Social Services Grants

  • Family Services$10,000 to Family Services of Metro Orlando to sponsor the Heart Gallery, an exhibit to encourage the adoption of children in foster care.                              www.heartgallerymetroorlando.org
  • $24,826 to Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida as first payment on a two year grant of $60,874 to purchase new bunk beds and mattresses for the women’s and children’s shelter.                                      www.centralfloridahomeless.org
  • $40,000 to Children’s Home Society to train staff delivering services to children who are victims of --- or are at risk of --- abuse, neglect, or abandonment.
  • $44,588 to BETA Center, Inc to hire a full-time Volunteer Coordinator. www.betacenter.org
  • $48,500 to Senior Resource Alliance to establish an Aging Services Providers Academy that will expand the service options available to seniors and ensure the continued availability of services in Central Florida. www.sraflorida.org
  • $48,814 to Florida Senior Programs (RSVP) to fund a volunteer outreach specialist for the Amachi program to recruit, train, schedule and supervise volunteers who are mentoring children of incarcerated parents.
  • $69,175 to Intervention Services to provide a two-year grant to support a full-time overnight supervisor for a residential program for youth aging out of foster care. www.isifl.org
  • $75,000 to Bishop Grady Villas as a challenge grant to launch their scholarship program.Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
  • $96,941 to Legal Aid Society of Orange County to fund their Building Forever Families project to assist foster children by reducing the average time from termination of parental rights to adoption from the current 9 months to 4 months. www.legalaidocba.org
  • $108,737 to Community Service Center of Central Florida for a two year project to assist foster care youth achieve independence as they age-out of the system. www.cscfl.com
  • $115,000 in three separate grants to The Salvation Army to improve the security system for the women’s shelter and to contribute to the local holiday campaigns for 2007and 2008. www.salvationarmyorlando.org
  • $300,000 to Fresh Start Ministries of Central Florida toward the construction of a new residential center for their faith-based program to rehabilitate men with substance abuse problems. www.freshstartministries.com
  • $300,000 to Catholic Charities of Central Florida by agreeing to allow Shepherd’s Promise to transfer to them property originally purchased by a combination grant and loan.  After it is renovated, this property will be used as a counseling and education center for women with children.
  • $320,723 in two separate grants to Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando to cover the costs for the first two years of a three year pilot program to stabilize and assist low income working families become self-sufficient and to expand this successful program to other organizations in the Central Florida community. www.jfsorlando.org
  • $422,127 to Harbor House, a spouse abuse shelter, toward the costs to construct a Children’s Center. www.harborhousefl.com
  • $500,000 to Osceola County Council on Aging as a matching grant for the central kitchen in their new senior center building. www.osceolagenerations.org
  • $501,809 in three separate grants to the 2-1-1 Community Resources at Heart of Florida United Way to staff a volunteer recruitment program for one year; to upgrade their telephone and computer system; and to establish a Temporary Basic Needs Fund in response to extraordinary economic conditions. www.hfuw.org