General Grants: Feb – 2011

Better Housing Coalition

$200,000
To support the Halifax Initiative in Petersburg, including planning activities for a Phase II development and the provision of senior-related supportive services to the residents of Claiborne Square.

Central Virginia Legal Aid Society

$49,825
Towards the addition of an attorney in the Southside office.

Chesterfield Coalition for Active Children (COACH)

$25,000
For general operating support.

Crisis Assistance Response Emergency Shelter, Inc. (CARES)

$70,000
For continued general operating support.

Family Lifeline

$70,000 (over 2 years)
For continuation of the Healthy Families program serving Dinwiddie and Petersburg.

Friends of the Army Women’s Museum Association

$20,500
For continued support of the Hands on History program.

Hopewell-Prince George Healthy Families

$50,000
For continuation of the Healthy Families Intensive Home Visitation Program.

Petersburg City Public Schools

Up to $80,000
For continued support of the Accreditation Incentive Program.

Petersburg Fire Department

$12,900
To assist with the establishment of a dive team.

Petersburg Health Department

$192,000
For continued support of The HealthSpace Teen Center.

Restoration of Petersburg CDC

$80,000
For continued general operating support.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Southside, Inc.

$26,000
For continued support of the volunteer program.

Science Museum of Virginia Foundation

$36,600
For continued support of the Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program for Petersburg youth.

Sussex Central High School PTSA

$13,700
For continued program and general operating support.

Tri-Cities Habitat for Humanity

$66,000 (over 2 years)
Towards the project manager and building supervisor positions for The Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative.

United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg

$73,300
For continued support of the Petersburg Child Care Quality Enhancement Project.

Virginia Association for Competitive Swimming

$4,050
For continuation of the Make a Splash anti-drowning initiative.

Virginia LISC

$300,000 (over 2 years)
For continuation of the Petersburg Revitalization Initiative, including ongoing capacity-building of the community development sector in Petersburg; facilitation of partnerships among developers; ensuring implementation of the neighborhood plan for Battersea; and replication of the United for Progress Neighborhoods Initiative model in Halifax.