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Labor Department awards $1.2 million to Little Rock Workforce Development Board to create collaborative ‘Reentry Project’

Click here to read Talk Business & Politics’ article! Originally published online August 21, 2017 The Little Rock Workforce Development Board has been awarded $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Labor to develop the Rock City Reentry Project. The money is part of $72 million in grants announced by the Labor Department earlier this summer “to […]

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Up from homelessness: Families at Little Rock shelter put on right track; program seen as national model

Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s story! By Jeanine Roberts Photo by Staton Briedenthal August 2, 2017 Bonnie Watts wasn’t sure what she would tell her young son. She was raising him on her own. The overdue electric bill stared at her from a pile of other urgent demands, and rent was looming. The

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Our House celebrates CAFSI after helping nearly 1,400 people

Click here to watch KATV Channel 7’s story! By Marine Glisovic August 1, 2017 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Our House is celebrating five years of its innovative program that’s helped nearly 1,400 people with children who were near-homelessness. The Central Arkansas Family Stability Institute has helped 381 families who have gone through the 12-month program of

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Our House making a difference for Little Rock’s homeless community

Click here to watch THV 11’s story! By Brejamin Perkins July 29, 2017 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) — According to Our House, Arkansas is the third-worst state in the country for child and family homelessness. The homeless shelter is trying to change that with a grand opening for their newest tool in that effort. Saturday

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Pregnant homeless woman, child get help from North Little Rock community

Click here to watch and read THV 11’s story. By Katlyn Gardenhire NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) — It’s a picture that shows a tough reality that’s getting a lot of attention on social media; a pregnant mom due at any moment is sleeping on the sidewalk with her 2-year-old daughter laying on her chest.

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2017 tally finds 55% of Little Rock-area homeless live out in the rough

Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s story! By Ginny Monk Photos by Mitchell Masilun June 10, 2017 A man who called himself Jack McGee proudly extended his arms to show that there were no bruises or needle pricks from drug use hiding among the tattoos decorating his skin. McGee, 53, says he’s lived on

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