funding for this round is $875,000. The application deadline is April 2, 2023 at 11:59 pm. Details and applications can be found here. |
