CAPCO’s Early Childhood Program Celebrates 60 Years of Head Start Nationwide!

CAPCOโ€™s Early Childhood Program proudly celebrated ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ with an incredible family night to kick off the new school year! Since 1973, CAPCO has served as the Head Start and Early Head Start provider for all of Cortland Countyโ€”our very first program! Over the years, weโ€™ve expanded to include additional early childhood services to better support …

CAPCO Hosts End of Summer 2025 All-Staff Training Day!

CAPCOโ€™s ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ at Greek Peak Mountain Resort was a ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ success! Huge thanks to our incredible staff for their energy and engagement in impactful training sessions that ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. Special appreciation to our in-house presenters, guest speakers, and especially keynote speaker ๐‰๐จ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, whose powerful story and THE PUSH FOR CHANGE continue to …

Volunteer Driver Opportunity!

Interested in volunteering on your own schedule and earning a tax-free $$$? This opportunity is for you! ย  We are actively recruiting for Volunteer Drivers for our Volunteer Transportation Program! ย  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. ย  …

CAPCO’s Hosting a Parent Group this Summer!

CAPCO’s Cortland County Healthy Families program is hosting a ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ at the ๐‘ช๐’๐’“๐’•๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’š ๐‘พ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’‡๐’†ฬ 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 to host Childbirth Education Classes starting in August 2025!

CAPCO is hosting ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ beginning in August at our Cortland Breastfeeding Cafรฉ! Are you expecting? Would you like tips and education to prepare for your birthing experience? This class is for YOU, and it is ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€ and ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰ ๐™๐™Š ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡! You do NOT have to be participating in another CAPCO program to sign-up & attend. Check out the …

CAPCO’s Back to School Assistance is BACK for the 2025-2026 School Year!

CAPCO’s ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ is BACK to start the 25-26 school year!! Eligible families will receive $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ with personal shopping assistance to prepare kiddos & young adults for their school year. You must sign-up ๐ข๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง at the CAPCO Main Office: 32 N. Main Street, Cortland. Spots are LIMITED to the first 150 families. This program …

CAPCO Staff Complete Cortland’s 2024-2025 Leadership Cortland Class!

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 …

2025 Dairy Parade: CAPCO Keeps MOOOVING Forward!

Another Cortland County Dairy Parade is in the books, and CAPCO continues to ๐“œ๐“ž๐“ž๐“žVE our community forward! Thank you to our amazing staff & volunteers for putting together our ๐“œ๐“ž๐“ž๐“ž 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! …

CAPCO’s Breastfeeding Cafes are Officially Open!

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 cafรฉs 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 cafรฉs are …

CAPCO Hosts Spring 2025 GED/HSE Graduation!

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