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SEEDS OF SUCCESS WILL BE AT THE UMD FARMERS MARKET ON WEDNESDAY JULY 21
Allegra Henderson featured in news story about Difficulties in Getting Hired Faced by People of Color in Duluth Our Seeds of Success program Profiled on MPR! Community Action Duluth Creates 27+ New Green Jobs!
Green Duluth Summer Youth Energy Outreach Canvass – 12 Low-income youth will soon be going door-to-door in a Community Action Duluth project that educates people about neighborhood energy workshops, energy saving programs and low cost measures in the home. Once a week environmental work projects are a key component as well as skills development training. This is a partnership with Duluth Energy Efficiency Program, Comfort Systems, and MN Power. 13 summer green jobs. MN Power Energy Efficiency - Community Action Duluth and Minnesota Power have joined forces to encourage owners and tenants of income eligible multi-family rental buildings to conserve energy. On behalf of Minnesota Power, Community Action Duluth will perform outreach services to identify electric energy savings opportunities. This includes metering refrigerators and documenting results for possible replacement, replacing incandescent lamps (bulbs) with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), replacing lighting fixtures with energy efficient options and hosting energy awareness events. One part-time green job. Watershed Conservation Corps – Due to recently announced EPA grant, Community Action Duluth will be hiring 6 people to restore and protect the streams flowing through Duluth. This project applies the Civilian Conservation Corps model to implement habitat restoration projects on streams draining to Lake Superior. The approach provides marketable job skills for the un-and underemployed, while simultaneously helping land owners enhance aquatic habitat and biodiversity. The project leverages resources to provide employment, to encourage behavior change in riparian land owners and restores fragile cold water streams in the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC). A partnership with the St. Louis River Alliance. 6 full-time green jobs.
First Annual Celebration a Big Hit
Staff Participate in Silent March and Rally
Minnesota's Ladder Out of Poverty Click on the links below to check out videos on the Ladder out of Poverty. Thanks to Jay Cole for producing the videos and providing these links. Ladder Out of Poverty Support request to MN Legislatures End Poverty by 2020 in MN Mayor Don Ness on Ending Poverty by 2020
Poverty Quiz Made available by the Blandin Foundation and was updated in June of 2009 1. Women and children make up what percentage of homeless people in St. Louis County?
2. As of September 2008, there were about 21,000 unfilled jobs outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area (i.e. in Greater Minnesota). How many job seekers were competing for those jobs?
3. A decade earlier, in 1998, there were about 42,000 unfilled jobs outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area (Greater Minnesota). How many job seekers were competing for those jobs in 1998?
4. What was the January 2009 unemployment rate in Duluth?
5. What was the January 2009 unemployment rate in the State of Minnesota?
6. The JOBS NOW Coalition updated its Cost of Living in Minnesota research in 2008. For 2008, for a family of four with both parents working, how much must each parent earn to meet basic needs?
7. What hourly income would a working single parent with one child need to meet basic family needs in St. Louis County?
8. What is the average hourly wage in the City of Duluth?
9. In the Duluth School District, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2007 what percent of single mother families with children under five years old lived below the poverty level?
10. In the Duluth School District, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2007 what percent of all families with children under five years old lived below the poverty level?
11. According to U.S. Census Data for 2000, what percent of the Duluth population was living in poverty?
12. According to U.S. Census Data for 2000, what percent of the Minnesota population was living in poverty?
13. To qualify for free and reduced-price lunch in school, a family must have a household income below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. What percent of students in the Duluth School District qualify for free or reduced-price lunch?
14. In the Duluth School District, what percent of third grade students who were eligible for free and reduced-price lunch were proficient in mathematics on their 2007-2008 MCAII tests?
15. In the Duluth School District, what percent of third grade students who were not eligible for free and reduced-price lunch were proficient in mathematics on their 2007-2008 MCAII tests?
16. In the Duluth School District, what percent of 10th grade students who were eligible for free and reduced-price lunch were proficient in reading on their 2007-2008 MCAII tests?
17. In the Duluth School District, what percentage of 10th grade students were not eligible for free and reduced-price lunch were proficient in reading on their 2007- 2008 MCAII tests?
18. What is the change in the number of children living in poverty in St. Louis County from 2003 to 2007?
Answers: 1. c 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. a 11. d 12. b 13. b 14. c 15. d 16. b 17. d 18. c
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