Tag: Basic Needs Giving Partnership

New Parents Receive A Helping Hand

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 by

Healthy Families Waushara Becoming a new parent can be an overwhelming and emotional experience. For families living in poverty or facing other hardships, the responsibilities of caring for a newborn can seem almost impossible. To help alleviate stress and provide support to new parents, Health Families Waushara (HFW) was started in late 2019. The program, […]

Grant Supports Pregnant and Parenting Moms

Posted on Jul 9, 2019 by

Expectant and new parents have common questions about their child’s development. Efforts to provide parents with answers to these questions, individualized support when needed most, and linkages to community services will get a boost as a result of a Basic Needs Giving Partnership grant. Healthy Families Waushara County, a new program offering voluntary nurse home […]

Youth Mentoring Efforts Get Boost with Grant Funds

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 by

Every child deserves a champion. Efforts to provide area youth with adult mentors will get a “shot in the arm” as a result of a new round of Basic Needs Giving Partnership grants. The grants, which were recently awarded by the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, will fund collaborative projects in Winnebago, Green Lake and Waushara […]

Diving Deeper Into Youth Suicide

Posted on Apr 9, 2019 by

By Beth Clay, executive director, N.E.W. Mental Health Connection, Inc. One in eight of our high school students in the Fox Valley are attempting suicide. The NEW Mental Health Connection, in partnership with United Way Fox Cities, is working hard to understand what is driving this alarming trend. Even with all the good work happening in our […]

Basic Needs Grants Top $1 Million

Posted on Jul 15, 2017 by

School-based mental health services and self-sufficiency coaching were among six new grants awarded to more than 17 nonprofits in the Oshkosh area to fight poverty. The grants total $1,037,400 – almost twice the highest amount awarded in any year during the Basic Needs Giving Partnership grantmaking program’s 9-year history at the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. […]

A Community in Search of Affordable Housing

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 by

  In Oshkosh, there are at least 110 homeless people, including men, women and children. In addition, 5,800 households in Oshkosh are paying more than 30 percent of their income on housing, meaning those residents do not have enough for important expenses like health care, transportation and food. A few of the members of the […]

Partnership Helps Students Follow Path to Graduation

Posted on Jul 14, 2015 by

“Riverside saved my life,” says Nick Panke Fenrich, who was 17 when he was arrested for burglary. He and a few younger friends decided to take items from the garage of someone they knew. “Everything about it was stupid,” he says with regret. One of the calls he made from jail was to Lisa Lieder, […]