CAAs in the News - October 5, 2009 through October 11, 2009 (MS Word)
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AL Gov. Riley Announces $18 million in Stimulus Funds
Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa, AL
Agencies receiving grants and their service regions are: * $672107 to Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc. (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale...
AZ Charity gala will assist Community Action Agency
AZ Central.com - Phoenix, AZ
Tempe Community Action Agency's First Crush Charity Gala will take place under the stars from 5:30 to 9 pm Friday at Hayden Ferry Lakeside, 80 E. Rio Salado...
CA Around Town: Community garden
Merced Sun-Star - Merced, CA
The Merced Community Action Agency is accepting applications to establish a community garden at the D Street homeless shelter in Merced...
IA Community Chest starts fund drive
Harlan Tribune - Harlan, IA
...and Sexual Assault Coalition; Shelby County Community Outreach; Shelby County Home/Public Health; Shelby County Fair; and West Central Community Action...
Older Iowans Can Seek Energy and Weatherization Assistance
Vinton Eagle - Vinton, IA
To check out eligibility requirements, and to apply for assistance, contact your local community action agency. To find a community action agency in your...
ID Blanket drive starts here Sun.
Idaho State Journal - Pocatello, ID
...blankets are being collected for distribution by the Salvation Army, St. Vincent dePaul, Aid for Friends, and Southeast Idaho Community Action Agency...
IN Lower heating bills expected this year
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
...Housing and Community Development Authority at (800) 872-0371 or the Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp. at 211; 794-1829 or (800) 826-7871...
State Unsure How Far Heat Help Will Stretch
INDYchannel.com - Indianapolis, IN
"I don't know if we'll be able to help everyone who needs it," said Edgar Tipton, Indiana Community Action Association director for Marion County...
KS Organization offers bus passes
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action Inc. is offering one-month Topeka Transit bus passes to Topekans who depend on public transportation and meet income...
Community Action gets more money but it also means more work
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
Community Action received 1.8 million dollars in stimulus money to fix up local homes, but with that extra money comes an extra workload...
KY Heating Assistance Pre-Registration Begins
WFPL - Louisville, KY
...who receive Social Security, SSI, pension or Black Lung benefits, but anyone can apply for assistance at a Community Action Partnership office...
MA TOUGH ECONOMY: Middle class leaning more on nonprofits
Enterprise News - Brockton, MA
“In a recession, it really puts pressure on other parts of our society,” said Beth Ann Strollo, executive director of Quincy Community Action Programs...
Cape shortchanged on homeless funds
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis, MA
HAC and the Community Action Committee each see between 20 and 30 people a day who are in need of emergency housing assistance, Presbrey and Fritzinger said...
Watchdogs want to insulate weatherization cash from misuse
Boston Herald - Boston, MA
The federal government and private utilities have funneled money for years to nonprofit community action agencies, who hire private contractors to install...
MI Groups to build virtual tours of area
Port Huron Times - Herald, MI
Sherry Archibald, community services director for the Community Action Agency, said about $55000 of a $415000 grant from the federal stimulus bill will be...
Community Action Agency beats Adrian for grant
Adrian Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI
The three-county Region II Community Action Agency is the winner and the city of Adrian the loser in a competition to manage a $300000 ...
Food Pantry in Oakland County to Expand with Funding from American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
OLHSA Press Release
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency's south location (OLHSA South), a United Way partner agency, has been awarded funding to expand its Emergency Food and Shelter Program…
Genisys Credit Union Launches ''In-School Deposit Days'' at Head Start Preschool
OLHSA Press Release
Genisys Credit Union was on-site at Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) Head Start in Pontiac yesterday, September 29, to cut the ribbon for the new In-School Deposit Days program…
Free Preschools in Oakland County Receive $138k Grant for Improvement
OLHSA Press Release
OLHSA Head Start Preschools, which provide free education to enrolled students, were recently awarded a 2009 One Time Supplemental Funding grant totaling $138,281...
MN Minn. official details 135 stimulus-funded jobs
Forbes
An official with the Minnesota Department of Human Services says community action groups throughout the state have created 135 jobs using one category of...
Cardboard Box City event planned
Worthington Daily Globe - Worthington, MN
Money raised at the event will go to Western Community Action and Southwestern Minnesota Opportunity Council for their Emergency Homeless Prevention funds...
NE Community Action gets grant for Head Start play area
Chadron Record - Chadron, NE
Northwest Community Action Partnership (NCAP) will receive a $5000 grant to improve the outdoor play area at the...
NH Demand for heating aid still at high level
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH
As of Friday, the staff at Strafford County Community Action had received almost 1900 applications, 1200 of which were approved for help beginning Dec. 1...
NJ Eight Tri-County employees earn
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Eight employees of Tri-County Community Action Partnership have earned status as Certified Community Action Professionals...
Two Middlesex County social-services agencies get big funding boost
Scarlet Scuttlebutt - Somerville, NJ
As newly designated community action agencies, the nonprofits were also able to get a one-shot infusion of revenue from the federal stimulus package...
OH Demand for heating help expected to jump
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield, OH
Emergency HEAP, the part of the program focused on winter crisis aid, is administered by community-action agencies, such as Central City or Kno-Ho-Co...
Action agencies hosting joint awards banquet for community
The Morning Journal - Lorain, OH
The Lorain County Community Action Agency and Erie-Huron Counties Community Action Commission will host a joint annual...
Community Action offering GED classes
Galion Inquirer - Galion, OH
Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission in Galion will offer GED classes at no cost to assist adults to prepare for the GED test...
CDBG recipients narrowed down
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Councilman Tom Vukovic, D-4th Ward, said CDBG funding requests from Washington/Morgan Community Action Bus Lines, the Colony Theatre restoration project...
Demand for heating help on the rise
Marion Star - Marion, OH
Bob Foreman, of the Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission, said he has fielded 15 to 20 calls from people asking about the Home Energy Assistance...
Demand for heating assistance funds expected to jump
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster, OH
Emergency HEAP is administered by community-action agencies at the county or multi-county level, such as the community action program, while all other HEAP...
OK Volunteers 'Read for the Record' to Promote Literacy Worldwide
News On 6 - Tulsa, OK
Community Action Project of Tulsa County joined today's effort by having volunteer readers including Senator Tom Adelson and Officer Lealand Ashley of the...
OR Community Action loses campus site
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal...
Heating aid could fall short of needs
USA Today
After providing heating aid to a record 3700 households in two counties in the last heating season, Oregon Coast Community Action expects a 30% increase...
PA 'It's about time'
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster, PA
"It's about time," said the CEO of Community Action Program of Lancaster County. Local social service providers like Esterbrook, and other recipients of...
Easton makes cuts in proposed Community Development Block Grant spending
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Easton, PA
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, for instance, requested $5000 for home ownership counseling. Five council members recommended fully funding...
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley divvies up half-million in grants
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Easton, PA
The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley has meted out more than half a million dollars to nine area social service...
Task force gets more funding than expected
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
''We were trying to estimate based on the formulas,'' said Alan Jennings, executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, about the government forms to apply for the grant. ''What we got was a lot more than we surmised, which is actually a good thing.''
Local youth participate in entrepreneurship program
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The young people participated in half-day work experiences in local businesses, and in the afternoon learned computer skills and how to develop businesses at Community Action Committee of Lehigh Valley…
Northampton County foreclosure program helping some
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
Putting it more strongly was the head of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, which pushed for the program and works with homeowners -- including Thomas -- to negotiate with their lenders…
Are we ready to confront poverty?
Erie Times-News - Erie, PA
…an estimated 38,000 Erie County residents live in poverty, and 13,000 of them are under age 18, according to Ronald Steele, chief executive of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee…
CPCA to Hold Drawing for Heating Oil
GantDaily.com - Clearfield, PA
Central Pennsylvania Community Action (CPCA) will be raffling chances for 300 gallons of heating oil…
A Chance at Free Heating Oil in Central Pennsylvania
HeatingOil.com
Good news for Pennsylvania residents looking to cut heating costs this winter. Central Pennsylvania Community Action (CPCA) is holding a raffle for 300 gallons of home-heating oil…
Clearfield agency gets $248G
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown, PA
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that $248,500 in Recovery Act funds was awarded to Central Pennsylvania Community Action in Clearfield County…
Energy-conscious 'green' homes for sale in Harrisburg's South Allison Hill
The Patriot-News - Harrisburg, PA
The homes were built using a public and private partnership involving multiple funding sources, including the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, PA Downtown Center, the PA Housing Finance Agency, the city of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, the Community Action Commission and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh…
Secretary of Health to Unveil New, Healthier Food Options for Pennsylvania's WIC Program
Reuters
Secretary of Health Everette James will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 1, at Community Action Program of Lancaster County…
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Announces New, Healthier Food Choices Available Through Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program
Reuters
"The changes to the WIC food packages are significant and will improve the nutrition of Pennsylvania's new mothers and young children," Secretary James said during a visit to the Community Action Program in Lancaster…
Power Packs food project expands reach
Intelligencer Journal - Lancaster, PA
Power Packs gets much of its food from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and Community Action Program of Lancaster County — when it's available. Right now, stockpiles are low…
Budget stalemate may cause more cuts
Courier Express - DuBois, PA
If legislators do not pass a budget within the next few weeks, some workers at Northern Tier Community Action Corp. could be laid off, Executive Director Ken Straub said…
INDIANA IN A NUTSHELL
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
Couple that with the dwindling cash supply at Indiana County Community Action Program, and the handwriting is on the wall: ICCAP is going to close because of the budget impasse…
RUNNING ON EMPTY: ICCAP set to close doors without final agreement
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
What is now coming into sight is the closing of Indiana County Community Action Program, the county's major one-stop human-service program agency…
Sandi Dill: More help needed to keep ICCAP going
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
Community Action is just that: Mobilizing the community into action to help solve the social ills that afflict many - unemployment, underemployment, hunger...
RI $7-million grant awarded to help prevent homelessness
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
...Blackstone Valley Community Action, Comprehensive Community Action, Community Mediation Center of Rhode Island, Crossroads Rhode Island...
UT San Juan County sees significant rise in poverty
San Juan Record - Monticello, UT
According to an annual report released by the State of Utah and the Community Action Partnership of Utah (CAP Utah), San Juan County has seen a 28.5 percent...
Incredible demand for services to keep Utahns from homelessness
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
For months, staff members at the Salt Lake Community Action Program had been turning people away. There simply wasn't enough money to help the increasing...
VA Retiring Community Action chief leaves ‘indelible mark’
The News & Record - South Boston, VA
W. E. Bill Coleman, retiring President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tri-County Community Action Agency and the Halifax County Community Federal Credit Union, was honored with a surprise retirement celebration on Saturday…
Retirement Celebration Held Saturday For William Coleman
Gazette Virginian - South Boston, VA
William E. Coleman, the long serving president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tri-County Community Action Agency and Halifax County Community Federal...
WY City approves 25k for group helping KC residents
Casper Star-Tribune Online - Casper, WY
The agency city officials have been directing displaced residents to, Community Action Partnership, is a recent recipient of stimulus funds...