YESS, Family Safety Network awarded Otto Bremer Trust grants
Youth Emergency Shelter and Supports (YESS) of Park Rapids and the Family Safety Network (FSN) of Walker are among 12 organizations awarded a combined $350,000 in grant funding through the Otto Bremer Trust Community Response Fund.
According to a news release, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation (NMF) awarded the grants to support services and programs addressing crucial needs in local communities.
The NMF received 28 applications totaling more than $1 in requests, the release states.
YESS was awarded $25,000, and the FSN was awarded $20,000. Other rewards were as follows:
- $75,000 to the Red Lake Homeless Shelter.
- $50,000 each to Marshall County Group Homes, Inc., of Argyle and Northwoods Battered Women’s Shelter of Bemidji.
- $25,000 to BIO Girls, Inc., serving locations throughout northwest Minnesota.
- $20,000 to Bemidji Community Table.
- $16,500 to Community Resource Connections.
- $13,000 to Warren S.O.S.
- $10,000 to the Society of Vincent de Paul in Bemidji.
- $7,500 to the Tri-Community Movers/Block Nurse Program of Newfolden.
The Otto Bremer Trust identified four categories for funding: basic needs, community asset building, health and wellbeing, and restorative and responsive.
Cory Boushee, NMF’s director of programs, said the trust’s funding “enabled us to contribute no-strings-attached operational dollars to our local partners who are delivering vital impacts across our region.”
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