Community Action Helps Families

In January 2007, Regina came to Lifeline, the Community Action Agency in Lake County Ohio, to interview for a slot in the Family Development Program. The Family Development program pairs clients up with professional case workers who conduct comprehensive assessments, provide support and create action plans. Participants work on long-term strategies, skill building, and setting and achieving realistic goals and expectations to help obtain self-sufficiency and improve family life.

Community Action Helps People in their Time of Need

Corey was struggling after a very tough year. She was raising two young kids on her own after her husband was sent to jail for a life sentence for a horrendous crime. She had been working part-time at a gym for six years without a raise or discussion of full-time employment, and now as the sole bread winner she had no hope for supporting her family on such a meager salary.

Community Action Helps People Build Careers

 David dropped out of high school in the 11th grade when he could no longer deal with the bullying at his school and teachers were unable to help him. Now at 20-years-old, he was living with his mom, spending his days playing video games, hanging out with friends in a similar situation. Then he came to the WSOS Community Action Commission’s YouthBuild program in Toledo.

Community Action Helps People Get Ahead

By Michelle R. Hopkins, Community Relations Manager, Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency

Two years ago Alexis decided that she wanted her daughter out of a regular day care and into a quality learning environment. She sought out Head Start, a curriculum Alexis knew she could trust, at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency (CAA). A single mom expecting her second child, Alexis also signed up for Head Start’s Pregnant Moms Program. Unfortunately, hard times hit, Alexis lost her job and was forced to move back home with her mother.

Community Action Celebrates 50 Years of Helping People, Changing Lives

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Community Action in America. To commemorate this historic event, we will highlight the 50 Best Things About Community Action throughout the year by sharing a success story with you each week from each of the 50 Community Action Agencies in Ohio.


Community Action Agencies were created as part of the Economic Opportunity Act, also known as the War on Poverty, which was signed into law on August 20, 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.