Lisa Blickhan, Shelby County Service Coordinator at the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation, places items in the âFeed Your Neighborâ food pantry outside the NECAC Shelby County Service Center at 204 E. Third St. in Shelbyville. The free, 24-hour service is available to those who want to pick up food and hygiene products or drop them off. The goal is to supplement other local programs by offering another option for people in need. Additional refrigerated perishable products are available inside the service center. More information about âFeed Your Neighborâ or other NECAC services is available by calling Blickhan at 573-633-2210.
HANNIBAL â The annual Tri-State Housing Summit is geared up to provide a range of perspectives and ideas for housing in the region when it returns from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 10, at the YâMenâs Pavilion at 105 Hill Street.
Carla Potts, deputy director for housing development programs with North East Community Action Corporation, said the City of Hannibal is co-sponsoring the event this year. Several guest speakers will present their perspectives on improving the housing situation for the region. A couple will speak during the special âlives impactedâ portion of the presentation about their experience purchasing their own home.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. â The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation is welcoming changes that will allow more low-income people to sign up for utility assistance.
Gov. Mike Parson announced April 23 that the state is expanding eligibility for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program to households with incomes up to 135 percent of the federal poverty level to include those with an income of up to 60 percent of state median income.
The change will now allow a family of four with an annual income of up to $51,021 to receive benefits. Previously, the qualifying income level was $35,364.
âWe welcome this significant change in eligibility for the LIHEAP program,â said NECAC LIHEAP Supervisor Angela Kattenbraker. âThe COVID pandemic has kept more people at home the last year. Consequently, their utility bills often are higher. Expanding LIHEAP will give them an opportunity to use money they would have spent on utilities for other needs.â
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BOWLING GREEN, Mo. â A new training program offered by the not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation and its partners will give participants skills they can use to get a variety of jobs.
The Registered Apprenticeship Program will provide on-the-job training to people who NECAC hires for weatherization positions.
The effort is a partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, Missouri Department of Labor, the Northeast Missouri Workforce Development Board and St. Charles Community College.
âWe put together a program to train apprentices on performance labor,â NECAC Deputy Director for Housing Development Programs Carla Potts said. âOur goal is to hire people for weatherization, but the skills participants learn will allow them to work just about anywhere as well as for college credit.â
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