Bacon Street Youth and Family Services in Williamsburg recently received a federal grant in the amount of $2m to help their work with young adults and adolescents who are homeless, or struggling with mental health or addiction problems.
Kim Dellinger, Bacon’s executive director, said everyone was excited by the news, since they will receive $400,000 per year for the upcoming five years, which doubles the organization’s budget.
Bacon Street Youth will use the funds for recovery, prevention, and clinical services for young adults and adolescents. Dellinger says they work with people whose problems may not be immediately obvious. In some cases, the young people they see are truly homeless, but they may not be seen as needing help because they are staying with friends, or couch surfing, so their lack of stable housing is not known.
The grant came from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and will allow Bacon Street to hire as many as six additional full-time staffers, and open three additional locations in the Hampton/Newport News, York/Poquoson, and Gloucester areas. When organizations expand like this, they will need new Letterheads to retain a professional image.
The thing that most excites Dellinger is that they will not be able to help another 1,200 young people. Dellinger hopes to have the three additional location open by January, 2019, but adds the greatest challenge will come when the grant money is gone, and the organization will need support from the community.
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