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Network of Community Ministries reports rising service demand and expanded programs to Richardson council
Summary
The Network (a local nonprofit) told council it served 29,673 people last fiscal year, distributed millions of pounds of food, expanded mental-health services and is planning facility and scheduling changes to handle rising demand.
At Monday’s Richardson City Council meeting, Abby Kaufman, president and CEO of Network of Community Ministries, outlined a year of service expansion and rising demand for basic-needs programs.
Kaufman said Network served 29,673 individuals last fiscal year — roughly 5,100 households — and documented a 14.5% increase in services per person even as households served fell by about 6.5% compared with the prior year. "When people come to Network for the first time, that is not a good day," Kaufman said, framing the nonprofit’s mission of providing dignified, coaching-based stabilization services.
Kaufman highlighted food distribution as the largest-volume effort: she reported the network distributed more…
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