Step Up Parents Receives $5,000 Grant From The Fuller Foundation, Inc. To Support 2021 Programming

Member news from the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth:

January 19, 2021

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PORTSMOUTH—Step Up Parents of Portsmouth, NH has received a $5,000 grant from The Fuller Foundation, Inc., a family foundation that supports non-profit organizations in the Boston area and New Hampshire seacoast.

The grant will be used to support the individualized needs of kinship families raising the children of parents with substance use disorder. With generous donations like this one, Step Up Parents has been able to help over 100 kinship families, giving over $42,000 in assistance since its founding in 2019.

“We extend our best wishes to Step Up Parents for continued success during these challenging times,” said Phil Hall, Administrator at the Fuller Foundation, Inc. “It is a pleasure to be among your current supporters.”

Step Up Parents is grateful to be a grant recipient. “We are honored by the generosity and support of The Fuller Foundation, Inc.,” says Step Up Parents’ Founder, Denyse Richter. “This $5,000 will help us to deliver assistance to the many Seacoast area kinship families.”

With more than 12,000 grandparents and other relatives raising children in New Hampshire, the need for support and resources is great. If you, or someone you know, is a relative caregiver raising children of a loved one struggling with substance misuse, please visit www.stepupparents.net, call 603-319-4739, or email info@stepupparents.net.

Donations may be made at www.stepupparents.net/donate or mailed to PO Box 1603, Portsmouth, NH, 03801.

About Step Up Parents:

Founded in 2019 and based in Portsmouth, NH, Step Up Parents offers financial assistance to relative caregivers in New Hampshire who have selflessly stepped up to be surrogate parents to kids whose biological parents struggle with substance use disorder. We respond to each family’s unique needs in a timely way.

Step Up Parents believes that even heroes need a hand.

This press release was produced by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. The views expressed are the author's own.