May 18
CAAs in the News - May 11, 2009 through May 17, 2009 (MS Word)
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AZ Non Profit Organizations Increase Your Volunteer Base Raise Visibility
EVLiving - Phoenix, AZ
Event Sponsors: AZ Broadcasters Association, AZ Community Action Association, AZ Department of Economic Security, AZ Interfaith Movement...
EVLiving - Phoenix, AZ
Event Sponsors: AZ Broadcasters Association, AZ Community Action Association, AZ Department of Economic Security, AZ Interfaith Movement...
CA Community leaders develop plan to help poor in east county
Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA
Community Action of Ventura County held a meeting Thursday night in Simi Valley to get a feel for what is needed in the area, and about 20 people attended...
Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA
Community Action of Ventura County held a meeting Thursday night in Simi Valley to get a feel for what is needed in the area, and about 20 people attended...
SLO County gets funds for homeless
Times Press Recorder - Arroyo Grande, CA
With the continued economic downturn, nonprofit agencies, like Community Action Partnership, which provide services and assistance to the homeless...
Times Press Recorder - Arroyo Grande, CA
With the continued economic downturn, nonprofit agencies, like Community Action Partnership, which provide services and assistance to the homeless...
County nonprofit agency tasked with fighting poverty has more...
Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA
People must qualify for Community Action services. Income limits are the following: A one- or two- person household can make up to $29300; three-person...
Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA
People must qualify for Community Action services. Income limits are the following: A one- or two- person household can make up to $29300; three-person...
IA Community calendar
Keokuk Gate City Daily - Keokuk, IA
Marie Tallarico Center/ Community Action open house - 10 am to 2 pm, 220 S. 22nd St., Keokuk. Public invited...
Keokuk Gate City Daily - Keokuk, IA
Marie Tallarico Center/ Community Action open house - 10 am to 2 pm, 220 S. 22nd St., Keokuk. Public invited...
ID Federal money helps more Pullman families with energy costs
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Moscow, ID
The Community Action Center in Pullman received double its normal allocation from the federal government for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Moscow, ID
The Community Action Center in Pullman received double its normal allocation from the federal government for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
IL Community Action Day set for Friday
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
In celebration of Community Action Month, East Central Illinois Community Action Agency will host a Community Action Day Celebration from 11 am...
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
In celebration of Community Action Month, East Central Illinois Community Action Agency will host a Community Action Day Celebration from 11 am...
MI A summer job can be hard to find in a slumping economy
ABC12.com - Flint, MI
With half a million stimulus dollars, the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) plans to provide 150 community based summer jobs for...
ABC12.com - Flint, MI
With half a million stimulus dollars, the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) plans to provide 150 community based summer jobs for...
City of Pontiac Honored by Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
OLHSA Press Release
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) honored the City of Pontiac with a Volunteer Corporate Partnership Award for its valued and ongoing support of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)…
OLHSA Press Release
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) honored the City of Pontiac with a Volunteer Corporate Partnership Award for its valued and ongoing support of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)…
MO Community Action Month
Hannibal.net - Hannibal, MO
The not-for-profit Northeast Community Action Corporation (NECAC) recently held a reception at its Marion County Service Center in Hannibal observing May as...
Hannibal.net - Hannibal, MO
The not-for-profit Northeast Community Action Corporation (NECAC) recently held a reception at its Marion County Service Center in Hannibal observing May as...
NC WAMY Community Action Garden
Go Blue Ridge - Boone, NC
WAMY Community Action is providing gardening vouchers to low-income, elderly, and/or disabled community members for the 2009 growing season...
Go Blue Ridge - Boone, NC
WAMY Community Action is providing gardening vouchers to low-income, elderly, and/or disabled community members for the 2009 growing season...
ND More money means more energy savings
Minot Daily News - Minot, ND
Community Action Partnership in Minot, which administers the local Weatherization Assistance Program, is seeking applicants from its region...
Minot Daily News - Minot, ND
Community Action Partnership in Minot, which administers the local Weatherization Assistance Program, is seeking applicants from its region...
NH Head Start accepting applications
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Rockingham Community Action Head Start is now recruiting and accepting applications for the 2009-10 program year. Head Start is a federally funded...
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Rockingham Community Action Head Start is now recruiting and accepting applications for the 2009-10 program year. Head Start is a federally funded...
Fox44 News - Colchester, VT
...Town Hall include officials from the Department of Health and Human Services officials, the New Hampshire Food Bank and the Community Action Program…
...Town Hall include officials from the Department of Health and Human Services officials, the New Hampshire Food Bank and the Community Action Program…
NY CAP joins Community Bikes Project
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
Executive Director Julie Dale, center, and members of the Community Action Partnership staff have teamed up with Community Bikes to identify families that...
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
Executive Director Julie Dale, center, and members of the Community Action Partnership staff have teamed up with Community Bikes to identify families that...
'Sock it to Me' aiming to keep kids' feet warm
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Community Action locally has placed collection barrels in each of their offices and at various strategic locations in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties...
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Community Action locally has placed collection barrels in each of their offices and at various strategic locations in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties...
OH Executive from MYCAP learned the importance of investing in yourself
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
“I have a hunger to invest in myself and move to the next level,” said Torres, director of planning and development for Mahoning Youngstown Community Action...
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
“I have a hunger to invest in myself and move to the next level,” said Torres, director of planning and development for Mahoning Youngstown Community Action...
Stimulus funds will boost LEADS's home weatherization program
The Newark Advocate - Newark, OH
She had worked with LEADS Community Action Agency previously, and officials there suggested she get her name on the waiting list for its home-weatherization...
The Newark Advocate - Newark, OH
She had worked with LEADS Community Action Agency previously, and officials there suggested she get her name on the waiting list for its home-weatherization...
Community refills shelves
Galion Inquirer - Galion, OH
The shelves of the food pantry at the Ohio Heartland Community Action Center were nearly bare early Saturday morning, prior to the receipt of...
Galion Inquirer - Galion, OH
The shelves of the food pantry at the Ohio Heartland Community Action Center were nearly bare early Saturday morning, prior to the receipt of...
Economy, not gas prices, influences vacation plans
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Interest in Marietta's Community Action Bus Line rose. Today, prices at the pump in Marietta are hovering around $2.39 a gallon for regular unleaded - a 36...
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Interest in Marietta's Community Action Bus Line rose. Today, prices at the pump in Marietta are hovering around $2.39 a gallon for regular unleaded - a 36...
OK Funding sought for green ideas
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
...Community Health Connections for efficient equipment in planned construction, and $2.8 million to retrofit Community Action Project Head Start Schools...
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
...Community Health Connections for efficient equipment in planned construction, and $2.8 million to retrofit Community Action Project Head Start Schools...
Three Centers Complaint Free: Good child-care centers thrive in...
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
A Head Start program administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County, Good Shepherd Early Childhood Education Center is one of three...
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
A Head Start program administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County, Good Shepherd Early Childhood Education Center is one of three...
PA Governor Rendell Encourages Citizen Service, Thanks 28,000 Pennsylvanians at Start of National AmeriCorps Week
PR Newswire - New York, NY
CORE Susquehanna, in conjunction with the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency, will host a poverty simulation…Participants will take on family roles in a simulated month of family life in a low-income scenario.
PR Newswire - New York, NY
CORE Susquehanna, in conjunction with the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency, will host a poverty simulation…Participants will take on family roles in a simulated month of family life in a low-income scenario.
Agencies aim to help working poor
The Daily Item - Sunbury, PA
“In this area, a big issue is the transportation thing,” said Harry L. Adrian Jr., executive director of the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency. There is little, if any, public transportation, he said, and the little there is is offered at high cost. The action agency conducted its second annual Poverty Simulation on Thursday…
The Daily Item - Sunbury, PA
“In this area, a big issue is the transportation thing,” said Harry L. Adrian Jr., executive director of the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency. There is little, if any, public transportation, he said, and the little there is is offered at high cost. The action agency conducted its second annual Poverty Simulation on Thursday…
Simulation brings poverty to life
Newsradio 1070 WKOK - Sunbury, PA
Stressed, hungry, overwhelmed and lonely were just a few of the words that described the way people felt after the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency held their second annual poverty simulation in Lewisburg…
Newsradio 1070 WKOK - Sunbury, PA
Stressed, hungry, overwhelmed and lonely were just a few of the words that described the way people felt after the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency held their second annual poverty simulation in Lewisburg…
How does it feel to be poor?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
Could you survive a month in poverty? That's a question that roughly 80 people tried to answer Tuesday during a simulation designed to have participants to walk in the shoes of people in dire financial situations. Community Action Southwest, the United Way of Washington County and Community Connections invited the public to the event in which those attending were given a role to play that allowed them to experience the frustrations of poverty.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
Could you survive a month in poverty? That's a question that roughly 80 people tried to answer Tuesday during a simulation designed to have participants to walk in the shoes of people in dire financial situations. Community Action Southwest, the United Way of Washington County and Community Connections invited the public to the event in which those attending were given a role to play that allowed them to experience the frustrations of poverty.
Fay-Penn works to unite Fayette communities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Organizations that have already agreed to help fund the development of a new county strategic plan include Fayette County, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, USDA Rural Development, Fayette Chamber of Commerce, Fayette Community Action Agency…
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Organizations that have already agreed to help fund the development of a new county strategic plan include Fayette County, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, USDA Rural Development, Fayette Chamber of Commerce, Fayette Community Action Agency…
Westmoreland women often earn much less
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
More than 41 percent of households headed by women in the county live at or below the poverty level. In 2006, 19,020 women lived in poverty in Westmoreland County. Those numbers were revealed Thursday at "The Status of Women in Westmoreland County," one of six workshops presented during a forum sponsored by Westmoreland Community Action…
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
More than 41 percent of households headed by women in the county live at or below the poverty level. In 2006, 19,020 women lived in poverty in Westmoreland County. Those numbers were revealed Thursday at "The Status of Women in Westmoreland County," one of six workshops presented during a forum sponsored by Westmoreland Community Action…
Community Healthcare Meeting
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The meeting is sponsored by the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania, HCAN, the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley…
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The meeting is sponsored by the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania, HCAN, the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley…
Westmoreland to use $1.8M in federal money to aid renters
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Tay Waltenbaugh, executive director of Westmoreland Community Action, one nonprofit agency expected to participate in the program, said the new money will be well spent…
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Tay Waltenbaugh, executive director of Westmoreland Community Action, one nonprofit agency expected to participate in the program, said the new money will be well spent…
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces $13.2 Million for 67 Transportation Providers
Wall Street Journal MarketWatch - New York, NY
…Butler County Community Action -- $69,151 for one small transit bus, communication equipment and office equipment…Central Pennsylvania Community Action, Inc. -- $36,000 for one wheelchair-accessible vehicle…
Wall Street Journal MarketWatch - New York, NY
…Butler County Community Action -- $69,151 for one small transit bus, communication equipment and office equipment…Central Pennsylvania Community Action, Inc. -- $36,000 for one wheelchair-accessible vehicle…
Minersville man named Elm Street manager
The Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
A Minersville man will work to beautify sections of Pottsville as the new Schuylkill Community Action Elm Street manager…
The Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
A Minersville man will work to beautify sections of Pottsville as the new Schuylkill Community Action Elm Street manager…
Volunteer award honors New Derry man devoted to being a dad
Leader Times - Kittanning, PA
"It's part of our education of the community as far as poverty issues are concerned," said Tay Waltenbaugh, Westmoreland Community Action's executive...
Leader Times - Kittanning, PA
"It's part of our education of the community as far as poverty issues are concerned," said Tay Waltenbaugh, Westmoreland Community Action's executive...
RI 10 community health centers in RI get $4 million shot in arm
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Two health centers, Northwest Community Health Care and Tri-Town Community Action Agency, were among 126 across the country to receive grants to provide new...
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Two health centers, Northwest Community Health Care and Tri-Town Community Action Agency, were among 126 across the country to receive grants to provide new...
Job training for teenagers
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Tri-Town Community Action Agency, serving northern Rhode Island, and South County Community Action, serving South County and Westerly, has openings for...
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Tri-Town Community Action Agency, serving northern Rhode Island, and South County Community Action, serving South County and Westerly, has openings for...
SD Homeowners Needing Help With Bills
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD
Business isn't slowing down at Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership as more families need help with utilities, rent and mortgage...
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD
Business isn't slowing down at Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership as more families need help with utilities, rent and mortgage...
UT Poverty experiment is an eye-opener
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
The two employees of Utah's branch of the National Community Action Partnership joined for three weeks the estimated 254000 residents who live in poverty to...
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
The two employees of Utah's branch of the National Community Action Partnership joined for three weeks the estimated 254000 residents who live in poverty to...
WA Community Action fundraiser
Othello Outlook - Othello, WA
That is the mission statement of the North Columbia Community Action Council (NCCAC). And that's why they are partnering with AmeriCorps and the Moses Lake...
Othello Outlook - Othello, WA
That is the mission statement of the North Columbia Community Action Council (NCCAC). And that's why they are partnering with AmeriCorps and the Moses Lake...
PUD's weatherization loans losing out
The Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee, WA
For low-income applicants, the Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council has grant funding available for weatherization. Grant funds don't have to be paid...
The Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee, WA
For low-income applicants, the Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council has grant funding available for weatherization. Grant funds don't have to be paid...
Weatherization funds evaporating
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma, WA
About $1.4 million in stimulus funding bound for the Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee was supposed to supplement state dollars already flowing...
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma, WA
About $1.4 million in stimulus funding bound for the Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee was supposed to supplement state dollars already flowing...
Food drive nets less this year
Longview Daily News - Longview, WA
It's all good,” said Alan Rose, community relations director for the Lower Columbia Community Action Program, which runs the Help Warehouse food bank...
Longview Daily News - Longview, WA
It's all good,” said Alan Rose, community relations director for the Lower Columbia Community Action Program, which runs the Help Warehouse food bank...
WI Petri receives William Steiger Award
The Reporter - Fond du Lac, WI
Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has received the William Steiger Human Services Award from the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP)...
The Reporter - Fond du Lac, WI
Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has received the William Steiger Human Services Award from the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP)...
Lakeshore CAP celebrates new location
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc, WI
Lakeshore Community Action Program is celebrating its new location with an open house...
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc, WI
Lakeshore Community Action Program is celebrating its new location with an open house...
Grant helps Rock County residents fill their skills
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
Rock and Walworth County adult residents who want to find out if they qualify for Community Action's Skills Enhancement Program should call (608) 365-8230...
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
Rock and Walworth County adult residents who want to find out if they qualify for Community Action's Skills Enhancement Program should call (608) 365-8230...
Beloit Fatherhood Initiative earns state honors
WCLO - Janesville, WI
The program won a "Governor's Excellence in Community Action" award this month. Scroll down for an audio feature on this story...
WCLO - Janesville, WI
The program won a "Governor's Excellence in Community Action" award this month. Scroll down for an audio feature on this story...
Community gardens sprout
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
Having the community gardens on the properties, Fizzell said, is a great use for the land until it can be sold. John Ramstad, Community Action Director of...
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
Having the community gardens on the properties, Fizzell said, is a great use for the land until it can be sold. John Ramstad, Community Action Director of...
HEAD START PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT TODAY
Journal Times - Racine, WI
Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency Head Start Program will hold free preschool enrollment from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 12...
Journal Times - Racine, WI
Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency Head Start Program will hold free preschool enrollment from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 12...
WV New Construction at Fairmont Homeless Shelter
State Journal - Charleston, WV
...us identify and say 'homelessness is a problem and it's something that we can't hide behind,"' said Kurt Schmidt with North Central WV Community Action...
State Journal - Charleston, WV
...us identify and say 'homelessness is a problem and it's something that we can't hide behind,"' said Kurt Schmidt with North Central WV Community Action...
Weatherization office set to open
Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg, WV
Rick Smith is shooting for May 18 to launch the Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency's regional office and warehouse in Martinsburg...
Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg, WV
Rick Smith is shooting for May 18 to launch the Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency's regional office and warehouse in Martinsburg...