March 26, 2016 5:11 am Published by Michael

PCCC gifts $50,000 to 13 local childrenas charitiesPCCC gifts $50,000 to 13 local childrenas charities

Executive Director Jerald Andrews, far right, on Thursday presented representatives of 13 local childrenas charities with checks totaling $50,000 from the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper.(Photo: Submitted photo)

The Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper demonstrated its enormous reach once again as the tournament on Thursday distributed a combined $50,000 to 13 local childrenas charities.

Executive Director Jerald Andrews announced the gifts during a ceremony at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Foundation, Christian County Family Crisis Center, Fordland Clinic, Champion Athletes of the Ozarks, Springfield Advocates for Youth, the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Southwest Missouri, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks, The Arc of the Ozarks, Childrenas Smile Center, Dogwood Ranch, Feeding Inc. Foundation, $1,500: Funds to cover family hotel stays and travel costs for patients.

Christian County Family Crisis Center, $1,500: TV, DVD player and school supplies for use of residents

Fordland Clinic, Inc., $1,672: Nearly 3,900 branded toothbrushes to be handed out at outreach events

Champion Athletes of the Ozarks, $2,100: Movable wall partitions and a TV for new classrooms

Springfield Advocates for Youth, $2,643: School and recreational supplies

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks, Inc., $3,000: A commercial refrigerator for use of houseguests and for groups for provide family dinners

National Alliance on Mental Illness Southwest Missouri: $3,080: Bus passes and hotel vouchers for clients

The Arc of the Ozarks, $3,482: Salary of one floating staff member for No Limits Summer Camp and a special outing for campers

Childrenas Smile Center, $4,000: Oral hygiene kits for patients to take home from appointments

Dogwood Ranch, $5,000: Scholarships for equine therapy

Feeding Inc.

March 26, 2016 5:11 am Published by Michael

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March 26, 2016 5:00 am Published by Michael

Illinois college students are getting award letters about their state financial aid grants for 2016-17 even though the program hasn’t been funded for this school year yet.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is banking on some type of appropriation to come through before next fall or at least ensuring that it’s prepared when and if the money starts flowing.

Lawmakers have yet to appropriate any funding for the need-based Monetary Award Program grants for fiscal 2016, which began last July 1, much less fiscal 2017. The MAP program disburses almost $357 million in grants to about 128,000 college students statewide each year.

Many state colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois, have agreed to cover the cost of this year’s MAP grants until funding comes through, though some declined to do so for the spring semester. said spokeswoman Lynne Baker.

“Our view is this: Students really do need to have this information on their financial aid awards in order to make informed decisions about where they’re going to school,” Baker said.

Most students have to let colleges know whether they will accept an offer of admission by this spring.

Baker didn’t have final numbers on how many grants have been awarded statewide for 2016-17.

Students indirectly apply for the MAP grants when they file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid, universally known as the FAFSA. The state commission announces the awards, but individual colleges and universities send out the award letters.

The UI sent out award letters to 9,793 new freshmen and transfer students on March 17, said financial aid Director Dan Mann, and more went out this week.

Baker said ISAC starts to award grants as soon as students start filing their FAFSA forms in January and continues “until we believe that we have run out of expected funding,” she said. That date came on March 10 this year, though students who filed for financial aid after that are put on a wait list.

ISAC always has to estimate how much money it will get for the awards, based on the previous year’s appropriation, because the final state appropriation isn’t approved until the end of June for the following school year, she said.

This year was “unprecedented” because there was no fiscal 2016 funding to use as a baseline, so the agency had to use the fiscal 2015 amount, Baker said.

ISAC wants to be ready when legislators approve money for the 2017 MAP program so it can get the money to the schools right away in the fall, she said. That would be difficult to do without the pre-approvals, she said.

That said, the announcements from ISAC and the schools always include language saying that the awards are estimated, “subject to final appropriation from the Genreal Assembly,” Baker said.

Individual colleges and universities were free to add to that this year, given the unusual state budget situation, she said.

The UI revised its language, noting that if funding for the MAP awards or any other financial aid is reduced, the grants would be “reduced or rescinded accordingly.”

“If the awards were disbursed to your account, the amount of the reduction or rescission will be charged back to your account no later than the end of the term for which the award was made, and you will be responsible for paying the account balance in accordance with University payment policies,” the letter said.

The UI’s financial aid website also tells students, “Please be aware that in light of state funding constraints, reductions to estimated or actual MAP grants are possible.”

The UI has not discussed whether it would again cover the cost of the MAP grants next fall, Mann said Friday.

March 26, 2016 5:00 am Published by Michael

City of San Elizario receives state grant for park renovations | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KFOXSan Elizario, TEXAS a

Tedd Richardson Park in San Elizario will soon be getting a face-lift.

“It’s a $94,000 grant for a park that already exists, so we’re going to be making changes that help improve the quality of life of the community,” said San Elizario Mayor Maya Sanchez.

The grant was awarded by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the city will match half those funds to add new landscaping and amenities.

“We want to see green space, trails.

March 26, 2016 5:00 am Published by Michael

WATERLOO a Mayor Quentin Hart is looking for money to rekindle a city-sponsored youth jobs program.

Hart is working to secure up to $100,000 by May to help provide work and job skills training for some 55 young persons ages 16 to 24.

aWe grossly need opportunity; those in the age group 16 to 24 need employment opportunities,a Hart said. Heas reached out to the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, Black Hawk County Gaming Association and others to help raise the full amount.

The proposed program would utilize Cedar Valley IowaWorks, which already has youth employment infrastructure and contacts in place through its Promise JOBS program.

It would start in late June with a week of instruction and training followed by six weeks of employment up to 30 hours per week for participants.

With unemployment topping 36 percent for youth ages 16 to 19 and at 15 percent for those 20 to 24, Hart said the program would help equip young adults with jobs skills and experience to compete in the local economy.

aMoreover, the program will diminish the negative side effects of high levels of youth unemployment such as higher incidence of vandalism, crime, gang activity and drug use,a he said.

The city has sponsored youth jobs and recreation programs in the past.

Former Mayor John Rooff started the Waterloo Mayoras Youth Initiative in 1995, which was a $250,000 program to provide summer jobs, sports camps, Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps and other activities when school was not in session.

Former Mayor Tim Hurley started a new program in 2005, a $54,000 Youth Essential Skills initiative that used new revenue the city received from the Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo to provide summer jobs and educational opportunities.

March 26, 2016 4:15 am Published by Michael

Montana nonprofit giving day set for May 3Montana nonprofit giving day set for May 3

Nonprofit groups can work wonders.

In the Great Falls area, these organizations may help a person find a job, obtain bunk beds for a couple of needy kids, provide food for thousands of residents per year, care for abandoned animals or uprooted families, support a library, encourage reading, give scholarships to bright high school students, support the arts or perform myriad other good works.

Itas both mind-boggling and heart-warming to see all the things that get accomplished in northcentral Montana through nonprofit groups, their staff members, volunteers and supporters.

March 26, 2016 4:15 am Published by Michael

The 2016 AP College NCAA men season is heating up, and now is your chance to get in on the action with the other members

Enter the AP College NCAA Site

Check out the New Castle Newsa high school Basketball website, The Bounce. Throughout the week, look for spotlight features on the upcoming game of the week, band of the week and player of the week, as well the Letas Talk Basketball video featuring Ron aThe Doctora Poniewasz and Andrew aIcea Koob.

Enter the Bounce Site

March 26, 2016 2:56 am Published by Michael

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Schools in Kansas spent nearly 2 million dollars on local food during the 2013 to 2014 school year.

Harvest Public Media’s Kristofor Husted reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to make sure small farmers are getting their slice.

Listening…

The USDA’s Kevin Concannon says historically, the agency has been focused on commodities like corn and soybeans.

March 26, 2016 2:11 am Published by Michael

Itas a new grant year at Triangle North Healthcare Foundation | Features | hendersondispatch.com Itas a new grant year at Triangle North Healthcare Foundation

I am pleased to announce that Triangle North Healthcare Foundationas 2016 Grant Cycle will be launched on May 2, 2016. So, grant applicants, that gives you just over a month to prepare and to develop your Letter of Interest, which will outline the essence of your program or project.

Nonprofit and governmental organizations as well as public schools in Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties are eligible to apply for grants with Triangle North Healthcare Foundation.

If you need assistance setting up your account or logging in, please call the Foundation office to schedule one-on-one training or get answers to your questions.

The Letter of Interest form will be set up in the system and will be available after May 2. Brochures and supporting documents can be uploaded in the form also.

If you are considering applying for a grant from Triangle North Healthcare Foundation, or any other grantmaker, itas important to contact the funder in advance to discuss your project or program. The funder will also have some advance knowledge of your program when the grant application is submitted.

Here are some important dates to remember for Triangle North Healthcare Foundationas 2016 Grant Cycle:

May 2, 2016 a 2016 Grant Cycle launch date; Letters of Interest form is

July 1, 2016 a at 5 p.m.

Val Short is executive director of the Triangle North Healthcare Foundation.

March 26, 2016 2:11 am Published by Michael

The Sentinel-Record/Richard Rasmussen ARKANSAS GIVES: Hot Springs Area Community Foundation Executive Director Cheryl Cooper, left, and Associate Director Ann Carrithers discuss plans for the second Arkansas Gives campaign on April 7.

Twice the number of local nonprofits will participate in the upcoming Arkansas Gives campaign after the event debuted a year ago.

More than $207,000 was raised for 20 local nonprofits during the first campaign in 2015. Carrithers served as executive director from 1995 until last summer, when she announced her intention to retire.

“We want to have them be as successful as possible because our mission is to encourage philanthropy and charitable giving, whether it is to us or other nonprofits,” Carrithers said.

Only online donations through the Arkansas Gives website will help nonprofits qualify for funds from the $400,000 bonus pool. Nonprofits will be ranked and evaluated in small, medium and large categories.

The Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance and AT&T help make the event possible and will host the headquarters on April 7.

Only local nonprofits will receive funds from a pool created by the Hot Springs Giving Circle.