PALMETTO, Fla. — Turning Points, a nonprofit that provides homeless assistance, will bring services to help prevent homelessness directly to two Manatee County schools, if approved by school board members Tuesday.

What You Need To Know • Services to prevent homelessness could be coming to two Manatee County schools • Provided services would include rental and utility assistance, help with SNAP benefits • Pilot program would be out of Lincoln Memorial Middle School Family Welcome Center • Pending school board vote Tuesday

Kathleen Cramer, executive director of Turning Points, says they hope to start providing services at the Lincoln Memorial Middle School Family Welcome Center in Palmetto. Rental assistance, help with utility payments, assistance with SNAP benefit applications and

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