Jackson Township will receive roughly $100,000 a year in grant funds for projects to aid low- to moderate-income households as a result of 2020 census.

Because Jackson’s population in the 2020 census rose above 4,000 residents — the township’s population grew from 3,657 in 2010 to 4,883 in 2020 — it will receive funds via the state’s Small Cities Program, which provides monies to communities to help low- to moderate-income neighborhoods and to tackle housing blight.

Butler County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a contract with Mullin & Lonergan Associates Inc. a Pittsburgh-based community development firm, to provide services on behalf of Jackson for the Small Cities Program.

Wendy Leslie, the county’s Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG, coordinator, said Jackson will likely receive about $102,000 annually through the Small Cities Program, which the state administers using federal CDBG funds.

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