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Now Accepting Applications:
Two $1,000 Scholarships to be Awarded
Southwest Georgia Community Action Council (CAC) joins with the Georgia Community Action Association (GCAA) in announcing the availability of two one-thousand dollar ($1,000.00) scholarships to be awarded on a statewide basis to Georgia residents who are currently attending or have been accepted at a post high school institution. One of the scholarships will be awarded to a community action agency (CAA) employee. Non-CAA applicants must be income eligible in accordance with the Community Services Block Grant guidelines. Applicants must be successfully judged a winner in an essay writing competition to be awarded a scholarship. The essay is to be entitled "What Community Action Has Meant to My Community”. The Georgia Community Action Association is a professional association composed of twenty member agencies from across the State, one of which is CAC. The closing date for applications from the CAC service area is 4:00 p.m., May 14, 2008. Faxed information will not be accepted. Click here to request additional information including essay guidelines and the address for submission, or call 800/642-3384.
NHSA Recognizes Head Start Program Once Again as "Program of Achievement"
The Agency's Head Start program was recognized on April 23, 2008, by the National Head Start Association at the Quality Initiative Awards Reception in Nashville, Tennessee, for obtaining recertification as a "Program of Achievement". Less than 40 of the nearly 2,700 Head Start programs nationwide have earned this distinction, placing our Head Start program in the top 1.2% of all Head Start grantees. Pictured with the award at top left (L-R) are Head Start Director Ramona Codling, Agency Board Chair James Yates, and Agency CEO Myrtis Mulkey Ndawula. Pictured top right (L-R) accepting the award on behalf of the Agency at the awards reception in Nashville are Ms. Codling, Head Start Policy Council Chair Raimond Burley, and Head Start Education Specialist Alicia Williamson.
Eve Hayes Recognized as Community Champion
Ms. Govies Eve Hayes, Emergency Services Coordinator, was recognized at the Georgia Community Action Association's December 2007 Human Rights Day Observance as CAC's 2007 Community Champion for her many years of dedication and selfless service on behalf of those in need.
Under Renovation: The Future Home of Agency Headquarters
The Agency is moving forward with preliminary work on renovations to the former Market Square Shopping Center that was purchased to serve as the future home of the Agency headquarters and renamed Community Action Complex. The site also houses business tenants including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, American General Finance, and Cellular Now in parcels located elsewhere within the complex.
full view of Community Action Complex
ready for renovation - view of interior after completion of demolition phase
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