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12 Community Resource Empowerment Center: $25,000 To expand work and training program for Oconto County by becoming a community resource center that focuses on empowerment programs that will lead to gainful employment and improve quality of life outcomes. Assisting those who are disconnected from the workforce and are deficient in basic skills in obtaining health insurance coverage and post-secondary education enrollment. Collaborators: New Beginnings, Oconto County Child Support Agency, Family Services, Community Services Division/Dept. of Health & Human Services Ecumenical Community Coordination Initiative: $30,000 Bring local churches into a continuum of care for those in need by aligning and tracking resource allocation. Strengthen the relationship between churches and providers of care through the utilization of a database. Collaborators: Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, St. Vincent de Paul, The Salvation Army, Trinity Lutheran Latino Family Literacy Program: $8,000 To provide family literacy for Latino families to address both parents' and children's literacy and language needs, while also engaging parents in their child's education and building a stronger school community. Collaborators: Literacy Green Bay, Inc., Green Bay Area Public Schools At-Risk Youth Employment & Training in Oconto County: $51,540 (Year 3 of 3, $156,545 total) Work and training program for Oconto County youth, ages 16-21 that are in the foster care and juvenile justice system. Work experience placements, along with educational courses are offered, as well as assessments of need and pairing with services of the collaborative partners. Collaborators: New Beginnings/Oconto County Partnership, UW Extension Oconto County, Bay Area Workforce Development Board, Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Expanding Farmers Market SNAP and WIC Programs: $20,985 (Year 2 of 3, $64,994 total) To expand original Basic Needs Giving Partnership planning grant and create sustainability, making healthy foods more accessible and affordable for low-income residents in Brown County. FoodShare and WIC participants will be able to use benefits at farmer's five farmer's markets. Collaborators: LIVE54218, OnBroadway, Downtown Green Bay Inc., UW Extension, Oneida Nations Farmers Market, Main St. Farmer's Market, Brown County WIC Program Fostering Youth Independence & Self Sufficiency: $99,820 (Year 2 of 3, $299,640 total) To address the gap in community resources and services dedicated to youth aging out of foster care and other at-risk youth groups sharing similar barriers to education and employment. Collaborators: Bay Area Workforce Development Board, American Foundation of Counseling Services, Brown County Human Services, CASA of Brown County, Advocates for Healthy Transitional Living Mental Wellness Connections: $97,949 (Year 2 of 3, $290,001 total) Establish Mental Wellness Connections (formerly Greater Green Bay Mental Health Connection) to create better access for children, adults, and families; develop an improved system of mental health care grounded in collaboration and coordination; decrease stigma of mental illness; create a healthier community; and increase funding for community mental health services. Collaborators: American Foundation for Counseling Services, Bellin Health, Catholic Charities, Family Services, Hospital Sisters Health System Long-term Supportive Transitional Housing Support: $50,400 (Year 3 of 3, $125,000 total) To address the increasing need for supporting transitional housing by providing resources to meet the needs of qualified families on the waiting list, as well as, the needs of families in the current program who are still experiencing barriers. Collaborators: Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, The Salvation Army Summer Learning Initiative: $100,000 (Year 3 of 3, $259,350 total) To provide about 900 youth with year- round access to out-of-school time learning opportunities through an expansion of the summer wrap-around programs at high-need elementary schools in Green Bay. To prevent summer learning loss in reading and math and prepare rising middle school students for a successful transition to secondary school. Collaborators: Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay, Green Bay Area Public School District $63,000 in new grant commitments $483,694 in grants distributed NEW GRANTS IN 2016 MULTI-YEAR GRANTS *Note: The grants represented are based on the fiscal year of the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs and the Basic Needs Giving Partnership. Community Foundation fiscal years vary. NeighborCARE: $50,000 (Year 3 of 3, $300,000 total) To use the principals of "asset based community development" to mobilize community volunteers and match them to the needs of aging adults facing limitations and isolation. Collaborators: Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties REGIONAL

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