Power Grants

2009 POWER Grant Recipients

In 2009, TRICO awarded six recipients grants totaling $40,000 to local non-profits providing food and basic needs to children. The groups receiving funds represent each of Trico’s service territories, from Marana in the Northwest, to Arivaca to Green Valley and Sahuarita, and aid children throughout Southern Arizona.

The 2009 POWER Grant recipients are:

• The Marana Unified School District, $8,160.
  POWER Grant funds will be used to implement the district’s first-ever Snak Pack program. The project, which will be implemented at Roadrunner Elementary, involves giving high-need students backpacks that are then filled with food on Fridays.
• Casa Support Council for Pima County, $7,170
  The funds will be used to create a new literacy program for young children that are removed from their homes and placed into foster care. Young children in this situation often lose four to six months of school-based learning. This program will help these children re-gain that learning and reinforce their reading and basic literacy skills. The program will target children in the Three Points and Sahuarita areas.
• Christian Family Care Agency, $7,170 
  POWER Grant funds will be used to hire professional counselors to assist foster kids adapt to their transitional homes.
• Green Valley Assistance Services, $5,000
  Green Valley Assistance Services will use the POWER Grant funds to help prepare children in need for school, including immunizations, food gift cards and school supplies.
• The Sahuarita Unified School District, $7,500
  The POWER Grant funds will be used for food, nutrition and safety education as well as a snack program for needy children.
• The Tucson Alliance for Autism, $5,000
  POWER Grant funds will be used for the Life Skills and Social Thinking Program, which helps high-functioning autistic children ages 14 to 25 build their organization, time management, communication and interpersonal skills. This helps them function better in society and makes them employable.

 Trico is currently reviewing applicants for the 2010 POWER Grants program.