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Quince Foundation Grant Awarded 

Cape Ann Community Service Agency Awarded Quince Foundation Grant

Beverly, MA-The Cape Ann Community Service Agency (CSA) has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Josh Quince Foundation. The grant will support the non-profit's work with families on Cape Ann and across 14 North Shore towns.

Headquartered in Beverly, the Cape Ann CSA provides services to local families who have children who are struggling with a mental health disorder.

The CSA will use the Josh Quince Foundation funds to meet each family's individual and incidental needs that are not typically covered by public funding or insurance. Examples of these needs include help with emergency car repairs or children's bedding and kitchen equipment for families in transition from a shelter to an apartment.

For many families, the CSA and its supportive services save the parents from placing their child with mental health issues in an away-from-home facility.

"The Josh Quince Foundation funds will allow us to work with families in creative ways to that they can feel supported and better able to handle the challenges that are occurring in their lives right now," says Michelle Fyrer, Director of the Cape Ann CSA. "We are really grateful for the Foundation's support."

The Cape Ann Community Service Agency is part of Health & Education Services, a non-profit behavioral health network serving over 40 communities in the greater North Shore, Lowell and Merrimack Valley areas. For more information on HES please visit www.hes-inc.org or to make a donation, please contact the Northeast Health Foundation at 978-236-1636.

About the Josh Quince Foundation
Located in South Hamilton, Mass., the Josh Quince Foundation was established to provide information to adolescents, schools and parents on counseling and resources around adolescent psychological services for those individuals who would otherwise not have the financial means.  The Foundation is named for the family's 15-year-old son, Josh, who committed suicide in April 2000. For more information on the Foundation, visit http://www.thejoshquincefoundation.org/.