Community Action NW
Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama
May 2016
Awareness—NO more Child Abuse
Every day should be lived
as a day to end child abuse
and neglect but April is the
designated month for national recognition including
blue as the chosen color for
awareness. Local grantees
Thanks to Mayor Ian Sanford
and the Sheffield City Council for their Proclamation
recognizing the problem of
child abuse and neglect and
dedicating to work together
to end the abuse of our most
vulnerable.
To the surprise of many of
our community supporters
boxes of doughnuts were
delivered to court personnel, judges, school boards,
probation officers and others.
of the Alabama Department
of Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention (ADCANP) were
active during the month in
ways that brought awareness to the Cause.
A big thanks to our sister
Children Trust Fund grantees— United Cerebral Palsy
of Northwest Alabama, Attention Homes of Northwest
Alabama, AIM—City Sheffield School. And thank you
to the ADCANP—CTF staff
for their support especially
Tracy Plummer who came
up from Montgomery to be
our doughnut partner for the
morning.
Visit our website for more
pictures highlighting the
month of April and prevention of child abuse and neglect. www.caanw.org
You can help the Cause by
purchasing a specialty Children’s Trust Fund vehicle
tag, utilizing income tax
write off, or purchasing one
of the specially designed
personalized heirloom birth
certificates.
For more information visit
the Alabama Department of
Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention (ADCANP) website at www.ctf.alabama.gov
GED and Career Readiness Certificate
Classes Available at Community Action
GED and National Career
Readiness Certificate
(WorkKeys) classes will
begin in June at Community
Action Northwest, Florence
location.
Classes will be offered
Tuesday and Thursdays
1-4 pm.
Classes are free and open
to the public.
For more information call
Community Action Agency
of Northwest Alabama 256766-4330, located at 745
Thompson Street, Florence,
AL 35630
Daylight and Dark—The “Man”
goes Blue!
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Community Action NW
Meals on Wheels Rolling Along
Junior League of
the Shoals Grant
Award
The Meals on Wheels (MOW)
Program has been the grateful
recipient of local grants including
the Junior League of the Shoals
and Trinity Episcopal Church St.
Francis Project.
The grants received from each of
these partners helps make it possible to continue serving a daily
meal to the 170+ homebound
Meals on Wheels clients.
We also thank our supporters that
provide fund raising activities for
MOW such as Buffalo Rock
Tuscumbia Division, IBEW 558
and Muscle Shoals Electric Line
Crew for donating winnings from
their creative float entry in the
Muscle Shoals Christmas Parade.
One of our largest supporters
able to reach the community
is United Way— a very important part of the Meals on
Wheels Program! Their ability to reach the giving community has been phenomenal. This outreach is something our small staff here at
Community Action does not
have the time or resources to
achieve.
Without United Way meal
services would be reduced
forcing many of our elderly
and disabled to go without the
nutritious meals and daily
visits from volunteers.
When it comes to resourcefulness our community is tops
in thoughtful compassion!
Thank you to our many, many
churches and individuals,
civic organizations and volunteers who support Meals on
Wheels!
Garden 2016
A special thank you to all the Garden volunteers, including TVA retirees, Southwire and others; For
physical support from TVA, Clark
Pulley, CB&S Bank, First United
Methodist Church Russellville and to
our many faithful financial supporters and especially to James Bedsole
and Judy Guyton for their coordination efforts.
Volunteers—201
Volunteer hours—634
Garden applicants—1,025
Renters Education Classes to be Offered
We will be offering a new ‘renters education’ class in August for interested persons. Topics will include Tenant
Rights, Fair Housing Laws, Financial Literacy for economic stability and more.
First time homebuyers classes will also be provided for those thinking about buying their first home or curious about
the home buying process. Fair Housing information, loan processes, home maintenance and more will be discussed.
Dates and locations will be provided upon inquiry. All classes are free and open to the public.
For more information please call 256-766-4330 or 256-383-3832
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2015 Participant Characteristics Outcomes Report
Total unduplicated persons
served— 6,805
Total unduplicated families
served— 3,578
Race
White—3,873
Black—2,691
Other—238
Gender
Males—2,458
Females—4,344
Income
Social Security—1,538
SSI—942
Employment—740
Pension—92
Unemployment Ins.—64
Zero Income—699
Age Served
70+ —534
55-69—904
45-54—784
24-44—1,775
18-23—447
0-17—2,361
115 people obtain and maintain
a job
37 obtain employment support
services
389 families obtain stable housing
36 families demonstrate the
ability to maintain a budget for
90 days
307 households receive emergency rent assistance
193 senior citizens maintain
independent living with community action assistance
240 individuals receive Meals
on Wheels
Education (24 and older reporting)
0-8—42
9-12 non graduate—1,739
421 families receive family
support through Mothers &
Responsible Parenting
15 homes weatherized
47 at-risk youth served
21 provided with home energy training
5 attended first time homebuyers
High school grad or GED—1,536
Some post secondary—170
2-4 year college grad—438
Family Type
Single parent female—959
Single parent male—48
Single/adults—2,168
Two Parent—183
Housing
Own—877
Rent—2,407
Homeless—193
Other—90
Community Needs
Assessment
Please take 5
minutes to visit our
website and take
our community
needs Assessment!
www.caanw.org
2 completed GED classes
2,703 household utility bills
paid
7 obtained emergency protection from violence
Nor thwest Alabama Responsible Parenting
See our Responsible
Parenting billboards
located at the south end
of the O’Neal Bridge–
facing south, and also
on Florence Blvd/Hwy
72– facing east.
For more information on
the Responsible Parenting Program call 256-766
-4330 ext. 109
C OMMUNITY A CTION
A GENCY OF N ORTHWEST
A LABAMA
Summer Utilities Program begins June 1st.
Utility appointments can be made by calling
256-764-5142. Please follow the automated
instructions carefully.
Helping People, Changing
Lives
745 Thompson Street
Florence, Alabama 35630
WE’RE
ON THE
WEB!
“Our mission is to reduce the causes and adverse consequences of poverty and to empower low-income individuals,
families and communities to achieve self-sufficiency through
advocacy, resource utilization and service delivery.”
W W W . CAA N W . O R G
Hodge Podge
Congratulations to Jackie
Baker on her upcoming certification as a National ROMA Trainer. We will be fortunate to have 2 Certified
Results Orientated Management Accountability Trainers on staff including YaShika Ray.
Both these Trainers can provide assistance to Community Actions in, and beyond,
Alabama in addition to
providing on-going training
for our own staff and Board
for outcome and results
driven performance.
Welcome to Justiss Martin
and Manika Garner our
University of North Alabama
(UNA) Interns for the sum-
mer. Justiss is pursuing a
degree in Human Resource
and Manika a degree as a
Social Worker.
We say a sad goodbye to
Tre’ Crume as he leaves our
Responsible Parenting Program and continues to work
toward his dream of becoming an evangelist. He will
enter seminary in Dallas TX
following his
graduation
from UNA
with a degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies.
Tre’ Crume & Jackie Baker
Sheila Weaver & Justiss Martin
Manika Garner