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Dowling College Alumnus Receives $808,500 Grant

OAKDALE, NY – Dowling College Alumnus, Hamilton Merilus, B.A., '04, a Patchogue resident, is currently Director of Home At Last, IAP, Mental Health Association of Nassau in Hempstead, and has recently been awarded a grant which will provide permanent housing with case management services to Chronically Homeless adults in Nassau County. The complete amount of the award is $808,500, provided by the Housing Urban Development. Mr. Merilus had put together a comprehensive presentation for a class he is taking for his Master's at Dowling College on Community Building. This successful classroom presentation turned into a grant application, which was selected above the many other agencies that applied.

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Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.