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In 1961 President John F. Kennedy\u2019s \u201cnew frontier\u201d included support for programs designed to prevent juvenile delinquency and reduce poverty. After President Kennedy\u2019s assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson vowed to carry forward and expand the plans and programs of his predecessor and declared a \u201cWar on Poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 1964 Congress endorsed the effectiveness of the Community Action process and President Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, which created a federal Office of Economic Opportunity. This was the first step toward the creation of Community Action Agencies.<\/p>\n

At the same time this \u201cWar on Poverty\u201d was being declared in Washington, groups were meeting in Windham County to address the needs of people locally. In 1965 The ACCESS Agency, Inc., originally incorporated as the Windham Area Community Action Program, Inc. (WACAP), was created to provide opportunities that assist low-income families in distressed communities in achieving economic independence.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Access\u00a0<\/em>Community Action Agency continues to be guided by our founding principles as we work to meet basic human needs, facilitate positive at-risk-youth development and build capacity for income and asset accumulation for residents of Windham and Tolland Counties and beyond.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> <\/strong>for a history of Community Action in the United States and in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":237,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nOur History - Access Community Action Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Come discover the history behind poverty alleviation in our nation and how Access Community Action Agency works toward the war on poverty.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/accessagency.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our History - Access Community Action Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Come discover the history behind poverty alleviation in our nation and how Access Community Action Agency works toward the war on poverty.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/accessagency.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Access Community Action Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AccessCommunityActionAgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-11T16:33:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/accessagency.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/access-new-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"112\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/accessagency.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/accessagency.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\/\",\"name\":\"Our History - 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