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The Council for Economic Opportunities is working hard to reach an even greater number of Cuyahoga County residents who want to enroll a child in preschool, discover how to better cope with life’s challenges and/or learn how to write an eye-catching resume to get a job interview. The Council is rethinking, strategizing and realigning the services it provides as well as strengthening its valued community partnerships to best serve residents in Greater Cleveland.
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Press Releases
CEOGC and CCS Examine Poverty in Cleveland
The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland recently partnered with The Center for Community Solutions to acquire new information from low-income residents of Cuyahoga County about the issues and challenges they face. The poll examines the difficulties...
CEOGC’s HEAP Summer Crisis Program Starts July 2
The Council for Economic Opportunities will help eligible Cuyahoga County residents stay cool during the hot summer months through the Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program. The program helps income-eligible Cuyahoga County residents with payment of an electric...
CEOGC Reacts to President Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts
The Trump Administration has proposed to eliminate all funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), threatening the Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland’s (CEOGC) ability to...
HEAP Winter Crisis Program Starts November 1
The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland’s Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program begins tomorrow, November 1. Starting on November 1 and operating through the end of March, the Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program helps...
Operational Changes Coming to CEOGC’s HEAP Winter Crisis Program
The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland announces changes to its Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program for income-eligible residents of Cuyahoga County. Beginning on November 1 and operating through the end of March, the Home Energy...
CEOGC to Present Reading Program at National Head Start Conference
The leadership at the Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (CEOGC) will present its breakthrough Friendships through Reading program, which is a collaboration with the City of Cleveland Police Department, at National Head Start Association’s 2017...
HEAP Summer Crisis Program Starts July 1
The Council for Economic Opportunities will help eligible Cuyahoga County residents stay cool during the hot summer months through the Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program. The program provides income-eligible residents assistance paying an electric bill or...
National Head Start Association Recognizes CEOGC’s Performance with Five-Year Grant
The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (CEOGC) received notice at the end of April from the Office of Head Start (OHS), the federal agency that oversees the program, that CEOGC is eligible to receive a non-competitive five-year grant to continue...
Cuyahoga County’s Neediest at Greater Risk From Proposed Federal Budget Cuts
Cuts threaten to eliminate programs helping impoverished residents CLEVELAND, OH (March 30, 2017) – Federal budget cuts proposed this week would eliminate $6,741,716 that supports Cuyahoga County’s neediest residents. Programs such as the Low-Income Home Energy...
Ohio’s Head Start Endorses Dr. Chisholm’s Leadership of CEOGC
CLEVELAND (March 22, 2017) – The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland announced today that Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. (OHSAI) informed the agency that it differs with the Cleveland.com March 22 editorial, according to Barbara Haxton, OHSAI...