MANCHESTER – The Citizens Bank Foundation will provide grants to three Nashua organizations serving the homeless as part of $60,000 in contributions announced recently.
Marguerite’s Place will get $5,000 to support transitional housing, child care and supportive services for 100 homeless women and children annually.
Front Door Agency (formerly Nashua Pastoral Care Center) will get a $10,000 grant to meet basic needs and for assisting individuals and families as they transition to self-sufficiency.
Harbor Homes will get a $5,000 grant to support programs at Maple Arms Shelter, which provides emergency housing to 140 men, women and families.
According to a Point-in-Time Count conducted in January 2012 by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and the Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services, the state’s total homeless population was 2,438.
Other organizations that received grants from the Citizens Bank Foundation include:
New Horizons for New Hampshire in Manchester: $10,000 grant to support the New Horizons emergency homeless shelter.
Child and Family Services of New Hampshire: $15,000 grant to the Street Outreach program, providing support services to runaway and homeless youth ages 12 to 21.
The Citizens Bank Foundation has invested more than $800,000 over the past nine years in homelessness prevention, transitional housing and emergency shelters. It supports programs and organizations that take a holistic approach to helping individuals and families find housing and achieve self-sufficiency.
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