CAAs in the News - June 21, 2010 through June 27, 2010 (MS Word)

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AK Karluk Manor would take homeless off streets
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage, AK
The Rural Alaska Community Action Program's mission is to empower low-income Alaskans through advocacy, education, affordable housing ...

CA State Farm, Wells Fargo Donate to CAPSBC
Black Voice News - Riverside, CA
Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County (CAPSBC) has been serving over 800000 low-income residents annually over the last 40 years in San...

Homeless center in SLO faces hurdle today
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA
Community Action Partners of San Luis Obispo County — formerly the Economic Opportunity Commission — seeks to develop a center that would combine and...

DE Culinary Arts program holds graduation
Sussex Countian - Georgetown, DE
On Thursday, June 17,the Adult Culinary Arts Program at First State Community Action Agency held a commencement for sixteen adults...

FL Stimulus Money Creating Summer Jobs for Low-Income FL Students
Public News Service
With estimates of Miami area unemployment as high as 24 percent, Julie Edwards, executive director of the Miami Dade Community Action Agency, says her group...

GA CAFI cancels food distribution
Newnan Times-Herald - Newnan, GA
Community Action for Improvement Inc. is advising its clients that the US Department of Agriculture food distribution scheduled for June 24-25 has been...

HI Program's graduates leap hurdles of life
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (blog) - Honolulu, HI
The graduates, participants in Honolulu Community Action Program's alternative high school diploma program, are some of the faces behind the 15 percent...

IL Agency to offer H1N1 presentation at Laura Lee in Danville
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette (blog) - Champaign, IL
The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency will offer information on H1N1 prevention methods to specifically reach out to the most vulnerable to infection – youth ages 10 to 19 and expectant mothers...

IN CAPE has summer cooling assistance
14WFIE.com - Evansville, IN
The Community Action Program of Evansville (CAPE) says they can help. This summer, if you meet income requirements you can get up to $50 off your utility...

KY Community Action stepping into Manchester Center's big shoes
Lexington Herald Leader - Lexington, KY
Instead, the services it has provided will be assumed by the Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties...

New Community Action Center Opens
WBKO - Bowling Green, KY
The Scottsville community came out today for the grand opening of the new Allen County Community Action Center. The heat wouldn't keep the young and old ...

CASK set to dedicate new Allen County facility
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southern Kentucky will dedicate its new $3 million facility in Allen County on Saturday...

Hand Up — New Danville community group to open food pantry
Danville Advocate - Danville, KY
A steering committee chaired by C.R. Payne with the Blue Grass Community Action Partnership began planning the Hand Up Group food pantry several weeks ago...

Today On Bowling Green TODAY 6/25/2010
WNKY.net - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southern Kentucky and the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation teamed up and have opened a new Allen County facility...

Staying cool amid wave of high temperatures
Lexington Herald Leader - Lexington, KY
The Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties had only eight air conditioners left...

Blazing Conditions Force People To Find Relief (inc. video)
WLKY - Louisville, KY
Debbie Belt, of Community Action Partnership, said she expected a big turnout because they received a lot of calls the past several days...

Louisville heat reaching dangerous levels
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY
...which is close to the number given out all of last summer, said Debbie Belt, a community liaison with the Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership...

MI Federal mortgage dollars should soon be finding their way to Saginaw
The Saginaw News - MLive.com - Saginaw, MI
Mary McMath is a housing counseling manager for the Saginaw County Community Action Committee and provides foreclosure prevention counseling to families in...

MN Recovery continues for Wadena residents
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Fergus Falls, MN
Long-term housing needs are being coordinated by the Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council. A Neighborhood Counseling Center is available...

Details for SkyFest emerge at council meeting
Marshall Independent - Marshall, MN
The festival is intended as a fundraiser for Western Community Action, Olson reminded council members. Marshall director of public safety Rob Yant outlined...

MO OACAC announces Early Head Start for Dallas County
Buffalo Reflex - Buffalo, MO
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation has announced it is expanding its Early Head Start program to Dallas County. It has immediate openings for families...

CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
Designated Central Missouri Community Action and Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity as Community Housing Development Organizations; authorizing CHDO...

Families can register for Back-to-School Fair through June 30
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation and Least of These food pantry in Nixa are hosting a Back-to-School Fair July 22 for Christian County families...

ND Homeless shelter to close
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
Michelle Orton, client services director at Community Action Partnership in Dickinson, the agency operating the adult homeless shelter, said funding and...

NY CAPC adds more locations for youth meals
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown, NY
The Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County will welcome three new sites to the federally funded Summer Food Service Program...

OH Foreclosure help available
Marion Star - Marion, OH
Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission is offering assistance to Marion, Crawford and Morrow County income-eligible households who face...

Camp Woodside offers lunch and learning
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH
The lunches were provided through the Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership...

OK Stimulus helps Community Action agencies
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee, OK
Muskogee County Community Action Foundation created a social service outreach position. The staff provides outreach into the smaller communities in the...

Info sessions set for YouthBuild
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH
Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. (ASCA) is accepting applications for the next YouthBuild class beginning Sept. 27. Attendance at an information session...

OR Oregon, Douglas County homeless numbers up
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Robert Tomlin and Lindsy Paterson eat a hot lunch at the Gateway Faith Center in Roseburg during the United Community Action Network homeless count in...

PA Rejected business loans will get a second look in the Lehigh Valley
Examiner.com - Allentown, PA
For more info: The program's administrators are the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) and the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh...

New name, big check for Allentown neighborhood
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
The Wachovia Regional Foundation announced Monday that it awarded a $630000 grant to the Community Action Development Corporation of Allentown to help with...

State budget woes: Franklin County waits, hopes
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg, PA
...Megan Shreve, executive director of the South Central Community Action Programs, is hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst...

TN MCCAA offers help on energy bills
Murfreesboro Post - Murfreesboro, TN
Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency will begin accepting applications for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) on July 1...

VA Gardening grows life skills for teens
Virginia Gazette - Williamsburg, VA
A unique gardening program for teens offered by the Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency goes beyond watering the plants...

VT We should support CVCA
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre, VT
After years without complete disability access, it is good to hear that Central Vermont Community Action will have a building for all that are in need...

WA "Stand-up for Outlook" works to clean-up the town
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima, WA
The project is a collaboration between the Yakima County Sheriff's Office, the Northwest Community Action Center and Outlook schools...

WV W.Va. PSC OKs rate hike for Allegheny subsidiaries
BusinessWeek
...part of a settlement among the utilities, the PSC's staff and Consumer Advocate Division, Kroger Co., a group of industrial users, the West Virginia Citizens Action Group and the West Virginia Community Action...

Shop owners complain about Action Auto
Beckley Register-Herald - Beckley, WV
At the Raleigh County Community Action Association meeting Monday evening, private auto repair business owners...

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