LVMAC NEWS
LVMAC News: Catalyst4 Enters the Fray to Help Military Veterans Obtain Employment and Stable Housing
Presented by Diane Elliott, Founder and Executive Director for Catalyst4, to the council at its 18 January 2023 meeting, this new nonprofit is striving to help the general community, especially those who have had hard luck, obtain employment training and stable housing while providing additional, needed wraparound services. In so Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: Our Homelessness Agencies Need Veterans to Help in a One Night Stand-To
We Need You! This is the last call for those veterans who have the ability and gumption to go out on a cold night and help with the Lehigh Valley’s 2023 Point in Time (PIT) Count, the single most important data gathering tool for helping to assess and allot homelessness Read more…
DMVA Virtual Town Hall #4
Part of a series of virtual town halls, this one focuses on transportation accessibility to services. To see videos of past town halls, click here.
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation Awards Three Veterans Grants for 2022
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DMVA Virtual Town Hall
Part of a series of virtual town halls, this one focuses on homelessness.
Forward Observer
Forward Observer: Need a Little Help to Get By for the Moment?
Participants at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Real Estate Outlook event on April 14 heard optimism over the continuing dream of a few to make us East Coast Warehouse Central. They also heard good news on the increased housing development which is needed to attract the younger workers needed for this valley to prosper. They did not hear about how we might solve the affordability gap for the average citizen, however. Other official reports from the area have stated or implied that it has becoming mountingly difficult for the average, hardworking citizen to live here, military servicemembers and veterans among them, with or without families, and regardless of age. (more…)