The City of Bend granted Family Access Network (FAN) $10,000, along with four other local nonprofits, for efforts to help the Bend community recover from COVID-19. Funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) – Community Assistance Grant program, and will ensure FAN advocates can meet intensifying needs for children and their family members in Bend who are struggling to regain stability. FAN partners with over 100 community organizations to connect families to basic-needs resources quickly, including rent/utility relief, shelter, food, clothing, and more. Other funding recipients include FAN partners: Family Kitchen, Shepherd's House, Relationship Empowerment Action Compassion Heart (REACH), and Dawn's House. "The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our clients, many of whom were barely scraping by before March of 2020," explains Julie Lyche, FAN Executive Director. "With job losses and reduced hours, increased childcare during school closures or
Family Access Network receives $10,000 grant from city of Bend
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City of Bend announces 5 Community Assistance Grant recipients
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The City has selected five local non-profit organizations that will be receiving a combined $200,000 in funding through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) – Community Assistance Grant Program. The recipients were Family Kitchen, Shepherd's House, Family Access Network, Relationship Empowerment Action Compassion Heart (REACH), and Dawn's House. The grantees, which were selected by the City Council's Stewardship Subcommittee, met the U.S. Department of Treasury's requirements as well as the City's criteria to prioritize houselessness service providers as beneficiaries of the grant. "Central Oregon is seeing a surge in houselessness, which was made worse by the negative impacts of COVID-19 and has resulted in increasing demand on our local service providers," said Mayor Pro-Tem Gena Goodman-Campbell. "These grants will make meaningful progress towards addressing Bend's growing houselessness crisis by getting more resources into t