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W . I. IS 'I'llL RESULT OF Ul. It COMMUN 1'I' I ES' COMMITMENT TO PROV I DE <br />NEEDED SERVICES TO ITS PEOPLE. THROUGH A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE <br />WEST HE:NNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING BOARD, IT HAS BEEN NOTFD <br />THAT MOUND IS ACTUALLY A (;ENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES FOR MANY OF <br />THE WE:STERx COMMUNITIES. IN ORDER TO MEET PHE NEEDS OF THEIR <br />MANY CLIENTS, THE HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM NETWORK PROVIDES SUPPORT <br />TO ONE ANOTHER. W.I. IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS NETWORKING, <br />WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM, HEALTH <br />CENThNS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, CITY OFFICIALS, THE MOUND WESTONKA <br />SCHOOL DISTRICT, WESTONKA CHRISTIAN SERVICES, CHRYSALIS AND WEST <br />HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING BOARD. <br />PRESENTLY, THE GROUP HAS SOME 25 VOLUNTEERS. FUNDING HAS BEEN <br />RECEIVED FROM THE CITIES OF MOUNT) AND MINNETRISTA, LOCAL. <br />BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES, AND SOME PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. <br />DURING THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF OPERA7iiON, 300 FAMILIES <br />HAVE BEEN HELPED THROUGH INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. <br />MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE GAINED A BETTER LNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS <br />OF THE PROBLEM ON DOMEST IC V IOLENCE THROUGH W . I . ' S COMMUN I TY <br />OUTRFAtAH. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH 10 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, <br />A DISTRIBUTION OF SOME 400 BROCHURES TELLING OF SERVICES <br />AVAILABLE: TO VICTIMS, AND 6 IN-SERVICE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR <br />VOLUNTEERS. <br />