In Rochester’s library, social worker helps those in need | MPR News

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By Catharine Richert, Rochester, Minn. January 17, 2022 4:00 a.m.

Licensed social worker Allison Carpenter talks with a Rochester, Minn., woman visiting the Rochester Public Library last week.
Ken Klotzbach for MPR News

Recently, social worker Allison Carpenter says a woman came into the Rochester Public Library in distress.

“Just absolutely beside herself, desperate for a way to get back home out of state,” Carpenter said.

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The woman had found herself in Rochester, Minn., for a job that never panned out.

Carpenter immediately tapped her network of social workers and local services to figure out a way to help the woman get home. The woman left the library with a bus ticket confirmation in hand.

Source: In Rochester’s library, social worker helps those in need | MPR News


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