{"id":10779,"date":"2016-10-06T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccano.flywheelsites.com\/?p=10779"},"modified":"2022-12-23T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:55:11","slug":"americorps-returning-citizens-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/press\/americorps-returning-citizens-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"New AmeriCorps Program Helps Returning Citizens &#038; Low-Income Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Published on October 6, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans is pleased to announce a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalservice.gov\/programs\/americorps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AmeriCorps<\/a> program supported by a grant from the Volunteer Louisiana Commission in the office of the Lieutenant Governor. Catholic Charities AmeriCorps members are serving in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/food-for-families-seniors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food for Families\/Food for Seniors <\/a>program and helping deliver monthly food boxes packaged from USDA supplied food to low-income older adults in Orleans Parish.<\/p>\n<p>While performing this important service, the AmeriCorps members, who were recruited from unemployed individuals who were also previously incarcerated, will receive a modest living allowance, workforce development services to help them find permanent employment and an educational award.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited that this one AmeriCorps program will be helping both returning citizens and low-income older adults in Orleans Parish!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Americorp-Louisiana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Americorp-Louisiana.jpg\" alt=\"AmeriCorps Louisiana Logo\" width=\"103\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published on October 6, 2016 Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans is pleased to announce a new AmeriCorps program supported by a grant from the Volunteer Louisiana Commission in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,219,82,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-10779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press","8":"tag-americorps","9":"tag-city-of-new-orleans","10":"tag-food-for-families","11":"tag-food-for-seniors"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New AmeriCorps Program Helps Returning Citizens &amp; 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