Virgin Islands Advocacy Incorporated, the protection and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program.
The grant will be used for additional architectural access improvements under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The tenth anniversary of the ADA, a monumental civil rights bill, is on July 26.
According to Amelia Headley LaMont, the executive director of Virgin Islands Advocacy Incorporated, "we are extremely pleased to receive this grant award. It will go a long way toward enhancing and improving our architectural access and in furthering the goals and objectives of the ADA."
All interested persons are invited to attend the grant award ceremony scheduled for Monday, July 17, at l p.m. at the home office of Virgin Islands Advocacy Incorporated, 63 Estate Carlton Frederiksted, St. Croix. Virgin Islands Advocacy Incorporated is located on Centerline Road (Queen Mary Highway), immediately west of the K-Mart store at Sunshine Mall.
For more information please contact Virgin Islands Advocacy Incorporated at 772-1200.