GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT CONNECTICUT’S ARTS
HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced today that the State of Connecticut will be providing up to $9 million in grants to certain nonprofit arts organizations in the state to help them recover more quickly from the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing federal CARES Act funding from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of the Arts will administer the COVID Relief Fund for the Arts program with the goal of supporting: · Arts nonprofits for whom grants will make a difference in terms of survival or rehiring; and · Arts nonprofits that have had to curtail operations for a period of time due to the pandemic and which have had…
