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Culturally, linguistically, and religiously diverse. High poverty due to high unemployment, seasonal employment, and low wages. That's the community context for Fresno Metro Ministry, founded in 1970, and the Local Health Care Coalition, founded in 1993. Located in California's Central Valley, Fresno County is home to 850,000 residents, over half living in the City of Fresno.
Fresno Metro Ministry is an ecumenical and interfaith non-profit engaged in community problem-solving, advocacy and community organizing around several primary community issues. View the Metro Web pages by clicking on any of the following links:
The Local Health Care Coalition, begun by and administered by Fresno Metro Ministry, is a public-interest coalition of individuals, some representing a variety of community organizations. The Coalition works to increase health care access for the unserved and underserved - access that is medically, culturally, linguistically, and geographically appropriate. View the Coalition Web pages by clicking on any of the following links:
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Fresno Metro Ministry
1055 N. Van Ness Ave, Suite H
Fresno, CA 93728
Phone (559) 485-1416
Fax (559) 485-9109
metromin@fresnometmin.org
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An Inventory of Human Services and Agencies:
Making Connections Community
Resource Directory
A listing of more than 350 services and agencies in the greater Fresno area.
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Latest Year in Review
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Our Latest Newsletter
September/October 2006
Built environment and health; Notes from Rev. Walt Parry; Is the air really getting cleaner?; Multi-faith exchange celebrates 10 years; You are invited to Metro's Thanksgiving Concert on November 19; Annual Dinner and Awards on December 7.
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Hunger and Nutrition Forum
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October 8, 2008
Candidates for the Fresno Unified School District Board present their views.
Building Healthy Environments
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Critics dust off EPA Panel; plan would roll back monitoring of soot, dust in small cities.
SAN FRANCISCO - Carolina Simunovic on Wednesday gave federal bureaucrats a live reason why San Joaquin Valley residents worry about a proposed rollback of dust rules for rural residents.  The Fresno-area resident held her 7-month-old daughter, Isabella, in front of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency panel and asked: "How much can her little lungs take? What you're proposing is a crime against the San JoaquinValley."
MARK GROSSI - 03/09/06
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