CAAs in the News - January 4, 2010 through January 10, 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 Heating help is not toast
Hi-Desert Star - Yucca Valley, CA
“We are absolutely not out of money,” stated Charles Adams, deputy director for the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County, which oversees...

San Bernardino foundation to begin free financial management classes in February
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario, CA
San Bernardino-based Time for Change Foundation, UnionBank and Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino are teaming up to teach locals how use their...

FL Help for those who can't pay electric bills
Ocala.com - Ocala, FL
The Central Florida Community Action Agency has funds to help people who cannot pay electricity bills. To qualify for assistance...

IA UDMO funnels money to aid students
Fort Dodge Messenger - Fort Dodge, IA
It's been a wonderful opportunity for a partnership between a community action agency and colleges where our action is to help their graduates become...

Several options for winter heating help
KTIV - Sioux City, IA
"People have to actually reach out, like your Community Action Agency. They help out people that actually need a heater they can help you purchase one,"...

Applications For Home Heating Assistance Are Going Up
KWQC 6 - Davenport, IA
The bitter cold weather and sluggish economy are creating a "perfect storm" according to Maureen Stoops of Community Action of Eastern Iowa...

IL LIHEAP: Help With Heating
WSIL TV - Carterville, IL
She's like 5000 others in the area who have applied at Crosswalk Community Action Agency for heating help. "You know, for me, I mean, I was embarrassed that...

IN "TERRIFIC THURSDAY" FOR SENIORS AT MONSTER MINI GOLF
thepaper24-7.com - Crawfordville, IN
Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs, Clarian Health Plans, Hippensteel Funeral Service & Crematory, Rosewalk Commons and...

KS Free Income Tax Assistance from AARP
WIBW - Topeka, KS
Five locations will offer the help, through AARP and Community Action of Topeka. Be sure to bring your social security card, and all your current tax and...

KY You can Avoid the Fuss, by Taking the Bus
WBKO - Bowling Green, KY
...think about using the transit bus to get you to or from," says Ken Merideth, the Public Transit Coordinator with Community Action of Southern Kentucky...

Kettle donations drop as needs increase
News Enterprise - Elizabethtown, KY
The Salvation Army teamed up with Community Action, North Hardin HOPE and the US Marines for that program. Volunteers were few at the beginning of the...

Crisis heat program sees influx
Morehead News - Morehead, KY
Folks at Gateway Community Action say funds are available for qualifying citizens who are in crisis. “LIHEAP or Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is...

Beshear Announces Assistance In Colder Months
kypost.com - Cincinnati, OH
In Kentucky, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) administers the LIHEAP program through a contract with Community Action Kentucky (CAK)...

Families Line Up For Heating Help
WCPO - Cincinnati, OH
The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission expects long lines for the next several weeks as families apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance...

Agency Helping People Stay Warm
WSAZ-TV - Huntington, WV
A community action organization in Kentucky is in crisis mode starting Monday to help people keep the lights on and, more importantly, to stay warm...

Low-Income Home Energy Program
WBKO - Bowling Green, OH
Community Action of Southern Kentucky began its crisis portion of Low-Income Home Energy Program or LIHEAP. The state wide program assists households with...

LA Getting Help to Stay Warm
KTAL - Shreveport, LA
They turned to the Caddo Community Action Agency for assistance. The Pate's qualified for the services and their heating bill will be paid...

MA Heat aid crunch may put lives 'at risk'
Boston Herald - Boston, MA
Applications for heat aid are up 23 percent at Quincy Community Action Program, said executive director Beth Ann Strollo, whose agency serves the South...

Guest commentary: Community Action calls community to action
Barnstable – Register - Barnstable, MA
For 43 years CACCI, one of 24 Community Action agencies throughout the state, has been a haven for those battered by life's storms...

Heating costs likely to remain low
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA
...never been on the [Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program]," said Don Atwater, executive director of the Berkshire Community Action Council...

MI Agencies must team up to serve poor better
Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI
...education, human services and workforce development, as recommended by the Michigan Commission for Community Action and Economic Opportunity...

H1N1 vaccines now available at three locations in Coldwater
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater, MI
8 clinic will take place at the Community Action Agency, 285 N. Michigan Ave., Coldwater, and the Jan. 19 clinic will be held at the BHSJCHA's Community...

New year offers more support for community
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI
Income tax preparation for low-income residents who qualify through the Community Action Agency of St. Clair County. That will start in early February...

MN Helping Out for Jan. 10: Tax preparers
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, MN
Training is provided and the free tax clinic is operated by Community Action Duluth. Between January and April, the clinic will be open on Tuesday evenings...

MO Our Voice Act now! Stop the chill
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
Never before has the program -- offered in nine counties surrounding Greene by the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation -- had more money or higher...

Free Weatherization Program Helps Low Income Homeowners
KSPR - Springfield, MO
Last year the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation, or OACAC, helped more than 250 in southwest Missouri weatherize their homes...

Local Agencies Help Families In Bitter Cold
KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO
United Services Community Action Agency helps families with utility bills. City Union Mission helps the homeless find shelter. "It's really wonderful to...

Year end review
Gallatin North Missourian - Gallatin, MO
County veterans invited to breakfast in their honor; Bulldog Pride Band looking forward to winter concert; Community Action planned an Energy Conservation...

MEET AND GREET: Kristin Finders, Boonville's Central Missouri Community Action
Boonville Daily News - Boonville, MO
Kristin Finders of Central Missouri Community Action is seen at her office in Boonville last week. She said one of her goals for the group is...

NC A way that works
News & Record - Greensboro, NC
Tonya Scales had earned associate degrees in music and medical system administration — but also a criminal record — when she latched on to the offerings at the Welfare Reform Liaison Project…

ND Minot Kiwanis Club Gives Back
KFYR-TV - Bismarck, ND
The Kiwanis Club rewarded several organizations Tuesday, such as the Salvation Army and Community Action. Money was also given to MSU for a scholarship in...

NE Food drive will employ mix of community members
Kearney Hub - Kearney, NE
A group of University of Nebraska at Kearney students will collaborate with Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska to collect food on the Martin...

NJ Tri-County accepting applications for energy assistance
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership will accept requests for emergency energy assistance for oil, wood, coal, propane and kerosene...

Aid there for those in Salem County needing heat
Today’s Sunbeam - Salem, NJ
Locally, Tri-County Community Action Partnership has been helping families struggling to heat their homes this winter through the Low Income Home Energy...

VINELAND: Cumberland Mall to host 2010 Energy and Social Services Assistance Expo
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
...Atlantic City Electric, South Jersey Gas, Tri-County Community Action Partnership and Cumberland Mall, scheduled from 10 am to 7 pm Thursday, Jan...

Dr. King breakfast set Jan. 18
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership, in collaboration with Shiloh Baptist Church, will host a multi-cultural commemorative breakfast in...

OH Managing winter utility costs
Marion Star - Marion, OH
Applications for HEAP are available at local Community Action Agencies in Marion (Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission, 372 E. Center St., PO Box 779, ...

Natural gas bill assistance available
Dayton Daily News - Dayton, OH
With support from Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, the Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area will provide eligible families up to...

Program offers energy assistance
Marion Star - Marion, OH
The Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission reminds the public of the 2010 Winter Crisis Program, also referred to as the Home Energy Assistance...

WSOS offering tax clinics
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
Residents who earned less than $57000 in 2009 can file their income taxes for free at any WSOS Community Action Commission offices...

'SUPER KIDS' BRIGHTEN HOLIDAY FOR LOCAL FAMILIES
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
Ross County Community Action and Zane Trace Local Schools supplied the club with families in need. "We've gotten such a good response ... it will probably...

How Berger Health System's care reaches beyond hospitals
Smart Business Network - Cleveland, OH
Through a partnership with the Pickaway County Community Action Organization, Berger also provides free transportations for frail, elderly and disabled...

OK Council action paves way for more jobs in Chickasha
Chickasha Express Star - Chickasha, OK
The council voted unanimously to consider an application by the Washita Valley Community Action Council to build an Early Head Start Center...

OR Head Start can expand with demolition of clinic
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
Duncan also is homeless and part of Community Action Agency's ARCHES program, a day shelter and resource center. Duncan was among several ARCHES...

ORCCA pushes for new grant
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay, OR
The latest push has Oregon Coast Community Action looking at two locations: a piece of land owned by the Coos County Airport District and property at the...

A community campus project in Coos Bay could get grant funding
KCBY.com 11 – Coos Bay, OR
Since only cities or counties are allowed to apply for this specific type of grant Coos County agreed to be the applicant for Oregon Coast Community Action...

Community Action Team steps in to assist Orcadia Hotel residents
Examiner.com - St. Helens, OR
Community Action Team and the American Red Cross are helping those individuals in a variety of ways, from extensions of short-term housing to assistance in...

AC Gilbert's Discovery Village offers wider welcome
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
...the Salem-Keizer migrant education program, the Farmworker Housing Development Corp. community Colonia Libertad and Community Action Agency Head Start...

There is a way for you to help fight homelessness
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Kennewick, WA
Judith Gidley, Community Action Committee executive director, says the waiting list for people in need of services continues to grow...

Weatherization helps on heat bills, environment
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR
It should go a long way toward meeting the needs of the 1200 households that have been on the waiting list of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action...

PA Area programs get $870,000 in federal funds
The Altoona Mirror - Altoona, PA
Blair County Community Action Agency will receive more than $462,000 for supportive services and transitional housing…

Northwest Savings Bank Donates to VITA
Gantdaily.com - Clearfield, PA
Northwest Savings Bank presented a check for $1500.00 to the Clearfield County $Money In Your Pocket VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program, which is coordinated by Central Pennsylvania Community Action…

CPCA to Host First-Time Homebuyer Workshop
Gantdaily.com - Clearfield, PA
Central PA Community Action, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, is pleased to offer a workshop for first-time homebuyers…

The things we said in North
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh, PA
Janine Kennedy, director of Butler County Community Action, on what experts call "the hidden homeless" of rural areas…

Food stamp usage grows in sagging economy
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
''They're getting people that never needed help before,'' said Alan Jennings, director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, which operates the local Second Harvest Food Bank…

Stimulus plan to aid small business owners
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
She already received some technical assistance from the Community Action Development Corp. of Allentown, including developing a business plan...

Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley to distribute $300000 in federal stimulus money to help small business
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Easton, PA
Concerned that some may not know it is available, Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley announced Tuesday that $300000 in federal...

Delco institutes Code Blue conditions through weekend
The Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
For people who are not homeless, but may encounter cold-weather difficulty if they can’t afford to pay their heating bill, there are other resources, including the Community Action Agency…

Support services available as temperatures take dive
The Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
Those who are not homeless but may encounter cold-weather problems when unable to afford heating bills may be able to utilize the Community Action Agency’s utility assistance program…

A day in the life of a community action corporation executive director
Leader Vindicator - DuBois, PA
No two Community Action agencies are alike because clients in different areas have different needs. In this area, child-care was a need so Northern Tier...

SD Nearly 400 homes await weatherization work
MADISONet.com - Madison, SD
Weatherization efforts through Interlakes Community Action Program (ICAP) are more than one-third of the way toward meeting...

TN Local program helps families keep their heat on during tough times (inc. video)
WVLT - Knoxville, TN
But Misty Goodwin, with Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee, says for some facing unemployment or senior citizens on fixed incomes...

VA Senator Northam attends Al's Pals program
The Daily Times - Salisbury, MD
Al's Pals is provided by the Eastern Shore Community Services Board in partnership with the Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency...

Transportation for elderly, disabled proposed
The Daily Times - Salisbury, MD
The Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/ Community Action Agency proposes to provide transportation for elderly and disabled residents of...

Federal Dollars Insulate Weatherization Projects from Budgetary Chill
Public News Service
Federal funds originally destined for bank bailouts are now heading to weatherization projects like the ones run by the Lynchburg Community Action Group…

Eradicating Poverty by Teaching Dollars and Sense
Public News Service
Karen Shepard, who heads the Monticello Area Community Action Agency, says people who live paycheck to paycheck often get involved with expensive short-term loans…

VT Community action lands $5M grant
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre, VT
The folks over at the Central Vermont Community Action Council are pretty giddy after learning Wednesday that the nonprofit agency will be on the receiving end of one of the largest grants the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded under the $100 million Energy Training Partnership program....

WA Benton PUD program raises money for needy
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Kennewick, WA
Last year, PUD customers contributed about $24000 to be distributed by the Benton Franklin Community Action Committee to PUD customers who need help paying...

WI Madison attorney helps Janesville area youth and health programs
Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI
In Rock County, the YWCA and Community Action are richer thanks to Becker's philanthropy. In November 2009, Becker challenged the YWCA and Community Action...

WV Community Action To Offer Free Tax Prep
WBOY-TV - Clarksburg, WV
Community Action is offering free tax preparation for those who meet an income requirement. The service is absolutely free and filed electronically...

WY Casper City Council looks at priorities in 2010
Billings Gazette - Billings, WY
The city also provided a $25000 bridge loan to Community Action Partnership of Natrona County following the closure of the KC Apartments...

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