News & Events

Oct 22, 2020

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.

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Aug 27, 2020

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 following the August 10 derecho.

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Aug 19, 2020

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 hardship, especially with schools and so many businesses forced to close. In the weeks and months to come, we expect to face even greater challenges.

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Aug 7, 2020

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 1 through the end of the year and will receive a total of $2,260,354 to cover operations in 2021.

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Mar 5, 2020

Iowa WIC, along with HACAP's Family & Community Health Alliance, have opened a new WIC clinic that is currently housed inside of the recently constructed Linn County Public Health Building located at 1020 6th St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA. The new LCPH WIC location is replacing HACAP's old North Towne Office that was located at 2121 N Towne Ln NE. That location is now permanently closed.

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