Robert R. McCormick Foundation Grants

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The Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the Chicago Tribune has recently announced that they have awarded 27 grant awards totaling $850,000 to local agencies that provide a broad range of parenting programs.

The treatment programs are designed to improve the social and emotional well-being of children affected by abuse and family violence, and to assist in reducing the risk of child abuse.

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