CAAs in the News - April 26, 2010 through May 2, 2010 (MS Word)
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AL Funding shortfall threatens Meals on Wheels clients
The Decatur Daily (subscription) - Decatur, AL
We may have to start a waiting list,” said Michael Tubbs, executive director of the Community Action Partnership of North Alabama...
AZ Henkel and Tempe Community Action Agency Launch 'Shower Power' Mobile Shower Trailer
PR Newswire (press release)
Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA) is a non-profit human services organization that created and manages I-HELP, in partnership with the local faith...
If 100 is defeated, ICS would see reduction in admin, cash aid funds
Explorer News - Tucson, AZ
Last year, ICS's budget for administration, case management and grants to families — state funds distributed through the Pima Community Action Agency...
CA Community Calendar 5-2 to 5-8
Lompoc Record - Lompoc, CA
...as well as health related information and a nutritious lunch and snacks provided by the Community Action Commission Senior Nutrition Program...
Celebrate national community action month in May
The Trinity Journal - Weaverville, CA
For the first time in their lives, many people during this current economic crisis have faced unemployment and financial insecurity...
Tax volunteers honored
Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff, CA
Charlene Reid, Tehama County Community Action Agency executive director, honored the volunteers of the program, which is a part of the agency, by fixing them lunch and giving them certificates....
FL Community partnerships can help save residents from economic disasters
TCPalm - Stuart, FL
May is National Community Action Month. In Indian River County, the Economic Opportunities Council is our local community action agency...
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency to host 2 jobs fairs
MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL
The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency will host two job fairs next month in Miami and Homestead. More than 40 employers and resource providers are...
IA Nonprofit building house in Volga
Clayton County Register - Elkader, IA
Mark Kvammen, housing program director for Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation, said his agency is nearing completion of a rent-to-own...
IL Walk raises awareness of link between poverty and obesity
Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan, IL
The goal of the third annual walk-a-thon, sponsored by the Lake County Community Action Partnership (CAP), was to raise the awareness of childhood obesity...
KS Community Action offers free May bus passes
KTKA.com - Topeka, KS
The passes are limited, so applicants calling Community Action at 235-9296 will be placed on acceptance list. Proof of employment or training, income...
Women's Fund gives grants
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action Inc. received the largest amount, $15,000, to conduct housing and lifeskill classes for parents of children in the agency's Headstart program...
Food to be distributed Wednesday
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
The rural mobile food pantry distribution by Community Action Inc. and Harvesters Food Network will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 pm...
Free financial workshops offered
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action Inc., in partnership with Housing and Credit Counseling Inc., will be presenting workshops on how people can survive...
KY Thanks for coming out to ride transit
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
All of the staff at Community Action of Southern Kentucky would like to take a moment to thank everyone who that came out to ride GO bg transit on Earth Day...
Stimulus money helps train EMTs through Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
“We are building our workforce right out of the community,” he said. The Community Action Partnership has previously held job training classes...
LA Summer Employment Programs
Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Bastrop, LA
The Pine Belt Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency, Inc. will sponsor two summer employment programs this year. The Summer Youth Employment...
In other Lafourche Parish Council action
Houma Courier - Houma, AL
Action: Increased the Office of Community Action's budget by $41922 to create three new positions. The three positions being created are assistant director...
MA To apply for food stamps, call Community Action
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis, MA
I would like your readers to know that they can apply for this benefit at Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Islands, toll free, at 800-845-1999...
Kennedy keynotes WCAC meeting
Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA
“We know that despite its great history, the Worcester Community Action Council's greatest days are still ahead,” she said. The 45th Hero Award recipients...
MI American Legion accepting donations
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
The Community Action Agency has received a $2500 grant from the Jackson Junior Welfare League for its supportive housing program...
Meals On Wheels Available in Branch County
WTVB - Coldwater, MI
The Community Action Agency is encouraging those 60-and-over who can't shop or cook for themselves to sign up for Meals on Wheels with no waiting list right...
TRENTON: City seeks volunteers for community garden
Southgate News Herald - Southgate, MI
A grant from the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency made it possible. The grant money will be used to buy seeds, seedlings and other material needed...
Free cell phone program spreads
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com - Muskegon, MI
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc…has been referring clients to SafeLink since July 2009...
MN A model of green saving green
Northfield News - Northfield, MN
Thanks to efforts of Three Rivers Community Action Inc., the home has now been rehabilitated, turning it from unhealthy and unattractive to sustainable and...
Get health insurance for your kids
Post-Bulletin - Rochester, MN
The coalition, funded in part by a two-year grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, includes the Olmsted Community Action Program and the...
MO Program comes full Circle
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
So Khrenov enrolled in a program called Circles, run by Central Missouri Community Action. The concept of the Circles program is that people who live in...
NC Agency aims to reduce energy costs in 540 homes by year's end
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville, NC
There should be plenty of green to go around if the Cumberland Community Action Program can live up to an ambitious goal of...
NH Head Start changes raise issues
Hampton Union - Portsmouth, NH
The board of directors for Rockingham Community Action, a social service agency serving families on the Seacoast of New Hampshire, voted last week to close...
NJ HIV council to hold two town meetings
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
The meetings are sponsored by South Jersey AIDS Alliance, Community Health Care Inc. and Tri-County Community Action Partnership. Admission is free and open...
NY Tax volunteers rack up $818500 in refunds
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown, NY
Sharon A. Bouchard, family center director at the Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County Inc., credits 14 dedicated volunteers for helping county residents collect $818,500...
Resource center planned for former bank site
Buffalo News - Buffalo, NY
The Community Action Organization of Erie County today announces plans for the building — now the Masten Resource Center — which include a senior citizens...
Community Action of Orleans & Genesee holds Appreciation Luncheon
The Batavian (blog) - Batavia, NY
Community Action of Orleans & Genesee will hold its annual Community Appreciation Luncheon beginning at 11:30 am on Monday, May 17 at the American Legion...
OH Weathering SOS? Call WSOS!
Sandusky Register - Sandusky, OH
They qualified for a program offered by WSOS Community Action Commission, which helps families weatherize their homes. Federal stimulus funding has allowed...
WSOS offering home weatherization
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton, OH
Jacquelyn Timmons found information online that pointed her to WSOS Community Action Commission. She filed all the necessary paperwork and learned the...
COMMUNITY ACTION 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 Scholarship Fund on May 24...
OK Program helps weatherize Oklahoma City homes
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City, OK
Residents of other counties in the state may call (866) 933-4203 to find out how to contact their area's Community Action Agency weatherization program...
OR Juvenile shelter youth ready for Roseburg plant sale
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Vegetables will be grown at the Victory Garden, with the harvested produce being donated to the Umpqua Community Action Network Food Bank...
PA Free life insurance for low-income families
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The Community Action Committee of Lehigh Valley and other Lehigh Valley nonprofits are joining Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. to give away free...
Donate garden tools for community gardens
Allentown Morning Call
Drop-off sites include Cooperative Extension offices in Allentown and Nazareth, Rodale Institute store in Maxatawny, Community Action Development Corp. in...
TN Head Start donation sent to Council
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
...Thursday that the City Council look into donating about five acres of park land to the Community Action Agency for Head Start classroom space...
Nonprofits again chopped from county budget
The Tennessean - Nashville, TN
The Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency's Meals on Wheels program, which provides meals for approximately 170 homebound individuals daily, is one program...
TX REQUEST FOR SEALED PROPOSAL Bee Community Action Agency is soliciting sealed...
mySouTex.com - Beeville, TX
Bee Community Action Agency is soliciting sealed proposals from potential vendors/contractors for the procurement and installation as well as servicing of heating and cooling systems...
May is 'Community Action Month'
Herald Zeitung - New Braunfels, TX
The month celebrates the work of Texas' Community Action Agencies. The agencies were created by Lyndon Baines Johnson during his “war on poverty,” and today...
WV Action Auto Repair Helps Families in Need (inc. video)
State Journal - Charleston, WV
The Raleigh County Community Action Association opened a car repair shop to help low income families. It's called Action Auto Repair...