Casey Foundation honors eight groups for family programs
Eight nonprofit groups that offer innovative programs to help families in poorer communities will each receive no-strings grants of $500,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The awards were made as part of the foundation's "Families Count" program, created to help children "by helping to give them what they need most -- strong, capable families," the Baltimore-based organization reports.
This year's Families Count winner are:
AVANCE Inc. of San Antonio, Texas, which offers educational and career counseling programs for parents'
Babyland Family Services Inc. of Newark, N.J., which offers infant day care and parenting classes, adult education, job training and community support programs;
Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe of El Paso, Texas, which offers low-cost health care to families in the community;
Family Services Research Center of Charleston, S.C., which developed Multisystemic Therapy, a four-month regimen to help parents succeed with "highly troubled youth";
Freeport West of Minneapolis, Minn., a youth-development organization that offers a network of support options;
Highbridge Community Life Center of Bronx, N.Y., which helps South Bronx residents build a number of self-sufficiency skills;
Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families of New York, which offers family support, parenting classes, health care services, and computer training in a number of locations;
Self-Help of Durham, N.C., which offers loans to low-income and minority residents for buying homes, starting businesses, and expanding community resources.
This is the Families Count award program's second year. The recognition is designed to boost individual nonprofit efforts and raise awareness of the need to create economic opportunities in low-income communities as a way of strengthening family unity.
"Stated broadly, families in communities where kids are faring the worst are typically unconnected to economic opportunity, adequate social networks, and the public systems most important to families," said Douglas W. Nelson, president of the Casey Foundation. "Families Count honorees work effectively to build bridges, promote relationships, and advance truly accessible services in our poorest neighborhoods. In short, connections count."
The Casey Foundation was established in 1948 by United Parcel Service co-founder Jim Casey and his siblings. The foundation has assets of more than $3.6 billion and last year gave out more than $110 million in grants.
The full version of this release can be found at:
http://www.aecf.org/familiescount/press.htm
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