Applications sought for social action funding grant<\/p>\n
Pinellas County Human Services is accepting Social Action Funding Grant Program applications through Thursday, March 26, at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
The program provides funding to social service organizations for priority services that directly serve Pinellas County citizens. Its goals are to address the health, economic and social wellbeing of county residents in need of assistance.<\/p>\n
Applicant organizations must be 501(c)(3) registered nonprofits serving Pinellas County residents. They must have been incorporated in the state of Florida for at least one year before the date of their application. Funding is awarded through a competitive process.<\/p>\n
Organizations may apply for up to $150,000 in funding, with the minimum grant being $10,000, and must align with one of the county\u2019s defined social action priorities:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Food and Nutritional Services<\/p>\n
\u2022 Homeless and Housing Services<\/p>\n
\u2022 Healthcare for Disadvantaged Residents<\/p>\n
\u2022 Human Services for Disadvantaged Residents<\/p>\n
\u2022 Supportive Services for an Aging Population<\/p>\n
Eligible applicants may submit a maximum of one application. Those interested in applying can do so at pinellas.gov\/pinellas-county-human-services-social-action-funding<\/a> through March 26 at 1 p.m. Late applications will not be considered.<\/p>\n For more information, email questions to Amanda Craft at acraft@pinellas.gov<\/a> by March 12 at 4 p.m. All answers will be shared on the webpage March 17.<\/p>\n Animal Services waives fees for long-stay pets<\/p>\n Pinellas County Animal Services is launching a new \u201cSpring Free from the Shelter\u201d adoption campaign to get its longest-waiting pets a fresh start.<\/p>\n Through May 31, Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for dogs and cats who have been in the shelter\u2019s care for more than 60 days. All adoptable animals are spayed\/neutered and come with a microchip with free lifetime registration, age-appropriate vaccinations, a one-year Pinellas County pet license, a bag of pet food and a toy or treat. All adoptions will require the usual screenings for adopters.<\/p>\n Eligible dogs and cats will be highlighted on the animal shelter\u2019s Facebook and Instagram pages with information on how long the animal has been in the shelter, their strengths, personality traits, insight into the type of home they\u2019d thrive in and more.<\/p>\n To see a full list of adoptable dogs, visit pinellas.gov\/dogs<\/a>. For cats, visit pinellas.gov\/cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Applications sought for social action funding grant Pinellas County Human Services is accepting Social Action Funding Grant Program…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[16228,596,87539,87538,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-186404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-pet-adoption","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-county-animal-services","tag-pinellas-county-humane-services","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}