NMCAA

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HISTORY OF  COMMUNITY ACTION

Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, Inc. is a private, non-
profit corporation recognized by the counties of Antrim, Benzie,
Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee,
Roscommon, and Wexford as their Community Action Agency.
The origin of Community Action was the enactment of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, with the primary purpose of the Community
Action Agency (CAA) to provide a local mechanism through which
communities work to determine
the best approaches to solving the problems of poverty, and act to
bring together a wide range of Federal, State, and local resources to
implement the approaches.
The corporation, Northwest Michigan Human Services Agency
(NMHSA), was formed in April 1974 and is eligible to receive funding
from Community Services Block grant in accordance with the Michigan
Economic and Social Opportunity Act of 1981. The agency was formed
though a merger of One CAP (Missaukee, Roscommon, & Wexford)
and Four CAP (Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, & Leelanau).
Charlevoix and Emmet counties were added.

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