Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless designates 15 percent of its grant funding each year to support the education-related needs of homeless children and youth. These funds are awarded to agencies working with homeless and highly mobile youth who complete a grant application. Grants provide funding for one or more of these essential educational items: school supplies, backpacks, school photos, school activities and/or lab fees, school uniforms, gym uniforms and/or athletic shoes, instrument rental and/or music lessons, driver’s education fees, birth certificates, rental caps and gowns for high school graduation, summer school fees and activities, educational software for use at the agency, clothing, tutoring materials, GED fees and college entrance exam fees.
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless awarded $127,665 in education grants to 58 agencies across the state of Minnesota:
2010-2011 EDUCATION GRANT RECIPIENTS
Ain Dah Yung Our Home Shelter / Beverly Benjamin Youth Lodge
St. Paul, $2,196
Ain Dah Yung Our Home Shelter / Emergency Shelter
St. Paul, $2,424
Alexandra House
Blaine, $2,737
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation / Jackson Street Village
St. Paul, $1,996
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation / Project Quest
St. Paul, $2,566
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation / ROOF Project
St. Paul, $2,566
Ascension Place, Inc.
Minneapolis, $1,426
Asian Media Access / Ramen Ya
Minneapolis, $2,566
Bridge for Youth
Minneapolis, $4,277
Care and Share
Crookston, $1,754
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Minneapolis, $1,141
Central Minnesota Task Force on Battered Women
St. Cloud, $756
Churches United in Ministry (CHUM)
Duluth, $2,452
Cornerstone Advocacy Service
Bloomington, $1,711
Dakota Woodlands
Eagan, $1,084
East Metro Women’s Council / East Metro Place
White Bear Lake, $570
East Metro Women’s Council / East Metro Place II
White Bear Lake, $570
East Metro Women’s Council / Home Again
White Bear Lake, $570
Elim Transitional Housing, Inc.
Minneapolis, $4,277
Evergreen House, Inc., The / Recovery House
Bemidji, $1,283
Evergreen House, Inc., The / Shelter Program
Bemidji, $2,566
HOPE Coalition
Red Wing, $5,703
Houston County Women’s Resources
Hokah, $2,852
The Link / Lindquist Apartments
Minneapolis, $1,369
The Link / Lincoln Place
Eagan, $855
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Minneapolis, $499
Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center
Brainerd, $1,654
Minneapolis Public Schools / Special School District #1
Minneapolis, $4,562
New Foundations
St. Paul, $1,509
Northwoods Coalition for Family Safety
Bemidji, $1,968
Partners for Affordable Housing
Mankato, $143
People Serving People
Minneapolis, $3,479
Perspectives
St. Louis Park, $1,141
Safe Haven Shelter For Battered Women
Duluth, $1,776
The Salvation Army (Duluth)
Duluth, $1,426
The Salvation Army (Rochester)
Rochester, $605
The Salvation Army (St. Cloud)
St. Cloud, $3,992
Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency
Shakopee, $2,852
Sharing and Caring Hands
Minneapolis, $5,589
Shelter House
Willmar, $1,426
Simpson Housing Services
Minneapolis, $2,623
Sojourner Project
Hopkins, $2,281
Theresa Living Center
St. Paul, $1,141
Tubman / Anne Pierce Rogers Shelter
Minneapolis, $1,086
Tubman / Harriet Tubman Shelter
Minneapolis, $1,848
Tubman / Harriet Tubman Transitional Housing
Minneapolis, $930
Tubman / Stan and Doris Hill Home
Minneapolis, $1,086
Union Gospel Mission Association of St. Paul
St. Paul, $3,526
Union Gospel Mission of St. Paul / Asian Ministries Center
St. Paul, $4,439
Union Gospel Mission of St. Paul / Gospel Hill Camp
Shoreview, $1,597
Union Gospel Mission of St. Paul / Minneapolis Children’s Mission
Minneapolis, $4,557
Union Gospel Mission of St. Paul / Ober Community Center
St. Paul, $3,479
Union Gospel Mission (Duluth)
Duluth, $2,852
Women’s Advocates
St. Paul, $5,703
Young Women’s Christian Association of Duluth
Duluth, $2,247
Young Women’s Christian Association of St. Paul / Family Intervention Program
St. Paul, $1,178
Young Women’s Christian Association of St. Paul / Transitional Housing Program
St. Paul, $1,178
Young Women’s Christian Association of Cass Clay
Fargo, $1,027
