Lt. Gov. Patty Judge will be evaluating the state’s response to Postville this afternoon when she meets with residents during a community meeting.

According to information released by the state, Judge plans to “review support the state has provided and is available to the community, discuss steps the state is taking to working with residents on short and long-term needs, and get input from residents on other issues.” Judge also plans to announce new aid to the community and those affected by the string of incidents at Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking plant which was once the region’s largest employer. Three AmeriCorps-VISTA members are anticipated to begin work with community leaders and residents next week.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Turner Hall, the site the city has proclaimed to be a neutral site for all types of emergency and long-term assistance for former workers and residents in need. At last estimate there were 600 individuals remaining in the community — several hundred of them Jewish — in need of assistance.

Judge comes into the community on the day that Agriprocessors’ bankruptcy trustee has resumed limited poultry production at the plant. Joseph Sarachek, the court-appointed trustee, faced high emotions yesterday as former workers demanded to know the process by which workers were selected to come back into the plant. Their requests for information, however, were not sated by Saracheck.