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Family Resource Center reports broad county outreach, seeks new facility and onsite services
Summary
April Couch, director of the Family Resource Center, told the board about food, clothing and hygiene distributions, home visits and plans for a new facility with laundry and shower services; the center reported donations from the community and multiple service metrics.
April Couch, director of the Hawkins County Family Resource Center, briefed the Board of Education on the center’s operations and needs and described plans to expand services from a new facility.
Couch said the center provides monthly food distributions in partnership with Second Harvest at Volunteer and Cherokee and every other month at Clinch, and that the distribution system served about 1,533 families last year through drive-through events and direct deliveries. She reported the clothing and shoe pantry served…
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