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CAPK Director of Child Education & Development Services Yolanda Gonzales introduces Corporation for Enterprise Development Technical Advisor Tony Banegas to a room full of Head Start parents and staff during a recent visit.
Grant to help empower Head Start families COURTESY OF CAPK n late 2013, CAPK (Community Action Partnership of Kern) was one of only five community action agencies from among a total of 70 applicants across the country to receive a technical assistance grant from the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), which works at the local, state, and federal levels to create economic opportunity that alleviates poverty. The grant comes in the form of a $5,000 year-long contract, and basically pays CAPK to learn. Throughout 2014, Child Education & Development Services (CEDS) staff will receive advice on how to better provide financial empowerment services to Head Start families. CAPK is already one step ahead of the game, as its program offerings includes valuable community resources such as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and access to Earned Income Tax Credits; Green Energy Assistance/Home Weatherization; Women, Infants & Children Supplemental Nutrition; “Making Every Dollar Count� financial education, classes and more. CAPK staff will have an opportunity to learn from CFED technical assis-
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asting for Recovery is an organization that provides a fly fishing retreat for women in treatment for/or recovering from breast cancer. The first Southern California retreat will be June 6 to 8. This retreat is offered at no cost to each of the 14 participants chosen at random.
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