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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Mendota residents volition beryllium capable to get enactment with energy, wellness and different services with the caller opening of a assets center, the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission announced.
A ribbon-cut ceremonial was held for the caller halfway connected Wednesday. Officials accidental the caller Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission Resource Center located astatine 121 Belmont Avenue wrong the AMOR Wellness Center successful Mendota aims to enactment residents with implicit 30 services specified arsenic energy, wellness and dental services.
“We cognize proscription tin beryllium a obstruction for families to entree services. Our extremity is to bring
the services to them by providing assistance locally. This assets halfway is portion of our
commitment to serving our agrarian communities and providing enactment and programs to lift
people retired of poverty,” said Emilia Reyes, Fresno EOC's CEO.
According to officials, different services that the halfway volition supply see wellness and wellness, aboriginal education, employment and training, and ineligible services. Fresno EOC provides Head Start services for 60 children successful Mendota, and says they volition beryllium expanding to supply aboriginal puerility acquisition for children up to 3 years old.
“I deliberation this is the opening of thing beautiful, this is the opening of concern in
rural communities,” said Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria. "If these families thrive,
the full assemblage volition thrive.”
The hours for the caller Fresno EOC Resource Center successful Mendota volition beryllium 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents tin telephone 559-588-4040 for much accusation astir services.
