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County Awards Millions In COVID-19 Aid To Organizations


The Bucks County Commissioners on Wednesday.
Credit: County of Bucks/Screengrab

Bucks County has awarded more than $4 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to a group of senior centers, nonprofits, and organizations that assist residents, often those with various challenges.

The approximately $4.2 million in funds comes from the county’s pot of $109 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act money

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Below are the organizations that had funding approved as the commissioners meeting on Wednesday:

  • Benjamin H. Wilson Senior Center – $34,529
  • Bensalem Senior Citizens Association – $46,273
  • Bristol Borough Area Active Adult Center – $20,150
  • Bristol Township Senior Citizens Center – $78,110
  • Bucks County Association for Retired and Senior Citizens – $162,070
  • Council Rock Senior Citizens Association – $9,477
  • Eastern Upper Bucks Seniors – $19,180
  • Falls Township Senior Citizens – $90,467
  • Middletown Senior Citizens Association – $45,685
  • Morrisville Senior Servicenter – $48,380
  • Adelphoi Village – $20,907
  • Bethany Christian Services of the Greater Delaware Valley – $9,740
  • George Junior Republic in Pennsylvania – $4,048
  • Maternity Care Coalition – $21,415
  • The Salvation Army of Levittown – $15,250
  • Valley Youth House Committee – $10,874
  • Bucks County Drug ad Alcohol Commission Inc. – $17,426.59
  • Gaudenzia Inc. – $36,000
  • Good Friends Inc. – $8,696.56
  • Livengrin Foundation – $35,680
  • Day With My Friends – $3,289.37
  • BARC Developmental Services Inc. – $25,000
  • Child & Family Focus – $12,530.93
  • CO-MANS Inc. – $18,413
  • Community Options Inc. – $18,651.12
  • Comprehensive Learning Center – $5,000
  • Delta Community Supports Inc. – $532,503
  • Employment Technology Inc. – $1,634
  • Family Services Association of Bucks County – $98,864.17
  • Horizon House Inc. – $100,333
  • Indian Creek Foundation Inc. – $64,144
  • Lenape Valley Foundation – $464,662
  • LifePath Inc. – $168,864
  • Merakey of Bucks County – $2,250
  • Penndel Mental Health Center – $462,942
  • Penn Foundation – $347,114
  • Salisbury Behavioral Health – $26,185
  • The Salvation Army of Philadelphia – $5,747.68
  • Shared Support South Inc. – $396,654.50
  • T.E.C., Inc., d/b/a Family and Friends – $75,280.96
  • Voice & Vision Inc. – $8,460
  • Woods Services – $629,838

The county has already used some of the funds to support small business grants, purchases of equipment and supplies, and upgrade video equipment.

Federal relief funds provided to the county can be used for necessary expenditures due to COVID-19 that were not in the 2020 budget and incurred between March 1 and December 30.

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