{"id":12986,"date":"2025-01-28T11:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/?p=12986"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:57:53","slug":"ycare-project-receives-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/ycare-project-receives-seed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"YCare Project Receives SEED Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Social Work Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/directory\/kavanaugh-melinda\/\">Melinda S. Kavanaugh<\/a>&#8216;s project: YCare: Supporting Young Caregivers in ALS Families, received 2025 SEED funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ahwendowment.org\/AHW\/Public-and-Community-Health-Improvement\/00005064.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment<\/a>. 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