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- EIN 16-0907793
- info@tiogaopp.org
- (607) 687-4222
- 9 Sheldon Guile Blvd Owego NY 13827-1062 USA
- www.tiogaopp.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Family Services, Health, Health Care, Home Improvement & Repairs, Homeless & Housing, Human Services, Low-Income & Subsidized Rental Housing
Mission: The agency is an umbrella to about 40 different programs funded by categorical federal, state, and local grants. As a community action agency, tioga opportunities, inc. Is charged with -goal #1: helping low-income people become more self-sufficient. Goal #2: improving the conditions in which low-income people live. Goal #3: helping low-income people own a stake in their communitygoal #4: achieving partnerships with supporters and providers of services to low-income people. Goal #5: increasing tioga opportunities, inc. 's capactiy to achieve results. Goal #6: helping low-income people, especially vulnerable populations, achieve their potential by strengthening family and other supportive systems.
Programs: Department of energy services provides energy related services to income eligible households, including the elderly, working poor, disabled, and families with young children in tioga and broome counties through multiple programs. The intent of all energy service programs is to reduce the energy burden on low-income members of the community, thereby reducing dependency and liberating funds for spending on other pressing family needs.
the department of housing services provides rental subsidies, substantial housing rehabilitation assistance, and manages a large number of safe, affordable apartments and buildings owned by tioga opportunities, inc.
the department of aging functions as tioga county's lead agency in addressing the needs and concerns of non-institutionalized elderly citizens. The department plans, coordinates, establishes inter-agency linkages, and provides programs designed to assist older persons in leading independent, meaningful, and dignified lives in their homes and communities for as long as possible. The range of services include, but is not limited to, information and assistance, case management, congregate and home delivered meals, nutrition education and counseling, personal emergency response, caregiver support, non-medical in-home care, non-criminal legal services, benefit and entitlement education and enrollment assistance, senior employment, and ny connects tioga county.