CAAs in the News - November 2, 2009 through November 8, 2009 (MS Word)
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CA Tehama County Board to vote on state loan
Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff, CA
...whether to accept $151000 in stimulus funding for the Community Action Agency and open up a public hearing on the county housing element through Nov...
Simulation in Los Gatos to show how real the poverty level is in the Silicon...
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA
…an unusual Community Action Poverty Simulation will be held at the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos, 16575 Shannon Road. "We're attempting to educate...
DC ExxonMobil and the National Community Action Foundation Award Weatherization Grants to Improve Energy Efficiency
Reuters
The following nine community action agencies from around the country received grants: * Action Housing Inc., Pittsburgh, PA * Energy Coordinating Agency...
FL Help for those who can't pay electric bills
Star-Banner - Ocala, FL
The Central Florida Community Action Agency has funds to help people who cannot pay electricity bills. To qualify for assistance, total household income...
Dade Utility Bill Program Overwhelmed, Suspended
CBS 4 - Doral, FL
The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will stop accepting applications for assistance with electricity...
GA National Community Action Network honors Coweta's Robinson
Newnan Times-Herald - Newnan, GA
Robinson, who is known for her trademark smile and a drive to help the less fortunate in Coweta County, is the program coordinator for Community Action for...
Home Heating Help Begins
Georgia Public Broadcasting (blog) - Atlanta, GA
Nancy Smith is with Middle Georgia Community Action. She oversees the program in her region. She thinks demand for help will be high, and that people will...
IA Bees Make Donation To Community Action Of SE Iowa
OurSports Central (press release)
The Burlington Bees recently made a donation of $440 to Community Action of Southeast Iowa's Neighborhood Center as part...
ID Students graduate weatherization program
WLBT-TV - Jackson, MS
They were all offered jobs through the South Central Community Action Agency. For most graduates, it is an entirely new field of work...
Green Grads Hit the Ground Running
Jackson Free Press - Jackson, MS
The union joined forces with South Central Community Action Agency to train un-employed workers—dumped by the rotten economy—for new jobs earning them up to $15 an hour, thanks to the federal stimulus package…
Community groups work together
North Idaho College Sentinel - Coeur d'Alene, ID
The Community Action Partnership Food Bank, Community Roots and the Shared Harvest Garden work together to bring produce and perishables to assistance...
IL Community programs agency director to retire
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IL
The man credited with steady management of Mid Central Community Action during its growth of the past several years is retiring...
KS Community Action helps Topekans get homes ready for winter
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
One more workshop is scheduled at Community Action's Swygart Center, 621, SE Swygart, on November 11 at 4:00 pm To reserve a space, call (785) 235-9269...
KY Community Action Gallery Features 'The Holiday Presence'
kypost.com - Cincinnati, OH
The Community Action Gallery has decked their halls with the creative work of five local artists. This gifted group of artists includes Jane Bresser...
LIHEAP Heat Program Starts Monday
WTVQ - Lexington, KY
The Community Action Council's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program -- or LIHEAP -- helps people pay for heat during the colder months...
MA Robert M. Coard, ABCD president, dies at 82
Industrial Laser Solutions - Tulsa, OK
"As long as there's something called community action and people having opportunity and the will, Bob will be remembered. That was what he was all about...
South Shore Community Action Council Inc.'s fuel assistance
Kingston Reporter - Kingston, MA
The South Shore Community Action Council Inc.'s fuel assistance program is now open for assistance with deliveries or utility shutoffs...
Boston Scenes
The Boston - Bay State Banner Boston, MA
Governor Deval Patrick (second from left) joins (left to right) John Drew, new President & CEO of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)...
Home care workers given a boost
The Salem News - Salem, MA
After 37 years, she graduated on Friday from a home health aide class offered through North Shore Community Action Programs HomeCare program...
MI US stimulus money lights a fire that's warming the state
Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI
A half-dozen of the 32 community action agencies coordinating the weatherization program for the state Department of Human Services have contractors working...
Empowerment Conference in Pontiac to Provide Valuable Homeownership and Financial Information
OLHSA Press Release
The second annual Empowerment Conference is being held on Saturday, November 7 at Doctors' Hospital of Michigan (461 W. Huron St.) in Pontiac from 10am-2pm…
MN Leading fight against abuse in the home
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN
As senior director of violence prevention for the Community Action Council, she's bringing together community leaders to identify trends and solutions...
MO Stimulus picks up tab for warmer homes
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
“The outside was basically inside,” said David Gregory, chief weatherization auditor for Central Missouri Community Action. Gregory, who evaluated the house...
Group says working poor taxed unfairly
KRCG - Jefferson City, MO
...so those who earn less can pay less taxes Officials with the local group Central Missouri Community Action agree, the tax code is unfair...
Commission clears way for homelessness-prevention funds
The Rolla Daily News - Rolla, MO
Leading a seven-county initiative, Phelps County previously assigned Missouri Ozarks Community Action, Inc. (MOCA), as the provider that will screen...
Survey: Many above poverty hurting
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
The 2009 Community Needs Assessment, created by the Missouri Association for Community Action and the University of Missouri, found that people in and...
Central Missouri Community Action opens weatherizing foundation
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
Darrell Tudball from Central Missouri Community Action explains to homeowners different ways to stop the infiltration of cold air during the winter months...
Hundreds Line Up For Utility Aid
KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO
Some said they waited in line for three hours at the United Services Community Action Agency at 63rd Street and Manchester Avenue...
Open house planned for OACAC office
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Neighborhood Center in Polk County will host an open house Friday, according to a news release...
NC Coates to speak at Community Action meeting
Salisbury Post - Salisbury, NC
The Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency Inc. is celebrating 45 years of service at its 45th annual board meeting Thursday with guest speaker NC Rep...
NJ TD Charitable Foundation Donates $2 Million in Grants to Support...
Reuters
...NeighborWorks Greater Manchester; Southwest Community Services, Inc. -- New Jersey: $500000 total donated to Bergen County Community Action Partnership...
NY Hips Against Hunger II Benefits Community Action
Madison County Courier - Oneida, NY
From 2pm—6pm on Saturday, November 7th 2009 join us for a yoga and belly dance workshop at Caz Fitness Center from 2pm—4pm...
OH CAC loses director, friend, and storyteller
Record Herald Washington - Court House, OH
The Community Action Commission lost a longtime director, but they also lost a great friend and storyteller. Community Action Commission, or CAC...
Heating aid program accepting applications
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - Bucyrus, OH
The Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission announces the 2010 Winter Crisis Program (HEAP) will run through March 31...
H1N1 Vaccine To Be Distributed To Day Care Centers
WLWT - Cincinnati, OH
Health officials plan to make stops next week at some of the area's largest day care centers, run by the Community Action Agency, and they expect additional...
People crowd LEADS Community Action Agency for help with heating their homes
The Newark Advocate - Newark, OH
People crowded the LEADS Community Action Agency for help with heating their homes this...
Hundreds Seeking Heating Assistance
10TV - Columbus, OH
"There is what we're calling the new poor a lot of people who have never sought our services before," said Impact Community Action CEO Bo Chilton...
Families Can Apply For Heating Assistance Today
kypost.com - Cincinnati, OH
The Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency is accepting applications for its Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program or HEAP...
Winter Crisis Program Begins Nov. 2
WHIOtv.com - Dayton, OH
The Community Action Partnership of Greater Dayton will offer the Winter Crisis Program. Under the program, certain households may receive as much as $175...
OK Senior nutrition centers closing
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor, OK
Community Action Resource & Development is seeing the closure of two Mayes County senior nutrition sites. Karol May, executive director of CARD...
OR Energy assistance tackles economic chill
South County Spotlight - Scappoose, OR
As energy services program director at Community Action Team, her job is to help connect low-income families with help paying their winter...
Panel to address rural hunger solutions
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action will host a community meeting Tuesday on rural hunger, discussing the challenges and potential solutions to hunger issues on...
PA Homeless initiative advances in Westmoreland County
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
The Private Industry Council and Westmoreland Community Action were given $429667 each to assist needy residents in making rent payments and bringing...
Stimulus Money To Help Battle Housing Problems In Westmoreland County
ThePittsburghChannel.com - Pittsburgh, PA
The funds will be distributed by Westmoreland County Community Action, the Westmoreland County Housing Authority and the private industry council of...
Governor Rendell: Federal Weatherization Funds to be Released Nov. 2; Funds...
Centre Daily Times - State College, PA
Action Housing Inc. (Allegheny, Washington & Greene) $15270788 Armstrong County Community Action Agency $2684080 Berks Community Action Program $4615804...
TN Senior transportation a critical need
The Associated Press
The Knox County-Knoxville Community Action Committee in Tennessee makes more than 900 trips a day in wheelchair-accessible minibuses and work with taxi...
UT Utah County leaders sign proclamation to feed America
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
Seitz was one the speakers Thursday night at the Utah County Council of Governments meeting held at the Community Action Services and Food Bank...
WA KCR director marks 30 years on the job
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal - Port Orchard, WA
The agency was established in 1965 as a community action program (authorized by a 1964 act of Congress as part of the “war on poverty”) and until 1997 was...
Madison College students offer free car care clinic Saturday
WKOW-TV.com - Madison, WI
It's free, as long as you bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Community Action Coalition. Automotive students and instructors will check car...