Jan 19
CAAs in the News - January 12, 2009 through January 18, 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.
AL Committee not likely to back ADECA change
AL Committee not likely to back ADECA change
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery, AL
The change, which would have to be made by the state Legislature, would reduce the amount of money the state's 22 community action agencies receive for...
Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield, CA
JEREMY T. TOBIAS has been hired to become interim executive director of the Community Action Partnership of Kern, the county's largest nonprofit agency...
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Atlanta, GA
The head of Fulton-Atlanta Community Action Authority has seen lines forming as early as 3 am “You have quite a bit more panic and desperation going on this ...
Journal Review - Crawfordsville, IN
The Community Action Program and WorkOne, along with Tecumseh Area Partnership, will be opening a reemployment center Tuesday at Mills...
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, IN
It's the same story at Community Action Program of Western Indiana, or CAPWI, which serves Benton, Fountain, Montgomery, Park, Vermillion and Warren...
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
The date for the meeting has not been set yet, but the clock is ticking, as the Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp., which provides a dial-a-ride type...
Evansville Courier & Press - Evansville, IN
Sharon Adams, administrative assistant for Community Action Program of Evansville's children services and organizer of the Teachers' Treasure Recycle Shop...
Muncie Star Press - Muncie, IN
He was a senior transportation driver for Lincoln Community Action. Survivors include his wife, Sandra (Smith) Deilkes; two sons, David Deilkes...
kypost.com - Covington, KY
Community Action Kentucky (CAK) administers LIHEAP benefits through its network of 23 community action agencies (CAAs) under a contract with the Kentucky...
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas, LA
St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency's Senior Companion Program is hosting a Community Health Fest on Monday, January 19 on Martin Luther King Jr Day...
Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA
The Worcester Community Action Council joins with the Police Department and other organizations in the jobs program. Local clergy, politicians...
WTOP - Washington, DC
They also visited the soup kitchen at the Frederick Community Action Agency. "I think your system is very good -- you take very good care of people of low...
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME
THE LOW INCOME Home Energy Assistance Program is run by local Community Action Programs...
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Sherry Archibald, director of community services at the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County, said the organization has helped numerous families make...
Brainerd Daily Dispatch - Brainerd, MN
...Rural Minnesota CEP; Tom Jay, Brainerd-Crow Wing Public Transit System coordinator; Michele Andringa of Tri-County Community Action Program Inc...
KY3 - Springfield, MO
This week, the state's community action agencies urged lawmakers to add $10 million to the state Utilicare program that supplements the federal aid...
MSNBC – USA
Community action agencies that distribute heating aid urged Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday to add $10 million to the program this year...
California Democrat - California, MO
Central Missouri Community Action, a 501 c (3) non-profit has served Mid-Missouri since 1965 as a Community Action Agency supporting individuals and...
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
The 12-week leadership and personal development class training is offered by the Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph...
Fremont Tribune - Fremont, NE
Free E-file tax preparation services are available through Goldenrod Hills Community Action Inc. Volunteer income tax assistance services are available...
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH
To help get through the time of year when fuel costs are highest, she applied for help from the fuel-assistance program at Rockingham Community Action...
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC
The following organizations received grants of $25000: AIDS Community Services; Group Ministries; Buffalo Urban League; Community Action Organization...
Marietta Register Online - Marietta, OH
Washington-Morgan Community Action is also putting together a national emergency grant for submittal to the Department of Labor...
Harrisburg, PA [covered in news articles across Pennsylvania]
Human Impact Energy Report released by the Pennsylvania Community Action Association and Energy Association
The Patriot News – Harrisburg, PA
This two-fold challenge will get easier over the next month as Harrisburg firefighters participate in four Spanish language classes. Taught for free by Jose Espinar, an information and referral specialist with the Community Action Commission…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
If K.H. Real Estate is unable to comply with DEP's order, the firm may have to shut down the development and relocate its tenants. The DEP has notified officials of the Armstrong County Community Action Agency of that possibility…
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
The Indiana County Community Action Program, the lead agency for the local campaign, launched a pilot Circles program last year to achieve that goal and bring awareness to poverty in the community.
Indiana Gazette - Indiana, PA
A local board of representatives from the American Red Cross, Alice Paul House, Chevy Chase Community Center, Indiana County Community Action Program, Salvation Army, Indiana County commissioners, church representatives and the United Way of Indiana County will determine how funds are to be distributed…
GantDaily.com
Central Pennsylvania Community Action has joined the Northwest Regional Lead Hazard Control Grant to assist in removing lead-based paint hazards from homes of low-income families…
PR Newswire - sys-con.com
Some activities taking place statewide as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service include…the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency's CORE Susquehanna AmeriCorps program will assist the Hand Up Foundation, a local social services ...
Congressman Sestak and Members of Villanova Basketball Team to Attend MLK, Jr. Day Basketball Clinic
Media, PA
Congressman Joe Sestak (7th Congressional District, PA) and members of the nationally ranked Villanova Men's Basketball Team will be attending the 8th Annual Hoops from the Heart basketball clinic at Haverford College on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Media, PA
Delaware County Asset Development Group (DelCoAD) is about to begin its sixth year of providing free tax preparation services to low-and moderate-income families in Delaware County.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA
The groups, including the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania and the Energy Association of Pennsylvania, outlined how rising heating and cooling...
Leader Times - Kittanning, PA
The Armstrong County Community Action Agency is moving its offices to make it easier for its clients to get needed services...
South County Independent - Wakefield, RI
“Need is at the highest level in my 37 years of experience,” said Joseph DeSantis, chief executive officer of South County Community Action...
The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg, SC
The Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency Inc. will accept applications for emergency assistance for residential heating from...
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville, TN
The Blount County Community Action Agency needs assistance to help more Blount County residents stay warm this winter. Through its Low Income Home Energy...
WVNS - Morgantown, WV
The Clinch Valley Community Action will be offering free tax preparation services. All you need to do is make an appointment.
Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro, VT
BRATTLEBORO -- The Disaster Action Team of the Green Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross and Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) have been...
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre, VT
The state's Community Action Agencies are seeing a spike in the number of requests for crisis fuel assistance. Moffi said the surge in the number of...
The Daily Evergreen - Pullman, WA
Throughout December, shoppers donated $400.80 in dimes to the Community Action Partnership, which helps provide emergency aid to those who cannot afford...