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Rural development funding has been cut by 75 percent over the last 40 years, and the poverty rate in rural areas—home to 46 million Americans—is 17.7 percent, triple that of urban areas. Organizations, like Self-Help Enterprises, is working to fortify these communities.

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Tulare County’s water tank program will be turned over to Self-Help Enterprises.

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Tom Collishaw, CEO of Self-Help Enterprises, shares how deep-income targeting can mean different things to affordable rental housing developers in different states and those building in different markets within the same states.

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Self-Help Enterprises helped Okieville residents organize the community and obtain $2.6 million in state and federal funding for a new well.

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Merced and Stanislaus counties lack affordable housing. Self-Help Enterprises supports Assembly Bill 71 which would provide a funding source that could be used to build nearly 200 affordable apartments in Planada and Patterson.

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Self-Help Enterprises has awarded $6,500 in scholarship awards to nine local students in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement. Two of this year’s recipients are Lindsay High School seniors and sisters.

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Tulare County officials will continue to receive some funding for drought relief after the state had indicated earlier this year that it was ending funding on June 30.

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Self-Help Enterprises has awarded $6,500 in scholarship awards to nine local students in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement.

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Local advocates, including Self-Help Enterprises, are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to make funding available and address the need for clean drinking water in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Tulare County may cut funding for drought assistance after Governor Brown declared the drought was over in California, though he excluded Tulare County.  The county is working with the California Office of Emergency Services and local groups like Self Help Enterprises to figure out short and long-term solutions for people with water issues.

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