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Community
Action Network Links
www.cmchdc.org
The Central Missouri Counties' Human Development Corporation (CMCHDC)
is a private, non-profit corporation. Incorporated over thirty
years ago, CMCHDC is the designated Community Action Agency (CAA)
for the eight counties of Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper,
Howard, Moniteau and Osage.
www.economicsecuritycorp.org
Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area (ESC) is a private
nonprofit Community Action Agency created in October, 1965, to
serve the needs of low-income individuals and families.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/hdc/
Human Development Corporation of Metropolitan St. Louis (HDC).
The mission of the Human Development Corporation is to provide
a range of services that assist low-income individuals and families
to gain skills, knowledge and motivation to become self-sufficient
and revitalize the community.
www.jfcac.org
Jefferson-Franklin Community Action Corporation (JFCAC) is a private,
nonprofit corporation, formed in 1965. The mission of JFCAC is
to advance, elevate, and promote the economic, educational, civic,
and social conditions of the citizens. The mission includes the
need to promote self-sufficiency and to strengthen the opportunity
to live in decency and dignity.
www.mvhr.org
Missouri Valley Human Resource Community Action Agency (MVHR).
The mission of Missouri Valley Human Resource Community Action
Agency is to empower disadvantaged people in our seven county
area to attain self-sufficiency through quality programs.
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Missouri Ozarks Community Action, Inc. (MOCA) is a non-profit
community action agency, People Helping People. MOCA is dedicated
to helping families and individuals in the eight central Missouri
counties of Camden, Crawford, Gasconade, Laclede, Maries, Miller,
Phelps, and Pulaski. MOCA's goal is to help low-income people
become self-sufficient. This is accomplished through the aid of
federal, state, local and private resources.
www.oaiwp.org
Ozark Action Incorporated (OAI) seeks to utilize available resources
to effectively assist individuals, families, and communities to
achieve their highest levels of self-sufficiency, thereby, decreasing
the levels of poverty throughout OAI's service area.
www.uscaa.info/index2.html
United Services Community Action Agency is a private, nonprofit
entity, incorporated in December of 1978 to serve the low-income
citizens of Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.
www.wcmcaa.org
West Central Missouri Community Agency (WCMAA) is a community
based organization dedicated to bettering the economic, physical,
metal, and social well-being of all people, especially the disadvantaged,
by effectively coordinating and administering available resources
and information.
www.caplaw.org
Community Action Program Legal Services Inc. A nonprofit membership
organization designed to provide expert legal services and legal
training to community action agencies.
www.communityaction.org
Missouri Association for Community Action (MACA). The goal of
the Missouri Community Action Network is to nurture our relationships
with old friends and cultivate new friends in order to strengthen
our advocacy efforts for the low-income citizens of Missouri.
www.nascsp.org
National Association for State Community Services Program. Our
Mission: To assist states in moving low-income people toward self-sufficiency.
www.ncaf.org
The National Community Action Foundation - Advocates for the nation's
Community Action Agencies and the low-income Americans they serve.
www.communityactionpartnership.com
Community Action Partnership - The Community Action Partnership
was established in 1972 as the National Association of Community
Action Agencies (NACAA) and is the national organization representing
the interests of the 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) working
to fight poverty at the local level.
Government
Agency Links
http://ago.missouri.gov/checkacharity/
The Missouri Attorney General’s Check A Charity Web site. Missourians
who give to charity often have questions about what percentage
of their gifts goes to the charitable purpose and what percentage
is used for administrative costs. Donors now can find out this
information for hundreds of charities, including CAASTLC. The
information is provided as a resource to assist Missourians in
evaluating solicitations and giving wisely when responding to
charitable appeals.
www.acf.dhhs.gov
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for
federal programs that promote the economic and social well being
of families, children, individuals, and communities.
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
http://www.dss.state.mo.us
The Missouri Department of Social Services. The Department of
Social Services is responsible for coordinating programs to provide
public assistance to children and their parents, access to health
care, services to the elderly, child support enforcement assistance
and to provide specialized assistance to troubled youth.
www.govbenefits.gov/GovBenefits/jsp/GovBenefits.jsp
GovBenefits is an online screening tool that is free, easy-to-use,
and completely confidential. It does not require a name, phone
number, Social Security number, or any other information that
could be used to identify an individual. It does however ask a
series of questions about an individual, and then Gov Benefits
returns a list of government benefits which the individual may
be eligible to receive along with information about how they can
apply.
http://www.hud.gov
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
http://www.hud.gov/local/stl
HUD's St. Louis office's Web Site. See what programs and opportunities
HUD is offering in St. Louis, Missouri.
www.nationalservice.org
The National Senior Service Corps (Senior Corps) is the network
of programs that helps adults aged 55 and older find volunteer
opportunities to help strengthen their communities. The Senior
Corps includes the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP),
the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), and the Senior Companion
Program.
www.state.mo.us
Missouri State Government Web Site. Links to state departments,
plus, view Missouri statutes, find out about legislative committee
members and more.
http://www.stlouisco.com
St. Louis County, Missouri Government Web Site.
www.ded.state.mo.us/employment/workforcedevelopment
Department of Economic Development, Division of Workforce Development.
www.whitehouse.gov
The White House.
Special
Interest Web Links
www.autofinancing101.org
AWARE was formed to build a greater understanding among consumers
about how auto financing works and aims to ensure that potential
buyers of new and used autos have the tools and resources they
need to successfully navigate the auto financing process. In educating
consumers about auto financing and ways to make informed financing
decisions, AWARE seeks to ensure that financing remains available
and affordable to the broadest possible spectrum of consumers.
www.cbpp.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. A nonpartisan research
organization and policy institute with an emphasis on low and
moderate income policies and programs.
www.census.gov
US Census Bureau - United States Department of Commerce.
www.childrensdefense.org
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child
Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start,
a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and Moral Start in life and successful
passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
www.cmakc.org
The Center for Management Assistance is where nonprofit organizations
come for consulting, training and technology services.
http://www.erha.com
Energy Rated Homes of America. This web site will provide you
all of the information you need to take advantage of opportunities
to own a higher quality, more comfortable, more affordable and
environmentally friendly home.
www.familyeducation.com
Family Education - Learning Network Parent Channel.
http://www.fatherssupportcenter.org
Fathers' Support Center, St. Louis is a community based agency
providing comprehensive programs that improve children’s lives,
strengthen families and impact communities by providing programs
that effectively connect parent(s) and children. Programs include
employment preparation, job placement, educational/vocational
referrals, counseling, life skills/parenting skills training and
child abuse prevention.
www.fdncenter.org
The Foundation Center - Your gateway to philanthropy on the World
Wide Web.
http://www.homeloans.va.gov
Veterans Affairs Home Loan Guaranty Services.
http://www.lsem.org/
The Mission of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is to provide
high-quality legal assistance and equal access to justice to low-income
people.
http://www.medicineresearchcenter.com
The Medicine Research Center assists individuals coping with the
daily challenge of paying the high cost of prescription medication.
At this site, you will discover all about their service and Patient
Assistance Programs, what they are and how they can work for you.
These programs have been assisting people in need for many years,
and can now help you or someone you know who is burdened with
the ever increasing price of their medication.
http://outreach.missouri.edu/nutrihealth/nutrnetwork.html
The Missouri Nutrition Network facilitates collaboration among
nutrition, health and education providers to expand and integrate
effective nutrition education efforts in food stamps and other
nutrition programs for low-income households.
www.microweb.com/pepsite
The PEP site is an information resource for Parents, Educators,
and children's software Publishers. The content of this site has
been developed in response to the interests and needs of these
three audiences.
www.naeyc.org
The National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early
childhood educators and other dedicated to improving the quality
of programs for children from birth through third grade.
www.oseda.missouri.edu
The Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) provides
Missourians with up-to-date social, economic, and demographic
information about their localities.
http://www.rebuildingtogether-stl.org/
Rebuilding Together - St. Louis is an affiliate of a national
volunteer organization. It revitalizes neighborhoods in partnership
with the community by rehabilitating the houses of low-income
homeowners, particularly the elderly and the disabled, so that
they may continue to live independently in comfort and safety.
Rebuilding Together - St. Louis also renews neighborhoods by rebuilding
community centers, playgrounds and other community projects.
http://services.dese.state.mo.us
Annual Reporting of School Data.
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SHARE Network is a unique resource to help customers become
self-sufficient. It is a network that brings together
workforce development partners, faith-based organizations,
community organizations, businesses and government agencies.
SHARE Network consists of committed service providers
and over 100 services ranging from Adult Employment and
Training Services to Youth Services. Use SHARE Network
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Socialserve.com. A free rental service for: |
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• Section 8 Properties,
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www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp
A listing of links, from A to Z of poverty related resources on
the Internet. A great resource for researchers.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/row
Redevelopment Opportunities for Women, Inc. (R.O.W.). R.O.W. is
premised on the belief that every individual has self-worth and
is endowed with certain strengths and abilities. R.O.W.'s mission
is to create opportunities for women and families to pursue personal
and family development.
http://www.stl.unitedway.org
United Way of Greater St. Louis.
www.trainingoption.com
Early Childhood Training Options grew from our recognition that
a vast myriad of excellent training resources exits in all areas
of child development. Our goal is to help educators and trainers
make training challenging, compelling, current and fun.
http://www.urbanfuturestl.org
UrbanFUTURE is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, which
sponsors social outreach programs for St. Louis urban youth. These
programs are designed to help inner-city adolescents improve their
academic achievement and personal character primarily through
the individual attention of volunteer mentors.
www.waptac.org
This site provides weatherization practitioners and other energy
conservation professionals with information related to the Weatherization
Assistance Program (WAP).
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