Community action agency for Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Hebron, Killingly, Mansfield, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Somers, Stafford, Sterling, Thompson, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Windham, and Woodstock provides community based services for low income families and individuals to create opportunities that empower people and communities to achieve and sustain economic stability. Services and programs include energy assistance, food pantries: site-based and mobile, case management, homeless shelter, cold weather overnight shelter, employment counseling, benefits assistance, SNAP assistance, WIC, nutrition education for daycare providers, a group home for adolescents, supportive housing, rapid re-housing for individuals and youth, and housing programs to increase access to affordable housing.