The Pasco-based nonprofit has been providing impoverished and exploited women with a second chance and a safe place for them to gain experience through work and training to attain living-wage jobs in the community, and its offerings are expanding to help more women.

The Trump administration’s recent decision to strip $400 million in funding for AmeriCorps won’t directly affect many paychecks in the Tri-Cities, but it will hit multiple services for hundreds of children in the region.

A nonprofit focused on providing stable housing for those in recovery is poised to build its first residential community for up to six families while they work toward self-sufficiency.

One Hanford contractor estimated that collectively, the Hanford prime contractors donate more than $1 million to nonprofits each year in both financial donations and volunteered time. 

A team of volunteers – many of them seniors – help to serve those seeking assistance and more are always needed.

As the weather warms up, Girl Scout cookie sales are coming soon to booths around the Tri-Cities, and this year will be the last season for one of the cookie flavors.

Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels gets assist from Lamb Weston to upgrade critical kitchen equipment.

Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity is doing its part to provide affordable housing – and a potential agreement with the state Department of Natural Resources may be a way to offer more of it.

Nearly $150,000 in grants are available for Tri-City nonprofits providing food and shelter, as well as rent or mortgage assistance, to community members in need.

Two showings of “The Dream…We Almost Never Heard” are planned Jan. 18 in Richland.