Company Profile
Community Action Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties
Company Overview
Join Community Action’s team–a robust force providing life-changing services to create pathways out of poverty.
Community Action, Inc. (CAI) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization focusing on economic self-reliance for households in Rock and Walworth Counties.
Community Action develops and implements a broad range of services across our two-county area including: child care, pre-school and school age programs, affordable housing, opportunity youth programs, weatherization, community organizing and development, a homeless shelter, health education, and the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
Community Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
We are a funded partner of United Way Blackhawk Region and United Way Walworth County.
Company History
About Community Action
Community Action, Inc. (CAI) is a not-for-profit organization offering programs to fight poverty in Rock and Walworth counties in Wisconsin.
Founded in 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty initiatives, its focus then, as well as now, is to prevent and reduce poverty in its local communities. To this end, the agency invests more resources to fight poverty in Rock and Walworth counties than any other not-for-profit organization.
Community Action Agencies (CAA) currently serve 96% of the counties across the United States. Each CAA is a locally controlled organization designed to respond to the specific human service needs of that community. As a result, every Community Action boasts different programs based on identified local needs.
CAI develops and implements a broad range of services across our two-county area including: child care, pre-school and school age programs, affordable housing, at-risk youth programs, weatherization, community organizing and development, a homeless shelter, health education, and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). We are a funded partner of United Way Blackhawk Region and United Way Walworth County.
In addition, Community Action invests in the cultivation of partnerships with other local agencies. As an established community agency we are regularly trusted to take the lead in collaborative grants and develop sub-contracts with local service providers, including faith-based organizations.
Benefits
Childcare discounts. Hiring bonus!