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Staff members shared their thoughts about why they work at CAP-HC and why our work is important in our last blog post for Community Action Month 2024.

On Thursday, May 9, the Minneapolis City Council passed a proclamation recognizing May as Community Action Month in Minneapolis. Read the resolution in this blog post.

We’re half way through the timeframe for our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan and have made a lot of progress since our last update. We’d like to share some of our key successes and challenges with our stakeholders. Learn about progress in each of our focus areas in this blog post.

A new Minnesota Child Tax Credit (CTC) is estimated to cut child poverty by up to one third. Our most recent blog post gives an overview of Minnesota’s CTC, provides resources to find out whether you’re eligible, and provides information about free tax filing assistance at CAP-HC.

In this post, we share an excerpt from President Biden’s Black History Month Proclamation and resources to help you continue exploring the “vibrancy of Black history and culture.”

This blog post summarizes Carter G. Woodson’s ideas behind the creation of what has become Black History Month and provides resources to help you explore the achievements and contributions of Black and African American people throughout U.S. history.