Effective April 1, Mahube Community Council, Inc. has been named the Community Action services provider for Otter Tail and Wadena counties by the Office of Economic Opportunity at the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Up until this date, Community Action services had been provided to residents of these two counties by the Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council, Inc.
To reflect the new service area, Mahube Community Council will soon be changing its name to Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership.
The agency's executive director will continue to be Dr. Leah Pigatti. However, a new board of directors has been formed that includes representatives from Otter Tail and Wadena counties, as well as from Becker, Hubbard and Mahnomen counties.
In December 2011, Mahube Community Council and Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council announced that they had entered conversations with each other to explore creating one Community Action Agency to serve the five counties of Becker, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, and Wadena.
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For more than 46 years, Mahube Community Council has worked to fight poverty and be an advocate for low income and elderly people living in Mahnomen, Hubbard and Becker Counties - promoting self-sufficiency, family stability and community revitalization.
For the same length of time, Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council has worked to accomplish the same for people living in Otter Tail and Wadena counties.
From the start, all discussions leading to this single agency have focused on seamlessly providing people living in poverty and with other needs the most effective and efficient Community Action programming. The goal has been to design a single organization that will deliver effective, quality services and maximize resources in the five-county area, while working with many community partners.
For more information about the Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, go to www.mahube.org .
