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About Lake Cumberland Community Action
Helping People. Changing Lives.
Our Mission
Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency is committed to improving the health and welfare of the less fortunate through a variety of services and community partnerships to ensure self-sufficiency and economic stability.
About LC-CAA
For generations, Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency has worked alongside individuals and families across our region to provide support, resources, and opportunities that strengthen lives and communities.
Founded as part of the nationwide Community Action movement created during the War on Poverty, LC-CAA has long been committed to helping people overcome barriers and build a more stable future. What began as a mission to address poverty at its root has grown into a wide range of locally focused programs designed to meet the real needs of our communities.
Today, LC-CAA serves families throughout the Lake Cumberland area with services that support early childhood education, energy assistance, housing stability, parenting resources, workforce readiness, and family well-being. From Head Start and Early Head Start to LIHEAP, Weatherization, Community Services Block Grant programs, and emergency assistance, our work is centered on helping families move forward with confidence and dignity.
At the heart of our mission is a simple belief: every family deserves access to the tools, support, and opportunities needed to thrive. We work in partnership with local leaders, community organizations, and the families we serve to create meaningful pathways toward self-sufficiency and long-term stability.
LC-CAA is proud to continue serving the people of our region by helping meet immediate needs while also investing in stronger futures for generations to come.
History
Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency is part of the national Community Action network established in 1964 to address the causes and conditions of poverty in communities across America. Since then, LC-CAA has remained focused on local solutions, community partnerships, and services that create lasting change for families throughout the Lake Cumberland region.
Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency, Inc., a private, non-profit agency, is the area’s largest community-based organization (CBO). The LCCAA governing board is composed of the county judge/executive (or their representative) from each county, persons chosen by a democratic selection process to be representative of our low-income population and representatives of the private sector to include business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups interested in the community. Programmatic planning and decisions originate from local community action councils and are implemented by administrative staff on a regional basis to eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty.
Thousands of people in the ten-county Lake Cumberland area are either unemployed or under-employed. This low-income population has been excluded from economic and social opportunities which could help them in attaining self-sufficiency and improved living conditions. LCCAA provides the tools and encouragement to empower low-income people to confront and overcome those obstacles.
LCCAA operates a comprehensive array of programs to open educational/training and employment opportunities, remove obstacles, coordinate private sector groups and mobilize community resources to effectively assist low-income people achieve greater economic self-sufficiency. Programs are designed with flexibility to respond to immediate individual needs. LCCAA recognizes that an employable workforce, along with employment opportunities which offer a sustaining wage, are equally vital to maximizing the level of success that can and will be achieved.
Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are nonprofit private and public organizations established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight America’s War on Poverty. Community Action Agencies help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. Today there are approximately 1000 Community Action Agencies, serving the poor in every state as well as Puerto Rico and the Trust Territories.
