MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – Ground has been broken on a building expansion for a Fox Valley organization that provides limited financial assistance to struggling families.
The Limited Emergency Assistance Valley Ecumenical Network, or LEAVEN, is a non-profit that specializes in referring people to available resources.
Executive Director Mary Parsons hopes expanding with community partners will aid their clients.
“We started compiling this sort of one source resource model, where it changes the whole process from a referral to a warm hand-off and we really have seen the value of being able to walk our clients down the hall now and make those connections.”
LEAVEN serves roughly 7,000 households each year.
The organization has had a presence in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties for three decades.
