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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: To enable people to cope with, and reduce the hardships of poverty; create sustainable self-sufficiency; and reduce the causes and move toward the elimination of poverty.
Programs: The weatherization program provides home energy audits, heating system repairs and replacements and a full spectrum of energy conservation improvements at no cost to low-to-moderate income households and at a reasonable price to higher-income households on a fee-for-service basis.
head start provides a full spectrum of comprehensive early child development and family support services for preschool children and their families with the goal of enhancing the social competence, school readiness and later academic success of disadvantaged low-income children.
community services programs provide crisis resolution services for housing, clothing and food; homelessness prevention; housing stabilization; food stamp outreach; budget counseling; information and referral; and case management services.
other programs include crisis fuel, economic development programs, thrift stores, and textile recycling.