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Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council (CDCAC)
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Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council (CDCAC) is a private not-for-profit corporation primarily serving the residents of Chelan and Douglas Counties since 1965. CDCAC also serves Okanogan, Grant, Adams, and Lincoln Counties through their AmeriCorps program. CDCAC assists individuals and families to move out of poverty into a lifestyle that promotes a safer and healthier living environment.

CDCAC offers the following programs and services: Energy Assistance, Weatherization, AmeriCorps, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), the Literacy Council, an asset building program that offers tax preparation and financial education training, and a Food Distribution Center that delivers food to ten area food banks in Chelan & Douglas counties. CDCAC also owns and operates 50 units of affordable housing.

CDCAC MISSION: “Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council’s mission is to end poverty by helping people and changing lives.”

CDCAC PROMISE: “Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.”

Services

  • Adult Education
  • This service area includes programs such as GED classes, citizenship services, ELL, and cooking and nutrition.
  • Disability + Senior Services
  • This service area includes programs such as adult day centers, food home delivery, housing services, and utility discounts.
  • Employment Assistance
  • This service area includes programs such as career planning, social enterprises, job assistance, vocational skills and training and WorkFirst community jobs.
  • Emergency Services
  • This service area includes programs such as food banks, emergency shelters, motel vouchers and rental/mortgage assistance.
  • Energy Assistance & Weatherization
  • This service area includes programs such as emergency shut off prevention, energy assistance, heating system repairs, minor home repair and weatherization.
  • Housing Assistance
  • This service area includes programs such as affordable housing, permanent supportive housing, rental assistance, and homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing.
  • Money Management
  • This service area includes programs such as credit builder loans, financial counseling and education, foreclosure prevention loans and free tax preparation assistance.,
  • Veterans
  • This service area includes programs such as counseling for veterans, housing services for veterans, and supportive services to veterans and families.
  • Victim & Legal Services
  • This service area includes programs such as crime victims advocacy, domestic violence prevention, legal referrals and services, and voicemail.

Programs

Washington's Poverty Fighting Network: 30 Community Action Agencies equipping low-income individuals and families in all 39 counties to exit poverty.

Washington State Community Action Partnership
PO Box 7130 Olympia, WA 98507
www.wapartnership.org

 

The Promise of Community Action

Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

This website is supported (in part) by Grant Number 90ET0501 from the ACF Office of Community Services, Community Services Block Grant within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the ACF Office of Community Services, Community Services Block Grant.

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