First Step

Basic Needs Support for Emergency Shelter and Animal Shelter
2021

Overview
The Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation awarded First Step a $30,000 grant to support basic needs for youth, families, and animals.

Details
The pandemic transformed how First Step delivers services and increased the agency’s costs for supplies to ensure domestic violence survivors’ and staff’s health and safety. Support from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation will be for the provision of food, transportation, supplies, and animal care.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Health
Youth And Family
Animal Welfare
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