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CDSA Renovates Former Department Store in Enid
to House Non-Profits | |
 Community Development Support Association raised $2.5 million to renovate a former downtown Enid department store to serve as its headquarters and to house other local non-profit organizations. The Non-Profit Center provides office space, meeting rooms and shared services for co-tenants. The Center recently received an Oklahoma Main Street Award.
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Community Action Agencies
Aid in Tornado Relief Efforts | |
When dea  dly tornadoes plowed across Oklahoma in May, Community Action Agencies mobilized to collect funds and needed items for victims.
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Hometown Heart :
A Little Kid Gets to Live in a New House | |
Big Five Community Services Housing Director Kevin Jackson wrote a column for the
Marietta Monitor newspaper telling how a new house helped tranform a poor young boy's life. He then asked for two small lots to build houses and infinite possibilities for a kid who might live in one of them. Read the column and the community response.
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Boy Scout Builds Benches for
United's Transit Program | |
Tyler Peters undertook as an Eagle Scout community service project in Bartlesville to build and install benches at two of  United Community Action Program's CityRide Circuit transit bus stops. The purpose of the project was to contribute something beneficial to his community while learning about project management.
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Kent Watson Named
Big Five Executive Director | |
 The Big Five Community Services Board of Directors has named Kent Watson as executive director. Watson formerly served as Head Start director for Big Five.
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FY 2014 Oklahoma Budget Highlights | |
The Oklahoma Policy Institute has issued a bullet point summary of the state budget, a table showing appropriations for every state agency, and six charts illustrating different aspects of the budget. Budget Highlights |
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Connecting the Dots: Discovering "What Works"
and Putting It to Use for Your Agency | |
As CAAs enter an era of fiscal austerity, positive outcomes and working toward higher impact results is the name of the game. This webinar starts by reviewing the movement toward evidence-based programs and practices and scrutiny of CSBG over the past four years. Next, learn about ways your agency can capitalize on research-based and other strategies that will strengthen your programs and your entire organization.
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Upcoming Events | |
Community Action Partnership 2013 Convention
August 27-30
Chicago
Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies
Annual Conference
September 18-20
Crowne Plaza Southern Hills Hotel
Tulsa
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