CAP-Dayton Annual Report - Community Action Partnership of the

Community Action:
Nearly 50 Years of Moving Forward
Annual Report 2013
Table of Contents
President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . .
Agency Funding . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . .
Agency Overview . . . . . . . . . . .
Agency Highlights . . . . . . . . . .
Programs and Services . . . . . .
Success Stories . . . . . . . . . . . .
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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10-13
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15-19
Back Cover
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.
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President’s Letter
Dear Friend of Community Action:
The theme of this year’s Annual Report, “Community Action: Nearly 50 Years of Moving Forward,” is both
meaningful and challenging. Fifty years ago President Lyndon B. Johnson in his State of the Union address
declared America’s unconditional war on poverty. This powerful declaration included Community Action
Agencies as one of the weapons in an arsenal that would be engaged to eliminate the paradox of poverty in a
land of plenty. Community Action Agencies were unique in many ways, and one way especially was to include
poor people in program design and implementation. Fifty years ago, poor people looked back at the horrible
devastation caused by poverty. They had many times experienced hunger, homelessness, a denial of access to
job and educational opportunities, and a clear and only thinly disguised right to vote. Poor people looked back
to their present situation and saw exploitation and despair. Nearly fifty years ago Community Action said to the
all too many poor people in America, “Please join us; It is time to look forward.”
The Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area, along with more than a thousand sister
agencies across the country, have been looking forward for nearly 50 years. Reviewing these years shows
numbers in the thousands for units of safe, affordable housing provided; senior meals offered; utility shut
offs prevented; miles of transportation that meant access to jobs and health care; emergency shelter nights;
tax returns prepared and earned income tax credits provided to lower income working wage earners; case
management provided and employment secured; micro-enterprise courses taught; and early childhood
learning experiences completed. Keeping with the spirit of Community Action, we have served as advocates
for the low-income community and have always included members of it as part of our governance. For nearly
50 years, we have been fortunate to have a positively led and contributing Board of Trustees. Community
organizations – too many to list – have joined with us in our noble quest to eliminate the causes and
conditions of poverty.
To be sure, we have had disappointments, but part of looking forward includes overcoming adversity. We ask
that you join us in continuing to look forward on behalf of the people we serve. We can truly claim nearly 50
years of accomplishment, and as we do that we realize that our mission of helping people and changing lives
continues. Please continue to join with us.
John T. Donnellan
President & CEO
Community Action Partnership
of the Greater Dayton Area
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Audited Financial Information:
Agency Funding
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF THE GREATER
DAYTON AREA
Statement of Functional Expenses – Year Ended December 31, 2012
Management
Personnel Fringe benefits Consultants and contract labor
Travel
Space and utilities
Consumable supplies
Equipment and maintenance
Weatherization materials
Assistance to individuals
Allowance for housing loans
Other costs
Depreciation
In-kind expenses
Program
and General
Fundraising Total
$ 4,232,325
553,095
32,333
4,817,753
1,216,799
198,679
-
1,415,478
536,660
39,035
-
575,695
87,294 14,348
-101,642
744,096
27,336
5,272
776,704
669,332
6,600
4,619
680,551
434,313
17,189
3,086
454,588
1,778,226
-
-
1,778,226
2,614,142
43
-
2,614,185
456,849
-
-
456,849
982,892
234,279
40,040
1,257,211
361,101
-
-361,101
47,854
-
-
47,854
$ 14,161,883
1,090,604
85,350
15,337,837
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF THE GREATER DAYTON AREA
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs
OMB Circular A-133 § .505
Year Ended December 31, 2012
1. Summary of Auditors’ Results
(d)( 1 )(i) Type of Financial Statement Opinion
(d)( 1 )(ii)
Were there any material weaknesses reported at the financial statement level
(GAGAS)?
(d)( 1 )(ii) Were there any significant deficiencies reported at the financial statement level
(GAGAS)?
(d)( 1 )(iii) Was there any reported non-compliance at the financial statement level (GAGAS)?
(d)( 1 )(iv) Were there any material weaknesses reported for major federal programs?
(d)( 1 )(iv) Were there any significant deficiencies reported for major federal programs?
(d)( 1 )(v) Type of Major Programs’ Compliance Opinion (d)( 1 )(vi) Are there any reportable findings under § 510?
(d)( 1 )(vii) Major Programs: (d)( 1 )(viii) Dollar Threshold: Type A\B Programs (d)( 1 )(ix) Low Risk Auditee? 4
Unmodified
No
No
No
No
COMMUNITY ACTION
PARTNERSHIP OF THE
GREATER DAYTON AREA
Schedule of Findings and
Questioned Costs
OMB Circular A-133 § .515(8)
Year Ended December 31, 2012
2. F
indings Related to the
Financial Statements
Required to be Reported in
Accordance with GAGAS
None
3. F
indings and Questioned
Costs for Federal Awards
None
No
Unmodified
No
14.257 ARRA - Homeless
Prevention and Rapid ReHousing;
81.042 ARRAWeatherization Assistance
93.044, 93.045, 93.053Aging Cluster
93.568- Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance (HEAP)
93.600- Head Start
Type A: > $313,357
Type B: All others
Yes
Stephen V. Pipenger,
Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
Agency Funding 1/01/2013-12/31/2013
Board of Trustees
Unaudited Financial Information:
The numbers below are unaudited.
Revenues
Federal Funding
State Funding
Local Funding
Private Funding
In-Kind Contributions
$ 9,618,455
$ 364,771
$
43,793
$ 2,693,640
$ 168,018
Total Revenues$12,888,677
Line Item Expenses
Salaries/Wages
Fringe Benefits
Consultants
Travel
Space/Rentals
Consumables
Equipment
Client Assistance
Other Costs
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Total Line Item Expenses
$12,888,677
Functional Expenses
4,269,544
1,074,294
300,492
30,102
230,612
257,481
502,151
4,983,682
1,240,319
Community Services Programs
Children’s Programs
Energy Assistance Programs
Housing Assistance Programs
Transportation Programs
Other Programs
$ 1,456,094
$ 750,748
$ 7,733,000
$ 2,386,482
$ 258,955
$ 303,398
Total Functional Expenses
$12,888,677
In-Kind Contributions
$168,018
Private Funding $2,693,640
Local Funding $43,793
State Funding $364,771
Federal Funding $9,618,455
Total Revenues
$12,888,677
The Community Action Partnership (CAP) Board of Trustees
is composed of a 21-member tripartite governing board that
represents the agency’s service area. The Board of Trustees
is comprised of one-third elected public officials or their
representatives, one-third persons who are members or officials
of public groups with interests in the community, and one-third
individuals who are democratically selected from low-income
groups and organizations. The board members are individuals
who provide time, effort, dedication, commitment and thoughtful
input to serving low-income residents of Auglaize, Butler,
Darke, Greene, Miami, Mercer, Montgomery, Preble and Warren
Counties. The Board of Trustees members who served in 2013
include the following:
Rev. Wayne Morrison, Chair
Preble County
Private Sector
Michelle Jones
Montgomery County
Low-Income Sector
Dean Lovelace, Vice Chair
Montgomery County
Public Sector
Betsy Marshall
Preble County
Private Sector
John Gilmore, Secretary
Butler County
Private Sector
Linda Oda
Warren County
Public Sector
Diane Delaplane, Treasurer
Darke County
Public Sector
James Phipps
Greene County
Public Sector
Bob Alexander
Warren County
Low-Income Sector
Rex Robinson
Greene County
Low-Income Sector
Tresa Arnold
Preble County
Public Sector
Walter Santo Landerer II
Preble County
Low-Income Sector
Ronald Bryant
Darke County
Low-Income Sector
Sandy Smoot
Warren County
Low-Income Sector
Barbara Fee
Darke County
Private Sector
Tawana Thomas
Montgomery County
Private Sector
Cynthia Ferguson
Montgomery County
Private Sector
Roberta Warner
Darke County
Public Sector
Kenton Hill
Greene County
Private Sector
Dwayne Woods
Montgomery County
Public Sector
Karen Jackson
Greene County
Low-Income Sector
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Agency Overview
“Well they passed a law in’64
To give those who ain’t got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law don’t change another’s mind...
That’s just the way it is
Some things will never change
That’s just the way it is
But don’t you believe them”
~ Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is ©1986
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, first introduced by United States
President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union
address on January 8, 1964. With the passage of this Act,
Community Action Agencies were created. Community Action
Agencies are locally controlled, private nonprofit organizations.
These organizations are comprised of a tripartite board, made up
of low-income residents, public officials, and private community
leaders. The Articles of Incorporation were signed on December
11, 1964, to file with the Secretary of the State of Ohio, to form
the Supporting Council of Preventative Effort (SCOPE). The
name was later changed to Community Action Partnership of the
Greater Dayton Area in 2003.
Community Action did not have an easy start here in Dayton. A
headline from the Dayton paper, the Journal Herald in December,
1965 read, “Poverty Fighters Battle Red Tape, Changes in
Policy.” The article detailed how programs were approved by the
SCOPE board, but were awaiting federal approval procedures.
Until 1971, SCOPE encompassed Greene, Montgomery, Preble,
Warren, Darke and Miami Counties. The budget for 1966
included the following programs: Darke County Migrants, Adult
Education, Small Business Administration, Head Start, Warren
County Youth Center, West Dayton Neighborhood Center, Camp
Fire Girls, Day Care Expansion, Homemakers project and feeding
the aged (Loaves and Fishes).
SCOPE was the starting point for The Dayton Urban League,
Head Start, the Miami Valley Child Development Center,
Latchkey Program, the Job Center, Legal Services, West Side
Health Clinic, Planned Parenthood, college grants, and schoolnutritional programs. A review of the archives at the Dayton
Metropolitan Library (downtown) reveals that almost all of the
low-income driven initiatives in the Miami Valley started with
SCOPE. SCOPE was used as a program incubator and gave
these programs the starting points for which they could develop
into standalone entities. The Office of Economic Opportunity
recognized the benefits of such programs and throughout the
years funding was set aside for specific initiatives such a VISTA,
Job Corps, and Head Start (though that program was later
transferred to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare).
The country had an estimated poverty rate of 19 percent in 1964.
A team of researchers from Columbia University calculated an
“anchored” supplemental measure—essentially the 2012 measure
carried back through time and adjusted for historical inflation—
and found that it fell from about 26 percent in 1967 to 16 percent
in 2012. This newer method of calculating poverty gives a more
accurate picture of deprivation. The so-called supplemental
poverty measure takes into account the benefits that the poor
receive—including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP); tax credits; Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Nutrition Program; and school meals. It also totals up how much
a family pays to survive, including health care costs, taxes, child
care, and housing.1
The annual theme this year is “Community Action: Nearly
50 Years of Moving Forward.” On the 50-year anniversary
of the “War on Poverty,” there is much public discourse as
to whether the programs created really helped to eliminate
poverty. Arguments for both sides can be bolstered by statistical
interpretation. The demographics of the country’s poor have
changed in 50 years. Community Action has been a dynamic
force in constructing programs that meet the needs of the
changing low-income community.
Minimum Wage Lagging Behind
What the minimum wage would have been in 2013 had it
been adjusted since 1968 to keep pace with average wages
or other standards
$17.10
Productivity
$11.96 Half of the
average wage for all workers
$10.75 Inflation
(Consumer Price Index-Urban)
$10.06 Half of the average
wage for production workers
$7.25 Current federal
minimum wage
Adjusted to keep pace
Source: Janelle Jones and John Schmitt, “The Minimum Wage Is Not What It
Used To Be,” Center for Economic and Policy Research Blog, July 17, 2013,
available at http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/theminimum-wage-is-not-what-it-used-to-be.
Sargent Shriver visiting our agency in 1966
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$26,000
82%
$25,000
80%
$24,000
78%
$23,000
76%
$22,000
74%
$21,000
72%
$20,000
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
Median Earnings (Left Axis)
1995
2000
2005
Share Employed
Annual Earnings (2010 Dollars)
Annual Earnings and Employment of Men and
Women with a High School Diploma Only
53,214
unduplicated persons
were served by
Community Action
Partnership.
70%
2010
Employment (Right Axis)
Source: Current Population Survey, 1971-2011; Data on the institutionalized population
come from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey, 1970-2010.
Note: The sample is restricted to non-Hispanic whites and blacks aged twenty-five to
sixty-four to control for changes in the share of immigrants in the population. A direct
identifier of immigrant status is unavailable before 1994 for annual earnings data.
One of the greatest changes in the last 50 years has been the
disparity of the income gap between the highest and lowest
wage earners in the United States. The bottom 20 percent of
earners’ real income decreased by 7.4 percent between 1979
and 2009, while the real incomes of those in the top five percent
rose 72.7 percent.2 Research points to the fact that minimum
wage has not kept pace with what is an actual sustainable living
wage. Minimum wage has lost 30 percent of its value since
1968.3 “If the minimum wage had kept pace over time with the
average growth in productivity, it would be about $17 an hour.
The problem is that the benefits of that growth have flowed
increasingly to profits, shareholders and executives, not workers.”4
As President Obama laid out in a speech last year, “Whereas in
the past, the average CEO made about 20 to 30 times the income
of the average worker, today’s CEO now makes 273 times more.
And meanwhile, a family in the top one percent has a net worth
288 times higher than the typical family, which is a record for this
country.”5 The disparities in income must be acknowledged in this
country. Minimum wage must be redefined in the years ahead if
we expect everyone in our nation to have the opportunity to be
self-sufficient.
THE
HAMILTON
PROJECT
About eight percent of all minimum-wage workers and 17.8
percent of hourly workers held at least a bachelor’s degree in
2012.7 The fact that the minimum wage is not sufficient to meet
a living standard makes it clear that our country has continued
work to fight poverty. There is still a need for Community Action
Agencies to be incubators for innovative programs that align
with the poverty demographics. Arthur Brooks, president of the
American Enterprise Institute in Washington succinctly put it,
“The war was not to maintain people in poverty, and the only way
to get people off poverty is to increase their ability to support
themselves and earn their success.’’8
The other drastic change in the last 50 years has been the shift to
a global economy and the ever-increasing use of technology in
the workplace. Overall, there is insufficient access to education
and jobs. “The earnings of the median high school graduate are
lower today than they were in the early 1970s, after adjusting
for inflation. This trend is particularly evident over the last two
decades during which employment rates have fallen from a high
of 81 percent in 1989 to 71 percent today.”6 But sadly, it has
become a trend that bachelor’s degrees are now expected for
occupations that do not pay what it took to earn that degree.
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Agency Overview (cont.)
When the statistics indicated that the unemployment rate for
African-American teenagers was at 38 percent, Community
Action Partnership applied for and received a Workforce
Investment Act grant that targets youth 16 to 21. The F.L.I.G.H.T.
(Future Leaders in Gear for Higher Training) program helps youth
with education, training, and employment.
The report, by American Progress, “The War on Poverty: Then
and Now” makes a clear argument for the need of the federal
government to support innovative projects. One such program
is Community Action Partnership’s Micro-Enterprise Business
Development and Training Program. This program has assisted
numerous individuals interested in starting and maintaining a
home-based or second income business. But a program such as
this means ensuring that small business owners, especially those
willing to locate in urban or blighted areas, can receive credit
and money to launch these business plans. Diversification is
essential to the growth of the United States and the economy in
the Miami Valley. In looking at programs that target the lowincome population, it is essential that we recognize that the
United States will have no racial or ethnic majority in the next 50
years.9 “Moving ahead” means using our diversity as a means to
prosperity for all.
Moving ahead on the War on Poverty means recognizing how
programs have kept people out of poverty and recognizing what
will be needed to recover from the most recent recession. “If not
for unemployment insurance, 1.7 million additional people would
have been in poverty last year, and absent Social Security, nearly
15.3 million additional seniors would have lived in poverty, nearly
quadrupling the senior poverty rate. While SNAP is not taken
into account in calculating the poverty rate, if it were counted as
With support from Union Savings Bank and Bob Evans
Restaurants, over 160 Thanksgiving meals were distributed to
families in Montgomery County.
Keeping Poverty Rates In Check
Social Security, nutrition aid, and unemployment insurance kept millions of Americans out of poverty
4M
people were kept out of poverty
in 2012 by the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
1.7M
people were kept out of poverty in
2012 by Unemployment Insurance
15.3M
Seniors ages 65 and older were kept
out of poverty by Social Security
= 1,000,000 people
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012, September 2013,
available at http://www.cenus.gov/prod./2013pubs/p60-245.pdf, page 21.
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20,409
households received
assistance from
Community Action
Partnership.
income, it would have lifted four million people out of poverty
last year.”10 In light of this information, we must recognize that
poverty initiatives do make a difference to thousands in our
community each year. We know in the years ahead we face an
aging baby boomer population that will challenge our abilities
as a community to care for the elderly and to support workers
who may also have to be caregivers. Looking to our recent Needs
Assessments, we recognize the need for computer access and
training, which Community Action Partnership supports through
its free Computer Literacy Program. In our community there is
an increasing need for a stronger financial system for community
members. Surveys by Community Action show that there are far
too many in the community that are unbanked or under banked
who rely on alternative financial services. Far too many have
had a history of banking problems and they fear using banks.
Likewise, community members that have outstanding fines
and fees do not have the means to pay and face imprisonment,
continued license suspension or wage garnishment. These are
barriers to self-sufficiency that can be eradicated by national
support and local programming.11
On October 16, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave a speech
on the steps of City Hall in Dayton, Ohio and his call to action
was, “You must get out and work and vote and fight and give and
do something about it.”12 Community Action Partnership has been
fighting for nearly 50 years and plans to fight 50 more to work
towards the agency’s mission and the goals that created it. In his
State of the Union address declaring a War on Poverty Johnson
lamented, “Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of
poverty, but the symptom. The cause may lie deeper in our failure
to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own
capacities, in a lack of education and training, in a lack of medical
care and housing, in a lack of decent communities in which to
live and bring up their children.” It has taken us nearly 50 years
Poverty Rates for Children and Eldery
40%
35.2%
35%
30%
21.8%
Below 18
years old
(NA)
27.3%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
9.1% 65 and older
0%
1959
1970
Source: Census Bureau
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1980
1990
2000
2012
PEW Research Center
to ensure health care for all in the passage of the Affordable Care
Act (ACA). We now witness some of the same struggles as when
our country implemented Medicare and Medicaid, but again,
Community Action Partnership is at the local level to support
health care for all. This agency was one of eight agencies in the
country (out of more than a thousand) that was selected to have
a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) representative and
volunteers to educate and sign up people for the ACA, just as
50 years ago this same organization helped people sign up for
Medicare. For nearly 50 years Community Action has supported
poverty initiatives in the Miami Valley. We look behind to remind
us of the good work and lessons learned, and we look ahead to the
work that remains as we move forward together.
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Individuals completed the CAP
Micro-Enterprise Business Development
and Training Program.
In Preble County, nearly 600 meals were served on Thanksgiving
Day to eat at Brunner Arena, to be delivered to local families or
to take home.
http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-13/news/46116391_1_unconditional-warpoverty-endless-war
2
http://inequality.org/income-inequality/
3
http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/facts/entry/amount-with-inflation
4
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/opinion/redefining-the-minimum-wage.
html?_r=0
5
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/04/remarks-presidenteconomic-mobility
6
http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/what_is_happening_to_americas_lessskilled_workers_the_importance_of_e/
7
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/04/01/1801511/why-college-graduatesare-increasingly-working-minimum-wage-jobs/
8
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/war-onpoverty-not-won-or-lost/ncjRZ/
9
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AllInNation.pdf
10
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2013/09/17/74429/thetop-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-poverty-and-income-data/
11
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/
FreeCheckingReport.pdf
12
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26621
13
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/13/whos-poor-in-america-50years-into-the-war-on-poverty-a-data-portrait/
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2013 Agency Highlights
During 2013, Community Action Partnership (CAP) continued
“Nearly 50 Years of Moving Forward.” This agency strived to
accomplish all ten goals in its 2011-2013 Strategic Plan. Even
though all the goals were not fully realized, measurable success
was achieved in each one. In the area of advocacy, identification
of community needs, marketing, communications, technological
innovation and staff development, giant steps were indeed taken.
We moved forward in sustaining partnerships and collaborations,
strengthening finances, facilities improvement and succession
planning. The progress we have obtained were excellent
benchmarks for their continued implementation.
Facility Improvement & Safety
Community Action Partnership established a Safety Committee
made up of staff representatives from Darke, Greene,
Montgomery and Preble Counties. The committee’s focus was to
ensure that all CAP facilities were safe for our staff and customers.
Employees received training and participated in meetings to
increase their skills and awareness of safety and its impact on
their environment. CAP purchased necessary tools and supplies
to ensure compliance. These activities had the added benefit
of lowering the agency’s insurance costs, while increasing staff
morale and involvement.
Communicating Our Mission
By fully employing our Strategic Plan, Community
Action Partnership engaged its customers and community
stakeholders through a variety of methods, which included: media
releases and interviews, special events, the agency website (www.
cap-dayton.org), community meetings, and social media, such as
Facebook and Twitter. E-newsletters were regularly distributed
to county-specific audiences in Darke, Greene, Montgomery
and Preble Counties. The Housing Department and the Youth
Empowerment Center also produced e-newsletters that advised
of their services and their impact on the community in which
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Wright-Patt Credit Union (WPCU) and CAP Montgomery
County collaborated to conduct two Financial Education
Workshops. Approximately 60 persons attended the two
workshops, which were free and open to the public. Workshop
topics included personal budgeting and understanding credit
reports.
CAP hosted ten students and four faculty members from
Switzerland as part of a Wright State University course entitled
“Comparative Social Welfare: U.S. and Switzerland.” The course
analyzed the social welfare systems in the U.S. and Switzerland
in addressing human rights, child welfare, older adults, poverty
and the criminal justice system. Deborah Ferguson, CCAP,
Director of CAP Montgomery County Outreach and Social
Services, presented the guests with an overview of the agency and
explained how we continually determine the community’s needs
and act upon them. This was a learning session for all involved.
Sheila Holmes, Director of Energy Assistance Programs, explains
utility assistance services at an information session for veterans.
they served. Articles and photographs were published in
the National Community Action Partnership and the Ohio
Association of Community Action Agencies e-newsletters and
periodicals. By doing this, CAP broadened its name and mission
throughout the national landscape.
Partnerships Address Community Needs
Partnerships throughout our service area allowed us to meet the
diverse needs of individuals and families on their pathway to selfsufficiency.
For more than 12 years, Community Action Partnership (CAP)
has joined with the city of Dayton, the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) and certified IRS tax preparers to work one-on-one with
low- and moderate-income individuals and families to file their
tax returns. This service has been provided at no cost, and it
ensured that the households received all the tax credits for which
they qualified. CAP, along with the other Earned Income Tax
Credit Coalition members, which included Dayton Christian
Center, Greater Dayton Recreation Center, The Job Center,
Sinclair Community College, The Life Enrichment Center and
Wesley Community Center, filed more than 3,000 returns during
the last tax season. We are pleased to report that approximately
$4,000,000 in refunds was generated back to the community. In
Darke County, Community Action Partnership, in cooperation
with The Ohio Benefit Bank, offered free tax preparation services
to the public. Employees and volunteers helped seniors and lowand moderate-income households file for tax credits and benefits
for which they were eligible.
In partnership with the Darke County Commissioners, CAP
received funding from the Community Housing Improvement
Program (CHIP) for tenant-based rental subsidy. Preference
is given to those who are homeless, veterans, elderly, disabled,
and whose income is at or below 30 percent of the area median
income.
With the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives and Operation Warm, more than 800 winter coats were
given to children in Montgomery County. Coats were distributed
at local schools and the Montgomery County CAP office.
Serving the Needs of Youth
Addressing the issue of adolescent obesity, the Youth
Empowerment Center (YEC) held two events at the Dakota
Center for Minority Health Month, entitled “Making
Opportunities for Vigorous Exercise (M.O.V.E.).” The first event
provided an open gym plus information on exercise and healthy
food choices. Blood pressure screenings were taken on site. The
second day event provided interactive exhibitions such as drill
teams, martial arts, sports, etc. and the opportunity to enroll in
community activities that increase physical fitness. Supporting the
event were the Dayton Council on Health Equity and the Ohio
Commission on Minority Health. M.O.V.E. was a roaring success.
Community Action Partnership has expanded its services
to youth ages 16-21 by providing F.L.I.G.H.T. (Future Leaders
in Gear for Higher Training). Funding for this program is through
the Workforce Investment Act and the Montgomery County
Commissioners. A wide variety of services including tutoring
and study skills, summer employment opportunities, volunteer
and paid work experience, occupational skills training, leadership
development, mentoring and more. The overall goal
of the program is to move youth forward to self-sufficiency
through further education, employment, job
training and/or military service.
To open their horizons and to provide options
for the future, YEC teens and youths from the
Wesley Community Center toured The Ohio
State University, Wright State University, and the
University of Cincinnati during Spring
Break. In addition to the tour,
they participated in roundtable
discussions with college
students majoring in a variety
of fields.
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Helping Veterans
The Ohio Vocation, Education, Training & Services (Ohio
V.E.T.S.) Program regrettably came to an end December 31, 2013,
due to lack of continued funding. CAP was chosen as one of six
Community Action Agencies in Ohio to participate in a pilot
project for the Ohio V.E.T.S. Program. During its two years, CAP
helped 131 veterans obtain education, training and employment
on their pathway to self-sufficiency. Veterans received numerous
supports to help them complete their education and training, and
to get and keep a job. As a result of the program, there is increased
public awareness of returning veterans and their needs, and
stronger partner relationships in the community.
Lending a Hand
The Preble County Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner served
more than 575 people and was generously supported by donations
from throughout the community. The dinner was held at Brunner
Arena. We thank the many volunteers that assisted. CAP Preble
County has assisted the project over the years by ordering food
and supplies, allowing the use of small kitchen equipment,
coordinating volunteers, and serving as a point of contact for the
community. Again in 2013, CAP collaborated with Union Savings
Bank to distribute more than 160 delicious, hot Thanksgiving
meals prepared from Bob Evans Restaurants to deserving families
in Montgomery County.
National Community Action Month
During National Community Action Month in May 2013,
this agency provided unique opportunities to highlight why
Community Action is essential for the current and future
economic security of low-income Americans. We also showcased
tangible results of helping people, families, and communities.
Through Ohio V.E.T.S., Bob Nock found employment in Vandalia.
He rides the bus to work, but his second shift job ends too late for
the bus to take him all the way home. He had been riding a small
youth bicycle between the bus stop and work, but that was not
suitable.
Ohio V.E.T.S. arranged for Bob to receive a new bicycle that is
the appropriate size for him and has the equipment he needs. His
commute to and from work is now much easier. To help him get
started in his new job before he was paid, the program provided
Mr. Nock with bus tokens, work clothing, and lights and a rack
for the bicycle.
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Veterans were enrolled in the
Ohio Vocation, Education,
Training and Services Program.
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In Montgomery County, the Third Annual “Helping People.
Changing Lives.” Awards were presented to individuals
and organizations that consistently demonstrated their
commitment to helping others achieve greater self-sufficiency.
The Montgomery County Veterans Service Commission and
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio were recognized as Outstanding
Partners. Alanna Wall received the Youth in Service Award, for
her nationally-known “Polished Girlz” Program, which has as a
mission of hand washing, infection reduction, and polishing nails
for frail individuals in hospitals, support groups, chemotherapy
centers and dialysis centers, as well as private referred clients.
Individuals recognized for their excellent front-line service to the
low-income community were Shelby Borchers – Montgomery
County Job and Family Services and Artemis Center; Darren Byrd
– The Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence (CIRGV);
Lauren Dreshman – Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
(ABLE); Alan Poplinski – Dayton Area Earned Income/Child Tax
Credit Coalition (EITC/CTC); and Sue Renner-Langenhorst –
Samaritan Homeless Clinic.
In August, more than 400 children and adults were served at the
Seventh Annual School Clothing and Supply Giveaway in Greene
County. A wide variety of clothing and shoes were available.
CareSource provided book bags with supplies to get the school
year off to a great start. Event partners included United Way of the
Greater Dayton Area, the Greene County Health Department and
the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Family Resource Center.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
CAP’s Youth Empowerment Center (YEC) and its Community
Garden each won Best Practice Awards from the Ohio
Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA). The YEC
received its award for skill building, homework help, community
service, and various culturally enriching activities for youths ages
seven through 18 that can be replicated throughout the state.
YEC’s Community Garden was also honored for implementing
an educational program on growing and eating healthy foods by
youth in an urban setting.
Sad Note
After more than 40 years, Community Action Partnership is
no longer providing Head Start classes and other services to
families in Preble County. We are grateful that we were able to
provide these vital services to children and families for so many
years. We want to recognize the employees, volunteers and the
community for their many years of loyalty and commitment to
helping us provide essential services to pre-school children and
their families.
Lastly, without the support of our many community partners,
funders, staff members and the customers that we serve, it
would be impossible for us to exist. Our deepest gratitude to
the individuals, agencies, organizations and stakeholders that
have helped Community Action accomplish “Nearly 50 Years of
Moving Forward.” We continue to get our strength from you!
Staff Recognition
Craig Idle, Quality Control Director for the Home Weatherization
Assistance Program (HWAP), was chosen to serve on the Ohio
Weatherization State Technical Subcommittee. The group is
responsible for evaluating the program standards set forth by the
U.S. Department of Energy. This committee will examine ways to
improve the Ohio’s Weatherization Program. He was the first CAP
employee selected to serve on this important committee.
CAP Continues to Advocate for
Community Needs
In Montgomery County, the Advocacy and Education Committee
met monthly to discuss how they could advocate for low-income
interests. This was achieved through contacts with legislators and
rallies to raise awareness of issues such as jobs and equality for all.
The committee successfully advocated for the expansion of RTA
bus service to Beavercreek, which will allow low-income persons
access to jobs, and for the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio.
Agency youth also engaged in advocacy by conducting its own
campaign in downtown Dayton to increase public awareness
of gun violence, bullying and child homelessness within this
community.
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job through WorkPAYS.
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Programs and Services
Grant (CSBG) National Goals. The National Goals focus on achieving improved
outcomes for low-income individuals, families, communities and Community
Action Agencies. This chart provides the programs and services delivered in each
of our counties during 2013.
Community Action Partnership had programs or services in Auglaize, Butler,
Darke, Greene, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren Counties in 2013.*
In the chart below, each program, service and/or activity that we provided during
2013 is placed under one of the six goals defined in the Community Services Block
Program or Service
Butler Darke Greene MiamiMontgomeryPreble Warren
Goal #1 Assist low-income people to become more self-sufficient
Adult and Family Self-Sufficiency
Computer Literacy Program
F.L.I.G.H.T. (Future Leaders in Gear for Higher Training)
Home Buying Counseling Program
Harding Place Transitional Housing Program
Micro-Enterprise Business Development
Percentage of Payment Income Plan Plus (PIPP) Ohio Benefit Bank Ohio Vocation, Education, Training and Services Program
Tax Assistance
WCCS Step Employment Program
WCCS WCMAP Program
Goal #2 Improve the conditions in which low-income people live
Affordable Housing Communities/Tax Credits Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP)
Dayton Power & Light (DP&L)
Duke Energy
Vectren TEEM 1 & 2
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Grant Program
Transportation Programs (Access to Jobs & Training)
WorkPAYS
Goal #3 Help low-income people own a stake in their community
Advocacy Program
Community Empowerment
Goal #4 Achieve partnerships among supporters and providers of service to low-income people
Goal #5 Agencies increase their capacity to achieve results
Agency Facilities Improvement
Best Practice Implementation
Capacity Building/Resource Development
Community Partnership Initiative
Community Outreach & Referral
Employee Professional Development Employee Recognition Program
Increased Information Technology (IT)
WCCS Faith Works
Goal #6 Low-income people, especially vulnerable populations, achieve their potential by strengthening family & support systems
Emergency Services Bridge the Gap (Emergency Assistance)
Emergency Homeless Shelter
Emergency Services
Homeless Crisis & Rapid Rehousing
National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling
Restoring Stability (Foreclosure Assistance)
Salvation Army (Emergency Assistance)
WCCS Emergency Rent
WCCS Transportation Assistance
WCCS Emergency Services Utilities
Winter Crisis/Summer Crisis Programs
Family Development Services
FLY Girls (Forever Loving Yourself)
Head Start
Youth Empowerment Center
Independent Living
Food Commodity Distribution Program
Transportation Services – Seniors & Those With Disabilities
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Success Stories
Youth Empowerment Center
When Ariana Davis first joined the Youth Empowerment Center
staff noticed her lack of participation, a sense of isolation and an
inability to make a connection right off the bat with others in the
group. She was more introverted than some of the other girls in
the group, but staff always made it a point to ask her questions
about school, her life and the things that she liked to do.
“I did not enjoy coming to the YEC, but my mom wanted me to
be a part of it so I came,” Ariana said. She always sat in the back of
the room all by herself and hardly ever spoke to anyone.
When a YEC staff member tried to pick Ariana up for the group
session, she made excuses why she couldn’t come or never came
out of her house. As time progressed, Ariana’s attitude changed.
Her involvement increased and she is happy to see the van arrive.
Ariana Davis
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youths enrolled in the Youth Empowerment
Program to improve their success in school.
Tianna Logan
“The YEC program is not as bad as I thought it would be,” Ariana
said. “Now that I am participating, I am able to take from the
lessons and apply it to my life. Coming here has helped me with
my public speaking skills and in being comfortable with speaking
in front of my classmates at school.”
Now a sophomore at Ponitz High School, Ariana has made
tremendous strides. She was a recipient of the 2013 Winter
Recognition Youth Award and was chosen to sing in a community
talent show.
F.L.I.G.H.T. (Future Leaders in Gear for
Higher Training)
Tianna Logan is perhaps one of the most motivating and talented
young people in our community. A member of the Youth
Empowerment Center (YEC) from 2007 until 2013, she is now a
participant in the Community Action Partnership’s F.L.I.G.H.T.
(Future Leaders in Gear for Higher Training) program. This
remarkable young lady currently holds a 4.0 GPA at TrotwoodMadison High School.
When Tianna aged out of the YEC program, she lacked selfesteem, public speaking and interviewing skills. Eager to continue
with one of Community Action Partnership’s programs and
improve herself, she enrolled into the F.L.I.G.H.T. program. The
F.L.I.G.H.T. program offers young adults the support they need to
reach their goals related to education and employment. Through
the F.L.I.G.H.T. program, Tianna was matched with a mentor and
participated in a job training curriculum.
Since being with F.L.I.G.H.T., Tianna has successfully completed
a job interview, participated in the Chocolate Love Affair by
reciting original poetry and completed a science fair presentation.
Her mother states, “I am very pleased with the progress Tianna
has made with the program. I have always recognized the
potential in her and I am glad that she now has the confidence to
share with others.”
Tianna is a wonderful writer. She writes heartfelt poetry and has a
knack with working with the elderly. Tianna has a mind to assist
in the community and a heart to serve. Currently, she is a student
worker at Community Action Partnership and has aspirations to
become a hospice nurse. One of Tianna’s favorite quotes is from
Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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with their pet outside?
Success Stories (cont.)
Darke County Rapid Rehousing
Dwight, 60, and Kim, 55 are presently married, and not working.
Dwight currently receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
but will lose it soon because his wife will be going on disability.
They have been advised by an attorney that in order to keep his
SSI, they will have to dissolve their marriage. They are currently
pursuing dissolution.
Dwight has been self-employed in the past from 1978-2003
working as a body man for ARCA and NASCAR throughout
the racing seasons. Kim had worked in various restaurants and
worked for GTI in Greenville for 16 years before health issues
forced her job loss. They are both graduates of high school and
had received on-the-job training.
They lost their home more than two years ago and lived with
their daughter, sharing a house with four other adults. They lived
in a 10x10 room in that house with their pets for a year until
their daughter had to move. Unable to pay rent for that place and
unable to find somewhere they could afford that still accepted
pets, they stayed in their truck and in a tent on a friend’s property.
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Dwight happened to run into a lady at a local store and lock
facility, who was moving out of a pet-friendly place at $350 per
month. That was something they could afford.
CAP Darke County was able to assist them with a deposit and the
first month’s rent. CAP also assisted with PIPP Plus (Percentage of
Income Payment Plan Plus) enrollment and referred them to local
food pantries.
Dwight said CAP helped him and his wife by getting them a place
to stay. They were so tired of feeling isolated living in one room
of a house with seven other people. It was almost unbearable.
He said that they had gained tremendous confidence from being
helped by CAP, and now feels they have a chance at life again.
Dwight concluded, “Things could be a lot worse, at least we’re not
living in a tent now.”
Dwight and Kim
Harding Place Transitional Housing
Despite what he considered a good childhood in a loving, Christian family, Darin
Delaney fell into the trap of addiction and emotional issues. His family stood by Darin
through his troubles. They helped him as much as possible. At one point, Darin served a
30-day jail sentence for violating the conditions of his court-ordered medical treatment.
Upon his release, Darin’s family paid for him to live in a motel before deciding that their
help was actually having a negative effect. Darin had become too dependent on them
and needed to become more self-sufficient.
Now Darin was homeless and unsure what to do. A partner agency, the Jeremiah Tree,
which helps those who are homeless, addicted and/or impoverished, referred him to
Community Action Partnership’s Harding Place Transitional Housing Program.
Darin Delaney
Darin continued to receive treatment for his medical issues while in Harding Place. CAP
also provided referrals and services for food stamp assistance, an eye exam and glasses,
housing and deposit assistance and vocational assistance so he could obtain a job.
Through the program’s structure, Darin
developed into a more organized, positive and motivated person. He became more self-sufficient
and understood that he would need to continue his medical treatments in order to be successful.
Darin now has his own housing and is employed as a divisional manager in the corporate finance
field. He has housing, employment and the medical care he needs.
“The Transitional Housing Program made me learn the importance of becoming independent,”
said Darin. He was accustomed to people taking care of him. He felt everything was owed to him.
“This program helped me become self-reliant,” he said.
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persons of the
Harding Place
Transitional Housing
Program moved
out and secured
permanent housing.
Weatherization
For months, Charles Wilson was
warming pans of water on the stove to
get hot water for a bath and to wash
dishes. Charles has been in his home
for more than 30 years, as he took
care of his aging mother during that
time despite his own disability. As Mr. Wilson said, “When you
are on a limited income and need to get prescriptions and food,
then to have a major appliance go out, it is devastating.” Mr.
Wilson not only received a new hot water tank from Community
Action Partnership as part of the Vectren TEEM 1 Weatherization
services, but he also had a new furnace installed, and his home
was weatherized by having insulation blown into his walls.
Through CAP and DP&L’s Smart Energy Program, Mr. Wilson
received a new refrigerator and low wattage bulbs in his modest
home. He says he has seen a difference in his utility bills and
despite the frigid winter, his new furnace kept him warm this
winter. Mr. Wilson wrote a beautiful thank-you letter to the
Community Action Partnership staff and said, “You people do
not know the impact you have on people…the world could learn
a lot from your team.” We were happy to assist Mr. Wilson and
hundreds of others this year.
1,287
households benefited from one of the
CAP weatherization and/or energy
conservation programs.
Charles Wilson
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Success Stories (cont.)
Housing Counseling
Program
Mary Parker contacted the
Housing Department for
assistance with her mortgage.
On October 15, 2013, Mary
met with a Housing Counselor
at Community Action
Partnership to discuss what
options were available to
Mary Parker
keep her home. Mary suffered
financial hardship after the
untimely death of her husband in April 2013. Besides the grief
she was feeling, she realized she was unable to maintain all her
monthly obligations now that she no longer had her husband’s
income to support the household. Mary struggled financially for
several months and eventually she became six months delinquent
on her mortgage. Both Mary and her husband are elderly and on
a fixed income. Now Mary had to figure out how she could save
her home and maintain her basic living expenses on a 52 percent
loss of monthly income.
Mary had all of the paperwork requested by her counselor at
her initial appointment. The counselor discussed options that
were available to Mary, knowing that some temporary programs
available would not solve the mortgage issue and that Mary
needed a permanent resolution.
A loan modification was requested the day of the intake
appointment as the counselor had all of the necessary
paperwork from the homeowner to do so. Mary was issued a
trial modification for the months of October, November and
December with the lender promising to permanently modify if
the homeowner made her trial payments on time, every time. In
December 2013 the lender sent a permanent loan modification
agreement to Mary for her signature. Mary and her counselor
had a follow-up appointment for the counselor to review the
modification agreement to make sure it would benefit Mary and
make her mortgage payments affordable moving forward.
Ohio V.E.T.S.
Sheila Ligon is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She is married and
was unemployed with four children. Her household income
consisted of a small VA pension and unemployment benefits, and
her husband was recovering from a work related injury. He too
was also seeking employment or training. It was difficult for the
family to make ends meet. Ms. Ligon came to the Ohio Vocation,
Education, Training and Services (Ohio V.E.T.S.) Program,
requesting assistance with her education. She had licenses in
practical nursing from California. However, since moving to
Ohio, she could not afford to pay for the endorsement fees to
transfer her licenses. She needed them to register for school to
become a registered nurse. Upon coming to Community Action
Partnership, she completed the needs assessment and other
required paperwork and qualified for the program.
The Ohio V.E.T.S. Program assisted her in moving in the right
direction by enabling her to continue with her education. The
program paid for the fees involved with processing the nursing
endorsement application. She was accepted in Kaplan College’s
associate degree program to become a registered nurse. Due to
the efforts of the Ohio V.E.T.S. Program, she is working parttime as an LPN while attending school. She and her family are
so grateful. She received gas cards to assist her with driving to
school and work. The program also helped with vehicle repairs,
so that she had a dependable vehicle while in school.
Her husband, Brian, also benefited from Community Action
Partnership. He was able to receive assistance to enroll in a
program which trains individuals in logistics. Mr. Ligon has
completed the training program, and is now gainfully employed.
In conclusion, Ms Ligon stated: “This program helped us
tremendously and it is definitely a good feeling to be helped like
this, because of my service to the greatest country in this world.”
Mary received a permanent reduction in her mortgage payment
of more than $200 per month with a fixed rate of 2 percent.
Mary was very satisfied and now is able to afford her mortgage
payments.
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households received
counseling to receive
a loan modification
and/or mortgage
assistance to avoid
foreclosure.
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Computer Learning Program
While working third shift in the housekeeping department at GCA Services Group (GCA),
Sherrie Stephens learned that a management position was available. She was told the job
required “some” computer skills, but Sherrie didn’t have any.
Ms. Stephens was looking for a manageable computer class schedule offered during the
day, because she worked nights. Community Action Partnership’s Computer Learning
Program met her needs with its two-hour classes meeting three times a week over
three weeks.
“I really did not want the classes to end. They made it very interesting” Sherrie stated. Ms.
Stephens is so excited over her positive experience with CAP that she tells everyone to
come here for an introduction to computer learning.
She never missed a class during the entire three weeks. Thanks to her determination and
hard work, she learned the skills she needed and was promoted to General Manager of
Custodial Services at GCA, which provides services for Sinclair Community College.
Sherrie had to be computer-literate in order to get promoted to her current position.
“Before this training I was content being a supervisor on third shift. I am now a
manager because of the excellent, thorough training that I received at CAP.”
Housing Counseling Program
Doug and Gale are a married couple in their fifties who reside
in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. As a former GM employee, Doug
is considered a displaced auto worker. He is re-employed but
earning less than half of his previous income. Gale previously had
a government job, but is currently not working and is receiving
unemployment benefits.
The couple came to Community Action Partnership seeking
assistance through the Save the Dream Ohio Program. Because
of Gale’s unemployment and the significant reduction in Doug’s
income, they were good candidates for the program. When the
couple met with their housing counselor, it was decided that their
combined mortgage payments totaled nearly 64 percent of their
gross monthly income. It was clear that those payments were not
manageable for them in their current financial circumstances.
However, their balances were low, and the remaining terms on
both loans were short. After reviewing their application and
Sherrie Stephens
analyzing the documents provided, their counselor determined
that the best use of Save the Dream Ohio funds would be to pay
off their second mortgage in full using Lien Elimination, and to
make monthly payments using Mortgage Payment Assistance
until their first mortgage was paid.
The resulting benefit to the homeowners is that their second
mortgage has already been paid off and by August 2014, their
first mortgage will be paid off too. Once that happens, the
couple will only be responsible for paying their property taxes
and homeowners insurance premiums. This total is less than 11
percent of the household’s gross monthly income. The couple
states they “are forever grateful and thankful” for the support they
received through the program.
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Mission Statement:
To work in partnership with local communities to eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty
and to promote individual independence and self-sufficiency.
Community Action
Partnership
Administrative Offices
719 S. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45402
P: (937) 341-5000
F: (937) 341-5002
Darke County
1469 Sweitzer Street
Greenville, OH 45331
P: (937) 548-8143
F: (937) 548-8397
Greene County
1855 Bellbrook Road
Xenia, OH 45385
P: (937) 376-7747
F: (937) 374-4691
Job Center
1111 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45408
P: (937) 496-6723
F: (937) 496-6725
Preble County
308 Eaton-Lewisburg Road
Eaton, OH 45320
P: (937) 456-2800
F: (937) 456-3164
Montgomery County
719 S. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45402
P: (937) 341-5000
F: (937) 341-5002
Youth Empowerment Center
716 E. Main Street
Trotwood, OH 45426
P: (937) 837-5165
F: (937) 837-5117
Weatherization Programs Office
719 S. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45402
P: (937) 341-5000
P: (Outside of Montgomery
County) – (800) 617-2673
F: (937) 341-5002
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