Four agencies receive fed grants to buy vehicles

YOUNGSTOWN — Eastgate Regional Council of Governments announced that four agencies in Mahoning and Trumbull counties have received federal grant funding to buy vehicles.

Antonine Sisters Adult Day Care, Mahoning County Adult Services Company, under the Mahoning County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Lake Vista of Cortland and Trumbull County Action Program received the money through the fiscal year 2009 Specialized Transportation Grant Program.

The program provides funds to assist organizations in providing transportation services to meet the special needs of elderly people and those with disabilities.

The capital grant funds can be used to buy vehicles, mobility management services and other transportation-related equipment.

The grants pay for 80 percent of the items with the agencies responsible for the 20 percent share.