Woods Charitable Fund
HUMAN SERVICES
Adoption Links Worldwide, Inc. $15,525
For staff support and contracting fees to pursue Hague Accreditation to comply with new international adoption laws for this organization dedicated to matching Nebraska families with children around the world who are in need of permanent homes
Asian Community and Cultural Center $20,000
Third-year support of staff time toward sustaining the Asian Elderly New Americans Enrichment Project, a long-standing program of the Center that makes vital human services, behavioral health counseling and social interactions more accessible to Asian seniors
Center for People in Need, Inc.  
Support of the Center's capital campaign for a warehouse and office facility to be used for project expansion, including the Truckloads of Help Project. The Center provides essential items for low income families at no cost through the not-for-profit agencies that serve them. $40,000
To continue and expand public policy education on issues affecting low income and high need populations by maintaining a legislative resource database, providing leadership for the Coalition of Human Services Needs and facilitating advocacy education $30,000
General operating support † $5,000
CenterPointe, Inc. $35,700
Second payment of a three-year $98,200 grant toward the salary of a new Director of Development to lead fundraising activities and develop private funds for this organization dedicated to serving those affected by co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues
City of Lincoln, Lincoln Area Agency on Aging $15,000
For The Unity Project, which enhances protection and rights of vulnerable adults who reside in Lincoln area nursing homes and assisted living communities and to strengthen the Ombudsman Advocate Program
Cultural Centers Coalition $35,000
For a shared Development Coordinator position for this collaboration, comprised of Asian Community and Cultural Center, Malone Community Center, Indian Center and El Centro de las Americas, that is dedicated to improving its client services through working collaboratively to strengthen each other and overcome the challenges shared by Lincoln's cultural centers
Families Inspiring Families, Inc. $20,000
Second-year renewal for the Prevention Advocacy Program, a peer-to-peer support program for families whose children are at risk of becoming state wards due to their emotional, behavioral and/or mental health issues
Family Service Association of Lincoln  
Second payment of a $40,000 grant for Therapy and Family Support services, a behavioral health program provided free-of-charge and on-site at elementary and middle schools to assist kids and families in dealing with life stressors that impact their behaviors and relationships at school or home $20,000
Second-year renewal for expansion of Therapy and Family Support services (see above) $30,000
Food Bank of Lincoln, Inc. $5,000
General operating support for this organization that collects and distributes food and basic need items for low income people †
Friendship Home of Lincoln $5,000
General operating support for this 25-bed emergency shelter for women and children who experience domestic violence †
Girl Scouts-Spirit of Nebraska $25,000
To launch Homestead Council's Girl Scout Outreach Program, coordinating with schools to offer Girl Scout programming on-site to high-risk middle and high school girls, with programming focus on academic achievement, career development and dealing with real-life issues
Good Neighbor Community Center, Inc. $20,000
First payment of a two-year $30,000 renewal grant to support the Executive Assistant position for this organization that provides clothing and basic needs to low-income people
Houses of Hope of Nebraska, Inc. $75,000
Toward the Vision of Hope capital campaign to create a new recovery campus, including three new halfway house facilities and an administrative office, for this agency that provides affordable residential treatment and support services for men recovering from substance abuse
Indian Center, Inc. $20,000
Toward a Youth Coordinator position to help administer the Center's services for at-risk Native American youth, including academic guidance and educational and employment opportunities
Lincoln and Lancaster County Child Guidance Center $35,000
Renewal support to enable the agency to continue offering parent counseling services to those who cannot afford to pay, in order to enhance outcomes for the Center's child clients receiving mental health therapy
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership $5,000
Renewal support for the evaluation of the School Community Intervention Program (SCIP) an in-school program to help elementary, middle and high school students with drug and alcohol abuse
Lincoln YWCA $10,000
Second payment of a two-year $20,000 grant toward the Administrative Manager position, to enhance the YWCA's existing leadership, strengthen its management and program support, and improve its governance, income generation and marketing
Malone Community Center $5,000
General operating support of this organization that serves ethnic minority and low income residents of Lincoln †
Matt Talbot Kitchen $30,000
Toward a Development Specialist position to enhance capacity building and fund development for this agency dedicated to providing food and services to Lincoln's homeless and working poor
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, Inc. $40,077
Second payment of a three-year $120,000 grant for the creation of a new anti-poverty plan and public campaign, the Economic Opportunity Agenda for Nebraska, which will contain an assessment of current Nebraska anti-poverty programs and initiatives and for preparing a comprehensive media and messaging strategy to garner support for the Agenda
Northeast Family Resource Center  
For administrative support and for efforts in capacity building and strategic planning of this organization whose mission is to build strong families and neighborhoods in northeast Lincoln through education and support $15,000
For the Parents as Partners project, a merging of the Center's two existing early childhood education programs, to provide parents with training in skill building and child development $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Inc.  
Second payment of a three-year $150,000 grant for general operating support for this organization that provides affordable and confidential reproductive health care and sex education in Lincoln, Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa $50,000
General operating support † $5,000
State of Nebraska, Region V Systems $5,000
For the Let's Build initiative managed by Region V Systems, with its partner the Lancaster County Funders Group, to assist community and faith-based organizations with becoming operationally effective and financially sound to better meet social service needs in the community
St. Monica's Home $22,500
Renewal support for implementation of its newly developed Cultural Diversity Organizational Model, The Quilted Web, to better serve its clients by improving the cultural diversity and multicultural competencies of this organization that serves women affected by substance abuse and other behavioral health disorders
UNL-Center on Children, Families and the Law $30,000
Second payment of a two-year $61,000 grant to develop judicial guidelines on children's participation in their foster care hearings through assessing child perceptions and attitudes about court participation and gathering information on the impact of their experience, in partnership with Lancaster County Juvenile Court
UNL-University of Nebraska Public Policy Center $20,000
Second payment of a three-year $60,000 grant to create, implement and promote a comprehensive, searchable online database of available human service resources in the state, to be freely accessible to Lincoln residents and service professionals
TOTAL HUMAN SERVICES $698,802
Woods Charitable Fund  •  PO Box 81309  •  Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
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