Mid-Columbia Community Action has received about $900,000 from various sources to provide assistance for energy payments and housing and homeless funds. Community Action Executive Director Jim Slusher says they will be contacting 200 households that were on a waiting list for this past winter’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program to provide financial assistance, and then there are other funds for both energy and rent assistance during the COVID-19 crisis. Mid-Columbia Community Action serves Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties. For information on programs, go to mccac.com, or call their office in The Dalles at 541-298-5131.