CAAs in the News - November 30, 2009 through December 6, 2009 (MS Word)

Links are provided for articles if active during the week featured.  Some links may expire at a later time.  Users can go to CAA Links to locate individual CAA web sites and agency contact information for follow-up purposes.

AZ Community Action mandated to change its assistance process
Douglas Daily Dispatch - Douglas, AZ
The Arizona Department of Economic Security has mandated Southeastern Arizona Community Action Program, Inc. to change its current intake/assistance process...

CA Tehama County Agency seeks proposals for community gardens
Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff, CA
The Tehama County Community Action Agency invites participation in a Request for Proposal to plan, coordinate and implement community gardens focusing on...

Kiwanis Club adopts a transitional shelter
Lake County Record-Bee - Lakeport, CA
The club recently adopted one of the cabins at Lake County Community Action Agency's (LCCAA's) transitional shelter in Clearlake...

FL Miami-Dade continues child care food program
MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency (CAA) said it is continuing as a participant in the US Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program...

GA Line forms for heating assistance program
Rome News Tribune - Rome, GA
A few dozen people were waiting in line outside Tallatoona Community Action Partnership Inc. this morning, hoping to sign up for a...

ID Bowling for Toys in Pocatello
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID
A local club in Pocatello teamed up with the Southeastern Idaho Community Action Agency, or SEICCA...

More people relying on Idaho food banks
Fox12Idaho - Boise, ID
Connie Granbois, manager of Community Action Partnership Food Bank in Lewiston, says that last month the food bank distributed 990 turkeys...

More people relying on Idaho food banks
Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario, OR
''The need is definitely up from last year,'' said Connie Granbois, manager of Community Action Partnership Food Bank in Lewiston. ''This year we are seeing...

IL Community Action promotes Census
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
Community Action volunteers will go door to door to promote the upcoming 2010 Census. Homes will receive a 2010 Census informational brochure that entails...

IN Area IV offers assistance to seniors for Medicare Part D prescription plans
Carroll County Comet - Flora, IN
Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs personnel will be available Dec. 17 from 9 am to 4 pm at 901 Prince William Rd., Suite #D...

CANI receives Lincoln grant
fwdailynews.com - Fort Wayne, IN
CANI (Community Action of Northeast Indiana) has received a grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation to fund its Family Development program...

LA In other Terrebonne Parish Council action
Houma Courier - Houma, LA
Action: Submitted the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program contract to the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnerships for 2010...

MA Spike in foreclosures blamed on unemployment
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy, MA
The mid-October rush was the worst that Hall, one of two people at Quincy Community Action Programs Inc. who help troubled borrowers, has seen since...

Registration numbers increase for Toy for Joy drive in Greenfield
MassLive.com - Springfield, MA
Volunteer John D. Cremins, left, of Community Action, helps Chris Cussick, of Turners Falls...

Legacy to Match Funds for Fuel Assistance
iBerkshires.com - North Adams, MA
The Foundation will provide up to $10000 in matched funds to the Berkshire Community Action Council for emergency fuel assistance to Berkshire County...

MN Angel Tree fulfilling wish lists
Jackson County Pilot - Jackson, MN
Those hopes are hanging on the Angel Tree program of Western Community Action, and community members across the county are stepping up to deliver a little...

For families in need, open arms
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN
Hillary Mealman, coordinator for Community Action Council's Armful of Love program, stood in one of the warehouse rooms where donated gifts for the program...

MO Agencies urge action, not more study, to help homeless
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
...directors of Community Partnership of the Ozarks, Victory Mission, The Kitchen, the Salvation Army Harbor House and Ozarks Area Community Action Corp...

Temperatures drop, energy bills rise
KTVO - Kirksville, MO
Sweet says low income individuals or families can also contact the Community Action Agency or the Salvation Army for energy assistance…

NJ Tri-County Community Action Partnership hires new vice president
NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership announced Thursday the hiring of Keith Daviston as its new senior vice president and chief...

Orders taken for boxes of food
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership, a member of the Angel Food Ministries Food Program, will accept orders for food boxes from 9 am to noon and from...

Nonprofit announcements: Nov. 30
NorthJersey.com - Woodland Park, NJ
The TD Charitable Foundation has presented a $25000 grant to the Bergen County Community Action Partnership in Hackensack. For more information about the...

NY The season to give
Ithaca College The Ithacan - Ithaca, NY
A committee composed of representatives from the Center for Transformative Action, Tompkins Community Action, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and community...

Albion house deemed unstable prior to fire
Journal-Register - Medina, NY
A few months ago, Community Action of Orleans and Genesee County offered to help the family repair some of the house, but never got a chance to because...

Putnam County launches Toys for Tots drive
Lower Hudson Journal news - White Plains, NY
The Putnam County Community Action Program has launched its annual toy drive to provide...

American Legion gives thanks to soldiers
Journal-Register - Medina, NY
The effort is in coordination with Community Action of Orleans and Genesee County's Community Angels care package program. Joni Dix, emergency services...

OH GRANT PROPOSAL AVAILABLE TO VIEW
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
A copy of Ross County Community Action's Community Services Block Grant proposal for 2010-11 is on public file in the agency's offices at 603 Central Center...

OR Farmers Insurance to hold community shredding event
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - Hillsboro, OR
All of the proceeds will be donated to Community Action of Washington County. This event is for community members and not for businesses, schools...

Maritime Museum hosts community appreciation day
The Daily Astorian - Astoria, OR
Admission is free with a donation of cash or nonperishable food for the Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank. The day is full of events...

Boardman seeks grant for community garden
East Oregonian - Pendleton, OR
The city of Boardman is applying for a grant through the Community Action Program of East Central Oregon for its new community garden...

Childhood Poverty Rising in Oregon Rural Areas
KEZI TV - Eugene, OR
The same demand can be felt at the Umpqua Community Action Network Food Bank, which supplies food to over a dozen pantries throughout Douglas County...

PA Main Street Tour Faces Frosty Greeting
Wall Street Journal - New York, NY
At the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, director Alan L. Jennings says "several million dollars" for recession-related...

RI $1.6M in grants geared at financial stability for families
Johnston Sun Rise - Johnston, RI
A total of 33 organizations applied but only nine made the cut for the financial stability grants, including the Comprehensive Community Action Program...

SD Grant gives energy-saving weatherization to low-income families
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City, SD
Ryan Soderlin Journal staff LeRoy Schlenker organizes and stocks the warehouse at the South Dakota Community Action Program's new training facility on...

TN 83-year-old woman is thankful for area Mobile Meals program
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN
Marie Alcorn, right, with the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee on Aging, greets Newell McPherson as she receives her Mobile...

UT 'Rivalry Ride' is called win for hungry in Utah
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
The "Rivalry Ride" was created as a way to capitalize on the Cougar/Ute competition and encourage donations to the Community Action Services and Food Bank...

Need keeps climbing at Utah food programs
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
At the Salt Lake Community Action Program Food Center, near the Utah State Fairpark, Danny Jasperson sees no sign of the demand abating anytime soon...

Emery County poverty rate higher than state
Emery County Progress - Castle Dale, UT
According to an annual report released by the State of Utah and the Community Action Partnership of Utah, Emery County has only experienced...

APX Alarm Donates $30000 to Provo Community Action Services and Food Bank
PR Web (press release)
In previous years, Community Action Services has provided food for over 300 families each day during the Thanksgiving week. However, the number of people...

VT Business Career News
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington, VT
Kimball has helped raise thousands of dollars each year for the local "Share the Warmth" campaign staged by Southeast Vermont Community Action...

WA Port Townsend winter shelter serves 10 this week
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles, WA
An OlyCAP — Olympic Community Action Programs — representative said the shelter will be open two additional weeks this year. The winter shelter in the...

Stimulus funds help struggling families
The Dalles Chronicle - The Dalles, OR
Federal stimulus dollars have enabled the Mid-Columbia Community Action Council to help more low-income families from Wasco...

WI Volunteer Opportunities
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
North Central Community Action Program: New toys are needed for the Christmas is for Children Project. Toys need to cost $20 to $25 and be unwrapped...

Stretched too thin
Kenosha News.com - Kenosha, WI
“A lot of them are very embarrassed,” said Jane Rovik, a housing specialist with Community Action Agency of Racine and Kenosha, which offers financial help...

Adams County food needs rise
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Overall, the number of people getting assistance is up 10 percent to 20 percent in 2009, said Fred Hebert, Central Wisconsin Community Action Council...

WV Applications to be Accepted for Home Heating Assistance
State Journal - Charleston, WV
You can find out how to apply by calling the Southwestern Community Action Council at 304-525-5151 or 800-319-7131. You can also contact your local...

Program to help families pay winter heating bills
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington, WV
Southwestern Community Action Council will be accepting application for the program starting Monday, Dec. 7, and ending Friday, Dec. 18...

What's Happening - December 1, 2009
Beckley Register-Herald - Beckley, WV
For more information contact the Raleigh County Community Action Association Head Start enrollment specialist at 304-255-9330, ext. 112...

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