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(The Center Square) – California’s Assembly Republican Caucus on Wednesday called for a special legislative session to investigate an estimated $180 billion in fraud in taxpayer-funded programs.
By Miriam Starrett
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council
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Free commentary: Highlighting MCCAC's Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program — a federally funded initiative dedicated to preventing and ending veteran homelessness in Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties.
(The Center Square) – Veterans die by suicide at roughly twice the civilian rate, despite the Department of Veterans Affairs spending more than $500 million a year to address the problem.
Residents will sign a lease and pay fair market rate on their rent. Those payments will support operations at The Annex into the future, Naramore said. “We’re not trying to make any money other than, you know, to support the program.”
By Sarah Kellems
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council
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Free news: Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC)is opening a monthly drop-in center for houseless community members at MCCAC’s The Gloria Center, 2505 W. Seventh St. The drop-in center will open the last Friday of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., beginning Friday, Jan. 30.
Gov. Tina Kotek is extending the state of emergency on unsheltered homelessness she announced on her first day in office for a third year, this time focusing on mental health and addiction, her office said Friday. “We have helped thousands of people move from the streets into shelter, from shelter into homes, and prevented thousands […]