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^i-'r <br />*-!.■■« VV."'.r«L**ir<!mm <br />if' <br />Wi- <br />Plfrt'* <br />W <br />Ife <br />.'.V !•.*: ' . <br />W'?: <br />BmmMi <br />Ift, <br />7%.-: <br />'M^- <br />irr^:?,?''?'-:,-.•‘('is-. <br />f I;' <br />\ l^ ' '•: ■■ _.. <br />fey-c5 A. <br />■ ffr.-..- <br />nt.!V <br />;^ •■ <br />fr '' ' <br />k /» <br />Ll'f' <br />':!' V f: <br />p.3 3/92 <br />SUMMARY INFORMATION ON WeCAN ’ S HOPE : -l. AN APPLIC/ TION <br />Wc‘CAN CAPAC. / A BYPBRIBNCE <br />WeCAN is community-based nonprofit organ izat . ;;j(^h provides <br />direct human services to low-income families and i*" ividuals in the <br />southwestern communities of Hennepin Count‘d. WeC. operates under <br />a philosophy of the empowerment model, by enhancing low—.ncome <br />peoples’ self-sufficiency by building on the person’s rapacities. <br />WeCAN is currently conducting a joint community planning project <br />for affordable housing, hich identifies housing needs of low- <br />income people, housing resources available to low-income residents, <br />and creates ways to bridge the gap between housing needs and <br />housing resources. <br />Other p»^pgrams and services WeCAN provides include: <br />* Delivery of emergency assistance services to families in need <br />or crisis. <br />* Expansion and improvement of our existing Meals-on—WheeIs <br />program to older adults and the homebound. <br />* Providing financial and budget counseling for low-income <br />residents under contract with the Minnesota Financial <br />Counseling Service. <br />* Providing food and nutrition educational services, which match <br />single-parents with seniors, under contract with the <br />University o^ Minnesota’s Extension Service. <br />» Commiinitv planning for affordable housing. <br />* Providing public assistance intake application services in <br />arrangement with Hennepin County Economic Assistance. <br />* Providing energy and fuel assistance in arrangement with West <br />Hennepir Human Services Planning Board. <br />* Providii. ‘'amily and individual counseling in arrangement with <br />Pyramid Mental Health Center and Relate Counseling Center. <br />f Co-sponsorship of the Westonka Food Shelf and Pennyi* se <br />Clothing Shelf. . <br />* Co-sponsorship of New Beginnings, which provides social <br />outings fer young adults with developmental disabilities. <br />These programs and services benefitted 826 low-income households in <br />1991 and our projections show that services will benefit 1,041 <br />households in 1992. <br />av:,