Sieda Pantry Food Bag Distribution
Starting the week of October 10th, Sieda County Resource Centers will be giving food bags to qualified homes. Sieda purchased a variety of pantry foods such as soup, green beans, beans, corn, tuna, peanut [...]
Oh, Baby! Appanoose County Baby Shower
Area organizations are coming together for an Oh, Baby! Appanoose County Baby Shower. Sieda MIECHV HFA is hosting a baby shower for prenatal and new parents. The event is from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm [...]
Diaper Pantry in Appanoose & Wapello County
Sieda Community Action has been able to provide diapers in Wapello county for nearly 2 years and is excited to expand to a new county. Starting today, August 3rd, we will be providing diapers [...]
School Supply Events Across Our Counties
For the event in your county that might be a helpful source of school supplies please look at the table below. There are many wonderful and generous groups in the counties we serve that [...]
Stacked Deck – Sieda Prevention
Sieda Behavioral Health and Treatment Services Prevention staff completed at the end of the school year a curriculum called “Stacked Deck.” This curriculum was given to the high school students at the Appanoose County [...]
Iowa Family Support Network’s May Home Visiting Hero
Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visit Program: A Healthy Families America Affiliate (MIECHV HFA) Program Manager, Sue Wolver, shared some fantastic news. In the Iowa Family Support Network newsletter for the month of May, [...]
Liz Fairchild Named Iowa Head Start Association Administrator of the Year
Sieda Community Action recently announced Liz Fairchild, Sieda Child Development Unit Director, was named the Iowa Head Start Association Administrator of the Year for the 2021-2022 program year. The award is presented to one [...]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year’s theme is “Thriving Children and Families: Prevention With Purpose”. All families need help sometimes. Thriving families depend on strong support systems which can come from [...]
Sieda MIECHV Healthy Families America Fidelity Review
Sieda Community Action would like to share the recent certification of our Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation: Healthy Families America (MIECHV HFA) Program. Sieda's MIECHV HFA Program received its Fidelity Review Certificate. The [...]
Baby Formula Recall & FDA Warning
For Immediate Release: February 17, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is investigating consumer complaints of Cronobacter sakazakii and Salmonella Newport infections. All of the cases are reported to have consumed powdered infant formula [...]