Today, we celebrate the release of the 2022 State of Poverty in Ohio Report! For nearly 30 years, this report has depended on reliable data sources and unbiased researchers to show the Community Action Network, elected officials, and local partners some of Ohioans’ greatest barriers to self-sufficiency. This year’s report features four areas of focus: employment issues, childcare, student loan debt, …
Earlier this month, the City of Columbus announced a $1.5 million allocation to IMPACT Community Action to implement Empowered!—a new clean-energy workforce development program complete with experiential job opportunities targeted at 18 to 24-year-old Columbus residents. The program stems from the city’s Sustainable Columbus initiative, whose focus is to promote and strengthen energy-friendly policies and practices in the larger Columbus …
OACAA Executive Director Philip E. Cole was one of six Kappa Sigma Fraternity alumni recently honored with what is deemed one of the highest alumni awards within the national fraternity, the Sen. John G. Tower Alumni Award. Mr. Cole, who has led the Ohio Community Action network in the fight against poverty since 1989, received the award last month. Current …
Those who meet four-year-old Shallus—now a bouncing gymnast and music lover—might not believe that just two months ago he struggled with debilitating mouth infections. “He would wake up multiple times [at night] crying,” Shallus’ mother Anais Beatty said. “I’d be up with him giving him medicine.” The pain from his mouth infections also frequently prevented Shallus from attending a full-day …
From a Head Start classroom volunteer to a Site Supervisor, Sue Beadnell, mother of 4 and grandmother of 12, reflects on her accomplished career in Community Action as she celebrates her 30th anniversary with the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County (CAACC). Beadnell’s Community Action journey began in 1992 when she enrolled her youngest daughter in the local Head Start …
