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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Form 990 is available to all members of our governing board upon request</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Schedule 990 is available to the general public upon request</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Significant program services not listed on prior year return Part III line 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>In October 2020 CONNECT MINISTRIES STARTED THE CONNECT WORKS4U PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED. THIS PROGRAM WAS DONE IN COORDINATION WITH KNOX COUNTY AND THE TECHNICAL RESPONSE MFG. CO THAT PARTNERSHIP ENDED IN OCTOBER 2023</ExplanationTxt>
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