CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC.
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

The Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc. (Community Action), The Board of Directors is the governing body for the agency, and the Chief Executive Officer heads up the staff. The board members are volunteers who are either elected or appointed to represent the public, private and low income sectors of the population. There is equitable distribution of representation of private businesses, governmental and community – based agencies, and the low-income community. Mission Our Mission is to provide a comprehensive, seamless system of services and resources to reduce the detrimental effects of poverty, empower low-income citizens with skills and motivation to become self-sufficient, and improve the overall quality of their lives, and our community. Welcome to the Capital Area Community Action Agency! Since 1965, this agency has worked hard to provide a safety net for our community’s poor. One of 1,000 community action agencies in the country, we are the boots on the ground to help people in crisis when they have trouble making ends meet while assisting those in poverty who want to become independent of government assistance. Capital Area is ready to assist those eligible families who need help paying their electric bill or find stable housing. The Agency can help eligible clients is an incredible pre-school program to get students ready for kindergarten. Head Start offers free medical care to the kids. Family Advocates work with the parents to help them achieve more financial independence. program works with individuals and families who have made the decision that they no longer want to live in poverty. The Agency’s curriculum to assist clients to better understand the causes of poverty, set life goals and provide support to help them work out of poverty to a life that is thriving. Please call if you’d like to know more about the Agency and how you can get involved with helping low income individuals become independent. helps keep families safe and healthy through initiatives that assist families with energy costs. We provide federally funded assistance in managing costs associated with: LIHEAP can help you stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer through programs that reduce the risk of health and safety problems that arise from unsafe heating and cooling practices. It is hard for a lot of our neighbors to make ends meet. Check out this quick video for a look at the challenges of our community and how we can help. LIHEAP stands for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and is provided by Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc. to assist low-income households to help pay energy expenses. The main components to the LIHEAP program are: Once the diagnostic test evaluation is complete, a work-plan is approved and weatherization services are provided by cost-effective professionals. provide final testing and inspection of quality and workmanship. Providing stability and helping those living in poverty reach their fullest potential, Capital Area Community Action empowers low-income families the opportunity to think about and develop their future story. The Capital Area Community Action Agency operates a 15-week class called Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-by World. After completing the program, the students move into a self-sufficiency program designed to help support the individual’s education, job training, and job placement needs. Learn more about the Staying Ahead program and how to help people become independent of public assistance. If you would like to become a Staying Ahead Partner and help someone Get Ahead just fill out this form. We will invite you to orientation. Thanks for lending a hand and becoming a friend. Here is a quick update on what Community Action is doing to help the working poor – Asset-Limited (no savings), Income-Constrained (no career ladder), Employed – ALICE. The concept of Head Start originated in the early 1960s when many Americans, concerned about the well-being of low income preschool children, organized to seek legislation and funding to deal primarily with the developmental needs of those children who later participated in the program. These measures were necessary to ensure that all associated costs could be paid, that there would be consistency and uniformity in operations, and that all essential services would be provided. The first centers opened their doors as a summer program in July 1965. The administering agency for the local Head Start Program is Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc., a private, non-profit organization designed to seek out and eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty. As any other Community Action Program, Head Start strives to achieve Federal, State, and local involvement and participation. This type of partnership arrangement allows for a broad spectrum of the community to involve itself in solving a local problem that affects the nation. Capital Area Community Action Agency’s Head Start program is celebrating 50 years of successfully providing quality school readiness services to preschool children. We offer pre-school and Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) services for 378 children between the ages of three and five at all seven centers. We have five centers in Leon County, one in Jefferson County and one in Franklin County; all devoted to promoting strong social, emotional, physical, and educational development of young children. Services are provided by full and part-time staff, contracted consultants and service providers and volunteers (including parents). Our Program Philosophy Our Mission It is our mission that children and families become self-sufficient through the provision of comprehensive services which empower them, socially, emotionally, economically, and physically. Our Mission Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc. Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc.