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The grants, awarded in the Community Impact and COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund, will be used for a wide range of causes, including arts education, community building, education, food insecurity, health, supporting senior citizens, and youth development, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports.
The largest grant was $115,000 to Arm in Arm, which is working with Housing Initiatives of Princeton to prevent evictions.
Among the other recipients: Jewish Family & Children's Service of Princeton and Mercer County, which runs brick-and-mortar and mobile food pantries in the area.
Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, Princeton, to help fund its Arts Impact Initiative at two schools.
Princeton Mobile Food Pantry, Princeton, to support fresh and healthy groceries to food-insecure residents.
The Suppers Programs, Princeton, which partners with other nonprofits to provide access to nutritional information and educational programs, such as Healthy Cooking on a Budget Youth! Program, which includes support groups for youth and parents, a youth drop-in center, a summer program, and educational programs for adults.
Princeton Corner House Foundation, Princeton, to provide support for its holistic approach...
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Pedestrians in West Hartford, Conn., will soon be able to cross more easily thanks to a $697,000 state grant.
The Hartford Courant reports that the money from the Department of Transportation's...more
"I tried to get half and half the other day.
I had to walk four city blocks, just to get a quart of half and half so I could have coffee.
So to even get food around here is difficult," David...more
People of color make up about 20% of Spokane County, Wash., but they own about 8% of the county's businesses, reports the Spokesman-Review.
That's why the Spokane Workforce Council is...more
More than 3,000 kids in Aberdeen, Scotland, sang "Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen" in front of thousands of family and friends over the weekend as part of the city's annual "Big Sing" event, the BBC...more
North Carolina's Cape Hatteras Secondary School has named its top students for the 2023-24 school term.
Here are the top 10, per the Daily News: Zion Aiken: Math Iadette Harris: English IZander...more
Massachusetts' Fitchburg State University is adding two new majors this fallone in creative arts therapies and one in creative arts enterprisemaking it the first public institution in the state to...more
The New Brunswick Teachers Association is asking teachers and voters in the Canadian province to take a survey ahead of the next provincial election in September, the CBC reports.
"We've seen a...more
Frances Bronet, president of New York's Pratt Institute, has been named chair of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a group "dedicated to strengthening creative institutions,...more
The Oklahoma Arts Council has released its annual list of grant requests, and it's a doozy.
This year's list includes a call for artists to "bring the arts to other statewide organizations," as...more
Northern Illinois University is looking for a full-time assistant coach for its men's basketball team, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The ideal candidate will have at least three years' experience...more
TheĀ Festival of Inclusive Arts, organized by theĀ Arts with the Disabled Association, gives disabled performers a chance to shine.