From the Heart Applications Now AvailableMonday, 9 January 2012 Waterloo: Operation Threshold is now applications for From the Heart. From the Heart is a free home repair/improvement project targeted at low income, disabled, or elderly residents of Waterloo. The deadline to apply is January 27th, at noon. For an applicaiton, click here. Readmore |
Local UAW 838 Gives to Family Development Holiday DinnerTuesday, 25 October 2011 The Local UAW 838 has generously donated funds to help support the Family Development Department's Annual FaDSS Holiday Dinner. The event includes dinner and a visit from Santa Claus. Operation Threshold would like to thank the UAW 838 for their donation. Anyone interested in donating to the dinner can contact Mindy at (319) 292-1806. Readmore |
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Can You Live on $9 per Hour? Play the Game and SeeMonday, 26 September 2011 Jennifer Nicholson of McKinney, an advertising company out of Durham, North Carolina created at game for her client Urban Ministries. The game, Spent, presents players with a choice of jobs paying $8 - $9 per hour. The game then presents players with choices facing many of our low-wage families, such as where to find housing, how much to spend on food, what to do when your landlord raises the rent or your pet gets sick. Do you let your child go on the $15 field trip or do you use that money... Readmore |
Harkin: Nearly $1.9 Million in Low-Income Heating Assistance Funding Coming to IowaMonday, 26 September 2011 Washington D.C - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that Iowa has been awarded $1,874,008 through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The emergency contingency funding will help eligible low-income Iowans meet home energy costs, and is in addition to the $72.6 million in LIHEAP funding Senator Harkin previously secured for the state in Fiscal Year 2010. Funds released today... Readmore |
When Income Grows, Who Gains?Monday, 19 September 2011 Follow this link to an article by Economic Policy Institute's webpage on the State of Working America. It has a great interactive pie chart showing how growth in average income has been shared between the richest 10% and the remaining 90% of the country. For example, from 1970 to 2008 average incomes in the U.S. grew by $12,320, however ALL GROWTH went to the richest 10%, income for the bottom 90% actually declined! Follow this link to the chart. Readmore |
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