{"id":97051,"date":"2019-12-12T17:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=97051"},"modified":"2019-12-12T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:35:54","slug":"grants-available-to-nonprofit-organizations-serving-carbon-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=97051","title":{"rendered":"Grants Available to Nonprofit Organizations Serving Carbon County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley invites nonprofit organizations to apply for funding to serve Carbon County<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allentown, PA, December 12, 2019 <\/strong>\u2013 United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) invites nonprofit organizations to apply for funding to serve the residents of Carbon County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnited Way fights for the health and education of all residents, and we are dedicated to supporting our Carbon County community,\u201d said Jill Pereira, Vice President, Education and Impact, UWGLV. \u201cWe are currently investing more than $118,000 in Carbon County, including $55,000 in grants to partner agencies. By engaging community and corporate partners and working together strategically and effectively, we will level the playing field and provide opportunity for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizations can apply for amounts between $500 and $10,000, with the average grant award estimated at $2,000. Funding is available for the program year beginning July 1, 2020 to support high-quality programs and services focused on increasing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supports for persons with disabilities<\/li>\n<li>Access to healthy food<\/li>\n<li>Access to affordable housing<\/li>\n<li>And support for grade-level reading, including access to kindergarten readiness, school-age programming and integrated behavioral health supports in school settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <u>Invitation for Applications<\/u> is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayglv.org\/carbon\">www.unitedwayglv.org\/carbon. <\/a>Applications must be submitted via email to UWGLV c\/o Mary Widmer at <a href=\"mailto:maryw@unitedwayglv.org\">maryw@unitedwayglv.org<\/a> by no later than 5 p.m. on January 31, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>United Way will hold two training sessions to help applicants with questions at Lehigh Carbon Community College Jim Thorpe (1100 Center Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 16, 2019 \u2013 9 to 10 m.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, December 17, 2019 \u2013 1 to 2 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants will be notified of final funding decisions in June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>All questions regarding this invitation to apply, including application processes should be directed to Mary Widmer, Assistant Director, Impact Project Management, UWGLV at <a href=\"mailto:maryw@unitedwayglv.org\">maryw@unitedwayglv.org <\/a>or 610-807-5743.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Mission of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley<\/h1>\n<p>The mission of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is to provide the leadership, convene the partnerships, and develop the resources and solutions that improve our community. We remain committed to these goals and sincerely appreciate the continued support of partners, program providers and donors throughout the Lehigh Valley. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.UnitedWayGLV.org\/\">www.UnitedWayGLV.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLaura McHugh<br \/>\nDirector, Communications and Media Relations<br \/>\nUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley<br \/>\nCelebrating 100 years of service to the Lehigh Valley.<br \/>\n1110 American Parkway NE\u00a0\u00a0Suite F-120 \u00a0Allentown, PA 18109<br \/>\nwww.unitedwayglv.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\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&nbsp;<\/p>\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<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\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":42447,"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":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unitedway-lehigh.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97051"}],"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=97051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}