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 CAPCIL
serves over 3,500 households every year, and over 9,000 individuals.
CAPCIL offers (up to) 15* programs geared towards self-sufficiency:
Head Start, Early Head Start, Mental Health Services, VITA tax
program, Senior Nutrition (Meals on Wheels), Kitchen to Kitchen,
Food Pantry & Food Pantry CO-OP, Foster Grandparents, Volunteer
Services, LIHEAP, Weatherization, The Hand Up Project (Classes on
job training, financial literacy, and housing/credit counseling),
Case Management, Scholarships, Strengthening Working Families
Initiative, and Transportation.
CAPCIL’s service area extends through 6 Illinois Counties: Logan,
Mason, Fulton, Menard, DeWitt, and Piatt.
CAPCIL (Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois) changed
their name from CIEDC (Central Illinois Economic Development
Corporation) 10 years ago.
CAPCIL currently employs 98 people. A recent internal survey showed
that 96% of those employed were happy with their job.
CAPCIL is governed by 18 board members with 3 delegates from each
County with Client, Public, and Private sectors represented.
CAPCIL operates a budget ranging from 7-9 Million dollars annually,
with the most recent corporate audit having zero findings or
questionable costs. Within the past year CAPCIL increased the
in-kind donations from $773,673.00 to $1,090,087.00. According to
the Certified Public Accountants at R.W. Hickman, P.C. in
Springfield, IL, CAPCIL is in good financial standing. All are
welcome to view the most recent audit by going to the Fiscal section
of CAPCIL’s website at
www.capcil.info.
In 2017, CAPCIL launched 3 new pilot programs free of any State or
Federal Funding: Strengthening Working Families Initiative, Kitchen
to Kitchen, and the DeWitt County Food Pantry CO-OP.
In 2017 CAPCIL noted the following programmatic successes:
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Forty-five percent of CSBG Hand Up Project/Strengthening Working
Families Initiative participants have obtained employment or
increased employment as a result of skills acquired.
Head Start/Early Head Start will have completed development,
growth, hearing, and vision screenings on 368 children
The
Senior Nutrition Program that administers Meals on Wheels has
successfully moved from the red to the black by streamlining
processes and acquiring a new food truck (made possible by the Woods
and Bates Foundation). CAPCIL also received the honor of being
chosen by Meals on Wheels America to receive a brand new 2018 Subaru
Outback through Subaru’s Love Promise initiative called “50 Cars for
50 Years”.
The
Subaru will be delivered by the end of the year wrapped with Meals
on Wheels America and “Subaru Loves to Help” co-branding. Meals on
Wheels America is partnered with Subaru of America.
CAPCIL has been successfully administering the Senior
Transportation Program for over 43 years, and 2017 has been no
exception. The total number of rides given to seniors from July 1,
2016 to June 30, 2017 were as follows: Logan County – 7,605 & Mason
County – 897.
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CAPCIL has offered the Foster Grandparent program for
over 50 years and currently has 45 active volunteers and 20
volunteer stations. The longest standing volunteer has been with
the program for 23 years. The program gives persons over the age
of 55 the opportunity to stay active, give back and work with
special and exceptional needs children in educational settings.
Since Jan 1, 2016 the Volunteer Services Department has
grown drastically and volunteers have donated over 110,000 hours
of dedication to CAPCIL. Volunteers consist of mentors,
classroom aids, community service, painters, car detailers,
secretarial, meals on wheels delivery drivers, board members,
event staff, etc.
Agency Development is a new department established at
CAPCIL in 2016 that focuses on branding and awareness, public
relations, and revenue generation. Agency Development generated
an additional $90,000+ for the Agency and its programs in 2016
and is well on its way of accomplishing that same goal for 2017.
Funds are generated through fundraisers such as Cheeseburger in
Paradise, grant writing, and developing relationships with
donors and sponsors.
These
additional funds are imperative for the function of the Agency to
provide the most holistic solutions for our customers
self-sufficiency endeavors.
CAPCIL’s Dewitt County Food Pantry CO-OP opened September 5th
in Clinton. This pilot program is made possible from the generous
donation made by the William Davenport estate and other generous
community donations. The Dewitt County food pantry CO-OP is a work
for food program and already has 30 active/interested participants.
LIHEAP has processed over 2,351 applications and utilized
CAPCIL’s new centralized intake system to successfully refer
customers to other beneficial programs throughout the Agency.
CAPCIL has, and continues to be, one of the area’s largest
social service agencies that strives to eliminate customers poverty
versus just band-aiding the symptoms. For additional information on
how to get involved, please visit CAPCIL’s website at
www.capcil.info, or by calling the Corporate Office in Lincoln, IL
at 217-732-2159.
Major funding sources include the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity, Illinois Department on Aging, Area Agency on
Aging for Lincolnland, The United Way of Logan County, United States
Department of Agriculture, Department of Human Services, Logan
County, the City of Lincoln, and other local, state, and federal
government grants.
It is the mission of CAPCIL, in partnership with communities in our
service area, to empower persons with low income and the aged by
creating and implementing poverty-fighting initiatives for those in
crisis and those that endeavor a life of lasting independence.
[Katie Alexander
Director of Agency Development
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois]
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