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NC Empowered – November 2020
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Remember when being a social justice warrior was a good thing?
Reflections on Sargent Shriver who led LBJ’s War on Poverty plus update from David Bradley on legislative focus on weatherization.
NCCAA’s Case Management certification starts October 12 and the next Head Start Family Engagement certification will begin in 2021.
- Success Story: Passage Home’s HVAC course just finished and two of their graduates not only finished the course, they obtaining the NATE (North American Technician Excellence) Ready-to-Work and EPA 608 Universal Certifications
- Charlotte Area Fund selected to receive $1.1 million grant from IKEA US Community Foundation for Covid relief, Qcitymetro
- CADA partners with Martin Co. to administer almost $1 million for COVID-19 assistance, NewsChannel 12
- Blue Ridge Community Action helps woman get much-needed A/C unit free of charge, WSOC-TV
- NC Center for Nonprofits Offering 4 Scholarships to their Rebuilding for Resiliency Conference
- Mountain Projects gets $137,000 from Haywood County, WLOS
- Governor Cooper Announces Applications Open for New Rent and Utility Assistance Program (press release)
- Free COVID-19 testing available on Oct. 19 hosted by Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity Inc., The Daily Dispatch
- NCCAA's website has a new Accessibility Widget (see image at bottom left of each web page)
- Listen Up NC Radio Shows now on our YouTube channel
*Social determinants of health is a new buzz word within social services. Social determinants represent factors of our physical, emotional and social environment that have key impacts on our health. In fact, 80% of our health outcomes are determined by where we live, work and play…
This month's feature is Blue Ridge Community Action, which is one of our agencies that provides weatherization and home safety updates to North Carolinians. This work helps create safer homes, which can help reduce medical bills, accidents and safety risks…
Barry Saunders, Director of Communications
Elle Evans, Community Impact Manager, Social Determinants of Health
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- Brady Education Foundation (next deadline: Dec. 1)
- Walmart (next deadline Dec. 31)
- Reiman Foundation
- Knight Foundation
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