Jan 12
CAAs in the News - January 5, 2009 through January 11, 2009 (MS Word)
Links are provided for articles if active during the week featured. Some links may expire at a later time. Users can go to CAA Links to locate individual CAA web sites and agency contact information for follow-up purposes.
CA Merced puts homeless eviction plan on hold
Modesto Bee - Modesto, CA
Her biggest gripe is that the D Street homeless shelter run by the Merced County Community Action Agency isn't open during the day...
Sussex Countian - Georgetown, DE
Walmart's Stacy Wiggins presented First State Community Action Agency's Bernice Edwards with a grant for $50,000 on Friday afternoon. The grant will be used to expand the FSCAA's after-school program...
SW Iowa News - Council Bluffs, IA
West Central Community Action (WCCA) works with state and federal agencies to provide critical temporary assistance to families endeavoring towards...
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA
The division is Des Moines' Community Action Agency and assists low-income families with energy assistance, food and hygiene needs, transportation and more...
IowaPolitics.com (press release) - IA
“When Congress makes important decisions regarding an economic recovery package, it is vital that the needs of the families served by the community action network be included in those decisions,” said Lana Ross, Executive Director of the Iowa Community Action Association...
Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls, ID
Last year, Community Action, the Salvation Army and other groups dropped their previous method - a city-wide search - in favor of providing lunch...
State-Journal.com - Frankfort, KY
Bluegrass Community Action Housing Program Specialist Hedi Winans, right, talks with Bluegrass Community Action Program Director Linda...
Adair Progress - Columbia, KY
The Adair County Community Action Agency began the "Crisis" portion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) on Monday to aid families with...
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis, MA
The Rockland Trust branch on Main Street in Hyannis donated $500 to the "Make a Teen and Child Happy" program of the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod...
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham, MA
Federal fuel assistance applications are accepted through April by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council and Worcester Community Action Council...
ME Tough times
SunJournal.com - Lewiston, ME
Community Concepts and Western Maine Community Action have seen the increase in need, too. Both nonprofit social service agencies serve Androscoggin...
The Hillsdale Daily News - Hillsdale, MI
After only a year in its new building, the Community Action Agency could not feel more at home. Rosemary Easler, Head Start...
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
Chris Reen of Community Action will give energy-saving tips and informational materials to all who attend the "Saving Energy" workshop on Thursday...
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
The agency, which offers services to low-income families, now will be known as the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County, a name that associates it...
Marshall Independent - Marshall, MN
"We will keep our existing operations going at the same level," said Aguirre, transportation director for Western Community Action. At the same time...
Austin Herald - Austin, MN
Semcac Community Action has received more applications for home heating assistance this winter and more...
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH
Meanwhile, she has applied for a little help from the fuel assistance program at Rockingham Community Action. The staff at the office describes Denise as...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA
Lift-Up of Routt County, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Tri-County Community Action Program's Fuel Assistance Program, in Lebanon, New Hampshire...
WRGB - Albany, NY
Berkshire residents are organizing a food drive running now through January 16 to benefit the Salvation Army and the Berkshire Community Action council food...
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH
He will speak at 9:30 am at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency at 1740 Langdon Farm Road in the Jordon's Crossing Shopping Center in...
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP), sponsor of Head Start; located in separate former hospital administration building on the...
Frederick Press - Frederick, OK
Free tax assistance will be available for area taxpayers who qualify through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program at Community Action...
Oklahoma Gazette - Oklahoma City, OK
Free homebuyer education workshops offered by the Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma/Canadian Counties (CAA) give...
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
It’s been an evolutionary process,'' said Alan Jennings, executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. ''In the early stages, loans were getting reworked in ways that did not correct the problem. More recently we have been working with lenders to fundamentally rework the loans to create affordable payments.''
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Pickett is now a full-time employee of Westmoreland Community Action's Next Step Supportive Housing Program after 11 years of part-time employment with Head Start. During that time, she earned associate's and bachelor of arts degrees…
Citizens’ Voice - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Assisted by the Greater Erie Community Action Committee, a program designed to help those living in poverty, Owen passed her GED exam when she was 39 and then began to take college courses at Edinboro University in 1981…
The Herald Standard - Uniontown, PA
When she accepted a helping hand from the Fayette County Community Action Agency, a local woman didn't know how far that would take her…
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA
South Central Community Action Programs served more than 23000 unduplicated individuals last year, an increase of 14 percent. We weatherized more than 700...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
The DEP has notified officials of the Armstrong County Community Action Agency of that possibility. "The health and safety of Shadyside Village residents...
MEDIA, PA
There will be four area basketball clinics on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day benefiting the Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. (CAADC). The 8th Annual Hoops from the Heart basketball clinics will occur…
Leader Vindicator - DuBois, PA
One lead agency that helps food pantries with food programs is Community Action, Inc. Community Action, which was formerly known as Jefferson-Clarion County...
Courier Express - DuBois, PA
The food program was not cut this year, but last year it was cut by 4 percent," Gail O'Donnell of Central Counties Community Action said. She said food assistance is one of many programs Community Action provides for residents in Centre and Clearfield counties…
Warwick Beacon - Warwick, RI
DRINKING DANGERS: Barbara Dawson, of Dawson Communications, speaking on behalf of Tri-Town Community Action Agency, shows a mock-up of a ...
News and Record - Boston, VA
...billion state budget gap, including a $3.2 million loss in state funding for local schools and a $100000 cut to the Tri-County Community Action budget...
Roanoke Times - Roanoke, VA
Before his release, West took classes through the Roanoke-based Virginia Community Action Re-Entry System, also called Virginia CARES...
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire, WI
Locally, West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency will get nearly $82000 for their programs that help low income workers buy vehicles or use rideshare...
Journal Times - Racine, WI
The Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency announced Jan. 7 that Robert Beezat of Mount Pleasant will serve as its interim chief...
MSN Money – USA
...Services Inc. to assist homeowners in Niagara County -- and $85000 to Community Action of Wyoming County for help in Genesee and Wyoming counties...