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Hear Senator Dorgan's Speech given at the August Forum (12 Minutes, Windows Media Player) Waking the Sleeping Giant = Nonprofits Organize!  Nonprofits’ force on display By Andrea Domaskin The Forum - 08/25/2006 If you put them all together, local nonprofit human service groups would be the third largest employer in Fargo-Moorhead. That was a point made Thursday by Joe Pederson, executive director of the Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership, during a forum sponsored by an alliance of local nonprofits. The alliance, known as Waking the Sleeping Giant, organized a forum to show community members and elected leaders the impact of nonprofits – and what would happen if they weren’t around. There are 49 nonprofit human service groups in Fargo-Moorhead not including some larger organizations like hospitals, Pederson said. They employ more than 3,000 people. Last year, these nonprofits made more than 220,000 contacts with people, he said. Kathy Hogan, director of Cass County Social Services, said there might not be a public human service system without the nonprofits. “They really are the primary delivery system,” she said. But the nonprofits say they’re expected to do more these days with less funding. Pederson said nonprofits on the Minnesota side received 7.8 percent less state funding from 2003 to 2004. “Do more with less? We’ve done that,” Pederson said. Waking the Sleeping Giant formed in February 2005 as federal budget cuts loomed. The group works to influence local, state and federal health and human service policies. North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, who was at Thursday’s forum, had requested the group organize. Some of the speakers addressed their comments to Dorgan, including Gyle Peterson, who thanked Dorgan for helping him 17 years ago to convince his insurance company to hire unlicensed attendants. Peterson, 51, of Fargo, has muscular dystrophy and has used a ventilator for 20 years. His caregiver, Kim Krogstad, read a statement by Peterson saying the help allowed him to live as normal a life as possible, but he’ll meet his lifetime maximum cap about this time next year. Peterson said he doesn’t understand why Congress makes cuts to areas that affect people who need the most help. “Maybe there isn’t any interest in us because, as disabled individuals, we’re not considered an oil-rich country,” Peterson said. “It puts America’s most vulnerable in the hands of pure fate.” Readers can reach Forum reporter Andrea Domaskin at (701) 241-5556 Back to the pepp Home Page |
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