On Oct. 9 the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet announced the Wallace Foundation is awarding them $5-6 million dollars over the course of six years, from 2026 to 2031.

The funding will be put toward middle school and early high school students' out-of-school opportunities, programs and spaces.

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet was one of seven communities in the country selected for the initiative.

The word of the day on Oct. 9 was "gratitude" for the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet, according to its executive director, Jill Gomez.

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet announced its nonprofit organization was chosen out of 1,700 communities through an open call application to receive $5-6 million over the course of six years, until December 2031, from the Wallace Foundation , a natio

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