CARES Programs Continue at LCCAA

Special programs for those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis continue at Lorain County Community Action Agency.

Funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) has enhanced some programs and allowed LCCAA to create new programs.

Eviction Prevention

If you have been unable to pay your rent because of COVID-19, contact our partner Lorain County Urban League.

This program will help protect your rights and negotiate with your landlord.

You must have a written lease and your rent must have been current before the pandemic. Rent assistance may be part of the process.

Contact the Urban League at 440-323-3364 or outreach@lcul.org.

Water Bill Assistance

LCCAA’s utility advocates are applying the same great service they do for gas and electric bills to your water company thanks to CARES funding.

If you are unable to pay your water bill because of COVID-19, call our 24-hour appointment line at 440- 538-6999.

If you are already on PIPP or have received help from the Summer Crisis or Winter Crisis programs, you MIGHT be eligible. You still have to apply, however.

Appointments can also be made online at: app. capappointments.com/

Operation Warm

For six years, LCCAA has partnered with Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority to distribute free coats to children living in their complexes. With CARES funding, this program has expanded.

In addition to LMHA residents and our center-based Head Start families, we will be providing coats for all virtual and home-based LCCAA Head Start students and residents of the TimberLakes complex (Section 8 subsidized housing) in Avon.

CARES funding, regular Community Services Block Grant funds and grants from the Community Foundation of Lorain County and The Lorain Foundation have provided more than 2,000 coats to distribute.

Head Start families should have received a form to select their child’s size. Selecting the next size up is recommended. All pick-ups will be contactless and exchanges will not be allowed due to COVID-19.