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Austin announces re-entry grants to help those who have been incarcerated Austin American-Statesman City announces re-entry grants The city of Austin’s equity office is accepting applications from the community for Re-entry Services Grant funding to improve opportunities and resources for people who were formerly incarcerated. Systemic barriers prevent individuals with a criminal record from accessing stable housing, jobs, transportation, and health care. The grant program seeks to improve outcomes for individuals re-entering society through a more human-centered re-entry process. A total of $400,000 will be distributed through two programs: hub funding and spoke funding. In hub funding, one award will be made for $200,000 to serve as a hub or one-stop-shop where the re-entry community can receive services necessary to assist them in reaching stability. The goal is to fund an organization to provide wrap-around, holistic services to those who are working to ....
By Doug Barrett Jun 1, 2021 | 5:03 AM Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping. With vaccinations rolling out and shoppers freer to go out maskless, retailers from Walmart to Macy’s are seeing an eager return to their stores after months of watching their customers focus on online buying during the pandemic. Shoppers return less than when buying online. And store customers tend to do more impulse buying than online. Three months after saying that comparable store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy released a much more optimistic outlook for the year after reporting booming sales in the first quarter. The Minnesota-based Best Buy said that its quarterly sales were helped by government stimulus payments, a short-term windfall, but it also believes that customers will continue to depend on the company’s services and products even after the pandemic eases. ....
Briefs Chamber of Commerce awarded funds to support tourism Kennebec Valley Tourism Council (KVTC) has awarded sponsorship support funds in the amount of $1,662.50 to Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce for the Taste of Waterville to assist in the growth of tourism in Maine’s Kennebec Valley and produce a positive economic impact on the region. Mid-Maine Chamber was one of 12 sponsorship recipients awarded as part of the 2021 KVTC marketing partnership program. In total, the 2021 KVTC sponsorship support application requests reached nearly $29,100. The organization was unable to fully fund all regional sponsorship requests to its members this year. However, with the help of Brookfield Renewable U.S., KVTC was able to fund $19,351.50. KVTC is excited to award sponsorships to local organizations who are helping KVTC promote the Kennebec Valley region as a destination place with their own marketing initiatives. ....
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