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Donation Vehicles

The Benefits of Donating Your Car: Tax Write-Offs and Community Impact Have you ever considered donating your vehicle but weren’t sure about the benefits? Donating your car not only provides you with a valuable tax write-off but also plays a crucial role in supporting community members who need reliable transportation.

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Understanding Homelessness in Our Community

What the Studies Show… At Tri-CAP, we’re dedicated to helping those in need across Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns Counties. To better support our community, we look at studies like the 2023 Minnesota Homeless Study, which gives us important insights into homelessness. On October 26, 2023, Wilder Research conducted a statewide

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Tax Assistance Program

Tri-CAP: Your Partner in Navigating Tax Assistance tel:320-251-1612Tax season can be stressful, but you don’t have to face it alone. Tri-CAP is here to provide free tax preparation services or supported self-filing. Our goal is to provide support, technical assistance and resources to ensure you maximize your refund! We can

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Build your life with FAIM

Tri-CAP’s Family Assets for Independence in MN (FAIM) Do you have dreams but don’t have the finances to make them happen? FAIM is an asset building program (3:1 match) with the potential to receive $16,000 to support a purchase of a vehicle, homeownership, small business development or higher education costs.

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Tri-CAP’s New Branding Launch

Tri-CAP’s New Branding Launch We’re excited to share our new brand identity at Tri-CAP, marking a major milestone in our journey. This refresh captures the vibrancy and resilience of our community, inspired by the energy of those we serve. “Our brand should be bright and vibrant, just like the people

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Lillian’s Song

It’s easy for me to write about fall. In “Moby Dick” Herman Melville wrote that all things in nature carry a greater meaning, the wind, waves, storms and creatures were merely a mask covering a deeper, epic meaning.   In his way of thinking, everything was a pawn in the greater

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The Looking Glass

  You can tell a lot about a person by what they do for recreation. The internet marketers are keeping track of everything you buy on-line, and everything you look at. They are profiling you as we speak. If you have a TV service, they are modeling you as well.

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Abandoned

I accumulate a bushel of miles every month at work, while covering my four county, central Minnesota territory. Occasionally I encounter an abandoned homestead. The windows are gone, the clapboard siding is weather-checked and gray, patches of cedar shingles have blown from the rooftop. Often, the yard is overgrown with

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