Welcome House grant from Anthem
Welcome House of Northern Kentucky, Inc. has received a $40,000 grant from Anthem Medicaid.
Welcome House will use the grant to serve individuals between the ages of 18-24 in Northern Kentucky experiencing homelessness by providing housing subsidies, access to food and hygiene items, and additional wrap-around services focused on developing employment, training and life skills.
Welcome House and Anthem Medicaid hold ribbon-cutting at new home
The grant has allowed Welcome House to purchase a home in Covington as a way to “provide stability in order to prevent long-term homelessness,” said Executive Director Danielle Amrine.
In addition to this grant, Anthem Medicaid will be opening a customer service office within the Welcome House to help support its consumers in the Northern Kentucky area. Anthem Medicaid consumers will have access to an on-site associate who can help them navigate available Medicaid resources, as well as increased access to education, training and career resources.
Programs at Welcome House address the variety of needs of those living in poverty or on the verge of homelessness.
In 2018, Welcome House expanded their services to include transitional age youth ages 18-24. The transitional age youth program, called Open Door, is comprised of a service coordinator working with youth who will reside in the home purchased through the Anthem Medicaid funding.
Welcome House is one of the few non-profits that provide housing as well as services to this vulnerable age population.
Klosterman’s Pink Ribbon Girls
Klosterman Baking Co., a family-owned bakery headquartered in Cincinnati, has launched its 6th annual campaign benefitting Pink Ribbon Girls. Klosterman has made it the company’s goal to raise $15,000 for Pink Ribbon Girls in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With this donation, the brand will provide 1,875 meals for women and their families battling breast and reproductive cancers.
Pink Ribbon Girls’ mission isn’t just to talk about cancer but to take on cancer. The organization’s staff and volunteers work hard to lighten the burden of a cancer diagnosis by providing clients and their families with free direct services, which include: rides to treatment, housekeeping services, and healthy meals.
Last year Klosterman, the fourth generation family-owned company, donated $10,000 to Pink Ribbon Girls’ Cincinnati and Dayton regions.
“So many of us have a loved one or friend that has battled cancer,” said Kim Klosterman, CEO, Klosterman Baking Company. “Our goal for ‘Pink with a Purpose’ is to help Pink Ribbon Girls grow their local programs here in Cincinnati and Dayton. We are proud to partner with them to help raise awareness, and especially support, for families who are affected.”
Consumers can look for “Pink with a Purpose” varieties in grocery stores across the tristate. A portion of the proceeds from the sales will go to Pink Ribbon Girls.
