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Community Action Month a Success in Ohio
As Community Action Month is coming to a close, we can truly say it was a success. Activities planned by OACAA and member agencies received plenty of participation and media attention, garnering the awareness this month is all about.
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Opportunity for CAAs to Partner with PNC Financial Services
The Community Action Partnership met with leaders in PNC Fin ancial Services Group to discuss ways that PNC and Community Action Agencies might be able to work together. Will Backstrom, market manager for community development banking is the point person for such PNC community development work in Ohio. He noted that PNC has funded and supported CAAs in some states and by virtue of some recent bank mergers, wants to expand this effort.
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| Agency Happenings |
Community Action Agencies Lead Efforts in Homeless Crisis Response Program
The Ohio Department of Development recently announced lead grantees for the Homeless Response Program (HCRP) and Community Action Agencies were chosen in nine of the 18 regions.
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Akron Summit Community Action's Head Start Program Receives Three-Star Rating
Eight of Akron Summit Community Action's Head Start locations received the three-star Step Up to Quality rating, the highest rating available from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. Step Up to Quality is a voluntary three-star quality rating system administered by ODJFS that recognizes and promotes early care and education programs that meet quality benchmarks over and above minimum health and safety licensing standards.
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| OCATO Spotlight |
Meet IC Anita Maldonado: Part of the Community Action Family
Anita Maldonado has been in Community Action since 2000 and has served as an Internal Consultant (IC) for the Ohio Community Action Training Organization (OCATO) since 2003.
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