Families dealing with poverty and lack of affordable housing in Kewaunee County will be closer to getting the help they need, thanks to a grant from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.  The Kewaunee County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secured a $10,500 grant through the “Stand Together Foundation” that awarded $180,500 to six agencies in three Northeastern Wisconsin counties.  Human Services Director Melissa Annoye says the grant money will go a long way in supporting a “wraparound home” that HHS is working to secure in the village of Luxemburg.  The planned wraparound home will help Kewaunee County families impacted by an unstable housing market.  It will provide supportive-type housing in which the family will have safe and secure housing while working on essential needs like mental health, AODA, parenting, and financial security. 

Annoye adds that HHS is in the preliminary stage of getting bids to remodel the Luxemburg house.  Kewaunee County secured the house due to unpaid back taxes, and is in much need of repairs.  The wraparound home project will be available to any Kewaunee County resident who may be in need when the remodel is completed.