Sexual assault prevention, mental health support for at-risk youth, and job skill development are among 40 programs receiving a total of $1,161,207 in funding from United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region. 

UWBCKR announced a second set of grants under its new impact strategy. The new grants are one-year investments to support programs aligned with United Way’s strategic goals in education, income and health. Along with $6,033,850 million in multi-year funding revealed in August, UWBCKR has announced nearly $7.2 million in investments thus far in 2016.

“We’re proud to make these investments in programs that are changing the story in people’s lives,” said Chris Sargent, Interim CEO for the regional United Way. “Ours is a focused approach, working with local and regional partners to tackle the biggest issues affecting people and communities.”

The supportive and innovative/interim grants cover the following areas:

• Education: $281,734 for 17 programs at 16 partner agencies.
• Income: $148,998 for nine programs at nine partner agencies.
• Health: $730,475 for 14 programs at 13 partner agencies.

 Details are available on the Portfolio page.