(WLOS) — Gov. Josh Stein has announced over $9 million in grants to assist more than a dozen nonprofit groups in western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
This funding will support Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters with housing repairs and reconstruction projects throughout the region.
“More than a year has passed since Hurricane Helene, and we are fortunate that so many volunteer organizations have stepped up to help their neighbors in need,” Gov. Stein said via a press release Thursday. “Their tireless work is critical to our ongoing efforts to get western North Carolinians back in their homes.”
$12.4M APPROVED IN PROJECTS TO BOOST BUNCOMBE COUNTY TOURISM AND AID HURRICANE RECOVERY
The following organizations will receive grant funding:
- All Hands All Hearts: $435,000
- Ashe County Recovery & Restoration: $244,000
- Appalachian Service Project: $700,000
- Avery County Amy Wellness Foundation: $100,000
- Baptists on Mission: $2.5 million
- Camp Grier: $250,000
- Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders: $700,000
- Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity: $2 million
- Transylvania Habitat for Humanity: $280,000
- Henderson County Thermal Belt Habitat: $225,000
- Housing Assistance Corporation: $300,000
- Operation Helo: $500,000
- FUMC Waynesville: $850,000
- Western NC Conference of United Methodist Church: $300,000
These grants are made available via the North Carolina General Assembly, which also recently allocated an additional $18 million to continue supporting volunteer organizations.