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Medford Housing Nonprofit Gets Grant

Concern For Independent Living receiving money for their work for veterans with disabilities.

Medford-based organization Concern For Independent Living is receiving $25,000 from the Long Island Community Foundation based in Syosset.

The foundation is giving a total of $607,000 in grants to 31 local nonprofits for projects ranging from protecting waterways in Riverhead to teaching students in Hempstead about spending money, says a release from the organization.

According to the release, Concern For Independent Living helps formerly homeless veterans with mental health problems to find safe and more permanent housing. The organization is located at 312 Express Drive South in Medford, and more information on them can be found at their website by clicking here.

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