The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it would cancel plans to end Saturday mail delivery this summer, saying the new stopgap budget that Congress recently passed would prohibit the move.
The postal service’s board of governors made the decision Tuesday, according to a statement from the agency.
The mission just reopened at 210 N. State St., close to the intersection with Lincoln Avenue, its fourth location in those 20 years. It’s a busy place with people dropping by, looking for a job, or a place to spend the night to avoid sleeping again in their vehicle
The mission is renting the first floor of the State Street building. There are four apartments on the second floor and Norek would like to make them available to homeless people, typically for three-to-five days. But the mission doesn’t have the money right now for that to happen.
To help make that happen the pastor is working with some certified mechanics in what he’s calling “The Belvidere Mission Low Cost Car Repair Garage.”
All profits will go to help support the emergency overnight shelter program, which he has dubbed “Operation Lifeboat.”
AGENDA
BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP
REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD
8200 Fairgrounds Road
April 9, 2013 – 5:00 P.M.
I. Call to Order/Roll Call
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Public Input
IV. Discussion and potential action on approval of Prior Meeting’s Minutes
V. Discussion and potential action on Transfers
VI. Reports
a. Supervisor’s Report
b. Highway Commissioner’s Report
c. Assessor’s Report
d. Clerk’s Report
e. Trustee’s Report
VII. Unfinished Business – Discussion and Potential Action May Occur on the following items:
a. Budget Review and Discussion
b.
c.
d.
VIII. Legal
a.
b.
IX. New Business
a.
X. Discussion and Potential Action on Treasurer’s Report and Approval of Bills
XI. Closed Session
XII. Action on Closed Session Items
XIII. Adjournment
Next Meeting: April 23, 2013 @ 5:00 P.M.
she had contacted several churches in Capron, where the count found the most homeless, and most were receptive to the idea.
“Soup kitchens are the easiest way to start,” she said. “It would be a place to get one hot meal a day. It’s a matter of opening eyes.”
But she added she didn’t want the kitchens to become a long-term way of life. “The next step would be permanent housing. The problem is much deeper than providing soup kitchens at various locations. That’s not the answer for everyone.”…
least 25 homeless students in Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 and another eight in North Boone School District 200, according to Mary Bawinkle, home school coordinator for the Regional Attendance Cooperative. But the number likely is higher because parents don’t want to disclose their situation.
Sources for providing such information include the health department, food pantries in Capron and Belvidere, churches, schools and people who work with the homeless.
“Crusader Clinic is working to put together a hotline,” Bawinkle said.
Loveridge said United Way is working on bringing a 2-1-1 help line to the county. And Love Inc., of which she is the local coordinator, is a Christian clearinghouse that matches people with resources.
Well here is big money—$4,000 from Mr. Rob Funderburg.
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There are no current records for the other candidates for mayor.
Sequestration Could Deny Rental Assistance to 140,000 Low-Income Families
Cuts Come at Time of Rising Need for Housing Assistance and Will Exacerbate Homelessnessby Douglas Rice
The budget cuts known as “sequestration,” initiated on March 1, will likely force state and local housing agencies to cut the number of low-income families using Housing Choice Vouchers to afford housing by roughly 140,000 by early 2014.
This represents a sharp break from Congress’ bipartisan commitment — which it has met for most of the voucher program’s nearly 40-year history — to renew assistance for at least the same number of families from year to year. Thousands of other low-income families using vouchers could face sharp rent increases because of sequestration.
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