Chaplaincy Innovation Lab receives $750,000 to extend the chaplains’ work amidst COVID-19 pandemic
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab was awarded $750,000 in the form of two grants from the Henry Luce Foundation in the second half of 2020, allowing the lab to continue to support chaplains who are on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a press release by the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. This is an additional $250,000 received by the lab following a $500,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation awarded to the lab in July.
“Chaplains have been at the front-lines since the pandemic starting supporting people who are ill, health-care workers, and their families,” founder and director of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Wendy Cadge (SOC/WGS) wrote to The Brandeis Hoot in an email. “Being able to support their often-overlooked work is central as the pandemic has physical and economic effects as well as emotional and spiritual ones.”