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Iowa Community Action Association - In The News
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An Exemplary Program Happened
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Is your child receiving quality child care?
Monday, May 7, 2012
Tweet Community Action
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Who Wouldn't Want a 5 Star Child Care Provider?
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tornado Damage
Friday, April 20, 2012


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An Exemplary Program Happened
05/16/2012 - Iowa Community Action Association
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 about 7:00 pm a tornado struck the Northwest corner of the town of Creston and continued to the northeast across the rural part of the county for about 15 miles.
 
 
Tweet Community Action
04/26/2012 - Iowa Community Action Association
May is Community Action month so on May 8th be sure to Tweet #CommunityAction !!
 
Who Wouldn't Want a 5 Star Child Care Provider?
04/25/2012 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Iowa's Quality Rating System (QRS) is a voluntary program that offers providers a guided way to improve the quality of child care they provide.
 
Tornado Damage
04/20/2012 - MATURA Action Corp
Tornado Damage to Clearview Apartments
 
AN EXEMPLARY PROGRAM is Happening
04/19/2012 - Iowa Community Action Association
See what Exemplary Program North Iowa Community Action is doing.
 
Mid-Sioux receives Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Funds
04/09/2012 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. received a grant in the amount of $2,400.00 from the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation to replace lighting in its Rock Rapids office.
 
FaDSS Day on the Hill
02/21/2012 - North Iowa Community Action Organization
North Iowa FaDSS (Family Development and Self Sufficiency ) members made a trip to the Capitol to discuss the success of the program in our area.
 
Siouxland Principal receives Child at Heart Award
02/14/2012 - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Child Care Resource & Referral congratulates Ellen Pickhinke, Principal at Schaller-Crestland School for receiving the Early Childhood Iowa 2012 Child at Heart Award.
 
Bank of America provides grant to North Iowa Community Action Organization
09/01/2011 - North Iowa Community Action Organization
Assistance will target at risk low to moderate individuals and families
 
Give Kids a Smile
09/01/2011 - North Iowa Community Action Organization
NICAO collaborates with United Way to create Smile Program Give Kids a Smile
 
Staying Alive: Nonprofit Innovation in a Traditional Setting
07/26/2011 - Iowa Community Action Association
If a characteristic of an excellent nonprofit is its adaptability, how does excellence emerge when an entire swath of nonprofits – a family of nonprofits in a way – faces a withering attack from several quarters? Do they simply work on delivering their longtime services better, or should they rethink their missions, question the sometimes quaint idea of “sticking to their knitting,” and launch into riskier programmatic ventures outside of their traditional comfort zones?
 
The Truth About Poverty in America
07/25/2011 - Iowa Community Action Association
Tavis Smiley comments on how he feels that lower class people may be missing from our ongoing economic debates.
 
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.
 
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.
 
UDMO Head Start Classrooms Explore Cultures through RIF Program
05/13/2010 - Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc.
Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. (UDMO) Head Start students took a “trip” around the world as part of this year’s Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program. For more than 18 years UDMO has received grant funding from RIF to develop classroom activities and purchase books to give to the children. UDMO Head Start offers the program three times each school year in classrooms in eight counties.
 
Working to Recover: Savings Accounts Assist Disaster-Impacted Iowans
05/03/2010 - Iowa Community Action Association
Special Individual Development Account Matches Money in Savings for Disaster-Affected Individuals.