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USDA Helps Single Mom Save Her Home

It is a good day when we are able to reach out and directly effect the lives of people in our state.

Penny Taylor was recently divorced. Her home’s aging septic service was failing and damaging her home and yard.

Due to her limited income she was unable to afford to have the repairs done to on the system.

Not knowing where to turn she reached out to Housing Assistance Office in Hendersonville.

Making Own Products is a Dream Come True for Small Rural South Dakota Business

In the spring of 2017, Chad Blase quit his full-time job to go back to work with his parents on their dairy farm. Within months, milk prices were sinking and Chad and his partner Laura Klock, along with Chad’s parents, Amy and Gary Blase, realized it was time to have some difficult conversations about whether the farm could continue to be financially workable for their families during this downturn.

USDA Investment Will Help Low-Income Patients Have Access to Quality Healthcare in Rural South Carolina

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on June 1, 2021 for the expansion of the Sandhills Medical Foundation Inc. (SMF) facility located in Lugoff, S.C.  Local leaders and members of the Foundation gathered at the site to celebrate the official ground-breaking for the nearly 13,000 sq. ft. expansion along with a much needed 125kw backup electricity generator.