Springbrook Manager To Lead OFO’s $4M Head Start Program ONEONTA – Nicole Cashman joined Opportunities for Otsego today as Head Start director, OFO Director Dan Maskin announced. For the past five years, she has been director of Community Homes at Springbrook. She brings OFO nearly 20 years’ experience in the non-profit sector and a solid background in program operations, strategic planning, and financial management, Maskin said.…
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Delgado Obtains $475K For ‘Violence Against Women’ Program Operated By OFO ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $475,000 in federal funding for the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. The grant, from the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women, will provide funding for 42 residences for survivors and their families through private landlord housing units.…
Ruled ‘Essential Services,’ OFO Shelters Reopened By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Citing the domestic violence and homeless shelters “essential services,” the Otsego County Board of Representatives and the county’s Department of Social Services have reopened both buildings. “We’re happy that they have reopened and that they are helping these vulnerable populations in our community,” said county Rep. Adrienne Martini, D-Oneonta, chair of the county board’s Human Services Committee. “It’s so important that they be open and…
OFO Closed Shelters With One-Day Notice, County Board Learns Reps Ask: What’s Agency’s Responsibility? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – On the morning of Tuesday, March 17, Opportunities for Otsego advised the county Social Services Department it was closing its shelters by 5 p.m. that evening. “OFO said, because of the new social distancing, they were shutting their doors,” County Attorney Ellen Coccoma advised the county Board of Representatives as this morning’s monthly meeting, held via Facebook…
OFO Receives $11,000 Grant To Help To Fight Coronavirus JOHNSON CITY – Opportunities for Otsego will receive an $11,000 grant to fight the COVID-19 threat. The grant was one of 13 grants totaling $110,000 announced this afternoon by the Community Foundation of South Central New York.…
MASKIN, HERZIG IMPRESSED Delgado Meets With OFO, Says Session ‘Illuminating’ ONEONTA – U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, today met with the poverty-fighting Opportunities for Otsego’s board of directors and staff. The freshman congressman called the meeting “illuminating and deeply important to understand the headwinds facing thousands of Upstate New Yorkers experiencing poverty and homelessness.” OFO CEO Dan Maskin said he was “honored” to have Delgado visit the organization, adding, “I was thoroughly impressed that he took the time to listen…
IN MEMORIAM: Nancy J. Meade, 67; Retired From OFO, SUNY Milne Library ONEONTA – Nancy J. Meade, 67, of Oneonta, who retired after years with OFO and SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library, passed peacefully on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at home in Oneonta, surrounded by family. She was born in Corry, Pa., the daughter of the late Donald and Myrtle (Scott) Ruslink. She married William “Bill” L. Meade on Aug. 19, 1978. He predeceased her on Dec. 12, 2017. Nancy was…
FROM WAR ON POVERTY’S FRONT LINES Participate In Census – Or Lose Clout By DAN MASKIN • Opportunities For Otsego CEO As mandated by the Constitution, the United States conducts a decennial census. This once-every-10-year count of the population – it is coming up in April 2020 – shapes the future of our communities and helps ensure political power is fairly allocated among the states and at the local level. Some communities, like those with higher rates of low-income households…
Catholic Charities, Schools Offer Free Lunches At Neahwa Park ONEONTA – Students enrolled in the Oneonta City School District and their families will have access to free lunch this summer, a collaboration between Catholic Charities and the Oneonta City School District. OFO and city schools will offer children and their families bus transportation July 8 through Aug. 23 to Neahwa Park from three local mobile home villages – Lantern Hill, Mountainview and Oneida Village – for lunch and a playtime,…
Seward Delivers Funding To Fight Domestic Violence…