CAAs in the News - September 21, 2009 through September 27, 2009 (MS Word)

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CA Supervisors approve funding to prevent homelessness
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills, CA
Hi Desert Domestic Violence will receive $1034100, Catholic Charities will receive $810000, Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County will...

CAP Hosts Hope in Action, Honors Citizens and Organizations in the IE
Black Voice News - Riverside, CA
 “Our work together puts hope in action,” Patricia Nickols, CEO of Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County (CAPSBC) said...

County wins $4 million of stimulus funds for homelessness
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA
Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County received $1.6 million, while the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. and the Santa Cruz County...

Homeless coalition forms action plan, sets future meetings
Lake County News - Lakeport, CA
Locally, four groups – Lake County Community Action Agency, Catholic Charities, Community Care and Lake Family Resource Center – have applied for more than...

Grover approves local stimulus programs
Santa Maria Times - Santa Maria, CA
Under a one-year contract, the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, which offers grants for such projects, will handle the process of...

CT “Passport To Prosperity” Unveiled
New Haven Independent - New Haven, CT
With new federal stimulus money, the Community Action Agency has created a...

DE First State CAA will celebrate Nat'l Employ Older Workers Week in...
Sussex Countian - Georgetown, DE
The Chandler Heights Community Center, in Seaford, will join First State Community Action Agency to host a celebration of National Employ Older Workers...

GA Groups unite to feed needy
Macon Telegraph - Macon, GA
The Middle Georgia Community Action Agency and Heart of Georgia Community Action Council Inc. distributed food...

IA Agencies weatherizing homes thanks to stimulus money
Quad City Times - Davenport, IA
Community action agencies in Iowa are just now getting started on weatherizing thousands of homes with federal stimulus dollars. When the work is done...

ID School next to rehabilitation center worries parent
Idaho Press-Tribune
"We're as comfortable here as we are anywhere," Western Idaho Community Action Partnership executive director Rob Christensen said. Western Idaho Community...

IN Builders group to run weatherization effort
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL
Mike Hannigan Jr., the Indiana Builders Association's program administrator, said the group is collaborating with experienced community action groups and...

Weatherization cash comes with twists
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN
Finally, her youngest daughter called Community Action of Northeast Indiana about its energy-assistance program. CANI referred Mann to the weatherization...

Program promises jobs, lower utility bills
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN
Contact Northwest Indiana Community Action by calling either 211, 794-1829 or (800) 826-7871. The organization will mail you a package with application...

Grant to help expand Head Start
The Herald-Times - Bloomington, IN
Thirty-two more children will soon be able to benefit from the South Central Community Action Program's Head...

KY Prescription support available
Morehead News - Morehead, KY
The Gateway Community Action Group has established a new position for prescription assistance funded by ARRA. The Prescription Assistance Program (PAP)...

LA In other Lafourche Parish Council action
Houma Courier - Houma, LA
Action: Adjusted the budget to include various grants totaling $830008, for programs that include Lafourche Head Start, weatherization, community action and...

MD Family deals with the upheaval of being evicted
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
In April the family was evicted from a rented duplex, and in May they moved to an apartment provided by the Community Action Council, where they remained in...

ME More public transit on Augusta's horizon
Kennebec Journal - Kennebec, ME
"There are a lot of people out there who are looking for affordable options," said Jim Wood, transportation director at the Kennebec Valley Community Action...

KVCAP Takes Over Energy Help In Midcoast
WCSH-TV - Portland, ME
The Kennebec Valley Community Action Program has taken over weatherization, fuel assistance and other energy programs for the two counties...

MI Saginaw pastor seeks community response to recent violence
MLive.com - Saginaw, MI
The event will be followed Oct. 8 by a community meeting at the Saginaw County Community Action Committee building, 2824 Perkins in Saginaw...

Funds may cover student expenses
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Sherry Archibald, director of the Community Action Agency, said her organization received the money with the stipulation that at least half of it go...

MMCA gets donation
Clare County Review 0 Clare, MI
“This donation from the Clare County Enterprise Community will help to fill a gap in services, Sharon Wainman, Mid Michigan Community Action Outreach...

Heating help available for needy
Escanaba Daily Press - Escanaba, MI
Weatherization is another program offered by the Community Action Agency. Those qualified for weatherization process, which is based on income...

Community Action seeks volunteers
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
Community Action is a part of the Calhoun County Tax Coalition that organizes all VITA sites in Calhoun County. To start the season, the Coalition is...

MN Community Action Council's Armful of Love Christmas Gift Giving...
PR-Inside.com
Community Action Council is looking for volunteers to help with this year's Armful of Love program. Community Action Council's Armful... 

MO Grant to help those in need
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
The Community Action Partnership will screen the applicants and administer the funds for both counties during the course of the three-year program...

Fire's aftermath 'surreal' for displaced family
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
The family was also unsuccessful in seeking assistance from Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph. Money spent on vehicle repairs further...

Related anti-poverty groups consider redefinement
The Marshall Democrat-News - Marshall, MO
…the meeting of Saline County's Prosperity Team Wednesday, Sept. 16, became a re-defining of the team's goals and a clarification of its purpose and place in relation to Missouri Valley Community Action Agency's Poverty...

NH Editorial: Change the trolley system to save it
Concord Monitor - Concord, NH
The Community Action Program, which was awarded a federal grant to operate the trolley system with financial support from Delta Dental, is seeking the...

NJ Boonton child care center needs help
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany, NJ
I was in at the birth of the center some 40 years ago when I lived in Boonton and as a member of the Community Action Committee voted to establish a child...

NY Canastota Community Chest receives gratitude
CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers - Syracuse, NY
...Catholic Charities Madison-Oneida counties, Celebration Children's Center of Canastota, Inc., Community Action Program for Madison County, Inc...

Wheels to Work program says commuters money
Auburn Citizen - Auburn, NY
In Cayuga/ Seneca Community Action Agency's 2006 Community Assessment, 47 percent of respondents said that transportation was their primary barrier to...

OH State: New HEAP rules will help heat more Ohio homes
Daily Sentinel - Pomeroy, OH
The HEAP program for residents of Meigs and Gallia County is administered through the Gallia-Meigs Community Action office in Cheshire...

Marine Mechanics Skills for Life class scheduled to begin Nov. 9
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
...to the community through a collaborative effort of the Ottawa County Community Improvement Corporation, Penta Career Center, and WSOS Community Action...

Head Start has positive impact
Ironton Tribune - Ironton, OH
Here in Lawrence County, the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization operates this federally funded program that it is far more than just...

OK Housing Agency awards Muskogee Community Action...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee, OK
Muskogee Community Action Foundation Inc., received $70000 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of two single-family homes in the city of Muskogee and...

Treasury certifies Cookson Hills Community Action Foundation
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee, OK
“This is precisely the mission of the Cookson Hills Community Action Foundation,” Harrell said. This new capacity means that the agency can attract capital...

Stimulus Gives Weatherization Program 20 Times More Funding
News On 6 - Tulsa, OK
Community Action Agencies across the state will receive the funding from the Department of Commerce to make homes more energy efficient...

OR Pantries seek food donations
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
For more information about the South Coast food bank network, call Oregon Coast Community Action at 888-7020. The comments below are from users of...

“Snack Packs” for kids spreads inland
KMTR NewsSource 16 - Eugene, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action, with help from other local organizations, collects, packs and helps distribute ready-to-eat food for kids in the local...

PA Blair courts to offer more mortgage help
Altoona Mirror - Altoona, PA
President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva said Thursday that the courts are joining forces with the Blair County Community Action Agency to address the growing...

RI Community health centers expand to meet growing demand
Providence Journal - Providence, RI
An illness as old as the common cold afflicts Zunilda Munoz, a patient in the Tri-Town Community Action Agency's newly expanded community health...

UT Record numbers in Utah seek food assistance
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID
Community activists say more middle-income families are falling into poverty and qualifying for food assistance programs. Salt Lake Community Action...

Stimulus money aims to prevent homelessness
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
That's why Wiensley, her husband and their three youngest children were among dozens of people lined up outside the Salt Lake Community Action Program...

VA Biostatistician speaks at Pittsylvania County Community Action dinner
Madison Messenger - Madison, NC
Chatham High School graduate Brandy Rutledge, a biostatistician at Westat in Rockville, Md., spoke to about 325 people at Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc.'s 44th annual dinner meeting held at Stratford Conference Center...

WI Janesville agencies in line for block grant funds
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
Community Action, United Way and the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin are working to bring a poverty forum to Janesville in spring and have...

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