CAPCO Has FREE Childcare Openings!

๐‚๐€๐๐‚๐Ž ๐‡๐€๐’ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„ ๐Ž๐๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐†๐’! We currently have ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€ openings in: ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ (Birthโ€“Age 2) ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž-๐Š (๐”๐๐Š) for 4-year-olds ๐๐Ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ NO income guidelines for UPK Early Head Start requires eligibility โ€” but donโ€™t assume! Call our Enrollment Office at ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ•-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“ to learn more and see if your child qualifies. These spots fill up fast โ€” donโ€™t …

CAPCO Supports 13 Graduates for our Fall 2025 GED/High School Equivalency Cohort!

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐†๐„๐ƒ/๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ walked in front of their loved ones ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ completed this cohort โ€”๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ! CAPCO has now surpassed ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ since our Adult Education Program began in 2013 A heartfelt recognition goes to ๐†๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฒ, our long-time instructor and founding member of the program who retired …

Cortland’s Sennightly Club Supports CAPCO’s Holiday Giving!

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐’๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›! This year, their generous donations will help make CAPCOโ€™s upcoming ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฏ๐™– even more special for local families. Partnerships like this allow CAPCO to strengthen our mission and provide meaningful support to our community. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐โ€”details on holiday programs for children & families will be coming soon! …

CAPCO Completes First Childbirth Class_Cortland Offerings in January 2026!

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—–๐—ข! We just wrapped up our ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ at our ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ช๐—œ๐—– ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in Norwich, NYโ€”and it was a great success! A huge thank you to the amazing families who joined us as they prepare for their childbirth journey. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ: Weโ€™re bringing our childbirth classes to the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ณรฉ at …

CAPCO’s Thanksgiving Meal Package is Back in 2025!

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง-๐”๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐!๐Ÿฆƒ This year, weโ€™re expanding to serve ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ’› ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ! Sign-ups are ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐, so be sure to act fast & have benefit cards and other verification with you at sign-up. ๐Ÿ™ A HUGE thank you to P&C Fresh for their generous support and donations. ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ …

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 …

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 …