Our National Presence:

Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are nonprofit private and public organizations established to help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. Today there are approximately 1000 Community Action Agencies, serving the poor in every state as well as Puerto Rico and the Trust Territories.

Community Action Agencies Across America
The service areas of Community Action Agencies (CAAs) cover 96 percent of the nation's counties. Our agencies are connected by a national network that includes the Community Action Partnership national association, regional associations, state associations, a national lobbying organization, and a national association of Community Service Block Grant administrators. 

Board, Staff, and Volunteers
CAA boards of directors have a unique composition of members from the low-income community, public officials and members of the private sector.

What CAAs Do
Because each CAA is governed locally, each provides a different mix of programs and services. The following represent the percentages of Community Action Agencies that deliver these services:

         Food and Nutrition - 84%             
         Meals on Wheels, congregate feeding, food banks

         Housing - 46%                   
         Self-help housing, homeownership, rental assistance, Weatherization

         Economic Development - 39%             
         Business planning and loans, water and sewer

         Health Care - 29%                      
         Health Clinics, WIC, prescription assistance