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BASIC NEEDS

Successes & Progress
  • The Marathon County Hunger Coalition member pantries collaborated to ensure individuals/families receive the needed food to keep them healthy and fed.
  • The Marathon County Housing and Homelessness Coalition brought the non-profit housing organizations together to work collaboratively in their effort to assure people are housed.
  • School districts worked to solve hunger for their students by opening food pantries within the schools.
  • More requests for food assistance were met by pantries throughout Marathon County.
Calls to Action
  • Provide quality affordable housing that is accessible to public transportation.
  • Address the cliff of eligibility requirements in public benefits.
  • Provide caregivers for elderly individuals wanting to continue to live within their own home.
  • Provide emergency housing units for homeless families. Only one family unit is available in all of Marathon County.
  • Create more options in Transitional Housing units for individuals coming out of treatment programs.
Generated by www.healthymarathoncountypulse.org/ on May 18, 2024.