United Way accepting applications
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - United Way of Knox County Ohio will be accepting online applications from 501(c) (3) agencies for investments in programming that address community needs focusing on education, financial stability, and health. Dollars invested in targeted programs will be awarded for use as 2021 Community Investments.
The application is available to the public starting Monday, September 14 - the first day of the United Way Campaign Kickoff week. The process for completing an application is strictly online and can be accessed at uwayknox.org under the "Partners" tab. Deadline for submission is 5 pm on Friday October 30, 2020.
Prospective partner agencies are eligible to apply for United Way funds if they have been in existence for at least one year and provide programs that serve Knox County residents. No strictly religious organization serving a limited group of people is eligible to be a partner agency.
New organizations interested in applying for program funding are encouraged to contact United Way at 740-397-5721 for more details on the application requirements and process.
Scholarship program seeking Ohio's top youth volunteers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In this time of disruption due to COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to celebrate young people making a difference through volunteer service.
Through November 10, Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) are calling on Ohio youth volunteers to apply for scholarships and national recognition through The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
Ohio students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for 2021 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards if they have made meaningful contributions to their communities through volunteering within the past 12 months — virtually or otherwise. The application is available at http://spirit.prudential.com.
The top middle level and high school volunteer from each state and the District of Columbia will be named State Honorees in February. They will receive $1,000 scholarships, engraved silver medallions and an invitation to the program’s national recognition events in early May.
In May, the program will name America’s top 10 youth volunteers of 2021. Those National Honorees will receive additional $5,000 scholarships, gold medallions, crystal trophies for their nominating schools or organizations, and $5,000 Prudential grants for nonprofit charitable organizations of their choice.
Local-level honorees in each state will receive awards ranging from bronze medallions to certificates. Qualifying local honorees also receive President’s Volunteer Service Awards.
For complete details on the 2021 program and the stories of Ohio’s top youth volunteers from years past, visit http://spirit.prudential.com.
Portman Announces $12.7 Million in CARES Act HUD Grants
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded cities across Ohio $12.7 million in Housing Choice Voucher Program Housing Assistance Payments Supplemental Funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act which Portman supported. These special funds are to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance.
Today’s grants build on the nearly $30 million in HUD grants and $11.6 million that Ohio received in April to support public housing agencies across the state. In June HUD announced $26 Million in CARES Act funding for the Housing Choice Voucher Program. In addition, In August, HUD announced $6.6 million in CARES Act funding. Portman has long focused on ensuring Ohioans have affordable housing and is currently championing the bipartisan Evictions Crisis Act which will help to address the national housing crisis that is undermining the efforts of millions of Americans to rise into the middle class. The bipartisan legislation will shed light on the root causes of the eviction crisis, reduce preventable evictions, and limit the devastation to families when eviction is unavoidable. More than 75 national and Ohio based housing, civil rights, and homelessness groups have announced their strong support for the Eviction Crisis Act.
