Rock County ranks fourth in Wisconsin in the level of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). First Choice Health Center, a program of Community Action, Inc., is hosting a free testing clinic in Janesville on August 31 to help reduce those numbers.…
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Grace Jones Receives Housing Excellence Award
Grace Jones, Executive Director of Couleecap, the Community Action Agency serving La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon and Crawford Counties in western Wisconsin, was awarded the prestigious Charles M. Hill, Sr. Award for Housing Excellence at the 2016 A Home for Everyone…
Former WISCAP Employee Kathy Cartwright Passes Away
Former WISCAP employee Kathy Cartwright passed away August 12, 2016. She was 64. Kathy served a Rural Development Specialist in WISCAP’s Rural Development Department for 13 years – from 1999 to 2012. She was a great resource for the work…
$15.92 per hour
$15.92 per hour. That is how much a Wisconsin household must earn in Wisconsin to afford a 2-bedroom apartment, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) annual Out of Reach report for 2016. Each year the federal Housing…
$1.5 Million Awarded to Address Behavioral Health in Southwestern Wisconsin
The Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, working with a multi-sector network of community partners, has been awarded funding through the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). The AHW Endowment has announced funding for…
Innovative Southwest CAP Program Helps Overcome Language Barriers to Self-Sufficiency
An innovative program operated by the Southwest Community Action Program is having impressive results helping local residents learn English as a second language. The Southwest Wisconsin Multicultural Outreach Program run by Southwest CAP is helping individuals who can’t speak English overcome barriers…
Wisconsin’s FoodShare Work Rules: We Can Do Better
Last week’s report from the Department of Health Services announcing that over 41,000 able-bodied single adults lost access to food stamps in the past 12 months, while nearly 12,000 individuals found jobs through the program, brings into stark focus a…
United Way Donates $31,000 to SDC’s Tax Help Program
The United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County has awarded a $31,000 grant to the Social Development Commission (SDC) for its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. SDC is the Community Action Agency serving Milwaukee County. The VITA program offers…
CAI Child Care Learing Center Earns Highest Youngstar Rating
A program of Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties, Community Kids Learning Center, has recently received a five-star YoungStar rating from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF). Five stars is the highest rating available, indicating a…
WISCAP Helps to Expand Rural Facilities
Five years ago, the neighboring Trempealeau County villages of Strum (pop. 1,001) and Eleva (pop. 635) faced identical problems. What to do about the communities’ aging wastewater treatment facilities? The Strum facility, constructed in 1981, was in poor overall condition.…