High Plains Community Development Corporation

10/30/2025

A link featuring all of the opperating food aid and distribution sites in the panhandle. Please take a look and share.

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Check out this design designed by Megan Koppenhafer.

10/23/2025

8 year old Chavy Williamson, ran 70 km from Grassy Narrows to Kenora, Ontario to raise awareness of the housing crisis on his reserve.

05/30/2025

*Article EDITED*

In a truly regrettable turn of events the US Department of Labor pauses (all contracted) Job Corps Center operations. *EDIT* This does not currently effect* our communities own Pine Ridge Job Corps- which began operating in 1964, and has provided invaluable education, job placement, construction, fire prevention, sanitary and many more essential public services to the entire Nebraska Panhandle for 61 years.

Not only does PRJC improve our community directly with the action/labor of their student body and staff, but the center provided a safe and structured vocational opportunity for our most vulnerable youth and young adults.

High Plains Community Development Corporations extends its most sincere appreciation to the present and historic student body and staff of Pine Ridge Job Corps. Their construction program literally and figuratively laid the foundation to all of our most recent low income housing development projects, and we can't thank you enough for the labor and laughs shared through the years. *EDIT* This does not currently affect our apply to our Pine Ridge Job Corps.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced it will begin a phased pause in operations at contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide, ini

05/30/2025

This may affect many within our community who are living with disabilities and utilize food assistance. Please read the provisions carefully. If individuals need assistance completing the paperwork, they can contact our office.

"Due to changes in funding, the Food Bank for the Heartland requires ALL participants to complete The Emergency Food Assistance Program form (TEFAP) to receive food. This self-disclosed income form must be completed at each Mobile Food Pantry prior to receiving food. Further, anyone needing food to be picked up for them must complete a Proxy Consent Form prior to the event and send the signed form with their authorized representative. This form must be presented at each Mobile Food Pantry prior to receiving food for someone else. These forms are available at the Mobile Food Pantry, and in advance at ncap.info or can be picked up from the Crawford Food Pantry."

https://chadronradio.com/crawford-mobile-food-pantry/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKmmdlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFIS29YM2R4VXUwUzNZRGgwAR5vAM8J1LA0gq5_475b0FgVRZGFPGFaXZU04a298M2JV2PdRAhQh_9uUpDQ9g_aem_cmW1JC99mvKz3msD3O6_Iw

The unfunded RSVP program at Northwest Community Action Partnership (NCAP) will sponsor a Mobile Food Pantry with the Food Bank for the Heartland on Tuesday, Ju

05/29/2025

05/09/2025

Pine Ridge Job Corps have made nearly every single one of our Chadron Area "Low-Income" Home Development projects possible with the donation of their trade students' time, labor, and expertise.

Without the help of a healthy and funded Pine Ridge Job Corps student and faculty body, our community WILL face significant struggles deprived of the civil services the trade school provides to our day to day lives.

Please take a moment to read about the communities concerns.

04/30/2025

Looks fun!

May 3rd we are doing Wood Burning! We are providing the materials unless you have your own wood! I can not wait to see you there!

04/30/2025

Just one of many ways to support your local Head Start Program.

Join thousands of parents, caregivers, and alumni to sign the letter to the President and Congress demanding they protect Head Start.

04/01/2025

Nebraska DED published a wonderful article about a few of our most utilized community programs:

Our Closing Cost Assistance (CCA),

and NHDA's First Down, Down Payment Assistance (DPA).

Both have been used to transform and introduce lives in our community!

Sticker shock. Anyone shopping for eggs lately has experienced it. Sticker shock has also become commonplace among would-be homebuyers. Inflation of construction material costs, ballooning homeowners insurance premiums, and rising mortgage rates have all contributed to homes being much more expensiv...

03/17/2025

If you find some seeds you like at Chadron Public Library seed exchange but, don't know where to plant them- Chadron has a great community garden program. You can call the City Offices for more information about reserving a plot for your garden.

Thank you Chadron Public Library!