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Province of Manitoba\nNews Release | <\/p>\n
Province of Manitoba
\nNews Release | <\/p>\n
The Manitoba government will provide more than $848,000 in grants to community development projects across the province, Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton and Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, announced July 19, 2018.<\/p>\n
Swan Valley Hometown Manitoba Project Recipients<\/strong> \u201cWe are continuing to invest funds in programs and local infrastructure that make a difference in our communities,\u201d said Wharton. \u201cOur government is proud to support projects and community-led non-profit organizations that improve the well-being of residents in Winnipeg\u2019s neighbourhoods and communities across the province.\u201d<\/p>\n The province has committed more than $20 million in 2018-19 to support community development projects. This year\u2019s application intake also placed an emphasis on projects that support women\u2019s safety and help reduce rates of violence against women. A total of $230,372 was invested in five projects supporting women\u2019s safety from the Neighbourhoods Alive! program.<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of our government\u2019s ongoing commitment to support survivors, I am pleased Neighbourhoods Alive! placed an emphasis on applications that support women in vulnerable situations and enable women\u2019s empowerment,\u201d said Squires. \u201cWe know that when a woman is empowered, positive change occurs within her, her family and her community.\u201d<\/p>\n Neighbourhoods Alive! supports and encourages revitalization efforts in designated neighbourhoods across Manitoba in a number of key areas including: This year, 19 community-driven projects were funded under this program including Heart Medicine Lodge at Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc., where today\u2019s announcement took place.<\/p>\n \u201cParticipants of the Heart Medicine Lodge have expressed how grateful they are a program like this exists,\u201d said Dodie Jordaan, executive director, Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. \u201cIn a group setting, women are empowered to build upon their community and individual strengths to overcome and heal from past harms. This funding will support the demand for traditional-based healing from sexual violence including access to ceremonies and teachings coupled with group trauma counselling and access to individual supports.\u201d<\/p>\n Ten projects were approved through the Partner 4 Growth program, which provides cost-shared funding for regions to identify and pursue economic development opportunities and help communities strengthen or diversify economic activity.<\/p>\n Another 91 projects were funded through the Hometown Manitoba program, which provides financial support for rural and northern projects led by local communities, organizations, co-operatives and businesses to enhance main street public places and building exteriors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Province of Manitoba News Release | The Manitoba government will provide more than $848,000 in grants to community development projects across the province, Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton and Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, announced July 19, 2018. Swan Valley Hometown Manitoba Project Recipients $1,000 Barrows Community Council […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-33055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n$1,000 Barrows Community Council – Barrows – Community Garden
\n$1,000 Benito Legion Ladies Auxiliary – Benito – Legion Hall
\n$1,667 Swan Valley RISE – Swan River – Signage <\/p>\n
\n\u2022 employment and training,
\n\u2022 education and recreation,
\n\u2022 safety and crime prevention, and
\n\u2022 housing and physical improvements. <\/p>\n