The Promise of Community Action Community Action changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

The Kansas Association of Community Action Agencies (KACAP) supports community action agencies and other human service networks in their local, state, and national efforts to end poverty.  

KACAP exists to:

• Help our members be strong and more effectively able to pursue their individual missions to end poverty;

• Help Kansas develop a comprehensive model to end poverty; and

• Be the leading advocate in promoting an end to poverty.

We do this because we believe that all people deserve a chance!

Click here for more information on the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs

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KACAP member agencies

KACAP is proud to be the member association to six of Kansas' Community Action Agencies. To learn more about these six agencies, click on the logos below. For a map of all KACAP Member Agencies by service area, please click here.

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KACAP RESOURCE LIBRARY

There are several poverty, general non-profit and community action specific items available for check-out in KACAP's Resource Library. Below is a small sample of what is available.

• Books such as Leading Change by John Kotter, The Working Poor by David K. Shipler, The Betrayal of Work by Beth Shulman and The Other America- Poverty in the United States by Michael Harrington

• Videos such as Love and Diane, Dark Days, Lalee's Kin and American Culture- The War on Poverty

• Poverty Simulation Kit

For a full list of Resource Library items and check-out procedures, please contact KACAP at 785-234-0878 or sarah@kacap.org.

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POVERTY IN KANSAS

2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines*

Click here for a business card size version of the 2007 Federal Poverty Guidelines

*Many anti-poverty programs have adopted eligibility requirements different than the Federal poverty guidelines. Please contact your local community action program to learn more about what anti-poverty services are available in your community, and what the program eligibility requirements are.

Living on the Edge:  A Report on the State of Low-Income Working Kansas Families

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