Approximately fifteen percent of all Community Action Agencies are public entities.  Virtual CAP has often received requests for information on public CAAs.  As a start, a state-by-state listing has been created to help identify and promote sharing among public CAAs.

Please LET US KNOW if you have any corrections or modifications to this listing of Public CAAs.

This state-by-state listing has been created to promote sharing among public CAAs on strategies that are used to address poverty in their communities.

Public entities have been established as CAAs in over 130 localities and must be administered in accord with the provisions of the Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981 – Reauthorized 1998 - see SEC. 676B(b):

PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS.—In order for a public organization to be considered to be an eligible entity for purposes of section 673(1), the entity shall administer the community services block grant program through—

‘‘(1) a tripartite board, which shall have members selected by the organization and shall be composed so as to assure that not fewer than 1⁄3 of the members are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that these members—
‘‘(A) are representative of low-income individuals and families in the neighborhood served;
‘‘(B) reside in the neighborhood served; and
‘‘(C) are able to participate actively in the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs funded under this subtitle; or
‘‘(2) another mechanism specified by the State to assure decisionmaking and participation by low-income individuals in the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs funded under this subtitle.

Kenneth Ackerman, Virtual CAP Project Manager
434.295.8802