Community Action Team

Contact Person: Neal Jones, Weatherization, Rehab and Healthy Homes Manager

Agency Name or Parent Company: Community Action Team

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Neal Jones

Address: 125 N. 17th Street, Saint Helens, OR 97051

Email Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: 5033696922

Homepage/Website: www.cat-team.org

Established: 1983

Target Population: Low Income, elderly, disabled.

No. of Persons Served/Year: 75

No. of Paid Staff: 4

Services Provided:

• Minor home modifications (e.g., grab bars, raised toilet seats, handheld showers, handrails, lever door handles)
• Major home modifications (e.g., remodel bathrooms, adjust counter/cabinet heights, ramps, elevator/platform or chair lifts, widen doorways, roll-in showers)
• Repairs (e.g., roofing, electrical, carpeting/floors, stair repairs)
• Home assessments
• Refers to providers (e.g., Home modification program, occupational/physical therapists, funding sources)
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• Participate in task forces/coalitions or planning activities with other agencies
• Integrate home modification or repairs within existing home and community-based and/or long-term care programs
• Partners with state or local non-profit home modification programs (e.g., Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, etc...)

Funding Source(s):

• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Weatherization Assistance Program/Department of Energy, State Housing Finance Agency (e.g., home modification loan programs)
• Local General and Millage Funds
• Private Pay
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Total Budget: 150,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes