CAAs in the News - March 8, 2010 through March 14, 2010 (MS Word)
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AL Program helps those in need
Times Daily - Florence, AL
With the…deadline approaching to apply for free seed and gardening supplies…talked to Tammy McDaniel, executive director of the Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama…
AZ Arizona gets remaining $20 million in weatherization funds
Bizjournals.com - Phoenix, CA
...there were a few issues to be worked out at the federal level,” said Cynthia Zwick, executive director of the Arizona Community Action Association...
Program Promises Lower Energy Bills for Low-Income Arizonans
Public News Service
Miquelle Scheier, who coordinates the statewide weatherization program for the Arizona Community Action Association, says the funds are part of the...
CA Supervisors consider allocating federal funds
Marin Independent-Journal - Novato, CA
...housing and other programs operated by Marin City Community Development Corp., $1.3 million; Manpower, $3.3 million; Community Action Marin...
Capps visits with local seniors
Santa Maria Times
With more than $170000 from the bill signed by President Obama in 2009, the Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County added meal service for...
CO Shuttle bus between Aztec and Colo. raising rates
NewsWest9.com - Farmington, NM
The buses are operated by the Southern Ute Community Action Programs. Riders paying cash will see rates increase to $4.50 per ride, up from $3 and a monthly...
FL Free foreclosure clinic offered
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL
The Manatee Community Action Agency, Inc. and St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services Inc. are offering another free foreclosure clinic...
ID New federal funds bring new hires for SCCAP
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls, ID
The South Central Community Action Partnership (SCCAP) hopes new federal funds stimulate the economic conditions of at least seven people as it hires new...
IL Community Action Agency plans annual dinner
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
East Central Illinois Community Action Agency will have its 44th annual dinner meeting Friday at the Days Hotel, 77 N. Gilbert St. The event will...
Census centers to open
Danville Commercial News - Danville, IL
Other preliminary locations will be: East Central Illinois Community Action Agency, Holy Family Catholic Church, Danville city hall, Vermilion County...
IN NIPSCO reprieve nearly over
Gary Post Tribune
*Northwest Indiana Community Action Agency, King Center, 4802 Melville, East Chicago. 391-8481. The good news is that fewer people have fallen behind on...
KY Services may suffer after cuts: For many contract agencies, the city's...
OptoIQ
Cheryl Allen is concerned for the children who benefit from the services Community Action of Southern Kentucky offers. She's even more worried what would happen to them...
LA Nonprofits get millions from stimulus
Shreveport Times - Shreveport, LA
The Caddo Community Action Agency, which handles government programs, received most of the stimulus money awarded to Shreveport nonprofits...
In other Terrebonne Parish Council action
Houma Courier - Houma, LA
Action: Amended the 2010 parish budget to recognize $750391 from the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnerships Inc. to pay for the parish's Low...
Home energy assistance available
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas, LA
The St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency soon will begin accepting applications for this year's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
MA Legacy's Great Barrington Office Celebrates 'Go Green'
iBerkshires.com - North Adams, MA
Additionally, all those who bring in a non perishable food item to benefit Berkshire Community Action Council, will receive a green Legacy Banks reusable...
Letter: Stimulus helping fight poverty
Boston Globe - Boston, MA
Governor Deval Patrick came to the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) last Thursday for a roundtable discussion on how economic stimulus funding...
"Back To Work" roundtable with Governor Patrick and CAAS
Somerville News - Somerville, MA
Several people described how anti-poverty organizations, such as the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) and the Action for Boston Community...
MO NECAC visits McCaskill
Hannibal.net - Hannibal, MO
North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) President and Chief Executive Officer Don Patrick, left, and Board Chairman Lyndon Bode met...
NC Police focus on crime in Northside area of Wilmington
StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington, NC
Thursday night's community meeting, organized by New Hanover County Community Action Inc. and local churches, was one step in bringing police officers who...
NJ United Way of Hunterdon honoring Clinton Township man
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com - Somerset, NJ
Rebick also volunteers for Somerset Community Action Program's Head Start program in Franklin Township (Somerset County). He is a role model for youth..
Local Business Report: Classes teach you to buy a home
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership's Housing & Community Development Department will conduct homebuyer education classes to educate...
Fairfield tables women's shelter proposal
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton, NJ
Tri-County Community Action Partnership is seeking a variance to temporarily house 15 people maximum - women and children included - in a building at 33...
Demand surges for help paying home heating bills
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack, NJ
Wallace said she waited so long to visit the community action partnership offices on Moore Street in part because she had been receiving some assistance...
NY Help available for unemployed
Albany Times Union - Albany, NY
Community Action agencies across New York are committed to empowering unemployed state residents, especially the 35400 in the Capital Region, by promoting...
Keep Buffalo Neat: service + work ethic
Buffalo News - Buffalo, NY
Homeowners pay $30 a month, and the program already has about 300 subscribers, with new ones signing up each week, said L. Nathan Hare, executive director of the CAO…
TCAction Head Start open house tonight
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
Tompkins Community Action is now enrolling for Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start. If your child is 0-4 years old, or if you are pregnant...
New housing for homeless
News 10 Now - Syracuse, NY
Tompkins Community Action has received $2.7 million toward the project. The funding comes from the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance...
OH Police, Landlords Team Up To Fight Crime
WLWT Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
A landlord training session was held at the Community Action Agency on Saturday to help owners and managers keep illegal drug activity and other criminal...
Feeding seniors: Hundreds benefit daily from food served around the county
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
And there has been an increase in the number of people who need to be fed by her employer, Washington-Morgan Community Action. Carrie McNamee, senior and...
CAA receives funds for Meigs emergency programs
Daily Sentinel - Pomeroy, OH
The Gallia/Meigs Community Action Agency (CAA) has been chosen to receive $19909 to supplement targeted emergency programs for...
Landlord Training Sessions Held
kypost.com - Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati police and the Community Action Agency are teaming up to educate landlords on how to maintain safe and vibrant communities...
FOOD PROGRAM
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton, OH
The Harcatus Community Action Agency, Child and Adult Care Food Program announces sponsorship with the US Department of Agriculture funded...
Building hope: Armory renovation project moves forward with partnership
Marietta Times - Marietta, OH
The building that formerly housed Marietta's National Guard Armory will technically belong to Washington-Morgan Community Action for the next several years...
Program helping remove ash trees
Fremont News Messenger - Fremont, OH
The Residential Ash Tree Removal program, administered by WSOS Community Action Commission, requires that residents have no more than 300 percent of the...
In the Works
Ironton Tribune - Ironton, OH
Mike Payne, director of public transportation for the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization, said effective the first Monday in April...
Homelessness up in Seneca County
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin, OH
Ragan Claypool, support services coordinator for WSOS Community Action Commission, said these increases reflect the rising unemployment numbers of the...
Housing program cut back
Parkersburg News - Parkersburg, WV
She added that the program also provides assistance to low-income homeowners in the county who live outside of Marietta, but Community Action is still able...
OK Local sites will help with your tax forms
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
In Tulsa, VITA services are provided by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County at 382-3200. Read more at . No appointments are necessary...
Tax help available from IRS, volunteers
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Several Tulsa-area VITA service locations are provided by the Community Action Project — 382-3200 (press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and 3 for "tax help"...
OR Extension Spotlight: Spring cleaning applies to edibles as well
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
If you've got room in the garden, now would be a good time to plant an extra row, with the excess produce being donated to United Community Action Network...
PA Berks Community Action Program opening offices in library branches
Reading Eagle - Reading, PA
Eight recently hired Berks Community Action Program employees are moving into offices at Reading's three branch libraries where they will meet with clients...
Statewide Family Savings Account program to end
Valley News Dispatch - Tarentum, PA
Rick White, who manages the program in Armstrong County for the Community Action Agency based in Kittanning, said the typical drop-out rate has been only 10...
Local men cook for the fun of it
McMurray Almanac - McMurray, PA
Increasing in popularity, Community Action Southwest has planned its 5th Men's Culinary Classic at the Washington County Fairgrounds...
Weatherizing help available
The Morning Call - Allentown, PA
Half of the business has come from Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, which is administering a $6.3 million federal stimulus grant...
SC City vs. OCAB: the rest of the story
Orangeburg Times Democrat - Orangeburg, SC
Regarding your story about Orangeburg City Council’s meeting on March 2, where council denied the waiver requested by OCAB Community Action Agency Inc., allow me to present “the rest of the story.”...
SD City to discuss ICAP agreement
Madison Daily Leader - Madison, SD
The Madison City Commission will discuss an agreement between the city and Interlakes Community Action Partnership during...
TN Food Program
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
Clarksville Montgomery County Community Action Agency announces participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be provided at no...
VA Empty Bowls helping to fill Floyd County children's backpacks with food
Southwest Virginia Today - Floyd, VA
The meal is served from 11:00 am until 1:30 pm Proceeds from the fundraiser go to support New River Community Action's Backpack Project in Floyd County...
Funds for Housing Rehabilitation
The Shenandoah Valley-Herald - Woodstock, VA
About 15 single-family residences could benefit from a Community Development Block Grant application that the town is currently working on with the help of People Incorporated…
Norfolk's lease would pave way for construction of office building
The Virginian Pilot - Norfolk, VA
The Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project, an anti-poverty agency funded largely with government money, would consolidate all of its offices, including its job-training facilities, into 100,000 square feet…
WI Day shelter serves homeless men
Beloit Daily News - Beloit, WI
He is working through the Wisconsin Senior Employment program in maintenance at a community action daycare facility. Other men aren't so lucky...
Community Action’s Weatherization Assistance Program Receives Environment Leadership Award
Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties (press release)
Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties Weatherization Assistance Program was awarded “The Environmental Leadership Award”…
Protection from the cold: Stimulus funds allow organization to offer those who can’t afford it
Leader-Telegram – Eau Claire, WI
“Whatever a home takes or whatever it needs, we do,” said Mike Canaday, energy and housing director for Western Dairyland Community Action Agency…
WV Weatherization program holds first graduation luncheon
Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg, WV
Rick Smith, executive director of Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency, which oversees the program, agreed there are many reasons to celebrate it...
WY Community Action Partnership about building self-sufficiency skills
Casper Journal - Casper, WY
The name was changed in 2003 to Community Action Partnership of Natrona County, and recently the first new director in 26 years, Brenda Eickhoff-Johnson...