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The Human
Resource Council (HRC) is a non-profit corporation established
as a result of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We are one
of ten Human Resource Development Councils who partner together
to serve the entire state of Montana in twelve districts. We
are District Eleven which is made of of Mineral, Missoula and
Ravalli Counties. Each year almost 10,000 low-income individuals
in these three counties are positively impacted by our efforts.
HRC
is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors drawn one-third
each from the private, public and low-income sectors of the three
county community. The diversity of its membership ensures that
a variety of perspectives are applied toward finding solutions
to the problems facing the people we serve and for whom we advocate.
We
partner with other Human Resource Development Councils, community
service organizations, and public interest groups to focus available
local, state, private and federal resources to the needs of the
low-income community. We are serious about making the entire
community more responsive to the needs of those Montanans who
face poverty daily.
We
work to identify and expand resources to provide opportunities
in housing, health, education, training and employment. Since
1965 we have addressed and help meet the unmet needs of people
in these three counties and the State. We have adjusted our focus
as changing needs come to the forefront.
This
HRC has hosted Head Start in both Missoula and Ravalli Counties;
and applauded each as they grew into self-administered single
entity non-profit corporations. We have been involved with youth
education, skills and employment for nearly four decades.
HRC
was instrumental in getting local and state government respectively
to sponsor and authorize a Housing Authority for the City of
Missoula. When HUD legislation created rental assistance, HRC
contracted with the Department of Commerce to bring it to our
three counties. Safe, affordable, energy efficient housing has
long been, and remains. a focal point for the corporation. Intervention
on our part before the Montana Public Service Commission on behalf
of residential rate payers resulted in the adoption of an inverted
rate structure and a 15% year-round discount from Northwestern
Energy for LIEAP eligible households, and a low-income residential
weatherization program.
HRC
was the first 2-1-1 telephone information and referral program
in the State of Montana.
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