For Once, Father Joe Will Give Away Money
White House Sub-awards to be Presented to Two Area Organizations

   SAN DIEGO — Father Joe’s Villages for the first time ever will award grants to two area human-services organizations on Wednesday, June 18, at 10 a.m., at its Toussaint Teen Center, located at 1404 Fifth Avenue.

   This first round of sub-awards, which will be presented to the organizations by Village President Father Joe Carroll and total more than $64,000, represents one area of assistance provided by the Village Training Institute (VTI), a Father Joe’s Villages program made possible by a $673,000 grant from the White House Office of Faith- and Community-based Initiatives. The Village was the only California agency to receive the new federal funding and represents one of 21 organizations nationwide to be given a grant.

   Point Loma Nazarene University’s Health Promotion Center will receive $39,691 from Father Joe’s Villages. The funding will provide operational support in the form of personnel, supplies and equipment for a health clinic for uninsured families and individuals of the City Heights community.

   A $25,000 grant will be awarded to All Congregations Together for its Elder Transportation and Assistance Program, a service designed to help semi-ambulatory senior citizens travel to medical appointments, the grocery store and other activities throughout the community.

   Father Joe’s Villages’ development of VTI was designed to help smaller organizations identify funding sources, train staff and develop effective
social-services programs.

   Father Joe says while the organization has now formally established a training arm, lending its expertise to help smaller agencies is nothing new to the Village.

   "For years we’ve helped social-services agencies around the globe which have sought our help to establish effective assistance programs in their communities," he says. "VTI has expanded our ability not only to teach, but also to provide funding to smaller organizations."

   For more information (media only) on Wednesday’s event, call (619) 525-1608. For more information on the Village Training Institute, call (619) 687-1078.

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