CAAs in the News - August 31, 2009 through September 6, 2009 (MS Word)
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CA Tickets On Sale Now for Community Action Marin's Dream House Raffle
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA
All proceeds from ticket sales benefit Community Action Marin (CAM), one of the area's oldest and largest private social service providers, in their ongoing...
Marin 'Dream House' to be raffled for charity
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA
The lucky ticket holder will win the brand new Bay-front home, and all proceeds raised in the giveaway will benefit Community Action Marin...
DC Growing Poverty Rates, Green Jobs for Low-Income Workers on Tap for Anti-Poverty Convention in Philadelphia
Reuters News Service
The Community Action Partnership's 2009 Annual Convention--occurring one week before the US Census Bureau is scheduled to release its 2008 poverty...
FL In dark times, FPL turns out lights and turns up the heat
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL
This was Friday morning at the Broward Community Action Agency in Lauderdale Lakes, where the desperate come for emergency grants up to $300 for their...
GA United Way plans annual funds drive
Moultrie Observer - Moultrie, GA
11, at Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, 1001 First Ave. SW, Bldg. #2. The campaign team is also in the process of planning the 13th Day of Action...
Weatherization funds available through stimulus package
Moultrie Observer - Moultrie, GA
8 meeting will be held at the central office of the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, 1001 First Ave. SW in Moultrie, at 10 am Future meetings...
IL Heating aid grant filing period opens
Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan, IL
It is administered in Lake County by the Community Action Partnership of Lake County. The Tuesday opening applies to seniors and people with disabilities...
IN Weatherization funding accused of being political
The Herald-Times - Bloomington, IN
Nonprofit community action agencies have traditionally done this sort of work since the federal government began establishing such programs in 1964...
KY Millions of Dollars Set for Home Weatherization Programs
iSurfHopkinsCo - Madisonville, KY
Millions of dollars were set aside earlier this year by the federal government for home weatherization programs administered by Community Action agencies...
NKY agency cuts utility costs
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati, OH
In April, the fixed-income couple received $3600 in weatherization materials - installed - from the Northern Kentucky Community Action Council...
Free health service for uninsured and under insured
WYMT - Lexington, KY
The Bell Whitley Community Action Agency asked the community what services they needed and got an overwhelming response for health care...
MA Berkshire Residents Who "Fall Through The Cracks"
iBerkshires.com - North Adams, MA
...Carol Demayo, Community Advocate at St. Patrick's Church Food Pantry, Linda Greenbush, Quality Assurance Director at Berkshire Community Action Council...
Action Inc. appoints executive director
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester, MA
"Action is special because of what we do to improve lives and communities. My goal is to keep the promise of community action alive as we enhance and enrich...
Music breaks out of jail at old Somerville police station
Somerville Journal - Somerville, MA
Admission is $15, a portion of which will go to RESPOND Inc. and the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS). RESPOND Inc. is New England's first...
MD Frederick woman among recipients of homes grant
WTOP - Washington, DC
...that both she and her real estate and mortgage lender take an eight-hour training course about the program at the Frederick Community Action Agency...
Labor Day closings
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick, MD
The Food Bank and Frederick Community Action Agency will be closed Monday. The Soup Kitchen will serve a free evening meal from 5:30 to 6:30 pm Monday...
MI Jackson YMCA is one place for country line dancing and yoga
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
Dear Pat: I saw recently that the Community Action Agency is offering two years of free rent to certain individuals. Where is the agency's office located?...
Do Good Corner: Governor: Web site will assist those who need help
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
During the past few months, groups such as the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County, Department of Human Services, local food pantries and the United...
Granholm Says New State Resource Offers a Helping Hand
The Michigan News - Lansing, MI
“This is why our partnerships with groups like United Way and the community action agencies are so important,” Granholm said. “Helping Hand provides links...
Gov. Granholm: Web site for needy Mich. residents
Forbes - New York, NY
The state is working with the Michigan Association of United Ways and the Michigan Community Action Agency Association. Community association officials will...
MN Council approves advertising for bids for new bus garage
Marshall Independent - Marshall, MN
A two-piece bus garage isn't exactly what was wanted but Jeanette Porter of Western Community Action is grateful to have it...
MO Photo contest aims to shed a light on poverty
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
The Community Action Partnership is hosting a photography contest where amateurs, students and professionals can showcase their talents...
NC Cheers & Jeers for Thursday, Sept. 3
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville, NC
Cheers to the Cumberland Community Action Program and Mrs. Serita Morisey and Matt Phillips at Weather Carolina Weatherization for the weatherization of my...
NH Winter's coming - Time now to think of others
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Sharon Brody, the energy and client services director for Rockingham County Community Action in New Hampshire thinks there is a "very strong possibility"...
NJ Weis Markets Launches Month-Long Fight Hunger Food Drive
Reuters News Service
...Northwest Community Action Program NORWESCAP Food Bank (Phillipsburg, NJ); Philabundance (Philadelphia); and Mountaineer Food Bank (West Virginia)...
Community News Briefs
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership will host a free training, information and planting session at its Mill Creek Urban Farm location, Tuesday, Sept...
West New York's North Hudson Community Action Corporation receives $4.6 million...
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Jersey City, NJ
Albio Sires presented a check for $4645856 to the North Hudson Community Action Corporation. Located at 5301 Broadway St., NHCAC is the largest federally...
NY $25M in stimulus funding targets homeless
MSN Money
...is schedule to receive $2.47 million; the Albany County Department of Social Services ($1.16 million); Schenectady Community Action Program ($856642)...
Food $en$e registration
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
Individuals may register to purchase a unit of food, a 28-$36 value, for $15.50, at the following locations: Community Action Partnership (CAP) Office...
OH Housing grant expert reflects on career
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Title: Director of planning and development for Washington/Morgan Community Action Programs, 218 Putnam St...
Economic development director will be kept busy
The Review - Lisbon, OH
The money for the position comes from $446000 in stimulus money awarded to the Community Action Agency in the form of federal Community Services Block Grant...
CAP Organization Gets Millions In Fed Money
WHIO Radio - Dayton, OH
Some $18 million in federal stimulus money is headed to a local community organization. The Community Action Partnership (CAP) helps those...
Agency helps residents fight winter energy bills
Dayton Daily News - Dayton, OH
The Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area is trying to help Earley and about 2000 other residents in six counties pay less on their...
OK Facing the face of poverty
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
It does seem odd to say this is the face of hunger these days," says Steven Dow, head of the local Community Action Project, an anti-poverty agency...
Early Childhood Center Opens In Sand Springs
News On 6 - Tulsa, OK
Sand Springs Public Schools and the Community Action Project are showing off their new Early Childhood Education Center at 1701 East Park Road...
OR State yanks NOHA housing contract
Daily Astorian – Astoria, OR
McGuire said her agency is forcing Columbia Community Action Team to take over administration of the Home TBA program and listed several ways in which...
Community grants to be given out at Cannon Beach potluck
Daily Astorian - Astoria, OR
Although most of the organizations don't receive all they request, this year, Clatsop Community Action and the county Women's Resource Center each received...
Fugitive a fun, positive game
Bandon Western World - Bandon, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action wants to thank the North Bend Umpqua Bank for hosting Toy Tales from Aug. 17 to 28. We appreciate their willingness to support...
PA CSO official is second Athena Award nominee
The Daily Item - Sunbury, PA
Gale Zalar, community action director at Central Susquehanna Opportunities Inc., was taken by surprise when co-workers ran into her office to tell her about...
Stimulus to weatherize homes
The Daily Collegian Online - University Park, PA
An estimated $4.7 million will be distributed for the weatherization of homes of qualified residents of Centre and Clearfield Counties, said Dale Knepp, the weatherization manager for Central Pennsylvania Community Action (CPCA)…
Running on Empty: Day care centers stung by lack of state funds
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
It is Day No. 64 of the Pennsylvania budget impasse. Indiana County Community Action Program laid off nine additional employees on Monday due to a lack of contracts to provide state funded services to the needy.
Compromise seems to be the dirty word in the Pennsylvania budget war
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA
F&M Trust recently extended a line of credit to the South Central Community Action Program to keep services such as the Franklin County Homeless Shelter and WIC nutrition program going. The support network is starting to unravel.
Joan Espenshade offers nourishment for body and mind
LancasterOnLine.com - Lancaster, PA
Where the food comes from: Power Packs gets groceries from Community Action Program of Lancaster County…
Lacking funds, several Head Start programs lay off employees
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA
"We've placed as many of the kids as we could in other classrooms," said Karen Brinker, director of children's services for Westmoreland Community Action. "There's 90 kids that aren't getting any service…
Credit card suits up in Northampton County
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
Gabriel Maldonado, a counselor for the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley who helps those in danger of losing their homes, said many people use credit cards as a lifeline to meet their obligations after they lose their jobs…
GOP Contract with Lehigh County---County Sales tax option: Part 2
Examiner.com - Norfolk, VA
Even the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, has, in fact, been a major supporter of the proposal…
Community rallies, gives $4,000 to homeless shelter
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA
The donations saved one and a half jobs, according to Megan Shreve, executive director of the South Central Community Action Programs Inc…
Day care dilemma, Availability is common problem for parents seeking child care
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
Franklin County, Pa., also is in danger of having a few child-care operations close, said Heather Clark, who works for South Central Community Action Programs' Child Care Information Services…
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 energy-efficient windows, doors and weatherstripping, keeping the Reardons warm and comfortable…
Social agencies pinching pennies
Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
“If the budget isn’t passed within the next several weeks, it will have a serious impact on our ability to provide services,” said Ed Coleman, executive director of the Community Action Agency of Delaware County…
$6M will help weather costs
The Times Leader - Wilkes Barre, PA
More than $6 million in federal stimulus money will be coming to Luzerne County to help low-income families cut their home heating and cooling costs…
Pa. gets weatherization funds held up by impasse
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA
"This is huge; it's fantastic," an exultant Roger C. Collins, executive director of the Bucks County Opportunity Council, said yesterday after learning of the federal action to release funds…
Pa. budget impasse hurts social agencies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County's Department of Human Services is delinquent on about $20 million in bills to human service providers -- the first time in Director Marc Cherna's 35 years in government he recalls that happening…
Tough times create greater need
The Tribune Democrat - Johnstown, PA
Jeff Masterson, executive director of Tableland Services Inc., meeting needs in Somerset County, said many, including his agency, are being forced to think more creatively, find ways to stretch dollars further and do without…
TX Weatherization stimulus funds in red tape
KTRE - Nacogdoches, TX
"The one when I went to Community Action to help me it was a thousand (dollars)," said the woman just two years away from receiving much needed Medicare...
UT Questar seeks to lower gas costs
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
...not have to pay higher natural gas rates this winter," said Betsy Wolf, an advocate for low-income Utahns with the Salt Lake Community Action Program...
VA Food bank works to meet growing need
Southwest Virginia Today - Smyth, VA
Mountain Community Action Program (CAP) also offers a food bank to local families in Smyth, Wythe and Bland counties. “The emergency food pantry is part of...
VT Hunger Action Month raises awareness of local hunger issues
Advocate Weekly - North Adams, MA
Elizabeth Eddy, the community services and outreach program manager for BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont, said, however, that it's not just the...
WA 'Free Movie Day For Kids' coming to Kelso on Saturday
Longview Daily News - Longview, WA
Admission is two cans of food, which will be donated to the Community Action Program's Help Warehouse. The event is aimed at kids and parents...
Pierce County Community Action awarded $3.9 million
Tacoma Daily News - Tacoma, WA
Community Action also received $3.1 million in low income Weatherization Recovery Funding to weatherize an additional 600 homes. Community Action currently...
WI Springville may get $500000 grant
Wisconsin Dells Events - Wisconsin Dells, WI
Poehler said he sent out three proposals for potential grant administrators and received bids back from Community Action Council and MSA Professional...
WV McDowell, Mercer share in recovery act funding awards
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Bluefield, WV
Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that two community action agencies serving Mercer and McDowell counties have been awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment...