OACAA Briefing: The latest news from OACAA and Ohio's CAAs
April 2022
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ASSOCIATION UPDATES & RESOURCES
OACAA Executive Director Earns Distinguished Alumni Award
OACAA Executive Director Philip E. Cole was one of six Kappa Sigma Fraternity alumni recently honored with what is deemed one of the highest alumni awards within the national fraternity, the Sen. John G. Tower Alumni Award.
The Community Action Leadership Training series led by Brian Cole Miller is back again this year! This training series is open and free to OACAA members only, though participants must commit to attending all five workshops. To be considered for this series, interested participants should complete an application online before June 13.
City of Columbus Launches Clean-Energy Workforce Development Program through Partnership with IMPACT
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 Community.
Meals on Wheels provides nourishment, social interaction for seniors
(Source: The Logan Daily News, By: Keri Johnson)
Almost 300 older people living in Athens and Hocking counties participate in a program that delivers them food weekly, free-of-charge: Meals on Wheels.
The Meals on Wheels program celebrated its 50th anniversary this past March. In Hocking County, Meals on Wheels is a program through the Southeast Ohio Foodbank & Regional Kitchen, run by Hocking Athens Perry Community Action, aka HAPCAP.
LIMA — Individuals looking to buy a home in Lima can get up to $6,000 to help pay the down payment and closing costs.
The West Ohio Community Action Partnership is offering homeownership classes. A new 12-hour class begins each month and consists of pre-purchase counseling and twelve hours of homeownership classes that identify the process in which homeownership is accomplished.
