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The Regional Economic
Community Action Program, Inc. (RECAP), established in 1965, is a registered
non-for-profit, anti-poverty, private organization, committed to helping Orange
County residents meet their most basic and fundamental needs. Working in
conjunction with federal, state and community agencies, both public and private,
RECAP takes a proactive stance in combating the symptoms of poverty, by
mobilizing, coordinating, and administering the much-needed funds and services
to local area residents. With multiple offices across Orange County, RECAP is
able to assist its clients attain the necessary skills, knowledge, motivation,
and opportunities needed to become economically self-sufficient, and productive
members of society.
RECAP, Inc., the community leader
in providing programs that change lives, embodies the spirit of
hope, improves communities, and makes Orange County a better place
to live. Our mission is to mobilize and coordinate public and
private resources to address the basic needs of low-income residents
while they attain the skills, knowledge, motivation and
opportunities needed to become economically self-sufficient.
In 2005, more than 4,500
people received assistance with housing, food, weatherization, early-childhood
education, and a variety of counseling and family advocacy services. From
these, over 1,000 people gained access to resources such as VESID, Occupations,
Rural Opportunities, and DSS and 274 individuals volunteered back their time to
helping others in need. |
RECAP Provides
Support In the Following Areas |
Food and Housing: Pacer House offers housing
and support services to persons with special needs. Doris B. Christopher Senior
House offers low income seniors on-site supervision, laundry, elevator,
furnished rooms and shared living options to help rebuild a sense of community.
Avent House offers low income, homeless individuals self help services, which
includes a residents organized security program. HOPWA provides case management
and rental assistance for families with a member who has HIV/AIDS. Community
Re-Entry Project offers transitional housing for displaced low-income families
who were living in hotels and motels. Shelter Plus Care offers housing and
supportive services to individuals and families who are recovering from
alcohol/substance abuse. Hasbrouck House affordable furnished apartments, for
people in recovery. The 1st Time Homebuyer
Program is targeted for low-income eligible 1st time homebuyers in Orange
County.
Advocacy / Case Management
Services: Advocacy is provided for low-income constituents in all aspects of human/social services
related problems. Case Management exists within all our units serving homeless
individuals in single room occupancy and transitional housing in strengthening
self-sufficiency for themselves. Bi-lingual Services are available. Emergency
Food Pantry assists families/individuals without food or the means to purchase
food with ongoing food assistance while their financial situation is stabilized.
Addiction Services: The Trust Center provides intensive outpatient treatment services to people suffering from
alcoholism and substance abuse. Services include day and evening programs. Each
person participates in-group & individual counseling, education, assertiveness
training, relapse prevention, communication skilled development, and vocational
experiences. New Life Alcoholism Community Residence is a 23-bed community
residence program that provides a bridge between intensive treatment and sober
independent living. It offers structured skills training, social activities and
the opportunity to bond residents together in a supportive environment of
recovery. Call Trust Center (845) 342-5380. Call New Life (845) 566-1224.
Energy Conservation Services: The
Weatherization Program strives to
save energy dollars, increase the comfort in a home, reduce our dependence on
foreign oil, preserve the housing stock and revitalize neighborhoods. Services
include weather-stripping, caulking, cleaning and repairing heating systems,
repair/replace broken windows and/or external doors and other minor repairs to
insure optimum efficiency from the services performed. Replacement of
inefficient refrigerators with newer and more efficient models. Assisted Home
Performance with Energy Star offers repair/replacement who are over the income
guidelines of Weatherization with a homeowners contribution.
Western Orange County Head Start
Programs: Provides a structured academic curriculum designed
especially to help break the cycle of poverty by providing pre-school-aged
children of low-income families with a comprehensive program tailored to meet
their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and educational needs. Head Start currently services 196 children in part day and full day classes in
Middletown, Scotchtown and Port Jervis. Middletown Center Call (845) 343-4191
and Port Jervis Center Call (845) 856-6821. Scotchtown Center Call (845)
692-6567.
Employment and Training Program: is
designed to help participants under TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families) prepare themselves to get and hold a job. Employment and Training
staff is committed to meet the needs of all participants and to lead them to
gainful employment and careers based upon individual interest and abilities.
Call (845) 343-9944.
I.H.A.P. (In-House Application
Process) Program: Contracted through the Orange County Department of Social Services, RECAP Case
Managers provide a strength based assessment which covers financial,
educational, vocational, psychological, social, housing, legal, family, medical
and safety that addresses the need for services by visiting the home of the
consumer. Middletown Location Call (845) 342-6118 Newburgh Location Call (845)
568-3500.
HRA (Housing Resource Alliance): Working in conjunction with other area agencies, both public and private, HRA
provides a convenient central location for consumers to obtain needed housing
services and a more efficient way for agencies involved in the joint venture to
expedite the process of facilitating those services.
HMIS (Homeless Management
Information Systems): RECAP is the lead
agency in Orange County's HMIS endeavor acting as the liasion between the participating members of the Orange
County Housing Consortium and the Regional System Administrator of the MHVHMIS
(Mid-Hudson Valley Homeless Management Information System). Through the
use of the Homeless Management Information System RECAP hopes to gain a better
understanding of local homeless trends through the use of statistical tracking
of collected data for future planning purposes so that we can better understand
and meet the immediate needs of our consumers.
Orange County Parole ReEntry Program Reentry involves the use of programs targeted at promoting the effective
reintegration of offenders back to communities upon release from prison and
jail. Reentry programming, which often involves a comprehensive case management
approach, is intended to assist offenders in acquiring the life skills needed to
succeed in the community and become law-abiding citizens. Call (914) 755-0744,
Betty Lewis, Program Coordinator. |
In 1983, RECAP opened PACER
House in Middletown, New York. PACER House offers affordable housing and
support services to eight individuals with special needs.
A few years later, RECAP
opened the Doris B. Christopher senior House in the city of Port Jervis.
This project provides twenty single low-income seniors with supervised
housing conveniently located close to needed services.
RECAP also renovated
twenty-six apartments throughout the City of Middletown to re-house homeless
families back into the community. The families residing in these units are
provided support services intended to help them become more
self-sufficient.
RECAP also operates a
twenty-three unit single room occupancy facility with a resident manager for
low-income individuals.
In 1995, RECAP was awarded a
grant under the Shelter Plus Care Program of HUD, allowing it to provide
thirty-five individuals in recovery together with their families with rental
assistance and on-going case-management services.
In 2000, RECAP’s Housing
Program developed its First-Time Homebuyers Project. This program was
started as part of Orange County’s Office of Community Development HOPE III
Program and became part of the HOME Program sponsored by DHCR (Division of
Housing and Community Renewal). This program makes it possible for families
at or below eighty percent of area median income to purchase their own
homes.
RECAP formerly operated a
shelter for single-parent families and pregnant adolescents. This projected
offered its participants a comprehensive on-site program, including
childcare, counseling, parenting skills training, individual apartments and
family monitors.
RECAP’s Supported Housing
Program is a means of assisting residents in becoming personally and
financially independent. The program is designed as a partnership between
the residents, the community and RECAP.
For the last few years, RECAP
has also operated a housing clinic where families who are homeless or about
to become homeless can reside. As a long time provider of housing in Orange
County, RECAP handles family and individual emergencies and offers services
after traditional work hours.
RECAP also offers a Crisis
Management Advocate that is available for client emergencies, 24 hours-a-day
/ 7 days-a-week via cellular phone. This system allows the program
participant or family-in-need the opportunity to speak directly with the
Crisis Management Advocate who has access to any of RECAP’s resources as
needed based on the nature of the emergency.
In 2005, RECAP took on the
responsibility of being the county’s coordinating agency for their regional
HMIS (Homeless Management Information Systems). Mandated by HUD, the new
HMIS provides a statistical analysis of the area’s homeless population to
better identify what resources and services are necessary to meet the needs
of these clients.
RECAP has won numerous awards for its work in
the community, including the Fannie Mae Award of Excellence for Community
Re-Entry Program (CREP). |
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