Community Action Akron Summit

Community services:community service programs provide emergency services to low-income families and individuals. Job training (cdl and other) is provided through comunity services. The Akron Summit eitc program provides face-to-face free tax preparation by internal revenue service (irs) certified volunteers who prepare federal, state, and city of Akron returns at no cost. The chore program provides needed assistance to low income elderly and disabled to help maintain their homes.

Energy assistance:the emergency home energy assistance program (e-heap) assists low-income households that are threatened with a utility shut-off notice or that have run out of bulk fuel, such as oil or propane.the winter crisis program (wcp) assists low-income households in danger of having their gas or electric utilities disconnected, have already had services disconnected, or those with less than a ten day supply of bulk fuel.through the summer crisis program (scp), assistance is made to eligible households with an electric utility payment.throughout the year, Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. also enrolls or re-verifies gas and electric utility customers in the percentage of income payment plan (pipp). Pipp is an extended payment arrangement that requires regulated gas and electric companies to accept payments based on a percentage of the monthly household income.

The head start/early head start program provides high-quality early childhood education in age-appropriate, nurturing and secure center-based infant/toddler and pre-school learning environments. The home based option is also offered for 44 early head start families and 16 pregnant mothers.the program goals are to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance the development of very young children, promote healthy family functioning, and promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children and families while fostering self-sufficiency and life-long problem-solving skills.head start/early head start provides education and early childhood development, health services, nutrition services, services to children with special needs and family development services to 1,246 low-income children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old and their families.in addition to the scope of services above, the early head start program also provides a home-based pre-natal education/curriculum to enrolled pregnant women and their children, promoting healthy prenatal outcomes while enhancing knowledge of infant/toddler development and developing healthy family functioning.the entire scope of head start/early head start services is responsive and appropriate to each child's and family's developmental, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Food programs

Other programs and discretionary activities:hub: the purpose of the pathways hub Community Action is to reduce infant mortality in Summit county by focusing efforts on improving access to primary care and eliminating social disparities such as poverty, social economic status, access to healthcare and others that attribute to poor birth outcomes. The hub also operates the adm addiction helpline that assists individuals seeking treatment for an addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling.home relief: the goal of the home relief program was to assist home owners and renters with payments to prevent eviction or foreclosures who were impacted by covid-19. Homeowners received assistance with payment for utilities, property taxes, internet and other housing expenses. The rental assistance program provided payments to landlords for rent and to utility companies for utilities.water assistance: the low-income water assistance program (lihwap) is designed to help income-eligible families and individuals with their water and wastewater bill

Senior services: the foster grandparent program provides seniors age 55 and older an opportunity to serve as mentors , tutors and caregivers for children and youth with special needs.