Heating Assistance Program Looking to Help More Families During Frigid Winter
Effects of COVID-19 leading to more families having difficulty with paying for heat in the new year
Read ArticleHACAP Opens New Dubuque County Outreach Office Located Near Town Clock
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) opened a new Dubuque County Outreach Office on October 15 located at 220 W. 7th St. just under Town Clock. The new outreach center has replaced the former Operation: New View Office on Central Avenue and that building is no longer a place of service.
Read ArticleIowa Food Banks Receive $50,000 from Amerigroup to Support Disaster Relief Response Efforts
Several food banks in Iowa received $50,000 from Amerigroup to support ongoing disaster recovery efforts and continue Amerigroup’s commitment to improving lives and communities. The funding will increase access to healthy food for nearly 80,000 Iowans who are rebuilding lives and communities…
Read ArticleHACAP Food Reservoir COVID-19 Response
As the unprecedented pandemic causes our local and global economies to come to a halt, we’re continuing to see unemployment skyrocket at an alarming rate. Even before the crisis, many eastern Iowa residents were struggling to make ends meet, and now many more are experiencing crippling financial…
Read ArticleHACAP Head Start Receives Grant to Expand Services to Dubuque, Delaware and Jackson Counties
HACAP Head Start was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday August 6 to expand early childhood education services in Dubuque, Delaware, and Jackson counties. A total of $539,476 has been awarded for HACAP Head Start to conduct operations from October…
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