CAAs in the News - March 29, 2010 through April 4, 2010 (MS Word)
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AL Financial assistance, workshops on tap
Gulf Coast Newspapers - Gulf Shores, AL
Cassandra Boykin, executive director of Community Action Agency in Daphne, said circumstances such as Carson's are all too familiar in recent months...
Groups offer free walk-in legal clinics
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery, AL
The Montgomery County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Program and the Montgomery Community Action Agency will be holding free walk-in legal clinics...
CA Community input sought on California Coastal Trail
Times-Standard - Eureka, CA
...funded by the State Coastal Conservancy and coordinated by the Natural Resources Services Division of Redwood Community Action Agency...
Youth to fan out, tout solar benefits to homeowners
Napa Valley Register - Napa, CA
Napa Valley Solar Partnership, which is under the umbrella of Community Action Napa Valley, hopes to accomplish two things with the campaign expected to...
Lake County receives federal funds for emergency food and shelter program
Lake County News - Lakeport, CA
Further information on the program may by obtained by contacting Georgina Lehne, Local FEMA Board chair, at Lake County Community Action Agency...
CT Agencies gearing up to help flood victims
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT
Deborah Monahan, of Thames Valley Council for Community Action, said the Quinebaug River came within 100 feet of its Jewett City headquarters...
Connecticut Only State to Receive Federal Energy Challenge Funds
Public News Service
Derek Haviland, communications and outreach director for the Connecticut Association for Community Action, says the $385000 grant will be distributed...
Volunteers dedicated to poverty fight
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL
Manatee Community Action Agency, Inc. has the privilege of working with one of the volunteers, Christine Blyden. She brought her business expertise and ...
GA Volunteers vital to outreaches
The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA
...Red Cross in Whitfield and Murray counties, Dalton Organization of Churches-Uplifting People (DOC-UP), Community Action Agency and Angels at Heart...
Energy assistance funds available
Newton Citizen - Covington, GA
The Partnership for Community Action has announced the receipt of additional funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
Local Nonprofit Puts Stimulus Money to Work
Flagpole Magazine - Athens, GA
There's been some confusion as to just how much of ACTION's recovery money, a Community Service Block Grant, is earmarked for direct economic stimulus...
Help Offered To Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
WGCL Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
The Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority held a special workshop Monday night. The organization said there is $2 million in stimulus dollars available...
ID Weatherization funds working in southern Idaho
KMVT - Twin Falls, ID
Ken Robinette shows off South Central Community Action's warehouse, which is packed full of construction supplies...
KS Census show to come to local TV
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
...the International Black Student Alliance, Cornerstone of Topeka, Community Action, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging and Kansas Legal Services...
Free bus passes available
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka, KS
Community Action has a limited number of free Topeka Transit bus passes good for the month of April. Passes will be available...
LA Officials to seek more funding for energy program
Monroe News Star - Monroe, LA
Additional information is available through OMCAP, LaSalle Community Action Program, the Franklin Community Action Program and the Council on Aging Centers...
Cleco to offer discounts to low-income customers
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas, LA
Representatives from the St. Landry Parish Community Action Center will be at Cleco's Opelousas Customer Service Office from 10 am to 3 pm today to take...
Culinary school coming to St. Mary
WXVT - Greenville, MS
The St. Mary Community Action Agency plans to open a free culinary school for 120 potential chefs in mid-April. Nearly $280000 in federal stimulus...
MA Community Action Agency of Somerville recruiting for career training program
Somerville Journal - Somerville, MA
CAAS and SCALE are recruiting participants for a free job-training program, “Your Path to Career Readiness,” an innovative program designed to...
MI Nancy Macfarlane: Weatherization in your community
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI
As you may know, Community Action offers services in Barry, Branch, Calhoun and St. Joseph counties. We have homes waiting for weatherization in all four...
Counting the homeless a challenge for census workers in Jackson County
MLive.com - Jackson, MI
"They are the hardest to count," Community Action Agency spokeswoman Jessie Murray said of the homeless. After the 2000 census, 794 people in Jackson County...
MN Agency receives money for emergency food, shelter
Post-Bulletin - Rochester, MN
Olmsted Community Action Program will receive $58019 for FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Programs and distribute to area organizations...
'Cold Weather Rule'ending
Butterfield Advocate - Mt. Lake, MN
If you haven't contacted Western Community Action to apply for energy assistance, you can still do so and receive both a grant and crisis assistance if you...
Minneapolis has thousands of dollars to help residents pay utility bills
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN
Thousands of dollars in federal funds sent to Community Action of Minneapolis months ago to help low-income residents pay their...
MO Garden Project Is Meeting Topic
Trenton Republican Times - Trenton, MO
The Green Hills Community Action Agency Community Garden Project was the topic of a program presented at Thursday's meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club. ...
Community garden allows families to grow their food
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
The garden is a partnership with Ozarks Area Community Action Organization, which plans similar community garden projects in Christian, Greene, Lawrence...
OACAC invites families to participate in community garden in Springfield MO
KY3 - Springfield, MO
The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation is teaming up with Recovery Chapel to create Springfield's Community Garden at 3024 W. Nichols St. The garden...
OACAC Plants Seeds for Community Garden Project
Ozarks First - Springfield, MO
The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation broke ground on a community garden project. The goal is to give low-income families access to greenspace so...
OACAC and Recovery Chapel to partner on community garden
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation and Springfield's Recovery Chapel are holding a news conference Thursday to announce a community garden project...
NC Results to be shared on United Way survey
BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville, NC
A survey on community needs was conducted from November 2009 to February 2010 by Western Carolina Community Action and United Way of Henderson County...
ND People in business: Keys receives award
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks, ND
Kent Keys, executive director of Red River Valley Community Action in Grand Forks, recently was presented with the Spirit of Community Action Award by the...
NE '40 Nights in Lincoln' photo project captures poverty in city
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln, NE
The photojournalism project - done in collaboration with Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders counties - provides brief, but compelling...
NJ New Jersey Community Action Association recognizes Sweeney
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney was honored today by the New Jersey Community Action Association for his work to help grassroots organizations...
NY Our View > Domestic violence hung out to dry
Catskill Daily Mail - Catskill, NY
The REACH Center and Community Action of Greene County Inc./Columbia-Greene Domestic Violence, hope to raise awareness of this type of crime through its...
Fact Sheet: News on the Recovery Act
American Chronicle
For example, with the $8.7 million the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department received in stimulus money, it has hired about 30 full-time...
Hunt is on for Easter eggs and tiny angels
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY
Albion's annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the American Legion Post 35 and Community Action Angels of Orleans and Genesee...
Power of the census rests in your hands
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY
Dutchess County Community Action Agency at Beacon: 554 Main St., Beacon, 845-831-2620. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am-3 pm...
OH County's jobless rate slips slightly
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
Kathy Lott-Gramkow, director of employment and training for Washington/Morgan Community Action's One-Stop employment center, said the Washington County...
Emergency housing assistance applications available
Canton Repository - Canton, OH
The Stark County Community Action Agency is accepting applications from individuals and families in need of emergency rent or housing...
Students invited to enroll in Vine Street School's summer program
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
...Education and is a partnership between the Clyde-Green Springs school district, the United Way of Sandusky County, and WSOS Community Action Commission...
Community Action says stimulus 'helpful'
Record Herald - Washington Court House, OH
The Community Action Commission of Fayette County has put its portion of those funds to good use, according to director Bambi Baughn...
OR KPIC-TV food drive finds local residents willing to help fight hunger
KPIC - Roseburg, OR
Local stores gave a boost this weekend, to the KPIC-TV Can Do Food Drive that benefits the United Community Action Network and its food pantries around...
PA Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley using $2.2M grant to renovate urban, foreclosed homes...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Allentown, PA
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley recently purchased a foreclosed home on Bushkill Street...
CACLV receives award from National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg, PA
The Community Action Committee of Lehigh Valley was recently awarded the James Rouse Award by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition at its national...
WA Community garden in Port Hadlock keeps on growing
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles, WA
Cali Keck, who heads up Olympic Community Action Program's community pea patch as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Port Hadlock, shows a sign made by Chimacum...