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Petra Solutions Launches New Professional Training Series with AI-Focused Workshop to Enhance Grantmaking Efficiency in Fort Wayne: Petra Solutions, LLC, a professional consulting firm located in Fort Wayne and focused on empowering non-profit organizations through grant writing, grant training, and strategic AI-Informed Solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its new professional training series. The inaugural workshop, “Grantmaking Success: Leveraging AI from Prospecting Through Reporting,” is the first training of its kind in Fort Wayne to focus on the practical and ethical application of Artificial Intelligence across the entire grant lifecycle.

Grant writing across language and culture; Having worked in the field of immigrant and refugee services for over two decades and serving now in a consultant role, I've observed numerous challenges faced by individuals and organizations operating across language and culture. In this brief article, I aim to touch upon some of these challenges and propose potential solutions.

Area organizations are banding together to help Fort Wayne’s refugee population. Indiana University Health awarded the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation $1 million Thursday to help develop the Refugee Health Collaborative. The collaborative is a partnership between the St. Joseph Foundation, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Amani Family Services, International House, Double Up Indiana, the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and Dr. Cho Mar Aung’s primary care office through IU Health. IU Health awards $1 million to area organization and help refugees | Health & Science | journalgazette.net

"The Library (...) engaged the services of Petra Solutions, Inc., a local consulting firm that specializes in underserved communities, to gather responses from immigrant and refugee populations in Allen County. The goal of this fact-finding was to develop a strategic plan that would ensure the Library would continue to be the service the community expects and loves, while also reaching new audiences as our community changes. The result can be read in its entirety at acpl.info/strategic-plan." ACPL Announces “Window to Lifelong Learning and Discovery” Strategic Plan; Allen County Public Library releases new four-year plan | Local | journalgazette.net