For the third year in a row, many Oregon families with school-aged children will have access to financial assistance for their summer groceries. Oregon is one of 39 states participating in the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, or Summer EBT, offering families a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible child to be used on […]
Free news:Â Eligible families can receive a one-time payment of $120 for each child on an Oregon EBT card to buy food. Unused benefits can expire 122 days after they are issued.
Free news:Â Big River Community Land Trust (Big River CLT) celebrated a major milestone on April 24 with a ribbon cutting ceremony for its first completed home on Tucker Road.Â
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.
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.
THE GORGE — The food pantry at Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) has closed and won’t reopen until the college can find enough food to put on the shelves.
FREE: Six local organizations joined together to donate $20,000 to the Columbia Gorge Food Bank and help address increased need in the community: Chenowith Water PUD, the City of The Dalles, Hood River Electric & Internet Co-op, Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District, QLife, and Wasco Electric Cooperative presented the donation on Dec. 18.
Free news: Hood River County is one of 19 in the state where those who lost food because of recent storms and power outages, bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, have more time to ask for replacement benefits.
