The American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program Building Community Resilience
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS WAS 5PM ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2007.

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Total Grants Awarded >>> $1,955,400

The Foundation for the Mid South and the American Red Cross (“ARC”) partnered to provide grants in the Hurricane Katrina impacted area of Mississippi. Programs serving hurricane-affected Misssisippi communities that are serving large groups of people recovering or displaced as a direct result of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma were encouraged to apply.

This partnership was a part of the ARC's Hurricane Recovery Program. The program, entitled Building Community Resilience, focuses on enhancing the emotional well-being of children and adults.

Our intial round of grants provided support to organizations serving a necessary function for families and the community as they continue to recover from the trauma and loss and sustained stress of Hurricane Katrina. These funds were for Summer 2007 only.
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Building Community Resilience Grants
Child Abuse Education Council
Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities of Mississippi
DeLisle / Pass Christian Shalom Community, Inc.
East Biloxi Coordination, Relief & Redevelopment Agency
Mercy Housing & Human Development
Mississippi Center for Justice
Mississippi Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force
Ohr - O'Keefe Museum of Art
Pinebelt Association for Families
South Mississippi Taskforce
St. Rose Outreach& Recovery (SOAR) HCCDF
Visions of Hope, Inc.
Antioch University of New England
Coastal Family Health Center
Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence
Jackson County Community Services Coalition
Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Mississippi Counseling Association
University of Southern Mississippi
Children's Health Fund
Hands on Network
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
Mississppi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Foundation, Inc.
New Stage Theatre
El Pueblo
Institute for Disability Studies
Mississippi Faith-Based Coalition
Mississippi Urban Reaserch Center - Jackson State University

 

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

Process and Timeline – The proposals were due by September 5, 2007 (via mail exclusively). All proposals had to be received in our offices at 134 East Amite Street , Jackson , MS 39201 on or prior to September 5, 2007 at 5pm. Applicants were encouraged to submit their requests as soon as possible as site visits are a component of the proposal review process.

Procedures for Submitting Proposals – For proposals to have been considered complete, applicants had to submit the FMS grant application form AND all requisite materials listed under the checklist section on page 2 of the grant application form.

Incomplete applications were not considered; submissions had to include original signatures.

Foundation for the Mid South
The American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program
134 East Amite Street
Jackson, MS 39201

For more information on the application process, please contact:
Necole S. Irvin , Program Officer
Foundation for the Mid South
601.355.8167
nirvin@fndmidsouth.org

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