CAAs in the News - July 13, 2009 through July 19, 2009 (MS Word)
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AZ Surprise food bank morphs into community center
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ
Also, this week a Community Action Program office opened on site to help the homeless and working poor with emergency aid, such as for rent or utilities...
CA Stimulus funds will cover new appliances, energy efficiency programs
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino, CA
Technicians for Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County work to weatherize a home Friday in San Bernardino. The partnership signs up families...
New Santa Barbara County Programs Invest in Youths
Noozhawk - Santa Barbara-Goleta, CA
Santa Barbara County administrators and local mayors present a $1.1 million check to the Community Action Commission for creation of the Santa Barbara...
Fine Tuning the Weatherization Machine
The Daily Score - San Mateo, CA
To learn more about how the dollars are affecting the work of community action agencies in the region I spoke with Chuck Eberdt of the Opportunity Council...
Cool centers protect health of Inland residents during hot weather
Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA
A state grant helps the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County provide snacks and water, and staff at the centers distribute them and set up a...
DC States awash in stimulus money to weatherize homes
The Associated Press
The federal government passes the money to states, then states pass it to community action agencies, and the agencies pass it to contractors who work with...
FL Stimulus Dollars Flood Energy Offices
WJHG-TV - Panama City, FL
The Capital Area Community Action Agency is one of them. Dorothy Johnson says the agency will receive 6 million for four counties...
Warnings: Stimulus money could swamp agencies
USA Today – USA
The Manatee Community Action Agency on Florida's Gulf Coast typically got $20000 to $40000 in recent years to provide air conditioning and better insulation...
GA Cooling help available
Bryan County News - Richmond Hill, GA
The Coastal GA Area Community Action Authority, Inc. will assist eligible households with cooling bills. Georgia's Cooling Assistance program will start...
IL Community action agency opening office in Paxton
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign, IL
The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency is remodeling a building at 1195 E. Pells St., near the amerencips substation, to accommodate the new...
Community Briefs: Food drive to help local families July 18
ElmLeaves - Elmwood Park, IL
For help with gas or electric bills call CEDA (312) 456-4100 or the Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action (708) 450-3500...
IN Indiana seeks contractors to weatherize homes
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA
Jane Hopkins, director of community services for Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp., also hopes the program's free training can help return some...
The NRP Group and CAGI to Hold Ground Breaking Ceremony
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA
For more than 40 years, Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, Inc. has been helping people help themselves. The agency provides services in the areas of...
KY Fewer sites are offering free meals
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
Metro Community Action Partnership sites serve 5000 children every day. The partnership sponsored 122 sites as of this June, down from 152 last year...
LA In other Lafourche Council action
Daily Comet - Thibodaux, LA
Action: Hired Martin Glynn of Tri-Parish Appraisal to appraise 1709 Ridgefield Road, Thibodaux, the possible site of a Community Action office...
MA Immigrants may lose state health insurance
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis, MA
They didn't see it coming," said Camila De Oliveira of the Community Action Committee of the Cape and Islands. The organization has enrolled thousands of...
Helping seniors stretch their food budget
Wicked Local Dennis - Yarmouth Port, MA
The Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands' Cape United Elders program aims to help seniors stretch their food budget. CUE will assist seniors who...
MD 'Prepare for Success' needs supplies
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
Program sponsored by the Community Action Council of Howard County raises funds to purchase backpacks and collects donations of school supplies from around...
ME YCCAC awarded federal health center grant
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH
As a result of these funds, York County Community Action Corporation on Spruce Street in Sanford will receive $327595. "Our community health centers furnish...
MI Mentoring can enrich your life, others'
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
The Community Action Agency and Operation Transformation use mentors as a part of their Healthy Relationships Program. The mentors serve as trusted friends...
MO Community Action Agency Offering Youth Life Skills Training in Memphis
Memphis Democrat - Memphis, MO
Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency has an upcoming project for youth ages 11-17. The project is called: Navigating Life: Skill-Building For...
Competiton for a Better Community
KOMU-TV - Columbia, MO
On Monday afternoon the students presented their findings and awarded a $1000 State Farm grant to the Central Missouri Community Action program...
NH Tamworth Dental Center is ready for kids
Record Enterprise - Meredith, NH
Tri-County Community Action Program's Tamworth Dental Center is now open to the general public and ready to treat children...
Rockingham Community Action seeks contractors
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Rockingham Community Action is seeking applications from area contractors to supply labor and materials for the following: retro-fitting...
NJ Somerset Community Action Program Sponsors Weeklong Community Event
New Brunswick Home News Tribune - New Brunswick, NJ
Starting Saturday, August 1st, the Somerset Community Action Program (SCAP) and Franklin Township will host "Week of the People: Stand...
Tri-County Community Action partnership, Nehemiah Coalition...
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership and the Nehemiah Coalition are sponsoring a poster contest to coincide with the Aug...
Philly 76ers to visit Tri-County Community Partnership in Bridgeton
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
The clinic, hosted by 76ers basketball Ambassador World B. Free takes place at 2 pm at Tri-County Community Action Partnership, 51 N. West Ave...
NY Governor Paterson Announces Federal Approval Of State Plan To Distribute $86.7 Million In Stimulus Funds Through The Community Services Block Grant Program
New York RealEstateRama - Washington, DC
The funds will support statewide programs that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty by working through a network of community action agencies and...
Poverty fighters convene July 29
Rome Sentinel - rome,NY,USA
Mohawk Valley Community Action will host "Highlighting Poverty: The Next Step" from 9 am to noon on Wednesday, July 29 at Mohawk Valley Communnity College's ...
CAPC will get more funding
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown, NY
The Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County Inc. has been given its second Federal Emergency Management Agency funds...
OH Community Action launches new youth program
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
Ross County Community Action is putting stimulus funds to work through a new youth program. The agency began a five-week Youth Empowerment Program Friday...
ESOP could mean some relief for homeowners
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
...and started working toward modifications for 10 people and has another 15 scheduled to meet with her at her office inside Ross County Community Action...
OK An interesting Neighbor
Purcell Register - Purcell, OK
Following this job, he started working with the Delta Community Action Foundation. Civis remained with Delta for 27 years before retiring, and his work for...
Chouteau works on head start program
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor, OK
Horn said the school is working with Community Action Resource and Development and Cherokee Nation Head Start to start and regular 3- and 4-year-old head...
PA Community group presents first phase of six-year revitalization...
PennLive.com - Harrisburg, PA
A meeting was held Wednesday night by the Community Action Commission with the homeowners association to show residents the first phase of a six-year...
New plan for Harrisburg's South Allison Hill coming out Wednesday
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg, PA
The plan, sponsored by the Community Action Commission and Urban Research and Development Corp., is to address issues such as housing...
SD Energy Efficiency Program To Help Homeowners
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD
Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership is getting more than $5 million from federal stimulus funding to help low-income families weatherize their homes...
UT Stimulus dollars to improve Utah homes
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
The Salt Lake Community Action Program received more than $11 million in stimulus money which helped Christensen to receive a new window, refrigerator...
VA Task force hosts seminar on poverty reduction
Tasley Eastern Shore News - Tasley, VA
Several local agencies including Community Action (Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging) and Virginia Cooperative Extension (Accomack and Northampton...
CVCC seminar will take on poverty eradication
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg, VA
...of people in the Central Virginia area,” said James Mundy, president of the Lynchburg Community Action Group, which will facilitate the event...
WA News in Brief: Weatherization Money
Centralia Chronicle - Centralia, WA
...including $1.3 million for the Community Action Council of Lewis, Thurston and Mason counties, according to a release from Congressman Brian Baird...