Capital Area Comm Action Agency, Inc

The Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc. (Community Action), is a private non-profit organization-501(c)(3) created in 1965 as the Leon County-Tallahassee Community Action Program to serve only Leon County residents. In 1980, it assumed sponsorship of antipoverty programs in Gadsden, Jefferson, Calhoun, Liberty, Franklin and a portion of Gulf Counties. The name was then changed to compliment the expanded service area. In 2010, service was extended to include all of Gulf County. Wakulla was the last county to be added to the Capital Area Community Action Area service area. The Board of Directors is the governing body for the agency, and the Chief Executive Officer heads up the staff. The board members are volunteers who are either elected or appointed to represent the public, private and low income sectors of the population. There is equitable distribution of representation of private businesses, governmental and community – based agencies, and the low-income communit