Summer Newsletter Quarterly Grant Review
Rachel Gardner • June 1, 2021
IHA is proud to announce two grants received this past quarter from our community partners
In March 2021, the organization was awarded a $100,000 grant from E*TRADE Bank, which was recently acquired by Morgan Stanley. This grant supports IHA in its ongoing quest to create more affordable housing opportunities for low- to moderate-income community members. It also allows IHA to continue supporting families on their path to financial stability through individualized programming, which includes educational workshops, our homeownership program, and supportive services for our tenants.
In April 2021, IHA was awarded a $25,000 Community Partnership Grant from Frederick County Government. This grant supports IHA’s three financial dignity and empowerment workshops: Credit Café; Your Prescription for Financial Health; and Ready, Set, Go… Home! In Credit Café, participants work specifically to improve their credit. Your Prescription for Financial Health teaches participants about budgeting, saving, asset-building, and healthy spending. Ready, Set, Go… Home! helps participants understand the homebuying process from start to finish.
IHA is so grateful for this support and for the value our partners continue to see in our work. Together, we are helping our community members build a more financially secure future for themselves and their families.
Interfaith Housing Alliance (IHA) is proud to announce two funding awards received this quarter from community partners.
Alice Buchanan moved from Frederick, MD to North Carolina to take care of her daughter, Angela, who had kidney failure. Angela was in the Navy and served for 20 years when she retired. Upon Angela’s death, Alice stayed in North Carolina to raise her daughter’s children. When the children became adults, Alice wanted to come back “home” to Frederick, MD. Alice was looking for an apartment, so she asked her friend who was living in Frederick to help her with her search. Her friend connected Alice to Weinberg House. As soon as Alice heard there was a vacant unit she immediately returned to Frederick. Alice Buchanan moved into Weinberg House on May 12, 2015. Other than Alice, there is only one other person who has lived at Weinberg House since Alice moved in.
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