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• Empower women and girls to make positive decisions – Examples include mentoring, leadership, career exposure, character development.
• Promote healthy relationships and prevent domestic violence – Examples include teen dating violence prevention education, domestic violence shelters and transitional housing, victim advocacy.
• Advance family economic security – Examples include training for jobs and career advancement, programs to overcome barriers to financial security, and other supports for low-income women.
• Support access to women’s health, mental health and reproductive health services – Examples include counseling, health education, health care access.
• Support public policy, advocacy and leadership to promote equity – Please call the program staff to discuss your ideas.
• Help New London women, ages 62 and older, with limited incomes to remain in their homes (Southeast only) – Examples include meal delivery, nursing services.

Collectively, the four Women & Girls Funds have an endowment of over $4 million and have awarded $1.8 million in grants to almost 400 organizations.

For more information about each fund, and to apply for a Women & Girls grant:

• Northeast Area Women & Girls Fund: Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson and Woodstock. Recent Grantees
• Norwich Area Women & Girls Fund: Norwich, Bozrah, Colchester, Franklin, Griswold, Lebanon, Lisbon, Preston, Sprague and Voluntown. Recent Grantees
• Southeast Area Women & Girls Fund: East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Stonington and Waterford. Recent Grantees
• Windham Area Women & Girls Fund: Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Mansfield, Scotland, Stafford, Union, Willington and Windham/Willimantic. Recent Grantees