{"id":575,"date":"2023-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-inn.org\/the-inn-awarded-2m-in-government-funding-bill-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:22:09","slug":"the-inn-awarded-2m-in-government-funding-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-inn.org\/the-inn-awarded-2m-in-government-funding-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"The INN Awarded $2M In Government Funding Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"575\" class=\"elementor elementor-575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-354d0209 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"354d0209\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-411e5278\" data-id=\"411e5278\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c84c41e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c84c41e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of the recent Government Funding Bill, The INN was awarded $2 million in congressionally directed spending for homeless safety net programming. The Bill passed in the Senate and the House just before Christmas. It was sponsored and supported by Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Chuck Schumer.<\/p><p><em>\u201cDuring the time of year when miracles are known to happen, The INN is so thankful to receive this wonderful news,\u201d<\/em> said Jean Kelly, Executive Director of the INN. <em>\u201cIt will help make possible the much-needed expansion of our services for hungry and homeless Long Islanders.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>On December 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022, The INN reopened the doors of the Mary Brennan INN soup kitchen to allow guests inside the building after serving outside the front doors since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020. In addition, the recent acquisition of the 25,000 square foot building next door to the soup kitchen will allow The INN to expand its existing services to those community members in need. Partner organizations will continue to be invited to provide desperately needed medical and mental health services, workforce development programs and other valuable services.<\/p><p>Read the news stories about the full bill and its recipients below:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/baldwin\/stories\/representative-rice-secures-school-funding,155766\">https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/baldwin\/stories\/representative-rice-secures-school-funding,155766<\/a>?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longisland.com\/news\/12-26-22\/rep-rice-secures-15117028-for-local-projects-in-final-government-funding-package.html\">https:\/\/www.longisland.com\/news\/12-26-22\/rep-rice-secures-15117028-for-local-projects-in-final-government-funding-package.html<br \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e6285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9e6285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/the-inn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CDS-Funding-Schumer-2M-2023-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2636\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-inn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CDS-Funding-Schumer-2M-2023-2.png 940w, https:\/\/the-inn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CDS-Funding-Schumer-2M-2023-2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/the-inn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CDS-Funding-Schumer-2M-2023-2-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the recent Government Funding Bill, The INN was awarded $2 million in congressionally directed spending for homeless safety net programming. 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