With prices going up across the board, requests for utility bill assistance have increased, according to officials who help pay energy bills.
Archive: August 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Other Related News, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
With summer temperatures reaching triple digits, many Arkansans have trouble paying their electric bills. Entergy Arkansas’ The Power to Care program, administered by Southern Good Faith Fund, provides financial assistance to eligible Entergy customers who are elderly or disabled and meet income guidelines. Rosalie Tripp, SGFF’s Program Coordinator for The Power to Care, was interviewed as part of this news story that explained how the program helps many Arkansans who otherwise might have to choose between paying their electric bill and buying food or medicine.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending (AAAPL) held a news conference July 16, 2008, to release a report evaluating payday lenders’ compliance with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s March 2008 order to stop making loans. The report found that 101 of 156 lenders have complied with McDaniel’s order and stopped making loans while the remaining 55 remain open in defiance of the order. AAAPL Chairman Michael Rowett, Research and Communications Manager for Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program, presented the report findings at the news conference, which was covered extensively by central Arkansas media.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Public Policy, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
While more people are moving to food stamps to help meet their needs, Duran said the stamps’ purchasing power has dwindled.
“The food stamp dollar is not going as far as it used to because of the increase in various prices,” she said, noting a national study in May that found the cost of a dozen eggs was up 27 percent from a year ago, a gallon of milk increased 15 percent and a pound of chicken rose 73 percent.
Archive: July 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on March 18, 2008, held a news conference to announce that he was ordering payday lenders in Arkansas to cease making loans and to forgive existing loan debt. Michael Rowett, Research and Communications Manager for Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program, serves as Chairman of Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending and was interviewed for this news story.
Archive: March 2008 | Section: Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund
