Tri County Action Program Inc

Community development: the low-income home energy assistance program helps income eligible households in benton, stearns, sherburne and morrison counties by paying a portion of their home heating costs. Tri- cap receives funds to complete this administrative activity and created $4,731,009 in requests to the department of commerce for payments to vendors on behalf of customers.the federal weatherization program provides assistance for eligible households in benton, stearns, and sherburne counties which can benefit from updated energy efficiencies as well as health and safety upgrades. A total of 116 households in the communities were served with complete energy audits and an additional 24 households were served with mechanical assistance called standalones.

Family resources: the family resources served 1,409 households providing a wide variety of services ranging from free tax return preparation, snap /food application assistance, housing assistance, childcare access, and employment and training. This number reflects services and programs offered in our asset, workforce, and housing stability pillars.