-Information courtesy The United Way of Vance County

The United Way of Vance County grant application process for 2019 is now open.

The local United Way is accepting grant applications now through April 15, 2019, from nonprofit agencies that seek to provide assistance to disadvantaged citizens in Vance and Warren counties in the areas of basic needs, health and education.

Applications are available on the United Way of Vance County website at unitedwayvance.org. Interested agencies may also e-mail unitedwayofvance@gmail.com to request an application.

For those charitable or nonprofit agencies applying for grant allocations, United Way officials ask that agency representatives complete the application in its entirety. Any application that is not complete will not be accepted for consideration for grant funding.

The completed application also must be received in the United Way of Vance County office by no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2019.

Properly completed and signed grant applications can be provided through regular mail or by e-mail. For regular mail, send the application to: United Way of Vance County, P.O. Box 1352, Henderson, N.C. 27536. For e-mail, send the application to: unitedwayofvance@gmail.com.

Once applications are received, United Way officials will be contacting those agencies that apply on the status of their application and plans for presentations to the United Way of Vance County Funds Allocations Panel on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at the United Way office.

Anyone with questions about the grant application process may send an e-mail to the address above or call 252-492-8392 and leave a message.