October is Energy Awareness Month_2024!

October is Energy Awareness Month! 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 …

CAPCO Prepares for 2024 Coat Drive!

CAPCO’s annual Community Coat Drive for our Cortland community is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th! The CAPCO Family Development Program is currently soliciting coat donations for this popular drive that gives away HUNDREDS of coats each season to children and families in our community. Lightly used coats of all kinds can be accepted at the CAPCO Main Office at 32 N. …

CAPCO Honored at the Statewide NYSCAA Conference!

CAPCO was in attendance and recognized at the New York State Community Action Association & New York State Weatherization Directors Association Conference in Lake Placid last week with 385 of our peers from around the state! A HUGE congratulations to our esteemed Energy Services staff member, Tim Birdsall, on receiving the Weatherization Program Service Award for nearly 4 DECADES of …

CAPCO to Host Community Poverty Simulation

CAPCO will be hosting a FREE Community Poverty Simulation on Wednesday, October 16th at Grace Christian Fellowship on Fisher Ave from 9am-12pm noon! CAPCO’s trained staff will take participants through “1 month” (i.e. 4, 15-minute weeks) of simulated poverty as they try to keep their homes, pay their bills, attain transportation, ensure their children’s needs are met, and “survive” this …

CAPCO Names New Dual County WIC Director!

CAPCO is so PROUD and EXCITED to share with our community and the communities we serve our new WIC Director for our CAPCO WIC Program serving BOTH Cortland & Chenango counties AND the newest addition to the CAPCO’s Senior Director Team, Lori Spatola-Davis! Lori joins our team with 30+ years of WIC experience and most recently served as the WIC …

CAPCO’s Brandy Strauf Achieves Community Action’s Highest Honor!

Congratulations to our very own Brandy Strauf, CAPCO’s Family Development Director, who became a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP) and received her certificate at the National Community Action Conference in Seattle, WA last night! Attaining a CCAP is the highest professional certification in the work of Community Action, and it is a real benefit to our agency and the communities …

“Resilience” Movie Screening and ACEs/N.E.A.R Science Training!

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, CAPCO will be offering a viewing of the film Resilience that chronicles the first ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study and essentially the dawn of trauma-informed care and N.E.A.R science. There are a limited number of copies of this film worldwide, and CAPCO has maintained a copy of the film for the last several years. In …

CAPCO’s Summer 2024 All-Staff Day was a BLAST!

CAPCO held our summer All-Staff Training Day at Tinelli’s Hathaway House last week, and it was a GREAT day! We started our day with agency updates, followed by a presentation from our colleague Amanda Howlett on Catholic Charities of Cortland County‘s new S.O.S Homeless Response Team and a Mandated Reporter training from our partners at the Friends of the Cortland …

Volunteer Driver Opportunity!

Interested in volunteering on your own schedule and earning a tax-free $$$? This opportunity is for you!   We are actively recruiting for Volunteer Drivers for our Volunteer Transportation Program!   Make your own schedule and help transport vulnerable populations in our community to and from medical appointments, earning $.65 1/2 cents per mile that is a NON-TAXED reimbursement.   …