Community Action of Southern Indiana (CASI)

Energy assistance program - the program serves the low income households subject to an energy burden. The program will respond promptly to eligible households with a heating emergency, but does not traditionally have the funds available to pay all of a household'senergy costs. Services include: winter crisis assistance, energy education classes, summer cool services, information, referral and outreach efforts.

Housing assistance and rehabilitation program provides rent and utility assisstance to low-income individuals. The program is also known as section 8.

The early head start home-based program supports children and their families through 90 minute visits, once per week and group socialization experiences, twice per month. The home visits provide individualized, comprehensive services to support and strengthen therelationships between infants, toddlers and their parents the head start program promotes the school readiness of children ages three to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development. Head start programs provide a learning environment that supports childrens' growth in the following domains: language & literacy, cognition and general knowledge, physical development & health, social & emotional development and approaches to learning.

The weatherization assistance program (wap)-the purpose of the wap is to assist low-income homeowners and renters by providing energy conservation measures to their homes. This can be done by a variety ofapplications incluing: air sealing house leaks, adding insulation to attics, walls and perimeter foundations. Cleaning, tuning and replacement of furnaces and hot water heaters when needed. Installation of low-flow water measures and testing for carbon monoxide. The program is intended to reduce national energy consumption and to reduce theimpact of high fuel electricity costs for low-income families.