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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.
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Financial
Health Fair
2-1-1,
A-B Tech, OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling, MANNA
Food Bank, United Services Credit Union and Asheville Savings
Bank are teaming up to offer a one-stop-shop Financial Health
Check-up. The event will be Saturday, March
8th from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at A-B Tech in Asheville (Birch
Building).
All
households earning less than $40,000 can receive
free financial
services including: tax
preparation; credit report, financial counseling and
information, food stamp application assistance, community
information and referral services, and banking and savings
information. Spanish-speaking assistance will be
available.
Please spread
the word! English and Spanish flyers are
available.
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Tools
for You 
Many
2-1-1 call centers across the nation have a formal feedback
policy to document unsolicited caller reports about
interactions with agencies in the 2-1-1 database. Our
2-1-1 is considering implementing this best practice and
would like to hear agency opinions before we do so.
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2007
Report to Our Community
2-1-1
issued a printed Report to Our Community in January.
This annual report provides an overview of our key 2007
activities, statistics, partnerships, successes, and other
information about our service. If you would like a copy
of this report mailed to you, please contact Jen Waite at
(828) 255-0696 or jwaite@unitedwayabc.org.
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Community
Resource Spotlight
Learn
about 1,000+ Government Benefit and Assistance Programs on One
Official Website
 Did
you know that you have instant access to more than 1,000
Federal and State administered benefits and assistance
programs through GovBenefits.gov? Managed by the U.S.
Department of Labor and 15 Federal agency funding partners,
this valuable Internet resource gives individuals the ability
to quickly find programs that meet their specific needs,
determine eligibility and obtain contact information for
applying.
GovBenefits.gov
includes information on benefit and assistance programs for a
wide range of categories, including: employment,
education, housing, small business, child care, food and
nutrition, disaster assistance, and more. This service
is available in both English and
Spanish.
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