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Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission, Inc. is proud to be an active partner in the national Community Action Partnership network. The Community Action Partnership is made up of more than 1,100 local, private, non-profit and public agencies that have been working to alleviate poverty and empower low-income families in communities throughout the United States since 1964. Our organization was established in 1965 as a private, non-profit social service agency and has been actively serving the citizens of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams counties for over 50 years.

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Assessment Survey

PLEASE...TAKE OUR SURVEY

NOCAC is conducting a needs assessment survey to identify current situations and concerns in our service area. Your participation in this survey will help us work together to assess these needs - which is an essential part of our agency’s strategic planning.

Participants will have the option of entering a drawing for a $100 gift certificate. If you choose to participate in the drawing, you will be asked to provide your contact information at the end of the survey.

Equipment Sale

Garage Sale
July 19 - 21, 2017
8:00 - 3:00

NOCAC's Weatherization Department is having a garage sale. For more information, please view the list of available items. When submitting a sealed bid, please follow these procedures. NOTE: All items are for sale during posted days & hours only - no pre-sales available.

2017 Summer Food Program

FREE SUMMER LUNCHES

This year's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) runs Monday through Friday at eleven area locations. The program will be closed on July 3rd and 4th because of the holiday. SFSP provides ree nutritious meals and fun activities for all area children ages 1 - 18 (over 18 with a disability or if enrolled in an educational program). All children under age 5 must be accompanied by an adult. No registration is required. The program is sponsored by NOCAC and funded by USDA, Ohio Department of Education and United Way.

PFCC Program

Need Summer Child Care?

School will soon to be over for the year and many parents will find themselves in need of quality child care services. NOCAC can help! We operate the Publicly Funded Child Care (PFCC) program in Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Paulding, Van Wert and Williams counties. The program can assist eligible parents with child care costs and works to ensure that children stay safe.

Summer HEAP Program

NEED AN AIR CONDITIONER OR HELP WITH AN ELECTRIC BILL?

Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will accept applications for the HEAP Summer Crisis program starting July 1, 2017 and will continue through August 31, 2017. Appointments may be scheduled beginning June 21, 2017. The program will offer the following assistance:

electric bill payment and/or
air conditioner or fan and/or
central air unit repair (cannot exceed program max benefit amount)

To be eligible, the household must be within 175% of the federal poverty guidelines ($43,050 annual income for a family of four) and meet one of the qualifications below.

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Important Dates

07/03/17 - Offices Closed
07/04/17 - Offices Closed

How We Help...

Choices That Shouldn't Have To Be Made - My husband has experienced serious health problems over the last few years, If it weren’t for the HEAP program , we would have had to choose between electricity or medicine. It’s one thing to get help; however, it’s another thing to get help and not to be made to feel like a number or even more depressing and worthless. NOCAC staff was warm and friendly when I needed it. Thanks! (Direct Client Quote)

You Made It Great - You have made this (Head Start) year wonderful for us and I couldn't tell you just how much you are appreciated. You go above and beyond your duties with families. (Direct Client Quote)

Employees Who Care - For those of us that find ourselves in a position of need, especially since I used to be able to just work and meet my own needs, it is hard to ask for help and also hard to be looked at as if somehow we are “less” because we are not able to provide for ourselves all of the time.   But at no time have I felt that way with anyone I have come across in the weatherization program so to simply say “THANK YOU” sounds so small compared to what I feel inside. The crew will always be in my thoughts because to me they went above and beyond what was asked of them and they did it with such kindness! (Direct Client Quote)

455 $162,151

Henry 421 $185,269

Paulding 519 $210,803

Van Wert 452 $116,842

Williams 480 $184,014

Other 13 $4,366

TOTALS 3008 $1,059,952

2016 By the Numbers...

8,520 meals were served and 181 homeless individuals (136 households including 17 children) were provided shelter at the Richland Place/PATH Center

108 households received weatherization services through the Home Weatherization Assistance Program

1,334 households received free income tax preparation with the assistance of 28 volunteer counselors from the Ohio Benefit Bank

397 children and their families were served in the Head Start program

15,865 nutritious lunches were served to 2,612 children through the Summer Food Service Program

67 individuals participated in our 12-week life skills course; 177 people attended money management classes and 17 people participated in the IDA program

5,176 applications for assistance were processed providing a one-time benefit for heating costs; 6,024 PIPP Plus applicatons were processed

57 households were assisted through the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-housing Program

2,849 utility payments (heating & cooling) were made to area vendors for households in our 6 county service area

57 households received energy efficiency measures that were funded by the Toledo Edison Community Connections Program

49 households received energy efficiency measures funded by the American Electric Power program

How We Help...

A Family's Support System - The Head Start Program gave me free education for my child. We would be struggling to pay preschool tuition without the program. Head Start has been such a god-send to our family. We have been through a lot in our lives. I had some bad family times and Head Start always helped me when needed. They always understood my needs and my children’s. The teachers are absolutely amazing and so supportive of the family.    We love and cherish the program and the effort behind it. (Direct Client Quote)

A Hand Up - I would be going without the basics of life without this program. Maybe forced to use a payday advance system which would make matters worse. I am middle aged with a disabled spouse. I lost a full-time job of 28 years that paid $18/hour and now work a part-time minimum wage job. The CAC has been a godsend to help us through the tough times of our lives. They have provided information and direction on outside resources. The staff are professional and friendly. They're a HAND UP not a HAND OUT. Thank you for your services. (Direct Client Quote)

Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission, Inc. (NOCAC) is one of 50 community action agencies in Ohio. NOCAC is a private, non-profit corporation organized in 1965, as part of the "War on Poverty" by a group of local citizens who became our first Board of Trustees. NOCAC'S function was then, and is now, to plan, develop, and coordinate programs and services designed to help predominantly low-income people in Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams counties become more self-sufficient. NOCAC provides services from several locations within our six county area. A brief explanation of our services is available in this handout and brochure. To learn more about Community Action Agencies in Ohio, please click here.

NOCAC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.

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