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Horizon Foundation Announces $260,000 In Grants

The Horizon Foundation today announced the award of $260,000 in Strategic Initiative Program (SIP) grants to local organizations and agencies in the nonprofit and public sectors.  The awards are intended to stimulate positive changes in major health and wellness issues that affect Howard Countians.

Among the grants is one for $24,400 to help fund a newly created Volunteer Coordinator position at The Arc of Howard County and another, for $20,609, to support the creation of a part-time Volunteer Coordinator for  Neighbor Ride, the local organization that is currently helping 400 seniors with transportation to medical and other appointments via volunteer drivers.

Another grant, for $37,000, will fund communication and automation services and supports for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center while it is temporarily housed at Taylor Manor during the renovation and expansion of its aging facility on Freetown Road in Columbia.

Click here for a list of 2006 SIP Grants.