Community Action Services in Provo is asking for help after it says one of its programs lost its main source of funding.

Circles USA is a national non-profit that partners with local organizations to create communities that help lift families out of poverty.

But Community Action’s chapters in the Utah and Heber Valleys are now in jeopardy after Utah’s Department of Workforce Services decided not to select the program for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant.

“In the past, it has funded about a million dollars over three years,” said Jessica Miller, the Chief Impact Officer for Community Action Services.

Miller says the funding loss had an immediate impact, as they had to let go of six staff members earlier this week and completely ceased their operations in Heber Valley.

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