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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 50 years.
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NOCAC News
Bridges Out of Poverty Training
NOCAC is sponsoring a Bridges Out of Poverty workshop to be held on Monday, October 3, 2016 at ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital. The session will run from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and lunch will be available for purchase through the cafeteria. Jacqui Buschor, Director of Community Strategies at Integrated Community Enterprises in Columbus, Ohio will be facilitating.
Seating capacity is limited to 35 and registrations will be taken on a first come - first served basis. The registration deadline is September 23, 2016. Participants will receive a course workbook.
Bridges Out of Poverty presents a comprehensive approach to understanding the dynamics that cause and perpetuate poverty on both the individual and systemic levels. Examining the issue from the perspective of economic class, this workshop provides tools and resources to empower communities to alleviate and prevent poverty. Throughout the course, participants will become acquainted with specific strategies for improving outcomes for individuals and families living in poverty. The training is particularly helpful for employers, community organizations, social service agencies and individuals looking to gain insight into the poverty cycle.
If you are interested in attending please contact Dustin Fuller via 419-784-5136 x 1114 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . If you would like to share this information, please print this flyer.
Help Change the World - Volunteer!!
United Way of Defiance County sponsors "Days of Caring". These events encourage area businesses and residents to volunteer assisting others in their communities.
Recently, employees of First Federal Bank and First Insurance & Investments spent time at NOCAC's Richland Place/PATH Center providing fall landscape maintenance for our homeless shelter building and playground area. They also installed much needed window blinds in tenant rooms. Thank you for donating your time and talents!!
Weatherization Month
October 2016
Every October, the Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP) celebrates "Weatherization Month". The goal for NOCAC HWAP is to provide permanent solutions to reduce the energy burden on low-income families by installing cost-effective, energy-efficient materials and services and to achieve results in energy savings for income eligible individuals. We work to make homes safe, comfortable and energy efficient.
Our technicians use computerized energy audits and advanced diagnostic technologies, such as a blower door, to determine the most cost-effective measures for each home. They also assess related health and safety conditions.
Pumpkins!!!
Last spring, Head Start students helped create a pumpkin patch at our Pulaski site. Students had a short lesson that discussed how a pumpkin grows, what it needs to grow, the variety of pumpkins available and how long it takes a pumpkin to mature. The students helped dig, measure, plant and mark our pumpkin patch. There are several plants growing and we hope to have a full pumpkin patch in the fall when the students return!!
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Important Dates
10/03/16 - Policy Council Meeting @ NSCC
10/10/16 - Offices Closed for Holiday
10/13/16 - Board of Directors Meeting
11/07/16 - Policy Council Meeting @ NSCC
11/10/16 - Board of Directors Meeting
11/11/16 - Offices closed for holiday
11/24/16 - Offices closed for holiday
11/25/16 - Offices closed for holiday
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)
You Made It Great - You have made this (Head Start) year wonderful for us and I couldn't tell you just how much you are appreciated. You go above and beyond your duties with families. (Direct Client Quote)
Employees Who Care - 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 |
2015 By the Numbers...
10,920 meals were served and 190 homeless individuals (154 households including 25 children) were provided shelter at the Richland Place/PATH Center
114 households received weatherization services through the Home Weatherization Assistance Program
1,100 households received free income tax preparation with the assistance of 17 volunteer counselors from the Ohio Benefit Bank
465 children and their families were served in the Head Start program
17,110 nutritious lunches were served to 2,384 children through the Summer Food Service Program
25 individual Development Account enrollment slots were funded and 6 money management workshops were held
5,506 applications for assistance were processed providing a one-time benefi for heating costs
63 households were assisted through the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-housing Program
2,934 utility payments (heating & cooling) were made to area vendors for households in our 6 county service area
34 households received energy efficiency measures that were funded by the Toledo Edison Community Connections Program
26 households received energy efficiency measures funded by the American Electric Power program
How We Help...
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)
A Hand Up - I would be going without the basics of life without this program. Maybe forced to use a payday advance system which would make matters worse. I am middle aged with a disabled spouse. I lost a full-time job of 28 years that paid $18/hour and now work a part-time minimum wage job. The CAC has been a godsend to help us through the tough times of our lives. They have provided information and direction on outside resources. The staff are professional and friendly. They're a HAND UP not a HAND OUT. Thank you for your services. (Direct Client Quote)
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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