CAAs in the News - July 5, 2010 through July 11, 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...
CT Plainfield and Sterling discussions aimed at finding solutions
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT
Access Community Action Agency will sponsor, “Our Towns, Our Voices, Our Solutions,” a seven-week discussion program that will poll town leaders and residents on the struggles the economy has brought...
DE Record heat kills crops, takes toll on Cape Region
Cape Gazette - Lewes, DE
Qualified residents can apply for a free window air conditioner by contacting First State Community Action Agency. Applications will be taken from 9 am to 3 pm daily...
IL Agency: Cooling aid assistance 'very limited'
Lincoln Courier - Lincoln, IL
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois has announced that the summer utility assistance program will begin on July 19 in DeWitt...
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...
Illinois Community Action Agencies Double the Number of Illinois Homes Weatherized in One Year
PR Newswire (press release)
The Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA) today announced that its 35 member agencies weatherized more than 17,000 Illinois homes in the past year...
Tri-County officers elected
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa, IL
Officers of Tri-County Opportunities Council, Community Action Agency, were elected at the Council's recent annual meeting. Kenneth Krogulski, La Salle...
IN Free Fans And Money Off Your Air Conditioning Bill For Those Who Qualify
Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne, IN
As the mercury rises and you need help escaping the heat you can call Community Action of Northeast Indiana, CANI, representatives or Salvation Army officials...
KY Payne Management: Longtime community activist excels in 'people business'
Danville Advocate - Danville, KY
Currently, he serves as head of Boyle County's office of the Blue Grass Community Action Partnership. Payne was born and raised on a 120-acre farm in the tiny, rural Adair County community of Sparksville...
Beshear Makes $4 Million In Emergency Cooling Program Funds Available
LEX18 Lexington KY News - Lexington, KY
LIHEAP services are provided locally by the 23 Community Action Agencies through a partnership between the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS)...
Cooling Help From Community Action Council
WTVQ - Lexington, KY
But for some people in the Bluegrass, air conditioning is a luxury they simply can't afford on their own; and that is where the Community Action Council...
LA Building Code Flap
Daily Iberian - New Iberia, LA
Paulma Johnson, SMILE Community Action Agency manager, described the mandate as an overextension of the government's power over the people...
MA Tri-CAP has scholarships still available
Medford Transcript - Medford, MA
Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc. (Tri-CAP) has post-secondary scholarships available summer and fall 2010 terms...
MD Head Start summer program losing funding
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD
Bita Dayhoff, director of the county's Community Action Council, the private nonprofit group that runs the preschool program, said the state's budget...
Summer feeding program under way
The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown, MD
Sherry Neil, deputy director of the Washington County Community Action Council, said the Maryland Summer Meals Program began June 14 and will last until Aug 6...
MI Local Realtor Going Door-to-Door With Foreclosure Help
9&10 News - Cadillac, MI
Hodges and a local community action agency will hold a workshop to help people facing foreclosure. Local experts, attorneys and realtors will be offering...
MN Marshall Air Show Preview (inc. video)
KEYC - N. Mankato, MN
The Inaugural Western Community Action SkyFest Wings and Wheels Festival will get off the ground this weekend. They are setting up at Ryan Field to host the...
Donate wood to United Way
Alexandria Echo Press - Alexandria, MN
In 2009, more than 35 full cords of wood were donated, yet West Central Minnesota Community Action's Energy Assistance Program reported 103 clients in...
NC Feds looking to long-term fix for homeless
Richmond County Daily Journal - Rockingham, NC
...Sandhills Community Action Program Transitional Housing Coordinator Subrina Hough familiarized attendees with a program designed to transition single mothers to permanent housing...
NJ Union City High School and North Hudson Community Action Corp. opening an under-18 health center on school's second floor
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Hoboken, NJ
On Monday, North Hudson Community Action Corp. and Union City Board of Education officials cut the ribbon on the state-of-the-art health center...
NY Kids have a ball at summer bash
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
The event was hosted by Mohawk Valley Community Action Runaway and Homeless Youth Services and featured games, music, food and face painting...
Kids eat for free this summer
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glen Falls, NY
Lynn Ackershoek, executive director of the Warren-Hamilton Community Action Agency, said the lunches are served Monday through Friday...
Guest view: Fight poverty by getting involved
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
On June 21, the Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, in partnership with the Coalition for Economic Justice, hosted the second annual Poverty Symposium...
Free lunch program ready to serve up summer schedule
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls, NY
The collaboration of the Warren-Hamilton Counties Community Action Agency, the Southern Adirondack Educational Center, Warren County Employment and Training...
OH Seven awarded Adena Health Foundation grants
Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH
Among those awarded was a grant to help with free parenting classes and childhood illness education submitted by Jackson-Vinton Community Action...
Programs meet growing teen jobless needs
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati, OH
One of Greater Cincinnati's largest, Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency's Summer Youth Employment Program, expanded from 375 slots in 2009...
WSOS buys properties for disabled housing
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin, OH
During the past year, WSOS Community Action Commission Inc. has been working to revitalize communities in its...
SUMMER COOLING PROGRAM
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton, OH
The Kno-Ho-Co Ashland Community Action Commission is taking applications for the summer cooling program. The program is funded through the Ohio...
Edwina M. Franklin
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Edwina had been a hairdresser and housekeeper, and more recently a cook for Community Action. She was a member of the Marietta Wesleyan Church...
Hot Week for Ohio's Summer Crisis Program
Public News Service
Michele Lucas, community services director for Harcatus Tri-County Community Action Organization, New Philadelphia, says with the hot weather, the agency's phone lines will be flooded...
WSOS centers receive ratings from the state
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
Of the 13 early childhood centers operated by the WSOS Community Action Commission, eight have earned three-star quality ratings and five have two-star...
PA Fay-West food bank distribution dates announced
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA
If you are receiving the TANF food boxes from Fayette County Community Action Agency, remember, distribution is from 1 to 3:30 pm July 28 at the Fayette...
RI Westbay to open Saturday produce stand on Buttonwoods Ave.
Warwick Beacon - Warwick, RI
The Westbay Community Action program decided to open up a stand on Saturdays, because “with perishable food the clock is ticking,” said Coughlin...
TX REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Bee Community Action Agency is seeking sealed proposals for a telephone system
Beeville Bee-Picayune - Beeville, TX
Bee Community Action Agency is seeking sealed proposals for a telephone system for its main office building located at 1701 NW Frontage Road, Beeville, TX...
Utility bill assistance available
News-Journal.com - Longview, TX
The Greater East Texas Community Action Program, or GETCAP, utilizes federal emergency funds for people needing a little help paying for electricity and gas...
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...
PCCA's Project Connect to host free health fair in Gretna
Chatham Star Tribune - Chatham, VA
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc.'s Project Connect will host a free health fair Saturday, July 17...
Grant to help those at risk of homelessness
Kingsport Times News- Kingsport, TN
The Appalachian Community Action & Development Agency received a $115000 grant last week designed to help those in risk of losing their homes...
VT CVCAC plan is a boon
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre, VT
Barre and central Vermont have good news from Central Vermont Community Action Council: The location of the consolidated operations of CVCAC in the P&H Furniture location will benefit us all...
WI Government meetings
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
North Central Community Action Program Executive Board of Directors: 5:30 pm Monday, Stage Stop Restaurant, 450 Orbiting Drive, Mosinee...
ABCs of Business Ownership
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire, WI
This 3-day workshop will be held Thursday evenings from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on July 8th, 15th, and 22nd at the Western Dairyland Community Action Agency...