KeyBank Foundation Provides $150,000 Grant To Support COTS Housing Community Enrichment Program
- KeyBank Foundation's $150,000 donation to COTS will support a new supportive service role in their Housing program, enhancing housing retention efforts and supporting the existing affordable housing portfolio.
- This investment will enable COTS to hire a Housing Community Enrichment Liaison (CEL) to offer enhanced programming and engagement to formerly homeless residents.
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BURLINGTON, VT / ACCESSWIRE / August 11, 2023 / KeyBank Foundation, the non-profit charitable foundation of KeyBank, announces a three-year,
"KeyBank has long been a pivotal partner to COTS, and we are thrilled to be able to offer enhanced programming and engagement to our formerly homeless residents thanks to KeyBank's investment in our work," said COTS Executive Director Jonathan Farrell.
KeyBank's funding will enable COTS to hire a Housing Community Enrichment Liaison (CEL) to enhance COTS' housing retention efforts and support their existing affordable housing portfolio. The CEL will connect with COTS residents about quality of life and wellness opportunities that could be deployed in their housing and then implement those opportunities at each of COTS' properties (The Wilson, Saint John's Hall, Canal Street, 95 North Ave, and eventually Main Street Family Housing). Activities will represent a wide spectrum of wellness, including but not limited to music, art, photography, storytelling, memoir writing, meditation, therapeutic movement, recovery, gardening, and cooking classes. A unique goal of this work will be to create lasting connections with community wellness partners that can continue even after residents moved on from COTS housing. Funds will be used for personnel costs and program services cost for residents.
"KeyBank is a long-time supporter of COTS and we are aligned with their mission to house the homeless and find solutions to bring affordable housing to all," said KeyBank's Vermont Market President Joseph McGowan. "We're proud to continue to help them expand needed services and resources that will benefit their clients and our community at large."
Since 2017, KeyBank Foundation has provided nearly
About COTS:
COTS is the largest service provider for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in Vermont. COTS' mission is to provide emergency shelter, services, and housing for those who are homeless or marginally housed. We believe in the value and dignity of every human life; we believe that housing is a fundamental human right; and we believe that emergency shelter is not the solution to homelessness. We operate 9 locations in Burlington and Winooski. For more information, visit www.cotsonline.org.
About KeyBank Foundation:
KeyBank Foundation serves to fulfill KeyBank's purpose to help clients and communities thrive, and its mission is to support organizations and programs that prepare people for thriving futures. The Foundation's mission is advanced through three funding priorities - neighbors, education, and workforce - and through community service. To provide meaningful philanthropy that transforms lives, KeyBank Foundation listens carefully to understand the unique characteristics and needs of its communities and then backs solutions with targeted philanthropic investments. KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation, funded by KeyCorp.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately
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