OACAA Briefing: The latest news from OACAA and Ohio's CAAs



February 2022
Photo: The HHWP CAC WIC is now a milk bank drop-off location! See "OhioHealth Mothers' Milk Bank" in "Network News" for more! Picture from HHWP CAC Facebook.
ASSOCIATION UPDATES & RESOURCES
WLC22: Thank you for attending!
Thank you to all who attended the OACAA 2022 Winter Legislative Conference!

Please continue to watch our newsletters and event calendar for the 2022 Annual Summer Conference details!

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Thinking Re-imagined: 3 Secrets of Mental Well-being

Date: February 24, 2022
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Virtual
NETWORK NEWS & SUCCESSES
OhioHealth Mothers’ Milk Bank To Open Milk DropSite At The Family Center At Hancock

(Source: The Columbus Daily Times)

The OhioHealth Mothers’ Milk Bank is celebrating the grand opening of The Family Center Milk Drop at Hancock County WIC (a program of Hancock Hardin Wyandot Putnam Community Action Commission) on Tuesday, January 25, at 10 a.m. The new milk drop site, located at 1800 N. Blanchard St. in Findlay, will house a freezer to store donated human milk, which will then be transferred to the milk bank in Columbus at no cost to the donor.

The OhioHealth Mothers’ Milk Bank, under the guidelines of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), provides pasteurized human milk to those infants whose mothers are unable to provide milk to nourish their babies. It is one of just 29 milk banks in North America – 26 in the United States and three in Canada. 

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Ohio Governor's Imagination Library of Ashtabula County Reached 500 followers!

(Source: Ohio Governor's Imagination Library of Ashtabula County Facebook)

The Ohio Governor's Imagination Library was created in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and is a free book gifting program for families with children under 5 in every Ohio zip code.

The Ohio Governor's Imagination library of Ashtabula County--a partner of Ashtabula County Community Action Agency--recently took to their Facebook page to announce an exciting milestone for registered families in Ashtabula.

"Yesterday we reached over 500 followers! We send books to over
2,000 families to 34% of our county’s children under 5 years old!"

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Free, discounted bus fares during Ohio Loves Transportation Week

(Source: The Athens News)

If you’ve ever wanted to try Athens County’s public transportation options, next week is your big chance: HAPCAP is offering free and discounted rides during “Ohio Loves Transportation Week,” Feb. 13–20.

“Ohio Loves Transportation” is an annual campaign by the Ohio Public Transportation Association to raise awareness of mass transit options, said Bryan Hinkle, Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action mobility coordinator. Part of that awareness is debunking common concerns about mass transit, most often that it’s expensive and that it’s unsanitary.

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