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On September 27, 2022, the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana announced that it is granting $425,000 to Families Anchored in Total Harmony, Inc. (Faith CDC). Thanks to the support of the Feeding in America Food Security Equity Fund, these critical dollars will be used for program expansion and the creation of a freezing operation to extend the life of fresh produce grown on Faith CDC’s urban farm located at 656 Carolina in Gary.

Stakeholders take steps to ensure steelmaking has solid future in Indiana

When it comes to steelmaking, no other state in the U.S. makes more than Indiana.

With about 27% of the nation’s steel produced in the Hoosier state, Indiana is the country’s steelmaking capital.

“Indiana is the largest state on an annual basis for steel production, and it has been for decades,” said Timothy Gill, chief economist of the American Iron and Steel Institute.

For more than a century, the steel industry has been a big player in the Region’s economy, and for good reason.

The Rev. Curtis Whittaker said he knew nothing about growing food nine years ago when he had a vision to start the garden that became Faith Farms CDC.

On Monday, a raised garden bed at the Gary urban farm was surrounded by local dignitaries with trowels in their hands as they planted seeds to celebrate a new partnership between the urban garden and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana.

Gov. Eric Holcomb and U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, took a victory lap of sorts Tuesday in recognition of their joint efforts to position Northwest Indiana to grow and thrive in the years and decades ahead.

The Republican chief executive and Democratic congressman seemed to be of one mind that recent federally funded state economic development initiatives, including the READI program, are preparing the Region, its municipalities and citizens for the economy of tomorrow.

The St. John and Lowell volunteer fire departments are each getting about half a million in federal funding. The St. John Fire Department has been awarded almost $491,000, and the Lowell Volunteer Fire Department was awarded almost $511,000 from the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.

Hoosier women whose pregnancy care or delivery is covered by Medicaid are now permitted to remain enrolled in the federal-state health program, regardless of their family income, for up to one year after giving birth.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently approved the request of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for a full year, instead of the prior limit of 60 days.