CAAs in the News - May 4, 2009 through May 10, 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 Commodities distribution to eligible families begins Tuesday
Enterprise-Record - Chico, CA
For more information, call the Community Action Agency of Butte County, Inc. at 538-7158 or 538-7534, ext. 215 Bangor — May 21, 9-11 am, Bangor Community...

Lake County Safe House fundraiser planned for Saturday
Lake County News - Lakeport, CA
Safe House, a project of the Lake County Community Action Agency (LCCAA), began two years ago. The newly-created program is providing transitional...

Organization's name changes, but its mission stays the same
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA
In a move to lessen confusion as to its mission, the Economic Opportunity Commission has changed its name to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis...

Nominations for local volunteers needed
Willows Journal - Willows, CA
Nominations for outstanding volunteers in Glenn County are being accepted until Friday for the Colusa-Glenn-Trinity Community Action Partnership...

Community Studies takes first cuts: UCSC staffers get pink slips...
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA
Alumni work for the Santa Cruz AIDS Project, Community Action board and Barrios Unidos, among other nonprofits. About 135 students will graduate from the...

DC States tinker with weatherization program
Finance and Commerce - Minneapolis, MN
National Community Action Foundation director David Bradley told Stateline.org. Targeted for hefty stimulus funding, weatherization has been attacked by...

GA Surplus commodities given out beginning May 14 to eligible households
The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA
New forms are available at Community Action's Whitfield County Community Service Center. Misrepresentation of need, or sale or exchange of USDA commodities...

ID National food drive day
KIDK - Idaho Falls, ID
Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership will sort and deliver the donations to 13 area food banks. This year they've seen the number of needy families...

IA Child care providers honored at dinner
Marshalltown Times Republican - Marshalltown, IA
Dozens of area child care providers from in-home to daycare centers were honored at the event sponsored by Mid-Iowa Community Action in...

IL 3 Danville nonprofits join forces to seek stimulus funds for housing
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign, IL
The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency, Crosspoint Human Services and Habitat for Humanity submitted an application Monday for a federal...

MA Quincy Community Action Programs to honor leaders
Wicked Local Quincy - Quincy, MA
Quincy Community Action Programs will induct its new board and honor leaders at its 44th annual meeting May 19. The meeting and awards ceremony begins at...

ME Poverty rate expected to rise
Mainebiz Daily – Portland, ME
...according to a report released by the University of Maine's Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and the Maine Community Action Association...

Study finds Maine poverty up
WBZ - Boston, MA
...according to a study produced by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine and the Maine Community Action Association...

MI Council candidate tally hits 22
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Archibald, the director of community services for the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County, said she is running for council because she has a host of...

BizWeek Calendar: 05/05/2009
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City, MI
Two-day Homebuyers Education workshop sponsored by the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency; 6-9 pm both days at the agency office at 3963 Three Mile...

MO Red kettles come out for school children
Branson Daily News - Branson, MO
The Salvation Army, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation and Christian Action Ministries have teamed up to help area children gear up for school this...

Head Start parents gather for new child health program kick-off
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
Community Action, a nonprofit agency, is managing a new program, "I CAN Help My Child Stay Healthy," to promote early health intervention and cut down on...

Central Missouri Community Action group to train parents on basic...
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
On Thursday, a team from Central Missouri Community Action will have its first training for parents whose children are part of Head Start in Columbia...

NC Grant will help provide jobs for 68 youths in Rowan County
Salisbury Post - Salisbury, NC
The city of Salisbury will partner with the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency to provide summer job opportunities for teens and young adults...

ND Test results available in about 20
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
Community Action Family Planning offers the tests for free, said Carrie Decker, nurse educator for Community Action. The test requires a finger prick...

NH Helping teens find employment
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Kimberly Cartier of Rockingham Community Action works with a teenager at a Seacoast Youth Visions Employment Skills Workshop on Tuesday afternoon...

NJ Let students fix up your Bridgeton home free this summer
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership's Southeast Gateway Project brings the good Samaritans to Bridgeton. Demetrica Todd-Hunter, who coordinates the work...

OH Columbia Gas offers utility assistance
Ironton Tribune - Ironton, OH
The emergency assistance fund will be administered by the Home Energy Assistance Program [HEAP] of the Ironton - Lawrence County Community Action...

Building the mother-child bond
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula, OH
Community Action first received the $17000 grant last summer and has used the money to help at least 150 county residents learn how to bond with their...

Community Golf Fundraiser
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville, OH
MEOAG Inc the Community Action Agency of Muskingum County is planning a golf fundraiser benefiting the Community Action Agency's Emory O. Myers Scholarship...

Month highlights WSOS anti-poverty work
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
Community Action Month highlights the anti-poverty work of community action agencies across the country. "Poverty and financial insecurity have been present...

Counties to get stimulus funds to make homes energy-efficient
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
The Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership will be receiving $7421544, expected to help weatherize 885 homes. The Trumbull County Action Program...

Housing stimulus funds to boost energy efficiency
Warren Tribune Chronicle - Warren, OH
CONTACT: The Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership at 866-223-1125. In Trumbull County, call the Trumbull Community Action Program at...

Lorain Council debates buying mortgages
Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria, OH
City Council again revisited whether to purchase loans on two downtown buildings owned by Lorain County Community Action Agency during a first...

OK Building new dreams
Norman Transcript - Norman, OK
The family had to move out of their apartment and into temporary housing provided through Community Action, a Norman nonprofit...

PA Groups look at problems of poverty
Danville News - Danville, PA
Scholl was among 40 people Monday night at the Country Cupboard participating in the Union-Snyder Community Action Agency's second annual poverty simulation...

SD Community Action Program needs our help
Hot Springs Star - Hot Springs, SD
By Mayor Don De Vries Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Although the Community Action Program (CAP) is not a city function, it involves many members of our community...

TN CDE Golf Scramble Nets $60000 for Project HELP
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
CDE Lightband president Rick Ingram presented Joel Riddle, director of Community Action Agency (CAA), with a check for $20000 from the proceeds of the...

VA Supes pick Bay Aging as area action agency
Daily Press - Newport News, VA
Gloucester County supervisors on Tuesday designated Bay Aging its Community Action Agency, a distinction that carries hundreds of thousands of...

WI Rock County effort to reduce homelessness
WCLO - Janesville, WI
Marc Perry, of Community Action of Rock and Walworth Counties, says they're sort of a subcommittee of the Homeless Intervention Task Force...

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