Lapeer County Receives Stimulus Funds
The office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) have allocated $198,012 to Lapeer County for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. United Way's Housing Resource Center has been chosen as the lead agency to administer the funds. MSHDA's Sally Harrison, director of homeless programs reports that "The President's stimulus package gives us a unique opportunity to transform lives and communities in Michigan. This additional funding gives us an unprecedented opportunity to link just the right amount of assistance, targeted to the right people at the right time, to lift families out of poverty and help them find decent, safe affordable housing".
The funding is intended to transform the State's current system which is heavily dependent upon emergency shelters into a system based on homeless prevention and housing stability. The Housing Resource Center will provide a single-point-of-entry for families seeking service, where their needs will be assessed and an individual housing plan will be created. Human service agencies in the community will partner to provide, counseling, food, clothing, utility assistance and other needed services.
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Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people. Connected, Interdependent, United. And when we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. That's what it means to
LIVE UNITED.
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United Way News
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August-27-2010
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New Positions Open At United Way
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United Way of Lapeer County is accepting resumes for the positions of Americorps Housing Associate and Major Gifts Associate. Click here to learn more.
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Lapeer County Prepares to Launch 2-1-1
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Every hour of every day, hundreds of people need essential human services - they are looking for training, employment, food pantries, help for an aging parent, addiction prevention programs for their teenage children, affordable housing options, support groups and ways of becoming part of their community. 2-1-1 allows people to give help and to get help.
2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects people with important community services and volunteer opp
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IMAGINATION LIBRARY IS HERE!
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United Way of Lapeer County, in partnership with the Dollywood Foundation have brought Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Lapeer County. This program provides age-appropriate reading books to children between 0 and five years of age. Children will receive one book each month, delivered to their homes for free. The program is proven to improve early literacy skills, and increase school readiness in young children.
Parents can enroll their child by picking up a registration form at any local library, the United Way office, or by visiting www.imaginationlibrary.org. Space is limited so children will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in sponsoring a child, call United Way at (810) 667-2912 or visiting the website at www.imaginationlibrary.org.
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