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Since 2018, CWRU has partnered with Famicos on holiday giving, Newton Avenue Park, a Health Equity Strategy for local neighborhoods, COVID-19 vaccines, and, most recently, free dental clinics for local seniors.

Famicos is proud to be one of the organizations that was awarded funding by the Ohio Department of Health. We plan to use the funding we were awarded to hire a community health liaison to help run the lead remediation, food distribution, vaccination, and health screening programs in the Hough, Glenville and St.Clair-Superior neighborhoods.

Famicos is proud to be one of 8 organizations nationwide to have received the USDA's Urban Agriculture grant. This 3-year grant supports us as we grow food for the community as well as educate on nutrition and the growing cycle.

Famicos is one of several affordable housing organizations who pivoted during the COVID pandemic to assist low-income communities to become vaccinated.

Famicos Foundation is proud to partner with Kaboom!, the Cleveland Foundation, and General Motors to create a new multi-sport court at Mary M Bethune School in Glenville, an $80,000 investment.

Famicos is one of 150 community-based organizations across the country and one of only five in the State of Ohio to receive a large grant from the CDC Foundation to support our work to increase vaccination numbers among African Americans and Asians in Cleveland.

Famicos and other NeighborWorks network organizations are helping to overcome health disparities and vaccines to the people who need them the most.

Youth representatives of Famicos and OYU have helped deliver food to the elderly, toys to children, and got the word out on the census and voting.

CDCs including Famicos provide holiday season support for Cleveland neighborhoods.

Famicos supported Councilman Basheer Jones in the 3rd Annual Immani Women's Day of Health.

Famicos and Councilman Basheer Jones have dedicated a new laundry room at Daniel E Morgan School that will be free to use for students and their families.

Spectrum 1 News story on Famicos' work with young people at the Michael R White Community Garden.

Famicos is one of only ten organizations across the US to receive the first-ever USDA urban agriculture grants. Read the press release here.

Famicos is one of ten organizations nationwide who have received a grant from the USDA for urban agriculture. This is a new grant program for the USDA.

NeighborWorks highlights Famicos' Coronavirus relief efforts in its weekly blog.

Famicos Foundation is grateful to receive an $80,000 grant from the Rapid Response Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.

The basketball court at Thurgood Marshall Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center in Hough got a much-needed upgrade, thanks to the Cavs and the City of Cleveland.

Empress Taytu Ethiopian restaurant was just named one of Cleveland's 25 best restaurants by Cleveland Magazine. Congrats to this vegetarian and vegan masterpiece in St. Clair-Superior.