The Community Response Grants - Dutchess committee reviewed fifty-eight grant requests totaling $148,047.  The current focus of these grants is to build the capacity of organizations and the community by providing funding for projects that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofits. Fourteen grants totaling $23,016.19 were awarded this fall.

 

 

Boy Scouts of America, Hudson Valley Council           

$1,500

           

Funding to expand the Scoutreach Program, which provides scouting opportunities to multi-cultural youth who traditionally have not been able to participate.

 

Catharine Street Community Center     

$1,500

           

Support for the cost of a Spanish Language Teacher who will train employees in conversational Spanish to improve communication between staff, children, parents and families.

 

Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse         

$981.19

 

This grant will support administrative staff to attend NYCON’s Camp Finance.

 

Dutchess Outreach      

$3,000

           

Funds from this grant will purchase nutritional protein enriched foods when the Food Pantry stock is low on items containing protein.

 

Greater Newburgh YMCA      

$1,500

           

Funding to support YMCA’s Leaders Club at Roy C. Ketcham High School, which is open to any youth in grades 7-12. Leaders Club is an intensive and comprehensive teen program, providing club members with opportunities for leadership training, personal growth, service to others, and social development.

 

Harriet Tubman Academic Skills Center           

$1,360

           

A mobile room divider will be purchased to create two classroom areas and provide an area to display student work and projects.

Purchase of a dishwasher, kitchen cabinets and counter top to improve the function and safety of the kitchen area for current and future programs and during events when the building is used as a community emergency shelter.

 

Literacy Connections   

$1,175

 

To purchase a digital projector and a light-weight laptop for a new Tutor Training program.

 

$1,500

 

To support “A Welcoming Door,” a new program for families served by the county’s foster care program. Natural parents and their children will spend time together at the Children’s Museum in a supportive environment to foster a better relationship.

 

Mill Street Loft, Inc.    

$2,800

 

To procure a sound system for Mill Street Loft's new center in Beacon at the River Center to facilitate components of Youth Outreach Programs, Dutchess Arts Camp and multiple performances by area youth and special guest artists, including "open mike" nights, poetry readings and end-of-program sharing with friends, family and the general public.

 

Neighborhood Economic and Cultural Activity Program, Inc.    

$1,500

 

To purchase books, office furniture and supplies to replace those lost during Tropical Storm Irene flooding and subsequent flooding the week after.

 

No Strings Attached Food Pantry        

$1,200

 

Funds to replace a single door commercial freezer used to rotate meat stock according to its age and USDA food safety and handling procedures.

North East Community Center 

$1,500

 

To add a greenhouse and canning supplies to the "Edible Schoolyard" vegetable garden at Webutuck High School. This will provide more fresh produce for cafeteria lunches and the opportunity to preserve food that cannot be used immediately throughout the winter.

To outfit the organization’s new collaborative Beacon location with chairs, tables, smart technology equipment and computers. The newly open Beacon Community Resource Center will provide services to City of Beacon residents addressing critical areas that foster personal growth, family empowerment, and community development.