In 2007, four grant recipients each received $104,000.
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Adoption Coalition |
| Project: |
Increase adoptions of older children, sibling groups and children with special needs. |
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Home Sweet Homes fundraiser with the Rodriguez family. |
The Adoption Coalition of Texas is a nonprofit collaboration of community-based adoption organizations and Child Protective Services, whose mission is to find families for children languishing in the foster care system.
The Adoption Coalition will use the $104,000 to expand recruitment and outreach efforts for programs to include The Heart Gallery of Central Texas and Forever Families, thereby increasing the number of older children, sibling groups and children with special needs adopted from foster care into permanent, stable families.
For more information, visit www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org
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College Forward |
| Project: |
Expand after school program into Stony Point High School, helping students go to college. |
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College Forward's staff and AmeriCorps coaches prepare students to complete applications for college and financial aid.
Image by Chris Soliz/Courtesy of The Daily Texan |
College Forward provides college preparatory and retention services to motivated, economically-disadvantaged students in order to facilitate their transition to college and make the process exciting and rewarding.
College Forward will use the Impact Austin grant to expand its comprehensive after-school program to serve 11th and 12th graders at Stony Point High School in Williamson County. Funds will help 80 low-income and first-generation students prepare to become the first in their families to earn Bachelor's degrees, impacting their lives and communities for generations to come.
For more information, visit www.collegeforward.org
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Indigent Care Collaboration |
| Project: |
Establish the "Williamson County Uninsured Hotline" to facilitate access to healthcare. |
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Women collaborate to obtain healthcare access for the uninsured. |
The Indigent Care Collaboration (ICC) is a nonprofit collaboration of 18 organizations in Central Texas working together to improve the efficiency and quality of health care services available for uninsured and underinsured individuals in the region.
The Impact Austin grant will establish “The Williamson County Uninsured Hotline,” centralized screening and referral system to simplify and improve access to primary healthcare for those without a medical home and to assist those eligible for public health insurance with the enrollment process.
For more information, visit www.icc-centex.org
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Rude Mechanicals Theater Collective |
| Project: |
Expand Grrl Action program, edifying teenage girls. |
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Grrl Action in action. |
Rude Mechanicals is an ensemble-based theatre company committed to collaboratively developing brave new works for the stage, presenting artists of national acclaim, training young theatre artists, providing Austin with a year-round multi-arts performance facility, and ensuring that every citizen in Austin has access to the arts regardless of economic status.
With the Impact Austin grant Rude Mechanicals will expand its Grrl Action program to a year-round arts education program for teenage girls designed to build self-esteem, individual strengths and an understanding of others through the creation of individualized arts projects completed alongside adult women mentors.
For more information, visit www.rudemechs.com
Impact Austin is honored to be named the Outstanding Philanthropic Organization of the Year for 2007 by the Austin Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
