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Text Box: We have prepared far too many winning grant proposals to list them all on one page. Here is just a sampling of grant awards we helped our clients win over the last 15 years. Home and Community Health Services, Inc., a visiting nurse service of the Johnson Health Network of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, received a grant of $133,409 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to upgrade its technology to improve patient service and record keeping. The Reggie McKenzie Foundation in Highland Park, Michigan, received a $57,000 grant from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to add the Safe Routes to Schools component to their popular Project Impact/Operation Reach weekend tutoring and self-awareness program for underprivileged children in grades six through 12. The Blue Water YMCA in Port Huron, Michigan received an $800,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to support their $15.5 million capital campaign, Building for the Future. The National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana received a $15,000 from the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area Phase IV funding initiative to support a new program, People Like Us: Stepping Back into Life, for dialysis patients suffering from depression one-year after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois received a two-year $150,000 Conservation Project Support grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Arboretum received the full amount of their request making it the top award during the cycle. The grant will allow the Arboretum to conduct an environmental survey of its 700 acres of wooded natural areas and adjacent leased property to establish critical baseline information. The Bridge Family Center in West Hartford, Connecticut received three grants totaling $1.7 million from one competitive application process from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). All three grants will create new, short-term assessment and respite centers/shelters for girls in Manchester, Southington, and West Hartford. The Bridge Family Center received two grants from one competitive application process from DCF. The first grant for $903,688 will establish a Level II Therapeutic Group Home for girls ages 13 to 16 years of age. The second grant for $671,820 will support the development of a Level 1.5 Traditional Enhanced Group Home for girls 10 to 13 years of age. Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York received an $800,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to support their $12.0 million capital campaign, Building on a Half Century of Healthcare. American Baptist Churches USA in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania received a $1,975,810 grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Sustaining Pastoral Excellence for its Together in Ministry program. There were 731 proposals received for this special competition with 47 funded. Reggie McKenzie Foundation received a five-year, $495,000 grant from the Skillman Foundation to support its capacity building efforts. Detroit Zoological Society received $2.0 million grant from Skillman Foundation to support its Arctic Ring of Life permanent exhibit. This gift was part of its Celebrating Wildlife $35.0 million capital campaign. Macomb County Circuit Court – Family Division, Juvenile Court, located in Michigan, received a $150,000 grant from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Discretionary Grant program to support the creation of the Juvenile Sex Offender Re-Entry Program (JSORP). There were 22 grants awarded from a total of 1,300 proposals received. Read more about JSORP at the Bureau of Justice Assistance and US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs websites. Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, Michigan, received a $35,000 grant from the Bannerot-Lappe Foundation to support its new state-of-the-art residence and training facility. This gift was part of its Leading into the Future $9.5 million capital campaign. Macomb County Circuit Court—Family Division, Juvenile Court received a $150,000 grant from the State of Michigan Byrne Memorial Formula Grant Program under the Family and Domestic Violence Policing Strategies. The Court will increase the effectiveness of the county-wide multi-disciplinary team (MDT) investigating and prosecuting suspect cases of child sexual and severe physical abuse. This is a two-year grant. Care House, located in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, received a $35,000 grant from the SBC Foundation to support the creation of its Online Prevention Education program for teens attending area middle and high schools. University of Detroit Mercy in partnership with Macomb Community College, Schoolcraft College and Holy Redeemer High School, received a $256,000 grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers to create The Great Lakes Education Alliance for Manufacturing (GLEAM) to develop four new degree programs in manufacturing, engineering and manufacturing technology. Read more about GLEAM. Presbyterian Villages of Michigan received an $82,149 grant from the Southeast Michigan Healthy Youth and Healthy Seniors Fund to support the expansion of its Staying Healthy and Maintaining an Independent Lifestyle program. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital—Oakland, located in Pontiac, Michigan, received a $250,000 from the McGregor Fund to expand its Healthy Start for Oakland County program. And, there are literally thousands of grant awards won by our clients in the range of $1,000 to $50,000. © 1997-2008 The Write Source, LLC, Glastonbury, CT. All rights reserved.