CAAs in the News - August 10, 2009 through August 16, 2009 (MS Word)
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CA Coast Lines: Aug. 16, 2009
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz, CA
The contracts for administering the agency's housing programs involved $95000 for the Community Action Board, $40000 for the Santa Cruz County Housing...
FL More people need help with electric bills
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville, FL
Assistance through Community Action, based on federal poverty guidelines, can be received on a general basis once a year at a max of $300 and once for a...
IL Cayuga council hears housing concern
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
Town council members heard concerns Thursday night about a Community Action Program income-based rental housing neighborhood...
IN Poems by local abuse victim
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IN
A client of the Mid Central Community Action, Inc., Countering Domestic Violence program wrote three poems at three different times about her experiences...
At every step, help available for victims
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IN
Susan Eades is working through the emotions of her physical abuse with the help of Mid Central Community Action's Countering Domestic...
KS Free kids golf clinics set for fall
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
Community Action's The First Tee of Shawnee County, an introductory golf program for youth elementary through high school age, has scheduled 3 Fall clinics...
SEK-CAP seeks help spending stimulus dollars
Pittsburg Morning Sun - Pittsburg, KS
The Southeast Kansas Community Action Program has a problem — but it's one of those "good" problems. Of the approximately $1.2 million in...
MA Led BCAC agenda for 26 years
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA
The woman who "really shaped" Berkshire Community Action Council into one of the leading social service agencies in the county...
MD Code Red for today, tomorrow
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
They are open from 9 am to 7 pm The sites are: Northern Community Action Center, 5225 York Road; Southern Community Action Center, 606 Cherry Hill Road...
ME KVCAP grateful for help fixing needy house
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Kennebec, ME
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program would like to offer its thanks to the Waterville City Council and the citizens of Waterville for recent efforts to...
MI Group workcamps and Witbeck's Family Foods helped Clare community
MLive.com - Bay City, MI
On behalf of Mid Michigan Community Action Agency, I would like to thank Group workcamps and Witbeck's Family Foods for their generous...
Washtenaw County Michigan Works
AnnArbor.com - Ann Arbor, MI
Nearly a thousand people attended Washtenaw County's Second Annual Community Action Barbecue in Ypsilanti on Saturday. More than just a neighborhood picnic...
Coalition formed to combat foreclosures
Adrian Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI
The Community Action Agency has launched a community coalition to help reduce the number of foreclosures occurring in Jackson...
Jackson Community Action Agency to spearhead three-county foreclosure coalition
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
Delaney and the Community Action Agency are leading a communitywide effort to respond to the foreclosure crisis in Jackson, Hillsdale and Lenawee counties...
Concert, fireworks to launch air show
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
The Community Action Agency of St. Clair County will have a conference about the "Love and Logic" philosophy Sept. 19 at Griswold Street Baptist Church...
MO Saturday's Back to School Fair to provide free school supplies...
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
The event is sponsored by Voluntary Action Center, Central Missouri Community Action, Calvary Baptist Church, Boone Hospital Center, KPLA 101.5...
Salvation Army Hiring With Help
KOMU-TV - Columbia, MO
The Salvation Army is working with both The Intersection and Central Missouri Community Action. Both organizations work with young adults to find jobs in...
Tracking the stimulus: Wage issue forces weatherization to wait
KY3 - Springfield, MO
The largest community action organization in the area says some stimulus weatherization work has been slow to get started due to a delayed decision about what laborers should be paid for the work...
NE Stimulus money for weatherization goes unspent
The Associated Press - Lincoln, NE
"It seems like it's just been one roadblock after another," said Christina Zamora, energy program manager for the Community Action Partnership Association...
NJ Tri-County Community Action Partnership awarded $120K to prevent homelessness
NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership Inc. has been awarded $120000 by the Prevention of Homelessness...
NY Passing the torch
Auburn Citizen - Auburn, NY
Terry DeFelice is the new executive director of the Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency. She started working for the agency 30 years ago...
Ulster Community Action names new officers
Times Herald-Record - Middletown, NY
Ulster County Leislators Wayne Harris of Plattekill and Dean Fabiano of Saugerties were named chairman and vice-chairman respectively...
Putnam CAP gets school supply drive under way
Lower Hudson Journal news - White Plains, NY
The Putnam Community Action Program is now seeking donations for its annual back-to-school supplies...
OH Ohio Green Workforce Training Partnership Awarded $100000 to Launch Weatherization Training Partnership in Cleveland
Business Wire - New York, NY
United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the National Community Action Foundation (NCAF) and ExxonMobil to award the Ohio Green Workforce Training...
Center hosts free lunch for homeless
Ironton Tribune 0 Ironton, OH
Helping them get back on their feet is part of the mission of the Family Guidance Center, a part of the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action...
Marion program gives seniors free meals
Marion Star - Marion, OH
Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission's Marion Center is receiving approximately $16000 to provide the congregate meal service, said Hazel Blankenship...
OK Public says yes to food bank
Pauls Valley Daily Democrat - Pauls Valley, OK
Now the service operated by the Delta Community Action, housed in Pauls Valley, is doing much better thanks to a generous response from the public...
PA Franklin County shelter to remain open
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
“What I believe is we'll at least be open at night,” said Shreve, of South Central Community Action Programs (SCCAP). Shreve announced Monday that the...
Pa.'s budget stalemate frays its social safety net
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA
South Central Community Action Program plans to close Aug. 22. It provides health screenings for pregnant women, food pantries, homeless shelters and more...
Local day-care operators worried
Leader Times - Kittanning
Community Action executive director Ken Heilman said there are about 125 day-care providers in the county. While operators are affected, working parents of...
RI Weatherization work on hold until $58 million in stimulus money arrives
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Saul Lemoi, an energy auditor from the Providence Community Action Program, prepares to do an energy audit on the front door of a house on...
SC Volunteers needed for Shoals Meals on Wheels
WAFF - Huntsville, AL
The hot lunches for Meals on Wheels are delivered at 10:30 every morning to Community Action in Florence. Volunteers like Ruth Rickard have been helping...
SD Older workers honored
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls, SD
The Madison woman works part-time doing office work at the Interlakes Community Action Program. "They just love her there, and I can see why because she has...
TX SPCAA helps families head back to school
KFDA - Amarillo, TX
South Plains Community Action Association wants to help with its first ever Back Pack Project. They will provide back packs filled with all the basic school...
UT Housing coalition to hold seminar
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
The coalition, along with the Salt Lake Community Action Program, Utah Manufactured Homeowners Action Group and Utah Resident Owned Communities...
Salt Lake City Homeless Programs Get $1.6 Million in Federal Stimulus
KCPW - Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake Community Action Program Housing Director Sharon Abegglen says the idea was to make two one-stop-shops for those in need, rather than doling out...
OWCAP seeks grant / $450000 would build classrooms at Marshall White
StandardNet - Ogden, UT
The Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership is seeking a $450000 federal grant to construct additional classrooms at the Marshall White Community...
VA Organization accepting proposals for projects that help the needy
Staunton News Leader - Staunton, VA
The Community Action Partnership of Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro is accepting proposals for projects that address the needs of the low-income population of...
LynCag plans to buy Main Street Galleria
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg, VA
The Lynchburg Community Action Group, a nonprofit dedicated to anti-poverty programs, is poised to buy the Main Street Galleria...
WI Stimulus aids nonprofit's funds
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Earlier this year, federal officials notified the North Central Community Action Program it had been awarded $417356 in American Recovery and Reinvestment...
Bike and farm with Mayor Dave
Examiner.com - Denver, CO
...at the farmer's market on the corner of W. Mifflin and Carroll and begin the tour from there. See the Community Action Coalition webpage for more info…
WV Stimulus monitors in place
Charleston Daily Mail - Charleston, WV
They are being employed through the West Virginia Community Action Partnership, he said. "These new monitors coming on are going through extensive training...
WY Ice arena's new sleds open opportunities
Billings Gazette - Billings, MT
Northwest Community Action Programs of Wyoming put on a disability awareness walk to purchase two ice-skating sleds. CASPER - Brian Meier and Fenton Parke...
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