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2023 Annual Report

Housing Needs Met:

  • Provided Energy Utility Payment Assistance to 3,789 participants
  • Provided Rental Assistance to 1,791 participants
  • Provided temporary shelter to 432 participants
  • Improved the living conditions of 159 families through Weatherization & Housing Rehabilitation and 64 families through minor repair and accessibility upgrades
  • Helped prevent 26 mortgage foreclosures

Stronger Families:

  • Provided Head Start services to 471 children
  • Provided Parenting Support to 127 new-birth Families
  • Provided home visits and social services to 2,113 families
  • Provided Homebuyer Education & Financial Counseling for 48 families
  • Obtained over $1,095,672 in new benefits and enrolled 13 veterans into VA Health Care
  • Helped provide 73,279 total meals to Seniors
  • Helped 491 Seniors remain independent, living in their homes and not nursing homes
  • Utilized 26,904 in volunteer hours 

Economic Impacts

Community Action Team believes that investing in the local community is the most effective way to reduce the incidence and effects of poverty. CAT does this by connecting individuals in need with the local services available to help them step out of poverty and into self-sufficiency. This includes everything from referring clients to the Department of Human Services to enroll in SNAP benefits to employing local contractors to complete Housing Rehabilitation and Weatherization projects.

In 2023, CAT served 7,984 persons and 4,244 households. 47% were children or seniors, and 42% were either employed or on Social Security. The economic impacts of this service year included:

  • Providing 159 jobs through housing rehabilitation and weatherization contracts
  • $53.4 million dollar impact of the Local Economy*1
  • $6,650 estimated energy savings from weatherization projects
  • $2,543,328 in annual rent savings

Budget – Fiscal Year 20232

Funding
Grants$16,943,743
Private Contributions$241,490
Program Fees$621,908
Total$17,807,141
Expenses
Program Costs$16,727,274
Administration$1,079,867
Total$17,807,141
Budget reflects the Fiscal Year 2023

Board of Directors – 2023

Lianne Thompson, Chairperson

Erin Skaar, Vice-Chairperson

Brian Richards, Sr., Secretary/Treasurer

Ginny Carlson

Irene Garcia

John Helm

Kathy Appel

Keith Locke

Kellie Jo Smith

Kristen Dean

Meg Glover-Cloutier

Michael Hithe

Rita Bernhard

Susan McLerie Blackmar

Viviana Matthews

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