{"id":31581,"date":"2026-09-25T23:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/31581\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T23:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:03:09","slug":"project-hope-connects-southeast-missouri-residents-with-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/31581\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Hope connects Southeast Missouri residents with free&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">There will be a Kid\u2019s Zone area overseen by certified and trained early childhood specialists from Thrive: Birth to Five.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">&#8220;The need goes beyond one particular service,\u201d said Dana Cross, community and housing case manager for CPSEMO. \u201cPeople may need help putting food on the table, finding stable or affordable housing, accessing hygiene and household items, or connecting with health and mental health resources. Those needs often overlap, and when someone is already under financial stress, knowing where to turn can be just as challenging as accessing the service itself.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">\u201cProject Hope brings those pieces together in one place. It gives individuals and families an opportunity to meet directly with people who can help them identify resources that may make a difference in their day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">&#8220;At its core, Project Hope is about recognizing that people sometimes need a little support to get through a difficult season and making sure that support is accessible. It\u2019s about removing some of the barriers that keep people from finding help and creating a place where individuals and families can come, ask questions, find resources, and know that their community cares about what they\u2019re going through. &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a Kid\u2019s Zone area overseen by certified and trained early childhood specialists from Thrive: Birth to Five. &#8220;The need goes beyond one particular service,\u201d said Dana Cross, community and housing case manager for CPSEMO. \u201cPeople may need help putting food on the table, finding stable or affordable housing, accessing hygiene and household<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3642,3640,3638,3641,3639],"class_list":["post-31581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-missouri","tag-missouri","tag-missouri-dining","tag-missouri-food","tag-missouri-grocery-stores","tag-missouri-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117334180047809098","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}