CAAs in the News - July 6, 2009 through July 12, 2009 (MS Word)

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AL WashCo continues talks with Mobile Community Action
South Alabamian - Jackson, AL
For the past two and one-half years, the local committee for the Mobile Community Action (MCA) has periodically appeared...

AZ Help available for broken AC units
KTAR.com - Phoenix, AZ
The Arizona Community Action Association is teaming up with the City of Phoenix to let people know they can get help. "With the heat being to the level that...

SRP boosts cap for energy efficiency programs
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC
“The program is important for several reasons,” said Cynthia Zwick, executive director of the Arizona Community Action Association. “Every year, more people...

DC Obama Administration Delivers More than $288 Million for Weatherization Programs in Seven States
Media Newswire (press release) - New York, NY
These organizations, consisting of community action groups, development councils and other nonprofits, will also conduct energy audits and re-weatherization...

IA US Rep. Loebsack: $32.2 million in Recovery Act funds for weatherization assistance
IowaPolitics.com (press release) - Des Moines, IA
In the Second District, the following agencies will distribute the funds: Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Community Action of Eastern Iowa, Community...

ID Idaho, others fear stimulus weatherization delays
Fox12Idaho - Nampa-Boise, ID
Christina Zamora, head of energy programs at the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho, said Friday, "If it goes past the end of this month... 

KS County commission approves all Tues. business
Winfield Daily Courier Online - Winfield, KS
Marion Nichols requested $5000 for the Mid-Kansas Community Action Program, Inc. either to match emergency shelter grant money or provide other services...

LA In other Terrebonne Council action
Houma Courier - Houma, LA
...$9239 from the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnership for energy-efficiency appliances for low-income families; $31409 for roads from the...

MA Professor pushes for green jobs to reduce poverty
The Boston - Bay State Banner - Boston, MA
In November, Thompson was one of three conveners of the Emerald Cities Collaborative, a national partnership of building trades, community action programs...

MD New bus service streamlines transportation to agencies
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
Called Community Action Transit, or CAT, the bus service was started Jan. 2 by the Washington County Community Action Council (CAC) to provide door-to-door...

ME Council delays action on house
Morning Sentinel - Portland, ME
City Manager Michael J. Roy said Kennebec Valley Community Action Program (KVCAP), the agency hoping to renovate the house, asked to postpone the matter so...

Summer Street house again on city's agenda
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta, ME
Stubbert is fine with Kennebec Valley Community Action Program's plan to invest up to $100000 to renovate the South End house...

MN Homebuyer workshop
International Falls Daily Journal - International Falls, MN
The public is welcome to attend A Homebuyer Workshop is slated for 8:30 am to 4:30 pm July 16 at KOOTASCA Community Action, 2232 Second Ave...

MO Fulton, CEC also offer utility assistance
Fulton Sun - Fulton, MO
Fulton customers also may be eligible for the state aid LIHEAP program, which is administered by Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA), 610 Collier Lane...

Crayon Crusade kicks off next week
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
The sixth annual Crayon Crusade will kick off with a free breakfast July 15, sponsored by St. John's Hospital-Lebanon and Missouri Ozark Community Action...

NH Lend a Hand: Ways you can provide hope, dignity
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Rockingham Community Action works to alleviate and prevent poverty, and to promote self-reliance. It provides people with the tools and resources to help...

NY Weatherization funds available
Albany Times Union - Albany, NY
Albany Community Action Program, www.acoi.com, 463-3175; Fulton and Montgomery counties, www.fulmont.org, 853-8359; Rensselaer County...

OH Budget Delay Causes Harm
Wheeling News Register - Wheeling, WV
That is why the Jefferson County Community Action Council laid off 251 youth workers, along with 10 adult mentors and three caseworkers this week...

Teens Called Back to Work
Wheeling Intelligencer - Wheeling, WV
The 251 summer youth workers employed through the Jefferson County Community Action Council are expected to return to work...

CARTS maintains services despite cuts
The Review - East Liverpool, OH
"We don't know how much longer we can hold (the line on rate increases), but we're going to try," said Phyllis Linderman, director of the Community Action...

2 Columbiana Co. organizations update equipment
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
The Community Action Rural Transit System and the Leetonia Community Public Library are gaining because of the American Recovery...

Lorain facing July 17 deadline for grant money
Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria, OH
...Vermilion, Sheffield Lake, Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority and Lorain County Community Action Agency and to apply for the money...

OR Helping the hungry by eating out
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
“Every single dollar makes a significant difference,” Hallie Winchell of Oregon Coast Community Action said recently...

Burden shifts to CAT for housing fix
South County Spotlight - Scappoose, OR
In order for those 207 residents to keep their homes, Community Action Team programs in Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties — the three counties NOHA...

PA Clarksville should rally for center
Washington Observer Reporter - Washington, PA
Reacting to anticipated funding reductions from the state for the upcoming fiscal year, Community Action Southwest was compelled to make some significant...

Community presence
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg, PA
In 1999 when the Community Action Commission needed to fund its South Allison Hill Neighborhood Program...

RI Tri-Town nets major grants for health care
Johnston Sun Rise - Warwick, RI
A few years ago, Tri-Town decided to join forces with Comprehensive Community Action Program, Blackstone Valley Health Center and East Bay CAP and form a...

UT Godfrey vetoes Ogden budget policies
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
Godfrey and the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership have come to an agreement for the nonprofit organization to begin managing the center, which houses...

Decades later, community activists' caring lives on
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT
It reminded me of the start of Salt Lake's Central City Community Action Program in the 1960s and the special people who made it all happen...

VA Helping hands repair homes for Franklin County residents
The Roanoke Times - Roanoke, VA
STEP Inc. in Rocky Mount formed a partnership with Group Workcamps to fix homes for the elderly and disabled at no charge to the homeowner. Together, the two nonprofits repaired 41 homes by week's end…

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