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D. Safe and affordable housing units in the community preserved or improved through
construction, weatherization or rehabilitation achieved by Community Action activity or
advocacy

All agency weatherization projects should be included here annually, in addition to other
construction or rehabilitation projects that preserve safe and affordable housing units.

o The CAA weatherizes 70 existing housing units of low-income families utilizing
Weatherization funds as well as additional funds.

(Report as 1 project/initiative and 70 opportunities.)

E. Accessible and affordable health care services/facilities for low-income people created,
or saved from reduction or elimination

o Through Community Action advocacy with the municipal authority, a primary health care
clinic is built in a low-income neighborhood with the capacity to conduct 5,000 outpatient
examinations/visits per year.
(Report as 1 project/initiative and 5,000 opportunities.)

o The CAA negotiates agreements with two faith-based substance abuse treatment providers
to make additional treatment slots available to 50 community low-income participants
annually.
(Report as 1 project/initiative and 50 opportunities.)

F. Accessible safe and affordable child care or child development placement opportunities
for low-income families created, or saved from reduction or elimination

o The CAA negotiates with a major local employer who hires many graduates of the CAA
programs to establish an on-site child care program with an ongoing capacity to serve 30
children of participants in an agency employment program.
(Report as 1 project/initiative and 30 opportunities.)

G. Accessible before-school and after-school program placement opportunities for low-
income families created, or saved from reduction or elimination

o The CAA successfully advocates for the expansion of after-school recreational
opportunities to include 200 additional youth, at the middle and high schools serving low-
income neighborhood.
(Report as 1 project/initiative and 200 opportunities.)

o The CAA uses Substance Abuse Prevention funds to create an after-school mentoring
program capable of serving 50 youth in a low-income neighborhood community center.
(Report as 1 project/initiative and 50 opportunities.)

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