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A local, not-for-profit group is expected to receive a $15,000 boost from St. Joseph County next week.
Rooted of St. Joseph County is in the final stages of a $500,000 fundraiser to build a safe house in Centreville. The county’s contribution would be matched by the Fibre Converters Foundation.
Details of the fundraiser were provided by Rooted founder Tiffany Wagler during Tuesday’s St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners Executive Committee. A recommendation to provide the $15,000 will be fielded by the board at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Wagler said Rooted services children going through a traumatic transition, such as entering foster care. The Rooted Safe House would serve as a stable environment for children between their removal from home and placement with a new family.
