St. Charles Health System has awarded more than $85,000 in Community Benefit grants to 27 local organizations in Central Oregon. The grants were awarded to provide basic needs, sponsor local events and as part of St. Charles’ Priority Grant to increase a sense of belonging and reduce loneliness and isolation. Projects supported this year range from providing meals to families in need to creating outdoor spaces for local communities to enjoy.

A local nonprofit organization, CASA of Central Oregon, received $5,000 to expand its Family Find programming. Family Find aims to establish family connections between children in foster care and their relatives by locating long-term, caring, permanent connections and relationships for children and youth in foster care. The goal of this project is not

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