2024 MFLKF Annual Report

HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS

St. Ann's Home & School provides comprehensive care, education, and support for children and young adults with emotional, behavioral, and learning challenges. Grant funding will support after-school and summer programming through the Learning Annex, focusing on academic, social, and vocational skill-building for youth with specialized needs.

The Wish Project is a home goods bank providing essential items to families and children in Merrimack Valley transitioning out of homelessness or facing financial hardship. Grant funding will help expand their ability to distribute clothing, diapers, furniture, baby essentials, school supplies, and other basic needs to over 60,000 individuals, 85% of whom are children under 18.

Up With Books provides new books to children in low-income households to improve literacy, close the reading achievement gap, and promote lifelong learning. This grant will fund their summer reading program, equipping children with backpacks containing 8-10 books and literacy materials to prevent learning loss and support academic growth.

The Haverhill YMCA's Positive Alternatives to School Suspension (PASS) program provides therapeutic support, counseling, and academic engagement to high school students facing disciplinary suspension. This grant will expand PASS services to address behavioral needs, reduce recidivism, and support at-risk youth, fostering their success and positive reintegration into the school environment.

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