CAAs and ARRA - June 1, 2010 through July 15, 2010 (MS Word)
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AR Quitman EMS and CAPCA join forces to offer EMT Scholarships
Heber Springs Sun-Times - Heber Springs, AR
The Community Action Program of Central Arkansas (CAPCA) has joined forces with Quitman EMS to make available $10000 in scholarship money...
AZ A different type of Home Tour Gila County Community Services rebuilding lives
Arizona Silver Belt - Globe, AZ
The Gila County Community Action and Housing Services (CAHS) department is putting stimulus money to work here at home...
FL Electric bills: Energy help available for many
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL
The Northeast Florida Community Action Agency recently received $4.3 million in stimulus funding to make free energy-related home repairs to eligible...
Stimulus Money Creating Summer Jobs for Low-Income FL Students
Public News Service
With estimates of Miami area unemployment as high as 24 percent, Julie Edwards, executive director of the Miami Dade Community Action Agency, says her group...
IA Loebsack updated on stimulus projects: Congressman tours weatherized home
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
About a year after Community Action of Southeast Iowa received $2.3 million in stimulus funds for home weatherization, US Rep. Dave Loebsack...
IL Stimulus money means more Ill. homes weatherized
KWQC 6 - Davenport, IA
The Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies says its members weatherized 17000 homes in the past year. The savings for homeowners averages $437 a a year. The group estimates the work also supported 500 jobs...
Community Digest
Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan, IL
Gas Cards: Community Action Partnership of Lake County has announced the availability of gas cards under the ARRA-funded Hardship Transportation Assistance Program...
LA $797000 grant to train workers
KLFY - Lafayette, LA
The money is going to the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnerships, based in Baton Rouge. Part of the grant will be used to develop 40 computer-based training modules...
MI Jackson area to receive another $6 million to go toward home weatherization
Jackson Citizen Patriot - Jackson, MI
The Community Action Agency which serves Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale counties, was originally given $5.7 million in stimulus funds...
MO Area agencies receive $6.4M for home efficiency
Springfield Business Journal - Springfield, MO
Ozarks Area Community Action Corp., $2.3 million. OACAC will reach out to dispersed rural populations and improve energy efficiency of multihousing projects...
$6.4 million aims to help area families save energy
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
She applied for assistance through the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation and was approved. The weeklong project started Monday. Early Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon stopped by to tour the work...
NC State alters its plan to weatherize houses
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC
Martin Community Action, the agency that handles weatherization in Pitt, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Martin and Beaufort counties in the eastern part of the...
NJ Stimulus funds used to weatherize homes
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack, NJ
Bergen County Community Action Partnership (BCCAP) is investing $5 million dollars in the local Bergen County area economy. These federal stimulus funds are being used for weatherization work...
OH Newark family casts light on Ohio home-weatherization efforts
The Newark Advocate - Newark, OH
Community action agencies in the Home Weatherization Assistance Program across the nation have made more than 125000 homes more comfortable and energy...
Stimulus funds helping to keep weather outside
News-Herald.com - Willoughby, OH
The Painesville resident was one of many homeowners this year who qualified for the weatherization program, which Ashtabula County Community Action Agency's...
OK Stimulus helps Community Action agencies
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee, OK
Muskogee County Community Action Foundation created a social service outreach position. The staff provides outreach into the smaller communities in the...
RI Whitehouse and Reed Announce $1.5 Million for Health Information Technology
BigNews.biz (press release)
Rhode Island's Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed today announced that East Bay Community Action has been awarded $1574074 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to implement health information technology...
East Bay Community Action given $1.6M
Providence Business News - Providence, RI
East Bay Community Action Program has been awarded $1.57 million in federal stimulus money to adopt electronic medical records and...
VA Perriello continues tour in Chatham
GoDanRiver.com - Danville, VA
Battling Wednesday's record-breaking heat, Perriello spoke with Pittsylvania County Community Action, Inc. about home weatherization projects in the area...
Gardening grows life skills for teens
Virginia Gazette - Williamsburg, VA
A unique gardening program for teens offered by the Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency goes beyond watering the plants...