CAAs in the News - November 16, 2009 through November 22, 2009 (MS Word)

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AL OCAP awarded $102K grant
Troy Messenger - Troy, AL
Organized Community Action Program, which serves seven Alabama counties, including Bullock, Butler, Covington...

AZ Community members participate in poverty simulation
Yuma Sun - Yuma, AZ
But organizers of the Yuma Community Action Poverty Simulation are hoping that by spending an hour walking in the shoes of those who are poor will give...

CA Senator Wiggins talks turkey
Lake County Record-Bee - Lakeport, CA
Senator Wiggins was joined by representatives of Golden State Water Company (GSWC) and Lake County Community Action Agency (LCCAA) at Ray's Food Place where...

CT Festival of Trees lightens hearts: Benefit to aid community action agency this weekend
Trading Markets (press release) - New Haven, CT
Valley Interfaith Caregivers is now affiliated with Training, Education and Manpower Inc., the Derby-based community action agency...

ID 60 Hours to Fight Hunger Event Begins
KMVT - Twin Falls, ID
South Central Community Action Partnership official Leanne Trappen said, "We're here to collect turkeys for families that are less fortunate...

Salvation Army program goes all-volunteer
Shoshone News Press - Kellogg, ID
The Christmas Kettle Campaign donations here in the Silver Valley are put back into the community through on-going vouchers overseen by the Community Action...

IN Medicare program offered Friday
South Bend Tribune - South Bend, IN
Community Services of Starke County and Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp. will present a free educational program on Medicare Parts A, B...

County energy assistance needs skyrocket in past year
Reporter-Times (subscription) - Martinsville, IN
The amount of Morgan County residents seeking help with energy bills from the South Central Community Action Program has risen more than 80 percent since...

KS Safe Kids receives $10K grant
Topeka Capital Journal Topeka, KS
The Topeka Community Foundation has awarded a $10000 grant to Community Action's Safe Kids Shawnee County...

KY KCEOC celebration banquet set for Dec. 5
Times Tribune of Corbin - Corbin, KY
It all started when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the 22 original Community Action Agencies were created...

K-CHIP Guidelines
WYMT - Lexington, KY
So Wyatt is applying for the revised KCHIP program at the Community Action Agency in Bell County to make sure her kids are insured. "A piece of mind...

'Clean Comedy for Mature People' is coming to the area
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY
Community Action of Southcentral Kentucky is ready to make folks laugh with Saturday's “Demographically Correct Comedy Tour: Clean Comedy for Mature People... 

LA Expo offers smorgasbord of services
Leesville Daily Leader - Leesville, LA
Vernon Community Action Council representative Aimee Bordelon (right) explains a few of the council's services to an interested community...

MA Community Action Agency of Somerville offers help for low-income deaf people
Somerville Journal - Somerville, MA
Deaf and hard-of-hearing Somerville residents living on low incomes can call the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) for help making ends meet...

Social service agency opens Rockport office
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester, MA
Action Inc., the Gloucester-based community action program, has opened new satellite offices in Rockport and Ipswich, made possible with money from the...

3K homes qualify for funding
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA
Just three weeks after Berkshire Community Action Council opened its fuel assistance program, the organization already...

Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & the Islands Adopt a Family Turkey Program
Cape Cod Today - South Dennis, MA
The Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands needs your help. Please consider adopting a family that needs a turkey and all the fixings to make...

MD Poverty 101
Frederick News Post - Frederick, MD
Experiencing a life in poverty during the Community Action Poverty Simulation on Friday was an eye-opening experience for some Frederick...

ME Community volunteers assemble Thanksgiving boxes for distribution in Waldo County
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME
People for People and Waldo County Community Action Partners have worked for years to assist those families in need by providing holiday gift boxes of food...

MI Local Nonprofit Agencies Launch Community Action Partnership of Michigan
News Release
The goal of the partnership is to raise awareness for the nonprofit Community Action Agencies in the Southeastern Michigan area through radio, outdoor and online advertisement…

More Living in Poverty
WLNS - Lansing, MI
That according to a report released by the Michigan Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity. The commission spent a year holding forums for...

Poverty Study Released
WLNS - Lansing, MI
The Michigan Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity released results of a year-long poverty study in the state. Based on info provided by...

Report: Mich. poorly prepared to handle social services workload
The Detroit News - Detroit, MI
The report was compiled by the Commission for Community Action and Economic Opportunity, which was created by the Legislature in 2003 to reduce the causes...

Town hall meeting to focus on foreclosures
Adrian Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI
The Community Action Agency will host a town hall meeting at 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 19, at Dominican Hall on the Siena Heights University campus in Adrian...

Weatherization stimulus spending gets started
Michigan Messenger
“Since then, those [Community Action Agencies] CAAs which hire contractors to complete the work have issued their requests for proposals...

Homelessness: A real problem in Northern Michigan
Petoskey News-Review - Petoskey, MI
Lorie Selissen, a homeless prevention specialist with the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, said out of $800 billion dollars set aside by the...

Triage volunteers provide assistance, hope
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City, MI
Volunteers at Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency's Triage department have the first contact with community members calling in for assistance with...

Caregivers highlighted at Pines Respite event
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater, MI
The Community Action Agency provided the dinner, Donna Albright-Green made the music and Julie Hurley of Pines Senior Respite...

MN In their face
Marshall Independent - Marshall, MN
"I'm a real believer in Western Community Action and the food shelf and all the good work they do," said Judge George Harrelson, one of the pie eaters...

MO OACAC accepting applications for power assistance
News-Leader.com - Springfield, MO
The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC) is now accepting applications for its Winter Heating Energy Assistance Program (EA), which provides a...

MS WWISCAA seeks award nominees
Vicksburg Post - Vicksburg, MS
The Washington-Warren-Issaquena-Sharkey Community Action Agency, for the first time, is seeking nominations for The Frank Carlton Humanitarian Award...

NC Stimulus recipients left in the cold
Richmond County Daily Journal - Rockingham, NC
“Those families are all eligible to receive weatherization assistance,” Sandhills Community Action Program Executive Director Nezzie Smith said on Thursday...

United Way organizes health survey
BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville, NC
The United Way of Henderson County and Western Carolina Community Action have teamed up to put out a community...

United Way Currently Surveying County Health Needs
WHKP - Hendersonville, NC
The United Way of Henderson County is partnering with Western Carolina Community Action to conduct a county wide Human Needs Assessment according to Sandy...

ND ND food pantries reach halfway goal of 700 deer
Dickinson Press - Dickinson, ND
"I was a little worried about the hunting season," said Ann Pollert, executive director of the North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers...

NH Help give the Gift of Warmth
Seacoastonline.com Portsmouth, NH
That's where Rockingham Community Action comes in. The agency offers fuel assistance, food assistance, economic counseling and mortgage aid...

New wheels for area Community Action Program
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH
The Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Countries, Inc. revealed three new replacement buses which will now operate and serve...

NM 2 NM programs share $2.3 million
NewsWest9.com - Midland, TX
Presbyterian Medical Services provides Early Head Start services in northern and western New Mexico, while the Eastern Plains Community Action Agency serves...

Head Start program awarded grant
Quay County Sun - Tucumcari, NM
The grant was awarded to Eastern Plains Community Action Agency, Inc. The money will be used for their Early Head Start programs established in 1995 as an...

NV SALVATION ARMY: ‘NOT ONE DIME HAS LEFT COUNTY’
Mustang News - Reno, NV
Now the new Canadian County committee has established a policy for the needy to apply for help at Yukon Sharing or Community Action Agency in El Reno...

NY CAP Food Sense registration begins Nov. 30
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida, NY
The Community Action Program for Madison County will hold its registration for the Food Sense Program, a food buying club the week of Monday...

New training to be available for building analyst program
Times Herald-Record - Middletown, NY
The Newburgh Community Action Committee has received money through the Federal Stimulus Program to offer training for...

Ervin joins Community Action
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY
Evon Ervin of Utica was named community educator for Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency Inc. Executive Director Amy Turner said the new position was...

Workshops outline home energy saving
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca, NY
Tompkins Community Action's Energy Services Department will host "Toasty In Tompkins," a series of informational sessions on funding options available to...

OH Lorain agency opens tech center to public
Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria, OH
A small crowd gathered Thursday for the unveiling of Lorain County Community Action Agency's new technology center. “Technology is important in...

Applications being accepted for help with repairs
Morgan County Herald - McConnelsville, OH
Morgan County has received the Community Housing Improvement Program grant, which is being operated by Washington-Morgan Community Action...

Summit agency to aid 'new poor' with housing bills
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH
To apply for rent/mortgage assistance, call Akron Summit Community Action Inc. at 330-253-8806. Applicants will be referred to one of three Community Action...

Grant can help poor with utility bills
Middletown Journal - Middletown, OH
John Bennett, a spokesman for the Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area, said the program saves homeowners money...

WSOS spending federal funds in Conestoga neighborhood
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton, OH
WSOS Community Action Commission, Inc. agreed to give federal funds to Port Clinton's Conestoga neighborhood when the board of directors met Tuesday...

OR Economy Series: Douglas County nonprofits see increased need
NRToday.com - Roseburg, OR
Tom Kelly, United Community Action Network's food bank manager, stands beside nearly empty shelves at the food bank recently...

PA Sharon Hill Commons receives excellence award
Delaware County Daily Times - Primos, PA
Operated by the Community Action Agency of Delaware County, the 51-unit housing development is located at 401 Sharon Ave. in Sharon Hill...

RI BVCAP helps first homebuyers of '09 realize American dream
Valley Breeze - Cumberland, RI
City officials and representatives from the Pawtucket-based Blackstone Valley Community Action Program will next week celebrate with local resident and...

Pay fines at library with food donations
Warwick Beacon - Warwick, RI
All the food collected will be given to West Bay Community Action. The Circulation Department will be happy to answer any questions about the Food for Fines...

SC SC college campuses mark Hunger-Homeless week
WMBF - Myrtle Beach, SC
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley reads a hunger proclamation Monday at The College of Charleston after which students participate in the Missouri Community Action...

SD Stimulus Money Running Out For Non-Profit
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD
The Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership has seen a huge increase in need; so much so that they're burning through the grant money...

City approves revitalization plan
MADISONet.com - Madison, SD
Hexom called Monday's action the first step in the process of acquiring the funding. Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership signed an option in December...

TN Commodity Distribution
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency will offer the Commodity Distribution from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, on Friday, December 11, 2009...

45 years of people helping people
Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge, TN
Anderson County Community Action Commission board members, volunteers, and county officials gathered recently to dedicate the CAC's new offices at 149 N...

UT Utah jobs program goes broke
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT
"It is a big blow," said Karen Silver, an advocate with the Salt Lake Community Action Program (CAP). "A lot of people who are unemployed had been going to...

WA You have the power to help
Othello Outlook - Othello, WA
From there, the money is given to Community Action agencies where they use the dollars donated to help low income families in emergency situations...

WI If you need help or if you can help
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison, WI
The Community Action Coalition is also still seeking money and volunteers to help with their Thanksgiving Day baskets. Those interested in volunteering can...

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