HUD Funds To Combat
Area Homelessness
OFO Receives $716,456.00
By TED MEBUST
ONEONTA
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $1,162,978.00 commitment to two area homeless housing and services organizations, Opportunities for Otsego in Otsego County and Catholic Charities of Chenango County, on Thursday, February 2. OFO received $716,456.00 while the CCCC received $446,522.00.
Alicka Ampry-Samuel, HUD regional administrator Region II, New York and New Jersey, presented the grants to organizational representatives Dan Maskin, chief executive officer of OFO, and Robin Cotter, CCCC executive director, in conjunction with William Rivera, OFO crisis intervention director and president of Southern Tier Homeless Coalition.
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