Community Action For Improvement (CAFI)

Announcements

Updated: 02/11/2020

- LIHEAP Information UPDATED-

THE SCHEDULER IS NOW OPEN

FOR TROUP and COWETA COUNTIES!!!

For Carroll, Heard, Meriwether counties, please continually check our website or Facebook for updates.

LIHEAP

Thank you for your interest in our utility/electric assistance service.

We have received additional funding for utility payments. The funding is only available if a household has not applied for LIHEAP funding since Nov. 1st, 2019 or this year. (The available funding is still for our winter heating program.)

Duplicate applications will be denied for assistance

Our Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds are limited and are “first come, first served.” This means that we cannot serve every single person who needs or wants assistance.

Please continually check our website or Facebook for updates.

LIHEAP UPCOMING ASSISTANCE:

Our summer COOLING service (electric assistance only) will begin taking appointments for households aged 65+ on April 1, 2020. The general public can begin scheduling appointments on May 1, 2020.

*FYI- households who received assistance during our winter program are eligible to receive this assistance as well.

Our Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds are limited and are “first come, first served.” This means that we cannot serve every single person who needs or wants assistance.

Please continually check our website or Facebook for updates.

Homeless Prevention Program Update:

Thank you for your interest in our Housing Stability and Homelessness Prevention (HSHP) Program. Unfortunately, at this time, funds are temporarily committed to eligible clients.

Please check back to our website often.

Community Action For Improvement

Started in 1966, Community Action for Improvement, Inc. (CAFI) has been serving Georgia residents in Carrollton, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether and Troup County for over 50 years. With a mission to assist low income families in achieving self-sufficiency and self-empowerment through the delivery of high-quality social services, CAFI has provided service connection, energy conservation education, weatherization benefits and homeless prevention services to thousands of Georgia residents seeking a hand-up, not a hand-out. Today, Community Action for Improvement operates 5 neighborhood service centers in the community and has expanded its programs to include employment readiness, re-entry, homeless prevention, and Veteran’s services.

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CAFI has provided services for over 25 years to low-income persons in five-county service area including Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriweather, and Troup counties.