Grants 2010 – current year
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Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program, which is in response to the national opioid crisis that has devastated families. This program empowers seniors who have taken on the role of parenting, through legal representation, advice and brief services, education and advocacy to address key diverse legal needs at a time of family crisis.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support Family Benefits program that provides benefit enrollment for health insurance and food security to economically disadvantaged individuals throughout the Chester and Montgomery Counties.
Approved $25,000 x 1 year January 2020 to support Tax Time Benefits program, which connects Philadelphia tax clients with public benefits such as SNAP, Medicaid or LIHEAP as part of their tax filing experience.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support Women of Change safe haven residence that provides shelter and intensive services for women who experience chronic homelessness and also struggle with a mental illness, substance use disorder and/or other physical ailments.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support New Day Drop-in Center for women who are victims of sex trafficking in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support educating and training for staff, clergy, and volunteers to dismantle structural racism by engaging peers, decisionmakers, and lawmakers in conversations about race and eliminating policies that erode the quality of life for low-income persons that are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in Philadelphia County.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 general operating support for ESL and computer literacy classes at their Northeast and Southwest Philadelphia locations.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 general operating support to continue the transition to new youth initiatives and projects while maintaining existing programming in family support, food access and nutrition. The new youth initiatives will include a paid youth work experience program that serves high schoolers from low-income families.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support Friendly Visits and Food Program in which volunteers make weekly home visits to deliver meals and visit with the elderly, disabled, and other isolated homebound client-friends.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support Open Door Clubhouse's Transitional Employment Program that provides temporary job opportunities for individuals recovering from mental illness, to help improve their quality of life.
Approved $20,000 x 1 year January 2020 general operating support for a residential program in Philadelphia County for women who are victims of sex trafficking. Funds will help provide safe housing, counseling, healthcare, food, clothing, education and addiction recovery services to women.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support expansion of youth literacy programs.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 general operating support to provide direct service and street outreach programs (wound care services, syringe clean-up and naloxone distribution) to combat the opiod crises in Philadelphia.