Iowa Community Action Association - In the News
Iowa Community Action Association - In the News
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp Operation: New View Community Action Agency Operation Threshold North Iowa Community Action Organization Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. Mid-Sioux Opportunity Community Action Agency of Siouxland West Central Community Action New Opportunities, Inc. MATURA Action Corporation South Central Iowa Community Action Program Des Moines Community Action Agency Red Rock Area Community Action Program Mid-Iowa Community Action Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Community Action of Eastern Iowa Community Action of Southeast Iowa Southern Iowa Economic Development Association

Last year 1,905 Iowa families reduced their heating costs through weatherization programs, and 14,363 families received financial support for emergency energy assistance (Read More).
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Executive Committee Call
Monday, September 13, 2010 13:00 PM
Budgeting to Create Savings Financial Literacy Class
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 18:00 PM
CANCELED: Admin Officers: Fiscal Meeting
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 13:00 PM
Cadmus Energy Wise Train-the-Trainer Event for FaDSS Coordinators and Head Start
Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:00 AM
Debt Reduction & Asset Building Financial Literacy Class
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 18:00 PM
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Girl Scout Troop Helps Plymouth County Get Ready for School
08/30/2010 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Remsen & Kingsley Girl Scouts Cadettes decided to partner up with Mid-Sioux and Wal-Mart and start up a back to school supplies program for Plymouth county children.
 
Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. Receives Donation for Oral Health
08/20/2010 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation, in conjunction with the Greater Des Moines Partnership's DM/DC trip and Iowa's Congressional delegation, donated 9,000 toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss to the Iowa Head Start Assocation. Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. will receive a portion of the donation.
 
Culver: Iowa Moving Forward on Energy
08/13/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
Culver: Iowa Moving Forward on Energy Efficiency and Green Collar Jobs Nearly 2,200 homes weatherized and almost 300 new jobs created DES MOINES –Governor Chet Culver joined with the U.S. Department of Energy today to announce that Iowa has reached a significant milestone under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – completing weatherization work for more than 30 percent of the homes the state had planned to weatherize. As of June 30, 2010, Iowa has weatherized 2,179 homes with Recovery Act funding, plus more than 1,300 additional homes with annual program funding. And according to the state, an additional 275 jobs were created by state and local weatherization providers. As a result of the progress in the program to date, the state will now have access to an additional $40.4 million in Recovery Act weatherization funding to continue providing energy efficiency services to Iowa’s low-income families.
 
Disaster Relief Efforts in Lyon County
08/13/2010 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. Receives Local Support For Disaster Relief Efforts In Lyon County
 
18 State Agencies Continue to Help Iowans in Need
07/23/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson stated that this country would fight poverty. Forty-six years later, the Iowa Community Action Agencies are continuing to fight day after day for the Iowans who still live in poverty.
 
Weatherizing 82,000 Homes This Summer
07/15/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
Picture a neighborhood block somewhere in your town. It might have single-story homes for 10 families -- complete with front porches, sidewalks and green lawns.
 
Leonard Pitts, Jr. Interviewed by Des Moines Register
07/02/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
Leonard Pitts, Jr. gives an interview to the Des Moines Register
 
ICAA Launches New Web & Marketing Program
06/01/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
Iowa Community Action Association (ICAA) has launched a new website and marketing program in association with its member agencies and partners across the state at www.IowaCommunityAction.org that offers a wide range of features, tools and resources for Iowa Community Action Agencies to better serve and communicate with its local audiences. Visitors can learn about each of the member agencies across the state, explore news & events, learn about and apply for available programs and services, access reports and statistics, apply for job opportunities, view photo galleries, watch streaming videos, donate to local agencies, explore volunteer opportunities, sign up for the ICAA email newsletter, join social media initiatives, and more. The interactive agency map and navigation menus allow visitors to easily find their local agency and community resources, and browse the entire site based on the local agency or community selected.
 
ICAA to Expand Online Presence in 2010
04/13/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
ICAA is in the process of developing new web and marketing systems that will improve communication with its member agencies, state and national partners, legislators, and the public.
 
'Economic Recovery' activist meet, fret over middle class
04/05/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
The ranks of middle-class Iowans are shrinking while the number of poor are increasing amid a deepening national recession, several activist leaders warned Saturday at a community forum in Des Moines.
 
ICAA Speaks Out on Economic Stimulus
01/04/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
“The question is not whether we can afford to act,” Lana Ross, Director of the Association of Community Action Agencies, stated. “It is whether we can afford not to act. Without strong attention to the needs of struggling families within the economic stimulus package, Iowa is likely to fall into a deeper recession and the futures of Iowa’s children will be much less bright.” ICAA staff participated with other children advocates at a press conference held Monday December 15th at the Iowa State Capitol.