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Neighborhood Bridges describes growth in weekend-bag program and resource guide to Anthony Wayne board
Summary
District social worker Becca Herkin and Neighborhood Bridges representatives told the board the district’s community resource guide and volunteer-run Neighborhood Bridges program have expanded to meet rising need, including a larger weekend food-bag program and growing volunteer subscriber list.
Becca Herkin, the district social worker, told the Anthony Wayne Local Schools Board that student and family needs in the district have grown and reviewed how the district links families to supports. Herkin said free-and-reduced-lunch eligibility in the district has risen from 11% to 17% during her tenure — partly because Medicaid now qualifies a household — and that the weekend food-bag program grew from 50 students in 2019 to about 137 students this year.
Herkin described the Anthony…
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