Cerro Gordo hub to benefit from generous donation.
AJ Taylor4 hours agoLast Updated: May 11, 2021
The Iowa Community Action Partnership (ICAP) received $236,000 from Amerigroup Iowa to support homelessness prevention and housing stability. Eleven Iowa Community Action Agencies will receive funds to provide immediate financial resources to households in eighteen counties across the state. Community members receiving support services and resources are part of Amerigroup’s integrated case management program and lack financial resources to attain or maintain safe and stable housing.
“Amerigroup Iowa is driven by a passion for making a positive difference and we deeply understand our communities’ health, social, and environmental needs,” said Jeffrey Jones, plan president, Amerigroup Iowa. “We continue to work with local organizations like ICAP to provide support services that address homelessness and improve overall health.”
Food Bank Partners Receive Grants to Help Combat Increased Need
By Staff | May 6, 2021
Across Iowa’s 99 counties, 324 grants totaling $3,452,729 were awarded to Feeding America partner pantries and feeding sites to mitigate additional costs incurred by front-line food assistance providers who stepped up to respond to unusually high demand during the COVID-19 food insecurity crisis.
In Palo Alto County in April, two partners received grants totaling $10,666.56 to help meet increased need due to the economic impact of the pandemic.
The grants went to Unity Lutheran Food Pantry and Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. Palo Alto, and the funds will help local pantries purchase and distribute food to the community.
Food, like twinkling lights and carefully wrapped presents, is a major component of the holiday season.
At family meals across the area, dining room tables will be just about creaking under the weight of all kinds of good things to eat. But unfortunately, not everyone can afford even a modest holiday meal.
NEW Cooperative Inc. has stepped up again to help meet that need and ensure that more area residents will have a good meal this holiday season.
The staff of the Fort Dodge based cooperative handed out about 1,200 free hams Tuesday to people who received a coupon from Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc. Another 800 hams will be given to 15 food pantries in the counties where NEW Cooperative facilities are located.