Welcome To Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland C.A.C.'s News Center

2010-05-01T10:26:47.918-05:00

Welcome to the Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission's News Center. Here you will find the agency's latest news and events. As always, detailed programmatic information may be found on the main web-site or you are always welcome to call one of our service offices for more details on specific programs. We hope you find this informative and that you will visit us often to learn more about the many services available to those it is our mission to serve in Knox, Holmes, Coshocton, and Ashland Counties.

Celebrate National Community Action Month

2010-04-19T10:18:44.68-05:00

                                             May
is National Community Action Month

Celebrating 45 Years of Serving

Knox, Holmes, Coshocton, and Ashland Counties

Helping People. Changing Lives. Turning hope into reality. Making our communities a better place to live. This is what the Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission achieves for our service area. Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission has been your local partner in service for 45 years

May is National Community Action month and we invite you to learn more about our agency. Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland provides vital and innovative services to Knox, Holmes, Coshocton, and Ashland counties. With over 30 satellite offices covering nearly 2,000 square miles, we attempt to provide service to every far reaching corner of our service area. In 2009, nearly 12,000 families were served by our agency. Specifically, we served our communities as follows:

204 homes were weatherized reducing energy usage by an average of 23%.
216 community apartment units provided decent, safe, and affordable housing.
1,916 patients were seen at our health services clinics and were provided reproductive health care and family planning services.
6,588 patient visits were made at our newly opened state-of-the art dental clinic in Ashland where a full range of dental services are available including cleanings, x-rays, dental exams, fillings, and most all dental care procedures including pediatric dentistry.
407 senior citizens volunteered nearly 85,000 hours of service improving our communities.
340 children and their families were enrolled in the Head Start program. These children received kindergarten preparedness pre-school services including education; nutrition; health, dental & vision screenings; and other supportive services.
1,302 senior citizens received services in Coshocton County . This includes nearly 100,000 hot meals served at the senior center or delivered to homebound seniors. Exercise, transportation, health screenings and assessments, prescription assistance, and numerous daily socialization activities were also provided.
15,000 meals were provided through the Holmes County Food Pantry
Over 3,200 families were kept warm this winter with nearly $1 million in HEAP assistance.
1,500 households avoided homelessness via homelessness prevention assistance.
6,600 nights of shelter were provided to the homeless.

To learn more call your local Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland CAC office:

Coshocton (740) 622-9801

Knox (740) 397-0378

Holmes (330) 674-6479

Ashland (419) 281-4327