There is an nonprofit agency in Duluth which helped six people purchase a car in 2016.
That same year, it helped nearly 1,200 people do their taxes.
It oversaw 12 families purchase their first home.
Its three full-time navigators assisted more than 900 people in obtaining health insurance.
Ten of the agency's participants pursued college, 67 added new work skills or GEDs and four started their own businesses. Sixty-four people became employed as the result of its help, and 18 more were aided in solving transportation issues, either with a bike or by helping to obtain a driver's license. Nearly 120 users started to learn how to save money, likely for the first time, accumulating nearly $40,000, or $339 a person.
[For more of this story, written by Brady Slater, go to http://www.duluthnewstribune.c...er-skills-employment]
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