Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: NH Kinship Care Direct-Aid Nonprofit Gets A Pre-Holiday Boost From Oleonda Jameson Trust

Portsmouth NH

03 December, 2021

5:09 AM

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Press release from Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: December 1, 2021 PORTSMOUTH—The Portsmouth-based kinship care nonprofit Step Up Parents heads into the holiday season with deeper pockets to assist kinship care families through the difficult winter months ahead thanks to a generous $5,000 grant from the Oleonda Jameson Trust. "The Oleonda Jameson Trust supports programs that provide assistance to impoverished families and individuals," said trustee, Mary Susan Leahy. "We are pleased to support Step Up Parents in helping to alleviate the financial burden its low-income clients face in raising their loved ones' children unexpectedly." As a direct-assistance organization, Step Up Parents provides financial and material support to kinship caregivers raising children whose parents struggle with substance use disorder. With this grant, many more families will receive support for their individual needs, like daycare costs, clothing, baby supplies, or utility bills. This support is more important than ever as global supply chain issues caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to wreak havoc on the cost of such life basics as food, clothing, and energy. "The pandemic has had a devastating impact on so many kinship families throughout New Hampshire," said Step Up Parents founder, Denyse Richter. "We are grateful to be selected for this grant, which we will used to provide direct support to so many kinship care families. It's very timely, as well, as we see an uptick in applications for basic needs this time of year." If you or someone you know is a relative caregiver raising children of a loved one struggling with substance misuse, please visit www.stepupparents.net, call 603-319-4739, or email [email protected]. To make a donation to Step Up Parents, please visit www.stepupparents.net/donate or mail to PO Box 1603, Portsmouth, NH, 03801. Step Up Parents is 100% volunteer. This press release was produced by Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. The views expressed here are the author's own.