Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership (NENCAP), Inc. is a private, non-profit headquartered in Pender, Nebraska. The agency was chartered in 1966 as the Thurston County Community Action Council in Macy, Nebraska under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The first three programs the agency administered were Head Start, Commodities Supplemental Food Assistance and Weatherization. Community Action Agencies (CAAs) across the country annually help 17 million low-income Americans achieve economic security. Whether it's a Head Start program, Weatherization, job training, housing, food pantry, energy assistance, financial education, or any of the other programs, CAAs work to make America a better place to live. In March of 2012, the agency changed its name from Goldenrod Hills Community Action, Inc. to Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership, Inc. The change in the name is a part of an ongoing national initiative to highlight anti-poverty efforts underway at Community Action Agencies across the country. The initiative, spearheaded by the national office of the Community Action Partnership, is designed to increase awareness of Community Action-America's poverty fighting network. NENCAP serves an income-eligible population in a 14-county area of Northeast Nebraska, including the counties of Antelope, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Thurston, Washington and Wayne.
Services offered
Nebraska Homeless Assistance Program (NHAP) - Provides financial assistance to qualifying individuals and families with partial one month payment of a security deposit, utility deposit, past due rent, past due mortgage or past due utility; Supportive Services for Veteran Families (Short Term Rental Assistance, Short Term Utility Fee Payment Assistance, Security Deposits or Utility Deposits, Moving Costs, Short Term General Housing Stability Assistance, Short Term Emergency Housing, Transportation Assistance); Weatherization; Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) - Provides financial assistance to help customers with a partial one month past due utility or one month past due rent, resulting from an emergency