Interfaith Community Outreach Awarded $25,000 Childcare/Tutoring Grant
The Outer Banks Community Foundation is supporting families through a grant to Interfaith Community Outreach. Through the Community Foundation funding, ICO will offer monetary assistance to families with financial need to help pay for any type of childcare and/or tutoring the family may need. Whether it’s a babysitter, a childcare facility, a special needs educator, or an after-school tutor helping a child learn English, this grant will help families give their children with the support and care they need to be safe and succeed in remote learning.
“Our schools are starting in 10 days with remote learning, which will safeguard our students and teachers through the COVID crisis, but will also present a tremendous challenge for working families who cannot stay home with their kids,” said Lorelei Costa, the Community Foundation’s executive director.
The Community Foundation is working to address this urgent need by helping nonprofits offer new childcare and tutoring programs in our community, and by offering scholarships to help families afford these and other educational programs.
The grants announced today are funded by a special gift the Community Foundation received from an anonymous donor at the end of last year. The Community Foundation announced the Vision 2020 Fund for the Outer Banks in February, with the intent of using the gift to address an urgent and pressing community need, to be identified.
If you’d like to make a donation to ICO, join their volunteer staff, or refer someone, please call 252-480-0070 or go online to www.interfaithoutreach.com to apply for assistance.
