Little Dixie Community Action Agency

Street Address:
209 North 4th
Hugo, OK 74743


Phone: 580-326-3351
Fax: 580-326-6655
Website: www.littledixie.org

Brenda Needham, Executive Director

Contact Name: Becky B Reynolds
Phone: 580-326-3351
Fax: 580-326-2305
Email: breynolds@littledixie.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 265    Part Time: 40

Background
Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA) is a private non-profit community based organization established in 1968 to provide community services that promote the self-sufficiency of economically disadvantaged citizens in southeast Oklahoma. Our Board of Directors is made up of an equal number of persons representing the private, public and low-income sectors for the communities we serve.

Mission
Helping People. Changing Lives.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $25,523,130

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Community Building and Organizing
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative
  • NeighborWorks Rural Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 125 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 69 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 47 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 114 rental units.
  • Invested $184,215 in the community through Little Dixie Community Action Agency's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $9,618,306 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $9,802,521.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    10/28/2008 A total of 140 people attended Little Dixie Community Action Agency’s Homebuyer Education classes from October 2007 to October 2008. Also during October 2007 to October 2008, a total of 186 people attended Little Dixie Community Action Agency’s Financial Fitness classes. This past year, Little Dixie Community Action Agency weatherized 47 homes. Through its Self-Help Housing program, the agency assisted 22 individuals in becoming homeowners. Since its inception in 1974, Little Dixie Community Action Agency’s Self-Help Housing program has resulted in over 1,700 new homes being completed for low-income families. Also, hundreds more families have been helped through Little Dixie Community Action Agency’s other housing programs such as: Purchase, Rehab, Resale; Speculative Housing; Owner Occupied Rehab; Apartments; Elderly Supportive Housing; Emergency Services; and more. Little Dixie Community Action Agency’s housing counselors recently received additional training through the NeighborWorks® Training Institute to be able to provide more Home Equity Conversion Mortgage counseling as well as Foreclosure Prevention counseling.

    Community Services
  • Family Health Programs

  •  Daycare Center

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  •  Home Safety and Security

  •  Lead Poison Prevention

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped

  •  Housing for Homeless

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Section 8 Housing


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Jennifer BennettBoard MemberOther  
    Clint BrayBoard MemberCounty Government County Commissioner
    Leeoma CaldwellBoard MemberBusinessLeeoma Caldwell Real EstateRealtor
    Lewis CollinsBoard PresidentCounty GovernmentSheriff's OfficeSheriff
    Kevin CoryBoard MemberResidentState Farm InsuranceAgent
    John DeanBoard MemberLocal GovernmentBroken Bow Chamber of CommerceBroken Bow City Manager
    Jerry DuncanBoard MemberLocal GovernmentPushmataha County CommissionersCounty Commissioner
    Leona EdwardsBoard MemberWashington Community CenterRetired Educator
    Brent FranksBoard Secretary; Board Treasurer; Board MemberMinisterial AllianceMinister; Mayor
    Kenneth HamiltonBoard MemberOtherBroken Bow Senior CitizensRetired Journalist
    Andrea HenkelBoard MemberBroken Bow Ministers FellowshipDirector, Gracefully Yours Foundation
    Vickie LeathersBoard MemberSalvation ArmySocial Worker
    Keith LoweBoard MemberOtherKiamichi Family Medical Center 
    Herb MatlockBoard Vice President; Board MemberOtherIdabel Chamber of Commerce 
    Eddy McIntoshBoard MemberClayton Lions ClubManager CED3 SE OK
    Mark McIntoshBoard MemberResident  
    Ray NobleBoard MemberLocal GovernmentCity of Ft. TowsonRetired
    Charles PartinBoard MemberChoctaw County Chamber of CommerceBancFirst Bank President
    David RawlsBoard MemberCity of HugoCity Manager
    Frank RosenthalBoard MemberChoctaw NationRetired
    Jerry ShinnBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionMcCare Education Coop 
    William SmithBoard MemberLocal GovernmentKiamichi OpportunitiesProgram Director
    Arthur StewartBoard MemberOtherIdabel Westside Community 
    Joel TaylorBoard MemberLocal GovernmentCity of Antlers 
    Susan WallBoard MemberChoctaw Electric Co-opExec Asst/Director of Human Resources
    Jana WallaceBoard MemberPushmataha County Bar AssociationAttorney
    Jane WootenBoard MemberOtherIdabel Public SchoolsSuperintendent

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

    NeighborWorks ® America Contact Information
    District:  North Central
    Name:  Diana Mitchell
    Phone:  816-714-1211
    Toll-Free:  800-823-1428
    Fax:  816-714-1291
    Email:  dmitchell@nw.org