Posts Tagged ‘ Community ’

State grant will help Fall River restore blighted properties

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May 16, 2012

A trio of vacant houses will be rehabilitated by the city with nearly a half million dollars from a state grant. The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development announced Tuesday that $475,000 is being awarded to the city through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The funds can be used by municipalities, for-profits and nonprofit...
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More than $64000 in grants support local youth programs

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May 16, 2012

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 33–> Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce, Youth Leadership Oshkosh: $1,500 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wisconsin Youth Leadership Academy: $2,000 Girl Scouts of Northwestern Great Lakes, Building Tomorrow’s Leaders: $1,000 Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Excellence through Ethics Program: $2,000 Best Friends of Neenah-Menasha, Community-Based Mentoring: $2,000 Paine Art Center and Gardens, Tuesday Evening...
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Kaiser Permanente Awards $6.5 Million in Grants to Community Organizations

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May 12, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Kaiser Permanente awarded grants totaling $6.5 million in the first quarter to 204 local organizations whose work is helping to build healthier communities. “There is a definite link between our health and our communities. Obesity and the high rates of chronic conditions are often times...
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Local Upward Bound programs win funding

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May 10, 2012

Print this Article Email this Article Disadvantaged high school students or those whose parents didn’t go to college will benefit from local Upward Bound programs again funded by the federal government. Over five years, the programs at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol Community College are in line to receive $1.8 million and...
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INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS: Grant County aims to plug brain drain

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May 9, 2012

Grant County is launching a new program designed to help persuade college graduates to live and work in the area. The Grants for Grads project offers up to $5,000 in housing assistance for eligible applicants. Grant County Economic Growth Council Marketing and Communications Director Erin Wheeler says an educated and highly–trained work force will...
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MCF announces grant recipients – Morton Times

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May 7, 2012

The Morton Community Foundation hosted the Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event at Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center April 26.  The event was used as the platform for announcing its annual grant recipients.  Announcements were made of recipients of another $36,316 in grants. On Monday night the Foundation announced six recipients of another...
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USDA Invites Applications for Grants to Provide Broadband Service to Remote …

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May 6, 2012

USDA Invites Applications for Grants to Provide Broadband Service to Remote Rural Communities Details Created on Saturday, 05 May 2012 20:54 Written by Farm Compliance Washington, DC – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is accepting applications through the Community Connect Broadband program for grants to provide broadband service to residents of remote,...
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Local teachers receive $121636 in ‘Good Classroom’ grants for innovative projects – The Grand Rapids Press

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May 6, 2012
Local teachers receive $121636 in ‘Good Classroom’ grants for innovative projects – The Grand Rapids Press

Mlive.com archives GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Twenty-one innovative classroom projects will receive $121,636 from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Tonight, the foundation is honoring the local teachers, principals, students and families from schools that received the “Good Classroom” grants at its annual education awards celebration at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. “The Good...
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Community Action grant scheme

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May 6, 2012

Published on Saturday 5 May 2012 16:22 Community groups across Scotland, who are running projects to do with managing and enjoying nature, can now apply for a new Community Action Grant. Launched by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the new scheme is for grants of between £1k and £20k for short term projects of 12...
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Local Community Health Center Accepts $500000 Grant

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May 6, 2012

CARRBORO-Last week, a local community health facility received a generous grant as a byproduct of the new Affordable Care Act. Lydia Mason serves as the CFO of Piedmont Health Services, Inc. in Carrboro. She says the Alamance branch of her facility will receive $500,000. “This grant was written for the Scott Community Health Center,”...
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