The New York State Office of Mental Health announced up to $100,000 is available to fund projects aimed at reducing the stigma often associated with mental illness. Funded through voluntary contributions made by taxpayers when filing their returns, the Mental Illness Anti-Stigma Fund tax check-off program provides $20,000 in one-time grants for anti-stigma initiatives.
The Rev. John Cooper Jr., executive director of Niagara Gospel Mission, has finished his 222-mile ruck march to raise funds to expand the RECON recovery program for homeless veterans in Western New York. He raised $16,190.