Thanks to the Breakfast Optimist Club of Moline 114 Project NOW Head Start children will be receiving a complete winter outfit at no cost. Co-Chair of the club’s coats & shoes committee, Martin Schmidt, says this is the 10th year of providing the needed coats, shoes, tops, pants, gloves, and hats. “The Breakfast Optimist Club loves […]
More than 50 vendors and 400 people are expected to celebrate the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday, October 15th from 3 to 5 pm at The Gathering (335 5th Avenue, Moline). The free block party features arts & crafts, a bouncy house, free tacos, books, & snow cones. The Glenview Middle School Mariachi […]
Project NOW, Inc., as administrator of the Energy Assistance Program in Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island counties, is pleased to announce that funds are available to assist income-eligible households with their natural gas, propane and/or electric bills and furnace assistance for inoperable heating systems. The program is now taking applications for older adults (60 years +), […]
Project NOW, Inc., as administrator of the Energy Assistance Program in Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island counties, is pleased to announce that funds are available to assist income-eligible households with their natural gas, propane and/or electric bills and furnace assistance for inoperable heating systems. The program will begin taking applications TOMORROW October 1, 2024, for older adults (60 […]
On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) toured Project NOW’s Esperanza Center to greet teachers whose classrooms will benefit from $1.8 million in federal dollars they received in the form of a Head Start grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will provide early childhood education for families in the […]
Anchoring Opportunity: Housing Changes Lives and Secures Hope, A Free Exhibition will be at SouthPark Mall, 4500 16th St, Moline, on August 1. Sponsored by Project NOW. It offers Free Breakfast and Networking at 8am. Goodwill offering accepted To Register: text PNHousing24 to 76278
Project NOW’s Executive Director, Dwight Ford, served on the Racial Equity Roundtable on Black Homelessness which worked with researchers to release a comprehensive report on Black Homelessness in Illinois. This study is a collaboration with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP). The report underscores that Black Illinoisans […]
You are invited to our 2nd annual Poverty Conference Thursday at Rhythm City Casino beginning at 9 am. There are panels on re-entry, housing affordability, youth training and more. You can come for one panel or all day. Thanks for your interest. 9:00 am Welcome Dwight Ford, Project NOW Executive Director Update from Stormy […]
The Illinois State Police has issued its first guidebook for officers on how to handle homeless individuals. It was a joint effort among state police, local police departments, the state of Illinois and Project NOW—who served as a consultant to the effort. A new digital directory of services will also be unveiled at the news […]
After being closed since before COVID the Esperanza Center in Moline will open its doors to up to 80 preschool children this fall. Head Start Director, Andrea Flannery is thrilled the center—located in the Floreciente neighborhood– will be filled with students. “The Floreciente community has always embraced Project NOW’s Head Start. We have a long […]
