Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s receives grant
Wilkes-Barre: The grant, from the Hawk Family Foundation, will help support the organization’s Guardianship program.
| 24 Jul 2024 | 03:20
L-R: FSA NEPA CEO Sean Gerow, Hawk Family Foundation administrator Maggie Hawk, FSA NEPA Director of Guardianship Nancy Hudack, and FSA NEPA senior grant writer and communications manager David Kale. (
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The Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania (FSA NEPA), which serves 17 counties in the state, including Pike County, recently received a major donation from regional charitable organization, the Hawk Family Foundation. The $45,000 grant will provide support for the Guardianship program over the next three years.
The Guardianship program is part of the FSA NEPA organization. The program’s clients usually have an intellectual disability, dementia, physical issues, and/or age-related health problems that cause physicians to refer decisions about their care and overall well-being to the legal system. More than 80% of clients in FSA NEPA’s program qualify for medical assistance, which provides modest reimbursement. Community foundation grants and fundraising assist with operating expenses and assure the program remains financially sustainable.
“With the support FSA guardianship receives from the Hawk foundation we can provide our clients quality service. This money also allows us to purchase items for clients when they do not have the funds to meet their needs. We are greatly appreciative of the Hawk foundation’s support to a well needed service to individuals who have no one else to help met their daily and long-term needs,” said Guardianship Director Nancy Hudack.
David and Ann Hawk established the foundation in 2006 and permanently endowed it in 2017. The family foundation represents and promotes the philanthropic interests of the Hawks and their family by working to improve the quality of people’s lives, particularly children, senior citizens, and the most vulnerable people in the community. Their support for the FSA NEPA Guardianship program is part of each organizations’ efforts to address ongoing and emerging trends in public need.
Today, FSA NEPA’s programs provide services to residents in the following counties: Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne and Wyoming. Any resident in PA 211 NE’s coverage area can access the PA 211 NE / Help Line by calling 211, texting 211 (898-211, plus a zip code), or by logging on to pa211ne.org.
For more information about FSA or to support its programs, visit fsanepa.org, call 570-823-5144, or email families@fsanepa.org.