CAAs in the News - April 13, 2009 through April 17, 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.
GA Commodity distribution set Thursday
Moultrie Observer - Moultrie, GA
Anyone with questions is asked to call the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council at 985-3610…
IA Heating bill assistance deadline extended
Newton Daily News - Newton, IA
Those interested in the program should contact the local Community Action Program for additional information regarding income documentation and household...
Deadline for Energy Bill Assistance Extended
KIMT - Mason City, IA
Every year the North Iowa Community Action Organization offers relief to folks struggling to pay heating bills. This year the organization says they're...
IL Morgan County to seek redevelopment money
Jacksonville Journal-Courier - Jacksonville, IL
The grant is being submitted by the Illinois Community Action Development Corp., in cooperation with MCS Community Services. “Locally, we intend to partner...
LA In other action
Daily Comet - Thibodaux, LA
Action: Accepted the donation of one Ford Van and one trailer from the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnerships Weatherization Program...
MA Five homes being created for Quincy homeless
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy, MA
Quincy Community Action Programs serves Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree, Milton, Hull and other South Shore communities. Since 1965, the nonprofit...
Census count affects funding
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA
Among the programs that could be affected are Berkshire Community Action Council, the Community Development Grant Program, and Small Business Lending...
MI Oakland Livingston human service agency elects new board members
OLHSA press release – Pontiac, MI
Members of the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) Board of Directors gathered last month at the annual Board of Directors dinner to elect and swear in new board members…
Room for more mediation
MLive.com - MI
As the newspaper reported recently, the Community Action Agency is expanding its mediation program to take on cases involving mental health and Friend of...
Time to finish your taxes - deadline is Wednesday
MLive.com - MI
...Edge Community Credit Union, 909 Washington Ave., and from 8 am to 4:30 pm today and Wednesday at Mid Michigan Community Action, 111 Washington Ave...
Do Good Corner: CAA provides safety net for families
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
After learning their tax preparer was not available, she sought assistance from the Community Action Agency (CAA). They were able to fit her in when a...
MO 'Health literacy' program guides parents' choices
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
A $6000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation aims to help low-income parents make better...
NC Little Miss Princess contestants sought
Wilkes Journal Patriot - N Wilkesboro, NC
The Wilkes Community Action Committee (WCAC), a supportive arm of BROC, each year sponsors the "Little Miss Princess" Pageant...
NH Belknap County Commissioners agree to fund 3 agencies
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH
...$5000 for the Community Action Programs family planning program, $8000 for the CAP prenatal program and $9000 for the Winnipesaukee Transit System...
NJ Learn where to turn for family help at Cumberland County resource...
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Representatives from the following agencies will be available to answer questions: CASA of Cumberland County, Community Health Care, Inc., ACTION/ Vineland...
NM Area Community Action Agency to get stimulus funds
Carlsbad Current Argus - Carlsbad, NM
The Southeastern New Mexico Community Action Corp. has been tapped to receive funding from the federal American Recovery and...
Nonprofits use stimulus funds to expand services
New Mexico Business Weekly - Albuquerque, NM
Seven Community Action Agencies will receive a total of $5.6 million in federal stimulus funds through Community Services Block Grants. The Community Action...
NY Free income tax preparations for the elderly
News 10 Now - Syracuse, NY
This Wednesday is the deadline and the Community Action Planning Council in Watertown is trying to make sure every senior citizen gets theirs done on time...
OH Sen. Brown holds community action roundtable
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville, OH
Sherrod Brown held a roundtable discussion Wednesday with community action officials at the Muskingum Economic Opportunity Action Group (MEOAG) on Lee...
Ohio Benefit Bank Program
WTAP-TV - Parkersburg, WV
Carrie McNamee, Washington-Morgan Community Action says: "You don't know what's out there and what you're eligible for. So come in, lets take a look...
640 Summer Jobs Made Available To Young People
WLWT - Cincinnati, OH
The largest of the groups partnering with the mayor, the Community Action Agency or CAA, will place 375 young people in jobs with government agencies...
Stimulus Money Expands Home Weatherization Program
WHIOtv.com - Dayton, OH
DAYTON, Ohio -- The Community Action Partnership weatherizes hundreds of homes each year. Tuesday, Senator Sherrod Brown came to Ona Bowman’s Dayton home to...
HELP, a good example of how regionalism can be put into action
The Morning Journal - Lorain, OH
A combined community action agency serving Lorain, Erie and Huron counties has the makings of an agency that can serve more people more effectively…
OK Last Minute Tax Tips
KOKI FOX 23 - Tulsa, OK
So if you have a mom, dad, 2 kids - that's $160 that you could be getting back,” says Linda Brock with the Community Action Project which is helping people...
PA Stimulus helps public housing
GoErie.com - Erie, PA
Kathy Dahlkemper of Erie, D-3rd Dist., right, speaks with Joyce Blanke, vice president of operations for the Community Action Partnership of Mercer County...
Task force to help Valley fight recession
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown, PA
''That number matters,'' said Alan Jennings of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. The figure, he said, is a tangible sign of both the...
Community Action hosts ‘Fun in the Sun’
Clarion News - Clarion, PA
April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and Community Action Inc. will be holding its annual Fun...
Fayette's housing needs to be discussed
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA
Panelists include Joanna Deming, Fayette County House Alliance; Jim Stark, executive director, Fayette County Community Action Agency; Eric Fulmer and...
TX Cutting Energy Costs for the Community
KAVU - Victoria, TX
“We've received more funding than we ever have," says Bee County Community Action, Community Service Director, Randy Kopplin. Over half a $1 million has...
VA Community group to honor TowneBank
Daily Press - Newport News, VA
TowneBank will be honored by the Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency as its outstanding business of the year at the 6th...
Tax Day Deadline Looms
WCAV - Charlottesville, VA
They include the Monticello Area Community Action Agency, Urban Vision, The University of Virginia Human Resources Department, and The United Way…
WA Stimulus to give boost to weatherization projects
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma, WA
The company, which does the majority of the Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee's weatherization work, had to lay off 10 employees to adjust to the...
Greek Week emphasizes philanthropy
The Daily Evergreen - Pullman, WA
One-third will go to the Whitman County Community Action Center, one-third will go to the winning fraternity’s philanthropy, and one-third will go to the...
WV Weirton's Change Inc. Has Changed Over the Years
State Journal - Charleston, WV
This is the first of a series of articles profiling West Virginia's 16 Community Action Agencies. WEIRTON -- Change Inc. was born during...
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