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Greetings!
United
Way's 2-1-1 of WNC's e-newsletter is a resource for you.
We provide this as a way to keep in touch, highlight local
health and human service initiatives, promote information and
referral tools for serving your clients, gain your feedback,
and strengthen our community partnerships.
If you
have information to include in this newsletter, or have
questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. The
information in our free e-newsletter is meant to be shared.
Please forward and encourage your friends to sign-up.
We
hope you find the information useful and we look forward to
hearing from you. | |
 New
Federal Poverty Guidelines
New Federal Poverty Guidelines have been issued by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These
guidelines will be implemented on April 1 and will
be adopted by service providers on a rolling basis
throughout the coming year. The guidelines are used to
determine income eligibility for many local, state, and
federal programs. Programs using the guidelines include SNAP
(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as
Food Stamps) and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program. The new guidelines can be found here. |
Hands On
Asheville-Buncombe 
Supporting Your Agency's Volunteer
Needs
During Hands On's recent agency survey, it
was discovered that many nonprofits were not familiar
with the various support services provided by Hands On. If
would like to learn how to make the most of a partnership with
Hands On, please RSVP for a one-hour orientation on
Tuesday, April 7th from 9:00-10:00 a.m. by cliciking this link.
For more information about Hands On Asheville-Buncombe,
visit their website by clicking here. Hands
On's volunteer services are available to Buncombe County
agencies
only. |
 Training
Opportunity
Community
Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
Training
This 21-hour course is designed to teach individuals and
groups to be "first responders" to disaster situations until
emergency management personnel are able to assist. This
training prepares you to help your community in an immediate
and responsible way. It will be facilitated by Hearts with
Hands and sponsored by Land-of-Sky Regional Council's Retired
& Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Area Agency on Aging
(AAA). The C.E.R.T. training is free!
April 20th & 27th, May 4th & 11th
9 am - 4 pm
each day
Land-of-Sky Regional Council
339 New Leicester
Hwy., Suite 140, Asheville
Registration is required! For more information or to
register contact Rebecca Chaplin at 828-251-6622 ext. 117 or
email to rebecca@landofsky.org.
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2-1-1 Annual
Report 
2-1-1 is pleased to provide you with our 2008 annual
report. This report provides you information about our
service and important community data. Click here to access
this report.
If you have any questions about the attached report;
if you would like to discuss ways that this report can help
your agency to understand or communicate issues facing our
community; or if you would like to request a printed copy,
please contact Jen Waite at (828) 255-0696 ext. 312 or
email: jwaite@unitedwayabc.org.
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