The CAPCO Funny Farm Takes Over Cortland’s Trunk or Treat!

The ๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐Ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ took over ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ this weekend โ€” and it was a ๐™—๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ! Our incredible Early Childhood Development ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ went all out to create a ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ-๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž for kids and families, complete with farmyard fun, festive flair, and plenty of smiles. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by to connect with us โ€” …

Important Update on SNAP Benefits Amid Gov’t Shutdown

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐๐€๐ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ Please see the official County press statement regarding potential changes to SNAP benefits. As demand for food assistance is expected to rise, ๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐Ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. Weโ€™re collecting ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ at all CAPCO locations to help meet community needs. A list …

CAPCO’s 2025 Coat Drive is Saturday, November 1st!

๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐Žโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ! Mark your calendars for one of our biggest annual eventsโ€”no sign-ups required and first come, first served! ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™™: Weโ€™re especially in need of adult coats, with a particular need for menโ€™s sizes. We currently have a generous supply of childrenโ€™s items. Donations can be dropped off at our Main Office during …

State Associations Honor CAPCO’s Work & Staff!

๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐Ž ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก at last weekโ€™s New York State Community Action Association & New York State Weatherization Directors Association conference! Weโ€™re proud to share that: -๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ, our incredible WIC Nutrition Assistant, received the Community Action Promise Award! -๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ฌ, our esteemed former Energy Services Director, was honored with the Dedication & Advocacy Award! -Our distinguished ๐€๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง …

CAPCO Participates in Community Health Resource Fair

CAPCO had a fantastic time at our communityโ€™s ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ hosted by Senator Lea Webb ! It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with our neighbors and engage with our New York State Senator. Weโ€™re proud to be YOUR ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒโ€”serving all of Cortland County, with services also in Chenango and Tompkins counties. Together, weโ€™re helping people and …

October is Energy Awareness Month!

October is……… WEATHERIZATION MONTH ย The CAPCO Energy Services Program is the Energy Services & Weatherization Assistance provider for both Cortland AND Tompkins counties! Program offerings are available for both home owners & tenants! Check out our Energy Services offerings here on our website: https://www.capco.org/our-programs/energy-services/ CAPCO’s certified & highly trained crew & auditors as well as esteemed administrative staff are here …

CAPCO Hosts Poverty Simulation for the Family Health Network!

CAPCO conducted a ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for our friends & partners at the Family Health Network of Central New York (FHN), Cortland’s esteemed ๐™›๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ-๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง! CAPCO collaborates with vital organizations, like FHN, to deliver high quality resources & services to children & families in our community. Thank you to FHN for being a great audience and for participating in this …