News Release June 2, 2004

For Immediate Use

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Empowerment Team Members Attend State Meeting in Ames

Two members of the FMC (Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw) Community Empowerment team attended a recent state coordinators’ meeting in Ames. Pictured left to right: Laurie Kristiansen, FMC Community Empowerment Facilitator; Jeff Anderson, State Empowerment team member, representing the Department of Human Services; and Virgil Pickar, Jr., vice chair, FMC Community Empowerment and member of the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors.

At the state meeting, Empowerment coordinators and board members from across Iowa met to hear updates about Empowerment funding and services in the school ready and early childhood grants.

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