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Week of January 23, 2012 - January 29, 2012

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AL Meals on Wheels
Times Daily - Florence, AL
As executive director of Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama, she is making a plea for help. When she asked for aid in 2011, the community responded with almost $45000 in six weeks. But...

CA County agency urges qualified taxpayers to take advantage of valuable tax credit which could bring...
Fontana Herald-News - Fontana, CA
The 2011 tax season is starting up and the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County (CAPSBC) wants to remind residents of San Bernardino County about the Earned Income Tax Credit...

Community Action Partnership names new members to Board of Directors
Paso Robles Press - Paso Robles, CA
Dee Lacey of Paso Robles, Mary Anne Reiss of Pismo Beach and Gary Jordan of Paso Robles have been named to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO) Board of...

SAN BERNARDINO: Free tax prep program set
Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA
The 2011 tax season is starting up and the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County wants to remind residents of San Bernardino County about the Earned Income Tax Credit. Friday is...

Local volunteers get disaster relief training
Napa Valley Register - Napa, CA
A group of people came together at a disaster drill that was sponsored by Community Action Napa Valley at the First United Methodist Church on Tuesday morning. The drill informed people how to...

Nonprofit service makes residents safer
Santa Ynez Valley News - Solvang, CA
The furnace and more came from the Community Action Commission (CAC) of Santa Barbara County and its Energy and Home Safety Programs, which annually serve thousands of the county's low-income...

Officials: Failing tobacco grade not full story
Napa Valley Register - Napa, CA
Peggy Klick, director of Community Action Napa Valley's Tobacco Education and Quit Smoking programs, said she was not surprised by the lung association's report. Policies take time to develop...

Three Humboldt County programs receive Federal Emergency Shelter Grants
Times-Standard - Eureka, CA
The local grant recipients are Arcata House, the Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) and the Women's Crisis Shelter in Southern Humboldt (WISH). All are members of the Humboldt Housing and...

DC National Association for State Community Services Programs Proposes Bold Initiatives on...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Community Action is the federal government's “fair share, fair shot and playing by the rules” solution. State CSBG funds allow agencies to provide local, targeted, high-impact strategies to help working...

HI Rally to restore funding (inc. video)
KHON2 - Honolulu, HI
"You see a lot of hurting people... a lot," said Stella Lemafa, a Hawaii Community Action Program volunteer. "There is some serious fear about what could occur," said Alex Santiago, from Phocused...

IN CAPE gets $1.1 million more to assist low-income residents with utility bills
Evansville Courier & Press - Evansville, IN
The Community Action Program of Evansville (CAPE) will receive an additional $1.1 million in state and federal funding to assist low-income households with utility bills this winter...

KY Friend in need
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Need, case 4015: A single mother of three needs either a full-size or queen-size bed with box spring and mattress. Contact Deborah at Community Action of Southern Kentucky, 782-3162, ext. 123...

MA Tornado victims offered free tax consultation
WSHM-TV - Springfield, MA
Springfield Partners for Community Action will hold free information sessions and tax preparation for victims of the June 1 tornado. Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 28, a group of experienced tax preparers...

Free Tax Help for Hampden County Residents Declaring Tornado Related Property Loss
abc40 - Springfield, MA
Springfield Partners for Community Action has announced they have received a special grant from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development to help people who lost property...

MD Agency counts homeless population in Frederick County
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online - Frederick, MD
Armed with survey sheets, volunteers with the Frederick Community Action Agency fanned out around the county in the early morning hours intending to visit areas that the homeless typically gather during...

ME Maine poverty report focuses on children, seniors
CanadianBusiness.com- Toronto, ON CA
The Maine Community Action Association released its annual Poverty Report Update on Thursday. The report was prepared by the Margaret Chase Smith Center at the University of Maine. The report...

MI Community Action Agency offering free tax-preparation assistance for certain residents
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
The Community Action Agency is offering free tax-preparation assistance for residents of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale counties with a household income of $50000 or less. Volunteers certified by the...

Free tax preparation assistance available
Adrian Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI
Community Action Agency will provide free help preparing federal, state and city tax returns for residents of Lenawee, Hillsdale and Jackson counties whose household incomes are $50,000 or less...

County ranks among state's bottom half on kid care
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
Nancy Macfarlane, CEO of Community Action, had a murkier view. "I think Calhoun County's barely holding its own," said Macfarlane, whose agency runs Head Start programs for low-income families...

MN Free Tax Preparation Courtesy of Community Action Duluth
Northland's NewsCenter - Duluth, MN
Community Action Duluth gathered this morning to help save northlanders some serious cash on their tax returns. The IRS estimates that one in five American workers fails to claim the earned income tax...

Tax Preparation Help From Community Action Duluth
KDAl - Duluth, MN
Again this year, Community Action Duluth will provide free tax preparation at sites in Lincoln Park, West Duluth and also downtown in the Ordean Building. The volunteers will help households and individuals...

NH Moose, Legion groups donate to CAP's Dover food pantry
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH
Community Action Partnership of Strafford County is a private nonprofit organization that works with community partners to assist low income and elderly residents in their efforts to become or remain...

NM SNMCAC - Board meeting, funding increase, and Adult Respite program
Carlsbad Current Argus - Carlsbad, NM
Southeast NM Community Action Corporation will hold a Board of Directors meeting at 6 pm Thursday at 1915 San Jose Blvd. Info: 887-3939...

OH Talent Show Promotes Trumbull County Youth (inc. video)
WYTV - Warren, OH
Saturday at the Trumbull Community Action Program in Warren, twelve different acts of all ages took part in the first-ever 'Warren Has Talent." Categories included rapping, singing, dancing, poetry, miming...

Suddenly jobless: Ryan's and BMV close abruptly
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
The One-Stop Job Center at Washington-Morgan Community Action's office on Putnam Street in Marietta offers free resources to assist those seeking jobs. But Kathy Lott-Gramkow, director of...

Just because you can't see them...
Record Herald - Washington Court House, OH
According to Blair, the most effective volunteers are those who have benefitted from a program that Community Action has provided them, and has decided to give back. "The volunteers are always very...

Area Counties Conducting Homeless Census
1330 WFIN - Findlay, OH
Members of the WSOS Community Action Committee will be spending Tuesday conducting a count of the number of homeless people in their service area. Officials with the agency say that means they will...

The Well offering free tax assistance
Record Herald - Washington Court House, OH
To save taxpayers a little extra money this year, when individuals and families can use every extra dollar, The Well at Sunnyside and Community Action Commission of Fayette County are once again helping...

OK Mardi Gras parade hits the streets of downtown
Norman Transcript - Norman, OK
It's about community. The Norman Mardi Gras Parade will take place at 7 pm on Feb. 18, but organizers are asking for donations prior to the parade to support the Cleveland County Community Action...

Community Action Project offers free tax prep
KOKI FOX 23 - Tulsa, OK
The Community Action Project is providing free tax preparation assistance to Tulsa families and individuals who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Any family earning less than $50000 or...

Community Action Project offers free tax service
kjrh.com - Tulsa, OK
Tulsa's Community Action Project wants to lend a helping hand this tax season. The organization is providing free tax service for those who qualify for the earned income tax credit. To be eligible a family's...

OR A little sunshine for the local economy
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
A solar panel project organized by Oregon Coast Community Action is cutting energy costs and bringing a cash infusion to the local economy. The $1.24 million project, funded by a US Department of Energy...

2012 Homeless Count is Wednesday
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
Volunteers and staff of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency will be out in shelters, county jails, schools and the streets in Marion and Polk counties Wednesday for the annual homeless...

PA CAADC installing geothermal system
Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
The Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc. is installing a geothermal heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at its Wesley House homeless shelter in Chester. Funding for the project...

RI Getting extra in your refund checks needn't be so taxing
The Call Woonsocket, RI
The event kicked off Rhode Island Community Action Association's annual effort to provide free tax preparation services to working Rhode Islanders...

TN Volunteer Spotlight: Creating good in Clarksville community begins with you
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
...seen first-hand people from all walks of life choose to volunteer to help local organizations like Safe House Domestic Violence Shelter, Salvation Army, Loaves and Fishes, Community Action Agency...

WA Point in Time homeless census Thursday
Peninsula Daily - Port Townsend, WA
The annual Point in Time Homeless Count will be taken by Serenity House of Clallam County and Olympic Community Action Programs in East Jefferson County. The nationwide annual Point in Time...

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