Serving Decatur and Macon County for over 50 years
Since 1964 DMCOC has been providing stability to Decatur and Macon County. DMCOC has accomplished this through a wide variety of programs designed to support the community. DMCOC is growing and we are looking for new programs and partnerships to maintain the stability for our clients and to better support the community.
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Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp. receives $2.59 million federal grant
DECATUR — Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp. will receive $2.59 million as part of $90.9 million federal grant for Head Start and Early Head Start programs across Illinois. The news was announced Monday afternoon through a joint press release from U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, both Democrats from Illinois. “This federal funding helps ensure that […]
Decatur evictions are double the statewide rate. Here’s a map that shows where they happened.
DECATUR — Krystal Johnson had a steady paycheck until call center StarTek shuttered its Decatur facility in 2012. With unemployment pay totaling less than half of previous wages, she fell behind on bills and eventually faced eviction. “Every day, even in my sleep, it was always like, ‘How am I going to figure this out? How […]
DMCOC, Decatur Township Office Hold Special Event For Seniors
The following was published in the December 27, 2017 print edition of the Decatur Tribune.
Dannika Young, Director of Senior Services at Decatur Macon County Opportunities Corporation, hosted a “Christmas Mix & Mingle” luncheon for clients of DMCOC’s Senior Nutrition Program on Dec. 20.
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The Annual WAND/Senior Center Fan Drive will kick off with a one day event on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Walmart North in Decatur from 7am to 1pm. We urge everyone to come to the WAND tent that will be near the front entrance of Wal-Mart and donate a fan. We do need volunteers to help man the tent with WAND staff. The Senior Center will have fans to distribute to those in need during the summer months. If you are 55 years or older and have not received a fan in the past two years and are low income (monthly income of $1508 for a household of one or $2,030 for 2 persons), stop by the Senior Center to see if you qualify. One fan per household is the limit. These fans will only be distributed to low income persons 55 years of age and older. The Decatur and Macon County community is generous enough to donate fans to be used by low income elderly residents. They are not to be given out and then sold. If anyone is found to have obtained a fan and then sold that fan they will never be eligible for another fan. We are not providing replacement fans for fans given out last year.
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