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One non-profit is gearing up after seeing unprecedented demand last summer from people seeking help paying their utility bills.
“July is a huge month for us,” said Michele Kirkpatrick, manager of the non-profit’s Emergency Assistance Program.Call volume was so high that officials had to shut down the line midway through some months. Three caseworkers could handle only so many calls with the available funding. “If you are running a paycheck-to-paycheck kind of a budget and say you have a car repair, it's really going to throw your budget off,” Kirkpatrick said. “And so that’s when you can call us.”
“We don't want them to choose between keeping your air conditioner on or buying your medicine,” she said.
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