County receives United Way funds for disaster relief

Indiana Association of United Ways (IAUW) announced Carroll County recently became the recipient of $700,000 in grant money for individual assistance to help with recovery efforts from the 2008 February and June storm and flood damage. Disaster Assistance Northwest Indiana (DANI) will administer funds to Carroll and surrounding counties.

Grants totaling $14.8 million came from the 2008 Indiana Natural Disaster Fund established with a $45 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.

"We have supported worthy projects from funds provided by Lilly Endowment to address the worst Indiana disasters in 100 years," Larry Welker, IND Fund chairman and IAUW board member said.

Factors determining grant awards include local needs, available resources, the scale and type of damage, local demographics and other funding commitments.

Round one grants which included funding for immediate assistance needs and the creation of an infrastructure of support groups to organize and carry out the recovery work were awarded during the summer.

Round two grants included proposals for projects ranging from assisting individuals rebuild homes to reconstructing or repairing public facilities in the hardest-hit counties.