CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- More than $104,000 will go to help abused and neglected children in southern Illinois through various organizations.
It's part of the Poshard Foundation's annual grants. That funding will go to 28 agencies across 30 area counties:Â
- Amy Schultz Child Advocacy Center, Mt. Vernon
- Arrowleaf, Vienna
- Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services, Carmi
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Illinois
- Brightpoint, Herrin
- Cairo Women’s Shelter, Inc.
- Caritas Family Solutions, Carterville
- CASA of Franklin & Hamilton Counties, Benton
- CASA of Jefferson County, Mt. Vernon
- CASA of South Central Illinois, Salem
- CASA of Southeastern Illinois, Harrisburg
- Centerstone, West Frankfort
- Children’s Medical and Mental Health Resource Network, Anna
- Clarity Women’s Care, Carbondale
- Franklin-Williamson Child Advocacy Center, Herrin
- Hoyleton Youth & Family Services
- Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, Southern Region
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Marion
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois - Prisoner and Family Ministry, Marion
- Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center, Pinckneyville
- Shawnee Health � Healthy Families Program, Carterville
- Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless, Marion
- Spero Family Services, Mt. Vernon
- Stress and Trauma Treatment Center, Inc., Eldorado
- Survivor Empowerment Center, Carbondale
- The Guardian Center, Carmi
- The Night’s Shield, West Frankfort
- Two Rivers Child Advocacy Center, Anna
Poshard Foundation co-founder Jo Poshard said:
“April is state and national Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our Foundation distributes these grants in April to draw attention to the plight of abused children in Southern Illinois and to remind the public that child abuse exists twelve months a year…not only in April. We must be vigilant year-round.�
Glenn Poshard added:
“It has been our mission for twenty-five years to help the abandoned, neglected and abused children of Southern Illinois to overcome their abuse and return to a more normal childhood through counseling, medical intervention, food security and recreational activities. These grants, administered by our committed social service workers, serve that purpose.�
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
