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Program Grants: June, 2001

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Homeless families
 
Bethesda Project (Philadelphia, PA)

$17,500

For general support.

     
Center for Community Change*+ (Washington, DC; National) $80,000

For the Jobs and Welfare Reform Initiative.

     
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities*+ (Washington, DC; National) $30,000

Part one of a two year grant to support work on the intersection of housing and welfare.

     
Coalition of Homeless Services Providers* (Monterey County, CA) $15,000

For general support.

     
Demos (New York, NY; National) $30,000

For the Common Wealth Project.

     
Fifth Avenue Committee* (New York, NY) $15,000

To support work on the Displacement Free Zone.

     
Homeless Advocacy Project (Philadelphia, PA) $15,000

To support the Children and Families Project.

     
Homeless Prenatal Program* (San Francisco, CA) $15,000

To support the Advocacy/Policy Project.

     
JHP, Inc.*(formerly Jobs for Homeless People) (Washington, DC) $15,000

For general support.

     
Los Angeles ACORN*+ (Los Angeles, CA) $20,000

To support the Welfare Advocacy Center.

     
L.A. Coal. to End Hunger &Homelessness* (Los Angeles, CA) $25,000

For general support.

     
National Coalition for the Homeless (Washington, DC; National) $7,500

To disseminate curricula on homelessness to school-aged children.

     
National Housing Law Project* (Oakland, CA; National) $30,000

For the Public Housing Initiative.

     
National Low Income Housing Coalition* (Washington, DC; National) $20,000

For housing production campaign.

     
Unemployment Information Service*+ (Philadelphia, PA) $20,000

For welfare reform organizing.

     
Welfare Law Center+ (New York, NY; National) $20,000

For general support.

     
  Subtotal: $375,000
     
     
At-Risk Youth    
     
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago, IL) $20,000

To support school-based mentoring and tutoring programs.

     
Briar Patch (Madison, WI) $15,000

To support youth groups for runaway and homeless youth.

     
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Inc. (Green Bay, WI) $15,000

For the Coming Home Project for immigrant youth.

     
Foyer Federation (London, England) $35,000

For general support.

     
Girls’ Justice Initiative (National) $30,000

For litigation to reduce incarceration of girls.

     
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (Chicago, IL and environs) $15,000

For the Prisoner and Family Ministry: ½ for Family Connections, and ½ for Building Homes: Rebuilding Lives.

     
Our Place, DC (Washington, DC) $25,000

To develop a Saturday program for children of incarcerated women.

     
Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth* (Philadelphia, PA) $20,000

For advocacy to address the need for more teen drug and alcohol treatment facilities.

     
San Diego Youth & Community Services* (San Diego, CA) $20,000

To support Take Wing--transitional living program for homeless youth and teen mothers.

     
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (Santa Cruz, CA) $20,000

For general support.

     
Southwest Youth Collaborative* (Chicago, IL) $20,000

To support youth development and advocacy efforts.

     
Taller Puertorriqueno* (Philadelphia, PA) $12,500

To support arts education initiatives.

     
Women Empowered Against Violence (“WEAVE”) (Washington, DC) $6,500

Part one of a two year grant to support lawyer working on teen dating violence.

     
  Subtotal: $254,000
     
  Total All Grants: $629,000
     
+Includes a welfare component.
*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.
     
The Butler Family Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals.