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POVERTY | COMMUNITY ACTION | CSBG | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | RURAL AMERICA | WEATHERIZATION | OTHER NEWS
• • • • POVERTY
Don Mathis’ (Community Action Partnership President and CEO) letter
was published in the February 10, 2013 edition of The New York Times
as part of a reader discussion “Sunday Dialogue: How to Give Families a
Path Out of Poverty” about safety-net programs better-paying jobs, and
support for parents.
Don Mathis’ (Community Action Partnership President and CEO) letter on President Obama’s State of the Union address was published in the February 17, 2013 edition of The Baltimore Sun.
Indiana Institute for Working Families’ (a program of the Indiana Community Action Association) action alert on saving the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey* was featured in the May 18, 2012 edition of Greg Kaufmann’s This Week in Poverty blog.
Click here to read the article.
*The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides data every year—giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services—and the federal government uses ACS data to allocate more than $450 billion annually in program funds to state and local governments. The US House of Representatives recently voted to eliminate funding for the ACS.
National Community Action Month CAA activities were featured in the May 11, 2012, edition of Greg Kaufmann’s This Week in Poverty blog.
Click here to read the article.
The North Carolina Community Action Association’s Face to Face With Poverty initiative was featured in the March 30, 2012 edition of Greg Kaufmann’s This Week in Poverty blog.
Click here to read the article.
Don Mathis, Community Action Partnership President and CEO, was quoted in the March 8, 2012 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy on Community Action’s response last year to the President’s State of the Union address in which he mentioned proposed cuts to the program.
Click here to read the article
Don Mathis, Community Action Partnership President and CEO, was quoted in the February 15, 2012 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy on the President’s budget and how it will affect Community Action.
Click here to read the article
An article in the January 26, 2012 issue of National Journal magazine on poverty and the election quotes Don Mathis, Community Action Partnership President & CEO.
Click here to read the article
John Wells of Action for Boston Community Development in Boston, was interviewed by CBS Evening News on February 6, 2012 about increases in requests for LIHEAP assistance amid significant budget cuts. Click here to watch the video, http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7397762n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
Don Mathis, President and CEO of the Community Action Partnership, shared his thoughts on new polling data indicating that 88 percent of voters believe a candidate’s position on poverty is important in determining their vote for President during a policy forum, “The Politics of Economic Opportunity: Will Growing Poverty Affect Election 2012?” sponsored by Spotlight on Poverty. Click here to watch the video, http://vimeo.com/35235966
An article, “Poverty Grows in Rick Perry’s Texas”
posted on the CNN Money website (October 13, 2011) quoted Bradley
Manning, Executive Director of Texas Neighborhood Services, the
Community Action Agency in Weatherford, Texas.
Click here to read the article
An article, “Poverty pervades the suburbs,” posted
on the CNN Money website (Sept. 23, 2011) quoted Marcy Harris of the
Community Action Partnership of Suburban Hennepin in Minnesota.
Click here to read the article
Community Action Stories featured in CNN Money’s “The Faces of Poverty”
Shortly after the Census Bureau released the 2010 national poverty data,
Don Mathis received an email from a reporter at CNN Money requesting
specific stories on how lower-income people were faring in this tough
economy. Don reached out to several CAAs across the country for
examples, and some of the stories were included in “The Faces of
Poverty” photo gallery on CNN Money’s website, The photo gallery was posted on September 20, 2011.
“Poverty is rising, but help is available”
Click here to read Don Mathis Letter to the Editor in the Sept. 20 edition of The Baltimore Sun
The Changing Face of Poverty - Video by the Arizona Community Action Association
• • • • COMMUNITY ACTION
Community Action and Workforce Investment
Act participant Gracey Ibarra Attends President's Jobs Speech
Gracey Ibarra, a Community
Action and Workforce Investment Act(WIA) participant from Inter-County
Community Council in Oklee, Minnesota, was invited to sit with First Lady
Michelle Obama during the President's jobs speech at the White House September
8, 2011. While in DC, she also got to meet Hilda Solis, Secretary of the US
Department of Labor-whose office invited Gracey to attend the speech after
reading about her accomplishments as a Community Action and WIA participant.
Coverage of Gracey's attendance at the jobs speech appeared in an
article by Secretary Solis on the Department of Labor's blog http://social.dol.gov/blog/meet-gracey-ibarra-2/ , and
in the September 8, 2011 edition of the Crookston Times, http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/education/x1413018942/Miss-Ibarra-goes-to-Washington
WSOS Community Action Commission Receives
2011 National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award from the Community Action
Partnership
WSOS in
Freemont, Ohio, was one of six Community Action Agencies that received the
Partnership's 2011 National
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award.
Media
coverage appeared in the following newspapers:
Sentinel-Tribune
(September 16, 2011)
http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/wsos-weatherization-program-earns-one-of-four-national-honors
Port Clinton News Herald (September
2, 2011)
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/20110902/NEWS01/109020312/WSOS-wins-award-weatherization-program
• • • • CSBG
National Journal Daily, Monday, June 13, 2011
The Trickle-Down Budget Crunch
http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/the-trickle-down-budget-crunch-20110612
National Journal Daily features Community Action’s essential work
helping millions of low-income people and families as attacks on CSBG
and budget battles continue:
“Already overwhelmed by the slogging economy, community-service
agencies are bracing for a punch to the gut from the federal budget
crisis.”
Click the link above to read the rest of the story.
The Washington Post, Sunday, April 17
In southwest Va., as more need help, aid organization has less to give
Sunday morning readers of the Washington Post
were greeted by Eli Saslow's front page, above the fold profile of the
challenges faced and met by New River Community Action in southwest
Virginia. It straightforwardly describes the need for help by
vulnerable people and families in a multi-county rural area. This
article has generated a lot of positive buzz in DC and beyond about the
true value and effectiveness of Community Action. Special thanks to
Terry Smusz, executive director of New River Community Action, and her
board and staff for telling their stories. Jim Schuyler, executive
director of the Virginia Community Action Partnership and Partnership
president and CEO provided background to Mr. Saslow for this compelling
profile.
Cllick the link above to read the whole story.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Thursday, February 24, 2011
Nonprofits Face Battle Over Federal Spending
Don Mathis, President and CEO of the Community Action Partnership, was
quoted in the February 24 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy about
the proposed cuts to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the
impact on Community Action Agencies and the low-income people they
serve.
Click here to read the quote.
National Journal Daily, Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Fighting the War that Never Ends
Don Mathis, President and CEO of the Community Action Partnership, was
featured in the February 16 issue of National Journal Daily. Don was
interviewed about the proposed cuts to the Community Services Block
Grant (CSBG) and the impact on Community Action Agencies and the
low-income people they serve.
Click here to read the article.
C-SPAN, Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Don Mathis, President and CEO of the Community Action Partnership, appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
on February 9 discussing the proposed cuts to the Community Services
Block Grant (CSBG) and the positive impact Community Action has on local
communities. C-SPAN reported only positive post-show emails and
tweets. To view the 47 minute interview, click here .
• • • • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
During the Community Action Partnership’s 2011 Annual Convention, Don Mathis conducted an interview with Seth Fiegerman of TheStreet.com for his article, “What to Do When You Run Out of Money.”
To read the article (which mentions LIHEAP, IDAs and other Community Action programs), go to http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/savings/what-do-when-you-run-out-money .
TheStreet is a leading digital financial media company that provides information and ideas on investing, finance, and business. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money. TheStreet.com is the company’s flagship website; mainstreet.com is an affiliate site that provides personal finance tips and advice to help consumers grow their wealth and enhance their lives.
• • • • RURAL AMERICA
Don Mathis, President and CEO of the Community Action Partnership, was one of 100 participants from across America invited by the Obama administration to the White House Rural Economic Forum held in Peosta, Iowa on August 16.
Tom Stovall, CCAP, Executive Director of Operation: New View CAA in Dubuque, arranged interviews for Don with the local media who were covering the forum. Coverage appeared in the Telegraph Herald, The Gazette, and KCRG-TV (ABC affiliate).
• • • • MEDICAID AD
Roll Call, July 14, 2011
The Community Action Partnership and over 200 organizations were featured in an ad supporting Medicaid that appeared in Roll Call, a daily, nonpartisan newspaper that is respected and read widely on Capitol Hill. The ad was sponsored by the National Council on Aging and Families USA.
Click here to view the ad.
• • • • WEATHERIZATION
Economic Opportunity Association deserves thanks
A letter to the editor from Patricia Brown, so grateful of help from the EOA weatherization program, she now works for their Volunteer Program for Senior Citizens.
Savannah Morning News
Friday, April 11, 2011
Submitted by John H. Finney, executive director of Economic Opportunity Authority for Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc, Savannah, GA
Click here to download a pdf of this letter
Local weatherization effort reigns
Representatives from Operation New View, Black Hills Energy and the TH will attend the awards ceremony next month in Washington
TH Online (Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA)
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Submitted by Tom Stovall, CCAP, executive director of Operation: New View Community Action Agency, Dubuque, IA
Click here to view online
Click here to download a pdf
• • • • OTHER NEWS
John Drew Receives the 2011 Lyndon Baines
Johnson Human Services Award from the Community Action Partnership
John Drew, President and CEO of
ABCD in Boston, received the Partnership's 2011 Lyndon Baines Johnson Human
Services Award.
The
Boston Irish Reporter
newspaper (July 29, 2011) profiled John and mentioned him receiving the award, http://www.bostonirish.com/node/15100
Henry Williams Receives the 2011 Sargent
Shriver Achievement Award from the Community Action Partnership
Henry Williams received the
Partnership's 2011 Sargent Shriver Achievement Award for his efforts working
with Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (Girard, Kansas) to achieve
economic stability.
The Morning Sun newspaper
(July 24, 2011) profiled Henry and mentioned him receiving the award, http://www.morningsun.net/featured/x920808641/PATRICKS-PEOPLE-Henry-Williams-honored-for-giving-back
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