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Lincoln Foundation Awards Grant To Brightpoint

Brightpoint (formerly CANI) announced that they have received a grant of $25,000 from the Lincoln Financial Foundation for the Family Development program. Family Development is a voluntary, in-home program of supportive services that helps identify family strengths, desires, and needs in order to accomplish specific goals.

The Lincoln Financial Foundation, established in 1962, focuses their philanthropic efforts on four strategic areas: Youth Education, Human Services, Economic/Workforce Development, and the Arts.

Brightpoint is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving more than 35,000 people across northeast Indiana. Through a wide range of programs, Brightpoint helps communities, families, and individuals remove the causes and conditions of poverty. All Brightpoint services are provided without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, ancestry, or status as a veteran.