Programs to help with home repairs, provide emergency rent assistance and more hang in the balance for Federal Way residents.

Next month, members of the Parks, Recreation, Human Services & Public Safety (PRHSPS) Council Committee are expected to deliberate on which local organizations will receive approximately $1 million in grant funding through federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).

On Aug. 12, council members voted to sign a letter to Washington Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Representative Adam Smith, asking them to support the continuation of those same funds.

“Without CDBG, 292 small businesses would not have received the support to keep their doors open and 60 homes would not have received the critical repairs that they need to keep families stably house

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