Affordable housing, competitive wages, reliable transportation, education and mental healthcare ranked highest in two-year study.
Category: Social Services
Posted inSocial Services
City and Talbot House Explore Revising Day Center for the Homeless
Funding is uncertain for the center, which would provide an alternative to spending the day sitting in Munn Park.
Posted inCrime / Justice
Head of Special-Needs Daycare Centers Charged With $400K Medicaid Fraud
Lakeland parents scramble to find care after abrupt closure of four facilities for medically fragile children.
Posted inSchools
Polk Plans to Boost Special Ed Funding by $3.1 Million
Massive infusion of resources comes after years of complaints that students were not receiving help.
Posted inActivism
10 Lakeland Nonprofits Receive $2,500 Grants from OMS Group
Grants will help to fund tutoring, healthcare, opera, job training, and independent journalism.
Posted inPeople
Callie Neslund Promoted to CEO of the GiveWell Community Foundation
She joined the organization in August and succeeds John Attaway, who will remain with GiveWell as counsel.
Posted inSchools
KidsPACK Helps Feed Rising Number of Polk Students
The nonprofit organization sends students home with backpacks full of food to get them through the weekend.
Posted inPeople
Beloved Pastor Retires After 48 Years in Ministry
On Christmas Day, the Rev. David McEntire gave the final sermon of his 48 years in ministry – 15 of those at First United Methodist Church in Lakeland.
Posted inSocial Services
New Bethel AME Church Creating a Community Garden
Produce grown on-site will be used for the congregation’s much-needed food pantry.
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At Talbot House, Maria Cruz Takes the Lead as Brenda Reddout Retires
Cruz, a key figure behind Orlando’s homeless diversion and prevention program, joined the Lakeland nonprofit in April