CAAs in the News - March 15, 2010 through March 21, 2010 (MS Word)
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AZ Payson free tax help site is now open
Payson Roundup - Payson, AZ
Payson Community Action Program (CAP) announced today free tax help is available for area residents. The Payson CAP tax help site is located at 107 W...
CA Program grants a handy hand to homeowners
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA
Grover Beach has allocated $150000 to its program, which the Community Action Partnership — formerly the Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo...
Help offered to low-income families for energy bills
Thousand Oaks Acorn - Agoura Hills, CA
Community Action of Ventura County is offering financial help to low-income households through its Home Energy Assistance Program...
Foreclosure avoidance workshop set for Central Valley
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton, CA
CSET, a nonprofit Community Action Agency, is sponsoring the session at its offices at 312 NW 3rd Avenue in Visalia. “This new workshop series is aimed at...
DC People on the Move
Washington Business Journal - Washington, DC
Stacy Flowers has been appointed director of community economic development at the Community Action Partnership in DC She is responsible for implementing a...
APPOINTMENTS
Washington Post - Washington, DC
Community Action Partnership of the District named Stacy Flowers director of community economic development. Business Executives for National Security of...
GA Stimulus funds available to help people stay in their homes
Newnan Times-Herald - Newnan, GA
Money allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is available, and an application process is under way at the Community Action for...
IA Legislative forum planned in Sloan
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City, IA
Community Action Agency of Siouxland will hold a legislative forum at 1:30 pm Saturday at Sloan City Hall, 423 Evans St. The public is...
ID Demand ends assistance program early
Blackfoot Morning News - Blackfoot, ID
The local Southeastern Idaho Community Action Agency office has received approximately 300 more applications for LIHEAP funding this year...
IN State races to meet weatherization deadline
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis, IN
The governor's staff saw fit to give the majority of these funds to non-community action agencies in the state that had no weatherization experience...
Builders group lags in weatherization
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne-based Community Action of Northeast Indiana had completed 44 percent of its assigned 357 homes by Feb. 28. Pam Brookshire, CANI director of...
Utility bill help available in McLean, Livingston counties
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IN
The program is administered locally by Mid-Central Community Action. The amount available for the one-time payment depends on the number of people in a...
KY Non-profit set to close due to lack of funding
WYMT - Lexington, KY
...get their clients transferred to other agencies so that they can continue to receive services. The Community Action Council is assisting in that effort...
Community Action auctioning poster
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southern Kentucky will auction a donated rare movie poster to raise matching funds for its new facility in Allen County...
MA First-time home buyers seminar in Franklin
Wicked Local Franklin - Franklin, MA
Sponsored by the Franklin Municipal Affordable Housing Trust and the Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc., the seminar consists of three sessions that...
Importance of completing the 2010 Census
Billerica Townie News - Nutting Lake, MA
Community organizations use census information to develop social service programs, community action projects, senior lunch programs and child-care centers...
Low-income filers rush for tax refunds
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield, MA
The volunteers who help low-income people fill out their tax returns at Springfield Partners for Community Action are busy early...
MD County Urges Caution with Tax Refund Loans; Offers Free Tax Preparation Assistance
RealEstateRama
...and state income taxes one month away, Montgomery County’s Community Action Board recommends that consumers avoid Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs)...
ME Town's budget to rise 9 percent
Morning Sentinel - Waterville, ME
Residents approved cemetery committee chairman Carleton Croft's motion to double the proposed amount of money for Waldo Community Action Partners...
MI Walk for Warmth raises $4600
Clare County Review - Clare, MI
Mid Michigan Community Action fundraises for the Walk for Warmth fund throughout the year. The Walk for Warmth fund is primarily used to help individuals...
MO Deadline for utility assistance approaches
Hannibal.net - Hannibal, MO
The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) will stop distributing applications for utility assistance on March 31...
Workshops aim to offer glimpse into poverty
Jefferson City News Tribune - Jefferson City, MO
...income individuals, Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) is hosting a "Bridges Out of Poverty" workshop from 9 am-noon Saturday in Jefferson City...
GET INVOLVED
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
Central Missouri Community Action needs volunteers to transfer and assign files to a computer system. E-mail Megan Lee or call 442-6837...
ACTION AGENCY BUYS BUILDING
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau, MO
The South Central Missouri Community Action Agency purchased the former Family Counseling building with help from USDA Rural Development...
MN Community Action Duluth plans "Pucks Against Poverty"
FOX 21 Online
And 'Community Action Duluth' wants them for its 'Pucks Against Poverty' campaign. The group plans to decorate them and sell them at the upcoming event to...
MO People You Should Know: Darin Preis: Executive Director, Central Missouri Community Action
Columbia Business Times - Columbia, MO
JOB DESCRIPTION: Oversee all operations, staffing and management for eight-county Community Action agency. Communicate mission, priorities, fiscal...
NM Stimulus money assists CAA expansion
Las Cruces Bulletin - Las Cruces, NM
Through about $1 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico is reaching more people with...
NY Poverty Hits Home
WAMC - Albany, NY
The New York State Community Action Association has released a new report and Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas has details...
Guest view: Agency has made good use of stimulus dollars to help area people
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
The Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency is a recipient of stimulus dollars and we have been diligent in assuring these funds have been used as intended...
Free tax help available from Community Action of Orleans & Genesee
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Community Action of Orleans & Genesee wishes to remind the public that its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is well under way...
Community organization's report shows high poverty rate in NY
Bennington Banner - Bennington, VT
New York ranks high among northeastern states in terms of poverty levels, according to a report released Wednesday by a community action...
Living On the Line With Poverty (VIDEO)
WENY-TV - Horseheads, NY
A new report from the New York State Community Action Association" says poverty is on the rise in the state. And "poverty" doesn't just mean...
In our cities, poverty may be your neighbor
Albany Times Union - Albany, NY
...than 20 percent of people living in Schenectady and Troy, according to a report released Wednesday by the New York State Community Action Association...
Curves hosting food drive for CAPC, foundation
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown, NY
Curves, 1511 Washington St., is hosting a food drive this month to benefit the Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County...
Cover the Uninsured Week focuses on health care access
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida, NY
Community Action Partnership (CAP) for Madison County and Rural Health Initiatives collaborate to help county residents without health insurance...
OH Community Day renamed
Circleville Herald - Circleville, OH
The 11th annual Community Action Day scheduled April 15 has been renamed Ralph C. Starkey Community Action Day to honor the memory of Starkey...
HEAP DEADLINE NEAR
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton, OH
The Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission's Emergency HEAP program will end for the season March 31. Emergency HEAP is a federally...
Career Center touts jobs training in chemicals
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Kathy Lott-Gramkow, director of employment and training at Washington/Morgan Community Action, agreed there will be job openings, although they may come...
Fitness program aimed at youth
Warren Tribune Chronicle - Warren, OH
Parent Power will hold FIT TOWN, a childhood and adolescent weight management program, from 5 to 7 pm Tuesday at the Trumbull Community Action Program gym...
Police offer landlord crime training
Cincinnati Business Courier - Cincinnati, OH
Police held the program, which is patterned after the Department of Justice's National Landlord Training Program, at the Community Action Agency...
OK Community Action Agency offering fixed 3 percent business stimulus loans
OKC.Biz - Oklahoma City, OK
The Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma/Canadian Counties, Inc. is currently offering low-interest loans to small businesses in an effort...
OR Need for help doesn't take break for spring break
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
Transportation is one of the biggest barriers for homeless people to get help, said Cyndi Astley, deputy director of Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action...
ORCCA pilots low income solar water heater program
KCBY.com 11 - Coos Bay, OR
The installations are a first for Oregon Coast Community Action, who with a grant from the Energy Trust of Oregon, were able to supply the two low income...
PA Our view: Erie Together still needs your ideas
GoErie.com - Erie, PA
Erie Together is a coalition of the United Way, the Mercyhurst Civic Institute and the Greater Erie Community Action Committee. Consultant Jay Connors leads...
Mortgage Court will help avoid foreclosure
Altoona Mirror - Altoona, PA
A new Mortgage Court has been started in conjunction with the Blair County Community Action Agency, which has been fielding calls and offering housing...
Guidelines listed for food bank
Leader Times - Kittanning, PA
Armstrong County Community Action Agency Food Bank helps to provide supplemental food products to qualifying families, assisting them using the Supplemental...
RI Advance your skills
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
...for area job seekers from 10 am to noon, Tuesdays, March 23, April 20 and May 18 at the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP), 19 Broadway, Newport...
SD Bids sought for Well No. 8 renovations
MADISONet.com - Madison, SD
When the commissioners reached the agenda item regarding a discussion of the city's purchase agreement with Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership...
TX BIDS Hill Country Community Action Association, Inc
Burnet Bulletin - Burnet, TX
Bid specifications may be obtained from the Hill Country Community Action central office at 1-325-372-5167 ext 254 or 326 between the hours of 8:00 am and...
VA Community activist Worrall, man behind OAR, dies at 94
Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville, VA
...Offender Aid and Restoration program and also served as the first director of the forerunner of the Monticello Area Community Action Agency has died...
WA Week Ahead
The Spokesman Review - Spokane, WA
Rural Resources Community Action Meeting – A regular meeting of the organization's governing board of directors will be held at 6 pm at the Rural Resources...
WI Stimulus dollars helping, say some support organizations (Audio using RealPlayer)
Wisconsin Public Radio
Critics and supporters of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are debating whether stimulus money is creating jobs or long-term growth. As Danielle Kaeding reports, some community action agencies in Wisconsin say recovery funds are doing just that…