Causes: Crime & Law, Home Improvement & Repairs, Homeless & Housing, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, Legal Services

Mission: Occac strengthens communities by providing safe and energy efficient affordable housing, nutritional and educational resources in order to return prosperity and hope to impoverished families in okanogan county.

Programs: Occac provides nutritional emergency food services to low-income families via the operation of a food distribution center by coordinating the purchase and distribution of food commodities to various county food banks. Occac also provides education opportunities to increase awareness of nutritional values to low-income families.

occac provides services to low-income families by utilizing heating and energy assistance, emergency shelter, education and family development counseling to increase individual's capacity toward self sufficiency. Also helped families and individuals with assistance from a wild fire that happened during the previous year.

occac provides home repair and weatherization services to low-income families increasing home energy efficiency,evaluating health and safety standards that include lead-paint risk assessments and lead-paint education. This work resulted in improved living conditions for low-income families while decreasing their energy costs and improved the housing stock availability for communities in okanogan county.

planning, development, and education services, and discretionary funds.