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2013 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Zack Hamlett, Director |
Phone: (919)715-5850 Fax: (919)715-5855 |
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2013 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Zack Hamlett, Director |
Phone: (919)715-5850 Fax: (919)715-5855 |
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The Office of Economic Opportunity helps poverty-stricken families to achieve economic independence. There are many rural areas and sections of urban North Carolina where the Community Action Agency funded by OEO may be the only group able and willing to reach out to the poor. Families may receive help in finding a job or housing or any number of services that lead to independence. The office also provides grants to homeless shelters, helping an average of 2,000 homeless individuals and families per day to get shelter, food, health care, and child care as well as psychological and substance abuse counseling.
Formerly known as the State Economic Opportunity Office, OEO was established in 1966 to provide training and technical assistance to Community Action Agencies. In 1981 the Office was assigned the responsibility of administering the federal Community Services Block Grant Program.
Since that time, the Office has assumed the responsibility for administering additional programs: Community Action Partnership Program (CAPP) and Emergency Shelter Grants Program (ESGP) and Weatherization Services.
OEO Goals:
- To help meet the needs of the poor by encouraging local grantees to develop innovative projects which better address the causes, conditions and problems of poverty.
- To serve as an advocate for low-income families on the state level.
- To provide grant opportunities that will enable low-income families to become self-sufficient.
