By Dianne Anderson They may enter as boys, but when they graduate they’re more like kings at SBX Youth and Family Services, where their students learn who they are and what they can become. Kayla Booker, SBX Black Empowerment coordinator, said their mentoring programs have helped many Black students make the grade at school, and ...

By Dianne Anderson ARPA, the American Rescue Plan Act, the funding that brought down hundreds of billions of dollars for nationwide projects and programs, is a gift that keeps on giving. Now, it is up to community based organizations to learn how to participate and locate various streams of funding, while there is still a ...

By Dianne Anderson The homeless aren’t what they used to be when Pastor Paul Jones first started his extended food and resources outreach several years ago. Today, he sees a lot more regular working people, average families living in their cars – if they have one. With rents and inflation soaring, he said it’s no ...