Clay County assistance programs.

The Northeast Florida Community Action Agency
This organization is part of community action agencies that are provided funding under federal law and is guaranteed a certain federal appropriation every year. The funds are used to provide a variety of assistance to local residents. The federal law also specifies how the organization is to be structured, including how the agency's board is organized. The board is made up of elected officials in Clay County as well as representatives of local low-income families.

The Northeast Florida Community Action Agency was created to both defeat poverty and also erase its devastating effects on families that live in Northeast Florida by providing a variety of support programs, including those that support the education, empowerment and assistance of people that leads to long term self-sufficiency and also a positive place within the local area. Some of the assistance provided includes :

• Education services, such as GED preparation, vocational training, literacy, tuition, uniform, and also pay for book assistance.
• Budgeting, financial education, counseling including credit reconstruction, financial literacy, home ownership down payment assistance, and free tax preparation. Also, help paying credit cards is offered.
• A wide variety of household support, including rent or mortgage assistance, food provisions, prescription drug assistance, transportation, and child care assistance.
• Emergency assistance programs, including help with utilities and also offering temporary food supplies