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Thana Hickman-Simmons, founder and executive director of Viola's House. Her nonprofit is one of 20 that received awards. [Image: Viola's House]
Communities Foundation of Texas and The Dallas Foundation Award $250K Across 20 Nonprofits to Support Racial Equality
by Lance Murray | Jan 18, 2023
The grants will support 20 Dallas nonprofits that offer a wide range of programs, including high nutritional foods for senior households, family mental health services, scholarships for Oak Cliff high school students, parent peer mentoring, team sports and life skills building for girls in Southern Dallas, and more.
![POETIC is one of the Community Impact grant recipients, with a mission of "equipping girls who have experienced child maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking to find their voices, reclaim their narratives and persist forward." [Image: POETIC]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/POETIC-image-from-Dallas-organization-website-360x203.jpeg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 20, 2022
From POETIC—which helps girls who've experienced maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation, and sex trafficking to find their voices—to Parks for Downtown Dallas, Café Momentum, Family Gateway and more, the 27 nonprofits share one ultimate goal, The Dallas Foundation says:
They all provide "children and families with a brighter and more equitable community to live in.”
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by Bella Pinera |
Jul 7, 2021
Dallas-based POETIC, an aftercare program dedicated to supporting vulnerable youth, is continuing its partnership with the Texas Bar Foundation to enhance its programs and aid its goal to end child exploitation and trafficking in the community.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2019
POETIC and The Artist Outreach are among the Foundation's 15 new partnerships that aim to break the cycle of poverty in the United States.
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POETIC, an intensive aftercare model that works directly with the juvenile justice system to engage with girls before traffickers reach them, took home the grand prize of Social Innovator of the year. [Photo: Marcy Meeks/United Way]
The Pitch: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Awards $225K to This Year’s Top Social Innovators
by Alex Edwards | Apr 17, 2019
This year's third annual social innovation competition featured The Pitch, a live performance at Gilley's Dallas on April 16, and The Vote, a social media contest from April 8-15. We've got a breakdown of it all: the contestants, highlights from the pitches, next year's Accelerator participants, and which startups took home the prize money.
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