Agency Details:

Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency, Inc.

To stimulate a better focusing of all available local, state, private and federal resources upon the goal of enabling low-income individuals of all ages, in rural and urban areas to attain the skills, knowledge and motivation, and secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient

Description:
Community Action Agency provides a variety of services in Kenosha to carry out its mission. Services include: the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)which provides nutritious supplemental foods for pregnant or nursing women, and infants and children to age 5 and nutrition counseling; Housing Assistance program which provides financial assistance to help homeless people obtain permanent housing or to keep people from losing their current housing; the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) which provides USDA foods to local food pantries, shelters and meal sites at no cost to them; and the Weatherization Program which assists with reducing home energy costs.

Community Action Agency helped establish the Kenosha County Emergency Services Network,which provides inter-agency coordination of services and resources, and chaired it from 1986 through 2003, helping to identify and obtain new resources for the community that now generate approximately $500,000 each year for local organizations fighting hunger and homelessness. CAA now co-chairs the ESN with Kenosha Human Development Services.

History:
Community Action programs began under the authority of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which provided local communities with the opportunity to identify problems of low-income citizens and to develop programs and services to meet those needs.

Community Action Agency is a private, non-profit organization and uses a three part Board structure consisting of public officials, interest groups and low-income citizens.

R/K CAA was incorporated in Racine in 1967 and established an office in Kenosha in 1976.

Contact person: Pam Halbach, WIC Director/Kenosha Director Of Program Operations, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (262) 657-1631

Address:

2000 63rd Street Kenosha, WI 53143 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.rkcaa.org

Directions:

Nearest Bus Stop: 20th Avenue and 63rd Street, Less than 1 minute minute walk

Last updated on September 25, 2009