{"id":52801,"date":"2014-06-18T06:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=52801"},"modified":"2014-06-18T06:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:59:06","slug":"county-pack-to-school-program-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/06\/18\/county-pack-to-school-program-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"County &#8216;Pack to School&#8217; program expands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>VW County DJFS information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services announces the expansion of\u00a0 \u2018Pack to School\u2019 through the 12th grade:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pack-to-School-Income-eligibility-graph-6-2014.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-52802\" alt=\"Pack to School Income eligibility graph 6-2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pack-to-School-Income-eligibility-graph-6-2014.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>\u201cPack to School\u201d provides a backpack containing many (not all) of the required school supplies for eligible children who will be in grades K-12 during the 2014-2015 school year. The deadline to apply for the program is July 11.<b> <\/b>Income eligible families currently receiving public assistance through Van Wert CDJFS should receive an application in the mail on or before June 23.<\/p>\n<p>Application forms are available for other families wanting to participate in the program.\u00a0\u00a0 They must meet eligibility criteria, including residing in Van Wert County and earning less than the income guideline.<\/p>\n<p>Parents of eligible children who have applied by the July 11 deadline will get a letter in the mail by August 9 providing information about when and where to pick up their child\u2019s backpack and supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Applications and additional information are available at the Job and Family Service Department front desk at 114 E. Main St. in Van Wert or by calling 419.238.5430, extension 0, to request information by mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW County DJFS information The Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services announces the expansion of\u00a0 \u2018Pack to School\u2019 through the 12th grade: \u201cPack to School\u201d provides a backpack containing many (not all) of the required school supplies for eligible children who will be in grades K-12 during the 2014-2015 school year. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 02:27:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}