United Way hosting community conversations

The United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County is planning a series of “community conversations” focusing on health, education, and financial stability.

United Way said it will partner with Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership, Eastern Idaho Public Health, and VOICE Advocacy for meetings scheduled across the upper valley region.

The meetings will focus on the United Way ALICE Project, which studied financial hardship in the state in conjunction with Rutgers University.

Among other things, that project determined 41 percent of eastern Idaho households are struggling to provide basic needs and are unable to cover the costs of what it takes to live and and work in the modern economy.

United Way said it invests over half a million dollars in the communities it represents and wants to insure the funds are addressing communities’ most critical issues.

The community meetings are scheduled as follows:

October 15 6 to 8 p.m.
Clark County: Community Center
Dubois

October 17
Teton County: Seniors West of the Tetons Center
60 S. Main St.
Driggs

October 22
Lemhi County: Sacajawea Center
2700 Main St.
Salmon

October 25
Jefferson County: School District Office
3850 E. 300 N.
Rigby

October 29
Fremont County: South Fremont Senior Center
420 N. Bridge Street, Ste. D
St. Anthony

November 1
Bonneville County: Idaho Falls Senior Center
535 W. 21st St.
Idaho Falls

November 8
Madison County: School District Office
60 W. Main St.
Rexburg

November 13
Bonneville County: Bennion Student Union
1784 Science Center Dr.
Idaho Falls