Pillars Inc. receives an ARPA check from Outagamie County, July 1, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Two nonprofits in Outagamie County received their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund checks Monday.
The county awarded $1,500,000 to Pillars Inc. and $750,000 to NEW Mental Health Connection to ensure operations of vital behavioral health initiatives in our community.
“This money is really a miracle for our coalition. It’s an opportunity to replenish lost reserves from the COVID pandemic. It’s also meant to stabilize our operations over the next several years which, for an organization like ours, what that does is that stability allows us to move from a place of strategy and problem-solving, instead of being in existential crisis, we can really work to solve problems instead of manage them,” said NEW Mental Health Connection executive director, Beth Clay.
The grants stem from Outagamie County’s strategic decision to allocate $2.75 million of ARPA funds towards housing and mental health services.
Both Pillars Inc. and NEW Mental Health Connection play crucial roles in addressing those needs in Outagamie County.
Other areas of focus for the county’s ARPA funds have been directed toward businesses, job creation, childcare and tourism programs.
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