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 …
Ashtabula County Community Action Agency Receives Workforce Innovation Award
The following article was originally published in Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County’s 2018 Best of Ashtabula County Awards program. Workforce Innovation Award – Ashtabula County Community Action Agency: Strong Foundations, Successful Futures Several years ago, at the urging of State Representative John Patterson, community leaders came together to explore a Community Learning Center (CLC) approach in the Ashtabula Area City …
Nurturing motherhood through challenges
No matter how you look at it, parenting is tough. But when you add financial struggles and substance recovery to the challenges of raising three young daughters, it all can become very overwhelming. Meloney, a Mansfield, Ohio native, was struggling to raise her children while also living in poverty and trying to overcome addiction. She had difficulty maintaining a job, …
Community Action works by looking beyond the present
The Community Action Network works to provide comprehensive services for low-income Ohioans to help overcome obstacles, provide opportunities to become self-reliant, and to alleviate poverty in communities. It is because of this mission and approach that our neighbors, not only here in Ohio but across the country, are meeting their goals and getting out of poverty. Ohio Heartland Community Action …
Encouragement now, JOBS NOW!
Mark entered the JOBS NOW! program at Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) in March of 2015, after being out of the workforce for some time. As a single dad raising a 5-year-old daughter, Mark needed to make a change and find employment that could help him better support his family. When classes began, Mark was not immediately engaged in …
Legislative Update
The 130th General Assembly is now on summer break after finishing the biennial budget, presenting us with a good opportunity to review the bills OACAA has followed and those we will continue to follow when the General Assembly returns: HB 3 INSURANCE NAVIGATORS (Sears, B.) Among other provisions, HB 3, which becomes effective on July 30, provides for the certification …
Community Action Helps People and Changes Lives
Wendy Carter worked for several years in human resources, but decided to leave that career to spend more time raising her three daughters. She doesn’t regret that decision, which happened just as her husband Allen’s work as a self-employed contractor plummeted during the recession. For the first time, Wendy and her family needed help. “I never had to ask for help,” she …
Community Action Helps Dislocated Worker Gain New Skills and Find a Job
Michael, a 55 year-old resident of Weinland Park in Columbus, Ohio who lost his warehousing job did not know where to turn. “I lost my job in 2011 and my whole world crumbled,” Michael explained. “I lost my apartment, my relationship and my freedom. I felt defeated and I had no self-esteem. I thought that I was going to be …
Community Action Helps Homeless Woman Fulfill Her Dreams
Sandra had come from a broken home. She dropped out of school in the ninth grade, had an addictive lifestyle, had served time in prison, and was living on the streets. But thanks to Community Action, she completed her education, has a home and a great job where she says, “I am living my dream and it feels great!” While applying for …
Community Action Workforce Development Program Helps Cincinnati Man Start New Career
James had a good job as a food processor, but when the recession hit, he lost this position. His resources were quickly diminishing and James knew he needed to increase his skills to find a new job. James contacted the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency and learned that their Workforce Development program offered a unique Cincinnati Manufacturing Certificates course. This is a …
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