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Description

Helping People
Help Themselves

We offer programs and services for income-eligible, senior, disabled, or in-need residents of Warren and Hamilton Counties in New York State.

Services We Offer

WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE

Offers furnace testing, repair or replacement, insulation, caulking, weather-stripping, and other energy conservation and/or housing repair measures. Residents must be income-eligible but do not need to own the home.
Warren/Hamilton Counties

NOC/NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITY CENTERS

Provides emergency food, clothing, household items, information, and referrals. Helps with program applications, advocates for clients’ rights, and provides counseling on energy conservation, good nutrition, budgeting, and consumer purchases.
Warren/Hamilton Counties

EMERGENCY/CRISIS SERVICES

Assists families in crisis when funds are available. Payments are made to prevent eviction or utility termination,  heating fuel, or cover other emergency needs. Counseling and referral regarding housing availability, programs, and other services.
Warren/Hamilton Counties

WARREN COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAM

Places participants’ court mandated to complete community service hours at various not-for-profit and municipal worksites and monitors their progress.
Warren County

PROJECT OPTION

Client-focused, strength-based case management is geared to increasing self-sufficiency by identifying strengths and reducing barriers. Assistance is individually tailored and may address issues such as employment, education, or family functioning.

FOOD RECOVERY

Works with area farmers and retailers to receive and distribute donated produce and other foods. Over 747,000 pounds of food was donated and distributed through CAA and other area pantries during 2018.
Warren/Hamilton Counties

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation services are offered to Hamilton County residents.
Hamilton County

HAMILTON COUNTY NOC

Additionally offers HEAP application assistance along with services listed above.
Hamilton County

SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD

Families with limited food resources, regardless of residency, are invited to visit the Glens Falls NOC weekly to access food. Food products typically include baked goods, produce, and dairy, depending on availability.
No application is required.
Glens Falls

FREE CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

Families with limited resources, regardless of residency, are invited to visit weekly to access the free clothing and household items available.
Warren/Hamilton Counties

SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM

Free lunches for Glens Falls children under 19 during July and August.
Glens Falls

COMMUNITY GARDEN

Provide free seeds and coordinates the Hamilton County Community Gardens Network.
Hamilton County

LIFELINE DISCOUNT SERVICE

Available to low-income Verizon customers, it provides basic telephone service at discounted prices. Verizon authorizes CAA to enroll for this service.
Warren County

Agency Mission Statement

To open opportunities for economic security and to provide the opportunity to live in decency with dignity.

Warren-Hamilton Counties Community Action Agency is a private, non-profit corporation incorporated in 1966 under IRS/501C(3). Governed by a 15-member voluntary Board of Directors, CAA currently operates from two sites and has a staff of 19.

CAA administers programs for income-eligible, senior, disabled, and in-need residents of Warren and Hamilton Counties. Several food programs are available to residents regardless of residency.

Services are confidential and without charge to eligible participants.

Community Action receives funding from the NYS Department of State, Division of Community Service, NYS Housing & Community Renewal, NYS Department of Health, NYS Division of Justice & Correctional Services, USDA, Regional Food Bank of NENY, Office for the Aging, Local Town, County, and City Governments, and private, church, and corporate donations.

Studio Hours

Now Closed UTC - 5
  • Monday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Tuesday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Wednesday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Thursday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Saturday Day Off
  • Sunday Day Off

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