
Employees Achieve Certified Family Development Specialists COCAA Press Release: January 21st, 2009 ![]() FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2009
CONTACT: Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency Phone: 405.275.6060 ext. 113 Fax: 405.214.4326
Sixteen (16) employees of Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency recently achieved a national training standard, as Certified Family Development Specialists. An 8-day training course was provided on-site in Shawnee by the University of Iowa’s National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. COCAA is the first Community Action Agency in Oklahoma to offer this level of training and expertise to their staff.
As part of continued staff development, twelve (12) COCAA staff completed Leadership Training with Janet Carl of Grinnell College. The training was held at the Citizen Pottawatomi Employment & Training Center on January 15.
COCAA provides services such as food, transportation, weatherization, and rental assistance to low-income people in the following counties: Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Lincoln, Logan, and Payne. For more information, please contact us at 405-275-6060 or online at www.cocaa.org. |