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Federal nutrition services administrator lauds work being done to feed needy in Arkansas

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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazetteby Paige EickhornJuly 14, 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Cindy Long visited Arkansas on Thursday to show support for the summer food program at Southwest Middle School in Searcy and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program services at Our House in Little Rock. The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act allows […]

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Elena

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Summer is in full swing here at Our House, and we are having a great time seeing all of the fun lessons and activities our youth are learning about! Elena is just one student that has excelled this summer—and all year long—in Our Club. Through after-school programming and individualized therapy, Elena has grown in her

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Zaniyah

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Summer is here, and that means our Children’s Center is booming with children participating in summer programming! In Our Club, our out-of-school time program, more than 90 school-aged youth have access to tutoring, literacy resources, STEM programming, and much more on school-out days. Our Club creates a safe place for the growth and wellbeing of

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Norma

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Norma grew up one of nine children on a family farm in Sweet Home, Arkansas. In her youth, her focus was on supporting her family’s farming operation and she never graduated from high school. She married young and worked at the local VA as a caregiver for twenty-four years while she raised her family. Once

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Courtney

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In his thirteen months at Our House, Courtney has shown that with hard work and wise-decision making, reaching all of your goals is possible. After losing his job and going through a divorce, Courtney floated between hotels and couches before making the tough choice to check in to a shelter just two days before Christmas—his

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Greg M.

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Sometimes a perfect storm of circumstances lead to unexpected homelessness. Greg never thought he’d be checking in to a shelter, but when a combination of divorce and a disability that made working difficult collided, Greg came to Our House. Greg was struggling to do the movement and heavy lifting he was used to, so a

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OUR HOUSE SELECTED BY STAND TOGETHER FOUNDATION TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST 25 “CATALYST IMPACT PARTNERS”

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Our House is pleased to announce it has been selected to participate in Stand Together Foundation’s new Catalyst Impact Grant Program, an initiative cultivating a group of the country’s most transformative nonprofits that demonstrate a better way to transform individual lives and create lasting change. Our House is one of the first 25 Catalysts to

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Legacy of Giving: Keith Riggs

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AY MagazineJanuary 30, 2023 “My involvement with Our House is when I became a trustee of the Riggs Benevolent Fund back in 2013,” he said. “At that time, the Riggs Benevolent Fund made a donation for their career center. Workforce development has always been a huge interest of ours, not only from the work aspect

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Head of the Class: Andrea Lewis

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AY Staff January 30, 2023 “The bank was doing some classes, and when I came onboard, I was able to join in with that,” she said. “[At Our House] we’re teaching the homeless and near-homeless about budgeting and saving money.” These efforts eventually led the bank to adopt the Bank On program, an initiative aimed

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Community Spotlight: Our House

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AY MagazineJan 30, 2023 Founded in 1987, Our House provides pathways out of and away from homelessness by empowering individuals and families to succeed in the workforce, school and life. The organization, which serves about 3,000 people annually, has achieved national recognition for its two-generation approach, working equally with parents and children to help them

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