Community Action Inc of Central Texas

Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas (CAI) is a community based not for profit organization that has been in continuous operation since 1965 when it was established as part of this nation’s War On Poverty led by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. CAI operated its first Head Start program (one of the first in the nation) in the community of Kyle in Hays County in the summer of that year. Since that time it has grown into a large integrated health, education, and human services agency that provides a multitude of services across ten counties in the rural capital area of Texas. It now operates 13 Head Start and Early Head Start centers in Hays and Caldwell counties. In 1968, CAI began providing reproductive health services to low income women in Hays County. By 1974, it was providing these services to low income women in eight counties in the rural capital area. In 1986, CAI added Primary Health Care Services in Hays, Caldwell, Blanco and Bastrop Counties and a Prescription Assistance Program for uninsured residents of Hays County. In 1988, CAI became the major HIV/AIDS service provider in the rural capital area offering education, testing, counseling, and intensive case management to HIV positive individuals. CAI has been the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program provider in six rural capital area counties since 1992. Currently CAI Operates two health clinics in Hays and Caldwell Counties that serve clients from the surrounding counties. CAI is the primary medical home for hundreds of low income women in the rural capital area. CAI has operated programs for low income senior citizens in San Marcos and Blanco and provided emergency services to families in crisis in Hays, Caldwell, and Blanco counties for over twenty-five years. In 2000, CAI became the major provider of adult literacy education, GED preparation, and English as a second language education in the rural capital area. It currently operates 19 education programs for educationally disadvantaged adult

网站

https://www.communityaction.com

Community Action Inc of Central Texas的外部链接

所属行业

非盈利组织

规模

201-500 人

总部

San Marcos，Texas

类型

非营利机构

创立

1965