Mustard Seed Development Corp.

You might be interested in the efforts of Oklahoma City resident Dan Short and his new cooperative effort, Mustard Seed Development Corporation.  Mustard Seed is a faith-based organization that provides assistance to families living in Oklahoma City's 73114 zip code, currently the second-poorest demographic region in Oklahoma City.  From their webiste:

Mustard Seed serves a disadvantaged area of Oklahoma City that is often overlooked by City planners and community organizations.  Ranked as the second highest poverty area in Oklahoma City by the Department of Human Services, the area is currently ineligible for Empowerment zoning, receives no Community Block Grant monies, has schools that are consistently ranked low performance, and has a significantly high crime rate.  Mustard Seed is the only community development organization working in this impoverished neighborhood.

• Second highest poverty area in OKC
  • Median family income $29,047
  • 4,036 families; 24% live below poverty level
  • 1,648 female parent households; 41% live below the poverty level
  • 33% of households on social security and/or public assistance income.
• Housing costs are over 35% of income for:
• 14.6% of homeowners
• 35.6% of renters

The 73114 zip code lies on the eastern edge of the city's northwest side.  Several years ago, as retirees and younger families began giving up the starter-sized homes in the area, residents from the city's more-impoverished east side -- mostly black -- moved into the neighborhood, looking for a way out of the east side and for homes that were closer to where many of them worked.  Unfortunately the problems of poverty (single female parent households, drugs, high unemployment) followed this group to the northwest side. 

Dan and his organization are trying to do something about the negative situations in many of these people's lives.  I had the opportunity to meet Dan a few months ago and hear firsthand what Mustard Seed is doing.  I can tell you honestly that Mustard Seed would be a worthy recipient of your charitable contributions.

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