Iowa West Foundation Awards $4.3 Million In Grants & Initiatives
November 15, 2023
Funding supports thriving rural communities in southwest Iowa The Iowa West Foundation Board of Directors recently approved $4.3 million in grant and initiative funding toward creating vibrant southwest Iowa communities where residents love to live, employees can learn as they earn, and places to play are plentiful. The cities of Avoca, Carson, Carroll, Denison, Dunlap, […]
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Rural Volunteer Fire Departments
October 10, 2023
$2 million to 50+ Communities In small, rural Iowa communities, fire departments play a vital role in safeguarding their communities and are important to the success and wellbeing of the towns they serve. Sadly, they often operate with limited resources to sustain their operations. City budgets typically only cover essential expenses, such as vehicles and […]
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Iowa Legal Aid: Eviction Diversion Help Desk
October 9, 2023
Iowa Legal Aid: Eviction Diversion Help Desk From Crisis to Solution: Iowa Legal Aid’s Impact on Eviction Rates Have you ever been so shocked by a statistic that it drove you to make a change? Erin Planalp, an attorney with Iowa Legal Aid, was immediately alarmed when she learned Pottawattamie County had the greatest increase […]
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ASPIRE
September 8, 2023
Today’s Students = Tomorrow’s Workforce ASPIRE was created in partnership with Pottawattamie County school districts to serve the unique needs of both urban and rural students. It allows superintendents to use flexible funding to grow existing workforce training programs or launch new ones. Each program ensures students receive support in their career exploration and assistance […]
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IWF Launches ASPIRE Workforce Program with Pottawattamie County School Districts, Education Partners
September 7, 2023
$1.1 million to fund job training opportunities and support for high school students (COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA) – Headlines across the country warn of a workforce pipeline problem in healthcare, childcare, and construction trades among other fields, but that is not the story in Pottawattamie County, where the Iowa West Foundation today launched ASPIRE. The new […]
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Iowa West Foundation Awards $3 Million In Grants
July 25, 2023
Funding supports students in and out of the classroom; Housing remains a focus of IWF’s work (Council Bluffs, IA) – When southwest Iowa students head back to school next month, they will have unique opportunities in the classroom and beyond thanks to Iowa West Foundation grants. A long-time supporter of arts & culture in southwest Iowa, […]
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Anawim Housing: A Housing First Approach
May 8, 2023
What is a Housing First approach? If a person is hungry, you don’t ask them to purchase pots and pans and then learn how to cook. You feed them first, and then begin to address the root causes that led to hunger. Similarly, “Housing First” is a strategy rooted in the belief that all people […]
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