Locations

Orleans County Main Office 409 East State Street Albion, NY 14411 Phone 589-5605 Fax 589-9015 Weatherization Emergency Services/ Family Development Community Action Angels Food Stamp Outreach Holiday Baskets CATS 589-7700 1-888-867-3172	Genesee County Main Office 5073 Clinton Street Road Batavia, NY 14020 Phone 343-7798, 1-888-871-9673 Fax 343-4063 Weatherization Emergency Services/ Family Development HEAP/Energy Packaging Income Tax Assistance Food Stamp Outreach Community Action Angels Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Phone 343-7727
Main Street Store 49 North Main Street Albion, NY 14411 Phone 585-589-1430 Yesterday's Treasures Job Searching Skills, resumes Public Computer Access Community Action Angels	Head Start Administrative Office 401 East State Street Albion, NY 14411 Phone 589-5683, Fax 589-5712 Early Head Start 589-8159
ACT/CCR&R Orleans Program Offices 113 East State Street Albion, NY 14411 Fax 589-7435 Alternative Choices for Teens (ACT) Phone 589-5754 CCR&R Orleans Phone 589-5088	Head Start/Early Head Start Sites
	Batavia Site 5073 Clinton St. Road Batavia, NY 14020 Phone 344-5917 Early Head Start 343-3807	Medina Site 123 Ensign St. Medina, NY 14103 Phone 798-2261 Fax: 798-3512 Early Head Start 798-3735
Eastern Orleans Community Center 75 Public Square Holley, NY 14470 Phone 638-6395, Fax - Same Community Center Emergency Services/ Family Development Congregate Meals Public Computer Lab Youth Programming Holiday Baskets	Albion Central Schools Site 324 East Avenue Albion, NY 14411 Phone 589-7097	Albion Site 411 E. State Street Albion, NY 14411 Phone 589-7097
	Kendall Central Schools Site 1932 Kendall Road Kendall, NY 14476 Phone 659-8916

History

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (EOA) started a national movement of agencies working to fight the "War on Poverty." The emphasis on local change led to the name: Community Action. In 1965, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Orleans County appointed a committee to study ways in which Orleans County might become a part of this movement. An action committee was formed to study local needs for housing, migrant labor, and youth training, as well as problems facing older Americans. An agency was formed under the name Orleans Community Action Committee, Inc., or OCAC. In July 1965, anti-poverty programming began with: Head Start, Family Planning, Legal Aid, Neighborhood Youth Corp., and People's Opportunity.

In those first few years, Head Start and later CHAP (Children's Health Assurance Program) were formed to teach children and help with good health practices, along came our satellite office in Holley, (Eastern Orleans Community Center) to assist with senior Citizens and pre-schoolers, CATS (Community Action Transportation System) to transport senior citizens, and CARES (Community Action Resource & Educational service) which was a mobile van travelling the County informing residents of the programs available under the newly formed Orleans Community Action Committee.

Since 1965, some programs were spun off and other programs and services were extended into Genesee County. Today, we have grown to be an agency with an operating budget of over five million dollars and employ over 120 people. We have added such programs and services as Emergency Services and Food Pantry, Weatherization, Child Care Resource and Referral, ACT (Alternative Choices for Teens), Budgeting Workshops, Energy packaging, an alternate HEAP site, Tax Assistance, The Main Street Store, Early Head Start, Community Action Angels and a Food Stamp Outreach Program.

In December, 2007, the Board of Directors decided to change the agency's name to Community Action of Orleans & Genesee to unify the agency's image and better reflect its service area. The new name became official in February, 2008, with a logo to follow in the spring.