CAAs in the News - June 1, 2009 through June 7, 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.

CA Supervisors sign off on plan to spend $4 million to create 180 jobs
Valley News - Temecula, CA
The board unanimously endorsed the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County's proposal on how to allocate the $4 million community development block...

San Rafael woman who received kidney dedicated to helping others
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael, CA
Sponsored by the San Rafael-based nonprofit Community Action Marin, Carlyle has helped establish the Strom Kidney Education Fund, named for co-founder and...

ID Idaho kids among most 'food insecure'
The Spokesman Review - Spokane, WA
In Kootenai County, the Community Action Partnership Food Bank accepts donations at 4942 E. Industrial Ave. in Coeur d'Alene...

IL Attorney General Madigan and Legislators Celebrate Passage of Energy Initiative
eNews Park Forest - Park Forest, IL
...Center for Neighborhood Technology, CNT Energy, Citizen Action/Illinois, East Central Illinois Community Action Agency, Will County Center for Community...

IN TV's switch to digital coming June 12
Brazil Times - Brazil, IN
RSVP volunteers, through Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc., will be available to help. Simply purchase the number of digital signal converter...

Get digital TV converter box help
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute, IN
RSVP is a part of the Senior Corps administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service. RSVP is sponsored by Western Indiana Community Action...

State's allocation of weatherization stimulus funds draws fire
The Herald-Times (subscription) - Bloomington, IN
In March, the South Central Community Action Program began gearing up for the largest increase in...

KY Job Fairs open to young workers
WYMT - Hazard, KY
The jobs, which are being offered by the Big Sandy Area Community Action Program (BSACAP) through federal stimulus funding, are 37.5 hour positions located...

PSC approves deal to raise water bills 18 percent in Lexington
Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY
In the settlement agreement, the attorney general, the city of Lexington and the Community Action Council said they would not object to the next rate...

MA Taking stock of need
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth, MA
With a $2000 Rotary Foundation grant in support of the South Shore Community Action Council's “Senior Access” program for the elderly, warehouse volunteers...

MD Furlough day, police cuts included in city's new $79.2 million budget
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg, MD
24 furlough day for all city employees except police, trash service providers and employees with the Frederick Community Action agency...

ME Cony Village: new community colored green
Kennebec Journal - Augusta, ME
The developers behind Cony Village are the non-profit Kennebec Valley Community Action Program and Augusta's Bread of Life Ministries, which worked together...

MI Elderly service could come to an end
UpperMichigansSource.com powered by WLUC TV6 - Marquette, MI
AP Video Officials at the Community Action Agency just found out the primary funding for Perspectives, an adult day center, is being eliminated as of June...

MN Make a difference for June 7
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, MN
Guest artists: Community Action Duluth Childcare is contracted by Community Action Duluth to provide child care services for Circles of Support program...

MO Window air conditioner drive successful
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
Central Missouri Community Action hosted a window air conditioner exchange program Monday, boasting an increase in air...

Aid for summer cooling offered to those eligible
Joplin Independent - Joplin, MO
The Community Action Agency will be taking applications for households in need of summer electric utility assistance. Households must be experiencing a...

NC Pittsboro nonprofit gets US Dept. of Labor grant
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC
Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Inc. of Pittsboro received $630864 for its Young Parents Demonstration Project. The project works to provide a group...

NM Senior meal program sees increased interest
Carlsbad Current Argus - Carlsbad, NM
For many seniors, the only daily hot meal they get is through Southeastern New Mexico Community Action's senior meal program in...

NY COI called 'model for community action agencies'
Evening Observer - Dunkirk, NY
COI is a community action agency leading the fight against poverty by mobilizing resources and creating partnerships to promote empowerment...

Holley's Community Center is a hub
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Run by Community Action of Orleans-Genesee, it truly is a "center" of activity. Noon meals are served five days a week -- to anyone who wishes to attend...

Guests' views: It's time to rally against poverty
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
Sponsors: Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, MVCC, Success Strategies, Resource Center for Independent Living, Catholic Charities, Utica Safe Schools...

Symposium to educate public on poverty issues
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
“This is the first collaborative effort to really impact poverty at its core,” said Susan Woods, board member of Mohawk Valley Community Action...

OH County slated to receive more than 600K in block grants
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster, OH
A portion of that funding will go toward the Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Agency to assist families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the...

Community Action anxious to start projects thanks to funds
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
The Ross County Community Action Commission is looking forward to performing various projects this summer with the money it receives from the American...

Professionals visit area to get housing ideas
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton, OH
USAID made the grant funds available to the Great Lakes Consortium, which is administered by WSOS Community Action Commission...

'Project Pickup' transports students in summer
SalemNews.net - Salem, OH
Dubbed "Project Pickup," the summer pilot program is being offered by the Community Action Rural Transit System operated by the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County...

OK Food banks need summer donations
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor, OK
Community Action Resource and Development (CARD), an emergency assistance program providing food and financial assistance to low-income households...

TFA for Tulsa
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Some of the additional teacher will work in Head Start early childhood education centers operated by Community Action Project of Tulsa County...

OR Frigi-Dare Jump of Death raises more than $500 for UCAN
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Chris Shoopman, a program manager at United Community Action Network, smashes through a wall of old refrigerators while performing the "Frigi-Dare Jump of...View video.

Weatherization program gets $38.5M in stimulus funding
Daily Journal of Commerce - Portland, OR
Fourteen local groups, called community action agencies, are running the program. Most maintain a waiting list. These agencies also handle inquiries from...

PA Elm Street welcomes interns for landscape design projects
Republican & Herald - Pottsville, PA
Two new faces at Schuylkill Community Action are looking to design a public park that will overlook the City of Pottsville...

Human service workers live 'month' as poor
Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown, PA
Bob Tran of Fayette County Community Action Food Bank also found himself in unfamiliar circumstances. He was now an 85-year-old widower named Vince...

RI Grants to help groups share some services
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
Two share a commitment to comprehensive social and advocacy services — Tri-Town Community Action Agency, Johnston, and South County Community Action Agency, Wakefield.  Both are expected to merge into one entity in the next several months and have shared the same management team for about eight years.

TX Homeowners and contractors should benefit from stimulus money
KTRE - Lufkin, TX
That's the stunt that created a light moment in the office of the Greater East Texas Community Action (GETCA). A short relief for weatherization techs who...

VA Supervisors pick Va.-based group as action agency
Northern Virginia Daily - Strasburg, VA
Warren County's social services board unanimously approved a motion in April in support of engaging People Inc. Community action agencies are locally...

WA Stimulus money goes to work in Thurston
The Olympian - Olympia, WA
Lamborn and Howden are among the half-dozen construction-related workers hired by the Community Action Council for Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties...

Stimulus Creates 400 Jobs for Local Youth
KAPP - Yakima, WA
In Yakima you can contact IOC of Washington at (509) 248-6751, and in the Lower Valley call the Northwest Community Action Center at (509) 865-7630.

WI Participants in poverty simulation find frustration, desperation
The Post-Crescent – Fox Cities, WI
About 70 members of our community participated in The Post-Crescent's Poverty Plunge on Nov. 28 at the Appleton Public Library. The event, facilitated by CAP Services, was a simulation of what it's like to be poor and have to try to find a way to meet even the most basic needs for a month.

WV Help Wanted: 55+ Only Need Apply
WSAZ-TV - Huntington, WV
Mr. Coffey has a new job through the Mature Worker Program coordinated, locally, through the Southwestern Community Action Council...

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