Community Action Agencies
Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies
2800 NW 36, Suite 221
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
405-949-1495
405-949-0955 Fax
Website: http://www.okacaa.org
OACAA provides its 20 Community Action Agency members and others with poverty-related information, education and technical assistance. The Association conducts public awareness programs on poverty and efforts of Community Action Agencies to assist economically disadvantaged persons.
Programs vary among community action agencies, but many offer these services:
Homebuyer assistance
Home repair and weatherization
Homebuyer education
Homeless services
Community development
Employment and training programs
Head Start programs
Transportation
Emergency assistance, food, clothing
Car seat loan and distribution
Disaster relief (FEMA)
Small business development services
Nutrition and congregate meal programs for the elderly
Some agencies offer literacy programs, housing for people with disabilities, community based services for individuals with disabilities, parent education, income tax assistance, GED classes, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (Medicaid-funded health screening and treatment for children), credit counseling, information and advocacy. Request a map and chart of services offered by each community action agency from OACAA.
Big Five Community Services
P.O. Box 1577,
215 N. 16th Street
Durant, OK 74702
580-924-5331
580-920-2004 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bigfive.org
Counties Served: Bryan, Carter, Coal, Love, and Pontotoc; limited services provided in Atoka, Garvin, Johnston, Murray and Marshall.
Programs and Services: Eligibility generally based on disadvantaged or low income status, although some services are open to anyone in need.
Self-Employment Entrepreneurial Development System: Training and financing help for small business creation or expansion.
Housing: Home repair, weatherization, homebuyer education, affordable rental units.
Emergency Assistance: Homeless assistance, food bank, income tax assistance, nutritional counseling, cookbook and garden seed distribution, clothing, emergency financial assistance.
Employment Services: On the job training, work experience, classroom training, job readiness, job placement, transportation, supportive services, day care.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program: RSVP volunteers deliver Meals on Wheels, assist in nursing homes, teach literacy and English, provide in-home aid for people who are homebound, assist people who are blind or visually impaired, and help with income tax preparation.
Transportation: Operates the Southern Oklahoma Rural Transportation (SORTS) public transportation system. Lift-equipped transportation available. Call 580-924-1177.
Habilitation Training Specialists: HTS staff provide in-home services and independent living skills training for persons with developmental disabilities who are eligible for DHS’s Developmental Disabilities Services (Waivered Services).
Head Start and Child Care: Operates Head Start programs at 27 sites. Children receive health, dental and mental health screenings and treatment plus developmental services based on a plan to meet their individual needs.
Notary Public: Free service for low income families.
Neighborhood Centers provide information and assistance:
Bryan County: 580-924-5331
Carter County: 580-223-4613
Coal County: 580-927-2381
Love County: 580-276-3198
Pontotoc County: 580-332-3549
CAA of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma/Canadian Counties
1900 N.W. 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
405-232-0199
405-232-9074 Fax
Counties Served: Oklahoma and Canadian.
Email: [email protected]
Programs and Services:
Homebuyer Program: For low and moderate income families provides deferred loan to cover down payment and closing costs for purchase of home.
Homeowners’ Club: Helps people keep and maintain their homes by providing education on community resources, budgeting, debt management, neighborhood organization and involvement, preventive maintenance and career/business resources.
Weatherization: Home repairs, insulation, caulking and other services to make a home weather-tight and energy efficient. Low income eligibility criteria.
Head Start and Day Care Centers.
Small Business Development: The SEEDS Loan Program provides small business loans up to $7,500 for eligible persons. Other business development loans are available, including loans targeted to business creation or expansion in Enterprise Zones. Also provided are business development training and technical assistance and job readiness training.
Turning Point Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment: Individual and family services, assessment, counseling, HIV/AIDS-TB-STD education, outreach, and Sober Living Program which includes housing.
Home Repair: Emergency home repair services are based on income eligibility and residency in targeted areas. Home accessibility modifications such as wheelchair ramps may be provided. Waiting list.
Emergency Assistance: For food, housing, clothing, employment, and other emergencies.
Community Services: Senior citizen transportation to meal sites, shopping and medical facilities; Telephone Assurance Program for daily monitoring of frail elderly; homeless services.
Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency
510 W. Benedict
Shawnee, OK 74801
405-275-6060
405-275-9442 Fax
Counties Served: Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Payne, Pottawatomie, and Seminole.
Community Action Development Corporation
P.O. Box 989
105 S. Main Street
Frederick, OK 73542
580-335-5588
580-335-3092 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Counties Served: Beckham, Cotton, Jefferson, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Tillman, and Washita.
Programs and Services:
Note: Some services not available in all locales.
Low interest loans for small business development.
Rural public transportation and other transportation programs.
Congregate and home delivered meals for senior citizens.
Outreach to link elderly with needed services.
Home weatherization.
Home repair and rehabilitation (owner occupied).
HOME Community Housing Development Organization.
Head Start.
Emergency assistance for housing, food and utilities.
Information and referral services.
Satellite Offices
Roger Mills County
580-497-2879
Beckham County
580-928-2199
580-928-3612 Fax
Washita County
580-393-2216
580-393-2214 Fax
Kiowa County
580-726-3343
580-726-2014 Fax
Cotton County
580-342-6967
580-342-5109 Fax
Jefferson County
580-757-2235
580-757-2531 Fax
Community Action Project of Tulsa County
717 S. Houston, Suite 200
Tulsa, OK 74127
918-382-3200
918-382-3201 Fax
Counties Served: Tulsa.
Community Action Resources and Development, Inc. (CARD)
P.O. Box 947
Claremore, OK 74018
Finding: 522 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
918-343-0531
918-343-3663 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Counties Served: Mayes, Rogers, Nowata, Wagoner and Washington.
Additional Office Locations:
Bartlesville: 3618 E. Tuxedo Blvd., 918-333-8115
Coweta: 105 N. Broadway, 918-486-2471
Nowata: 317 Delaware, 918-273-2868
Pryor: 708 S.E. 1st, 918-825-3423
Programs and Services:
Note: Some programs not offered in all counties.
Head Start: Preschool for low income or disabled children.
Early Head Start: For low income pregnant women and infants.
Child Care Food: Reimbursement to licensed, private day care homes for the cost of providing meals to enrolled children.
Transportation: Jointly sponsored by CARD and Tulsa Transit, the Community Connector is a shuttle to and from Tulsa for persons living in Broken Arrow, Catoosa, Coweta and Wagoner. Medical trips have priority but work and errand purposes are also served.
Emergency Assistance: Food, rent, utility payments and other emergency financial needs assisted through combined funds from government and private sources.
Housing: Home repair, weatherization, affordable housing development, homebuyer education, low income rental apartments, homebuyer assistance including down payment and closing costs for income eligible. HOME Rehab provides financial help for major home renovations for income eligible families.
Senior Citizens’ Nutrition, Supportive and In-Home Services Program: Congregate meals, mobile meals (limited), outreach, information, light housekeeping. Operates in Mayes and Rogers Counties.
Self Employment Development (SEEDS): Business training and loans to help low income individuals start or expand businesses.
Computer and Internet Access for Public: Computers with Internet access are available for free use of the public at four sites in Coweta: the public library, CARD, Coweta high school and OSU Extension office.
Community Development Support Association
2615 E. Randolph
Enid, OK 73701
580-242-6131
580-234-3554 Fax
Counties Served: Garfield and Grant
Cookson Hills Community Action Foundation
P.O. Box 745
212 S. Water
Tahlequah, OK 74464
918-456-0571
918-456-6847 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Counties Served: Adair, Cherokee, and Sequoyah
Programs and Services:
Head Start
FEMA Disaster Relief
Weatherization
Housing Services (Self Help Housing; Housing Acquisition)
Fans
Foster Grandparents
Deep Fork Community Action Foundation
P.O. Box 670
313 W. 8th Street
Okmulgee, OK 74447
918-756-2826
918-756-6829 Fax
Counties Served: McIntosh, Hughes, Okfuskee, and Okmulgee.
Delta Community Action Foundation
223 Washington Street
Purcell, OK 73080
405-527-6537
405-527-6538 Fax
Counties Served: Garvin, McClain, and Stephens
Great Plains Improvement Foundation
P.O. Box 926
325 "C" Avenue
Lawton, OK 73502
580-353-2364
580-353-1952 Fax
Counties Served: Comanche
Inca Community Action Foundation
P.O. Box 68
201 S. Capitol Street
Tishomingo, OK 73460
580-371-2352
580-371-3085 Fax
Counties Served: Atoka, Johnson, Marshall, and Murray
KiBois Community Action Foundation
P.O. Box 727
200 S.E. "A" Street
Stigler, OK 74462
918-967-3325
918-967-8660 Fax
Counties Served: Haskell, Latimer, Leflore, and Pittsburg
Little Dixie Community Action Agency
502 West Duke
Hugo, OK 74743
580-326-3351
580-326-2305 Fax
Counties Served: Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha
Programs and Services:
One-Stop Capital Shop and Business Information Center: Provides training, business information and loans for small business development and expansion. Variety of loan products available.
Housing: Home buyer education; housing rehabilitation; weatherization; development of affordable rental and purchase housing; home down payment and closing cost assistance for eligible home buyers; Self-Help Housing Program in which families jointly put in construction work on their homes and lower purchase costs for all.
Homeless: Temporary transitional housing; first-month's rent; utility deposits; transportation; medical help; financial help to prevent eviction; and other aid to help correct or prevent homelessness.
Family Service Centers: Information on social services, emergency assistance, employment programs, housing and other programs.
Head Start; Child Care; Food Program for Day Care Children
Little Dixie Transit (See TRANSPORTATION Section.)
Economic Development
Muskogee County Community Action Foundation
P.O. Box 647
1313 N. Main Street
Muskogee, OK 74402-0647
918-683-7637
918-683-8627 Fax
Counties Served: Muskogee
Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency
P.O. Box 603
1014 N. Main, Suite C
Jay, OK 74346
918-253-4683
918-253-6059 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Counties Served: Delaware and Ottawa
Opportunities, Inc.
P.O. Box 569
117 E. 1st Street
Watonga, OK 73772
580-623-7283 Voice/TTY
580-623-2515 Fax
Counties Served: Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Texas, Woods, and Woodward
Branch Offices:
Woodward: 813 Madison Ave., 580-256-2899
Guymon: 409 N. Ellison, 580-338-5388
Alva: 326 7th Street, 580-327-4912
Beaver: 23 N. Douglas, 580-625-3659
Boise City: Courthouse Square, 580-544-3383
Clinton: 200 S. 9th, 580-323-4373
Programs and services include:
Emergency Assistance for low income families for rental assistance, medical, food and utility aid.
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds outreach, information and referral, consumer education, job counseling and emergency assistance.
Head Start child development program offers preschool classes for c children of low income families and children with disabilities.
Heartland Share is a food program open to anyone. For $16.40 and 2 hours of community service, participants receive $35 to $45 worth of food.
Drug and Alcohol Programs, inpatient and halfway house.
Self employment: SEEDS Program offers low interest loans and business management training for persons unable to secure traditional financing to start a business.
Community Lending Closet: Lending closet for low income persons needing medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, bathroom adaptive equipment, etc. Operated by the Clinton outreach office.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program volunteers work in community services such as hospitals, schools, nursing homes, senior centers and related facilities.
Home weatherization: Home repairs for energy efficiency.
Southwest Oklahoma CAG
P.O. Drawer 1088
900 S. Carver Road
Altus, OK 73521
580-482-5040
580-482-5433 Fax
Counties Served: Greer, Harmon, and Jackson
Programs and Services:
Southwest Enterprises: A sheltered workshop that provides vocational and habilitation training for adults with developmental disabilities.
Nutrition programs: Congregate meals for persons age 60 plus (580-482-1290); Meals on Wheels for homebound persons age 60 and over (580-482-1290); caregiver mobile meals for homebound persons (no age restriction) for $2 per meal, Altus only (580-482-5040).
Southwest Transit: Demand-response public transportation program operating 5 days a week in Altus, Eldorado, Hollis, Mangum and Granite. Call 580-482-5043.
SEEDS: Low interest loans for income eligible persons to start a small business.
Housing: Low rent housing; housing rehab program for renters and buyers; low interest loans for income qualified home buyers; weatherization; and home buyer education.
Community Cupboard: Emergency food (for families referred by DHS, churches, other agencies).
Homeless Program: Lodging, transportation, food, medicine, etc., as funds are available.
Emergency Services: Food closet and financial aid for past due utility bills, rent, etc. Based on funds available.
Senior Center
Head Start
United Community Action Program
301 Sixth Street
Pawnee, OK 74058
918-762-3041
918-762-3418 Fax
Counties Served: Creek, Kay, Noble, Osage, and Pawnee
Washita Valley CAC
P.O. Box 747
205 W. Chickasha Avenue
Chickasha, OK 73023
405-224-5831
405-222-4303 Fax
Counties Served: Grady and Caddo
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