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Agencies struggle to help the homeless - Calaveras Enterprise |
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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Monday, 22 February 2010 13:14 |
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"The usual stereotype of homelessness involves the disenfranchised navigating the mean streets of urban areas but a new picture is rising of those in rural areas struggling with the same issue. At its last meeting of 2009, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors learned that the state and federal governments are finally starting to look at and address homelessness in areas outside cities. Beetle Barbour, housing resources director of the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency, told supervisors that a change is coming in the system." (CalaverasEnterprise.com, January 6, 2010) |
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Gain a New Perspective on Tuolumne County - Sierra Lodestar |
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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Monday, 25 January 2010 08:55 |
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"Resolutions are serious business, especially ones you make to other people. Well, Tuolumne County, you are my people. I’m happy to report that I’ve started on my 2010 resolutions!" (Sierra Lodestar, January 19, 2010) |
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A-TCAA has Strong Year During Hard Times - Ledger-Dispatch.com |
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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:52 |
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"Not everyone in the foothills has heard of Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency, but most people who are struggling have. A-TCAA runs the local homeless shelter, the family learning center, the home energy assistance program and the lifeline program, and provides help for seniors, mentoring for local youth, work assistance for the unemployed and family resources for children and parents who have fallen on hard times." (Amador Ledger-Dispatch, January 7, 2010) |
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ATCAA Central Sierra Connect Community Forum and Board of Supervisors Update - The Pine Tree |
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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:49 |
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"ATCAA completes five-county technology planning grant $250,000 aggregation of demand study maps out future for high speed Internet in rural Sierras Final community forums set for January & February. ATCAA Central Sierra Connect, a regional project including Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, has completed work on an 18-month, $250,000 project funded by a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). CETF, created as part of private telecommunication company mergers, is charged with "minimizing the Digital Divide by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband and other advanced communication services to unserved and underserved communities". This project was part of a statewide effort to help rural counties gain 100 percent coverage for high speed internet and encourage wider use of technology by all residents." (The Pine Tree, January 11, 2010) |
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No Open Enrollment for Rental Assistance - UnionDemocrat.com |
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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 12:16 |
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" Huge demand for low-income housing and limited staffing have combined to force local humanitarian agencies that received a federal grant this fall for rental assistance to eliminate open enrollments for the program. “We’re getting slammed,” said Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency’s Beetle Barbour. “With open enrollments, we used to say ‘just call us.’ ”" (Union Democrat, December 4, 2009) |
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