PUBLIC NOTICE: Beginning Sept. 6, 2022, Mountain Projects, Inc., of Haywood County will begin taking applications for rental assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8 Program funded through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Online applications are now accepted. Households are encouraged to apply online by visiting: HTTPS://WWW.WAITLISTCHECK.COM/NC3130 Households that are unable […]
NEW SYLVA LOCATION FOR MOUNTAIN PROJECTS! After more than three decades at its office on Schulman St., Mountain Projects’ Sylva team has outgrown its space. The Sylva office has moved to 154-B Medical Park Loop, in part of the building once home to Meridian Health Services. All Mountain Projects programs offered in Waynesville are also […]
101 Back-to-School Tips for Kids and Parents As summer comes to an end and back-to-school season begins, it can be hard to get back into a regular schedule – both for kids and adults. The trick here is to plan ahead. Read through this list and identify some strategies that you think could help […]
Mountain Projects Executive Director Patsy Powell Davis was named President of the North Carolina Community Action Association Board of Directors on Friday, May 13, at the organization’s annual conference, held this year in Cherokee. The North Carolina Community Action Association is an anti-poverty member organization that advocates on behalf of the needs of vulnerable families […]
Mountain Projects Community Action Agency has received a $30,000 investment grant from Nantahala Health Foundation to increase home safety for underserved populations in Jackson County. Grant investment funds from the Foundation will be used for Housing Rehabilitation projects in Jackson County. “We have a long waiting list for these services, and it will feel good […]
A new Special Enrollment Period on the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace has opened for consumers who have projected income of at least 100% of the federal poverty level but are at or below the 150% of the federal poverty level. This SEP allows qualifying people to enroll in plans in any month during the year […]
Need help health insurance through the ACA? Counselors will be on hand to answer your questions, including: 1. Can I be denied certain benefits because of preexisting conditions? 2. Will my current health issues affect insurance rates? 3. How much do insurance plans cost? 4. What do insurance plans cover?
Need help health insurance through the ACA? Counselors will be on hand to answer your questions, including: 1. Can I be denied certain benefits because of preexisting conditions? 2. Will my current health issues affect insurance rates? 3. How much do insurance plans cost? 4. What do insurance plans cover?
A tiny lady with sturdy boots and a neat grey bun walks between high heaps of gnarled and tangled debris. Identifiable items poke out at odd angles: an axle with wheels here, an auger bit there. A hula hoop. Now and then the breeze carries a whiff of rot. The Pigeon River slips by, just […]
When Brenda Stroupe remembers her own experience of Haywood County’s catastrophic flood of August, 2021, she thinks about the Christian lessons of 2 Corinthians. “The Bible says you know a man by his spirit, not by his flesh,” Stroupe says, as she recalls a community that rallied to support its flood victims. But from there […]