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MVCAA Resource Fair offers chance for community members to learn more about available services

Saturday, September 12, 2009
By GEOFF RANDS/Staff writer
Members of Missouri Valley Community Action Agency and other organizations that offer support for community members were present at the MVCAA Resource Fair held in conjunction with Santa Fe Trail Days Saturday, Sept. 12, in Indian Foothills Park.

"We're trying to get information to the community on the resources that are available," said Career Services Director Susan Hunter. "Many people don't realize what there is" in the way of such resources.

Representatives from Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, Parents As Teachers, Immigration Services, the Foster Grandparent Program, The Lighthouse Shelter and Marshall-Saline Development Corporation handed out pamphlets and more to help spread awareness of their services.

MVCAA itself had a table where employees collected food and cash for the Community Food Pantry.

This is the first Resource Fair MVCAA has held, said Hunter, but she plans to hold more, perhaps semi-annually and attached to other events to ensure maximum exposure to community members.

Hunter added that anyone interested in receiving a directory of resources available can contact MVCAA to receive such a directory.

According to information from the Coalition on Human Needs dated Sept. 10, 2009, provided by MVCAA Executive Director Pam LaFrenz, the number of poor people in the US in 2008 is the highest that it has been since 1960, at 39.8 million. The poverty rate, at 13.2 percent, is the highest since 1997.

Contact Geoff Rands at marshallreporter@socket.net

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Just for my information, is MVCAA subsidized by state and federal monies

-- Posted by waterman7622 on Sun, Sep 13, 2009, at 2:59 PM
Response by Geoff Rands/Staff writer:
Yes, MVCAA receives federal and state funds for several of its programs, including housing and weatherization, said Hunter.

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