TCN Behavioral Health was recently nominated by CoverLink Insurance and will receive a $10,000 grant from Westfield Insurance Foundation’s Legacy of Care program to help provide food and shelter to domestic violence victims and survivors.
Each year, Westfield independent insurance agents, like CoverLink Insurance, 200 Dowell Ave., are invited to nominate a local nonprofit for the Legacy of Caring program.
The program invests in communities and helps impact disaster recovery, family stability or safety.
“With the pandemic, Westfield’s Legacy of Caring program became even more relevant because it will take months, and maybe years, to return to the stability and security people and businesses, including nonprofits, enjoyed before a disaster happened,” said Matt Simon, CoverLink Insurance president.
“Cash awards are rare and treasured,” said Debbie Brownlee, TCN Behavioral Health Domestic Violence Program manager. “The $10,000 award is a cash match for our federal grant which clears the path for $50,000 to be applied to the program’s needs. In other words, it has five-fold leverage power.
“We were able to pay for a year’s rent for our beautiful and safe shelter and all the groceries needed to feed approximately 130 domestic violence victims for the year. Our sincere gratitude and thanks.”
This year, the Westfield Insurance Foundation donated more than a half million dollars to neighborhoods across the country. CoverLink is one of 50 agencies that nominated a nonprofit, TCN Behavioral Health, for the Westfield Legacy of Caring grant program.
Awarding grants through the program is an extension of the fundamental role that insurance plays every day in stabilizing families, businesses and communities in times of uncertainty, representatives said. Westfield is proud to work with their independent agents in distributing over $3 million since 2015.
“Together with our agency partners, Westfield continues to build on the strong commitment to caring that the founders of our company imagined,” said Ed Largent, Westfield President, CEO, board chair and Westfield Insurance Foundation chairman.
“At Westfield, we want to give our communities everything we can: Protection, safety and support and our commitment doesn’t stop there.”