Community Action Of Southern Indiana Inc

The early head start home-based program supports children and their families through 90-minute visits, once per week and group socialization experiences, twice per month. The home visits provide individualized, comprehensive services to support and strengthen the relationships between infants, toddlers, and their parents. The head start program promotes the school readiness of children ages three to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development. Head start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains: language & literacy, cognition and general knowledge, physical development & health, social & emotional development and approaches to learning.

Housing choice voucher program provides rent and utility assistance to low-income individuals. The program is also known as section 8.

The weatherization assistance program (wap)- the purpose of the wap is to assist low-income homeowners and renters by providing energy conservation measures to their homes. This can be done by a variety of applications including: air sealing house leaks, adding insulation to attics, walls and perimeter foundations. Cleaning, tuning and replacement of furnaces and hot water heaters when needed. Installation of low-flow water measures and testing for carbon monoxide. The program is intended to reduce national energy consumption and to reduce the impact of high fuel electricity costs for low-income families.