CAAs in the News - September 14, 2009 through September 20, 2009 (MS Word)
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AL Governor Riley Awards Additional $30.6 Million in Grants
WTVY - Dothan, AL
Governor Riley awarded the additional funds to 15 community action agencies and other sponsoring agencies that administer the program locally across the...
AZ Valley assistance programs swamped by families in need
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Phoenix, AZ
Peoria's Community Action Program takes calls the first Monday of every month for people needing help with bills. In September the number of calls for help...
CA County probation wins $913560 stimulus grant to save jobs and juvenile probation programs
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA
...officers and help programs cut this year at related agencies, including the Community Action Board, which provides job and mentor services to teens...
FL PSC introduces program that keeps seniors connected through phone service
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee, FL
“We are pleased to partner with the Capital Area Community Action Agency, whose clients can benefit from these money-saving programs, for National Lifeline...
ID Thousands Gather for South Central Community Action Partnership Event
KMVT - Twin Falls, ID
Today thousands of people gathered in the Twin Falls city park for the 3rd annual South Central Community Action Partnership event...
IN United Way increases campaign goal
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN
Community Action of Northeast Indiana Executive Director Joe Conrad said it's difficult to determine how much clientele at his organization has increased in...
Energy assistance program begins Oct. 5
Palladium-Item - Richmond, IN
Community Action of East Central Indiana Inc. has announced the energy assistance program will begin Oct. 5. Eligibility is based on household income at or...
Groups want heating help programs continued
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL
Representatives of United Senior Action, AARP and Citizens Action Coalition along with the Indiana Community Action Association were to go before regulators...
Winners announced for senior art contest
thepaper24-7.com - Crawfordsville, IN
Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs is pleased to announce the winners in our fourth annual Senior Art Contest for those age 55 and over...
LA Teen Expo Saturday
Houma Courier - Houma, LA
Dubbed Teen Expo by the parish's Office of Community Action, the event will run from 3 to 7 pm at the Warren Harang auditorium, 310 N. Canal Blvd. Doors...
MA Forum to help needy
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA
...of the Berkshires; community advocate Carol DeMayo of St. Patrick's Church Food Pantry, and Linda Greenbush of Berkshire Community Action Council...
Community Action Agency of Somerville names new finance director
Somerville Journal - Somerville, MA
Jeffrey Karon has been named the new director of finance and administration at CAAS, the Community Action Agency of Somerville. “Jeff Karon has served as...
MD Homeless numbers difficult to estimate
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
A report from the Community Action Council showed there were 201 families on the agency's waiting list for housing at some point between September 2008 and...
MI Genysis Credit Union Receives National Corporate Partnership Excellence Award
OLHSA News Release
Recognized by non-profit Community Action Partnership for outstanding support of Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency…
MO Audrain United Way kicks off fundraising campaign
Mexico Ledger - Mexico, MO
The recession he said, "has been hard on this community, and a lot of people need our help." According to the Central Missouri Community Action organization...
MT Weatherization Program Helps Stave off Winter Chill
Flathead Beacon
A friend suggested that McCoy apply for no-cost weatherization at the Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana. The result, McCoy said...
ND What we think: Contribute to the food drive and help your neighbors
Jamestown Sun
Community Action Region VI provided about 100 food baskets, up from an average of about 80. The need is here in our community. When one family suffers, ...
Food drive starts to replenish pantry
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown. ND
Demand for food baskets is up at Community Action, said Amy Dunwoody, the organization's food pantry coordinator...
NH Northway Bank helps support area initiatives
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH
Ashland Historic School Study: Working with the North County's Tri-County Community Action program, a nonprofit community action group dedicated to helping...
NJ Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards grant to Tri-County Community Action Partnership for Toothmobile Project
NJ.com
The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation (SH&WF) has awarded a grant in the amount of $23888 to Tri-County Community Action Partnership's Toothmobile...
NY Canastota Community Chest Begins Campaign
Madison County Courier - New York Mills, NY
Celebration Children's Center of Canastota, Inc. – Handwriting without Tears Program Community Action Program for Madison County, Inc. – Mentoring...
'Sock it to Me' campaign collects 4183 pairs
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
The idea was to collect socks for needy Wyoming County school kids, as part of an effort by Angel Action, a branch of Wyoming County Community Action Inc...
Coalition creating 'a movement' to combat poverty
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
The group met Tuesday and discussed aspects of the plan, Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency Executive Director Amy Turner said...
Stimulus $ For Rent, Food and Urban Farms
WGRZ-TV - Buffalo, NY
The Community Action Organization of Erie County received $3 million dollars in stimulus funds. One of the programs it's starting is urban farms...
CAP meeting Sept. 21
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida, NY
The Community Action Partnership (CAP) for Madison County Board of Directors will meet on Monday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 pm at the CAP office...
OH Seniors honored for making a difference
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton, OH
The theme of "Treasuring Our Volunteers," was fitting for the volunteer recognition luncheon hosted by the Kno-Ho-Co Community Action Commission...
Troubled Youth Given Second Chance To Find Work
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency or CAA received a grant for just about $972000 to run the Youthbuild program over the next three years...
Mobile medical clinic to set up stop in northeast Canton
Canton Repository - Canton, OH
The Stark County Community Action Agency is starting a mobile medical clinic with a medical-service van that will be set up at the William Hunter Family...
Significant increase seen in funding
Defiance Crescent News - Defiance, OH
...the Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission (NOCAC), the agency has received $2885821 in weatherization monies from the federal stimulus funds...
OR Snack Pack program seeks volunteers
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action has started preparing food packs for needy students and is looking for help from volunteers. Community Action started the...
Food bank distribution increases 23 percent
The Daily Astorian - Astoria, OR
The Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank Network, serving Clatsop County, collected and redistributed 949587 pounds of food to county residents...
PA CAP eyes layoffs
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster, PA
Even with the budget deal announced Friday by state leaders, Community Action Program of Lancaster County may have to slash its...
RUNNING ON EMPTY: Career development program shuts down amid budget shortfall
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
And the news hasn't changed for Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP), where another round of layoffs is scheduled next week. Normally 45 workers serve the agency and its clients. That's down to 21. On Monday, eight more will take leave…
Social services suffered, Pa. budget deal or not
Philly.com - Philadelphia, PA
South Central Community Action Program, an umbrella aid organization in rural southern Pennsylvania, shut down some services, such as an emergency family aid program, and laid off dozens while its homeless shelters and food pantries stayed open only because of cash donations and volunteers…
GECAC braves economy
Erie Times-News - Erie, PA
"It really is bad out there," said Ronald Steele, chief executive of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee, which held its annual dinner at the hotel. "Bad to the point that, because of the state budget, we have had to lay people off."
CPCA and Timerland Federal Credit Union Offer Family Financial Lessons
gantdaily.com - Clearfield, PA
Central PA Community Action and Timberland Federal Credit Union are pleased to announce that they will be offering free, family-oriented money management lessons through an innovative new program developed for Pennsylvania’s community-based organizations and libraries…
County program getting ‘windfall’
The Tribune Democrat - Johnstown, PA
The county will receive $4.1 million to weatherize up to 600 homes through March 2012, Deb Zimmerman, executive director of Community Action Program of Cambria County, confirmed Thursday…
Volunteers work to beautify Uniontown
Herald-Standard - Uniontown, PA
United Way of South Fayette raises money for 14 partner agencies, which include...Fayette County Community Action Agency…
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell: $22 Million in Recovery Funds Will Help Fight Homelessness...
Reuters
Lebanon County The Lebanon County Community Action Partnership will receive $189999 to provide stabilization services through intensive case management for...
Special 'Get Help Now, PA' Session to be Offered in Pittsburgh on National Day of Service
Reuters
Get Help Now is a collaborative effort of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association…the United Way, Americorps VISTA and the Community Action Association of PA.
Lehigh Valley employers get 2nd opinion on health care
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's recent public lashing of congressional Democrats' health care reform plan ignores thousands of area small businesses it would actually benefit, two advocates said. The reform supporters came to Bethlehem on Wednesday to rebut the chamber's case at the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley.
Budget impasse sinks lifeline
Centre Daily Times - State College, PA
The Central Pennsylvania Community Action office at 109 W. Bishop St. had to be shut down and its two employees laid off because the agency has not received a $500,000 reimbursement from the state for last year or $400,000 for this year, and has exhausted its lines of credit, Executive Director Hugh Daly said…
PA Budget gridlock puts agency in 'a terrible hole'
Centre Daily Times - State College, PA
THE state budget stalemate hit home yesterday when the Central Pennsylvania Community Action office closed in Bellefonte. The agency's DuBois office also was closed as 11 of 82 employees lost their jobs…
Budget impasse forces Community Action cuts
The Progress - Clearfield, PA
The continuing state budget standoff has forced Central Pennsylvania Community Action to lay off employees and close some offices, and Executive Director Hugh Daly said more cuts and layoffs are coming if the state budget isn't resolved soon…
Rally calls for state budget
Our Town - Johnstown, PA
Jeff Masterson, executive director of the Community Action Partnership for Somerset County, said some staff members had to be let go because the organization could not pay them without state funding. “This is a huge crisis, unprecedented in the history of Pennsylvania,” he said. “I’ve had staff members say, ‘I’m going to lose my house if I don’t tap into my retirement fund.’”
Somerset rally-goers tell Harrisburg: ‘We need a state budget now’
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown, PA
A board member of Tableland Services Inc., Stimmel has seen the faces of those who have lost work because of the state budget impasse. She said 10 local prekindergarten teachers are out of work because the state Legislature has yet to adopt a budget…
Stimulus funds will help Delco house the homeless
Daily Times - Primos, PA
It will be carried out by the Delaware County Community Action Agency, which serves as the central intake agency for the homeless prevention and rapid re-housing programs…
Pa. budget woes force CAADC to cancel event
Daily Times - Primos, PA
The Community Action Agency of Delaware County announced Thursday that its 30th anniversary Celebration/Annual Meeting in October has been postponed until Spring, yet another casualty of the state’s three-month budget impasse…
Area agencies cut back as state budget impasse continues
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Community Action has laid off workers and cut back on services, said director Ken Heilman…
UT Plan to dock senior unemployment pay on hold
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
...their Social Security from their unemployment benefits induce more court action, Melissa Smith, an advocate with Community Action Partnership of Utah...
WI Beware of loan modification scams
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
To reach a HUD-approved counselor in Rock or Walworth counties, call Community Action at (262) 728-8296 or (608) 755-2470 or Neighborhood Housing Services...
Public invited to see Rapids Oxford House
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
...community volunteers, faith community, treatment providers, volunteers from Riverside Oxford House in Stevens Point, North Central Community Action...