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Community Action Helps Improve Family’s Livelihood

Melissa, an LPN, is caring for both her husband and her mother who are disabled, as well as her two young children. After becoming the sole bread winner when her husband could no longer work, Melissa realized she needed to do more to provide for her family. Melissa enrolled in an Individual Development Account (IDA) program at SELF (Supports to …

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Single Mom Goes Back to School and Buys a Home with the Help of Community Action

When Betty Jo first came to Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF), the designated Community Action Agency for Butler County, she was a struggling single mother who was working full-time. She had been taken advantage of by others and she seriously doubted her ability to succeed. Betty Jo enrolled in SELF’s Individual Development Account (IDA) program and went back to …

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