With reduced federal funding in hand, a St. Augustine nonprofit is turning to creative methods to revamp housing for homeless families.
The Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County is in St. Augustine near West King Street.
The nonprofit has 23 houses total, including transitional and permanent housing. Thirteen of those are over 100 years old and in need of significant renovation, the nonprofit s Executive Director Debi Redding said. The organization provides housing for homeless families, including single parents,
The homes, which are 600-800 square feet, have historical value and aren t allowed to be torn down. They were built for people who worked for Henry Flagler s Florida East Coast Railway, Redding said.
Tufts Community Grant program provides support for local non-profits hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
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Thirty-five local organizations in Tufts’ four host communities in Massachusetts have been awarded $35,000 in grants from the Tufts Community Grants (TCG) program. The grants, which are funded by donations from Tufts University faculty and staff, are awarded each year to community-based charitable organizations in Boston, Grafton, Medford and Somerville.
TCG is a giving option of the annual Tufts Community Appeal, an internal fundraising campaign for faculty and staff at Tufts University. Donors to the TCG program are members of the Tufts workforce who value and support the work of the university’s community partners and the welfare of Tufts’ host communities.
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SAN ANGELO The Standard-Times sent a questionnaire to all candidates running for San Angelo City Council. The positions for Mayor and Single Member Districts 2, 4 and 6 are up for election. Voters will decide who will represent them on May 1, 2021.
The 10 candidates in this year s election represent a diverse mix from San Angelo s community, with six women and four men seeking office. Some have been involved in city politics for years. Others, like 19-year-old Cie Rangel, are political newcomers.
On May 1, San Angelo will choose between three mayoral candidates. Incumbent Brenda Gunter, the city s first elected female mayor, will face two challengers: Silvara Lawson and Dietrick Tillis.
“(Mayor Ed Bolt and I) had to basically learn a second language,” she said.
Next came a mapping system to learn where homeless encampments were and where individuals were staying, which is crucial for the program, she said.
“We were able to match the police department with our engineering department that was just a nice organic, problem-solving solution that happened right there just by having a meeting with our inner-agencies,” she said.
Getting support from Shawnee churches, nonprofits
Craig said they also looked outside of Shawnee at others helping with homelessness.
“We worked with a bunch of churches, groups, nonprofits,” she said. They were each asked how they are doing, what is successful and not successful for them, and how they could help.