James
Stark,
Executive Director
140
North Beeson Avenue
Uniontown, PA 15401
Phone: (724) 437-6050
Fax: (724) 437-4418
jstark@charterpa.net
www.fccaa.org
County
Served: Fayette
Counties Served in Collaboration with Community Action
Southwest: Greene, Washington
Incorporated:
1966
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HISTORY
Local
community leaders from county government and private
industry founded Fayette County Community Action Agency
(FCCAA) in 1966 to help residents lift themselves out of
poverty.
During
the late 1960s, FCCAA started job training, Head Start,
day care, education, and legal services programs for
low-income residents. In the 1970s, it added senior
services including a Senior Center and Meals-on-Wheels,
and food and nutrition programs such as consumer co-ops
and the Women, Infants, and Children program.
During
the 1980s, FCCAA started literacy, adult basic
education, and energy bill assistance programs.
Responding to welfare reform in the 1990s, FCCAA
introduced new education and training programs. It
established a comprehensive primary health care center
in 1997.
Both
on its own and in collaboration with Community Action
Southwest (a separate community action program in Greene
and Washington counties), FCCAA has created four
affiliate corporations to implement its comprehensive
strategy to create affordable housing, support local
businesses, and provide job training and social services
needed to develop and maintain healthy communities. |
