• CAPC of Jefferson County Inc. was created through action taken by the League of Women Voters and the Council of Social Agencies.

• CAPC of Jefferson County Inc. became incorporated and received a grant to operate a Head Start program.

• 1000 Community Action Agencies nationwide. Mr. Ed Eastman was hired as our first Executive Director.  A grant was received to support a center in Carthage and to develop a Foster Grandparent Program; a year-round Head Start program and 4 day care centers were created.

• The Community Center on Alcoholism was developed through a grant to CAPC from the Office of Economic Opportunity and joined Planned Parenthood as a delegate agency of CAPC.

• CAPC received funding for the North Country Children’s Clinic as a delegate agency.

• CAPC continued programming in Food and Nutrition with a grant to serve four counties.

• Received first Women Infant and Child (WIC) grant.  Head Start now in the 7th year of operation, serving 45 children.  Delegate agencies received individual incorporation and spun off to become independent community agencies.

• Weatherization Assistance Program began.

• The Retired Senior Volunteer Program had started its forth year with CAPC. The first community garden was organized.

• Head Start expanded to a third center in Theresa.

• CAPC expanded the umbrella to provide support services to Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Literacy Volunteers, Senior Action Council and the Clayton Paynter Center.

1981

• Tax Counseling Program began.

• CAPC organized a Fellow Companion program that was the forerunner in Jefferson County to the Big Brother/Big Sisters program. CAPC became involved in major distribution of commodities.

• CAPC’s location at North Junior School was terminated due to the anticipated expansion of Ft. Drum; the agency moved to Trinity Church.

• CAPC began phase 1 of stabilizing and renovating the abandoned Cooper Street School.

• Summer Food Service Program began.

• CAPC moved to a new and permanent home on Cooper Street.

• Family Center was created.

• CAPC held first Family Development Credentialing course for agency staff and have since been providing the class for community members as well.

1998

• CAPC contracted with Watertown City School District to establish Universal Pre-K program.

• Purchased a 25,000 square foot warehouse on Morrison Street.

• The Jefferson-Lewis Child Care Council merged with CAPC’s Child Care Resource and Referral  (CCR&R) department and the Jefferson-Lewis Childcare Project was created. Received our first Even Start grant in partnership with the Watertown and Carthage School Districts.

• Received the Community Solutions to Transportation (CST) grant through the Jefferson County Department of Social Services.

• Received funding for two more new programs, Army Child Care in Your Neighborhood and Empower.

• Universal Pre-K expanded with partnership with Indian River School District.

2009

• CAPC received $1.5 million in additional funding through the American Reinvestment and Recover Act.

In our 45 years CAPC has grown from a staff of 2 to a staff of 135 full and part time employees and from a first grant of $31,380 to a current budget of over $6,500,000.  In Fiscal year 2010, we served 11,374 individuals through our programs.  We continue to grow, expand and change as the local needs and opportunities arise.