CAAs in the News - August 17, 2009 through August 23, 2009 (MS Word)

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CT Norwich, Willimantic agencies get share of stimulus funds
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT
Thames Valley Council for Community Action in Norwich will receive $805588 in Community Services Block Grant money, part of $12 million in federal stimulus...

FL Florida's Unemployment Stabilizes
WJHG-TV - Panama City, FL
The Capital Area Community Action agency helps people in trouble. With almost a million people out of work, business is booming...

ID Free HIV testing offered Aug. 20 at El-Ada office
Mountain Home News - Mountain Home, ID
El-Ada Community Action Partnership will offer free HIV screenings in Mountain Home on Wednesday Aug. 20, from 10 am until noon. There are no needle sticks...

IL Hoopeston hopes to ease flooding
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
…said Bud Mason, second rural development specialist with the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies. "I can't stress that enough...

Mother makes plea for donations to 24-hour shelter
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IN
Donations can be sent to Neville House, in care of Mid Central Community Action, 1301 W. Washington St., Bloomington, IL 61701…

IN War on Poverty still being fought in communities such as Bloomington
The Herald-Times (subscription) - Bloomington, IN
This guest column was written by Todd Lare, executive director of the South Central Community Action Program. Every day in Bloomington and...

Neville House for domestic violence to remain open
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IN
When facing the earlier 60 percent cut, the Community Action board decided against making drastic cuts and instead continue to provide Neville House...

KY The Poverty Forum presented by: Columbia Gas of Kentucky
WYMT - Hazard, KY
Community Action Council is sponsoring The Poverty Forum, presented by Columbia Gas of Kentucky, on August 17, 2009. The event is designed to facilitate a...

MA Tri-City Community Action gets stimulus boost to help the poor
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
''It's been good news for community action programs,'' said Philip Bronder-Giroux, executive director of Tri-City Community Action Program, which serves...

Check out your future landlord
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Community Action Agencies (Federal anti-poverty programs) like Community Action Agency of Somerville are flooded with tenants who have lost their apartments...

MD New chief sought as Smith quits CAC
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
The Community Action Council's vice president, Bita Dayhoff, a 20-year veteran of the agency, is serving as acting president, board members said...

MI Oak Crest condo sales stalled
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Sherry Archibald, director of community services for the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County, said a slumped housing market has...

MO ¿HABLAS ESPAÑOL?
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
Rachel McCoy, director of communications for Community Action Partnership, which works with Spanish-speaking individuals and families in St. Joseph...

Electric and Water Could Go Up
KOMU-TV - Columbia, MO
Bolden sometimes gets help from Central Missouri Community Action. She says if the rates increase, she may not be able to pay. "My lights just might be off...

NC Stimulus money for weatherization still unspent
Gaston Gazette - Gastonia, NC
But so far, Gaston Community Action, the nonprofit organization administering that program, hasn't spent a single stimulus dollar from $8 million allocated...

ND A busload of supplies
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown, ND
Those donations were delivered to Community Action Monday. Community Action provides various services to low income, disabled, and elderly households in the...

NJ Tri-County may lay off 81 workers
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City, NJ
In a recent filing with the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Tri-County Community Action said it is being required by the state to...

Agency gets cash to aid homeless
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
"It is clear that the Department of Community Affairs recognizes the significant role that the Tri-County Community Action Agency occupies within the Third...

6 charged with theft from NJ fuel program
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA
Officials said Constance Campbell, 23, of Chester, used her position as a project manager for Tri-County Community Action to process false applications for...

OH Fourteen dilapidated houses slated for demolition in Marietta
Marietta Register Online - Marietta, OH
Staff at Washington-Morgan Community Action will present a list of 14 dilapidated houses in Marietta that are slated to be torn down through a Neighborhood...

Head Start Teachers Go Back To School
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH
The Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency is holding the 15th Annual Head Start Early Childhood Learning Institute...

OR Energy assistance program to close soon
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action is urging local families struggling with high utility bills to take advantage of the final weeks to apply for the Low Income...

PA Lawmakers drop in at social-services funding debate
Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown, PA
Tammy Knouse of Community Action Agency Inc., said layoffs have already begun at her agency, but they continue to provide 300 daily meals to people using...

Adams and Franklin County Social Workers Laid Off Due To Budget Impasse
FOX43.com - York, PA
Marie Ford has worked for the South Central Community Action Programs (SCCAP) for the past 20 years. Now, the mother of four joins more than 60 people being...

For Head Start instructor, budget impasse hits home
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown, PA
As lawmakers approach a second full month without passing a state budget, Community Action Partnership of Somerset County had little...

68 to be laid off today at SCCAP in Franklin and Adams counties
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA
Sixty-eight staff members of South Central Community Action Programs Inc. will be laid off today and a number of its...

Easton to get $1 million for 'green' fix-ups
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown, PA
''We are blazing the trail,'' said George Mowrer, chairman of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, which is working with Lafayette College...

County Conducts Routine Business
The Fulton County News - McConnellsburg, PA
...the Bethel Township sewer extension project, the county library renovation project and the Center for Community Action housing rehabilitation project...

Applications available for weatherization aid
Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
Katherine Reardon recounted how the Weatherization Assistance Program, administered by the Community Action Agency of Delaware County, provided new...

Growing interest: Bank payments add up as stalemate lingers
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg, PA
In Chambersburg, the South Central Community Action Programs is owed more than $1.2 million from the state. The agency operates a homeless shelter and food...

Service providers protest Pa. budget dispute
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA
South Central Community Action Program is slated to close Friday, although Shreve says she hopes to secure no-interest loans from foundations and...

RI Tri-Town reassures client confidentiality
Johnston Sun Rise - Johnston, RI
Joseph DeSantis, CEO of Tri-Town Community Action Agency, spoke out this week about the agency's confidentiality policies after a letter...

TN Food program announced
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
Clarksville Montgomery County Community Action Agency announces participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be provided at no...

UT Growing poor
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake, UT
That's the message in a new report from the Utah Community Action Partnership, a coalition of groups that work with people who need assistance through...

Poverty is Affecting Middle Class Families in Utah
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City, UT
Community Action Partnership of Utah (CAP Utah) released The 2009 Annual Reports on Poverty in Utah at a press conference Wednesday...

Utah poverty report points at middle-class decline
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
This spring, a survey of the community action programs statewide showed that 61 percent of clients were looking for help for the first time in the past...

Provo planners turned planters
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
So far, the employees have shipped 70 pounds of produce to Community Action to give to needy families. Myla Dutton, Community Action's executive director...

WI Stimulus spurs new Community Action program
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
The economic recession has created a whole new group of potential clients for organizations such as Community Action. Many people have been laid off after...

Clothes for Kids campaign running at East Towne, West Towne
Capital Times - Madison, WI
In partnership with the Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, the campaign encourages shoppers to "adopt" a child registered in the...

Lending help where it's needed
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
Our editorial Thursday will focus on two of these in our continuing "People Helping People" series: Community Action of Rock and Walworth Counties and St....

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