The Community Action Partnership of
Huntsville/Madison & Limestone Counties, Inc. offers other services as follows:

• Community Organization
• Education and Employment information/ job referrals.
  
• Emergency disaster assistance - housing counseling
• Income Tax Assistance and Notary Public.

Helping people and changing lives is what’s important to us. We pride ourselves on offering the best possible service to our customers by providing them with knowledge to gain access to new opportunities and achieve economic self-sufficiency. We feel we can achieve these goals by offering great services to those who need them most.

Child Development

Head Start is a comprehensive child development program which is designed to meet the needs of all enrolled children and their families by maximizing their strengths and unique experiences, including culturally diverse backgrounds and disabilities.

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Low Income Heating/Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Assistance is given twice a year to low income families to meet heating and cooling energy costs and to prevent energy services from being terminated in health crisis situations. Funds are paid directly to utility companies and vendors.

Key Benefits

• Regular Heating/Cooling Assistance
• Crisis Assistance Heating/Cooling
• Home visits with elderly clients
• Assure that needs & emergencies are met.

Housing Counseling

Comprehensive housing counseling services are offered to home buyers, homeowners and renters, both current and perspective. This assistance enables them to improve their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of tenancy or home ownership under HUD and other funding in Huntsville/Madison & Limestone counties.

Key Benefits

• Assistance with emergency rent, mortgage payments, and/or utility bills
• Assistance with efforts to eliminate homelessness

Financial Counseling in Crisis Situations

• Advice on problems of evictions, rent delinquencies, and mortgage default
• Assistance in completing loan applications for housing programs

Weatherization

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weather Assistance Program reduces energy costs for low-income Americans by increasing the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and safety. This program provides energy conservation improvements including insulation, and weather stripping for households which meet established income guidelines. This program serves Huntsville/Madison & Limestone's counties.

     Key Benefits

• Reduce energy costs and alleviate high energy burden for low-income families
• Decrease the nation's energy consumption and reduce dependence on imported oil
• Improve local air quality and avoid greenhouse gas emissions
• Provide economic boost in low-income communities
• Educate consumers in energy efficiency practices

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