NH Receives Additional $11.7 Million in Coronavirus Relief Aid

New Hampshire is set to receive an extra $11.7 million from the federal coronavirus aid package, reports Connecticut Post.

The aid is set to boon community service programs and the state’s homeless population. Programs will include; eviction prevention, rental deposit assistance, and homeless prevention programs. A sum of nearly $7.5 million will be given through the Community Development Block Grant program, going to Dover, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth and Rochester.

The new funds are in addition to the $1.25 billion announced last week, and the $147 million announced on Tuesday that goes towards child care, law enforcement, low-income housing, schools, transit and other programs.