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Community Action Agencies Help Struggling Families After Severe Storms Hit Ohio
When severe storms hit Ohio on June 29, it left hundreds of thousands of Ohioans without power, causing many low-income families to struggle to survive. Community Action Agencies throughout the state stepped in to offer assistance with anything from generators to help paying for prescription medication, food and other necessities. Click here to read some examples of the assistance agencies provided. |
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OACAA Launches Ohio VETS Program to Aid Low-Income Veterans
OACAA has launched the Ohio Vocation, Education, Training & Services (Ohio VETS) program at six pilot Community Action Agencies in Ohio to aid veterans at 200 percent of the federal poverty level and below.
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Tri-County Community Action CLS Has Groundbreaking for New Transportation and Maintenance Facility
On June 28, Tri-County Community Action of Champaign, Logan a nd Shelby Counties broke ground on a new transportation and maintenance facility in Bellefontaine, Ohio for their Transportation for Logan County (TLC) program. The new facility will provide an area for maintenance of the agencies fleet and provide administrative offices for the transportation program.
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Ironton-Lawrence CAO Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Medical Center
On July 8, the Ironton-Lawrence Community Action Organization hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new St. Mary's Medical Center in Ironton. The medical center, which was a collaborative effort between ILCAO and St. Mary's of Huntington, WV, will bring much needed hospital services to the area.
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Visits CAC of Fayette County Self-Help Housing Program
On Wednesday, June 27 United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited the Community Action Commission of Fayette County's Self-Help Housing program site and the home of the Noel family in Washington Court House to celebrate National Home Ownership Month.
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Clinton County Community Action Head Start Receives Three Star Quality Award
On June 27, 2012 the Clinton County Community Action Head Start program received a three star rating for their participation in Step Up to Quality, the highest rating available from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services Bureau of Child Care Development Agency.
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Meet IC Jeffrey Diver: Keeping the Values of the Community Action Movement Alive
Jeffrey Diver has been in Community Action for over 16 years when
he started as the first employee and executive director of Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF), the Community Action Agency in Butler County, and he has served as an Internal Consultant (IC) for the Ohio Community
Action Training Organization (OCATO) for the past six years.
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