Millions of dollars on hold for Rochester community organizations after sponsor rejection

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Several Rochester community organizations will have to continue waiting for nearly $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to be distributed.

Several Rochester community organizations will have to continue waiting for nearly $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to be distributed after a new financial sponsor was rejected during a committee vote in the Monroe County Legislature on April 30, 2024 .

The organizations are part of a partnership known as the Neighborhood Collaborative Project . Together, they provide services, such as food and housing assistance, to residents in need.Action for a Better Community is one of a dozen partners in the NCP. ABC is owed money, but Underwood says other partners are owed much more and have faced challenges, like closure, due to the freeze that remains on the money they were expecting to continue critical services.

This comes after the County launched a forensic review into financial mismanagement from the Community Resource Collaborative , which previously had that responsibility.Monroe County releases forensic review on alleged mismanagement of critical federal funds"I did not think that this project should go intact," she said. "There needed to be controls in place and there were no assurances that that would happen.

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