Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The Bucks County COVID-19 Recovery Fund has doled out additional grants for local organizations.
The Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) was awarded $17,400 in June to allow the organization to keep staff and clients safe. It funded computer and video equipment to have staff continue meeting with clients safely, a supply of personal protective equipment for staff, and increased cleaning services in their offices, counseling areas, and waiting areas.
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“The pandemic is having a significant impact on many of our clients. For victims of personal violence such as sexual assault, the uncertainty of when this crisis will end, the isolation caused by the stay at home order combined with the stress caused by the shift in daily living can trigger a relapse of trauma,” said Penny Ettinger, executive director at NOVA.
“As an essential facility, we cannot have a lapse in services. Therefore, by purchasing necessary technology, personal protective equipment, and increasing our cleaning services, NOVA will be able to provide a safe environment and limit the staff and client exposure to the coronavirus,” she added.
Other organizations that benefited from the recent grants that totaled more than $70,000: Worthwhile Wear, Children’s Developmental Program, Valley Youth House, and Penn Foundation, all who received an award for the first time. Advocates for Homeless & Those in Need (AHTN), Good Friends Inc., The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Keystone Opportunity Center, Bucks County Children and Youth, Penndel Mental Health, and Family Service Association.
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Since the Bucks County COVID-19 Recovery Fund launched in March, dozens of area nonprofits have received $250,000 worth of grants to assist people impacted by the pandemic.
Grant applications are revived by a panel of business and nonprofit leaders, the United Way of Bucks County said.
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More than 800 individual local donors have contributed along with Penn Community Bank, Dow, Truist, Janssen, PECO, Foundations Community Partnership, Bucks County Foundation, Hallett Charitable Foundation, Barra Foundation, Grundy Foundation, Fegley Law Firm, Shoprite of Hunterdon County, Vistra Energy, Wells Fargo, Bucks County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., 100+ Women Who Care Bucks County, Residents of Ann’s Choice , PNC Financial Services Group Inc., The Albert W Bader Foundation Inc., and the Newtown Business Association.
Donations are still being accepted at uwbucks.org/COVIDrecovery or by mailing a check to United Way of Bucks County, 413 Hood Boulevard, Fairless Hills, PA 19030, with “COVID Recovery” in the memo line.
Editor’s Note: Publisher Tom Sofield is a member of the United Way of Bucks County Board of Directors.
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