Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council

Housing cdcac operates 50 affordable housing apartments with a mix of permanent and transitional options. Services include housing rental assistance for one- month or up to 24-months, security deposits, utility assistance, emergency hotel room vouchers, essential household supplies(personal care and hygiene products), case management, employment search support, and referrals to other Community support services. In 2022, 2,325 households without a home or facing an eviction received housing assistance.

Other program services the goals of the Chelan-Douglas Community Action council(cdcac)include: individuals and families are ready to engage; the agency is ready to support; the Community is ready to invest. These goals are accomplished through a variety of programs, at no cost to participants, and the collaboration of Community partnerships, including over 50 memorandums of understanding. Programs include food assistance, delivering over 1.5 million pounds of food to ten food pantries and five meal sites supporting over 7,000 low income residents with healthy, nutritional foods; adult literacy education to 97 residents annually; supported by 40 volunteers; and operating the regional americorps programs supporting over 500 volunteers who provide help to children, adults and seniors; tax preparation services for 800 families/individuals; and financial education to individuals to increase money management skills and asset building.

Weatherization and energy assistance cdcac provides complete home energy improvement renovations to qualified residents including insulation, heating systems, plumbing, electrical, windows and doors, either upgrades or replacement. In 2022, 18 homes received weatherization improvements, at no cost to low income families, seniors and/or individuals with disabilities. In addition, cdcac provided utility assistance to 1,938 households for electric, propane, wood or other heat source; paying a one-time sum up to 1,000 each year to qualified households.