Community Action Program
The Community Services Division operates as the Community Action Agency for the City of Des Moines. It is charged with providing services to the City's low-income families and trying to address and eliminate causes of poverty. The City became a public Community Action Agency (CAA) in 1977.
The beginnings of Community Action can be found in the signing of the federal Equal Opportunity Act in 1964. There are now 1,000 Community Action Agencies in the U.S. The City of Des Moines is one of eighteen Community Action Agencies serving Iowa.
Today the proven grassroots techniques originated in Community Action are used by many other organizations and agencies to initiate change.
To find out if you're eligible for any of the programs, call Community Services or your area site office.
- Iowa Community Action Association(ICAA)
- State Division of Community Action - has links to WX, LIHEAP, CSBG
- Links
- Armory Building § 602 Robert D Ray Drive
- Des Moines, Iowa 50309
- Phone: (515) 283-4182
- E-mail: info@dmgov.org § Web Site:http://www.dmgov.org