Caption: Shelia Triplett and Mayor Jamel Tito Brown. Photo provided by MYCAP. In honor of her long-time community service, the Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing our Neighborhoods (A.C.T.I.O.N) of Youngstown recognized Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership’s executive director Shelia Triplett’s at their annual banquet Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The A.C.T.I.O.N. Humanitarian Award is one of four awards given in memory of early A.C.T.I.O.N Kerpsack whose …
Community Action distributes 20,000 bottles of soap across Ohio
The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies, in partnership with the Office of Governor Mike DeWine, has coordinated the distribution of over 20,000 bottles of soap to Community Action Agencies across Ohio. Thanks to a generous donation from Bath and Body Works, these soaps will be distributed across the state at food pantries, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and other vital locations …
Community Action Educates Children
By Al Stabilito, MYCAP’s Director of Communications and Outreach Many Community Action Agencies offer Head Start pre-school programs, knowing that early childhood education helps to combat poverty. Also started as part of the War on Poverty, Head Start provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. The Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership’s (MYCAP) …
Community Action Helps Rural Resident Receive Needed Medical Treatment
Roy is a diabetic living in rural Mahoning County who had a stroke that left him blind. As part of his care, his doctor recently ordered him to start receiving dialysis treatments three times per week. Unfortunately, the facility he was sent to is in Trumbull County, roughly 25 miles away from his home, and being blind he was unsure …