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: «* ^TvV <br />m <br />m <br />py,""' <br />i»^- <br />W'fet <br />fev?' <br />I’iif. / <br />ml <br />&#>. <br />•?*t^'■• <br />•;/i7?..'.-Ki'' ^ <br />pi: <br />mlv . <br />V <br />t<-. <br />LtV ‘ <br />'-■•.• <br />vi.'V - <br />iilli'.•••■ > <br />,*s <br />p.3 3/92 <br />SUMMARY INFORMATION ON WeCAN’S HOPE 3 GRANT APPLICATION <br />WeCAN CAPACITY k BXPHRIENCE <br />WeCAN is community-based nonprofit organization which provides <br />direct human services to low-income families and individuals in the <br />southwestern communities of Hennepin County. WeCAN operates under <br />a philosophy of the empowerment model, by enhancing low-income <br />peoples' self-sufficiency by building on the person’s capacities. <br />WeCAN is currently conducting a Joint community planning project <br />for affordable housing, which 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 programs and services WeCAN provides include: <br />services to families in need <br />t <br />t <br />t <br />Delivery of emergency assistance <br />or crisis. <br />Expansion and improvement of our existing Meals-on-Wheeia <br />program to older adults ana 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 v/ith the <br />University of Minnesota’s E.xtension Service. <br />Community 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 />Hennepin Human Services Planning Board. <br />Providing family and individual counseling in arrangement with <br />Pyramid Mental Health Center and Relate Counseling Center. <br />Co-sponsorship of the Westonka Food Shelf and Pennyw..oe <br />Clothing Shelf. <br />Co-sponsorship of N^w Beginnings, which provides social <br />outings for young adults with developmental disabilities. <br />These pror> ipt and services benefitted 826 low-income households in <br />1991 and imj- projections show that services will benefit 1,04 1 <br />households xi; 1992. <br />.t. lx <br />i