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AL Grants to help low-income residents to make homes more energy...
Clanton Advertiser - Clanton, AL
The Elmore-Autauga Community Action Committee will receive a $111882 grant to help qualified residents in Autauga, Elmore, Chilton and Shelby counties make...

 

CA Black History Month celebration aims to unify community
Enterprise-Record - Chico, CA
...including the Downtown Business Association, the Butte County Community Action Agency and Department of Behavioral Health, as well as local churches...

 

CO AROUND TOWN: Community generosity stuffs stocking
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs, CO
... Peak Vista Community Health Centers; Pikes Peak Community Action Agency; Salvation Army; Silver Key Senior Services; Southeast YMCA; Tri-Lakes Cares...

 

FL Problems paying your electric bill?
MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL
Funds distributed through county Community Action Agencies. In Miami-Dade call 786-469-4640; in Broward call 954-497-1350. Care To Share: Florida Power...

 

ID Living like the homeless
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls, ID
...that some have of homeless people being single, said Leanne Trappen, community services director with the South Central Community Action Partnership...

 

IL Community action agency helped 12288 people last year
Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register - Mt. Carmel, IL
Wabash Area Development Inc., or WADI, is a not-for-profit Community Action Agency serving the needs of the community in Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton...

 

IN Buses parked; disabled grounded without service
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
...used to ferry residents of northern Lake County to the store, to the doctor or to work for the Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp. now sit empty...

 

Gary-area paratransit bus service ends
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp. parked its 23 buses on Jan. 31. Executive Director Gary Olund says he feels terrible about the end of the service...

 

MA Submit applications now for fuel assistance
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis, MA
The South Shore Community Action Council Inc. is accepting applications for its Fuel Assistance Program. Qualified Cape Cod residents can visit...

 

Quincy Community Action Programs offers free tax help
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy, MA
Quincy Community Action Programs Inc. is providing low income residents with free tax counseling and tax return preparation, at the Learning Links...

 

MD Longtime activist continues work by counting area homeless
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
Seaven Gordon has been on the board of The Frederick Community Action Agency since it started in the late 1960s...

 

12 nonprofits to share United Way crisis funds
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
...the Harford Community Action Agency and a St. Vincent de Paul program for homeless women and children in Baltimore called Sarah's Hope...

 

MI Walk for Warmth is Feb. 14 in Zeeland
Grand Haven Tribune - Grand Haven, MI
Sponsored by the Ottawa County Community Action Agency, the walk will begin at City On A Hill ministries in Zeeland with a 2-mile stroll around downtown...

 

MN Bremer steps up to help community
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Fergus Falls, MN
Here in the Fergus Falls area, Ottertail-Wadena Community Action received $52000 and West Central Community Action was granted $100000...

 

MO 2009 Leadership Northwest Missouri holds initial retreat
Nodaway News Leader - Maryville, MO
...North Central Missouri College, Trenton; Scott Long, Green Hills Community Action, Trenton; Richard Baldwin, Atchison County Development Corporation...

 

Keith speaks to MO legislature as ‘Voice of Poverty’
Bolivar Herald Free Press - Bolivar, MO
Keith was appointed the Voice of Poverty by the Missouri Association for Community Action and represents Missourians in poverty to the Capitol...

 

MS AJFC Community Action Agency, Inc.
Natchez Democrat - Natchez, MS
Head Start mass registration is now in progress. Applications are being taken at the centers for children ages three and four years old who...

 

MT Northwest Montana Daily Inter Lake > News > Local Montana
Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (formerly Northwest Montana Human Resources' and ETHIC are offering certified consumer education and consulting programs in the coming months. First-time home buyers and experienced...

 

NE EVLC kids aid Blue Valley Community Action
York News-Times - York, NE
Blue Valley Community Action Food Program Coordinator Patti Seitz doesn't know what she would do without Epworth Village Learning Center youth...

 

Kearney Hub - Kiewit offers relief grant cash
Grant funds will be used to provide emergency rent/mortgage assistance through Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska; utility and some food assistance through The Salvation Army; and the food pantry at the Kearney...

 

NJ Salem holds Black history events
Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com - Salem, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership's Salem Family Success Center will host three Black History Month events in its Family Empowerment Zone...

 

Bridgeton class gives ex-convicts chance at jobs
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City, NJ
That changed, however, about three months ago when she saw a flier for the "Jumpstart" job skills course offered by the Tri-County Community Action...

 

NY Community Action to buy three buses
The Daily News - Batavia, NY
Community Action of Orleans and Genesee County Wednesday was awarded a $171892 state grant for the purchase of three...

 

OH Local small business program to continue
The Review - East Liverpool, OH
Commissioners agreed to continue its working agreement with the Community Action Agency, which administers the microenterprise small business program on...

 

It happens here, too
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin, OH
The Seneca County Homeless Coalition, under the leadership of WSOS Community Action Commission, completed a count of homeless people Jan. 27...

 

OR Record numbers seek help from nonprofit's emergency program
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - Hillsboro, OR
New figures, reported by the Washington County nonprofit Community Action, confirmed the agency's concern that the economic downturn is impacting more...

 

More than 14 percent of Douglas County residents live in poverty
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
It was released by Oregon Housing and Community Services and the Community Action Partnership of Oregon. Mike Fieldman, executive director of Roseburg-based...

 

PA Vance to unveil free tax service
The Sentinel - Carlisle, PA
The Money in Your Pocket campaign, which is being coordinated by the Community Action Commission and the United Way of the Capital Region, will be available to families in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and Perry counties. It is funded by PNC Bank.

  

Area counties brace for 'universal pain' in state budget
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
Food pantries in the Lehigh Valley get a combined $750,000 a year to buy food to supplement private donations under the State Food Purchase Program, said Alan Jennings, executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. Those donations, especially from corporations, have suffered in recent months even as food pantries have faced rising demand. ''Taking a hit in that program would be tantamount to taking food from the mouths of babes,'' Jennings said.

 

Northampton County Court fashions program to reduce foreclosures
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
Homeowners would be required to seek housing counseling and would be referred to the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. Volunteers from the Northampton County Bar Association would offer pro bono legal help. Information about the program would be included in the notices that lenders must send homeowners after filing for foreclosure.

 

Easton seeks $500,000 neighborhood stabilization grant
The Express Times - Easton, PA
Lehigh and Northampton counties, meanwhile, are jointly applying for about $4.6 million. The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley would administer a proposed community land trust that would be created as part of the grant. Under the land trust, CACLV would purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed homes, selling them to low- to moderate-income families, according to Executive Director Alan Jennings. But CACLV would continue to own the land on which the house is built, he said. Owners can sell their homes and make a profit, but CACLV's ownership of the land assures the home will be sold at a reasonable price to someone in a lower income bracket, Jennings said.

 

Students offer free tax help to locals
Brown and White - Bethlehem, PA
The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley is offering free tax-preparation for low-income families, and Lehigh students can help. ...
  
Aid agency wins national honor
The Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre, PA
The Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County is one of three recipients of the first annual National Weatherization Award sponsored by an energy program consortium. CEO, the only Pennsylvania agency to win the award, was selected for the way the nonprofit agency provides assistance to renovate homes to make them more energy-efficient.

 

Aid for home-heating far and few between
The Delaware Daily Times - Primos, PA
A secretary at the Community Action Agency of Delaware County juggled simultaneous phone calls and a waiting room of clients on Monday morning, helping connect the needy with housing, job training and social services. But when asked whether they provide oil and home heating assistance, she had a quick reply: “Sorry, we already ran out.”

 

2 counties to conduct homeless counts
The Patriot News - Harrisburg, PA
In 2007, the first year Lebanon County conducted the count, no unsheltered homeless people were officially found, but that doesn't mean none existed, said Phyllis Holtry of the county's Community Action Partnership.
  
New complex to house disabled homeless
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
The complex was developed by and is owned by NCCDC. Matt Barczak, the corporation's interim executive director, said NCCDC will begin accepting applications for the apartments following Friday's grand opening. Lorna Vite, executive director of the Indiana County Community Action Program, said there is a need for housing for the disabled homeless.

 

Homeless come up nil in count
Tribune Review - Pittsburgh, PA
Officials said an electrical blackout in Monessen and wintry, icy conditions in the rest of the county accounted for the fact that not a single unsheltered person was found. When the count was taken two years ago, eight homeless people were located. "I think it was mostly the weather," said Bill Connolly of Westmoreland County Community Action. "It's disappointing."

 

Ark House shelter disbands
The Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
The county has no year-round shelter, and most agencies that offered shelter for a night, like Schuylkill Community Action, are out of funds for the year.
  
Editorial: Apathy ends crisis housing
The Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
Now the county has no year-round shelter, and agencies that offered shelter for a night, like Schuylkill Community Action, are out of funds for the year. 

 

Building to remain for now
The Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
Schuylkill Community Action will be accepting applications for 40 demolition projects, favoring those that are good to go — sites already owned by a municipality, Bender said. After demolition, he said SCA takes ownership of the property and builds a house that is sold to someone with a low to moderate income.

 

Tax assistance program offers free filings for those eligible
Daily American Online - Somerset, PA
With W-2s and other tax documents in the hands of taxpayers, the Community Action Partnership for Somerset County, Tableland Services is...

 

UT Bill would remove price cap on Qwest phone service
But Betsy Wolf, an advocate with the Salt Lake Community Action Program, told a Senate committee Wednesday that the group is concerned there won't be an alternative for people who can only afford very basic service...

 

Qwest seeks removal of cap on phone-service costs
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
But both the Utah Committee of Consumer Services and the Salt Lake Community Action Program are worried that the service's cost will rise, especially when...

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