{"id":2548,"date":"2011-02-05T03:14:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2011-02-05T03:14:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T08:14:07","slug":"ywca-gets-grant-for-housing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/02\/05\/ywca-gets-grant-for-housing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA gets grant for housing program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Wert independent\/<\/strong><em>ODOD information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 The YWCA of Van Wert County was one of several organizations sharing a total of $588,800 through the Ohio Housing Trust Fund Supportive Housing Discretionary Grant Program. The program is administered by the Ohio Department of Development\u2019s Office of Housing and Community Partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The YWCA will receive $78,400 to improve the transitional housing program for homeless women and children in Van Wert, Mercer and Paulding counties. Funds from <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2549\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/?attachment_id=2549\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/New-YWCA-logo-12-2009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>the grant will go to make improvements to the YWCA building, built in 1914 with funds provided by philanthropist George Marsh. The money will be used to replace 34 windows, update a bathroom, repair a stairwell and walls, install 23 ceiling fans, make kitchen repairs by replacing cupboards, two refrigerators and three stoves, refinish wood floors and repair a sidewalk. The project will serve 29 households, a total of 42 people.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the state grants will improve 12 buildings and assist approximately 1,469 households, consisting of 2,686 people with incomes at or below 35 percent of the area median income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are roughly 12,000 homeless Ohioans who depend on these organizations for shelter,\u201d said Mark Kvamme, director of the Ohio Department of Development. \u201cThe repairs being made are critical in keeping shelters functioning efficiently for the good of those Ohioans in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three Lucas County entities also received funding through the grant program, including the Toledo Diocese of Toledo\u2019s Catholic Charities.<\/p>\n<p>The ODOD\u2019s Office of Housing and Community Partnerships provides financial and technical assistance to units of government and nonprofit organizations in Ohio for project activities that benefit low- and moderate-income citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/ODOD information COLUMBUS \u2013 The YWCA of Van Wert County was one of several organizations sharing a total of $588,800 through the Ohio Housing Trust Fund Supportive Housing Discretionary Grant Program. The program is administered by the Ohio Department of Development\u2019s Office of Housing and Community Partnerships. The YWCA will receive $78,400 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 19:27:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}