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What's New
Partnerships + Funding + Community Support = Reduced Homelessness
Read about Action Emergency Shelter's integrated services
Employment & Training
Winter/Spring Program Schedule
ˇAprenda El Inglés! Learn
English! Aprenda Ingles! Free English
classes start January 9th
Action Shelter plans
efficiency units Gloucester Daily Times 7/31/06
Action Toy drive
missing its 'Mr. Santa Claus' Gloucester Daily
Times 7/10/06
Action 41st Annual
Meeting Photos 6/14/06
Action housing advocacy
Gloucester Daily Times,
May 22, 2006
Action Energy
alternative energy programs Boston Globe 4/9/06
"Unity through English
language" Gloucester Times editorial 4/14/06
Certified Medical
Assistant video Medical Assistant
training program introductory video 2/1/06
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read more Action news.
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Community Action: an Overview
Because local solutions matter in the fight against poverty
 ACTION promotes economic security, not dependency. In a unique way Action helps the low-income and working poor on Cape Ann and Ipswich.
GOVERNANCE Action has a tripartite governing board consisting of equal parts of private sector, public sector, and low-income representatives from Cape Ann and Ipswich. This structure brings together leaders from each of these sectors to collaborate on responses tailored to local needs.
LEVERAGE OTHER SOURCES Action is the designated grantee for the Community Services Block Grant. For every CSBG dollar, Action leverages $50 in other funding sources, including town contributions, state and federal grants, corporate partnerships and donations from hundreds of individuals.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS As a private, 501 (c) 3, charitable and locally run organization, Action has the flexibility to design programs that address needs specific to individuals and to Cape Ann. In response to local needs, Action led the development of many programs that serve our community today, including Child Development Programs, Gloucester Senior Center, Meals on Wheels, Senior Home Care, Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs and the Central Grammar Apartments.
LOW ADMINISTRATIVE COST Only 4% of Action's budget goes to overhead expense. Comparable organizations spend an average of 10% on overhead. Action's resources are invested directly in the community, not in fundraising or in bureaucracy.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE Action responds quickly when a family or individual is in crisis to avoid costly, long-term problems. This includes energy assistance, emergency shelter, emergency rental assistance and housing advocacy. While emergency services are the largest category of our service, the highest priority is helping people achieve permanent economic security.
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS Action provides services that address the full range of family needs, from youth and adult employment and training, to housing and job placement, to budget counseling, to services for seniors and the frail elderly. Integrated service delivery is tailored to individual circumstances. Action's programs are also designed to strengthen the local economy and develop Cape Ann's infrastructure.
REACH THOUSANDS OF MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS Action serves over 3,000 households on Cape Ann and Ipswich annually (over 5,000 individuals), and through energy affordability programs serves up to 10,000 households statewide.
MAJOR CAPE ANN EMPLOYER Action employs over 100 employees, making us one of the largest employers on Cape Ann.
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