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City of Rockford Community Action Agency Executive Committee met Oct. 1.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

I. CALL TO ORDER 

Director of Health & Human Services Anqunette Parham calls to order the Community Action Agency Executive Committee Meeting at 11:32am on October 1, 2024.

Attendee Name	Organization	Title	Status	Arrived
Karen Hoffman	City of Rockford	Alderman	Present
Dorothy Redd	City of Rockford		Present
Jeremiah Griffin	City of Rockford		Present

Other Attendees:

A quorum was established at 11:32 am. 

II. GENERAL INFORMATION 

a. Karen Hoffman: One resident applied and received LIHEAP around August 2024, does this person need to apply again now that LIHEAP is open for the new program year starting today, October 1?

1. Owen Carter: Seniors and disabled adults that applied the previous program year were mailed a letter to start a pre-application for this program year. This person is not automatically enrolled into LIHEAP again. That person needs to bring in the requested documents in that mailed letter and they need to sign some documents. If the application is approved, the customer would get a one-time credit onto their utility bill. That could take one or two billing cycles for the utility company to reflect that on the monthly bill statement.

b. Karen Hoffman: One of the issues discussed at last night’s meeting was issues with poverty. We are trying to find where we can find funding for programs residents need. The issues in Rockford are not centralized in one particular area. The problems are present in ever quadrant (north, south, east, or west.) When some residents say the issue is on one side, residents outside of that area will not concern themselves with those issues. In reality, every zip code is experiencing the conditions of poverty.

1. Approval of Minutes from August 27, 2024

a. Approval of Minutes from August 27, 2024.

1. Motioned Karen Hoffman Second Jeremiah Griffin.

2. All Approved. 3 Ayes. Motion carried.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]  AYES: Karen Hoffman, Dorothy Redd, Jeremiah Griffin

III. OFFICER REPORTS No officer's reports at this time. IV. ADJOURNMENT 

The meeting was closed at 12:02 PM

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