CHANGE, Inc. Main Office

CHANGE, Inc. encourages the integration of services, the building of partnerships, and the consolidating of resources to empower families towards healthy self-sufficient living. CHANGE, Inc. (Christians Helping Arrange New Growth Enterprises) Community Action Agency was formed in 1983 by a handful of clergy members who wished to aid families affected by layoffs from Weirton Steel find new employment. Since that time, we have grown into a full-circle agency, addressing many of the needs of the economically disadvantaged. With over 30 years of operation, the belief of empowering families is still strong within the agency. The concept of “community action” was originally conceived as part of the War on Poverty Program launched by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Community Action objectives focused on enabling people to achieve self-sufficiency and providing them with the resources to achieve that goal, and the concept of community action, people working together to help people, became widely known throughout the Northern Panhandle. As the concept grew, additional services were developed and interest continued to grow in the community.

Emergency Services (Supportive Services for Veteran Families, Dollar Energy Fund, Low Income Energy Assistance Program); Housing Services (Housing Counseling, Weatherization Assistance Program, Energy Crisis Intervention Program, Northern Panhandle First-Time Home Buyers Program, Home Ownership Program, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, Community Reinvestment Act Projects, Community Housing Development Organization Projects