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| Administrative Offices: P.O. Box 745, 212 S. Water St. Tahlequah, OK 74465 Phone: 918-456-0574 Fax: 918-456-6847 Service Offices: |
Announcements
Head Start is enrolling students for the 2009-10 school year. Children must be 3 years old by September 1st for the
three-year old program or 4 years old by the 1st of September if enrolling in the four-year old program.
Weatherization is taking applications for houses in Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties.
The Foster Grandparent Program is looking for volunteers to serve - must be 60 years old.
Apartments available in both the Tahlequah Senior Housing and Hulbert Senior Housing.
Seventeen VISTA volunteer slots remain open. To learn more about becoming a VISTA and applying, visit
www.americorps.gov.
| Welcome! |
Cookson Hills Community Action Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit community service organization primarily serving three counties in
Eastern Oklahoma - Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah. A Board of Directors representing three sectors of the community governs
Community Action - private, public and low-income. All three counties are represented on the board. Cookson Hills Community Action
Foundation, Inc. came into existence in 1968.
The purpose is to bring together all available local, state, private and federal resources in order to reduce poverty, revitalize
communities and empower low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas so they can attain the skills, knowledge,
motivation and opportunities to become self-sufficient.
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Cookson Hills Community Action develops and
administers community action programs and supports any other local, state or federal projects that will aid in the social and / or
economic development of the areas served.
Eastern Oklahoma - Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah. A Board of Directors representing three sectors of the community governs
Community Action - private, public and low-income. All three counties are represented on the board. Cookson Hills Community Action
Foundation, Inc. came into existence in 1968.
The purpose is to bring together all available local, state, private and federal resources in order to reduce poverty, revitalize
communities and empower low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas so they can attain the skills, knowledge,
motivation and opportunities to become self-sufficient.
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Cookson Hills Community Action develops and
administers community action programs and supports any other local, state or federal projects that will aid in the social and / or
economic development of the areas served.
Holidays set for 2009
Cookson Hills Community Action Agency will observe the following holidays as determined by the Board of Directors for 2009:
Cookson Hills Community Action Agency will observe the following holidays as determined by the Board of Directors for 2009:
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And any other holidays proclaimed by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma.
| It's Your Tax Dollars! Let the Stimulus Package work for you! President Obama's stimulus package has poured additional funds into the weatherization program. This means more funds to fix up homes in Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties so they will be more energy efficient. If you have applied before and were denied because your income was too high, apply again as the income levels have risen considerably. The program is free to the public. It's your tax dollars – use it now when you need it! For more information on the weatherization program click here. Contact any of our offices for an application. |
Executive Director Cleon Harrell thought it
an honor and privilege to share the Bridges
Out of Poverty program with Senators and
Congressmen in Washington, D.C. He
was invited to speak on the floor of both the
Senate and House chambers. Chairman
of the Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee Senator
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut was
particularly interested in the program. He
would like to see it become a nation-wide
program.
The Bridges Out of Poverty program uses
federally declared surplus mobile homes
and travel trailers as a lab facility in a
life-skills educational course. Individuals
and families who qualify for the program
live in the lab facility for four years as they
take classes on home management,
budgeting and self-esteem. Upon
completion of the program, the title of the
lab facility is transferred to the student clear
of any liens.
Cookson Hills Community Action has
helped just under two hundred families
and individuals since the inception of the
program two years ago. Mr. Harrell's
innovative ideas are a great asset to the
agency.
an honor and privilege to share the Bridges
Out of Poverty program with Senators and
Congressmen in Washington, D.C. He
was invited to speak on the floor of both the
Senate and House chambers. Chairman
of the Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee Senator
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut was
particularly interested in the program. He
would like to see it become a nation-wide
program.
The Bridges Out of Poverty program uses
federally declared surplus mobile homes
and travel trailers as a lab facility in a
life-skills educational course. Individuals
and families who qualify for the program
live in the lab facility for four years as they
take classes on home management,
budgeting and self-esteem. Upon
completion of the program, the title of the
lab facility is transferred to the student clear
of any liens.
Cookson Hills Community Action has
helped just under two hundred families
and individuals since the inception of the
program two years ago. Mr. Harrell's
innovative ideas are a great asset to the
agency.
Washington, D.C.
| Executive Director Cleon Harrell On the Senate Floor |
| Hot dogs, scavenger hunt, blind obstacle course, three-legged races, softball, pie-in-the-face, biggest loser and lots of visiting make for a very fine Agency picnic. |