MONTGOMERY– Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $2.3 million for programs that help low-income residents take steps to secure gainful employment and improve their quality of life. Community Action Partnership of North Alabama Inc., which serves Cullman, Lawrence and Morgan Counties, received $104,223.
The Community Services Block Grants will enable 20 Community Action Agencies throughout the state to help low-income residents achieve self-sufficiency and address barriers to success through a variety of programs and services. The specific needs of the communities served determine which programs are available, which can include job search assistance and short-term employment skills classes, parenting classes, transitional housing, summer youth programs, financial literacy programs and emergency food and shelter.
“Community Action Agencies provide important services help to low-income residents as they work to create a more stable foundation for a successful life,” Ivey said. “I commend these agencies for their goal of reducing and eliminating poverty by helping families in need, and I am pleased that these grant funds will support projects and programs to help reach that goal.”
Residents seeking assistance should contact their local community action agency. Full contact information for each agency can be found at www.caaalabama.org/agency-list.php
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Alabama’s Community Action Agencies recently scored in the top 25 percent of all community action agencies in the United States, according to a recent study to measure customer satisfaction for the Community Services Block Grant program.
“Gov. Ivey is committed to assisting some of Alabama’s most vulnerable citizens through the Community Services Block Grant program,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said. “ADECA’s partnership with these agencies over the years has helped many individuals and families achieve better stability and create more opportunities for success.”
Ivey awarded grants to the following agencies:
- Community Action Partnership of Huntsville/Madison and Limestone Counties Inc. (Madison and Limestone) – $141,849
- Community Service Programs of West Alabama Inc. (Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Tuscaloosa, Sumter) – $222,625
- Walker County Community Action Agency Inc. (Walker) – $36,790
- Pickens County Community Action Committee Inc. (Pickens) – $15,766
- Organized Community Action Program Inc. (Bullock, Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Lowndes, Pike) – $108,330
- Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc. (Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale) – $89,785
- Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama Inc. (Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall, St. Clair) – $181,922
- Community Action Partnership of North Alabama Inc. (Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan) – $104,223
- Montgomery Community Action Committee Inc. (Montgomery) – $122,537
- Mobile Community Action Inc. (Mobile, Washington) – $238,286
- Marion-Winston Counties Community Action Committee Inc. (Marion, Winston) – $30,441
- Macon-Russell Community Action Agency Inc. (Macon, Russell) – $50,400
- Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity (Jefferson) – $295,190
- Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership Inc. (Barbour, Coffee, Geneva, Henry, Houston) – $111,257
- Etowah County Community Services Program Inc. (Etowah) – $51,009
- Eleventh Area of Alabama Opportunity Action Committee Inc. (Chilton, Shelby, Autauga, Elmore) – $106,685
- Community Action Committee Inc. of Chambers-Tallapoosa-Coosa (Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa) – $47,201
- Community Action Agency of South Alabama (Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Monroe, Wilcox) – $166,847
- Alabama Council on Human Relations Inc. (Lee) – $74,031
- Community Action Agency of Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun, and Cleburne Counties (Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega) – $137,141
