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NOCAC
Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission, Inc. is proud to be an active partner in the national Community Action Partnership network. The Community Action Partnership is made up of more than 1,100 local, private, non-profit and public agencies that have been working to alleviate poverty and empower low-income families in communities throughout the United States since 1964. Our organization was established in 1965 as a private, non-profit social service agency and has been actively serving the citizens of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams counties for over 45 years.
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NOCAC News
The Hunger Banquet
Date: March 18, 2014
6:00 - 8:00 pm
UAW Hall - Defiance Ohio
NOCAC is hosting The Hunger Banquet - an educational dining event designed to expand our community's understanding of hunger, food insecurity, and poverty. We have a wonderful event planned that will be both thought provoking and entertaining. Plan now to attend and mark your calendars to save this date!
Life isn't fair - and neither is this banquet as it divides diners into distinct socio-economic classes for the evening. Think of this banquet as a "dinner theater of life" where you never know what may come your way! Participants could find themselves experiencing the life of a person living in poverty and eating meals provided by a soup kitchen; a few lucky attendees could land in the lap of luxury and be dining at the best restaurant in town; or they could find themselves placed somewhere in the middle. Unlike most banquets you attend, this event directs your focus on our "actors" as they role play different situations of someone who has been directly impacted by hunger, poverty or homelessness and the effects this had on their lives.
Please join us in spreading the word about this important event by helping to distribute this informative poster or brochure.
***DON'T MISS OUT - ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW!***
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students or children. Use the link below to order your tickets with your PAYPAL account. For payments by check, please click here to complete the registration form. Make your check payable to "NOCAC - Hunger Banquet" and send the check and the completed registration form to: 1933 E. Second Street, Defiance, OH 43512. All tickets will be picked up at the door the night of the event.
FREE BASIC TAX FILING
One of our Benefit Bank Counselors may be able to assist you with filing your 2014 Federal, State, and School District tax returns if your individual income is $65,000 or less. We may also be able to help you if you meet the income guidelines for filing Married or Head of Household status on your tax return.
There are no fees or charges for this service - it is quick, easy and FREE so you can put money back in your pocket!! E-filing is available and you can receive your refunds through direct deposit into your bank account.
Services are conveniently located in Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams counties. To schedule an appointment, call our office at 419-784-2150.
This community service is sponsored by NOCAC, United Way, and the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.
Vendors Needed for 2014 Program
NOCAC is again sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Defiance, Edgerton, Napoleon, Paulding and Wauseon. We are currently in search of vendors to provide food service at each site. The program begins June 9, 2014 and will end on August 13. 2014 (Monday through Friday) for a total of 47 days of service. Meals will not be served on the July 4th holiday.
| Site | Average Meals/Day Served | Maximum Meals/Day Served |
| Defiance | 70 | 150 |
| Edgerton | 50 | 100 |
| Napoleon | 45 | 75 |
| Paulding | 30 | 60 |
| Wauseon | 40 | 65 |
The Smile Express
NOCAC's Head Start program has been collaborating with the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio and the "Smile Express" mobile dental bus. The bus has been coming to our sites to provide dental services for children enrolled in Head Start.
Dr. Lauren Czerniak has been performing follow-up services to the children. She expressed concern regarding the condition of the teeth of many of the children in our program. She shared that she sees children from inner city areas and that they have healthier teeth than the rural children in Northwest Ohio.
Caring With Confidence Training Series
NOCAC's Head Start "Caring with Confidence" training series is a family training program designed to teach Head Start parents how to best manage the healthcare needs of their children.
The series is a part of a Health Care Institute program that was established in 2001 with the objective of creating and evaluating healthcare training programs to educate parents. Inadequate education regarding children's health care needs coupled with soaring health care costs, rising Medicaid spending, and over-utilization of emergency rooms have all contributed to the health care crisis in the United States. Johnson & Johnson and UCLA Anderson have launched a nationwide healthcare training program to help alleviate some of the issues.
NOCAC received donations from the Defiance Area Foundation, the Paulding Area Foundation and the Defiance Fire Department that helped make this program possible. We are grateful for their collaboration in making this venture a success.
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Important Dates
03/03/14 - Policy Council Meeting @ NSCC
03/13/14 - Board of Directors Meeting @ 6pm
04/07/14 - Policy Council Meeting @ NSCC
04/10/14 - Board of Directors Meeting @ 6pm
04/18/14 - Offices Closed
04/28/14 - Agency In-Service Day
05/05/14 - Policy Council Meeting @ NSCC
05/08/14 - Board of Directors Meeting @ 6pm
05/26/14 - Offices Closed for Memorial Day
How We Help...
Choices That Shouldn't Have To Be Made - My husband has experienced serious health problems over the last few years, If it weren’t for the HEAP program , we would have had to choose between electricity or medicine. It’s one thing to get help; however, it’s another thing to get help and not to be made to feel like a number or even more depressing and worthless. NOCAC staff was warm and friendly when I needed it. Thanks! (Direct Client Quote)
Help When You Need It Most - I might be homeless if it was not for the CHIP funds (Community Home Investment Program). My husand passed away and left me with past due rent, gas, and different things. Community Action helped me with these things. (Direct Client Quote)
Employees Who Care - I cannot brag enough about your Weatherization crew! They took their job very seriously and were extremely thorough! They educated me the whole time and never appeared tired of my many questions. They were courteous of my home and my daughters as well…even my pets! Although I find it hard to believe that it is possible to find this kind of quality in all of your crews, if this is the standard for all of your workers then you also deserve a thank you! For those of us that find ourselves in a position of need, especially since I used to be able to just work and meet my own needs, it is hard to ask for help and also hard to be looked at as if somehow we are “less” because we are not able to provide for ourselves all of the time. But at no time have I felt that way with anyone I have come across in the weatherization program so to simply say “THANK YOU” sounds so small compared to what I feel inside. The crew will always be in my thoughts because to me they went above and beyond what was asked of them and they did it with such kindness! (Direct Client Quote)
| 455 | $162,151 | |
| Henry | 421 | $185,269 |
| Paulding | 519 | $210,803 |
| Van Wert | 452 | $116,842 |
| Williams | 480 | $184,014 |
| Other | 13 | $4,366 |
| TOTALS | 3008 | $1,059,952 |
2012 By the Numbers...
9,838 meals were served and 140 homeless individuals were provided shelter at the Richland Place/PATH Center
105 households received weatherization services through the Home Weatherization Assistance Program since 4/1/12
548 children and their families were served in the Head Start program
30 individual Development Account enrollment slots were funded and 24 money management workshops were held
19,863 applications for assistance to needy households were processed in our 6 county service area
109 households were assisted through the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-housing Program
10,343 utility payments (heating & cooling) were made to area vendors for households in our 6 county service area
40 households received energy efficiency measures that were funded by the Toledo Edison Community Connections Program
14 households received energy efficiency measures funded by the American Electric Power program
How We Help...
Summer Food Service Program Success - "My children would not be eating healthy meals for lunch or being active and creative. We have been blessed beyond measure and received more than we ever imagined, without being made to feel unimportant or unworthy compared to those who have more than we do." "I am a single mother. Providing for my family is not always the easiest on one income. However, while I am working I worry about their safety cooking on a stove. Thanks to the SFSP my children are able to have the interaction of other children while eating a balanced meal and enjoying fun activities. Thank you for providing an excellent program for the children. Without it, many children would go hungry or undernourished due to the cost of healthy meals." (Direct Client Quotes)
A Family's Support System - The Head Start Program gave me free education for my child. We would be struggling to pay preschool tuition without the program. Head Start has been such a god-send to our family. We have been through a lot in our lives. I had some bad family times and Head Start always helped me when needed. They always understood my needs and my children’s. The teachers are absolutely amazing and so supportive of the family. We love and cherish the program and the effort behind it. (Direct Client Quote)
Path to Better Living - A father with sole custody of his child was trying to provide for his child’s needs on a limited income and staying with his grandmother so he could also assist her. The NOCAC Child Care Resource & Referral Specialist helped him apply for the Publicly Funded Child Care Assistance Program so he could work and have day care for his child including preschool education at a day care center. Subsequently his grandmother passed away and he was concerned about how he was going to afford to stay at the house and pay rent and utilities. The CCR&R Specialist referred him to the NOCAC Community Service Worker to assess his needs and apply for available assistance. He is an amazing dad and so thankful for help staff have been able to give. (Staff Submission)
Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission, Inc. (NOCAC) is one of 50 community action agencies in Ohio. NOCAC is a private, non-profit corporation organized in 1965, as part of the "War on Poverty" by a group of local citizens who became our first Board of Trustees. NOCAC'S function was then, and is now, to plan, develop, and coordinate programs and services designed to help predominantly low-income people in Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams counties become more self-sufficient. NOCAC provides services from several locations within our six county area. A brief explanation of these services is available in this brochure. To learn more about Community Action Agencies in Ohio, please click here.
NOCAC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.
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