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How Gainesville schools' resource fair seeks to address student needs

District officials work to link families to services available

Joyce Allen, right of the National Alliance on Mental Health, chats with Vickie Waddell and daughter Jennifer, 7, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at the Gainesville Middle School open house and resource fair. The fair brings multiple agencies, churches and other community groups together at one site and also hands out some school supplies for students. - photo by Scott Rogers

08042018 RESOURCE 3.jpg — Joyce Allen, right of the National Alliance on Mental Health, chats with Vickie Waddell and daughter Jennifer, 7, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at the Gainesville Middle School open house and resource fair. The fair brings multiple agencies, churches and other community groups together at one site and also hands out some school supplies for students. - photo by Scott Rogers

School, nonprofit and community leaders have often said Gainesville is a resource-rich community when it comes to the availability of services for low-income families.