CAAs in the News - January 25, 2010 through January 31, 2010 (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.

CA State Controller John Chiang To Speak At EITC Awareness Day
Black Voice News - Riverside, CA
California State Controller John Chiang will be the featured speaker at EITC Awareness Day sponsored by Community Action Partnership of Riverside County...

Willits school farms seek interns
Willits News - Willits, CA
Willits School Farms, NCO's Community Action Gardens Project and Mendocino College are co-sponsoring a Farm Internship Program to train the next generation...

CT Former Norwich Mayor Benjamin Lathrop donates benefit funds
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT
Hospice of Southeastern Connecticut and the Thames Valley Council for Community Action each received checks for $8513.15, proceeds from a banquet held in...

FL Some nonprofits left out of commission's fund allotment
Florida Today - Melbourne, FL
The county received 36 applications requesting nearly $2.1 million, said Ian Golden, community planning and resources director. The Community Action Board...

IA US Sen. Grassley: More than $1.2 million to North Iowa Community Action Organization for Head Start
IowaPolitics.com - Des Moines, IA
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, North Iowa Community Action Organization will use the money to help pay for Head Start projects...

Teen Pregnancy
KIMT - Mason City, IA
Pam Erickson at North Iowa Community Action says girls, sometimes as young as fourteen are finding their way to their office asking for help...

ID Looking out for the taxpayer
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
In Moscow, Community Action Partnership and the UI College of Law teamed up to launch the 2010 campaign. "Today we're having an open house for the College...

KY US Senatorial Candidate makes stop in Paintsville
WYMT - Lexington, KY
Kentucky Attorney General and United States Senate Candidate Jack Conway met with Head Start and Community Action Agency employees in Johnson County...

LA CCAC to provide free tax help
Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria, LA
Cenla Community Action Committee will host two Tax Blitz Days to provide free income tax preparation. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will be...

Free tax help available for low-income persons
Alexandria Echo Press - Alexandria, LA
If your income is below $49000 for a family and $30000 for individuals, you would qualify to have your taxes done at Community Action...

MA SSCAC offers programs
Scituate Mariner - Scituate, MA
South Shore Community Action Council's Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant provides playgroups, story times, parent workshops and support to...

MD Annual count uncovers local homeless camps
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
Todd Johnson, assistant director of the Frederick Community Action Agency, leads the survey and count every year, sending teams to well-known homeless camps...

Recession taking its toll on county
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD
But ending poverty begins with myriad other issues, said Brian Angus, CEO of the Anne Arundel Community Action Partnership. "There's a lot of interconnected...

MI Community Action Agency conducting annual Heat-A-Home campaign
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson, MI
The Community Action Agency is conducting its annual Heat-A-Home campaign to help warm Jackson-area homes. The goal is to maintain an emergency fund for...

Income tax help on the way for low-income families in Saginaw County
The Saginaw News - MLive.com - Saginaw, MI
The Saginaw County Community Action Committee fires up its program beginning Monday, said Shelly I. Hardt, finance manager of the CAC...

SWM Community Action Agency Receives Home Weatherization Funds
WSJM - Benton Harbor, MI
Homeowners could qualify for money from the federal stimulus package to weatherize their homes under a new program with the Southwest Michigan Community...

Stimulus money to help homeowners: Agency to receive $3 million in federal...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency will receive about $3 million in federal economic stimulus money over the next three years for its home...

Changes Ahead for Workforce Development
The Ann Arbor Chronicle - Ann Arbor, MI
There are 24 members of the Workforce Development Board and 17 members of the Community Action board – about half of the combined group showed up for...

Organization's tax prep program in full swing
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Local residents who are low-income and qualify for free tax preparation through the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County will discover the federal...

MN Weekend events benefit Haiti
Pioneer Press - St. Paul, MN
On Saturday, a benefit event including a social hour, cash bar, music and dancing will be hosted by Community Action of Minneapolis starting at 6:30 pm at...

Thursday event offers community information
West Central Tribune - Willmar, MN
Heartland Community Action Agency and several local partners will host a Community Connect event from 11 am to 6 pm Thursday at Bethel Lutheran...

Initiative Foundation program to offer nonprofits help
St. Cloud Times St. - Cloud, MN
Feb. 3 at Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Mora; 12:30-3 pm Feb. 3 in Bremer Room at St. Cloud Library; and 9-11:30 am Feb...

MO Stimulus Money Warms Up Homes
KOMU-TV - Columbia, MO
Eighteen different regional agencies received the money including Central Missouri Community Action, or CMCA, which according to their website help,"...

NECAC awarded grant for home renovations
Moberly Monitor Index - Moberly, MO
The North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) receives $552000 for home rehabilitation projects. Repairs of up to $20000 per home can be...

North East Community Action Corp. receives $552K for home renovations
Quincy Herald Whig - Quincy, IL
The money was received through a $134000 grant from the Missouri Housing Development Commission as part of the Home Repair Opportunity Program, plus $418000...

NE Live Healthy motivating teams to fitness, weight loss
Kearney Hub - Kearney, NE
Jean Matheny, grants and administrative coordinator of Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska and chair of the Wellness in the Workplace Committee...

NH Amid applications are those who help
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Within the filing cabinets, desks and employees at the Rockingham Community Action Fuel Assistance office in Portsmouth is the ability and...

Weatherization at glacial pace
Concord Monitor - Concord, NH
In April, the state signed contracts with six community action programs across the state, which are administering the weatherization program...

NJ Energy expo today at Cumberland Mall
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
The 2010 Energy and Social Services Assistance Expo is sponsored by the United Way, Atlantic City Electric, South Jersey Gas, Tri-County Community Action...

NY Free help for low-income taxpayers begins Saturday
Buffalo News - Buffalo, NY
...First Shiloh Baptist Church, Community Action Organization's JFK Center, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Native American Community Services...

OH Homeless count in city makes 'significant drop'
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster, OH
Carol Wagner, social services director for Community Action, said the agency is able to help more homeless individuals because of stimulus funding for a...

Super Saturday offers free tax help
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH
It was held at Akron Summit Community Action in West Akron, an organization that seeks to provide economic opportunities for poor people...

Who qualifies for tax help?
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH
The Akron Summit Community Action Agency is again offering tax preparation/free electronic filing as well as helping residents find out their eligibility...

Free tax assistance
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH
The Akron Summit Community Action Inc., KeyBank, the Akron Summit Earned Income Tax Credit Program, the city of Akron, Summit County and the IRS will...

OUR VIEW: Residents give generously to United Way
Wilmington News Journal, OH - Wilmington, OH
From the Clinton County Youth Council to Community Action Senior Services; from Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to the American Red Cross; from Sugartree...

Officials: Families missing out on HEAP aid
SalemNews.net - Salem, OH
The Community Action Agency of Columbiana County is continuing to help residents with home heating costs this winter...

Bus line changes weighed
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
A Tuesday meeting to discuss possible reduction in services for Community Action Bus Lines resulted in discussion...

State economy still reeling
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - Bucyrus, OH
A new report from the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies said 14 percent of Ohioans were living in poverty in 2008...

OK Mardi Gras food drive slated
Norman Transcript - Norman, OK
Non-perishable food items will be collected during the parade by volunteers with the Community Action entry or may be placed in bins along the route...

Free tax-preparation help available in Tulsa County
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Jim Cremer, a volunteer tax preparer, helps Lola Keller and her son Emanuel at the Community Action Project of Tulsa County's free tax-preparation program...

OR Douglas County Counts the Homeless
KMTR NewsSource 16 - Springfield, OR
A large goal for the United Community Action Network this year and officials at the VA Hospital in Roseburg is to get veterans in permanent housing...

Volunteers count area's homeless
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
Community Action Agency provides housing and community services to people in need. Teams of volunteers scattered across the two-county area to find and talk...

Group canvasses area for annual homeless survey
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency organized its annual one-day count of area of residents Wednesday who are homeless. Community Action Agency is...

Douglas County Tallies its Homeless Population
KEZI TV - Eugene, OR
Busses brought in the homeless from all across the county on Wednesday as the Umpqua Community Action Network conducted its annual homeless count...

Community Action to host open houses
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
Oregon Coast Community Action is hosting open houses this week to give new volunteers a chance to learn more about helping local children and families in...

Looking to volunteer? ORCCA hosting volunteer open houses
KCBY.com 11 - Coos Bay, OR
If you're looking to volunteer in the community but don't know where to start, Oregon Coast Community Action will be hosting two volunteer open houses for...

PA Program offers free tax prep
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle, PA
As of Feb. 1, qualifying low- to moderate-income earners can get their taxes prepared at no cost through the Community Action Commission Board's annual “Money in Your...

RI Warwick 13 look to tighten human service safety net, cuts costs
Warwick Beacon - Warwick, RI
“This is not about acquisitions and mergers,” says Jeanne Gattegno, President and CEO of Westbay Community Action. Gattegno chairs a group of Warwick...

SC Apply at OCAB for energy assistance
The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg, SC
The Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency Inc. is accepting applications for energy assistance under the Low Income Home Energy...

TN Well-being checks crucial in winter weather
WVLT - Knoxville, TN
The Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee wants to make sure you have a backup plan in case you have trouble reaching your loved ones...

Shelter helps in winter
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
…for pickup and morning drop-off at the Old Firehouse Day Shelter, which is operated under the umbrella of the Clarksville Montgomery County Community Action Agency...

US Weatherization stimulus off to cold start
CNNMoney.com
Now that number is up to 49, said Gordon Anderson, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Action. While 49 is hardly impressive for a...

WA Wind farm funds come through
Grays Harbor Daily World – Aberdeen, WA
The Coastal Community Action Program has announced that it has received financing for the construction of four 1.5-megawatt wind turbines on 29 privately...

Counting the homeless
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima, WA
Volunteers and staff with the Benton Franklin Community Action Committee tried to count all of the homeless people in our community and numbers will be...

WV Free tax preparation open to families who qualify
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington, WV
Southwest Community Action Council Cabell Co., 298 East Main Street, Milton, 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday, starting Feb. 1...

Community Action Announces New Services
State Journal - Charleston, WV
Bobbie Thomas Bailey, Executive Director announced the staffing has increased and there are several new programs. Those programs include, Homeless...

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