{"id":90920,"date":"2019-06-03T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=90920"},"modified":"2019-06-03T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T21:57:00","slug":"w-w-smith-charitable-trust-awards-10000-to-keystone-opportunity-center-to-help-local-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=90920","title":{"rendered":"W. W. SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST AWARDS $10,000 TO KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER TO HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keystone Opportunity Center has received a $10,000 grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, which will expand Keystone\u2019s Homeless Diversion Program.<\/p>\n<p>The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust is a private foundation established by William Wikoff Smith in 1977 to make grants in the Greater Philadelphia region to support basic needs. The grant will assist households with children or older adults who are experiencing a housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>People may become homeless for a large variety of reasons, but there is a critical point in time when intervention may help a family return to stability instead of losing their home. Once people are homeless, their ability to return to self-sufficiency is much more challenging. Keystone\u2019s Homelessness Diversion Program run by our Community Case Manager is vital to Keystone\u2019s effort to reduce homelessness in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant from W. W. Smith Charitable Foundation means we can help prevent homelessness for many more people,\u201d said Arlene Daily, Executive Director of Keystone Opportunity Center. \u201cDiverting someone from becoming homeless is much less traumatic to the family, and much less costly to the community. That\u2019s why we developed this program in partnership with local churches and faith-based institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, a group of clergy saw the need for a point person who would have the skills, connections and knowledge to help members of the community who are in need, so they funded the program. More than 300 people were assisted by the Community Case Manager just last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is astounding how many local residents we help in this program,\u201d said Daily, \u201cespecially considering that it receives no government funding\u2014it runs on donations from individuals, congregations and foundations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keystone Opportunity Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that offers a comprehensive array of social services that educate, encourage and empower people to become self-sufficient. Keystone Opportunity Center is housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, and educating adults and families in Bucks and Montgomery counties. More information on Keystone Opportunity Center can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keystoneopportunity.org\/\">www.KeystoneOpportunity.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nAlan Raisman<br \/>\nManager of Advancement<br \/>\nKeystone Opportunity Center<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/keystone.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}