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Housing Trust Fund
Southern’s policy team helped to enact the shell legislation for the Arkansas Housing Trust Fund in 2009.
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Career Pathways
Career Pathways seeks to provide financial assistance for low-income individuals who want to take career training and college classes at an Arkansas two-year college.
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Children’s Savings
In 2008, Southern’s policy team helped to secure state funding for the Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant program for Arkansas 529 college savings accounts.
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Minimum Wage Increase
Southern’s policy team helped increase the state minimum wage in Arkansas by 21% in 2006.
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Payday Lending
On March 18, 2008, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel ordered payday lenders licensed and regulated in Arkansas to stop making loans and forgive all outstanding loans.
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Drew, Mississippi
Southern provided grant funding to renovate the dying Main Street in Drew, MS.
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Helena Health Foundation
Southern worked with several partners to finance and build a $4.5 million health and wellness facility.
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Biodiesel Facility
Residents identified the formation of biodiesel industry as a goal in the Phillips County Strategic Community Plan; however, they were unsure how to attract the industry to Phillips County. After Southern funded a $30,000 feasibility study, the numbers compelled a local investor group to capitalize on the opportunity.
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Cherry Street Roofing Project
Helena’s old Main Street buildings were in danger of collapse. Southern provided the $30,000 matching grant for a $500,000 building stabilization effort on historic Cherry Street.