CAAs in the News - June 7, 2010 through June 13, 2010 (MS Word)
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AL Assistance available for cooling bills
Andalusia Star-News - Andalusia, AL
The Organized Community Action Program (OCAP) will begin accepting applications for cooling assistance Monday, said local agency director...
AZ Heat Relief for Low-Income Arizonans (inc. audio)
Public News Service
Arizona Community Action Association director Cynthia Zwick says helping families with their power bills can head off bigger problems...
CA SHWT discusses community programs, money woes
Redwood Times - Garberville, CA
Peter LaVallee, director of the youth services division of the Redwood Community Action Agency, reported on RCAA's program to reach high-risk youth...
Unique partnership fosters water safety in Healdsburg
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa, CA
The Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County is involved with various sectors around the area. They have a number of Head Start preschool locations...
Weather heats up, cooling centers
Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA
According to Richard Lumire, public information officer for the county Community Action Partnership, last summer when the temperatures soared about 17000...
DC U.S. Senator Jon Tester Visits Weatherization Training Site to Recognize New Weatherization Training Program
Advertiser Talk
US Senator Jon Tester joined the National Community Action Foundation and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) as they awarded the Montana Weatherization...
GRHU, GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. Growth (GRHU.OB) and Exxon Mobil Corp.
TMCnet
This is one of nine grants across eight states to increase the capacity of community action agencies and weatherization assistance program agencies...
IL Resource fair scheduled for Saturday
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IL
W. Washington St. Information will be available from Heartland Community College, Illinois Department of Human Services, Community Action, OSF Center for...
IN Openings available in Head Start program
Journal Review - Crawfordsville, IN
Community Action Program Inc. of Western Indiana has openings in its Early Head Start program and Head Start program in Montgomery County...
Community Bulletin
Frost Illustrated
Families and children are referred to the program through Fort Wayne Community Schools, local Catholic and Lutheran Schools Catholic Charities, Community Action of Northeast Indiana...
KY Summer Food Service program begins
WDRB - Louisville, KY
Debbie Belt with Community Action Partnership says, "We have somewhere around 82 sites, majority are open to the public." There are also fourteen closed...
LA Louisiana Workforce Commission to visit areas affected by oil spill
Island Crisis (blog)
The group will return to Lafitte at 2:30 pm “We want to see firsthand how the community action agencies we work with through Community Services Block Grant...
MA Malden River Festival June 19
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc. (Tri-CAP) has partnered with more than 10 other community organizations to host the first annual Malden River...
Father's Day fundraiser June 20
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Bring Dad to any of a list of Somerville restaurants on Father's Day and the restaurant will make a donation in his honor to the Community Action Agency of Somerville...
MD Walter R. Dean honored for 40 years in education
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
In the mid-1960s, he was chosen by Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin to work in the federal Community Action Program established by President Lyndon B. Johnson...
ME KVCAP starts foreclosure prevention outreach program
WCSH-TV - Portland, ME
The Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, or KVCAP, will be asking its clients applying for fuel assistance if they also could use some financial...
45th anniversary celebration planned
Morning Sentinel - Waterville, ME
Western Maine Community Action will celebrate its 45th anniversary June 24 in conjunction with an art show, "The Art of Community Action...
WMCA celebrates 45 years of service
The Original Irregular (subscription) - Kingfield, ME
Western Maine Community Action is getting ready for a celebration on June 24. In conjunction with an art show titled “The Art of Community Action...
MN Community Transit expands to Tracy
Marshall Independent - Marshall, MN
Community Transit of Western Community Action is working with community partners on public transportation for people in the Tracy area, a news release from...
MO Area agencies receive $6.4M for home efficiency
Springfield Business Journal - Springfield, MO
Ozarks Area Community Action Corp., $2.3 million. OACAC will reach out to dispersed rural populations and improve energy efficiency of multihousing projects...
$6.4 million aims to help area families save energy
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
She applied for assistance through the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation and was approved. The weeklong project started Monday. Early Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon stopped by to tour the work...
Hoping for a helping hand with utilities: Those facing shutoffs look to CAP agency
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Cassie Turner sat in the Community Action Partnership waiting room on Thursday, awaiting her Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program appointment...
NE Businessman up for a challenge
North Platte Telegraph - North Platte, NE
Other United Way-supported causes include utility assistance with Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, Head Start for 3-year-olds...
NH RCA's Tournament of Hope set for Tuesday
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Rockingham Community Action's 18th annual Tournament of Hope Golf Classic is Tuesday, June 8, at the Wentworth by the Sea Country Club...
NY Two receive awards at Tompkins Action meeting
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
The awards were presented at the Tompkins Community Action annual meeting. The award cited Carey's work in developing a grant application and program called Housing First!...
Housing funds awarded to area groups
Buffalo Business First - Buffalo, NY
Niagara Community Action Program Inc. received $80000 to finance renovations to 16 owner-occupied homes in Niagara County. The grant will be used to correct...
Mohawk Valley Community Action presents scholarships
The Rome Observer - Rome, NY
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency recently awarded three $1000 scholarships to Rome residents graduating from high school this year...
Ramping up to help a little girl
Buffalo News - Buffalo, NY
Jake Daniels, building trades instructor for the Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services, teamed up with local community action groups to...
OH Newark family casts light on Ohio home-weatherization efforts
The Newark Advocate - Newark, OH
Community action agencies in the Home Weatherization Assistance Program across the nation have made more than 125000 homes more comfortable and energy...
PA CPCA to Host Open House for First Time Homebuyers
Gant Daily - Clearfield, PA
Central Pennsylvania Community Action will be holding an open house in DuBois for a newly remodeled home available for sale through its First Time...
BCAP worried state will delay funding
Reading Eagle - Reading, PA
That's according to Lawrence A. Berringer, deputy director for programs and operations for the Berks County Community Action Program...
RI Disaster centers are closing
Turn to 10.com - Providence, RI
...on Monday that centers located at the West Warwick Senior Center and the South County Community Action Agency in Westerly will close on Friday, June 11...
Whitehouse and Reed Announce $1.5 Million for Health Information Technology
BigNews.biz (press release)
Rhode Island's Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed today announced that East Bay Community Action has been awarded $1574074 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to implement health information technology...
SD NESDCAP In Pilot Program
Marshall County Journal - Britton, SD
The Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program, Sisseton, SD is pleased to announce their partnership with USDA Rural Development 502 Direct Loan...
TN E. Tenn. agencies help folks pay electric bills
WVLT - Knoxville, TN
The Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee says they have recently received more federal funds to assist people across the area in need...
Flood recovery advances
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
At least 1,136 volunteers joined together to provide 68,000 hours of volunteer work, according to a report from the city of Clarksville based on activity coordinated through the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency...
More than 1000 volunteers registered with Clarksville during flood
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, VA
On May 3, city Mayor Johnny Piper called on the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency as the lead agency in coordinating volunteer efforts...
VA As APCo cuts power, more seek bill help
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg, VA
For people seeking help with their electricity bills at Lynchburg Community Action Group, $300 is a small bill...
Pharmacy Connection helps with prescription medicine
Chatham Star Tribune - Chatham, VA
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc's Pharmacy Connection program is helping low-income people and those without health insurance get prescription...
Angel Food offers discount
Chatham Star Tribune - Chatham, VA
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc. in Chatham is partnering with Angel Food Ministries, a nationwide program that offers low-cost food to anyone regardless of income...
VT SEVC holds 9th annual Chipping Away At Poverty benefit golf tournament on Saturday
Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro, VT
Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) held its 9th Annual "Chipping Away at Poverty" Benefit Golf Tournament at the Crown Point...