Non-Profits team up to aid Butler County, Ohio
Our community needs help when a box of cereal now costs the same as a gallon of gas, baby aspirin costs more than a loaf of bread and adults who were taking night courses are dropping out because they can’t afford to drive to work and school. Low income families feel the squeeze of the economic pressure more seriously than most.
Reach Out Lakota, a not for profit food bank and clothing distribution center, and St. Anne’s Episcopal church are partnering to bring the Benefit bank to the eligible clients at Reach Out Lakota . $1.6 billion in aid, 95% of which is federal dollars, is unclaimed every year in Ohio. Clients who do claim the funds for which they qualify spend the money in their community thereby boosting the economy. Everybody wins when the Benefit Bank is implemented.
The Benefit Bank allows eligible Ohioans to claim tax credits, and public benefits, such as food stamps, child care subsidies, home energy assistance, and children’s’ health care insurance. It also provides tax services and voter registration.
Eleven parishioners from St. Anne’s Church in West Chester, OH have volunteered to be trained through Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks, and to work on site at Reach Out Lakota.
