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In This Issue
Little Dixie Community Action Agency & Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency Awarded Child Care Partnership Grants
CDSA Hosting International Wine Tour Fundraiser
Member Agency News Briefs
Oklahoma Head Start Program Information Reported
2016 Poverty Guidelines Issued
2015 Oklahoma CSBG Fact Sheet Issued
Two OKACAA Staff Members to Retire
Upcoming Events

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January-February 2016 

Little Dixie Community Action &
Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Awarded Early Head Start  - Child Care
Partnership Grants
Little Dixie Community Action Agency and Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency are among the five state organizations awarded Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grants by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CDSA Hosting International Wine Tour Fundraiser
Community Development Support Association will host an elegant International Wine Tour fundraiser March 5 in Enid with proceeds to benefit the YouthBuild program.

                                                         
Member Agency News Briefs

Randy Brasee has been named Deputy Director of Washita Valley Community Action Council. He also serves as Housing Director and Early Head Start Maintenance Supervisor. He joined the agency staff as Weatherization Coordinator in 2007.
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U.S District Four Congressman Tom Cole recently visited with the Great Plains Improvement Foundation staff in Lawton.
                                                         
Oklahoma Head Start Programs Information Reported
Oklahoma's Head Start Programs FAQ details information on enrollment, funding, medical and dental services, teacher qualifications, and family services.

2016 Poverty Guidelines Issued


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued its 2016 Poverty Guidelines which are used to determine financial eligibility for certain federal programs.

Poverty Guidelines

2015 Oklahoma CSBG Fact Sheet Issued

The National Association for State Community Services Programs has issued its 2015 State CSBG Fact Sheet which documents performance outcomes. The 19 Community Action Agencies in the CSBG network provided services to 115,638 low-income individuals in Oklahoma.

  

Fact Sheet 
 

Two OKACAA Staff Members to Retire

OKACAA Director of Operations Patty Laub is retiring April 1 after serving 23 years on the staff. Communications Director Robert "Bob" Brandenburg will be retiring June 1 after serving on the staff for 17 years.

Upcoming Events


National Community Action Foundation
Legislative Conference
March 15-18, 2016
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC


Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies
Spring Conference
May 4-6, 2016
Embassy Suites Downtown
Oklahoma City 

National Head Start Association
Annual Conference & Expo
May 16-20, 2016
Nashville, TN 

CAPLAW
National Training Conference
June 22-24, 2016
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

Community Action Partnership
2016 Annual Conference
August 30-September 2
Austin, TX 
About Community Action Agencies
  
Community Action Agencies are locally controlled non-profit organizations that work to improve the lives of low-income individuals by creating opportunities for increased self sufficiency and greater participation in the community. The Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies provides advocacy, information, education, and technical assistance for its members.