Housing Arkansas, a coalition of affordable housing advocates in the private, government and nonprofit sectors, held a news conference on Monday, March 2 to highlight legislation that would create a statewide housing trust fund for Arkansas. The trust fund would allow access to quality housing for a broad range of Arkansans.
Archive: March 2009 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Video
A steady stream of people eager to get their taxes prepared for free showed up Saturday at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center.
The event, dubbed Super Saturday, was a joint effort by volunteers from the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition, Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now, IRS Stakeholder, Partnerships, Education and Communication Disability Initiative, St. James United Methodist Church, Southern Good Faith Fund and Pine Bluff Weed & Seed/Interested Citizens for Voter Registration Inc.
Archive: January 2009 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Bancorp News, Southern Good Faith Fund
Ten exceptional volunteers were recognized recently by AARP Arkansas, commemorating the national organization’s 50th anniversary.
- Blake Williams, special project manager serving earned income, tax credit and 2008 stimulus package, Southern Good Faith Fund…
Archive: January 2009 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Uncategorized
Southern Bancorp and its nonprofit affiliate Southern Good Faith Fund in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service are offering a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to the residents of Phillips County and Surrounding areas.
Archive: January 2009 | Section: Jefferson County, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp, Southern Bancorp News, Southern Good Faith Fund
KIPP Delta College Preparatory School of Helena announced Tuesday that the Charter School Growth Fund has awarded the school a $2.6 grant, which will be used for expansion.
Officials from KIPP, which stands for Knowledge Is Power Program, say the award is the largest the school has received to date.
Archive: October 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
The Delta Bridge Project has awarded a $161,502, two-year grant to enhance the Teach for Arkansas program and address the shortage of highly qualified kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in Phillips County, Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee Chairman Elijah Mondy announced today.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Press Releases, Southern Bancorp, Southern Financial Partners
Hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
The Community of Ruleville, Mississippi, commemorated the launch of the Ruleville community plan with a song written especially for the occasion, “Take Me to Ruleville.”
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
Phillips County’s newest industry Delta Yams is already getting ready for an expansion and this comes after only a year of operation.
Over a million dollars has been made available through a grant of $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration and another $300,000 from the state Department of Economic Development for the expansion of Delta Yams, located on Highway 49, just west of Barton.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp
On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, Entergy Arkansas presented Southern Good Faith Fund with the “Making Things Brighter Award in Community Leadership” at their Low-Income Advocates Leadership and Community Development Conference. This is an annual award to recognize contributions made in improving the lives of low-income families. SGFF is the first organization to receive this award, which has historically been given to an individual.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
