PALMETTO, Fla. — Turning Points, a nonprofit that provides homeless assistance, will bring services to help prevent homelessness directly to two Manatee County schools, if approved by school board members Tuesday
Kathleen Cramer, executive director of Turning Points, says they hope to start providing services at the Lincoln Memorial Middle School Family Welcome Center in Palmetto. Rental assistance, help with utility payments, assistance with SNAP benefit applications and Medicaid will be available on the campus of Lincoln Middle, if approved.
As part of an 18-month pilot program, these services would be solely for the families of Lincoln Memorial Middle School students and Palmetto Elementary students. School District of Manatee County employees would also be eligible, as well as students already served through the Project Heart Program…