NEWS
FROM UNION-SNYDER CAA
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Support CAA's COVID-19 Response
- Update: CAA's Programs and Services, COVID-19 Resources
- April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month
- GSVUW and Degenstein Foundation Provides Funding for ALICE Effected by COVID-19
- FCFP COVID-19 United Community Fund Provides Homeless Prevention and Basic Needs Delivery Support
- CSCF's Disaster Relief Fund Provides Support for Basic Needs Delivery Program and Case Management
- CAA's COVID-19 Resource Page
- PA DHS COVID-19 Response to Assistance Programs
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Our Basic Needs Delivery Program delivers food, personal hygiene products, and cleaning supplies to our most vulnerable households in Union and Snyder counties. To access this service, simply call 570-374-0181 and answer a few simple screening calls before scheduling a delivery time.
Greetings!
Check out what's going on at Union-Snyder CAA...
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Here's How YOU Can Help Us Help Our Neighbors
Volunteering & donating might look different right now, but they're still just as important
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Social distancing makes it hard to help in a traditional sense, but CAA has ways that you can help our efforts from the safety of your own home:
- Shop our Amazon Wish List to send us items that are frequently requested by callers for our Basic Needs Delivery Program, which delivers food, personal hygiene products, and cleaning supplies to our most vulnerable households in Union and Snyder counties.
- Want to support local? Even better! Use our Amazon Wish List as a shopping guide for your next trip to the store to pick up items in stock. Please us at (570) 374-0181 to arrange a drop off time at our Selinsgrove office.
- Make a monetary donation to help us purchase items specific items requested by our neighbors. Examples include perishable necessities like bread/egg/milk, disposable underwear, and formula. Click here to donate online or send a check to 713 Bridge Street, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 ('Union-Snyder CAA').
- If you're local, sign up to be a community volunteer through the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way.
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UPDATE: CAA's Programs and Services
Important updates from CAA in relation to the pandemic
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As of Monday, March 16, 2020, Union-Snyder CAA's office has been officially closed to the public.
Staff are still providing assistance remotely during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM).
Please
click here
for a full list of our programs and services that are either on hold or adjusted to meet social distancing requirements.
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Follow our
Facebook page for daily CAA and related updates, announcements, and more
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Memorial Day Preparations Go On
Despite challenging circumstances, Snyder County Veterans Affairs honors veterans
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Tony Korzenaski, Director of Snyder County Veterans Affairs, is organizing the annual event to honor our heroes for Memorial Day. In a few weeks, groups of volunteers will assist in placing flags on the graves of our fallen warriors. In Snyder County, it will be approximately 5,000 flags in 60+ cemeteries. Flags are supplied by the Commissioners and distributed by veterans, spouses, members of veteran and civic organizations, scouts, students, and citizen patriots. All volunteers will use proper social distancing and safety guidelines while distributing.
Thank you to our dedicated group of volunteers for helping us share this beautiful symbol each year.
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April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month
We can't let it end without acknowledging our amazing volunteers!
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It's Volunteer Appreciation Month, and we're feeling more appreciative for our volunteers and donors than ever. Today was supposed to be our big Volunteer Appreciation Picnic party, so instead our AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator, Sam, decided to spread the love from her own picnic table
#socialdistancing
style. From our VITA volunteers to our Food Pantry Volunteers and everyone in between: thank you, we miss you, and we couldn't do it without you!
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Funding Provides Relief for ALICE Families Effected by Pandemic
Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed represent working families needing help
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The Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way received $100,000 from the Degenstein Foundation to split between our region's two Community Action Agencies: Union-Snyder CAA and Central Susquehanna Opportunities, Inc. (CSO). Funding will be used to provide relief to families who would not typically be eligible for CAA programs due to income, but now have a need as a result of COVID-19 effects such as:
- Loss of employment due to closure
- Daycare closure
- Taking care of a sick family member
For more information on this program, please call us at (570) 374-0181. We're grateful for this flexible collaboration to help more families in our region.
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FCFP COVID-19 United Community Fund Supports Families Effected by Pandemic
Grant awards totaling $301,300 will be distributed to 33 nonprofit organizations
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Thanks to the partnership between the First Community Foundation of Pennsylvania (FCFP) and regional United Ways, agencies like CAA has benefitted from the efforts behind the COVID-19 United Community Fund.
CAA has received $15,000 to support our Homeless Prevention Program and Basic Needs Delivery Program. Despite the temporary ban on evictions, many families in the region are still struggling with housing issues; our Homeless Prevention Program will help these families
stay home and never have to experience homelessness in the first place. Funding towards our Basic Needs Delivery Program will help us purchase unique, hard-to-find, or specific items requested by customers in need.
See a full list of recipients
here.
Flexible funding is needed now more than ever since new families are now needing assistance. This gift will go a long way in helping our neighbors in need!
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CSCF Disaster Relief Fund Grants $20,000 for COVID Response
Grant awards totaling $207,438 will be distributed to 31 local nonprofit organizations
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CAA is honored to be one of 31 local nonprofit organizations selected to receive a first round of Disaster Relief Funds from the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation (CSCF). This funding of $20,000 will support CAA's new Basic Needs Delivery Program as well as case management costs for the agency.
Grants were awarded to meet requests including essential items (personal care, cleaning supplies, medical supplies, nonperishable foods), meal prep and distribution, equipment maintenance, financial assistance and crisis services, educational programs, operational costs, and human resource needs.
See the list of grant recipients and more information on the Disaster Relief Fund
here
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Thank you to our friends at CSCF for this incredible, sustaining support!
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CAA's COVID-19 Resource Page
Resources for food, employment, utilities, education, mental health, and more!
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We understand that it can be overwhelming to navigate all of the types of help available right now, so here are some of our most frequently referred list of local resources. Click the button below for our full list of COVID-19 resources.
- Dial 2-1-1 or text your zip code to 898-211 for 24/7 assistance on a variety of topics including housing, food, utilities, and more.
- CAA's Food Resources Calendar, which is updated to reflect changes due to the pandemic: CLICK HERE
- Union/Snyder County 2020 Food Pantry Schedule: CLICK HERE
- Public WiFi hotspots in Union/Snyder/Northumberland counties: CLICK HERE
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Pennsylvania DHS COVID-19 Response to Assistance
How is the state addressing the impact of the pandemic on people with low income?
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The Commonwealth has taken several courses of action to provide supportive services to people living with low income during this time of heightened need. Leaders are working internally and with providers and partners around the Commonwealth to make adjustments to assistance programs as necessary.
Processes have been implemented to ensure continued coverage so that individuals do not lose critical assistance during this time, including but not limited to health care, cash assistance, and food assistance.
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Need help today?
Please call us at (570) 374-0181. Our lines are open during normal business hours during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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