ROCK COUNTY—Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties (CAI) announces the expansion of its youth health programming. The Adolescent Health Outreach Program (AHOP) will incorporate existing youth services and add new programs.AHOP includes the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), which has dramatically increased its outreach over the past three years.PREP served 131 youth in [...]
ROCK COUNTY—Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties (CAI) proudly announces an investment of nearly $500,000 from United Way Blackhawk Region (UWBR). “The importance of being a UWBR funded organization goes far beyond the financial resources that UWBR provides to our programs,” says Marc Perry, CAI executive director.“Being a UWBR partner organization speaks to [...]
Food tallies are in for AWARE’s “Summer Hungry” food and hygiene drive. The agency partnered with local churches, banks, and the library to coordinate the community-wide drive, which ended July 11, to benefit the Evansville Ecumenical Care Closet. More than 370 pounds of food and hygiene items were collected during the campaign. BMO Harris Bank, [...]
• America’s Farmers Grow Communities, a Bayer Fund program, partners with farmers to provide grants to local nonprofits to help their communities. • Through the program, farmers enroll for the chance to direct a $5,000 donation to a local eligible nonprofit organization of their choice. • The America’s Farmers programs have given nearly $65 million [...]
BELOIT—The Merrill Community Sharing Garden, a program of Community Action, Inc. (CAI), is doubling its growing potential in the Merrill Neighborhood thanks to a partnership with the Rock County Public Health Department. While the garden typically grows 1,000 food producing plants, one lot is under-utilized due to a lack of water. The Health Department is [...]
Community Action, Inc. announces food assistance services available in both Rock and Walworth counties. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that provides food assistance to low-income households through the distribution of food commodities from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services (FNS). TEFAP is a supplemental food [...]
Evers Administration program helped keep thousands of families in their homes during the pandemic across all 72 counties Madison, Wis. – Secretary Blumenfeld today announced that the Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance program (WERA), funded by the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program through the U.S. Department of Treasury, will close applications on January 31, 2023, due to low [...]
BELOIT—Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties (CAI) is proud to announce that Anastasia Givhan, CAI’s Success Coach Coordinator, has earned the 2022 Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) Courage Award.This prestigious statewide award recognizes an individual who has overcome significant barriers in attaining economic security.Anastasia first came to CAI nearly a decade ago [...]
Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties is ringing in the holiday season with its 8th Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza. The event returns as a drive-thru this year on December 4th in Beloit’s Eclipse Center parking lot. All proceeds support Community Action’s local anti-poverty programs. Guests at the Drive-Thru Gingerbread Extravaganza will pick up their [...]
DARIEN—Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties announces plans to expand Twin Oaks Shelter for the Homeless. Walworth County is including funding for Twin Oaks Shelter as the County prepares to allocate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the federal government. The funds would help kick-start a capital campaign to build a new [...]