The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies, in partnership with Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, awarded two Exemplary Program Awards during the 2021 Virtual Winter Legislative Conference. The award winners, Community Action Akron Summit and Miami Valley Community Action Partnership, demonstrated exemplary programs through nominations thoroughly review by Ohio University’s team of experts. Community Action Akron Summit’s Pathways HUB program works collaboratively …
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 Builds Relationships
Community Action Agencies employ a variety of programs to help low-income people achieve self-sufficiency. At Akron Summit Community Action one successful program that they utilize is Circles. The Circles philosophy believes that responsibility for both poverty and prosperity rests not only in the hands of individuals, but also with societies, institutions and communities. As such, Circles inspires and equips families …
Community Action: Helping Our Youth Grow
Ken was a single father, raising a five-year-old daughter when he learned that he had another infant daughter, 17-month-old Savannah, who was removed from her mother’s custody by protective services for neglect. At the time, Ken had been unemployed for nearly a year and was living in an apartment provided by a transitional housing program. He was also attending weekly Alcoholics …