Community Action Project of Tulsa County

Street Address:
4606 S. Garnett Road, Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74146


Phone: 918-382-3200
Fax: 918-382-3213
Website: www.captc.org

Steven Dow, Executive Director

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Staff Size: Full Time: 557 

Background
Community Action Project of Tulsa County (CAP) is a comprehensive anti-poverty agency with a history of providing a variety of services to low-income individuals and families for over 35 years. Formerly known as Project Get Together, the agency began in 1973 to address problems faced by migrant farm workers and has gradually expanded programs and services in response to unmet needs of Tulsa’s low-income population. Today, through the efforts of over 500 employees and hundreds of active volunteers, CAP is a major service provider to Tulsa’s low-income community. Our premier program is early childhood education and care, which is designed to demonstrably improve the school readiness of participating children. Other programs are intended to build assets and maximize the earned income of individuals and families through services including promotion of the Earned Income Tax Credit in combination with free tax preparation, eligibility screening and application for public benefits and college scholarships, first-time homebuyer education and down payment assistance, and access to safe and affordable housing.

Mission
Community Action Project’s mission is to help individuals and families in economic need achieve self-sufficiency. Our strategic vision is to improve the prospects for the long-term economic success of very young, low-income children, their families, and the communities in which they live.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $38,041,206

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 222 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 2 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 70 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 266 rental units.
  • Invested $ in the community through Community Action Project of Tulsa County's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $6,940,640 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $6,940,640.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    8/1/2008 Constructed and opened three new state-of-the-art early childhood education centers co-located next to public elementary schools and each with a capacity to enroll approximately 200 children from low-income families.
    12/31/2008 Provided 478 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling, including to those homeowners facing foreclosure.
    12/31/2008 Assisted 77 families in purchasing a home through down payment assistance, thereby leveraging more than $5.7 million in first mortgage loans.
    12/31/2008 Renovated 11 homes and sold 18 homes to qualified buyers.
    12/31/2008 Owned or managed two multi-family apartment complexes (232 units) and 34 single-family homes.
    8/1/2007 Renovated a former shopping center and added 16 early childhood education classrooms designed to serve infants through three-year-olds.
    4/12/2008 Groundbreaking commenced on two additional early childhood education centers, including a second Educare facility of which there are only a few operating nationwide. Both new facilities should be open for enrollment by the beginning of 2010.
    4/15/2008 Through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Program and free tax preparation services, CAP served 17,176 clients during the 2008 tax season and generated more than $24.7 million in refunds.

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Leadership Training

  •  Tenant Organizing

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Daycare Center

  •  English as a Second Language Classes

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Foreclosure Prevention Training

  •  Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Section 8 Housing


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Cathy BurdenBoard Member  
    George CharltonBoard Member  
    Sandra ConnorBoard Member  
    Patience CrowderBoard Member  
    Jim EastBoard President  
    Dan EllinorBoard Treasurer  
    Meighen GrahamBoard Member  
    Mary GuinnBoard Member  
    Diane HormBoard Secretary  
    Reba McGuffeyBoard Member  
    Tom McKeonBoard Member  
    Don MillicanBoard Member  
    Paula SettoonBoard Vice President  

    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