Community Action

Community Action

Monday, November 21, 2011

Community Action Receives $3,000 Women’s Fund Grant

ROCK/WALWORTH CO. –  Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties announces that it has received a $3,000 grant from The Women’s Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support the Skills Enhancement Program.  The Skills Enhancement program is designed to increase the income and economic self-sufficiency of low-wage working households by helping adult members acquire the skills they need to obtain higher paying jobs with health insurance benefits in demand occupations.  The funding from the Women’s Fund will be targeted specifically to Rock County single parent households headed by women to support their efforts towards self-sufficiency.

The Skills Enhancement program is available for participants who reside in households with incomes at or below 150% poverty level and are employed at least 20 hours per week.
For more information about the program please contact Sara Yule, Skills Enhancement Coordinator at (608) 313-1326. The Skills Enhancement Program is currently located in the new Pathways Center, 20 Eclipse Center, Beloit, WI 53511

This grant is made available from The Women’s Fund. The Women’s Fund responds to our area’s
not-for-profit organizations that serve the needs of women and girls in Rock County. Grants may support new, innovative programs, or expand current services that ensure women and girls have the right to equality, safety, and opportunity, in every aspect of their lives. For more information about how you can impact your community For good, For ever, through Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, please call 608-758-0883, out of Rock County at 1-800-995-2379, or visit the website at cfsw.org. The community Foundation serves Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock and Walworth counties.