Cortland County Community
Action Program, Inc.
CAPCO
Serving The Cortland New York
Community Since 1974
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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. …
CAPCO’s Cortland County Healthy Families program is hosting a 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 at the 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑾𝑰𝑪 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒂𝒇𝒆́ located in CAPCO’s Main Office! The group will meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at 10:30am beginning on July 18th through November 21st! You can attend as many or as few sessions as you’d like- no attendance requirement! You …
CAPCO is hosting 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 beginning in August at our Cortland Breastfeeding Café! Are you expecting? Would you like tips and education to prepare for your birthing experience? This class is for YOU, and it is 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 and 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉 𝙏𝙊 𝘼𝙇𝙇! You do NOT have to be participating in another CAPCO program to sign-up & attend. Check out the …
CAPCO’s 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 is BACK to start the 25-26 school year!! Eligible families will receive $𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 with personal shopping assistance to prepare kiddos & young adults for their school year. You must sign-up 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 at the CAPCO Main Office: 32 N. Main Street, Cortland. Spots are LIMITED to the first 150 families. This program …
CAPCO is SO INCREDIBLY PROUD of our ESTEEMED staff who completed the 2024-2025 #LeadershipCortland class through The Chamber! Congratulations to Melissa Brangan, our Cortland County WIC Program – CAPCO Breastfeeding Coordinator & Theresa Radley, our CAPCO Family Development Program Adult Education Coordinator for completing this intensive & important program as they continue on their leadership journey! #CommunityAction #leadershipcortland #leadershipdevelopment #communityproject …
Another Cortland County Dairy Parade is in the books, and CAPCO continues to 𝓜𝓞𝓞𝓞VE our community forward! Thank you to our amazing staff & volunteers for putting together our 𝓜𝓞𝓞𝓞 Mobile and participating in this year’s parade. AND, thank you to our community for coming out on a beautiful night for a parade! We are CAPCO, and we are #CommunityAction! …
It’s been a great few weeks for both our Cortland County WIC Program – CAPCO and Chenango County WIC Program – CAPCO as we opened our new breastfeeding cafés in BOTH communities!! Check out some of the pics from our open houses! Thank you to our community partners & participants who came out to see the spaces. The cafés are …
We celebrated our Spring 2025 GED/High School Equivalency graduation! Nine graduates completed the program, with five walking in the graduation ceremony. CONGRATS GRADUATES!!! CAPCO proudly supports over 100 adult learners, helping them build literacy skills, earn diplomas, and pursue higher education, micro-credentials & career opportunities! #CommunityAction #CSBG #AdultEducation #GED #highschoolgraduation #diploma #EducationForAll #CAPCOGraduates #graduation #ceremony #family #SelfSufficiency #CommunityActionMonth #community
The month of May is COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH ! Made possible by the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), there are 1,000+ Community Action Agencies in every county across the U.S., addressing the causes & effects of poverty and allowing for vital community programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start, Weatherization, WIC, Healthy Families, Adult Education & GED programming, SNAP …
The CAPCO WIC Program is opening a 𝘽𝒓𝙚𝒂𝙨𝒕𝙛𝒆𝙚𝒅𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝘾𝒂𝙛𝒆́ in BOTH Cortland & Chenango counties!! YOU’RE INVITED to the café open houses, where every mama and baby deserve a cozy space to bond, nourish, and thrive! 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: Thursday, May 15th from 2-5pm (CAPCO Main Office, Cortland, NY-details above). 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: Tuesday, May 20th from 2-5pm …
