News & Updates
Help Warehouse in need of coats, blankets for homeless
The Daily News / The Daily News Help Warehouse needs coats, blankets and sleeping bags to distribute to families who are homeless. “The return of the cold weather is driving people to us,” said Lisa Chavez, CAP’s nutrition coordinator, in a press release. “We...
Lower Columbia CAP to end home care service program
October 15, 2013 4:55 pm • By The Daily News Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP) announced Tuesday that it will discontinue its home care service program by Dec. 31. “At one time, CAP was the largest provider of home care to Medicaid-eligible people in...
Economy on mend, but latest census numbers may not reflect Cowlitz County
Posted on September 25, 2013 September 21, 2013 9:00 pm • By Erik Olson / The Daily News Poverty rates in Cowlitz County fell in 2012 while the median household income rose, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau survey released last week, but economists and social...
Reduction in local food stamp benefits coming Nov. 1
September 20, 2013 10:20 pm • By Tony Lystra / The Daily News The nearly 26,000 Cowlitz County residents who receive federal food stamp assistance will see their benefits cut Nov. 1 when a provision of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package...
Ceremony to mark completion of Terry’s Salvage Yard cleanup
September 09, 2013 8:05 pm • By Amy M.E. Fischer / The Daily News The public is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the cleanup of the contaminated North Kelso site that formerly was Terry’s Salvage Yard. The 11 a.m. ceremony, to be held at...
Learn how ACA might affect Medicare
September 15, 2013 7:45 pm • By Lyxan Toledanes / The Daily News Lower Columbia Community Action Program and the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner will host a free Medicare informational forum at 2 p.m. Thursday at the CAP building, 1526 Commerce Ave....