United Way of Central Indiana announced June 14 that it is awarding $8.3 million to 63 organizations to help them meet the basic needs of people and families across the region.
Locally, four organizations within Hamilton County will receive a combined total of $310,000.
United Way’s Basic Needs Fund is designed to help the most vulnerable access food, housing, health care and transportation.
An 18-member committee of United Way board members, staff and community volunteers reviewed applications and selected the recipients, awarding grants ranging from $40,000 to $320,000.
“To achieve stability, people must first have their basic needs met,” said Mary Jones, United Way’s senior director of basic needs. “These funds support services that help people with life’s essentials.”
Organizations that received funding during this grant cycle serve people in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan and Putnam counties.