Omaha mayor announces ARPA community grant recipients

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert announced local recipients from the city’s first round of ARPA funds during a news conference Wednesday morning.

The community grants, announced in January, will be awarded Wednesday to neighborhood and community programs. The city also awarded its own grants in May.

Those selected for the ARPA-funded grants must benefit communities in a qualified Census track, which is basically a map of ZIP codes of those hit hardest by the pandemic. Several of those awarded Wednesday were to assist with mental health service programs. Larger grants were also given to bolster career and college counseling and other related training, crisis and violence response services, as well as family, food, and housing programs.

The city received its second installment of $115 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds earlier this month.

Here’s the list of Omaha organizations that received grants Wednesday:

• 100 Black Men of Omaha for mentoring – $50,000
• AIM Institute for accelerated technical training – $154,354
• Bluebird Cultural Initiative for behavioral and mental health support services – $220,640
• Boys & Girls Club for its Great Futures Program – $213,041
• Carole’s House of Hope for transitional housing and mental health services for homeless young mothers – $150,000
• Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Omaha for domestic violence services – $176,373
• Charles Drew Health Center for community-based crisis intervention – $600,000
• Child Saving Institute for pediatric and adolescent mental health services – $299,436
• Center for Holistic Development for family engagement and resource connection –$268,000
• City Sprouts for an urban farming summer internship – $200,000
• Completely Kids for a weekend food program, youth and family mental health services, and out-of-school time program for vulnerable youth – $400,000
• Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixam for the Maya Health Initiative – $432,600
• Empowerment Network for its Omaha 360 and Step-Up programs – $358,475
• ENCAP for rent, utility, and medical expenses – $100,000
• Family Housing Advisory Services for no-charge tax preparation services – $160,000
• Food Bank for the Heartland for food access – $158,494
• Girls Inc. of Omaha – $300,000
• Greater Omaha Attendance and Learning Services for its community navigation program – $70,000
• Heart Ministry Center for its Fresh Start program – $200,000
• Heartland Family Service for counseling and behavioral health at Nebraska Family Works – $500,000
• Heartland Hope Mission for hunger and homelessness prevention – $160,000
• Heartland Workforce Solutions for American Job Center South – $600,000
• Hope Center for the Hope Employment and Learning Academy – $100,000
• Immigrant Legal Center for legal services for survivors of crime, violence, and human trafficking – $330,000
• InCommon Community Development for a youth program – $183,626
• Intercultural Senior Center for a food pantry for older adults – $160,000
• Kids Can for mentoring – $200,000
• Kim Foundation for a suicide prevention campaign – $120,000
• Latino Center of the Midlands for youth internships – $148,832
• Legal Aid of Nebraska for legal services for families in crisis – $244,404
• Lutheran Family Services for behavioral health programs at the Center for Healthy Families – $40,000
• Mentor Nebraska for mentoring – $94,200
• Nebraska Medical Center for Encompass Omaha, a violence intervention program – $400,000
• Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation for counseling – $187,000
• New Visions for homeless veterans services – $120,000
• No More Empty Pots for Community Harvest – $250,000
• North Omaha Area Health for a mental health outreach program – $320,000
• NorthStar Foundation for student support services – $110,000
• Ollie Webb Center Inc. for supportive employment program – $89,418
• Omaha Home for Boys for mental and behavioral health services (90,000), Jacob’s Plast Transitional Living Program ($100,000), and Branching Out Independent Living Program ($260,000)
• PACE for violence prevention and mentoring – $360,000
• Partnership for Kids for a college and career readiness program – $500,000
• OneWorld Community Health Center for access to behavioral health care ($120,000), its social assistance team ($240,000), and medical care for uninsured adults ($150,000) and children ($100,000)
• Santa Monica Inc. for residential treatment for women with addictions – $100,000
• Siena Francis House for case management services ($242,000), emergency shelter program ($372,000), and Miracles Recovery program ($95,269)
• Stephen Center for emergency shelter program – $100,000
• The Bike Union Mentoring Project for apprentice program – $100,000
• The Salvation Army for utility assistance – $80,000
• The Simple Foundation for a safe place to play and learn – $426, 959
• Together Inc. for the Rapid Rehousing program ($150,000) and food programs and access ($100,000)
• Urban League of Nebraska for Community Coach Enhancement program – $300,000
• Visiting Nurse Association for maternal child community home visitation – $113,272
• Whispering Roots, Inc. for emergency food production and delivery – $200,000
• Women’s Center for Advancement for emergency housing support for domestic abuse victims/survivors ($78,000), provide financial support for domestic abuse victims/survivors ($57,000), and safety and mental health services ($250,000)
• YouTurn to make a 180 against violence – $245,473

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