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In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
The Department was created by the Community and Economic Development Enhancement Act (Act of Jun. 27, 1996, P.L. 403, No. 58), merging the Departments of Commerce and of Community Affairs. The incumbent Secretary of Commerce, Thomas B. Hagen, became the first Secretary of the new department.
The New Pennsylvania Project works to register voters regardless of party, with a focus on people of color and young people. [1] In addition to voter engagement, the organization also has a major focus on voting rights. [2]
Nov. 1—WILKES-BARRE — The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) this week announced the availability of $2 million in funding to implement community-based prevention services ...
In April 2009, volunteers of TFP Student Action traveled to the major cities of New Hampshire [17] and Maine [18] to distribute literature against same-sex marriage. The American TFP provides the staff to run Saint Louis de Montfort Academy, a boys' boarding school in Herndon, Pennsylvania , that provides students with a traditional Catholic ...
The Financially Distressed Municipalities Act (Act of 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47), also known as Act 47, is a Pennsylvania statute outlining procedures to stabilize municipalities in Pennsylvania undergoing financial distress.
The Equality Pennsylvania Educational Fund is the 501(c)(3) wing of the organization which looks to "provide educational programming on LGBT issues, conduct research to understand public opinions, mobilize a community of LGBT people and straight allies, and develop campaigns to build public support for fairness and equality".
Fleming graduated from Susquehanna Township High School (1998) and Millersville University of Pennsylvania (2002). [1] He served as a press officer for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture before working in government relations for the National Association of Social Workers, Pennsylvania ...