Community In Action

"Now as a single mom of 2 teenagers...it's a struggle. Usually I always feel judge asking for help so I never do. The staff is so understanding and friendly. They help and answer any questions you may have. Truly blessed to have such an amazing community that helps people."

"From what I understand, there are no funds to help anybody with anything. So, there is not much for the office staff to do, but give out forms And be friendly and helpful. They gave me a form."

"This place does not help. After 7 weeks of being ran around, including havening to submit my application 2 times, and yes they chose to aknowledge the 2nd time, but not end of May date. Today was told they ran out of money, but yet they can afford to give themselves 1 day a week to keep relearning their jobs. They are technically only open 3 days a week. We need a new low income help place desperatly."

"CIA is a wonderful place to go to when a person, or family, is struggling! There are several different services that CIA can provide assistance towards, from heating/cooling bills to helping a family find a location to live. Another great thing about CIA is that if they aren't able to provide help then they will provide additional resources within our community that may be able to help. We all need help sometimes!!!"

"For the second time this year we had the blessing of having Community in Action help me with an issue I've been battling since I broke my hip and have had three back surgeries resulting in nerve damage. After breaking my hip I had problems with getting into and out of the bathtub without feeling like I might fall. This month Community in Action approved installing a walk-in shower for me and it looks fabulous. It was a process but I am safe now and forever grateful for their help. I have never dealt with a more compassionate organization. We had been dealing with a sewer line that kept plugging for the last three months in a house built in 1951 that we were informed when we bought the house 13 months ago had been replaced, that section collapsed and left us no way of using our bathroom, laundry or kitchen sink. Kathy M. was the lady I spoke with and she is truly an Angel. She helped me through the process every step of the way, explained the process, what was needed, all with compassion and courtacy. We live in a very large county and the grants and funding guidelines need to be followed so that the people that are in desperate need of this assistance get it first. They have online brochures that explain the guidelines and that there's a waiting list. Once the people with the biggest emergency is taken care of they will go down the list. They do the best they can with the funding they get, sometimes there are people that have things way worse than yourself, believe it or not. I have Weatherization that needs taken care of but am more than willing to be on a list, at least I have my sewer back and can eat at home again and not beg to use someone else's facility. Now the shower, I could not be more pleased with their organization. Getting around for me isn't easy and they just made it more manageable. GREAT group of people from my experience."