The document summarizes the success of the Summer Food Service Program run by CACEHR, which provided over 15,000 meals across 13 sites in Erie County. It also discusses the expansion of CACEHR's Fatherhood Program to additional locations in Richland, Erie, and Huron Counties to help more fathers develop parenting skills. Finally, it announces the start of the Winter Crisis Program on November 1st to provide financial assistance to low-income households for heating needs over the winter months.

1. Visit www.cacehr.org
3rd Quarter 2013
Erie County Summer Food Service
Program (SFSP) Success =
15,026 meals at 13 sites!
CACEHR opened our Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on June
10th with 9 sites operating. We partnered with the City of Sandusky
Recreation sites at Foxborough & Huron Parks (photos at right) and it was
a great success. Then on June 24th, Ebenezer Baptist opened as a SFSP site
for three days a week. The Boys & Girls Club opened on June 17th, and
Sandusky High School Summer Safari opened on July 29th.
Ohio’s Governor Kasich also signed an Executive Order to provide
kid-friendly, shelf-stable weekend meals for children attending the SFSP
sites to take home. This $1 million investment provided 600,000 weekend
meals (about 60,000 each week) for 10 weeks this summer in Ohio.
CACEHR participated and provided a Weekend Backpack Program
that began on June 14th and provided 4,560 meals!
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SFSP PARTNERS!
We had 13 sites with 12 in Sandusky and 1 in Willard:
 Center for Cultural Awareness;
 City of Sandusky Recreation Department (4 sites);
 Ebenezer Baptist Church;
 Boys & Girls Club (2 sites);
 YMCA;
 John Fennell School of the Prophets;
 Hope Center (Willard); and ,
 Sandusky City Schools ( 2 sites).
Other community partners included the Sandusky
Fire Department, the Sandusky Police
Department and the Second Baptist Church
who volunteered to deliver our meals. Thank you
very much for your willingness to help. 

2. CACEHR’s Continuing PathwaysTo
Excellence Provides for a New
Low Income Advisory Group
CACEHR is continuing our process of creating
excellence in our communities and workplaces through
agency-wide practices. CACEHR’s Board Development
Committee has formally designated a new community-
based external advisory group to stay abreast of the low
income population’s issues and concerns in Erie, Huron
& Richland Counties. Once CACEHR Trustees complete
their recruitment, they will seat and train the member-
CACEHR Board ofTrustees
DENNIS BAKER
PERVIS D. BROWN, JR.
HEATHER CARMAN
JACOB COY
LOWELL ETZLER
JOHN EVANS
JOHN JACOBS
SHERRI JONES
PASTOR LEE KENT
EMMA MOORE
CHRISTINA RAFTERY
SARA REBMAN
JERRY SHOEMAKER
HAROLD SHASKY
VICKI SLAUGHTER
MARY L. STEWART
ANN STODDARD
ROBERT WESTERFIELD
Janice W. Warner, CCAP.
Message from the President / CEO:
This will be the last CACEHR Newline for 2013. This has been a year with more valleys
than peaks; but through it all with sequestration and a partial government shutdown, we
were able to stay true to the mission of the agency:
“To promote self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life of those in need”.
Many families are facing challenging situations because of the tumultuous economy. And
with the holiday season approaching, we must be mindful of our mental stability. The holi-
day season often brings unwelcomed guests – stress and depression. Staff at the Mayo
Clinic offers 10 steps to help minimize stress so that we may enjoy the holiday season:
 Acknowledge your feelings – It’s OK to feel sadness or cry to express your feel-
ings.
 Reach out - Volunteering your time to help others is a good way to lift your spirits.
 Be realistic – The holidays don’t have to be perfect; you may have to change traditions or
rituals as families change.
 Set aside differences – Try to accept family and friends as they are. Be understanding.
 Stick to a budget – Before you go shopping for food or gifts, decide how much money you can
afford to spend.
 Plan ahead – Set aside specific days for shopping, baking, visiting friends and other activities.
 Learn to say No – Saying yes when you should say no can leave you feeling resentful and over-
whelmed.
 Don’t abandon healthy habits – Don’t let the holidays be a free-for-all. Overindulgence only adds to
your stress and guilt. Continue to get plenty of sleep and physical activity.
 Take a breather – Make some time for yourself; at least 15 minutes alone per day.
 Seek professional help if you need it – Despite your best efforts, you may find yourself feeling sad or
anxious, unable to sleep, irritable and hopeless. If these feeling last for a while, talk to your doctor or a mental
health professional.
I encourage all of us to take steps to prevent the stress and depression that can occur during the holiday season.
With a little planning and some positive thinking, we can find peace during the holidays. From the Board of Trustees,
parents and staff, we would like to wish all of you a blessed holiday season! 
ship of this Advisory Group. The Low Income Advisory Group will also begin to report directly to
the Board. “Implementing this Pathways To Excellence with this new Advisory Group is effective because it
augments the voice of the low income community about poverty issues which are at the heart of our work,”
said Janice W. Warner, CCAP, and President/CEO of CACEHR. 

3. HEAD START HAPPENINGS!
Winter Crisis Program Starts November 1!
The Winter Crisis Program (WCP) provides financial assistance to low-income households
that are threatened with disconnection of their heating
source; have already had service disconnected; need to
establish new service or pay to transfer service; or have
25% or less of the fuel capacity in their tank. The WCP
program year runs from November 1 to March 31.
1-866-861-6360
Interactive,Toll-Free
Multi-Lingual help!
Please call the automated bi-lingual appointment hotline to: 1) review the eligibility requirements
[Eligible applicant’s total household income must be at or below 175% of the 2013 Federal Poverty guidelines];
2) get a list of the documentation that you must bring; and 3) set your appointment. 
CACEHR HEAD START NOW ENROLLING FOR 2013/2014
3 TO 5 YEARS OLD
10% OF ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
INCOME DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY
FULL DAY MONDAY thru FRIDAY (must meet specific qualifications)
PART DAY MONDAY thru THURSDAY
SERVING ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES
For more information call:
SANDUSKY 419-625-2218/2214 or 621-3966
NORWALK 419-663-2623 or 668-9823
WILLARD 419-933-3080 or 935-6481
CACEHR HEAD START AHORA INSCRIBIENDO PARA EL 2013/2014
EDADES DE 3 - 5 ANOS
Las ganancias determinan si son elegibles
TODO EL DIA:LUNES-VIERNES(para calificar hay requisitos especificos)
MEDIODIA: LUNES-JUEVES
SIRVIENDO A LOS CONDADOS DE ERIE Y HURON
PARA MAS INFORMACION LLAME
SANDUSKY 419-625-2218/2214 O 621-3966
NORWALK 419-663-2623 O 668-9823
WILLARD 419-933-3080 O 935-6481

4. COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION
OF ERIE, HURON & RICHLAND COUNTIES, INC.
908 Seavers Way
Sandusky, OH 44870-4659
CACEHR’s Richland County’s
Fatherhood Program Is Expanding!
CACEHR Richland County began facilitating a
Father’s Matters Program at Richland County in
2011. This program helps fathers get the skills they
need to be involved in their children’s lives through
National Fatherhood Initiative’s 24/7 Dad™
program. Groups of dad’s go through a 12-session
workshop that will give them the parenting,
relationship, and communication skills they need to
be involved, responsible, and committed fathers.
CACEHR expanded the program into Richland County’s Correction Facility in August, and this
program operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays for incarcerated fathers. CACEHR staff Katrece Lee and
Jessika Smith, Social Services Specialist with work with these fathers. Also, WSOS Community Action
Agency provided sub-grant funds to CACEHR to expand the Fatherhood program into Erie and Huron
Counties. Anny Sterling, Special Projects Supervisor, will facilitate the new programming in Erie and
Huron Countries. 
Richland County Correctional Institution Fathers Matter program
participants made thank you cards for the new Fathers Matter
program (Left - Right: Katrece Lee, Jennifer Jennette and Tana Ginn).