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Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Homeless & Housing, Housing Expense Reduction Support
Mission: Clatsop community action, inc. (cca) is an oregon nonprofit corporation whose mission is to assist low-income individuals and families meet housing, energy, food and other basic living needs in the clatsop county area of oregon. Cca manages and operates a regional food bank warehouse in warrenton, oregon, which represents more than half of cca's current annual operating budget of 2. 5 million. The majority of the food received and distributed was contributed to cca through the oregon food bank. Cca derives its revenues primarily through federal, state and local government contracts, in-kind contributions of food, plus private grants, contributions, and service fees.
Programs: Food bank and other assistance - provides low-income individuals and families with food, housing and energy assistance, case management, temporary rental assistance, and help with other basic living needs. The cca regional food bank operates a 10,000 square foot warehouse/distribution center serving agencies in clatsop county which provide emergency food box pantries, hot meal sites, home-delivered meals, weekend feeding programs, and shelters. Housing assistance and emergency housing programs include home tenant based assistance, housing stabilization program, state housing assistance program, emergency assistance grant, elderly rental assistance, and continuum of care. Emergency assistance programs help lower electricity, heating, and cooling costs through low income heat and energy assistance program, oregon energy assistance program, gas assistance program, heat oregon, and woodlot program. Food bank accomplishments: fresh alliance food rescue lbs collected 182,537 food drives/donated food lbs collected 78,972 emergency food boxes distributed 18,360 emergency food box persons served 57,210 emergency produce pantry boxes distributed 8,606 emergency produce pantry box persons served 23,514 weekend feeding program parcels distributed 10,447 weekend feeding program children served 3,728 emergency meal site meals served 90,319 housing, energy & other programs accomplishments: responded to walk-ins and call assists; 24,706 providence seaside resource desk served 336 households, 800 individuals energy assistance applications to assist families; 1,576 monthly case management services to 4,338 households continuum of care (homelessness) served 22 individuals, 9 households together we house for those with mental health disabilities; 9 households housing stabilization program served 12 households, 49 individuals home based tenant assistance served 16 households, 25 individuals energency solutions grant served 15 households, 45 individuals emergency housing assistance grants served 283 households, 232 individuals rental and deposit assistance served 27 households, 60 individuals