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Welfare office connects residents with many resources Welfare Director Pamela Clark gave the selectmen an update on her department during Wednesdays meeting. She said expenditures for the department budget have gone down each year since she entered the position in 2018. In January and February of this year, the department has spent $1,700 in requests. Selectman Gus Benavides said with everything going on including people losing jobs, being at home with kids, having to quarantine, and other situ...

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org

Outside all winter: In N.H. and in the Lakes Region, unsheltered homelessness rises Tim Haddock is a regular for lunch at Isaiah 61 Cafe in Laconia, which offers a weekday respite from the cold and a source of donated coats mittens and sleeping bags during cold weather. Roberta Baker—Laconia Daily Sun Freeman Toth has the weighty job of finding people before it is too late.   As one of two homeless outreach and housing stability coordinators for the Community Action Program of Belknap-Merri...

RIHEBC awards $517K in grants to 7 nonprofits THE RHODE ISLAND Health Educational Building Corp. has awarded $516,946 in grants to seven local nonprofit health, education and community services. PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Health and Educational Building Corp. has awarded $516,946 in grants to seven local nonprofit health, education and community services, the quasi-public agency announced Wednesday. The grants, designed to aid organizations in completing major projects, ranged from $9...

 :  covering kids families of community action program inc of western indiana is here to help with marketplace enrollment Covering Kids & Families of Community Action Program, Inc. of Western Indiana is here to help with marketplace enrollment Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:28 AM By a special White House Executive Order, the Healthcare.gov Marketplace was reopened from Feb. 15 to May 15, 2021. This special enrollment period will allow hundreds of thousands of Hoosi...

Businesspeople on the move in RI, week of Feb. 21 The Providence Journal BayCoast Bank  Jared Mota, of Warren, recently was promoted to assistant vice president, project manager and PMO coordinator at BayCoast Bank. In this role, he is responsible for managing and coordinating key bank projects and oversees the coordination and completion of projects. In addition, he maintains and tailors the bank’s Project Management Program. Saint Elizabeth Community  Erin Blakely, of Smithfield, recentl...

To find out if you qualify for the help, you can contact the Community Assistance Program in the county where you reside.

Strafford County warming center open as frigid weather hits The Strafford County extreme cold weather warming center, located at 30 Willand Drive in Somersworth, is open through Tuesday morning. The Tri-Cities of Dover, Rochester and Somersworth activated the facility as of Friday, and it will be open from 5 p.m. each night to 8 a.m. the following morning. The National Weather Service anticipates Strafford County temperatures throughout the weekend to be in the 20s during the day and drop d...

To find out if you qualify for the help, you can contact the Community Assistance Program in the county where you reside.

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