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The Norfolk Foundation awarded $129,000 to Virginia Supportive Housing to launch programs to help formerly homeless people deal with addiction and mental health problems.

The programs will help residents of Gosnold Apartments in Norfolk and The Cloverleaf in Virginia Beach build independent living skills.

Virginia Supportive Housing was among 11 local nonprofit organizations awarded $760,553 during the foundation's third round of grantmaking for 2009.

Grant recipients include:

• The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia - $125,000 for activity buses and computer software.
• United Way of South Hampton Roads - $100,000 over two years in seed funding for a coordinator for the Regional Partnership to End Homelessness.
• The Up Center - $97,474 to repair Norfolk and Portsmouth offices that help children and families through various prevention and education programs.
• Western Tidewater Free Health Clinic - $85,000 to refurbish the Suffolk clinic that provides free medical care to people with no health insurance.
• Goodwill Industries of Central Virginia - $70,000 for a computerized job application system that will help people with disabilities and other challenges find employment.
• Beach Health Clinic - $56,800 to expand a program that provides medical care to Virginia Beach residents with no medical insurance.
• Seton Youth Shelters - $49,760 to remodel a Virginia Beach shelter.
• STARBASE Victory - $25,000 for computers in Portsmouth elementary schools to enhance the science curriculum.
• The Salvation Army - $17,819 for computers and laundry equipment for its Norfolk center that provides job counseling and shelter for homeless people.
• Center for Community Development - $4,700 for sound equipment for the Urban Arts Center in Portsmouth, which teaches music to low-income students.