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Category: Social Services

Posted inSocial Services

Study Finds ‘Economic Barriers’ Underlie Our Community’s Most Pressing Needs

by Kimberly C. Moore June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Affordable housing, competitive wages, reliable transportation, education and mental healthcare ranked highest in two-year study.

Posted inSocial Services

City and Talbot House Explore Revising Day Center for the Homeless

by Kimberly C. Moore April 7, 2023April 8, 2023

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

by Kimberly C. Moore and Cindy Glover March 22, 2023March 24, 2023

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

by Kimberly C. Moore March 20, 2023March 17, 2023

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

by Donna Renfroe March 14, 2023March 15, 2023

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

by Stephanie Claytor February 14, 2023February 27, 2023

She joined the organization in August and succeeds John Attaway, who will remain with GiveWell as counsel.

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Posted inSchools

KidsPACK Helps Feed Rising Number of Polk Students

by Kimberly C. Moore January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

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

by Kimberly C. Moore December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

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

by Stephanie Claytor December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Produce grown on-site will be used for the congregation’s much-needed food pantry.

Posted inSocial Services

At Talbot House, Maria Cruz Takes the Lead as Brenda Reddout Retires

by Stephanie Claytor December 15, 2022February 1, 2023

Cruz, a key figure behind Orlando’s homeless diversion and prevention program, joined the Lakeland nonprofit in April

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