AKRON, Ohio – The Akron Community Foundation this week approved $62,000 in grants to help nonprofits during the coronavirus pandemic.

A $5,000 grant will help Summa Health System and provide meals and personal protective equipment, such as N95 masks, to health-care workers. The grant will also be used to create strategies to more effectively diagnose and treat the COVID-19 virus. Summa Health is offering free COVID-19 screening and has conducted nearly 4,000 telehealth visits.

The foundation also approved $5,000 for the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit & Medina Counties. The grant will go toward the purchase of cleaning equipment to help keep the shelter sanitized and safe for its residents.

Additional organizations receiving grants are:

“ACCESS, Inc., for COVID-19 expenses and operational support during the health crisis, $5,000

AxessPointe Community Health Center, to deliver virtual services to patients as a result of COVID-19, $5,000

Broken Chains Ministry, to support emergency general operating expenses for the Summit County women's opiate recovery program, $3,500

Coleman Professional Services, for psychological first aid and mental-health triage among providers throughout Summa Health System, $1,500

Community Health Center, to implement addiction recovery services using telehealth technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, $2,500

Family Promise of Summit County Inc., to provide vouchers for extended-stay hotels for families facing homelessness and utility and supply expenses, $5,000

Ohio Living Rockynol, to support emergency staffing shortage as a result of COVID-19, $3,000

Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, to support reproductive health care for patients in Summit County during the COVID-19 pandemic, $5,000

Portage Path Behavioral Health, to support implementation of telehealth for mental health and addiction treatment, $5,000

Recovery Center of Medina County, to support crisis services as a result of COVID-19, $3,500

Stark State College Foundation, to help cover basic needs and technology costs for post-secondary students, $3,000

Salvation Army of Summit County, to support and sustain basic needs services to citizens of Summit County, $5,000

Well Community Development Corporation, to support a rental assistance fund for tenants and vulnerable families at Mason Park Community Learning Center, $5,000.”

“We are deeply grateful to Akron Community Foundation for awarding $5,000 to Summa Health’s COVID-19 Fund,” said Dr. Cliff Deveny, Summa Health president and chief executive officer in a news release. “With your help, we are diligently supporting our patients and keeping our frontline caregivers safe..."

The release also includes a statement from Terri Heckman, executive director for the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina County: “The ‘stay at home’ orders and increased stress within families due to the current health crisis unfortunately create a perfect storm for domestic violence to occur. Our doors must remain open and our shelter must remain virus free to safely serve this community. . . . These additional needs have caused financial hardship for our shelter and Akron Community Foundation’s funding has been a lifesaver.”

The third round of grants come from the foundation’s Community Response Fund for Nonprofits. Since the fund was established in mid-March, it haS grown to approximately $500,000.

To learn more about the about the Community Response Fund for Nonprofits, visit akroncf.org/communityresponsefundinfo. To apply for a grant, visit akroncf.org/communityresponsefundgrants.

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