Kim, a client of Ross County Community Action Commission explains how Community Action made a difference in her life: “While working part-time at my former job, I was in the process of getting a utility disconnected. [Ross County Community Action Commission] assisted me and prevented the utility from being disconnected. While at the local office on a separate occasion, I …
Community Action Increases Skills
A single father was experiencing financial hardships due to the limited wages he earned at his job and faithfully paying his child support each month for his two small children, whom he shares custody of with his ex-wife. He turned to the Community Action Organization of Delaware, Madison and Union Counties (CAO of DMU) looking for assistance with his utilities. …
Community Action Prepares Children for the Future
Many Community Action Agencies offer programs for children to ensure they get the education they need to succeed in the future. One example is Trumbull Community Action Program’s (TCAP) math and science lab for Head Start preschoolers. The math and science lab was started in 2012 as a way to expand learning for children age three to five. A room …
Community Action Provides Hope
Following is a letter from a client who received assistance from HARCATUS Tri-County Community Action (Harrison, Carroll and Tuscarawas Counties) through the HOPE program. HOPE stands for Housing, Opportunities, Partnerships and Empowerment. As the name indicates, the program was designed to provide hope for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by providing them with the opportunities, …
Community Action Prepares People for Jobs
A client explains in their own words how Stark County Community Action Agency (SCCAA) helped them gain the skills needed to start a new career: Before I came to SCCAA I was struggling. It was over two years since I had been employed and I was getting desperate. I had to change my lifelong profession because of health issues. I …
Community Action Helps Senior Citizens
Clara is an 83-year-old senior citizen who was referred to Lima/Allen Council on Community Affairs (LACCA) by Job & Family Services Adult Protective Services Unit because she did not have heat in her home during the coldest period of the winter.LACCA knew that Clara had been approved for assistance with her heating through the Winter Crisis Home Energy Assistance Program …
Community Action Provides Shelter and Safety
A woman describes in her own words how Clermont County Community Service, the local Community Action Agency in Clermont County, and their local shelter helped her and her children escape an abusive situation: For more information about Community Action programs in your area, visit www.oacaa.org. Note, not all Community Action Agencies offer these programs.
Community Action Helps People Start Over
Following is the story of how the Community Action Commission of Fayette County helped a client struggling with addiction and homelessness in the client’s own words: On February 17th 2012 I made a phone call that would lead to great things for me.I will start with a little history. I am a recovering opiate addict. On September 28th 2011 I …
Community Action Provides Meals for Seniors
Last summer a lady came to Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission’s Coshocton Senior Center to inquire about their food programs. She had just turned 60 years old, and after working all of her adult life was recently laid off from her job. She had never had to ask or accept any help from anyone, but found herself in a desperate situation. …
Community Action Fills in the Gaps
Helen, a 64 year old home health aide, worked hard her whole life providing for her family. She had married soon after graduating high school, but divorced early in her marriage. After that, she moved in with her aging mother and raised her two children; working continuously over the years to support the family. In her fifties, Helen developed a …