CAAs in the News - May 25, 2009 through May 31, 2009 (MS Word)
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CA Tri-county agency to meet in Weaver
The Trinity Journal - Weaverville, CA
Trinity County Committee of the Board of Directors, Colusa-Glenn-Trinity Community Action Partnership, will meet at 2:30 pm Wednesday, June 17...
Recognition
Enterprise-Record - Chico, CA
Community Action Agency of Butte County recognized a number of businesses for their partnership and assistance in helping area programs...
Public hearing
Enterprise-Record - Chico, CA
The Community Action Agency of Butte County, Inc. will host a meeting, 6-8 pm Tuesday, May 26, to find out how it can help with the needs of community...
ID E. Idaho group gets money to weatherize homes
Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls, ID
The Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership has received $3 million in federal economic stimulus money to help area residents...
IN Dekalb county
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN
Community Action of Northeast Indiana: Provides utility assistance, energy assistance (both heating and cooling), childcare and offers minor weatherization...
Allen County
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN
Community Action of Northeast Indiana: Provides utility assistance, energy assistance (both heating and cooling), childcare and offers minor weatherization...
KY Today On Bowling Green Today
WNKY.net - Bowling Green, KY
Soon it'll be time again to tee off as the Community Action of Southern Kentucky is set to have its second annual Charity Golf Classic...
CASK golf event set for Thursday
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
It will soon be time to tee off as Community Action of Southern Kentucky is set to have its third annual Charity Golf...
LA Richardson was with the first women's group to go overseas
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas, LA
As the American Flag was presented at the start of the St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency...
MA Worcester creates summer jobs for youths
NECN - Newton, MA
The Worcester Community Action Council is also in the process of reaching out to a variety of local businesses in need of extra help this summer...
MI ‘Save a Pontiac Home from Foreclosure’ efforts yield $1,000 to local agency
OLHSA Press Release
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) was awarded $1,000 to help Save a Pontiac Home from Foreclosure…
MO Road trip to poverty
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph, MO
Hosted by Community Action Partnership, the three-book series will explore true-life accounts of generational poverty, situational poverty and the plight of...
DAEOC to host CAPS, raising awareness of poverty issues
Daily Dunklin Democrat - Kennett, MO
Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation (DAEOC) will be hosting a Community Action Poverty Simulation made available through the Missouri Association of...
Window air conditioner exchange starts Monday
Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO
From 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday, customers can bring older, less efficient or broken window units to Central Missouri Community Action at 400 Wilkes Blvd. and...
CMCA to offer youth summer work experience
Boonville Daily News - Boonville, MO
This summer, Central Missouri Community Action will be a lead agency in Governor Nixon's Next Generation Jobs Team for Mid-Missouri...
Kirksville to Receive FEMA Funding
KBIA - Columbia, MO
The local FEMA board in Adair County will review applications from the Salvation Army and the Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency who would split the...
MT Kalispell eyes affordable housing program
Daily Inter Lake - Kalispell, MT
The council also will vote on whether to team up with Community Action Partnership. Community Action Partnership has the contacts and expertise to quickly...
NE Stock the shelves
Beatrice Daily Sun - Beatrice, NE
Donations will benefit Blue Valley Community Action, the Community Food Pantry in Beatrice, the Salvation Army and the Wymore Food Pantry...
Registration begins for Head Start programs
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
Registration begins next week for the 2009-2010 Head Start programs sponsored by Coastal Community Action, Inc., in Craven, Pamlico, Jones and Carteret ...
NJ County Black Hall of Fame inducts eight
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland, NJ
Roughly 150 people attended the 22nd annual ceremony, which is sponsored by Tri-County Community Action Agency. The Black Hall of Fame honors county...
NY Local Organizations Using Stimulus Money To Fight Poverty
Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown, NY
Chautauqua Opportunities and Cattaraugus Community Action officials say there is greater demand than ever for their services. About 75 foreclosures have...
Community Action furloughs 3 administrators
Rome Sentinel - Rome, NY
To save just under $20000 in salaries for a month, the agency temporarily laid off three administrative staff members. On May 7, the agency laid off Deputy...
OH More stimulus funds to help Community Action
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton, OH
Zack Space (OH-18) announced Friday that community action agencies in the district, including those serving Coshocton, Guernsey, Holmes and Muskingum County...
OHCAC celebrates Community Action Month
Galion Inquirer - Galion, OH
Community Action agencies, however, have known this for years, and they have developed an array of programs and services to help families. ...
City Program Receives Stimulus Money
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster, OH
The Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield Area has received $317191 in federal stimulus dollars for the Community...
Trumbull getting stimulus money
Warren Tribune Chronicle - Warren, OH
The Trumbull Community Action Program (TCAP) is receiving $736209 to provide services and activities addressing employment, emergency services...
OK Tulsa may get 25 more teachers
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Five to 10 of the teachers recruited for Tulsa will be working in Head Start early childhood education centers operated by Community Action Project of Tulsa...
Community Action Council helps residents get tax refunds
Chickasha Express Star - Chickasha, OK
Washita Valley Community Action Council prepared and electronically filed 240 federal tax returns free for low and moderate income residents during the 2008...
Owasso Head Start program closes site
kjrh.com - Tulsa, OK
The program is run by Community Action Project. Leaders say they can't pay for the aging building anymore. "We worked hand in hand with the city and the...
PA Foreclosure assistance to be expanded
Wayne Independent - Honesdale, PA
TREHAB Community Action Agency, which serves six rural Northeastern Pennsylvania counties and is funded through a myriad of government sources...
UT Mayor wants to drop rec facility from budget
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
Recently, the administration informed the council it would lease the rec center, located at 222- 28th Street, to the nonprofit Ogden-Weber Community Action...
Utahns still pouring in for food stamps and aid
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
By Julia Lyon Crystal Cisneros loads food that she picked up from the Salt Lake Community Action Program food pantry in Murray on Thursday...
Utah demand for food stamps, aid increasing
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID
Salt Lake Community Action Program officials say demand at their pantries is so high that a six-times per year limit on services has been lifted...
VA Unique Stimulus Jobs Program Trains Pharmacy Assistants
Public News Service - Boulder, CO
Edith R. Jones, executive director of the Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project (STOP), has added a new training track to her organization's jobs program to train certified pharmaceutical assistants. Since the training is done by working pharmacists, Jones says her graduates have a career advantage.
WI Reader views: Kudos to mail carriers
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison, WI
Greta Hansen, executive director, Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc. A recent Newsweek article says Canada is the only country in...
WV McDowell Community Action Expands Services
State Journal - Charleston, WV
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles profiling West Virginia's 16 community action agencies. Since it was founded in 1964...