CAAs in the News - December 14, 2009 through December 20, 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.

AL Griffith announces funding for Head Start
News Courier - Athens, AL
The money will go to the Community Action Agencies of Limestone and Madison counties for the child-development program. “I am pleased that the CAA is...

Heating bill help now available
Demopolis Times - Demopolis, AL
Community Action and Community Development Corporation has been awarded more than $1 million to...

CA Sharing the Spirit: Serving up a future for Napans
Napa Valley Register - Napa, CA
Michael Paik teaches the culinary program through Community Action Napa Valley, or CANV, which gives homeless and low income people an introduction to the...

Midnight in the food-stamp economy
Reuters
Now, she takes monthly food stamp benefits of about $300 and helps others do the same at the Community Action Partnership of Orange County, California...

Christmas fund up to $23552
Lake County Record-Bee Lakeport, CA
...Lake Family Resource Center and Lake County Community Action Agency provides Christmas baskets to those in need during the holidays in Lake County...

A life lost to gangs
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa, CA
Community Action Partnership's Padres Unidos program. Call 544-6911 or go to www.capsonoma.org LifeWords of Sonoma County's El Puente program...

CT Charter Oak collects boots
TheDay.com - New London, CT
...Santa Anonymous Winter Boot Project sponsored by the Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc. and RSVP, the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program...

Census Campaign Begins
New Haven Independent - New Haven, CT
For every person the 2010 Census overlooks, the area will lose out on $9000 from the federal government, said McKinnie, a staffer at the Community Action...

FL Local jobs created with stimulus money
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL
Capital Area Community Action Agency and Workforce Plus have joined together to create 20 new jobs in the community...

IA Tots' Toys Now in Families' Arms
KPTH - Sioux City, IA
Today distributors picked up gifts, and Family Advocates at the Community Action Agency of Siouxland sorted toys for families on their lists...

IL Stimulus money creates, saves some jobs
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
The situation is almost reversed for Dwight Lucas, leader of East Central Illinois Community Action Agency. According to the government Web site...

IN Community Action awarded grant
New Albany Tribune - Jeffersonville, IN
Community Action of Southern Indiana Inc. will receive a $483486 grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding was allocated...

Stimulus' weatherization effort sputters on here
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, IN
But after some area contractors working in conjunction with Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs came to her house about a week ago...

KS Stimulus helps United Way reach goal
Pittsburg Morning Sun Pittsburg, KS
Sitting in on that recent meeting was Steve Lohr, executive director of the Southeast Kansas Community Action Program, an organization that provides...

Weatherization programs could see expansion
ReporterNews.com - Abilene, KS
Community Action Program offers weatherization for families whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line. (For a family of four...

KY Dec. 15 editorial: Well done, holiday charities
News Enterprise - Elizabethtown, KY
North Hardin Hope, Helping Hand of The Heartland, the Salvation Army, and Community Action have developed a cross-referencing system to more efficiently...

LA LIHEAP applications
Slidell Sentry News - Slidell, LA
The St. Tammany Parish Department of Community Action is now taking applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...

In other Terrebonne Parish Council action
Daily Comet - Thibodaux, LA
Action: Amended the 2009 budget to recognize $249650.80 for the parish's energy-efficiency program, money from the Louisiana Association of Community Action...

More than 30 families enjoy early Christmas in Franklin
Daily Iberian – New Iberia, LA
Susan Escort, right, stands with her daughter, 4 year-old Madelyn, after the pair received Christmas gifts through the St. Mary Community Action Agency...

Weatherization funds available in Vidalia
Natchez Democrat - Natchez, LA
The program is funded from the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency and is directed by the LaSalle Community Action Association. “The program is something that...

Home weatherization assistance applications now being accepted
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas, LA
Interested applicants should come by Community Action's office at 1065 La. 749, Suite E, Opelousas, Monday through Friday from 8 am to 3:30 pm "Applicants...

MA Community Action Committee of Hyannis searching for sponsors
Barnstable – Register - Barnstable, MA
The Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Islands (CACCI) is searching for 55 children who have not yet been sponsored for the...

MD Community Action Partnership's grand opening
Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie, MD
The grand opening of the Community Action Partnership's Glen Burnie office took place Oct. 29. The agency, which has provided housing and energy assistance...

Anne Arundel Community Action Agency Brown Bag Series
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD
The Anne Arundel Community Action Agency is pleased to announce a monthly brown bag lunch series on the third Thursday of every month...

MI Stimulus funding allows Jackson nonprofits to fill growing need for help
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
Take the Community Action Agency, which was awarded more than $8.5 million in stimulus funds for six community services programs in Jackson, Hillsdale and...

Granholm touts program to help with weatherization
The Detroit News
Those eligible for the program should call their local Community Action Agency. For information, visit www.michigan.gov/dhs-weatherization...

MN Natural leaders
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN
The training offered this fall was made possible by the Virtual Immigrant Resource Center, a program launched in 2008 by Community Action Council to connect...

Anoka County Community Action Program earns housing grant
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids, MN
A $774000 federal affordable housing grant has been awarded to the Anoka County Community Action Program (ACCAP), an independent, nonprofit agency...

MO Stimulus grant helps Columbia combat homelessness
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
Lutheran Family and Children's Services and Central Missouri Community Action are the other two organizations the Division of Human Services chose to work...

MT Community Land Trust Hopes to Buy Foreclosed Homes
Flathead Beacon - Kalispell, MT
The Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana and the city of Kalispell are collaborating on a plan to provide homes for qualified...

Community Partnership to Begin Land Trust
KECI-TV - Missoula, MT
Workers with the Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana looked at 15 foreclosed homes Monday. Those homes may be used as part of a community land...

ND Area seat belt usage is up
Williston Daily Herald - Williston, ND
Penny Soiseth, coordinator for Community Action Partnership and Region 1 Safe Communities Coalition, said there is much to be done with driver...

Program sends food home with children
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown, ND
The Backpack Program by Community Action Region VI started last week. Twelve backpacks filled with various foods will be dropped off at Washington...

Needy students meal program expands
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
Local Community Action agencies spearhead the programs, which provide packs of food to help feed students when they do not have access to school meal...

Dickinson Early Head Start
KFYR-TV - Bismarck, ND
Sharon Hansen, with Dickinson-based non-profit Community Action Partnership, led an effort to bring an Early Head Start program to Dickinson...

Early Head Start program to start in Dickinson
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services awarded $977697 to Community Action Partnership to start the program, said Sharon Hansen...

NE Little beads, huge mission
Kearney Hub - Kearney, NE
Kyla Martin, Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska's administration/development director, displays some of Beads in a Box's one-of-a-kind jewelry...

NH Family gets help after father laid off
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Last year, Melissa heard about the Rockingham Community Action heating assistance program from a friend who had received help from them...

Creative arts nourishes a child's imagination
Exeter News-Letter - Exeter, NH
Working with Richie McFarland Children's Center, Great Bay Kids Company, Rockingham Community Action, and SeaCare Health Services, ECCA will have the...

NJ A going away party for drugs, crime
In Jersey (blog) - Vineland, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership and the Nehemiah Coalition need local designers for a poster contest that would coincide with the August 4 National...

NY Attica students play role of Santa's helpers
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
The toys were donated to Angel Action, a branch of Wyoming County Community Action Inc., during the ceremony. The students said they did it to help others...

TC Action lands $1.7 million in federal funds
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
...residents will be able to get an even earlier head start on education thanks to $1.7 million in federal funds awarded to Tompkins Community Action...

Parents group
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
The meeting is from 5:30 to 7:15 pm Thursday at the Tompkins Community Action/ Head Start Building, 110 Sykes St. A free informal meal begins at 5:30 and...

Angel Action lifts with gifts
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
The annual program is run through Angel Action, a branch of Wyoming County Community Action Inc. Residents and businesses throughout the county "adopt" a...

OH Firefighters Shop with Kids in Need
WBKO - Bowling Green, OH
For the 18th year, Bowling Green firefighters team up with Community Action Head Start to help kids in need. Each year the firefighters shop with around 50...

Funding cuts impact seniors getting meals
SalemNews.net - Salem, OH
With funding cuts, the Community Action Agency which operates the nutrition program administered by the Area Agency on Aging can't expand and add more...

HEAP(s) of help ready for heat
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula, OH
The toasty warm air that floats up from heater vents costs big money, Rosemary Perkoski, associate director of the Ashtabula County Community Action Agency...

Heating Help Still Available in Valley
WFMJ - Youngstown, OH
The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership is taking applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program. You can make an appointment by calling...

Applications being accepted for energy aid
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership continues to schedule appointments for the Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program...

Budget tops Zanesville council agenda
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville, OH
Another ordinance would cut the subsidy to the Muskingum Economic Opportunity Action Group (Community Action) from $15000 to $7500 annually...

OK NPD doing their part
Norman Transcript - Norman, OK
Norman Police Master Officer Shawn Hawkins said it has become a department tradition to adopt a family through the Community Action Agency...

OR Suddenly Homeless
The Dalles Chronicle - The Dalles, OR
Corenne Stewart, Community Action's housing case manager, said one need, especially during the recent cold snap, has not been met: The Dalles has no...

PA Snow Sports: Rain doesn't slow snow fun
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
The money and food was donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and the Community Action Partnership of Somerset County Tableland Services...

Three food pantries get boost from Wal-Mart donation
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA
Need has increased, and donations during the holiday season have been high, said Jamie Brink, project manager of the Fayette County Community Action Food...

TX Texas agency slow to spend stimulus funds to weatherize homes
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX
Some community action agencies that will spend the money criticize the state's bureaucracy for the length of time it will take to get the program up and...

UT Weather funds are 'an angel'
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
But after a call to the Salt Lake Community Action Program in Salt Lake City and a little paperwork, Kahn found her home transformed…

UT Help needed beyond the holidays
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
Similar products also are needed for the low-income families who stop by the Salt Lake Community Action Program, which has seen a huge increase in the...

Kearns trailer-park residents upset over cars being towed
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
Advocates at the Community Action Program are concerned that the owners are cruelly towing cars that are parked only inches incorrectly (i.e. over a lawn...

WI A better community — one house at a time
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
Since Community Action's Merrill Housing Initiative began two years ago, two dilapidated homes have now been transformed with two more...

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