The Linn County Board of Supervisors awarded $80,000 in grants from the Witwer Trust Fund on Tuesday.The 21 recipients were selected through the annual, competitive grant process, according to a news release.The recipients for grant as well as the project and amounts are:• African-American Heritage Foundation: $4,000 for high-quality, in-house production capabilities• Big Brothers Big Sisters: $3,000 to strengthen mentor relationships• Catherine McAuley Center: $4,400 for expansion of the center• Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation: $2,000 for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library• Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity: $2,500 for 2021 Women Build• Community Health Free Clinic: $3,850 for prescription services• Discovery Living: $2,500 for improving caregiver physical, mental and emotional health• Eastern Iowa Health Center: $3,250 for Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank• Families Helping Families of Iowa: $2,500 for providing shoes for Linn County’s children in foster care• Family Promise of Linn County: $4,000 for diversion, prevention and stability for Linn County families• Horizons A Family Service Alliance: $2,500 for transportation jumpstart• Iowa Legal Aid: $4,250: Parent representation project• McKinley STEAM Academy: $5,000 for walking trail• Monroe Township Fire Department Association: $3,000 for rescue equipment 2020• Peer Action Disability Support: $3,250 for Linn County ADA Celebration 2021• Riverview Center: $5,000 for Linn County sexual assault/abuse crisis prevention project• Tanager Place: $4,000 for LGBTQ Youth Center• The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success: $7,000 for academy expansion program support• Trees Forever: $7,000 for TreeKeepers and Growing Futures support• VALOR Inc.

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