This Week at MTF

This morning we reviewed 14 cases which included two that were held over from last week.  We had 12 volunteers and a guest from Youth Build, one of our service partners, in attendance today.  We were able to approve $2,366 in grants that reached over 27 children including:

• Car repairs for a disabled mother of 4 children
• Rent and housing assistance for 6 families
• Tuition for summer school for a sophomore with her goal towards college
• Funds for psychotherapy for a child in crisis
• A double stroller for a single mother of 2 week old twins
• Tuition for a Red Cross babysitting course for a teen girl

Thank you for all who attended.  See you next week!

This morning we reviewed 18 cases including 2 held over from last week.  We had 10 women in attendance today and, while our list was a bit smaller than in previous weeks, today's cases involved many large families with truly immediate needs.  We were able to approve $3,369 in grants that reached over 46 children including:

Today we reached a milestone- our 11,000 case! We had 28 new cases, with 3 held over from last week pending further information.  Of the 28 cases we reviewed today, 1 was denied due to too high of an income, 4 were placed on hold and 23 were granted for a total of approximately $4336.00.  We had a compelling case requesting help for a child to be part of a basketball program that would help him with structure and anger management.  We had another case where we paid for a disabled child to be part of a youth theatre program.  We provided for a family in transition to Section 8 housing that needed payment for a week at a hotel while their paperwork was completed. And a 17 year old with asperations to attend college was provided with a registration fee for an ACT prep class.