How do we know how we can help? We listen to participants. We ask you for feedback about how we are doing. The latest request we have of you is to help us gather information about the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC). Follow this link to take the survey. This provides us with feedback so…
“The poor you will have with you always” a famous man once said. The needs in our communities continue and so do we. Each month we assist families and individuals who come to us in need.
An essential part of planning is looking at the current needs of our communities and the people that we serve. Local data was collected, analyzed and presented to our board. It’s available for you to view as well. Take a look into what’s going on in our communities and with people in poverty in southeast Iowa by reading the Community…
Executive Director Sheri Wilson, Center Director Lisa Nafziger, and Planning Director Rachel Albrecht attended the Annual ICAA Conference. All three came back with new ideas having made connections and learned. Ongoing learning is so important for all of us.
We are a Community Action Agency because we receive federal dollars from the Community Services Block Grant. We submit an application to the state every year and the state must submit an application to the federal government each year. The state draft application is available to be reviewed and there is a public forum for it to be discussed in…
Three through five year old’s in Head Start are out of school for the summer, but that doesn’t mean things are slacking around here. We continue to offer many assistance programs through the summer months and Head Start staff is gearing up for a great start to the new school year come fall.
Above is a report on some of our activities for the month of May. Each month through Community Action of Southeast Iowa lives are impacted, people are changed, partnerships are built, people are strengthened, and quality services are provided to alleviate the conditions and causes of poverty empowering people on their journey to self-sufficiency.
Children and especially children of color are disproportionately affected by poverty. The circle graph below shows the percentage of children in poverty by population numbers in our four counties in southeast Iowa. When we look at the number of individuals and how many of them in that group in our area are in poverty we see some astronomical numbers: 14.62%…
“Helping People, Changing Lives” and telling you about it. Above is a short snippet of what’s been happening at Community Action. Your partnership, your donations, your support, your comments, your spreading the word, you make a difference.
*Applications CLOSED as of June 7, 2019. *If you applied you can expect to receive a letter in the mail by August 1, 2019 to let you know of your application status (approved, denied, or on the waiting list). Community Action of Southeast Iowa is [was] taking applications for the Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program. Anyone is welcome to…