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style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">NEKCA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">1980<span class="noprint">; 44 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1980</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-EO_33-7_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO_33-7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">Nonprofit organization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Taxpayer_Identification_Number" title="Taxpayer Identification Number">Tax ID no.</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">03-0276709<sup id="cite_ref-990-2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-990-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/501(c)(3)" class="mw-redirect" title="501(c)(3)">501(c)(3)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vermont.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Vermont.svg/20px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Vermont.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Vermont.svg/40px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/St._Johnsbury,_Vermont" title="St. Johnsbury, Vermont">St. Johnsbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newport_(city),_Vermont" title="Newport (city), Vermont">Newport, Vermont</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caledonia_County,_Vermont" title="Caledonia County, Vermont">Caledonia County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orleans_County,_Vermont" title="Orleans County, Vermont">Orleans County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Vermont" title="Essex County, Vermont">Essex County, Vermont</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data note">Food, housing and shelter, fuel/utility assistance, early education, parenting support, restorative justice, community re-integration, business development, job training<sup id="cite_ref-O'Farrell_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Farrell-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Director" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Director">Executive Director</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Jenna O’Farrell<sup id="cite_ref-Nixon_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nixon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Board of Directors Chair</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Martha Hill<sup id="cite_ref-bod_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bod-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Revenue <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2015)</span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">$7,366,058<sup id="cite_ref-990-2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-990-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Expenses <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2015)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">$7,332,757<sup id="cite_ref-990-2014_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-990-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">201<sup id="cite_ref-990-2014_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-990-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (in 2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Volunteers <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2014)</span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">90<sup id="cite_ref-990-2014_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-990-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nekcavt.org">www<wbr />.nekcavt<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Formerly called</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Orleans County Council of Social Agencies</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Northeast Kingdom Community Action</b> (<b>NEKCA</b>) is an anti-poverty <a href="/wiki/Community_Action_Agencies" title="Community Action Agencies">community action agency</a> that helps people in <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Kingdom" title="Northeast Kingdom">Northeast Kingdom</a> meet their basic needs and become self-sufficient. The agency is a partner of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Department_for_Children_and_Families" title="Vermont Department for Children and Families">Vermont Department for Children and Families</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is primarily funded by federal and state government resources.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foundation">Foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Community_Action_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Action Agency">Community Action Agency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Kingdom" title="Northeast Kingdom">Northeast Kingdom</a> was the Orleans County Council of Social Agencies (OCCSA), created in a June 20, 1968 Executive Order by the Governor of Vermont.<sup id="cite_ref-EO_33-7_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO_33-7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was headquartered at the Old Customs building on Main Street in Newport.<sup id="cite_ref-c100505_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c100505-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the United States Community Services Administration decided to not continue funding OCCSA, Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA) was established in 1980 in a July 3, 1980 Executive Order by Vermont Governor <a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Snelling" title="Richard A. Snelling">Richard A. Snelling</a>, to "work cooperatively with the other Community Action Agencies in the State and with the State Economic Opportunity Office as well as other state agencies in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to be carried out within the State of Vermont under the auspices of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended."<sup id="cite_ref-EO_33-7_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO_33-7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locations">Locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northeast Kingdom Community Action's headquarters is located in the historic United States Customs House Building at 70 Main Street in <a href="/wiki/Newport_(city),_Vermont" title="Newport (city), Vermont">Newport, Vermont</a>. It has administrative offices in <a href="/wiki/St._Johnsbury,_Vermont" title="St. Johnsbury, Vermont">St. Johnsbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newport_(city),_Vermont" title="Newport (city), Vermont">Newport</a> with satellite facilities in <a href="/wiki/Island_Pond,_Vermont" title="Island Pond, Vermont">Island Pond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canaan,_Vermont" title="Canaan, Vermont">Canaan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA) is led by <a href="/wiki/Executive_director" title="Executive director">executive director</a> Jenna O’Farrell.<sup id="cite_ref-Nixon_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nixon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, O'Farrell replaced Joe Patrissi, who served as executive director since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NEKCA's community partners are the Vermont Foodbank, Northern Counties Health Care, RuralEdge, Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NEKHS), the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging, and <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Vermont_Regional_Hospital" title="Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital">Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NEKHS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEKHS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NEKCA also partners with the Center for Rural Studies (CRS) at University of Vermont for data collection.<sup id="cite_ref-NEKHS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEKHS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Program_services">Program services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Program services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA) serves the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Kingdom" title="Northeast Kingdom">Northeast Kingdom</a> of Vermont, which according the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Kingdom_Human_Services" title="Northeast Kingdom Human Services">Northeast Kingdom Human Services</a> (NEKHS), "continues to have the deepest poverty in Vermont," and "poor health outcomes." NEKHS also writes, "The <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Department_of_Health" title="Vermont Department of Health">Vermont Department of Health</a> (VDH) ranks the fourteen counties in Vermont each year and two of the three counties in the Kingdom continuously score in last place."<sup id="cite_ref-NEKHS_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEKHS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to NEKCA Executive Director Jenna O'Farrell, "<a href="/wiki/Community_Action_Agencies" title="Community Action Agencies">Community Action Agencies</a> were founded in 1964 by President Johnson [...] in the Economic Opportunity Act," and the "idea behind the initial and present funding is to allow community needs to be evaluated at the local level."<sup id="cite_ref-O'Farrell_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Farrell-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NEKCA is therefore able to "locally allocate and spend federal dollars in order to offer specialized programming in the Northeast Kingdom."<sup id="cite_ref-O'Farrell_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Farrell-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NEKCA services address "food insecurity, housing and homelessness, warmth, early education, parenting support, community re-integration, restorative justice, business development and employment training."<sup id="cite_ref-O'Farrell_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Farrell-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food_Assistance">Food Assistance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Food Assistance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA helps people apply for 3SquaresVT (formerly called <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program" title="Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program">"Food Stamps"</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and distributes Farm to Family coupons in partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Department_for_Children_and_Families" title="Vermont Department for Children and Families">Vermont Department for Children and Families</a> to income-eligible households, to help buy fruit and vegetables at local Farmer's Markets.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2020, NEKCA worked with St. Johnsbury Rotary members to collect nearly 700 pounds of food and supplies donations for the community.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fuel_and_Utility_Assistance">Fuel and Utility Assistance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fuel and Utility Assistance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA provides Crisis Fuel and Electricity Assistance, Supplemental Fuel Assistance, Electric Cost Assistance, and administers a Furnace Repair and Replacement program to income-eligible households.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing_and_Shelter_Assistance">Housing and Shelter Assistance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Housing and Shelter Assistance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA offers housing counseling, financial assistance, and transitional housing and shelter.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NEKCA provides a variety of housing supports for homeless adults, teens, and families, including shelters and covering the cost of temporary motel stays, as well as transitional housing for people after release from prison.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Associated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Associated Press">The Associated Press</a></i> profiled the St. Johnsbury Area Warming Shelter, created by Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NEKHS) and Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA), and interviewed NEKCA staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Nixon_2019_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nixon_2019-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NEKCA was able to increase housing assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic due to changes in DCF rules.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2021, NEKCA Executive Director O'Farrell was quoted in commentary published in <i><a href="/wiki/VTDigger" title="VTDigger">VTDigger</a></i> that discusses the link between stable housing and beneficial health outcomes: "When you know where you’re going to be each night, you can start to make plans. And for service providers, we can provide consistent support, where the person has a consistent place to stay. It’s much easier to make sure a child has the technology to remote learn or a person using a wheelchair has access to a shower or a person can get needed medication — it’s much easier to support that, when we know where that person is going to be. This kind of support is foundational for ending homelessness, but people who are homeless also really need a permanent place to live. People need homes."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parent_Child_Centers">Parent Child Centers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parent Child Centers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA's Parent Child Centers are part of a statewide network of centers that offer a range of services for children and families,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including several <a href="/wiki/Head_Start_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Head Start Program">Head Start</a> programs.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In St. Johnsbury, the Head Start program has collaborated with Catamount Arts for art and music.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record" title="The Caledonian-Record">The Caledonian-Record</a></i> published an interview with Joy Ely, the director of the St. Johnsbury Parent Child Center, about the "unique" array of services available and "the biggest misconception is that community members must meet certain income criteria to be involved."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Youth_and_Young_Adults">Youth and Young Adults</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Youth and Young Adults"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA's Community Action Youth Services (CAYS) offers "wrap around" services to youth age 12 - 22, including a crisis hotline, support for basic needs, education, jobs, and mentoring.<sup id="cite_ref-CAYS_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAYS-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Services also include homelessness and foster care transition services, a crisis intervention program for runaways age 12 - 18, a Teen Center in Newport, VT, and education support for pregnant and parenting teens and young adults of all genders.<sup id="cite_ref-CAYS_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAYS-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A video produced by NEKCA in 2013 is featured on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a> Child Welfare Information Gateway,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2018, NEKCA was featured as part of a 'success story' published by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Micro_Business_Development_Program">Micro Business Development Program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Micro Business Development Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NEKCA offers technical assistance, learning opportunities, tax assistance (VITA), and funding opportunities to eligible participants who intend to start or expand a small business.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, NEKCA administered CARES Act grants to small businesses in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Associated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Associated Press">The Associated Press</a></i> reported that NEKCA was part of a coalition of local groups that launched NEK Prosper! and a funding program to support small businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_and_Justice_Programs">Community and Justice Programs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Community and Justice Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Vermont, <a href="/wiki/Diversion_program" title="Diversion program">Court Diversion</a> programs are run by non-profit agencies and are funded by <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Attorney_General" title="Vermont Attorney General">Vermont's Attorney General</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Orleans County,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NEKCA works with the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Department_of_Corrections" title="Vermont Department of Corrections">Vermont Department of Corrections</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Department_for_Children_and_Families" title="Vermont Department for Children and Families">Vermont Department for Children and Families</a> to administer a Community Based Corrections Program to support transition from incarceration, a Court Diversion program as an alternative to incarceration, a Youth Substance Abuse Safety Program, a Driving with License Suspended Program for eligible participants, a Pre-Trial Risk Assessment and Needs Screening program, and a Balanced & <a href="/wiki/Restorative_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Restorative Justice">Restorative Justice</a> program (BARJ) for youth on probation.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thrift_Store">Thrift Store</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Thrift Store"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NEKCA Parent Child Center Thrift Store offers job training and work experience, and affordable clothing, household goods, and furniture.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fundraising_and_Outreach">Fundraising and Outreach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Fundraising and Outreach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For more than ten years, there has been a yearly Hungerfest fundraiser to support NEKCA's Food Shelf program that has evolved over time and includes a variety of events.<sup id="cite_ref-McGregor_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGregor-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the past, two radio stations, <a href="/wiki/WMOO" title="WMOO">WMOO</a> and <a href="/wiki/WIKE" title="WIKE">WIKE</a>, held a three-day, 24-hour, on-air Hungerfest fundraiser.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Northeast Kingdom Community Action has also worked to increase public awareness about <a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States" title="Homelessness in the United States">homelessness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2016, NEKCA Executive Director Joe Patrissi was awarded a Restorative Justice Leadership Award from the Community Justice Network of Vermont<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2018, NEKCA was awarded the Creative Workforce Solutions’ 2017 fourth quarter Business of the Quarter Award<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019-2020 Women LEAD Calendar Participant (NEKCA Executive Director Jenna O'Farrell)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2020, NEKCA received a Community Leadership Award from the Green Mountain United Way<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Kingdom_Community_Action&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the past, NEKCA provided advocacy and support services, including 24-hour support to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and abuse, through its Step O.N.E. program.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, questions were anonymously raised about confidentiality and appropriations, but the NEKCA Executive Director at the time, Paul Denton, speculated it was a disgruntled former employee, and confirmed that while employees had been terminated or suspended, full services continued to be provided with strict confidentiality.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advocacy and support services in the Northeast Kingdom, including 24-hour support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and abuse, stalking, teen dating violence, human trafficking as well as violence related to gender or sexual orientation, are now provided by the nonprofit organization Umbrella.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, after NEKCA was unanimously approved by the St. Johnsbury Development Review Board to create transitional housing for furloughees from prison, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record" title="The Caledonian-Record">The Caledonian-Record</a></i> published an opinion expressing concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, NEKCA Executive Director Joe Patrissi announced a new approach to transitional housing for furloughees, including by contacting officials in town governments before developing housing plans.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, the <i><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Herald" title="Rutland Herald">Rutland Herald</a></i> profiled Bernie Henault, who worked as the Essex County coordinator for NEKCA for 18 years.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record" title="The Caledonian-Record">The Caledonian-Record</a></i> published a series of articles on poverty and cash welfare benefits in the Northeast 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