Financially and emotionally, this is a difficult time of year for senior homes in our community. Over 280 seniors (60+) in Appanoose struggle below the 100% poverty line [1]. Hundreds more seniors are under the [...]
Sieda Community Action Centers will be closed on Monday, January 17 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Our offices will re-open on Tuesday, January 18 for normal business hours. En observacion de [...]
For Christmas 2021, Sieda clients living in Mahaska County were supported through two programs. Both the Sieda Mahaska County Children's Christmas and the Oskaloosa Police Department Christmas. To clarify, families that applied to Sieda were [...]
The CDC recognizes January as National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Some causes of birth defects are genetics, infection, radiation, or drug exposure, or there might be no known reason. This article will look at [...]
Do the winter months get you down more than you think they should? If so, you might have seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Seasonal depression is a mood disorder that [...]
During this holiday season, gift-givers will gift lottery scratch-off cards as a stocking stuffer or add them to a greeting card. Scratch-off cards can be a gift that has the possibility of it becoming [...]
“Get Ready... Get Set... Go!" Just as a “starter” would call these directions out to the runners in a race, the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) is similar. Behavioral Health and Treatment Services (BHTS) Prevention [...]
Sieda Parents as Teachers staff worked together to tie-dye onesies with purple. The onesies will be added to many other things for The Period of PURPLE Crying kits for parents of young babies. The onesies, and [...]
Sieda Community Action will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, November 25th, and Friday, November 26th. We will re-open for our regular hours on Monday, November 29th at 8:00 [...]
The Great American Smokeout® event is being held on November 18th, 2021. This event occurs every year on the third Thursday of November. The event helps to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking [...]
