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10 NEW GRANTS IN 2017 $ 585,041 $ 1,026,607 In new grant commitments In grants distributed Youth Mental Health Matters: $100,000 (Year 1 of 3, $300,000) The collaboration will enable more effective and efficient delivery of youth mental health services by bringing counseling professionals and students in training into the Boys & Girls Club to connect with high-need populations in a trusted and accessible setting while expanding the Resident Training Program. Collaborators: Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay, Foundations (formerly American Foundation of Counseling Services), UW- Green Bay Social Field Placement Program ELEvate (Education.Literacy.Engagement) Our ELL Families: $41,390 (Year 1 of 3, $147,945 total) This work will expand upon a pilot program that targeted Latino families and incorporates additional family literacy programming sites in other schools with a high concentration of English Language Learners. The program addresses both the parents' and their children's literacy and language needs, while engaging parents in their child's education; building stronger school connections and parent and child interaction; and assisting parents in acquiring skills to be self-sufficient. Collaborators: Literacy Green Bay, Green Bay Area Public Schools, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Pathway to Self-Sufficiency: $100,000 (Year 1 of 3, $300,000 total) Families ready to leave shelter or transitional housing will receive support through increased guidance to self- sufficiency, continued case management, and long-term supportive housing. Ecumenical Partnership for Housing will become the landlord for families who would otherwise not have access to affordable housing. Collaborators: Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, The Salvation Army, Golden House, Freedom House Educacion: Una Mejor Oportunidad (Education: A Better Chance for Hispanics): $25,000 A planning grant will strengthen an existing partnership to better address the educational needs of the Hispanic community through an action plan and needs assessment focused on increasing post-secondary awareness among middle school and high school students and their parents. Collaborators: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, CASA Alba Melanie Hispanic Resource Center of Green Bay Community Resource Empowerment Program: $80,000 (Year 1 of 3, $236,500 total) A coordinated approach will assist people who are disconnected from the workforce, deficient in basic skills, underemployed or in need of assistance in attaining post- secondary education, specifically the incarcerated, noncustodial unemployed parents, alcohol and other drug abuse or mental health patients and victims of domestic or sexual abuse. Collaborators: New Beginnings Work & Training Center, Oconto County Sheriff's Department, Bay Area Workforce Development, FALS- Oconto Falls Alternative School REGIONAL Fresh Start - Regional Hunger Coalition: $24,800 To form a regional hunger coalition in order to learn about each other and identify opportunities to align resources to impact hunger and poverty at the regional scale. Collaborators: Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, St. Joseph Food Program, Salvation Army Fox Cities and Oshkosh Area Community Pantry NeighborCARE $21,074 To use the principles 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 Resiliency Development Strategies for Algoma's Youth: $17,162 A planning grant will establish a structure for initial screening of youth in areas impacting resiliency and mental health. In concert with data collection, a small- group resiliency building intervention will be piloted with analysis for further development and to outline potential barriers and areas of opportunity for resiliency strategies in future initiatives. Collaborators: Live Algoma, Algoma School District, UW-Green Bay Social Work Professional Programs, City of Algoma Parks & Recreation Department MULTI-YEAR GRANTS Fostering Youth Independence & Self- Sufficiency: $100,000 (Year 3 of 3, $299,640 total) The work addresses the gap in community resources and services dedicated to youth aging out of foster care and other at-risk groups sharing similar barriers to education and employment. Collaborators: Bay Area Workforce Development Board, Foundations (formerly American Foundation of Counseling Services), Brown County Human Services, CASA of Brown County, Advocates for Healthy Transitional Living Expanding Farmers Market SNAP and WIC Programs: $22,540 (Year 3 of 3, $53,785 total) This initiative expanded upon a Basic Needs Giving Partnership planning grant opportunity to create sustainability, making healthy foods more accessible and affordable for low-income residents in Brown County. FoodShare and WIC participants are able to use benefits at farmers markets. Collaborators: Live54218, OnBroadway, Downtown Green Bay Inc., UW-Extension, Oneida Nation Farmers Market, Main Street Farmers Market, Brown County WIC Program Connections for Mental Wellness: $97,949 (Year 3 of 3, $284,598 total) Connections for Mental Wellness (formerly Greater Green Bay Mental Health Connection and Mental Wellness Connections) was established to create better access for children, adults and families; develop an improved system of mental health care grounded in collaboration and coordination; decrease the stigma of mental illness; create a healthier community; and increase funding for community mental health services. Collaborators: Foundations (formerly American Foundation for Counseling Services), Bellin Health, Catholic Charities, Family Services, Hospital Sisters Health System Reader's Cafe Student Literacy Interventions: $50,000 (Year 1 of 3, $150,000 total) To increase reading confidence, fluency and proficiency for Boys & Girls Club members that are experiencing academic challenges because of low literacy skills through tutoring, Reader's Theaters, choral reading and book clubs. Collaborators: Winnebago County Literacy Council, Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh MULTI-YEAR GRANTS Catalpa Trees from Seeds at the Club: $98,177 (Year 3 of 3, $300,000 total) To provide children and their families with convenient access to mental health services and case management while instilling a deep understanding of living life with resiliency and support through integrated mental health programming and interaction with adults trained in trauma informed care. Collaborators: Catalpa Health, Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh, Inc. Oshkosh Financial Wellness Center: $54,640 (Year 2 of 2, $96,390 total) To open a Financial Wellness Center at the Oshkosh Fox Valley Technical College's Riverside campus to ensure that students receive assistance when emergency needs arise, with the goal of lessening their debt and financial strain long-term. Collaborators: FISC, Fox Valley Technical College Riverside Program Addressing Emerging Barriers: $22,300 (Year 3 of 3, $69,500 total) To better address the changing social dynamics of incoming Riverside students by hiring a dedicated Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) expert as well as updating/ enhancing the Financial Literacy and College and Career Readiness courses. Collaborators: Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Oshkosh Area School District 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.