CAAs in the News - August 16, 2010 through August 22, 2010 (MS Word)
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CA Needy can get help paying PG&E bills
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, CA
Community Action Marin is offering financial assistance of up to $400 for low-income residents struggling to pay Pacific Gas and Electric and propane bills...
Worth noting in the community: Food Bank resource fair
Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield, CA
Community Action Partnership of Kern's Food Bank will hold the Partnership Resource Fair from 8 am to noon Aug. 27 at 1807 Feliz Drive...
Group offers bikes to homeless
Modesto Bee - Modesto, CA
Wheel Solutions falls under the Merced County Community Action Agency, which secured a grant for start-up money, Hirota said. Su Briggs, deputy director of...
FL Business calendar for week of Aug. 23
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL
Manatee Community Action Agency: and St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services Inc. will present a free foreclosure prevention clinic from 5:45-7:30 pm...
Solar Energy Initiatives Partners With the Northeast Florida Community Action Agency on Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems
MarketWatch (press release)
John Edwards, Executive Director of NFCAA, commented, "On behalf of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency, Inc. (NFCAA), we are delighted to be in partnership with Community Rehabilitation...
GA Claim your stimulus dollars
WXIA-TV - Atlanta, GA
This weekend, the Partnership for Community Action will help thousands of residents apply for that money. It comes after a frigid winter and a scorching...
ID Backpack project aids needy (inc. video)
Idaho State Journal - Pocatello, ID
On site will be Chubbuck Mayor Steve England, Portneuf Medical Center, Southeast Idaho Community Action Agency, Chubbuck Police and Fire Department...
IN Early Head Start opening
Palladium-Item - Richmond, IN
Community Action of East Central Indiana has received $954024 in stimulus funds to start an Early Head Start program in Wayne County...
KS Buckle Up Event
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
Community Action's Safe Kids Shawnee County will be conducting a Buckle Up Event this Thursday, August 12, Fire Station #12, 2101 SW Urish Rd., Topeka...
LA St. Mary complex moving ahead
Tri Parish Times - Houma, LA
The St. Mary Community Action Agency is in negotiations to become a managing partner of a $12 million residential gated community, hoping to spark interest...
MD Children spend last free weekend collecting donations for food bank
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
...of several children spending their last weekend before the start of school at a Stuff the Truck event to benefit the Frederick Community Action Agency...
Food drive set for weekend
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
Sponsored in cooperation with the Frederick Community Action Agency, the Stuff-a-Truck food drive is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday...
"Together We Can" Poverty Symposium
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD
The Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency in partnership with the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth and Families...
ME Knox Town News
VillageSoup - Belfast, ME
Waldo Community Action Partners will start accepting fuel assistance appointments on August 16, at 8 AM...
Funds to aid weatherizing low-income homes
Morning Sentinel - Waterville, ME
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program is among six agencies statewide receiving a new $7 million injection of federal stimulus cash to...
Maine Agencies Awarded $7 Million for Weatherization Projects
MPBN News - Bangor, ME
The organizations getting the grants include: Aroostook County Action Program in Presque Isle, Community Concepts Inc. in South Paris, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program...
State Proposes New Rules for Community Action Agencies (inc. video)
WABI - Bangor, ME
DHHS has stated that the "Maine Uniform Accounting and Auditing Practices for Community Agencies", also referred to as MAAP regulations...
MI Register now for community baby shower
The News-Herald - Southgate, MI
Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency will hold its 13th annual Community Baby Shower from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30...
A happy mandate: Agency needs 200 families to feed
HollandSentinel.com - Holland, MI
Local governments usually don't like mandates, but the state just gave Ottawa County Community Action Agency one with which it's more than...
City housing program is promising
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
In cooperation with Blue Water Habitat for Humanity, Blue Water Residential Non-Profit Housing Corporation, the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County...
Weatherization services are available
WLKM Radio - Three Rivers, MI
Community Action is offering free weatherization services to homeowners and renters in Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties...
MN State agencies awarded additional grants for weatherization
Finance and Commerce - Minneapolis, MN
The biggest award to a Minnesota agency went to the Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council in New York Mills, which is using its $2.2 million grant for...
MO Federal funds stimulate service action agency
The Marshall Democrat-News - Marshall, MO
Since stimulus funding began trickling into Missouri, Missouri Valley Community Action Agency received $5492866.12 in ARRA...
ND Food pantry receives donation
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown, ND
Hugo’s conducted a fundraiser with the support of Pepsi and Hugo’s customers in June for the Community Action Food Pantry and raised $2,596...
NH 70-year-old wins fight on bus route cutbacks
The Union Leader - Manchester, NH
Instead, the transit system operated by the Community Action Program, Belknap-Merrimack Counties Inc., will eliminate a leg from Lakeport to Gilford...
NJ Reaching out and helping others in need
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Funded through state grants, it's operated by the Tri-County Community Action Partnership. It came as no surprise (Cumberland County is the poorest county...
New location for Head Start, Women, Infants and Children programs
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action is opening a new facility for two of its programs, to begin in September. The new facility will be located at 530...
School Supplies Needed for Kids
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership's Holly City Family Success Center, 511 Columbia Ave., Suite B, Millville, seeks donations of school supplies...
Bergen County agency to create green jobs training facility in Garfield
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack, NJ
The center, conceived by Bergen County Community Action Partnership, Inc. (BCCAP), will be funded with money from the federal American Recovery and...
To vaccinate your kids, or not to vaccinate?
The Hudson Reporter - Hoboken, NJ
A local social service agency for needy families, the North Hudson Community Action Corporation, is offering free vaccines for all ages...
Holly City Center nurtures family success in Millville
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
That's why the Holly City Family Success Center, a program under Tri-County Community Action Partnership, held its first ever Community Day on Saturday in...
NY Stuff the bus campaign continues Thursday
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Community Action's Head Start School bus will be in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, Lewiston Road, Batavia, from 11 am to 3 pm Thursday and Aug. 26...
Mahopac Agent Grimaudo Rides in Putnam Community Action Program's Motorcycle Run for H.O.P.E.
PRLog.Org (press release)
Mahopac Allstate agent Greg Grimaudo (lead bike in photo) recently took part in the Putnam Community Action Program's...
OH COLLEGE NOTES
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
Ross County Community Action recently presented scholarships to India Dresbach and Vance Weller while Brittani Tarter received a scholarship from Ross...
Fairfield County Children's Home being placed on National Registry of Historic Places
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster, OH
Thursday, a former matron and three people who grew up there came back one more time for a celebration as Community Action unveiled a commemorative plaque...
Deadline near for assistance with cooling
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
The program, operated by WSOS Community Action Commission, is available to income-eligible households in Wood, Sandusky, Ottawa and Seneca counties...
Head Start workers get three-year contract
Canton Repository - Canton, OH
The Stark County Community Action Agency has approved a long-awaited three-year labor contract covering Head Start employees...
New CEO for Ohio community health center group
Bizjournals.com (blog) - Cincinnati, OH
The Ohio Association of Community Health Centers on Tuesday named Randy Runyon as CEO. Runyon comes to the association from the Community Action...
Summer youth program highlights teen issues, job training, education
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
The first session of Ross County Community Action's summer youth program took place June 7-9. Ten students completed the five-week program...
Local vets can sign up for benefits Wednesday
Urbana Daily Citizen - Urbana, OH
At no charge, veterans may visit the clinic 9:30 am-5 pm in the parking lot of the Veterans Services/Tri-County Community Action building, 955 N. Main St...
OK In Oklahoma and nation, food banks are serving more and more people
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City, OK
Amy Reyes of Southwest Community Action in Altus, a partner agency of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, said that due to the recent changes in the economy...
TPS's Parents as Teachers program will have new management
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Tulsa Public Schools has contracted with Community Action Project of Tulsa County to oversee its Parents as Teachers...
PA Rush Twp. accepting aid applications
Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
Stephen Simchak, chairman of the township supervisors, attended a Schuylkill County Community Action meeting to plead his case for the township and its need...
Organization to run workshop in city that simulates living in poverty
Reading Eagle - Reading, PA
With official figures showing that more than 35 percent of Reading residents live in poverty, learning what it's like to be poor can be a life-changing experience, Berks Community Action Program officials said...
TN Taking the reins: Two leaders join Community Action Agency team
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville, TN
The Office on Aging is just one of several programs under the umbrella of the Community Action Agency, a public, nonprofit corporation that has served ...
TX Help available to low income residents for paying power bills
Victoria Advocate - Victoria, TX
"The last thing I ever wanted to do in my life is go and ask for help," Ousley said. "Community Action are actually life savers."...
US Solar PV Projects Part of $120 Million DOE Weatherization Funding Awards
Sunpluggers.com
Four of them mention solar PV or solar panels: Community Action Program of Evansville and Vanderburgh County Inc., based in Evansville, will receive over...
VT SEVCA receives federal money for weatherization
Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro, VT
Southeastern Vermont Community Action received $900000 to provide solar thermal and solar hot water...
BROC gets stimulus funding
Rutland Herald - Rutland, VT
Bernard Sanders, I-Vt. BROC Community Action in Southwestern Vermont is one of them, and will get $900000. “We just got this yesterday,” Edward Fuller...
WI Homeless numbers drop
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
...the director of planning and development for Community Action Inc. He tabulated these results after the Rock County Homeless Intervention Task Force...
New executive set to lead North Central Community Action Program
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Leaders of the North Central Community Action Program hope the curse afflicting their new executive director will help the agency recover from a trying year...