Sieda Community Action’s COVID-19 Response
Letters from the Executive Director on Sieda Community Action’s COVID-19 Response October 23, 2020 Sieda Community Action and our Head Start program continue to work to provide a quality preschool education during this pandemic. We face challenges we’ve never experienced in our efforts to keep children safe and families informed. Please understand we take every effort to be transparent [...]
Sieda Jefferson County Children’s Christmas 2020
The Jefferson County community came together to adopt children or donate to the Jefferson County Sieda Children's Christmas. As a result, they made this a more cheerful Christmas for a child in a low-income family. 165 households with children under 18 in Jefferson County lived under 100% poverty line during 2018 [1]. Nearly double that for families below the 175% level. Sieda LIHEAP (Heating Assistance) [...]
Tobacco Quitline Program for People with Behavioral Health Conditions
Sieda Tobacco Prevention suggests the Quitline program which provides intensive long-term support to quit tobacco products for good. People with mental health and substance use conditions have unique hurdles when quitting tobacco. National Jewish Health developed a tailored Quitline program to meet the needs of people living with behavioral health conditions. Individuals who report mental health and substance use disorders [...]
Sieda Community Action Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sieda Community Action will be closed on Monday, January 18 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, January 19 for normal business hours.
Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division Releases Annual Report
(ANKENY) – The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) released its fiscal year 2020 annual report on December 11th, 2020. Overall, total liquor sales were $367.3 million, an increase of 8.2 percent over the previous fiscal year, and over $133 million dollars was transferred to the State’s General Fund for appropriation by the Iowa legislature. The time period for this [...]
Sieda Community Action Closed for Holidays
Sieda's offices will be closed on Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen on Monday, December 28 at 8:00 a.m. Sieda will also be closed for the New Year's Day holiday on Thursday, December 31, and Friday, January 1. We will reopen on Monday, January 4 at 8:00 a.m. Please take our [...]
Responsible Gifting This Holiday
During this holiday season gift-givers will often purchase lottery scratch-off cards as a stocking stuffer or to add to a greeting card. Scratch-off cards can be a gift that has the possibility of it becoming an even bigger gift. Lottery tickets, however, shouldn't be gifted to minors. This is why the Holiday Lottery Responsible Gifting Campaign returns every December to encourage people to [...]
National Eviction Moratorium
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a national eviction moratorium for virtually all tenants in the U.S to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The order will be in effect until December 31, 2020. This declaration is for tenants, lessees, or residents of residential properties who are covered by the CDC’s order temporarily halting residential evictions (not including foreclosures [...]
Gambling and Gaming Problems Increasing
With many teens and young adults spending more time alone, the vulnerability to gaming problems is increasing. Moreover, young people are experiencing more isolation and boredom and less connection. For some, much less competition through sports is occurring. As one person put it, “COVID-19 is the gasoline on the gaming fire.” Even if money or micro-transactions (skins, loot boxes, [...]
Sieda Diaper Bank
Sieda Community Action with a grant from the Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation recently established a new Diaper Bank Program to assist parents living in poverty. A monthly supply of diapers for one child can cost between $70 and $80. As a result, parents try to make do with the diapers they can afford. Which leads to severe diaper rash [...]
Sieda Closed For Thanksgiving
All Sieda Community Action Centers will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, November 26th, and Friday, November 27th. However, we will re-open on Monday, November 30th at 8:00 a.m. We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration!