Nonprofit groups receive $916,000 to help military personnel, families

Nonprofit groups receive $916,000 to help military personnel, families

Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 1 2009 03:41 PM
Special to the Hood Herald

DALLAS — Fifteen nonprofit organizations were awarded $916,000 to aid in the growing needs of military personnel who are serving or have served in Iraq or Afghanistan through The Dallas Foundation's Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund.

"Our troops and their families need help now more than ever," said Philip Ritter, vice chair of The Dallas Foundation's TRIAD Fund Advisory Committee. "The TRIAD Fund provides aid to our military men and women so their rising needs don't fall through the cracks, especially during these tough times."

Military personnel today have to deal with new difficulties including longer tours, multiple deployments and limited resources. With record suicide rates, rising divorce rates and homelessness among veterans, the TRIAD Fund continues to help grantees address these issues, and many others, facing military families.

Among the recent grant recipients is USO Dallas/Fort Worth, which received $100,000 from The Dallas Foundation.

The following are the most recent recipients of TRIAD Fund grants:

$32,000 to Families in Crisis will provide support for a casework manager at a shelter in Killeen for victims of domestic violence.

$27,029 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Waco will provide peer-to-peer counseling and support group sessions in the Waco and Fort Hood areas.

$15,638 to Ride on Center for Kids will provide equine-assisted therapy sessions for people with cognitive and physical challenges from Fort Hood at no charge.

$10,640 to the Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation will expand the emergency financial assistance and short-term interest-free loan program to increase both the number served and the amount of funding available per request from $600 to $1,000. The other initiative is Young Heroes Youth Summer Camps for children of National Guard members.
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