Capstone Community Action Inc.

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2011 to Sep 30, 2012

Signed

Feb 1, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$21,621,413

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Family and commmunity support services (fcss) provide immediate assistance to people in need of food, housing, utilities, and home heating fuel. Offices are located in barre, berlin, bradford, morrisville, and randolph. Staff members are trained to help people articulate and prioritize their needs, identify opportunities for resources and services, and make referrals to state agencies and other community-based programs (including other programs within the agency). In addition to food shelves, low-income housing counseling, and fuel and utility assistance, fcss also houses the agencies tax preparation and resolution programs, supervised visitation and exchange services for noncustodial parents, re-entry assistance for post-incarcerated women, service coordination for vermonters with multiple needs referred by the vermont department of children and families. In 2012 fcss began providing disaster case management services. This year 5,363 households with 11,982 individuals were provided with emergency services, including food from our food shelves, fuel & utility assistance, as well as referrals to other communinty resources to address critical needs. 1,541 families accessed help to find and keep safe secure housing through our housing counseling programs. 3,650 households used our fuel and utility programs to keep heating their homes and maintain electricity. 822 households received professional, no cost help completing and filing taxes with the irs, receiving the full benefits of refunds, credits and rebates due. Households received $1,446,297 in refunds, rebates and credits. 12 households used our low income taxpayer clinic to resolve irs controversies and learn more about their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers. 34 families used our children's hour supervised visitation and exhcange services to allow noncustodial parents opportunities to visit their children. In response to tropical storm irene, cvcac secured a $2.4 million grant from the federal emergency management agency (us department of homeland security) on behalf of the state of vermont to provide case management statewide for flood impacted vermonters. More than one year after tropical storm irene, staff continues to uncover cases where people have exhausted all of their resources. These vermonters are in most need of an advocate, someone in their corner to help them navigate red tape, someone to give them hope. To date, more that 581 households, many of which still face sever challenges to recovery, have been enrolled. Cvcac staff and partners are making a difference.

Activity 3

The agency's weatherization team conducts home energy audits for income eligible central vermont households. The team and partnering contractors follow up with cost savings measures such as added insulation, draft reduction, heating system efficiency improvements, installation of energy efficient lighting, hot water heater replacement or insulation, and more. In addition, this program offers emergency heating system replacements or repairs to ensure the proper safety and functioning of their home heating systems. 478 housing units were weatherized benefitting 809 individuals. 40 households had faulty heating systems repaired and 40 households had systems replaced.

Filer

EIN

03-0216254